TV/Movies Megathread

[Syt]

Watching Space Force Season 2 (finished 5 of 7 episodes).

I thought the first season was "ok", very average TV sitcom material, with the occasional moment of something greater shining through. Season 2 continues that, ticking along quite inoffensively. Most character conflict from season 1 is now resolved, though, making this almost too saccharine, and the stakes seem even lower than in the first run. Still, I like John Malkovich as the soft-spoken liberal scientist well enough, so I will make it through the final two episodes, I guess.

[celedhring]

Watching season 4 of Killing Eve. This used to be one of my favorite shows on TV but it has fallen hard. Still get a kick out of the zaninness, but it's a good thing they are closing shop this season.

[celedhring]

In a weird reaction to current events, I've been on a tear watching my favorite Soviet glasnost films. Started with "Come and See", wich remains probably the most harrowing antiwar film ever made. But then I spotted the fatal flaw. Yes, the film is clearly antiheroic - the protagonist naively yearns to be a partisan and is traumatised by the whole experience of war -, but anybody watching it can easily dismiss it as "man, the nazis are super evil" rather than "war is super evil".

Then I went on and watched Little Vera, which was the most popular soviet film of the 1980s. The story of young Russians growing up in an industrial town. It's essentially Soviet Ken Loach but with more sex and Russian rock'n'roll.

Gonna follow on with "Repentance".

[Josephus]

Severance, anybody?
It's pretty Lynchian.

[Josquius]

In a weird reaction to current events, I've been on a tear watching my favorite Soviet glasnost films. Started with "Come and See", wich remains probably the most harrowing antiwar film ever made. But then I spotted the fatal flaw. Yes, the film is clearly antiheroic - the protagonist naively yearns to be a partisan and is traumatised by the whole experience of war -, but anybody watching it can easily dismiss it as "man, the nazis are super evil" rather than "war is super evil".

Then I went on and watched Little Vera, which was the most popular soviet film of the 1980s. The story of young Russians growing up in an industrial town. It's essentially Soviet Ken Loach but with more sex and Russian rock'n'roll.

Gonna follow on with "Repentance".

I think I remember trying to watch Come and See many years ago when I was on a Russian-kick. I just couldn't get it. I was after a straight war movie at the time I think and it was too esoteric for me.
Kin-dza-dza is a film of the era that stands out in my head.

[Maladict]

In a weird reaction to current events, I've been on a tear watching my favorite Soviet glasnost films. Started with "Come and See", wich remains probably the most harrowing antiwar film ever made. But then I spotted the fatal flaw. Yes, the film is clearly antiheroic - the protagonist naively yearns to be a partisan and is traumatised by the whole experience of war -, but anybody watching it can easily dismiss it as "man, the nazis are super evil" rather than "war is super evil".

Then I went on and watched Little Vera, which was the most popular soviet film of the 1980s. The story of young Russians growing up in an industrial town. It's essentially Soviet Ken Loach but with more sex and Russian rock'n'roll.

Gonna follow on with "Repentance".

Don't forget Kin Dza Dza 

Edit: got tyred, koo!

[celedhring]

Damn yeah, I'll add it to the list 

[Duque de Bragança]

In a weird reaction to current events, I've been on a tear watching my favorite Soviet glasnost films. Started with "Come and See", wich remains probably the most harrowing antiwar film ever made. But then I spotted the fatal flaw. Yes, the film is clearly antiheroic - the protagonist naively yearns to be a partisan and is traumatised by the whole experience of war -, but anybody watching it can easily dismiss it as "man, the nazis are super evil" rather than "war is super evil".

Then I went on and watched Little Vera, which was the most popular soviet film of the 1980s. The story of young Russians growing up in an industrial town. It's essentially Soviet Ken Loach but with more sex and Russian rock'n'roll.

Gonna follow on with "Repentance".

I think I remember trying to watch Come and See many years ago when I was on a Russian-kick. I just couldn't get it. I was after a straight war movie at the time I think and it was too esoteric for me.

The beginning may be somewhat arty/esoteric, but not the rest.

[Malthus]

In a weird reaction to current events, I've been on a tear watching my favorite Soviet glasnost films. Started with "Come and See", wich remains probably the most harrowing antiwar film ever made. But then I spotted the fatal flaw. Yes, the film is clearly antiheroic - the protagonist naively yearns to be a partisan and is traumatised by the whole experience of war -, but anybody watching it can easily dismiss it as "man, the nazis are super evil" rather than "war is super evil".

Then I went on and watched Little Vera, which was the most popular soviet film of the 1980s. The story of young Russians growing up in an industrial town. It's essentially Soviet Ken Loach but with more sex and Russian rock'n'roll.

Gonna follow on with "Repentance".

Come and See has superficially surreal aspects, but in some ways it's actually quite realistic. The whole surreal aspect just mirrors how surreal the actual evil of the Nazis manifested itself.

It isn't exactly an anti-war film in the ordinary sense ...

[Sheilbh]

Question - do you guys still have DVDs? Are you keeping them?

(Might have to move flat and wondering if it's time to get rid )

[FunkMonk]

I have a box of them in the basement. Never use them 

I'll probably get rid of them whenever we move

[celedhring]

Question - do you guys still have DVDs? Are you keeping them?

(Might have to move flat and wondering if it's time to get rid )

They are all stored at my parents' home. I honestly can't recall the last time I watched one. 

[Grey Fox]

My children still use some and I use my blu ray copy of Band of Brothers and Back to the future. The rest are in a box in my aunt's basement.

I'll get rid of them soon.

[garbon]

We watched a couple box sets recently but honestly feeling like they are dead weight given all of those I have stashed and not used in California and the UK.

[Duque de Bragança]

Question - do you guys still have DVDs? Are you keeping them?

(Might have to move flat and wondering if it's time to get rid )

 

You are still stuck with DVDs? Blu-ray and HDTVs came like 15 years ago.   
Yes, UHD is niche in a niche though not as much as Laserdisc was 30 years ago, as in not as expensive.

As a genre cinema fan or collector or even cinephile (not exactly difficult any movie older than 5-10 years gets the classic label on streaming be it Rambo III or the Seventh Seal), streaming is not even nearly enough. Of course, if you just need whatever CGI-crapfest is popular, are a Star Wars and MCU/DC nerd, yes streaming is enough. Yet, some stores here have a Marvel section Incidentally, with CGI capped at 2K UHD does not make much sense). 

Movie nights with friends are still a thing and for our tastes I just don't see how we could do it. Not to mention one needs 4 or 5 streaming services these days.