TV/Movies Megathread

[celedhring]

Looks like the movie adaptation of Jesuschrist superstar sans the signing 

[Maladict]

Trailer for Seneca (ft. John Malkovich) looks ... interesting. (Somewhere between David Lynch's Dune and Baz Luhrman's Rome & Juliet, maybe? )


It looks a bit like absurdist theater; I'd be up for that.

Definitely up for that 

[The Larch]

The full name of the film seems to be "Seneca - On the creation of earthquakes".  And the director and scriptwriter is a German guy most famous for action and science fiction stuff (Robert Schwenke, of GI Joe: Snake Eyes, Red, R.I.P.D. and a couple of Divergent films). Who knew that he had the capacity for this kind of stuff on him.

[Sheilbh]

Let's never forget that the guy who wrote Hangover 2 and 3 went on to do Chernobyl

[mongers]

The full name of the film seems to be "Seneca - On the creation of earthquakes".  And the director and scriptwriter is a German guy most famous for action and science fiction stuff (Robert Schwenke, of GI Joe: Snake Eyes, Red, R.I.P.D. and a couple of Divergent films). Who knew that he'd eventually find the right kind of drugs.

[Syt]

The full name of the film seems to be "Seneca - On the creation of earthquakes".  And the director and scriptwriter is a German guy most famous for action and science fiction stuff (Robert Schwenke, of GI Joe: Snake Eyes, Red, R.I.P.D. and a couple of Divergent films). Who knew that he had the capacity for this kind of stuff on him.

My guess: there's stuff you write because it pays the bills and stuff you write because you fucking want to

[The Brain]

The full name of the film seems to be "Seneca - On the creation of earthquakes".  And the director and scriptwriter is a German guy most famous for action and science fiction stuff (Robert Schwenke, of GI Joe: Snake Eyes, Red, R.I.P.D. and a couple of Divergent films). Who knew that he had the capacity for this kind of stuff on him.

My guess: there's stuff you write because it pays the bills and stuff you write because you fucking want to

Seneca doesn't look like a cash cow to me.

[Eddie Teach]

Maybe you're not looking hard enough. 

[grumbler]

Seneca doesn't look like a cash cow to me.

Agree.  There are several characters that look far more cow-like.

[garbon]

Tried watching the Witcher prequel. It was a mistake.

It's... not good 

At first I thought it could be a couple of angry fans on the internet, but I can't find anyone, nor any critic with any single positive thing to say about the show.  I had hopes for that one. 

Oh well.  I'm watching S2 of Stargate Universe right now.  That was much better than S1.  Found it in 4k.  That's neat.
I really like how contrary to SG1, and Atlantis in a lesser way, not everyone is perfect.  Everyone has flaws that they must overcome.  Or not, seemingly.    Having civilians, totally unprepared thrown into the mix adds a certain dimension to it too, something that Battlestar Galactica would further develop a couple of years later.

I've watched the first hour of Blood Origin. Just feels like generic fantasy with a couple witcher names tossed in?

[crazy canuck]

Tried watching the Witcher prequel. It was a mistake.

It's... not good 

At first I thought it could be a couple of angry fans on the internet, but I can't find anyone, nor any critic with any single positive thing to say about the show.  I had hopes for that one. 

Oh well.  I'm watching S2 of Stargate Universe right now.  That was much better than S1.  Found it in 4k.  That's neat.
I really like how contrary to SG1, and Atlantis in a lesser way, not everyone is perfect.  Everyone has flaws that they must overcome.  Or not, seemingly.    Having civilians, totally unprepared thrown into the mix adds a certain dimension to it too, something that Battlestar Galactica would further develop a couple of years later.

I've watched the first hour of Blood Origin. Just feels like generic fantasy with a couple witcher names tossed in?

You did better than I did.  I only made it about 20 minutes into the first episode.

[The Larch]

Trailer for Renfield, a modern take on the Dracula story.

Wait for the big reveal at the end. 

[Barrister]

Kids have been watching the most recent season of The Simpsons (Season 34) and it's - not bad?

So a few of the shows feel like they're retreading old ground.  In one episode Bart is suddenly playing hockey again - but now he needs Nelson to be his protector out on the ice.  In another episode Lisa and Nelson rekindle their "romance" - but set in the future.

And then hell one part of Treehouse of Horrors is a Westworld-like "Simpsons World", where our characters find out they're just self-aware robots, and half the fun is catching the million or so references to past episodes (the show ends in a rendition of Canyonero, which our characters drive out of Springfield in).

But mostly for a show I haven't watched new episodes of for 10-15 years it's not bad.

[celedhring]

Finally got around to watch Glass Onion (promised mom I would watch it with her since she loved the first one). I feel it's not as well rounded as the first one, and certainly more cartoonish, but it's wickedly fun. Loved the little "hidden in plain sight" bits and the trademark Rian Johnson midpoint plot twist.

For some silly reason favorite scene might be Benoit playing Among Us with Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury, Natasha Lyonne and Kareem Abdoul Jabbar 

Is that Lansbury's final screen appearance? 

[The Larch]

Is that Lansbury's final screen appearance? 

It was, as well as Stephen Sondheim's. The movie was dedicated to both of them.