TV/Movies Megathread

[Tonitrus]

And no lesbian tinge? 

[mongers]

Yes, pretty good movie.

Makes a fine werewolf double bill with Howling. The sequel, however, Howlings is for so good it's bad aficionados. A reference in the latter genre.  Not to mention Christopher Lee and Sybil Danning. 

Oh the Howling is a good idea, I'll check it out, I know I've watched it but can't recall anything.

Also I wonder if 'Wolfen' (sp?) has aged well, I recall it was quite good and had a decent Brit actor in it whose name eludes me; wait was it, nope it's gone again, but was in my mind momentarily befere I recalled Anthony Newly's for some odd reason. 

[crazy canuck]

What made it unwatchable for you?

Characters and events so ridiculous that I had no desire to know more about them.

The events at the beginning of the movie are based on events that did occur (and carried out by the Weatherman Underground) but it is a bit disorienting because the movie replaces the war in Vietnam with opposition to the current US government.

[celedhring]

Since Brigitte Bardot just died and we got the new the Odissey trailer, found it fitting to revisit Le Mepris.

I feel I'd rather watch Lang's version 

[Duque de Bragança]

Since Brigitte Bardot just died and we got the new the Odissey trailer, found it fitting to revisit Le Mepris.

I feel I'd rather watch Lang's version 

So you don't like her buttocks.
Nothing more to say. 

[celedhring]

Since Brigitte Bardot just died and we got the new the Odissey trailer, found it fitting to revisit Le Mepris.

I feel I'd rather watch Lang's version 

So you don't like her buttocks.
Nothing more to say. 

IIRC, isn't the story (might be urban legend) that half the budget of the film had gone to her and the producers wanted their money's worth so they strongarmed Godard to have her show some skin and he shot that scene? The camera is pretty damn lecherous indeed, even mockingly so.

[Duque de Bragança]

I don't know if the extras on the blu-ray confirm it, but French wiki quotes Raoul Coutard, director of photography stating that the US producer Joseph E. Levine demanding extra nude scenes.

« Non, non, ça ne va pas, je veux voir le cul de Bardot ». »

[Tamas]

I have just learned it is going to be 2-3 years before Pluribus Season 2. That is ridiculous, I would not have bothered watching season 1 knowing this. What the hell.

[celedhring]

I have just learned it is going to be 2-3 years before Pluribus Season 2. That is ridiculous, I would not have bothered watching season 1 knowing this. What the hell.

That's pretty standard for a high budget show nowadays. These things take time to prepare, shoot, and post. Looking it up, the first season had 7 months of shooting.

Better Call Saul already had 2-year gaps in the later seasons (granted, Covid interfered).

[Tamas]

I have just learned it is going to be 2-3 years before Pluribus Season 2. That is ridiculous, I would not have bothered watching season 1 knowing this. What the hell.

That's pretty standard for a high budget show nowadays. These things take time to prepare, shoot, and post. Looking it up, the first season had 7 months of shooting.

Better Call Saul already had 2-year gaps in the later seasons (granted, Covid interfered).

As the reddit thread put it, the same time it will take to get 18 episodes of this, they made 65 Breaking Bad episodes.

[celedhring]

I have just learned it is going to be 2-3 years before Pluribus Season 2. That is ridiculous, I would not have bothered watching season 1 knowing this. What the hell.

That's pretty standard for a high budget show nowadays. These things take time to prepare, shoot, and post. Looking it up, the first season had 7 months of shooting.

Better Call Saul already had 2-year gaps in the later seasons (granted, Covid interfered).

As the reddit thread put it, the same time it will take to get 18 episodes of this, they made 65 Breaking Bad episodes.

And I wouldn't be surprised if a single Pluribus episode cost nearly the same as an entire BB season. My guess is that they shot for 2-3 months, which was the standard for TV (and still is for non big budget stuff) for a show of that length.

The important thing to look at is the shooting schedule. Seven months is a lot, but it's what I see nowadays for big budget TV shows. And the very quick and very dirty rule is that every month of shooting adds one month of prep and one month of post.

[crazy canuck]

I have just learned it is going to be 2-3 years before Pluribus Season 2. That is ridiculous, I would not have bothered watching season 1 knowing this. What the hell.

That's pretty standard for a high budget show nowadays. These things take time to prepare, shoot, and post. Looking it up, the first season had 7 months of shooting.

Better Call Saul already had 2-year gaps in the later seasons (granted, Covid interfered).

As the reddit thread put it, the same time it will take to get 18 episodes of this, they made 65 Breaking Bad episodes.

The beautiful shots in South America probably had the same budget of the combined budget for many of those BB episodes.

And by the way, when you hear a Gen X type talking about how entitled the youngins are these days - this is what we have in mind   - such a hardship to have to wait a bit to see another amazing production.  There there.

[Syt]

They shot most those scenes in the Canary Islands. I think they shot in Bilbao, Canaries, Albuquerque and Montana (for the snow chalet scene).

But yes, they got a prety big budget (I feel Apple basically said, here's a check for 2 seasons, do whatever. Kudos to Apple for putting big money into shows that probably would be too risky for the likes of Netflix or Prime these days).

[Tamas]

I have just learned it is going to be 2-3 years before Pluribus Season 2. That is ridiculous, I would not have bothered watching season 1 knowing this. What the hell.

That's pretty standard for a high budget show nowadays. These things take time to prepare, shoot, and post. Looking it up, the first season had 7 months of shooting.

Better Call Saul already had 2-year gaps in the later seasons (granted, Covid interfered).

As the reddit thread put it, the same time it will take to get 18 episodes of this, they made 65 Breaking Bad episodes.

The beautiful shots in South America probably had the same budget of the combined budget for many of those BB episodes.

And by the way, when you hear a Gen X type talking about how entitled the youngins are these days - this is what we have in mind   - such a hardship to have to wait a bit to see another amazing production.  There there.

I am flattered you keep thinking of me as a young kid but I am two weeks from turning 46.

Abs I accept Celed's background info but I would be interested just what takes 5x as much time to shoot a couple of characters at a time talking, then it took to shot more action-heavy seasons, apart from there being more abundance of money to play with.

[celedhring]

Abs I accept Celed's background info but I would be interested just what takes 5x as much time to shoot a couple of characters at a time talking, then it took to shot more action-heavy seasons, apart from there being more abundance of money to play with.

Well, it's all about more locations and camera setups really. Both add significantly to production time. BB might have had more action, but Pluribus is way more visually ellaborate and is more geographically expansive.

And you probably could shot essentially the same story with less, but it's a flagship show and that demands a premium (and Gilligan is surely happy to play with a big budget and ample production time - honestly, those quick TV production schedules are grueling).

Damn, writing down BB makes me realize that I do miss him around here.