TV/Movies Megathread

[Ideologue]

I know Brain (ha!) is kidding, but I meant the non-zombie characters 

It's the exact same story than 28 days later, Dawn of the Dead, its sequels, those resident evil movies, Zombieland, I am Legend, etc. Why does it HAVE to be a virus? Why is it ALWAYS transmitted by bites? Why does society always break down completely? It's lazy and it's boring.

Correct.  The zombie genre only works when it's played for laughs, ala Shaun of the Dead, the aforementioned Zombieland, or Dead Alive.  "Real" zombie movies are mediocre distractions at best.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Season Of The Witch. Nic Cage continues to do every script he's given no matter how unfinished it seems. Potential was there for a decent "Dungeon Crawl" movie. But an atrociously dull beginning, and less than umm subtle ending help to ruin any chance of that. In between there are lots of tired cliches though. The best I can say about it is that i didn't actually turn it off, and some of the fight scenes were awrightish.


5.5 "alternate endings" which obviously were the original (not that it would have "helped") ending outta 10

[Josquius]

I watched the first episode of Wilfred. It looked so messed up I had to check it out. It is actually rather good.

[Drakken]

Downloaded the third season of Crime Investigation : Australia, and it keeps on giving valid arguments on why Australians are a bunch of criminally sick fucks. 

[Sophie Scholl]

Season Of The Witch. Nic Cage continues to do every script he's given no matter how unfinished it seems. Potential was there for a decent "Dungeon Crawl" movie. But an atrociously dull beginning, and less than umm subtle ending help to ruin any chance of that. In between there are lots of tired cliches though. The best I can say about it is that i didn't actually turn it off, and some of the fight scenes were awrightish.


5.5 "alternate endings" which obviously were the original (not that it would have "helped") ending outta 10

Hahaha, I saw that mockery in the theater with a few of my friends.  Its only saving grace was that we basically MST3K'ed it.  The whole thing came off as amazingly silly, even without our input.  What were the "alternate endings"?

[Admiral Yi]

Saw the movie about the 14 year old girl leading orphaned geese south for the winter.  Go Fly Away.  Very charming.

[Josephus]

Monster's Ball. I always thought I'd seen it, but I hadn't. It's OK, I think it's a bit overrated and mostly because of that one scene with Halle and Billy Bob.

[The Brain]

High Fidelity. The chick was hot.

[Eddie Teach]

Too bad she's married to that creaky old dude.

[sbr]

Some movie about some dude selling Viagra and Zoloft and falling in love with some chick with Parkinsons.

It was decent. But seeing Anne Hathaway naked for a good portion of the film elevates it to pretty damn good. She is hot.

  I might have to watch a movie tonight.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Season Of The Witch. Nic Cage continues to do every script he's given no matter how unfinished it seems. Potential was there for a decent "Dungeon Crawl" movie. But an atrociously dull beginning, and less than umm subtle ending help to ruin any chance of that. In between there are lots of tired cliches though. The best I can say about it is that i didn't actually turn it off, and some of the fight scenes were awrightish.


5.5 "alternate endings" which obviously were the original (not that it would have "helped") ending outta 10

Hahaha, I saw that mockery in the theater with a few of my friends.  Its only saving grace was that we basically MST3K'ed it.  The whole thing came off as amazingly silly, even without our input.  What were the "alternate endings"?

The alternate ending is actually what you see in the trailer, but not in the flick you saw in the theatre.  They don't turn the witch into a big pazuzu demon, she's instead a freaky Linda Blair-esque super strong Witch. The alt ending ends on Cage dying in his inimitable fashion, no burial, or "I'm all better now narration from the Witch Girl.

Not that it would make it a good film, but I'd prefer that director's cut.

[grumbler]

That is the zombie apocolypse setting. You might as well be saying why do westerns have to be in the old west or space operas in space. Its just the core setting and says nothing about the stories which can take place in that setting.

The problem isn't the setting.  The problem is the stories that take place in that setting.  Westerns where the bad guys all wear black hats and the good guys white ones are boring... just like zombie flicks where the zombies are always out for sheer mayhem, the dead always convert to zombies, and society always collapses.

The comic zombie flicks are, as noted, the best.  Why?  Because it tales some writing skill to make zombies comic.  It takes zero to make them "horrible."

[Fate]

So I went to midnight revival at the local art house theater and saw Blue Velvet.

What. The. Fuck.

I love Dennis Hopper.

[CountDeMoney]

So I went to midnight revival at the local art house theater and saw Blue Velvet.

What. The. Fuck.

I love Dennis Hopper.

First screening?

[The Brain]

As for non-comic zombie movies I liked the Dawn of the Dead remake. I think it was a good movie.