TV/Movies Megathread

[Admiral Yi]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1570970/ ???

That's the ticket.

[The Brain]

[Slargos]

Just caught the first episode of the Dresden Files

It certainly caught the spirit of the books, even if the usual amount of changes have been made. Opening up with the Skinwalker and making it an easily dispatched mid-level goon was for instance a bit irritating.

Looks like a fun show though, and it's typical that it got cancelled after the first season. Those fucking morons wouldn't know good TV if it jumped up and sodomized them in the face.

I never thought I'd really enjoy the idea of a wizard gumshoe, but the series is just spectacular.

[grumbler]

Dresden Files was cancelled because no one wanted to watch it.  In a way, that was the fault of SF channel because they really just took the names and the sketchiest of character sketches from the books, and tried to create episodic television from them.  That was sure to piss off a lot of the fans of the books, and so pretty much negated the utility of having the Harry Dresden name.  People who hadn't read the books thought the premise was lame, and so either didn't tune in or didn't stay tuned in.

I enjoyed the first four or five books in the series (but stopped there, though I own more; the series was getting very tired by that point) and the one episode I saw of the show.  I just don't think the niche audience that the producers were aiming at existed.

[ulmont]

I enjoyed the first four or five books in the series (but stopped there, though I own more; the series was getting very tired by that point) and the one episode I saw of the show.  I just don't think the niche audience that the producers were aiming at existed.

The niche audience existed, and was consistently about 1 million viewers per week.  Syfy would prefer its shows to be somewhat above that number, however (see also Stargate Universe).  IIRC, however, the Dresden Files viewers involved more female viewers than usual for SyFy, which is a demographic they claim they want to boost, so surprised they didn't give it another season.

[Admiral Yi]

Jean Reno is a French cop, prone to violence, who travels to Japan and meets the 19 year old daughter he never knew he had.  Everyone he meets in Japan speaks French.  The passport guy speaks French.  The Japanese cop speaks French.  The bank teller speaks French.  The head Yakuza guys speaks French.

Can't remember the name of this one either.

[Duque de Bragança]

Jean Reno is a French cop, prone to violence, who travels to Japan and meets the 19 year old daughter he never knew he had.  Everyone he meets in Japan speaks French.  The passport guy speaks French.  The Japanese cop speaks French.  The bank teller speaks French.  The head Yakuza guys speaks French.

Can't remember the name of this one either.

Wasabi ?
a.k.a The Japanese Dip That Kicks Like a Mule
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281364/

[MadImmortalMan]

Dip? Wasabi is the perfect condiment. It's like if horseradish had an awesome older brother who was a pornstar and drove a Ferrari.

[Admiral Yi]

Wasabi ?

That's the ticket.

Just watched The Killing Fields again.  Very well made movie, holds up well.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

13 Assassins - Well made old school Samurai flick from weirdo Japanese director (and workaholic the dude makes like 3 movies a year or something) Takashi Miike. This is his best flick in a decade in my opinion. The last 45 minutes are a whole great big can of awesome Samurai whoop ass. Like the end of the Matrix except good. Samurai Swords are cooler than guns every time.

8.2345 peacetime Samurai who finally get to start lopping heads, and limbs off, if only for one weekend outta 10

[Malthus]

13 Assassins - Well made old school Samurai flick from weirdo Japanese director (and workaholic the dude makes like 3 movies a year or something) Takashi Miike. This is his best flick in a decade in my opinion. The last 45 minutes are a whole great big can of awesome Samurai whoop ass. Like the end of the Matrix except good. Samurai Swords are cooler than guns every time.

8.2345 peacetime Samurai who finally get to start lopping heads, and limbs off, if only for one weekend outta 10

Pisses me off that the film isn't showing in my area.

[Slargos]

Stumbled onto Stake Land more or less by chance.

A delectable little story.

Think, The Road + I am Legend + Book of Eli and you're in the ballpark area. Best zombie apocalypse style movie I've seen since Zombieland.

[Malthus]

Stumbled onto Stake Land more or less by chance.

Sounds painful! 

[Slargos]

Stumbled onto Stake Land more or less by chance.

Sounds painful! 

Jesus fucking christ, you guys can be such fucking children. 

[Slargos]

Took in Armadillo yesterday btw. I don't get all the bitching about it.

Soldiers screaming about how they're going to kill enemy combattants? How shocking.

Scandinavians have turned into a wretched, pathetic race. 

Case in point, a headline in yesterday's Aftenposten: "Birdwatchers were shocked by the brutal fight between a Swan and a Goose"

Yes, shocked.

It's things like these that push me towards a deep appreciation for people like Breivik.