TV/Movies Megathread

[Eddie Teach]

That the girl was hot and had a nice ass? Sure, you can have that. Happy now?

I think we should hold out for pics of the girl's ass before giving him that one.

[Zoupa]

I remember she had a nice rack. 

[Cerr]

And Father Ted I believe is actually British.

No. Irish actors, Irish writers and set in Ireland.

[CountDeMoney]

The other other one. 

Heidi sounds right.

There were only two;  Pam Anderson and Debbi Dunning.

[Ed Anger]

Yi's memory sucks

[Josquius]

And Father Ted I believe is actually British.

No. Irish actors, Irish writers and set in Ireland.

By channel 4.

[Grallon]

"Mysterious Skins" - a harrowing tale of pedophilia and its consequences.  A resounding 84% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes ( http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mysterious_skin/.  A commanding performance from (cuty) Joseph Gordon-Levitt. 





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[garbon]

I am usually far from considering Alan Ball a hack, but with True Blood, didn't they just serve us a standard 1960s' TV "if you are black and/or gay you die and the magic negro saves the white blonde princess" fare? Seriously?

Just kill the goddamn bimbo off.

I'd agree that the finale was pretty odd. Talk about a lot of random deaths for no apparent reason. And talk about shitty cliffhangers - they didn't really increase my desire to watch season 5.

Back to your point though, Tara has needed to be offed for quite some time now (I really hope she stays dead!). Also, I believe that if the books had been followed, Lafayette would have been dead at the end of season 2.  Kinda spoils your thesis with the gay black guy living so long.

[Zoupa]

Been watching the new Weeds, better than last season when they were all over the place.

Started to get into Breaking Bad. It's solid acting on the cancer stuff, I like it so far.

[Slargos]

Trueblood season finale.

Beginning: 

Middle:

Closing: 

[Martinus]

I am usually far from considering Alan Ball a hack, but with True Blood, didn't they just serve us a standard 1960s' TV "if you are black and/or gay you die and the magic negro saves the white blonde princess" fare? Seriously?

Just kill the goddamn bimbo off.

I'd agree that the finale was pretty odd. Talk about a lot of random deaths for no apparent reason. And talk about shitty cliffhangers - they didn't really increase my desire to watch season 5.

Back to your point though, Tara has needed to be offed for quite some time now (I really hope she stays dead!). Also, I believe that if the books had been followed, Lafayette would have been dead at the end of season 2.  Kinda spoils your thesis with the gay black guy living so long.

Well, I was willing to give Alan Ball the benefit of doubt, but the show does seem to fall into the "gays and blacks can't be happy" rut.

Out of five openly gay characters on the show (Eddie, Russell, Lafayette, Jesus and Talbot), three have been killed off and the remaining two lost their loved ones in tragic circumstances. The only other primary character to lose her love interest that way (during the period depicted in the tv series, not as a backstory) was, to my recollection, Tara (see: blacks like gays cannot be happy). Meanwhile the straight whites seem to be banging everyone and none of their loved ones ever dies.

Not to mention, Tara getting shot to save Sookie is a typical magic negro trope.

[Slargos]

 

Without even taking long to consider it, the death toll of "loved ones" for Humans as opposed to blacks and fags is at least 4: Redhead waitress' hubby, fairy's grand mother and father, and shifter's brother. And that's just off the top of my head.

Marty 0 - Reality 432.

[Martinus]

Without even taking long to consider it, the death toll of "loved ones" for Humans as opposed to blacks and fags is at least 4: Redhead waitress' hubby, fairy's grand mother and father, and shifter's brother. And that's just off the top of my head.

Marty 0 - Reality 432.

I meant "loved ones" in the sense of relationship/partners.

So that would leave redhead waitress's hubby and he was a murderer and she didn't love him in the end.

[Eddie Teach]

Well, I was willing to give Alan Ball the benefit of doubt, but the show does seem to fall into the "gays and blacks can't be happy" rut.

It's a show about vampires, shouldn't all the characters be chronically unhappy?

[Viking]

Well, given that Lafayette is one of many chefs at Merlotts, every book has a new chef that comes to a sticky end, I'm actually surprised that he lasted that long. Tara in the books is white and is in the background, apart from her sojourn to Jackson as a fang-banger, and runs one of Bill Compton's investments (women's clothes store in Bon Tempes).

The books were ok, if a bit bodice rippery.