TV/Movies Megathread

[Josquius]

Latest episode of "The Walking Dead".  Not bad.

One thing I am beginning to wonder...

If the zombies are essentially just brain-dead "reboot"s of the human body, and apparently still require food to function, how do they keep functioning by milling about an empty place that's been cleaned out of live targets?  At least zombies roaming the woods for woodchucks made sense.  And I'd imagine the zombies would eat each other after too long.

Of course, here I am making the first mistake when watching a zombie apocolypse show...that being to try and make sense of the zombie apocolypse. 

Are these zombies meant to be  that? Again haven't read the comic.
Most zombies at least don't need food, that was just a 28 days quirk where they weren't really zombies.

Walking Dead....myeh, its OK but....its just lacking some spark.

[dps]

Latest episode of "The Walking Dead".  Not bad.

One thing I am beginning to wonder...

If the zombies are essentially just brain-dead "reboot"s of the human body, and apparently still require food to function, how do they keep functioning by milling about an empty place that's been cleaned out of live targets?  At least zombies roaming the woods for woodchucks made sense.  And I'd imagine the zombies would eat each other after too long.

Of course, here I am making the first mistake when watching a zombie apocolypse show...that being to try and make sense of the zombie apocolypse. 

Most zombies at least don't need food, that was just a 28 days quirk where they weren't really zombies.

That was just in 28 Days Later and it's sequel, not other zombie stories (though technically, in 28 Days Later, they don't actually call them zombies, anyway.)  Though in a lot of zombie works, it's not necessarily clear that the zombies actually need to feed, per se--they may just have a compulsion to devour living flesh without actually drawing sustainance from it.  And if they do need to feed, it's not clear that they wouldn't starve after they've eaten or turned all the living around them--we just don't see that far into the story in most cases, or the story ends with the zombies being beaten.

[Eddie Teach]

Walking Dead....myeh, its OK but....its just lacking some spark.

I don't think so. Very tense and gripping right now.

[Eddie Teach]

Once Upon A Time, the new show on ABC.  I am... willing to give it another week?  Certainly not top notch, and definitely seemingly aimed for children or females, it was still vaguely watchable.  That and Ginnifer Goodwin is rather attractive.

She looks a lot better with hair covering up those ears.

[Grey Fox]

I'm unsure how they are going to be able to do a 5th season of Sons of Anarchy, no one is going to be left alive.

[Josephus]

The most recent episode of Boardwalk Empire is a classic. Best episode of the series. Anyone watching it?

[Grey Fox]

The most recent episode of Boardwalk Empire is a classic. Best episode of the series. Anyone watching it?

I am. It was a pretty good one but any episode where the disenfranchised Proby isn't in is by default a good one.

[FunkMonk]

Saw The Man From Earth last night on Netflix Instant Watch. A small, quirkly movie about a man who believes he's a 14,000 year old caveman. Written by the guy who wrote Mirror, Mirror from Star Trek TOS and the episode of the Twilight Zone with the kid who could imagine things into existence. Pretty good flick.

[Josquius]

The most recent episode of Boardwalk Empire is a classic. Best episode of the series. Anyone watching it?

It was quite good, I do rather like Richard.

Saw The Man From Earth last night on Netflix Instant Watch. A small, quirkly movie about a man who believes he's a 14,000 year old caveman. Written by the guy who wrote Mirror, Mirror from Star Trek TOS and the episode of the Twilight Zone with the kid who could imagine things into existence. Pretty good flick.

It was alright despite what it was, could really have done with a budget though to actually show some stuff.

[Ideologue]

It was alright despite what it was, could really have done with a budget though to actually show some stuff.

Wrong.

[Habsburg]

So I have a film anticipation question for you all:

Are you super excited for David Fincher's remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo?

Some of the Oscar watchers seem to think it will be the greatest thing since cut bread, I'm dubious.  I figured Languish might be a good bell weather for this question. 

[Josquius]

The original was merely meh and American remakes of foreign films normally suck.

Apparently they did some filming in Uppsala though so I am curious.

[garbon]

So I have a film anticipation question for you all:

Are you super excited for David Fincher's remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo?

Some of the Oscar watchers seem to think it will be the greatest thing since cut bread, I'm dubious.  I figured Languish might be a good bell weather for this question. 

The book was terrible so I'm not sure what the movie could advance with such material.

[The Brain]

So I have a film anticipation question for you all:

Are you super excited for David Fincher's remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo?

Some of the Oscar watchers seem to think it will be the greatest thing since cut bread, I'm dubious.  I figured Languish might be a good bell weather for this question. 

What did you think of the original?

[Josephus]

I thought the original was pretty good. I'll watch the American one too, probably be slicker and faster paced. Will it be better? Probably not.