TV/Movies Megathread

[Habbaku]

Watched Kick Ass last night. That was pretty damn good. Hitgirl is awesome.

[comic-book-nerd] The comic was better. [/comic-book-nerd]

Not especially.

They work better for their respective media.  The movie probably made the right choice to change the characters/ending the way it did vs. what the book did.

[Ed Anger]

I watched Death Race 2000 on the netfux. Got a bit a boob and just enough violence to soothe my evil American soul.

4 boots to the face out of 5.

[Neil]

Watched Kick Ass last night. That was pretty damn good. Hitgirl is awesome.

[comic-book-nerd] The comic was better. [/comic-book-nerd]

Not especially.

They work better for their respective media.  The movie probably made the right choice to change the characters/ending the way it did vs. what the book did.

I don't know.  I was never especially fond of the comic, but that's true of pretty much everything that Mark Millar has ever done.

[Habbaku]

I enjoyed the comic for its satire, but it is, as you stated, Mark Millar.  The guy does subtlety about as well as a crash of rhinos.  Other than Chosen, I can't recall much of his that I've thoroughly enjoyed.

[FunkMonk]

http://youtu.be/UtAyJPuKuMY

Has anyone seen this movie? Please say yes and tell me how great it was.

[Admiral Yi]

http://youtu.be/UtAyJPuKuMY

Has anyone seen this movie? Please say yes and tell me how great it was.

Yes.  It's greatness is indescribable.

[FunkMonk]

 

[katmai]

http://youtu.be/UtAyJPuKuMY

Has anyone seen this movie? Please say yes and tell me how great it was.

Looks like something Ed Angerbutt the Porno King would watch.

[Ed Anger]

I've forgotten more movies than you people will ever dream of watching.

As for that one, no idea.

[katmai]

What do you mean "you people"?

[Ed Anger]

What do you mean "you people"?

Languish retards.

And yes, I get the joke.

[katmai]

I'd be disappointed if you hadn't.

[Ed Anger]

I know all. I see all.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Watched Kick Ass last night. That was pretty damn good. Hitgirl is awesome.

It was.  Looking forward to the sequel.

[jimmy olsen]

Watched the standard edition of John Carter last night.  I rather enjoyed it.  It reminded me a lot of what the Star Wars prequels tried for and failed miserably at.  It's a shame it got so terribly marketed and hasn't come close to making a profit, as the completion of the trilogy would have been fun to watch.

Yep.  It was a really good movie, and I like the comparison to Star Wars.  When I was watching this movie, I felt like I was taken back to my youth when I was watching great, pulpy movies like Star Wars or Raiders of the Lost Ark.  The critics that panned this movie are a bunch of film-school flunkouts who would hate on pretty much any classic film if it was released today.

Fuck you, haters.

The buzz on this movie from people I trust (not professional hack movie critics) agrees with your assessment.

I think the main problem with the movie is its terrible title. John Carter? Sounds more like a mediocre courtroom drama. I understand wanting to remain true to the source material, but that is a terrible name for a blockbuster movie.

They could have at least called it "John Carter of Mars", or "A Princess of Mars", or "Under the Moons of Mars" as it's been alternately titled.