TV/Movies Megathread

[Admiral Yi]

I liked the fact that Yackov Vodka got a gig outside Branson.

[CountDeMoney]

I liked the fact that Yackov Vodka got a gig outside Branson.

Every now and then, your hip obscure references lose me in their hip obscureness.  Are you talking about Elya Baskin?

[Admiral Yi]

Yakov Smirnoff.  The insurgent pilot.

Or is this a remake of Air Force One?

[CountDeMoney]

Ok, that's him.  Yeah, he seemed to disappear into the abyss of sporadic TV for a long while after the 80s, what with 2010, Moscow On The Hudson, and The Name of the Rose back in the day.

[lustindarkness]

Oblivion: My son keeps joking about the end, what can be more awesome than [spoiler]surprising the alien machine with Morgan Freeman in a box?[/spoiler] 

[Habbaku]

Hm.  Fair enough.  They stated it as fact, but I guess it need not have been, you're right.

Oh, one thing I wanted to say about Oblivion:

[spoiler]I think that the ending could have been cut to be far more powerful than it was, don't you?  It didn't need that narration, it didn't need any lines.  Just show, as Cruise and Freeman's character are dying--which was a nice enough twist--Tom Cruise 52 shows up at the cabin.  Then credits.  It felt like a pulled punch for the benefit of people who would've said "whut?" and it was unnecessary and undermining. [/spoiler]

I have to disagree.  I think the whole point of [spoiler]the narration at the end was because it dovetailed nicely from the narration at the beginning.  The narration of the entire tale is not from #49's perspective, but from #52's perspective.  It's all after the fact--part of the reason it starts with something like "I've never met you, but..."  He's referring to #49 in that one, which the closing narration, to me, spells out more clearly and makes the entire story come together.[/spoiler]

[viper37]

Star Wars: The Legacy revealed.

A bunch of people, including university teacher, comme and tell you how fantastic was George Lucas for introducing Jar Jar Binks in the first trilogy, and how is character is growing through the series.

Proof that you can have Ph.D without being intelligent.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Star Wars: The Legacy revealed.

A bunch of people, including university teacher, comme and tell you how fantastic was George Lucas for introducing Jar Jar Binks in the first trilogy, and how is character is growing through the series.

Proof that you can have Ph.D without being intelligent.

Work at a University fora while and you'll have all the proof you ned.

[Ideologue]

Hm.  Fair enough.  They stated it as fact, but I guess it need not have been, you're right.

Oh, one thing I wanted to say about Oblivion:

[spoiler]I think that the ending could have been cut to be far more powerful than it was, don't you?  It didn't need that narration, it didn't need any lines.  Just show, as Cruise and Freeman's character are dying--which was a nice enough twist--Tom Cruise 52 shows up at the cabin.  Then credits.  It felt like a pulled punch for the benefit of people who would've said "whut?" and it was unnecessary and undermining. [/spoiler]

I have to disagree.  I think the whole point of [spoiler]the narration at the end was because it dovetailed nicely from the narration at the beginning.  The narration of the entire tale is not from #49's perspective, but from #52's perspective.  It's all after the fact--part of the reason it starts with something like "I've never met you, but..."  He's referring to #49 in that one, which the closing narration, to me, spells out more clearly and makes the entire story come together.[/spoiler]

YMMV.  I thought it was nothing that wasn't already spelled out pretty cleanly.  So while it wasn't bad or inept or anything--in fact it was still good--I thought it bogged itself down in details and, really, words.  I'd have simply preferred what I'd have found a more emotionally charged, music-driven depiction of the same events.

[crazy canuck]

A set crew is busy rearranging the forest across from my house for a movie.  The rumour is its another Planet of the Apes.

[Neil]

Yi is the Dennis Miller of Languish.

[Josephus]

A set crew is busy rearranging the forest across from my house for a movie.  The rumour is its another Planet of the Apes.

We want daily rushes.

[crazy canuck]

A set crew is busy rearranging the forest across from my house for a movie.  The rumour is its another Planet of the Apes.

We want daily rushes.

When filming starts I will take my dog for more frequent walks in the area and see what I can get for you. 

I didnt bother when Twilight was being filmed for obvious reasons.

[11B4V]

Watching some of my favorite Dogfight episodes.


The Last Gunfighter - Ep 8 - Season 1 - Dogfights
Israeli Air Force - Dog Fights Of The Middle East
Dogfights: The Thunderbolt
Dogfights: Long Odds

[Admiral Yi]

Saw a bit more of Total Recall.  It's crap.

What a waste of ass, literally.  Two of the best poopers in film.

What the fuck was the deal with that Mars planetary core elevator?