TV/Movies Megathread

[Tonitrus]

"John Carter"

A quite enjoyable film.  I rather liked it.

[11B4V]

Except First Contact is not a great movie, but a bad movie.  The only ones worse are Insurrection and Nemesis (and Nemesis only arguably).  Pretty much all the TNG films are trash; Generations I give a pass only because it's nostalgic trash.  I would not trade the existence of all four of the TNG films for the first ten minutes of Star Trek V.  And it's not even that I don't like TNG; I just really, really dislike the TNG movies.

But that is, like, the only good part of First Contact.

Ide, I once had respect for you.  Now it's over.   

Seriously man, we don't agree at all on this 

No there not.

[lustindarkness]

"John Carter"

A quite enjoyable film.  I rather liked it.

I liked that movie.

[Sophie Scholl]

Of course it will. Johnny Depp is playing Tonto. If there ever was an typecast actor less like the serious, earnest and devoted tonto it is Johnny Depp. Seriously, he has a crow in his head, WTF?

The story is being told from Tonto's POV, and no, he's not expected to be Bill Cosby's Tonto.

And his character role was developed from a variety of Crow and Blackfoot historical notes and descriptions.

Sorry to burst your bubble on this, but Depp's look isn't based on any of that.  It's an artist's random inspiration/interpretation based off of nothing but his own thoughts and aesthetics.  The crow isn't even actually on his head in the picture used for the costume idea, it just looked vaguely like it and the costume department/design department didn't realize till too late, so they stuck with it.  'Kirby Sattler is a non-Native artist who, in a statement on his website, says that his paintings are meant to "satisfy my audience's sensibilities of the subject without the constraints of having to adhere to historical accuracy".'

http://gawker.com/5906868/johnny-depps-tonto-is-based-on-a-white-mans-painting-of-an-imaginary-native-american
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/johnny-depps-explanation-of-tonto-costume-both-clarifies-and-muddles-110002

[CountDeMoney]

Of course it will. Johnny Depp is playing Tonto. If there ever was an typecast actor less like the serious, earnest and devoted tonto it is Johnny Depp. Seriously, he has a crow in his head, WTF?

The story is being told from Tonto's POV, and no, he's not expected to be Bill Cosby's Tonto.

And his character role was developed from a variety of Crow and Blackfoot historical notes and descriptions.

Sorry to burst your bubble on this, but Depp's look isn't based on any of that.

Meh, no bubble burst.  Just repeating what I saw on an interview with him on it.

[11B4V]

Of course it will. Johnny Depp is playing Tonto. If there ever was an typecast actor less like the serious, earnest and devoted tonto it is Johnny Depp. Seriously, he has a crow in his head, WTF?

The story is being told from Tonto's POV, and no, he's not expected to be Bill Cosby's Tonto.

And his character role was developed from a variety of Crow and Blackfoot historical notes and descriptions.

Sorry to burst your bubble on this, but Depp's look isn't based on any of that.

Meh, no bubble burst.  Just repeating what I saw on an interview with him on it.

Any guesses as to how long it will take the indians to start squawking about it?

I have high hopes for the movie too.

[CountDeMoney]

Any guesses as to how long it will take the indians to start squawking about it?

I have high hopes for the movie too.

To be honest, I think they've stopped squawking about movies a long time ago.

Heh, get it: "squawking".  "Squaw".  Lulz.

[garbon]

Any guesses as to how long it will take the indians to start squawking about it?

I have high hopes for the movie too.

To be honest, I think they've stopped squawking about movies a long time ago.

Heh, get it: "squawking".  "Squaw".  Lulz.

Yeah they complain about No Doubt and Lana Del Ray videos instead.

[Ideologue]

Except First Contact is not a great movie, but a bad movie.  The only ones worse are Insurrection and Nemesis (and Nemesis only arguably).  Pretty much all the TNG films are trash; Generations I give a pass only because it's nostalgic trash.  I would not trade the existence of all four of the TNG films for the first ten minutes of Star Trek V.  And it's not even that I don't like TNG; I just really, really dislike the TNG movies.

But that is, like, the only good part of First Contact.

Ide, I once had respect for you.  Now it's over.   

Seriously man, we don't agree at all on this 

If All Good Things had been a theatrical release, I'd give it an A+.

Star Trek Into Darkness, by contrast, I do not.  Can discuss more later, but for now I'm trying to figure out whether it was kind of bad or quite bad.

[Sheilbh]

The only good reboot/comic book/tv adaptation is one that makes fans of the original weep hot tears of frustration.

On that count Star Trek failed, but it was still fun. Hopefully this one delivers.

[Syt]

Dear Lord, the Pacific Rim trailer looks beautifully trashy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5guMumPFBag

[fhdz]

Dear Lord, the Pacific Rim trailer looks beautifully trashy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5guMumPFBag

Yeah, I'll definitely watch that one. Biggest theatre possible.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Looks like Charlie from Its Always Sunny is in it.

[Syt]

Wolverine does his Dirty Harry impression

[garbon]

Watching Sixteen Candles. What great lines!

I loathe the bus

Grandparents forgetting a birthday? They live for that shit.