TV/Movies Megathread

[Caliga]

Wait, you people read Ide's reviews? 

[Ideologue]

Ide's review makes me want to punch him in the nuts, and that's the first time I've ever felt that way about Ide.

I feel he was punished enough by writing that overly long piece that said more about the reviewer than the movie ostensibly being reviewed.

Pray tell.

[Ideologue]

Wait, you people read Ide's reviews? 

It's because you're a good and
Intelligent man
Despite your desire to pummel
My sack

[garbon]

Wait, you people read Ide's reviews? 

It's because you're a good and
Intelligent man
Despite your desire to pummel
My sack

Thanks, lettuce.

[Ideologue]

FUCK YOU
I AM ON A PHONE

[garbon]

FUCK YOU
I AM ON A PHONE

And whose fault is that?

[Sheilbh]

Wrong.  It's completely uncorrelated.  Fanboys hated Watchmen, the best of all superhero films, but they loved the Dark Knight trilogy, which despite the softened heart I've developed for it, is problematic at best and produced only one movie worth praising without heaps of qualification.

Watchmen is a dreadful film. It's boring.

The Dark Knight films (I've not seen the last one) are good, solid superhero films. I, personally, think Batman is still the best of the whole lot, but they're still very good.

That's where Sheilbh's thesis falls apart--if this were anything else, I'd dislike it much more.

My thesis is that generally the more fans of the original hate it, the better a film it'll be.

[Eddie Teach]

My thesis is that generally the more fans of the original hate it, the better a film it'll be.

So you enjoyed Ang Lee's Hulk then?

[11B4V]

Wrong.  It's completely uncorrelated.  Fanboys hated Watchmen, the best of all superhero films, but they loved the Dark Knight trilogy, which despite the softened heart I've developed for it, is problematic at best and produced only one movie worth praising without heaps of qualification.

Watchmen is a dreadful film. It's boring.

The Dark Knight films (I've not seen the last one) are good, solid superhero films. I, personally, think Batman is still the best of the whole lot, but they're still very good.

[Sheilbh]

So you enjoyed Ang Lee's Hulk then?

A bad film can still be a bad film

The problem I have is I think there are lots of films that reboots or comic books that could be good or great but are overly reverential. They're normally decent enough adaptations but I don't think they're really great films and normally I feel it's because there's too much respect for the source.

I'm still waiting and hoping for even a decent video game adaptation though

[frunk]

A bad film can still be a bad film

The problem I have is I think there are lots of films that reboots or comic books that could be good or great but are overly reverential. They're normally decent enough adaptations but I don't think they're really great films and normally I feel it's because there's too much respect for the source.

I'm still waiting and hoping for even a decent video game adaptation though

In Watchmen's case (and V for Vendetta as well since we are talking about bad Alan Moore movies) that reverence is strictly for the visual style of the source material and are actually pretty lousy adaptations of everything else.  Watchmen completely loses the "these are human beings who are quite a bit crazy underneath their masks" in Snyder's drooling over "watch this normal human hero punch through a cement wall because, well, isn't that cool?!?!"

[Barrister]

I quite liked Watchmen.

[Ed Anger]

Admiral Yi has joined the No Punch in Ide's Nuts Faction.

Yi has joined part of the problem faction.

EMBARGO! Ed runs barter town!

[garbon]

Breakfast Club

I'm going to knock your dick in the dirt.

[lustindarkness]

Watchmen was good.