TV/Movies Megathread

[CountDeMoney]

There ya go, that's the Ed I know.  Vulcans never bluff.

[Ed Anger]

 

I'm going to lounge around and watch war movies all day. I feel like the Devil's Brigade to start with.

[mongers]

All The President's Men is on.

Desktop typewriters, old Blackwing pencils, rotary phones, dime pay phones, ashtrays, card catalogs, massive American cars and shitty little imports made of cheap Japanese steel...now those were the days. 

[Sheilbh]

Besides, I don't pick on social inferiors.  Rather, I attack people who I perceive as being damaging to society.

Timmism is damaging to society.

But it's all adaptations, I hate how respectful costume dramas tend to be. I think the more time spent thinking about how to make a good film and the less spent thinking how to excite your free online marketing department the better.

I think Marvel have the balance pretty good and I loved the first new Star Trek film - I haven't seen the second.

Canon and history should always be very low down on the list of priorities.

[Josephus]

He's right.  Walter is a weenie who desperately doesn't want to be.  And the flashes of insanity help that along at times.

Bullshit.  He's just a decent man forced to do indecent things to survive.

He was. For about three seasons.

And he continued to do so, in order to remain indispensable in a business with individuals that saw him as dispensable.

Yes. But arguably he didn't need to remain in the business anymore. He's had opportunities to walk away.

[DontSayBanana]

Finally got to see Into Darkness.

The movie's definitely more about characterization, but they overload it with action to get you from the almost-crisis at the beginning [spoiler](Kirk narrowly avoiding losing command of the Enterprise when Pike gets offed in a particularly ignominious way)[/spoiler] to his epiphany near the end [spoiler](What good is saving everyone when your only goal is keeping score?)[/spoiler]

Unfortunately, where this movie fell apart was in bringing back Trekkie elements without properly explaining them [spoiler](I had to explain the Prime Directive to my non-Trekkie girlfriend, who was totally lost in a scene that should have been really poignant, with Pike dressing down Kirk for not even respecting the rules he's breaking; they were so vague about Khan's past that without canon knowledge, the "super blood" was a horrible deus ex machina- it still wasn't that great a plot device)[/spoiler]  [spoiler]It was a good thing I saw it at the drive in, because the girlfriend and I both laughed ourselves silly at the "KHAAAAAN!" delivery.[/spoiler]

Long story short, it's really promising, but it trips and falls down over its own canon references.  It gets where it needs to in the end, but it gets really ugly in its execution on the way there.

[Eddie Teach]

And he continued to do so, in order to remain indispensable in a business with individuals that saw him as dispensable.

I think you're both off. Walt has awoken the Beast within. He's neither a weenie nor a decent man at this point.

[Syt]

So, question: What's worse?

Vader's "NOOOOOOO!" in Ep. 3 or [spoiler]Spock shouting "KHAAAAAAN!"[/spoiler] in Into Darkness?

[Barrister]

So, question: What's worse?

Vader's "NOOOOOOO!" in Ep. 3 or [spoiler]Spock shouting "KHAAAAAAN!"[/spoiler] in Into Darkness?

[spoiler]NOOOOO! was worse.  KHAAAAAN! had some minor value as a throwback to the prior movie.[/spoiler]

[Liep]

So I watched the first episode of season 4 of Arrested Development. As expected it was filled with references to the cancellation. Rest of the episode seemed to also be mostly references, [spoiler]funniest one being the ending, a surprising pop-in[/spoiler] with at least a couple of references build into it. Still laughing. Physical comedy is one of the many things this show does right.

All in all I'm pleased. And I'll most likely watch a couple of more later.

[garbon]

I watched the first 2. It is fun to revisit.

Only thing that I'm not sure how I feel about is the format. I seem to recall them saying, and then it is evident by ep 2 - that the various eps happen kind of concurrently. Makes for somewhat strange watching.

[garbon]

Also, interesting on the "new" actors. Seth Rogen, Kirsten Wiig and then much less well known Natasha Leggero.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Terminator 3 sucked in every way possible Ide.

[Malthus]

And he continued to do so, in order to remain indispensable in a business with individuals that saw him as dispensable.

I think you're both off. Walt has awoken the Beast within. He's neither a weenie nor a decent man at this point.

Yup.

Walter's main motivation at first was pride - he's definitely one who would rather rule in hell than serve in heaven. As he has 'succeeded', he's gotten a taste for manipulation and domination over others for its own sake. At this point, he's a very bad man indeed.

[Jaron]

I got into BB late last year. I hate Walter and I love Mike.