TV/Movies Megathread

[Admiral Yi]

Did you guys know that Clint Eastwood wrote some of the scores for his movies? 

[katmai]

Did you guys know that Clint Eastwood wrote some of the scores for his movies? 

Well duh.


But seriously, yes i did know.



And i enjoyed Go On, better than the New Normal that followed it.

[Ideologue]

Hunt For Red Octiabr (1990).  Yes, the fucking title screen is still spelled wrong, after all these years.

Bonus moment of total garbage: the part where the damaged F-14A Tomcat transforms into stock footage of an F9F crash and colors stop existing.  This film features dozens of models, and this part is on lousy CCTV in the Enterprise CIC.  Was it impossible to get a model of an F-14A, which were no doubt commercially available, set it on fire, and throw it at a model of the Enterprise deck?  If it was impossible, why not just, you know, cut to the smoke on the deck?  Why pull a play from the Burt I. Gordon filmmaking handbook?  Is it because John McTiernan, secretly, hates himself?  Why?  He's a good director.

Anyway, despite his enormous apparent self-loathing, McTiernan assembled a fantastic cast of actors for the film, and while everyone is at least pretty good, Sam Neill steals every scene.  As you would or should expect.  I wish you could have seen Montana too, buddy.

But completely avoidable, amateur bullshit is doubly bullshit in a major film, and bullshit starts with a B+, if you accidentally hit the = key and SHIFT when you're typing it.

[Ideologue]

Did you guys know that Clint Eastwood wrote some of the scores for his movies? 

I did not, but that's cool.

My favorite director/composer is John Carpenter.  Also only other one I can think of off the top of my head.  But that dude rocks.

[Ideologue]

And another thing:



Cool!



Laaame.  Package design-wise, that is.  I guess you get what you pay for when you dig something out of the bargain Blu Ray bin.

Also, my TOS Star Trek movies arrived the other day.  Did not realize that the version of the Motion Picture included was the theatrical cut.  Why?  Actually, the real question is "why not both?", but if you're gonna have just one, how about the one Wise cleaned up, rather than the one rushed out the door, please?

[11B4V]

Amazon prime is so great. Tinker, Taylor, etc., is already here.

Don't gobble it in one lump, saver it over several days/ couple of weeks. 

Just got through with the 2nd episode. Fantastic so far.

[11B4V]

Anyway, despite his enormous apparent self-loathing, McTiernan assembled a fantastic cast of actors for the film, and while everyone is at least pretty good, Sam Neill steals every scene.  As you would or should expect.  I wish you could have seen Montana too, buddy.

I thought he was whinny.

My favorite line outta that movie.

Listen, I'm a politician which means I'm a cheat and a liar, and when I'm not kissing babies I'm stealing their lollipops. But it also means I keep my options open.

[Ed Anger]

B+ for Red October? SEEDY, TAKE THE SAFTIES OFF THE TORPEDOES.

[CountDeMoney]

B+ for Red October? SEEDY, TAKE THE SAFTIES OFF THE TORPEDOES.

HE SO MUCH AS TWITCHES WERE BLOWING HIS ASS STRAIGHT TO MARS

Oh, wait.  That doesn't sound good.


It was a shitty stock scene, though;  I was on a first date when I went to see that movie, I think they heard me groan in lobby on that one.  I mean, while we're at it, why not use the famous footage of the Hellcat crashing on the deck of the Yorktown?

I remember reading an interview with Clancy when the movie came out, said his biggest regret of the screenplay treatment was the omission of the Maryland Air National Guard A-10s buzzing the Kirov, dropping flares on their deck.  Now that would've been cool.

[CountDeMoney]

Did you guys know that Clint Eastwood wrote some of the scores for his movies? 

I did not, but that's cool.

He's been a musician all his life.  You should see Paint Your Wagon;  he can sing, too.

[Kleves]

He's been a musician all his life.  You should see Paint Your Wagon;  he can sing, too.

http://www.myvideo.de/watch/2194677/Simpsons_Paint_a_Wagon

[The Larch]

I already watched the first two Arrested Development episodes from the new season. Oh how I missed the Bluths. 

[Ideologue]

The Fifth Element (1997).  Good, retarded fun for the whole family, permitted your loved ones can suppress their boners.   FEATURES: many highly stimulating scenes of ribby Slav Milla Jovovich nude or nearly-nude; Chris Tucker's finest performance, in a movie that realizes he's annoying and uses that as a strength; Gary Oldman wearing silly clothes and a sillier haircut and sporting a fine Southern accent, which you don't get nearly enough of in science fiction; Bruce Willis quipping and occasionally quasi-acting; ridiculous set and costume design not seen since the days of Hodges' Flash Gordon; colors! Warning: even goofier than I remembered it was.  Might be an A.

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Continuing the theme of kaleidoscopic future super-schlock, I picked up Dredd when I saw its price had dropped a bit, and may watch it again as a proper double feature.  Question for 2000 A.D. readers (by whom I probably only mean Neil, if anyone): how were civil cases tried in Mega City One?

[Ideologue]

B+ for Red October? SEEDY, TAKE THE SAFTIES OFF THE TORPEDOES.

HE SO MUCH AS TWITCHES WERE BLOWING HIS ASS STRAIGHT TO MARS

Oh, wait.  That doesn't sound good.


It was a shitty stock scene, though;  I was on a first date when I went to see that movie, I think they heard me groan in lobby on that one.  I mean, while we're at it, why not use the famous footage of the Hellcat crashing on the deck of the Yorktown?

"This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. "

[11B4V]

The Fifth Element (1997).  Good, retarded fun for the whole family, permitted your loved ones can suppress their boners.   FEATURES: many highly stimulating scenes of ribby Slav Milla Jovovich nude or nearly-nude; Chris Tucker's finest performance, in a movie that realizes he's annoying and uses that as a strength; Gary Oldman wearing silly clothes and a sillier haircut and sporting a fine Southern accent, which you don't get nearly enough of in science fiction; Bruce Willis quipping and occasionally quasi-acting; ridiculous set and costume design not seen since the days of Hodges' Flash Gordon; colors! Warning: even goofier than I remembered it was.  Might be an A.

Same. Entertaining and not to be taken seriously.