TV/Movies Megathread

[jimmy olsen]

Is it more accurately translated to Awesome, as in the biblical sense? Fearsome and Formidable are also better translations, so I've read.

Yes, but "Terrible" can be used in English in that sense as well like "I am Oz the great and terrible."

That was archaic even when the book was written in 1900~, terrible simply isn't used like that in English anymore.

[Eddie Teach]

The Terrible sounds cooler than The Awesome or The Great.

[Tonitrus]

Is it more accurately translated to Awesome, as in the biblical sense? Fearsome and Formidable are also better translations, so I've read.

Yes, but "Terrible" can be used in English in that sense as well like "I am Oz the great and terrible."

That was archaic even when the book was written in 1900~, terrible simply isn't used like that in English anymore.

"Fearsome" maybe.  Not really "awesome" or "formidable".  Perhaps "menacing".

Grozniy/грозный, as a word, can be linked to the Russian verb "грозить", or "to threaten" (so it definitely has that negative/threatening connotation built-in), and also "гроза", which is a storm (the violent, thundering and lighting type), and also carries the implication of something dangerous.  So I think carrying that feel of foreboding and fear is essential.

[Josephus]

Watched the first part of a Brit series called Broadchurch. Liked what I saw.

[Sheilbh]

Cabin in the Woods. Better than I'd expected.

[CountDeMoney]

One of these Bridget Jones movies is on, and it's giving me spastic bowel syndrome.

[Ideologue]

Getaway (2013).  Mammoth disappointment.  C+

Full write-up: You know what really grinds my gears?  The perfect chase movie.  Edited.  The fuck.  To death.

Scrolled up a cinema earlier, though.  Casablanca (1942).  That was pretty great.  A

[Admiral Yi]

A while back I watched a comedy zombie movie set in Cuba, a comedy.  Not sure where it was filmed.  Would be strange if they were showing a Cuban made movie on US TV.

One of the jokes was that Spaniards in Cuba are all there for sex tourism.  Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[Eddie Teach]

Going to echo the chorus here: Dredd was a pretty solid movie.

[Scipio]

Dredd was fuckballs amazing, especially considering the Stallone abortion.

[Ideologue]

The Grandmaster (2013).  If you'd told me a Wong Kar Wai movie, set in Republican China, about a kung fu master, and starring Zhang Ziyi would be the worst movie I've seen in theaters all year, I'd have called you a fucking lunatic.  Remind me to never get excited about anything ever again.  Between this and Getaway, this already previously mediocre summer has decided to end on a dreadful note.  Full write-up blah blah blargh: I'm a master of wang chung D+

[Josquius]

What's with all the (well, 2) fake Brit-coms coming from the US these days?

Family Tree- the Irish fellow from the IT crowd stars. Alongside some weird woman with a puppet who I'm sure I've seen before/ It seems very, very British indeed except for the big HBO logo, they only just involve America from the 4th episode.
It's....alrightish. Not so many laugh out loud moments. But entertaining.

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret- now this is funny. It has the tall one from the Inbetweeners. Idiot American gets sent to England to sell a radioactive Korean energy drink and wacky hijinks ensue. What is odd is that there are a lot of jokes that I just don't think most Americans will get, little references to British culture and all that.

I also finally saw: Star Trek: Into Darkness I don't know what to say without spoilers other than 'pretty good', I want spoilers, let's have spoilers, spoilers, don't read them if you haven't seen it, seriously, splurge time:
Wow. That reveal. What was most shocking about it was that it wasn't spoiled to me before I saw the film, usually such things spoil themselves in the promo material even, let alone on the internet....
The way they handle Khan is pretty awesome; having the Federation not just sit on their hands after Vulcan is gone, business as usual, but actually go out there and start messing with the timeline.
One odd part was when Khan crushes the skull of the evil admiral...I was certain it was Scotty. It really did seem to be him, it even sounded like Scotty. I may have actually said "Holy shit!", as it just seemed so awesome that they would mess with the continuity in such way, killing a major character. Alas no, when Scotty turned up again I was confused.
Reviving Kirk with the blood was stupid. What about all the other augments, couldn't their blood be used? And what about everyone else who died as the Enterprise crashed?
The opening scene was nifty.
Nice references to the original series hidden here and there.
Was there some significance to the two red shirts who went to Kronos with Kirk and co? There really seemed to be but it went over my head.
One big problem I did have: Why so human? There weren't that many aliens to be seen in the Federation crowd scenes, on the Enterprise, etc.... I'd have thought with this being a big flashy modern movie they would overcome the constraints of the old TV series and make things a bit more varied, alas no. Kirk's cat ladies were nice though...
On things being so human- it was odd there weren't more Indian and Chinese people to be seen. You'd think in the modern world with its atmosphere of those two rising that this look at the future would want to play into that.
What was the deal with that cyborg guy on the Enterprise? That was freaky...This Federation is certainly a lot more robotic than the original universe one.
There's something else important...but I can't remember what.


Also I recently watched Gangster Squad - meh. And Brave- sure its a kid's film, but...that doesn't stop others being fun. It didn't have much going for it other than everyone speaking Scottish.

[Ideologue]

They killed most of the East Asians in World War III.  No, really.  Also you used the word "Augment," which means you're a NEERRRRRD.

Glad you liked it, though.  Star Trek Into Darkness is still probably my second least favorite movie of 2013.

As for kid's films, I watched Hercules recently.  It would probably be my favorite Disney movie--if it had better music.  I like the core Michael Bolton ballad, as is my wont, but everything else is either forgettable or even kind of wretched.  I did enjoy Megara as the only Disney female lead who has definitively fucked. B+

[CountDeMoney]

I have a substantial collection of Jasmine bondage porno.  Just throwing that out there.

[Ideologue]

I have a substantial collection of Jasmine bondage porno.  Just throwing that out there.

If I were to rank them, it'd probably be:

Megara
Ariel
Mulan
Belle
Jasmine
Nala
The girl what got turned into a frog
Pocahontas
Esmeralda