TV/Movies Megathread

[garbon]

Finally getting caught up on Ray Donovan. 

I just watched the first episode. No wonder he gets around with a wife like that.

[garbon]

With network TV I'll wait and see what the buzz is after about 8 shows before digging in. I've had shows cancelled from under my feet far too often.

On the flipside, most aren't that exciting when they are still getting their legs, so if cancelled - no supreme loss.

[Eddie Teach]

If you aren't watching the new shows, you aren't helping the networks pick out which ones are keepers.

[jimmy olsen]

Agents of SHIELD. Meh. Coulson (who's like a robot now?) is willing to risk the lives of hundreds of people to avoid making a difficult decision. That kind of stupid is usually a dealbreaker for me.

What was the difficult decision?

Option A - let bomb go off killing hundreds
Option B - shoot a "bad guy"

And why was this difficult?

Did they need him alive for some other reason? Information?

[Eddie Teach]

He wasn't a bad guy, he was just unstable due to the drugs he was on. And he had a kid.

[Scipio]

He wasn't a bad guy, he was just unstable due to the drugs he was on. And he had a kid.

Also, information.

[Kleves]

And why was this difficult?

Because the guy was sympathetic (black single father laid off from his job because of an injury, denied worker's comp because reasons, etc.) and by crappy TV show logic that meant he had to survive. The guy had already crippled/murdered/kidnapped multiple people, and was going to explode in the middle of a crowded train station at any second, but Coulson decided that, instead of shooting the guy and ending the threat, he would let him rant for awhile and try to talk him into surrendering (which of course worked, because that's apparently the kind of show this is going to be). And this wasn't even the dumbest thing that Coulson did during the episode.

[Josephus]

If you aren't watching the new shows, you aren't helping the networks pick out which ones are keepers.

Aright. I'm convinced. I'll download them as soon as made available....

[The Brain]

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Halfway through I was gonna say that it was better than I expected but then it got too silly. Stone just can't help himself.

Eli Wallach.

[mongers]

Found on youtube a Hammer horror film I've not seen before. :gasp: w

What's more it starred Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, so not a minor one. 

Called 'The Gorgon', made in 1964, both starts played non-typical roles. Not sure if I'd recommend it, haven't yet seen the last 20 minutes.

[Ideologue]

Oh, man, speaking of Gravity, I've been reading the reviews (my invitation to TIFF seems to have been lost in the Canadian mail ).  It's gonna be great, isn't it?

[Darth Wagtaros]

Doubt it. It's been Ide-tainted.

[Ideologue]

That's stupid.  You're stupid for saying it.

[Darth Wagtaros]

It doesn't look especially interesting. 

[Ideologue]

Do you not like astronauts in trouble?  Do you not like long takes?