TV/Movies Megathread

[Liep]

On my quest to watch movies I know I'll be annoyed about comes Olympus Has Fallen. Gerard Butler is bad ass, but the vast number of people being shot is unfortunately not enough to cover for the inconceivability and the cliches.

The "how do you know his name" reveal has never been done worse or more obvious. And the following repent scene was.. well.

2  motorcades should drive according to weather conditions out of 10.

Chrome gets 10 out of 10 for correcting Gerald to Gerard.

[Grey Fox]

It's Die Hard for the 21st Century will an unlikeable actor as the Hero.

[Sheilbh]

The Hobbit. I liked it a lot

I absolutely loved Barry Humphries

Edit: Frankly it was nice to discover that Barry Humphries is still alive....

Humphries on the film: 'It was thrilling to work on this film and when you see my extraordinary interpretation you realise why I immediately fell into the arms of Jenny Craig, and minor cosmetic surgery. I always thought motion capture was something you did when you were taking a specimen at the doctor.'

[garbon]

So far Always Sunny has stumbled horribly more than it has triumphed this season. Has the group run out of steam?

[Ideologue]

I heard that Carrie doesn't even have the great opening sequence of the original.

You heard right.  Also, Chloe Grace Moretz is 15.  You monster.

That said, it's the first indication of how terribly more milquetoast it is than the original, and that is basically a one-sentence review of the entire film.

It's not bad-bad, but I had a really, really hard time trying to view it outside its context as a remake, a task made more difficult by the fact it's 96% the same movie, except not half as well-shot, well-acted, well-shot, well-constructed, or well-shot.

[The Brain]

Watched an episode of MacGyver. Thought it was something the Simpsons had made up. It's not.

[katmai]

She is 16 1/2!

Not that I'm counting.

[jimmy olsen]

Watched an episode of MacGyver. Thought it was something the Simpsons had made up. It's not.

It was one of the biggest hits of the 80s.

[Syt]

MacGyver

[Josquius]

Watched an episode of MacGyver. Thought it was something the Simpsons had made up. It's not.

Yeah, me too,  I stumbled on the real thing a fair few years ago though.
This has been quite a common occurance in my life actually, learning about things from secondary media first and then encountering the real thing, particularly common with the Simpsons. Lots of horror movies were spoiled for me by the Simpsons.

[Grey Fox]

Watched an episode of MacGyver. Thought it was something the Simpsons had made up. It's not.

Yeah, me too,  I stumbled on the real thing a fair few years ago though.
This has been quite a common occurance in my life actually, learning about things from secondary media first and then encountering the real thing, particularly common with the Simpsons. Lots of horror movies were spoiled for me by the Simpsons.

I guess this happens to every non-american watcher of the Simpsons.

[Malthus]

Watched an episode of MacGyver. Thought it was something the Simpsons had made up. It's not.

It was one of the biggest hits of the 80s.

Viewing patterns may be different in the UK. 

[Gups]

I'd certainly never heard of it until the Simpsons and not sure if it was ever shown here in the old days. .

Sure it is now that there are a gazillion channels.

[Eddie Teach]

She is 16 1/2!

Not that I'm counting.

You've probably had drinks with her, right?

[The Brain]

I'd certainly never heard of it until the Simpsons and not sure if it was ever shown here in the old days. .

Sure it is now that there are a gazillion channels.

In the 80s you had 3-4 hours of coal mining on the telly every night, right?