TV/Movies Megathread

[Queequeg]

[spoiler]It's some Dr. House shit.  That episode of Hannibal references "Brain on Fire", a book on a cute hipster working at the NY Post who gets it.  It takes months for people to realize that it's not a typical breakdown or schizophrenia.  It's a complicated process to diagnose and treat.  You can actually trace Graham's disease, from initial fever and infection to massive, bizarre immune system reaction and eventual descent in to hallucinations, lost time and crazyness.[/spoiler]

[Queequeg]

For True Detective Fans.  I'm sure he was equally impressed.  No spoilers.

[katmai]

For True Detective Fans.  I'm sure he was equally impressed.  No spoilers.

Man you is slow.

[Eddie Teach]

The Walking Dead.  [spoiler]I'm looking forward to tonight's episode, I will try not to post spoilers.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]That doctor is way too obviously a dumbass.  They could have at least made it a little more subtle.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Agreed. Also, the scene where Rick is under the bed and the guy sees him but is then strangled is one of those cutesy Hollywood coincidences. Disappointing.

p.s. Lusti is a Mexican. [/spoiler]

[Josquius]

Is this Hannibal show worth watching then? Lots of people seem to have good things to say and it wasn't a one series wonder. It's somewhat Dexteresque I guess?
I've also been meaning to give The Wire another shot...but it just didn't work last time.



Walking Dead-there was a time I feared they were going down the road of cliche. They had the underdressed hot girl and the beefcake military guy escorting the unexplained super important scientist guy. Then along come the zombies with the scientist off on his own...thank god they didn't give into temptation.
Such a big group of raiders randomly turning up in Rick's house when he is home alone too.... bah.
But I liked the tension of will he or won't he look under the bed.

[lustindarkness]

[spoiler]The "doctor" may be a savant with the real answers, or just some crazy manipulating the sarge. Yeah, the "under the bed" scene was a little ridiculous. Crazy cheese? LOL

I wonder if they will wait until the season finale for all of them to meet up again. Will they all follow the railroad tracks? Is Terminus at the end of the tracks a good place or bad? Who will be next to bite it? So many questions. Oh, and Carl is due to do something stupid soon. [/spoiler]
[spoiler]I think it is wrong to type crap under the spolier tags just to mess with seedy and katmai and anyone else behind. What assholes right?  [/spoiler]

[crazy canuck]

I am so far behind on that show now...

You should catch up.  I dont think it is a spoiler to tell you they have introduced the perfect assburgers character for you to hate.  [spoiler]I agree with Tyr, the interesting question is whether assburger scientist guy is a fraud leading sgt beefcake by the nose or for real.  sgt beefcake seems to think assburger was in contact with someone important.  But why he would need to get to Washington to solve the problem is hard to figure out.  My money is on assburger being a fraud.

I think Terminus is going to be not much more than a place where the band gets together and moves off with new bonds forged while they were apart.  If it was a new Utopia the show would have to end.  Besides, they have already done the faux utopia bit with the Govenor.  It would be silly to do it again. [/spoiler]

[Grey Fox]

Oh, the naivité.

[citizen k]

[spoiler]According to the comics Eugene is a fraud.[/spoiler]

[Savonarola]

The Headless Horseman (1922)

Will Rodgers stars as Ichabod Crane in this over-long and over-dull interpretation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.  This is probably the most faithful adaptation to the spirit of Irving's work; as all the Dutchmen are backwards, foolish and superstitious.  The film clocks in at an hour and twenty minutes, while Disney managed to show the same story and the Readers Digest version of Wind in the Willows in less time.

Even without a lasso to twirl, Rodgers does a surprisingly passable job as Crane.  He's gangly and awkward enough for the picture.  Rodgers made a lot of films in the silent era, most of them aren't very good.  His sound films are usually much better.  Still had this been a shorter film (or had more story) this might have been one of his classics.

[Viking]

12 Years a Slave - like every real life story doesn't have a narrative character arc, but is merely a sequence of events (in this case all shitty events) in a life. Great acting, great cinematography, great scenery, great costumes... only thing missing separating it from reality was the smell and the palpable fear of death.

Great craftsmanship, but not a great film. You could have re-ordered the sequence of events in all but the opening and ending sequences for the same effect. Give that director a good script and he will make a masterpiece.

I will have to check out Shame and Hunger.

[Sheilbh]

Meades! On Brutalism!

Great craftsmanship, but not a great film. You could have re-ordered the sequence of events in all but the opening and ending sequences for the same effect. Give that director a good script and he will make a masterpiece.

Isn't that the point?

Hunger is one of the best films I've seen in years. I think McQueen's very, very good.

[Viking]

Well, it's more than just good handiwork. Plot matters. It is the glue that binds the good craftsmanship of the other parts into a comprehensible and intelligible whole.

[Sheilbh]

Plot matters in some films.

For me I don't think 12 Years A Slave needed 'plot' and I think it would've kind of been more a lie, given the subject of the film, and a more difficult one.

[Malthus]

Meades! On Brutalism!

Needs more German guns pointing out of those slits.