TV/Movies Megathread

[Eddie Teach]

Days of Thunder

hit directly into the pitcher's glove

[Admiral Yi]

No way.  Like the Log said Tom was the best part of that flick.

[celedhring]

No way.  Like the Log said Tom was the best part of that flick.

Wiggin's talking about Days of Thunder, the racing flick, not Tropic Thunder.

And he was indeed the best part of the latter one.

[Eddie Teach]

He was talking about Tropic Thunder, which I rated an RBI double. Though he does have an inexplicable affinity for Days of Thunder as well.

[Liep]

I finally saw Dr. Strangelove.

/

[CountDeMoney]

Knight and Day was pretty bad

The plot sucked and the movie was big and dumb, but Cruise himself did a great job of spoofing his "spy" movie persona.

[jimmy olsen]

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).  Great space opera, by the skin of its stupid, laughing, grinning teeth.

Chris Pratt and the Infinity Watch

What? I missed this.
[spoiler]Honestly, the funniest part of this is when you realize that whether the movie meant to or not, it has told you plainly that Peter's alien dad's Space Penis gave Peter's mom her Space Cancer.   (It's even funnier to me if you still think that's a "spoiler," once Starmom drops the "angel made of light" line about two minutes in.  Hey: don't be such a Drax.)[/spoiler]

[Ed Anger]

I finally saw Dr. Strangelove.

/

About fucking time.

[Ideologue]

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).  Great space opera, by the skin of its stupid, laughing, grinning teeth.

Chris Pratt and the Infinity Watch

What? I missed this.
[spoiler]Honestly, the funniest part of this is when you realize that whether the movie meant to or not, it has told you plainly that Peter's alien dad's Space Penis gave Peter's mom her Space Cancer.   (It's even funnier to me if you still think that's a "spoiler," once Starmom drops the "angel made of light" line about two minutes in.  Hey: don't be such a Drax.)[/spoiler]

I'm just kidding. That's a Spider-Man plot. :p

[jimmy olsen]

Woot!

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/136521-Warner-Bros-Options-McCaffreys-Dragonriders-of-Pern-for-Movie-Franchise

Warner Bros Options McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern for Movie Franchise
Adam Gauntlett | 30 July 2014 6:22 pm
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The entire Dragonriders series - all 22 volumes - could make it to the big screen.

Back in the 1980s if you were a fantasy nerd, Anne McCaffrey was on your reading list. You were right up there in the skies above Pern astride your dragon, blasting Thread as it falls down on your Hold, and loving every minute of it, waiting impatiently for the next book to come out. Now you have something else to look forward to: Warner Bros has optioned McCaffrey's entire Dragonriders of Pern series - that's 22 books, including everything McCaffrey wrote as well as the books written in collaboration with, or by, her son Todd - for a possible movie franchise.

The deal was managed by Warners executive Drew Crevello, previously a Fox VP with X-Men franchise credits. It's not surprising that Warners is keen to find another fantasy vehicle, now its Tolkien express train is about to reach its final destination. Warners could get an entire new merchandising and licensing product line out of its latest acquisition, and we could get some fantastic new fantasy epics.

Dragonriders follows the exploits of the Holders, Crafters and Weyrriders of the planet Pern, threatened by falling Thread, an incredibly dangerous substance of unknown origin which destroys everything in its path, from crops to people. To fight this threat the Pernese have co-opted intelligent, fire breathing dragons, which they ride into battle against the invader. There's a strong science fiction element, but I'm not going to tell you about that here; go read the books.

This isn't the first time that Warners has tried to adapt the Pern story to its own ends. However the last time it tried, back in 2001, the deal ended in disaster when creative differences sank the TV project days before filming was supposed to begin. Warners insisted on what was described by producer Ronald Moore as a "Buffy-esque and Xena-esque" treatment. "It was something they felt more comfortable with on The WB." It was a dealbreaker.

Copperheart Entertainment is also supposed to have optioned the Dragonriders series for a film of its own, but that one seems stuck in development hell.

[Syt]

Great, Guardians of the Galaxy doesn't launch here till the 27th. But at least it'll be in one of the IMAX theaters.

[Valmy]

Edge of Tomorrow is a Hail Mary go-ahead goal in the bottom of the ninth inning at Churchill Downs.

I hope my sig had some role in inspiring that.

[celedhring]

Got asked to see How To Train Your Dragon 2 tonight. Opinions? I liked the first one, but I wasn't as enamored by it as most reviewers/people around me.

[CountDeMoney]

Got asked to see How To Train Your Dragon 2 tonight. Opinions? I liked the first one, but I wasn't as enamored by it as most reviewers/people around me.

Is there the possibility of 1) getting laid and/or 2) a free meal?

Those are the only parameters that should dictate your actions.

[celedhring]

None of the above, which is why I'm asking about the merits of the flick.