TV/Movies Megathread

[Martinus]

On a similar note, I have access to HBO GO, so technically can watch any tv series they ever made. I have already seen (recently or in the past) Six Feet Under, Rome, Veep, True Blood, Looking, Game of Thrones, Bad Education. Could not get into Boardwalk Empire, not that interested in Sopranos. Any other series they have which you guys would recommend (and, if old, which would still feel fresh if you watched it today).

[Admiral Yi]

A Band of Brothers.

[Martinus]

Not my genre.

[LaCroix]

Is it good? I saw trailers on HBO and was sorta "meh". Felt like another Children of Men/Lost/Torchwood boring thing.

it's a show about characters. it's got an element of religious undertone without being a religious show, so you might find that interesting with your catholic background (i know you're not religious). a depressive and more mature, deeper, and better made Lost is sort of a way to describe it. except, Lost relied more on the mystery elements than leftovers, imo.

[Ideologue]

Asphalt Jungle (1950).  Sterling Hayden, a really neat heist sequence, and a great gunfight sequence.  Highly enjoyable, though watching Rififi again today probably didn't do it any favors.

B+

In addition to Rififi, I watched Topkapi and The Brain From Planet Arous as well.

I received my Ray Harryhausen collection yesterday (contains It Came From Beneath the Sea, Earth vs. The Flying Saucers, 2,000,000 Miles to Earth, and 7th Voyage of Sinbad).  Unfortunately, I haven't had the time to watch 'em--mostly again, though somehow I've avoided 2mm Miles to Earth.

Also got a DVD deal with Them! and The Creature From 20,000 Fathoms, along with a couple of filler titles, World Without End and Satellite in the Sky, that I'd never heard of, though the Satellite one sounds cool--it's some kind of astronauts-in-trouble thriller, and I tend to enjoy those.  I'll be looking at all of 'em at some point in the future.

[CountDeMoney]

On a similar note, I have access to HBO GO, so technically can watch any tv series they ever made. I have already seen (recently or in the past) Six Feet Under, Rome, Veep, True Blood, Looking, Game of Thrones, Bad Education. Could not get into Boardwalk Empire, not that interested in Sopranos. Any other series they have which you guys would recommend (and, if old, which would still feel fresh if you watched it today).

True Detective

[Liep]

Fargo

[The Larch]

The Wire.

[Martinus]

Thanks, all very valid recommendations but... anyhing more escapist? As you can see from the list of the HBO shows I watched, most were escapist to a degree, i.e. featuring either fantasy elements or being set way way back in the past or were comedies.

Other (non HBO) shows I recently liked were Penny Dreadful and American Horror Story.

[Martinus]

The Wire.

Watched and got bored 2 episodes into it.

[Eddie Teach]

Fargo had some rather fantastic elements. As did Breaking Bad. And of course, there's always The Walking Dead.

[CountDeMoney]

Thanks, all very valid recommendations but... anyhing more escapist? As you can see from the list of the HBO shows I watched, most were escapist to a degree, i.e. featuring either fantasy elements or being set way way back in the past or were comedies.

Other (non HBO) shows I recently liked were Penny Dreadful and American Horror Story.

On HBO, Deadwood and Carnivale were excellent, if unfinished.

[Josquius]

Fargo is quite a comedy too.
The synopsis does sound crap but it really is rather good.

Also look up the BBC's In the Flesh if you haven't yet.

[The Larch]

The Wire.

Watched and got bored 2 episodes into it.

It's not for those with short attention spans, granted.

[Maladict]

Expendables 3. It wasn't worse than #2, but there's no real point in seeing it.