TV/Movies Megathread

[11B4V]

Edge of Tomorrow: C+; Groundhog Day with a sci-fi twist. Cruise did do well in it, however.

Capt America WS: B-; could have been better.

At Close Range: B+; Havent seen it since it first came out. Still a good watch.

[Admiral Yi]

You're nuts.

[The Brain]

The Taking of Pelham 123 is on TV, but I quit after 30 mins. Sloppy writing got to me.

The original or the Travolta remake? I think the old one is quite decent.

Travolta.

[Razgovory]

You're nuts.

And what's wrong with that?  It's done wonders for me!

[Liep]

Dag. Norwegian comedy about a marriage counsellor with misanthropic tendencies. Hilarious.

[Sophie Scholl]

Hell on Wheels.  Huh.  Didn't see that coming.  This season has been a trainwreck with flashes of quality programming.

[Eddie Teach]

[spoiler]Been hoping all season they'd bring Elam back, so they finally do, just to kill him for real after 2 episodes.  [/spoiler]

[Josquius]

Yesterday for some random reason they were playing the original gone in sixty seconds on a big screen in the town square. It was good

[Martinus]

Behind the Candelabra - A-

Pretty fun watch, but reminded me a bit of "I Love You Philip Morris" in that it could not decide whether it wants to be a comedy or a bio-pic drama. I wonder if this is more about how Hollywood depicts gay relationships or how gay relationships actually are. 

By the way, is Scott Bakula gay? He has been recently playing a lot of gay roles on HBO (and yes I know straight actors can play gay characters, but for him it seems rather ubiquitous).

[Josquius]

I don't think so.
It's probably just the unthreatening early 90s vibes he gives off that represent the sort of gay that middle America can live with.

[Josephus]

Hell on Wheels.  Huh.  Didn't see that coming.  This season has been a trainwreck with flashes of quality programming.

I liked it. The fact that you didn't see it coming. The fact that he had to [spoiler]kill his best friend[/spoiler].

The only bit I don't care for are the ones in the Mormon compound with the false bishop...that character is just annoying.

[CountDeMoney]

There's a big nostalgia convention in town next weekend;  I may stalk Piper Laurie.  Shouldn't be too tough nowadays, what with her in her, damn, gotta be her '80s now.   

For all you sci-fi squares, James Rosin and Veronica Cartwright are supposed to be there.

[Syt]

Finished Breaking Bad.

What an epic masterpiece.

[Malthus]

Finished Breaking Bad.

What an epic masterpiece.

Yup. I was very impressed that they managed to wrap it all up, and in a dramatically satisfying way.

[Berkut]

Watched Draft Day and Trenscendence on the flight to Edmonton from Toronto.

Draft Day was pretty good, better than I expected. Pretty cliched overall, but a fun move. I give it is a solid B.

Transcendence was kind of lame. A neat idea certainly, but there wasn't really anything there that surprised me, or went beyond exactly what you expect, and that was disappointing. There is a lot you could do with the premise, and they went pretty vanilla with the entire story. not terrible or anything, but I would not watch it other than needing SOMETHING to watch while stuck in a metal tube at 35,000ft for 4 hours. Give it a C.