TV/Movies Megathread

[Ed Anger]

Stars ordered 10 episodes of "Ash vs. Evil Dead". Yes, Bruce Campbell is involved.

[Admiral Yi]

Isn't he like 90?

[Ed Anger]

S-Mart has good benefits.

[Ideologue]

21 Things in Interstellar That Don't Make Sense.

I will still watch it once it's out on blu ray, to form my own opinion, though chances are that at that point it'll be positive surprise.

I really wanted to like this movie. I'm a sucker for big, self-important, serious SF (as opposed to Star Wars style space opera), of which the leading exemplar is and remains 2001.

Sadly, while of course not set in the same fictional universe, in some ways Interstellar is to 2001 as Prometheus was to Alien.

I saw 2001 in a theater this past weekend.

OK, I guess New York has its perks.

[garbon]

21 Things in Interstellar That Don't Make Sense.

I will still watch it once it's out on blu ray, to form my own opinion, though chances are that at that point it'll be positive surprise.

I really wanted to like this movie. I'm a sucker for big, self-important, serious SF (as opposed to Star Wars style space opera), of which the leading exemplar is and remains 2001.

Sadly, while of course not set in the same fictional universe, in some ways Interstellar is to 2001 as Prometheus was to Alien.

I saw 2001 in a theater this past weekend.

OK, I guess New York has its perks.

Nah, son. That was in Toronto.

[Ideologue]

Wait - Ide, have you seen it? Do you think it is completely terrible?

He gave it a B+, so there's really no telling. 

Damn. I was hoping he hated it.

[Ideologue]

21 Things in Interstellar That Don't Make Sense.

I will still watch it once it's out on blu ray, to form my own opinion, though chances are that at that point it'll be positive surprise.

I really wanted to like this movie. I'm a sucker for big, self-important, serious SF (as opposed to Star Wars style space opera), of which the leading exemplar is and remains 2001.

Sadly, while of course not set in the same fictional universe, in some ways Interstellar is to 2001 as Prometheus was to Alien.

I saw 2001 in a theater this past weekend.

OK, I guess New York has its perks.

Nah, son. That was in Toronto.

Well, I already knew Canada is the Better America.

[Syt]

21 Things in Interstellar That Don't Make Sense.

I will still watch it once it's out on blu ray, to form my own opinion, though chances are that at that point it'll be positive surprise.

That article loses on point 1, for one simple reason: most beer is not made out of wheat, but barley. Also, you can make perfectly serviceable crap American lager mostly from corn. It'll be fucking awful (chicha), but if you juice it with other fermentables, it's technically drinkable.

Might be. Still, the "secret NASA with super high tech funded by near-defunct U.S. government" sounds a bit damning.

[CountDeMoney]

near-defunct U.S. government" sounds a bit damning.

Probably the most plausible part of the plot.

[Savonarola]

I rewatched "Rabbit of Seville" (1950).  I had never before noticed the title card at the Hollywood Bowl listed: Eduardo Selzeri, Michele Maltese and Carlo Jonzi, for the producer Edward Selzer, writer Micheal Maltese and director Chuck Jones.

[Ideologue]

Open Windows (2014).  Bizarre cinematic gimmick from the land of opportunity, Spain, featuring Elijah Wood and Sasha Grey.  It's retarded, and I loved it.  A

Interstellar (2014).  B pluses do too mean something, damn your eyes.  B+

Also marathoned the non-Bat Nolan films (I rewatched The Dark Knight Trilogy pretty recently too).  Got a list that goes like this: 9-7, 6-4, 3-1.

Also: Insomnia (1997).  Dour, empty Euro artcrap.  I did like Stellan Skarsgard, but that was inevitable.  Otherwise, it's a big "whatever."  C+

[11B4V]

I been eying Memento

[Ideologue]

It's a superior flick.

[garbon]

21 Things in Interstellar That Don't Make Sense.

I will still watch it once it's out on blu ray, to form my own opinion, though chances are that at that point it'll be positive surprise.

I really wanted to like this movie. I'm a sucker for big, self-important, serious SF (as opposed to Star Wars style space opera), of which the leading exemplar is and remains 2001.

Sadly, while of course not set in the same fictional universe, in some ways Interstellar is to 2001 as Prometheus was to Alien.

I saw 2001 in a theater this past weekend.

OK, I guess New York has its perks.

Nah, son. That was in Toronto.

Well, I already knew Canada is the Better America.

I don't know. Toronto seemed basically to close up shop on Mondays. So many cool looking things/restaurants were simply not open.

[Ideologue]

Monday's the slowest day in the restaurant biz.  It's defensible, is all I'm saying, if a bit inconvenient and lame.