TV/Movies Megathread

[CountDeMoney]

This is for Ide:

http://youtu.be/Fk15H6PjBis

[The Minsky Moment]

How's the rent control?

It was an early conversion that they were trying to attract people so rent escalation wasn't a big problem back then (1990s)

Just looked and my $2000 apartment back then would be about $4000 now. 

[Ideologue]

Then again, you, like, probably work at 20 Exchange Place.

I used to live in another conversion building on Exchange Place.  20 Exchange is now mainly a residential building as well.

The movie uses the confined space and the verticality and the fact of it being a big city/financial center but you could do a remake in Hong Kong or someplace similar.

The caper plot, yes, but neither the assault on American capitalism nor American racism (specifically post-9/11 racism) which are such hugely important parts of the weave. It's gotta be NYC.

[Admiral Yi]

The caper plot, yes, but neither the assault on American capitalism nor American racism (specifically post-9/11 racism) which are such hugely important parts of the weave. It's gotta be NYC.

What, pray tell, is post 9/11 racism?

[Ideologue]

How's the rent control?

It was an early conversion that they were trying to attract people so rent escalation wasn't a big problem back then (1990s)

Just looked and my $2000 apartment back then would be about $4000 now.

#6&:/9));

[Ideologue]

The caper plot, yes, but neither the assault on American capitalism nor American racism (specifically post-9/11 racism) which are such hugely important parts of the weave. It's gotta be NYC.

What, pray tell, is post 9/11 racism?

Intensified hatred of Arabs and Muslims and people we mistake for Arabs and Muslims, like Sikhs.

Yeah, Spike Lee was just making that part up?

[CountDeMoney]

The caper plot, yes, but neither the assault on American capitalism nor American racism (specifically post-9/11 racism) which are such hugely important parts of the weave. It's gotta be NYC.

What, pray tell, is post 9/11 racism?

Apparently it's hating on Muslims/Arabs more than we did, say, in the 1980s.  Because they never, ever blew shit up back then.

[Ideologue]

You're right, 9/11 had practically no effect on American society. Jesus fucking Christ.

[CountDeMoney]

You're right, 9/11 had practically no effect on American society. Jesus fucking Christ.

Ease down, Ripley.

[Admiral Yi]

Intensified hatred of Arabs and Muslims and people we mistake for Arabs and Muslims, like Sikhs.

Yeah, Spike Lee was just making that part up?

That sounds awful.  Whoever is doing that should stop this instant. 

[11B4V]

This is for Ide:

http://youtu.be/Fk15H6PjBis

I like: Cooking with Christopher Walken

[celedhring]

The whole policemen being cunts to arabs is just anecdotal in Inside Man's story, though.

[CountDeMoney]

You know who are real cunts to Arabs?  Other Arabs.

[Ideologue]

The whole policemen being cunts to arabs is just anecdotal in Inside Man's story, though.

Oh goodness no. It's there for the same reason the, er, Eruropean connection is there. They reflect each other.

[celedhring]

The European connection is window-dressing the McGuffin. Might as well be Notorious' wine bottles inside that box.