TV/Movies Megathread

[Admiral Yi]

Heard on NPR that Whiplash was made for 3 million dollars.

[celedhring]

Heard on NPR that Whiplash was made for 3 million dollars.

That's reasonable for an indie film to be honest, quite in the high side actually.

[The Brain]

Fear and money usually make great sex.

[Duque de Bragança]

Red Scorpion at the Cinémathèque (B-movie night with another run by the mill italian rip-off of Dirty Dozen).
One of Dolph's best performances. There's even some humour!  They don't make anti-commie B-movies like that anymore. Great practical effects, Tom Savini even shows his expertise, and João Fernandes, DP of Director Joseph Zito (Missing in Action and Invasion USA) shoots the movie better than it deserved to be, by making the most of the troubled shooting thanks to the great Namibian vistas for instance.
Savimbi tribute inside. Finest Abramoff lobbying ever.

[garbon]

The bear couple on Cucumber's the most accurate thing in the show so far

Edit: Also some of the best monologues ever, especially from the sister.

I thought this week's was a confused mess...but an enjoyable one!

Banana - I may have to give this one up. It was too contrived and not in a good way.

[Eddie Teach]

Are all gay shows named after penis-shaped foods?

[Sheilbh]

I thought this week's was a confused mess...but an enjoyable one!

I identified. I've had enough dates that end with my naked partner weeping about his mother to sympathise

Banana - I may have to give this one up. It was too contrived and not in a good way.

I liked it purely because it was the first trans actor playing a trans character in UK TV history (The sister in Cucumber is famous for playing a trans-woman in a soap opera for years).

Are all gay shows named after penis-shaped foods?

They're actually states of erection: cucumber, banana (unpeeled, peeled) and tofu.

[garbon]

I identified. I've had enough dates that end with my naked partner weeping about his mother to sympathise

Oh no! Is that what I'm signing myself up for?

I liked it purely because it was the first trans actor playing a trans character in UK TV history (The sister in Cucumber is famous for playing a trans-woman in a soap opera for years).

I think that makes me doubly annoyed. They should have had something cool not a weak take on stalker ex/revengeful ex + touching hallmark family moment. Even the lameness of her not trying to make any sort of explanation to her date.

They're actually states of erection: cucumber, banana (unpeeled, peeled) and tofu.

I watched Tofu once and found that so dull / I was really game for the mother and son talking about their sex lives together.

[celedhring]

Tron Legacy or MIB 3? I have seen neither.

[garbon]

Don't watch either?

[celedhring]

I fancy some popcorn scifi, and there isn't much that I haven't already seen.

[Martinus]

I thought this week's was a confused mess...but an enjoyable one!

I identified. I've had enough dates that end with my naked partner weeping about his mother to sympathise

And I thought my sex life was weird.

[jimmy olsen]

I identified. I've had enough dates that end with my naked partner weeping about his mother to sympathise

What the hell...? 

[garbon]

I fancy some popcorn scifi, and there isn't much that I haven't already seen.

I think what I'm in the mood for (and until I saw it on a buzzfeed list forgotten that I'd ever seen) is Lust, Caution.

[celedhring]

Lust, Caution was my first NC-17 film while living in the US. I think it was a bit boring, to be honest. Interesting story but way bloated.