TV/Movies Megathread

[Admiral Yi]

I thought it was Porphyria.

[Grey Fox]

I think CArol is gonna act as a spy or something. Fit in with the new guys until they trust her. That and the whole "we must not get weak " thing has to play out.

Either that or she has become unhinged.  The bit about her loving her husband and waiting for him to get home was a chilling.

Carol rarely speaks the truth to anyone but Darryl nowadays.

Ricktocracy is not the bad guys, they are the leaders & allstars of survival and unlike what the Termites or the Governor would have done they are giving Alexandria an actual chance to prove it self. If Alexandria fails then Ricktocracy will take over.

[Malthus]

Watching The Madness of King George.

So what did George have if not Porphyria?  It could be p typical alzheimer's or senility.

Saw a recent documentary that argued he was bipolar.

http://www.google.ca/url?url=http://www.rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/files/peters_0.pdf&rct=j&frm=1&q=&esrc=s&sa=U&ei=csb1VOLMOsSgyAS_0IGADQ&ved=0CEcQFjAI&usg=AFQjCNHH7OqBk86td2Tt7DgTloVemwZVoQ

[celedhring]

I'm trying to recall a movie I saw many years ago. Can Languish help me?

It was a comedy; 70s-80s I'd say. In it, a failed TV creative steals the list of people with an audimeter, buys them a holiday and then breaks into their homes to tune in his own shows; since the sample size is so small he manages to get monster ratings, and instant success and chicks.

[Tonitrus]

I think CArol is gonna act as a spy or something. Fit in with the new guys until they trust her. That and the whole "we must not get weak " thing has to play out.

Either that or she has become unhinged.  The bit about her loving her husband and waiting for him to get home was a chilling.

Carol rarely speaks the truth to anyone but Darryl nowadays.

Ricktocracy is not the bad guys, they are the leaders & allstars of survival and unlike what the Termites or the Governor would have done they are giving Alexandria an actual chance to prove it self. If Alexandria fails then Ricktocracy will take over.

Indeed...[spoiler]it's clear Alexandria's congresswoman-leader knows all she has is a bunch of brats and posers...that is why she hired the A-Team.  If it goes like I think it should, roughly based on the graphic novel, it's going to be more like both groups the Alexandrians and Ricktocracy being very uncomfortable with each other, but growing to see that they desperately need each other.  But still a rocky road getting there.[/spoiler]

[Josephus]

I think CArol is gonna act as a spy or something. Fit in with the new guys until they trust her. That and the whole "we must not get weak " thing has to play out.

Either that or she has become unhinged.  The bit about her loving her husband and waiting for him to get home was a chilling.

Carol rarely speaks the truth to anyone but Darryl nowadays.

Ricktocracy is not the bad guys, they are the leaders & allstars of survival and unlike what the Termites or the Governor would have done they are giving Alexandria an actual chance to prove it self. If Alexandria fails then Ricktocracy will take over.

If that happens from the POV of the Alexandrians, the Ricktorians would be the bad guys.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I thought it was Porphyria.

wasn't he the city Councilor of New Phlan who got possessed by Tyrantharxus in the Pool of Radiance Gold Box?

[Valmy]

Wow what a memory.

Porphyrys Cadorna.

[Admiral Yi]

wasn't he the city Councilor of New Phlan who got possessed by Tyrantharxus in the Pool of Radiance Gold Box?

Warm!

[Liep]

House of Cards 3. Very good. Robin Wright is starting to steal the show from Kevin Spacey.

[crazy canuck]

House of Cards 3. Very good. Robin Wright is starting to steal the show from Kevin Spacey.

[spoiler]Hillary was smart enough to know that to achieve her goals she needed to stay with Bill.  Claire had some kind of existential crisis in which she determined being in the Whitehouse for a second term wasn't enough for her.  Hard not to dismiss her as petulant.  I suppose they need her to leave for Frank's world to come crashing down in the end.  But to achieve that Claire had to change her character from seasons 1 and 2[/spoiler]

[Liep]

House of Cards 3. Very good. Robin Wright is starting to steal the show from Kevin Spacey.

[spoiler]Hillary was smart enough to know that to achieve her goals she needed to stay with Bill.  Claire had some kind of existential crisis in which she determined being in the Whitehouse for a second term wasn't enough for her.  Hard not to dismiss her as petulant.  I suppose they need her to leave for Frank's world to come crashing down in the end.  But to achieve that Claire had to change her character from seasons 1 and 2[/spoiler]

[spoiler]I meant acting wise, but anyway, I don't think Claire has changed that much. She was always as cynical as Frank but now she has just realised that getting him more power doesn't also give her more power. I'm betting she'll make a run for something in season 4.[/spoiler]

[Ideologue]

Duel is out on motherfucking blu-ray in May!  Regular sex with blowjobs and Duel in 1080p?  2015 is my fucking year of miracles, fellas.

Yeah, Blu-ray does a lot for a movie that was shot in 4:3 with mono audio.

There's an awful lot wrong with this statement.

1)A lot of movies shot in Academy look great in HD.  Design For Living, Casablanca, Things to Come, The Grand Budapest Hotel are all splendid--just to name a few of the Academy ratio films I own on BD.  If there are problems with a film's look, it's usually the print, and even bad prints can benefit from higher resolution, although obviously not as much as pristine ones.
2)The blu-ray presentation of Duel matches its European theatrical presentation of 1.85:1.
3)Traditional widescreen movies (not Scope and other natively widescreen formats) are shot on 1.37:1 fullframe, with part of the image matted out, and naturally this includes the widescreen theatrical cut of Duel.  In 1971, it was conventional to frame for widescreen and "protect"--that is, keep crew and gear out of the shot--for 1.37:1, the televisual presentation ratio.  (In fact, apparently there are flubs in the 1.37:1 version not visible in the 1.85:1 version.)  Since Duel premiered on TV first, its proper aspect ratio is a matter for argument, and I am kind of annoyed that a BD release does not have both, so I may wind up getting the old DVD for it if the widescreen is less than satisfactory in comparison to the Academy version.  But anyway the idea that aspect ratio makes a film less worthy of a HD transfer is a really, really silly objection.

[Ideologue]

Oh, and as for the mono soundtrack, who cares?  Audiophilia is for nerds.

[Ed Anger]

Ide sounds like the assholes that used to work for Blockbuster.

I WANT FULL SCREEN DAMMIT