TV/Movies Megathread

[Ideologue]

Tron 3 is shooting this fall in Vancouver.  Take that, Joan.

[Admiral Yi]

It's interesting to me that, with all the evidence of mounting cost of living in Vancouver, it continues to be an attractive place to shoot a movie.

I suppose the falling loonie helps.

[Ed Anger]

Tron sequels suck

[Grey Fox]

It's interesting to me that, with all the evidence of mounting cost of living in Vancouver, it continues to be an attractive place to shoot a movie.

I suppose the falling loonie helps.

That and tax break and other incencitives.

[viper37]

The 100, season 2 finale.  What a great show.  And an unexpected twist at the end.  Surprisingly, no major character died this time.  I guess they already killed most of them by now
For a teenage show, this can be as murderous as GoT.  Albeit without the graphic sex, nudity and violence.  Well, there's violence.  Americans have no fear of violence.  I guess it's much less traumatazing for a kid to see someone being swallowed alive or having its arms ripped off than seeing some titties.  That would give a kid nightmares for sure.

[spoiler]
That female Skynet thing, I didn't see it coming until late in the show[/spoiler]


Also, that soundtrack at the end, Knocking on Heaven's door, was that the Avril Lavigne's version?  It would fit with the child soldier thing, I guess.

[Sophie Scholl]

It appears that Powers, the comic series by Oeming and Bendis, is now a Playstation network live action show.  I just watched the pilot.  It seems decent so far.  I don't think they quite got the right guy for Walker, but he'll do.  They race changed a few people, but nothing too jarring in terms of change-ups from the comic.

[Valmy]

Well, there's violence.  Americans have no fear of violence.  I guess it's much less traumatazing for a kid to see someone being swallowed alive or having its arms ripped off than seeing some titties.  That would give a kid nightmares for sure.

This has basically been true since when we were toasting to the health of King Charles.

[The Minsky Moment]

Tron 3 is shooting this fall in Vancouver.  Take that, Joan.

Why would I care?
No doubt it will be at least as good as Jaws 3 or Taken 3 or [insert name of third installment sequel that should not here] 3. . .

Seriously I doubt the producers themselves are basing the green light on majesterial auteurist achievement of Tron 2.  Although whoever supplied the pharmaceuticals to Jeff Bridges that got him through that dialogue without cracking up deserves some kind of special award.   

[Martinus]

Well, there's violence.  Americans have no fear of violence.  I guess it's much less traumatazing for a kid to see someone being swallowed alive or having its arms ripped off than seeing some titties.  That would give a kid nightmares for sure.

This has basically been true since when we were toasting to the health of King Charles.

I think the question is why it hasn't changed. I mean, Europeans rarely explain some social phenomenon with "oh, we have been like this for the last 500 years, you know". We had this thing called Enlightenment.

[Ideologue]

I rewatched The Social Network and something that called itself to my attention was that both the adverse parties were across the table from one another at the depositions.  It's about as far away from my job as you can get, so I have no practical experience, but that is bullshit, right?

[Sophie Scholl]

I finally got around to watching About Time.  Garbon was correct.  Goofy time travel concept, but it works.  Damn fine movie.  Teared up rather a lot toward the end.  Damn sentimental movies.

[garbon]

I finally got around to watching About Time.  Garbon was correct.  Goofy time travel concept, but it works.  Damn fine movie.  Teared up rather a lot toward the end.  Damn sentimental movies.

[Eddie Teach]

Tank Girl. 

Possibly the cheesiest movie ever made?

[Barrister]

I rewatched The Social Network and something that called itself to my attention was that both the adverse parties were across the table from one another at the depositions.  It's about as far away from my job as you can get, so I have no practical experience, but that is bullshit, right?

No, I don't believe so.  Both parties are in the room for depositions.

[Valmy]

I think the question is why it hasn't changed. I mean, Europeans rarely explain some social phenomenon with "oh, we have been like this for the last 500 years, you know". We had this thing called Enlightenment.

Like hell you don't.

But, ok I'll bite.  What does the Enlightenment have to do with that?  Voltaire printed porn on all of his tracts?  Wait he probably did, didn't he.

Anyway our frontier heritage combined with our Calvinist one gives us a yummy mixture.  But, of course it has changed a lot.

Huge parts of the world thinks we are way too loose with our sex stuff as well.  OMG our culture is not exactly like everybody else's!