TV/Movies Megathread

[jimmy olsen]

Btw, S, do British people really say "Brilliant" fifty times a day and "Bloody hell" at least a dozen, like they do in the Potter movies?

Yes. It's a very grating country.

For some reason this made my day. 

[jimmy olsen]

The most frightening British children's film of all time remains Watership Down.

A cute animated film about little bunnies in the buccolic English countryside, with watercolour hand-painted backgrounds - and totally horrifying. 

I heard the BBC is thinking of remaking this with computer animation.

[Eddie Teach]

I'd be more impressed with a live action version.

[FunkMonk]

Btw, S, do British people really say "Brilliant" fifty times a day and "Bloody hell" at least a dozen, like they do in the Potter movies?

Yes. It's a very grating country.

Bloody hell

[KRonn]

Btw, S, do British people really say "Brilliant" fifty times a day and "Bloody hell" at least a dozen, like they do in the Potter movies?

Yes. It's a very grating country.

Blimey mate!

[Ideologue]

I say "God blind me" sometimes.

[Liep]

Full House is coming back on Netflix in 2016 as Fuller House. Hmm...

[Malthus]

The most frightening British children's film of all time remains Watership Down.

A cute animated film about little bunnies in the buccolic English countryside, with watercolour hand-painted backgrounds - and totally horrifying. 

I heard the BBC is thinking of remaking this with computer animation.

Yes, I read that too.

Remaking a classic movie with hand-drawn watercolour animation ... with CGI. What can possibly go wrong? 

Seems to me, either they remake it with all the violence/horror elements ... or they tone it down. Either way is risky.

[Malthus]

I'd be more impressed with a live action version.

Too bad CdM isn't around. He'd make an excellent "Bigwig" in his bunny suit. 

[Syt]

Bought a ticket for Avengers: Age of Ultron. Going be seeing the 8pm Thursday showing.

  That is pretty soon, ain't it?

Three days for me, ten for you!

First screenings here are on Wednesdays, but unless you want shitty seats in one of the three English language theaters they're pretty much sold out. I'll probably go on the weekend.

Friday 6pm in IMAX it is.

[Admiral Yi]

Rewatched bits and pieces of "42" last night.  The Cincinnati scene still chokes me up.

Learned that number 42 was retired by all MLB teams.  Did you guys know that?

[Syt]

Rewatched bits and pieces of "42" last night.  The Cincinnati scene still chokes me up.

Learned that number 42 was retired by all MLB teams.  Did you guys know that?

Except for a few active players who were still using the number. Mariano Rivera was the last one.

[celedhring]

Just watched the Little Prince trailer. The actual Little Prince bits look pretty great and I like the animation style, the framing Pixar-ripoff story... not so much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEPqgSNLfK8

[Syt]

Btw, S, do British people really say "Brilliant" fifty times a day and "Bloody hell" at least a dozen, like they do in the Potter movies?

Some of my former English colleagues used the word "lovely" excessively.

[Eddie Teach]

Battle Royale. Watchable.

I know some of you compared Hunger Games unfavorably to this, but at least HG had a rationale that was better than "wouldn't it be cool to have kids fight to the death" (BR had some retarded shit about children being disrespectful as the reason to have a random class kill each other). The Hunger Games replace the Minotaur, but both those stories are about a powerful, bloodthirsty state ruling their neighbors through fear. You may not buy it, especially in a near future setting, but it is a better pretext than "just because".