TV/Movies Megathread

[Barrister]

Popples though apparently the internet has informed me that Netflix will be debuting a reboot tv series. Scraping bottom of the barrel much?

I actually enjoyed the ReBoot tv show at the time.  For a kids show (when I was in my 20s) it suddenly developed a multiple-show story arc.  It was rather interesting.

[Ideologue]

Seen Ex Machina; a bit disappointed. It's a decent film, but I probably got caught in the hype. There's just lots of navel-gazing and mumbo-jumbo to dress up what's ultimately a rather basic vamp girl story.

Harumph.

Mad Mad Fury Road. Visually beautiful, perfect music, brutal non stop chase through the desert. Go and watch it.

Yes; nah; it does stop a fair amount.  But overall I agree.  It's pretty great.

[Martinus]

Having watched season 3 to its finish, I gotta say Arrow has exhausted its premise.

Of that universe, I'd like to see Flash, Atom [spoiler](presuming he is not dead)[/spoiler], Malcolm and Felicity Smoak (presuming she gets over Arrow and starts being smart again) but I'm over Oliver Queen or John Diggle.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Duck Tales?

I think of that as more of a 90s show.

[lustindarkness]

So my son had been wondering just how much was spent making Mad Max Fury Road, a quick google tells me it is estimated anywhere between 100 and 150 million big dolares.

[Admiral Yi]

Lusti, what's the last movie you watched that didn't have any cars going fast in it?

[lustindarkness]

Lusti, what's the last movie you watched that didn't have any cars going fast in it?

Age of Ultron, but it did have a short bike chasing a truck scene.

[Syt]

Harry Shearer to leave The Simpsons: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32733873

The Simpsons actor Harry Shearer to leave the show

Harry Shearer, who voices Ned Flanders and Mr Burns in The Simpsons, is to leave the show after more than 25 years following a dispute with producers.

Executive producer Al Jean said in a statement to the New York Times that Shearer had turned down a new pay deal.

The show "will go on" and the actor's characters will be recast, Jean added.

Shearer took to Twitter to say the decision "wasn't about money" and that signing up to a new series would have stopped him from doing other work.

The 71-year-old provided the voice for addled school principal Seymour Skinner as well as rapacious millionaire Montgomery Burns and Ned Flanders, Homer Simpson's chipper neighbour.

Shearer signalled his exit on Twitter by claiming that a lawyer for executive producer James L Brooks said: "Show will go on, Harry will not be part of it, wish him the best."

In a follow-up tweet, Shearer added: "This because I wanted what we've always had: The freedom to do other work. Of course, I wish him the very best."

In response, Al Jean wrote: "Harry Shearer was offered the same deal the rest of the cast accepted, and passed.

"The show will go on and we wish him well. Maggie took it hard.

"We do not plan to kill off characters like Burns and Flanders but will recast with the finest voiceover talent available."

Last week, the Fox network confirmed it had commissioned two more series of the long-running animated sitcom.

According to reports at the time, Shearer had yet to sign a new contract.

On Thursday, the actor stressed that he had no plans to retire, adding: "On to new stuff..."

His other roles have included bass player Derek Smalls in rock "mockumentary" This is Spinal Tap.

The Simpsons has been on air since 1989, and the new series will take the total number of episodes to 625.

[Duque de Bragança]

Harry Shearer to leave The Simpsons: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32733873

The Simpsons actor Harry Shearer to leave the show


Last week, the Fox network confirmed it had commissioned two more series of the long-running animated sitcom.

According to reports at the time, Shearer had yet to sign a new contract.

On Thursday, the actor stressed that he had no plans to retire, adding: "On to new stuff..."

His other roles have included bass player Derek Smalls in rock "mockumentary" This is Spinal Tap.

The Simpsons has been on air since 1989, and the new series will take the total number of episodes to 625.

Tyr will be relieved to know that the BBC still uses series in the British sense, and rightly so. 

[Grey Fox]

It is right in being wrong, yes.

[Razgovory]

I didn't know he was 71.  They should have put this to bed years ago.  Like after season 7.  Or maybe 5.

[celedhring]

This guy is in his 70s, but the rest of the cast is still in his 50-60s, Fox will relish the chance to get 20 more years out of them.

[Razgovory]

Are there any 80s shows left that they haven't trashed yet? Gummi Bears, maybe?

Tales of the Gold Monkey?

[Syt]

Are there any 80s shows left that they haven't trashed yet? Gummi Bears, maybe?

Tales of the Gold Monkey?

Disney's Talespin.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Are there any 80s shows left that they haven't trashed yet? Gummi Bears, maybe?

Tales of the Gold Monkey?

Disney's Talespin.

Yes.  I enjoyed both.