TV/Movies Megathread

[jimmy olsen]

After watching that Star Wars spot, youtube autoplayed a trailer for the Huntsman sequel, which pretty much looks like Frozen updated for the Twilight crowd.

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

Having seen Snow White and the Huntsman (and loved it), I had to look up the plot synopsis of this on Wikipedia to make any sense of that trailer. Not a good sign.

[Eddie Teach]

What part of "they lived happily ever after" makes for a good movie? 

Glad to see there's a Zoolander sequel though.

[Valmy]

Yo, how about a new Star Wars teaser?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9-aHfKcelI

So much hype. It is as if we never learn.

[celedhring]

Yo, how about a new Star Wars teaser?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9-aHfKcelI

So much hype. It is as if we never learn.

I'm forcing myself to find negative things in the trailers in order to preemptively deflate me. But it's not working too well.

[Savonarola]

The Yankee Clipper  (1927)

The British are in control of the worldwide tea trade, and even Queen Victoria herself demands that they do not lose it to the Yankees.  The Yankees, though, have a new clipper and a courageous captain (played by none other than the future Hopalong Cassidy, William Boyd.)  They arrive in China at the same time as Britain's new clipper; and the master of the Chinese tea sellers agrees to sell tea to the first ship to reach Boston, and the race is on. 

if they travel by sail boat, how will the Chinese merchant know which ship arrives first in Boston in order to sell them his tea?  That will require another boat to leave from Boston with a letter telling him who the victor is, but since the British clipper is faster than the mail ship, all the captain has to do is fake departing for England, than turn slightly south to navigate toward China and claim victory.

These were the days before soccer hooliganism, when the British only engaged in fair play.   

(Actually, if you really care, they wagered their ships against one another, so the winner would have both ships.)

[celedhring]

I guess the yank clipper wins? 

[Valmy]

I'm forcing myself to find negative things in the trailers in order to preemptively deflate me. But it's not working too well.

I just to make sure that my expectations are such that so long it is not obviously and intensely wretched like the prequels I can enjoy it.

[Liep]

I'm forcing myself to find negative things in the trailers in order to preemptively deflate me. But it's not working too well.

I just to make sure that my expectations are such that so long it is not obviously and intensely wretched like the prequels I can enjoy it.

Were the prequels that bad? I mean, besides adult Anakin casting and Jar Jar?

[Savonarola]

I guess the yank clipper wins? 

[spoiler]Yes, at the very last second and with reckless disregard for safety[/spoiler]  The film manages to hit every maritime cliche.  There's even a mutiny due to lack of water.

[Valmy]

Were the prequels that bad? I mean, besides adult Anakin casting and Jar Jar?

Yeah. The plot and characters and themes were all terribly managed in virtually every area. I am not the biggest star wars fan or anything so I am not mad about it but damn I just do not get the decisions made in that series.

I mean a war between robots and clones? Who the fuck thought that would be compelling? A war where all the combatants are completely expendable. OH THE TRAGEDY.

[Malthus]

Were the prequels that bad? I mean, besides adult Anakin casting and Jar Jar?

Yeah. The plot and characters and themes were all terribly managed in virtually every area. I am not the biggest star wars fan or anything so I am not mad about it but damn I just do not get the decisions made in that series.

I mean a war between robots and clones? Who the fuck thought that would be compelling? A war where all the combatants are completely expendable. OH THE TRAGEDY.

Well, in reality, clones would be no more expendable than one's identical twin ... 

[Yes, I get that these are 'Sci-Fi Clones']

[viper37]

After watching that Star Wars spot, youtube autoplayed a trailer for the Huntsman sequel, which pretty much looks like Frozen updated for the Twilight crowd.

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

Having seen Snow White and the Huntsman (and loved it), I had to look up the plot synopsis of this on Wikipedia to make any sense of that trailer. Not a good sign.

I found Snow White and the Huntsman to be 'meh', mostly because of the Twilight girl.  Charlize Theron was great.
The plot of this new movie isn't hard to understand from the new trailer, but yeah, it does remind me of Frozen.  I have good hopes for this one.

[viper37]

The Yankee Clipper  (1927)

The British are in control of the worldwide tea trade, and even Queen Victoria herself demands that they do not lose it to the Yankees.  The Yankees, though, have a new clipper and a courageous captain (played by none other than the future Hopalong Cassidy, William Boyd.)  They arrive in China at the same time as Britain's new clipper; and the master of the Chinese tea sellers agrees to sell tea to the first ship to reach Boston, and the race is on. 

if they travel by sail boat, how will the Chinese merchant know which ship arrives first in Boston in order to sell them his tea?  That will require another boat to leave from Boston with a letter telling him who the victor is, but since the British clipper is faster than the mail ship, all the captain has to do is fake departing for England, than turn slightly south to navigate toward China and claim victory.

These were the days before soccer hooliganism, when the British only engaged in fair play.   

(Actually, if you really care, they wagered their ships against one another, so the winner would have both ships.)

Ah!  I knew there was a catch!
Too bad it's a black&white silent movie, I might have enjoyed it

[Syt]

Were the prequels that bad? I mean, besides adult Anakin casting and Jar Jar?

Yeah. The plot and characters and themes were all terribly managed in virtually every area. I am not the biggest star wars fan or anything so I am not mad about it but damn I just do not get the decisions made in that series.

I mean a war between robots and clones? Who the fuck thought that would be compelling? A war where all the combatants are completely expendable. OH THE TRAGEDY.

Well, in Clone Wars they strive to give many clones distinct personalities, and different looks (hairstyles, tattoos, decals on armor etc.). Though it's up for debate how realistic that is. Though I guess it makes sense that if everyone else looks like you you try to differentiate yourself from them.

[Valmy]

Well, in Clone Wars they strive to give many clones distinct personalities, and different looks (hairstyles, tattoos, decals on armor etc.). Though it's up for debate how realistic that is. Though I guess it makes sense that if everyone else looks like you you try to differentiate yourself from them.

Well you can see why they felt the need to do this, the movie handed them something boring and poorly thought out and they had to turn it into an interesting series. Pretty bad when your filler series needs to spice up your blockbuster space opera.