TV/Movies Megathread

[garbon]

Not exactly an answer though.

What I mean is that nobody is going to use a foreign name like that unless it's a homage of some sort. And yeah, she's a Star Wars geek.

I would say most people who choose Luke in the rest of the world are doing it as an homage too.

But fair enough.

[Syt]

A friend of mine has got herself pregnant and is going to name her son "Luke". One of my best friends already has a 12-month "Lando" (the boy is indeed black).

This is getting really out of hand now 

The son of a friend of mine (huge Star Wars nerd) is called Luke. He insists that it was his wife's suggestion (she's not into Star Wars). I don't believe him.

Now, the German version (Lukas) would not raise any eyebrows.

[Darth Wagtaros]

A Very Murray Christmas was decent.

I saw Brooklyn, that was good.

Bad Santa, fucked up as always.

[celedhring]

A friend of mine has got herself pregnant and is going to name her son "Luke". One of my best friends already has a 12-month "Lando" (the boy is indeed black).

This is getting really out of hand now 

The son of a friend of mine (huge Star Wars nerd) is called Luke. He insists that it was his wife's suggestion (she's not into Star Wars). I don't believe him.

Now, the German version (Lukas) would not raise any eyebrows.

Lucas is the Spanish version too. In Catalan it's "Lluc", which is sorta pronounced as "Yuk".

[Duque de Bragança]

Lucas is the Spanish version too. In Catalan it's "Lluc", which is sorta pronounced as "Yuk".

Catalan has succumbed to yeísmo too! 

[Liep]

I've been watching House as of late. Never watched it when it ran as I couldn't stand Hugh Laurie's arrogant, world-weary character. I'm finding now that I enjoy his character immensely.

Is it age or the general British spirit?

[Gups]

I have already watched/given up on all those shows. Except Silicon Valley and Narcos. Will add them to the queue.

Both very good. Try Peaky Blinders (gangsters in early 1920s Birmingham) on Netflix as well.

[garbon]

I've been watching House as of late. Never watched it when it ran as I couldn't stand Hugh Laurie's arrogant, world-weary character. I'm finding now that I enjoy his character immensely.

Is it age or the general British spirit?

Thinking must be age. Character is pretty American, after all, he basically never apologizes!

[Berkut]

A friend of mine has got herself pregnant and is going to name her son "Luke". One of my best friends already has a 12-month "Lando" (the boy is indeed black).

This is getting really out of hand now 

I am waiting a few more years to see all the "Daenyrs" and "Ned" kids going into kindergarten...

[Malthus]

I have already watched/given up on all those shows. Except Silicon Valley and Narcos. Will add them to the queue.

Both very good. Try Peaky Blinders (gangsters in early 1920s Birmingham) on Netflix as well.

Peaky Blinders is awesome. I binge-watched the second season last week.

[Maladict]

In random nostalgia ... Alfred J Kwak was a Dutch cartoon show for kids that also ran in Germany. One story arc had the Kra usurp the benevolent king's throne with the aid of the National Crow Party. The heroes then go and start a resistance to bring power back to the people.

This is what he looked like:



Subtle.

So subtle he had to be called Dolf as well. 

That was a cool cartoon 

[Kleves]

Hunger Games: Mockingjay: Part: 2. Pretty good, though there's a fair amount of goofiness. Surprisingly dark.

Creed. I really enjoyed it. There's an extended shot that's incredible, and worth the price of admission by itself.

[Savonarola]

The Iron Mask (1929)

Douglas Fairbanks last silent film, (though he does deliver two brief voice overs in it.)  This is an elaborate production filled with buckle and swash.  Most of the cast from the 1921 film "The Three Musketeers" are back for this one.  Nigel de Brulier not only was Cardinal Richelieu in the 1921 production, but also in the 1935 version of The Three Musketeers and the 1939 version of The Man in the Iron Mask.  The high points of the film are when we learn that Athos, Porthos, Aramis and d'Artagnan all sleep in the same bed (with an Un Pour Tous, Tous Pour Un engraved over the top) and when Constance (Marguerite de la Motte) and Milady de Winter (Dorthy Revier) engage in a cat fight (RAWR!) 

It doesn't really follow the book (even today I think you'd be hard pressed to make a character as complex as Aramis work in a movie) but, like the books, d'Artagnan does die just as he learns he is made Marshal of France.  It was Douglas Fairbanks only on screen death; symbolic of the death of quality films.   

(Well, at least for a few years) 

[Savonarola]

Blancanieves.

Spanish adaptation of Snow White set in 1920s Andalucía, where Snow White is the daughter of a famous bullfighter, who was tricked into marrying a scheming arriviste after he was left paraplegic by a bull during a corrida. After running off from the evil stepmother, Snow White is taken by a travelling dwarf bullfighter troupe, and ends up becoming a bullfighter herself.

The film is shot as a 1920s silent, with a flamenco soundtrack, and plays like a Spanish-themed distant cousin of Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast. If you are into bizarrely artsy stuff, it's a fantastic film.

Yes Sav, that means you.

How did I get this reputation? 





I've put it in my Netflix queue.

[Liep]

The latest Brooklyn Nine-Nine disgraces itself by delivering a low blow to the proud Danish nation.