TV/Movies Megathread

[celedhring]

I think it was great/chilling - from a horror perspective - how their objections were mostly utilitarian and not moral in nature.

I like that film a lot.

[celedhring]

Hollywood scrapping the bottom of the idea barrel...

http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-emoji-movie-opens-in-cinemas-in-august-2017-2015-12

It's the cinematic event of the decade, and now it has a release date: "The Emoji Movie" will open in cinemas on August 11, 2017.

The film is the work of Sony Pictures Animation, Variety reports, and details about the plot are still thin on the ground — beyond the fact it will feature the smiley faces and icons made ubiquitous by smartphones.

[Josquius]

That Netflix offers different shows in different countries due to outdated licensing rules is something I get.
But when they have the same shows though don't have a variety of subtitles? Just wtf.
Accidentally used swiss Netflix today. No english or Italian subtitles to be seen. Some shows only in German

[celedhring]

That Netflix offers different shows in different countries due to outdated licensing rules is something I get.
But when they have the same shows though don't have a variety of subtitles? Just wtf.
Accidentally used swiss Netflix today. No english or Italian subtitles to be seen. Some shows only in German

A licensing issue too. Somebody else must hold the rights to the English/Italian version.

We need some sprucing up of the rules at the European level, but it's not easy.

[Josquius]

That Netflix offers different shows in different countries due to outdated licensing rules is something I get.
But when they have the same shows though don't have a variety of subtitles? Just wtf.
Accidentally used swiss Netflix today. No english or Italian subtitles to be seen. Some shows only in German

A licensing issue too. Somebody else must hold the rights to the English/Italian version.

We need some sprucing up of the rules at the European level, but it's not easy.

Makes sense for dubs though if you buy dvds usually they have subtitles for a bunch of languages. It really seems bizzare that there would be so much red tape over a bit of text.
I'd be very curious to know the details and if Netflix are giving a fuck- from my observations working abroad is only going to become more common.

[celedhring]

It's easier to do in domestic releases of movies, those rights are rarely broken up and studios have distribution arms encompassing all of the European market. You essentially sell the same DVD (with some packaging changes) throughout most of Europe since it includes several dubs and subtitles.

The problem with TV content (and that includes films that are shown in TV as opposed to DVD/BR) is that the rights are usually sold piecemeal for different languages and countries, since broadcasters are national in nature. Selling the rights for a particular language is also pretty common. That creates those borders that a supra-national company like Netflix has to contend with.

[Maladict]

I think it was great/chilling - from a horror perspective - how their objections were mostly utilitarian and not moral in nature.

I like that film a lot.

Actually the most shocking thing for me was the ending, seeing how many of them were not found guilty or otherwise evaded justice.

[Eddie Teach]

Time After Time. HG Wells invents a time machine and chases Jack the Ripper into the future. It's actually not bad. 

Continuing, and most likely ending, my series on time travel and San Francisco- Star Trek IV. 

[Syt]

This Simpson's 80s couch gag makes me want to play Vice City again. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZu5iDTtNg0

"Push it to the limit!"

[Barrister]

This Simpson's 80s couch gag makes me want to play Vice City again. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZu5iDTtNg0

"Push it to the limit!"

Since the Simpsons debuted in December 1989, hasn't the show already made an 80s couch gag?

[Malthus]

This Simpson's 80s couch gag makes me want to play Vice City again. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZu5iDTtNg0

"Push it to the limit!"

Awesome.

[Admiral Yi]

Saw parts of some future caveman/mutant movie starring Sean Bean.  He was also in that Jodie Foster hijacking movie I mentioned.  Does he do a lot of B movies?

[celedhring]

It's an official poster 

[mongers]

Saw parts of some future caveman/mutant movie starring Sean Bean.  He was also in that Jodie Foster hijacking movie I mentioned.  Does he do a lot of B movies?

I'm guessing he'll try anything to avoid being killed of in the first 30 minutes/installment/season.

edit:
Oh,I remember that film, one of the few I've given up on, twice no less, both times didn't make it past the 20-30min mark.

[Syt]

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/08/preacher-amc

AMC's Preacher is very different from the comics

AMC's Preacher pilot is an ultra violent, shockingly witty, heightened reality tale of supernatural mayhem in a West Texas town — and it's very different from the infamous gleefully blasphemous trope-busting comic that it's based on.

"I don't know that you could translate it directly [from the comic]," said executive producer Seth Rogen (yup, that Seth Rogen). "Everybody involved felt we should not — including [comic creator Garth Ennis]."

The show's producers and cast were at the Television Critics Association's press tour in Pasadena, California, on Friday after reporters were given a preview screening of the roughly 60-minute pilot the night prior. The first episode introduces Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper), a weary faithless small-town preacher with a shady past, his badass ex-girlfriend Tulip O'Hare (Ruth Negga) and a deadbeat Irish vampire Cassidy (Joe Gilgun).

"We're fans of the comic," Rogen continued. "We love the comic. We're going to make a show we like, so we hope that that translates to people that love the comic as well.  But our first and foremost goal is to make a great, entertaining, fun television show that if you never heard of the comic book, you love. We want the show to be fun for regular people without sick sensibilities."

Critics were particularly impressed by Negga's scene-stealing sequence soliciting two young kids to help her fight some (presumed) bad guys. While Cassidy should continue to The Strain's trend of subverting vampire clichés. "What's wonderful about Cassidy is he's been around for so long yet he's accomplished nothing," Gilgun said. "He consistently makes terrible decisions ... He puts an end to all this sexy vampire business."

Preacher has had a long and rocky history to the screen, with a feature film effort in 1990s with director Kevin Smith attached that morphed into an HBO drama development with James Marsden attached to star that eventually collapsed in 2008.

Nailing the comics' tone was a particularly tricky part of the adaptation. "There's lots of violence and drama, but there's always comedy throughout," Rogen says. "That's the real challenge and opportunity [Garth has] given us that there's violence, almost melodrama, but then also we're trying to make people laugh. We have characters who do really horrific things in one episode and then come back and do really silly things."

Added Gilgun: "Everybody says they want too see something different," Gilgun says. "If this isn't that thing, I don't know what is."