TV/Movies Megathread

[viper37]

[spoiler]
1) Leo bounces up from his death bed kind of easily. 
2) Soldiers from the War of 1812 are killing natives
3) and French voyageurs are competing for pelts in the northern Rockies??  [/spoiler]

I'm glad I saw it, but it's not no Danish 6/6.

haven't seen the movie, but #1 is about how it happens.  #2 is accurate, #3, depends on what you mean.
[spoiler]Do you mean people loyal to the French crown engaging in fur trading activities for their King in 1823?  Unlikely.  If you mean French speaking people engaging in fur trading activities in the rockies, then it's highly possible.  New France extended up to the rockies, there were a few fur trading posts, taken over by the British eventually, and some French trappers/traders lived with the indians or close to them.  Manitoba had some French settlements.  Quebec was the biggest part of New France, not the only one.  [/spoiler]

[Admiral Yi]

Explain the last sentence!

You said all the Danish reviewers were giving it 6/6.  I don't think that's merited.

[11B4V]

X files tonight.

[The Larch]

Episode VIII delayed to December 2017   

I read somewhere these days that it is being rumoured that part of the explanation for the delay is that they had to order an overall rewrite to give more protagonism to Rey, because they hadn't anticipated how much of a hit she'd be. I find it a bit hard to believe.

[celedhring]

Episode VIII delayed to December 2017   

I read somewhere these days that it is being rumoured that part of the explanation for the delay is that they had to order an overall rewrite to give more protagonism to Rey, because they hadn't anticipated how much of a hit she'd be. I find it a bit hard to believe.

Me too. The way Ep VII is written she and Kylo are primed to be the centerpieces of the story.

[Admiral Yi]

I read somewhere these days that it is being rumoured that part of the explanation for the delay is that they had to order an overall rewrite to give more protagonism to Rey, because they hadn't anticipated how much of a hit she'd be. I find it a bit hard to believe.

That makes no sense.  No one else is set up as the hero.

[MadImmortalMan]

That makes no sense.  No one else is set up as the hero.

Kylo might be. 

[Gups]

So, The Revenant.

[spoiler]First the positives.  The bear fight scene is totally fucking badass.  It honest to God looks like that bear is beating the living shit out of poor Leo.  The timing and suspense on the action scenes is perfect.  I'm thinking of the opening attack on the camp scene in particular.  The scenery is breathtaking.  The avalanche is awesome.

The negatives.  Leo bounces up from his death bed kind of easily.  Soldiers from the War of 1812 are killing natives and French voyageurs are competing for pelts in the northern Rockies??  [/spoiler]

I'm glad I saw it, but it's not no Danish 6/6.

This is a pretty fair assessment I reckon.

[spoiler]I kind of assumed that it was set somewhere on the Canadian/America border but on checking afterwards apparently North Dakota. I agree that the frog presence makes no sense. I found it quite hard to understand the dialogue in the first half hour or so. Tom Hardy especially mumble. The scenery was just incredible and beautifully shot. [/spoiler]

[Josephus]

X-Files.

[spoiler]Meh...disappointed. Rehash of old stuff. Didn't Mulder already believe that the powers that be wanted him to believe in an alien conspiracy when there wasn't one?[/spoiler]

[Valmy]

I read somewhere these days that it is being rumoured that part of the explanation for the delay is that they had to order an overall rewrite to give more protagonism to Rey, because they hadn't anticipated how much of a hit she'd be. I find it a bit hard to believe.

Yeah next thing you know they will have to re-write it to make Kylo Ren the bad guy

[celedhring]

Spoiler-less impressions on the new X-Files? It's coming out tomorrow here in Spain.

[Valmy]

Spoiler-less impressions on the new X-Files? It's coming out tomorrow here in Spain.

"Rehash of old stuff"

[Eddie Teach]

Spoiler-less impressions on the new X-Files? It's coming out tomorrow here in Spain.

The Truth is out there.

[Malthus]

So, The Revenant.

[spoiler]First the positives.  The bear fight scene is totally fucking badass.  It honest to God looks like that bear is beating the living shit out of poor Leo.  The timing and suspense on the action scenes is perfect.  I'm thinking of the opening attack on the camp scene in particular.  The scenery is breathtaking.  The avalanche is awesome.

The negatives.  Leo bounces up from his death bed kind of easily.  Soldiers from the War of 1812 are killing natives and French voyageurs are competing for pelts in the northern Rockies??  [/spoiler]

I'm glad I saw it, but it's not no Danish 6/6.

This is a pretty fair assessment I reckon.

[spoiler]I kind of assumed that it was set somewhere on the Canadian/America border but on checking afterwards apparently North Dakota. I agree that the frog presence makes no sense. I found it quite hard to understand the dialogue in the first half hour or so. Tom Hardy especially mumble. The scenery was just incredible and beautifully shot. [/spoiler]

I haven't seen the movie, but if it depicts Frogs in North Dakota, it's not inaccurate for that reason.

http://www.ndhorizons.com/featured/index.asp?ID=54

French explorer Pierre La Verendrye first came to North Dakota in the 1730s, staying with the Mandan people. Others followed a generation later as European exploration and trade moved west and the region's active fur trade began in the late 1700s.

"The fur trade and the descendents of the fur trade were in large part French and American Indian people," says Virgil Benoit, a French professor at the University of North Dakota. "It established the Michif culture," he adds, noting the Michif and Métis cultures descend mainly from the mixing of the French-Canadian, British, Scottish, American Indian and Canadian First Nations.

The fur trade established communities along the state's northern border from Pembina to Bottineau. "French was the major language of the fur trade," says Benoit. As the Métis presence grew during the 1800s, the activities of the French began to shift to agriculture. "Transitional communities" formed towns including Neche, Olga and Rolette. The largest concentration of Métis resided in the community of Saint Joseph, now Walhalla, between 1840 and 1870.

[Razgovory]

Spoiler-less impressions on the new X-Files? It's coming out tomorrow here in Spain.

Confusing gobbledygook. Everyone looks old.