TV/Movies Megathread

[Savonarola]

Daughter of Dawn (1920)

This film was produced by the Oklahoma Historical Society and had a very limited release.  The plot is a melodramatic love triangle/quadrangle between three or four Kiowa Indians.  The high point of the story is that the chief decrees that the two suitors must perform a test for the hand of his daughter; they must jump off a cliff the survivor can marry her.  (If the"The Dating Game" is ever brought back this is the premise they should use...)

The film is worth seeing since the entire cast is Kiowa or Comanche and the film was made outside the Hollywood system.  So the dances, the buffalo hunts and the costuming are all authentic.  Even the shooting location (the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma) was a reservation.

[CountDeMoney]

So, not a Cumberbitch? 

Now that dude is funky weird-looking.  Great actor.  Funky weird.

[celedhring]

Just bingewatched the last 6 episodes of BoJack Horseman's first season. It's pretty damn great stuff. Great mix of humor and emotional punch.

Kudos for realism since [spoiler]the main character falls in love with Allison Brie's character.[/spoiler] 

[mongers]

If you have the chance, watch some of the Guy Martin 'Speed' series or some of the other documentaries involving him.

Last episode I saw had him building a monster custom bike and doing the Pikes Peak moutain climb in Colorado for the first time, we one his class too.

Week previous he and a mate set a new world record for distance covered in a tandem cycle, 569 miles, seriously tough challenge.

[Ed Anger]

Krull. No joke. Forgotten how shitty it was. Thanks Sunday afternoon movie!

[Josquius]

Just bingewatched the last 6 episodes of BoJack Horseman's first season. It's pretty damn great stuff. Great mix of humor and emotional punch.

Kudos for realism since [spoiler]the main character falls in love with Allison Brie's character.[/spoiler] 

Nice that everyone is finally discovering this.
It it rather good.
Puts me in mind of Episodes.

[Eddie Teach]

I wasn't very impressed with it, but then I don't watch a whole lot of sitcoms these days.

[viper37]

Finished season 3 of Black Sails.  Wow!  Even better than season 2.
That finale was really, really, really good

Apparently season 4 ending will be just before the events of Treasure Island.  I wonder if they'll retell the tale their way in Season 5, expand on the material, give more focus on the characters we know.

[Razgovory]

I just discovered this cool show called "Archer".

Pam Poovey is like every rural chick in Mid-Missouri.

[Norgy]

I'm certainly not the most qualified for this, but I don't find him attractive or interesting. He's just ok. But well, what do I know.

He lacks charisma on screen, if you ask me.

Several actors look good, but have little to offer as to character play.
The most obvious example being Keanu Reeves.

Back in my early teens, I entertained three possible careers; actor, professional footballer and deadbeat writer. The latter was the easiest.
But I did study the greats. Like Brando and O'Toole. And while I am certain they were a metric ton better on stage, their presence in every scene they are in is just something you don't see very often anymore.

[celedhring]

I wasn't very impressed with it, but then I don't watch a whole lot of sitcoms these days.

It does pick up towards the second half of the first season, when the character and season arcs get in full swing. It's not really a sitcom, since there's strong continuity between episodes.

[Eddie Teach]

It does pick up towards the second half of the first season, when the character and season arcs get in full swing. It's not really a sitcom, since there's strong continuity between episodes.

Isn't Arrested Development considered a sitcom? 

[Norgy]

More like a continuing string of self-referring memes made into sitcom.
"I've made a huge mistake"
"Mr. Manager"
"There's always money in the banana stand"
"And that's why you never (something)"

[celedhring]

It does pick up towards the second half of the first season, when the character and season arcs get in full swing. It's not really a sitcom, since there's strong continuity between episodes.

Isn't Arrested Development considered a sitcom? 

I'd say no, but Google would prove me wrong. I always considered that the "reset button" at the end of every episode is part of what makes a sitcom a sitcom (even if there are season arcs). That said,  I think BoJack Horseman has a stronger sense of continuity than AD once it really gets going.

My personal litmus test has always been "could you watch the episodes in a random order without it ruining the experience almost completely?". Yes = sitcom.

[Razgovory]

I would have thought the requirements of a sitcom are that it's a comedy in a certain sustained environment ( ie a situation) and characters.  Contrast it with say a series of comedy sketches or stand up comedy.