TV/Movies Megathread

[Malthus]

Not saying it was a bad strategy, but still not cool.

You mean to tell me self-righteous bullying and abuse of easy targets helpless to respond, without the slightest risk, simply to make oneself more popular, is now a bad thing? 

Take that, Internet! 

[Sheilbh]

Robin Hardy, director of The Wicker Man, has died

More for the Brits, very sad news about Caroline Aherne (Mrs Merton, Scorchio! and the Royale Family) dying at 52

[frunk]

Kurt Russell, too affable? Escape from New York? Tombstone? Escape from LA?

I just want to ruffle his hair and go "oh you!"

[Tonitrus]

Kurt Russell is far too affable a personality to be menacing.  Before the end of act 1 reveal I didn't find him menacing at all.  Even after he's revealed as a crazed killer I was like "what a nice guy".

Kurt Russell, too affable? Escape from New York? Tombstone? Escape from LA?

EFNY is a good, campy movie...but Snake Pliskin doesn't really come off as terribly menacing.  And EFLA just takes the campiness and dunks into into more, deep fried campiness.

[CountDeMoney]

I guess even after Big Trouble in Little China, The Thing, Dark Blue or dozen other action flicks, maybe Frunk never got past Kurt Russell's years at Disney.

[The Brain]

He isn't the monster in The Thing. Or is he?

[Tonitrus]

His most menacing character was Captain Ron.

[HVC]

I guess even after Big Trouble in Little China, The Thing, Dark Blue or dozen other action flicks, maybe Frunk never got past Kurt Russell's years at Disney.

did he have a tragic vegetable chopping accident?

[CountDeMoney]

did he have a tragic vegetable chopping accident?

You just weren't paying attention to the 1970s, were you?

[Tonitrus]

I haven't watched the 4th season so I don't know if that one's good, but I have always dug the "cynical version of West Wing" angle of House of Cards once he gets to the top.

It doesn't help with getting overtly/blatantly preachy with its plot devices (e.g. gun control and NSA/phone tapping).  And the "zomg, this Google-esque search engine basically controls votes, human free will means nothing!" malarky.

[Tonitrus]

did he have a tragic vegetable chopping accident?

You just weren't paying attention to the 1970s, were you?

Couldn't blame him if he wasn't.

[HVC]

did he have a tragic vegetable chopping accident?

You just weren't paying attention to the 1970s, were you?

... I wasn't alive in the 70s

[Tonitrus]

did he have a tragic vegetable chopping accident?

You just weren't paying attention to the 1970s, were you?

... I wasn't alive in the 70s

  That argument will only make him angrier. 

[garbon]

I haven't watched the 4th season so I don't know if that one's good, but I have always dug the "cynical version of West Wing" angle of House of Cards once he gets to the top.

It doesn't help with getting overtly/blatantly preachy with its plot devices (e.g. gun control and NSA/phone tapping).  And the "zomg, this Google-esque search engine basically controls votes, human free will means nothing!" malarky.

As opposed to say the awesomeness of when you have someone aiming to be President killing someone himself?

[frunk]

EFNY is a good, campy movie...but Snake Pliskin doesn't really come off as terribly menacing.  And EFLA just takes the campiness and dunks into into more, deep fried campiness.

I think my opinion is primarily shaped by EFNY and Big Trouble.  He's supposed to be this bad ass but mostly he's a big softy that lucks into things going his way while other characters do the heavy lifting.