TV/Movies Megathread

[Josquius]

This should please some of the Languish crowd

I laughed.
How the hell do people make this stuff.

[Admiral Yi]

And All Quiet on the Western Front has already slipped ignominiously off the Netflix home page.  Two movie duds in a row.

what was the first one?

The Gray Man.

[Josephus]

And All Quiet on the Western Front has already slipped ignominiously off the Netflix home page.  Two movie duds in a row.

what was the first one?

The Gray Man.

Oh yeah, that was shit

[Syt]

Twitter thread highlighting some of the "fun" details (including torch!): https://twitter.com/fakehistoryhunt/status/1597290024877182977

 

[celedhring]

It's a bit like the painted Roman statues. Most people are oblivious to how colorful the European past actually was, because of constant media cliches/misrepresentations.

[Threviel]

Also candles and torches or small lit fires everywhere. Once I noticed it annoys the fuck out of me.

[garbon]

Also candles and torches or small lit fires everywhere. Once I noticed it annoys the fuck out of me.

Yes, a position you weren't afraid to share when we were watching that one fantasy adaptation.

[celedhring]

And All Quiet on the Western Front has already slipped ignominiously off the Netflix home page.  Two movie duds in a row.

what was the first one?

The Gray Man.

That's a weird take. I have no desire to watch it, but Gray Man is one of the most watched films ever on Netflix.

Also, I'd say that All Quiet has done well enough (100 million hours watched according to Netflix themselves) for a German language WWI movie.

[Admiral Yi]

That's a weird take. I have no desire to watch it, but Gray Man is one of the most watched films ever on Netflix.

How bizarre.  I couldn't finish it.

Maybe you should watch it as an academic exercise.

[Threviel]

Also candles and torches or small lit fires everywhere. Once I noticed it annoys the fuck out of me.

Yes, a position you weren't afraid to share when we were watching that one fantasy adaptation.

I was afraid that I wasn't clear enough on the matter, good to hear that my message got through.

[celedhring]

Watched the first episode of Willow. It only works in bursts but the reviews for the overall show are good and you can see the willingness to make a light and charming fantasy show. I don't have much investment with the source material, but will give it a chance.

I'm sure the usual suspects will pick on the - so far strongly hinted - lesbian love story.

[garbon]

I don't have much investment with the source material, but will give it a chance.

Without having paid much attention to it, I was wondering who the target audience is. Are there many with fond enough memories of Willow?

[Sheilbh]

Yes

[Sophie Scholl]

I absolutely love Willow and am super excited for the series. I had the toys, the super hard NES game, and spent way too many quarters on the amazing arcade game. Sorsha was definitely an early moment of, "Do I want to be her or be with her?" for me. It's just an immensely fun movie in my opinion. I've seen some less than stellar feedback so far, but it hasn't lessened my enthusiasm by much.

[Eddie Teach]

Willow holds up better than most 80s children's movies. Madmartigan and the brownies are hilarious. Sorsha