TV/Movies Megathread

[HVC]

I mean it's watchable, I think. I mentioned previously in the thread I think watching clone wars gives a better viewing just because you care about the character. Don't need to watch the whole thing.  If you want all the back story rebels would help too (but I think it's less necessary).

[celedhring]

I mean it's watchable, I think. I mentioned previously in the thread I think watching clone wars gives a better viewing just because you care about the character. Don't need to watch the whole thing.  If you want all the back story rebels would help too (but I think it's less necessary).

I'd say it's definitely the opposite. Ashoka is almost a live-action season of Rebels, so that background is more important than Clone Wars.

[HVC]

You can catch along rather quickly, I think. I just think caring about the character is more important

[garbon]

You can catch along rather quickly, I think. I just think caring about the character is more important

I watched both shows and I cared more about Sabine.

[HVC]

I was indifferent to Sabine. Although it annoyed me that *see spoiler below*


I liked cartoon Hera, not so much live action.


**SPOILER**

she's another character that survived a saber stab. Say what you will about Acolyte,  but at least light sabers were deadly again.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Last season of Cobra Kai. First episode was a little bland. But so far its been just as bat shit crazy as ever.

[Syt]

Finished S3 of Only Murders in the Building. It was still fun, but the weakest season so far IMHO. That said, Paul Rudd and Meryl Streep were excellent. S4 starts next week, I think, and it will have the group travel to L.A.? Not sure how I feel about it, though they will surely find a way to shoehorn folks from the building again somehow.

Halfway through S3 of The Bear. Liking it very much, though it seems to lean a bit into an arthouse style even more than S1/2? I mean, 1st episode was a collage of background info and flashbacks set to an ambient Nine Inch Nails song, and episode 3 was a 1 month montage set to classical music.

The John Cena cameo kinda pulled me out of it, though.

Music remains excellent, however. And only realized while looking at some of the tracks in detail that one song from S1 (Serengeti - Don't Blame Steve) foreshadows Jimmy's (Oliver Platt) S2 monologue about Steve Bartman catching undue flak for the 2003 playoff, and that the Cubs used it to deflect from their collapse during the game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident

[Josquius]

I finished series 2 or Our Flag Means Death.
Meh.
There's a small handful of funny moments but the show seems to have changed more into a weird little romance/drama psych thing than a comedy.

[Darth Wagtaros]

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

I liked it.  Had some levity.  Had some areas that were a bit dull. Don't know that I'd be excited about another season coming out, but i'd probably still watch it.

[jimmy olsen]

War of the Rohirrim

https://youtu.be/gCUg6Td5fgQ?si=FIhlO557rzG520kK

[grumbler]

War of the Rohirrim

https://youtu.be/gCUg6Td5fgQ?si=FIhlO557rzG520kK

The man has no respect for Tolkien anymore. 

That looks dreadful.

[celedhring]

War of the Rohirrim

https://youtu.be/gCUg6Td5fgQ?si=FIhlO557rzG520kK

The man has no respect for Tolkien anymore. 

That looks dreadful.

Looks like the kind of thing you would just drop on HBO Max. The rumor (which I find plausible) is that they are putting this on theatres to meet some contractual obligation to keep the rights license from expiring. It's been 10 years since The Battle of Five Armies.

[Sophie Scholl]

Going for that Warren Beatty level of petty rights control, eh? 

[grumbler]

Looks like the kind of thing you would just drop on HBO Max. The rumor (which I find plausible) is that they are putting this on theatres to meet some contractual obligation to keep the rights license from expiring. It's been 10 years since The Battle of Five Armies.

That's an interesting and believable premise, which also explains why they went after it on the cheap.  That doesn't excuse Dunlandings with elephants, though.

[Razgovory]

War of the Rohirrim

https://youtu.be/gCUg6Td5fgQ?si=FIhlO557rzG520kK

Nope.