TV/Movies Megathread

[Josephus]

Yeah, with 20 years of walking undead, I am sure there was plenty of fuel just sitting around.

Yeah that's what's very annoying. In the original Walking Dead series, the last few seasons, they made a point about how all the fuel's gone bad and they've gone back to horse and buggies. Yet, they're able to fly to Greenland.

[Barrister]

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

This is the third version of The Maltese Falcon made.  The first, in 1931, was competently made, but wasn't really memorable.  (Strangely Bebe Daniels, Harold Lloyd's leading lady and ex-fiancee, is the femme fatale.)  The second "Satan Made A Lady" (1936) was more lighthearted and comic than either the 1931 or 1941 versions; it has Bette Davis in the Mary Astor role, but it isn't very good.  The 1941 version is the masterpiece.  You couldn't ask for a better cast, snappier dialog or better cinematography.  Had Bogart not been been Rick Blaine a year later he would forever have been Sam Spade.

It's been awhile since I saw The Maltese Falcon, but it's a classic for a reason.

[mongers]

Watching 'Elizabeth R' from 1970s, it's what the bbc iplayer suggests after one has watched 'Wolf Hall' ; not too shabby, as Glenda Jackson is excellent, though somewhat odd to see Robert Hardy as a romantic lead, rather than as yet another old, well respected national treasure turning up in a Harry potter movie.    

[Admiral Yi]

Watched a Wolf Hall clip (first meeting of Bolyen and Cromwell) and was not pleased with the casting.

[frunk]

Just finished Scavengers Reign, fantastic series on Netflix.  It feels like it has strong Stanislaw Lem influence, like a combination of Solaris, Fiasco and His Master's Voice. 

It doesn't sound like it will get another season, but I worry another season would get into trying to explain too much so maybe it's for the best.

[Savonarola]

Liquid Sky (1982)

Aliens land on an apartment building in New York City.  These aliens feed off of endorphins produced by either orgasms or opiate highs; causing their victim to die and either produce a large crystal from the top of their heads or vanish.  The upper floor apartment is inhabited by a new wave model and her drug dealing girlfriend.  Hilarity ensues in the midst of drug use, sex and an eccentric German scientist trying to explain what the hell is going on.

Definitely an indie film with a lot of community theater level acting.  It's worth seeing for the sheer weirdness of the movie and the New Wave fashions and clubs of the era.  Strangely the cameraman and director were from the USSR, but everyone else was American.

[grumbler]

Liquid Sky (1982)

Aliens land on an apartment building in New York City.  These aliens feed off of endorphins produced by either orgasms or opiate highs; causing their victim to die and either produce a large crystal from the top of their heads or vanish.  The upper floor apartment is inhabited by a new wave model and her drug dealing girlfriend.  Hilarity ensues in the midst of drug use, sex and an eccentric German scientist trying to explain what the hell is going on.

Definitely an indie film with a lot of community theater level acting.  It's worth seeing for the sheer weirdness of the movie and the New Wave fashions and clubs of the era.  Strangely the cameraman and director were from the USSR, but everyone else was American.

That was always a go-to when people I was with wanted to watch  "weird" movie.  I don't think that I ever figured out the ending, and wasn't bothered by that fact.

[Duque de Bragança]

Liquid Sky (1982)

Aliens land on an apartment building in New York City.  These aliens feed off of endorphins produced by either orgasms or opiate highs; causing their victim to die and either produce a large crystal from the top of their heads or vanish.  The upper floor apartment is inhabited by a new wave model and her drug dealing girlfriend.  Hilarity ensues in the midst of drug use, sex and an eccentric German scientist trying to explain what the hell is going on.

Definitely an indie film with a lot of community theater level acting.  It's worth seeing for the sheer weirdness of the movie and the New Wave fashions and clubs of the era.  Strangely the cameraman and director were from the USSR, but everyone else was American.

At times, it's like an arthouse version of I come in Peace / Dark Angel with Dolph Lundgren and Brian Benben. 

Or the other way around, as you wish

[Darth Wagtaros]

"shoot to kill shoot to kill"

[celedhring]

Liquid Sky (1982)

Aliens land on an apartment building in New York City.  These aliens feed off of endorphins produced by either orgasms or opiate highs; causing their victim to die and either produce a large crystal from the top of their heads or vanish.  The upper floor apartment is inhabited by a new wave model and her drug dealing girlfriend.  Hilarity ensues in the midst of drug use, sex and an eccentric German scientist trying to explain what the hell is going on.

Definitely an indie film with a lot of community theater level acting.  It's worth seeing for the sheer weirdness of the movie and the New Wave fashions and clubs of the era.  Strangely the cameraman and director were from the USSR, but everyone else was American.

That was always a go-to when people I was with wanted to watch  "weird" movie.  I don't think that I ever figured out the ending, and wasn't bothered by that fact.

Remember the college film club running a double feature of this and The Hunger. It was a blast, of sorts. 

[mongers]

Finished 'The Diplomat' series 2, thoughougly entertaining in a light hearted manner, good ending cliff-hanger too. 

[crazy canuck]

Finished 'The Diplomat' series 2, thoughougly entertaining in a light hearted manner, good ending cliff-hanger too. 

Thanks, I was wondering if I should start watching it

[The Brain]

Prey. Young Cherokee hunter encounters something more dangerous than a mountain lion. Totally OK movie, with nice nods to Predator and Predator 2. SPOILER: I liked that it was heavily implied that the hunter is later defeated by another Predator, so that he can give the pistol to Danny Glover 250 years later.

[Syt]

Watched the first three episodes of The Gilded Age. It's 'Upstairs, Downstairs' by way of Dallas or Dynasty.

Set in 1890s New York, it's a soapy drama around two families - the new money Russels (the patriarch being a ruthless railroad robber baron, and his wife an ambitious socialite) and the van Rhijns (spelling), an old money "established" family keen on keeping upstarts out of their refined circles. It has all the elements you'd expect from a period drama - love, drama, shady business dealings, racism, closeted gays, class divisions ... Christine Baranski is great as snobby old money spinster and I enjoy seeing Simon Jones (the original Arthur Dent) as stately head of her household staff).

Not exactly Breaking Bad, but a fun watch while playing Victoria 3.

[Josephus]

Finished 'The Diplomat' series 2, thoughougly entertaining in a light hearted manner, good ending cliff-hanger too. 

Thanks, I was wondering if I should start watching it

Yes, it's pretty good.