TV/Movies Megathread

[HVC]

Watched Project Hail Mary. Didn't think I'd like it, earth saving space thriller have gone down hill since Armageddon ( ) but it's really good. Who'd have though all these movies needed was a funny rock.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Book is supposed to be pretty good. Author is.

[viper37]

Babylon 5 is now available on Prime in Canada. So I am now binging it.

A few things didn't age well.  Garibaldi reading a newspaper for example.

I am looking forward to seeing the show unfold in one go this time.

I remember binging it (on vHS!) not too long after it ended, and had a very different appreciation for the foreshadowing than when watching it weekly. That ended up being the best feature of the show for me.

I had put it on pause for a while.  Re-watching it now, up to S4, the episode where ISN visits the independent station (The Illusion of Truth).

Fox News began in 1996. Despite the obvious allusion of ISN = CNN, I do wonder if this was written as an allegory of Fox News or just a general criticism of medias at the time?  Obviously, FN isn't the first media to deliver propaganda, I'm quite certain Confederate newspapers were delivering propaganda during the ACW, as well as many European outlets during WWII, but I'm still wondering.

Anyway.  Everything in this show looks so... Republican/MAGA, sometimes? 

[bogh]

Book is supposed to be pretty good. Author is.

My wife, my 13 year old son and myself all enjoyed the book a lot.

[Syt]

Megalopolis.

Much more an avantgarde stage play than a movie (dare I say: arthouse ), and quite hamfisted in mixing its Roman inspirations (to the point of Frank Cicero verbatim delivering classic Cicero's oration against Catilina when he condemns the movie Catilina) in its not particularly veiled critique of the state of things, with heroic utopians fighting against nefarious populists (with the clueless banks/capital spreading favor as they deem fit and at random, I suppose).

I didn't hate it per se (we need more move makers doing weird self financed passion arthouse projects ); it was certainly compelling, not least thanks to the efforts of the main cast. It was often also very funny (though not sure if that was always intended). Shie LaBoef is hilarious, for example.

[celedhring]

I enjoyed Hail Mary, but I felt they skipped through the "hard" science a bit much, which is part of the author's charm for me. But hopefully we get more stuff like that instead of whatever milquetoast IP du jour.

[Habbaku]

I enjoyed Hail Mary, but I felt they skipped through the "hard" science a bit much, which is part of the author's charm for me. But hopefully we get more stuff like that instead of whatever milquetoast IP du jour.

I'm guessing that's what the extra 1.5 hours of material they cut was. I also felt it was a bit of a detriment to the film to cut some of the more fun sciency bits. At least we got plenty of Sarah Huller.

[mongers]

Megalopolis.

Much more an avantgarde stage play than a movie (dare I say: arthouse ), and quite hamfisted in mixing its Roman inspirations (to the point of Frank Cicero verbatim delivering classic Cicero's oration against Catilina when he condemns the movie Catilina) in its not particularly veiled critique of the state of things, with heroic utopians fighting against nefarious populists (with the clueless banks/capital spreading favor as they deem fit and at random, I suppose).

I didn't hate it per se (we need more move makers doing weird self financed passion arthouse projects ); it was certainly compelling, not least thanks to the efforts of the main cast. It was often also very funny (though not sure if that was always intended). Shie LaBoef is hilarious, for example.

I watched this a while back and can recall absolutely nothing about it, it made that much of an impression on me. 

[HVC]

Scrubs has held up well so far. I'm pleased. The original was one of my favourite shows.

[Sophie Scholl]

Scrubs has held up well so far. I'm pleased. The original was one of my favourite shows.

I enjoyed the original, but when I last rewatched episodes I realized JD and, to a lesser extent, Elliot were incredibly annoying. 

[HVC]

All sitcom characters from that era were

Actually come to think of it, all sitcom characters of all eras are.

[Norgy]

"Rooster" with Steve Carell is pretty good.

The college campus setting is nice. Phil Dunster switches from Jamie Tartt to English professor Archie rather effortlessly.

It is mostly light-hearted fun. I know I need some of that when the world seems so grim like these days,

[celedhring]

Taxi to Tobruk. A 1960s B-movie about a group of French commandos in North Africa trying to hijack a ride back to Al-Alamein after having their transport blown up during an incursion before an offensive on Tobruk.

Lots of frenchies talking smack and bonding with themselves and the enemy. Short and enjoyable.