TV/Movies Megathread

[Neil]

Hey, I had the Millenium Falcon too!  Nobody ever got raped in mine.

[CountDeMoney]

Hey, I had the Millenium Falcon too!  Nobody ever got raped in mine.

Lucastard.

[Neil]

SJ as Fury just didn't do it for me, at various points.  He didn't really have that high-command gravitas except for the scenes when he was dealing with the council.  He grew on me as the movie progressed, but the earlier scenes had me wondering why everyone would take orders from a guy who just seemed gruff and mavericky.  More characterization could fix that, I suppose, but what's there was pretty meh.

Gruff and mavericky is what Fury was always about, but that goes back to his whole 'being a gruff, mavericky sergeant in WWII' thing, which doesn't translate as well to modern audiences.  The idea of a high commander has changed from Patton-esque when Fury became the head of SHIELD in the 60s and 70s to uninspiring corporate managers today.  Fury's a blast from the past every bit as much as Captain America.

[Syt]

I also don't see how Jackson as Fury is a casting problem. After all, the relaunched Ultimate Fury was modelled after him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Nick_Fury

[katmai]

I have some annoyance with the casting decisions,

Curious as what they may be.

Scarlett Johannson as BW

I can agree with this one, was surprised when they tagged her for Iron Man II for the part. I know that at least one other actress was setup to do the part but bowed out.

[CountDeMoney]

Just ripped off four hours of catching up on The Killing.

Shit's getting real now.  Yowza.

[The Larch]

Re: The Avengers' casting and character development, IMO it is an issue if you watch it as a stand-alone film, but not if you consider it as a part of a whole series. For instance, BW gets introduced in Iron Man 2 and her background is given there. I can see how someone who hasn't watched that film might make an issue out of it if you see her for the first time in The Avengers.

[The Larch]

8.5 Hulk Punching Teammates out of 10.

I hope it was Scarlett.  That would get me hard.

The scene where she's tied up in the chair should've ended in Russian-Roulette-Bukkake.

OH FUCK DIDNT KNOW ABOUT THAT SEEING IT TOMORROW

Just in case you haven't seen it fast enough already...

[CountDeMoney]

Squee.

[Ed Anger]

I have obtained the "unrated" version of Caligula. HEY HONEY, YOU LIKE ROMAN MOVIES?

[The Larch]

Squee.

There's also a sorta King-Kong/Beauty and the Beast scene between her and Hulk, in case you're turned on by that too.

[CountDeMoney]

Squee.

There's also a sorta King-Kong/Beauty and the Beast scene between her and Hulk, in case you're turned on by that too.

[viper37]

The Avengers was a pretty fun and incredibly funny movie, overall.  I have some annoyance with the casting decisions, but the movie works, as a whole.

8.5 Hulk Punching Teammates out of 10.

Hulk was the best. both in hulk and banner form.

funny.  I thought he was the weakest of the bunch in Banner form.

[Sheilbh]

I have obtained the "unrated" version of Caligula. HEY HONEY, YOU LIKE ROMAN MOVIES?

Sadly it's a very dull film

[CountDeMoney]

I have obtained the "unrated" version of Caligula. HEY HONEY, YOU LIKE ROMAN MOVIES?

Sadly it's a very dull film

Incredibly dumb.

I remember, growing up, it was the Holy Grail of accessible porn.  OMG HUSTLER MADE IT.  There was a mythology surrounding it.
Then I watched it. Pfft.  Talk about overrated.