TV/Movies Megathread

[Sheilbh]

God I hope this brings back Habs on a wave of outrage.

[Ideologue]

God I hope this brings back Habs on a wave of outrage.

I SAID I LIKED IT.

Was Habsburg a big fan of Vertigo?  In any event, I would be very pleased to see the old follow again. We don't have a :wistful:, but I would use it if we did.

[crazy canuck]

I finished watching a BBC series on Netflix called "Survivors".  The premise is that most of the population is killed by a flu epidemic.  The show follows a group of survivors through a well constructed story arc.  It is well written and I highly recommend it.

The only problem is that it looks like it was meant to continue past the second season but for whateve reason the BBC had, they didnt get a third season.


I am happy that I stayed with the Blacklist.  The last episode made this more nuanced than first feared.

[Josephus]

I finished watching a BBC series on Netflix called "Survivors".  The premise is that most of the population is killed by a flu epidemic.  The show follows a group of survivors through a well constructed story arc.  It is well written and I highly recommend it.

The only problem is that it looks like it was meant to continue past the second season but for whateve reason the BBC had, they didnt get a third season.

So, you saying it doesn't have a satisfying conclusion. Cause I've been thinking about adding that to my watchlist, but won't bother if it's gonna go all Jericho on me.

Meanwhile, I found online that they cancelled it due to that old standby, low ratings.

[mongers]

I finished watching a BBC series on Netflix called "Survivors".  The premise is that most of the population is killed by a flu epidemic.  The show follows a group of survivors through a well constructed story arc.  It is well written and I highly recommend it.

The only problem is that it looks like it was meant to continue past the second season but for whateve reason the BBC had, they didnt get a third season.


I am happy that I stayed with the Blacklist.  The last episode made this more nuanced than first feared.

This was a modern remake of a classic 70s BBC series, same premise, but more imaginative stories. It ran for three series and had an ending.

Well worth checking out is you can live with the slightly different styles of acting compare with today's shouty actors.

First episode here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak1SrFGXgA4&list=PL60B5B3443161A19C

[viper37]

I am happy that I stayed with the Blacklist.  The last episode made this more nuanced than first feared.

Yes, we have something here, there looks to be a 3rd party involved, somehow.

[Ideologue]

Topaz (1969).  One of the better efforts from the Roger Moore era, I suppose, but it's certainly no Moonraker.

C+

Frenzy (1972).  Guy gets fired from his job and then he gets accused of murdering his ex-wife and then his fetchingly svelte girlfriend gets killed too.  Isn't that just lovely?

B+

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956).  Considering the entire plot revolves around the McKennas not interfering and not going to the authorities because it would put their son in danger, they interfere and go to the authorities and put their son in danger an awful lot more than you would expect.  But it's an excuse for one of the best thriller scenes you're likely to see.

B+

Rope (1948).  Again, and it bears repeating because people don't know God damned cinema gold when it's right up in their face.

A+

[Josquius]

I finished watching a BBC series on Netflix called "Survivors".  The premise is that most of the population is killed by a flu epidemic.  The show follows a group of survivors through a well constructed story arc.  It is well written and I highly recommend it.

The only problem is that it looks like it was meant to continue past the second season but for whateve reason the BBC had, they didnt get a third season.


I am happy that I stayed with the Blacklist.  The last episode made this more nuanced than first feared.

The modern one I take it?
I didn't rate it. It was all a bit too fast and flashy. The 70s one was pretty good until it tailed off in the second or third series.

[viper37]

I am happy that I stayed with the Blacklist.  The last episode made this more nuanced than first feared.

[spoiler]
Option #1: Reddington is Liz's father.  That would be strange, as I would have thought the FBI would explore this option first, check their DNA, when he asked for her.  Still, they don't strike me as the brightest light in the universe, could be possible.  Then the mysterious man watching Liz's house is an ennemy of Reddington, trying to use his daughter against him.

Option #2: Reddington once said to Liz he was there about his father, or something like this.   We can surmise Red is not Liz father, but rather her father is an ennemy of Red and he is using her to get to him.  That man would be the strange one watching the house.

Option #3: Neither one of them is Liz father.  Liz father is the one who hired her husband and the good looking chick from Revenge.  He hates Red, and wants to make sure he doesn't get too close to his daughter.
[/spoiler]

It will be interesting to see where it goes from there

[Caliga]

I watched Star Wars on DVD the other day (the most recent edition).  I don't understand why people bitched about all the tweaks Lucas made to it.  For example, I liked the scene with Jabba the Hutt and Solo, though Jabba seemed smaller that he should have been.  Conclusion: the people who bitched about this are retarded and/or homos.

[CountDeMoney]

I watched Star Wars on DVD the other day (the most recent edition).  I don't understand why people bitched about all the tweaks Lucas made to it.  For example, I liked the scene with Jabba the Hutt and Solo, though Jabba seemed smaller that he should have been.  Conclusion: the people who bitched about this are retarded and/or homos.

He changed around a lot of footage during the Death Star battle.  Looks stupid now.

[jimmy olsen]

I watched Star Wars on DVD the other day (the most recent edition).  I don't understand why people bitched about all the tweaks Lucas made to it.  For example, I liked the scene with Jabba the Hutt and Solo, though Jabba seemed smaller that he should have been.  Conclusion: the people who bitched about this are retarded and/or homos.

If it's the scene I think you mean, it's fine. It's the Han didn't shoot first whitewash that is hated.

[Savonarola]

The Mummy (1932)

As Ide noted in another thread, this is pretty much Dracula with a competent director.  What stood out for me on this re-watch was how little soundtrack there was.  Silent films always had music playing along so in order for sound films to be a distinct medium they didn't initially have background music.  Background music was starting to creep in at this point, but throughout most of the film there is nothing.

Here's a Silly Symphony from the era along the same lines:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1j7uhwDGsc

MUMMY!

[Ideologue]

The Little Mermaid (1989).  (Probably) the best film from Disney's renaissance, notable for its almost flawless animation and entirely flawless soundtrack, also features that movement's most relatable protagonist: Ariel, a young merwoman suffering from loneliness, an inability to relate to her peers, severe body dysmorphia, unconventional sexual desires, and illiteracy.

In one of Western civilization's best metaphors, Ariel gives up her boring frolicks beneath the sea along with her nascent mental illness, trading her voice, the thing that makes her special, to Ursula the Sea Witch in exchange for some fuckable parts and all the risk and opportunity that entails, as finding love is the only way she sees to become a happy adult person, which is in fact still true no matter how many times the stupid, delusional, and sociopathic claim differently.  In the end, the lesson is that without her uniqueness, she's nobody, but just being unique was, of course, not sufficient by a long shot.

And they sure do go out of their way to make it explicit that she's 16, given that the entire movie is about Ariel doing literally anything to get laid.  This is bold storytelling, too, but children of all ages can learn a lot about how just being yourself usually isn't good enough at all.

It does help a lot, however, if you hail from a rich and powerful family, unlike Ursula's other victims, underscoring that in many cases misery remains unavoidable, and even if due to the mysterious workings of the economically powerful you may eventually be freed, most likely it will be only back into the same life of alienation you valued so little you gambled your soul on escape from it--now dogged by the trauma of your long imprisonment and monsterification.

Oh, and I also liked the part where Ursula gets impaled with a ship and explodes like it was Jaws: The Revenge.  That part was cool.

It's better than Aladdin, even though that movie also touches on much the same essential truths from a male point of view, because the songs are better and because Aladdin introduces too many fantastic, unrealistic ideas that break the willing suspension of disbelief, such as pop culture references and class mobility.

A+

As Ide noted in another thread, this is pretty much Dracula with a competent director.

Script's a wee better too, I think; and it's easy to sympathize for Imhoptep in a way it was impossible with Dracula.

I forget if I mentioned it, but I love how the "real" romantic interest is the same actor playing the exact same weenie.

[Ed Anger]

I can't stand the Little Mermaid. ABOMINATION