TV/Movies Megathread

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Your interest was fun?

[Kleves]

True Detective ended on a surprisingly [spoiler]upbeat[/spoiler] note. I wonder if people will be disappointed that [spoiler]none of the really outlandish theories panned out, and there wasn't really any "twist" to the ending[/spoiler].

[katmai]

Suck it Spellus.

[Sophie Scholl]

True Detective wrap up:  what a superb work.

Indeed.  A damn near perfect ending for what the director said he intended from Day 1.

[Queequeg]

Suck it Spellus.

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That galactic spiral was The Yellow King. I had really mixed feelings about the finale.[/spoiler]

[celedhring]

Anyone else notice Woody was wearing a Pink Floyd 94 tour shirt?

Yeah, I was at that tour and own a similar shirt :p

He wore it in a 1995 scene.

[Tonitrus]

Daryl's dick is cursed.

[spoiler]That's what he gets for going all Siege/Ed Anger...

Though as a 16-year old character, the actress pulls that age off pretty well for being nearly 30.
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[Savonarola]

Sherlock Homes (1922)

The great John Barrymore plays Sherlock Holmes in this adaptation of the play by the same name.  I'll admit that the scene where Holmes takes a 7% solution of cocaine, and then downs four bottles of Glenlivet was a little disturbing, but otherwise the film is great.

Just kidding, John did his drinking off camera; and (don't be shocked) quite a bit of it too, according to director Albert Parker.  The film uses the premise of "A Scandal in Bohemia" except Moriarty is the ultimate blackmailer.  There's a lot of twists, turns and title cards as Holmes and Moriarty match wits.  The film suffers by it's many and verbose title cards and from a romantic sub-plot for Holmes, but otherwise it's a great deal of fun.

This is the film debut of William Powell, who plays one of Holmes's henchmen (they're not called "Baker Street Irregulars" in the film.)

[crazy canuck]

Watched Amazing Grace with my son (who had to do it for a socials assignment).  Not sure how much he liked it but I thougt it was great.

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This week Girls featured Dunham in what I guess is lingerie...looked like a black web.

[Ed Anger]

This week Girls featured Dunham in what I guess is lingerie...looked like a black web.

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This week Girls featured Dunham in what I guess is lingerie...looked like a black web.

I posted just for you.

[Beenherebefore]

Just got a hint that "Red Riding" by Channel 4 was the inspiration for "True Detective". I have no idea, really.

I loved "True Detective", mostly because Rustin Cohle was such a character. McConaghey sure grew out of teen flicks and into a very capable actor.

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

David Peace also wrote "The Damned United", which he was sued for by both the Brian Clough estate and former Leeds players like Johnny Giles.

[Berkut]

So is that it for True Detective? Just a one season thing?

I don't really see how it could continue...

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So is that it for True Detective? Just a one season thing?

I don't really see how it could continue...

I thought they had been saying it would be an anthology series.