TV/Movies Megathread

[Josquius]

I like weird sci-fi mindfucks, but I couldn't see the point in any of the parallel stories, I thought they were uninteresting. Couple that with the fact that the Wachowskis aren't the most subtle filmmakers out there...

Was just wondering if the unfolding mystery was worth sticking with the show.

It is a bit overblown. Thinks too much of itself.  Dodgy pacing.
But it picks up as it goes on. It is enjoyable.

[Admiral Yi]

You're probably not wrong.  A quick look around google shows that they replaced the actress and reshot all of the original's scenes for DVD/later releases.

Why in the world would they do that I wonder.

[Tonitrus]

You're probably not wrong.  A quick look around google shows that they replaced the actress and reshot all of the original's scenes for DVD/later releases.

Why in the world would they do that I wonder.

This is the only gossip I could find on it...

https://www.reddit.com/r/thesopranos/comments/3fvugn/fairuza_balk_scenes/

[Admiral Yi]

That makes sense I guess.

[Capetan Mihali]

I got a recommendation to watch "The Knick," a TV show about the Knickerbocker Hospital in NY circa 1900.  Anybody seen it?  I've got a few episodes at my disposal now, and might give it a go tonight.

[Josephus]

You're probably not wrong.  A quick look around google shows that they replaced the actress and reshot all of the original's scenes for DVD/later releases.

:banned:Which one?

[Josephus]

I got a recommendation to watch "The Knick," a TV show about the Knickerbocker Hospital in NY circa 1900.  Anybody seen it?  I've got a few episodes at my disposal now, and might give it a go tonight.

Yeah...It's very good. A hospital show set, as you say, in 1900. Clive Owen is very good. Worthwhile

[CountDeMoney]

I got a recommendation to watch "The Knick," a TV show about the Knickerbocker Hospital in NY circa 1900.  Anybody seen it?  I've got a few episodes at my disposal now, and might give it a go tonight.

Yeah, it's worth watching.

[Admiral Yi]

Matt Damon made another Bourne.

[Admiral Yi]

Too many cliffhangers in Silicon Valley. 

[celedhring]

You're probably not wrong.  A quick look around google shows that they replaced the actress and reshot all of the original's scenes for DVD/later releases.

Why in the world would they do that I wonder.

This is the only gossip I could find on it...

https://www.reddit.com/r/thesopranos/comments/3fvugn/fairuza_balk_scenes/

Weird that they went all damnatio memoriae on Fairuza Balk,  though. Recasting characters isn't that rare and shows don't go to those extents to erase their tracks.

[celedhring]

Is The Knick gross? Otherwise I will take your recommendation and watch it. But I read the surgery scenes are pretty graphic (yeah I am squeamish like that)

[CountDeMoney]

Lol, if you're squeamish then, no, turn-of-the-century surgical practices may not be for you
But you would be doing yourself a disservice by skipping it.

[Savonarola]

Ant Man (2015)

So if Ant Man's mass remains the same when he shrinks, why doesn't he crush the ants as he sits on them? 



So long as you can repeat to yourself, "It's just a movie, I should really just relax" this is a great deal of fun.  The final battle on Thomas the Tank Engine is simply marvelous.  (Ant Man dodged Yellow Jackets laser and socked Yellow Jacket in the jaw.  Isn't that a lovely thing to do, thought Thomas.)

During the first scenes I found myself thinking, "Isn't Michael Douglas a lot older than that?  Is this archival footage?" 
(As it turns out they CGId in 80s Michael Douglas.) 

[Malthus]

Is The Knick gross? Otherwise I will take your recommendation and watch it. But I read the surgery scenes are pretty graphic (yeah I am squeamish like that)

For the love of god don't watch A Young Doctor's Notebook. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Young_Doctor%27s_Notebook_(TV_series)

It is awesome (it is based on the short story collection of the same name by Mikhail Bulgakov - who wrote The Master and Margarita) but man is it ever gruesome.