TV/Movies Megathread

[Ed Anger]

What Europe needs:

http://youtu.be/UPE2ySTIGRM

Bestest show ever. And referenced by the Simpsons too.

[Gups]

I'd certainly never heard of it until the Simpsons and not sure if it was ever shown here in the old days. .

Sure it is now that there are a gazillion channels.

In the 80s you had 3-4 hours of coal mining on the telly every night, right?

Coal miners striking. But yeah, that kinda thing.

We did have Hart to Hart though.

[Syt]

We had most shows referenced by Simpsons or Family Guy, and I think almost all major 80s/90s shows made it over here, and I still grew up on a diet of 60s/70s re-runs.

[The Brain]

We did have Hart to Hart though.

[Eddie Teach]

Saw the first segment of the Gold Fever docudrama on Discovery. Fascinating stuff.

[Josephus]

She is 16 1/2!

Not that I'm counting.

Well I'd rather they filmed it with 18 year olds and gave us back the original opening sequence.!

[jimmy olsen]

What's the original opening sequence?

[The Brain]

What Europe needs:

http://youtu.be/UPE2ySTIGRM

Bestest show ever. And referenced by the Simpsons too.

It appears to rule. Why wasn't this on in Sweden? Was it because of the Cold War?

[Eddie Teach]

What's the original opening sequence?

Some of the other girls hazing Carrie in the locker room.

[viper37]

What Europe needs:

http://youtu.be/UPE2ySTIGRM

Bestest show ever. And referenced by the Simpsons too.

Dukes of Hazzard was way better.  Roscoe P. Coltrane was America's best sheriff, for sure.

[CountDeMoney]

What Europe needs:

http://youtu.be/UPE2ySTIGRM

Bestest show ever. And referenced by the Simpsons too.

All those beautiful Plymouth Furys, lost...like tears in the rain.

[dps]

What's the original opening sequence?

Some of the other girls hazing Carrie in the locker room.

Which raises the question of what the opening sequence is in the remake.

[Sheilbh]

Some decent review of the remake, which is surprising

[Sheilbh]

Dredd. Very good. It pulls off the trick of making slightly schlocky violence grimly funny rather than camply funny.

Also I love a blockbuster-ish film that is around an hour and a half long and isn't mostly backstory or about 'origins'. This should be the norm again

My one major quibble is the soundtrack. Tedious atmospheric industrial, which is now as rare as Inception massed brass. I think films aren't using soundtracks very well at the minute. What worked is now a bit tedious and samey.

Edit: Also the slo-mo bits reminded me of The Fountain, but worth watching.

[Syt]

Also I love a blockbuster-ish film that is around an hour and a half long and isn't mostly backstory or about 'origins'. This should be the norm again

I hear you.

It's a bane of superhero movies. Which becomes a bit boring when a series is rebooted and they re-tread familiar ground.

I also hate long expositions about the world's setting - just throw the viewer in there; if you can convey that info by showing, not telling, they can figure shit out by themselves.