TV/Movies Megathread

[Josquius]

I watched the second episode of Black Mirror.
That was really cool.
A science fiction, set in some world of over the top constant exposure to low grade media.
Its very well done, I suggest people watch it, don't want to spoil it too much.

[Neil]

I would hated being stuck with her in that bunker in that terminator movie.

I could think of a lot worse people to be stuck in a bunker with.

I can't.

Martinus?

[viper37]

So long as you keep your boots on, you should be safe from Martinus.

[Ed Anger]

I would hated being stuck with her in that bunker in that terminator movie.

I could think of a lot worse people to be stuck in a bunker with.

I can't.

Martinus?

Strangled the 1st day.

[Ideologue]

Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster.  Probably the most visually interesting of the Godzilla films.  There are some visual metaphors which, while obvious, are still really clever and well-realized: the seas choked with a disgusting scum, a dismembered mannequin and still-functioning grandather clock ticking away, each floating in the pile of trash and dead fish.

Of course, there's the part where Godzilla flies using his fire breath as a crude rocket, but let's try not to hold that against it.  Hedorah (the Smog Monster) is pretty cool looking, and probably fucks Godzilla up worse than any other opponent I can think offhand (he burns one of his eyes out with acid!).

If whole film is a metaphor, I think the message of the movie is that only nuclear war can defeat humanity's impact on the environment.

Pretty dark!

[MadImmortalMan]

 

Awesome.


Well, to contribute--

Downton Abbey. I would say what it's about but I don't know. I'm too distracted by the cripplingly bad American accent being attempted by the Duke's wife. It's really not that hard, is it? If I can pass for an Irishman in Dublin, a professional BBC actress can pass for a colonist...Right?   

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Apollo 18 was not nearly so crappy as I was led to believe. I kind of enjoyed it. Loved the dorky looking Soviet Lander. Holy Steampunk Ivan!  clever in some ways that I wasn't expecting. Still it was no Moon. but a fun "jump cut scare" movie. worth the rental... In fact I think most security cam movies like this work better on a small screen. more natural seeming.

7.4466 giant leaps into scary craters outta 10

[Admiral Yi]

Saw the Everything's Good in America scene from West Side Story last.  Dance usually bores me to tears but there's something about that scene that really gets me going.

[11B4V]

Grimm, not too bad.

[11B4V]

Anyone seen the trailer on "Prometheus"?

[Razgovory]

I watched a Brit film called Outpost.  It had Nazi ghosts or something.  Film might have been better if I could understand what all British characters were saying.  I understood the Faux Russian better then the weird Brit accents.

[CountDeMoney]

Anyone seen the trailer on "Prometheus"?

Yeah, I'm incredibly intrigued.  But it totally smacked of the original Alien.  Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

[Sheilbh]

The Duke's wife is played by an American

Maybe she's trying a sort-of old school Mid-Atlantic accent.

[Admiral Yi]

How do you Pomegranates feel about Thatcher being played by a Yank?

[Sheilbh]

It's Meryl Streep!