TV/Movies Megathread

[Admiral Yi]

The prison genre is pretty old actually, and always played out around the themes of enduring personal ordeal and destruction of the individual, like Cool Hand Luke. Hollywood actually played a big part in first ending chain gangs in the 1950s, there were lots of oldish films denouncing them that had quite an impact. Films like "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang" are particularly striking for the era (1930s).

I like Cool Hand Luke a lot though.

But how many of them had a scary guy in sunglasses?

[11B4V]

The prison genre is pretty old actually, and always played out around the themes of enduring personal ordeal and destruction of the individual, like Cool Hand Luke. Hollywood actually played a big part in first ending chain gangs in the 1950s, there were lots of oldish films denouncing them that had quite an impact. Films like "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang" are particularly striking for the era (1930s).

I like Cool Hand Luke a lot though.

But how many of them had a scary guy in sunglasses?

[The Brain]

L2Q

[Josephus]

Maps to the Stars. One of the better Cronenberg films in a couple decades.

[Ideologue]

I had written the last lines in jest, but on my last trip to Detroit I found that midtown was now filled with the worst excesses of bourgeoisie America; all yoga parlors, sustainable development complexes and Whole Foods.  Downtown was almost entirely empty five years ago; today it's over spilling with chain restaurants.  My first thought was "My God, we need to bring back Kwame."

You can't go back home.   

How long before the community activist types start bitching about gentrification? 

Already well under way:

Detroit Doesn't Need Hipsters To Survive, It Needs Black People

Hipsters don't like chain restaurants.  Hipsters like bullshit cash-only locally-owned pizza joints that are, at least, cheating on their taxes and are, at worst, fronts for the mob.  Welcome to Pittsburgh!  There's not a Taco Bell for three miles and that's a real pain in the ass to drive here!

[11B4V]

Taco Bell.....

[garbon]

I had written the last lines in jest, but on my last trip to Detroit I found that midtown was now filled with the worst excesses of bourgeoisie America; all yoga parlors, sustainable development complexes and Whole Foods.  Downtown was almost entirely empty five years ago; today it's over spilling with chain restaurants.  My first thought was "My God, we need to bring back Kwame."

You can't go back home.   

How long before the community activist types start bitching about gentrification? 

Already well under way:

Detroit Doesn't Need Hipsters To Survive, It Needs Black People

Hipsters don't like chain restaurants.  Hipsters like bullshit cash-only locally-owned pizza joints that are, at least, cheating on their taxes and are, at worst, fronts for the mob.  Welcome to Pittsburgh!  There's not a Taco Bell for three miles and that's a real pain in the ass to drive here!

Shoreditch in London is hipsterville and full of chains. Just not your low market, low end ones.

[Eddie Teach]

Taco Bell.....

No Taco Cabana found in Pittsburgh. Please browse other locations

[Kleves]

Anyway, I thought they were bringing more Toho monsters back.  That's what I (and, I expect, everybody else) really want to see.

Bring on the Godzilla Cinematic Universe. Also, as Spellus said, Godzilla in the latest film is like 6x the size of King Kong.

[crazy canuck]

A documentary about Kate Bush ( )- 'The Kate Bush Story: Running up That Hill' worth a viewing.

Kate Bush 

[Gups]

Shoreditch in London is hipsterville and full of chains. Just not your low market, low end ones.

They're mainly mini chains pretending to be independents (i.e. indies that got a good reputation and the private equity investment). So you get your Dishooms and Breakfast Clubs but not Cafes Rouge or Pizza Express. 

[Admiral Yi]

Any Cheeky Nando?

[Darth Wagtaros]

Taco Bell.....

Not a breakfast defector?

[11B4V]

Taco Bell.....

Not a breakfast defector?

NO. I hardly eat fast food.

[Liep]

Метро (2013)

Between fooling around and hilariously overdoing the action scenes it told some pretty compelling stories. 6½/10.