TV/Movies Megathread

[Caliga]

Yeah, we've had a couple of threads on this.  I may have started one after I read The Frozen Echo.

[Malthus]

I must confess his blaming of the Evil Portuguese trader/slavers for the extinction of the Nordic Greenland colony cracks me up.

Is that "his" theory?  I know I've read it elsewhere.

Isn't it pretty obvious that the Greenlanders all either starved to death, died of disease, or were wiped out by the Inuit?  I don't know why people would assume it was any other outcome... there seems to be ample evidence of theories a, b, and c.

Heh, a group of people stranded in an already marginal land without resources when the climate changes for the worse for a coupla centuries - and surrounded by unfriendly people better adapted to that extreme climate.

I wonder what happend to them? 

I'm guessing "alien abduction" as the most likely answer, myself. 

[Caliga]

I think one of the reasons people like fanciful/conspiracy theories is because some folks get a kick out of presenting "twist" information, and also there's a certain appeal of having hidden knowledge (gnosis?) that others don't have.  So for some people, the more outlandish a theory, the more they like it and tend to focus on it.

[Slargos]

I must confess his blaming of the Evil Portuguese trader/slavers for the extinction of the Nordic Greenland colony cracks me up.

Is that "his" theory?  I know I've read it elsewhere.

Isn't it pretty obvious that the Greenlanders all either starved to death, died of disease, or were wiped out by the Inuit?  I don't know why people would assume it was any other outcome... there seems to be ample evidence of theories a, b, and c.

Heh, a group of people stranded in an already marginal land without resources when the climate changes for the worse for a coupla centuries - and surrounded by unfriendly people better adapted to that extreme climate.

I wonder what happend to them? 

I'm guessing "alien abduction" as the most likely answer, myself. 

Ridonkulous.

Stalwart Nordic Men would not succumb to climate or hostile natives.

A coordinated assault of polar bears? Sure.

Alien abduction? Far more likely than inuit.

Perhaps they were poisoned by the filthy muds. It's the only reasonable explanation.

[Savonarola]

Boot Hill (1969)

Another fine Spaghetti Western this time a gold mining community in Strega Nevadina is being threatened by a a ruthless man who has intimidated, threatened and beaten everyone out of their land in the gold fields.  Little, though, did they plan for a circus to come to town. 

This film more than makes up for the lack of circus midgets in God's Gun.  Not only does it have circus midets, it also has trapeze artists (who put on a Hamlet like "Mousetrap" play about gold lands being stolen) and dancing girls all mixed in with the usual bunch of gunslingers (and trapeze artists gunslingers.)  It's not good, but it is interesting; only in Italy.

[Eddie Teach]

Twenty years from now I expect to be seeing Sav reviewing Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo and The Human Centipede.

[Josephus]

Twenty years from now I expect to be seeing Sav reviewing Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo and The Human Centipede.

[Drakken]

Twenty years from now I expect to be seeing Sav reviewing Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo and The Human Centipede.

Or A Serbian Film.

[Syt]

Boot Hill (1969)

Foot note: that movie has two different dubbings in German. At first it was dubbed as straight spaghetti western. Then, when Terence Hill and Bud Spencer became famous for their comedies, it was redubbed as a comedy.

[Josquius]

Boot Hill (1969)

Another fine Spaghetti Western this time a gold mining community in Strega Nevadina is being threatened by a a ruthless man who has intimidated, threatened and beaten everyone out of their land in the gold fields.  Little, though, did they plan for a circus to come to town. 

This film more than makes up for the lack of circus midgets in God's Gun.  Not only does it have circus midets, it also has trapeze artists (who put on a Hamlet like "Mousetrap" play about gold lands being stolen) and dancing girls all mixed in with the usual bunch of gunslingers (and trapeze artists gunslingers.)  It's not good, but it is interesting; only in Italy.

Bit modern for you no?

[Norgy]

The Chicago Code.

For those interested in the esoteric, the series will be a major disappointment. For the rest, it's a good enough time-waster from Shawn Ryan.

Interestingly, a Polack is the main character.

[Savonarola]

Uncle Boonmee who can Recall his Past Lives (2010)

Thai film about a dying man who contemplates his karma and his past lives.  He's visited by his deceased wife and his son who has turned into a monkey ghost (he looks like he's wearing a deluxe gorilla costume from Halloween City) after having sex with a monkey ghost.  Mercifully there is no man-on-monkey ghost sex scene in the film; unfortunately there is a catfish-on-woman sex scene.  That ruins the film; no matter how lyrical your meditation of life and death is, it will be overshadowed by human-catfish sex. 

[Grey Fox]

Robin Hood with Russel Crowe.

Man, that was just fucking ridiculous.

[Berkut]

The Kings Speech

Huh. I certainly enjoyed the movie, but am at a loss as to explain it winning awards. The acting was excellent, the direction flawless, all the technical aspects of movie making (as far as I could tell) were pretty much perfect.

But after it is all over, I was kind of left with a feeling of "Yeah....great...what was the point of all that again?" It was like a perfectly executed documentary on something that really isn't all that interesting.

So King George had a stutter, and he found some guy who could help him. Yippee?

[The Brain]

Maybe you should re-read the jury's motivation?