TV/Movies Megathread

[Malthus]

As well as watching via rental. You can spend almost nothing to do it that way - plus make your own popcorn.

Heh true enough. 

[Sheilbh]

I LOVE Last of the Mohicans (the music!), it is also, with Zulu, one of my mum's favourite ironing films.

[jimmy olsen]

From what I read of that teaser that was screened at the Con, there was the body of another monster seen lying amidst the rubble, so I assume the movie will have monster fights. Godzilla will remain the bad guy however.

[mongers]

I LOVE Last of the Mohicans (the music!), it is also, with Zulu, one of my mum's favourite ironing films.

An irony not lost on the colonials.   

[mongers]

Do Monster movies really need to much sense, let alone adher to some cannon ? 

[Eddie Teach]

Do Monster movies really need to much sense, let alone adher to some cannon ?

Cannon makes them much better. Especially when the cannonballs simply bounce off the monster's hide.

[Razgovory]

Do Monster movies really need to much sense, let alone adher to some cannon ?

No.  Besides, it fits well the allegory of Godzilla as a nuclear weapon.  Japan was protected (and still is), protected from attack by American nuclear weapons.

[viper37]

Oh, but one question: [spoiler]OK, I understand why the Mohicans fled and left the white folks to the mercies of the Hurons--their guns were soaked and they would lose the fight and everybody would die, and they had plan, which--while very shitty--was the only one available to them.  But is there any actual reason why Cora, Major Duncan Lastname, and Ms. Not Appearing In This Film couldn't have just jumped into the waterfall too ?  Wouldn't it be better to keep running?  Instead, they surrender to the Hurons and largely experience bad outcomes as a result.  Do they not know how to swim?  Does the waterfall eat white people?  Were they tuckered?  Fuck's sakes.[/spoiler]?

1st, I don't think the 3hrs version exists anywhere.  The total footage for this film may be 3hrs, but it was never properly edited/mixed.

As to your question, well, duh, it's simple.
The girls are wearing dresses.  Trying to swim in that is asking to die.  The dress will get very heavy, very quickly and they will be sucked down the whirlpool.  The time it takes for them to remove the dress, the underdress, etc, Magua is there an he has slaughtered everyone.

Duncan presumably is not a good swimmer.  He's an infantry officer and he's a city boy.

And then you have very good swimmers raised in the wilderness who struggle to get ashore and need to help one another.  Try this with 6 people, you'll likely to get at least 1 or 2 drowned.

The choices are: 90% porpbably of death by drowning or take your chances with the Hurons who will bring you to their closest village.

[viper37]

one of my mum's favourite ironing films.

what does that mean? I'm not familiar with that expression.

[Admiral Yi]

It means a movie to watch while ironing clothes.

[Darth Wagtaros]

People actually iron clothes?

[Admiral Yi]

Shelf's mom lives in a castle.  They do things differently.

[katmai]

News outlets are announcing that J.J. Abrams (Alias, Lost, Star Trek reboot) has been picked to direct next Star Wars flick by Disney

[Razgovory]

Never did iron clothing before.  Did steal some though.

[Josephus]

News outlets are announcing that J.J. Abrams (Alias, Lost, Star Trek reboot) has been picked to direct next Star Wars flick by Disney

It's a good choice, I think.