TV/Movies Megathread

[Syt]

I used to love the Nostalgia Critic reviews, mostly because Doug acts like a comic book caricature of a real life film nerd friend of mine in them.

But the recent ones with the "comic sketches" spliced into the reviews ... yuck.

[Ideologue]

I used to love the Nostalgia Critic reviews, mostly because Doug acts like a comic book caricature of a real life film nerd friend of mine in them.

But the recent ones with the "comic sketches" spliced into the reviews ... yuck.

Well, as much as this is about TV or movies, I'll bite.

Recent?  If you mean their sketch bits, they've been doing that for years.  And it's always been their downfall.  The only ones from that gang who've routinely, maybe ever, credibly performed in sketch bits have been Noah Antweiler and Brad Jones, because they're the only two who combine being halfway decent sketch writers with being basically talented comic actors and possessing a vague idea of when their impenetrable self-indulgence should stop.  This isn't to say I don't like a lot of the That Guy peoples' reviews, as I do.  For a while, I was really in love with the format, minus the extremely hit-and-miss but apparently fan-pleasing attempts at non-review comedy.  Then Kickassia, two and a half hours of bad non-review comedy, happened.  After that, I think I didn't watch any of 'em other than Spoony, Snob, and Todd for something like six months, and I'm still a pretty spotty viewer even of those guys (though Spoony makes that pretty easy by having what appears to be a genuine crippling mental disability).  I'll talk about the worst movies I've ever seen, After Last Season, Monster A-Go-Go, Battle Royale II--Kickassia really can be discussed in the same breath.  Truly awful, F-grade stuff.

As an aside, I still say I don't understand why Chuck Sonnenberg (SF Debris) has never been invited to join the site.  I kinda wanna think he blew 'em off, but that'd be ironic because he's essentially the most professional Blip reviewer on the air.

[Syt]

Well, with sktech bits I mean having an overarching narrative in the NC reviews in the form of sketch sequences - I don't mean using a cutaway scene as a gag or punchline. And I mean the NC reviews only, not Cinema Snob, Film Brain, Obscurus Lupa, Diamanda Hagan, Angry Joe etc.

I probably wouldn't mind so much, but I find the extra bits overly long, unfunny and a nuisance to sit through. I think Son of the Mask was the worst in that regard. I never cared much for his homemade DVD-release movies, either. In fact, I've pretty much stopped watching he NC reviews, though I still like his older material.

I hope Kyle/Oancitizen comes back, though (he took a break to finish his master's degree). There's too few arthouse reviewers.

[Ideologue]

He was alright, but dude's schtick could get a little wearying.

And yeah, I meant the continuing bits.  Maybe sketch isn't the right word, because sketch implies and a sharply delimited scene--a lot of the times those weren't/aren't great either, but they're brief.  It was the continuing narratives that really drove me up the wall.  Linkara/Louvhaug was for a good long while unwatchable due to this.

[dps]

Well, with sktech bits I mean having an overarching narrative in the NC reviews in the form of sketch sequences - I don't mean using a cutaway scene as a gag or punchline. And I mean the NC reviews only, not Cinema Snob, Film Brain, Obscurus Lupa, Diamanda Hagan, Angry Joe etc.

I probably wouldn't mind so much, but I find the extra bits overly long, unfunny and a nuisance to sit through. I think Son of the Mask was the worst in that regard. I never cared much for his homemade DVD-release movies, either. In fact, I've pretty much stopped watching he NC reviews, though I still like his older material.

I hope Kyle/Oancitizen comes back, though (he took a break to finish his master's degree). There's too few arthouse reviewers.

Agree.  The reviews done after he supposedly stopped doing the NC and then decided to continue them after all have been very disappointing.  Perhaps an example of what TV Tropes would call "Came Back Wrong".

[Kleves]

Oblivion. Andrea Riseborough > Olga Kurylenko. That is all.

[Neil]

Oblivion. Andrea Riseborough > Olga Kurylenko. That is all.

Yeah.  I was entertained, but the movie suffers from a science gap somewhat common to the genre.

[Berkut]

Come on, quit being coy. Was it good or not?

And for reference, Prometheus was not good.

[Neil]

Hmmm...  It wasn't as dumb as Prometheus, but it was similar in some ways.  It's worth a chance.

[11B4V]

Caught a good part of, "The Killing Fields" this morning before work. Hadnt seen it in close to 20 years. Forgot how good it was.

There was nothing wrong with Prometheus. Quits being alein snobs. 

[Queequeg]

Oblivion. Andrea Riseborough > Olga Kurylenko. That is all.

Considering this is all hypothetical I'm going to have to go with "both".

[Eddie Teach]

Based on the pics I've seen, I'll give the edge to Kurylenko. I like Riseborough's pallor, but she also has a rounder face(in the pics on google) and a bit of a smirk. Could easily change mind given video evidence.

[Berkut]

I went and saw it tonight.

I thought it was a good movie, enjoyed it quite a bit.

Not even close to the logical disaster that Prometheus was - I am sure there are plenty of plot wholes, but nothing that was just unworkable.

[Syt]

There was nothing wrong with Prometheus.

Plot holes you could drive the Nostromo through, characters ("scientists", mostly) who have neither common sense nor logical thinking . . . No, nothing wrong here. The only ray of hope in that giant heap of dung was Michael Fassbender's performance.

[11B4V]

There was nothing wrong with Prometheus.

Plot holes you could drive the Nostromo through, characters ("scientists", mostly) who have neither common sense nor logical thinking . . . No, nothing wrong here. The only ray of hope in that giant heap of dung was Michael Fassbender's performance.

All to be answered in the sequels.