What are you watching?

[Cam]

A thread about movies and TV, I guess.

Saw The Secret Life of Walter Mitty today. Amazingly good movie, in my opinion. I very much enjoyed it.

[Mr Wonder]

I just finished season 6 of Sons Of Anarchy, and Vendetta starring Danny Dyre.
Both were exceedingly poor life decisions.

[speedpimp]

American Horror Story: Coven: The Magical Delights Of Stevie Nicks. So far this season is far superior to last year's AHS: Asylum and it is even better than the first season.

Tonight House Of Lies and Shameless return on Showtime and Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey show up on HBO in True Detective.

Justified started its new season this last Tuesday and hopefully this season is better than last season(which was a huge comedown from the previous season).

Archer and Chozen start tomorrow night on FX. Chozen looks really interesting. Hopefully its as good as the trailer they've been showing.

[M4FFU]

I just finished season 6 of Sons Of Anarchy, and Vendetta starring Danny Dyre.
Both were exceedingly poor life decisions.

I'm on episode 8 of series 2 of SoA. Kinda enjoying it, in a slow-paced kinda way. Does it lose it's way?

[speedpimp]

A lot of people say it did after the third season. I haven't had a problem with it at all, it is just good, stupid, violent fun. If you want to play a game while watching the show, try and spot all of the Hells Angels connections and people who also appeared on either The Shield or Deadwood.

[Freude am Fahren]

Forgot to set DVR for Archer, grrr. Hopefully they replay it after midnight? Maybe I have on demand.

Saw Anchorman 2. Was funny, but just ok. Felt like outtakes from a fan-fiction sequel.

Just watched Last Stand, that movie with Arnold as a Sheriff. Not bad if you have a really good ability for suspension of disbelief. Some ZR-1 and ZL1 porn too.

Been binge watching Parks and Recreation. So good. I don't know how I couldn't get into it when it first started.

[Mr Wonder]

I'm on episode 8 of series 2 of SoA. Kinda enjoyfor it, in a slow-paced kinda way. Does it lose it's way?
It's not the worst thing in the world. Treat it like a soap opera for men with bikes in it and you'll enjoy it. Expect genuine character development, subtle metaphors about the meaning of life, or just people not doing retarded shit because they simply cannot communicate with each other and you'll be bitterly disappointed.

As Rich mentioned, it's worth watching for many of the actors from deadwood and the shield doing the best they can with what little Sutter gives them. Also there are some genuinely awesome moments. Both of the stupendous violence and "holy fuck they must have had a blast making this show" type.

I feel it's not as tight as it should be and the pace has slowed to glacial after season four, but I've kept at it.

[Fiat500]

Sherlock. Quality on so many levels. Third short season (long episodes though) just finished. Now to wait two years for the next.

[JoshInKC]

Great show, and this (the 3rd) season is by far the strongest one yet.
Was excited by the reveal at the very end.

[M4FFU]

Just finished the end of series 2 of SoA and yeah, it's good - but for a ruftie tuftie motorcycle gang, they like to whine their vaginas quite a lot.

[Cam]

I've known about Firefly for quite some time. I don't go out of my way to watch a lot of things. I played the Firefly board game at a friend's place over the holidays and liked it. It finally made me check out the show. After three episodes, I'm hooked. I'm not going to watch all the episodes at once, however. If I watch a bit at a time and spread them out, I'll enjoy it more.

[Mr Wonder]

If I watch a bit at a time and spread them out, I'll enjoy it more.Has Cam found a situation where Dock-onomics works? :eek:

[Cam]

OMGZ! :eek:

[speedpimp]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZY43QSx3Fk#t=103

[Freude am Fahren]

Was that Oberyn (?) at 1:05 saying Lanisters aren't the only ones that repay their debts? Not at all how I had pictured him. Or Martells at all for that matter.

[M4FFU]

I've known about Firefly for quite some time. I don't go out of my way to watch a lot of things. I played the Firefly board game at a friend's place over the holidays and liked it. It finally made me check out the show. After three episodes, I'm hooked. I'm not going to watch all the episodes at once, however. If I watch a bit at a time and spread them out, I'll enjoy it more.

I've re-watched Firefly more times than I care to remember - I still enjoy it :)

[novicius]

Yes to that! Watch Firefly often, it's the best medicine. :up:

I've been on a loop watching bits of Zak Snyder's Watchmen on Blu-Ray when I have some downtime. Highly enjoyable. Looks luscious. The best thing he's done -- or ever will do. :twisted:

[Rob]

Yes to that! Watch Firefly often, it's the best medicine. :up:

I've been on a loop watching bits of Zak Snyder's Watchmen on Blu-Ray when I have some downtime. Highly enjoyable. Looks luscious. The best thing he's done -- or ever will do. :twisted:

Agreed. He's like Rob Zombie in that he'll knock a sheer masterpiece (Watchmen/The Devil's Rejects) out bookended with continual proof that he's a talentless hack at heart.

[Mr Wonder]

I started Blacklist a few days ago, so far I'm five episodes in and I'm really enjoying it. It's quite an interesting concept and it's always fun to watch James Spader out act everyone on screen. The main chick seems particularly bad, as does the guy from Homeland.

[The359]

OK, just saw this on Hulu and apparently it's on the IFC network: The Spoils of Babylon. Awesome parody miniseries with a ton of famous faces.

[Dicknose]

I've known about Firefly for quite some time.
Probably a stupid question, but you do know they made a movie - Serenity.

[Fogelhund]

Watched House of Lies, Shameless and True Detective premiers this week.

[Kchrpm]

My DVR is scheduled to record (and has too many episodes waiting for me of) newer stuff like Brooklyn Nine Nine, Almost Human, @Midnight, Trust Me I'm A Game Show Host, The Pete Holmes Show, and long time favorites like Conan, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Mythbusters and NCIS.

There are also some shows that it records but I usually just ignore/delete because I'm too far behind in the storylines and don't feel like catching up: The Mentalist, Hawaii Five-O, Psych.

[Blerpa]

My regular ones are The Walking Dead (now on a break), Game of Thrones (now on a break) and Bron/Broen (the original danish The Bridge, third season is coming in Autumn 2014).
Also I do watch The Big Bang Theory (but just for the romantic innuendos, I can't stand Sheldon Cooper and I actually think it is a shitty and racist series to a certain kind of people. Plus, I don't like to watch sit-coms usually), Suits (no sure why, I got hooked) and Comic Book Men (but that's a show more than anything).

I've been watching Almost Human - going to stop at the end of season one: there are some nice moments, but it really feels like old fashioned cop double action and comedy stuff, like something from the 80s in a bad way - and Marvel's Agents of Shield - more because of wanting to see where they want to go with it, but from abysmal it has gone to almost bearable, so going to stop that at the end of season one, too.
I've tried to watch The Newsroom but it really did disappointed me. Same as with Arrow, Alphas, The Tomorrow People and Revolution (feels like Fallout 3 without the postapocalyptic push and with Aaron Spelling atmosphere).
Sherlock is not badly done but no interest in watching it further.

I will get to Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Black Mirror and the original danish The Killing series as I've time to wait since they are all finished series and BDs could be available when I will be finally able to afford them.
Surely gonna get to watch House of Cards and considering The Returned french series too.

If we count also animation, well, I'll have to catch up with Tron Uprising, but nothing else non-japanese really catches my interest.

[Kchrpm]

How did I forget Archer? Archer.

[Cam]

I am aware of Serenity, the Firefly movie. A friend claimed that it comes after the TV series. Therefore, I am waiting to watch it until I have finished the whole season.

[sandydandy]

Anybody watching Homeland? I thought the first two seasons were great...only watched the the first two episodes of the third season. Thought it was kinda boring...but I heard it got better. I'm waiting for it to be released on Blu-ray. (No spoilers please :))

Other than that I got through Breaking Bad a few months ago. Top-notch show.

I also regularly watch Ancient Aliens. It's interesting. I PVR every show and watch at my leisure, but delete 9/10 of them cause they're repeats.

[overpowered]

I am aware of Serenity, the Firefly movie. A friend claimed that it comes after the TV series. Therefore, I am waiting to watch it until I have finished the whole season.Your friend is correct.

They skipped to the end of the planned series and made it a movie, wrapping things up for the fans and making a pretty good movie in the process. It's too bad that they couldn't have been allowed to do it as a full series as originally planned.

[Kchrpm]

Finally watched the pilot for Agents of Shield. It's not streaming free anywhere, so I paid the $3 on Google Play (I got a bunch of Play gift cards from the people who I used to get iTunes gift cards for Christmas).

After that one episode, I just went ahead and paid for the whole season. What a cool show. Hopefully it keeps up the momentum, but just some of the things they've done so far have been smart and funny enough for me to trust and want to keep up.

[Fast As Possible]

I've been re-watching S7 Curb Your Enthusiasm, and I watched a bit of Metropolis (1927) last night, but I got tired about 30 minutes in.

The mediator between the hands and the mind is the heart!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q7PsKuX_g6w/T-RbPRLbvWI/AAAAAAAAHXw/dFFhCVpejCY/s1600/Metropolis%2B%281927%29%2B5.jpg

[Cam]

Finished episode 14 of Firefly and now I'm sad because there's no more episodes. :(

[overpowered]

I know. Right?

[speedpimp]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xljA6zJn4I#t=71

[Conman]

Watched Lone Survivor this weekend. Good flick. Tough to watch in a couple of spots. Very realistic as far as background, settings, and other window dressing. I was in Afghanistan when this went down and it took me back.

[Freude am Fahren]

I enjoyed it as well. Good to hear about its realism from a actual member of the forces :up:

I've been seeing previews for Klondike on History while watching Velocity (my new favorite channel by the way). Stars Richard Madden (Robb Stark) taking on the Yukon in the late 1800s gold rush. Starts in a half hour, gonna try to catch it.

[Rob]

Finished episode 14 of Firefly and now I'm sad because there's no more episodes. :(

If that makes you sad, you're really not going to enjoy Serenity.

[novicius]

Sleepy, snowy January afternoon here so I'm just poking through my Amazon movie wish list and remembered two car movies that I'd love to see again on DVD or Blu-Ray:

King of the Mountain (1981) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Mountain_(film))
I was *way* too young to really understand this flick when it came out and it wasn't made for children so I can't even begin to place the year I saw it. '84? '85 on HBO while the parents were away? A pre-L.A. Law Harry Hamlin, Grizzly Adams, a too-drunk-for-Hollywood Dennis Hopper? How could this flick be bad? :lol: The final frames haunt my uncomprehending adolescent dreams.

Catch Me If You Can (1989) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_Me_If_You_Can_(1989_film))
I remember watching this a few times in a row as a VHS rental during my sophmore year in high school. The Twin Cities run, 20 miles in 20 minutes, "Fast Freddie"'s '57 Chevy hid away under the school's football field for years. Fun flick, soundtrack by Tangerine Dream and directed by a young popcorn action flick auteur Stephen Sommers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Sommers).

[M4FFU]

Got to the end of Series 3 of Sons of Anarchy and I feeling a bit meh. Did not enjoy the episodes in Ireland at all. Going to park that for a bit. Just started a re-watch of Prison Break. The first series alone is superb TV and I've not seen it in many many years.

[Rob]

Season 3 of SoA is by far the worst. The S3 finale was great, but it had an awful lot to make up for. It picks up hard in Season 4 though.

[Freude am Fahren]

Been watching Community, which is nearly back on form now that Dan Harmon is back in charge.

[Drachen596]

i was told that Serenity happened DURING the Firefly series though i couldn't ever work out how. makes far more sense for it to have been at the end of the series.


i did watch Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. better than i thought it would be and an interesting version of the normal fairy tale you hear. plus Gemma Arterton is pretty hot.

[Impreza]

If that makes you sad, you're really not going to enjoy Serenity.

"I am a leaf on the wind; watch how I soar."

[JoshInKC]

Wife and I have been watching the new HBO show True Detective. Only on the third episode but so far it's really great. Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey are turning in some great work.

Also, it's super dark, I would not watch while depressed.

[sandydandy]

Watched 'Olympus Has Fallen' last night...pretty good movie. Especially Morgan Freeman's dialog..."I don't want to hear another word out of you unless I ask you a question!"

[Rob]

That was entertaining but the slow motion falling flag shot and retarded one man revenge war was a bit much.

[SportWagon]

Here in southern Ontario we finally get Mythbusters season opener this evening, then repeated about 4 times during the week!

Most evenings I watch old episodes of The Waltons on a religious channel. Sort of out of habit from recording something during that time slot.

Eventually realized The Waltons is to the Depression as M*A*S*H (TV series) is to The Korean War.

[sandydandy]

That was entertaining but the slow motion falling flag shot and retarded one man revenge war was a bit much. True. Unless he was dressed up as King Leonidas. Maybe they should've named the movie 'Sparta Has Fallen'.

[Drachen596]

Olympus has Fallen was pretty much a Die Hard movie.

i'm waiting for its pretty boy comedic counterpart White House Down to hit Netflix so i can watch it as well.


also, if you're looking for a kind of cheesy Escape from LA/NY in space movie then try Lockout.

[sandydandy]

i'm waiting for its pretty boy comedic counterpart White House Down to hit Netflix so i can watch it as well. I'm hesitant to watch that, seeing how it's a Roland Emmerich film. Most of his stuff is execrable crap, (with the exception of Stargate and Day After Tomorrow). His disaster films are too over-the-top cheesy, with too much humour - see ID4 and 2012.

[Drachen596]

oh i'm sure it wont be some amazing masterpiece but i want to see it since it had a direct competitor movie with nearly the same story.

[speedpimp]

Two episodes deep into the new season of Sherlock and I'm liking it.

[Cam]

Finally watched Serenity. I liked it.

[Cam]

Finally watched Rush. Great film.

[Kchrpm]

Uh...ummm...Mark Zuckerberg is Lex Luthor? Ok.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/01/31/jesse-eisenberg-cast-as-lex-luther-in-batman-vs-superman/5083709/

PS Alfred will be played by Jeremy Irons.

[Jason]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t1/q71/s720x720/1011005_10151956258853386_95257449_n.jpg

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My first impression was WTF, LOL, SO STUPID, LOL LOLOLOL

My following thoughts are... this might work out really well. The modern rich/smart guy these days IS Zuckerberg, add in some extra arrogance and jealousy, and you basically have a Lex Luthor type in today's world. All Eisenberg needs to do is shave is damned head (he better be bald) and go on a movie star bulk out diet, and it might very well work.

That being said, I wanted a variety of different actors heh.

Irons as Alfred is fantastic.

[Kchrpm]

The casting so far seems perfect for a Funny or Die video, hopefully they can pull off a movie.

[sandydandy]

I'd prefer to see Irons play Luthor.

[Alan P]

Because English actors play bad guys so well?

[overpowered]

Not sure how I feel about this.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gvDteBO4io

[Kchrpm]

I finally watched Pacific Rim at home over the weekend. Even without a subwoofer, I was rocking the joint. That movie is LOUD in the fight scenes, and my towers were loving it. Don't know about the neighbors, though.

[Freude am Fahren]

Been wathing the Starz show, Black Sails. Pretty good so far, I think.

[tigeraid]

Not sure how I feel about this.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gvDteBO4io


http://www.quickmeme.com/img/cb/cb2b84f28538b8e291e2178136c08dc0b01b903d40379b379b 943c229b9bb16d.jpg

[Yw-slayer]

Been on an Ip Man binge recently:

- Robocop (I know, not Ip Man, but yeah)
- Ip Man: The Final Fight
- The Grandmaster

Now I need to watch Ip Man: The Legend is Born. Then I'll have watched every recent Ip Man film.

[Blerpa]

Been wathing the Starz show, Black Sails. Pretty good so far, I think.

Innit? So refreshingly different from zombies, cyberpunk and games of porns ;)
Very luscious photography too. And I want a piece of Annie Bonny for meself, harrr!

[Yw-slayer]

Pirates are "refreshing"? :lol:

Just never got into them. I haven't even watched any of the 3 Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

[speedpimp]

Tonight is the season premiers for The Americans and Legit and the series premier for Ali G: Resurrected.

Also, I've really gotten into Chozen and True Detective.

[Conman]

True Detective is very good. That 6 minute uncut scene in Episode 4 was awesome.

[Mr Wonder]

The LEGO movie is absolutely magnificent. Everything is pitched so perfectly it is a joyous thing to behold.

Everything is Awesome!

[Rob]

Watched the first Hunger Games movie a couple of nights back. What a load of shit. The Friends Edition of post apocalyptic movies.

[Mr Wonder]

It was pretty awful. The second one is much, much worse. Which is fairly impressive actually...

[Blerpa]

Pirates are "refreshing"? :lol:

Just never got into them. I haven't even watched any of the 3 Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

Pirates of the Caribbean movie series SUCKED MAJOR ARSE.
This is a series more gritty, fun, sexy and with less arcane crap-around. Plus it is a prequel describing what happened 20 or so years before the events in the Stevenson's seminal novel Treasure Island. Just for that it gets two bonus points.
And anyhow... right now the trends are: politics&intrigue (Homeland, House of Cards), horror with zombies and monster (no need for examples), kinda futuristic (Person of Interest, Almost Human) and fantasy/medieval (Game of Thrones, Vikings). So yep, Pirates are refreshing.

[speedpimp]

So I watched the season two premier of The Americans. This was a very good start to the season, and is worth watching just for the look on the daughter's face as she opened up the bedroom door is worth watching alone.

[lostnight]

Over the last few months I've watched the first five seasons of Sons Of Anarchy on Netflix, then purchased the sixth season to watch on my Kindle. Wow, great show, super violent, little mercy, most people are not invincible to death. Very fluid show, their situations change from one scene to the next. The last couple of episodes packed a lot of emotion. Can't wait for the next season.

[sandydandy]

I watched the first 2 minutes of House of Cards and was intrigued. Will get back to it this week. My cousin keeps insisting that I watch Suits...maybe I'll get to that at some point.

[GreatScawt]

Finally signed up for Netflix. Free month, but I have every intention of forgetting and letting it charge me.

Anyway... so I tested out my TV using the built in app and watching a recent episode of Top Gear. Fucking phenomenal all around.

I have added to my "LIST" the following:
-Breaking Bad
-Walking Dead
-Bob's Burgers
-Futurama
-Archer

[lostnight]

Breaking Bad is my all time favorite. The story progresses all the way from the first episode to the last, so it's best not to skip around.

I just found out who played Venus in SOA. Didn't realize it when watching, lol!!

[M4FFU]

Watched 'Gravity' last night and loved it. Yes, the story line wasn't award winning, but as a spectacle it was fantastic.

[speedpimp]

Breaking Bad is my all time favorite. The story progresses all the way from the first episode to the last, so it's best not to skip around.

I just found out who played Venus in SOA. Didn't realize it when watching, lol!!

Don't let that cat out of the bag, it has to be seen to be believed.


I watched "We're The Millers" and "Kick-Ass 2" last night. Neither was as good as I thought it would be.

[MR2 Fan]

COSMOS...is great

[Fiat500]

Adventure Time is lumping awesome.

[Drachen596]

its somewhat hit or miss.

Men At Work on TBS is still going well in their second season.

[Kchrpm]

Cosmos. Good good stuff. Lush visuals.

[Freude am Fahren]

Yeah, Cosmos was awesome.

I just started watching True Detective. Three episodes in. Fantastic so far.

Also, I caught an episode of Two Broke Girls tonight, when I left the TV on while doing stuff on the computer. Holy crap is that a terrible pile of shit.

[overpowered]

Banshee is brutal -- but in a good way.

[Rob]

Just caned Season 3 of Breaking Bad in two evenings. I'll probably have the last two seasons done by the weekend at this rate.

Best show ever?

[Rob]

Also, I caught an episode of Two Broke Girls tonight, when I left the TV on while doing stuff on the computer. Holy crap is that a terrible pile of shit.

It occupies the same slots on the same channel as Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother over here. The Staggeringly Unfunny Fucking Clod Half Hour.

Awful television.

[Yw-slayer]

Dunno, haven't even watched one episode.

INSERT HIPSTER PICTURE

[tigeraid]

Just caned Season 3 of Breaking Bad in two evenings. I'll probably have the last two seasons done by the weekend at this rate.

Best show ever?

Yes. Yes it is. Unequivocally.

[Mr Wonder]

I think I prefer The Wire over Breaking Bad, but not by much. Everything else is so far behind it's not funny.

[FaultyMario]

True Detective is sooo Meta, even that acronym.

[Rob]

I think I prefer The Wire over Breaking Bad, but not by much. Everything else is so far behind it's not funny.

It's all there on my Amazon Prime.

[speedpimp]

Fuck, I didn't even know they were doing a second season of Banshee.

[Kchrpm]

I guess I never said that I watched Her. It's great, does not take the path that you think it would, feels like a real look at where things might go.

[FaultyMario]

Anybody watching Les Revenants?

Heard good things about it.

[GreatScawt]

S1E6 of Bob's Burgers had me laughing louder than I'd like to admit.

[Blerpa]

Anybody watching Les Revenants?

Heard good things about it.

Do you mean the original french series? I'm going to tackle that soon, but first I've to watch all the first season of True Detective and Vikings (maybe).
If you do start it give some review about it!

[Rob]

Balls deep into S5 of Breaking Bad. I thought S3 ended well, but 4 was pretty fucking amazing.

[speedpimp]

Last night it was Inside Llewyn Davis and The Counselor.
Llewyn Davis is prime Cohen Brothers and Oscar Isaac is superb as the ultimate asshole.
I really liked The Counselor as well, despite having heard nothing but negative shit about it. Being written by Cormac McCarthy I expected it to be dark and it does not disappoint. They get bonus points for using a Ferrari shooting brake in a few scenes.

[lostnight]

The Counselor wasn't as dark as The Road, was it? Because that was some serious darkness there.

[speedpimp]

Nothing is as dark as The Road, but The Counselor definitely has its moments.

[lostnight]

Cool, I will rent it then, or watch on the Kindle or something. If you've read The Road, and can take more like that, try reading The Dog Stars by Peter Heller. It seems obvious he read The Road. He also uses a very minimalist style of writing. He injects some slight bits of humor here and there, but it is also mostly dark. I liked it a little bit more than The Road, but I'm not saying it's a better piece of work. I haven't seen plans for it to be a movie though.

There is nothing on TV I am looking more forward to than the next (last probably?) season of SOA. I think the unraveling will be completed, and spectacular.

[FaultyMario]

Yes blerps, the original Canal+. I did try to watch it, but 'Victor' keeps freaking me out.

Some intense psychological terror.

[overpowered]

I still can't get used to the idea of a young skinny hot Amanda Waller.

[Jason]

It's become the new norm. She's that way in the current DC comic universe, as well.

[sandydandy]

Been watching a lot of movies on Netflix lately. 1-2 a night this week. Some good, some bad, some mediocre: Dream House, The Number 23, The Eye, World War Z, and a couple more this week.

Last night I watched a Danish film called The Hunt, with Mads Mikkelsen, (Le Chiffre from Casino Royale), who gave quite a powerful performance in this movie with a troubling and disturbing theme. The Hunt was nominated for a 2014 Oscar in the category of best foreign film, and for good reason.

[Rob]

You're the second person I know to mention The Hunt. I'll give it a go at some point.

[speedpimp]

Cool, I will rent it then, or watch on the Kindle or something.

It's definitely worth watching, an added bonus is a cameo from a Breaking Bad star that will make you smile.

[Rob]

Breaking Bad done. Just fucking incredible.

[lostnight]

Yes it was. Top of my list.

[sandydandy]

Just came back from watching Need For Speed and it was meh.

[MR2 Fan]

Just saw a TV commercial for new movie "Transcendence", Johnny Depp, Kate Mara, Morgan Freeman.

Looks like it has potential for a sci-fi classic, or at least an interesting take on the idea of merging the human mind with computers.

[Cam]

Saw The Wind Rises on Saturday. While a beautiful and engaging animated film, I thought it was not quite up to Miyazaki's usual quality.

[novicius]

I went to Captain America: The Winter Soldier in 3D over the weekend. My musings below.


Reviewers paint CA:TWS in the style of political thrillers from the '70s and it is. Unlike a villian-of-the-week plot, the movie was brave enough to address the polarizing stance that pro-police-state factions in our government (S.H.I.E.L.D.) have willingly embraced the tenets of fearmongering fascism (HYDRA). The end result is to enact the remote elimination of U.S. citizens via their voting/purchasing/testing/credit histories (the peaceniks, the atheists, pro-privacy folks, anti-establishment types, everybody who's ever logged into 4CHAN and other assorted free society threats & radicals).

From reading more than a few movie reviews, it seems that CA:TWS also lets us see what we want to see (and a lot of reviewers see right-wing neocon philosophies at work). But I think that it is *impossible* to suss out the political leanings of the "good guys" (civil liberty types) from the "bad guys" (pro-police-state folks): are the pro-police-state/pro-military-industrialists Republican in nature? Or Democrat due to the socialist desire to effectively/inevitably regulate every aspect of society (given enough time and resources) in the name of safety, security and equalizing opportunity?

Unfortunately (and I say this as a pro-regulation liberal Democrat), the reality is that Obama has NOT shut down the NSA, his administration is still continuing Bush's surveillance mandates (if not expanding them), and that the directors/writers of the movie have stated that the plot is derived from Obama's own Kill Lists. Our reality -- as well as the "reality" of CA:TWS -- is that People Who Fear are found in both political parties... which allows for our heroes to also be found in both political parties and that's always a heartening affirmation for us groundlings to hear.

The movie paints a picture. Our own biases apply the labels. It is damn tough to see that distinction amidst all the bullet-flinging and ass-kicking in this flick (it IS, however, refreshing to see Angry White Men shooting at each other vs. subduing yet another group of foreign brown-skinned people!) :lol:
In summary, I like CA:TWS very, very much. A fantastic sequel, better than any other Marvel sequel so far, and on par with The Dark Knight. Personally I would rate this better than RDJ's first Iron Man. I will accept that my opinion on that is in the minority, tho': IM1 came out at the perfect time, had the perfect tone, cast with the perfect actor. :cool:

[Kchrpm]

I liked Winter Soldier a lot as well, and think you did a darn good job summarizing the overall arc and meaning :up:

I am very interested to see how this will effect the Agents of SHIELD universe. They better not just gloss over it like nothing happened, but should they spoil the entire movie like they would need to?

[Jason]

The way I see it regarding AoS, I think it might be either late in this episode, or not until next episode, until the plot of Cap 2 is really felt. AoS seems to be happening in it's own little part of SHIELD. SHIELD was really presented as having multiple arms in Cap 2, which makes sense, considering the expansion of "security" they were implementing.

[speedpimp]

I watched American Hustle a few Saturdays ago and was amazed by Jennifer Lawrence. There was one scene at a table and during a conversation her eyes are darting back and forth like she is crazed.

[JoshInKC]

Yeah, she utterly crushed it in that movie.

[Mr Wonder]

Finished the first season of House of Cards last night. Great show. Spacey obviously steals the show but Robin Wright really isn't that far behind.
I'm very interested to see what season two has to offer, though I'm a little concerned that the show seems to be heading for a well trodden path. I could be wrong though.

Cap 2 was really fun but I'm honestly surprised that it's been getting the rave reviews it has. It was a very solid, well made action film from the new Marvel universe; a solid 7/10 but best one bar the Avengers? No. The whole plot was blindingly obvious and not hugely original, and the action sequences still had too much shakey cam for me. I didn't really like how the WS character was handled, and there wasn't nearly enough Colbie Smulders. :)

[Jason]

Re Captain America and Marvel....

So I just saw Chris Evans contract with Marvel, and Sebastian Stan's... Evans is "only" contracted for six movies. Cap 1-3 and Avengers 1-3. Sebastian Stan, though, is contracted for 9 movies. So, one might make the assumption that Rogers is going to die at some point, and Barnes takes over as Captain America. Which is a story that happened in the comics. That being said, if that's the case... Stan is going to be in quite a few movies as Captain America, or as a guest in other movies before that turn.

OR maybe Stan was just cheap to buy, so they contracted him for a lot of movies for maximum story flexibility and the whole Rogers death thing isn't going to happen.

----

Steve, I basically agree with your review. I liked the movie, but I thought the first one was better, and the Avengers was more enjoyable. I did enjoy the plot, it wasn't overly obvious to me, but it also wasn't overly shocking. The action sequences were strong, but the dialog scenes didn't have enough gravitas. Especially, surprisingly, Robert Redford's scenes. I'm not sure if it was directing, writing, or what, that caused that weakness.

Edit to add:

The scene with them talking to Zola-bot had me almost yelling at the screen... HE'S OBVIOUSLY STALLING YOU NITWITS. Something you'd think Black Widow would recognize, and probably Cap... but I guess... they needed a way to tell the infiltration back story to the audience.

[novicius]

I liked Winter Soldier a lot as well, and think you did a darn good job summarizing the overall arc and meaning :up:

I am very interested to see how this will effect the Agents of SHIELD universe. They better not just gloss over it like nothing happened, but should they spoil the entire movie like they would need to?
Well, the first post-CA:TWS episode ("Turn, Turn, Turn") of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was on last night and they did NOT ignore the movie.

Insomuch as these things can be believed, at this point Agents Hand & Triplett are not HYDRA while Agents Garrett & Ward are. The jury is still out on Fitz (eh).

Ward's turn is especially shocking -- and most welcome! I hope that Trip replaces Ward on the team permanently (just gotta shave that ridiculo chin strap beard off). Going forward, burning out HYDRA elements should take up more than a little story bandwidth, I'd think. This should also mean more limitations on S.H.I.E.L.D. resources, I'd think/hope. I very much like the idea that Melinda May is primed to become the team's real leader, that Coulson is more of a cyborg with a heart of gold, and that Skye's mysterious 0-8-4 origins mean she's a Slayer. :lol:

Also, Skye has been becoming dowdier and dowdier over the season, a change that I approve of. I *hated* the fact that she looked like a Victoria's Secret model while living in a van down by the river.

[Kchrpm]

I was very pleased with how they handled it. Watching the show, but didn't watch the movie? Too effin bad.

[novicius]

Re Captain America and Marvel....

So I just saw Chris Evans contract with Marvel, and Sebastian Stan's... Evans is "only" contracted for six movies. Cap 1-3 and Avengers 1-3. Sebastian Stan, though, is contracted for 9 movies. So, one might make the assumption that Rogers is going to die at some point, and Barnes takes over as Captain America. Which is a story that happened in the comics. That being said, if that's the case... Stan is going to be in quite a few movies as Captain America, or as a guest in other movies before that turn.

OR maybe Stan was just cheap to buy, so they contracted him for a lot of movies for maximum story flexibility and the whole Rogers death thing isn't going to happen.
Civil War is definitely going to happen, too many unique characters are being introduced (The Winter Soldier, Agent 13, Crossbones, return of HYDRA, murmuring of Red Skull coming back) to not have it happen. It's coming and considering how bad they're hyping ULTRON as the big threat, I'll bet that a major plot line of Avengers 2 is going to be the start of Civil War. RDJ's send-off will come at the expense of his likeability; when Stark-as-Hero returns, it'll eventually be with someone else (and cheaper), I'm sure Marvel is not shedding any tears over that. I think it's coming that soon -- and who better to direct it than Whedon?? :lol:

Time will tell how big of an uproar people will have with Chris Evans out from behind the Stars and Stripes... I just wonder when the Skrulls are coming. :up:

[Cam]

The Grand Budapest Hotel. Wonderfully wacky and brilliant!

Related, ca6 linked to this car-related Wes Anderson short film on his social networking profile today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b87B7zyucgI

[Fiat500]

I hadn't watched The Talented Mr Ripley until a couple of days ago.

[FaultyMario]

http://youtu.be/-fDzdDfviLI

[tigeraid]

Loving Agents of SHIELD now. Loving, loving, loving.

I too, have seen the occasional comment from a butthurt TV bro talking about how he didn't watch the movie, so the show sucked. Suck it up and shell out $6 on Cheap Tuesdays, pal. We have REASONABLY BIG BUDGET TV tying into BIG BUDGET Movies. That's fucking incredible.

[Cam]

Watched the first episode of Cosmos the other day. I'm interested. I'll watch more later.

I'm afraid to start watching Agents of Shield considering how much I heard it sucked at the beginning.

[tigeraid]

Did you watch TNG in the beginning? It blew. Much like SHIELD, for many of the same reasons. Then it got better, for many of the same reasons. And SHIELD's only a season in!

[Blerpa]

No worries, Cam, AoS is still one of the worst series on TV. Episode 15th was like a bad plot from some geek D&D-turned modern action session at home.
Cosmos OTOH is wonderful.

[Jason]

Did you watch TNG in the beginning? It blew. Much like SHIELD, for many of the same reasons. Then it got better, for many of the same reasons. And SHIELD's only a season in!

Good reference. I went to watch TNG again, and forgot just how painful the first season was.

[Jason]

Also, Blerpa is wrong 99% of the time, don't listen to him.

[tigeraid]

Correct. Enjoy the show.

[Freude am Fahren]

:lol:

Cosmos is great. I watch it at work while getting our 11PM ready.

I've finally (on the third try) gotten into Mad Men. I'm on the third season. I still don't think it's as amazing as so many think it is, but I've become intrigued.

[Blerpa]

It's not my fault you have pretty condescending tastes. But credits when it's due, I got around to watch episode 17 of AoS last night... it was pretty decent and well done. Too bad the first good episode had to come after sixteen others.

[speedpimp]

Fargo, the series.

[Freude am Fahren]

Has that started already? I was meaning to catch it.

[speedpimp]

It started this past Tuesday in Justified's slot. Really good.

[Mr Wonder]

The second season of House Of Cards has started off stronger than any series ever. Absolutely amazing show, so much packed into each episode.

[LHutton]

Watch this!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG9uFX3uYq4

Also good:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bGN7Q8Bogw

[speedpimp]

II & III were a big step down from the first one. Snipes and Ving Rhames were really good.

[LHutton]

II & III were a big step down from the first one. Snipes and Ving Rhames were really good.
I disagree profusely.

[speedpimp]

I see your profusion of disagreement and I make known my profuse disagreement to your disagreement.

[Phil_SS]

I finally got the chance to watch Pacific Rim. Damn good movie for what it is. A big thanks to Del Toro for taking it on. Hopefully someone like him will get to make a proper Transformers or Robotech movie.

[speedpimp]

I watched Hangover III and The Purge over the last couple of days. H3 is disappointing. The Purge was okay, I'm pretty sure it will spawn an assload of straight to DVD sequels.

[TheBenior]

The sequel to The Purge gets a theatrical release in July. The first one made $87 million worldwide on a $3 million budget.

[overpowered]

Da Vinci's Demons is getting really really stupid.

[speedpimp]

Last night I watched Anchorman 2 and Prisoners. Anchorman 2 was way better then I thought it would be. Prisoners was really good. It's amazing what non-Wolverine Hugh Jackman looks like.

[Freude am Fahren]

Did you watch the "new R-rated" version of Anchorman 2? I'm curious to see if that's better than the theater one which was ok.

I just watched the first two episodes of Silicon Valley. I like it. If you can get over the awkwardness of the characters (most of us here probably can, since we may be like them), it's not bad.

[speedpimp]

I watched whatever version was on the disc I got from Redbox. Seemed pretty close to an R for me.

[Kchrpm]

Sklar Brothers new comedy special, great stuff: http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Sklar_Brothers_What_Are_We_Talking_About/70303435?trkid=13462100

[tigeraid]

Speaking of, can I just say that I'm fucking addicted to @Midnight? I enjoy nothing more than coming home and laughing my ass off to 26 minutes of rapid fire comedy.

[FaultyMario]

Just started watching Hannibal, this Will Graham is by far the most likeable behavioral analyst on screen to date.

Quoted because it somehow didn't fit with Mirage's wedding well wishes.

[speedpimp]

I watched Homefront and Out Of The Furnace last night. Homefront was fucking shit, considering the cast it has I expected better. Furnace, OTOH, kicked ass.

[Kchrpm]

Speaking of, can I just say that I'm fucking addicted to @Midnight? I enjoy nothing more than coming home and laughing my ass off to 26 minutes of rapid fire comedy.
:up:

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RTa70CRF30

[FaultyMario]

I watched Homefront and Out Of The Furnace last night. Homefront was fucking shit, considering the cast it has I expected better. Furnace, OTOH, kicked ass.

OOFTF was predictable as shit. Respectable performances all around, though. JesusChrist delivers in that movie, again. And last but not least, all women, everywhere, should look like Zoe, Period.

[sandydandy]

Watched Terminator 2 last night and I must say that, 23 years later, this movie still kicks major ass. It's really stood the test of time. The special effects are still impressive, even by today's standards. Love the feeling of dread when the T-1000 is chasing John Connor.

[Mr Wonder]

I've just finished season two of House of Cards. Absolutely magnificent.

That is all.

[Blerpa]

I've just finished season two of House of Cards. Absolutely magnificent.

That is all.

I found first season more primary and tight, but otherwise I wholeheartedly agree.

[FaultyMario]

Never came around to watching neither House of Cards (original or netflix) but I was spoiled by the first season of Boss. Too bad the producers fucking shat on its memory in the second season.

[MR2 Fan]

I just watched Fast and Furious 6 Extended Edition.

very minor spoiler

I'm trying to decide how many hundreds of miles long that runway at the end of the movie has to be to have action scenes for 30 minutes.

[Yw-slayer]

I think Gizmodo did the math, or linked to someone who did. It's something like 25-30 miles.

[Kchrpm]

http://i.imgur.com/pod7kph.jpg

[M4FFU]

Few episodes into the second series of Walking Dead. Not entirely sure what to make of it, yet. Mr Lincoln's voice acting is a touch interesting at times, but...haven't quite decided if it's any good or not yet.

[Rob]

I've been almost entirely disappointed with The Walking Dead tv show. Season Four picks up the pace a little, but Season Three was patchy as fuck and Season Two was really boring.

Just read the comics.

[Rob]

Pacific Rim on 3D Bluray. My first foray into modern 3D and, whilst I was generally impressed, it still looked obviously like a 2D movie converted to 3D with really visible parallax layers. I'll watch it again in standard 2D 1080p so I'm not distracted by virtual shit stuck to the screen.

I did enjoy the actual movie far more than I was expecting too, simplistic racial stereotypes and awful accents aside, then the penny dropped and I realised it had Guillermo Del Toro's signature fantasy look all over it. That last third (basically just a gigantic battle in HK) was fantastically directed.

In the pile I've still got 3D versions of Tron Legacy and Gravity, neither of which I've seen, and I'll score DREDD 3D on Monday.

[Kchrpm]

Agents of Shield has been renewed for a second season, and a new series has been greenlit starring Peggy Carter at the beginning of Shield.

http://geek.cheezburger.com/share/8179977728


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsmexv78GMg

[Rob]

So Gravity was a great looking movie with some of the worst dialogue ever. Then there was the immersion-destroying physics cock-up halfway through that just ended any semblance of credibility.

5/10

[Taimar]

I'm catching up on ancient Dr. Who. It's been a treat to see Jon Pertwee and Patrick Troughton again.

[M4FFU]

I saw Pacific Rim a few weekends ago, and sadly couldn't get passed the awfulness of the awful bits. Not in 3D, mind, but still - made me want to watch Cloverfield again, tho'!

[Freude am Fahren]

I actually did the math once based on very conservative speeds for the FaF runway. Got about 30 miles also.

Btw can't wait.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPE2oBnzROY

[JoshInKC]

Yeah, a Hellblazer network tv show seems like the stupidest thing ever and likely to be a complete trainwreck, but I'm weirdly interested.
I wonder if my interest isn't due to the fact that Hannibal turned out to be completely fantastic when I figured it would also be a mindbendingly bad disaster.

[Freude am Fahren]

/DRIVE is coming to NBCSN

http://drive.jalopnik.com/drive-is-coming-to-cable-television-on-nbcsn-1578963794/1579033973/+travis?utm_campaign=socialflow_jalopnik_facebook&utm_source=jalopnik_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

First episode this weekend after Monaco Qualifying. Could this be a proper US answer to Top Gear?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgcWtA3RBDU

[Phil_SS]

Saw Godzilla. He is still a badass. I liked the premise for the Kaiju. But of course they had to extend the movie by a half hour to mix in a love story.

He is still a badass and the end battle scene is straight up awesome. Just a reminder, don't piss off Godzilla.

[lostnight]

24, I sometimes laugh where I'm not supposed to. Chloe looks ridiculous and comical, supposed to be edgy, dark and rebellious. I'll still watch though, lol!

Fargo FX series - recorded way more than I watched, Billy Bob Thorton is a fun eccentric killer.

We Are The Millers - Uh, pretty fun movie that can be summed up
with two words: boner garage

The Neighbors - typical Seth Rogan, a party movie, well done for its niche, nothing groundbreaking really, but I laughed out loud multiple times, and that's ok with me.

[Kchrpm]

Movie related:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Captain-America-Winter-Soldier-Metal-Spun-Carbon-Fibre-Shield-Prop-Replica-/161307817521

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.703614046357670.1073741829.164524586933288&type=1

Carbon fiber + aluminum Captain America shield

https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/1970585_703614083024333_62826789_n.jpg

https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/1511063_703614093024332_1387012204_n.jpg

[Alan P]

Looking forward to:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU_hJscvdXU


And


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQUHezf0Kqs

[Kchrpm]

Saw Xmen Days of Future Past tonight, excellent movie, really enjoyed it.

[lostnight]

Oh yeah, The Carbonaro Effect on Tru TV is pretty excellent, Candid Camera with mind boggling magic illusions.

[Kchrpm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uBOtQOO70Y

[Impreza]

24, I sometimes laugh where I'm not supposed to. Chloe looks ridiculous and comical, supposed to be edgy, dark and rebellious. I'll still watch though, lol!

Seriously... what's with that? :rolleyes:

Generally enjoying the series though. I like a good serial. :up:

[FaultyMario]

Tatiana Maslany's a fit bird.

Currently on season 1 of Orphan Black. Really liking the fact that it is Scifi Drama with only references to technology, so not much invested in VFX. Mr o Mrs production designer, my hats off to you madam. or sir.

[Biggdogg]

Dont know if I have seen it mentioned in this thread, but if you like psychological stuff and dont mind gore I highly recommended Hannibal on NBC. Season 2 finale just happened and IMO it is one of the best shows on television. How they pull off the gore on NBC ill never understand, but every aspect of it is fantastic.

[TheBenior]

How they pull off the gore on NBC ill never understand, but every aspect of it is fantastic.

I've seen some of Hannibal here and there because my fiancee has been watching it via DVR, and I was shocked when I found out that a show that violent and disturbing was on NBC.

[JoshInKC]

Yeah, Hannibal was a hell of a surprise. When I first heard about it I thought, "Oh god, thats going to be a trainwreck. Not a chance I'll be watching that." Then, about 3/4s of the way through the first season, I started hearing really good things about it- that it was "surprisingly great," Mads Mikkelson is hannibal, Bryan Fuller is the showrunner, etc. So we started watching and were blown away. Not just by the amount of gore, etc. but also by how flat out amazing it is.
Seriously, the people running it are not screwing around- They're doing their level best to make a great show.

[Rob]

Finally caught No Country For Old Men. Was loving it. The acting, the cinematography, the direction...all top notch. Then it just stopped.

Literally. No Ending For Anyone.

[FaultyMario]

:)

I mean, :mad:

[JoeW]

WTF? Caps shield isn't adamantium...fuck.

LOL on the runway length of FF6...watched it the other week and was thinking the same thing.

Men at Work on TBS...funniest show on TV.

Cancelled shows I liked: Men at Work, Almost Human, Revolution, Believe. REALLY pissed about Men at Work though. That show on a big network would have killed it.

[sandydandy]

WTF? Caps shield isn't adamantium...fuck.

LOL on the runway length of FF6...watched it the other week and was thinking the same thing. Fox Studios has reserved the rights to Adamantium. Time for a crossover already...even Hugh Jackman is calling for it.

The runway in F6...LOL. I think the action inside the plane and outside is supposed to be happening simultaneously. Plus all the melodrama and shit gives the impression that a lot of time has passed. In real time I'd say that whole sequence happened in under five minutes.

Anyway, I'm finally getting around to watching the third season of Homeland. I've heard it's not as strong as the first two seasons, but still looking forward to it. Got two episodes done so far.

[KillerB]

Mad Men is over for now. This means I don't need to watch TV again until Archer starts up in 2015.

*click*

[speedpimp]

Went and saw the new X-men today. I thought it was good, I sure as hell wasn't springing for the extra $3 for the 3D version though.

[Alan P]

WTF? Caps shield isn't adamantium...fuck.

Said in the first Captain America film it's made of 'Vibranium'.

[sandydandy]

Went and saw the new X-men today. I thought it was good, I sure as hell wasn't springing for the extra $3 for the 3D version though. Yeah I saw it too and was thoroughly pleased. I also avoid 3D like the plague.

Did you stick around after the credits?

[Freude am Fahren]

This season of Louie is some of the best TV ever.

[Drachen596]

wait.. they canceled Men at Work? thats seriously disappointing. it was the only thing i watched on TBS, ever. most of their stuff is reruns, various old(early 2000s) movies or Conan(who i dislike)

[JoeW]

Boom...the truth bomb. Men at Work RIP...best comedy on TV. Stupid small time TBS.

Caps shield...originally Adamantium in the comics. Renamed to "vibranium" for the movie. Now apparently degraded to aluminum/carbon due to cutbacks and lack of actual vibranium :)

[Kchrpm]

I did some reading into it the other day, it always had vibranium in it, which was alloyed with various other materials.


Captain America has used multiple shields throughout his history, the most prevalent of which is a nigh-indestructible disc-shaped shield made from an experimental alloy of steel and the fictional vibranium. The shield was cast by American metallurgist Dr. Myron MacLain, who was contracted by the U.S. government, from orders of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, to create an impenetrable substance to use for tanks during World War II. This alloy was created by accident and never duplicated, although efforts to reverse-engineer it resulted in the discovery of adamantium

[JoeW]

Well kiss my grits. Guess I didn't start reading Cap comics until after it was made of Adamantium.

[Kchrpm]

"The" shield was never made of adamantium (he used a lot of other ones made of different stuff for story reasons before getting it back), but adamantium is based on vibranium. Info based on Wikipedia, potentially wrong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America#Weapons_and_equipment

[Kchrpm]

Marvel Wikia: http://marvel.wikia.com/Captain_America's_Shield


Later, Dr. MacLain's attempts to duplicate the shield, minus Wakandan Vibranium and the mystery factor, resulted in true Adamantium. Because of this historical link, the unknown substance composing the shield is sometimes referred to as "proto-adamantium".

[JoeW]

Yes. Just read that marvel article. Proto adamantium is the alternate name of vibranium. Accidental creation unable to be duplucated. Then true adamantium, then secondary, then beta down the line. Most durable down to least durable.

[TheBenior]

Speaking of Hannibal...

https://twitter.com/ZooHannibal


In Nepal, a bag of feathers is put by one's deathbed so the soul can fly to the next life. Sadly, emu, such a bag would be of no use to you.

Also, my fiancee thinks that I have lips like Mads Mikkelsen.

[tigeraid]

Anyone watching Sirens on Comedy Central? It's produced by Denis Leary, basically a funny, ambulance version of Rescue Me. I've enjoying it, hoping they get a second season. And every chick on it is SMOKING hot.

[Drachen596]

Its on USA network in the US I think.

The episode I saw was pretty funny. I need to catch a few more.

[Blerpa]

Anyone watching Sirens on Comedy Central? It's produced by Denis Leary, basically a funny, ambulance version of Rescue Me. I've enjoying it, hoping they get a second season. And every chick on it is SMOKING hot.

Oh hell, I LOVED Rescue Me! Must get it! Are there any of the other actors/actresses from Rescue Me, aside Leary?

[tigeraid]

He's not in it, he's just a producer. It's really a bunch of no-name actors, they've all been in minor stuff around TV. But you can tell Leary's influence is there in the humour, the big swings from deadly serious "patient is dying" stuff to humour.

[Alan P]

X-Men, days of Future past: Awesome. Fassbender is fantastic, McKellen also. Best X-Men film!

[Leon]

now "obtaining" Sirens :)

[Leon]

ok you were so right about sirens, on about episode three now, and laughing my arse off

[Kchrpm]

A Million Ways To Die In The West is very funny, but not great. So probably what most people expect.

[tigeraid]

ok you were so right about sirens, on about episode three now, and laughing my arse off

Just hope it gets renewed. Season just ended.

[speedpimp]

Yeah I saw it too and was thoroughly pleased. I also avoid 3D like the plague.

Did you stick around after the credits?

No I didn't stick around, though the way everybody else was staying put I guess I should've. As the week went on and the more I thought about the movie the more I liked it.


And yes, FnF, Louie is kicking ass this year.


If any of you like the Salem Witch Trials, then you should check out Salem on WGN America. It's set during the Witch Trials and is pretty good. It doesn't hurt that Brannon Braga is one of the producers.

[pl8ster]

My new favorite show is "Down East Dickering" on History. An even better take on rural Maine than "North Woods Law" on Animal Planet.

[Freude am Fahren]

Watched the F1 doc "1" last night. It's very good. Lots of great footage. Focuses on the danger and deaths with some detail on the origins, personalities from the 60s through 76 plus Senna, and the business. The latter features both Max and Bernie quite a bit. Narrated by Michael Fassbender.

[sandydandy]

No I didn't stick around, though the way everybody else was staying put I guess I should've. As the week went on and the more I thought about the movie the more I liked it. You can always catch the post-credits scene on YouTube...it's a fairly decent teaser for the next movie.

Anyway, I finished watching season 3 of Homeland and have mixed feelings about it. Season 4 will be interesting.

[speedpimp]

Looks interesting.
I loved season 3 and feel that ending was the only logical conclusion.

[overpowered]

I found this on another message board and thought it was amusing...


24 and Chuck are even more awesome when you realize THEY ARE THE SAME CONTINUITY, and that 24: Live Another Day is a continuation of Chuck's story.

Kate Morgan actually IS Sarah Walker. That's why they are both CIA field agents who look EXACTLY alike.

But their names are different, you say? First, remember that "Sarah Walker" wasn't even her real name. She used the alias "Jenny Burton" as a teenager, and her birth name was never revealed, though we know it started out "Sam Lisa." "Kate Morgan" is just another new identity, and, in fact, the "Morgan" part is a big tip-off, as explained further below.

Oh, and Kate/Sarah's "traitor" husband Adam Morgan IS Chuck Bartowski. But Chuck would never betray his country, right? Well, read on.

See, the past decade, while Jack Bauer and CTU were dealing with some threats in Los Angeles (and later Washington, DC, and New York City), Team Bartowski and the CIA were dealing with other threats a short distance away in Burbank.

Now, after the last season of Chuck, Chuck and Sarah settled down. But then some of their old enemies (Fulcrum, the Ring, Volkoff loyalists, whatever, doesn't matter who exactly) tracked them down. In an attack meant for Chuck and Sarah, Morgan Grimes was killed in the crossfire. Chuck and Sarah, realizing that they were putting Ellie and Captain Awesome at risk by staying close to them, and also wanting to track down their attackers and get justice, rejoined the CIA in London. They also had the CIA fake their deaths and give them the new identities of Adam Morgan and Kate Morgan. THE COUPLE CHOSE THE LAST NAME "MORGAN" IN HONOR OF THEIR DEAD FRIEND. And Chuck got some plastic surgery to change his face because it had been exposed to their enemies.

Now, we all know that Chuck would never betray his country. And how could Sarah ever have missed his treason? Well, he didn't, and she didn't! She was correct that he was not a traitor: he was set up!

After Chuck/Adam and Sarah/Kate got to London, someone in the CIA framed Adam/Chuck for selling secrets, and then had him killed while he was in jail. Some of the possibilities, who are also among our mole suspects for this season of 24:

-Steve Navarro was selling secrets himself, realized he was close to getting caught, and used Adam/Chuck as a fall guy.

-Jordan Reed had the hots for Sarah/Kate and framed her husband to get him out of the way. This also explains why Jordan thinks he has a chance with her: if she could fall for one tech nerd analyst (Chuck/Adam), why not Jordan as well?

-Erik Ritter wanted Sarah/Kate's job and framed her husband to discredit her so he could replace her.

This is why Kate looks EXACTLY like Sarah, has the same skills and occupation (even the same organization, the CIA) as Sarah, and why her last name is Morgan! It's awesome: we now get to see what happens to Sarah after the Chuck series is over!

[MR2 Fan]

I watched the 6 hour History Channel special "The World Wars"...very nicely done, and I learned a lot of things, but at the end of the 3rd part (3 part special), they had a commercial...watch the Extended Version next week on History 2.......bastards.

[overpowered]

And in last night's episode of 24, it was revealed to the audience that Kate Morgan's husband WAS set up.

[KillerB]

I just demolished Season 2 of Orange is the New Black in three days. It was awesome.

[Leon]

Suggestions for a goodish 30 minute comedy?

I'm missing my sit com fix at the moment, and need to fill that particular niche.

[overpowered]

http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/legend-of-korra-book-3-official-trailer.html

[George]

Fans of the original 1960s Star Trek series will enjoy this: www.startrekcontinues.com.

I think it's pretty much the best use of the internet, ever.

[Leon]

Silicon Valley : good
Beta's : good
Deadbeat : pretty good so far
The IT Crowd : actual crying with laughter

[overpowered]

True Blood is coming back for its final season this Sunday.

HBO GO has been handy. I just watched the last episode of last season to refresh my memory of where they were in the story.

[Yw-slayer]

George, cool site though I haven't watched any of the episodes yet. Having said that:


Volunteering for Night Shift leads to fun for three crewmen who are interrupted by an unexpected Captain Kirk.

When the Enterprise receives a delivery from Starfleet, Scotty introduces some new technology to Kirk and McCoy.

.... sound too much like the intro to some, uh, "revealing" slash fanfic.

[George]

Heh. Yes it does.

Pardon me if you're a hardcore Trekker and know this already, but for casual fans who might not remember every episode from the original series, I recommend watching these to understand what's going on in Star Trek Continues Episodes 1 and 3.

Watch "Who Mourns for Adonais?" from the original series before watching STC Episode 1 "Pilgrim of Eternity".

Trivia: The same guest star is in both episodes, filmed some 45 years apart.

Watch the original series episode "Mirror, Mirror" before watching STC Episode 3, "Fairest Of Them All"

This is probably more important than the one above because if you don't know what happened in MM, FOTA could potentially baffle the viewer.

STC Episode 2, "Lolani", is a great stand-alone story with a classic Star Trek plot with a moral dilemma. There's no homework assignment for this one, nor for the vignettes.

[speedpimp]

Trailer Park Boys: Live In Fuckin' Dublin. Bubbles actually has a decent singing voice.

[Freude am Fahren]

Finally of around to watching the first episode of Sherlock on Netflix. It was very good. Can't wait to finish the whole first series.

[Jason]

Season 1 and 2 are fantastic... Season 3 was a little flat, imo.

Gonna check out this Penny Dreadful series... Mostly because Eva Green.

[Freude am Fahren]

Saw the first episode. I did like it, but never got around to watching other ones yet. I don't get Sho Anytime with my provider, and didn't think to add it to my DVR.

[sandydandy]

Started watching Suits. First episode was fantastic. Sharp and witty dialog, great setting, and likeable characters. Interesting so far. Let's see how it goes.

[Alan P]

Watched first Episode of 'The Last Ship'. actually wanted them to get off the ship as it could have opened up a lot of avenues. There's only so much you can do on a boat but the final scene was interesting. I was expecting Mutiny but no doubt that will happen at some point.

Will watch epi 2.

[Kchrpm]

Transformers Age of Extinction is even more of an extended music video than I expected. I mean, the movies have always been basically just excuses to cut together major CGI set pieces, and I didn't expect much if anything more, but this one seemed even more ridiculous.

But the CGI set pieces were arguably even better.

It's not a movie I would see again, and if I had paid full price for the ticket I might say I regretted it. But $4 after voucher was not bad for packing in that many crazy action scenes.

[overpowered]

Season 3 of Legend of Korra started off well.

[thesameguy]

I've spent the last two weeks doing doggy daycare, and it makes it very difficult to focus on anything. Plus, she isn't very mobile so I've spent an extraordinary amount of time in front of he TV. I've watched more television in the last two weeks than I have in the last five years combined.

I plowed through:

Orphan Black - Amazon Prime now has (or maybe has for a while) a client on the x360 which makes using it for streaming *really* convenient. Orphan Black came recommended to me, and I gotta say it's quite good. I feel like its goodness may be unraveling a little - the scale of the conflict is growing too large - but the characters are fun and interesting and Tatiana Maslany is so good it's worth watching on a purely technical level.

Under the Dome - The girl is a huge Stephen King nut (has a Dark Tower-related tattoo) so we watch this. Pretty meh - seemed really derivative of something that I can't name.

Wilfred - Only watched a handful of episodes, but pretty fun on the whole.

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 - I think this is the only network show I've watched since Lost, and the only sitcom I've watched since the '90s. It's tasteless and wrong. And hilarious. The first episode came on really strong, but it mellowed out just a little. It's 22 minutes per episode, and I gotta say a pretty awesome filler if you just need to kill some time.

[novicius]

Yeah, my girl put a few eps of DTtBiA23 on for us a few weeks back. I immediately felt that the June Colburn character was the titular bitch. :lol:

Also Krysten Ritter is pretty much at the top of my "Would Love To Old-Guy-Creep-On" list. :up: :up:

[thesameguy]

No argument on Ms. Ritter, who is probably why I even turned it on. She makes for a wonderful sociopath. Top notch. The fact that she spends the entire show in tight minidresses doesn't hurt. There are only 40 episodes, so like 13 hours. Knocked it out this weekend, which is disgusting.

[Freude am Fahren]

Californication had it's season finale last night. wrapped up pretty good. They didn't try to overdo it like a lot of shows do. Just a solid ending. Helped by the final shot before fade to black while Rocket Man plays:

http://www.freudeamfoto.com/gtx/cali.jpg

[Leon]

Bitch in 23 was absolutely brilliant. Again, it is one of those programming decisions to cancel that I am unlikely to ever forgive.

Under the Dome is just Lost again. I've stopped watching it, and I will only watch it again *if* they actually start getting to the f**king point, rather than just giving you endless sidetracks, subplots and red herrings. I'd actually rate it as being very nearly unwatchable.

[Alan P]

Watched first Episode of 'The Last Ship'. actually wanted them to get off the ship as it could have opened up a lot of avenues. There's only so much you can do on a boat but the final scene was interesting. I was expecting Mutiny but no doubt that will happen at some point.

Will watch epi 2.

Epi 2 watched and it's actually looking quite good so far. Nothing too cringe worthy. Will be watching Ep. 3.

[FaultyMario]

Tatiana Maslany's a fit bird.





Orphan Black - Tatiana Maslany is so good it's worth watching on a purely technical level.


I know, Brah!

[Freude am Fahren]

Just finished the third series of Sherlock. Such a good show. Can't wait for the next series.

I love this TV movie style of show. Really allows a high quality, well thought out product.

Fargo kind of did a version of it here this year too.

BTW, Martin Freeman should get two Emmys, one for Fargo, and one for Sherlock. Could he have been nominated for both in the same category?

[overpowered]

Why does everyone on 24 pronounce "nuclear" as "nucular"? It's seriously annoying.

[Yw-slayer]

I thought all Republicans pronounced it that way.

[George]

If so, they learned it from Jimmy Carter.

[SportWagon]

It was Eisenhower who used it first, wasn't it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucular

definitely says he used it first. Oh, but, I see, Carter was not a Republican. But Eisenhower most definitely was.

Edit:

In summary, there are various explanations for why this particular peculiar pronunction for this spectacular molecular phonomenon entered the popular vernacular.

[George]

Interesting, SW. I wasn't alive when Ike was president but I sure remember hearing Jimmy Carter say it.

I am surprised and impressed that the word has its own wikipedia page!

[SportWagon]

I guess I was alive when Ike was president, but I didn't pay much attention to American politics. Nor pronunciation. I vaguely remember my mother trying to encourage me to make a distinction between "draw" and "drawer", but that was probably after his term.

And also, I realize that, strangely, "vernacular" isn't really part of the popular vernacular, is it?

[thesameguy]

I think it's nukular, like of or pertaining to nukes. :assclown:

In other news, season 2 of Hemlock Grove. Surprising quantity of both bloody and tits, sometimes together. Well done, Netflix.