I'm Gonna Ramble On... (Movies/TV/Books version)

[I steal cable]

They're not coming for us, are they Hurley?

[Canuck]

I don't know Mary, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

[Second City Saint]

SNL is airing a sports themed special tomorrow night. If you didn't see Peyton Manning or LeBron James on it before, make it a point to watch.

[thegoat]

Hahaha, why would you need to follow up on the Gladiator storyline?

Surely he could have changed a few details and character names and he could have come up with his own original movie?

Clearly he didn't just write a new Gladiator on a whim cos he thought the first one was so good. After the Proposition came out he was asked to submit as script for a follow up to Gladiator that was in consideration. His script was frankly a bit mental though.

[Marlon Dingle]

I just watched The Proposition, great movie. :yes:

[Keano's Magic Hat]

Scorcese has hinted at a sequel to Taxi Driver, with Robert De Niro reprising his role as Travis Bickle! :shocked:

What's worrying, though, is that Lars Von Trier is said to be co-directing :no::no:

[Fro]

A quick google search yielded more results about how the rumor is false than the rumor itself, so I don't think you need to worry.

Awful idea even if Scorsese does it himself, though.

Btw people still can't spell his name right ffs

[Keano's Magic Hat]

Yeah, I always end up spelling his name wrong. Sorry, boss.

[Fro]

One more screwup like that and you're shitcanned.

Seriously though it's misspelled 50% of the time I see it on the internet.

[Keano's Magic Hat]

His parents spelt it wrong, therein lies the problem.

[Guy]

http://www.joblo.com/a-taxi-driver-reboot

A bit of info on it

[Guy]

http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=30959

So in this link there's a video of an interview of Bruce Willis during the promo for Cop Out.

In which he mentions to hopefully be shooting a Die Hard 5 next year!?!.

Now obviously this is nothing but words at the moment, but I'd happily watch another Die Hard as I'm a sucker for these kind of things.

Thoughts?

[Atty]

If so, can it please be R this time? Thanks.

[Guy]

There is a superior unrated version of 4.0 you know.

[Canuck]

Another Die Hard would be amazing.

[IB]

Another Die Hard would be amazing.



That is a series that has only gotten better with age.

Die Hard 3 & 4 are easily the most original and best in the series.

I'm up for another one at this point. :yes:

[Canuck]

Nah, the original is probably the best. 1>3>4>2 with 3 and 4 switching periodically.

[BBF]

Most shows are back this week, aren't they?

House, Office, Modern Family?

[Simon]

They're all back on the 11th apart from Modern Family IIRC, which is back on the 3rd. It's because of the Winter Olympics apparently, which is fucking stupid. Dozy Yanks.

30 Rock, Modern Family, The Office, Parks & Recreation and Better Off Ted, greatness.

[BBF]

You missed Cougar Town there :$

[Marlon Dingle]

Flash Forward is back on the 18th. :no:

[IB]

No Glee until April :(

[Jimmy Zero]

That is a series that has only gotten better with age.

Die Hard 3 & 4 are easily the most original and best in the series.

Oh come ON, man. Not even close.

The first is so far ahead of the other ones, it's not even funny. 2 sucks, but 3 and 4 are cool, but the first Die Hard still pisses all over those other 3.

[IB]

I do love the first one but part 4 was beyond expectations

[Beefy]

Four was decent, but Die Hard is just about the perfect action film. The series as a whole was strong, but nothing since has come close to the original.

[Jimmy Zero]

I do love the first one but part 4 was beyond expectations

You must have had really low expectations, then.

4 was alright, but nothing spectacular. I thought it was the very definition of middle of the road action flick.

The first one is just perfect.

[Second City Saint]

South Park's back this month as well.

[Beefy]

The contrast between the two films really shows how far Hollywood has come in 25 years and why 'good' blockbusters are few and far between. The original had some cracking effects for it's time but they had to be realistic because of the technology that they were working with. But the acting, direction and script makes it a stellar film.

Die Hard 4.0 didn't have to bother with such things so instead had some ridiculous CGI every 20 minutes.

[Keano's Magic Hat]

The contrast between the two films really shows how far Hollywood has come in 25 years and why 'good' blockbusters are few and far between. The original had some cracking effects for it's time but they had to be realistic because of the technology that they were working with. But the acting, direction and script makes it a stellar film.

Die Hard 4.0 didn't have to bother with such things so instead had some ridiculous CGI every 20 minutes.

so true :(

[Guy]

The contrast between the two films really shows how far Hollywood has come in 25 years and why 'good' blockbusters are few and far between. The original had some cracking effects for it's time but they had to be realistic because of the technology that they were working with. But the acting, direction and script makes it a stellar film.

Die Hard 4.0 didn't have to bother with such things so instead had some ridiculous CGI every 20 minutes.

I dunno. Besides the ridiculous end sequence (and that one car that flies over them in the tunnel) the rest of the film seemed pretty practical

[Jimmy Zero]

The contrast between the two films really shows how far Hollywood has come in 25 years and why 'good' blockbusters are few and far between. The original had some cracking effects for it's time but they had to be realistic because of the technology that they were working with. But the acting, direction and script makes it a stellar film.

Die Hard 4.0 didn't have to bother with such things so instead had some ridiculous CGI every 20 minutes.

The bad guy in 1 is also incredible, whereas the bad guy in 4 sucks.

[IB]

I went to WalMart just now and bought a Die Hard Trilogy box set and then spent the extra cash on Part 4 as well.

I plan on watching each in succession and then coming to a thought out conclusion. I assume I love the 3 and 4 the most only because it has been......at least a decade ....since seeing 1 and 2.

I'll return to this thought then.

[Guy]

I hope you bought the unrated version of 4.

It's unbelievable the amount of people that have only see the PG-13 version

[IB]

http://i50.tinypic.com/xqgy0.jpg

FOR SURE.

[Guy]

Good.

I enjoyed the fourth in the cinema granted. But it was music to my ears when McClane's first lines on my DVD were "Get outta the fucking car.....shut the fuck up"

And of course some blood and the full "yippie ki yay line"

[IB]

I was worried how Justin Long would fit in to a badass action movie like Die Hard but he was surprisingly good. Another surprise from the film.


Starting part 1 after wrestling tonight.

[Guy]

I just finished the first two Rambos as the quadrilogy were my first purchase with my new Blu Ray player

[IB]

I can honestly say that I have never seen a Rambo movie. :(

[Aussie_Outlaw]

...shows how far Hollywood has come in 25 years and why 'good' blockbusters are few and far between.

Really? Hollywood is still churning out 2-3 good blockbusters each season which is roughly at the same pace as they've roughly always been. Sure there's a few good years and a few bad years, but it's roughly consistent.

If there's an argument to be made it's the amount of sequels compared to previously.

If you look at the last year we have (depending on people's taste of course) Avatar, Star Trek, Harry 6, 2012, Up, Transformers, Watchmen, Terminator 4, etc

It's not like we don't get huge Blockbusters, but I'm thinking it's more a perception thing. If you go back the last few years we have Pirates, Harry, LOTR, Spiderman, Batman etc (all Huge Blockbuster series). Sure they vary in quality but if you start to group decades the 00's or 90's are not really worse than the 70's, 80's, 60's.

[IB]

I saw the preview for Iron Man 2 during Shutter Island. There is the next huge blockbuster alright. It looks really *really* fucking good.

Mickey Rourke's bad ass bad guy and Tony Stark is even smarmier than before.

I haven't looked forward to a sequel this bad since Dark Knight.


Blockbusters def. still exist. Avatar & Nicolas Cage agree with me.

[IB]

I still call Roseanne my favorite "family" type show in syndication...ever.

[EdgeHead469]

Everybody Loves Raymond > Rosie.

[Fro]

Cosby Show

[IB]

R u serious!? The Cosby Show is totally dated. Roseanne is perfect and timeless.


Everybody Loves Raymond is good....But it's no Connor Family.

[Jimmy Zero]

Wow, calling the Cosby Show dated and then espousing love for Roseanne is rather odd. I like both shows, but they're both very clearly snapshots of a particular time and place. I think Cosby and Roseanne are dated as hell. I like the Cosby show better, ultimately. I liked it more than Roseanne when I was a kid, too.

[VanillaJello]

Cosby Show is hilarious.

I also like Everybody Loves Raymond.

Never got into Roseanne.

[IB]

Been watching Roseanne all morning and the storylines going on inside the shows are not dated in the least. What do you consider dated besides some of the clothes/hair styles....The stories themselves are very real in many respects.

[Guy]

Everybody Loves Raymond is barely a comedy

[Jimmy Zero]

Been watching Roseanne all morning and the storylines going on inside the shows are not dated in the least. What do you consider dated besides some of the clothes/hair styles....The stories themselves are very real in many respects.

Then how on earth is the Cosby show dated? What do YOU consider dated? Roseanne's show, throughout it's entire run, but especially the older the show got, had TONS of pop culture references to specific events and people of the time period.

The Cosby show never really did that. Sure, they had guest stars, but, other than Stevie Wonder, most of them were some kind of friend/relative of the Cosbys.

How are the stories any less real on Cosby than on Roseanne?

[EdgeHead469]

Actually, I take that back. Married with Children rules ALL. :yes:

[Guy]

So remember when McG was going to Americanise SPACED without the permission of Pegg, Wright or Hynes?

Well Pegg dug up a clip of the pilot recently:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDsdBB1LUto&feature=player_embedded

[Aussie_Outlaw]

That's a bizarre accent from Josh Lawson.

[son_of_foley]

Why can't those americans get their own run of the mill shit comedy ehh?

[Simon]

Spaced was pretty hugely overrated. Still some great moments but it was all style and little substance.

[IB]

Then how on earth is the Cosby show dated? What do YOU consider dated? Roseanne's show, throughout it's entire run, but especially the older the show got, had TONS of pop culture references to specific events and people of the time period.

The Cosby show never really did that. Sure, they had guest stars, but, other than Stevie Wonder, most of them were some kind of friend/relative of the Cosbys.

How are the stories any less real on Cosby than on Roseanne?



No family, especially modern families, act the way the Cosby's did. It is like watching something from another dimension. At least to me.

[Beefy]

Just when you thought that Hollywood had run out of 25 year old ideas to recycle:

Police Academy 'to be relaunched' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8553515.stm)

[I steal cable]

Police Academy 8 - Mean Streets Of Baltimore

the rag tag group of misfit police officers look to take down the big evil drug ring whilst fighting the system within

[RabidWookie]

haha, how the hell did Josh Lawson get into that pilot? Especially with that accent!

[Jimmy Zero]

Been on a MAJOR Firefly kick the last few days.

I forgot how amazingly perfect this show is. It's seriously borderline criminal that it wasn't given a few seasons to really evolve into something incredible.

Does anyone know if there are any plans to do a blu ray release of the series? I know there's one of Serenity, but I haven't seen or heard anything about a high def version of the series.

[Vice]

It's been on Blu-Ray since late 2008. :p

http://www.amazon.com/Firefly-Complete-Blu-ray-Nathan-Fillion/dp/B001EN71CW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1269831566&sr=8-1

[Jimmy Zero]

Well that's just fucking awesome, that is.

[Aussie_Outlaw]

The biggest problem with Firefly is that after 3 days you run out of episodes... I think I've seen the entire thing 3-4 times. Though after a run-through I won't feel like going through it again for a while since it's so short.


And if Firefly took off we'd never get that ambitious but ultimately mediocre Dollhouse.

[Badger]

Happened to come across Trigger Happy TV while at a friend's house last weekend, forgot how funny this was.

The giant mobile phone never gets old, and when Joly asks for directions with a giant poster of himself which says "DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN!"

[Beefy]

Lads, I'm almost ashamed to admit this but I've never really seen Blade Runner. I mean, I watched it when I was a kid (maybe 11 or 12) and found it pretty slow and too dark for my tastes back then. I've been meaning to watch it since because I have no doubt that I'd love it now. I mean it stars one of my favourite actors and is directed by one of my favourite Directors.

Anyway, I picked up the five disk Ultimate set in HMV earlier. It's got four versions of the film - the US & International Theatrical versions, the 1992 Directors Cut and the recent Final Cut. I've heard the Final Cut is very different to the other versions so which one do those who have seen them recommend that I start with?

[Second City Saint]

The order you typed them in.

[Mik]

Lads, I'm almost ashamed to admit this but I've never really seen Blade Runner. I mean, I watched it when I was a kid (maybe 11 or 12) and found it pretty slow and too dark for my tastes back then. I've been meaning to watch it since because I have no doubt that I'd love it now. I mean it stars one of my favourite actors and is directed by one of my favourite Directors.

Anyway, I picked up the five disk Ultimate set in HMV earlier. It's got four versions of the film - the US & International Theatrical versions, the 1992 Directors Cut and the recent Final Cut. I've heard the Final Cut is very different to the other versions so which one do those who have seen them recommend that I start with?


Just watch the original theatrical.

[Beefy]

Really? Deliberately bad voiceover, happy ending and all?

[Mik]

Yup.

[Morrison]

i'd suspect the original theatrical and the final cut are really the only ones worth watching. the first director's cut wasn't entirely supervised by scott, whereas the final cut was. the international version just has more violence and some more action shots, from what i read.

[Alf]

Sixth Sense is on. Fuck me what a cracking film.

[Keano's Magic Hat]

Good call, Alf.

[Mik]

People ended up underrating it due to thinking that it was just all about the twist. It was a really well written and acted atmospheric film. Just a shame that Shayamalan simply rinsed and repeated the formula from then on.

[Alf]

Just that last bit with him and his mother, and him telling her about her mother saying she watched her dance. Lovely. Her acting there is superb.

I loved unreakable too.

And I did like The Village a lot.

[Jimmy Zero]

Unbreakable is an incredible movie.

Even though it's not actually based on a comic book, it's one of the best "comic book" movies out there.

[Alf]

Oh I'd say it's in my top 3 superhero movies.

I just love all of it. I love when he realises what he is and what he can do with it... and the reveal that Mr Glass is his nemesis is brilliant.

[Mik]

Should've stuck with the plans to make it a trilogy. It was about 5 years before its time.

[Jimmy Zero]

This used to be a very active thread...

Anyways, currently watching Ocean's Twelve. Vincent Cassel is in it, who I think is great. Watching it, I noticed that he's an equally effective actor with the English language as he is in his native language, which I personally think is quite impressive.

It's so often the other way around, or at least I feel like it is. Penelope Cruz and Audrey Tautou, off the top of my head, are two actresses who I think are phenomenal in their native Spanish and French movies, but are really bland boring actresses when doing an English language movie.

[Beefy]

Quite a respectful piece from The Guardian about WWE's efforts to get into Movies:

How Wrestling is taking over the movies (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/02/wrestling-movies)

[mth]

Good article, though I caught a mistake:

WWE's four break-out co-productions – The Scorpion King (2002), The Rundown (2003), Walking Tall (2004) and Behind Enemy Lines (2009) – all had Johnson in the starring role.

[Beefy]

http://www.aintitcool.com/images2009/bttfposter.jpg

I'm not going to lie. I just got an erection. Which will be awkward when I leave work in a few moments.

[Chris]

I can't wait - it'll be amazing to see that in the cinema, after watching it on TV or DVD for as long as I can remember.

I wish they would reissue more films like that. In 2008, the Odeon over here ran a "Flashback" season of films on Monday nights. Mondays never suited which was disappointing. I just searched for the article and this was the line-up.

Oct 27th - Jaws
Nov 3rd - The Terminator
Nov 10th - St Elmos Fire
Nov 17th - Back to the future
Nov 24th - Pretty in Pink
Dec 1st - Pulp Fiction
Dec 8th - Jurassic Park
Dec 15th - Reservoir Dogs

I was so annoyed that I couldn't see Back to the Future and Jurassic Park, so it's great that I've got a second chance with the former.

[Beefy]

Yeah they did something similar in Southend about 18 months ago. I saw BTTF then but it was on the smallest screen in the cinema (as it was a free showing) and it was being played off of a DVD which skipped a couple of times.

[Beefy]

How proud must you be to get your own imdb page?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1856457/

[Fro]

Ok I have a question. I've noticed recently that when I'm looking up movie showtimes they have separate listings for Digital Projection showtimes. You can click on more info and it says this:

Digital Projection applies for all shows that are projected digitally rather than using conventional film. Digitally projected shows use one of several different technologies to provide maximum fidelity: a picture with impressive clarity, brilliance and color and a lack of scratches, fading and flutter.

So which is better, regular film or digital projection? And is there a noticable difference?

[Morrison]

obviously depends on what your definition of 'better' is. if you're looking for crystal clear picture, like an HD tv or a blu-ray, digital would be your answer. conventional film seems like more of a 'purist' choice, since it provides some charm that digital purposefully removes, like the scratches and the like.

neither can actually be called better, conclusively, to be honest.

[VanillaJello]

Catching up on my reading.

Just finished

Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510VA307VIL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg

Lots of depressing stuff in this one, especially the description of Pat dying/after death... but it's worth it if you want a gritty portrayal of how messed up people can get when the shit hits the fan and you're in a firefight.

The guy that wrote it, also wrote Into the Wild.

Worth the read.

[I steal cable]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11498081

will they have to sell the lion?

[Atty]

http://www.aintitcool.com/images2009/bttfposter.jpg

I'm not going to lie. I just got an erection. Which will be awkward when I leave work in a few moments.

I haven't been in this thread in a long time but, scrolling down, I had the same reaction when I got to the back in cinemas part. Can't wait. I can vaguely remember going to see 2 & 3 with my dad and will love getting to do that with the first.


I grew up on Back To The Future—so excited. :hyper:

[turdpower]

I went to see The Other Guys yesterday and didn't really expect much, but I bloody enjoyed it.

Every critic seemed to focus on the weird end credits, but everyone just basically got up to leave straight away and I didn't really look at it.

[Beer-Belly]

EXCLUSIVE: Hot Tub Time Machine director Steve Pink will helm the remake of The Toxic Avenger, which he'll write with Daniel C. Mitchell. Deadline revealed last April that remake rights to the Troma Films seminal title were acquired by producers Akiva Goldsman, Richard Saperstein and Charlie Corwin. That package was expansive and included the 1984 original, four sequels, an animated TV series and comic books. Corwin's Original Media, which is a partnership with Dutch reality TV maker Endemol, is funding development of what the makers call an environmentally-conscious action-comedy. In the original, the protagonist is a mop-wielding simpleton named Melvin, whose trusting ways made him easy prey for gym thugs who tossed him into a vat of toxic waste. The transformation into Toxie didn't help his complexion, but gave him rippling muscles to wreak havoc on New Jersey polluters. The byproduct was that despite his misshapen appearance, the chicks finally dig Melvin after a lifetime of being ignored.

"The Toxic Avenger is exactly what the country--wait, that's not big enough--what the world needs right now," said Pink, who also directed Accepted and whose scripting credits include Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity. Kerry Foster, who runs Goldsman's Weed Road, is executive producer with Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, the Troma proprietors who created Toxic Avenger. Shara Kay is co-producer. WME made Pink's deal.FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUU!

The Toxic Avenger has nothing to do with being environmental friendly. He doesn't "wreak havoc on polluters". He fights criminals and slaughters them. What the fuck? Plus, it's PG-13 and produced by Akiva "Batman & Robin" Goldsman. Yikes. Fuck Troma for selling out, and fuck Hollywood for desecrating a cult icon.

[Jimmy Zero]

Wow, for once I agree with your vitriol. How anyone can watch The Toxic Avenger and think it's about being environmentally aware is really beyond me. He wreaked havoc on rapists and murderers, not polluters. That's just awful.

[Beer-Belly]

I think I've toned down the nastiness.

But this kind of thing just drives me up the wall. There's nothing Hollywood about Toxie. It's as anti-Hollywood as you can get. It's one of the legendary, do-it-yourself, low budget masterpieces. Basically, if you want to make a movie on a limited budget that's completely out there, Toxic Avenger shows you that it's possible if you are resourceful and determined.

I'd like to think that if I were Lloyd Kaufman, I wouldn't sell the rights to the Toxic Avenger to anyone. Maybe some of the other Troma properties (which Kaufman has already done) if I were in a financial pinch, but not Toxie.

[Jimmy Zero]

They're basically turning Toxie into Captain freaking Planet. Are they going to have a bunch of lame little kids with gay rings and a monkey following him around? This is so lame. And making it PG-13? This whole remake REEKS of failure. This thing will make less money than the movie that just came out with the Big Show.

[Beer-Belly]

That's what I immediately thought: "Was Captain Planet too expensive, guys?"

Sadly, it could end up making a decent amount of money. I'd love to see it crash and burn, but if it has a big studio promoting it (and Akiva Goldsman has enough cash and credibility to make that a certainty), it will likely make it's money back.

[Guy]

YouTube - NEW Official Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides Trailer -- Official Disney UK Trailer

Well here we go again..

[Mik]

It looks alright.

[Tim]

So I've been hearing a lot lately about the Beatles with the anniversary of Lennons death, and the release of their songs on Itunes, and I decided that I'd try and look up their songs to see maybe if I could get into their music now that I'm older. I did a generic search on youtube for their greatest hits and ofcourse a million songs came up and I picked through a few and nothing held my attention.

Is there an album, or song/s that I should start with that might be more appealing to someone who's only 24? Or some songs that pretty much appeal to all ages? I know I've heard a lot of their songs but I'm sure there's a lot that I haven't heard. I feel like a douche everytime people rave about them and I just shrug and say I don't see what's so great.

[son_of_foley]

They have an albums called 1 or something which is their number 1's. That's a small subset of the greatest hits.

[Beefy]

Did anyone else spend a huge chunk of their childhood playing the Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone 'Fighting Fantasy' books? Because I saw this this morning:

www.houseofhellmovie.com

[Beefy]

So no one else played these things? Warlock of Firetop Mountain? Scorpion Swamp? Deathtrap Dungeon? Nothing?

I hate you all.

[I steal cable]

HELP

ok, so this has been killing me from the inside

I'm trying to remember a film/tv show where the man is going away somewhere so leaves like a shit load of dog food all opened in the kitchen. He then expects the dog to ration it or something like that.

help?

[son_of_foley]

Yes no problem. Todd Margaret did this for a cat. For a dog I'll need to think some more

[I steal cable]

ahahahahaha yes that's it

dunno why I thought it was a dog - twas drunk when I watched it

i love you :heart:

[son_of_foley]

Why thank you

[Fro]

The new show Workaholics on comedy central is pretty great from the two episodes I've seen... check it out.

[Fro]

Leonardo DiCaprio is in talks to join the cast of Quentin Tarantino's Western, "Django Unchained," The Wrap reports.

The film is said to follow a German dentist who becomes a bounty hunter and helps a freed slave named Django rescue his wife from plantation owner Calvin Candie. Christoph Waltz, who took home an Oscar in 2010 for his supporting role in Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds," has been confirmed for the role of the German doctor, Dr. Schultz. DiCaprio is rumored to be the front-runner to play a villainous plantation owner, but the report has not been confirmed.

Will Smith and Idris Alba are reportedly being considered for the role of Django, while Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to play Stephen, the head house slave at Candie's plantation.

DiCaprio was originally in consideration for Waltz's Oscar-winning role in "Inglourious Basterds." The actor has been nominated for three Oscars for his work in "Blood Diamond," "The Aviator" and "What's Eating Gilbert Grape." DiCaprio has also been nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards and won one in 2005 for "The Aviator."

DiCaprio will next appear in "J. Edgar," in which he will play FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. The film is slated for release on Dec. 14, 2011. He will also portray Jay Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby" opposite Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan.

In May, the script for "Django Unchained" leaked online and received mixed reviews from fans, according to Vanity Fair . The film is slated for a 2013 release.



This sounds absolutely immense.

:hyper:

[Cewsh]

I would love to see Will Smith get that role. He's never done anything that gritty and i'd be fascinated to see where he went with it.

[Jimmy Zero]

Agreed 100% on the Fresh Prince. He's got far too much talent to continually be in the most banal shit imaginable. I'd LOVE to see him finally get his hands dirty.

[Fro]

Agreed. I'd also like to see Leo get to play a villain - can't recall him ever doing that before. If he gets it it means he will have worked with basically every great director of this era - Scorsese, Eastwood, Tarantino, Cameron, Spielberg, Nolan and Boyle.

[KorruptJustice]

Agreed with Fro. I love the idea of DiCaprio playing a villain. As for Will Smith...well, I definitely wouldn't complain if he got the part and like others have said I'd be intrigued by him doing something so much more gritty than his typical roles, but at the same time...it's fucking Stringer Bell, man! How can you not want to see Idris Elba being directed by Tarantino?

Whichever way the casting goes, I'm eager for more info on this one.

[Fro]

I just listened to Michael K. Williams (Omar from The Wire) being interviewed by Kevin Smith and his wife on their podcast network and he said he's also gunning for the role of Django. That would be amazing.

It's a great interview btw and he goes through everything in his career including a lot of Wire reminiscing.

http://traffic.libsyn.com/plusoneperdiem/plusoneperdiem-20110513.mp3

He comes on about an hour in.

[Guy]

For fuck's sake, what is wrong with the people that put DVD's/Blu-Ray's together.

The Evil Dead is out on Blu Ray, which is all well and good except that Blu Ray release in the UK, is exactly the same as the US release except that the US gets the choice of two aspect ratios, one for the original way the movie was filmed, and the other for the cropped version shown in cinemas. The UK... well they're forced with the cropped theatrical look.

I mean what's the point in that?

Army of Darkness has been released over here, except it's a remaster of the US cut, and the UK cut is included...as a regular DVD much like the one I already own...on regular DVD.

The Warriors is released only in the director's cut with those horrid comic book panels which I once didn't think were too bad but have since come to realise are fucking horrid since re-watching the theatrical version a few times. This is a release that could've easily been done as a branching version instead of having to completely upgrade to separate versions of a film.

Die Hard 4.0 only gets a release of the theatrical version on Blu Ray and not the superior R-Rated cut that was released on DVD at the same time that the original was released on both DVD AND Blu Ray. So it's not as if any extra effort would had to have been put into releasing the R-Rated on Blu Ray at the same time.

I'm annoyed.

[Fro]

So it looks like Jamie Foxx got the lead in Django Unchained over Will Smith and Idris Alba. Wouldn't be my first choice but he can certainly act so it should work just fine. DiCaprio is apparently official now too. This movie will be so fucking immense.

[Cewsh]

God dammit.

Jamie Fox is a miserable actor.

[Fro]

I wouldn't say that. I'd say he's a good-not-great actor. He's held his own many a time.

[Cewsh]

What's many a time?

Ray, Collateral and what else?

[Fro]

Ali, Any Given Sunday

Haven't seen The Soloist

[Guy]

Can't say I was too bothered about the idea of the film in the first place.

[Cewsh]

I would definitely give you Ali, where he played out of type very well. But Any Given Sunday was a really throwaway performence and that wasn't much of a stretch for him to play.

I definitely overstated his badness, and I appreciate that he plays outside of type so often and effectively, but its such a disappointment to see him in a movie like this, when there were so many more interesting options.

[Guy]

Yea well Tarantino's last film starred Eli Roth...so y'know.

[Delta Devil]

Jamie's not a bad actor by any stretch. But he still bothers me... a lot.

[Jimmy Zero]

Yea well Tarantino's last film starred Eli Roth...so y'know.

Bullshit. He didn't star in it. That's like saying Daryl Hannah starred in Kill Bill.

[Mik]

Jamie Foxx is a pretty fine actor to be fair.

[Guy]

Bullshit. He didn't star in it. That's like saying Daryl Hannah starred in Kill Bill.

http://img.listal.com/image/602725/936full-inglourious-basterds-poster.jpg

[Jimmy Zero]

And?

They did that for half the characters in the movie.

Besides, it's not like Roth did a bad job.

[Fro]

Eh just depends on how you define "starred." He was the 3rd male lead in that film, probably the 4th or 5th biggest character overall.

[Guy]

I meant starred in the sense that he was chosen to be in the film, played one of the title characters and had advertisement based around him.

That's how I define starred.

[Cewsh]

Yeah, he wasn't THE star, but it is common to say that anyone prominent in a film starred in it.

[Fro]

Anyway... Tarantino put him in Death Proof too, and I thought he was fine in both of them, though he probably shouldn't quit his day job (writing/directing).

[Guy]

Also remember this is the same Tarantino that put Travolta's career back on track

[Fro]

I love Death Proof by the way. Yeah it's a QT jerk off flick but it's a whole lot of fun.

[Guy]

I haven't seen Grindhouse as it was intended, only as the two seperate flicks. From what I remember it was a shitload of girls talking around a table, one car crash, a shitload more of girls talking and then an action packed last 5 minutes.

[Fro]

That is incredibly accurate. If you don't eat up his dialogue it's probably not for you.

[Cewsh]

I loathed Death Proof when I saw it, but I haven't seen it in some time.

I just remember leaving the theater wondering what the fuck that was all about.

[Jimmy Zero]

If we're saying because he was in it, Roth starred in Inglorious Basterds, than that's fine, but it's not like it was, "Inglorious Basterds starring Eli Roth." That's all I was saying.

But, really, QT movies aren't really star driven movies, with the exception of Kill Bill. They're ensemble things where, if a person has more than 2 minutes of screen time, generally they're some how important to the overall story.

I personally loved Death Proof. I thought the car chase scenes were fucking incredible and didn't really mind the dialog, for the most part. I thought the second group of girls were awesome, but the first group's story dragged a bit too long.

[Guy]

That is incredibly accurate. If you don't eat up his dialogue it's probably not for you.

Usually I do, but I found a lot of it in Death Proof to be completely pointless.

I mean some of his best dialogue is off topic "royale with cheese" kinda stuff, but that's only when it's peppered in-between stuff that moves the plot forward, I don't remember much in the way of pushing a narrative forward in Death Proof. I mean I don't expect an epic story, or even much of a story at all really, but yea.

I could be remembering it completely wrong however.

I did enjoy seeing bad-ass Kurt Russell for a possible final time though.

[Jimmy Zero]

To be fair, Death Proof didn't have much of a plot to push forward, anyways.

[KorruptJustice]

So it looks like Jamie Foxx got the lead in Django Unchained over Will Smith and Idris Alba. Wouldn't be my first choice but he can certainly act so it should work just fine. DiCaprio is apparently official now too. This movie will be so fucking immense.

That's disappointing. Like others have said, Foxx is a fine actor (I thought he was great in Collateral), but I would have definitely preferred either Smith or Elba in the role. Still, I'm really looking forward to this movie.

Death Proof was a good movie once it switches over to the second group of girls. Up until that point it dragged quite a bit for me. I just really didn't find the dialogue very interesting in the first group, and it really dragged.

[Guy]

The Grindhouse version is about half an hour shorter, I wonder if its any better.

[I steal cable]

‪Sean Bean Death Reel‬‏ - YouTube

contains spoilers

[Mik]

Nobody dies better than Beansy.

[I steal cable]

tucker and dale vs evil.....

fucking hell


everyone needs to watch this

[Guy]

It's brilliant.

I've been waiting for its "official" release for some time.

[I steal cable]

ahaaha

make a thread about this film

i'm drunk atm and can't stop laughing

why haven't I heard of it before?

[I steal cable]

I'm now watching 'The Thing' on Blu Ray

i'm so drunk it hurts

oh dear

[mr sabu]

tucker and dale vs evil.....

fucking hell


everyone needs to watch this



love that movie

[Guy]

ahaaha

make a thread about this film

i'm drunk atm and can't stop laughing

why haven't I heard of it before?

It's an independent movie that did a couple of festivals and then never got picked up/released for about a year and a half to two years.

Over here it's had very little fanfare, I don't even know if it's officially out yet and I adored it.

[Guy]

So shall I spend on either

Grindhouse - Blu Ray - Theatrical Version. Basically the way it was meant to be seen in cinema, shorter versions of the two movies with trailers in the middle

OR

Planet Terror/Death Proof - Blu Ray - Seperate versions. Buy both movies seperately, and have the long editions, but miss out on the trailers in the middle and possibly a few special features. This option also costs £3 more total (so nothing really)

[Jimmy Zero]

I'd get the separate versions, personally, but I wasn't that enamored with the whole "Grindhouse experience." I didn't give fuck one about those dumb trailers in between the movies.

[Chris]

So according to Steven Spielberg at Comic-Con, Jurassic 4 is on the way.


JURASSIC PARK 4?!? An audience member really wanted to know if there was another Jurassic Park in the works. Spielberg said they have an idea, a writer has been hired and a script is being developed right now. Hopefully we’ll be seeing the movie in theaters in the next 2-3 years.
:hyper: I wonder what direction they'll take it. I love the films, though the first is still firmly the best. The ending to Jurassic Park 3 really annoyed me - spoilers: The film just stops dead in its tracks with the marines suddenly arriving on the beach.

[Jimmy Zero]

It'll probably be some bullshit where the retardedly advanced Raptors go from opening doors to verbal communication to hacking the Pentagon's computer network.

[Vice]

I'm looking forward to it just to see how awful the CG will most likely be. It'll be fun to go back and watch the first one which will be two decades old and made with probably a quarter of the budget, and it will look 3,000 times better. But that's just me.

[KorruptJustice]

I wish I could care about Jurassic Park 4, cause I loved the first one, but 2 and 3 were fucking horrible, and it will take a lot to convince me that another one will be any better.

[mth]

I'm totally down for a JP4. Rewatched the first a few months back for the first time in ages. Haven't seen the other two in forever...but I love me some dinosaurs and wouldn't mind seeing them on the big screen again...hopefully not simply rendered in CGI.

[Guy]

I like the first, think the second is ok and actually genuinely enjoy the third for what it is, which is due popcorn dinosaur silliness.

Also this happens in part 2

‪Jurassic Park 2 Velociraptor scene‬‏ - YouTube

Gymnastic raptor fighting...

[Rip]

I'm totally down for a JP4. Rewatched the first a few months back for the first time in ages. Haven't seen the other two in forever...but I love me some dinosaurs and wouldn't mind seeing them on the big screen again...hopefully not simply rendered in CGI.

Some of the anamatronics they used in the Walking with Dinosaurs tour could blend in really well, we were lucky enough to be in one of the local shopping centres when they took a couple of the raptors there as a promo for it, got to meet them face to face and they are bloody brilliant close up.

[Beefy]

The second and third JP films were fine. Nothing special but certainly not as bad as they could have been.

[MikeHunt]

has anyone seen the trailer for homelands? it looks amazing. i would post it but im at work.

[Fro]

Just finished watching both seasons of Party Down. Great show. I thought the second season wouldn't be as good without Jane Lynch but Megan Mullally was actually a great replacement, and she did her own thing instead of just trying to be Lynch's character.

[I steal cable]

25 Greatest Unscripted Scenes in Films - YouTube

[Guy]

http://www.cosplayisland.co.uk/files/costumes/3228/27790/Die%20Hard%20With%20A%20Vengeance1.jpg


I mostly thought DIE HARD 5 would be one of those sequels that we keep talking about - like an INDIANA JONES 5 - and the talent keeps talking about but no one really wants and would never happen. But DIE HARD 5 is actually happening. That much was made abundantly clear this morning as Fox announced a release date of February 14, 2013 for A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD.

Where to begin?

First, yes, that is the new title. I'd speculate on what it means or if it makes any sense by DIE HARDER meant nothing and made absolutely no sense. At least with LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD it was released right around the 4th of July holiday and that sort of made sense in the weird DIE HARD way of things. Shouldn't NO day be a good day to die hard? Isn't the whole point of the movies that John McClane is mostly miserable doing this? Whether it's his distant wife, a hangover headache or Dennis Franz being a pain in the ass, the days are never good days.

Secondly, yes, DIE HARD 5 (sorry I'm already back to the working title) will be releasing on Valentine's Day.

Finally, yes, February 14, 2013 is a Thursday.

I'm not sure what to make of a DIE HARD movie getting released on Valentine's Day. It's...interesting? I already applaud any guy who can convince his wife or girlfriend that's an acceptable way to spend V-Day.

According to Slashfilm, the film will follow McClane as he travels to Moscow to bail out his son, John, Jr., from a Russian prison. But, as you might expect, things do not go according to plan. Unless of course, this is a father/son road trip comedy.

Filming on A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD [5] is set to begin early next year under the direction of John Moore (THE OMEN, BEHIND ENEMY LINES).

I'm worried about the director, but everything else I'm fine with. Even the Moscow bit.


Also do we have a news & notes thread in this forum? If not I feel like we need one, for bits and pieces like this before they become thread worthy. I know we have a comic book one.

[BBF]

I'm home with the flu at the moment (woke up last night and was boiling, proper sweats on and it was like 8 degrees here), feeling horrible but I've just exhausted stuff to watch.


If I knew for a fact I'd be off work all week I'd totally rip into 24 and watch as much as I can but I don't want to start it when it'll be broken up quite a bit.

I'm up to date on everything so I'm looking for new stuff. Whats new in the fall schedule that I might've missed, Ameriguys? I've watched 2 broke girls ( :( ) New girl (Zooey :heart: ) and I've just finished the first episode of Homeland. What else can I download and watch over the next couple of days.

[Version 6]

Get caught up on Bored to Death. 2 seasons of 8 episodes or so a piece so you should be able to knock it over pretty quickly.

[BBF]

Downloading the first season now.

Danke, Charlie.

[Hobbit]

You say everything but seemingly only about 12 people have seen Generation Kill so watch that, it's only about 7 episodes too. It's a war drama really about one of the first waves of Yank troops sent to Iraq and a journo tags along documenting it all for the eventual article the show's based on. It's amazing. Got a feeling you've seen it though or is the drink talking?

American Horror Story seems alright so far despite ticking off horror cliches as they come.

New Girl:

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m274/bekkiglittz/GIFs/XFactor/277def5a.gif

[BBF]

But....but....Zooey :ashamed:

[BBF]

Seen Generation Kill. Superb stuff.

American Horror Story is added.

[Dream-Evil]

I really dug Breakout Kings. First season is all but 13 episodes, and its been picked up for a second.

[Fro]

YESSSSS

Ben Affleck confirms Whitey Bulger film

One day after Matt Damon announced that he and Ben are bringing the Bulger story to the big screen, Affleck did speak to Deadline.com. Ben said he’ll direct, Damon will play Whitey, Casey Affleck will have a role (according to Showbiz411.com, he may play Billy Bulger), and “Boardwalk Empire” creator Terence Winter is writing. “Matt and I have been looking for something to do together for some time,” Affleck told the web site. “We’ve heard about Whitey Bulger since we were kids, and we are excited by the prospect of putting it on screen.” He said the story will tell Bulger’s story from his youth and subsequent imprisonment on Alcatraz to his tenure as a ruthless mob boss and FBI informant. Matt and Ben will produce under their Pearl Street Films banner. (Pearl Street’s Chay Carter will be executive producer.) “It’s a perfect fit of story with the ideal artists to bring that story to the screen, and it’s so great to be heading back to Boston with Ben and Matt,” Greg Silverman, Warner Bros. Pictures president of production told Deadline. Not everyone is so excited, however. Speaking to reporters at the opening of his new burger restaurant in Hingham Monday night, Mark Wahlberg, who earned an Oscar nod for his role in “The Departed,” seemed to question why anyone would try to impove upon Martin Scorsese’s screen gem. (“The Departed” is loosely based on the Bulger story, with Jack Nicholson as the mob boss.) “But who knows,” said Wahlberg. “(Damon and Affleck) are really talented.”

Bulger's story as told in Black Mass, the book this will be based on, is very different from The Departed so I don't see this being redundant. And it's a great story. Ben's proven he can make quality Boston crime movies and Matt as Whitey should be an interesting challenge for him. Plus Terrence Winter. Great news.

[The Rick]

I was dragged to In Time this weekend. I don't recommend wasting the money for this. Some of the performances were good, but nothing really stands out. The movie is preachy, but I expected that. There was one thing that really bugged the shit out of me.

don't read if you plan to go see.
How many fucking "time" one-liners can you write into a movie. "You look to be out of time" "I don't have time for this" etc... One point one of the poor people is being hassled by a thug. the person being hassled pulls out a gun and says "I finally had time to buy this" Some were obviously placed one-liners, others were from lazy writing, and some were from ordinary dialog.

[Beefy]

Quite a nice little piece on the Guardian's website this morning about Seinfeld and its legacy from a British perspective.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/apr/30/after-seinfeld-jerry-sitcom

[Slare]

Yeah very interesting piece. Strangely, I've never been able to get into Seinfeld, but love all of these shows that were influenced by it.

[Beefy]

One of the comments makes an interesting point that it's very rare to find someone who loved Seinfeld as soon as they watched it. I had to watch seven or eight episodes before I warmed to the show.

[Pete Cash]

It really is a good show. Larry David despite his obsession with clothes is a genius. It does seem to polarise people though. Especially these days. I suppose a lot of the stuff might seem conventional these days if you are watching with modern eyes but Seinfeld was what everyone else ripped off in the first place. So that is rather missing the point.

Speaking of.

I often read reviews to just scoff at the person writing them. Here is one from goodreads about Lolita.


While I will admit that Nabokov's prose is hauntingly beautiful, I found that I was unable to look beyond the pedophilia. As much as H.H. and Lolita are playing a mighty chess game of manipulation, I feel Nabokov is the biggest manipulator. He belittles the issue of pedophilia and tries to normalize such behaviors and infatuations, demanding that the reader feel sorry for or understand H.H. and his desires. I felt I was disgusted more than anything while reading.

The book is "written" by HH (i understand VN actually wrote the book but it is clear that its a discovered memoir of HH in the world of the book) and he is a horrible predator and like all predators he tries to manipulate those around him. Including the people reading the book. He does this by outright lying (as some of the scenes to me quite clearly are lies), by trying to charm the audience and by excusing his own crimes.

The book is not Vladimir Nabokov saying welp being a paedo aint that bad folks, it is a paedophile trying to excuse his own behaviour to the reader. How can anyone miss the point that badly.

Also I suspect the "manipulation" that Dolores places on HH is just more bullshit from the psychopath narrator. If you read the book a couple of times and cut through HH crap you see the exact thing Nabokov wanted you to see and its certainly not sympathy for HH

[Bert]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8HKYDpWwi0

[MikeHunt]

That looks really shit.

[Guy]

Yea it looks awful. Shame because Ayode's great.

[Mik]

I'd be surprised if it ended up being awful.

[One Man Gang]

Yea it looks awful. Shame because Ayoade's great.


Pretty much.

[MikeHunt]

I'd be surprised if it ended up being awful.

How I would say along with Sandler you have 3 of the most unfunny funny men making films right now. I 100% garuntee I could sit through this and not laugh once.

[Mik]

Well clearly the film is not made for you if you find them all to be unfunny, so you are probably right. However you dont speak for nor represent the views of everyone. Thats how.

[MikeHunt]

So you saying it won't be shit is the exact same as me saying it will.

[Mik]

Of course. I think it will get reasonably good reviews and will be commercially successful, but ultimately when it comes down to individual points of view it is subjective as always.

[The Rogerer]

Without watching the trailer I would have guessed it would probably be shit. After watching it, it looks like it could be okay, it's certainly not a Grown Ups or Couples Retreat or Zookeeper or Paul Blart Mall Cop

[Fanny]

I think Jonah Hill looks better as a big giant fatty, otherwise his face looks like it's melted and has cancer

[MikeHunt]

Of course. I think it will get reasonably good reviews and will be commercially successful, but ultimately when it comes down to individual points of view it is subjective as always.

And when did I suggest that it wouldn't get good reviews or people wouldn't think it would be good? Those people are morons, FACT! Subjective opinions obviously. However, people that indulge in these types of films are idiots and the films are always shite.

[Mik]

I guess that's the major difference then. I don't state my opinions to be fact and think that anyone with a differing opinion is a moron. That's not really being subjective.

[Beefy]

I don't think I've ever watched a comedy film and not laughed a single time. Even in the worst comedy ever there would likely be one gag which works in an hour and a half.

[The Rogerer]

I went to see Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles at the cinema, at a period where I would go a few times a week. It was god awful and I got so restless towards the end that something clicked and I started laughing so hard that I literally fell out of my chair and caused the other 3 people in the cinema to catch the laughter bug.

[MikeHunt]

I guess that's the major difference then. I don't state my opinions to be fact and think that anyone with a differing opinion is a moron. That's not really being subjective.

How many times have you told me I'm wrong and I have told you the opinion is subjective and you have continued to state I'm wrong? Plenty.

[Mik]

Yeah...that post doesn't make any sense.

[The Rogerer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdd6_ZxX8c

[MikeHunt]

Yeah...that post doesn't make any sense.

You have previously highlighted my posts which state opponions as being wrong. Which is completely contradictory of what you are doing here mik.

[Mik]

When have I stated that you are wrong?

Even if I have, my expressing of my opinion (ie that your opinion is wrong) is significantly different than claiming that anyone who has an opposing opinion to yours is a moron.

[Guy]

The film's probably going to be shit though..

[Beefy]

So I watched the first three seasons of Prison Break when they were on TV. I thought the second and third went a bit downhill and were frankly silly in places but they were still watchable. I then moved flats, didn't have Sky so never saw the last season.

I saw they were on Netflix so I've been working my way through the first three seasons again and finally watched the beginning of the fourth season tonight.

It's legitimately the worst 45 minutes of a TV show I've ever seen. I can't get my head round how bad it was. Even by Prison Break standards it was laughably unbelievable.

I feel like after sinking 45 hours into catching up with it the last four weeks I can't now stop only one new episode in, but I can't get my head around how bad that was. And I'm usually easy enough to please.

[Vice]

Fourth season has a VERY rough start, but becomes fairly watchable towards the middle/end from what I remember. Then there was that little extra 2 part episode they tacked on at the end which left one of the most sour tastes in my mouth. If you make it that far, I suggest avoiding it.

[thetony]

Might regret posting this, but is anyone into the Big Brother programs?

Been watching the UK version and the US one starts up tomorrow night.

[Guy]

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

Cautiously optimistic.

[Beefy]

Fucking hell they look so old.

[Beefy]

Fourth season has a VERY rough start, but becomes fairly watchable towards the middle/end from what I remember. Then there was that little extra 2 part episode they tacked on at the end which left one of the most sour tastes in my mouth. If you make it that far, I suggest avoiding it.

Just finished the show and am 20 minutes into the two-part extra bit. Really not seeing the point of it. I may pick it up tomorrow or may think better of it.

[Mik]

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

Cautiously optimistic.

Looks more traditional than the lat series. Still...I'll give it a watch.

[Guy]

Nevermind, put it in the cloud atlas thread instead.

[Mik]

Well I guess I will have to as well.

[Guy]

I love this Expendables 2 poster. It's so shit that it's fucking brilliant.

http://www.joblo.com/posters/images/full/expendables_two_ver21_xlg.jpg

[Jimmy Zero]

That is going to rule so hard.

[Guy]

I'm upset they didn't go with the original plan of bringing Stone Cold back as his own twin brother.

[IB_Lives]

I can't think of a sitcom (current or in recent memory) with a more successful run than How I Met Your Mother. Constantly consistent, funny, hasn't strayed from it's goal and hasn't gotten stale.

[Atty]

Friends.

[IB_Lives]

Good choice. It didn't have a "goal" per say like HIMYM but it is easily the gold standard as far as comedy sitcoms.

[son_of_foley]

I can't think of a sitcom (current or in recent memory) with a more successful run than How I Met Your Mother. Constantly consistent, funny, hasn't strayed from the current goal without getting stale.

No. Mess of a show. So fat removed from the original episodes and is clearly just a cash cow. Heavy handed melodrama punctuated only by grotesque caricatures of what started out as identifiable and relatable.

Also Ted moesby is the.single douchiest douche in tv history

[Atty]

I really hate Ted. Especially after the very end of last season. I mean, he was already by far the worst thing on the show, but that just made him such a fucktard.

[Mik]

HIMYM is amiable enough and has its funny moments, but its nothing to go into superlatives about.

[IB_Lives]

Well I don't watch much television. What do you guys recommend? (30 minute sitcoms that can be found on Netflix and is good for a watch with the misses before bed).

[Atty]

Breaking Bad.

[son_of_foley]

It feels like they got greedy realised the format of the show was short lived so abandoned it and tried to become a traditional sitcom and hope noone noticed. The mother? Err no you dont care about.that but what about Ted and robin #18859449 bleugh.

Modern family kicks.the shit out.of.it

[Atty]

Modern Family is by far the best comedy on tv.

[IB_Lives]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d6f9j7gAdY

[son_of_foley]

Also you know what show needs more love. Malcolm in the middle. Brilliant . Kinda fucked up watching breaking bad though

[IB_Lives]

Breaking Bad - The fiance started that last friday on her own. I'm gonna play catch up with her on lunch breaks. I have never heard a bad thing about this one.



Modern Family - I watched season 1 and then got too busy for TV. Looking forward to catching up with this one once it hits Netflix.

[Atty]

Also you know what show needs more love. Malcolm in the middle. Brilliant . Kinda fucked up watching breaking bad though

Haven't looked at Malcolm since it was on the air. I imagine it would be brilliant seeing Mr. White in it now.

[son_of_foley]

It's also just really funny.better than I remember

[Mik]

Well I don't watch much television. What do you guys recommend? (30 minute sitcoms that can be found on Netflix and is good for a watch with the misses before bed).

Big Bang Theory.

[IB_Lives]

Big Bang Theory.


aww I forgot about BBT. I haven't watched it in a season or so but the first 2 seasons were very good. I especially loved the comic book themed halloween costume episode.

[Cewsh]

I can't think of a sitcom (current or in recent memory) with a more successful run than How I Met Your Mother. Constantly consistent, funny, hasn't strayed from it's goal and hasn't gotten stale.

Cheers. Cheers destroys it.

[Guy]

We've just started Fraiser, having been to young to have really bothered with it on the first go around.

[IB_Lives]

Cheers. Cheers destroys it.

A show that was a little before my time as a kid and one that I have yet to get into as an adult. I believe it is on Netflix and I guess we could give it a try. My fiance is a huge MASH fan. I don't know why but I have seen a few episodes and like it but not at her level.

[Mik]

Frasier was excellent. Consistently good throughout.

[IB_Lives]

I remember watching Frasier as a kid and thinking...this show is for old people. I bet I would like it now that I live like a 50 year old.

[Guy]

Frasier was excellent. Consistently good throughout.

Yea I'm completely loving it at the moment. I'm glad to hear it keeps up because that was my main concern, with it being 10 or so seasons.

[Jimmy Zero]

Frasier was excellent. Consistently good throughout.

The Frasier character is one of my all time favorite TV characters. Great great show.

As far as shows IB can check out, give Raising Hope a try. It's on Netflix Instant and I love it. Very funny show.

[Bert]

Wilfred is the best comedy on TV. Workaholics is 2nd. Modern Family is 3rd.

[Guy]

So I watched The Expendables 2 today.

It was fucking incredible fun. Superior to the original in almost every way. Obviously not the best movie ever made, neither is it the best action movie in the world, but it IS enjoyable as heck and the cartoony camp factor goes into over-drive by the time the credits roll (much the the film's advantage). The original film seemed to take itself a tad too seriously considering the premise, but with this one having larger parts for the Schwarzenegger's, Bruce Willis' and Chuck Norris' of the world, they've decided to relax with it a bit and just have some genuine, crowd pleasing, awful one-liner spewing, self-referential fun with it all.

The opening 15 minutes pretty much blows away the first movie. The humour is ratcheted up (Dolph Lundgren somehow threatens to steal the show a whole bunch of times), they've actually attempted some genuine continuity from the previous entry (more-so the Director's Cut than the Theatrical). And throughout it all also manage to somehow give the film a bit more heart and characterisation even though it's crammed with four or five more big name actors parodying it up whenever they can. JCVD plays an excellent villain and should have done it more often (the guy is naturally a slimeball) and when Bruce, Arnie and sly are sharing screentime Bruce is always a step away from utterly breaking character and falling apart in laughter, but in the context of the movie it just feels OK.

It's the movie the first one should've been, I actively enjoyed this more than I enjoyed bloody Batman.

[Jimmy Zero]

How big is Arnold's role? And is he basically just an old John Matrix from Commando? That's what I'm kind of hoping for.

[Guy]

It's big enough, let's put it that way. I don't want to ruin anything (not that there's anything worth bothering with in the way of plot), but Willis and Arnie both have about five minutes worth of screen-time between them as the movie chugs along, before turning up to lay some fucking smackdown in a good long sequence of events. And when you realise what part of the movie they're turning up for, if you're anything like me you'll just get excited in the pants.

Arnold is just playing Arnold Schwarzenegger. His character is essentially the same as it was in the first movie, just with a big fucking gun in his hand and more of that awful self-referential "he wants to be the president" kind of stuff, but instead aimed at his movie career. And when I mean awful, I mean the good kind of awful.

And you can tell which one of them stuck with the genre and learned actual gun training as they got older. Willis is blasting away like Jack Bauer, looking down his sights like a genuine commando. Arnie just holds whatever he can find by his hip, just like the Arnie of old, and manages to slaughter about one hundred million people.

[takerson]

Took my girlfriend to see Hope Springs last night. Actually very funny, I highly recommend it. It's got it's serious dramatic parts too, but mostly funny. Good movie.

[Dream-Evil]

So apparently Tony Scott committed suicide today. Shame. Made some good films.

[Melly]

I am currently reading "Divergent" by Veronica Roth. It's bee marketed as another Hunger Game series. I don't see a lot of similarities just yet. I am liking it a lot.

[Guy]

Great 24 based advert.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zemXwxg8Og

[Chris]

Tonight I'll finish season 6 of 24. What an amazing show overall. I know season 6 is regarded as the "worst" season, and it certainly recycles a number of plots and twists from previous seasons, but it's still been very enjoyable. Just Redemption and the last 2 seasons to get through now. I already know who's coming back for season 7, but I know nothing about the others so it should be good. I don't want it to end. :cry:

[Beefy]

How quickly have you rattled through those six series? I'm so envious of anyone who watches 24 for the first time. Without a doubt my favourite show ever.

Seasons 7 & 8 were both good, IMO, although both got mixed reviews at the time. The first half of 7 and the second half of 8 are sensational.

I've got to re-watch Season 6. I lent the DVD to someone but don't remember who and everyone is denying all knowledge.

[Guy]

I didn't hate Season 6 as much as others did, however by Season 8 I did feel like it'd come to the end of its natural life as a TV show. 7 is great, and 8 is half of a terrible recycled parody of 24, and another half of genuine greatness.

It really felt like the prime time to make that leap to the big screen and it's criminal that that hasn't happened yet. I can't watch that advert above without thinking how much older Kiefer is looking these days.

[Alf]

Thanks to Netflix I've been watching X Files from scratch.

It's interesting.

[MikeHunt]

Is that on the uk one alf?

[Guy]

Thanks to Netflix I've been watching X Files from scratch.

It's interesting.

First time? We've just started Season 7

[Beefy]

I found Quantum Leap on the US Netflix the other day. I've got seasons 1-4 on DVD but never got around to getting the last season. I was going to watch it but it's missing random episodes for some reason. I can't see any good reason why.

I'm actually surprised at how much Netflix has changed my viewing habits. I think I said in the thread in the Tavern when it launched that I like to buy films and TV shows and don't see that changing but it really has changed in just a couple of months. There were a few things I was going to buy in HMV at the weekend which I ended up just deciding not to as I've got Netflix. Really good little service.

[Atty]

I didn't hate Season 6 as much as others did, however by Season 8 I did feel like it'd come to the end of its natural life as a TV show. 7 is great, and 8 is half of a terrible recycled parody of 24, and another half of genuine greatness.

It really felt like the prime time to make that leap to the big screen and it's criminal that that hasn't happened yet. I can't watch that advert above without thinking how much older Kiefer is looking these days.

I honestly don't remember which one 6 was, but I loved most all of 24. The only time it lost my interest was in the final two years and that was, in part, due to the delay. In that time I watched over previous seasons multiple times, was very aware of the formulas and found the swerves to be overwritten. Also, by the end, I got this frustrated notion in my head of "why wouldn't everyone just listen to Jack with all the times he's saved the universe?"

The first three seasons are some of my favorite television ever.

[MikeHunt]

I found Quantum Leap on the US Netflix the other day. I've got seasons 1-4 on DVD but never got around to getting the last season. I was going to watch it but it's missing random episodes for some reason. I can't see any good reason why.

I'm actually surprised at how much Netflix has changed my viewing habits. I think I said in the thread in the Tavern when it launched that I like to buy films and TV shows and don't see that changing but it really has changed in just a couple of months. There were a few things I was going to buy in HMV at the weekend which I ended up just deciding not to as I've got Netflix. Really good little service.

How the fuck are you getting USA Netflix still?

[Beefy]

I decided to pay those Unblock-us guys who everyone used for the one week trial when Netflix opened over here. I'd rather not have had to do that but at the end of the day it's $4.99 a month which isn't even close to the price of a pint over here. I figure it's worth it for now. Particularly as it gives me access to the iPlayer which is region-blocked in Ireland otherwise.

[Jay]

Just scanned some of the recent posts regarding 24 in fear of spoilers, as I'm currently making my way through it for the first time. I missed it originally, as I didn't have Sky at the time, and I bought the entire series (plus Redemption) on DVD a while back as it was a really good deal, plus it's one of those shows I've always wanted to watch but never got round to it. And now, rather ironically, since I've recently moved into a new house and I don't have Sky or broadband until the 5th of September, it's given me a chance to catch up on my huge backlog of DVD's and Blu-Ray's.

I'll keep it spoiler free to be on the safe side, but I have to say I'm absolutely loving it so far. I actually think I've become addicted to it, as I only started watching it about a week and a half ago and I have six episodes to go until I finish Season Two.

What I love about it is that, unlike most shows, there's pretty much little to no filler at all, at least so far anyhow. I sit down intending to watch one or two episodes and before you know it I've watched the entire disc of four episodes. I know I'm about ten years behind everyone else, but Jack is my new hero. What a guy.

Also, please tell me I'm not alone when I say that I've developed this little game of guessing the time when it comes back from a break? :happysad: