2015 TV/Movie/Book Thread with Spoilers

rarjake · Post #941 » by **rarjake** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:30 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:God damn, Mr. Robot. What a perfect show.

yes third to last episode of the season, was one of the best episodes i have ever seen.
It literally blew my mind, it really did mind **** the $hiT out of you.

I really hope we get some answers on Tyrell and his wife, and who all in the Fsociety is real, and how it really got started.

thomchatt3rton · Post #942 » by **thomchatt3rton** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 2:21 am

FrieAaron wrote:
humanrefutation wrote:Is it just me, or are the vast majority of big-time movies coming out remakes and sequels? Is Hollywood running out of ideas, or are studio execs too spineless to try something new and original?

I don't think anyone's running out of ideas. The problem is people are rewarding this behavior by buying tickets to the latest Jurassic Park and Marvel movies and not seeing films like "Ex Machina," "The Gift," "It Follows," or "Me Earl and the Dying Girl." Studios have no financial incentive to not just keep pumping out sequels and remakes.

Piracy has an effect on this too, I read. In order to recoup some of the profits from dwindling DVD sales, a lot of studios are focusing on producing films that translate well to other cultures and/or are already popular and thus easy to market in international theaters. This partly explains remakes and sequels going into overdrive lately, especially with expensive summer movies.

Before internet piracy, smaller, more unusual films were more viable because every movie a studio produced made more money.

But it's also how the studio system works- executives are rewarded handsomely, or they're fired, basically for how well they can predict the future (if a movie makes money), so anything that's got a ready-made brand or is an already proven success is the safe choice, and with movies less profitable, the margin for error for an exec is even less, etc etc.

Post #943 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 2:45 am

Top three shows (I think, might be forgetting) in the last calendar year:

1 - Banshee
2 - Mr. Robot
3 - Hannibal

Banshee made the leap in the third season. It was almost perfect.

Everyone knows by now how good Mr. Robot has been.

Hannibal started a bit slow this season but the Red Dragon storyline had been incredible.

What else has been exceptional?

Post #944 » by **humanrefutation** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 3:10 am

Maybe it's just me, but as a former WWE fan, but this made me flip my **** when I saw this on deadspin.

Spoiler:

Max Green · Post #945 » by **Max Green** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 4:06 am

I just had to click the link.

I haven't watched Raw yet, thanks for the spoiler.

emunney · Post #946 » by **emunney** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 4:17 am

I thought Fear the Walking Dead was good, although what a **** show of a title. The kid who plays Nick is going to be a giant star.

Post #947 » by **humanrefutation** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 4:21 am

Max Green wrote:I just had to click the link. I haven't watched Raw yet, thanks for the spoiler.

Aw man, my bad. Put it under a spoiler tag for others.

Post #948 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:50 am

I thought Fear was decent too. It moved slowly, which was fine for a first ep. From what I read there will be just 6 episodes this season and 13 next season. If it goes beyond 2 years it will be 16, split 8/8 in fall/spring like the original.

BUCKnation · Post #949 » by **BUCKnation** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 2:47 pm

emunney wrote:I thought Fear the Walking Dead was good, although what a **** show of a title. The kid who plays Nick is going to be a giant star.

Agreed on both counts, dude reminds me of James Franco.

El Duderino · Post #950 » by **El Duderino** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:00 am

rarjake wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:God damn, Mr. Robot. What a perfect show.

yes third to last episode of the season, was one of the best episodes i have ever seen.
It literally blew my mind, it really did mind **** the $hiT out of you.

I really hope we get some answers on Tyrell and his wife, and who all in the Fsociety is real, and how it really got started.

I just caught up with the most recent episode of the show and am quite impressed. Very much looking forward to what i hope is a great season finale. Who would have thought a network like USA would create a show this great.

BTW, thanks to this forum. I hadn't even heard of Mr Robot until i read about it on here.

El Duderino · Post #951 » by **El Duderino** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:15 am

emunney wrote:I thought Fear the Walking Dead was good, although what a **** show of a title. The kid who plays Nick is going to be a giant star.

I thought it was pretty good also and was glad to see something showing the start of what brought about the zombies. My one minor beef with Walking Dead was that it started awhile after the zombie plague had already taken over pretty much the whole country.

As for the kid playing Nick, i wasn't as impressed as you were with him. Not that i thought his playing of that character was bad overall, but there were a time or two where i remember while watching that i felt he was a little over-dramatic than needed, but i can't recall right now exactly when i thought that given my memory tends to be getting worse and worse.

I did like Cliff Curtis cast as the stepfather. I've liked him since his great bit part in Training Day as the gang member ready to shoot Ethan Hawke in the bathtub.

Ill-yasova · Post #952 » by **Ill-yasova** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 1:48 pm

emunney wrote:I thought Fear the Walking Dead was good, although what a **** show of a title. The kid who plays Nick is going to be a giant star.

**** that guy. One episode in and I'm actively rooting for the zombies every time Nick is on the screen. He somehow immediately managed to put himself in the company of Early Carl, Lori, Andrea, and Dale in the course of one episode.

Post #953 » by **Ruzious** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 3:15 pm

El Duderino wrote:
emunney wrote:I thought Fear the Walking Dead was good, although what a **** show of a title. The kid who plays Nick is going to be a giant star.

I thought it was pretty good also and was glad to see something showing the start of what brought about the zombies. My one minor beef with Walking Dead was that it started awhile after the zombie plague had already taken over pretty much the whole country.

As for the kid playing Nick, i wasn't as impressed as you were with him. Not that i thought his playing of that character was bad overall, but there were a time or two where i remember while watching that i felt he was a little over-dramatic than needed, but i can't recall right now exactly when i thought that given my memory tends to be getting worse and worse.

I did like Cliff Curtis cast as the stepfather. I've liked him since his great bit part in Training Day as the gang member ready to shoot Ethan Hawke in the bathtub.

I liked that James Franco/Johnny Depp kid at the beginning, but the more whiney he got, I finally wished he'd be a zombie breakfast. Part of that is the writers' fault, and part is - the kid just doesn't have what it takes to be on that level. Overall, I was expecting a better pilot. They do have a talented cast, but they need to gell better. It's just 1 episode, so I'll give it time.

PkrsBcksGphsMqt · Post #954 » by **PkrsBcksGphsMqt** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:58 pm

I'm kind of tempted to check out Fear the Walking Dead even though I bailed on the Walking Dead a couple of years ago. Where is the Walking Dead at currently, has it gotten better? Is it worth picking up again, especially now that I can netflix through some seasons?

PkrsBcksGphsMqt · Post #955 » by **PkrsBcksGphsMqt** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:58 pm

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emunney · Post #956 » by **emunney** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 9:08 pm

PkrsBcksGphsMqt wrote:I'm kind of tempted to check out Fear the Walking Dead even though I bailed on the Walking Dead a couple of years ago. Where is the Walking Dead at currently, has it gotten better? Is it worth picking up again, especially now that I can netflix through some seasons?

Well, if you bailed on it because you didn't like it, I would say leave it at that even though I think it's gotten better and is pretty good. It's not like there's nothing else out there. You will probably still not like it.

Max Green · Post #957 » by **Max Green** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 10:04 pm

El Duderino wrote:
rarjake wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:God damn, Mr. Robot. What a perfect show.

BTW, thanks to this forum. I hadn't even heard of Mr Robot until i read about it on here.

Same here, I'm on episode 3 now. There's a bunch of shows that I wouldn't have watched if it wasn't for this thread.

jimmybones · Post #958 » by **jimmybones** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 4:41 am

I was really pleased with Bloodline. We got bored of it halfway through the season and gave up on it for a while but resumed and finished it today. It's so slow moving until the end but man, great writing, great acting by John and Danny's characters. I'm having a hard time deciding what to start next.

Anyone have any Amazon Prime show recommendations?

Post #959 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 4:56 am

jimmybones wrote:I was really pleased with Bloodline. We got bored of it halfway through the season and gave up on it for a while but resumed and finished it today. It's so slow moving until the end but man, great writing, great acting by John and Danny's characters. I'm having a hard time deciding what to start next.

Anyone have any Amazon Prime show recommendations?

Hannibal. First two seasons are on there and the series (probably) finale was tonight. It's such an incredible show.

blazza18 · Post #960 » by **blazza18** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 4:58 am

jimmybones wrote:Anyone have any Amazon Prime show recommendations?

I'm halfway through the first season of Bosch and have enjoyed it so far. Give it a go if you haven't.