OT: TV and Movies

Post #1021 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:29 pm

I always fast forwarded through the Tony/Melfi scenes. Boring.

Post #1022 » by **ReasonablySober** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:59 pm

M-C-G wrote:Restarted Halt and Catch Fire after probably like 4 or 5 years. Such a great show.

I'm in the middle of a Black Sails rewatch. A Halt rewatch sounds like a good idea. Probably next.

WeekapaugGroove · Post #1023 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:28 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:Not too many things annoy me more than when people hold up Walter White as the best and most complex anti-hero in the history of dramatic television.

Does Al Swearengen count? Because Ian McShane's performance was absolutely perfect.

Words we can all live by:

'Pain or damage dont end the world. Or dispair or **** beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man and give some back'

Also it's recent but holy hell is Homelander from the Boyz a hell of a character.

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HaroldinGMinor · Post #1024 » by **HaroldinGMinor** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:41 pm

Badgerlander wrote:
rayallenscalves wrote:
Ryan5UW wrote:Watching season 2 of Reacher now - how does this sasquatch buy clothes off the rack everywhere he goes?

Perhaps, within this Reacher universe, there's a chain of big 'n' tall thrift shops?

The interwebs lists him at 6’2” 230lbs? Maybe he just looks huge because the typical hollywood male is 5’6” 140lbs?

I think he's like 6'5" in the books.

Post #1025 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:50 pm

HaroldinGMinor wrote:
Badgerlander wrote:
rayallenscalves wrote:
Perhaps, within this Reacher universe, there's a chain of big 'n' tall thrift shops?

The interwebs lists him at 6’2” 230lbs? Maybe he just looks huge because the typical hollywood male is 5’6” 140lbs?

I think he's like 6'5" in the books.

Makes Tom Cruise playing him in the movies extra funny.

buckboy · Post #1026 » by **buckboy** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 1:30 am

MickeyDavis wrote:
HaroldinGMinor wrote:
Badgerlander wrote:
The interwebs lists him at 6’2” 230lbs? Maybe he just looks huge because the typical hollywood male is 5’6” 140lbs?

I think he's like 6'5" in the books.

Makes Tom Cruise playing him in the movies extra funny.

I couldn't watch that movie. Too funny.

He was indeed huge in the books. I read the first 20 or so. They're all pretty much the same.

RiotPunch · Post #1027 » by **RiotPunch** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:20 am

WeekapaugGroove wrote:
Ron Swanson wrote:Not too many things annoy me more than when people hold up Walter White as the best and most complex anti-hero in the history of dramatic television.

Does Al Swearengen count? Because Ian McShane's performance was absolutely perfect.

Words we can all live by:

'Pain or damage dont end the world. Or dispair or **** beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man and give some back'

Also it's recent but holy hell is Homelander from the Boyz a hell of a character.

Sent from my SM-F731U using RealGM mobile app

McShane as Swearengen may be my favorite acting performance of all time. Perfection.

Rewatching Deadwood for, like, the 5th time right now with the wife, who has never seen it. What a shame we only got 3 seasons and a movie.

Post #1028 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:29 am

RiotPunch wrote:
WeekapaugGroove wrote:
Ron Swanson wrote:Not too many things annoy me more than when people hold up Walter White as the best and most complex anti-hero in the history of dramatic television.

Does Al Swearengen count? Because Ian McShane's performance was absolutely perfect.

Words we can all live by:

'Pain or damage dont end the world. Or dispair or **** beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man and give some back'

Also it's recent but holy hell is Homelander from the Boyz a hell of a character.

Sent from my SM-F731U using RealGM mobile app

McShane as Swearengen may be my favorite acting performance of all time. Perfection.

Rewatching Deadwood for, like, the 5th time right now with the wife, who has never seen it. What a shame we only got 3 seasons and a movie.

That will forever piss me off. Milch ended it so he could do John From Cincinnati. HBO immediately cancelled JFC the day after the season finale.

Badgerlander · Post #1029 » by **Badgerlander** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 1:13 pm

John Boyega will play young Eli in a Book of Eli prequel series

It's set 30 years before the film in the immediate aftermath of the nuclear event

jmuelly · Post #1030 » by **jmuelly** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:18 pm

Saw some saying Reacher was good here, so gave season 1 a start last night. 2 episodes in, enjoying it so far. Dont really watch much TV, do watch some programs while on treadmill, just finished Breaking Bad (thats how little I watch).

M-C-G · Post #1031 » by **M-C-G** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:36 pm

Badgerlander wrote:John Boyega will play young Eli in a Book of Eli prequel series

It's set 30 years before the film in the immediate aftermath of the nuclear event

Interesting, I enjoyed Book of Eli a ton. Shot in such a gritty way, great casting.

Post #1032 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 11:08 pm

Seeing Billy Mays commercials running lately. He died in 2009. Last one I saw was for "Mighty Mendit". It appears to be a sort of super glue for fabrics/clothes. Even parachutes lol

The Wet Whistle · Post #1033 » by **The Wet Whistle** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 2:51 am

Very late to the game, but started up Ted Lasso earlier this month. Just finished S2

Thought the first season was excellent with the second season being solid but not great. At times felt like season 2 was less a TV show about these characters' lives and more about these characters existing in a TV show. Sometimes a little too dramatic for the sake of TV. That said, there were still some stand out moments that I really enjoyed.

Saw something that S3 lost the show runner and whoever took over didn't steer the ship particularly well. We'll see

ReginaldDwight · Post #1034 » by **ReginaldDwight** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 5:48 am

MickeyDavis wrote:I always fast forwarded through the Tony/Melfi scenes. Boring.

Really, that basically kills most of Tonys arc. There so many good scenes with Tony and Melfi.

Watch on YouTube

ReginaldDwight · Post #1035 » by **ReginaldDwight** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 5:49 am

humanrefutation wrote:
Ron Swanson wrote:Not too many things annoy me more than when people hold up Walter White as the best and most complex anti-hero in the history of dramatic television.

I think it's because people relate to "everyman" straight-laced Walter much more than they related to mob boss Tony. They found his behavior more "complex" because they saw a guy dying of cancer and trying to make money for his family, and they found that framework sympathetic even as Walter's actions became more despicable and self-serving. With Tony, the guy was a philanderer and a criminal with violent and destructive tendencies operating in a world that the average person cannot relate to. Obviously, Tony had a lot of depth to his character, but it was easier for the average person to dismiss him than it was to dismiss Walter.

Breaking bad was a good show but honestly pretty meh for large portions of it. Doesnt hold up on a rewatch to me.

Post #1036 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 9:17 pm

Read on Twitter

This is extremely good and funny.

Post #1037 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:29 pm

Watch on YouTube

This makes me sad.

Post #1038 » by **MickeyDavis** » Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:43 pm

The original Road House movie was great. This one though I will skip. Other than Zodiac I've never liked Gyllenhaal in anything. Can't stand McGregor. The only cast member in this I like is J.D. Pardo and it looks like his role is small.

Ron Swanson · Post #1039 » by **Ron Swanson** » Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:02 pm

McGregor being a roided-up human piece of **** apparently doesn't scare away Hollywood execs. He's living proof that getting "cancelled" isn't really a thing.

Post #1040 » by **Prez** » Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:11 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:McGregor being a roided-up human piece of **** apparently doesn't scare away Hollywood execs. He's living proof that getting "cancelled" isn't really a thing.

Not just McGregor, it’s the entire UFC/MMA in general. They operate in a completely different space than the rest of sports, and it’s only getting worse and worse over the past year in particular. The wild unhinged **** that would get you banned from the league or at least suspended for a long time in other sports is just a regular Tuesday in MMA lol.