OT TV and Movies (Please use spoiler tags)

[MickeyDavis]

I've never seen Gray's Anatomy but I like Eric Dane. I missed that he disclosed a couple of months ago that he has ALS. He's lost use of his right arm and hand and expects to lose the left as well. I rewatched the latest episode of Countdown and he reached for things with his left hand and when he shook hands with someone they cut to a close-up.

He said he plans to continue working. He's only 52.

[ReasonablySober]

He has a pretty incredible and memorable role on Euphoria.

[Iheartfootball]

Very, very impressed with Alien Earth through two episodes.

I'm only through the first episode but I thoroughly enjoyed the style, acting, pacing. I'm excited to see where it goes.

[MissKhriddleton]

Very much looking forward to the final season of Stranger Things...... but the run time of each episode is insanely too long.....shortest "episode" is 2:05 and the finale being 3:00.

I kind of love this. Basically 8 full length movies to end the series. Will make it harder to burn through it all quickly and each episode might become a Friday/Saturday night event.

[MissKhriddleton]

It's really hard to stick the landing on some of these horror movies (include Longlegs with those other 2 hyped up ones as well) because the who/what/why of it all is never as good as the ride we took to get there. That's just my opinion anyway.

Related to this comment, my wife and I were trying to find something to watch and she was like, should we watch Lost, I’ve never seen it and I was like hell yeah. But now I’m wondering if this is some cruel and unusual torture I’m subjecting her to knowing where this journey is headed.

Hoping the amount of loose ends and the overall ending aren’t as bad as I remember.

Just finished S1. The Island and all the mini mysteries around each character are still all so captivating. I think if I treat them as cool elements/coinicdences instead of things that need answers than it will all be more enjoyable. Like what logical explanation for the smoke monster would be satisfying? 40 minute episodes absolutely rip, seems easier to watch four 40 minute episdeos in one sitting than two 2-hour episoes for some reason. I'm actually enjoying a lot of the filler that you don't find with modern 8 episode a season TV anymore. Makes things easier to digest.

[jschligs]

Currently watching The Departed. For some reason I've never seen it.

[MickeyDavis]

Currently watching The Departed. For some reason I've never seen it.

Great cast + Scorsese = great movie IMO

[jschligs]

The Departed was fantastic.

Now I'm starting Mr. Robot. There are always a few widely popular movies/shows you miss. It's time I hit the historical favorites hard since not much of the new stuff is scratching my itch.

[KidA24]

Just introduced my family to It's a mad mad mad mad world.

What a wonderful film.

Watch on YouTube

[Matches Malone]

Read on Twitter

[buckboy]

Watch on YouTube

Super intriguing cast. Leonardo DiCaprio · Bob Ferguson ; Benicio Del Toro ; Sean Penn ; Wood Harris ; Teyana Taylor · Perfidia, etc

I'm definitely in on that one. Really doesn't seem like a PTA movie at all.

[buckboy]

It's really hard to stick the landing on some of these horror movies (include Longlegs with those other 2 hyped up ones as well) because the who/what/why of it all is never as good as the ride we took to get there. That's just my opinion anyway.

Related to this comment, my wife and I were trying to find something to watch and she was like, should we watch Lost, I’ve never seen it and I was like hell yeah. But now I’m wondering if this is some cruel and unusual torture I’m subjecting her to knowing where this journey is headed.

Hoping the amount of loose ends and the overall ending aren’t as bad as I remember.

Just finished S1. The Island and all the mini mysteries around each character are still all so captivating. I think if I treat them as cool elements/coinicdences instead of things that need answers than it will all be more enjoyable. Like what logical explanation for the smoke monster would be satisfying? 40 minute episodes absolutely rip, seems easier to watch four 40 minute episdeos in one sitting than two 2-hour episoes for some reason. I'm actually enjoying a lot of the filler that you don't find with modern 8 episode a season TV anymore. Makes things easier to digest.

I don't know if I mentioned this before, but my oldest daughter and I watched it Maybe 12-14 years ago (she was about 10).

But I made her wait a week like we all had to. And then wait 4 months between seasons. We watched it every Wednesday night for 6 years (minus summers). It was pretty great. She loved it. I'm not sure if she cheated near the end, but she still sat with me every Wednesday.

My youngest wants to do it too, and we'll be starting on September 22 (20th anniversary of the premiere). I doubt that this one won't cheat though lol. I think the anticipation makes the show better personally.

[MickeyDavis]

I've only ever watched 1 Marvel movie, the original Iron Man in 2008. I think I liked it. I'm not really sure the movies are something I'd be into but if I wanted to watch is it best to watch chronologically (I found the list below)? Or doesn't it matter? Are they all connected or are some just stand alone movies? Are some so bad I should just skip and not waste my time? Are they all on Disney+? Thank you for your attention to this matter.

The Infinity Saga: Phase One (2008-2012)

Iron Man (May 2, 2008)
The Incredible Hulk (June 13, 2008)
Iron Man 2 (May 7, 2010)
Thor (May 6, 2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger (July 22, 2011)
Marvel’s The First Avengers (May 4, 2012)

Phase Two (2013-2015)

Iron Man 3 (May 3, 2013)
Thor: The Dark World (November 8, 2013)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 4, 2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy (August 1, 2014)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 1, 2015)
Ant-Man (July 17, 2015)

Phase Three (2016-2019)

Captain America: Civil War (May 6, 2016)
Doctor Strange (November 4, 2016)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (May 5, 2017)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (July 7, 2017)
Thor: Ragnarok (November 3, 2017)
Black Panther (February 16, 2018)
Avengers: Infinity War (April 27, 2018)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (July 6, 2018)
Captain Marvel (March 8, 2019)
Avengers: Endgame (April 26, 2019)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (July 2, 2019)

The Multiverse Saga: Phase Four (2021-2022)

Black Widow (July 9, 2021)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (September 3, 2021)
Eternals (November 5, 2021)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (December 17, 2021)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (May 6, 2021)
Thor: Love and Thunder (July 8, 2022)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (November 11, 2022)

Phase Five (2023-2024)

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (February 17, 2023)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (May 5, 2023)
The Marvels (November 11, 2023)
Deadpool & Wolverine (July 26, 2024)
Captain America: Brave New World (February 14, 2025)
Thunderbolts (May 2, 2025)

Phase Six (2025-2027)

The Fantastic Four: First Steps (July 25, 2025)
Avengers: Doomsday (December 18, 2026)
Avengers: Secret Wars (December 17, 2027)

[Prez]

Now I'm starting Mr. Robot. There are always a few widely popular movies/shows you miss. It's time I hit the historical favorites hard since not much of the new stuff is scratching my itch.

Obligatory comment whenever someone mentions they’re starting Mr. Robot lol - the first half of season 2 is weird as hell. A lot of people tap out at that point but just power through it because you will be rewarded, seasons 3 and especially 4 are incredible.

[ReasonablySober]

The Infinity Saga: Phase One (2008-2012)

Iron Man (May 2, 2008)
Thor (May 6, 2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger (July 22, 2011)
Marvel’s Avengers (May 4, 2012)

Phase Two (2013-2015)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 4, 2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy (August 1, 2014)

Phase Three (2016-2019)

Captain America: Civil War (May 6, 2016)
Doctor Strange (November 4, 2016)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (July 7, 2017)
Thor: Ragnarok (November 3, 2017)
Black Panther (February 16, 2018)
Avengers: Infinity War (April 27, 2018)
Avengers: Endgame (April 26, 2019)

The Multiverse Saga: Phase Four (2021-2022)

Spider-Man: No Way Home (December 17, 2021)

Phase Five (2023-2024)

Phase Six (2025-2027)

I think these would be my essentials.

[BUCKnation]

RS pretty much nailed it and yes these are all on D+.

I'd still watch Avengers Ultron, because its an Avengers, but also a ton of motivations that occur in Phase 3 are because of the events in that movie. There are definitely some important aspects of the timeline that occur in some of the movies that are cut out in Phase 1/2, but frankly, those movies aren't that good and you can just find a summary that covers it before Infinity War.

I'd probably recommend all of phase 3, they are all really good outside of Captain Marvel.

Post No Way Home, they've all mostly been good to meh, but it doesn't seem as cohesively planned as Phase 3 and they got burned investing a ton into Jonathan Majors. This year, I enjoyed both Thunderbolts and F4 and those should be important for Doomsday next year. Of the rest, I'd probably just check out GOTG 3, if you like those characters and Deadpool, which the was a lot of fun.

For the shows, the only good ones are Loki and Wandavision. I guess the ones released this year have been good too, but I haven't cared to watch tbh, so I can't say either way.

[Ron Swanson]

Black Widow might be the only post "Phase 3" movie I both enjoyed and felt had any reason to exist. Every other movie I've seen since then has been nothing more than low-hanging nostalgia bait. Like, it's fun for a movie like Deadpool and Wolverine where self-deprecating humor is kind of the point, but the multi-verse stuff is just the dumbest plot device ever and they've clearly squeezed the well dry there.

[MickeyDavis]

Thanks guys. With football looming my viewing time will be limited but I'll start up when I can.

[Badgerlander]

The Infinity Saga: Phase One (2008-2012)

Iron Man (May 2, 2008)
Thor (May 6, 2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger (July 22, 2011)
Marvel’s Avengers (May 4, 2012)

Phase Two (2013-2015)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 4, 2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy (August 1, 2014)

Phase Three (2016-2019)

Captain America: Civil War (May 6, 2016)
Doctor Strange (November 4, 2016)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (July 7, 2017)
Thor: Ragnarok (November 3, 2017)
Black Panther (February 16, 2018)
Avengers: Infinity War (April 27, 2018)
Avengers: Endgame (April 26, 2019)

The Multiverse Saga: Phase Four (2021-2022)

Spider-Man: No Way Home (December 17, 2021)

Phase Five (2023-2024)

Phase Six (2025-2027)

I think these would be my essentials.

The second spider-man was pretty meh, i would dump it and add Spiderman into the spider-verse.

Also I like the Punisher series with Bernthal, the first Venom was ok

[MickeyDavis]

I forgot I watched the Punisher TV series and really liked it.