OT: TV and Movies (With Spoilers)

buckbeer · Post #1061 » by **buckbeer** » Sat Dec 5, 2020 8:32 pm

The Netflix series ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is pretty good. Watched all 7 episodes consecutively without a break, I couldn't stop until it's finished.

Bucksfan28 · Post #1062 » by **Bucksfan28** » Sat Dec 5, 2020 10:24 pm

The Killing of a Sacred Deer exceeded my expectations. That was fun.

jimmybones · Post #1063 » by **jimmybones** » Sun Dec 6, 2020 9:31 pm

Anyone watch The Undoing on HBO or interested in the Heaven's Gate cult doc that just came out? Am I the only one into weird ****?

StickeeFingaz · Post #1064 » by **StickeeFingaz** » Sun Dec 6, 2020 9:32 pm

jimmybones wrote:Anyone watch The Undoing on HBO or interested in the Heaven's Gate cult doc that just came out? Am I the only one into weird ****?

I'm planning on watching the Heaven's Gate doc but haven't got to it yet. I always find crazy ass cults to be interesting.

jimmybones · Post #1065 » by **jimmybones** » Sun Dec 6, 2020 9:44 pm

StickeeFingaz wrote:
jimmybones wrote:Anyone watch The Undoing on HBO or interested in the Heaven's Gate cult doc that just came out? Am I the only one into weird ****?

I'm planning on watching the Heaven's Gate doc but haven't got to it yet. I always find crazy ass cults to be interesting.

Right on dude, me too.

Siefer · Post #1066 » by **Siefer** » Mon Dec 7, 2020 2:56 pm

PSA: The final Attack on Titan season just started.

emunney · Post #1067 » by **emunney** » Mon Dec 7, 2020 3:01 pm

Siefer wrote:PSA: The final Attack on Titan season just started.

I should really look into that series. Saw a random episode a few years ago and found it smart and unsettling. That check out?

Ron Swanson · Post #1068 » by **Ron Swanson** » Mon Dec 7, 2020 3:04 pm

Siefer wrote:PSA: The final Attack on Titan season just started.

Was amazed to find out this is the last season and they're only doing 4 total. Will be interesting to see if they follow the comic/manga storyline or if they do a completely different thing.

ABucksFan · Post #1069 » by **ABucksFan** » Mon Dec 7, 2020 3:21 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:
Siefer wrote:PSA: The final Attack on Titan season just started.

Was amazed to find out this is the last season and they're only doing 4 total. Will be interesting to see if they follow the comic/manga storyline or if they do a completely different thing.

This. Interested if they follow the manga or not as well.

ABucksFan · Post #1070 » by **ABucksFan** » Mon Dec 7, 2020 3:22 pm

buckbeer wrote:The Netflix series ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is pretty good. Watched all 7 episodes consecutively without a break, I couldn't stop until it's finished.

I'm in the minority, but I couldn't get into the series at all.

Siefer · Post #1071 » by **Siefer** » Mon Dec 7, 2020 3:28 pm

emunney wrote:
Siefer wrote:PSA: The final Attack on Titan season just started.

I should really look into that series. Saw a random episode a few years ago and found it smart and unsettling. That check out?

The first half of the first season has a ~3 episode stretch of people YELLING THEIR FEELINGS which isn't great, but yes, that checks out. It adhered pretty closely to the source material which is one of the better examples of how to construct a mystery box narrative that both feels organic, and pays off its threads.

Siefer · Post #1072 » by **Siefer** » Mon Dec 7, 2020 3:32 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:
Siefer wrote:PSA: The final Attack on Titan season just started.

Was amazed to find out this is the last season and they're only doing 4 total. Will be interesting to see if they follow the comic/manga storyline or if they do a completely different thing.

I imagine the backlash will be pretty intense if they go anime original. Given the expected chapter count of ~45, I'm a bit concerned about the announced 16 episode run. I wonder if they'll end up splitting it into two parts like they did season 3, and end up on ~26 episodes or so.

Post #1073 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Dec 7, 2020 3:50 pm

ABucksFan wrote:
buckbeer wrote:The Netflix series ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is pretty good. Watched all 7 episodes consecutively without a break, I couldn't stop until it's finished.

I'm in the minority, but I couldn't get into the series at all.

I usually give series a chance but I turned this off after a few minutes. I'll go back to it though and give it another shot.

EastSideBucksFan · Post #1074 » by **EastSideBucksFan** » Mon Dec 7, 2020 3:55 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:
ABucksFan wrote:
buckbeer wrote:The Netflix series ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is pretty good. Watched all 7 episodes consecutively without a break, I couldn't stop until it's finished.

I'm in the minority, but I couldn't get into the series at all.

I usually give series a chance but I turned this off after a few minutes. I'll go back to it though and give it another shot.

I'm only half way thru, but had the urge to shut it off in Episode 1 as well, glad I didn't.

Doesn't feel like the origin episode was indicative of the rest of the series to me, was the worst episode so far for me.

buckboy · Post #1075 » by **buckboy** » Mon Dec 7, 2020 4:23 pm

Yeah, the first episode doesn't go with the rest of it. Plus, Anya Taylor-Joy isn't in it. And her performance in episodes 2-7 is easily the best part of the series (to me anyway).

I would encourage anyone who turned it off after one episode to try again, because she is absolutely fantastic.

Matches Malone · Post #1076 » by **Matches Malone** » Tue Dec 8, 2020 12:49 am

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Post #1077 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue Dec 8, 2020 1:05 am

Matches Malone wrote:KFC afterdark

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Matches Malone · Post #1078 » by **Matches Malone** » Tue Dec 8, 2020 1:15 am

ReasonablySober wrote:
Matches Malone wrote:KFC afterdark

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Incredible. Now I want to see more fast-food mini-series. Imagine a Burger King murder mystery :lol:

Bucksfan28 · Post #1079 » by **Bucksfan28** » Tue Dec 8, 2020 2:25 pm

This WarnerMedia stuff moving their 2021 slate to HBOMax is crazy. I wonder what the fallout and ensuing litigation will be.

Ron Swanson · Post #1080 » by **Ron Swanson** » Tue Dec 8, 2020 2:58 pm

I'm sure I'll get a lot of backlash from the "you should go to the theater and financially support artists and their intellectual property" crowd, but who seriously is gonna take the side of the distributors on this one? Guys like Nolan just sounding incredibly tone deaf. This is a pretty special circumstance and I don't really see their "slippery slope" argument in regards to streaming. Reeks of corporate greed in a time where a lot of people are hurting financially.