OT: TV and Movies (With Spoilers)

WeekapaugGroove · Post #1761 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Mon May 24, 2021 7:13 pm

My wife has been trying to get me to watch handmaid's for years. I always say I've heard it's quality but doesn't exactly look like a fun watch. Then I tell her I'll start it at some point... and hope she forgets the conversation.

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DingleJerry · Post #1762 » by **DingleJerry** » Mon May 24, 2021 8:30 pm

WeekapaugGroove wrote:My wife has been trying to get me to watch handmaid's for years. I always say I've heard it's quality but doesn't exactly look like a fun watch. Then I tell her I'll start it at some point... and hope she forgets the conversation.

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you're not wrong there either, certainly is some depressing stuff.

Ryan5UW · Post #1763 » by **Ryan5UW** » Mon May 24, 2021 9:00 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:
emunney wrote:Watched the first hour and a half of Army of the Dead and am dumbfounded that there is still another hour to go. There is no scene in this movie that gets to the point without wasting dozens of lines, and many scenes that never get there. I have laughed out loud several times as conversations meandered farther and farther from the plot. Did this movie have an editor? Did anybody read the screenplay?

I couldn't believe how long it was. A dumb, repetitive zombie movie that went for just under two and a half hours. What a world.

I really wish I could disagree with any of what either of you said...

emunney · Post #1764 » by **emunney** » Mon May 24, 2021 9:17 pm

There is a tight, funny, 90 minute action flick in there begging to be released from a prison of room temperature small talk.

Post #1765 » by **ReasonablySober** » Mon May 24, 2021 9:19 pm

Tig Notaro was funny. I had no idea that she was working in front of a green screen the entire time.

emunney · Post #1766 » by **emunney** » Mon May 24, 2021 9:48 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:Tig Notaro was funny. I had no idea that she was working in front of a green screen the entire time.

There were some good performances for sure. And some bad ones. Essentially they shouldn't have made this movie without James Gunn or a reasonable facsimile thereof.

blazza18 · Post #1767 » by **blazza18** » Mon May 24, 2021 10:29 pm

Having known they had to redo that role the way they did I thought it was distractingly obvious.

I'd have watched a sequel around the safe cracker and the dude who plays Ghost in Power.

Post #1768 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue May 25, 2021 2:38 pm

Watch on YouTube

Well this looks pretty fun. July 14th on Netflix.

WRau1 · Post #1769 » by **WRau1** » Tue May 25, 2021 2:45 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:

Watch on YouTube

Well this looks pretty fun. July 14th on Netflix.

That looks good, the cast is pretty amazing.

crkone · Post #1770 » by **crkone** » Tue May 25, 2021 2:47 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:

Watch on YouTube

Well this looks pretty fun. July 14th on Netflix.

"Now picture this.... Joan Wick"

glenn · Post #1771 » by **glenn** » Tue May 25, 2021 3:20 pm

Watch on YouTube

Edgar Wright and ATJ. Looks great.

HaroldinGMinor · Post #1772 » by **HaroldinGMinor** » Tue May 25, 2021 11:03 pm

well this snuck up on me

Read on Twitter

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Post #1773 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue May 25, 2021 11:56 pm

HaroldinGMinor wrote:well this snuck up on me

Read on Twitter
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Good show. This is the final season

Matches Malone · Post #1774 » by **Matches Malone** » Wed May 26, 2021 5:17 pm

Pretty cool news. Still can't believe Chadwick is no longer with us.

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emunney · Post #1775 » by **emunney** » Wed May 26, 2021 5:59 pm

blazza18 wrote:Having known they had to redo that role the way they did I thought it was distractingly obvious.

I'd have watched a sequel around the safe cracker and the dude who plays Ghost in Power.

I don't think I'd watch anything else by these writers.

**** was too much, it should have been bank heist and fast zombies, that's it. You could keep the father daughter thing if it was totally rewritten. You can keep the nuclear bomb time restraint. Everything else including the zombie hierarchy was absolute garbage.

Post #1776 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu May 27, 2021 3:03 pm

Watch on YouTube

Terry Silver was such a great villain. This should be great.

HaroldinGMinor · Post #1777 » by **HaroldinGMinor** » Thu May 27, 2021 3:16 pm

Did anyone catch Counterpart when it aired on Starz? Both seasons are currently on Amazon. Pretty cool show starring JK Simmons and given the accolades I'm surprised it didn't get more attention. Kinda like a cross between Orphan Black and The Conformist.

Post #1778 » by **MickeyDavis** » Thu May 27, 2021 4:08 pm

HaroldinGMinor wrote:Did anyone catch Counterpart when it aired on Starz? Both seasons are currently on Amazon. Pretty cool show starring JK Simmons and given the accolades I'm surprised it didn't get more attention. Kinda like a cross between Orphan Black and The Conformist.

I've never heard of this but I'll watch anything with JK Simmons.

MoreTrife · Post #1779 » by **MoreTrife** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:32 pm

HaroldinGMinor wrote:Did anyone catch Counterpart when it aired on Starz? Both seasons are currently on Amazon. Pretty cool show starring JK Simmons and given the accolades I'm surprised it didn't get more attention. Kinda like a cross between Orphan Black and The Conformist.

Super premium show. High quality production with great world building. Slow burn that builds intensity and pays off the faithful viewer. I think someone on here put me on 40 pages back.

RiotPunch · Post #1780 » by **RiotPunch** » Fri May 28, 2021 7:45 am

HaroldinGMinor wrote:Did anyone catch Counterpart when it aired on Starz? Both seasons are currently on Amazon. Pretty cool show starring JK Simmons and given the accolades I'm surprised it didn't get more attention. Kinda like a cross between Orphan Black and The Conformist.

Thanks for the recommendation. Simmons is great, and I loved Orphan Black in the early days.

EDIT: Trailer gives me some Looper vibes.