OT: Let's talk about Movies and TV Shows, Part XXXI (now rated PG)

[ArtPeur]

Not. For. Long.

I guess you didn't hear about the whole subplot and how after 10 different cuts being shown to test audiences, they still couldn't get a good audience score.

Kennedy is a goner.

Typical Disney.

 

[Redux91]

I hope they go full-on meta and have Indy open a sarcophagus only to find the mummy inside is Indy.

I was gonna say, the mummy inside is...surprise surprise, an alien.
But then saw Spielberg wasnt directing this one lol

 

[dinodebino]

Are you watching ´avant le crash ' ?
Best show on local Tv this fall .
Also really enjoy c'est comme ca que je t'aime that reminds me of season 2 of Fargo

Hated the ending of Avant le crash…left me…puzzled? Loved the series, although every guy in the series is an ass.

Watched famous game show other day, Price is Right. I wonder if those contestants know they are going to be called before show starts?

You should watch the docu on the Price is Right.

 

[Scintillating10]

Hated the ending of Avant le crash…left me…puzzled? Loved the series, although every guy in the series is an ass.


You should watch the docu on the Price is Right.

Right on, never knew there was one. I will look it up. Amazing how that show has lasted 50 years. I can remember when it first came on.

Did a search on line other day. Drew Carey makes a million an episode.

 

[JianYang]

Right on, never knew there was one. I will look it up. Amazing how that show has lasted 50 years. I can remember when it first came on.

Did a search on line other day. Drew Carey makes a million an episode.

Wow. That might be the best gig ever.

I keep forgetting that show exists since Bob barker left.

 

[GoodKiwi]

I've been awayt from here for weeks, but in case this was missed.

@Runner77

Strike Season 5

Private detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he’s approached by a woman, Anna Phipps asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough, who went missing under mysterious circumstances in 1974. Never tackling a cold case before, he’s intrigued and takes it on...

trakt.tv

True story. First episode airs on the 11th.

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[ArtPeur]

You're late

 

[Milhouse40]

Wednesday: Scooby doo meets Sherlock Holmes in a Harry Potter set-up. A bit too teenish at some point but still entertaining and well made, Tim Burton's typical touches. 8/10

Interview with a Vampire: As a fan of the book, it was hard......really hard. They keep some of the good things from the books, even words to words part of the text, but they changed too many things also. Still good acting and the production was excellent but the story is not close enough for me. 6.9\10

Andor: I liked the more urban feel to it (considering it's still a Star Wars series). Less nostalgia, less Jedi, Less of the everything else that's been done and redone in films/series/cartoons so far. More politics, more people vs the Empire. 8.6/10

 

[Matthew McConaughay]

While waiting, you can watch the Gardians of the Galaxy Christmas special.

 

[Adam Michaels]

While waiting, you can watch the Gardians of the galaxy Christmas special.

Did that today. It was a fun little movie.

 

[Runner77]

I've been awayt from here for weeks, but in case this was missed.

@Runner77

Strike Season 5

Private detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he’s approached by a woman, Anna Phipps asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough, who went missing under mysterious circumstances in 1974. Never tackling a cold case before, he’s intrigued and takes it on...

trakt.tv

True story. First episode airs on the 11th.

C.B. Strike is a tour de force. Brilliant writing, superb casting. Thanks for the heads up!

I just checked your link. Season 5 has 4 Episodes (well within the @GoodKiwi tolerance threshold), with the last airing on Dec. 19th.

PS: welcome back, bud!

 

[Runner77]

The White Lotus Season 2, keeps on delivering. Season finale next week, several storylines ramped up and coming to a head.

It’s darker than Season 1 but features just as much in the way of tangled webs. They showed a preview of the finale and it looks intriguing.

 

[sandviper]

Did that today. It was a fun little movie.

Not going to lie… i was a little disappointed near the end. When all the citizens came out, I was hoping for a musical number with

Spoiler

Kevin Bacon leading the group to a rendition of Footloose.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Just watched the new Indy trailer. Leave it to hollywood to rely once again on batshit crazy ancient alien type theories to supplement their lack of creativity, this time by turning an ancient astrological clock, the antikythera mechanism, into some time traveling device.

Whatever happened to telling stories in simple flashback? If you're going to do a young CGI Indy à la Luke Skywalker in the Mando & Fett series, why not go all out and make a prequel story instead? Have it related to a problem the older Indy has to fix in the present? Using time travel in a series that's never been about time travel is just so gimmicky and desperate. This is not like Marvel, where all those stories were already in place and organic to its medium and storytelling.

It gets even worst when the time traveling plot device becomes just an excuse to replace the main character, in woke fashion to boot. Lemme put out a wild guess and say the next movies won't fare well.

 

[Sterling Archer]

I knew there was something about her I liked. She obviously has impeccable taste.

 

[Runner77]

Just finished Season 1 of The Bear based on a recommendation in this thread and enjoyed it. It’s quite chaotic and intense but gripping as I felt the pressures of working in a restaurant kitchen put all staff on edge. Every day was a battle leading up to the season finale but it was quite the ride getting there.

Looking forward to Season 2, whenever that arrives.

Looking for a new series, I found an older one in White Collar, which 7 episodes into Season 1, has kept me entertained. Several seasons to look forward to.

 

[Runner77]

 

[Adam Michaels]

Damn RIP.

Meanwhile, a Sesame Street legend I grew up watching passed away, as well:

 

[Runner77]

Damn RIP.

Meanwhile, a Sesame Street legend I grew up watching passed away, as well:

Don’t know how McGrath passed, but for Allie, the spectre of cancer has struck again. Hopefully one day, we’ll beat it.

RIP to both Allie and McGrath.

 

[Adam Michaels]

I knew there was something about her I liked. She obviously has impeccable taste.

Aragorn leade a large contingent of celebrity Habs fans!

Also my daughter watches her Disney show Stuck in the Middle on Disney+.

 

[ArtPeur]

I knew there was something about her I liked. She obviously has impeccable taste.

Well. hint hint hint She's trying to schedule a date with Caufield

 

[rik schau]

That's sad. Wonder what will become of her Lemurs?

Well. hint hint hint She's trying to schedule a date with Caufield

Lol,why would she do that?

 

[sandviper]

Damn! How did I not know this show existed? As a big fan of Strike Back, I was really missing some special forces stuff on TV.

 

[Runner77]

Watched Acapulco (2 seasons available). Had a How I met your Mother vibe, with the protagonist narrating his story to his young nephew, about how he started as a lowly employee at this luxurious resort and how he made his way up. It's lighthearted comedy, the acting is superficial and it falls into typical stereotypes. It's brainless entertainment and features this guy "Chad" who bears a resemblance to Kaiden Ghule, which is one of the main reasons that kept me watching.

Also viewed My Name is Vendetta, a mobster story targeting an enemy who had disappeared from view for 20 years and who had since changed his identity and who lived a quiet family life, until ...

Italian original with subtitles. Story holds up pretty well but it doesn't stray off the path of other similar themed productions. It kept me invested for the most part, so if you like the idea of a revenge theme with brutality included, this delivers.

After watching My Name is Vendetta, I used Netflix's search function for similarly themed movies and went with Dead End. It started off as an interesting storyline but it then it became a series of improbable events and consequences, due to an avalanche of braindead decisionmaking -- which I suppose was badly needed for this low budget affair to restrict its filming to a limited number of locations. Acting was wooden for the most part and in some aspects, it moved achingly slow. Filmed in the Czech Republic (now known as Czechia), so Czech language with subtitles. This guy's daughter was particularly annoying, so I guess she did her job.