General Film and TV Discussion Thread

[Daenerys 101,821]

33 minutes ago, Dennis Reynolds said:

You and I, I don't think so but @Hylia has brought it up to me before. The answer is no but I have seen the movie Westworld and its sequel, Futureworld.

 

I guess she also played Rey's mom for like 20 seconds in The Rise of Skywalker, must have been disappointing for anyone's that recognized her for her to appear and disappear that quickly  

 

I've recently discovered all these amazing B-movies on Prime Video (Star Wars ripoffs, cheap sword and sorcery films, monster movies) so that service just paid for itself for the next five years at least  

Hylia the Westworld watching legend

 

YES SHE DID  she literally hugs kid Rey and i think she says something, but like i can't even remember what  

 

Prime actually has a really good catalogue of things to watch! Have you ever watched the movie Annihilation? I just saw that it's on Prime and I feel like you might be interested in it tbh. 

[Hylia 85,573]

45 minutes ago, Hyun. said:

i did! Cody didn't bc he's a flop

Omg thoughts?  

37 minutes ago, Daenerys said:

no.... bUT I WILL I PROMISE  

Prepare your wig  

[Hyun. 56,245]

6 minutes ago, Hylia said:

Omg thoughts?  

Spoiler

insanity of a season! i'm in love with the first half oh yes

tbh i was kinda underwhelmed with the second half? i think the show set some crazy standards so this was kinda doomed from the start, but idk, the way Caleb's plot resolved was actually quite predictable and not as shocking as they were setting it up to be, when it happened it was like "oh alright, what's next" instead of me being super shocked like some past twists on the show

my main takeaway from the season overall is that i would've loved more world building, they cut two episodes and i don't think it was necessary? those two eps could be really about exploring this world controlled by an AI, how are people controlled? how do they choose who gets to do what? i wish we saw more of that bc that way the riots at the end would've felt like they actually made sense

it's not a bad season at all and i'm only nitpicking bc the show is THAT good, it's still one of my favorites ever there were also really fantastic action sequences and i'm never mad at those! seeing Dolores and Maeve be complete boss bitches was super pleasing to me

very interested in Hale's plot now that the Dolores in her kinda evolved and she's in charge of Delos? also the man in black plot looks pretty interesting, i never personally cared about the character but them replacing him with a host is a power move also wonder how much time passed while Bernard was in the other world bc that shit was DUSTY

cody don't open this rambling

[Hylia 85,573]

27 minutes ago, Hyun. said:

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insanity of a season! i'm in love with the first half oh yes

tbh i was kinda underwhelmed with the second half? i think the show set some crazy standards so this was kinda doomed from the start, but idk, the way Caleb's plot resolved was actually quite predictable and not as shocking as they were setting it up to be, when it happened it was like "oh alright, what's next" instead of me being super shocked like some past twists on the show

my main takeaway from the season overall is that i would've loved more world building, they cut two episodes and i don't think it was necessary? those two eps could be really about exploring this world controlled by an AI, how are people controlled? how do they choose who gets to do what? i wish we saw more of that bc that way the riots at the end would've felt like they actually made sense

it's not a bad season at all and i'm only nitpicking bc the show is THAT good, it's still one of my favorites ever there were also really fantastic action sequences and i'm never mad at those! seeing Dolores and Maeve be complete boss bitches was super pleasing to me

very interested in Hale's plot now that the Dolores in her kinda evolved and she's in charge of Delos? also the man in black plot looks pretty interesting, i never personally cared about the character but them replacing him with a host is a power move also wonder how much time passed while Bernard was in the other world bc that shit was DUSTY

cody don't open this rambling

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ALL TEA YES!  I was initially disappointed with the final episode cause I was devestated by Dolores Prime’s “death” and I assumed that meant no more EVR, but apparently she will still be in the show after all? So it grew on me!  

Episode 6 is an all time fave cause Halores went into bad bitch mode and we HAD to stan on that one. Basically any scene with her, Dolores, and/or Maeve was an instant classic,  

I do wish they would have done 10 episodes instead of 8 because even just Caleb trying to reach Incite for example could have been a whole episode where we see the extent of the riots. That length of the season is probably my biggest complaint cause like you said, more world building would have been a plus.  
The way we clowned (or at least I was) into thinking Halores would go IN on Serac after he killed Hale’s family, but she ended up turning on Dolores took my wig by STORM. The bits of dialogue between them in episode 8 left me shook and even though I love Dolores, I stanned! I’m so excited to see her as what I assume will be season 4’s villain. Caleb and Maeve should bring the OG back somehow cause Dolores vs Halores would be THAT snap. Evan Rachel Wood, Tessa Thompson, and Thandie Newton really BROUGHT it.  

 

[Dennis Reynolds 16,529]

14 hours ago, Daenerys said:

Hylia the Westworld watching legend

 

YES SHE DID  she literally hugs kid Rey and i think she says something, but like i can't even remember what  

 

Prime actually has a really good catalogue of things to watch! Have you ever watched the movie Annihilation? I just saw that it's on Prime and I feel like you might be interested in it tbh. 

"Rey, be brave" apparently  I wouldn't have thought such a minor character would be played by an actress who headlines a TV series.

 

Yeah, I saw that in theatres, loved it! Yeah, I kind of underestimated that service, I'm in no danger of running out of stuff I want to see on there  Earlier I watched this movie Prophecy, which I thought would be entertaining enough for having a mutant bear as the main antagonist, but also has one amazing, ridiculous, awesome scene where a sinister logger and a Native American activist literally duel with a chainsaw and an axe over the fate of a tree

[Dennis Reynolds 16,529]

On 5/20/2020 at 7:14 PM, Daenerys said:

honestly NOTHING... i'm not motivated to watch/do anything it's sad  i really just keep up with Killing Eve/listen to music and that's it, what about you?  

Any change or still stagnant?  I've watched quite a lot of movies on Prime and am also near polishing off 30 Rock  Miss the theatre tbh (not that I'd go if it was open right now).

[Daenerys 101,821]

1 minute ago, Dennis Reynolds said:

Any change or still stagnant?  I've watched quite a lot of movies on Prime and am also near polishing off 30 Rock  Miss the theatre tbh (not that I'd go if it was open right now).

Animal Crossing has taken over my life... i got it last week and i literally spend every moment playing it  but i'm currently rewatching Will & Grace with my mom! still play Animal Crossing while watching tho dd  Lately, I've been in the mood to rewatch a bunch of shows like The West Wing, Orphan Black and Game of Thrones (s1-6 hello! not touching those last two seasons!)  I'm missing the theater too, but like you, I don't see myself going for quite some time. 

 

Is it your first 30 Rock watch? I used to stan the show so hard years ago  

[Dennis Reynolds 16,529]

23 minutes ago, Daenerys said:

Animal Crossing has taken over my life... i got it last week and i literally spend every moment playing it  but i'm currently rewatching Will & Grace with my mom! still play Animal Crossing while watching tho dd  Lately, I've been in the mood to rewatch a bunch of shows like The West Wing, Orphan Black and Game of Thrones (s1-6 hello! not touching those last two seasons!)  I'm missing the theater too, but like you, I don't see myself going for quite some time. 

 

Is it your first 30 Rock watch? I used to stan the show so hard years ago  

Oh yeah, I've heard a lot about Animal Crossing but haven't played it myself, any of them for that matter. Was gonna suggest you make a thread and stir up some discussion on here since I kow we have some fans but apparentyly there already is one!  https://fotpforums.com/topic/177684-animal-crossing-new-horizons-march-20-2020/?tab=comments#comment-1062894943

 

Still have season 1 of Orphan Black on Blu-ray, was thinking about watching that.

 

 

I saw season 1 for the first time a few years ago, then watched 2-4 last year I think and recently I picked it up again since it's all on Prime. I have 1-4 on DVD and I've rewatched a lot of episodes a fair bit, this joke especially makes me lose it  

 

 

[Dennis Reynolds 16,529]

@Daenerys I watched the first season of The Boys  Pretty good overall.

[Daenerys 101,821]

3 hours ago, Dennis Reynolds said:

@Daenerys I watched the first season of The Boys  Pretty good overall.

I watched it when it premiered and felt... off about it? I liked it, but also didn't feel extremely connected to anyone except Star Girl (? i forget her name dd). But I'm still excited for season 2. It's a show I'd still continue to watch because it still is really entertaining  They also left on a fun cliffhanger  

[Daenerys 101,821]

@Dennis Reynolds still not really in the watching TV shows mood BUT HBO has the new Perry Mason coming on Sunday and I'll be starting that oh yes  Tatiana Maslany is in it and she's phenomenal and hasn't been on TV much lately so it will be VERY welcome to see her weekly  also gonna try and start Love, Victor and The Politician S2  

[Dennis Reynolds 16,529]

20 minutes ago, Daenerys said:

I watched it when it premiered and felt... off about it? I liked it, but also didn't feel extremely connected to anyone except Star Girl (? i forget her name dd). But I'm still excited for season 2. It's a show I'd still continue to watch because it still is really entertaining  They also left on a fun cliffhanger  

Yeah Hughie and Starlight are really the thoroughly good protagonists, although Mother's Milk and Frenchie are fine if underused  Butcher is also fun to watch if a pretty terrible person really. Homelander is a good antagonist, his whole mommy issue was something I'd never seen in a supervillain before 

9 minutes ago, Daenerys said:

@Dennis Reynolds still not really in the watching TV shows mood BUT HBO has the new Perry Mason coming on Sunday and I'll be starting that oh yes  Tatiana Maslany is in it and she's phenomenal and hasn't been on TV much lately so it will be VERY welcome to see her weekly  also gonna try and start Love, Victor and The Politician S2  

I didn't even know there was a new Perry Mason coming out  I would be interested in Love because I like Gillian Jacobs and Judd Apatow.

 

I'm also watching The Tick, which is great fun and tonally like the polar opposite of The Boys 

[Daenerys 101,821]

On 6/19/2020 at 8:14 PM, Dennis Reynolds said:

Yeah Hughie and Starlight are really the thoroughly good protagonists, although Mother's Milk and Frenchie are fine if underused  Butcher is also fun to watch if a pretty terrible person really. Homelander is a good antagonist, his whole mommy issue was something I'd never seen in a supervillain before 

I didn't even know there was a new Perry Mason coming out  I would be interested in Love because I like Gillian Jacobs and Judd Apatow.

 

I'm also watching The Tick, which is great fun and tonally like the polar opposite of The Boys 

when Homelander let the plane crash... i-  

 

it premiered last night... it was cute! a slow start tbh. Tatiana wasn't even in the episode  but the previews for the upcoming weeks looks intriguing so I don't think I'm going to drop it  

[Dennis Reynolds 16,529]

9 minutes ago, Daenerys said:

when Homelander let the plane crash... i-  

 

it premiered last night... it was cute! a slow start tbh. Tatiana wasn't even in the episode  but the previews for the upcoming weeks looks intriguing so I don't think I'm going to drop it  

One thing I've thing I've noticed about the show is that it all seems very early to mid-2000s to me. There's the 9/11 analogue, there's the Deep making his Kobe Bryant-esque apology, there's the big evangelical wishy washy support our president type attitude from celebrities. The comic premiered around that time and maybe the show just takes all its cues from it but it doesn't seem like they updated the premise very much, like with that stretchy superhero who says you can "pray the gay away"  I just don't really buy that there's gonna be a major, relevant celebrity in 2019 who openly espouses that kind of attitude (even though he is secretly gay)  

 

Oh  Is she a lock for next week? 

 

[Daenerys 101,821]

On 6/22/2020 at 11:06 AM, Dennis Reynolds said:

One thing I've thing I've noticed about the show is that it all seems very early to mid-2000s to me. There's the 9/11 analogue, there's the Deep making his Kobe Bryant-esque apology, there's the big evangelical wishy washy support our president type attitude from celebrities. The comic premiered around that time and maybe the show just takes all its cues from it but it doesn't seem like they updated the premise very much, like with that stretchy superhero who says you can "pray the gay away"  I just don't really buy that there's gonna be a major, relevant celebrity in 2019 who openly espouses that kind of attitude (even though he is secretly gay)  

 

Oh  Is she a lock for next week? 

 

omg i follow Starlight on Instagram and she posted something about news coming soon about the new season  would love for a August/September premiere  end of July has Umbrella Academy so I'll be okay with a bit of a wait  

 

not sure she's on LOCK lock, but i feel 99% think she'll be on next week  her character seems to have a huge part to play with the fall out of what happens in episode 1  i think they're building up hype for her character which will actually help since we DO hear about her/see a photo in the first episode  

[Daenerys 101,821]

@Dennis Reynolds it's finally happened. i'm finally watching a show... and it's Grey's Anatomy. it's really a rewatch, but it's been on a few Mondays on TV and i finally just started binging. Granted it's from where the TV channel left off in s2 and I don't think I'm gonna watch the whole series, but still!  

[Dennis Reynolds 16,529]

5 minutes ago, Daenerys said:

@Dennis Reynolds it's finally happened. i'm finally watching a show... and it's Grey's Anatomy. it's really a rewatch, but it's been on a few Mondays on TV and i finally just started binging. Granted it's from where the TV channel left off in s2 and I don't think I'm gonna watch the whole series, but still!  

That's good!  At least there's a lot of seasons if you do want to see the whole shebang. I haven't seen Grey's Anatomy but @tomás recently professed his enthusiasm for that series to me  

[Dennis Reynolds 16,529]

@Daenerys so The Boys S2 premieres September 4th!  

[Dennis Reynolds 16,529]

@Ariana these are some of my favourite movies I've watched on Prime Video  don't know if they're to your interest or not but I'm bored to tears so  

 

All Hallows Eve

Brick

Murder on the Orient Express 

Prophecy (I acknowledge that many would not appreciate killer mutant bear movies with chainsaw vs. axe duels, but if you do...)

The Proposition

Starcrash (enjoyable Star Wars ripoff)

The Virgin Suicides

 

I mentioned only movies I had seen for the first time, but Knives Out is on there right now and that's a great film. And for shows, I again love The Tick  

[Ariana 8,646]

52 minutes ago, Dennis Reynolds said:

@Ariana these are some of my favourite movies I've watched on Prime Video  don't know if they're to your interest or not but I'm bored to tears so  

 

All Hallows Eve

Brick

Murder on the Orient Express 

Prophecy (I acknowledge that many would not appreciate killer mutant bear movies with chainsaw vs. axe duels, but if you do...)

The Proposition

Starcrash (enjoyable Star Wars ripoff)

The Virgin Suicides

 

I mentioned only movies I had seen for the first time, but Knives Out is on there right now and that's a great film. And for shows, I again love The Tick  

Omg thank you for this I've literally ran out of things to watch  I've seen 2 of those but Murder on the Orient Express piqued my interest I think. Lemme perch ha later