General Film and TV Discussion Thread

[Dennis Reynolds 20,887]

3 minutes ago, Daenerys said:

 

 

Ron Swanson is a legend  From the same swivel chair episode I also love when he initially sees it and just says "What the fuck is this?"  Also when he throws away his computer after April tells him about cookies and Google Earth, and there's also this:

 

 

[Daenerys 101,821]

1 hour ago, Dennis Reynolds said:

Ron Swanson is a legend  From the same swivel chair episode I also love when he initially sees it and just says "What the fuck is this?"  Also when he throws away his computer after April tells him about cookies and Google Earth, and there's also this:

 

 

what about April scheduling all of Ron's appointments on February 29th??? i forget the date, but it's because she thinks it's a fake date  AND OF COURSE DONNA IS A LEGEND

[Dennis Reynolds 20,887]

17 minutes ago, Daenerys said:

what about April scheduling all of Ron's appointments on February 29th??? i forget the date, but it's because she thinks it's a fake date  AND OF COURSE DONNA IS A LEGEND

I think April is my second favorite character after Ron  It's hard to pick after that. One of the best jokes involving all the characters is when Leslie gets each of them perfect gifts, among them a painting of April having slain the Black Eyed Peas and a button that shuts the doors to Ron's office which brings him to the verge of tears  They're all so well established that it's really funny when any of them do something out of character, like when Ann is drunk talking about how Andy has matured and now some other girl is gonna reap the rewards and she declares "That's bullshit!" before awkwardly sipping at her drink  

[Daenerys 101,821]

33 minutes ago, Dennis Reynolds said:

I think April is my second favorite character after Ron  It's hard to pick after that. One of the best jokes involving all the characters is when Leslie gets each of them perfect gifts, among them a painting of April having slain the Black Eyed Peas and a button that shuts the doors to Ron's office which brings him to the verge of tears  They're all so well established that it's really funny when any of them do something out of character, like when Ann is drunk talking about how Andy has matured and now some other girl is gonna reap the rewards and she declares "That's bullshit!" before awkwardly sipping at her drink  

ANN PERKINS  THE QUEEN THAT SHE IS  

[Dennis Reynolds 20,887]

30 minutes ago, Daenerys said:

ANN PERKINS  THE QUEEN THAT SHE IS  

Ann Perkins!

 

This bit's not on YouTube apparently but I love when she goes skydiving and the recording is just her screaming her head off  

[Dennis Reynolds 20,887]

@Tahj @Hyun. this isn't worth making a thread over but I've been reading through this Moon Knight omnibus and I can say the forthcoming TV show is easily one of my most anticipated Marvel projects  The character gets referred to as the Marvel equivalent of Batman a lot, but I think the similarities are mostly superficial and he's really more like the Shadow than any other character, or perhaps Simon Templar. One of my favorite stories isn't even action based, and would make for a great episode of television. It's about his girlfriend in critical condition in the hospital from an attack and when he's told they won't have a good idea of whether she'll survive or not until dawn, he distracts himself by going out in the night, both taking it out on people and trying to do some good deeds. He berates a doorman for drinking on the job and pours out his liquor, he gives a homeless man money and is bitterly pessimistic he's gonna just use it to get drunk like the other guy, he finds a heroin addict passed out and anonymously takes him back to the hospital, he stops a mugging, etc. He is a hero, but an unstable one with more obvious problems than most others. That particular story really demonstrates a lot of the uniqueness and instability that make him a very interesting character.

[Ruthless Love 7,324]

The first three seasons of The Nanny are classic television comedy. Loving it.

[Max 16,347]

I just started watching Selling Sunsets and WHAT IS THIS?  I'm obsessed  

[Ruthless Love 7,324]

Fuck me. Katey Sagal is incredible, and Rebel is a HIT!

[Ruthless Love 7,324]

Um.. Paramount+ has to be the absolute worst of the streaming platforms. So many performance issues. I do not recommend.

[Chris 59,467]

I got a YouTube ad for a I think middle Eastern film judging by the written language. The only English word on it was for the title and it's called "Suicide?" slated for June or January 2022. There was an exact date but didn't catch it. And I can't find jack shit about it

[Dennis Reynolds 20,887]

I'm watching Space: 1999 on Prime Video. There's times I'm disappointed we didn't get all this retrofuturistic stuff portrayed from the mid 1970s to the early 80s like these giant computers with ominous green text and white pajamas as the default clothing and only got the internet and such instead  

[Spooky Starboy 780]

So um anyone looking forward to watching The French Dispatch and Dune in October? They both look amazing

[Dennis Reynolds 20,887]

@Hyun. @Tahj did you like the first episode of What If? I thought it was OK, I'm sure it'll be pretty uneven like most anthology series though.

[Princess Aurora 31,801]

Who watched the new Sex Education season?  I hope I'm not the only one on this forum

[Shawn's Slave 19,524]

Is this Hugh Grant? Oh wow, he was soo hot  @Princess Aurora, do you know this film?

 

[Princess Aurora 31,801]

2 minutes ago, Daddy Barlow said:

Is this Hugh Grant? Oh wow, he was soo hot  @Princess Aurora, do you know this film?

 

Of course I did. It's a Classic Movie  and yep, it was him. The movie is called Maurice

[Shawn's Slave 19,524]

11 minutes ago, Princess Aurora said:

Of course I did. It's a Classic Movie  and yep, it was him. The movie is called Maurice

It feels very real and intimate, king of acting!

[Dennis Reynolds 20,887]

@Howard Lotor I don't think there's all that many people that share my affection for 1930s slang such as "scare me up some gigglejuice", "cute as a bug", "she dances the Charleston like a cement mixer", "wound up tight as an eight day clock", etc., so I love the way this character speaks  

 

 

[Lynk 11,721]

12 minutes ago, Dennis Reynolds said:

@Howard Lotor I don't think there's all that many people that share my affection for 1930s slang such as "scare me up some gigglejuice", "cute as a bug", "she dances the Charleston like a cement mixer", "wound up tight as an eight day clock", etc., so I love the way this character speaks  

 

 

Alastor is just a great character generally. It's pretty impressive how he became a fan favorite from just the pilot  I think he's based on the early 20th century and was alive during that time which explains the early 20th century slang.