Re: tOfficial General Movies and TV Shows Discussion/Criticism Thread

[AvgMSUJoe]

Metal Lords on Netflix worth a watch.

[Rocinante]

Anyone watch Severance? Cause I just saw John Tuturro and Christopher Walken almost make out.

Half the way through. Weird, but good. (So far)

What channel because this sounds like essential viewing.

[AvgMSUJoe]

Anyone watch Severance? Cause I just saw John Tuturro and Christopher Walken almost make out.

Half the way through. Weird, but good. (So far)

What channel because this sounds like essential viewing.

Apple +

https://youtu.be/xEQP4VVuyrY

[Nordic]

Anyone watch Severance? Cause I just saw John Tuturro and Christopher Walken almost make out.

Half the way through. Weird, but good. (So far)

Yep. Very good. Great characters

Semi-spoiler:

[AvgMSUJoe]

Just finished season 1... need to process.

Creative and engaging, that's for sure.

[Nordic]

Just finished season 1... need to process.

Creative and engaging, that's for sure.

That about sums it up

[Nordic]

Better Call Saul final season has started

[Pervis Muldoon]

Better Call Saul final season has started

And it's pretty eventful so far. Damn.

[MiamiSpartan]

I was going to bump the dedicated Better Call Saul thread the other day, but when I searched for it, I saw that Dr Strangelove was the last post in that, and didn't have the heart to bump it.

[AvgMSUJoe]

I might save that up for a good binge... maybe not. Undecided. I do feel like I should re-watch the last episode from a couple years back.

Shit I don't remember how he was brought into Breaking Bad either... So many things I forgot.

[Floyd Robertson]

Air Bud is 25 years old now. Man how time flies.

[Nordic]

Top Gun Night!

[MiamiSpartan]

Blew work off the last day and a half for some cinema and TV entertainment.

Yesterday, we picked my daughter up from school and went to a 3:30 showing of Top Gun.

Today, daughter didn't have school, some watched the two Obi Wan episodes that released and the first 3 Stranger Things new episodes, also released today.

A 70s/80s franchise, an 80s franchise, and a show set in the 80s.

[Nordic]

Best movie I've ever seen

[Pervis Muldoon]

Best movie I've ever seen

Previous to this, what was the best movie you had ever seen?

[AvgMSUJoe]

Wait, top gun 2 is the best movie ever? Like over Schindlers List and Private Ryan and Godfather and shawshank and Citizen Kane?

[Nordic]

Best movie I've ever seen

Previous to this, what was the best movie you had ever seen?

Fair question. Can't say I have a favorite but there is a pretty clear top end. As a whee lad it was Star Wars & Indiana Jones. High School it was Vision Quest and Top Gun. After college Braveheart and 13th Warrior. I'm sure your noticing a theme. These stick out for nostalgia reasons as well. Adulthood is a blur. Obv my movie tastes have changed, but nothing is sticking out. I'm not a big movie guy. Especially going to the theater. Only time I go is for whatever the kids. I've only three on the list above in a theater.

So obv I'm biased. If you liked the first one, you will like this one. My kids dug it and they've never seen the OG. That was probably the best part for me.

They could've Jar Jar Binx'ed it, but they didn't. Had the right amount of cheese and intensity. They weaved the old and new brilliantly; this could've easily crashed and burned. I had low expectations of them being able to pull it off based on the trailers. If I had one beef it would the "US against the 'evil bad guy" plot. Not my thing anymore. Nor are action movies in general. But it is fucking Top Gun. You know what you're getting going in.

I could be totally blinded by loving this as a teen and seeing it with my teen kids. I had a shit ton of fun watching it.

[Nordic]

Wait, top gun 2 is the best movie ever? Like over Schindlers List and Private Ryan and Godfather and shawshank and Citizen Kane?

Add saving Private Ryan to the above.

Shawshank is awesome too. Those are all great for different reasons. Obv different movie types. Some people like scary movies, dramas, whatever. I like movies that entertain (Schindler's List is brilliant, but not entertaining).

[Nordic]

One more add. I had no intentions of going tonight. I assumed I would go see it at some point, whenever it finally released. The exact day was not on my radar.  My ladies surprised me.

[Nordic]

Spoiler alert

Spoiler:

[Nordic]

Good review.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fox10phoenix.com/news/top-gun-maverick-review-top-gun-2-tom-cruise-miles-teller.amp

[MiamiSpartan]

I probably liked it better than the original, but I never loved the original, even though it's a classic 80s movie from my childhood/teens (at the time, I liked Iron Eagle better...more action, less lovey dovey stuff). The action/aerial scenes are what really stood out in this one. Been a long time since we've had a modern day fighter plane movie.

[MiamiSpartan]

Obi Wan (first 2 episodes) and the new Stranger Things season. I enjoyed both. ST, I probably like better than the previous (3rd) season. I dont really remember Season 2. With Obi Wan, it feels very Star Wars, so I'm all in.

I'm going to put this in a spoiler tag, but really this is just about the opening scene of the forat episode of both Obi Wan and ST4

Spoiler:

Not sure if this is really a spoiler about Obi Wan, but I wasn't aware if it going in, so I'll spoiler tag jt.

Spoiler:

[tGreenWay]

Nordy and Miami, how did they explain away Maverick’s initial love interest Charlie becoming a lesbian? Did the writers imply it was Maverick who drove her to give up on men, or do they just have it said outright in the dialogue?

[MiamiSpartan]

Nordy and Miami, how did they explain away Maverick’s initial love interest Charlie becoming a lesbian? Did the writers imply it was Maverick who drove her to give up on men, or do they just have it said outright in the dialogue?

Yes, they said it is because of Maverick's Scientology beliefs and his work as a super spy, which always takes him away on impossible missions.

[MiamiSpartan]

New episode of Obi Wan dropped today (Episode 3)

Spoiler:

[Nordic]

New episode of Obi Wan dropped today (Episode 3)

Spoiler:

Watched e1&2. I'm nuetral so far, but not given up. I'm generally 50/50 on Star Wars movies/shows. I will say the visual effects on these seem to get better and better.

[Pervis Muldoon]

I finished watching the first season of The Handmaid's Tale. It's terrific, and one of the more creative yet believable dystopian visions I've seen.

[DWags]

I finished watching the first season of The Handmaid's Tale. It's terrific, and one of the more creative yet believable dystopian visions I've seen.

It’s getting a bit too close for comfort

[AvgMSUJoe]

Preface this... I'm kind a drunk... but that fucking norm McDonald special has me in tears hillarious.

(Had to shut it off after 15 min cause the 11 year old is in the room )

[Death Roe]

Thor: Love and Thunder was good.

Christian Bale is the best actor on the planet.

[tGreenWay]

Thor: Love and Thunder was good.

Christian Bale is the best actor on the planet.

He also had the best on-set meltdown.

[Floyd Robertson]

Roadhouse is getting a reboot with Jake Gyllenhaal, to which I say, FUCK YOU Hollywood.

[AvgMSUJoe]

Roadhouse is getting a reboot with Jake Gyllenhaal, to which I say, FUCK YOU Hollywood.

Dat hair tho.

[aualum06]

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[tGreenWay]

Three episodes in on the 8 ep. miniseries The Staircase. It’s based on the documentary of the same name, which looks at the suspicious death of Kathleen Peterson, wife of novelist Michael Peterson. The cameras followed around Michael Peterson as police considered him their only suspect. The documentary, and thus the miniseries, tell Peterson’s story as he endures sixteen years of police and prosecutor attention.

[tGreenWay]

btw, I’ll watch the actual documentary after finishing the Hollywood version.

[Rocinante]

Lady Gaga is not a good actor.

[Rocinante]

Also, we don’t need another Joker without Batman. We get it, he’s an incel that finally snapped for all the sexless dorks out there.

[AvgMSUJoe]

btw, I’ll watch the actual documentary after finishing the Hollywood version.

didnt bother with the doc. The show was entertaining.

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