SuaveStar Posted August 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 This weeks Curb Your Enthusiasm wasn't very good. It was still funny at points, but it didn't have that great bang you'd expect from Larry David's horrible adventures. It wasn't a bad episode, it just wasn't very good. Futurama from last week, was the same, it's real problem was it had to rush to a conclusion as they were running out of time for what they planned to do. I wouldn't call it bad, just not a very good episode, and a very shitty ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted August 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 Mission Impossible 2: Starts off quite interesting, but sort of just, does nothing. The first one is infinitely better, and is actually a movie I really like. This, this was just, boring. Also, remember the great bit at the start of the first movie, with the face mask coming off? Yeah, they do it here, about fifteen times. 2 out of 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted August 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Curb Your Enthusiasm: Something about this episode just didn't click with me, I just couldn't get into it. It's series 5/6 all over again. 2 out of 5 Breaking Bad: Watch this show. This weeks was more of a setting up episode than anything else, but BB has it down so well, you know these pieces being set up, will cause some momentous shit to happen soon. 3 out of 5 Rubber: Imagine if Pixar made live action horror, then you'd get this. It stars a tyre named Robert who has to power to blow people's heads off with telekinesis. It opens with the cop telling the audience "You need to have a suspension of belief for any film" and we are shown Robert The Tyre, drinking water, renting a hotel room, and randomly killing people, all the while a group of people, who remind me of the chorus from a classic Greek play, like Oedipus or Antigone, giving their thoughts on the action. The ending is also one of the most fucked up I've seen in a while: Robert is killed by the Sheriff, who has enough of fucking around with a tyre, and Robert is reincarnated moments later as a tricycle. He then grabs some tyre friends and makes his way to Hollywood as some of the best credit music ever plays. Not a fantastic film, but very enjoyable and so different from anything I've seen, that I couldn't help but be entertained by it. 3.5 out of 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 No place to hide! No place to run! The mutant age Has now begun! X-Men! (X-Men!) This is the day! (This is the day!) X-Men! (X-Men!) Coming your way! Magneto's horde is on the way To pillage burn and plunder! But there's one team that will not yield The team that strikes like thunder! X-Men! (X-Men!) This is the day! (This is the day!) X-Men! (X-Men!) Coming your way! What has two thumbs and was watching Pryde of the X-Men last night? This guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 I watched the VHS of that so many times, I probably wore it into dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 I had it taped off the TV and literally watched it until it broke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 "Yes, very good Toad. Now make yourself useful...go play in an airlock!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 I'm watching Xena. Yeah. Xena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 I'm watching Xena. Yeah. Xena. Are you watching an epsiode of her and her "travelling compantion"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 Isn't that every episode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 I wanted to do things to Callisto. Still do, honestly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 I've never actually watched Xena before. It kinda feels like a show I shouldn't like out of principle or some such nonsense. But screw it; it's fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 I had it taped off the TV and literally watched it until it broke. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-kgM62MOwM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CxgFgpIPco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 The Black Death: As someone who has a degree that specialised in medieval history, I LOVED this. Sean Bean channels his LOTR bad-assery, Lord Percy from Blackadder plays an evil cultist and the ending is, to quote Dread Media, a 1-2 punch to the gut. The rest of director Christopher Smith's filmography is now on my LOVEFiLM queue. Let Me In: It's a very good movie, as long as you haven't already seen Let The Right One In first. Without the baggae of being a remake, there's some great acting, some nice stylistic choices and will resonate with people. That being said, if you've seen the original Norwegian film, there is pretty much no reason to watch this film unless you feel the need to compare and contrast them (as I did). That being said, Casey Jones as a Ned Flanders-looking cop is a selling point on its own! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Conan the Barbarian (1982): I loved this movie when I was in high school. It doesn't stand up at much but it's still a fun movie and one I can throw in for background noise. Conan the Destroyer: It's like a D&D movie really. Someone decided to write a script based off their campaign aqnd then added Conan to it when they realized they had the rights to him. They just replaced the warrior character in their script with him. Conan the Adventurer (Season 1): Outside of an annoying animal sidekick, this was a much more quality series than I remembered. There was tons of continuity and it just felt like there were tons of times that effort was actually put into the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Conan the Adventurer (Season 1): Outside of an annoying animal sidekick, this was a much more quality series than I remembered. There was tons of continuity and it just felt like there were tons of times that effort was actually put into the show. I didn't watch much of this show and barely remember it. I do remember seeing the moral at the end of one, where Conan explains that good strategy is always more important than brute force. And I remember thinking, "Huh. The writers have seen Conan, right?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Freaks and Geeks: Where has this show been my entire life? Funny, dramatic, filled with great music, and just drenched in great acting. You can see the potential that Seth Rogen, Jason Segal, and James Franco had back then. Really, more than anything, it just felt so fucking real compared to half the shows that... let's say my sister... watched when... she... was in high school. While I feel more with the geek side of the show now, I was a freak also in high school so it makes it doubly cathartic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Freaks and Geeks: Where has this show been my entire life? Funny, dramatic, filled with great music, and just drenched in great acting. You can see the potential that Seth Rogen, Jason Segal, and James Franco had back then. Really, more than anything, it just felt so fucking real compared to half the shows that... let's say my sister... watched when... she... was in high school. While I feel more with the geek side of the show now, I was a freak also in high school so it makes it doubly cathartic. Oh, my God, this show was amazing. I was watching Judd Apatow's next TV effort today, Undeclared. It's much more "bwa-ha-ha sitcomy" than Freaks and Geeks, but it's still of amazing quality. I watched it every week when it was on ten years ago, and I remember loving the character of Ron, thinking that kid would go somewhere. I had forgotten he was played by Seth Rogen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Saying that something was far and away the greatest thing Filmation Studios ever released is kind of like calling someone "the least sweaty fat kid I've ever seen", but I just finished watching 1982's Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All, which was fucking amazing. Beautiful use of rotoscoping, a script from a Star Trek alum, by and large a terrific voice cast (including Diane "Poison Ivy" Pershing), this was an absolute blast from start to finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Let me guess what the next edition of Saturday Morning 101 will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Not the next, but it's definitely on the schedule now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobobob_100 Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 the final scene from this weeks futurama made me all warm, fuzzy, and sad on the inside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Tekken. I actually didn't mind it until they started naming the participants. Dragunov? Raven? Rojo? Both Williams sisters? Come on, they could do better. Where's the classic series characters like Paul Phoenix or Lei Wulong? Either would be preferable to Anna or Dragunov. And Christie as the love interest? Really? I'll bet they picked the actors first and who they'd be playing second. I was actually fine with all the changes they made to the world and the story, it was literally just the roster that irritates me. That and the camera's magnetic focus on Christie's weird-ass ass-cleavage outfits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Finally saw Black Snake Moan tonight. Awesome comedy of errors, and it has some of the best reaction shots I've seen in a movie. Also, Sam Jackson can sing. Who knew? EDIT: And suddenly 13 Assassins, and flaming cows, and bloodsplosions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Watched the first four episode of season one of the Cosby Show tonight (staying in an interesting house tonight). That show was unbelievably ahead of its time and better than pretty much everything that came after. Bill Cosby is like Louis CK on Dramamine here. And that's still pretty vitriolic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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