GLASSJAW Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 37 minutes ago, Shift-4 said: Several characters are really hilarious and a lot of fun. But Sookie gets pretty annoying. Yeah, definitely had some memorable characters. Lafayette, in the early seasons, was brilliant. Bill and Eric were pretty good early on too, though. Everything was ruined by the end. Plus it wins points for having one of the best intros of all time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wet5OM7RR8Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 28 minutes ago, GLASSJAW said: Yeah, definitely had some memorable characters. Lafayette, in the early seasons, was brilliant. Bill and Eric were pretty good early on too, though. Everything was ruined by the end. Plus it wins points for having one of the best intros of all time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wet5OM7RR8Q This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Shows that I dropped (that people think are good): Orange is the New Black (After S2) Sons of Anarchy (after S1) Bloodlines (After S1, though might pick up again as S2 just came out) House of Cards (After S3) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 1 hour ago, GLASSJAW said: I generally just test out HBO content, or stuff that I am particularly hyped for, like Ash vs. Evil Dead... and speaking of which, I never finished Ash vs. Evil Dead. I was so busy during that period I just totally forgot about it. Should finish up that series soon. Forgot all about that, thanks for the reminder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 1 hour ago, GLASSJAW said: Yeah, definitely had some memorable characters. Lafayette, in the early seasons, was brilliant. Bill and Eric were pretty good early on too, though. Everything was ruined by the end. Plus it wins points for having one of the best intros of all time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wet5OM7RR8Q Absolutely best intro. Jason cracked me up non-stop Loved the take no nonsense attitude from Pam Russell Edgington was one of my favourite villains of all time Really liked the Alcide character but I wasn't always happy with where his storyline went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 1 hour ago, Hugor Hill said: Shows that I dropped (that people think are good): Orange is the New Black (After S2) Sons of Anarchy (after S1) Bloodlines (After S1, though might pick up again as S2 just came out) House of Cards (After S3) Haven't seen any of them. Hell I haven't even watched the Sopranos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Ash vs. The Evil Dead was phenomenal. As far as "Clam Oz" (aka. Orange is the New Black). That may be the worst thing I've ever seen on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 1 hour ago, J.R. said: Haven't seen any of them. Hell I haven't even watched the Sopranos. The Sopranos you gotta watch. It's a game changer in history of TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Hugor Hill said: The Sopranos you gotta watch. It's a game changer in history of TV. I'm worried that it's so hyped up at this point, it's almost impossible to not be disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 36 minutes ago, J.R. said: I'm worried that it's so hyped up at this point, it's almost impossible to not be disappointed. You won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svengali Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 11 hours ago, GLASSJAW said: I have massive OCD when it comes to this stuff, you have no idea. If I start a series, I finish it. If I start a book, I (almost always) finish it. I've turned off like five movies in the last 10 years. I watched all 7 seasons of True Blood and I hated almost every minute of seasons 2-7. ... Holy crap. Do you feel you have to finish things out of spite? Like "this show will not beat me" ..? Haha. I've recently realized that I read books and watch movies like mad, or, read books and watch tv series like mad. I can't seem to do all 3 ... so I'll put off either movies or tv series for a few weeks at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Jay 22 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Wedding Crashers: 9/10. Could not stop laughing throughout the whole movie. Such a classic. 42: 6/10. The Jackie Robinson movie. As an avid baseball fan, it was "eh". The story is an important one in history and the directors did a decent job portraying the struggles of racism that black athletes faced at this time period. But the movie itself kind of dragged, and Harrison Ford got to sleep walk through this one. I was expecting a baseball movie with hints of family and racial tension, whereas I got a movie that focused a lot on Jackie's family and his love life with hints of baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Ginger Snaps - 8/10 Somehow despite being a horror fanatic I never got around to watching this. I think when it first came out I was friends with some goths who loved it and I kind of just wrote it off as pandering to that subculture. But it's really good, got its own thing going on. Disgusting and hilarious and hilariously disgusting. Quite a fresh take on the werewolf genre, especially switching to a female perspective. Surprising how perfectly executed the acting and dialogue was for a relatively under the radar Canadian movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 On 13/06/2016 at 0:29 AM, riffraff said: Try this one if you haven't already. my favourite of the ilk: oh geez, completely forgot about this - yeah I have seen it, used to have a vhs (!) copy taped off late night citytv when I was in high school; remember liking it although the only clear memory I have is the massive rumble on the football field with the Ducky Boys, who creeped me out with the way they just slowly start appearing, like something out of a horror movie. Should watch it again tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 36 minutes ago, The Bookie said: oh geez, completely forgot about this - yeah I have seen it, used to have a vhs (!) copy taped off late night citytv when I was in high school; remember liking it although the only clear memory I have is the massive rumble on the football field with the Ducky Boys, who creeped me out with the way they just slowly start appearing, like something out of a horror movie. Should watch it again tho. Best rumble scene really...for the reasons you mentioned.....maybe even better than the socs vs the greasers though dallys death scene is great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Looked up The Wanderers on Rotten Tomatoes and it turns out it was based on a novel by Richard Price. He wrote a reallllly great book called Clockers, that was turned into a so-so movie in the 90s by Spike Lee, and was also one of the main inspirations for HBO's The Wire. So that's cool. Maybe do a combo re-watch & first time read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 lawrence of arabia: 8/10 wasn't sure if i had seen this, so i gave it a go. definitely good. great acting, great visuals. lawrence sure is a compelling (borderline strange) character. but i've never been super big on 'epics' like this. interesting, also, to see some of the editing techniques that were used. some of them towards the start are so abrupt and disjointed. doesn't really make the plot confusing, just not at all smooth transitions. anyway, certainly a good movie, and i'm glad i watched all 3,000 hours of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Was alright. Definitely not terrible, but far from perfect. It's nice to have another mockumentary film around. It appears that Christopher Guest is in no hurry at his age to do anymore of them, so having someone else try their hand at it is alright in my books. And considering how successful Lonely Island has been, having them create a music mockumentary for the industry today seems fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 American Sniper. it was on the movie package channel. I didn't intend to watch it. entertaining enough I suppose. Not one of clints best. Seems like anyone could have directed it. ill give it a 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 On June 14, 2016 at 6:41 PM, J.R. said: I'm worried that it's so hyped up at this point, it's almost impossible to not be disappointed. the first few episodes are kinda rough because of the production levels, and a lot of references and clothes will seem a little dated, but it's still god tier television. i just re-watched the whole series like 2 years ago and i'm kinda itching to give it another go now. it's an incredibly rich show. you liked Mad Men - so keep in mind Mad Men's creator was a Sopranos writer, and there's a lot of influence there. Except Mad Men is about a broken man in advertising and Sopranos is about a broken man in... uh.. waste management? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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