Movies and TV

[bacon]

Pretty violent for a network show

 

[Cougar Bait]

Violence and sex sells brother

 

[Mudcat]

Has anyone else seen the trailer for the new Dracula movie....looks decent.

Just looked at it. Dunno. Can't help but compare it to other things. It's does not appear as aggressively weird and splashy as the Coppola version.

Frankly seems more TV-ish, - but I just don't know.

 

[Cami]

Violence and sex sells brother

Is there ever an episode where they don't catch the guy/gal they are after?

 

[Mudcat]

Regarding The Fifth Estate (2013)

I found this story of Wikileaks and Julian Assange to be fascinating. I recommend it to anyone with an interest in ethics, media, morality. There is so much to think about relating to that Wikileaks situation.

It is a fairly low rated movie. My best guess is that people had pre-existing positions. Judging by the discussion I have skimmed over, people who intensely dislike Assange object to how it portrays him as a hero. People who really like what he tried to do dislike how he is portrayed as a villain.

I'm not kidding at all. These exact opposite positions are somehow both prevalent.

That in itself is something to further contemplate.

As someone who sees the whole world in vast gray areas, I just found it intelligent and thoughtful.

It's not something I anticipate watching every couple years like clockwork but 7 out of 10.

 

[reno cool]

oh, sounds interesting. Is this in theaters or what?

 

[Mudcat]

No. It did poorly in theatres and did not last long. That was last year.

It just recently showed up on my HBO-Canada channel (or whatever). That's where I got it.

 

[reno cool]

ah good, I have hbo America, maybe its on there :

 

[roguejuror]

Julian Assange to be fascinating.

Earlier this week via satellite he got together with Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald the journalist dude who helped Snowden, and Kim Dotcom German dude who got raided in New Zealand by the American FBI for running the MegaUpload site. In a conference they outed the New Zealand President as a lier and showed documents how the Kiwi population is under surveillance, and the NSA facilities in New Zealand. Huge show and important because today was the NZ presidential elections. Too little too late though, the President got reelected.

 

[Matty]

Mr Bates is a boring fuck-up. I don't care about his sub-plot with Anna.

Please kill off Mr. Bates.

 

[Mudcat]

Come on now. Mr Bates is a total thing.

Meanwhile Matthew Crawley is developing a movie career and is supposedly very good as a villain in the new movie, The Guest. Showing lots of star power.

He was in The Fifth Estate but it was a pretty small role.

 

[Matty]

Mr. Bates is a fat bore.

 

[bacon]

That's a pretty spectacular insult right there. Fat bore. I think if someone called me that I would actually congratulate them.

 

[Mudcat]

It's good to say Benedict Cumberbatch.

Benedict Cumberbatch ----> good.

 

[Mudcat]

Meanwhile 60 Minutes finally comes out with a new episode - not just an episode that has the new icon on their TV listing but turns out it's a repeat - no - actual new reportage - so I program my thing to record it ----> I only get the first ~20 minutes at the end of its timeslot because it's all crowded out of shape by the NFL.

 

[RayRay]

watched sea5 ep.1 of downton abbey last night... good in the DA way, but nothing special

 

[Matty]

2 DA episodes to go before I'm all caught up.

Season 4's been a bit weaker. Too much Bates and Anna.

 

[bacon]

Ray Donovan gearing up for a good finale

easily best show on tv right now