on second thought... the second you see Ozzy, just stop
― maffew12, Sunday, 24 March 2019 01:14 (five years ago) link
they gilded the lily on a lot of heinous shit from the book and/or left out tons of other heinous shit. so it’s become “a light romp with lots of tits & a facepunching lets be cool”. which is really the worst thing about it
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 24 March 2019 01:31 (five years ago) link
but the first season wasn't that strong...
That's what I mean, the Order isn't exactly good the way Buffy got, but it has personality and zing, the way Buffy did from the start.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 24 March 2019 01:38 (five years ago) link
gotcha eephus
― Nhex, Sunday, 24 March 2019 01:49 (five years ago) link
Turn Up Charlie ended really abruptly.
I remember someone else was posting how much they liked Kantaro. I watched two-three episodes but it didn't hold me.
― Yerac, Sunday, 24 March 2019 02:23 (five years ago) link
What makes the book good is Strauss finding a way to write each member’s voice in a very distinct and personable way. Nearly everything they do is heinous, and we all know the music is 97% worthless, so it’s him writing their charisma or self-belief onto the page that makes it fun. That’s not going to exist in any live-action adaptation, especially a DTV quickie made by nobodies.
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Sunday, 24 March 2019 02:25 (five years ago) link
i just remembered that i read the book right before 9/11
― maura, Sunday, 24 March 2019 02:38 (five years ago) link
sic otmalso the band being involved in the production of the movie guarantees eliding the heinous stuffin the book
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 24 March 2019 04:01 (five years ago) link
I’ve never read the book but it’s notable that the anecdotes shared in reviews closer to the time it came out were gross but in a funny way, but the reviews of the movie mention the omission of the nastier things.. that weren’t mentioned in the book reviews!I think it’s a fairer lens overall
― mh, Sunday, 24 March 2019 05:09 (five years ago) link
it was definitely the way Strauss captured their insane self-delusion in the book that made it readable the delusion in the movie is a whole other level
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 24 March 2019 05:55 (five years ago) link
anecdotes shared in reviews closer to the time it came out were gross but in a funny way
I gotta give this to Strauss as well: he gets you onside and laughing with the band early on when they're buying takeaway burritos on the way home and fucking them in the back of the van so their girfriends don't smell the unprotected sex with groupies that they've previously had in the van on their dicks, or snorting live ants with Ozzy. By the time they're raping unconscious women, manslaughtering their friends, and working out by lifting garbage bags full of water while in prison for beating their wives, you've bought in to the characters. These depradations thus seem like a dark dip in their funtime fortunes, rather than the obvious next step in a straight line for these three idiot monsters (while Mick Mars is off having painful surgery and practicing guitar).
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Sunday, 24 March 2019 07:30 (five years ago) link
According to his wiki page, Vince Neil has had 2 DUI's since the crash which killed his friend. How the fuck has he evaded jail?
― . (Michael B), Sunday, 24 March 2019 13:55 (five years ago) link
https://frinkiac.com/meme/S07E15/409842.jpg?b64lines=S3J1c3R5LCB0aGlzIGlzIEFtZXJpY2EuCldlIGRvbid0IHNlbmQgb3VyCmNlbGVicml0aWVzIHRvIGphaWwu
― Number None, Sunday, 24 March 2019 14:02 (five years ago) link
This book has always sounded like someone I would rather die than read and Strauss should be metoo’d by the neck until dead, can’t even imagine giving time to a Netflix version
― A funny tinge happened on the way to the forum (wins), Sunday, 24 March 2019 14:06 (five years ago) link
*someTHING
first two crüe records are awesome btw. after that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 24 March 2019 14:08 (five years ago) link
first 2 albums rule (i have unsupportable enjoyment of Dr Feelgood that we won’t get into)
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 24 March 2019 14:39 (five years ago) link
I'm enjoying The Sinner, a clever and atmospheric crime drama. Like a less pretentious True Detective.
(apologies if mentioned before, thread will crash my browser if I show all)
― chap, Sunday, 24 March 2019 16:26 (five years ago) link
I think it has been. I didn’t have high expectations but season 1 of the sinner might be my favorite crime type show of the last few years.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 24 March 2019 16:47 (five years ago) link
I regret watching the first episode of 'You,' I want a shower now.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Monday, 25 March 2019 01:03 (five years ago) link
Watched the final season of Longmire (I'd seen seasons 1-5 via Amazon). It was a good show the whole way along and then MASSIVELY shit the bed in its final 15 minutes.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 25 March 2019 01:59 (five years ago) link
Sinner S1 is surprisingly good, pretty stoked to see the Carrie Coon-starring second season.
― Simon H., Monday, 25 March 2019 02:16 (five years ago) link
S2 is really really good
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 25 March 2019 02:21 (five years ago) link
I'm waiting impatiently for Netflix to add the damn thing.
― Simon H., Monday, 25 March 2019 02:23 (five years ago) link
Three episodes into S2, it's a little more pulpy and lurid than the first but still pretty good. Coon is excellent, Pullman continues to be excellent.
I ended up watching the whole of You for some reason. More or less garbage.
― chap, Monday, 25 March 2019 08:16 (five years ago) link
Watched all of After Life this weekend because I had the flu and was dependant on the kindness of others. Those who bailed early missed the repeated lectures on the moral and intellectual superiority of atheism, the fat jokes, the murder of a heroin addict portrayed as an act of mercy by a superior being, and an entire episode devoted to everyone on the show telling fuckface what a lovely, lovely man he is. The only redeeming quality of this tribute to a fascist's ego: they didn't kill the dog.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 25 March 2019 08:20 (five years ago) link
I watched ep1, thought the premise was good but otherwise it was just nasty. Thought I'd try another ep or two to see where it goes but might not bother now. all the 'jokes' are just shitty things he says iirc
― kinder, Monday, 25 March 2019 09:01 (five years ago) link
The Sinner was that mad Jessica Biel thing, wasn't it? is s2 similar?
― kinder, Monday, 25 March 2019 09:03 (five years ago) link
There were clearly people involved with the show who cared about other aspects of the experience than Gervais' ego and there were affecting moments because of it -- but ultimately, it was looking at a guy looking at himself in the mirror and liking what he sees way more than I could.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 25 March 2019 09:05 (five years ago) link
is s2 similar?
There's the same starting point of a murder in which the perpertrator is apparent from the start, but in a completely new setting and completely different characters apart from Ambrose.
― chap, Monday, 25 March 2019 09:28 (five years ago) link
The whole netflix partnership is super confusing. I watched Isn't It Romantic a couple of weeks ago because it was showing up as a netflix original (and kind of wondered why no one else was talking about it here). But I guess it's an actual theatrical release movie in the US? The same thing happened when Annihilation came out.
― Yerac, Monday, 25 March 2019 12:34 (five years ago) link
I have passed over The SInner so many times (like I did with Hannibal). Maybe I should give it a go.
― Yerac, Monday, 25 March 2019 12:35 (five years ago) link
The Netlix Original tag can be quite confusing.
At least Amazon label things like'Amazon Original' and 'Amazon Exclusive' xp
― groovypanda, Monday, 25 March 2019 13:10 (five years ago) link
I think they used to tag things where they had exclusive streaming rights in an area as an "exclusive" and now they're just tagging "Netflix Original" on almost everything.
Annihilation is a weird case because they had exclusive rights for every country other than North America, where Paramount still had movie theater distribution
― mh, Monday, 25 March 2019 14:30 (five years ago) link
The Sinner was shockingly good. I was really surprised. There's some stuff about the "troubled" cop that's not overwhelming and definitely the least interesting thing about the show but otherwise I really liked it.
― dan selzer, Monday, 25 March 2019 15:00 (five years ago) link
Yeah, most of the glut of 'troubled detective investigates disturbing crimez in shady town where nothing and no one are quite what they seem' procedurals are decidedly not for me, but I dug The Sinner.
― The First Time Ever I Fly @ U Face (Old Lunch), Monday, 25 March 2019 15:04 (five years ago) link
It very much subverted the tropes of that subgenre, albeit subtly.
― chap, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 15:08 (five years ago) link
I thought it could have been shorter by maybe one episode, but other than that I really had no complaints
― Simon H., Tuesday, 26 March 2019 15:09 (five years ago) link
I appreciate that by the end of the second season they've presented the roots of Pullman's pathology and that they opted for a relatively believable tragedy/trauma instead of going for something OTT twisted and televisual.
― The First Time Ever I Fly @ U Face (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 15:17 (five years ago) link
I liked the first two episodes, mainly because I thought there would be more comedy being mined from his loser position, and because I was pleasantly surprised that he wasn't inept with the kid and she didn't hate him. But then it just stopped being funny and started being a sort-of lighthearted drama about a character I realized I wasn't remotely interested in.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 15:33 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I wasn't quite sure what to make out of it. We had it on kind of in the background this weekend and all of a sudden it ended and I was like, that was it?
― Yerac, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 15:37 (five years ago) link
Just watched ep1 of Polish alternative-history drama, '1983', which was promising. Anyone able to comment?
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 28 March 2019 00:30 (five years ago) link
Not yet, but will have a look-see and get back to you.
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 March 2019 00:43 (five years ago) link
Good lad.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 28 March 2019 05:38 (five years ago) link
Watched it months ago - I enjoyed it but wasn't blown away. I liked the premise and the actors were uniformly good, but it just kind of devolved into your average police mystery/conspiracy drama in a Soviet setting.
― Roz, Thursday, 28 March 2019 07:38 (five years ago) link
It's not on there yet, but 'The Edge of Democracy' by Petra Costa is great. Tells the story of the last few years in Brazil, but more than that, it really makes you feel like you're there in a situation spinning out of control. Made me think of 'Battle of Chile' and 'The Hour of the Furnaces'. Yeah, it's - almost, probably - at that level.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 28 March 2019 21:35 (five years ago) link
Have been watching a lot of Lemony Snicket the last 2 weeks. It took me a little bit to warm up to it (never read the books and I also don't like Neil Patrick) but it's really really good. Now on 3rd season. That baby is the best baby ever.
― Yerac, Saturday, 6 April 2019 18:23 (five years ago) link
The baby is totally the best baby! :D (Also, my brother worked on this show and said the babies irl are also the best!)
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 23:33 (five years ago) link
i just about died when i saw the trailer for THE SILENCE
https://diezukunft.de/sites/default/files/styles/shop_schaufenster/public/Redaktion/silence-bg.jpg?itok=QT3wTde1
― omar little, Friday, 12 April 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
give me good non-shitty examples of apocalyptic end of the world horror films where there's a subplot involving society's vacuum being filled by a fresh new cult of believers in the new world order.
― omar little, Friday, 12 April 2019 17:53 (five years ago) link