What movies/tv are we watching part XXX, Back into the fray!

[Jal Phoenix]

Go full Roger Corman. I recommend Warlords of Atlantis!

[Luciora]

Redfield with Cage and Hoult.  Enjoyed it, even if I did get a squicked out with some of the gore.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

elf25s, have you introduced the kids to Mystery Science Theater 3000?

[NightSarge]

Starship Highlander

[elf25s]

elf25s, have you introduced the kids to Mystery Science Theater 3000?

too young

[Prospernia]

Watching Elysium sans drinking; I remember the ending now. Wow!  Very Cyberpunk; I like how the good-guy from D9 is now the bad-guy.  And I can't understand what he's saying.

Devotion: good movie, not really a war-movie though.

Gods of Egypt: Good concept. CGI-crazy; I liked lush, Egypt, but it's a little cheesy. 

[NightSarge]

Nitro Rallycross Calgary FULL Broadcast - Finals

[Ruger]

Shogun

(The new one. It’s been quite good so far, but it’s been several decades since I watched the original mini-series)

Ruger

[elf25s]

i will wait until the new one s complete

[garhkal]

The first three eps for the new shogun are keeping me very interested.

[Ruger]

The first three eps for the new shogun are keeping me very interested.

My only complaint so far is that the on demand version of the second episode I watched cut off the last few minutes of the episode.

Ruger

[ActionButler]

Finally caught Dune Pt 2.

Not bad. Not as good as the first half and Christopher Walken was a really bizarre casting choice, but not bad by any stretch of the imagination. The scenes on Giedi Prime were some spectacular visuals.

[NightSarge]

World war 2 with Indy Neidell

[Triptych]

The first three eps for the new shogun are keeping me very interested.

Im gonna wait till it finishes so I can binge it. I cant do the weekly thingymajig.

[Luciora]

Also saw Dune 2 this weekend.   Really enjoyed it as well. 

I attribute Walken's appearance in the role as payoff for his appearance in the song "Weapon of Choice". 

I also wonder just how much pain Baron Harkonnen was in once he was separated from his machine too

Finally caught Dune Pt 2.

Not bad. Not as good as the first half and Christopher Walken was a really bizarre casting choice, but not bad by any stretch of the imagination. The scenes on Giedi Prime were some spectacular visuals.

[ActionButler]

Im gonna wait till it finishes so I can binge it. I cant do the weekly thingymajig.

Same. I watched the first episode, and it was good, but I’m still wary of getting too attached after Hulu’s lackluster Catch-22 adaptation.

[Prospernia]

Finally caught Dune Pt 2.

Not bad. Not as good as the first half and Christopher Walken was a really bizarre casting choice, but not bad by any stretch of the imagination. . .

I read a little bit of House Corrino; when I was reading about the Emperor, I pictured Christopher-Walken in the role.

[ActionButler]

I read a little bit of House Corrino; when I was reading about the Emperor, I pictured Christopher-Walken in the role.

Well I guess I know what I need to read once my current stack of library books is done.

[NightSarge]

Cant pay well take it away

[NightSarge]

Fire and flame tv

[The Wobbly Guy]

Netflix just released the trailer for Atlas, featuring J-Lo and mechs.

Trailer shows a mech combat drop. While not exactly the same as in Btech, the visceral feel of falling through atmo and wondering when to punch the thrusters to slow the descent is all too familiar.

[NightSarge]

Bad lads army

[elf25s]

had popped in one crazy summer and summer rental in backgroud while working...surprised how well they stood the time
john candy still rocks even after being dead for almost 35 years

[Triptych]

Monsieur Spade (2024) Miniseries starring Clive Owen as an aged Sam Spade (the protagonist of the Maltese Falcon) in a quaint little town in provincial France. Set in the early 60s, he ends up in some shenanigans. Im a big fan of hard-boiled detective fiction and was hoping this turned out great, but was disappointed once more. Owen has a few wisecracks, but he isnt like the Sam Spade of the book, nor is he like Humphrey Bogart in the movie. The whole story is also a convoluted mess full of plot holes, and the fish out of water thingy just doesnt work. The deus ex machina ending was awful. Rating: 4/10

[Jal Phoenix]

had popped in one crazy summer and summer rental in backgroud while working...surprised how well they stood the time
john candy still rocks even after being dead for almost 35 years

I found Summer Rental on DVD last year. Seems to me that there must have been a subplot involving his wife and John Laroquette, but it must have gotten cut at some point. Considering that they were both on Night Court at the time, it seems odd that both of them had so little screen time in this movie.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

I know nothing about the production of either, but could it have been a scheduling conflict?

[Jal Phoenix]

I know nothing about the production of either, but could it have been a scheduling conflict?

I'm not certain. There are definite moments set up early in the movie where it looked like the story was going to set up an affair between the wife and Laroquette's character, but then both characters and even John Candy's kids were essentially cut from the last half of the movie to focus more on Candy and Rip Torn building a boat. It's really obvious from a writer's standpoint that something got changed halfway through production.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Hmm, lots of ways that could have happened: budget, scheduling issues with the actors, reactions from focus groups or the producers about the plot of the film...  Makes for a jarring change, though.

[Sapphirus]

an hour and 17 minutes ago I got around by watching Spiderman Across the Spiderverse on Netflix.  I"ll let y'all know my verdict once I finish the movie

[Sapphirus]

It was amazing!!!

Next on my Movies of 2023 I've Never Seen agenda: Super Mario Bros.
(not much of a movie goer though, I mostly watch them on Streaming services nowadays.  Whichever movie that's in theaters that'll catch my eye, I'll see it)