What Are You Watching?

[Flambeaux]

My wife and father in law were big fans of Secret Life of Machines so it's on the radar. We just haven't hunted it down for the kids, yet.

[Kellri]

Watched He Never Died the other night. Just plain AWESOME! Highly recommended. It has Henry Rollins in a role that is perfect for him. It's been on my mind for days now.

Yeah, I really liked that movie. Certainly not a movie to watch with the kids. I thought about it for days afterward as well...the Cane character is really well thought out. Most films with an immortal character tend towards the superheroic, and it was refreshing to see a different tack - it makes a lot of sense that after a few thousand years that person would not give a single fuck anymore.

[Welleran]

Watched He Never Died the other night. Just plain AWESOME! Highly recommended. It has Henry Rollins in a role that is perfect for him. It's been on my mind for days now.

Yeah, I really liked that movie. Certainly not a movie to watch with the kids. I thought about it for days afterward as well...the Cane character is really well thought out. Most films with an immortal character tend towards the superheroic, and it was refreshing to see a different tack - it makes a lot of sense that after a few thousand years that person would not give a single fuck anymore.

Agreed. I liked that he was sort of on a line between "do good" and "f- all that, I want to sleep." Rollins' deadpan delivery was perfect for the role. I think my favorite scene, though was when the waitress asked what he'd done before - a five 5 minute list of jobs!

[Chainsaw]

Watched He Never Died the other night. Just plain AWESOME! Highly recommended. It has Henry Rollins in a role that is perfect for him. It's been on my mind for days now.

Yeah, I really liked that movie. Certainly not a movie to watch with the kids. I thought about it for days afterward as well...the Cane character is really well thought out. Most films with an immortal character tend towards the superheroic, and it was refreshing to see a different tack - it makes a lot of sense that after a few thousand years that person would not give a single fuck anymore.

Am watching now. Love it, love it, love it.

[Welleran]

I just watched mother f-in Orson Welles get petrified by the Gorgon! Yeah, no shit!

So, I mentioned that I read a book of short stories by Jean Ray a few weeks back. I had did a little interwebz investigation on the so-called "Belgian Poe" and found that a novel of his had been made into a movie in 1971, with Orson Welles no less. Just watched it and --wow-- definitely a mind blower. Its got that weird French film sort of euro vibe going, but there is a serious D&D adventure buried in that thing somewhere and I am going to make it! I'll not spoil the plot too much, as I knew some of it going in, but if you could watch it cold, it would probably make your head spin!

BTW, I got it via Netflix (not streaming). Quite a movie and some awesome visuals!

[Flambeaux]

Appropriate for kids, like (Harryhausen) Clash of the Titans or Sinbad? Or enough graphic sex/violence that it's more suited to old teens/adults?

[Welleran]

Not much violence but definitely a fair amount of sex so not for the youngins. It's pretty weird so if you don't like weird foreign movies you won't like it.

[grodog]

Title?

I looked up that book a few times, Keith, and you're right: it's pricy!

[T. Foster]

Title?

Looks like it's Malpertuis

[gizmomathboy]

I'll add to the good reviews of He Never Died. I liked it a lot.

Makes me want to finish writing the novel idea I got from the ending of From Dusk til Dawn way back when.

[Flambeaux]

I can dig weird foreign movies. Thanks for clearing up the content question.

[Chainsaw]

Blackway: only watch if it's free and you have nothing better to do.

[grodog]

Title?

Looks like it's Malpertuis

I wondered, thanks Trent! Apparently Malpertuis is written by Jean Ray, as well.

[TRP]

AMC's Preacher is turning out to be something. That's pleasantly surprising. With that, and now the new season of The Last Ship starting up to absorb my TV time with Orphan Black and GoT wrapping up their seasons, there's no #showhole for me.

[Kellri]

Been watching The Flash.

1) I think the lead actor was also a minor gay character on Glee. Thank God he hasn't stopped running to break out an acapella version of 'Don't Stop Believing'.
2) Barry has grown up in perhaps the whitest black family in America. The blackest thing in that whole house is a poster of Cab Calloway.
3) Who puts a particle accelerator right in the middle of a large city? Must have been those sweet, sweet tax breaks. Now the place is a giant, broken albatross sitting on prime coastal property, and employing only a handful of people (and those ridiculous prison cells in the basement). Logically their biggest problem should be keeping the municipal taxmen from foreclosing.
4) The prison. Those cells are featureless 10x10 cubes without windows, a bed, or toilet facilities. Do they even feed those people? Scratch that - in one episode an inmate is seen sipping on a fast food cola. Which raises the question - are they going out to pick up fast food for the inmates 3 times a day?
5) Time travel. You can't mention Einstein to explain your plot device and then seconds later turn around and say 'The Flash will have to travel at least Mach 3 to break the time barrier.'
6) Is it just me, or is the Green Arrow just a massive dick? I don't like anything about that guy - not the way he looks, not his attitude, and not those clowns who work with him. Not to mention just how ridiculous it is to fight crime with a bow.
7) I like the mostly episodic nature of the show - taking down the supervillain of the week is pretty cool. Really liked King Shark. There's something about a giant shark in pants that I like.
8 ) Does this show take place in the same fictional DC universe as Batman? Is there some licensing issue that prevents them from mentioning the caped crusader?
9) Zoom. Boy is that name really dumb. I don't care if there's some pathetic backstory about it - it's still stupid. Doubly so when it's the name of the main villain.
10) Despite all of these problems, the show is growing on me. I have no idea why.