henke on 18/1/2016 at 09:38
A thread for upcoming movies and TV shows that probably aren't quite interesting enough to warrant their own threads but which you nonetheless wanna point at and go "Look! Look at this thing, guys! Pretty neat, huh?".
To start things off here's a trailer for an upcoming Judd Apatow Netflix DRAMEDY series called Love.
[video=youtube;Ym3LoSj9Xj8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym3LoSj9Xj8[/video]
Good to see Paul Rust in a starring role. And GILLIE! And CREEPY GELMAN!
When this thing comes out, I'M GONNA WATCH IT! (that's how everyone must end their posts in this thread) (ok, not really)
demagogue on 18/1/2016 at 10:34
I watched the documentary Man on Wire and liked it, so I'm sure I'll like The Walk, which dramatizes the same story. Wire walker breaks into World Trade Center and wire-walks it. The man had a dream and made it happen.
henke on 18/1/2016 at 10:37
Eh, I'm less excited about that one. I liked the documentary too, but judging from the trailer, the dramatized version seems a bit redundant. Not sure what I'd get out of it that the doc didn't already deliver.
icemann on 19/1/2016 at 13:14
On the todo list:
New:
Movies:
* Barbershop: The New Cut
* Star Trek 3 (of the new series of Trek films)
* The Conjuring 2
* Zoolander 2
* The rest of the new Star Wars trilogy when their out.
TV:
* Evil Dead
* Gotham
* The X-Files (the new series of it)
* Twin Peaks (new series)
* The Walking Dead, when the current season resumes.
Old TV/Movies (rewatches):
* Angel
* Babylon 5
* Buffy The Vampire Slayer
* The Wonder Years - Once I'm done going through the office this is next on my list for a re-watch.
* Torchwood + The Sarah Jane Adventures - As part of my complete Doctor Who show watch throughs.
Renault on 19/1/2016 at 15:12
Vinyl - HBO, about the music business in the 70s, produced by Martin Scorcese and Mick Jagger, starts February.
The Americans - my wife and I got addicted to this recently, Season 4 starts in March, FX.
Colony - Alien invasion/occupation series staring Lost's Josh Holloway, USA network, already started.
X-Files fo sho.
Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, both staples.
Shannara Chronicles - sitting on my DVR now, want to see if it's any good.
acquisto on 19/1/2016 at 16:14
College Basketball! My favorite team is STACKED thanks to the guys not going pro (only to be locked out).
Go Heels!
But first I'll have to suffer through a season of college football in which my team is being looked at for a whole mess of embarrassing crap.
Renault on 19/1/2016 at 17:45
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the OP wasn't referring to sporting events.
Sulphur on 19/1/2016 at 18:43
That's okay, we're an inclusive bunch. It's not like he said he was going to watch a cricket match, at least: that'd be akin to watching people eventually die of old age.
Anyway. I'm going to watch the back of my eyelids for the next 8 hours now.
henke on 20/1/2016 at 07:14
That sounds like a highly exclusive viewing event, Sulphur! Any good?
Ok, this is the super hero/villain movie I'm most looking forward to right now:
[video=youtube;CmRih_VtVAs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmRih_VtVAs[/video]
Also, gonna go see The Hateful Eight on Saturday!
demagogue on 20/1/2016 at 07:58
Hateful Eight is textbook Tarantino, which is probably enough for people to decide if they'll like it or hate it. The parts where Tarantino narrates some scenes gives me the impression he realizes he's an institution by now and plays it up. That's not a bad thing. Whatever, it's as fun and messy as you'd imagine it to be.
It's probably been mentioned in some interview, but I have to think its genesis was Sam L. Jackson making an agreement with QT in Django Unchained that he'd be the Uncle Tom if he could be the bounty hunter & hero in the next movie. (Similar to the deal QT and Umma made in Pulp Fiction to do Kill Bill.) It's just way too coincidental otherwise.
I almost forgot to mention what I'm most looking forward to this year. Halt and Catch Fire improbably got renewed for a 3rd Season. It's actual viewership is abysmal, but it has a super loyal group of fans and it's a critics' darling. So I read it got renewed because they're thinking about web distribution over the long haul, and it helps establish AMC's reputation for these kind of clever & high quality period dramas. I'm happy that at least one good thing is coming out of the new online 2.0 economy; obscure but critically acclaimed shows like this have a much better chance of getting renewed than could ever happen with the traditional broadcasting model.