This... this is fucking fake right? Please god tell me it is.

>>28981
looks fake since I can still see yoda foot..doesn't mean he didn't want to or attempted though after what he did to Shaw ghost...I be filled with so much rage over that. With Shaw I always felt that was a more powerful showing of Redemption of himself but replacing him with that little skid from the prequels...ohhhhh no cool.

ONE TRUE END!!!!
Return of the Jedi - Sebastian…

>>28981

>can see Anakin's right arm still there behind shooped Padamame

>>28982
You know, as much as purist bitch and moan about this...I honestly didn't know who the fuck that old fart was supposed to be when I was a kid.

At least right away, since Vader without his mask looked nothing like him.

For continuity sake I guess the new Anakin works better, same goes for the Emperor.

>>28961
Fuck I remember that. I got it as a birthday present for my NES back when I was 5 or something. :(

>mfw Potiche is real

I... I just thought it was Orange making a clever point about how mobile phones can ruin watching a movie...

I'm really enjoying Whites on Hulu. It has a lot of the dry British humor, but the situational comedy transcends all that. It also reminds me a lot of my own job as a cook.

>Bucky Larson commercials
WHEN WILL IT END?!
GOD!

>new Survivor
>they're all wearing long denim jeans

why

>>29163
Jeans are very popular.

>>29164

On a South Pacific island?

In summer?

>guy goes snorkeling
>he's still wearing his shoes

WHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYY

>>29165
Very popular.

>>29164
Denim is heavy, absorbs water and dries stiff and slowly. While it can be tough it's a terrible fabric to be out in the wilderness in.

GUYS! THE THEATRICAL RE-RELEASE OF THE LION KING IS TODAY!
SO! FUCKING! EXCITED!

>>29187
It's also resilient. At least the good kind.

Better for dry regions, not so much for the tropics.

>>29189
I keep thinking about seeing this, cause I don't remember the theater experience of it as a kid. But then I think I'm just wasting my money. So torn...

http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2011/09/3d-is-fcked-basically?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+uproxx%2Ffilmdrunk+%28Film+Drunk%
29

3D films look to be on the way out.

>>28981
This better be fake. I swear to fuck.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/cbs-boldly-reclaims-sherlock-holmes-for-america,61743/

Stop me if you've heard this one...

>>29287
Awww and there are plenty of good American Detectives I'd love to see get a revival like Nero Wolfe, but if they touch Colombo...ohhh someone is getting a thumping.

>>29287
Uh, I though they did that already

Official In Time Trailer [HD]

If I could make sweet carnal love to this film's presence I would.

So how about those Emmy's

>>29291
nah, wrong addiction.

>>29287
from the comments:
>Coming soon to NBC: "What, PhD" - The story of a time travelling eccentric, his port-a-potty time machine, and the random women he picks up to travel with him!

>>29346
and people would eat it up..at least for a season or two (he's goofy and a dork and its charming HA HA...ugh.Now if it was Middle Man 2.0 then YES PLEASE!!!!. As for House they did want to have a "Mycroft" episode (Stephen Fry would have played House's older genius unmotivated brother) but scheduling kept that from happening last I heard. He's going to be playing Mycroft in the next Sherlock Holmes movie.

Why has no one told me about the LXD? I saw a TEDTalk about it a few weeks ago, then saw that Hulu has episodes, and the first episode has quite taken me in.

>just torrented Florence + the Machine's Lungs
holy fuck THIS ALBUM

Oh Netflix you stupid bitch.

http://blog.netflix.com/2011/09/explanation-and-some-reflections.html

>>29382
Yeah, I got that e-mail. The comments on that site got some good points.

>>29382
Yeah, I got that e-mail. The comments on that site got some good points.

>>29380
I know, right? This is why you should buy it now. :)

>>29382
>Qwikster
dumb undescriptive name

>Another advantage of separate websites is simplicity for our members.
>A negative of the renaming and separation is that the Qwikster.com and Netflix.com websites will not be integrated. So if you subscribe to both services, and if you need to change your credit card or email address, you would need to do it in two places. Similarly, if you rate or review a movie on Qwikster, it doesn’t show up on Netflix, and vice-versa.
HOW IS THIS SIMPLIFYING ANYTHING, YOU FUCKS

I've never been so angry over something so stupid!

>>29408
>HOW IS THIS SIMPLIFYING ANYTHING, YOU FUCKS
Because most of the customers don't have both services. Something like a zillion customers dropped DVD service when they split them up.

The real reason they're doing this is because they're preparing for Qwikster to go bankrupt, and they don't want the other company to suffer when that happens.

>>29411
Yeah, I kind of assume that splitting the services was probably informed by a pre-existing decline in the DVD service that was being supplanted by the streaming. Seeing the writing on the wall, they starting to prep for "divestment of inefficient divisions.'

>>29412
Truth goes over better than the piss poor shell game they are attempting right now.

>>29413
But corporate logic assumes (probably correctly) that any kind of public announcement of anything but stellar results would piss of the shareholders and devalue their stock.

>>29414
Proper way would have been to reference the DVR and other Boxes now enabled to run netflix and then include the information in the separation and transition of the company into two brand names in a way that could be concluded that it will offer better service. But they way it was done clearly shows that thought never went into the process.

Which leaves them with reports like this.

http://www.studiobriefing.net/2011/09/study-a-third-of-netflixs-subscribers-may-flee/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Studi
oBriefing+%28Studio+Briefing%29

Blockbuster could deliver a stunning blow if they would get their act together long enough.

>The Borgia's episode 6
>fucking your 13 year old's fiance on a table surrounded by crusty old stuffed dead dudes

Let's get this shit started:

>Juan

Guys. Everyone.

'Ghostbusters' is coming back to theaters worldwide October 13th.

Let's show some prehistoric bitches how we do things downtown.

Rumor has it a sneak trailer for Ghostbusters III will be shown after the end credits.

Did anybody watch Terra Nova? Was it good? We lost power at my house, so, my DVR didn't catch it.

>>29556
I don't believe it's coming anywhere near me...also, the trailer is not happening :( But still, I NEED to see it.

Watched ONE episode of Community. And now I'm hooked

>software that plays Blu-ray
>includes Blu-ray Live support
>allows screenshots

Help, please?

>>29613

Can't you just use some other program to cap screenshots, like FRAPS, and use a decent player for the other ones?

>Dat new Fringe

I'm loving all of the Olivia/Fauxlivia sexual tension going on. Any day now they'll just fuck.

I kid I kid. Seriously though, I'm hoping Peter is going to show up SOON.

Watching Terra Nova. Interesting premise, the question is whether they'll focus more on the dinosaurs or the time-travel aspect.

When the dad said "Give me a badge and a gun, and I'll do what I'm good at" thoughts of Law & Order mixed with Jurassic Park flew through my mind. I'm highly disappointed that this didn't happen.

>>29662
>thoughts of Law & Order mixed with Jurassic Park flew through my mind.

It's been done already. Anonymous Rex.

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a343448/arrested-development-to-return-to-tv-for-mini-season.html
CAN I GET A HALLELUJAH!

THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, I SHALL FEAR NO EVIL

FOR LORD HURWITZ IS WITH ME

HALLELUJAH AMEN

>>29694
>>29701
PRAISE HURWITZ, MY BROTHAS AND SISTAHS. I TELL YOU NOW TO PRAISE HIM AND HIS ALMIGHTY NAME. HE HAS SEEN HOW WE SUFFER AND HE HAS SEEN HOW WE TOIL AND UNTO US HE WILL DELIVER SALVATION HALLELUJAH. THE LONG DARK DAYS ARE OVER HALLELUJAH.

>>29694
MY ATHEISM IS CURED

>>29694
GENUFLEXIN LIKE A FUCKEN MADMAN HERE.

>>29662
I think Terra Nova had gone with Jurassic Park meets STALKER then it would have been a better piece.

>>29694
WHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTT

Son's reaction to 'Empire Stri…

Simpsons talent being told to take a 45 percent cut of the show gets ended.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19040815

You know earning a few million less then they are now.

zoolander 2 is being made supposedly.
not sure how feel

>>29734
Honestly, the voice actors are the only part of the show worth a damn anymore.

http://youtu.be/6CPHnZV0K-k

i take back what i said about people unde 18 being banned from making music

>>29757
Doing covers should be fine. Writing new stuff shouldn't.

>Rewatch X-Men First Class
>Spend half the movie thinking of Ginger Haze's comics and making bromance jokes in my head
I have become a monster.

>latest Fringe

They're finally going to get Peter back, YES!

Looks like Disney's making their own version of Fables

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_(TV_series)

>>29786
With Jane Espenson attached, which gives me decent hopes for it.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/10/netflix-ditches-qwikster-will-keep-dvd-rentals-at-netflix-com/

HA HA HA!!!

>>29808
Well I'm glad about that.

but what about the vidya, are they bringing the vidya?

someone was bithcing that on terra nove the daaughter didn't look remotely white and the sone didn't even look a bit indian.

>I thought Wikipedia was Ethnic Mom's daughter from a previous marriage, Eyebrows was Dadguy's son from his previous marriage, and Magic Messiah Child was the only one they were both parents of. I could have sworn I read that in a preview article.

>At least that would explain why they made a personal choice to have a third child even though they would get a slap on the wrist for it in 2149-land. To have a kid that was both of theirs.

also someone else in said thread was pointint out errors and mentioned that none of the children sounded even remotely indian

>>watching a Garry's Mod recreation of opening credits of a show that was cancelled before its time

And I agree Once Upon A Time is a complete ripoff of the basic plot of Fable, but a) they could prove it's different enough to be its own beast, and b) there's no actual Fables TV show, so this is the closest we've got.

The Muppets Official Trailer 2

>>29869
Part of me thinks this is going to be stupid, too many pop culture jokes, toilet humor (LITERALLY), etc.

But then they said "Let's travel by map!" and I lost it. Tears in my eyes from laughter. All of my want.

>>29870
>this is going to be stupid, too many pop culture jokes, toilet humor (LITERALLY)
So you've never seen a Muppet movie before.

>>29871
I have but I was probably under the age of 8. So I guess that doesn't count.

(And why the hell are there no Muppet movies available for streaming on Netflix? Dammit.)

>>29869
Travel by Map and Chicken version of Fuck You is fantasic

>>29869
If they go to Britain then it has to have one bit of John Cleese running away in horror.

>>29878
Because the key to good Muppet Show if that the celebrity is the straight man and is there to be abused.

John Cleese on The Muppet Show

I just finished Sherlock. What the hell, a cliffhanger ending with an 18 month gap in conclusion? Augh!

And OH MY GOD fangirls everywhere. So much slash it hurts. I mean, yes, it is sexy in that smouldering good-looking kind of way, but really? Maybe I am getting too old because 10 years ago I probably would have been writing fanfics about those two getting into more than bromanctic shenanigans. but now I just feel exasperated and want to yell at my TV screen, "He's dating a female! Does that count for nothing??"

>watching the original Day the Earth Stood Still in my class
UM THE GUY WHO PLAYS KLAATU IS UNCOMFORTABLY GOOD LOOKING.

>>29882
>"He's dating a female! Does that count for nothing??"
Well, since bisexuality and whatnot exist...

I am rather annoyed by how female love interests are so frequently tossed aside for the sake of slash, though it would help if they were more developed in the first place.

Keep in mind that I've never seen Sherlock.

Blackadder is THE BEST THING.

Saw Ghostbusters in theaters last night. Best experience ever. I could not stop grinning like a jackass.

>Some bastard hacked the Sesame Street Youtube channel, deleted everything and replaced it with a porn video

>>29918
Man. With all the things on the internet to fuck with that actually could be rationalized as deserving it, they're going to fuck with the one thing that doesn't?

>/b/'s cheering for the hacking

>>29879
No there are moments where people should be weirder then anything else.
Peter Sellers on the Muppet Show

>>29921
Yea that too, I love the idea of a Muppet Show centric movie but trying to have actors star beside them instead of just being with them I think will hurt it if not done for gags and musical numbers that go awry. Barely saw that damn low budget wannabe Muppet for a few clips and already I hate the idea of it even being in the movie. Them attempting to regain their standing I like but some outsider being the catalyst...no.

>>29922
He's just going to be a joke about nerds these days. As long as it isn't aggressively offensive it will be about as bad as pepe was around 1999.

>Blackadder Goes Forth ending
BAAAAAAW! I know that Blackadder and Blackadder the 2nd technically had downer endings, but they were too slapstick and too weird to actually make ya sad. This was just depressing (albeit ambiguous).
>Blackadder Back and Forth
This on the other hand was great. I guess you can argue it was TOO upbeat but I thought it was a nice wrap up.

I refuse to believe I'm the only person watching Bored to Death because goddammit, it is so good.

BIG BUDGET SCI FI SERIES

>>29953
Both of the big name Sci-Fi shows out right now are laughable.

in other news Die Hard 5-A Good Day To Die Hard.

Yeaaaa

>Finally watching Skins UK
>The Russia episode
How do you say JUST AS PLANNED in Russian?

>>29970
Keikaku dourski.

My brain hurts...
William Shatner - Bohemian Rha…

>>29973
Why is this making me laugh so hard.

I've had a few bars from a song stuck in my head all day, and I don't know what the song is called or who it is by. I heard it on one of my Pandora stations a couple times while showering. CAN'T GET PANDORA TO PLAY IT AGAIN ARGHH.

>>29985

>a whole album

OH MY GOD

THIS IS BETTER THAN PRINCESS GHIBLI WHICH I PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE

Fuck yes this movie. Not only was it just fantastic, it gave me an incredible amount of inspiration for what I'm writing.

I love when actors go out of their comfort-zone and do something different, and Ferrel did an amazing job portraying his character.

New Director wants to make Bond and Oscar picture by removing basically everything that makes a bond movie especially the last two.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/279086/Ah-Mr-Bond-time-for-some-proper-acting

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/10/22/scientists-develop-the-most-relaxing-tune/

This is weird. When it first started playing I was all like pssh, this isn't so bad and by the end it was a struggle to move my hands.

>>30016
Man I've had this playing for like two hours and i am like a potato right now it's amazing

>>30016
reminding me of my rave research days and my experiments with subliminal mental stimulation.

>>30016
>>30018
Reminds me of that Stargate SG1 episode where they are in a room with lights and they get stuck there for hours without seeing time go by.

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/former_obama_speechwriter_sells_sRjipxVJNJlkRxoEU02COP

Hrmm old and tired jokes leftover from SNL 00 to 08, actual current satire or NBC decides to nix it due to "Climate" concern.

>mfw watching original Thief of Bagdad
>like, the b&w one

Seriously, this is some pretty ballin' stuff. Not surprising, considering they spent $2 mill on it.

The Thing prequel was actually decent, despite an unnecessary amount of CGI used on the Thing itself for prolonged periods of time with a bit of focus on the spaceship near the end. And the ending segues pretty well into Carpenter's film.

One thing I do find funny is that they never did find a reliable method of improvised "testing". Checking for tooth fillings is pretty flawed, as noted in the film itself.

So yeah.

I just did a Nielsen survey.

The lady let slip some details about what Hollywood wants to know.

Kickass 2: the Movie is still being looked at.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon might be getting a movie as well!

No one cares about Contagion though it seems, it was not even on the "Movies release in the past 2 months" list.

Also, Fuck Twilight.

>>30061
Do we want a Kickass 2 to be made? I enjoyed Kickass, but I'd rather not see a money grabbing sequel made.

>>30068
With the material they would work with I'd say no because it (Kickass 2) seems to have been written to dare a film adaptation of what it does.

>Beavis and Butthead
>first thing you see
>poorly rendered face of Ed Cullen and Beavis and Butthead are laughing at it
Oh my fuck this is amazing.

>Jersey Shore commentary
Holy shit, it's bad when B&B sound more intelligent.

This is amazing, it's they were here the entire time and this is just another episode.

http://www.ifc.com/news/2011/10/evil-dead-remake-plot.php

Why. Why did they go with these ideas.

>>30089
It was fantastic. "Why does everybody in this movie whisper?" "It's because they'd be embarrassed to be heard saying this." "I will fight for you, until your heart stops"

>>30094
This is disappointing...

>>30089
porn,porn,porn,porn,porn,porn,porn

watched so much porn he's starting to look like a schlong

HA!!!

I like that there was no "hey we're back" to it or anything, it really was just an episode.

http://www.toughpigs.com/fraggle-new-regency/
>Fraggle Rock movie goes from Weinstein, who wanted to make it edgy and Shrek-like to Regency, the guys who made Marmaduke and the Chipmunk movies

This project just can't catch a break can it?

>>30104
Here's an idea, and I know it's crazy, but hear me out:

Why not give it to the Jim Henson company?

>>30106
The Jim Henson Company is making it, they just need somebody to fund it because selling the heart and soul of the company was kind of to their detriment.

>>30108
They fall too far from what Henson wanted and someone starts hearing a banjo playing rainbow connection in the middle of the night. But Brian Henson is doing it and he's a pretty good fella at following in his dads footsteps. I doubt it will be a project where one of the people bankrolling it tries to kill themselves in the middle of the screening.

>>30098
I think Judge would have even done a "We're back!" kind of episode really well, too. Although, I think the extent would have been something akin to an awkward intro delivered by Butthead and then both of them talking about how they like Snooki's tits. So, I can see why they didn't even bother.

I love how Judge didn't throw in a Cornholio appearance, as well.

Happy Halloween, everybody.

Anything Can Happen on Halloween

>>30113
I wonder if they'll have a Daria cameo or someone is kicking around the idea of bringing it back. Personally I feel that it did its part and moved on and doesn't need a revival but knowing executives they might do it.

>mfw the new Three Musketeers movie is actually pretty good, as well as being faithful to Dumas' original story

Seriously, this isn't the best action movie of the year and you should probably to rent it, but at least it's watchable.

>>30194
Yeah, what I watched had sort of dumb dialogue, but it was fun and managed to find the right balance between not taking itself too seriously and not taking itself seriously enough.

Saw The Thing tonight. It didn't disappoint. But I also haven't seen the original since I was six, so I don't have much to compare it to.

Doc Hammer wants to make Doctor Strange movie. OHHHH PLEASE!!!!!

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/11/01/venture-bros-doc-hammer-doctor-strange/

>>30237
If he doesn't get the rights, he should just make a Dr. Orpheus movie instead.

>>30240
With as much work that is going into the next two seasons then its quite possible for that to be done.

>Captain Janeway is on Warehouse 13
:3!

>>30247
Very intrigued with the workings of the Warehouse system and what has been happening. Buddha Redshirt and go piss off though with that BS of attempting to make me believe that he has a strong connection with Claudia just because she looks like his dead sister and that be supposed to make her actions toward the end believable somehow total crap.

>>30276
>Buddha Redshirt and go piss off
wat

Anyway, I agree. The crying as he walks away just seemed so out of place, even for the kind of relationship they set up. I remember thinking "Really?" when it happened. Also, I theorize that he's set up to be a double agent; after he pulled the gun on Ms. F, they talked and decided to take up the mysterious enemy's offer so he could infiltrate it, get their artifacts, and go back to the Warehouse. Honestly it's cliche, but the universe allows for cliches without being hamfisted.

>>30276
>>30293
...I'm guessing you guys haven't gotten to the end of the season?

>>30294
Oh I've seen it. I just find that her appearing to want to go to similar lengths for him like she did for her brother to be utter nonsense given the short span of their relationship. The event maturing her I can see and taking his sacrifice and gaining strength from it that is doable but to draw this whole Re-Animator thing out just for what will end in a goodbye anyway.

So who do you guys want to host the Oscars?

I want the goddamn Muppets.

>>30316

>>30317
Close since they went with Billy Crystal. Hope someone gives him a rundown of the movies that have been done in the last few years. One would have for his material to be stale you know.

Announced at 11:11am on 11-11-11, Black Sabbath are back together. New Album. New world tour. FUCK YES NATIONAL METAL DAY.

Daft Punk - Magnetic Centerpie…
i don't care that i'm late to the party. lovely.

>mfw Alice Cooper guest hosted Never Mind the Buzzcocks

I'm not even a big fan of his, and I was delighted from beginning to end.

I've realized that Terra Nova is Eureka with dinosaurs instead of science. Cop out of his element thinking up all the ideas that the "experts" overlook.

Not that it makes TN bad, it just lessens the interest a bit. For one thing, there are far too many humans and not dinosaurs. Sad, that.

>>30399
Yeah, I've been thinking that since the beginning--main guy's voice even sounds a bit like Colin Ferguson's if you're not looking at him.

That's actually a big part of why it's disappointed me so far. It's like Eureka but less fun. If it were really Eureka with Dinosaurs, it would probably be my favorite show on television right now. Aside from Community, which has just been knocking out of the park this whole season.

>>30401
Testing on Dinos, maybe a talking Raptor. No in those shitty pet ways like Seaquest but as an adviser and community member...who isn't afraid to remind them that he/she could gut them like fish if they stepped out of line. Maybe have some that one to enslave the dinos and use them as war weapons back in the future and make attempts to go back with their dino army.

>>30402
A talking raptor might be too cartoony. But domesticated dinos seem like something that would not only be cool, but more or less a necessity in a world without our staple meat animals, beasts of burden, and pets. And let's face it--domesticating a vicious but intelligent pack-hunting Terror Beast is how we got dogs in the first place.

But it would be kind of cool if they actually went through the trouble of domesticating them rather than just taming them. But we know that's not how it works in Hollywood--if they get a friendly rapt--er--"Slasher," it'll be because the little girl feeds a baby one or something.

http://www.downinfront.net/index.php?id=135

I enjoyed Down In Front's dissection of Spider-Man 3 and how the dialogue from the Sam Raimi films drives Teague crazy. I also liked Michael Scott's comment about how this should have been a two part-film, where part one would focus on Peter's addiction to the symbiote and ending on the scene in the church where Brock transforms into Venom, then have the second film focus on Spider-man fighting Venom. I could actually see this happening if this film were being made today.

This thing is the best thing
The Muppets - Forget You (Cee …

>>30404
Now I'm worried about them introducing "Cro-mags".

So Jeff Buckley would have been 45 today. I would like to remind everyone to go listen to Grace and cry your eyes out.

Been catching up on the last couple seasons of The Office.
>The garage sale
>Steve Carell's last episode
>Catherine Tate and Ray Liota's cameos
>Every damn thing Creed and Meredith do
Oh god why did I stop watching this show?!

>>30452
Creed is the best character in the show, and nowhere near enough people recognize this.

>Butch Clancy

Guys I think...I think I like dubstep now...

Russian Lullaby - Butch Clancy dubstep
Foster The People - Pumped Up …
Sia - Breathe Me (Butch Clancy Remix)

Everyday I'm Steppin' on the Beach

Saw a newer trailer for The Girl With the Dragon tattoo, doesn't look bad and I want to see it, but I still think Daniel Craig is a horrible choice Mikael Blomkvist.

Ho shit, now Johnny from Dead Zone is in Warehouse, too.

I really like this show.

>>30524
His whole reason for being evil jumps the tragic shark and is deliciously laughable.

>>30496
Yeah he's way too action-hero; Blomkvist was a normal guy with a little bookish streak, not ass-kicky. They probably wanted to capitalize on his Bond rep for the investigation/suspense part of the story.

The more I hear about Frank Oz, the more he seems like a schmuck.

http://www.jefusion.com/2011/11/live-action-akira-film-plot-revealed.html
Welp.

>>30616
NOOOOOO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

>>30616
>Kristen Stewart as Ky

Well...fuck.

>>30616
Never have I wanted a movie to stay in development hell so badly.

>>30616

>>30616

>>30616
How about No?

>>30616

>>30616
I stopped caring about this long ago when it was DiCaprio pushing for it to be made. It's just gonna end up a forgotten old thing like Priest, Aeon Flux, or the like. Just a cruddy adaptation.

>>30661
Oh but it does have the possibility of making reviewers revile the subject of 9/11 in film. Or worse, idiots defend this shit piece because the plot is changed to future neo new york.

>>30662
At this point, I seriously see this movie hitting the $5 bin at Wal Mart 6 months to a year after release. It just doesn't have anything going for it to make it relevant other than fanboy hatred.

>>30663
I don't know if 9/11 has the same pull with people as Pearl Harbor has for anyone who lived in WW2. I just have a feeling that any advertisement of this movie will somehow revolve around this instead of, you know, its the Akira movie.

>>30664

Because culture-changing attacks on native soil have are somehow less relevant to the holism of a film than sticking to old source material aimed at an entirely different audience from an entirely different generation. Right?

Complain about the (so far) terrible casting choices if you like. There's legitimate concern to be had there. I don't like what I'm reading and hearing from people nagging about being 100% loyal to the source material for an ADAPTATION.

Japan isn't the only nation with a history of megacities, motorcycle gangs, questionably militaristic government periods, or angrily misguided youth.

>>30665
>Japan isn't the only nation with a history of megacities, motorcycle gangs, questionably militaristic government periods, or angrily misguided youth.
Which is part of why I would be perfectly fine with everything they're doing (though I probably still wouldn't watch the movie) if they just changed the name from Akira to, like, Johnny or something and gave Katsuhiro Otomo a "Based on a story by" credit.

>>30665
Yes, seeing as this is only now a pointless Japanese name to an entirely alien reimagining of the source material, the fact that they choose New York City for their setting and "world changing incident", and if Cracked article still holds weight Akira himself is just going to be a generic monster kid instead of a sympathetic figure used by the government; all signs point to this being a huge piece of shit trying to go for the lowest hanging national fruit by ghosting writing stale 9/11 conspiracy into every character's apathetic lines -- while simultaneously passing itself off as an anime this will have literally nothing to do with -- that your devil's advocate post doesn't do anything to prove otherwise.

They could have picked DC, could have done what >>30666 said and bravely stepped out into their own recreation of the franchise without having unneeded Japanese names for Americans or done the unthinkable and let this movie die. But they have a 30 year old bar owner turned cyber-punk rebel trying to stop his psychic brother from obeying some horror cliché’s orders of attacking New York while fighting off the US military with I guess terribly CGIed laser weapons. What is there to have hope for in this film?

>Last week on Bored to Death
>Johnathon fucks his sister
>This week on Boardwalk Empire
>Jimmy fucks his mom
I don't like you anymore, HBO. We should see other people.

Over the weekend I got to see Anthony Bourdain's new show, The Layover and I really enjoyed it. I love the direction of the show being a tour guide advice on where to go when visiting certain countries and more importantly, where to eat. I also like how they have the locales offer advice and giving their insight on the country. And Bourdain continues to give us a great narration during his trip, just like in No Reservation. His comment about people misusing escalators was great:

"They're designed to help you walk faster, not to make you stop walking entirely."

In related news, I can't wait to listen to Mar Maron's latest interview with Bourdain.

I've heard good things. Should I go out and get it?

>>30674
Oh come on, like you didn't see that second one coming. It's the least twisty thing the plot's done this season. It's been telegraphed forever.

And once again, December 7th is a day that will live in infamy
The Three Stooges 2011 Teaser Trailer

>>30709
Okay, it's not perfect, but, I'll take my kid cousin to see it. It looks entertaining at least.

>>30709
Heh..pretty damn good. Maybe because its coming from having expectations that were nonexistent but that is some damn fine slapstick and timing. If that represents the movie as a whole then I'm game. Those three seem to really connect with their persona.

>>30687
Doesn't make it any less DO NOT WANT.
>>30709
You think that's bad? Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Quest for More Autotune comes out on my birthday. Jubilations, simply ruined.

>>30709
K, I might give this a chance.

Having just finished the book, I really wish their had been an adaptation of "The Island of Dr. Moreau" with Tony Jay. I couldn't help but read every one of Moreau's lines in Jay's voice, and it was perfect.

Louis CK has a performance at the Beacon Theater for sale for Five bucks

Five bucks gets you 2 stream uses and 2 Download uses of the video (1.2 GB download in mp4 format 1280x720 resolution no DRM Region Free)

https://buy.louisck.net/

Giving some support because I think its a fantastic idea and hope that its strong enough to get more performers interested in cutting out the middleman.

So, this looks FAR FAR better than the original.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation Exclusiv…

http://www.avclub.com/articles/go-buy-louis-cks-new-comedy-special-so-he-can-make,66439/

>According to him [Louis C. K.], if he can peddle his own comedy special—like the new Live At The Beacon Theater, currently for sale for $5 at his website—and “it makes, say, 8 million bucks,” then he would use that money to make a new movie in the same autonomous way he makes his FX show.

>Keep in mind, however, that it’s not sales of Beacon that would fund the film: He says that if Beacon “really tears an asshole into the money monster who then shits dollars into my mouth,” he would then use those shit-dollars to “buy a home and get some security which i NEVER have had in my life and have certainly not gotten from my low-budget show.” However, if he sells enough downloaded copies of this one to justify trying the experiment again, then the proceeds from his second special will all go toward making a movie. So in other words, go buy Louis C.K.’s new special right now, and then do it again when he releases another one. Don’t be the ass cork in the money monster.

What are you for? Pootie Tang 2 is within our grasp.

>>30816
>What are you waiting for?

Fixed.

>>30816
I've done my bit.

So does anyone else love this ridiculous show?

>>30844

It's the worst television show I have EVER seen.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/George-Takei-Rallies-Star-Trek-Star-Wars-Fans-Unite-Against-Twilight-28311.html

George Takei is the Broker of Star Peace

Right on George.

>HBO canceled Bored to Death

>>30888
Qua?! How? Why?!

>>30889
http://www.avclub.com/articles/hbo-cancels-bored-to-death-hung-and-how-to-make-it,66869/
It is a mystery

FAR ORE THE MISTY MOUNTAINS COLD
TO DUNGEONS DEEP AND CAVERNS OLD
WE MUST AWAY ERE BREAK OF DAY
TO SEEK THE PALE ENCHANTED GOOOOOLLLLD
The Hobbit - An Unexpected Jo…

>>30888
>>30890
>>30889
NOOOOOOOOOO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
>How to Make it in America
I would be more concerned had I ever been able to get into it. I could never even watch the first season because it was never on.

>>30892

>>30892
Oh, nice.

>>30884

So according to a magazine cover Jennifer Aniston is pregnant. I for one welcome photos of this.

>Watching the argentenian series "the Pretenders" with my dad
>Operation involving really important businessmen.
>They're from Monterrey.
I want to be surprised. I really really do.

It kind of frustrates me that Netflix DVDs don't have all the bonuses, like the director commentaries and stuff. I don't mean a certain movie not having any at all, I mean a DVD that has it on the sold DVD, but not on the rental.

>>30936
Was one of them a hack?
That was so cheesy.

>>30937
That is why your'e supposed to buy the dvds for the extras genius

You know, "Highlander" may be the most ethnically diverse movie of all time. I mean, think about it: it's an American film from Australian director Russell Mulcahy with music from the British band Queen, where the Scottish actor Sean Connery plays an Egyptian Spaniard who teaches the other Scottish actor Christopher Lambert, who plays an actual Scotsman, how to properly use a Japanese katana so that he can defeat his Russian nemesis.

Also, the new Sherlock Holmes was pretty excellent.

>>30947
Uh, Christopher Lambert isn't Scottish, he's French.

>>30950
Derp, my bad.

I suppose that just adds to it, then.

New Plinkett review of Indian Jones.

He is still the only reviewer I enjoy.

>>30965
As strange as he gets his stuff its very good in deconstructing a movie.

>>30942
Yeah, I know, but I'm trying to not gather too much crap and some movies aren't worth the $20, I just want to hear what the director has to say.

>Watching Christmas episodes of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, to get in the festive mood
>2002 special
>Bills first time, he has Peter Stringfellow and some trance singer
>Phill's team has Geoffery off Rainbow and Coolio
>Coolio

>Two local stations playing Santa Claus conquers the Martians

>starting to unironically enjoy some of Sean Paul's stuff
Oh damn it.

FIVE IRON FRENZY IS REUNITING AND RECORDING ANOTHER ALBUM

no one else probably watched Terra Nova but heres my two cents on the last few minutes.

somewhere in the badlands there is a second rift. but unlike hope plaza, whchi is a static rift that must be forced open, this rift is active and has been sucking through random crap for centuries

the second rift is of course located in the bermuda triangle

>Skins series 4 and 5 up on Netflix
Goddammit Netflix, stop encouraging my bad habits.

>>31081
>my face at both that news and at the fact that I'm not the only FIF fan still alive

http://takimag.com/article/fight_the_imaginary_power/print#axzz1iEyh0e6N

I'm glad somebody finally said it.

>>31117
I've never seen or read any Stieg Larrson-related things, and have no intention to, but the writer in that link comes off as bitter and childish about his dislike for a particular author more than he does as a voice of reason about The Truth of Swedish Gender Politics.

>>31121
Sounds like a lot of things on the internet.

God damn. It felt so good to see a new Sherlock episode.

I am going to think about why the episode was problematic in its inherent sexism later (or never, but y'know... Moffat...) but I really truly adore A)the relationship building of Watson and Holmes and B) the intellectual games being played amongst Holmes, Adler, Moriarty and Mycroft.

>>31141
>new Sherlock

WHAT. Ohmygoshihavetoseethis...

Yessssssssss it's still amazing!

>>31141
>>31157
That ringtone is exactly the kind of noise I made after watching this.

Doritos - Make Your Own -- Cra…
From the guys who made the Serious Sam commercials.

>>31141
>>31157
yes. YES. YEEEEEESSSSSSS

So how about that amazing DONDA announcement/stream of consciousness on Yeezy's twitter?

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118048137
>Benedict Cumberbatch to play villain in 'Star Trek 2'

Okay, Cumberbatch has to stop being in everything I love. I can only take so much.

>>31141
I just binged the whole first series last night, and watched that this morning. I'm probably going to feel horrible in two weeks when I have to wait a year or more for new episodes.

http://blog.moviefone.com/2012/01/05/akira-shut-down-warner-bros-kristen-stewart/?_r=true
Thank goodness.

>>31186
>>31180
EVERYTHING IS PERFECT AND NOTHING HURTS

Ok, this is not right. I can't fast forward or skip the previews and I have at least 15 minutes of them.

>get DVD of the Shaka Zulu 10 part TV series
>never seen it really
>pop it in
>can't stop watching

HOLY FUCK THIS IS GOOD

I'm trying the Netflix trial.
Naturally the first thing I did was watch all of Arrested Development.
Great stuff.
I wonder what else there is to watch.

>>31223
A cousin of mine has access to my account. He watched all of Arrested Development, Trailer Park Boys and How I Met Your Mother.

>Just watched the first episode of Sherlock
Oh so THAT'S why people are always on about Moffat.

>>31247
DAT S2E2!
Found a place to dl them. And that makes me a happy camper.

Because of the Time Warner/KRISTV dispute, my family wants to change cable companies. We were thinking about switching to Direct TV, but fear the dish will easily crap out during nasty weather. For those of you who have Direct TV, how does the dish measure up?

Well, I don't have Directv, but, I've got Dish. The signal doesn't go out unless it's a hellacious storm.

>>31257
My folks have Dish Network. Almost every single time a storm rolls through the signal turns to crap. Then again, it could be a difference in location.

>>31254
Would your family consider dropping cable/satellite TV altogether? After three years of watching TV through DVDs and the internet only, I will never look back.

>>31239
Right now I'm watching IT crowd.

>>31258
Second. Hulu offers most of the great stuff, Hulu Plus for entire seasons. Netflix for movies and some box sets streamed, the mail version for everything else.

Throw in a few RedBox rentals for the odd movie you just have to see now but isn't on Netflix, and you're looking at about $30-$40 a month to completely replace cable.

I have cable now because my landlady pays for it, I would never get cable on my own.

>finally watch Winnie the Pooh

They say the sign of a great story is that it leaves you wanting more. The writers of this movie must have heard them say this because they took great characters and great songs and cut it down to under one hour to make sure that you were unsatisfied when it was over.

>>31277
Aw man, now I'm done that, too.

>mfw reading Leslie Phillips' tweets

Seriously, how can one old man be so adorable?

>>31286
Yeah, that would go by fast.
Have you tried Psych?

>Nerds complains about ST2009 being a stupid action movie.
>Still like First Contact.

>>31318
First Contact had some nice Picard lines, but I personally never really liked it all that much.

>>31318
WHO IN FUCK THINKS LIKE THAT?

>>31318
are ANY of the Next Generation movies worth a damn???

>>31324
NOPE, none.

The only ST movies I've seen are Wrath of Khan and 2009, of which the latter borrowed a lot from the former and was overall the inferior film.

Both are shit compared to Galaxy Quest though. That movie is amazing.

>>31327
It really is. Looking at the box and just reading a synopsis about it, you'd think it was a stupid B-movie, but it's not.

Montage - Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996)
AH! I know the Tarzan toys I saw in stores when I was young had to be based on something!
How else would he have inconterd THIS?

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/11/showbiz/movies/bruce-almighty-sequel-ew/index.html
And I thought that Evan Almighty was the sequel.
Also, Evan was a terrible movie.

>>31341
There's no Story 2 to Bruce Almighty! It can't have a good sequel!

The point of the story was to show the fallacy of wanting Godlike powers, and Bruce learned that lesson. There's not room for a sequel.

So ok I watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes over my break and I gotta say... people thought Ceasar's "NO" was funny? I thought the whole thing was intense as shit... Maybe it was because I was ready for it, but I just was really blown away by Serkis in that movie in general.

>>31344
Andy Serkis is an amazing actor, period. I thought he made a great Captain Haddock, too.

>Sherlock S2 finale
>The Reichenbach Fall

Jesus christ. Martin Freeman ruined me.

>>31360
So when is the 12th going to take over the role?

>>31360
I hate the finales of this series. Every time they leave my hungry.

>>31360
Well how he survived was pretty obvious. He landed in that truck that drove away when people rushed to help him and the lab girl gave him a drug and blood to help him trick Watson.

>>31313
Right now I'm working on Trailer Park Boys.
It occurs to me that there's more IT crowd than is on Netflix.

Huh. Todd Glass came out of the closet. Good for him.

>>31373
It's funny how obviously a Tim Hortons that is.

>>31360
>>31361
I just finished watching it, and still can't tell what either of those posts are saying/asking.

>>31366
It definitely has something to do with Molly. The last scene would have been much more obvious if I remembered the scene where he asks for her help and how she wasn't being targeted, but the whole thing was just too damn tense.

>Reading http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gin-Oclock-Queen-Twitter/dp/144473895X
>Entry on Eurovision
>"Bloody hell, who'd have thought Azerbaijan would win?!"

I love this book so damn much.

>>31379
I'm saying that Sherlock has a lot of personality traits that make the character feel like I'm watching "Britians Next Top Doctor"

>>31379
I meant that Freeman's acting was fucking brilliant, and I cried (wo)manly tears because of it.

>>31381
>Do some research on Eurovision
>mfw Bill Bailey wrote a song, but the BBC said no because they didn't "want to look silly"

YOU

DUMB

SHITS

WE LOSE TO FUCKING PUPPETS AND AZERBAIJAN, AND YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT LOSING DIGNITY‽

>>31404
At least it wasn't as stupid as putting on the same act twice.

>Finally get around to watching The Hangover Part II

Wow. It's kind of astonishing how not funny it is, and how it blatantly moved away from what made the original so great.

Surprising NO ONE, Florence + The Machine's "Ceremonials" is just as good, maybe even better, than "Lungs." Buying it sometime next week from Daddy Cool's. Absolutely worth every god damn cent.

>Andrew W.K. on tour
>Manchester, UK
Oh swee
>04 - 13
GOD DAMN IT

>First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
shits beautiful man
;_;

>watching burn notice
>Jarod and Kyle reunited
nostalgiaaaa

>Mom has me cancel my preorder of the Twilight Sad's new album, No One Can Ever Know
>Preorders the super special limited edition with a limited print run clear vinyl of the album(only 100 made), an early copy of their latest single and a t-shirt instead
VERBTHEADJECTIVENOUN.jpg

Bought an album off iTunes for the first time in a year. THE THIRD ENDING's debut album. I will pay for every one of their albums from here on out. Such a great blending of songwriting and progressive styling. Like a genius mix of Dream Theater, Spock's Beard, and Porcupine Tree.

Aw, what the hell, they only have five seasons.
Stupid Netflix, always coming up short.

Lately I've become somewhat obsessed with Charlie Brooker.

>>31439
Yeah, they're always a season behind. When a new season shows up (eg 5) it's always when the latest season (eg 6) starts airing, but by the time your caught up with 5, the first episodes of 6 are nowhere to be found legally.

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret is the most awkward damn thing I have ever seen in my life.

And I love it.

I just caught up with the last season of Dr Who over the last 2 days. It's crazy how fast time flies with this show. Each time I feel like the conclusion of the episode is coming and I think "It can't already be the far in", so I check the time and it's almost over.

>>31474
Yeah I can understand that. I feel like the writing in Matt smiths run is far more edge of your seat than before

>Watching 'Antichrist' for the first time.
>My face when it's done.

http://www.planetfury.com/content/expendables-2-pg-13

>>31507
This does not bode well for the films success.

>>31507

>>31507
This is what happens when you feed Chuck Nori's Ego internet. This is your fucking fault.

I wish John Dies at the End would get a actual release date already :I they left the penis turning into a doorknob scene in so there's no way it could be not wonderful.

I would just like to say this, while I am glad the 84th Academy Awards seems to have some very good choices, the Academy once again snubbed a TRUE winner in the role of Best Supporting Actor.

Search your hearts, you know it to be true!

I finally saw Sunshine. Dat casting. I really don't get why people doubted Chris Evans when it was announced that he was cast for Captain America.

>Liam Neeson beating up a bunch of wolves with bottles attached to his fist

Why are we not talking about this movie?

>>31551
Because animal activists have a hair up their ass about animals acting like animals.

>>31551
Suffering another year or so till Taken 2 comes out.

Sofasox Cozy Feet Retreat

Well....shit

Neeson To Quit Action Movies Over Leg Pain
http://www.imdb.com/news/ni21798932/

>>31612
Dang. At first I thought it was just news outlets jumping the gun like they do with everything, like maybe he'd just been joking that he only had a year left and they pounced on it, but this doesn't sound particularly hopeful:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Liam+Neeson+takes+nature/6035576/story.html

>As long as my knees hold up, I will give action movies about another 18 months, and that will be it.

>>31299
Conversely:

>reading Ricky Gervais' tweets

Man, sometimes it seems like he's a decent acerbic wit, and his efforts towards preventing animal cruelty are admirable, but then everyone drags him into religious debates, and he just comes across like every teenage atheist ever.

Fuck it, I'm unfollowing him.

>>31612
>>31613
Well, at least his comedy career will be unhindered.

Liam Neeson on Life's too Short

Is it fair to think that if I've never seen a film before, and I can accurately predict how a line's going to end, or certain plot twists that are going to happen, that it's badly written? Or have I just seen so many movies that I'm not surprised by anything anymore?

I really enjoy being surprised. My favorite thing in the world is seeing an actor or film I had written off as being terrible and actually really liking them.

Is it fair to think that if I've never seen a film before, and I can accurately predict how a line's going to end, or certain plot twists that are going to happen, that it's badly written? Or have I just seen so many movies that I'm not surprised by anything anymore?

I really enjoy being surprised. My favorite thing in the world is seeing an actor or film I had written off as being terrible and actually really liking them.

>>31619
>Is it fair to think that if I've never seen a film before, and I can accurately predict how a line's going to end, or certain plot twists that are going to happen, that it's badly written?
Maybe not badly written. But it's probably safe to say that it's unambitiously written. Honestly, it's nothing to worry about. Everyone who's ever been to TV Tropes runs into exactly the same problem. One learns to enjoy writing based on different criteria, or learns to find the stuff that does manage to surprise.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3463359

Oh Nick Cage

Red Tails is probably the most amazing piece of cinema I've ever seen.

Never before has a movie made me lose the will to live.

>>31642
I thought it was funny as hell myself.

It was STUPID as shit of course but my friend and I were in tears during most of it.

>>31645
THERE GO OUR ESCORTS... AGAIN!
Womp womp womp

>Sam Mendes directing the next James Bond movie

>local music festival decided to focus this year in alternative music instead of the usual rock/salsa focus
>30 artist already confirmed
>Cypres Hill
>Björk
>Maroon 5
>Moby
>The Flaming Lips
>MOTHERFUCKING MAYOR LAZER

FUCK
YES

>>31653
Can I just take the time to express how immensely jealous I am right now? And also inquire as to your general whereabouts to see if my own attendance to said festival would be feasible...

>>31627
>>31627
Now we got pictures

>>31659
This festival is going to be in Costa Rica on march 24 & 25. And this is an interesting change of pace, since the Festival Imperial (organized by the aforementioned beer brand) generally only offered people like Enrique Iglesias in 2008. Eugh.

>>31664
The DVD/Blu-Ray extras for this movie are going to be nutbar, I can feel it.

What exactly are the Criterion Collection's requirements for making it into the collection?

Also, it's funny seeing Armageddon among all the far more "professional" films.

>>31676
It largely depends entirely on the company's view of what a 'great or important film' is and somewhat on critical analyses (at least one of which they usually include in the booklet inserts) says about said film. For example, in regards to Michael Bay's The Rock and Armageddon inclusion in the Criterion Collection, both Criterion and the included critical analysis discusses the tight, 'no-pointless-fluff-just-what-works-well' approach Bay has to storytelling as well as the 'controlled intensity' in the cinematography and visual effects of both of those films.

Also, on a related note, I personally find the 'Director's Cut' exclusively released by Criterion to be better than the theatrical version.

>>31676
I don't know but they need to find a way to get some damn animated stuff in there already.

>>31700
It's not available anymore, but there was precisely ONE animated film in the Criterion, back when they released Laserdiscs: Akira.

Posting because it has to be posted.

OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video