Moments when a piece of entertainment completely rocked you.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:14 pm

I got to see Maleficent today. I loved it. It was pretty. It told a good story. And while it wasn't perfect, I loved it anyway. But just in case people here might begin to think it's a good movie, thus getting their expectations up, only to have them crash at the theater... It was a terrible horrible movie that I loved.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Tue Jun 03, 2014 1:28 am

Angelina Jolie... yeech.

Starmaker · Post by **Starmaker** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 5:17 pm

Does a twitter feed count?
https://twitter.com/SavedYouAClick

Josh_Kablack · Post by **Josh_Kablack** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 5:43 pm

The Beetle crushing conversation in the most recent Game of Thrones episode (season 4, episode 8) was one of the most brilliantly written dramatic dialog scenes I have ever seen.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 5:52 pm

Josh_Kablack wrote:The Beetle crushing conversation in the most recent Game of Thrones episode (season 4, episode 8) was one of the most brilliantly written dramatic dialog scenes I have ever seen.

It seems to have been extremely polarizing. I know a lot of people who loved it, and a lot of people who hated it.

Blicero · Post by **Blicero** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 7:17 pm

I enjoyed watching it, and it was very well written and acted. But, thematically, I thought it was a bit too blatant. It felt almost like a stage drama performance. GoT usually tries for more of a faux-realist feel.

TiaC · Post by **TiaC** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 7:23 pm

So, I need to go out tonight because there's a going-away party for someone I don't know at my house. Are there any good movies in theaters?

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 7:26 pm

I'm told Days of Future Past is good.

Josh_Kablack · Post by **Josh_Kablack** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 7:26 pm

Oh, the main metaphor isn't the point. It's the world and character building that's condensed into the asides that's masterful:

Precisely because of his deformity, Tyrion is not sympathetic to those less fortunate.
It's unremarkable for clergy maesters to be pedophiles
Jamie wouldn't be a victim, even then
Tyrion is motivated by inquiry, but full of hubris about it
Nobody cares about the mentally ill

Blicero · Post by **Blicero** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 8:08 pm

Yeah, all those parts were quite lovely.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 10:49 pm

TiaC wrote:So, I need to go out tonight because there's a going-away party for someone I don't know at my house. Are there any good movies in theaters?

Godzilla wasn't bad, though had some perplexing bits to it.

shau · Post by **shau** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 11:06 pm

virgil wrote:I'm told Days of Future Past is good.

For what it's worth, I liked it.

TiaC · Post by **TiaC** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:04 am

Well, I went to see Days of Future Past, called my dad and he came with. We liked it pretty well. The earlier X-men movies gave it a bit of carry-over stupidity and there were a few Idiot Ball moments, but what can you expect from a summer action blockbuster?

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:06 am

TiaC wrote:Well, I went to see Days of Future Past, called my dad and he came with. We liked it pretty well. The earlier X-men movies gave it a bit of carry-over stupidity and there were a few Idiot Ball moments, but what can you expect from a summer action blockbuster?

Well... better. But yeah, it ranks up there with X-2 in terms of good movies. But where X-2 was the best super hero movie you could expect at it's time, we have seen plenty of better ones since.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:09 am

My wife and I just watched the entire first season of Orphan Black in five days. Very good, very suspenseful. It's a production of BBC Canada, so the seasons are only 10 episodes (British people don't know what a "season" is, and Canadians do, so they split the difference). Unfortunately, only seven episodes of season 2 are out so far, so we're going to have to reduce the rate at which we consume near future Canadian science fiction.

-Username17

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 8:45 am

FrankTrollman wrote:My wife and I just watched the entire first season of Orphan Black in five days.

Thanks for the recommendation.

radthemad4 · Post by **radthemad4** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 10:23 am

Are first class and the original trilogy treated as separate timelines/universes, or is the original trilogy the future of first class?

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 10:39 am

radthemad4 wrote:Are first class and the original trilogy treated as separate timelines/universes, or is the original trilogy the future of first class?

My understanding, such as it is, comes with Future Past spoilers:

X-Men First class happened. Then, later on, all the X 1-3 happened.

However, Days of Future Past involves them basically deleting that timeline after days, so first class still happened the same but 1-3 did not, and we are now at some point years after X 3 chronologically, but obviously events played out differently.

Presumably the next 1-5 movies will take play in the new timeline and portray things that happened before the date at the end of future past. This will probably be the ideal time to introduce new actors for most of the characters. I wonder if what's his name is willing to shave himself for the next 3-5 movies and become our eternal Xavier.

radthemad4 · Post by **radthemad4** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 10:56 am

Thanks for the spoiler block. I'm not opening that yet as I haven't seen Future Past. The beginning of X-3 contradicts the ending of First Class what with the Professor being both bald and walking around, so I was wondering if they accounted for that somehow. I wouldn't mind if their solution was to pretend X3 never happened.

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:21 am

radthemad4 wrote:Thanks for the spoiler block. I'm not opening that yet as I haven't seen Future Past. The beginning of X-3 contradicts the ending of First Class what with the Professor being both bald and walking around, so I was wondering if they accounted for that somehow. I wouldn't mind if their solution was to pretend X3 never happened.

Oh yes, I understand what you are talking about, and short answer, there is an in universe explanation that could explain that, but it is actually kind of dumb, because it makes no sense for him to be walking and recruiting mutants, and also I think he might have been buddy with Magneto in that scene or something?

darkmaster · Post by **darkmaster** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:24 am

Well, in one of the cartoon versions of the Days of Future Past story line the professor gets a pair of cyborg legs (well, more like really fancy leg braces) that make him able to walk again, could be something like that.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 12:55 pm

Basically everyone just pretends X3 never happened because it was terrible and we ignore all continuity issues with that movie.

-Username17

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 3:40 pm

FrankTrollman wrote:My wife and I just watched the entire first season of Orphan Black in five days. Very good, very suspenseful. It's a production of BBC Canada, so the seasons are only 10 episodes (British people don't know what a "season" is, and Canadians do, so they split the difference). Unfortunately, only seven episodes of season 2 are out so far, so we're going to have to reduce the rate at which we consume near future Canadian science fiction.

-Username17

Have you watched Continuum?

Omegonthesane · Post by **Omegonthesane** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 4:35 pm

Josh_Kablack wrote:Oh, the main metaphor isn't the point. It's the world and character building that's condensed into the asides that's masterful:

Precisely because of his deformity, Tyrion is not sympathetic to those less fortunate.

It's unremarkable for clergy maesters to be pedophiles

Jamie wouldn't be a victim, even then

Tyrion is motivated by inquiry, but full of hubris about it

Nobody cares about the mentally ill

Point 1 is contradicted by his actions in season 1 (giving Bran a special saddle), but then, no one's 100% anything in Game of Thrones. Except maybe Ramsay, Joffrey, and Gregor Clegane.

They did work Point 2 into there well, but it had already been brought up in Season 3 when Jaime was asking why Qyburn was stripped of his position - "Did you fondle one little boy too many?" as if it's normally a minor infraction for a maester.

Blicero · Post by **Blicero** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:26 pm

I'll second the recommendation of Orphan Black. The first season is, for the most part, incredibly suspenseful, well-written, and well-thought out. The lead actress' performance is genuinely remarkable. The second season slows down a bit, but it's still quite excellent, from what I've seen of it.