Those are some kickass presents. I felt the same way towards Royal Tenenbaums, so I did the same thing as you and now it's one of my favourite movies.

As for The Wire, well apparently it's the greatest show ever, as I'm sure you've heard. I loved the first season, still need to watch the rest.

You must spread some rep around before giving it to Wings of Fire again.



Season 4 of The Wire is the best season of television I have ever seen.


Edit: I guess I've never tried to explain, even to myself, why I love The Royal Tenenbaums so much. It's a very strange movie because it is so much goddamn fun while also being one of the most heart breakingly melancholy movies ever made. It's an extremely sad story, told by a film maker who can find joy, beauty, and humor (not even dark humor) in every situation. There is really only one scene in the movie that actually lets how sad, and confused these people are come to the surface long enough for the viewer to dwell on it, and it is one of the greatest, quietest, saddest scenes ever put to film. The movie is a masterpiece.

Which scene in particular are you talking about?

Is it the razor blade scene? That one always gets me.

Or maybe the one with Ritchie and Margot in the tent.

There are so many damn great scenes in that movie. The opening one is probably my favourite of any movie.

I was thinking more of option 1, but I should have considered the tent scene, too. Or even the Stiller, Wilson chase scene. I guess the first one was just so shocking because up until that point the movie was quirky enough, and Luke Wilson's character held back his depression so much that you don't really see it coming. It hits me like a ton of bricks every time. I think that what really gets me about it is how he is staring into the mirror, says "Tomorrow, I'm going to kill myself," and without missing a beat doesn't wait until tomorrow. Some people would probably view that as an error in the script, or a deleted scene, or any number of things, but it's not not. There are no accidents in a Wes Anderson film.

Kick-Ass was on TV tonight. I really like it, wondering why there's still no trailer for the sequel.

The fact that filming only finished a week ago might have something to do with it.

I haven't really been following the progress so I didn't know, it's just that IMDb had a release date of early 2013 at one point but obviously they've delayed it then. Seems to be late June next year now.

When I watched it I didn't expect it to be that violent. 'Twas a nice surprise.

I watched Westworld last night/this morning. I love it. Much better than Terminator or any of that stuff.

You should read the comic. It's stunningly horrible and will give you a real respect for the film crew to have created something good out of complete garbage.

Isn't the comic infamous for being a slam rag made exclusively to make fun of it's demographic in all the wrong ways?

The only part of me I ever felt it was insulting was my intelligence.

It was one of the worst comics I've ever read, and the ending was awful. This from the man who wrote Red Son, too.

I watched Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers, a Netflix four part miniseries. I'd recommend it. Pretty dark and heavy for Marvel animation.

Just watched Der Untergang (Downfall). Went in rather dismissively, came out having found something very emotionally moving and thought provoking.

Quite pleasantly surprised.

I've been meaning to watch that for a while. Is it any good?

Watched some Futurama last night. Man, the Seven Leafed Clover episode always makes me feel.

Seven Psychopaths was quite good, not as good as In Bruges, but In Bruges is probably my favourite film ever.

Can anyone recommend some good TV series, I'm currently watching Six Feet Under and really enjoying it.

Drama:
The West Wing
The Newsroom (but only if you've seen the West Wing and liked it. Otherwise don't bother)

Comedy:
30 Rock

SciFi:
Firefly
Dollhouse

Other:
Sherlock
Alias

Yes. I bought the Steam version with the Team Meat commentary and I was crying with laughter by the end.

They've been brought in as supposed "experts" on independent game development, and they just spend the entire hour and a half making ridiculous, libellous claims; Like that Phil Fish is a 5-foot-tall ex-CIA assassin, or that Jonathan Blow sleeps standing up.

I would say that even if you like The West Wing there is no guarantee you will like The Newsroom. I adored The West Wing, and I fucking hated The Newsroom.

Arrested Development. It's relatively short, hilarious the whole way through and just some of the best damn Television you'll ever watch.

I think it was, it shows the other side of creating games and how stupid and immature gamers can be. I really like it. I still need to see "I Got Next" and "FOCUS".

Oh, I didn't mean it as a guarantee. Just that anyone who didn't like The West Wing would definitely hate The Newsroom.

The Newsroom has the largest collection of completely unlikable characters I have ever seen on television. I bet there are snuff films with more likable characters.

Well yeah. Having likable characters is the mark of a good snuff film, or else you don't give a shit when they die.

I continued watching ds9 - some strong episodes here and there, like this one.
when he cuts himself with the knife and the dramatic music kicks in, they managed to pull the story to a new level. the scene came completely unexpected and I loved it.

I saw Skyfall a few days ago. It bored me almost to tears. Javier Bardem was good, but everything else was very, very boring.

Don't suppose you watch ST: Voyager? I'm coming up to the last series soon and I've been loving it. The earlier episodes from the first few seasons are my favourite.

Was it worse than Quantum of Solace? I don't reckon that's possible.

I liked Skyfall, It was nowhere near as good as Casino Royal but still enjoyed it.

My problem with it was I didn't really understand what was happening, especially at the end. I suppose I might of understood it more if I watched the old ones; the only 'old' one I've seen is Goldeneye and I loved that film.

I don't even remember Quantum of Solace. I know I saw it, but I have absolutely no memory of it.

Bond is pissed, wants revenge, something about Oil, he has sex again probably, shit blows up in the desert.

Anything else?

CP, you should be aware that OANST might have forgotten it for a reason.

yeah I watched the series. but from all the ST series, I dislike Voyager the most. although the premise is quite interesting, I didn't like most of the crew members. the relationship between neelix and kes feels implausible, but I liked the doctor and tuvok.
there are some good ep though; The Thaw is effectively creepy and Tuvix is one of the best of all the star trek episodes. I disagreed the decision of the captain and considered the act as murder.


funny, I think I even saw it twice, but cannot remember anything. that speaks for itself and for most of the franchise.

also
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAANN (wow cumberbatch has an awesome voice)

In my opinion it was my film of the year. I also was amazed at how good Skyfall was, I think it's a lot better than Quantum of Solace or Casino Royale.

Right now I'm watching 24 (just finished series 3), True Blood (got back into series 4 after having given it a bit of a break), House (which is as good as people say, great plot and funny dialogue), Hawaii 5-0 (fantastic buddy cop show with good dialogue), Robin Hood BBC (under-rated and with some great actors like Keith Allen and Richard Armitage). Speaking of Armitage, I'm looking forward to seeing The Hobbit when it comes out. I've been listening to the audiobook for a few weeks now.

Even more so then Enterprise? Wow.

Voyager is borderline my favourite ST series along with Next Gen. I didn't watch DS9, Enterprise was awful, and despite it's legacy, I don't enjoy the original series very much. (Don't kill me) I like to watch just to say I have watched it, I can't call my self a fan otherwise and you really can't ignore it, it's so iconic.

Anyway back to Voyager, I did like the crew. I thought Janeway was a great captain (though her voice at first drives you mad :)).
The Doctor and Neelix are the best characters in the show; Neelix is so darn charming, I just want to hug him :lol: and the Doctor is just a great character all-round, Robert Picardo is a legend. I don't like Seven of Nine. Yes, she's more interested then bloody Kes but she just became the center of attention half-way though the series. 'Ooh look at me, I'm a hot female borg'...yeah...

Episode wise, I loved all the two-parters. Ones that stick out for me are Future's End, Scorpion and The Killing Game. I've yet to see the finale but apparently it's amazing.

I started watching The Office (the American one) because I have never truly watched it. I started from the first season of course. So far it's been pretty funny.

You clearly haven't seen Die Another Day.

I thought Skyfall was good but not great. I didn't like the way that they deliberately tried to link Craig's Bond with the previous ones, which is completely anachronistic. And going to Skyfall revealed that 'James Bond' is his actual name rather than his codename, which destroyed that theory. And whilst the climax was quite well done, I prefer the big international intrigue plots, rather than the smaller, personal ones.

Several people involved in the production have stated that he's definitely not KHAAAAAAAAAAN. They might be bluffing mind you, but I assumed that they were going to avoid deliberate remakes in the new series. (I haven't actually seen Wrath of Khan, so I can't make a comparison. Just quoting other people here)

So funny. Greg Daniels is a great showrunner. I advise you don't watch too far after the third or fourth season, it starts falling off there. But yeah, great show.

I'd rep+ you, if I could. I see what they were trying to do, connecting the male Q, Ms. Moneypenny, the old school car and everything, but it all fell flat, compared to the old ones.