Matt D 12,532 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I watched the first episode last night, got annoyed they didn't use any of the iconic music, and am probably done. Link to post Share on other sites
EVA 4,694 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I thought the first 2 episodes of CASTLEVANIA were actually really, really terrible ,with bizarre choices all around. The first scene is a rom-com meet cute between Dracula and Lisa? Belmont doesn't even appear on screen until the very end...and even then he's just chilling in the background at a bar while some nobodies banter endlessly about nothing? Nobody so much as cracks a whip until almost the end of the 2nd episode????? The last 2 episodes get quite a bit better once Belmont actually starts adventuring and fighting monsters. But then it ends abruptly! They must've felt pretty confident Netflix was going to order more episodes because if you told me I've got 4 episodes to tell a kickass Castlevania story, this is not the direction I'd have chosen. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Raziel 8,375 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 I can see it as a 2 hour part 1 movie that sets the background for a longer series running the Castlevania III/Rondo of Blood/Symphony of the Night trilogy, but they did take a little too long to get going. Link to post Share on other sites
Tabe 2,121 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Finished Gypsy over the weekend. If you're wanting a show that delivers Naomi Watts looking hot while having all the sex, most of it with a woman half her age, while smoking constantly, then this is the show for you. If you want one with a decent plot, that isn't completely pretentious and douchey, well, look elsewhere. Watts plays a psychologist who listens to her patients complain about someone else in their life - then goes out and meets that person, not letting them know of the connection. She's happily married but then she meets Sydney, her manic pixie dream girl, and it's all over. I made it through the whole season but this show sucked. Link to post Share on other sites
driver 403 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Really enjoyed Friends From College and enjoying Ozark. Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Kronos 1,151 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 @Tabe I'm gonna need you to come out of DVD retirement and make us a comp of Naomi Watts girl-girl sex scenes, please. I have read some really rough reviews of Friends From College. I still need to watch THE RANCH s3, but the pregnancy storyline doesn't interest me. Also, I only made it 3 eps into KIMMY SCHMIDT s3 - it feels stale and try-hard to me now. Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Hanger 971 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 I really need to get to that last Voltron ep before Friday. Link to post Share on other sites
HumanChessgame 2,438 Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 I posted my thoughts on Ozark in last month's tv thread but probably should have posted here instead as it's quite good and worth checking out. For obvious reasons it's getting a lot of Breaking Bad comparisons. It centers around a law abiding middle class man who uses his skill set to get in over his head with a criminal enterprise (in this case, an investment banker who winds up laundering money for a drug cartel). There are also lots of parallel characters and plot points to BB and while it's not on the same level it's a really good show. With only 10 episodes it's got just the right amount of time to tell a story with no extraneous filler. The acting, even that of the kids, is quite good and all the characters are pretty well fleshed out. Plenty of them are awful people but it does a good job of explaining or hinting at their backstories and motivations. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tabe 2,121 Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 5 hours ago, Kronos said: @Tabe I'm gonna need you to come out of DVD retirement and make us a comp of Naomi Watts girl-girl sex scenes, please. Hahaha. Not sure it's worth watching the show again for that... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
hammerva 4,517 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 This is so damn stupid that I may have no choice but to watch 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Kronos 1,151 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 24 minutes ago, hammerva said: This is so damn stupid that I may have no choice but to watch Trailer looks like a Funny or Die video. Link to post Share on other sites
tbarrie 735 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Is this where we discuss season one of Lucha Underground? The dedicated thread over in the lucha forum has been locked for years. In non-lucha matters, I finally saw Arrival and it was pretty great. Link to post Share on other sites
Tromatagon 9,039 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 So this just got added to Amazon Prime This is the most must-see trailer of anything I will ever show you guys ever. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
piranesi 15,915 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Is that Eric Tsang as Popeye????? I'm kind of amazed they couldn't get Sylvia Krystel or at least Laura Gemser to be Emmanuelle. How much could either actually cost? Link to post Share on other sites
Ace 4,948 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 On 7/8/2017 at 7:55 PM, Raziel403 said: I can see it as a 2 hour part 1 movie that sets the background for a longer series running the Castlevania III/Rondo of Blood/Symphony of the Night trilogy, but they did take a little too long to get going. That's how Warren Ellis wrote it. Link to post Share on other sites
Dolfan in NYC 15,765 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW AND SELECTED) Starring Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman(!), and Emma Thompson (!!) Link to post Share on other sites
Kuetsar 1,719 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 The first two names do not belong in a movie with the other two names. . . . Link to post Share on other sites
Robert s 257 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 57 minutes ago, Kuetsar said: The first two names do not belong in a movie with the other two names. . . . It's not as if this were the first movie that has both Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman in it. Link to post Share on other sites
FluffSnackwell 783 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 2 hours ago, Tromatagon said: So this just got added to Amazon Prime This is the most must-see trailer of anything I will ever show you guys ever. Well, now that clearly non-Marlon Brando (or even Brando-looking) Godfather is where I draw the line. Link to post Share on other sites
S.K.o.S. 1,299 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 2 hours ago, Robert s said: It's not as if this were the first movie that has both Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman in it. Or Adam Sandler and Dustin Hoffman. I was also reminded that there's a movie with Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson that stars Will Ferrell. Link to post Share on other sites
driver 403 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 This looks like it might make up for Sandler's last movie. Link to post Share on other sites
Victator 4,638 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 6 hours ago, driver said: This looks like it might make up for Sandler's last movie. Sandy Wexler? Link to post Share on other sites
driver 403 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 That's the one. Link to post Share on other sites
Victator 4,638 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 I thought it was too long but a charming movie. Link to post Share on other sites
Tabe 2,121 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Watched Atypical over the weekend. It's good - not great, but good. Funny in plenty of spots. If you're not familiar, it tells the story of Sam, an autistic teenager who, at 18 years of age, has decided to start growing and expanding his horizons. There's plenty of laughs of the "Sam says something inappropriate" variety but it's never mean-spirited or overdone. Just funny. The rest of the case is terrific as well. This is obviously something of a vanity project for Jennifer Jason Leigh, who is the producer of the show and cast herself as Sam's mom. Much of the show revolves around her being the object of every man and teenage boy's desire when...uh...she doesn't look the part for that. Definitely worth checking out - the 8 episodes fly by. Link to post Share on other sites
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