Hurrah! https://io9.gizmodo.com/exclusive-netflixs-excellent-kipo-and-the-age-of-wonde-1843028327?_ga=2.105768967.566665040.1588099343-66200155.1528932709
― Judd Apatowsaurus (Leee), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 21:47 (four years ago) link
watched the first 45 minutes of chris hemsworth forearm-definition showcase extraction and while it's pretty boilerplate in plot and dialogue there is a children of men-inspired single-shot action sequence that winds its way through multiple vehicles and buildings for no less than TEN MINUTES and it's pretty amazing
― julian sprinkles (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 09:04 (four years ago) link
obviously it's not really a single shot but the edits are mostly pretty slick
the director of Extraction is a stunt coordinator who got the gig after writing, choregraphing, training and camera operating a seven minute fake-one-shot fight in Atomic Blonde
― donald failson (sic), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 11:11 (four years ago) link
aha, that makes senseit’s a technically impressive sequence, with hemsworth doing lots of fighting with multiple opponents in tight spaces with the camera weaving around them, must have been a bastard to shoot
― julian sprinkles (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 13:12 (four years ago) link
has anyone done a listicle of all the Netflix tricky action single takes yet
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 13:15 (four years ago) link
I still think about Haunting of Hill House ep 6 a lot.
― Roz, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 13:34 (four years ago) link
in addition to being a stunt coordinator, Hargrave was Chris Evans' stunt double in Winter Soldierhttps://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a31024424/chris-evans-stunt-double-workout/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 13:52 (four years ago) link
hmm I’m going to have to watch Extraction, now
― mh, Saturday, 2 May 2020 14:45 (four years ago) link
Watched it last night after the zoom session. It's the kind of action trash I always look forward to and then feel bad for watching afterward.
― herds of unmasked cletuses (WmC), Saturday, 2 May 2020 15:20 (four years ago) link
Extraction def sounds like my bag
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 2 May 2020 17:14 (four years ago) link
it's so good and well paced + one tracking shot gives Russian Ark a run for its money.
I'm just not up for that kind of unrelenting terrible violence, it seemed closer to torture porn at times. Like I get in doses but why does anybody need *that* much of it?
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 2 May 2020 17:27 (four years ago) link
yeah, that's the line i don't cross
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 2 May 2020 17:58 (four years ago) link
did you start zerozerozero yet?
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link
xp Are we talking like, "The Raid" or "Escape from Cell Block 99" violence?
― Nhex, Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
I haven't seen either of those but it has to average a decapitation/disembowelment/brain-splattering head shot per minute
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link
xp yeah
― herds of unmasked cletuses (WmC), Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link
i did start zerozerozero... i didn't like it? I got halfway into the second ep and it just missed me.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:34 (four years ago) link
:(
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:36 (four years ago) link
Yeah at one point in Extraction I was like, Yes I know these are the bad guys, I don't need to see them do (unthinkably cruel, evil thing) to make the point. Who is this for?
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:39 (four years ago) link
zzz was slick and impressive looking but in service of something i really really don't care about. bad dialogue and pretty predictable over two eps and lots of unnecessary glossy violence. dunno, i don't think i'm down for it. NB: I fucking hated Sicario and Traffic.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:44 (four years ago) link
i have loved Money Heist (who knew it could ever get to a 4th season !).completely ridiculous, and silly, but very very watchable.
― mark e, Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
yeah i really enjoyed the new season of Money Heist. just as silly as always. What would your code name be?
― Yerac, Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link
creator of Money Heist has a new show on Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj7uyeaJjFQ
― Number None, Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:49 (four years ago) link
Scunthorpe.
― mark e, Saturday, 2 May 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link
Godmanchester.
― Judd Apatowsaurus (Leee), Sunday, 3 May 2020 17:16 (four years ago) link
I think I would go with Norfolk. Has the 'fuck' joke already in there.
― Yerac, Sunday, 3 May 2020 17:40 (four years ago) link
xp Midnight Gospel is great despite association with things that are dumb
― billstevejim, Sunday, 3 May 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link
specifically rogan
for teen movies, "The Half of It" was surprisingly very sweet and quiet and wholesome.
― Yerac, Monday, 4 May 2020 23:29 (four years ago) link
Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood series is very good, also kinda bad at times, overall very on-brand w some good performances & a lot of heart
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 May 2020 23:37 (four years ago) link
All the classic Hollywood nerds I follow on Twitter are livid about that show, though I haven’t even figured out what it’s about yet
― dip to dup (rob), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 00:17 (four years ago) link
it’s a fantasy of golden age of Hollywood takes some actual stories (Rock Hudson, Anna May Wong, Peg Entwistle) and gives them a “better” story — what if Rock got to be openly gay, what if Anna May Wong wins her Oscar, and Peg is referenced & inspires a Hollywood movie starring a young black actress who almost jumps off the Hollywood sign but doesnt there is a lot good about it, but the anachronisms & youthful “what if the olden times but BUT BETTER” is weird & a bit gratingagain, it’s Ryan Murphy - he always swings for the fences
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 01:26 (four years ago) link
I love Hollywood. I read that it was too light but this is exactly the sort of lightness I need right now. Also the clothes and sets are very enticing.
― Virginia Plain, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 04:54 (four years ago) link
Beautifully designed! and the cinematography is gorgeous
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 05:45 (four years ago) link
Yeah, the classic Hollywood nerds don't seem to like the fact that it's not historically accurate, but I loved the first episode. It's exactly what I want right now: a rewriting of history to make it a hundred times more gorgeous, and with some space for people who aren't awful.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 08:15 (four years ago) link
Lots of great performances too!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 16:30 (four years ago) link
It was the most Ryan Murphy Ryan Murphy series yet, and I was good with that.
― Mud... jam... failure (aldo), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 18:59 (four years ago) link
lol that’s a good description! my biggest problem was Darren Criss’s character stuck out like a sore thumb by being so “woke”. i didnt enjoy that character at all. and i know there is full sincerity behind what they do for Rock Hudson by giving him the chance to come out publicly & in one light it’s a nice what-if: but there’s an inherent judgement in that “what-if” that just sat a little wrong with me - i felt defensive somehow, for him & his actual life.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 20:29 (four years ago) link
is Hollywood better than his last series which started good, got terrible, then ended in an interesting manner but looked like the next season would be an entirely different show? FWIW this is my reaction to almost all of his series.
― akm, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
yeah, ryan murphy is only good for 3-4 episodes ever for me. it's like he gets tired of his 'great idea' halfway through.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link
i did finish Pose though. but i had to struggle a little to get through it.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 20:34 (four years ago) link
Personally - it’s WAY better than American Horror Story, but not as good as Peopje vs OJ Simpson or Gianni Versace. Maybe a step or two behind Pose? imo
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 20:40 (four years ago) link
the first series of Pose is great; still haven't watched the second one. Is a third coming or did it end?
― akm, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 20:45 (four years ago) link
the second season was ok. i think there is a third coming out at some point.
i think i also don't like the actors he loves to cast again and again.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 20:49 (four years ago) link
oh i did like the people vs OJ a lot.
all this murphy talk is reminding me that i never watched the final episode of feud.
that was a good show!
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 20:54 (four years ago) link
Hollywood was just what I needed atm but I wouldn't make any great claims for it. I guess they are setting up Mira Sorvino's character for s2 but she was so underused it seemed pointless. It was good to watch Patti LuPone. I couldn't quite work out whether Ernie was taking advantage of Ellen, I guess I missed something there.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 21:27 (four years ago) link
I thought Sorvino's performance was very touching though.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 21:28 (four years ago) link
Holland Taylor, who plays Ellen, is the real-life partner of Sarah Paulson!
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 21:30 (four years ago) link