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alanc2003 · 04-02-2018 10:39AM

Coach Snoop

Didn't know what to expect but a great show. I have a new found respect for Snoop

deisedude · 04-02-2018 10:55AM

Just watching first episode of Coach Snoop.
It's so bad it's......still pretty bad!

Complete vanity project but probably worth 5 minutes of your time for the unintentional hilarity

alanc2003 · 04-02-2018 10:57AM

deisedude wrote: »

Just watching first episode of Coach Snoop.
It's so bad it's......still pretty bad!

Complete vanity project but probably worth 5 minutes of your time for the unintentional hilarity

Hardly a vanity project as he set the league up 14 years ago!

readyletsgo · 04-02-2018 11:06AM

Watched first 3 episodes of Altered Carbon. Now, I loved both Blade Runners and (both) Ghost in the Shell, bit this, ugh. No. It's bad. Looks good, but the story and acting is pretty terrible, which is a shame.

leahyl · 04-02-2018 05:20PM

Finished watching Marcella recently, thought it was excellent; saw an ad for the second series on ITV the other night - it’s starting sometime this month

munster87 · 04-02-2018 05:37PM

peteeeed wrote: »

Cloverfield is back up
Zoolander 2
Added today

Is Zoolander 2 any use? Thought the first one was decent

den87 · 04-02-2018 05:59PM

munster87 wrote: »

Is Zoolander 2 any use? Thought the first one was decent

It’s not great

FunLover18 · 04-02-2018 06:42PM

den87 wrote: »

munster87 wrote: »

Is Zoolander 2 any use? Thought the first one was decent

It’s not great

I would go so far as to say it's terrible.

EPAndlee · 04-02-2018 09:55PM

Watched the first two episodes of Black Lightning. Really liked it. Netflix know what their at when it comes to making a superhero series

pixelburp · 04-02-2018 10:02PM

EPAndlee wrote: »

Watched the first two episodes of Black Lightning. Really liked it. Netflix know what their at when it comes to making a superhero series

It's a CW show, Netflix are just doing their usual and paying for streaming rights in exchange for calling it an 'original'.

But yeah, it's a decent show so far, though the costume is pretty horrendous.

Gloomtastic! · 04-02-2018 11:28PM

Hacksaw Ridge, another brilliant movie from Mel Gibson about a conscientious objector in WW2. Gruesome war scenes but riveting from beginning to end. 9/10

Noveight · 04-02-2018 11:29PM

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Hacksaw Ridge, another brilliant movie from Mel Gibson about a conscientious objector in WW2. Gruesome war scenes but riveting from beginning to end. 9/10

Just opened the thread to ask about it, cheers!

km79 · 04-02-2018 11:34PM

Noveight wrote: »

Just opened the thread to ask about it, cheers!

It’s brilliant

deisedude · 04-02-2018 11:36PM

alanc2003 wrote: »

Hardly a vanity project as he set the league up 14 years ago!

He may have setup the league with the best intentions but producing your own film (by Snoopadelic productions) to tell the world how brilliant you are for doing so most certainly is a vanity project

johnny_ultimate · 04-02-2018 11:39PM

I genuinely despised Hacksaw Ridge. It's fetishistic in its portrayal of violence, ludicrously jingoistic, and unquestioning in its piousness. It's clearly a Mel Gibson film through-and-through, but I think that may be way I couldn't stand the damn thing. Tonally I never think it settles - the romance is among the least convincing in cinema history, before it shifts to training camp farce and battlefield melodrama - and some of the casting is completely misjudged. That it's technically competent is the only nice thing I really have to say about it!

TL;DR - I feel quite strongly about that film

johnny_ultimate · 04-02-2018 11:43PM

Also, for those who don't venture outside this thread, there may be a wee surprise addition overnight: https://deadline.com/2018/02/cloverfield-sequel-god-particle-super-bowl-trailer-netflix-streaming-release-1202276386/

johnny_ultimate · 05-02-2018 12:28AM

And confirmed: https://www.netflix.com/title/80134431

Cloverfield prequel being release tonight / this morning / tomorrow (please delete according to your time zone)

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 05-02-2018 02:17AM

Was in the mood for something light and fluffy tonight so I stuck on Step Sisters. Recently added to Netflix it's about a black college student who gets roped into teaching a white sorority how to "step", which is a traditionally black sorority/fraternity activity. In doing so she alienates her own black sorority and her parents.

Obviously this isn't going to be for everyone but I enjoyed it. If you like Pitch Perfect, Bring it On etc. you might like it. Obviously the issue of race and cultural appropriation comes up but they don't delve too deeply into it, occasionally a few scenes fall into preachy territory but overall it was a pretty easy watch.

Oh, and there is a random shot near the end of Leo Burdocks in Temple Bar. It's used as an exterior shot of the college bar they're in, for some reason

Tom Mann Centuria · 05-02-2018 02:22AM

EPAndlee wrote: »

Watched the first two episodes of Black Lightning. Really liked it. Netflix know what their at when it comes to making a superhero series

pixelburp wrote: »

It's a CW show, Netflix are just doing their usual and paying for streaming rights in exchange for calling it an 'original'.

But yeah, it's a decent show so far, though the costume is pretty horrendous.

They certainly went all in on name recognition in the first episode. Seemed like every sentence uttered had to contain "Black Lightning". I'm not a fan so far tbh, but I'll probably watch an other couple of episodes before I decide.

Cotts72 · 05-02-2018 07:55AM

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

They certainly went all in on name recognition in the first episode. Seemed like every sentence uttered had to contain "Black Lightning". I'm not a fan so far tbh, but I'll probably watch an other couple of episodes before I decide.

Its not bad, my main gripes are the main villain is irritating and how don't ppl recognise who black lightning is considering he's so high profile as principal. He literally has glasses on

ixoy · 05-02-2018 08:50AM

Cotts72 wrote: »

Its not bad, my main gripes are the main villain is irritating and how don't ppl recognise who black lightning is considering he's so high profile as principal. He literally has glasses on

His daughter mentioned that his face appeared as a blur when she looked at it so maybe he's using some sort of technology interference.
Makes about 3% more sense than Superman/Supergirl...

alanc2003 · 05-02-2018 08:55AM

deisedude wrote: »

He may have setup the league with the best intentions but producing your own film (by Snoopadelic productions) to tell the world how brilliant you are for doing so most certainly is a vanity project

again I'm not seeing your point here, that production company was set up many years ago. Why would you use another production company if you owned your own one?

I enjoyed the show and I certainly didn't get the impression he was telling the world how wonderful he was, it was more focused on the kids and their lives/upbringing

RocketRaccoon · 05-02-2018 08:58AM

Soooo Cloverfield 3, how is it??? I'm a huge fan of the first 2 but won't get a chance to watch this until tomorrow.

Sad Professor · 05-02-2018 09:00AM

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Soooo Cloverfield 3, how is it??? I'm a huge fan of the first 2 but won't get a chance to watch this until tomorrow.

Pretty poor apparently.

RocketRaccoon · 05-02-2018 09:10AM

Sad Professor wrote: »

Pretty poor apparently.

I've just managed to find myself 2 hours so have just started it.

gmisk · 05-02-2018 09:50AM

EPAndlee wrote: »

Watched the first two episodes of Black Lightning. Really liked it. Netflix know what their at when it comes to making a superhero series

Bar Iron Fist for me.....which was abysmal

peteeeed · 05-02-2018 09:53AM

The cloverfield paradox (as mentioned above)
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-cloverfield-paradox?ref=hp
Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.

OCTB season 1
An undercover detective crosses paths with familiar faces in the mafia underworld during the final years of Britain's ruling of Hong Kong.

princess cyd
A teenager moves to Chicago for the summer and finds a poignant mentor in her aunt and a sweet love interest in a girl who works in the neighborhood
added today

RocketRaccoon · 05-02-2018 10:48AM

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Soooo Cloverfield 3, how is it??? I'm a huge fan of the first 2 but won't get a chance to watch this until tomorrow.

Found the time this morning to to watch it, thoroughly enjoyed it.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 05-02-2018 10:56AM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I genuinely despised Hacksaw Ridge. It's fetishistic in its portrayal of violence, ludicrously jingoistic, and unquestioning in its piousness. It's clearly a Mel Gibson film through-and-through, but I think that may be way I couldn't stand the damn thing. Tonally I never think it settles - the romance is among the least convincing in cinema history, before it shifts to training camp farce and battlefield melodrama - and some of the casting is completely misjudged. That it's technically competent is the only nice thing I really have to say about it!

TL;DR - I feel quite strongly about that film

He actually removed real life battle field melodrama as unbelievable.

Don’t agree with any of that. Romances are quick during war time as people married before they went to war. The training camp “farce” is what happened, including the actions of the father, and his actions on the battlefield are on the public record.

budgemook · 05-02-2018 11:45AM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

He actually removed real life battle field melodrama as unbelievable.

Don’t agree with any of that. Romances are quick during war time as people married before they went to war. The training camp “farce” is what happened, including the actions of the father, and his actions on the battlefield are on the public record.

I doubt it was so corny or cliche in real life though :pac:

Genuine question - were Forest Gump's exploits based on this fella?

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