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And maybe technically not in the "body" category, her eyes are so beautiful.
It's a genre I love, so it would be great if there could be a film that's both epic/historical/informative enough AND exciting and adventurous to pique the public's taste for more of the same.
Will that be Dunkirk? I'll gladly watch and find out. :-)
Ditto -- I really enjoyed both, but Edge of Tomorrow has a real sense of fun and adventure, as well as sacrifice and growth, that holds up for repeated viewings....which is ironic considering the premise of "live, die, repeat".
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I've skipped around a bit and spot-watched (if that's a word) some of Season 3, like "Rita's Pita," and I think the humor is just a broader, more slapstick-ish style than I usually go for (the two goon-ish villains at the mall, for example).
I think I'm also influenced by not having grown up with a television (I didn't own one until my 20s), so I missed all the kids programming and Saturday morning/after school stuff. I imagine if I had grown up with that, then I would have a really fond attachment to that kind of show.
It's interesting that just yesterday this came up at work. We have a stack of paperbacks (13 Reasons Why) sitting out, and one of my co-workers, a woman about 20, who is ordinarily very laidback and positive, was really vigorous in telling me how much she didn't like the show. To her, she said, it felt like revenge porn in that the main girl wanted to take shots (her words) at so many people after the fact, when no one had a chance to respond, make amends, or give a rebuttal. My co-worker said she couldn't identify with the main girl, and she felt that in some ways she'd even made her own situation worse through some of her reactions.
Again, it's not fair of me to form opinions when I haven't read it or seen it, but this was an interesting point to me. I've lost two people close to me to suicide. One was very mentally ill and the other was an addict facing prison. As sorry as I was, I could understand how they'd arrived at their decisions, even though I didn't agree with them. I've never been in a situation where someone close to me felt pushed to suicide by others and then left communication, from beyond the grave almost, that assigned blame and pointed fingers. I think that would seem in some ways like a desire to have the last word and a big exit rather than trying to resolve a situation. But then if you get to the point of suicide, you might well feel like there's no point in even trying to resolve anything anymore.
I should probably stop posting and start flipping coins to see if I'm going to watch it or not. :-)
Yes, great point -- there's a lot of good Nordic Noir stuff out there, too.
The Bridge (the original Swedish version or the American)
Forbrydelsen (The Killing, think I listed that one)
Trapped
Case
Beck (haven't seen, but it's on our list)
Bordertown (Finnish/Russian -- excellent so far, on Netflix)
The Grave/Graven (Swedish, hard as hell to find, from 2004 I think)
Belgian shows (but with a noir feel):
The Break (La Treve, on Netflix)
Hotel Beau Sejour (also on Netflix)
Yes, I'd read a funny bit in an interview where the scriptwriter had worked hard to come up with a line he liked for that moment. He kept revising it, and in the end the director went without letting it be audible/translated/included. I liked the line though.
That's a very interesting idea -- with the prevalence of saunas, that could very well mean people are accustomed to much more non-sexual nudity with each other, which would carry over into a show.
I checked back on 5 or 6 of the "dead" forums I'd posted in over the last month or so, and no replies yet, but that's fine. Fortunately, I got the answers I was hoping for from past posts. I'll certainly keep shaking the tree whenever I think of new questions. :-)
From now on, I am *definitely* showing guests to their bedroom and pointing out that I've provided a coital bed. That should get the visit off to a hilariously uncomfortable start. :-)
Oh goodness, we adored Happy Valley. Ummm....
River
Luther
Line of Duty (first 3 seasons on Hulu, great series and it kicks up a notch in season 2)
The Killing (American or Danish)
Scott and Bailey (on Hulu, also by Sally Wainwright)
Doctor Foster (not a mystery exactly)
Unforgiven (find on YouTube with Suranne Jones, it's by Sally Wainwright, the same creator as Happy Valley)
Unforgotten (with Nicola Walker)
Hinterland (not really the same feel as HV, but a lot of people like it too)
Shetland (just showed up on Netflix I think, but we haven't watched yet)
Thanks, I've seen about half of the major entries in the John Hughes catalog. They were never huge mile markers for me, but they helped me understand other people and their cultural references. (I did really like Some Kind of Wonderful though.)
I think one of the things that I have trouble connecting with in a lot of teen-oriented properties is the way that adults are often disconnected if not completely absent. I know everyone has a different upbringing, but the adults/parents/teachers that my friends and I knew as we grew up were incredibly connected. We would never have been able to have the stereotypical huge party with tons of alcohol, loud stereos and no adults in sight. I know it really does happen, and has been happening for decades, but it's really alien to my direct experience in a smaller town, so I have trouble understanding a world of relatively autonomous teens.
Doesn't mean it doesn't happen. :-)
One of our favorites, definitely. One of the main themes from the soundtrack is available (Adagio in D Minor) and it's awesome. You can hear it get used in other trailers and things.
I think there's a number of films that used stop motion effects for dinosaurs (before CGI). Ones off the top of my head are The Land that Time Forgot and The People that Time Forgot (from the Edgar Rice Burroughs books) and Valley of the Gwangi.
No kidding! The chances of surviving an Alien movie are slim to none. Even if you do, you'll get killed off in the gap between sequels! (RIP Hicks and Newt)
I'm honestly curious about that. The only thing that's occurred to me (and it's not very likely) is that they've done some kind of intense DNA/genetics analysis and their DNA will go into the mix artificially to create as genetically diverse a population base as possible.
But even that seems really unlikely and impractical because it would seem more likely that they're there to set stuff up and make it safer for a following wave of colonists, so they're not growing a population from the ground up. So maybe the couples aspect is to help keep people on a long assignment from suffering psychologically (although, you could joke that marriage is stressful enough). Plus, from a script standpoint it creates a quick way to communicate emotional attachment.
No idea. :-) But I'd like to hear the explanation!
I think it's always worth trying! :-). The archived info here gives me most of what I need, so it's just really nice to have that instantly available here at moviechat. I've tried a few posts for older foreign shows where I had just one small question, a little detail at the end of an episode, but it seems that something like that isn't something people recall or post about 13 years after the fact for a show not available on disc or streaming -- it's just more likely to be discussed at the time, so the old board info is most helpful.
But I'll certainly try if I need to in a different board. :-)
Thank you, I'm exploring it a little more now. I've found the way to get to individual forums. I'm afraid that a lot of what I watch isn't being currently commented on (older shows, foreign shows, arthouse stuff), so not having the imported back content is a dealbreaker. But for new shows going forward, any site with a good layout could do well. :-)
I try to check out the different ones to find the best features, but I haven't gotten to that one yet. Does it have forums for individual shows (and threads within the forums)? Any imported past IMDb content?