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On-screen text/writing too small sometimes
His poems
I swear, they need subtitles under Eugene...
What is the name of the genre of TV shows where people play a parody of themselves?
Censorsed?
Everyone's thoughts on GRRM/The Books/Them being unfinished, etc
The reboot seems to be fake
Hank "n" Pat's couch
Negan's conversation with Maggie, mentioning Hershel (her father)
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There's a really great documentary on how films are rated and why (and the issues with it, in regards to consistency and otherwise) called "This Film is Not Yet Rated." But, the basic rules (there are exceptions of course) are a brief shot of nudity is allowed in PG-13 as long as it's not sexual and doesn't show the groin area. PG-13s also get one f*ck, as long as it too isn't said in a sexual context. So, "F*ck you" would be allowed once and still keep the film PG-13; "Let's f*ck" implies sex and would make it an R. And the amount of allowed violence in PG-13 movies is really an American thing. In "This Film is Not Yet Rated" they discuss how in foreign films, they're a little more relaxed about nudity and sex on screen and very strict with regards to violence. In America, it's the other way around - a result of the overly religious population of our country and repression in general to nudity and anything perceived as sexual in nature.
The Wachowskis' "Bound"
Billy Bob Thornton's "Sling Blade"
Paul Weitz's "American Pie"
Michael Lehmann's "Heathers"
Jan De Bont's "Speed"
Len Wiseman's "Underworld"
David Mirkin's "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion"
Joe Johnston's "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" (although his later film Jumanji is great, too, HIStK was visually impressive considering when it was made)
I second Cube and Donnie Darko, too. I'd also second The Shawshank Redemption, but Frank Darabont directed The Green Mile right after that and they're both equally amazing.
There's a video of Shirley Bassey singing "Goldfinger" live that's incredible. Yeah, I love Beyonce's remix of "Crazy in Love" and agree there is something very Bond about it. Though, I have to admit, I think Sofia Karlberg's cover of it is a little better than Beyonce's redo. Sia's "Kill and Run" from The Great Gatsby is another one that could easily be a Bond theme.
It's OK but not amazing. At least she sang one note with power. I get the newer Bond films have a more serious, darker tone, but I wish the theme songs would go back to the belty-bombastic ones. The last really good one was probably Skyfall. No, actually the last best Bond song wasn't actually a Bond song. You all should look up Ivy Levan's "Who Can You Trust" (the full, 4+ minute version) from that Melissa McCarthy Bond-inspired comedy movie called Spy. They should hire the writers of that song to write the next Bond theme. It's amazing.
I was actually excited when I heard about what the new spin-off would be about, but after seeing the trailers for it, I have to say, I'm very disappointed. It doesn't seem like it'll be as good as I pictured it in my head.
You're right. The sweet spot with these zombie stories is always the initial discovery, panic and chaos. That's what I thought Fear The Walking Dead would be - follow the walker apocalypse from the beginning, but when they started to hold up in that suburb, that's when the show started to decline. I have liked the past few seasons, though, and it morphing into a sort of road trip western, but the initial seasons were disappointing.
I'd love a 7-season spin-off called The Walking Dead: Week One, sort of a mash-up of TWD and 24. Each TWD season is 16 episodes, so the show could play out in real time, each season being 16 straight hours from one of the days from the beginning of the apocalypse. Season 1 would be "Day One," Season 2, "Day Two," etc. I think a series like that would be really interesting, if they could keep the tension and momentum up for that long.
I don't know if these are available digitally, but -
-Trilogy of Terror
-Trilogy of Terror 2
-Tales from the Hood
I know... But, I couldn't look away, like a train wreck.
I did and I wish I hadn't.
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