/mtv/ - Music, Television & Film

>>42117
Wasn't that thing already confirmed several years ago?

>>42119
lotta films get "confirmed" for decades.

Is there a better feeling than brand new headphones? I can't think of one. Gosh, they sit so snug on my ears.

I hope Chris Pratt isn't this year's Jake Gyllenhal. He seems like a genuinely nice and fun guy, has been amazing in the roles I've seen him thus far (Parks & Rec, Guardians of the Galaxy; two very different settings aside from playing a goofy guy), and I'd like to see him have a long acting career. I doubt he'll attain the notoriety or presence of Tom Hanks or Harrison Ford, but I think he could be solid like Christian Bale or Hugh Jackman.

Who among us is a perfect foot slut?

>>42137
Depends on how he chooses his roles in the future.

>>42137
>I'd like to see him have a long acting career.
I don't know if you know this... but Jake Gyllenhal IS STILL ACTING. Hell, he was even nominated for an Oscar this year.

>>42140
I know, but he was the "it" actor for a bit and then it seems like he fell out of the limelight. I should have said "long, bright acting career".

>>42141
Sometimes falling out of the limelight is a good thing. It helped Leonardo DiCaprio.

>>42142
Got RDJ back to the point he is now as well.

>>42133
When does it start getting good? Gave it the three episode rule but I was bored to tears. Then again I didn't really care about Everybody Hates Chris either.

>>42144
Fresh off the boat is chill paced, the poignant moments are spiced on top, which is actually why Eddie hates it so bad, he wanted it to be like a gritty FX series where it was shown how his dad abused him and stuff.

If you didn't like it after the first three I'd say give it a pass, it's more like Malcolm in the Middle than Everybody hates Chris.

>>42145
Aww, so it doesn't really change that much? That's too bad. I really wanted to like it since I'm Asian American myself, but I guess I'm just glad that there's shows like these that deal with experiences kinda like mine and have mainstream appeal, even it's just not holding my attention in particular.

>>42146
The CBC is apparently doing an Asian Immigrant show in the fall; that might be more up your alley?

>>42151
Not Canadian but I hope you're not referring to Ultra Rich Asian Girls.

>>42159
Probably not? It's called Kim's Convenience, and it's about a Korean dad with a corner store, and might be sorta like an updated King of Kensington?

>>42160
Sounds like a British Radio show I listened to at one time. It featured an Indian show owner.

I just saw Nightcrawler. Good flick - liked it more than Drive, though I'm not sure why I feel that comparison is so prevalent.

Anyway, that was literally THE most Fincher movie without Fincher.

Oh man, The Last Man on Earth is going to be one of those shows that is almost 100% awkward humor. I'm going to love every moment of it until it becomes too much.

>>42173
I give it a season being on Fox and all.

>>42174
It's not well-done dramatic sci-fi, so it has a chance for renewal.

>>42175
Oh don't remind me. I really wanted to know what was outside the wall.

>>42176
I know that feel. After I saw two episodes of Almost Human, which I felt were great at worst, I knew that Fox would cancel it.

>>42177

I feel that way about every show that airs on Fox, taking it with a grain of salt that it might not live past its first season.

Just so we're clear

Asylum>>>>>Coven>Murder house>Freak show

TBS picked up Samantha Bee and Jason Jones.
HBO got John Oliver.
Larry Wilmore is trying.
Jessica Jones cited being 25 as not being ready for the show yet.
We'd all better start praying for Asif Mandvi or Al Madrigal because FUCKING GOD IN HEAVEN DON'T LET JORDAN KLEPPER GET THE DAILY SHOW OH GOD IN HEAVEN PLEASE NO

>>42183
>TBS picked up Samantha Bee
Wait, Is she leaving too? I only saw news about Jason.

>>42183
>TBS picked up Samantha Bee and Jason Jones.
Aww. While neither of them can match up to Jon Stewart individually I'd say that the two together would've done the best job. Al is meh but gunning hard for Asif.

>>42183
Or they could just do like they did when they replaced Kilborne and get an outsider.

(But we all know the correct answer here is "John Hodgman.")

>>42184
It's her show, he's on it.

>>42186
Yeah Asif is my horse now, BTW Bee and Jones kinda fumbled the ball when they got their shot but the writing was last minute so it's a difficult gauge, moot now I guess though.

At this rate, maybe they just won't continue The Daily Show.

>>42189

Could be, I've seen some things moving about that make me believe that someone is trying to shore up the media "Message" and make it more legit or something. Its weird chatter.

>>42183
>Larry Wilmore is trying.
His show any good? Colbert is a big shoe to fill.

>>42196
The show isn't incredibly funny but it's very good.

>>42196
>>42199
Yeah that's why I said trying, he's got good work, not particularly funny and you can see him REALLY struggling at times.

If he can last out another year to be comfortable he could be one of the greats but the first episode have been rough.

And because it's made of cliches it moves at hyper accelerated speed which really works to it's advantage because the plot is spiced into the character interaction that even talking head scenes don't have anything resembling fat.

I like it because he's a general asshole to everyone though a bit more restrained with those that have earned his respect, very few in that column.

Like Colombo but he doesn't keep his thoughts to himself most the time or remain civil.

https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/582517862922866688

So that South African guy they recently hired? Turns out those correspondent bits he was doing were a try out for the hosting gig!

I'm... cautiously optimistic. He's been pretty solid, and brings an outsider/global perspective that may allow it to hew closer to Last Week Tonight, which is somewhat less US focused than the current "Oh God Fox News just DIE" approach TDS has settled into.

>>42210
Agreed in full. I am highly surprised, just because he is the newest guy, but I haven't disliked what I've seen. I wonder if the few other, more senior correspondents who haven't taken themselves out of the running are a bit miffed about this.

>>42210
Meh, but I do appreciate the foreign outlook that people like, say John Oliver have excelled in.

>>42212
And, like John Oliver, I think he has a nice accent.

Heh now they are complaining that they didn't pick a woman for the "anchor" spot. And bringing out that he has a history of bad behavior on twitter.

//youtube.com/watch?v=2LQw_J-sbeU

I'm okay with this.

>>42219
We'll see if he lasts. He might be too international for the crowd. Same as Colbert could be too intellectual for Letterman's spot

>>42220
Is international the new word for ethnic?

>>42218
>he has a history of bad behavior on twitter.
Such as? It's sadly way too easy to quote mine the hell out of people on there.

>>42218
Simultaneously I'm seeing Noah-defenders claiming he should be given a pass because as a POC he has less privilege than Jews or women (because such things are measurable and absolute, yeah), and if you're white and offended by such jokes, well guess what, you're a racist! God bless oppression olympics.

http://time.com/3764913/trevor-noah-twitter-backlash/

Yeah, reading his tweets....these are pretty tame. I've heard Jon Stewart say things on that level on the Daily Show itself.

Like the only one that actually seems to be "punching down" toward the group he's being accused of mocking is the one implying that Israel is belligerent, and that's not racist it's just political. Disapproving of another nation's foreign policy and/or mocking it for those policies is not an attack on that nation's people.

I mean, while those tweets of Noah's are a little tasteless, they're not really all that offensive either. I'm more concerned by the fact that they're just not particularly funny or clever than the offensiveness, considering his job is to be a comedian and the challenge is to see if he can consistently deliver on that end.

>>42227
Unless Jon Stewart is taking the writers with him, Trevor Noah will probably be "South African Jon Stewart" for the first year, like John Oliver was "British Jon Stewart".

>>42229
Well someone of the Jewish persuasion can get away with that self deprecating "humor". Like Rosanne with the Hitler 'stache burning Jew cookies in an oven. COMEDY.

Guess those of others minorities can too. Noah would have felt REALLY bad had he killed that Jewish kid with his German car. COMEDY.

>>42234
Thing about that joke is, while it's perhaps tasteless I don't see how it's anti-Semitic.

>>42247
Regardless of my personal thoughts on the matter, I wish people would fucking learn to stop conflating anti-Semitism with anti-Zionism. Doesn't help that pundits from all over the spectrum absolutely thrive on perpetuating this misconception.

This is the best take on the Noah controversy I've seen so far.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/02/opinion/trevor-noah-learns-twitter-just-cant-take-a-joke.html

>Good stand-up comedy cannot be safe; it must shock or surprise an audience. Some comics can do it magnificently with insights about socks, but the best do it with bracing commentary about the stuff that really matters to us. Sex, race, politics and religion have been the source of some of the best comedy I’ve seen, but the process of figuring out how to talk about difficult issues is going to involve errors that are potentially painful for people in the audience.

>It is also true that good comedy can’t just echo tropes from the past that have a semblance of danger. Bad impressions of gays and Asians, complaints about unattractive women, brutal insults to trans people and mockery of African-American names have become the tired rubric of too many stand-ups’ acts. These jokes aren’t just bad and hurtful; they reinforce a mostly white, straight, male power dynamic within the comedy world.

>Social media critics challenged these tired premises, and comics unused to having their perspectives questioned have replied that social awareness will destroy comedy. But it won’t. American audiences used to laugh at blackface, Mickey Rooney as Mr. I. Y. Yunioshi and any number of other caricatures. We grew out of those jokes.

>At the same time, we can’t blame comedians for taking time to learn. Any critic of comedy who believes that he has always, universally, been on the right side of justice is engaging in a hypocrisy that is itself a joke.

>The great thing about comedy is that it generally doesn’t take itself too seriously. It can toy, it can explore; today that happens, a lot of the time, in 140-character bursts. Mr. Noah has gotten a clear message about cheap jokes at the expense of marginalized groups, but so far it doesn’t seem as if that response will cost him the job. And it shouldn’t. Because, in the process of a comedian’s learning how to say the right thing, he needs the chance to say the wrong thing.

Also holds true, if anyone remembers #CancelColbert. Although in that case was pretty blatantly clear what he was getting at in context and the people who are still offended by that represent everything wrong with the Tumblr social justice community, especially the assholes who started harassing actual Native American activists for telling them to calm down.

At this point its clear its just pundits who need material, not something relevant to talk about just something to blow up.

>>42251
>everything wrong with the Tumblr social justice community
People bring that up so often. Makes it seem like a tsundere-like infatuation.

>>42255
Yeah most of the really obnoxious and vocal anti-Colbert guys don't even use Tumblr. Most of it was on sites like Twitter or Gawker Media, not Tumblr. Tumblr was generally sympathetic to him, and the people who weren't were mostly just dumb teenagers with no real social media influence.

>>42182

Asylum is undeniably in a league of its own. I haven't seen Freak Show yet, but I'd actually give Murder house a higher rating by a hair over Coven. Murder house, while lackluster and depressing, was at least coherent, and since I went in with no expectations other than this being a scary show made by the Glee guys, I was impressed. Coven I had such high expectations but the plot was such a hot mess. It did have better characters than season 1 tho.

>>42255
>Makes it seem like a tsundere-like infatuation.
That's pretty much what it is. 4chan and tumblr are almost identical in terms of how they operate, so they've got this weird playground crush mentality where 4chan pulls tumblr's hair and tumblr kicks 4chan's shins and they both run away crying in their separate homes, while imagining what one another's lips taste like.

>>42272

…well that’s an mental image I want out of my head.

>>42271
>since I went in with no expectations other than this being a scary show made by the Glee guys
Man that show really went to shit ever since they introduced Kurt's boyfriend and the show shifted gears for the worst.

Upon further reflection I will indeed put Murder house ahead of Coven but FREAKSHOW IS DEFINITELY STAYING DEAD FUCKING LAST, god, that shit was so awful, the music, the story, all terrible.

Having seen some of the hate-spewing garbage that is Ryan Murphy's other works like Glee and The New Normal, and just regular garbage like Eat Pray Love and Nip/Tuck, I'm wondering what it is about the American Horror Stories series that manages to stay good in spite of his influence.

Is it because he's been basically kicked upstairs? The network is putting its foot down on quality control? Or what?

>>42276
Nip/Tuck wasn't great but it wasn't that bad either.

>>42327
When the entire premise was invalidated? And while my fav new Detective Series likely won't make it to another season this has already gotten a second. FUCK.

//youtube.com/watch?v=RgKAFK5djSk

The pure sincerity the Fast & Furious films have for regarding its cast as family is why the Paul Walker tribute at Furious 7 hits so hard.

Furious 7, as a whole, is the perfect example of how to do a dumb and fun action movie right. It doesn't take itself seriously, but has enough heart to make you love the cast and watch them engage in every spectacular stunt onscreen.

//youtube.com/watch?v=4OfU7CGY5DQ

Vince Vaughn actually doesn't look out of place.

//youtube.com/watch?v=0V1tCzsgy44

Terminator Genisys Abridged, essentially.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Female-Ghostbusters-Movie-Focus-Mainly-One-Character-70873.html

>Focus mainly on one character

>Melissa [McCarthy] is sort of the leader of the group. But, everybody will be equal.

Someone bust and contain this specter before it terrorizes more.

>>42371
S'basically how it always was, Venkman had way more of the focus than anyone else.

>>42371
Wiig should've been the main. I think she's the much better comedian.

>>42373
Maybe but it was never overtly that he was. He was he Mind, Peter was the Mouth, Ray was the Spirit and Winston was the Body.

>>42375
Man it was really overt that he was. They followed Venkman's life outside of the Ghostbusters but not the others. He was the main character.

>>42377
Egon and Ray had lives outside of the Ghostbusters?

>>42378
Not really that was their Science and Ghostbusting was a proof of their research. Peter was a slacker along for the ride and out to make a buck.

>>42386
Jesus christ, that, uhm... hip-hop, i guess? remix of the imperial march, it's unbereable. Literally worse than Hitler, and this is the first time I've said that unironically.

THE trailer:
//youtube.com/watch?v=ngElkyQ6Rhs

WOW, It looks like an actual Star Wars movie.

//youtube.com/watch?v=ABzjUf3E_0c

>>42399
I do love it when they go "CGI, nah lets just build it." Magnets SON.

>>42401
I cannot even begin to tell you how happy I am that BB-8 is an actual robot that exists.

THAT IS A FUCKING IMPRESSIVE ROBOT

What is the technology. Clearly some part Infrared since I can see the glow that pops up in the center eye. I wonder if she's legit meant "on his own". In my mind that means most its functions not needing direct control.

BB8 is probably magnet-powered. Also I totally want one.

I liked Artoo and Beebe getting a bit argumentative

BB8 is the robot equivalent of two kids in a trench coat pretending to be an adult essentially.

The Ball is itself remote controlled robot, with the head being another remote controlled robot attached via magnets.

>>42411
//youtube.com/watch?v=ZcuzkHkTnUY
NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT

>>42415
If a fully-functioning BB8 toy makes it to the shelves, Disney is going to win all the Christmases, all the time, forever. It'd make Buzz Lightyear look like Tickle-Me Elmo.

>>42416
>that Lego trailer
It will be done better. One day is not enough to make something good.

>>42416
Nah, too many parents complaining because their kids got hurt getting their fingers jammed between the two pieces due to the strength of the magnets involved.

>>42419
Japanese Premium then, bit more expensive but likely better detailing and sculpt.

The Screen Savers are back.

//youtube.com/watch?v=29WWgFLGPhk

>>42451

LONG LIVE TECH TV!

(…I wonder if Martin Sargeant’s doing anything these days…)

A scoundrel of many talents

Netflix "Full House" Revival/Reunion series. Guessing sans or because its being banked by the Olsen empire.

Also The Hoff made a new music video that reeks of '80s.

//youtube.com/watch?v=ZTidn2dBYbY

80' early '90s are coming back and there isn't a thing we can do to stop it.

John Stewart is out August 6th.

>>42464
>my birthday
Well shit.

Sorta /jam/, sorta not, but I just saw where Discotek Media is gonna release Samurai Pizza Cats in its entirety on a single Blu-ray Disc. All the episodes will be in SD (obviously), but they'll all be on the same disc.

Other than the idea of "BLU-RAY IS FOR HD ONLY!", I can't fathom why more companies don't do this.

>>42505
I wish many things got a Blu-Ray release. And since the medium has square pixels and can handle ANY sample rate, there will be no problems with aspect ratio and the NTSC vs PAL cowpoop.

>>42506

*sample rate = frame rate

>>42506

Seriously, Disney alone could probably make a killing by releasing old shows on BD. Any show pre-HD would conceivably fit on one disc, maybe two at the most. Imagine being able to have the entire goddamn Disney Afternoon on BD for a fraction of the price/storage space you’d have to set aside for DVD.

If Nick did this for Avatar: The Last Airbender…holy shit, you know they’d get fans to double-dip.

>>42508
I thought about this. And I came to two conclusions.

1) Disney is not interested in releasing products that will make them money. They want to release products that will make them A SHITLOAD OF MONEY. Unless Disney Afternoon Blu-Rays could make them 60,000,000 dollars, they ain't bothered.
2) Disney is interested in public image and public reputation almost as much as money. They want to be known as "the company that makes wholesome family friendly movies". They will release their movies on Blu-Ray multiple times, because they want the public to know about their feature films. They can make shows, but Disney will never market their shows nearly as much as movies.

>>42510
Can't they at least put them out on Netflix, I thought Disney and Netflix were friends now.

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/04/23/native-actors-walk-set-adam-sandler-movie-after-insults-women-elders-160110

It has gotten to the point where not even the actors can stand being in a Adam Sandler movie.

>>42516
EEESH, Sandler is just really terrible and I feel bad for just about everyone involved with him.

>>42516

Not to sound like I’m calling for censorship or whatever, but I’d be perfectly happy if this started a trail of dominoes that led to Sandler never being able to make movies ever again.

>>42525
Nah, don't worry, the desire for tact is fine, especially in the face of such a douche like Sandler.

I think one of the things that bothers me most about him is he is a waste, both what others invest in him and what he invests in himself. He was so much fun in Hotel Transylvania it's a shame he didn't learn from it.

John Hodgman is out, god we are gonna have to put up with SO MUCH Jordan Klepper aren't we?

>>42529
Like, officially out? Because he's made maybe one or two appearances in the last year; I thought he was already out. And, yes, you'll have to put up with a lot of Klepper.

Of course, we're only four months out from Stewart's last day. Since so many other correspondents have moved on this year, we'll probably see a whole slate of new ones when Noah's run starts.

>>42531
Yup, he's doneso, and yeah, aside from Jessica and Klepper Noah's team is probably gonna be built from the ground up.

>>42535
Wait, is Manvi out, too?

>>42538
Yup, working on a sitcom trying to tackle islamophobia in America.

Though I should mention he's officially going out much closer to when John is.

>>42540
What network is running with that?

>>42542
Online, apparently it's already out and it is not being well received, thus things are kinda up in the air with him right now.

>>42543
I wonder how much of the criticism is actually legitimate.

>>42548
Also, though it was in production before it all happened, there couldn't be a worse time to try and associate yourself really closely with Cosby.

I think Pluto Nash isn't really that terrible a movie...

>>42550
I think it will be a fun flick, but it won't be nearly as charming as the first one since at this point it's more of the same.

>>42608
Jack really needs some fleshing out

>that Larry Wilmore bit on Bruce Jenner
...Sigh. Even if Colbert could sometimes be a little tone-deaf on the subject they at least tried to be funny.

>>42613
Considering the interview he had later with a transgender comedian, it seems incredibly obvious that first part was done by his worst writer. Why even have somebody else write your scripts when they're clearly not as good as you are without one?

http://www.vcpost.com/articles/61901/20150429/ghostbusters-reboot-cast-news-spin-crossover-21-jump-street-dakota.htm

Another series I think getting over their head too fast.

>Sony's already rumored to be crossing over the Men in Black and the 21 Jump Street franchises, as well they have two Ghostbusters films in the works: one with the all-female cast and one with Channing Tatum and Chris Pratt. For all we know, Men in Black, 21 Jump Street and Ghostbusters could all become the same franchise one day.

No. Just... no.

>>42634
All their plans for the Spider-Man cinematic universe may be moot, but they're determined to get a piece of that pie.

>>42634
What the fuuuuuuuck

>>42636
Everyone wants on the universe gravy train

Damn, and I thought it was bad enough they were trying to turn Transformers into a cinematic universe when they have like just one franchise.

>>42637

This is the big problem with Hollywood studios post-Marvel: they think the "shared universe" idea is what'll get them a shitload of dosh, but they're just trying to make a "shared universe" out of *anything* without taking the time and care to put it together *right* (like Marvel did by putting Feige in charge of the MCU). It's why DC's Cinematic Galaxy already looks DOA, the Transformers "universe" sounds like a fucking awful idea, and this Ghostbusters/MIB/21 Jump Street idea makes me want to burn Hollywood to the ground.

You can plant a bunch of trees, but that doesn't mean you made a forest.

>>42639
Hell, the shared universe itself isn't even the most important thing why Marvel is doing as well as it has. That has more to do with them being very good at identifying and selecting talent over securing big names, and their admittedly sometimes draconian editing at least maintaining a certain level of minimum quality to their films, as well as Feige.

>>42638
The best excuse for a Transformers cinematic universe would be a Transformers/G.I. Joe crossover, but if they were going to do that, they would probably be calling it the Hasbro cinematic universe.
>>42639
Don't forget Universal's monster-verse, but that one doesn't sound half-bad if only because monster crossover movies have been around for decades.

>>42640
The "shared universe" makes it easier for them to get people into theaters for otherwise-unknown properties. Most people would never give a second thought to a flick called "Ant Man", but since they know it's part of the Cineverse and a Marvel movie (which most consider to be of high quality) there will be a larger turnout.

It allows them to also build up a larger back story for characters and use that story in later films. In Iron Man 3, a lot of Tony's actions are the result of his experience in The Avengers. They showed some brief clips of what he did, enough to remind the audience, but didn't have to go into larger detail because the majority of the audience had seen the other film already (and the specifics of the event were not terribly important.)

All that said, I do agree that simply having the shared universe is not what led to Marvel's success, it just enhanced it.

>>42638
....
Wow, TBFP weren't kidding about that.

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2015/03/top_transformers_spin-offs_sequels_akiva_goldsman.php

MIB and Ghostbusters I can see making sense heck even throw in Ninja Turtles. Ghost/Aliens/Mutants being mistaken for the other. But 21 Jump, I just don't get it.

//youtube.com/watch?v=Pc71YvWG0GQ

Film is collapsing under the weight of it's own cliches, so why does it keep working?

Eventually, this need to create a “supernarrative” that combines different films/franchises as Marvel has done with the MCU will bite Hollywood on the ass. Marvel’s done well to keep it going so far, but even they can't keep it going forever—especially if(/when) they suffer their first big theatrical bomb.

EEEEEESH, Sleepy Hollow fell a fucking part.

>>42668
Yea it did sadly. They've got a new Showrunner for Season 3 (Clifton Campbell), lets see if that turns things around hopefully. Also I want to see this Gotham and Backstrom (if it survives) on the same night

>>42669
Really hoping Backstrom lives, it's a lot of fun, dunno if you can turn that Season 2 ending around on Sleepy Hollow, it was a real mess.

I cannot think of anything I am more neutral on than Gotham.

Y’know, I was thinking back to that whole “all of Samurai Pizza Cats on a single Blu-ray disc” thing, and it got me to thinkin’ about what shows could benefit from such a release. Then I was looking up news on TVShowsOnDVD.com, and it hit me: MST3K could really benefit from a “shitload of episodes on one disc” release.

If we go by how many episodes of Samurai Pizza Cats are going on a single disc (52) and average run times (24 minutes per episode), MST3K could fit around 12 to 14 episodes on a single Blu-ray. Imagine having the 13 “best”/most famous episodes of the show on a single disc (or 26 on two discs) for a fraction of the cost/storage space of those big DVD sets. Hell, it could even be feasible to do an actual season set for MST3K with this method (assuming it could get the rights for every episode in a given season).

Man, I wish Blu-ray was as widespread as DVD so companies would actually think about doing this.

I miss when movies weren't three hours long. (Especially superhero movies).

>>42691
That is something we can agree on.

You know, there have been comprehensive studies made about film lengths, and we are about the same average running times as in the 60s. The average drastically went down during the 70s and reached a valley in the mid 80s, mostly due the limitations of the tape-based home video, and then in the 90s rose up again thanks to the DVD and later the Blu Ray formats.

Don't forget that a lot of oldschool classics are longass movies. Gone with the Wind? Same running time as Age of Ultron.

I like the Alfred Hitchcock quote on film length.

"The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder."

>>42727
Wonder when there will be talk of intermissions again at some point. Theaters would love that.

Person of Interest has gone off the Network beaten path from "procedural" to a Sci-Fi AI Battle Serial. Apparently its strayed so far as to be scary to the Network and they may cancel it before it gets an actual ending. Crime Shows out the ass they can handle but Sci-fi scares them. Supergirl is destined for CW given that mentality.

>>42792
Is that a good or bad thing, considering it will get to be next to its other DC brethren, but runs the risk of oversaturation?

>>42793
Eh it would be one of three, just sit it on the right night where they have a gap and it would be fine. Thursday and Tuesday I'd say.

I know it can't survive on CBS, as said its just too much an outlier from what they've spent the last few decades shaping the Network Dramas around. But I think its different enough from the other shows but close enough to Superman to have it be a solid choice.

Problem is they don't have a 10 PM slot.

>>42802
>Ken Jeong
As in the guy from The Hangover?
Noooooooo.

>>42811
More importantly, "As in Señor Chang."

>>42812
I really should watch Community but I've heard it went down the shitter fast.

>>42814
The TV shows are generally a more cerebral affair, as they require larger plots and hooks to keep viewers interested in coming back for the next episode while having less money to put into effects. The movies, on the other hand, are full of glitz, giant fight scenes, and while they may touch on many sub plots the main thread is a very straight and basic one.

So it's not too surprising to me.

>>42814
I'm surprised Gotham is doing this well considering it's probably one of the worst entries on that list.

>>42816

It doesn't surprise me. Even when a Batman comic book is written by a completely incompetent mouth-breather it sells like hot cakes because DA BATMAN IS DA KEWLEST XD

>>42824
But it's a Batman show without Batman.

>>42825
Which for many people just means "The Dark Knight without Batman and Joker."

>>42816
Gotham is less Batman and more Dexter-meets-Sopranos right now. They've introduced no one with powers, just a bunch of really crazy people. That's probably why Fox hasn't cancelled it; I expected them to since the normal Batman universe has a lot of sci-fi elements.

>>42829
Well that and Netflix is paying for the distribution.

Fox canned Backstrom, dang shame but I think it ended on a solid note. Following I was always kind meh about. Though Digital seems to want to get that one a run.

//youtube.com/watch?v=pfJkusicBa4

I feel the same way, Gonzo.

//youtube.com/watch?v=mfa9t-TeeVU

I'm not a big fan of the original Jem and the Holograms, and even I feel insulted by this shitfest. Christy Marx should feel glad the studio blocked her from working on it.

At least there's the licensed comic.

>>42846
Reboot in three years

>>42846
There will be some rage from the fan base since this is as far from being Jem as possible while still looking vaguely like it. Really no Misfits..blech.

Luckily I've got a script I'm submitting that should have all the pieces that the fans will want, its not Jem but it's close.

I just saw the JEM movie trailer. It reminds me why I don't trust Hollywood to produce good film adaptations. Marvel Studios, love them or hate them, are pretty much the only group that seems to be able to remain faithful to fun source material.

>>42879
And I mention only to frame the respect they had for this project.
>5 million budget
>shot in a month
>creator shut out of any role in the film.

Basically utter disrespect and using Jem as a skin for a generic song movie than people thought the new Fantastic Four was.

//youtube.com/watch?v=X9I9zafXQkk

Holy shit guys, go and watch Mad Max.

>>42908
I've seen a lot of people complaining about the film being racist, ableist, and fat-shaming. Is there any merit to that or are people just looking into things way too hard because nothing is going to be perfect and I'm just glad it tackles women characters as well as it does without feeling hamfisted.

>>42909
Probably just morons being oversensitive as usual, like all the assholes who are convinced Whedon is a Red Pill-browsing freakazoid who hates women, Jews, or black people because of one line in Age of Ultron that was deliberately taken out of context.

>>42909
There is an obese villain, and there is disable guy who is... wouldn't even call him villain, he just works there. Immorten Joe is old, so I guess the movie is also ageist because he is the bad guy? It's nonsense, people bitching on the internet for the sake of it.

>>42909
Regarding the racist thing, I think it's because the cast is mostly white people, but then again this is the kind of movie where that doesn't really make a difference, and even if the film had a more diverse cast I'm betting these same people would be complain any because they'd mostly be relegated to background characters and cannon fodder.

>>42911
Line they had to look up to understand what they meant.

>>42909
I've seen some posts like that too but more in the sense of "Oh, its a feminist movie you say? Well its actually SUPER RACIST. Wouldn't that make you A HYPOCRITE~~~ :^^^^^^)?" than any actual qualm with the film.

>>42909
The ableist thing is because all the deformity, disability, and illness are supposedly shown in a negative and undesirable light or portrayed as a quality of the villains while Max is relatively intact and Furiosa is the exception that proves the rule (see: the greater longstanding controversy about treating blindness, deafness, or missing limbs as something that people want to get fixed being considered ableism by some members of the community; the cochlear implant debate is just one instance). There probably are some points to be made about how society treats disabled people but here it sounds pretty spurious and most of the people complaining are the usual armchair suspects just bandwagoning a cause they don't fully understand for e-peen rather than genuine advocacy. No idea about fatshaming though. It's probably also because of the whole villain thing.

>>42913
And yeah, the complaints about "racism" (which is frequently made completely unironically, though some of the slightly less insane ones say the film is still worth gritting through anyway for the feminism) basically boils down to this. People complaining about the lack of diversity and Zoe Kravitz playing a sex slave.

No but yeah, Mad Max is a really good film. Its worth seeing a couple of times.

and since i bought this weed I'm starting to wonder if I should go see it baked.

Most of the racism stuff I saw had to do with Eve Ensler's involvement because she she wrote The Vagina Monologues which is apparently really racist, although if it was up to me I'd say the pedophilia and rape apologism deserves the backlash better.

What pedophilia and rape apologism in the movie about ending sex slavery are you talking about

>>42923
The Little Coochie Snorcher That Could, probably.

//youtube.com/watch?v=KP-6ewtJcdk

>>42925
>Mad Max Furry Road
>dat Tina Turner
I'm dying here.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/341197-stefanie-scott-explains-why-jem-the-holograms-fans-need-to-be-patient#/slide/1

>“I think you have to see the movie to understand,” she told us. “You can’t put it all in the same movie, and I feel like it really does set it up in a cool way. I think a lot of the things that people think are missing are in there. You just have to see it to understand. You can’t put the whole movie in the trailer.”

>>42927
#damagecontroll
But it does make sense to hold back cool stuff like Synergy and the Misfits for later trailers.
Wont stop it from looking bad.

Hopefully this mess got fans to check out the IDW comic atlest.

Soooo... Mad Max lost the #1 spot in this weekend's box office to Pitch Perfect 2. What a lovely day.

>>42932
An R-rated film losing to a PG/PG-13 film isn't that surprising. The only question that needs answering is will the film make back its budget. Earned about $44 million at its first domestic box office weekend. International box office seem to be doing well too. Strong word of the mouth should benefit the film.

>>42934

It's gotta make another, what, 200 mil back to start being profitable? I could see the film hitting that mark in worldwide box office. Could take a couple of weeks, maybe three, but it could definitely happen.

Damon Lindeloff still sucks at writing endings.

http://www.slashfilm.com/peter-sciretta-inside-out-tomorrowland-reviews/2/

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/david-lynch-returns-again-to-twin-peaks/

It's back for now.

>>42930
Also more at:
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2015/05/exclusive_producer_jason_blum_responds_to_jem_trai.php#more

>>42951
>It is a hundred per cent true to the spirit of Jem, like 100%
Bullshit movie confirmed.

>My wife literally screamed and yelled when she saw the trailer, and threw things. [...] She was upset. She said, "Now I know why you guys were mad at Michael Bay for Transformers."
THANK. YOU.

>>42927

In other words: “We wanted to give Jem an ENTHRALLING BACKSTORY instead of just dumping you into a world of female glam rock stars and holograms and shit.” The problem here? Fury Road just proved you can dump an audience into a world that already exists, give them a bare minimum of worldbuilding, and tell a story within that world. Origin stories? Shit, Star Wars didn't need an origin story. You could cut out all the prequels and sequels and whatever surrounding A New Hope and the film would still stand alone as a masterpiece of cinematic storytelling. All this “we couldn’t put it in one film” shit is just an excuse for “we had no idea how to adapt this shit on a budget so we just slapped the characters in some shitty Hannah Montana ripoff script”.

Oh, and that “you can’t put the whole movie in the trailer” bit? They…kinda fucking did. Like, there’s literally nothing left to watch the film for if you’ve seen the trailer because the trailer gives away how it’s a shit mix of Glitter, Hannah Montana, and Hollywood’s penchant for nostalgia mining. It’s the most predictable, pathetic, worthless, no-effort bullshit attempt at a cash-grab that I’ve seen from Hollywood in a while, and the trailer doesn’t save any real twists or turns in the story unless the last five minutes of the film are basically “hey here’s what we should’ve been doing during the rest of the fucking movie” and we get the Misfits and actual holograms and shit.

As I’ve said: I'm not even really a big fan of the show, and this whole rotten pile of shit feels insulting to my intelligence. If Christy Marx had been dead when this trailer dropped, she would’ve rolled over in her grave. Everyone involved with this film should apologize for it—publicly and loudly—after it rightfully bombs harder than an American drone in Afghanistan.

>>42954
I haven't seen you write that much in a long time.

>>42959
Seems those critcs just wanted more from the movie. Can't tell what exactly.

>>42959

A shitty script happened, that's what.

>>42956

I really should get back into writing practice.

GUYS

BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY IS ON NETFLIX

>>42966
It was already on freetv
http://imgur.com/gallery/4aJq8xB
Freetv is an amazing recourse by the way.

>The writers they hired to help bring these additional Transformers projects to life are Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman; Iron Man writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway; Pacific Rim 2‘s Zak Penn, and Amazing Spider-Man 2 scribe Jeff Pinkner.

http://geektyrant.com/news/walking-deads-robert-kirkman-and-others-to-write-transformers-spinoffs-and-sequels

What a strange lineup of writers that fail to bring confidence of quality in these upcoming Transformers films.

>>42978

Should've gotten Lindelof to do one while they were at it.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/05/22/m-night-shyamalan-defends-his-avatar-the-last-airbender-adaptation

Five years later, Shyamalan continues to defend his failure.

>>43003
Actually, a lot of what I've heard since then has sort of exonerated Shyamalan as the real problem with that production. I mean don't get me wrong, I still don't think he's a good director. But I genuinely believe him when he says a lot of the problems with that movie came from higher up than Shyamalan.

>>43004

Don’t completely absolve Shyamalan from the problems with that film. I’ve read a lot of the same stuff you likely have, and I’m willing to cut M. Night some slack for things out of his control—but he still directed the film, and he must bear partial responsibility for its awfulness, even if he refuses to do so himself.

He can think his film is a ★★★★★ affair, but when the vast majority of people who’ve seen it think it’s a MINUS FIVE STARS shitpile, his “I made it for kids”-type defenses don’t do him any favors. Pixar movies are made with younger audiences in mind and even the worst Pixar film didn’t suck as badly as The Last Airbender.

http://deadline.com/2015/05/tomorrowland-poltergeist-memorial-day-box-office-weekend-1201431715/

Mad Max is holding on strong. Predicted to earn $100M after the 4-day weekend.

I could see it performing similarly to Kingsman, which stayed at the top three for weeks.

>"It's really weird because on the show the average age was, like, nine-years-old," the director said. "My child was nine-years-old. So you could make it one of two ways. You could make it for that same audience, which is what I did -- for nine and 10-year-olds -- or you could do the Transformers version and have Megan Fox.

What an incredibly shitty excuse.

>>43013

As of May 21st, it’s made 128 mil worldwide. If the numbers hold up, it’ll likely be near the 200 mil mark after the weekend. Another couple of weeks in the international markets (especially ones that haven’t gotten the film yet) and I think it will have earned its budget back.

Also! I checked Box Office Mojo for the money stats and found out a neat fact: Fury Road holds the current top spot on the list of "widest-opened R-rated films" (it opened in 3,702 theaters, just edging out Fifty Shades of Grey’s 3,646). But it’s only number two on the “widest-released R-rated films” list, as American Sniper saw release in a total of 3,885 theaters.

>eurovison 2015

Phone is being dumb so all I can say is GG W5

I might contribute to the numbers one more time.

I saw it last night, and damn it, the movie gives you such an adrenaline rush, I can't help but want to see it again while I'm walking out.

>>43026
The cinema I went to see it at was surprisingly full for a second weekend, and I suspect a lot of it is down to repeat viewers. Every frame is crammed with so much detail.

The next Mad Max movie has already been announced, but is anyone else game for a Furiosa spin-off?

One thing I absolutely loved about Fury Road was Joe's War Boys. Those kids fought with absolute abandon, with such energy and glee, and yet if you think about it, they were as much of a victim's of Joes' schemes as anyone else. Unlike Humungus' rag-tag marauders, you could plainly see the War Boys were hammered since childhood into being a fanatical and absolutely lethal fighting force. Best bunch of villain henchmen in decades.

>>43030
Furiosa is the focus of one of the two movies Miller has written in light of the success.

Just got back from the newest Mad Max. Wasn't blown away but it was a very solid film with interesting characters that didn't need to rely too heavily on exposition, and Furiosa was a badass who didn't fall into the trap of being overpowered. Also thank god for no fucking shakycam.

And because Fury Road got high praise from the right places Hollywood will be aping those for the next few years. And yet somehow it's still just the two companies making Superhero films that are the plague on cinema.

>>43031
How it handled Nux was brilliant: at first you think he's just another disposable mook, and by the end you just want to cuddle him and tell him everything's going to be all right. Absolutely agreed, best mooks ever.

>>43038
I'd say Fury Road was as much of a Nux film than it was about Furiosa. Nux actually gets a whole character arc and development, unlike Furiosa who already was a changed person before the film's events, or Max who is in his usual "loner with a heart of gold" persona. Shit, even Max seemed to like the lil' dude by the end, he gave him some boots after all, and in Max's language that probably means "you are pretty alright, dawg".

>>43039
And considering his adoration for 'Stuff' that means a lot, yeah.
http://chezapocalypse.com/episodes/mini-canon-mad-max/

>>43038
The fact that he was played by Nicholas Hoult from the X-Men films who is pretty popular with fangirls already gave me an indication that he was going to be more important than just a mauveshirt. But yeah, he ended up being such a bro and a sweetheart. I was seriously bummed when he died, even though it was inevitable. And I think his character does a great job of showing just how terrible Joe's regime is to all genders without insulting (most of) the audience's intelligence.

I hope Fury Road continues the trend for male and female action costars who aren't related but don't engage in pointless romantic subplots with each other. Pacifim Rim already kinda got the ball rolling, then The Winter Soldier had fun gloriously trolling anyone who did expect it, and this film basically takes it for granted.

So the movie's made $219M so far. Apparently got a big push from word-of-mouth. Hopefully it does a How to Train Your Dragon and pulls back up to 1st.

I want a sequel and more practical effects in Hollywood, damn it.

>>43044
I honestly didn't recognize the guy until midway through the thing. But I stay clear of promotional material anyway as to keep stuff in the movie a surprise.

>>43046
I think we can all agree that knowing everything about Fury Road will do nothing to diminish the experience of watching Fury Road.
It's just that awesome.

…sweet baby Jesus, I want Fury Road turned into a drug so I can mainline it into my bloodstream. I don't think I've enjoyed a movie that much in years—and it may very well be the best action movie I’ve ever fucking seen.

FURIOSA FOREVER, MOTHERFUCKERS.

>>43049
Not knowing what happened in Fury Road the first time I saw it was cool.
Seeing it again was cool too.

But I like that lack of knowledge sometimes.

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/mad-max-fury-road-george-miller-interview
>Miller and Lathouris also wound up with extra stories, one of which was written as a novella and was intended to be made as an anime, and another that would be a new film for Tom Hardy’s Max

Wonder which studio they would've hired. Probably Madhouse if the Highlander film is any indication. Also mad props to Margaret Sixel for doing such a good job with the editing for this film.

>>43054

If this movie doesn’t win at least one Academy Award at next year’s ceremonies, the Academy can go fuck its entire self.

>>43053
Look at that art... You can see the Moebius influence in every stroke. God its good work there. Looking at some early designs for Furiosa, she looks very, VERY classic Heavy Metal.

I'm hard pressed to find an artbook I don't want to ultimately own. But this might take priority...

One more thing about Fury Road:

https://youtu.be/liPiHSVtloQ?t=3m32s

THAT FUCKING MUSIC. Couldn’t have been any fucking better.

//youtube.com/watch?v=oquZifON8Eg
Just found out about Crimson Peak. It has so many people involved that I love. I hope it's good!

//youtube.com/watch?v=hpSfqI0DSHk
Also, this cover for Red Right Hand is so haunting.