/mtv/ - Music, Television & Film

Man with the Golden Gun is still one of my top favorites. Along with Octopussy.

So, what did you guys think of Alien Covenant?

The movie was pretty as hell, and had some very satisfying gruesome moments, this I can't deny. But damn, I left the theater with a hollow feelling of "been there, done that". As much as I criticize Prometheus at least that film didn't make me feel like that. I need to rewatch it to make a better judgment, but I think Prometheus even with all its lows is a better movie.

Also, two things:

I have no idea why David is doing all this weird freaky shit.

And, holy crap, the characters in the movie were DUMB.

//youtube.com/watch?v=3I3y3_QmBsQ

So more rumors of the problems with the Star Trek Discovery show newest that its going to be facing some stiff competition form The Orville which looks to be playing the role of a Star Trek series better than Discovery.

http://trekmovie.com/2017/05/22/seth-macfarlane-the-orville-will-be-more-star-trek-than-futurama/

Also more evidence to those saying Abrams had to be dragged into doing Star Trek are full of shit.

So I'm gonna get myself a Netflix subscription for a month to support Little Witch Academia, anything else absolutely neccessary to watch on there?

DreamWorks Animation series are all pretty solid. Buddy Thunderstruck is decent fun. Series of Unfortunate Events is rather good along with Stranger Things.

>>47973

I recommend “Voltron: Legendary Defender” and the new MST3K.

>>47973
Knights of Sidonia and BLAME! if you haven't already watched them. And maybe The Witcher, but that is not out yet and is unkown if it will be good.

>>47975

While the host segments are kinda iffy the Mst3k revival is good. Guy doing Crow starts really finding his voice around episode 4.

>>47977

My main complaint lies with the reversed structure of the Invention Exchange segments compared to the original show. I would still call that a minor complaint, though.

I think the between-movie segments are way better in the new show than they ever were in Joel's era (Mike kinda deemphasized them).

An actual budget does wonders for Joel physical effects focus.

>>47982
Those bits of Tom floating around in the theater and such are so dumb. I love them all.

I've only watched the first two episodes but my god Cry Wilderness is some, like, Space Mutiny/Santa Claus Conquers the Martians level stuff.

>>47984

“Cry Wilderness” is an instant classic.

…BANG

>Netflix now doing a "That's so Raven" Revival.

Well okay. Netflix you keep shining on you crazy diamond.

Puts a notch in the idea that the Girl Meets World Showrunner may be pitching a continuation to them as well.


Oh and they are doing a Psych Christmas Special over on USA. Which could be a lead back into doing a continuation or spin-off.

Just saw Pirates 5. Not as shit as i thought it was gonna be. I kinda want to get it and 4 to put on my shelf now. I will keep my expectations low for Pirates 6 if that ever becomes a thing, and knowing current trends I it wouldn't surprise me.

>>48006
I'll watch it anyway. Everybody slammed 3, and I thought it was a good end.

Adam West has passed away.

>>48012
Yea dang shame to hear. Lotta people spent far too much time dumping on Batman '66 before coming to understand how great it was.

I want to catch up on the Planet of the Apes prequels now. I had this expectation that the first movie would end with "And the Apes take over the world". Apparent they are playing a longer game.

>>48039
Seeing the Gorillas working with humans I hope there is a more advanced reason than "Humans bred them for that." And the Gorillas allied with them because they don't like the Chimps.

Be neat. Gorillas just don't care for Chimpanzees or other Primates yet somehow found some kinship with Humans.

Be a neat way for things to shake out in a retelling of things. Human/Gorilla society existing apart from the one that Cesar sets up.

But likely it won't. Free Gorillas from human masters blah blah blah.

>>48040
I agree, the plot of this movie that hasn't been released and we haven't watched yet surely sucks and is terrible.

>>48041

Not saying terrible just not expecting anything that differs from the standard oppression/rise stories.

Heck I don't even remember the film that came before this one.

>>48042
First, pretty much all reviews seem to agree that this movie is actually the most character-oriented of the trilogy, and plenty mention that the apes working with the humans are there for a good plot reason. Apparently, they were Koba's followers who resent Caesar's rule, and voluntarily switched sides.

Second, Dawn was an excellent film. If you don't recall anything from it, it's clear you don't have an interest in the ongoing plot of the trilogy, so I am not sure why are we having this argument in the first place.

Wow M.night, nice return to form on Split.

Shit. George Romero passed away.

Martin Landau passed away, too.

>>48066
Old people tend to.

FUCK.

Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington committed suicide.

>>48078
2017 taking a while to strike huh.

>>48078
Someone needed to round off the Rule of Threes with George Romero and Martin Landau.

>>48092

CBS wants those digital bucks like all the others. But I really don't see the reason to pay months for the show and I doubt many others will either. Also rest of the world gets it on Netflix who knowing the Netflix releases they'll get all the episodes at once and it'll be spoiled right quick.

Not that it matters. Main Character is pretty much adopted by Sarek and is the most important person in the universe. Its the level of character writing I'm dreading will infect the New Doctor.

>>48093
http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/star-trek-discovery-lead-is-actually-spocks-adopted-sister

Straight up Spock now has an adopted human sister. Least in this universe.

All the more reason the Orville will be a better show.

>>48111
//youtube.com/watch?v=tQcLLfzzKWA

According to Midnight's Edge part of the fanbase has some to the same reasoning. In part because Seth MacFarlane seems to get the Roddenberry vision of the future more than this Kelvin offshoot series (as the video states all the prime timeline talk is just for show and the actual production will have nothing to do with TOS era stuff as its known)

Discovery = Dark and Gritty

The Orville = Bright and Optimistic

Honestly which one sounds more like Star Trek

And this tidbit

https://io9.gizmodo.com/apparently-you-cant-say-god-on-star-trek-1797301585https://io9.gizmodo.com/apparently-you-cant-say-god-on-star-trek-1797301585

No usage of god even in swearing. Though it seems that taking all faith out of the Federation is gonna seem rather odd when put against a group of Klingon who are very devout in faith. That's gonna be some uncomfortable parallels in its own right. The high minded federation that long ago "abandoned mysticism" vs the super religious Klingon.

Yea that's not gonna come off as heavy handed.

Also makes humanity the odd race out since pretty much everyone even Vulcan's still have some connection to deities.

Also since they have so much riding on retaining the license as the video title says they have another series in the back pocket if needed and that will go up on CW if Discovery fails (since CBS Direct will go with it, as I've thought was the case from the start)

That series will be "Prime" Timeline focused.

I'll believe a show by Seth mcFarlane and Brannon Braga will be worth the bits its printed on when I see it, and not a minute before.

>>48114
I mean to be fair, the new Cosmos was good, and Seth McFarlane was a major player in that.

>>48115
ETA: Actually, looks like Brannon Braga was the director on that, too.

Yeesh, that new “Death Wish” trailer may as well be a damned NRA ad.

>>48117
Fucking rock music? Embarrassing.

You know what Death Wish one and two understood? The psychotic frenzy and soul crushing weight of murder.

//youtube.com/watch?v=HLIDEVrJoiI

Listen to this score, how it explodes into an off kilter beat.

Kersy throws up when he kills, who would
>Eli Roth

EW EW EW EW EW EW EW

>>48118
And then in part 3, Kersey just murders everybody in sight.

>>48119

With the full permission and support of an NYPD lieutenant, no less.

>>48119
Shoots a black youngster in the back for nicking his groceries and everybody applauds.

That people clearly feel there's a massive market for this shit now is why we're living in the Worst Timeline.

>>48121

>there's a massive market for this shit now

There has always been a market for this. Hell, there is a latent strain of fascist thinking underneath the vast majority of cape flicks (and the very notion of superheroes themselves).

>>48123

Also: Kersey was Asian-American himself, and his killings were not limited to people of one specific ethnicity. One could argue that he was working as an agent of a White power structure (the NYPD), but that would still ignore how his killings targeted people of multiple ethnicities, including the White leader of the gang terrorizing the neighborhood in which Kersey set up shop.

>>48124
Though at the time the NYPD was a crippled entity. Pretty much not running after dark and nowhere near the manpower to serve the entire city.

Death Wish was pretty reflective of the time as that was when Vigilante Squads arose to protect the neighborhoods the cops had abandoned.

Been listening to the Last Podcast on the Left which does a lot of Serial Killer coverage. So that era comes up.

>>48123
Alright, fair enough, I was going by memory and the particulars slipped my mind.

Still, you gotta admit, the scene is kinda ridiculous.

>>48126
Kinda? it's downright fucking surreal.

Puttin’ this here instead of the Marvel thread because fuck it, that’s why:

http://observer.com/2017/08/disney-netflix-marvel-streaming/

>There are four moves a streaming consumer might make once Disney’s service launches. In all four, consumer utility per dollar goes down. If consumers pay for two services, even one dollar more per month, that increases the price for the same amount of content. If they just subscribe to Disney, the consumer will get less content per dollar for that subscription, so the marginal price goes up even if the out-of-pocket cost decreases. If they just do Netflix, they get less content per dollar for the old price (and lose a premium provider), so the value of their Netflix subscription drops, though the out-of-pocket price doesn’t change. If they don’t do either, they’ll have more money in their pocket but lose the benefits (what economists call “utility”) of a streaming subscription, so they lose life enjoyment (which is its own kind of price). It’s lose-lose-lose-lose.

Though with Netflix I can see them expanding their field to create more content to fill the gaps.

Disney I don't see CREATING content for the digital platform as much as just having a place to PUT things. And as we've seen with Makers their age group they want to go after seems to be at odds with image projection. Flatly we won't see Punisher on the same service as Mickey Mouse. And that not even going into the "vault" and keeping some content away.

>>48135

The biggest issue here lies in just how far Disney—and CBS, and every other major broadcast and cable network—thinks people will go to keep up with all this content. Netflix was considered a huge value because, hey, hundreds of movies at your fingertips and no ads or censorship or physical media to worry about. (Side note: If you want guaranteed access to the media that matters most to you, buying your own content is the way to go. I still pick up the occasional Blu-ray.) That Netflix has original programming now is a bonus, just as it is for Hulu or Amazon Prime Video.

Disney could have made their service look much more alluring by keeping Disney content on Netflix. Families who occasionally watch Disney movies on Netflix can keep doing so, while families who use Netflix almost exclusively for Disney-style content could conceivably switch over to the Disney service and lose nothing of value. But Disney decided to make people explicitly choose between Netflix and Disney, and that is not going to end well for anyone in the long run.

CBS according to Midnights Edge and their industry sources has it all riding on Star Trek Discovery. A few executives don't like the expense of the show combined with no chance for advertising revenue.

That combined with Netflix putting a lot of money into the production and getting cut out of the largest market which has lead to rumors of possible legal action. If Star Trek Discovery isn't a hit from the start the CBS is said to be looking to scrap the whole project both Discovery as a larger show with a ending they filmed showing it to be a one off series anthology and the next series going on CW who happens to have a distribution deal with Netflix.

I can see Disney thinking they can do this with little problems as they are old hands at the premium channel concept. But they were at the forefront of things back then and a good square of their content is almost interchangeable with content from Nickelodeon who also have a sizable number of premium channels but have fallen out of favor with providers services for pretty much the same reason. They think they are the reason people want such services and greatly overvalued themselves which has crippled the Viacom viewership numbers across the board.

Because when it came down to doing without or paying inflated prices for content. People decided to just do without.

>>48137

Disney is one of only a handful of major media conglomerates that could pull off a “company-only” streaming service and make it work beyond the success of a single show or movie. It has an established brand, nearly a century’s worth of content, and the money to make it happen. I could actually believe that families would buy into “DisneyFlix” based on the notion that it is a “family-friendly” service. But that still does not change how “DisneyFlix” would ultimately be a bad move for both Disney and consumers.

>>48141
Its the "family-friendly" thing that would really cramp it. Also I could see it being similar to how HBO Direct is treated. Sign up watch the show that you want and then unsubscribe. Reason HBO is putting out year round content like Sesame Street to keep parents on the app even after GoT or West World is over.

>>48141
>It has an established brand, nearly a century’s worth of content, and the money to make it happen.

Plus, between Star Wars, the Marvel movies, their live action remakes, and the recent string of highly successful in-house CGI movies, Disney has been obliterating the competion at the theaters for a while. That probably makes the execs confident enought that they can do the same in the streaming business.

>>48146

That still gets into whether people will see enough value in subscribing to Disney’s service just for Marvel/“Star Wars” content. I can fathom a few megafans doing that, sure, but not enough to make it worth Disney’s while.

>>48147
I swear that was kinda they backed down on the Netflix takeover. Just not enough content to fill it out. But then that's the same problem they have going it at alone with a smaller distribution idea. Not enough content to be viable.

Its why CBS will fail and NBC/Universal back down from the plans after they acquired Dreamworks. Not enough content to be a viable revenue stream. Netflix was able to swing it because the streaming started off as a kinda bonus to their mail service. And so they were well settled with a subscriber base before they kicked into gear.

But starting from gear one with nothing. Its why they've given themselves till 2019. See how it pans out for the others.

>>48148

Disney has enough content to be viable, especially if they put their entire film and television library online without the “vault” bullshit. But content alone will not save this venture if customers decide that they’d rather not pay another ten dollars per month just for Disney/Marvel/“Star Wars” content.

>>48149
The Vault will be a sticking point. They've built decades of using their Vault Cycle to boost revenue with scarcity. Someone is bound to choke when contemplating ending that nonsense.

Another note some of that content in HD and Blueray when it comes to their older movies is utter shit. Sword in the Stone being one of the worst remasters.

IF and its a HUGE "IF" that if they actually go back and put new versions from the original prints remasters as part of the service instead of those failures than maybe they'll have something worth looking into.

>>48151

The kind of people who would be placated by that kind of move would probably just wait for a new Blu-ray/4K release. While I could appreciate actual remasters going up on the service, I do not see that as a legitimate “selling point” for the average person.

I think one of the other things was Netflix being "in debt" which made Disney pull back. Though listening to Midnight's Edge followup on the Star Trek stuff which they reveal the new proposed show if Discovery falls is a Khan centered show. They also note that while Netflix has a lot of bills to pay they are also good money and always pay up.

So what the Hollywood Media touts as a "problem" isn't one really.

>>48154

And last I heard, the actual amount of the debt that Netflix owes was overblown.

Wouldn't doubt it. Lot of Hollywood don't like Netflix being Netflix. Even though about a decade ago they were looking into streaming movies as an alternative to theater releases since revenue was down before that new wave of blockbusters.

>>48160

Hollywood hates Netflix because Hollywood doesn't technically own Netflix. If one or more of the major studios had a ownership stake in Netflix, they would love the fuck out of it.

And to more happy things than just industry trying to come out of its death spiral.

https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/6te87g/life_is_now_stef%C3%A1n_karl_stef%C3%A1nsson_lazytown_actor/

The internet really is magic.

>>48162
Uh, I don't understand. Stefan had pancreatic cancer, pretty much every source on his illness confirms it, but that reddit post says he is cured of liver cancer?

Every modern trailer ever:
//youtube.com/watch?v=KAOdjqyG37A

>>48170
And I think they dragged a random guy from the audience and he's lead singing now. Yes, I found this article and it confirms. http://timchuma.com/writing/saveourtism.htm

>xHamster has approached the sisters Wachowski about doing season 3 of Sense8

Weird.

>>48176

Well, it’s not the worst idea in the world. xHamster gets lots of visitors; has the infrastructure in place to handle demand; and hosts content that would never air on broadcast, cable, or even premium cable networks. The only differences between them and Netflix are how Netflix doesn’t host porn and how xHamster gives a damn about Sense8.

>>48177
Though its the cost that I think could be a stumble. Its one of the reasons Netflix is said to have cut it. But hey its a interesting notion. Get more of their product out there.

>>48179

Not unless they choose to identify that way. Until such time as they do, they are “the Wachowskis”.

>>48179
>>48180
They were born in America, and generally Americans don't do the "different surnames depending on gender" thing even if their parents' culture would have done so.

Oh Jerry Lewis died.

>>48183
News to me.

>>48184

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/20/movies/jerry-lewis-dead-celebrated-comedian-and-filmmaker.html

Yea a few days ago.

Raise your chainsaws to the sky. Tobe Hooper, director of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Poltergeist, has passed away at the age of 74.

>>48195
We've had a few of the bigger more obscure names going the past few weeks.

Don't waste your time on the Netflix Death Note movie. Not even as a so bad it's good film. It's fucking shit. Wait for someone to compile all the Ryuk scenes and that's it.

Damn, I had no idea that Sonny Landham (Billy in Predator) had died two weeks ago.

Saw the Orville. Not bad had a lot of notes that felt like early TNG. Its got a base and now its just finding itself. If its allowed to continue past the first season I thing it could be something people have been looking for a long time.

>>48223
>>48224
Almost looks great, but what's up with that Right Hand of Doom? Looks cheap, like it was made of plastic.

Lionsgate has announced the theatrical release date for John Wick: Chapter 3: the 17th of May 2019, which is either just before or right at the start of the 2019 summer blockbuster season.

Hells yeah, motherfucker.

>>48224
Hellboy uses so much makeup you can't really tell it's not Ron Perlmann under there anymore.

Finally got to watch the new IT.

Was actually pretty decent, but damn, Pennywise is actually the least scary thing in the film. I didn't find Curry's Pennywise scary either, but at least he was fun to watch. The new Pennywise is played so ridiculously over the top, it was just silly. Plenty of good scares in the movie but none of them involve the clown, and worse, some are actually kinda ruined when he appears.

https://twitter.com/jamieleecurtis/status/908760232016322560

So, this raises a few questions.

>>48233

I'm fine with it. Good Grief she's hot.

>>48234

No argument here—on either statement.

>>48233
>So, this raises a few questions.

Hopefully they are going to ignore everything made after part 2.

>>48238
Shamrock masks were all treated with a fire retardant chemical that had a similar effect as acid it was all a really trippy dream.

>>48239

>ignore everything made after part 2
>ignore everything made after part 2
>ignore everything made after part 2

The Orville did great in the ratings for a sunday show and overall was one of the highest numbers that Fox has had this year.


Here's to tonight keeping some pace.

Bobby “The Brain” Heenan—arguably the greatest manager, and inarguably the greatest color commentator, in pro wrestling history—has passed away.

Fuck.

http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/09/18/eleventh-halloween-film-to-potentially-ignore-nine-other-sequels

Well, that is…uh…hmm.

>>48243
Halloween 2 is decent but if they decide to ignore it, it's not a dealbreaker for me. Who knows, perhaps the new writer asked Carpenter how he'd do it if he actually cared for the sequel (instead of, you know, hastily writing "they are siblings" late at night to be done with it), and they came up with a cool new twist.

Hope The Orville rebuilds some of its steam. Apparently the sudden change from Sunday to Thursday caused a drop. For me in part because I expected it to be NEXT Thursday to be the new air time not the Thursday after airing on Sunday. But its Fox the king od shit Episodes seem solid though "About a girl" seems to be making people twitchy.

Though in all its not that different a discussion than what has appeared in Star Trek shows before. Questions about species/race/gender and conformity.

This is still a great Star Trek show and folks that wanted this to be Family Guy in space. Well I feel bad for them. For having such horrendous taste.

To be honest, I feel a bit twitchy about it as well, fully aware that this is hardly a new direction for Star Trek. I think it just comes down to the fact that it was a bit more transparent on its issues and today's ideological climate makes it a more touchy subject given, not the subject, but the sort of individuals that would get involved in the debatethese days.

It was still a decent episode, but it really still is a bit early to try to make statements as weighty as that episode wanted to.

Hollywood is remaking the anime film Your Name.

God, I hate Hollywood.

>>48253

And they are so confused about wording nowadays.

https://deadline.com/2017/09/kung-fu-female-tv-series-fox-greg-berlanti-wendy-mericle-put-pilot-1202178645/

"Reboot"

Yet ID as a Sequel to Kung Fu set in the 1950s.

Its a continuation with another Monk. A woman looking for her stolen baby. Which honestly does feel kinda weird.

>>48263
update: and he rage quitted

>>48263
>>48264

Let me guess: Cuphead?

>>48263
I'm assuming this was either happening on a television channel or you posted on the wrong board and /cog/ is that-away.

Tom Petty has passed away.

>>48268

NOT SO FAST

Initial reports of Petty’s death have since been retracted. The most anyone knows for sure at this point is that Petty is at least hospitalized.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/tom-petty-dead-dies-death-latest-cause-age-life-career-music-heartbreakers-a7979696.html
He's dead for sure now. RIP

>>48266
My bad, forgot the v in /mtv/ wasn't for vidya

>>48265
Nah, happened to be some 500 sub youtuber playing Crash Bandicoot TWoC, second boss

New Marilyn Manson album sounds SUPER SWEET. If I was following him, definitely would buy.

>watch part of sci-fi film (Elysium)
>programmer has code on screen
>it's actual Assembly code, compiles showing warning and error count, the whole h4xX0r stuff is passable
Holy shit. Like, you know when they have a blackboard full of maths? Now I know how a mathematician feels when they put a proper formula and not just pythag, quadratic formula or mass-energy equivalence. Or how a guitarist feels when they play real tabs instead of just strumming.

Orville is being a really awesome Star Trek continuation. Easily believable to exist after Voyager.

Seth earnestly wants to be a good Captain portrayal and helps things immensely.

//youtube.com/watch?v=nMan7Ocuhuc

He's wanted it for a long time.

//youtube.com/watch?v=ABUzgAvubYg

I need to rewatch the new Blade Runner. I might like it better than the original. I do find it interesting how a prevalent theme in sequels to older franchises have a father/offspring dynamic in a bunch of them.

>>48291
The main character is better in the new movie, that's for sure.

>>48295

…yeah, good point on moving it here.

As for MacFarlane and those who made jokes about Weinstein years ago: It is possible that they heard rumors and such without knowing what Weinstein had done. That said, even they should have spoken up a hell of a lot earlier or spoken a hell of a lot louder than an off-color joke.

>>48296
Problem is and has been the same problem for decades. You may be an actor but they are the executives with the lawyers that will destroy you or in some as its coming out take you down with them as part of the whole seedy business. And then we've got the quotes for the likes of those that make their living interviewing like Barbra Walters who didn't want to go down that path because it would bring all of Hollywood down to know what some of their A-list talent does to the less known.

For those that are especially young like Cory Haim and his abusers and Singer and his whole cadre. They get fed the stories of "I'll make you a star" and "Its just the way things work." Or just beat you down enough where life isn't life anymore.

As for Seth word is his Co-star on Ted confided in him and that his barbs came from a very angry place.

Another of Hollywood's vile open secrets that none of them wanted to get out there.

>>48296
For McFarlane it wasn't just a rumor, a friend of his told him about a bad experience she had with Weinsten.

For whatever this is worth: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted to expel Harvey Weinstein.

And yes, they have not yet expelled convicted sex offender Roman Polanski or similarly-accused sexual predators Bill Cosby and Woody Allen. One step at a time, here.

>>48299
Either that or they'll hold the expulsion of Weinstein as being "enough".

Because this shit encompasses a whole hell lot of A-list talent going back decades. They want to shut this down before all of Hollywood burns.

Cory and Elijah need to light that match.

>>48300

>Either that or they'll hold the expulsion of Weinstein as being "enough".

Their public statement on the expulsion suggests otherwise, but thoughts < words < actions.

>>48297
We went through a similar experience when Jimmy Saville's crimes came to light after he died. There was a sense that him being a creepy old sod was an open secret in many corners of the British entertainment industry (quiz shows would make jokes about it) but nobody dared voice them out loud while he was still alive. He was a major philanthropist and a "national treasure," which made him virtually untouchable.

>>48304

Weinstein probably went down like he did because he was no such “national treasure”. He was powerful, yes, but he was not a creator—actor, director, playwright, what have you. We have proof of Polanski’s skill as a director, so we as a society overlook his indiscretion (read: his statutory rape of an underage girl and subsequent conviction for that crime). We have nothing to give us a similar connection with Weinstein; he fell faster and harder because he lacked that cultural “buffer”.

>>48311

Well, that is mostly the case, but think of it this way: Johnny Depp could be the world's biggest asshole and lots of people would still love him specifically because he was Jack Sparrow.

>>48312
Oh yeah, that too.

Ahahaha, the people behind Jigsaw found the worst goddamn way to shoehorn Tobin Bell back into the franchise for at least that one film.

Damn, Kevin Spacey...

Also, his response to the accusation basically being "sorry I don't remember being a pedophilic pervert to you, was too drunk, also BTW i am gay"... yesssl, blatantly using the gay community as a shield, what an asshole.

>>48316

By making that statement, he not only made this situation all about himself, he enabled every anti-queer asshole who conflates homosexuality with pedophilia to point at him and yell “I was right”. The media will help him with that, too—because they are bound to make this story more about “Spacey came out” than about “Spacey allegedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old”.

>>48317
Yeah, that response was meticulously worded to minimize the "14 year old" part and just make it a gay thing, I doubt Spacey himself wrote any of it, it's the product of a team of lawyers and advisors.

>>48318
>>48319

Also an issue: He framed his coming out as “choosing” to live as a gay man, thus also emboldening all the assholes who think sexual orientation can be “chosen”. He threw every other gay person under the bus for his own sake. But at least he cannot enjoy that “win”—House of Cards got shitcanned by Netflix.

Goddamn, I had no idea Neil DeGrasse had been accused recently or rape. What the hell.

This current wave of accusations is bittersweet (although I thoroughly support it): unfortunately I believe it may encourage false accusations, which if found will injure the cases of actual victims (hell, someone might be smart enough to fake a false accusation to discredit their victims), and if more accusations come out, it will make a lot of people disappointed in Hollywood persons we respected.

>>48320
Yes, a few mainstream news outlets seem to be emphasising that, which is good to see.

>>48321
Neither did I.

>>48322

>if more accusations come out, it will make a lot of people disappointed in Hollywood persons we respected

That aspect of this entire shitpile of a situation matters the least and you know it.

Brett Ratner too has been accused of sexual harrasment.

>>48325

Again?

Add Dustin Hoffman to he list.

>>48327
Oh for fucks sake, I liked one of his movies.

>>48323
And you know I know it. It still sucks to find out your hero sexually harasses people.

(well no-one in Hollywood is my hero, but it's certainly the case for other people)

>>48321
Source?

>>48322
>someone might be smart enough to fake a false accusation to discredit their victims
That doesn't seem likely. A baseless accusation would be passed over by every news media with anything resembling credibility (or concern with lawsuits), languishing so far in obscurity that the faker bringing it up would be suspicious. Setting up false evidence/witnesses that could later be disproved would be absurdly impractical.

>>48329

>It still sucks to find out your hero sexually harasses people.

When you put someone on a pedastal, their fall will hurt both them and you.

>>48330
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/nosacredcows/2017/10/neil-degrasse-tyson-accused-of-rape/
This one?

Better than the crap on (burgerland) radio
//youtube.com/watch?v=BcBAIl_tSnM

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/lord-of-the-rings-amazon-1202606519/

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-rumored-lord-of-the-rings-tv-show-could-be-ver/1100-6454684/

https://qz.com/1121335/amazon-dear-jeff-bezos-the-lord-of-the-rings-is-not-game-of-thrones/


Welp, time to slaughter Lord of The Rings story and turn it into a Game of Thrones clone. Like what CW did to Riverdale.
I hope it doesn't happen, but well.....

>>48334

I know the films—even the extended editions—did not get to everything that was in the books. But do we really need to make another, longer adaptation when we have those fucking amazing films?

>>48334
I wouldn't mind a Silmarillion series but hasn't that franchise gone through enough abuse after the Hobbit trilogy and Shadow of Mordor?

>>48337
It is a dumpster fire. Watch to see for yourself.

Related news The Orville got Greenlit for Season 2.

Hopefully any merger that happens if any won't end in its demise.

>>48340
That is a better version of Star Trek.

It's crazy how much the STD apologists are going crazy over people leaving the show to languish.

>>48344

it was a poor move to make it CBS Digital in the USA and whatever Canada has and then Netflix everywhere else. Netflix money being the key reason its getting that Season 2.

Overall I've heard Discovery's biggest stumble is that the cast just isn't that likeable.

>>48348
Only after which they realized that folly did they try to get to just call it Discovery.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Dark Universe—an attempt by Universal Pictures to create a shared cinematic universe out of films featuring all the classic horror film monsters—has been shelved. Blame most likely goes to the dismal performance of “The Mummy”, which was the second of the Dark Universe films. (I say “second” because Universal tried to kickstart their shared universe before with “Dracula Untold”.)

>>48353
Good ridence.

>>48354

In fairness, the base idea of the Dark Universe—a bunch of horror/action films with connective narrative tissue working up to what would essentially be “Monster Squad for adults”—could have worked. Universal needed to make good movies for it first, though.

>>48353
It was a bad and confusing idea. Tom Cruise gets mummy powers or something and Jekyll/Hyde is the leader.

Last part could work fine it was just the execution of the first part and needing for the Mummy Powers that messed things up.

>>48357

On the bright side, we got The Mummy Demastered out of that shitpile of a film.

>>48358
I love Wayforward but Mummy Demastered wasn't really that great, I dunno, 6.5 out of ten I felt.

>>48359

Still better than the movie.

And the next shoe to drop as a result of the Weinstein Effect: Louis C.K.

http://www.slashfilm.com/guillermo-del-toro-pinocchio-not-happening/
Goddamnit!

Wow. Instead of doing some lame-ass “if I did these things, [excuse]” bit or denying the accusations altogether, Louis C.K. admitted that the accusations against him are true.

He is still a gigantic piece of shit for what he did, though.

Fucking hell, George Takei is one of the accused now? What the fuck man.

>>48364
Louis CK show was super honest to his life, one of the episodes is literally about him trying to rape a close friend of his. He's always been honest about being fucking wretched and his struggles to deal with it....

I think he's going to be the person this comes down to, what to we really do with flawed people? Not the ultra power and evil, but the flawed and mistaking humans who fucked up super hard? Jail time? Sure but that's not making them any less flawed, only more toxic.

>>48367

>what to we really do with flawed people? Not the ultra power and evil, but the flawed and mistaking humans who fucked up super hard?

We treat them as we would the “evil”. We should not make exceptions for “flawed“ people if they are of sound mind and know the difference between right and wrong—both of which apply to Louis C.K. His honesty does not, nor should it, make his actions any less reprehensible. To wit:

>>48366

I have not yet read about the allegations of his behavior, but if they seem credible—and remember, the court of public opinion has a much lower standard than a court of law—his acting and activist careers should both come to an end.

>>48369

If a sexual consent activist group employed Louis C.K., would you take it seriously?

>>48370
No, but I don't think that's a fair comparison. That would be a hypocritical (assuming you meant pro-consent) cause since his crime was due to a lack of consent.

If Louis C.K. campaigned for gay rights and anti-xenophobia I would take him as seriously as any other celebrity who did it. People who do bad things can also do good things. It doesn't make up for the bad things, but it also doesn't invalidate their good deeds. Invalidating a person's charitable actions by one aspect of their personality isn't something I can support.

If a Nazi acts like a good Samaritan to a random stranger, that should not be rejected just because they are an ultranationalist. It's easy to treat life like a Hollywood film or comic with "good guys" and "bad guys", but it's not really like that.

>>48371

Bad people can do good things—this, I do not dispute. But their doing good things does not make them good people if they keep doing the bad things.

AC/DC's Malcom Young passed away. RIP

>>48383
Well, he died young.

//youtube.com/watch?v=ZbDnQVtVraE
I just want to share this fucking JAM with you all before plus4 gets nuked.

Just fucking listen
https://soundcloud.com/leila-wilson-woofle/never-stay-the-same-later-wip/

I Want it I need it (Death Heated) is basically what all the "Yo I Go to tha Club and Fuck Bitches Grindin' on Me" [c]rap radio tracks should be jealous of.

//youtube.com/watch?v=YVrSzUUSTk4
So anyone knows if there is a torrent or download of Brad's Jesus Bro somewhere? I have looked for ages and did not find anything...

So, people are still making demos and music for the Commodore 64
MULTISTYLE LABS 2018 MELLOWHOUSE (C64)

>>417291
That does not surprise me at the least. A few years back someone even ported Prince of Persia to the C64, extremely faithfully too.

However as far as C64 demos go, I don't think anything will ever top Edge of Disgrace for me. Hard to believe it turned 10 years old this year.
Booze Design - Edge of Disgrace | C64 demo, Full HD 50 fps, Real SID
It's not just the effects themselves which are impressive... well, you hardly see new effects on the C64 nowadays, and once you saw the plasma effect or the text scroller for the tenth time it becomes boring. But, here, everything is animated in a way so there are transitions. Most demos just show one effect, then switch to the next, etc. On Edge of Disgrace, you have small effects dedicated to the transition between each effect.

I mean it's such a subtle little detail, but it's impressive as shit.

Quiet Place is a stupid horror movie, almost as bad as Signs.

No, I am not a Buffy phan (at least not now). I only watched a few episodes 10,000 years ago. But this was still enjoyable to watch, even though it made me angry:
The Great Tragedy of the Buffy HD Remaster

Are you down with the gangstas?

https://twitter.com/SonicMovie/status/1123207343322222599

>>417322
Terrible music choice, nothing wrong about the Sonic design. See, the thing with Sonic, the original one is..... not good looking. You can only do so much without changing too much. Fucking monoeye, man.......