Enjoying the new episodes so far, but wondering why Gillian Anderson is saying all her lines in the same, uninterested, hushed tone?

So…based on that (and a bunch of others who probably did the same thing)…a huge baby boom on the East coast next fall??

TV:
Finally decided to break down and see what the fuss is about: Game of Thrones (episodes 1 and 2 so far). Still trying to figure out all the positioning of the characters in regard to each other, but I am hooked for sure. Having most of the characters look and dress similar doesn't help though.

Mrs. Dingleberry and I watched the remake of Poltergeist. After it was over, I said to her "we are not going to remember that we even saw this tomorrow." So pointless and a waste of effort and money. Any sense of wonder that made the original so great is just not there and it looks terrible. One last point: I honestly…

None of them. End of story.

Rest in peace Angus Scrimm.

Binge-watched Fargo Season 1. Awesome stuff.
Tried to watch John Carter. The opening narration reminded me of David Lynch's Dune. Never a good thing.

I have said it many times here that QT could never try to make something like David Lynch's 'The Straight Story'. I think it is beyond his sensibilities as a film maker. He would probably have the old guy do the whole trip on the tractor only to have his ailing brother shoot him in the face when he finally gets there.

David Lynch's "The Straight Story". Great, simple, beautifully shot tale of one man's journey of reconciliation. Such a wonderful change of pace for a director known best for strange and violent stories of the underbelly of society.
Anyone care to wade in whether Quentin Tarantino could (or would) even attempt…

My point was that he has just rehashed the same violent revisionist history bullshit since Inglorious Basterds. Maybe be thinks he is Sam Peckinpah reincarnated. I doubt QT has the balls to take a risk and make a "Junior Bonner" or "Ballad of Cable Hogue".
Take Clint Eastwood as another example. He could have just…

What is so terrible about Tarantino making a non-Tarantino movie? Like I said in a another thread, he is the only great director in the last 25 years who has not grown as a film maker. Stuck in his mid 90s glory days…..still.

And I think the death of Sally Menke, his longtime editor, has affected his work. Maybe she was his bullshit detector and the only one who could reign in his tendency towards his more outrageous impulses?

He must have the clout now to do anything he wants. Even a small comedy for a lower budget (maybe something like Before Sunrise) would minimize the risk if it wasn't successful. Think of the critical kudos he could get if he played it clean straight up. Not that he cares what anyone thinks of him, but he does have an…

And his one big commercial failure Dune, set him up to to go back to smallish projects like Blue Velvet. Gotta try something different and then fail with honour. Tarantino has never done that.

I am just tired of him just doing the same criminal/lowlife revenge fantasy wankfest everytime. Have not seem H8 yet. Why doesn't he stretch himself as a writer and a director and try something different? Of all the great American directors of the last 25+ years, he is the only one who hasn't grown as film maker.…

I remember 'Starsky and Hutch' doing the same kind of episode. Hutch got taken hostage and his captors got him hooked on smack.

I'll pass on this one for now. QT is so far up his own ass at this point, I can't be bothered to sit thru another "homage" to classic cinema. When he decides to actually stretch his obvious talents on an original idea, with no guns, no violence. No n-word or lowlife scumbags, I will be there. After 20+ years…still…

Saw the Force Awakens. The more I think about it, I see more Indy in Harrison Ford's performance than Han Solo. He has played Indy 3X since ROTJ, and it must have been hard not to fall into that role out of habit. Even his scenes with Leia had Indy/Marion reunion vibe to them.

I enjoyed the film for sure, but the fan-service left me cold. Sure, a few callbacks would have been OK. But there were too many. Seems like Disney had a list of things that HAD to be there no matter what, (reference to trashcompactor, hologram chessgame) and goddamn it they were there. Another Death Star, really?…

My problem with the Prequels (and all prequels in general) is that you know where the story is going. All creativity and suspense is lost because we know Annakin will end up as Vader. The Forces Awakens, for all its fan-service, at least sets up a unknown story for the next 2 films.