Prometheus Forum - Film & Television

Documentaries to watch

Pn2501 — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:42:43 -0500

I notice there is a movies thread so lets have a documentaries one.

this aint out yet but looks good.

Misc Film and Television

kjohnson26 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:27:49 -0400

I started this as a general thread since I didn't see anywhere else to put it.

Noboru Ishiguro died this month. I wasn't big on the particular shows he did, but he was influential on the whole anime field. I prefer "Cowboy Bebop" and "Ghost in the Shell" myself.

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/03/noboru-ishiguro-animes-master-of-space-opera

Only God forgives (2013)

Jonesycatpants — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:16:49 -0500

I've reported about this one in the misc movie thread, The new one from Refn (drive) and Gosling, but heres the poster and a synopis

"Julian (Gosling) lives in exile in Bangkok where he runs a Thai boxing
club as a front for the family’s drugs smuggling operation. When
Julian’s brother Billy is killed their mother, Jenna (Kristen Scott
Thomas), arrives in the city. She wants revenge and forces Julian to
find the killer. Julian’s contacts in the criminal underworld lead him
directly to The Angel of Vengeance, a retired police officer who knows
everything and who is both Judge and Punisher. Jenna demands that Julian
kill The Angel of Vengeance, an act that will cost him dearly."

So far ive pretty much liked everything refn has made, so im down for this.

After Earth

TearsInTheRain — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:13:58 -0400

M. Night-Fails-Alot is at it again.

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/07/16/after-earth-viral-teaser/

Star Trek: Into Darkness

Jonesycatpants — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:06:42 -0500

The Walking Dead

Sticky_Fingaz — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:25:14 -0500

Just finished watching the most recent episode and decided this show needs it's own thread. Sorry Aeus.

I have to say Rick is really winning me over finally. I've been supporting Shane's POV in recent episodes thinking Rick had gone too soft. Its good to see he's starting to take this protection thing seriously.

Spoiler alert:

Goddamn Dale! Did NOT see that coming. I thought he was going to wear a bullet at some stage but I didn't think he'd get his stomach divided in the process. With Dale gone the last of the humanity leaves with him. There doesn't seem to be a strong anchor to humanity anymore. Will the group drift further into chaos or will someone else step up to fill Dale's role?

SUPERMAN-MAN OF STEEL

Kanesson — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:13:28 -0500

I dunno how many Supes fans are on here, but what the hell, we got a BATMAN Thread so I thought I'd bring up Supes...Is anyone looking forward to the "Reboot" at all? I'm a HUGE fan of the Original Donner Films, and Chris Reeves-R.I.P. will ALWAYS be my SUPERMAN...SUPERMAN RETURNS was a travesty, but being a Supes fan I will admit to liking bits in that film and Routh was a dead ringer(no pun intended) to Chris...Having bought the BluRay ANTHOLOGY SET and FINALLY seeing the $10 million "Return to Krypton" Scene was sick, I loved every minute of it-I can't believe Singer had the balls to delete it...The New Film I have mixed feelings about...The Suit is kinda odd(not that the SR Suit wasn't-it had it's share of problems) with that Armadillo pattern and wires on his wrists and waist, he's a little short for my tastes(But film angles can fix that), but the more I see his face, I can see a new Superman in it.

I REALLY hope they've got a tight script and bring him back for a whole new audience to appreciate...well if anyone has any feelings on the matter, I made this Thread-feel free to have at it.

The Counselor

pro_metheus_fan — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:46:59 -0400

I've been following the progress of ridley's new film recently and apparently a teaser trailer will be released sometime soon, for anybody who doesn't know about the film, it was written by cormac mccarthy who is one of my favourite writers and stars michael fassbender (mine and john starks favourite swordsman) so when the trailer comes out then i'll post it here. If you are looking forward to the movie then this thread will be a good place to chat about it or post any updates etc

The World's End (2013)

John_Stark — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:55:08 -0500

I don't think i have seen a thread for this movie yet, so here it goes.

Looking forward to this one a lot, since i love shaun of the dead and hot fuzz.

Synopsis: Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.

A movie from EDGAR WRIGHT.

His previous works include shaun of the dead, Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim.

warning spoilers for his other movies on the video below:

The Wolverine - movie news

Vodi — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:58:24 -0400

Europa Report

Carrot — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:42:30 -0400

no thread on this huh
what kind of a science fiction forum are we

http://www.europaventuresllc.com/

Sharlto Copley
Michael Nyqvist
Christian Camargo
Daniel Wu
Karolina Wydra
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Dr. Pamuk
Anamaria Marinca

A unique blend of documentary, alternative history and science fiction
thriller, EUROPA REPORT follows a contemporary mission to Jupiter's moon
Europa, to investigate the possible existence of alien life within our
solar system. Developed in close collaboration with NASA, JPL, SpaceX
and other leaders in the scientific community, the film imagines the
next step in manned space exploration and is based on recent scientific
discoveries and theories.

By incorporating real world scientific research, ship design and mission
planning, the film presents an authentic vision of what the next step
in human exploration will look and feel like, putting the audience
inside the ship with our international crew. Through the perspective of
the astronauts, the audience will experience space as it truly is and
marvel at the beauty, the vastness and the unknown.

Rate the Last Movie You Watched

BobSagat — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:27:43 -0500

Easy setup. You can just state the movie and rating. Or maybe even include a brief review with your favourite image related to the movie.

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 8/10.

I haven't seen the original movie version, but I thoroughly enjoyed Fincher's. Mara was smokin' and I can't picture anyone else apart from her as Lisbeth

Game of Thrones

BobSagat — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:44:16 -0500

Ths music and voice over aren't very inspiring, but the visuals more than made up for them.

The season 2 trailer is here

Doctor Who newb

Carrot — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 09:52:41 -0500

Where do we... begin?

Are all of the series connected?

Teach me what I need to know

What is good and what is not

The Great Gatsby (2013)

fifield — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:25:46 -0400

What do you guys think of the trailer for "The Great Gatsby?" I love it! I can already see the colors coming in that are really stated in the novel.

Carey Mulligan was an excellent casting decision and I am very excited. How about you?

"The Marketing Is The Message"

kjohnson26 — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:34:09 -0400

I registered with the "Star Trek: Into Darkness" sometime ago and now I am receiving endless email messages about how I need to tweet or retweet stuff about STID. Sometimes its unspecified as to why I should be retweeting, sometimes I am offered a chance to win Imax tickets for doing so.

"Prometheus" had a strong viral campaign that offered many different kind of puzzles to solve and additional information about character and story elements in the film. Many of those puzzles and clues turned out lead nowhere. Weyland Industries "training" videos and other viral videos are taken by some to have a fundamental meaning as to the interpretation of the film. I've seen some comments here that indicate the film was sort of an addendum to the things on the viral site.

Whats going on here? It seems like the marketing effort on the part of the distributors and studios is overtaking the content and meaning of films that they are trying to sell. Is this just limited to a small fraction of the film audience that are online fans or does it spread out significantly from those individuals in the general audience. I can see the point of the marketing efforts to sell the films but at this point it seems to be a danger that can destroy the filmmakers intentions and the artistic merits that can be found in the films alone.

Doctor Who

Chloe835 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:13:32 -0400

Anything Doctor Who, from the old and new series.
Who's your favourite villain?
Least favourite villain?
Favourite assistant?
Least favourite assistant?
Favourite episode?
Least favourite episode?
Most memorable moments?
And most importantly...

FAVOURITE DOCTOR?

I really like the weeping angels and the daleks, I don't have a favourite episode or assistant but portions who have stood out for me are donna noble and amy pond (no, it's not because they're ginger :-< )
And for some reason I didn't like rose :/

My all time favourite doctor is of course....
TOM BAKER :D

David Tennant was good, but you can't touch tom baker

Dexter: season 8 (Spoilers)

John_Stark — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:59:26 -0400

Who else wants it? (Spoilers for season 6, MAJOR), can contain some season 7 spoilers)

Riddick 3 (2013)

Carrot — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:31:26 -0500

new rating from the MPAA
R - strong violence, language and some sexual content/nudity.

Mud Demons

V/H/S

qu7aker — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 01:34:42 -0400

Anybody like super fuckin hyped for this??? I know I am!

The Strange Fate of Actors

NickIsSmart — Tue, 14 May 2013 06:09:01 -0400

I watch a lot of cult classics with actors who gave great performances, only to disappear forever. Can you think of any?

For example... Jenny Wright, in Near Dark; or Louis Tripp in the Gate (1 and 2); or Shelly Duvall in the Shinning. These people give us some memorable roles, only to disappear, never to really be heard from again. Just watch the making-of documentary to Near Dark, where Adrian Pasdar speaks to the screen during his interview, speaking to Jenny and asking her where she is and that he'd like to speak to her again (honestly, can you blame him?), and this was many years after Near Dark was first made! It felt kind of chilling to me that someone like her could just drop off the face of the earth so completely. It certainly adds to the feel of the performance, in retrospect, almost like watching a ghost, onscreen. Brandon Lee was shot on the set of the Crow and died on the operating table, and watching his finale performance know that it's his last lends it a certain gravitas. Or Elizabeth
Hartman, in the Secret of NIMH.

About her: I was looking up David Carradine so I could spell his
name, and Google brought up John Carradine, who, evidently is a very famous
actor who's been in a lot of horror movies. I felt surprised I've never really
heard of him, but he was in several movies that I have seen. One of them
was The Secret of NIMH, where he voiced the Great Owl. Out of
curiosity, I looked up several other members of the cast, including the
voice of the female lead, Mrs. Brisby, who was played by Elizabeth
Hartman.

Wikipedia had this to say about Hartman:

Throughout much of her life, Hartman suffered from depression.^[9] In her later years, her mental health continued to decline and she moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
to be closer to her family. In 1984, she divorced her husband,
screenwriter Gill Dennis, after a five-year separation. In the last few
years of her life, she gave up acting altogether and worked at a museum
in Pittsburgh while receiving treatment for her condition at an
outpatient clinic.

On June 10, 1987, Hartman committed suicide by jumping from the window of her fifth floor apartment.^[9] Earlier that morning, she had reportedly called her psychiatrist saying that she felt down.^[10] Hartman was subsequently buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in her home town.^[11]

I used to love that movie. Going to be kind of weird if I ever watch it again.

Maria Falconetti gave her first and only performance in the Passion of Joan of Arc. It's like watching someone die -- the finality of it, knowing that they'd never go on to bigger and better things. Very much the same feeling I get when I listen to Blizzard of Oz or Diary of a Madman (Randy Rhodes died in a completely avoidable plane crash), or Jaco Pastorious's self-titled debut (murdered by a New York bouncer). It makes you wonder what could've been, but you can help but marvel at what they left behind.

Godzilla (Remake)

XenaVita — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 21:43:48 -0400

http://www.thewrap.com/music/column-post/godzilla-makes-surprise-appearance-comic-con-47806

http://io9.com/5926079/weve-seen-the-first-trailer-for--the-new-godzilla

I would have went to Comic-Con for this and Weyland Industries.

Toxic Avenger Reboot: Arnold Schwarzenegger to play "The Exterminator"

Carrot — Tue, 14 May 2013 03:45:06 -0400

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/05/14/casting-net-schwarzenegger-wilde/

:O 8-X :)] [legolas] [gollum] 8-} #:-S :)) [bunny] [war] ^#(^

Is Hollywood Racist?

Chloe835 — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:12:10 -0400

Ok we all know that the answer is yes ("white saviour" films and stereotypes to name just a few aspects) it's just that I've been given an assignment on this for Film Studies. It has to be at least four pages, I'm having trouble in terms of articulating certain points and frankly I need a bit of help. My parents are no help at all since they're both still butthurt over the fact that I chose Film Studies as one of my subjects, and yahoo answers is full of vague and unreliable answers
Help please :/

As I Lay dying

Jonesycatpants — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:04:10 -0400

http://movies.yahoo.com/video/lay-dying-trailer-161038386.html ;

AS I LAY DYING is an upcoming drama film directed by and starring James Franco, based on the book by William Faulkner, that charts the story of the Bundren family and their attempts to bury Addie Bundren in the town of Jefferson. It has been selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

Franco stars as Darl Bundren, whose mother has recently died, and whose family is attempting to honor her wish of being buried in a town forty miles away from the family home. Tim Blake Nelson plays the widowed patriarch and Franco’s father, while Jim Parrack (True Blood) plays one of his brothers. Danny McBride, who previously co-starred with Franco in the extreme stoner comedy “Pineapple Express,” Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus) and Ahna O’Reilly (The Help) also star in the film.

Ghost In the Shell " ARISE "

Jonesycatpants — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:56:04 -0500

Upcoming New Gits series

sneak peak here in about 9 hours

Essential movie list!

John_Stark — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:48:09 -0400

This is not a recomendation thread. This is a hands-down everyone must watch these movies in their life at least once.

How this works: Everyone can only post one movie.

If 4 other movies have been suggested after yours, you can post another one (make sure it's diversified)

It must be a "good" movie.(good is debatable, but it can't be a universally considered bad one, unless it's very unfairly)

Every post should have the movie's poster and imdb page.

So let's pile 'em up.

I'll start:

What else?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/

Underrated Films Directors and Actors

Chloe835 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:10:08 -0500

*INSPIRED BY TERRA'S LIST OF OVERRATED FILMS DIRECTORS AND ACTORS*

Brace yourselves, it's a long list:
Directors:
Edgar Wright
(I'm not sure what people in general think of him but loads of people I know don't like his films)

Jean Pierre Juenet
Everyone hates him because of Alien Resurrection but that was his only bad film. The rest of them are pretty good and very inventive (The City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, Amelie)

Duncan Jones
He's only done two films and they were both great (even though source code had that weird ending) Yet for some reason nobody seems to care much for them

Ingmar Bergman
He's directed some of the greatest films of all time yet many aren't aware that he ever existed. Smh

Kim Jee Woon
The only film that he's done that Western audiences pay attention to is I Saw The Devil, most likely because of all the violence involved. I'm not sure if he writes all his films, but they have good dialogue and he's great at building suspense

Sidney Lumet
He directed some of my favourite films yet for some reason almost all of them were overlooked
Loads more directors to mention but it'll take too long

Actors and Actresses
Gary Oldman
Idris Elba
Sam Rockwell
Alan Rickman
Benedict Cumberbatch
Mark Strong is criminally underrated, he was the only good thing in Body of Lies
Edward Norton
Djimon Hounsou
Tom Cruise I don't see why there's so much hate around this guy, yeah he's a little loony but I don't remember seeing a film of his that he's terrible in
Toby Jones, another guy who always gets supporting roles
Paul Giamatti
Woody Harrelson
David Thewlis
Maggie Gyllenhaal she was annoying in the dark knight, but was pretty good in everything else I've seen her in
Amy Adams
Saoirse Ronan much better than the majority of teen actors and actresses but is almost always overlooked
Helena Bonham Carter
Thandie Newton
Angela Bassett
Cristina Ricci
Elle Fanning
Isabelle Furhmann
Kathy Bates

Films (most of these are cult films)
Dark City WHY DOES THIS GET SO OVERLOOKED?!
Hoodwinked
Braindead/Dead Alive
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sleepaway Camp one of the weirdest and unexpected endings in horror history
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Network
Open Your Eyes (Vanilla Sky is a remake of this)
Paprika
Akira (only recently became popular)
Alien 3
Death Note 1+2
Cube filled with bad acting but it's very clever
Super people say this is a rip off of of kick ass but it's nothing like it
Rubber
Naked one of Mike Leigh's best films and David Thewlis' best performance imo
Zodiac my favourite Fincher film
Equilibrium
Into the Wild
Sunshine
The Quick and the Dead
Black Dynamite
The Aviator
This is England
Dead Man's Shoes
Samson and Delilah

Duncan Jones to direct World of Warcraft Movie??!!

Chloe835 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:05:14 -0500

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jan/31/duncan-jones-world-of-warcraft-movie

What the hell Hollywood, first Paul Giamatti as the rhino and now this
Come on Duncan, you're much more talented than THAT

Only God Forgives (2013, Ryan Gosling, Nicolas Winding Refn)

fifield — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:19:53 -0500

So my all time favorite duo (okay maybe not but they're up there) Refn and Ryan Gosling, who did work together on Drive, are putting together a new movie that is out this year. The plot description is that an owner of a Thai boxing club must kill the men wo killed his brother after he killed a prostitute.

Here's a twenty second "teaser"

and then here's the poster, which is awesome: