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[Weekly thread] What have you been watching lately?

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Submitted ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de⁩ to ⁨moviesandtv@lemm.ee⁩

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  • GreyShuck@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    TV

    • Slow Horses - easily the best thing that we are watching at the moment. Oldman’s Lamb is my role model.
    • Doctor Who - Wild Blue Yonder was great. The Giggle was middling at best. RTD’s sickly sentimentality dominated the conclusion.
    • Monarch: Legacy of Monsters - the first three episodes have been surprisingly good. This - the fourth - was basically dull.
    • Krapopolis - wasn’t sure about this to start with, but it has grown on me. Waddingham’s Deleria is the obvious inital draw, but the rest of the main characters have been fleshed out to the point where I will be looking forward to season 2.
    • Enemy at the Door - from 1978, although I can recall nothing at all of it from back then. Set in the German occupied Channel Isles during WWII, each episode centres around a moral dilemma relating to loyalties, duty, consequences for the bigger picture etc etc from both sides. It holds up remarkably well.

    Film

    • Krampus (2015) - which has become something of a tradition for us on Krampusnacht, and continues to be enjoyable.
    • I Know Where I’m Going (1945) - a Powell and Pressburger that doesn’t hit the heights of A Matter of Live and Death or The Red Shoes etc but is still a stylishly told tale. I particularly enjoyed the portrayal of Webster’s intended husband only through a staff card, a printed itinerary and a disembodied radio voice.
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    • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Interesting, thanks!

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  • SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The Thing (1982). I keep meaning to watch the 2011 remake, then I decide I should watch the original first to refresh my memory, then I don’t feel like putting myself through the 2011 version anymore.

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    • rzlatic@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      they recreated last scenes of 2011 version to exactly fit into beginning scenes of 1982 version.

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      • SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ok, that does help. Thank you!

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  • scytale@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    • Princess Mononoke - I’ve seen a lot of Ghibli films but haven’t seen Princess Mononoke yet. Watched it last night and it’s probably one of my favorite Miyazaki films now. No dull moments in a 2 hour movie.

    • The Creator - I’m not really a fan of John David Washington’s acting, but I kinda liked him in this. I wouldn’t call the film amazing, but it’s good, not bad or anything.

    • Monarch: Legacy of Monsters - Can’t really say I’m enjoying the series so far. The acting hasn’t really been great among the current time cast outside of Kurt Russel, and I’m honestly more interested in Keiko, younger Randa, and younger Shaw’s adventures in the '50s.

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  • aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Watched Violent Night the other day. It was really dumb and a ton of fun. I liked that it leans into the “magic of Christmas” angle and kind of "yes and"s it with a bunch of gore.

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  • PlasmaDistortion@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have been watching a few things lately:

    • Highlander TV show
    • Dirk Gentlys holistic detective agency
    • Max Headroom
    • Monarch Legacy of Monsters
    • The Great
    • Star Trek Deep Space Nine
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  • Hobart_the_GoKart@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I watched Filth and Rocky IV over the weekend. Filth was great and I look forward to reading the book. The characters are probably really fleshed out there. Rocky had highs and lows, but it really is Montage the Movie.

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    • rockandsock@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Filth has been on my watch list for a while. Now it’s getting pushed to the top.

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      • Hobart_the_GoKart@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Do it! Honestly, I was dubious after the opening act, but it really revs up!

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  • edgemaster72@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Detectorists, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wife and I been getting down with The Boys. Lovin’ it! LOL, I had heard of Homelander but thought it was another show.

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  • smort@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Disturbance_in_the_Force

    Just saw “A Disturbance in the Force”, a documentary about the Star Wars Holiday Special. I was already familiar with it—I’d seen the special, the special with MST3k (or RiffTrax?) commentary, and IIRC some documentary on it a decade ago.

    This one was pretty good. Lots of stuff I already knew, but still plenty new background info, more context on the TV scene in the 70s, and new interviews with some of the creators and modern pop critics.

    For sure worth a watch if you’re into some coke-fueled Star Wars nonsense

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    • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Interesting, thanks!

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  • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hello @Djinn@lemm.ee, could you please pin this post?

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  • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Anyone went to the theater recently? Wonka, Godzilla?

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    • scytale@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Godzilla Minus One was amazing! Only saw it in a regular theater though, so I’ll try to catch it again in Dolby.

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  • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sorry I missed it last week.

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