What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt2)

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

It does to me

I think it's probably the film

Im with OU here. What are you trying to say??

 

[El Jefe]

Buffy - end of season 4, start of season 5

 

[kyser_soze]

OOO, you're going to meet Glory soon!!

I, somewhat stupidly, watched Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

I don't think I've seen such a bad film - even by Michael Bey standards - for years. It was signature Bey, but while in the first one stuff like his 'swooping' camera style was fun, playful and engaging, in this it was just shite. And whomever approved the script needs fucking shooting. 'The Matrix of Leadership'!! I mean FFS!!!! Even the fight sequences are largely shite. I mean how can you make a fight between giant robots shite?

 

[Biddlybee]

The boy wasn't up for buffy... I'm going to have to watch them on my tod (maybe when he's at football ).

Watched first episode of Deadwood last night - not bad.

 

[The Octagon]

Buffy - end of season 4, start of season 5

Is this the first time you're watching it, or are you re-watching?

If the former, it'd be interesting to see what you thought of 'Restless', it tends to divide people.

 

[El Jefe]

Watched first episode of Deadwood last night - not bad.

it really builds, but it's very dense - i found myself having to rewind bits to catch everything that's said. But it's immensely good

 

[kyser_soze]

Cocksucking motherfuckers.

 

[The Octagon]

Watched first episode of Deadwood last night - not bad.

it really builds, but it's very dense - i found myself having to rewind bits to catch everything that's said. But it's immensely good

Seconded, I'd vote it as the best written dialogue in any TV show ever (the rest of the show's good too, but the language lifts it up into classic status).

 

[El Jefe]

Is this the first time you're watching it, or are you re-watching?

If the former, it'd be interesting to see what you thought of 'Restless', it tends to divide people.

i saw the odd episode when they were on TV and quite enjoyed them but this is the first time i've watched it systematically.

I really enjoyed Restless. It managed to be quite silly (in a good way) but also sufficiently weird and Lynchian (which must have been intentional) to be really interesting. The psychology of it was pretty obvious, but then it's not a Bunuel movie

So yeh, I thought it was great.

eta: oh, and the Principal was GREAT as Colonel Kurtz

 

[El Jefe]

Seconded, I'd vote it as the best written dialogue in any TV show ever (the rest of the show's good too, but the language lifts it up into classic status).

it has, like, ACTUAL soliliquies

 

[kyser_soze]

It also has some of the most creative swearing on TV

 

[The Octagon]

i saw the odd episode when they were on TV and quite enjoyed them but this is the first time i've watched it systematically.

I really enjoyed Restless. It managed to be quite silly (in a good way) but also sufficiently weird and Lynchian (which must have been intentional) to be really interesting. The psychology of it was pretty obvious, but then it's not a Bunuel movie

So yeh, I thought it was great.

I remember thinking it was quite a good stab at depicting the weird, shifting nature of dreams (where geography doesn't really make sense, etc), but a lot of the sequences do have meanings that pay off later in the series.

I'm quite jealous of anyone seeing these episodes for the first time, you're in for a treat with Season 5 (my favourite), although the first ep is a little odd.

 

[El Jefe]

I'll fight anyone who tries to diss Buffy as a kids' programme. It's really really excellent TV in lots of ways.

 

[Biddlybee]

it really builds, but it's very dense - i found myself having to rewind bits to catch everything that's said. But it's immensely good

I enjoyed it, but always hard to judge a series on a first episode

Cocksucking motherfuckers.

Seconded, I'd vote it as the best written dialogue in any TV show ever (the rest of the show's good too, but the language lifts it up into classic status).

I'll fight anyone who tries to diss Buffy as a kids' programme. It's really really excellent TV in lots of ways.

You need to speak to the Cptn.... I might just start sneaking episodes on

 

[Pieface]

The first season is bum tbh but I'm having a right old time with the Buffy stuff now. Series 4 dipped quite badly though - the end redeemed it but Riley is a tedious wanker and the whole Initiative thing was a bit rubbish too.

 

[Biddlybee]

Riley was shit.

 

[kyser_soze]

And you've still yet to see the marvel that is 'Once More With Feeling'...lots of awesomeness to come before then too.

Octagon - Aside from S7, S5 is my favourite too.

 

[fogbat]

Watched half of the first series of The Thick of It last night.

Still such an awesome series, though Langham's subsequent Glitterising has cast a weird shadow over it.

Malcolm Tucker is one of the best characters from at least the past 10 years of telly.

 

[Pieface]

And you've still yet to see the marvel that is 'Once More With Feeling'...lots of awesomeness to come before then too.

Octagon - Aside from S7, S5 is my favourite too.

I've seen that episode And I think all of 6 and 7 but it was long enough ago for me to have forgotten most of it.

I bet Riley never worked again after Buffy, his acting is SO shit.

 

[El Jefe]

I bet Riley never worked again after Buffy, his acting is SO shit.

hardly top class stuff

# Wichita (2010) (filming)

# "Lie to Me" .... Jack Rader (1 episode, 2009)
- Control Factor (2009) TV episode .... Jack Rader
# Mother and Child (2009) .... Steven
# Stuntmen (2009) .... Eligh Supreme
# Stay Cool (2009) .... Brad Nelson
# Deadline (2009/I) .... David
# See Kate Run (2009) (TV) .... Jack Brookshire
# Animals (2008) .... Jarrett
# "Eleventh Hour" .... Detective McNeil (1 episode, 2008)
- Resurrection (2008) TV episode .... Detective McNeil
# Meet Dave (2008) .... Mark Rhodes
# The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) .... Dean Drummond
# "House M.D." .... John Kelley (1 episode, 2007)
... aka "House" (South Africa: English title) (USA: short title)
- Top Secret (2007) TV episode .... John Kelley
# The Killing Floor (2007) .... David Lamont
# After Sex (2007) .... Christopher
# Judy's Got a Gun (2007) (TV) .... Richard Palm
# Thr3e (2006) .... Kevin Parson
# First Daughter (2004) .... James Lansome
# The Alamo (2004) .... James Bonham
... aka The Alamo (Philippines: English title)
# One Flight Stand (2003) .... Ben
# View from the Top (2003) .... Tommy Boulay
# Prey for Rock & Roll (2003) .... Animal
# I Capture the Castle (2003) .... Neil Cotton
# They (2002) .... Paul Loomis
... aka Wes Craven Presents: They (USA: complete title)
# Sunshine State (2002) .... Scotty Duval

 

[fogbat]

He appeared briefly in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

Funnily enough, as a member of the Scooby Gang.

 

[Pieface]

Shit. He's got a career.

I haven't got a fucking career!

 

[andy2002]

The first season is bum tbh but I'm having a right old time with the Buffy stuff now. Series 4 dipped quite badly though - the end redeemed it but Riley is a tedious wanker and the whole Initiative thing was a bit rubbish too.

Season 3 is the show's peak for me - the quality starts to slide a bit after that and becomes very noticeable in the last two seasons.

 

[The Octagon]

To be fair to him, the character was written as such a dullard he'd have had trouble doing much with him.

His character does get more interesting (relatively speaking) in Season 5.

 

[kyser_soze]

Wat? S6 is 70/30 good/shite for

Spoiler: Buffy S6

having the geek boys as the main baddies is a bit pants, however you've got the Anya/Xander thing and the best season climax of the lot with Willow going bad with the dark magic after Warren shoots Tara

So how you can say teh quality slides after S3 is beyond me.

 

[Biddlybee]

You're quite the buffy geek aren't you kyser

I can remember most of what you're talking about, but couldn't tell you which episode in which series and what the episode was called

 

[Pieface]

He shames us all, B.

 

[kyser_soze]

I loves the Buffster. Well actually I love Anya the most, but yeah I am a bit of a Buffy geek.

 

[El Jefe]

I loves the Buffster. Well actually I love Anya the most, but yeah I am a bit of a Buffy geek.

Anya's great

 

[The Octagon]

I loves the Buffster. Well actually I love Anya the most, but yeah I am a bit of a Buffy geek.

I've actually been holding back on my level of geekery regarding Buffy / Angel, sometimes I feel like the little boy with his finger in the dyke (ha, even managed a Buffy reference there!)