I actually think he's funnier now than before, but I guess I prefer the deadpan stuff. 

...What

Some nice shots, but this was just baaaad. I was horrifically bored by the half way mark, and couldn't wait for it to end :/ 

is a fun ride. it's a shame phillip k. dick died before all his books/stories started to get made into movies :) 

 

 

classic 

Further recommendations for DaZ (and anyone else, but he was the one asking about good TV series);

Just started rewatching Generation Kill, realised forgot to mention it previously, same people as The Wire/Treme (a lot Wire actors, mostly s2 guys, altho some others). It was a one off mini-series about the Iraq War, following one of the elite units in the US army. Based on the memoirs of the irl Lt. in the unit, very, very good and definately worth watching. Always makes me both want to join the army and realise why it would be a terrible idea.


Also, if you haven't watched it, go watch the Sopranos, if nothing else for the fact that it was one of the shows that started the 'epic season long plot line' style of TV. 

Also, new Futurama, new Futurama, new Futurama, etc, spoooge 

Futurama isnt good is it? Is it better than the 2-3 movies they released a while ago, I thought they were terrible. 

Surprisingly amusing actually. I'm a fanboy tho, Futurama is frankly my ideal life. 

And yeh, definately better than the movies. 

Definitely. Definitely. Definitely.

Twice today dammit. 

they were awful, it made me cry :(

Not seen the new season episodes yet, but friends say its good!

Thanks for the heads-up nonentity about Generation Kill, anything from those guys gets an auto-watch from me =)

I think it was Nitin who mentioned True Blood, its fecking awesome! I got through 2 seasons of it in as many weeks and am now just starting season 3. Seeing Anna Paquin get semi-naked in most episodes never hurts either, she's smokin.

As a heads-up, I watched the first episode of a new show on the BBC called "The Deep", it looks to be something like The Abyss in episodic form. This first episode is more of tease of what's coming later but held my interest nicely. Some fairly high production values also which never hurts, worth a punt! 

is in my next dvd order, looking forward to it.

I did mention True Blood but I was saying I didnt think it was that great, but definitely watchable. Sleepy mentioned Jason Stackhouse who is definitely the best reason for watching, everythign he does is hilarious.

Anyone seen John Adams, the HBO miniseries? Is it any good or just high production values with good actors but not much substance? And if you're not american, will you actually care? 

I have enjoyed Rescue Me, esp. the first three seasons are absolutely great, gritty and hilarious at the same time. It goes downhill after that, but I'll keep watching just for old times sake. 

despite the cop out endings to each of the first 3 seasons.

I also really like In Treatment even though that will only be for a select few people.

The one and only season of The Middleman is also quite entertaining. 

just saw it tonight, definitely a great film but I do think the plotting was not quite upto the ambition and ideas. A few holes here and there stop it from being a classic but the sheer creativity and imagination on display is very welcome in the age of remakes and reboots. 

Kick Ass
Great except for some just a bit too out of character/style bits (wrgcnpx, onmbbxn, fghcvq Onq Erchgngvba fbat, rivy thl'f fba raqvat). A lot of things were just touched, especially the romance was so weak it could have been left out without loss. 7/10 or something, good rewatch potential. 

The romance was some bullshit made up for the film. It wasn't in the comics. At least not in the same way... 

I thought "oh well, I guess it came from the comic and they had to include it".

The soundtrack is great too. Apart from the Reputation track at least. For a Few Dollars More theme was a nice touch. 

Wasn't it mostly the new Prodigy album? 

is also in Fantastic Mr Fox, which is a nice little film by the way. 

Recently rewatched it after kinda liking it in the cinema... although I thought that the whole stereotypical teen comedy stuff should have been left out of the movie, because it just didn't add anything to it other than the occasional "funny" bit, it felt like a fun movie that occasionally was a blast to watch.

The rewatch totally made me think of it as a much worse movie. If you expect the surprising blow-you-away scenes, you basically just sit through all the other stuff to see them, and then those scenes themselves are less than impressing, because all the other stuff didn't leave enough impression to contrast them.