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Off Topic The Official:TV-Show-Movie-Games Thread

Discussion in 'Liverpool' started by BCR, Oct 21, 2011.

  1. FedLadSonOfAnfield

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    I. am. being. provocative <doh>

    and why not ??

    it seems like your criteria for something to be good or 'classic' be only that said thing is dealing with 'serious' issues in a deadly 'serious' way, other forms of expression can stand up to historical scrutiny, Wall-E for example tackles perhaps even more 'serious' social and cultural issues than The Wire, a show which you are always so laudatory about, except only in a tonally different way, plus it's a landmark in its genre
     
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  2. luvgonzo

    luvgonzo Pisshead

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    Lost In Translation is superb!!!

    Charlotte: 25 years. That's uh, well it's impressive.
    Bob Harris: Well you figure, you sleep one-third of your life, that knocks out eight years of marriage right there. So you're, y'know, down to 16 in change. You know you're just a teenager, at marriage, you can drive it but there's still the occasional accident.
     
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  3. luvgonzo

    luvgonzo Pisshead

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    Modern classic Mr Nobody, loved it.
     
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  4. Skylarker

    Skylarker PL High Commissioner

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    The Wire is amazing on so many levels. It's almost a social experiment recorded in a typical USA city (in this case Baltimore). Things like 'Breaking Bad', 'The Walking Dead' etc. might be as entertaining for some as The Wire, but they're leagues apart in the sense of thought and script.

    Wall E I thought was good, and they did a good job. I don't personally think it'll be remembered as a 'Modern Classic'.

    I admit my idea of a 'classic' does tend to sway towards serious stuff, probably because I'm not a comedy or sci-fi fan. So yes it's definitely subjective for us to make these choices, it'll be interesting to see in years to come which films/TV shows stand the test of time <ok>
     
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  5. Skylarker

    Skylarker PL High Commissioner

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    I honestly didn't like Lost in Translation. Admittedly I watched it on a plane with a belly full of diazepam - maybe I should revisit it as you both mention it.
     
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  6. Zingy

    Zingy #ziggywould

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    :emoticon-0108-speec
     
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  7. BobbyD

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    I felt the same way. Didn't think it was that good but i probably didn't understand it properly.
     
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  8. Zingy

    Zingy #ziggywould

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    On the weekend I watched...

    Hunt for the Wilderpeople 7.5/10
    Imperium 6.5/10
    Secret life of pets 6/10
     
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  9. Red Hadron Collider

    Red Hadron Collider The Hammerhead

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    Watched A Mos Wanted Man last night but missed the ****ing end <grr> It was very good <ok>
     
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  10. moreinjuredthanowen

    moreinjuredthanowen Mr Brightside

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    I admit that was typed in anger.
     
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  11. InBiscanWeTrust

    InBiscanWeTrust Rome, London, Paris, Rome, Istanbul, Madrid
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    Team America
     
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  12. BobbyD

    BobbyD President

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    America, **** yea, coming again to save the mother ****ing day yeah
     
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  13. BobbyD

    BobbyD President

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    I quite liked the secret life of pets... thought it was quite funny
     
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  14. luvgonzo

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    Thought that was superb.
     
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  15. luvgonzo

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    Bill Murray at his best, sad and funny at the same time.
     
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  16. DirtyFrank

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    Hmmm...my definition of a classic..

    It doesn't need of be serious but has to be clever in some aspect. I've noticed that a lot of classic classics pre this century can be as much about capturing the era they were made in either through social commentary or basic nostalgia..

    The difficulty big effects films largely sci-fi have is they date to the point of distraction. Others like Bladerunner etc through accident or design have been clever enough with effects that they don't date so much they destroy a good script or fine acting..

    Anyway...my predictions:

    There Will be Blood

    Pans Labyrinth

    No Country for Old Men

    Lost in Translation

    The Dark Knight

    The Hurt Locker

    Crouching Tiger

    Inside Out.

    Skyfall

    All for very different reasons.
     
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  17. BobbyD

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    Really didn't like the last two
     
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  18. Jeremy Hillary Boob

    Jeremy Hillary Boob GC Thread Terminator

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    I watched the Infiltrator on Kodi. 6.5 out of 10. Not quite as good as I'd been told.
     
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  19. BobbyD

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    Really? I found it really good. As usual Cranston gives a great performance.
     
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  20. Milk not bear jizz

    Milk not bear jizz Grasser-In-Chief

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    How far back are we going for "modern?"
     
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