Paid Members Carbomb Posted August 8, 2009 Paid Members Share Posted August 8, 2009 (edited) Just finished watching season two of Deadwood. What an amazing series; the first one was incredibly compelling, especially as parts of it were based on real people and events. After watching the first one, I only looked up "Wild" Bill Hickok and Jack McCall on Wikipedia, but, having watched the second, I looked up Deadwood and found that quite a significant number of the characters in the series were not only based on real people from the region, but that some severe, but intelligent, creative liberties were taken with quite a few of them. This combination of fact and fiction makes for a truly gripping TV series, and, despite the pretty prolific swearing, none of it feels gratuitous at any point. Ian McShane as Al Swearengen is fucking brilliant - a vicious, brutal, Machiavellian bastard who actually turns out to have a pretty strong code of ethics (they just happen to be different from anyone else's!), and who is bizarrely quite likable by halfway through the first season. Â Timothy Olyphant as Seth Bullock, despite being overshadowed by McShane (but then everyone is), comes through as an intense, quick-tempered, emotional, fast-drawing gunslinger whom you just can't help rooting for, even when he's being a bit of a dick. Â The third character to stand out in particular is Brad Dourif's Dr. Cochrane. This guy is nothing but likable, simply because he tries not to be. He's bad-tempered, ornery, anti-social and judgmental, but because he's so honest about these character flaws, and clearly cares more about putting effort into saving people's lives and rescuing humanity rather than into improving his social appearance and reputation, he becomes a tremendously sympathetic character. Dourif has had great outings as Piter De Vries in Dune, as Grima Wormtongue in LOTR and as the voice of Chucky in Child's Play, but this is by far the finest acting he's ever done. Â All the other characters are vivid and immensely watchable in their own right, but it'd take ages to go through every single one; suffice it to say that they all have their own interesting stories, and once you start watching, you really don't want to stop - great stories, gritty, realistic portrayal, and the added bonus of copious swearing, drinking, gambling and boobage from the whores who seem to make up half the population of the town end up making me feel like I want to be there in the sleaziest possible way, despite the lack of amenities I'd be used to, or the fact that I'd be too soft to ever be able to live in such an environment. Â This programme doesn't make any pretensions to beauty or high-flown sentiments - it's dirty, grimy, earthy and gloriously human, with humanity indulging in its worst excesses. Edited August 8, 2009 by Carbomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesTyler Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Catching up on Buffy lately... ...I quite liked the comedic aspect and silly elements of the show back in the day, but went off it with the whole militarised aspect on season 3/4(?). I started watching again as my GF was up to mid-season five of her DVD sets. I wasn't thrilled with that season, it seemed a bit drawn out, but when season six started it became a lot more entertaining.  The first half of the season had a dark element to Buffy's ressurection and the first few episodes were a bit of a chore to watch, but it picked up with the second disc. Episodes seemed to have weak endings, and plots with no real point to them, but the humour held it all together. The musical was less cringeworthy than I thought it would be and ended up being quite fun, as was an episode where they all lost their memories - with Spike assuming he was the unloved son of Giles. Once the comedy hooked me in the season seemed to get darker when Giles left, Willow became a magic junkie and one of the cast got killed leading to one of Buffy's group being the villian at the end which was a nice change of pace.  I've started off on Season 6 and already I'm liking the development of Spike being insane... which is the source of small comedy elements which I'm all for  It's all a bit upsetting as Joss Whedon comes off as a bit of a cock... even more upsetting that I liked Serenity and am now dipping into Firefly via my LoveFilm subscription and liked the first three episodes on disc one.  So now I need to finish the last season of Buffy, wait for the rest of Firefly to come through then I have my bargain of the week to watch. Four classic Doctor Who DVD's (which together cost a grand total of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted August 9, 2009 Paid Members Share Posted August 9, 2009 Good review of Deadwood by Carbomb. One of my favorite shows ever. It's a masterpiece. Season 2 has one of my favorite TV moments ever, Bullock walks across the thoroughfair after shagging the widow Garrett and Al shouts out from his balcony "Sherriff! Good thing business didn't call earlier, it may have found you mid-thrust in other matters." and Bullock turns around and gives him the biggest eyefuck stare ever and Al completely ignores it and gives one of the most perfect line deliveries I have ever seen "What? Struck by a vision? You don't want to be looking like that at me." Fucking class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted August 9, 2009 Paid Members Share Posted August 9, 2009 For me, one of the best lines ever came from Dan Dority, when Silas Adams had to haul him off of shooting someone - "9 times out o' 10, I'da killed you 'fore you got yer hands on me - you just had your 1 outa 10." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted August 9, 2009 Paid Members Share Posted August 9, 2009 Had a bit of a dvd watching spree lately.  Office Space  Really simple and realistic comedy that i'd heard loads about and finally got round to watching. Though it was really funny, it seemed more like a long tv episode than a film.  Tropic Thunder  Shite, don't bother.  Rushmore  Wes Anderson is my favourite director and this film didn't disappoint. Bill Murray is fantastic as always and the film was hilarious and dry. It reminded me of Napoleon Dynamite but much more awkward and he actually does the things napoleon thinks. I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry  Awful, don't rush to see it. Laughed about twice.  Toy Story  Hadn't watched it for ages and finally got it on dvd. Still holds up today as one of the best things Pixar have done.  Lost in translation  Not as good as I was expecting, but Bill Murray saves it just by being Bill Murray. I'm sure i'll find it better on more watch-throughs, it seems that type of film.  Little Miss Sunshine  I've been dying to see this for ages and finally got it on dvd. Sat and watched it last night and it's perfection. Can't think of anyone in it who doesn't perform fantastically and Steve Carrell gives a fantastic showing in a role he's not that associated with. Despite almost everything in the film going tits up it's still a feel-good comedy. Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steveo2007 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine: I have mixed emotions about this. The plot wasn't brilliant and I really found myself struggling to care about the Wolverine character, but the film was saved by some great action sequences and the awesome, yet brief, presence of Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. I also enjoyed Gambit and I liked how they seemed to enter further into the fantasy element of the comic book movie genre as a lot of these movies try to fit themselves in the real world to their own detriment. Â I really hope the rumoured Deadpool movie happens as the brief time he was in this movie made me want more and in a lot of ways made the whole Wolverine film worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Rammstein Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Watched Jackass Number Two at 8 this morning. No, I didn't have any breakfast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWM Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Completely out of my hands, was this, but I had to watch Marley & Me yesterday. What an absolute abortion. Probably the worst film I've seen this year, if not the last few years. Not only is she fit, but I think Jennifer Aniston is pretty underrated as an actor, and yet neither of these two qualities were able to save this pile of shit. I hate Owen Wilson's stupid serious voice that makes him sound like a deaf guy with a snarl, and that fucking dog was doing my nut in. I'd have had it shot much earlier. I never ever want to see so much as a minute of this film ever again. Completely turd. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JLM Posted August 10, 2009 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 That is the best description of Owen Wilson's serious "emotional scene" voice I've read so far. Well done sir. Marley and Me actually looked so bad in trailers that it hasn't made my list of romcoms. However, I am now curious to see it because your comments are so very damning. "Serving Sara" did such a great job of raising the bar for shitness that I feel the rest of the competition deserves a fair shout. Â I actually think Jennifer Aniston's attractiveness is vastly overrated though. She wouldn't make my top 100 lady celebrity list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWM Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 That is the best description of Owen Wilson's serious "emotional scene" voice I've read so far. Well done sir. Marley and Me actually looked so bad in trailers that it hasn't made my list of romcoms. However, I am now curious to see it because your comments are so very damning. "Serving Sara" did such a great job of raising the bar for shitness that I feel the rest of the competition deserves a fair shout. Â I actually think Jennifer Aniston's attractiveness is vastly overrated though. She wouldn't make my top 100 lady celebrity list. Â I enjoy romcoms as well, they're my favourite waste of time films, so I have quite a high threshold for what annoys me about them. I can't recommend it, as such, but I'd enjoy sharing debate on it, I disliked it that much. I suppose I'd rather dislike a film that be indifferent to it. Â Forgot to post in my Marley rage, but also watched The Ex, a nothing romcom with Zach Twat from Scrubs, Amanda Peet and Jason Bateman. It's a rudderless, spineless effort with very little worth remembering, but Jason Batemen was excellent, I mean, a complete dick, and really deserved better from the director for his performance. The whole film just felt like a waste of everybody's time. Paul Rudd's turn as a dickhead boss was a pleasant surprise, but other that, it's just not worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Au Posted August 10, 2009 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) I actually think Jennifer Aniston's attractiveness is vastly overrated though. She wouldn't make my top 100 lady celebrity list. 100 gives quite a lot of scope. I don't think I could name 100 celebrities I find more attractive than her. I might not even be able to name 100 celebrities I find attractive... Maybe we should do a list once the embargo on Top 50's has been lifted. Â As part of our ongoing efforts to watch all the John Hughes classics, combined with some pretty bad hangovers, we watched Uncle Buck yesterday morning. First things I noticed was how cheaply made it looked. A lot of amateurish camera effects. That aside, the story is still perfect with an awesome balance of comedy and heartwarming moments. The most terrifying thing though - the film's 20 years this year. I remember watching it when I was a kid and whilst that would have been in the early 90's it still doesn't seem that long ago. My housemate slept with someone born in 1991 the other day Edited August 10, 2009 by elegia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND 3:16 Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I watched No Country for Old Men yesterday and was disappointed. It was ok until the main guy got killed, then went rapidly down hill from there. I'm still somewhat baffled by the end. Avoid this movie at all costs! * Â Watched Paul Blart: Mall Cop the other day and found it hilarious. Light hearted funny movie. **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Au Posted August 10, 2009 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 I watched No Country for Old Men yesterday and was disappointed. It was ok until the main guy got killed, then went rapidly down hill from there. I'm still somewhat baffled by the end. Avoid this movie at all costs! * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JLM Posted August 10, 2009 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 I presume that was a comedy review. No one should avoid that film because it is quite, quite wonderful. Javier Bardem is one of the scariest men I've seen on screen since I can remember.  Anyway, the Aniston thing...  *Flexes Knuckles*  I won't be taking part in that list if it happens because my top 10 is impossible to choose. However, I will attempt to name the first 100 famous ladies who spring to mind I would rather violate than Jennifer Aniston:  Sandra Bullock Aria Giovanni Kelly Brook Dita Von Teese Famke Janssen Isla Fisher Kristen Bell Eliza Dushku Amy Acker Georgie Thompson  Kirsty Gallacher Stacy Keibler Gwen Stefani Holly Vallance Holly Willougby Zoe Lister Melanie Blatt Jessica Alba Brittany Murphy Nikki Reed  Rachel Bilson Heather Graham Nicole Scherzinger Neve Campbell Naomi Watts Denise Richards Rachel Weisz Liv Tyler Alicia Silverstone Hayden Panettiere  Lily Allen Kate Winslet Anne Hathaway Lacey Chabert Mila Kunis Tina Fey ANna Kournikova Eva Mendes Katherine Heigl Amber Heard  Megan Fox Nadine Coyle Hilary Duff Rachel McAdams Frieda Pinto Natalie Portman Mandy Moore Brody Dalle Caitlin Stasey Lindsay Lohan  Rose McGowan Angelina Jolie Cheryl Cole Salma Hayek Jennifer Love Hewitt Scarlett Johansson Ana Ortiz Nadine Velasquez Rachel Stevens Sarah Michelle Gellar  Serena Williams Cassie Shannon Lucio Carly Pope Leslie Bibb Talisa Soto Nikki Griffin Amanda Righetti Evan Rachel Wood Nora Zehetner  Emilie De Ravin Elisha Cuthbert Jennifer Garner Maggie Grace Kou Shibasaki Lacey Turner Ali Bastian Jennifer Metcalfe Loui Batley Lucy Pinder  Maria Sharapova Amanda Peet Lucy Liu Drew Barrymoore Aishwarya Rai Gillian Anderson Estella Warren Heidi Klum Jessica Biel Shakira  Vanessa Hudgens Billie Piper Lisa Snowdon Missy Peregrym Penelope Cruz Amanda Seyfried Lizzy Caplan Kate Beckinsale Julie Benz Charisma Carpenter   Anna Paquin, Millie Clode, Michelle Rodriquez, Courtney Cox, Susie Dent, Nicola Roberts... I could go on.  I did my best to leave out WWE/ex-wrestling personalities and the like where possible but I couldn't leave Keibler out. I have many more, but they're 100 off the top. No, I don't sit on the Superiorpics forums all day getting my fapfapfap on, I just have a habit of remembering names and faces, particularly those of hot females what I seen on telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted August 10, 2009 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 My housemate slept with someone born in 1991 the other day  Hey, I was close to nailing a girl born in 1990 last night, but unfortunately forgot that younger people recover more quickly from a single Rohypnol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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