Film, TV, and Media
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What movies are you watching? What do you plan to watch? What have you watched recently? - Film/Cinema/TV Show/Streaming Show General Discussion Thread #22
Discussion questions:
What TV shows or films have you watched recently?
What subscription services are you subscribed to, if any?
Question of the week:
What TV shows of 2023 are you currently enjoying?
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For All Mankind: Accidentally Making Communism Seem Really Cool
For All Mankind is an AppleTV original that shows an alternate history retelling of the space race. In this AU, the Soviets land on the moon first, which extends the space race into a decades-long conflict.
The show currently covers about 30 years of alternate history showing the US and the Soviets establish a moon base, new propulsion systems, and eventually landing on Mars.
This show is really good. It's excellent hard sci-fi. It really sticks out to me, though, for its depiction of the Soviets.
See, in this universe, the Soviet Union doesn't collapse. At least not at the same time it collapsed in our own history. Instead, they stick around and consolidate significant power, winning victories they lost in our own timeline.
This means that by the 90s, communism has essentially rooted itself as a dominant ideology in most of the world.
Now, don't get me wrong: this show depicts the soviets as evil, with the KGB boogyman following every Russian character. But the show doesn't do a great job at depicting this. Instead, the Soviet Union ends up being an absolute economic powerhouse that consistently keeps up with the US at every turn, only starting to fall behind technologically for unclear reasons in the latest season. Hell, Mexico is communist in the FAM timeline.
I think this is telling. If you construct a universe where the Soviets 'don't lose,' they end up winning. Half of the world is communist and it's gotten to the point where it seems internally inconsistent that the US is managing to keep up.
I just wanted to post about one of my favorite TV shows. Anyone else watch FAM?
- newrepublic.com How the Writers’ Strike Will Actually Change TV
Stories from the last strike can’t explain the current action. Nor should they necessarily give us comfort.
You can read the full article here if you can't get past the subscription wall:
https://archive.is/dybNy
- discussingfilm.net New Arrivals for Netflix February 2023
Netflix is bringing the goods in February 2023 with new seasons of You, Outer Banks, and the original comedy horror film We Have A Ghost.
Thoughts?
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What do you all think of Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 2 so far?
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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/489513
> cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/489512 > > > I... actually liked the fourth episode (the recent racing episode) more than the initial two that took place on Dooku's planet of Serreno. > > > > The third episode with Crosshair is, of course, the best of season 2 so far (and probably the best of The Bad Batch serial so far). > > > > Also... Rampart's a dick.
- www.polygon.com The biggest new and returning TV shows coming in 2023
There’s just a lot of TV coming
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Orson Welles on Elia Kazan, a US director who sold out to McCarthy
nitter.cz Michael Warburton (@MichaelWarbur17)ORSON WELLES calling Oscar winning director Elia Kazan a traitor in Paris in 1982 for giving McCarthy the names of colleagues who were Communist Party members and who were subsequently blacklisted & in many cases had their careers & lives destroyed.
- www.blackagendareport.com Wakanda Must Fall | Black Agenda Report
This new film is rightly called a fantasy, and not just because Wakanda doesn't exist. If Black moviegoers are not aware of the dangerous politics it espouses, they will find themselves believing in things far worse than non-existent kingdoms.
- www.tor.com J. Michael Straczynski Rallies Fans to Save the Babylon 5 Reboot
The Babylon 5 reboot at The CW managed to survive the many rounds of cuts the network made in the lead up to its eventual sale. According to creator J. Michael Straczynski, however, the fate of the…
Oh my
The GenXers will definitely be happy with this.
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What movies are you watching? What do you plan to watch? What have you watched recently? - Film/Cinema/TV Show/Streaming Show General Discussion Thread #12
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What TV shows are you looking forward to in 2022?
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What TV shows or streaming serials are you looking forward to beyond?
Also, shameless plug-in for a Discord server that me, BayArea415, and some good friends created:
https://discord.gg/qQmdd28CBR
Enjoy!
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- www.reuters.com Oscar-nominated 'Godfather' actor James Caan dies at 82
American actor James Caan, who starred as gangster Sonny Corleone in epic mafia film "The Godfather," has died at age 82, his family said in a statement on Thursday.
- variety.com Top Global TV Trends in 2022 Revealed at MipTV
In scripted content, or “The Godfather,” people should never take sides against the family. As proven by some of 2021 and 2022 top launches, from “Kin,” a RTE One No. 1 launch in Ireland, to South …
Any good TV shows you've seen recently, btw?
- bookriot.com For All You Netflix Watchers, Check Out These Books by Writers on Your Favorite TV Shows
You know their Netflix shows. Now get to know some of their books, too.
Anybody looking forward to anything?
I pretty much skipped on Wheel of Time.
- www.ladbible.com Elijah Wood Says Peter Jackson Designed An Orc In Lord Of The Rings To Look Like Harvey Weinstein
The actor who played Frodo Baggins revealed the move served as a 'f**k you' to Weinstein.
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Judas and the Black Messiah: Hollywood Coopts a Radical Past
www.vulture.com Judas and the Black Messiah: When Hollywood Co-opts Radical HistoryThe movie gets neither the beauty and complications of Blackness, nor the outright depravity of white supremacy.
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Your thoughts on The Mandalorian Season 2, Episode 1? Here are mine... (SPOILERS!)
Boba is back and I'm fucking excited.
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Movie Recommendation; First Cow
It’s a pretty good movie I saw yesterday with an anti capitalist message. I recommend it
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Movie recommendation; That Sugar Film
Good anti-capitalist film that focuses on the effects sugar can have on the body, and how that affects poor communities; specifically, the southern United States and indigenous Australian communities.
Check it out here- https://archive.org/details/That.Sugar.Film.2014
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I'll have one please: Ethan Hawke as John Brown.
ew.com Ethan Hawke is out for blood as abolitionist John Brown in 'Good Lord Bird' trailerEthan Hawke's new limited series is based on James McBride's 2013 novel 'Good Lord Bird.'