What are you watching?

[alivecream]

Currently watching a re-run of Barefoot Contessa in a cable channel. I am literally drooling now.

 

[timosman]

American Ultra

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

 

[enriquegill012]

I just went through all 7 seasons of The Shield recently. Excellent show. Some incredible acting performances in that, especially towards the end.

 

[opal]

looks like fun.. can't wait!

I just finished season 1 (and then they didn't make season 2...grrrr) of Hunted - a BBC offering that seemed to get a good start.. cinemax is supposed to pick it up and run with it but so far no word.

 

[CPUd]

I watched part of the first season of The Affair. This show is well written with very good acting (though Ruth Wilson can't top what she does in Luther). It also features the "unreliable narrator" technique, and the real story is told via the inconsistencies.

 

[Suzanimal]

Yay! I love Trainspotting. I hope they do a good job on the sequel.

ORIGINAL CAST OF TRAINSPOTTING CONFIRMED FOR SEQUEL

It’s been almost twenty years since Danny Boyle‘s Trainspotting brought us breakout performances of Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Kelly Macdonald. Not their first performances, but quite possibly some of the earliest that people remember. (We of course first remember seeing Miller in 1995’s Hackers.) Boyle’s been vocal about wanting to do a follow-up to the film for years and it’s now been confirmed that his sequel to the 1996 film will feature the original cast.

Based on the 1993 novel of the same name, Trainspotting followed a group of heroin addicts in late ’80s Scotland through their day-to-day lives. A grim look at addiction shown through the direction of Boyle was not just a beautiful film but solidified him as a director and became the example most of his later films have been measured against. There have been talks about a sequel for years that would follow the Irvine Welsh book’s sequel, Porno, (obviously this won’t be the name of the movie) which takes place about 9 years after the events of the first book. With 20 years gone by and everyone involved having aged, it’s safe to say the sequel will pick up a little later than the events of book.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, a deal has been struck that includes the original cast including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner, and Robert Carlyle as well as the first film’s screenwriter John Hodge. If the result of getting the whole team back together results in anything near the original, we’ll be overjoyed.

It’ll be interesting to see how the sequel is handled in terms of perspective. The Trainspotting novel had shifting narratives between characters (as does Porno) while the majority of the film is shown primarily through the perspective of McGregor’s Mark Renton. Will we get to see the world through the eyes of Sick Boy, Spud, and Begbie this time, or will it all be secondhand through Renton once more? We can’t wait to find out!

http://nerdist.com/original-cast-of-trainspotting-confirmed-for-sequel/

 

[Suzanimal]

I'm watching The Originals on Netflix. It's a fun soap operaish vampire drama.

 

[navy-vet]

We watched the first episode of Jessica Jones on Netflix last night.

 

[navy-vet]

She is a Marvel super hero. I don't remember her from my comic days but she is a private investigator and is somehow connected with Peter Parker (Spiderman) who was my favorite back in the day. I suspect she was created well after I laid down my comics...

 

[Suzanimal]

She is a Marvel super hero. I don't remember her from my comic days but she is a private investigator and is somehow connected with Peter Parker (Spiderman) who was my favorite back in the day. I suspect she was created well after I laid down my comics...

My kids are excited to watch that show. Was it any good?

 

[CPUd]

My kids are excited to watch that show. Was it any good?

Not sure this is a kids show, maybe OK for teenagers. I don't remember if there is full nudity, but there are a number of "high energy" sex scenes.

It is supposedly a companion piece to their Daredevil series. No crossover of characters yet, but they both refer to the same incident that happened in the city that may have been what was depicted in the first Avengers movie. She has super strength and can jump very high, but her real super skill is drinking.

 

[navy-vet]

My kids are excited to watch that show. Was it any good?

We watched the second episode Sunday night and it's decent. The current super villain is David Tennant, who played one of the better Dr Who's, and is a real creep. I would rate it PG so far.

 

[Suzanimal]

Not sure this is a kids show, maybe OK for teenagers. I don't remember if there is full nudity, but there are a number of "high energy" sex scenes.

It is supposedly a companion piece to their Daredevil series. No crossover of characters yet, but they both refer to the same incident that happened in the city that may have been what was depicted in the first Avengers movie. She has super strength and can jump very high, but her real super skill is drinking.

Thanks, they're teenagers (15 & 16) but they'll always be babies to me.

We watched the second episode Sunday night and it's decent. The current super villain is David Tennant, who played one of the better Dr Who's, and is a real creep. I would rate it PG so far.

Awesome! I LOVE David Tennant.

 

[CPUd]

We watched the second episode Sunday night and it's decent. The current super villain is David Tennant, who played one of the better Dr Who's, and is a real creep. I would rate it PG so far.

Yeah, the first 1 or 2 episodes, they make a point of not showing his face too much, the first time his face is revealed, it is creepy. The character is really creepy, too, and makes people do some disturbing stuff. Somewhere in the middle (eps 6-10) he reveals a more human side, overall he brings a lot of tension to the show. Once he gets more screen time, you never know if anyone on the show is acting under their own power.

 

[Carlybee]

This series is very well done, but for people prone to WTFs, I recommend not to look at the secret films the characters watch, especially at the end of episode 9, and probably stay away from the last episode in its entirety (FWIW, it strays from the book). The end of episode 9 introduces a genre change, which is rarely attempted in movies or TV.

Finished it...enjoyed. Will there be another season?

 

[CPUd]

Finished it...enjoyed. Will there be another season?

Official answer is no, but I think they are open to possibilities. It would be almost completely original material.

 

[timosman]

Generation P

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

 

[opal]

that looks interesting.. but I have a horrible time with subs