Akin to the "Musical Picks" topic, I want to hear what your all time favourite movies/television shows are. It can be anything from action to drama to sports to romance (who watches that anyway though?). Don't be shy and don't be mean to other members, even if they really did enjoy Superbaby-Geniuses or whatever that piece of crap was called

 

I'll start off with a couple of my favs; I find most of the ones I put down are great films all together, but have shining endings.

 

Blood Diamond (Thriller/Drama): Leo DiCaprio picks up a sick south african accent in this eye-opening thriller/drama. Great music but if you're a Leo fan, you can probably already guess how it ends lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtPX2kXhu7I

 

Friday Night Lights (Sports): I'm not a football guy, but the cinematography and story made this a refreshing change to the typical, predictable, sports movie. Plus, the instrumental music by Explosions in the Sky fits perfect (note: the trailer is crap, watch the film).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzyp4qOW0F0

 

The Lord of The Rings Trilogy (Fantasy): If you are on a Lego forum where Lego LOTR products are frequently discussed, you probably already know how awesome the films are. If you don't, I'll leave it up to the mods to immediately revoke your membership to BrickPicker (jk).

 

And last I'll just end with my favourite TV show, which is probably going into its final season this year, The Mentalist (crime procedeural): this murder-a-episode series focuses on a former psychic who is now tracking the serial killer who murdered his family. The show can be light and funny, but when the serial killer ("red john") gets involved, it can get pretty unnerving. The series has spent 5 years tracking down murderers so feels a bit tired, but it is still my favourite. And, I'll post a trailer for the 3rd season finally:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzejrms4YLk

 

Phew, if you got through all that... you don't get bored easily, do you? Now tell me your picks!

Rick and Morty in the Eternal Nightmare Machine - animated by motherf***ing Paul Robertson.

If you have not seen Invincible or Dragon Ball Z then this won't make much sense.

Pretty good:

 

A short but nicely done look back at the visual style and soundtrack for Batman The Animated Series.

In 1974 there was an animated TV special commissioned by ABC intending to be a series pilot based on the ever wacky Mad Magazine. It never aired but thanks to the internet, this odd piece of history can be enjoyed in all its crispy almost "super 8" quality. There's a variety of sketches ranging from an interview with auto manufacturer of the year Edsel Lemon to The Oddfather.

 

 

6 minutes ago, TheOrcKing said:

It's a shame Starz did not renew Ash vs Evil Dead for a 4th season. The show was great.

A little bit of nostalgia as I loved watching Quantum Leap way back when

 

YESSSS!!!!

 

 

4 hours ago, MrToes16 said:

YESSSS!!!!

As if the great animation using a pleasing palette of colors, rather faithful character designs, mega heavy action, Adam into He-Man's 'Sailor Moon-esque' transformation sequence, and Orko doing some actual badassery instead of buffoonery was not enough, they had to add Bonnie Tyler's "I Need A Hero" on top of this 80's nostalgia cake.

Take all my motherflippin' money!!!

2 hours ago, TheOrcKing said:

On 1 hand this looks cool, but on the other hand I do not know if I like the hyper-realistic looking Voltes mech.  Part of the charm of the old mecha shows were the drawing styles.

I hope they keep the story intact.  Outside Gundam, Voltes had the better storyline out of the late 70s mecha shows

Original opening song:

 

Armored Saurus. I have no idea honestly. It's like a live-action mixed with computer animation version of Zoids. Anyway the teaser below seems to be the only bit YouTube will let me embed into the site here. The original trailer is linked right at the start of this post.

 

 

 

didn't we suffer through this already?

10 minutes ago, KvHulk said:

didn't we suffer through this already?

"Consume. Don't question" -- Hollywood execs 

Another not bad for free show on Apple TV. I don’t usually like first person narrative, but either they are phasing it out or I am getting used to it. 
 

 

16 hours ago, Pseudoty said:

Another not bad for free show on Apple TV. I don’t usually like first person narrative, but either they are phasing it out or I am getting used to it. 
 

 

This is on the list for the wife and I like most of the content I've seen so far on my free trial and will likely keep subscribing for $5. Been trying to dig into Lisey's Story after watching King's HBO version of The Outsider and cannot believe that Julianne Moore is 60!