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!

 

Cobra Kai season 5 in September.  Spoiler warnings: better watch season 4 before seeing this trailer

 

Finally watched No Way Home and I liked it.              

SPOILERS if you are more boomer than me and have not watched the movie                   

Spider-Man                   

Spider-Man                       

Does whatever spider can                               

                                  

                                                                                  

Finally, (Iron) Spider-Boy became Spider-Man. It only took 5.5 movies for this Spidey to get the "with great power" lesson.  Something that the other Spideys learned in the first 15 minutes of their movies.

It did not make sense how the identity revelation would create such hatred for Spidey.  The dude was part of Avengers that just saved the world from total annihilation a few months ago.  Give the kid a break.

I liked how JJ Jameson was basically an Alex Jones stand in for this universe. 

I liked how the other Spideys also got some redemptions / closures via this movie.  Andrew Garfield showed great emotion after he saved MJ. 

Toby was the big brother of the group. Andrew the emotional one. Tom was the one with leadership / teamwork experience.
Also, the other Spideys just understood his motivation for saving the villains.  No arguments, just "This is what we do".  Brilliant !

I liked how all villains basically overpowered MCU Spidey.  Also, how Green Goblin was basically Spidey's arc-nemesis in any dimension.
Lol at discussions of the organic web.  I had the same questions when I watched the original movies

I liked how the ending basically reset Spidey-verse, making him the down to his luck but still your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.  I hope they mix up the supporting characters moving forward.  Having 3 genius kids in a movie is a bit too much.  Make MJ the next Iron-(Wo)Man and Ned Sorcerer Supreme Jr or something, I do not care

I also watched the behind the scene interviews / extras in the DVD and Tom Holland sounded as if this was the last time he played the role.  I heard rumors that this Spidey would be brought out of MCU to Venom-verse.  I have no idea how this Spidey would work in that universe.

 

 

 

On 6/11/2022 at 1:35 PM, TheOrcKing said:

 

Use Promo Code NACHOS for a free month of Paramount + and watch

The Offer. 

4 minutes ago, Pseudoty said:

Use Promo Code NACHOS for a free month of Paramount + and watch

The Offer. 

I plan to watch both soon.

 

2 hours ago, TheOrcKing said:

 

I have low expectations, but I'll watch it anyway.

I didn’t know we were getting a Rogue 1 prequel until I saw the lego set. 
 

 

 

I recently signed up for a trial to Paramount+ and finished watching Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. I really enjoyed it. May have to rewatch a few of the episodes since they were that good.

Keanu vs Donnie Yen!!!  HYPED !!

 

 

3.5 weeks away !!

 

Cobra Kai season 5 was AWESOME !!!

On 9/10/2022 at 8:07 PM, Darth_Raichu said:

Cobra Kai season 5 was AWESOME !!!

Looking forward to it. Thanks for not dropping spoilers! 

Dahmer on Netflix, come hungry. 

18 minutes ago, Pseudoty said:

Dahmer on Netflix, come hungry. 

It’s a weird one.

Honestly what isn’t creepy on TV now? I mean HBO’s new GoT series is all “I don’t have a girlfriend, but I do have a niece.”


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On 9/10/2022 at 10:07 PM, Darth_Raichu said:

Cobra Kai season 5 was AWESOME !!!

It's getting a little ridiculous.  When they were looking at the map with markers for all the Cobra Kai dojos, I bust out laughing.

3 minutes ago, fuzzy_bricks said:

It's getting a little ridiculous.  When they were looking at the map with markers for all the Cobra Kai dojos, I bust out laughing.

Kind of late to call it ridiculous.  Remember, they fixed a major spinal injury using karate in just 1 summer.     

6 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

Kind of late to call it ridiculous.  Remember, they fixed a major spinal injury using karate in just 1 summer.     

For sure, but it's ridiculous in the best way.

Here we gooooo.........