What was the last movie you've seen?

[noiseredux]

Is it too meta to use the popcorn gif in the movie thread?

[indecks]

So....AMC shows like TWD are mini movies? I mean, it's called The American Movie channel and mostly shows movies. Same with MAD MEN.

I have no idea, I stopped watching TWD because it deviated from the comics too much. Not because I was confused.

Never seen MadMen, though I've been meaning to start.

[dsheinem]

Its not nearly as ridiculous as "i got confuzzled by a kids book movie and its too long. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm about to sit down and watch hour 45 of my multiple-story-arc TV show."

I never said I was confused, I said they were convoluted. Specifically, I implied the plot was convoluted as a way to extend the story. This made Rowling a mint. (and, as mjm pointed out, this kind of convolutedness is true of the genre in general).

A TV show with multiple story arcs is not the same thing as a movie series with mutlipe story arcs. They are written, produced, released, and consumed in very different ways. I can't believe I have to continually explain this to explain why Potter films are not "the same as" GoT on TV just because they are both long in cumulative hours.

[Luke]

Is it too meta to use the popcorn gif in the movie thread?

You should have just posted it and waited to see who got it.

[indecks]

Its not nearly as ridiculous as "i got confuzzled by a kids book movie and its too long. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm about to sit down and watch hour 45 of my multiple-story-arc TV show."

I never said I was confused, I said they were convoluted. Specifically, I implied the plot was convoluted as a way to extend the story. This made Rowling a mint. (and, as mjm pointed out, this kind of convolutedness is true of the genre in general).

A TV show with multiple story arcs is not the same thing as a movie series with mutlipe story arcs. They are written, produced, released, and consumed in very different ways. I can't believe I have to continually explain this to explain why Potter films are not "the same as" GoT TV just because they are both long in cumulative hours.

And I said Potter isn't convoluted. Yet you still are confused by that fact and call it convoluted. When_it_is_not. The *source material* of both series are vastly different, in that one is a KIDS story, and the other is not, and is (again) infinitely convoluted.

My issue was that you were saying you just couldn't stomach any more of that crazy ups-and-downs Potterverse, but you're just fine sitting through 30 hours of Thrones which has political intrigue, backstabbing, sex, lies, (videotape), kingships, war, nothern invasions, dragons, psychics, (some) wizardry, incest, rape, some things that the readers of the books still don't understand like Wights and whitewalkers, etc etc etc.

That you can easily take in. But "youre a wizard harry.." and your brain explodes 87.5% through the story.

[fastbilly1]

Double the budget, double the production time = mini movie

But they are still TV shows. They air ON TV. They are produced as episodes in seasons and are WRITTEN and DIRECTED as such.

Again, slapping together episodes of GoT or Sopranos or Deadwood or Curb Your Enthusiasm does not a movie make.

I understand and agree on all but one point, I was just adding that they are more like movies in production which leads to my disagreement. They are TV shows but they are made and directed like movies. And while you may be saying "but fast, all TV shows and movies are made the same way" but not too fast, they are completely different animals.

On the side, I have not seen the Potter films, or read the books, and do not plan to.

[dsheinem]

My issue was that you were saying you just couldn't stomach any more of that crazy ups-and-downs Potterverse

I never said this. I explained that they felt convoluted because plot points seemed artificially shoehorned in to extend the length of the series. I granted that maybe this was the fault of the films, and not the books.

I certainly could follow the Potter films fine and understood it. I just understood it to be convoluted and - perhaps a better word - overly-contrived.

[dsheinem]

they are completely different animals.

This is what I was saying. I am not sure on what point, if any, you are disagreeing with me. You are also using your username and the verb "fast" in the same sentence in a way that confuses me. It is very convoluted of you.

On the side, I have not seen the Potter films, or read the books, and do not plan to.

wise choice

[prfsnl_gmr]

On the side, I have not seen the Potter films, or read the books, and do not plan to.

I had that attitude once, but I read the first two books while I was stranded in a hotel. After that, I basically said to myself, "F*ck it. These are great!" and plowed through the rest of the series. I even ended up reading some of the later books in a single sitting.

(My point is that, if you have the slightest interest in them, I would recommend reading the books.)

[Ack]

HBO is also a premium network, meaning all of their programming operates under different guidelines from basic cable networks such as AMC. Instead, it is better to compare it to the likes of Cinemax, Showtime, The Movie Channel, Flix, Starz, Encore, MoviePlex, Epix, Playboy TV, Hustler TV, Penthouse TV, Baby First TV, Fox Soccer Plus, NFL RedZone, here!, and so forth.