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Ok. Now I want to see Her.

Rehab, then Oprah.

Dammit, I hope every episode starts out this way. I want this doctor to be half wide-eyed newborn, half jaded asshole who is constantly perturbed and put out by the fucking timey-wimey-ness of everything and jesus christ he can't even begin to handle it and for fuck's sake why hasn't someone gotten him a bloody scotch already?

I couldn't agree with you more, BBQ.

It's impressive technically, floating faces aside, sure. But it has nothing to say, other than "hey look at these two iconic characters interacting, isn't it cool?"

Sadly, people applaud stuff like this as incredible, must-watch entertainment. I see it all over Facebook when it comes out. Like that Wonder Woman concept trailer from a couple of months ago. I can fully appreciate the work, effort, talent and skill that goes into creating them, but they're nothing more than exercises in superficial pandering at best.

Your little concept story is already 1000x more intriguing and entertaining than this was.

[Edit: Ah, my browser's cache of this thread didn't have page 2 or 3. You've all pointed out my above post a couple of times already. Sorry for the redundancy.]

I'm with everyone else. I like Shia, think he's a talented bloke and want to see good things happen for him. But unfortunately, he made a bad decision.

I'm not mad at him personally, but I'm surprised. And his apologies are nice and all, but at least one of them is plagiarized. Like, seriously?

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I've been putting off watching Barry Lyndon. I think it's time I finally watch it.

Maniac (2012)

This was something. Based on the 1980's exploitation flick of the same name, Maniac stars Elijah Wood as Frank, a mannequin restorer who also happens to be a delusional, psychotic killer with some pretty severe mommy issues.

Rather than following the tired slasher formula, the entire movie takes place from Frank's perspective. Literally. Much of the movie is filmed in first person perspective. In fact, you could argue that one of the main themes of the film is perspective itself: how we see ourselves, how others see us, what happens when our perspective shifts or changes. And the camera work illustrates that quite effectively as we occasionally leave Frank's body and look at him before returning to his perspective.

While we certainly get to see through Frank's eyes as he commits his horrendous acts, we also get to see what his troubled personal life is like. Frank is a sad and lonely person afflicted with crippling migraines, paranoid delusions and psychotic episodes. I really liked that  Frank was the protagonist and not his victims. Of course, there's the visceral thrill of "being the killer" as well.

Overall, a really solid movie. Performances were good all around. Lots of neat camera work and clever editing kept the movie flowing nicely. I especially liked the way transitions were used to tell the story. Very effective.

If you have the stomach for it, I'd recommend this movie because it's one of the better slasher flicks you'll likely see.

Holy fuck. From the man who brought us "Slither" comes THE best "what if someone tried to be a superhero in real life" story ever. Funny, unflinching and dark as hell, it gave me the same crazy high as "Punch Drunk Love" in that we're-fucked-up-in-the-head-but-life-is-still-beautiful kind of way.

Rainn Wilson. I had no idea what he was capable of, but wow. And my crush, Ellen Page, plays a love-starved psychotic sidekick perfectly.

Thanks man.  I think we toed the line, tonally. It's such a ridiculous story, it was kind of fun to take it so seriously.

We're getting a lot of positive feedback on it, which is nice.

Clearly, the regeneration issue is going to be the central conceit of the Christmas special.

Any idea where us non-Brits could watch it?