Trying to broaden my horizons a bit this, especially in film, so I grabbed Fassbinder's "Ali: Fear Eats the Soul"

I know it's pretty much his most celebrated film, and likely his most accessible, but it is really enjoyable. Feels as relevant today as it did back then sadly. I imagine some people would struggle with El Hedi ben Salem's acting, or lack thereof, but I think the ending of the film sort of explains why he is so blank faced throughout. It's charming, and sad, and has a lot of hope in it.

But, but spandex.

I get moving the nitty gritty chat to the super thread but I think posting of trailers and reviews of the films should be here too.

poprock wrote:

Movies are movies. *shrug*

This. If you want a thread dedicated to odd little art house flicks and nothing else, you can always start one.

I don't see it taking off.

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

I do agree that the superhero theories discussions and stuff can be done in the other thread though

That's fair enough. But the trailers, discussion of the films etc. has as much right to be in here as anything else.

If you don't like it, don't read it.

I thought it was a simple request. There's a thread for superhero films and TV shows. Use it.

Or think for a minute that some people might like reading about films but are absolutely sick of superhero films, at least all the details about how they all fit together and fan theories etc.

Or imagine if the book thread or the music thread was constantly clogged full of people talking about the same series or type of music that you have no interest in, even though you like books and music in general, and even though there's a specific thread about that series or type of music, and how that might get annoying.

3 pages of 'maybe Spiderman's going to turn into a spider with the powers of a man this time'. Put it all in the bin.

Edit: I mean, if there wasn't so much of it, it wouldn't be an issue. But there's tons of it. In films and TV. It's just too much to constantly have to wade through.

The last few pages may have tipped me over the edge.

I’m sure cat owners get fed up of the pets thread being 90% dog chat too.

but the film thread is more often near the top of the list so.

You guys do realise we're now off topic, yeah? Oh the irony.

Jaco wrote:

I'm no superhero geek (I haven't seen many of the DC / Marvel flicks), but I really don't care if folk want to talk about them. If they enjoy it, more power to them. In any thread, there are times when whole pages are taken up with discussion I'm not interested it. I just ignore it and dive into another thread. I'll dip back in when the conversation swings back to matters I'm interested in. You can't dictate what people should and shouldn't discuss. If it's on-topic, it's fine. IMO etc. *shrugs*

"I'm not annoyed by this thing so it's perfectly fine."

LivDiv wrote:

I think it's a fair enough request from Jon and iirc it was why a superhero thread was made in the first place. Tangents happen but with the frequency of superhero content superhero tangents can dominate discussion a bit. It's a bit like if General Games News was constantly dominated by Destiny chat.

Yes. The frequency of it is exactly the point. Like, it happens with Star Wars too, but not as often, so it's less of an issue.

JonB wrote:

I'm no superhero geek (I haven't seen many of the DC / Marvel flicks), but I really don't care if folk want to talk about them. If they enjoy it, more power to them. In any thread, there are times when whole pages are taken up with discussion I'm not interested it. I just ignore it and dive into another thread. I'll dip back in when the conversation swings back to matters I'm interested in. You can't dictate what people should and shouldn't discuss. If it's on-topic, it's fine. IMO etc. *shrugs*

"I'm not annoyed by this thing so it's perfectly fine."

"This thing annoys me so I demand everyone kowtow to my will."

Also, genuine lol at crayon's first two sentences there...

monkey wrote:

There's also a Star Wars thread for trailers and shite so I can be right in there as well.

That depends. Did you enjoy TLJ?

JonB wrote:

Silence is golden. I was half expecting to be bored going in but found it fascinating.

This is a great pun and you should feel bad.

poprock wrote:

I know there’s a documentaries thread but nobody reads that, so … The really, really great Ayrton Senna biopic, Senna is now on Netflix in the UK – it arrived today. (It might have been on there before, I dunno.) If you have even a passing interest in F1 or cars in general, I recommend it. Great film.

Great film.

There's also a Williams documentary on their but I haven't gotten round to watching it as when I put it on the t'internet was playing up.