<![CDATA[Metal Gear Forums - Film & Television]]> https://metalgearforums.com/ Mon, 04 May 2026 08:32:25 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Westeros (Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms)]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Westeros-Game-of-Thrones-House-of-the-Dragon-A-Knight-of-the-Seven-Kingdoms Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:57:19 +0200 Aragorn]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Westeros-Game-of-Thrones-House-of-the-Dragon-A-Knight-of-the-Seven-Kingdoms
I've had a severe hyperfixation on ASOIAF and it's associated media for the past month or two, in no part due to the debut of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Excellently made and it feels like a true return to form to GoT Season 1 - Season 4 quality - and it is very faithful to the Egg & Dunk novellas.

I watched House of the Dragon's first season when it debuted, but i'm just not feeling it. They stripped the source material of its teeth with this one, and are trying to over simplify and make a very complicated story more appealing to a general audience. They've also created one of the most annoying sub-fandoms i'v ever seen.

Aegon the Conqueror is getting a movie. That should be interesting, i'm very curious how well this IP performs in the box office vs the silver screen.]]>
I've had a severe hyperfixation on ASOIAF and it's associated media for the past month or two, in no part due to the debut of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Excellently made and it feels like a true return to form to GoT Season 1 - Season 4 quality - and it is very faithful to the Egg & Dunk novellas.

I watched House of the Dragon's first season when it debuted, but i'm just not feeling it. They stripped the source material of its teeth with this one, and are trying to over simplify and make a very complicated story more appealing to a general audience. They've also created one of the most annoying sub-fandoms i'v ever seen.

Aegon the Conqueror is getting a movie. That should be interesting, i'm very curious how well this IP performs in the box office vs the silver screen.]]> <![CDATA[Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Spider-Man-Beyond-the-Spider-Verse Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:56:23 +0200 Dirty Duck]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Spider-Man-Beyond-the-Spider-Verse
Stills:
Looks great but that was to be expected given the first two.
I really enjoyed Across the Spider-Verse and have been anticipating this one ever since. Probably the only Marvel project I've been anticipating in years really, can't believe it's nearly been 3 since it released already.]]>
Stills:
Looks great but that was to be expected given the first two.
I really enjoyed Across the Spider-Verse and have been anticipating this one ever since. Probably the only Marvel project I've been anticipating in years really, can't believe it's nearly been 3 since it released already.]]> <![CDATA[Project Hail Mary]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Project-Hail-Mary Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:16:01 +0100 Null]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Project-Hail-Mary
I saw it yesterday and while I enjoyed it, it didn’t blow me away. It was tense, emotional and generally well put together. But weirdly I thought Gosling’s performance was slightly off compared to his usual standard.

I also thought some of the jokes were a bit flat. Like, not to a terrible or cringeworthy degree. But a lot of predictable and “flat” banter IMO. 

I reckon I give it about 7.5/10 on first viewing. 

What’s everyone else think?]]>
I saw it yesterday and while I enjoyed it, it didn’t blow me away. It was tense, emotional and generally well put together. But weirdly I thought Gosling’s performance was slightly off compared to his usual standard.

I also thought some of the jokes were a bit flat. Like, not to a terrible or cringeworthy degree. But a lot of predictable and “flat” banter IMO. 

I reckon I give it about 7.5/10 on first viewing. 

What’s everyone else think?]]> <![CDATA[The Pusher Trilogy]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-The-Pusher-Trilogy Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:12:21 +0100 Helikaon]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-The-Pusher-Trilogy
Incredible Danish crime trilogy, started by Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive). 

Some of the rawest, realist movies I've seen so far in my life.

Mads Mikkelsen is INCREDIBLE in the first two, and the second film has perhaps my favourite ending in a crime thriller since I first saw The Godfather and Scarface.

Anyone else seen and enjoyed these movies? I feel like I'm going insane trying to tell people about them. Really hoping the trilogy sticks the landing.]]>
Incredible Danish crime trilogy, started by Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive). 

Some of the rawest, realist movies I've seen so far in my life.

Mads Mikkelsen is INCREDIBLE in the first two, and the second film has perhaps my favourite ending in a crime thriller since I first saw The Godfather and Scarface.

Anyone else seen and enjoyed these movies? I feel like I'm going insane trying to tell people about them. Really hoping the trilogy sticks the landing.]]> <![CDATA[Pluribus]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Pluribus Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:00:24 +0100 Null]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Pluribus [Image: IMG-1156.webp]
Anybody watched this yet? It’s out now on Apple+. Been waiting for this for a long while. I’m going to get stuck in tonight.]]> [Image: IMG-1156.webp]
Anybody watched this yet? It’s out now on Apple+. Been waiting for this for a long while. I’m going to get stuck in tonight.]]> <![CDATA[Halloween Films & Shows]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Halloween-Films-Shows Fri, 31 Oct 2025 01:03:42 +0100 Dirty Duck]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Halloween-Films-Shows usually do?)

This year I watched Fright Night (1985)
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It had been on my list since playing Death Stranding Director's Cut as it's one of the data chips you can collect (still so random to just have a bit of info about some films as a collectible, but I'm missing them in the sequel rn). A friend messaged me recommending it recently which put it back on my radar and while I'm not at home this month (and so haven't watched many films) I did manage to get back and have a big night in with my girlfriend a few weeks ago where we put it on. It's about a boy who, after a vampire moves in next door to him, enlists a well known vampire hunter...actor. Local TV host Peter Vincent who has never met a real vampire in his life. The special effects are great, the soundtrack is brilliant, and it's so 80s. Incredibly fun watch and an unabashedly horny vampire film in a very sincere way (weirdly aren't that many of those off the top of my head?), look no further than this club scene:


I watched it in a double bill with Weapons (2025) (not putting the poster as I'm sure you've all seen it everywhere) which I really enjoyed but felt less Halloween-y for whatever reason (maybe just due to it being modern? Everyday we stray farther from Halloween's light). I was aware there'd been a lot of hype around this one but knew next to nothing about it which was the perfect way to see it. Never saw the director's previous film but I remember that being a bit divisive. Might check it out at some point.

I usually enjoy watching a slasher film or some franchise trash too around Halloween but it's not the kind of thing I'd really pop on when on my own these days. Films like that are more for group watching and it's a waste watching them alone I feel.

Maybe I'll squeeze one in tomorrow, who knows?]]> usually do?)

This year I watched Fright Night (1985)
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It had been on my list since playing Death Stranding Director's Cut as it's one of the data chips you can collect (still so random to just have a bit of info about some films as a collectible, but I'm missing them in the sequel rn). A friend messaged me recommending it recently which put it back on my radar and while I'm not at home this month (and so haven't watched many films) I did manage to get back and have a big night in with my girlfriend a few weeks ago where we put it on. It's about a boy who, after a vampire moves in next door to him, enlists a well known vampire hunter...actor. Local TV host Peter Vincent who has never met a real vampire in his life. The special effects are great, the soundtrack is brilliant, and it's so 80s. Incredibly fun watch and an unabashedly horny vampire film in a very sincere way (weirdly aren't that many of those off the top of my head?), look no further than this club scene:


I watched it in a double bill with Weapons (2025) (not putting the poster as I'm sure you've all seen it everywhere) which I really enjoyed but felt less Halloween-y for whatever reason (maybe just due to it being modern? Everyday we stray farther from Halloween's light). I was aware there'd been a lot of hype around this one but knew next to nothing about it which was the perfect way to see it. Never saw the director's previous film but I remember that being a bit divisive. Might check it out at some point.

I usually enjoy watching a slasher film or some franchise trash too around Halloween but it's not the kind of thing I'd really pop on when on my own these days. Films like that are more for group watching and it's a waste watching them alone I feel.

Maybe I'll squeeze one in tomorrow, who knows?]]> <![CDATA[「Japanese Animes」]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-%E3%80%8CJapanese-Animes%E3%80%8D Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:25:34 +0200 Dirty Duck]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-%E3%80%8CJapanese-Animes%E3%80%8D
I've been watching New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. The original show was one of the ones that helped get me into anime. Was the first I watched subbed as there was no dub on at the time and I became a big fan. It ended on a cliff-hanger after one season in 2010 and so the news of it finally getting a second season after over a decade was super exciting when it was announced. I was a bit worried that maybe I'd grown out of the show's humour given I was ~15 when I watched it, but thankfully I'm really enjoying the new one. A relief as it would have felt a bit sad if I watched it and was like 'lol this sucks' after waiting so long for it. Feels surreal to finally have a continuation and it's fun to be tuning in and have the internet discussing the show again (especially since all my IRL friends I used to talk to about it I'm not friends with anymore)

It's 2010 and I'm watching an anime called Panty and Stocking, playing a new Big Boss MGS game, and posting on an internet forum.

It's 2025 and I'm watching an anime called Panty and Stocking, playing a new Big Boss MGS game, and posting on an internet forum.



I'm also very excited that the Chainsaw Man film is finally out next month. Seems ludicrous that even that is something I've been waiting 3 years for. In a way it almost feels too long to wait but I'm gonna try and rustle up a group to go and see it in the cinema. I think this arc will work really well as a film. If you've not given Chainsaw Man a go yet you should watch the first season quickly in time to catch the film in the cinema-I'm sure it'll be worth it!
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I've been watching New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. The original show was one of the ones that helped get me into anime. Was the first I watched subbed as there was no dub on at the time and I became a big fan. It ended on a cliff-hanger after one season in 2010 and so the news of it finally getting a second season after over a decade was super exciting when it was announced. I was a bit worried that maybe I'd grown out of the show's humour given I was ~15 when I watched it, but thankfully I'm really enjoying the new one. A relief as it would have felt a bit sad if I watched it and was like 'lol this sucks' after waiting so long for it. Feels surreal to finally have a continuation and it's fun to be tuning in and have the internet discussing the show again (especially since all my IRL friends I used to talk to about it I'm not friends with anymore)

It's 2010 and I'm watching an anime called Panty and Stocking, playing a new Big Boss MGS game, and posting on an internet forum.

It's 2025 and I'm watching an anime called Panty and Stocking, playing a new Big Boss MGS game, and posting on an internet forum.



I'm also very excited that the Chainsaw Man film is finally out next month. Seems ludicrous that even that is something I've been waiting 3 years for. In a way it almost feels too long to wait but I'm gonna try and rustle up a group to go and see it in the cinema. I think this arc will work really well as a film. If you've not given Chainsaw Man a go yet you should watch the first season quickly in time to catch the film in the cinema-I'm sure it'll be worth it!
]]> <![CDATA[Video Game adaptations]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Video-Game-adaptations Fri, 23 May 2025 16:00:44 +0200 Jassassino]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Video-Game-adaptations [Image: DTZ6xOb.jpeg]

A24 are set to produce an Elden Ring movie with Alex Garland heading up screenwriting.

This is honestly bananas(where's the Donkey Kong movie at?!), Garland is hit and miss to the extreme, but his most recent efforts I've been pretty impressed with. Weirdly, also think it's 100% the correct choice to avoid somebody with a lean to Fantasy fiction backgrounds in their credits, this is a project which could so easily (and may well be still) bogged down with constant fluff. Simultaneously, if they retain the more nuanced and subtle storytelling aspects of Fromsoft (and before any of you smart-asses make the joke - no, I do not mean the main character reading 12 pages worth of item descriptions to decipher who sucked off who), this could be a truly rich film.]]> [Image: DTZ6xOb.jpeg]

A24 are set to produce an Elden Ring movie with Alex Garland heading up screenwriting.

This is honestly bananas(where's the Donkey Kong movie at?!), Garland is hit and miss to the extreme, but his most recent efforts I've been pretty impressed with. Weirdly, also think it's 100% the correct choice to avoid somebody with a lean to Fantasy fiction backgrounds in their credits, this is a project which could so easily (and may well be still) bogged down with constant fluff. Simultaneously, if they retain the more nuanced and subtle storytelling aspects of Fromsoft (and before any of you smart-asses make the joke - no, I do not mean the main character reading 12 pages worth of item descriptions to decipher who sucked off who), this could be a truly rich film.]]> <![CDATA[HBO/Sky Atlantic: The Last of Us]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-HBO-Sky-Atlantic-The-Last-of-Us Wed, 23 Apr 2025 23:41:11 +0200 Bread]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-HBO-Sky-Atlantic-The-Last-of-Us
2 episodes into Season 2 now.

Spoiler:
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2 episodes into Season 2 now.

Spoiler:
]]> <![CDATA[What are you watching?]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-What-are-you-watching Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:16:46 +0100 NateDog]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-What-are-you-watching <![CDATA[Daredevil: Born Again]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Daredevil-Born-Again Sun, 23 Mar 2025 21:34:58 +0100 Bread]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Daredevil-Born-Again
Enjoying this a lot so far. Always enjoyed the more grounded Netflix Marvel shows. So far, been half courtroom drama, half political intrigue, and I'm quite invested so far.]]>
Enjoying this a lot so far. Always enjoyed the more grounded Netflix Marvel shows. So far, been half courtroom drama, half political intrigue, and I'm quite invested so far.]]> <![CDATA[Film chat]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Film-chat Sat, 22 Mar 2025 23:37:15 +0100 NateDog]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Film-chat <![CDATA[Severance]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Severance Fri, 21 Mar 2025 23:03:01 +0100 Jassassino]]> https://metalgearforums.com/Thread-Severance

Please spoiler tag all discussion for the most recent season for people who may not have finished it!

Finale Spoilers below!
Spoiler:
I cannot believe it.]]>

Please spoiler tag all discussion for the most recent season for people who may not have finished it!

Finale Spoilers below!
Spoiler:
I cannot believe it.]]>