Interest in discussing HBO's Temple Grandin?

September 18, 2014 11:57 AM

I'd like to do a FanFare post on HBO's Temple Grandin - would people be interested in discussing this?

This was a TV movie from 2010 and is available from Amazon Prime and a number of other sources, including the Netflix DVD service.

So, are people interested? If so, how much lead time do you want between this FanFare Talk post and the FanFare discussion post itself?

posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome (10 comments total)

I've watched it and I am into discussing it
posted by latkes at 12:03 PM on September 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

Thanks for leaving a comment, latkes. Ideally I'm looking for 3 or 4 positive comments in order to go ahead with a post.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 11:09 AM on September 19, 2014

Sounds fascinating, I'm in.

As for lead time, maybe a week? Especially with so few comments here so far.

Last note: even though Can I Stream It lists sources to buy the movie, Amazon (US) displays that it is available to stream for free as a Prime member.
posted by filthy light thief at 2:55 PM on September 19, 2014 [1 favorite]

I may have a comment, about cattle.

Also I think they should have cast Dot-Marie Jones.
posted by sammyo at 4:53 PM on September 19, 2014 [1 favorite]

Okay I'll consider that my three "yay" votes.

I'll post to FanFare on Saturday, September 27th.

Look forward to your thoughts about this TV movie. Good, bad, indifferent - all are welcome!
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 6:23 PM on September 19, 2014

Reminder: Temple Grandin will be posted this Saturday, September 27th.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 9:22 AM on September 25, 2014

Okay, so despite my best efforts, I have discovered that Temple Grandin is a "TV Movie", and FanFare is not yet adjusted to allow for submission of TV Movies yet.

pb has communicated to me that the tech team will endeavor to get that option added to FanFare next week, at which time I will post asap.

I'm sorry to anyone who had been looking forward to the discussion today, and I am appreciative of your patience. Any pre-post discussion can happen here and would be fun, IMHO.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 9:00 AM on September 27, 2014

Just as a note: I was watching a lot of YouTube videos in preparation for the post, and am bowled over (yet again) by Claire Danes. She is one hell of an actress and I hope she takes on more difficult and challenging roles in future. She's shaping up to be a national treasure imho.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 9:02 AM on September 27, 2014

Thanks for the update. I watched the movie (as a low-quality version, on a tablet while commuting), and I was thinking about it even after watching 4 episodes of Community later that day. I'm looking forward to discussing this together.
posted by filthy light thief at 12:19 PM on September 27, 2014 [1 favorite]

It's up and ready for discussion.

Special thanks to pb for working on resolving the technical glitch, when I'm sure there were many other more pressing matters to attend to. I didn't expect to be able to post before Wednesday at the earliest, so this was a delightful surprise for me this Monday.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 12:48 PM on September 29, 2014