I can't find the original thread, if it appears then please merge.......
Anyway, about a million years after everyone else as usual I am finally watching 'Game of Thrones'. I found the box set of seasons 1-4 very cheap so it should keep me quiet for a while.......
NZ beating Oz in the World Cup.
Quote from: Tank on October 31, 2015, 05:19:56 PM
NZ beating Oz in the World Cup.
Is that still going on?
Quote from: Claireliontamer on October 31, 2015, 05:17:45 PM
I found the box set of seasons 1-4 very cheap so it should keep me quiet for a while.......
Don't suppose Dav, Mags and xSPx need to see it do they?
Quote from: Siz on October 31, 2015, 09:31:35 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on October 31, 2015, 05:17:45 PM
I found the box set of seasons 1-4 very cheap so it should keep me quiet for a while.......
Don't suppose Dav, Mags and xSPx need to see it do they?
LOL. :P
Actually that got me thinking...I would like to watch GoT again, starting from the beginning. :chin:
Enjoy, Claireliontamer! If you're into fantasy/historical stuff then you'll surely love it. Most probably you'll enjoy it even if you're not into that stuff. :smilenod:
Quote from: Siz on October 31, 2015, 09:31:35 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on October 31, 2015, 05:17:45 PM
I found the box set of seasons 1-4 very cheap so it should keep me quiet for a while.......
Don't suppose Dav, Mags and xSPx need to see it do they?
Claire, I haven't seen 'Game of Thrones' either. I haven't even seen that movie where a girl keeps singing...
"Let it go...let it go...!" ::)
Quote from: Magdalena on October 31, 2015, 09:52:12 PM
I haven't even seen that movie where a girl keeps singing..."Let it go...let it go...!" ::)
I haven't watched that either, much to the staggering disbelief of my 6 year old niece.
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Quote from: Magdalena on October 31, 2015, 09:52:12 PM
I haven't even seen that movie where a girl keeps singing..."Let it go...let it go...!" ::)
I haven't watched that either, much to the staggering disbelief of my 6 year old niece.
I just watched on Youtube: Disney's Frozen "Let It Go" Sequence Performed by Idina Menzel. I finally heard the whole song. Sticky song, isn't it? :sadnod: Maybe one day I'll watch the movie.
I liked the part of the music video where she lets down her hair. :tellmemore:
;D
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Quote from: Magdalena on October 31, 2015, 09:52:12 PM
I haven't even seen that movie where a girl keeps singing..."Let it go...let it go...!" ::)
I haven't watched that either, much to the staggering disbelief of my 6 year old niece.
I just watched on Youtube: Disney's Frozen "Let It Go" Sequence Performed by Idina Menzel. I finally heard the whole song. Sticky song, isn't it? :sadnod: Maybe one day I'll watch the movie.
I liked the part of the music video where she lets down her hair. :tellmemore:
;D
::) Oh, why did I have to get all curious to see her let down her hair and watch the clip? Now I've got the song stuck in my head!
Let it go...let it go...It is a sticky tune, for sure. Too sticky, in fact. :(
Can't hold it back anymore...I'm thinking how useful those kind of superpowers would be during hot summer days. I would be able to chill a bottle of soda fairly quickly if only I could instantly make a snowman out of thin air... :chin:
Let it go...let it go..
Turn away and slam the door:daddance:
:la la la la:
Quote from: Claireliontamer on October 31, 2015, 05:17:45 PM
I can't find the original thread, if it appears then please merge.......
Anyway, about a million years after everyone else as usual I am finally watching 'Game of Thrones'. I found the box set of seasons 1-4 very cheap so it should keep me quiet for a while.......
It's good, hey!
(I haven't seen the latest season yet, so no spoilers! :D)
I've got to start watching House of Cards again...
I thought I would finally watch the 9th series of X Files so I'm up to date on the new series starting next year and I might just give that a miss because the 9th is so bad.
My roommates actually linked watching the 700 club news so I watched a bit out of curiosity. Are these people real? Like they actually believe that Christians are under attack in America.
Quote from: Budhorse4 on November 18, 2015, 03:15:04 PM
My roommates actually linked watching the 700 club news so I watched a bit out of curiosity. Are these people real? Like they actually believe that Christians are under attack in America.
Oh dear!
Quote from: Budhorse4 on November 18, 2015, 03:15:04 PM
My roommates actually linked watching the 700 club news so I watched a bit out of curiosity. Are these people real? Like they actually believe that Christians are under attack in America.
Yes. Yes they do. Having never been actually discriminated against, but filled with stories about how the devil wants to ruin all the things, leaves them looking very hard for where the devil is attacking them. Because they are not allowed to doubt their religion and there is no Devil to attack them (but he must be attacking them the church says it's everywhere), to resolve that problem, they perceive things that are not attacks, as attacks.
I've been watching an American series called Fargo, 8/10 so far, two more to go. Comically dark, very dark and not the sort of thing I would generally watch; it's about a gang war, but it is riveting. There is an actress called Kirsten Dunst, very young, but very good. Patrick Wilson and Ted Danson are also in it. I would recommend it.
Wife and I have been watching Gotham lately. I'm always been a Batman fan, and the acting is pretty good for the most part, especially the guys who play the Penguin and Alfred. But it's starting to overboard; latest story arc was too predictable and obvious, and Jim Gordon's character has become much darker than the comics usually went. Starting to feel gimmicky.
I am hooked with doctor who. I think I am turning into a fangirl
help
Detectorists Season 1 and The Bridge Season 3.
Some poxy cooking program.
Quote from: Crow on December 17, 2015, 07:57:32 PM
Detectorists Season 1 and The Bridge Season 3.
I love 'The Detectorists' and can tell you that Series 2 doesn't disappoint. Finding it quite difficult to get into Series 3 of 'The Bridge'.
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Detectorists Season 1 and The Bridge Season 3.
I love 'The Detectorists' and can tell you that Series 2 doesn't disappoint. Finding it quite difficult to get into Series 3 of 'The Bridge'.
Just finished season 1 of The Detectorists and thoroughly enjoyed it, so well shot and directed there were parts almost Wes Anderson in style especially the open day part. Glad I checked it out.
I have to agree with The Bridge it isn't anywhere near as good as the first two seasons and the lack of Martin Rohde isn't really filled by the new person.
Around this particular household all eyes have been on the Womens Handball World Cup. My parents like sports on TV.
Thankfully it ended today with the final, where I take a very small measure of pride that Norway crushed the Netherlands.
Quote from: Guardian85 on December 20, 2015, 11:37:35 PM
Around this particular household all eyes have been on the Womens Handball World Cup. My parents like sports on TV.
Thankfully it ended today with the final, where I take a very small measure of pride that Norway crushed the Netherlands.
I'm still upset by that ;).
I recently started watching The Expanse on Amazon Prime. I like science fiction, and I always appreciate realistic science. It's not totally accurate, but the creators of the show are making an effort to nod to the science. It seems to have the beginnings of an involved plot: it's clearly based on a book. I have high hopes for it, though there are only 4 episodes so far.
I'm also planning to start the books over Christmas break.
Quote from: Essie Mae on December 14, 2015, 12:55:00 AM
I've been watching an American series called Fargo, 8/10 so far, two more to go. Comically dark, very dark and not the sort of thing I would generally watch; it's about a gang war, but it is riveting. There is an actress called Kirsten Dunst, very young, but very good. Patrick Wilson and Ted Danson are also in it. I would recommend it.
Sounds like season 3. If you haven't seen season 1 yet, I can strongly recommend it-- Martin Freeman and Billy Bob Thornton as a hapless shlub and a contract killer respectively. Wonderful chemistry.
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Quote from: Essie Mae on December 14, 2015, 12:55:00 AM
I've been watching an American series called Fargo, 8/10 so far, two more to go. Comically dark, very dark and not the sort of thing I would generally watch; it's about a gang war, but it is riveting. There is an actress called Kirsten Dunst, very young, but very good. Patrick Wilson and Ted Danson are also in it. I would recommend it.
Sounds like season 3. If you haven't seen season 1 yet, I can strongly recommend it-- Martin Freeman and Billy Bob Thornton as a hapless shlub and a contract killer respectively. Wonderful chemistry.
Also watch the origional film if you havn't. That is one of my favourites.
Decided to start watching Broadchurch and so far it is really good, only two episodes in though.
A Christmas Carol, the 1951 version with Alaistair Sim. I think I like this one even better than the George C. Scott version.
The wheels go round and round.
Tonight, I'm watching the Kenneth Branagh version of Wallander.
It's a depressing vision of Sweden, but another part of me wonders what my life would be like if I had grown up in a secular country, like Sweden.
Quote from: Waski_the_Squirrel on December 25, 2015, 05:33:45 AM
Tonight, I'm watching the Kenneth Branagh version of Wallander.
It's a depressing vision of Sweden, but another part of me wonders what my life would be like if I had grown up in a secular country, like Sweden.
Probably a lot less confusing :)
I've just watched the Christmas special of 'Sherlock'. I thought it was brilliant, completely over the top and a genius parody of itself.
Day two of the Twilight Zone marathon.
One of those classic scifi movies from the 1950's: It Came From Beneath the Sea.
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Though I'd check out the standup that Simon Amstell did a few years back, I enjoyed his cuntishness in popworld and hosting skills in Nevermind the Buzzcocks. Very good in a way I didn't expect it to be.
Simon Amstell - Do Nothing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4mH6E0hMbI)
Some one gave me a ROKU thingy for Christmas. Now I have been watching a trashy series titled; "Orange is the new black". Wow, that is one nasty set of scenes. So why in hell am I watching such stuff? It is all because of an NPR interview program where the author
, the real "Piper", was incarcerated for having made a mistake in judgment mixed with her lesbian attraction to another woman with criminal intent. The real Piper was a graduate of the exclusive Smith College and something of a debutante. She landed in the slammer to cohabit with the dregs of society, some of whom were most intelligent.
Mostly been on a Marvel binge lately. Watched Jessica Jones on Netflix (very good) and now doing Daredevil (good, though not quite as good) in between the occasional Dr. Who. All we do these days is stream.
There's nothing on.
I have slowly been watching Making a Murderer, I have a bit of a dislike for documentaries due to the fact you can make any idea credible and stage what you like but damn it is good.
Quote from: Crow on January 19, 2016, 08:04:10 PM
I have slowly been watching Making a Murderer, I have a bit of a dislike for documentaries due to the fact you can make any idea credible and stage what you like but damn it is good.
I'm part way through this, it is good!
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Quote from: Crow on January 19, 2016, 08:04:10 PM
I have slowly been watching Making a Murderer, I have a bit of a dislike for documentaries due to the fact you can make any idea credible and stage what you like but damn it is good.
I'm part way through this, it is good!
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/making-a-murderer-cold-case-investigator-believes-notorious-serial-killer-was-guilty-and-not-steven-a6824891.html have you seen this article today?
Quote from: Claireliontamer on January 21, 2016, 01:39:51 PM
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/making-a-murderer-cold-case-investigator-believes-notorious-serial-killer-was-guilty-and-not-steven-a6824891.html have you seen this article today?
I hadn't but I have now. I don't know what to make of it all. After watching the final episode my thoughts on the series was that the lawyers made some massive errors in the defence. This is where I think they fucked up going by what was presented in the show.
1) They never properly focused on the first charge of murder. They spent too long focusing on a conspiracy when there wasn't enough/any evidence for it, there was only suspicion. This is why they lost, they failed to highlight that because the bones, car and bullet were on his land doesn't indicate that he committed the murder. Its just as likely could have been another member of the family as it could have been him.
2) They didn't create a credible alternative story, they managed to poke holes in the time line but not provide an alternative narrative. The one they alluded to placed the police as the perpetrators. Rather than it just being a bias that made him the sole suspect and was an unfair investigation that ignored any potential other evidence.
3) They didn't ask for basic experiment methods to ensure a lack of bias or determine the accuracy of the blood tests.
Ultimately neither case was strong enough for a verdict to be given and whilst there is only the option of guilty or not-guilty available a fair trail isn't possible as it as clear as day to me this was an inconclusive case from both arguments. The Police were bias, the evidence was suspicious with only location really giving it any weight and the trail had been spoilt before it even got to a court. The defence were overly emotional, played along with Stevens conspiracy theory, failed to proved alternative narratives, failed to present a string of other potential suspects it could have pointed towards, failed to ensure their evidence got the best chances possible (even if it was late that would be a cause for review), failed to highlight why Stevens DNA could have been in the car and under the bonnet without the need for murder to have happened without resorting to far fetched ideas as the core of the case.
Quote from: Crow on January 21, 2016, 03:15:24 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on January 21, 2016, 01:39:51 PM
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/making-a-murderer-cold-case-investigator-believes-notorious-serial-killer-was-guilty-and-not-steven-a6824891.html have you seen this article today?
I hadn't but I have now. I don't know what to make of it all. After watching the final episode my thoughts on the series was that the lawyers made some massive errors in the defence. This is where I think they fucked up going by what was presented in the show.
1) They never properly focused on the first charge of murder. They spent too long focusing on a conspiracy when there wasn't enough/any evidence for it, there was only suspicion. This is why they lost, they failed to highlight that because the bones, car and bullet were on his land doesn't indicate that he committed the murder. Its just as likely could have been another member of the family as it could have been him.
2) They didn't create a credible alternative story, they managed to poke holes in the time line but not provide an alternative narrative. The one they alluded to placed the police as the perpetrators. Rather than it just being a bias that made him the sole suspect and was an unfair investigation that ignored any potential other evidence.
3) They didn't ask for basic experiment methods to ensure a lack of bias or determine the accuracy of the blood tests.
Ultimately neither case was strong enough for a verdict to be given and whilst there is only the option of guilty or not-guilty available a fair trail isn't possible as it as clear as day to me this was an inconclusive case from both arguments. The Police were bias, the evidence was suspicious with only location really giving it any weight and the trail had been spoilt before it even got to a court. The defence were overly emotional, played along with Stevens conspiracy theory, failed to proved alternative narratives, failed to present a string of other potential suspects it could have pointed towards, failed to ensure their evidence got the best chances possible (even if it was late that would be a cause for review), failed to highlight why Stevens DNA could have been in the car and under the bonnet without the need for murder to have happened without resorting to far fetched ideas as the core of the case.
I haven't seen the full series yet, I think I'm on episode 6 but my impressions so far are if major corruption.
Rick and Morty.
It is essentially an animated version of Dr Who aimed at a slightly older target audience.
Quote from: Crow on January 24, 2016, 12:16:11 AM
Rick and Morty.
It is essentially an animated version of Dr Who aimed at a slightly older target audience.
I also think it has more than a bit of Doc and Marty from Back to the Future in it.
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Quote from: Crow on January 24, 2016, 12:16:11 AM
Rick and Morty.
It is essentially an animated version of Dr Who aimed at a slightly older target audience.
I also think it has more than a bit of Doc and Marty from Back to the Future in it.
Definitely.
One of my favorite movies:
Undercover Brother
Recently started the first season of Elementary. It is another series in which Sherlock Holmes lives and works in our time.
Obviously not as good as Sherlock, but still pretty good.
X-Files. Didn't enjoy the first two episodes bit too much Fox news for my tastes but the 3rd episode was really good fun. Need to watch the 4th but I also have Always Sunny to watch and that comes first.
'How to Die: Simon's Choice' it's a BBC documentary about assisted suicide following the story of a man with MND. For anyone with access to BBC iPlayer, it's worth watching. Very emotional though: I haven't cried this much in a long time.
Just watched Crimson Peak. I think I may have a new guilty pleasure.
The movie: The Color Purple
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For the love of Lucifer!
Someone...anyone...please help me stop crying! :cryandrun:
Is anyone else watching 'The People V OJ Simpson'? I think the USA is slightly ahead of where we are, just watched episode two now.
"Trumbo", about the experiences of writer Dalton Trumbo on the blacklist during America's shameful Red Scare era. Bryan Cranston does a good job as Trumbo, Helen Mirren is a deliciously evil Hedda Hopper and John Goodman plays Frank King, a producer of crap 50s and 60s movies (Ed Wood was one of his directors), who hired a number of blacklisted writers -- not out of nobility, they were just really cheap.
Goodman has a wonderful scene that I could watch over and over. It gets even better after this clip:
Goodman is a fantastic actor, hugely under rated (though he has worked on a lot of shit). Give me him any day over the mediocre good looking hollywood actors that get all the large rolls (yeah I know a lot of them produce the films themselves). He is brilliant in Treme.
House of Cards Season 4.....Finally it's back!
Quote from: Claireliontamer on March 04, 2016, 09:13:43 PM
House of Cards Season 4.....Finally it's back!
I love House of Cards! I've only watched about half the first season though. I've go to get busy watching it again...
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House of Cards Season 4.....Finally it's back!
I love House of Cards! I've only watched about half the first season though. I've go to get busy watching it again...
There aren't many shows I get excited about but I have been waiting for this new season. I love that Netflix releases them all at once too, so no waiting a week for a new one!
Quote from: Claireliontamer on March 05, 2016, 02:22:15 PM
There aren't many shows I get excited about but I have been waiting for this new season. I love that Netflix releases them all at once too, so no waiting a week for a new one!
Best thing ever (relating to TV). I hate watching programs at set times and having to wait for the next especially if it is slow paced like House of Cards. If networks want the ad revenue then just do what 4OD does but give us the freedom of modernity and keep the standard broadcasting for those that are still in the dark ages.
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Quote from: Claireliontamer on March 04, 2016, 09:13:43 PM
House of Cards Season 4.....Finally it's back!
I love House of Cards! I've only watched about half the first season though. I've go to get busy watching it again...
There aren't many shows I get excited about but I have been waiting for this new season. I love that Netflix releases them all at once too, so no waiting a week for a new one!
A binge watcher's dream. :grin: I don't have Netflix unfortunatley, but binge watching them all online is just as good I'd imagine.
I'm finally watching Firefly for the first time ever.
To further destroy my nerd cred, I'm going to commit the ultimate heresy and say I totally get why this show was cancelled. Not that I'm not enjoying it. But the concept of post-civil war Wild West outlaws in space with hot chicks isn't enough to sustain a show on it's own. There is no actual plot.
I've been binge watching bad American Idol and X Factor auditions. I don't know why I like that stuff so much, it's such a major waste of time and doesn't add anything to my life. Still can't get enough though. ::)
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 18, 2016, 09:52:46 PM
I've been binge watching bad American Idol and X Factor auditions. I don't know why I like that stuff so much, it's such a major waste of time and doesn't add anything to my life. Still can't get enough though. ::)
In Germany we called it Schadenfreude, which is pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune ;).
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I've been binge watching bad American Idol and X Factor auditions. I don't know why I like that stuff so much, it's such a major waste of time and doesn't add anything to my life. Still can't get enough though. ::)
In Germany we called it Schadenfreude, which is pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune ;).
That's such a cool word, I've incorporated it into my vocabulary. :grin:
Human nature is a funny thing, how else would programs/films such as 'Jackass' be so popular? :watching:
I just finished season 5 of GoT.
Quote from: Pasta Chick on March 19, 2016, 03:33:28 PM
I just finished season 5 of GoT.
I've just finished the first 2 episodes.
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Quote from: Pasta Chick on March 19, 2016, 03:33:28 PM
I just finished season 5 of GoT.
I've just finished the first 2 episodes.
It helped quite a bit that Walmart put it on the shelves at least 4 days prior to it actually being released. So I've been watching since last Friday. Which, seriously, I get that Walmart doesn't always hire the creme of the crop and there is some serious worker apathy there, but the release dates are stickered on the front of every individual package.
I was in the store texting BF like "hey... The X box one plays Blu Ray, right? Because that's the only one left and I don't want to bring anyone's attention to this by asking for DVD..."
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I just finished season 5 of GoT.
I've just finished the first 2 episodes.
:watching:
How is that even possible? I watched the first season almost in one sitting!
:P
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Quote from: Pasta Chick on March 19, 2016, 03:33:28 PM
I just finished season 5 of GoT.
I've just finished the first 2 episodes.
:watching:
How is that even possible? I watched the first season almost in one sitting!
:P
Well I watched the last 2 episodes of series 4. Then watched the qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. Then watched 1 &2 of series 5. I may watch the rest tomorrow but may not as I feel crap at the moment with a sinking cold which I hope won't turn out to be flu.
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Quote from: Pasta Chick on March 19, 2016, 03:33:28 PM
I just finished season 5 of GoT.
I've just finished the first 2 episodes.
:watching:
How is that even possible? I watched the first season almost in one sitting!
:P
Well I watched the last 2 episodes of series 4. Then watched the qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. Then watched 1 &2 of series 5. I may watch the rest tomorrow but may not as I feel crap at the moment with a sinking cold which I hope won't turn out to be flu.
I'm going to channel OG here: whiskey and lemons...whiskey and lemons...
Quote from: Pasta Chick on March 06, 2016, 12:47:54 AM
I'm finally watching Firefly for the first time ever.
To further destroy my nerd cred, I'm going to commit the ultimate heresy and say I totally get why this show was cancelled. Not that I'm not enjoying it. But the concept of post-civil war Wild West outlaws in space with hot chicks isn't enough to sustain a show on it's own. There is no actual plot.
How many episodes in are you? There's an overarching storyline with River (Summer Glau's character) that is quite good, IMO. I will say that we watched the pilot, weren't impressed, and didn't try again for a couple of years, but on the second attempt we got hooked.
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Quote from: Pasta Chick on March 06, 2016, 12:47:54 AM
I'm finally watching Firefly for the first time ever.
To further destroy my nerd cred, I'm going to commit the ultimate heresy and say I totally get why this show was cancelled. Not that I'm not enjoying it. But the concept of post-civil war Wild West outlaws in space with hot chicks isn't enough to sustain a show on it's own. There is no actual plot.
How many episodes in are you? There's an overarching storyline with River (Summer Glau's character) that is quite good, IMO. I will say that we watched the pilot, weren't impressed, and didn't try again for a couple of years, but on the second attempt we got hooked.
I had a hard time getting into it at first too, because I generally dislike mixed genres, but then I caught the episode "Shindig" and was hooked.
Quote from: Firebird on March 20, 2016, 02:57:13 AM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on March 06, 2016, 12:47:54 AM
I'm finally watching Firefly for the first time ever.
To further destroy my nerd cred, I'm going to commit the ultimate heresy and say I totally get why this show was cancelled. Not that I'm not enjoying it. But the concept of post-civil war Wild West outlaws in space with hot chicks isn't enough to sustain a show on it's own. There is no actual plot.
How many episodes in are you? There's an overarching storyline with River (Summer Glau's character) that is quite good, IMO. I will say that we watched the pilot, weren't impressed, and didn't try again for a couple of years, but on the second attempt we got hooked.
4, I think. There seems to be some long term stuff that could happen, except they haven't really done anything with it. It's just mentioned every so often. So far they've just kicked around taking odd jobs and talking about the Alliance sucks.
The Last Leg, it's made in the UK utilising the "talents" of Adam Hills.
It's fucking awful, Hills used to be OK, at least he wasn't as annoying.
Who do we all agree to dislike the most this week? is it Putin or Trump?
Joyous right thinking get together, unchallenged declamation is such fun.
There's the two moronic offsiders, from the disabled Olympics coverage.
All people lacking of feet will be encouraged to run.
Two morons must be consulted on all social issues.
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The Last Leg, it's made in the UK utilising the "talents" of Adam Hills.
It's fucking awful, Hills used to be OK, at least he wasn't as annoying.
Who do we all agree to dislike the most this week? is it Putin or Trump?
Joyous right thinking get together, unchallenged declamation is such fun.
There's the two moronic offsiders, from the disabled Olympics coverage.
All people lacking of feet will be encouraged to run.
Two morons must be consulted on all social issues.
Pah, you clearly have no taste. I love the last leg.
Quote from: Bad Penny on March 24, 2016, 02:44:48 PM
The Last Leg, it's made in the UK utilising the "talents" of Adam Hills.
It's fucking awful, Hills used to be OK, at least he wasn't as annoying.
Who do we all agree to dislike the most this week? is it Putin or Trump?
I say Trump. For the time being, he's a more immediate threat.
I'm now watching the friendly football match of Germany against England.
Kinda late, didn't think there would be anything good on to watch (Just finished watching the end of the Detroit Red Wings game, they beat Toronto) and I lucked on "This Is Spinal Tap".
Haven't seen this in years, great movie. I so excited.
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 03, 2016, 02:56:05 AM
Kinda late, didn't think there would be anything good on to watch (Just finished watching the end of the Detroit Red Wings game, they beat Toronto) and I lucked on "This Is Spinal Tap".
Haven't seen this in years, great movie. I so excited.
Don't you hate it when there's 9,000+ channels and there's nothing on? I am watching Quantum Leap right now. I have it on DVD.
-Nam
Quote from: Nam on April 03, 2016, 05:01:30 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 03, 2016, 02:56:05 AM
Kinda late, didn't think there would be anything good on to watch (Just finished watching the end of the Detroit Red Wings game, they beat Toronto) and I lucked on "This Is Spinal Tap".
Haven't seen this in years, great movie. I so excited.
Don't you hate it when there's 9,000+ channels and there's nothing on? I am watching Quantum Leap right now. I have it on DVD.
-Nam
It's the ultimate 1st world problem. I can spend 20 minutes flicking through the channel guide and find nothing worth wasting more time on.
Quote from: Nam on April 03, 2016, 05:01:30 AM
Don't you hate it when there's 9,000+ channels and there's nothing on? I am watching Quantum Leap right now. I have it on DVD.
-Nam
I recently got rid of Sky because of that. Waste of damn money, I'm never available to watch the programs I want when they are on and I never sit down and think oh I must make sure I record all the shows I want to watch and I was paying £25 a month just for that privilege of basic tv and the ability to record, then there are all the packs on top. Changed it up to NowTV which is a internet version of the service and the grand total for pretty much the same package minus live TV came to £14 down from £65.
Quote from: Tank on April 03, 2016, 09:39:55 AM
Quote from: Nam on April 03, 2016, 05:01:30 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 03, 2016, 02:56:05 AM
Kinda late, didn't think there would be anything good on to watch (Just finished watching the end of the Detroit Red Wings game, they beat Toronto) and I lucked on "This Is Spinal Tap".
Haven't seen this in years, great movie. I so excited.
Don't you hate it when there's 9,000+ channels and there's nothing on? I am watching Quantum Leap right now. I have it on DVD.
-Nam
It's the ultimate 1st world problem. I can spend 20 minutes flicking through the channel guide and find nothing worth wasting more time on.
Actually I DVR everything. I have a "Movies I Want list (215 movies)", "Movies I Used to Have" (back when VHS was the rage, about 23 movies) and a "Movies to replace" list (movies i have needing replaced. About 5 at the moment) on two separate DVR's (bedroom and living room). So, I always have something to watch. Plus, I have 3200+ movies on DVD, and 60+ TV shows on DVD (minus individual seasons) so...even if I can't find anything...always something to watch.
;)
-Nam
Quote from: Nam on April 03, 2016, 03:06:45 PM
Actually I DVR everything. I have a "Movies I Want list (215 movies)", "Movies I Used to Have" (back when VHS was the rage, about 23 movies) and a "Movies to replace" list (movies i have needing replaced. About 5 at the moment) on two separate DVR's (bedroom and living room). So, I always have something to watch. Plus, I have 3200+ movies on DVD, and 60+ TV shows on DVD (minus individual seasons) so...even if I can't find anything...always something to watch.
;)
Are you an obsessive collector by any chance? What do you do when formats become obsolete and where do you store all your physical collections.
Quote from: Crow on April 03, 2016, 04:21:26 PM
Quote from: Nam on April 03, 2016, 03:06:45 PM
Actually I DVR everything. I have a "Movies I Want list (215 movies)", "Movies I Used to Have" (back when VHS was the rage, about 23 movies) and a "Movies to replace" list (movies i have needing replaced. About 5 at the moment) on two separate DVR's (bedroom and living room). So, I always have something to watch. Plus, I have 3200+ movies on DVD, and 60+ TV shows on DVD (minus individual seasons) so...even if I can't find anything...always something to watch.
;)
Are you an obsessive collector by any chance? What do you do when formats become obsolete and where do you store all your physical collections.
OCD only in not getting rid of any of the ones I don't care for. Of course most of them are in collections so...not much getting rid of them anyway.
I have them all (minus TV shows) in my bedroom. 11 shelves. All five levels except one that has seven levels. I restock (movies I buy from in between restocking) the shelves once or twice a year.
I don't understand what you mean by "formats becoming obsolete". I do have a Blu-ray player, if that's what you mean.
-Nam
Just watched the new Star Wars film. I gave it 7/10. The trailer was better.
-Nam
The 100.
I watched a few episodes a while back when it first came on and didn't make much of it (felt like a typical teen series but with a science fiction twist) so gave it a pass. I recently kept seeing a lot of really high reviews for later episodes, unusually high so decided to give the first season a chance. Whilst the first season does stick to what I thought it would be and has a bit of a Stargate feel to it it gets pretty good then gets a lot better in the second, if it keeps on improving at the rate then it should be pretty damn fantastic.
Last week my wife (Socorro) was in Honduras, so my son and I watched the entire first Season of True Deceives, with Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson and Michelle Monaghan.
We both really enjoyed this quite a bit (Second time my son watched it, but he was so impressed he begged me to watch it with him, so we figured the week we were both playing bachelors would work, it was fun spending time with him watching this and then replaying our favorite scenes over and discussing it). We watched 2 episodes on Monday, and then one each day after).
It is very well written, with some excellent dialogue. The writer is Nic Pizzolatto, and watching this has piqued my interest enough that I'm going to head to the bookstore this weekend and see about picking up some more of his work.
The cinematography is also excellent, with some visually stunning shots and sequences, and with musical direction by T Bone Burnett himself, the mood is consistent throughout the film.
Matthew McConaughey does an excellent job portraying the character of Detective Rust Cohle. Some of his lines from the film were fantastic, like this one with regards to his character describing himself both as a realist and pessimist.
I think human consciousness is a tragic misstep in evolution. We became too self-aware. Nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself - we are creatures that should not exist by natural law... We are things that labor under the illusion of having a self, that accretion of sensory experience and feelings, programmed with total assurance that we are each somebody, when in fact everybody's nobody... I think the honorable thing for our species to do is to deny our programming. Stop reproducing, walk hand in hand into extinction - one last midnight, brothers and sisters opting out of a raw deal. I also relate to this exchange between McConaughey's character and Woody Harrelson's (Martin).
Rust Cohle: This place is like somebody's memory of a town, and the memory is fading. It's like there was never anything here but jungle.
Martin Hart: Stop saying shit like that. It's unprofessional.
Here is the Intro song for each episode (8 episodes in all)
The Handsome Family - Far From Any Road
Yeah first season is great. Second never really clicked with me though.
Quote from: Crow on April 22, 2016, 03:12:27 PM
Yeah first season is great. Second never really clicked with me though.
We liked season 1, but we only got a couple of episodes into season 2 and never followed up. From what I read, a lot of people felt the same way
Just watched Deadpool -- not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn't this. Loved the opening credits.
Just discovered the classic 'Only Fools and Horses' on Netflix. I don't know if it ever made it outside of the UK but it's bloody brilliant.
Watched the documentary 'Valley Uprising', it gets a massive thumbs up from me.
I still go to the local pulblic library, besides books they have those new fangled digital versatile disks as well.
Sirens, I'd seen it long ago but I got it anyway, you can get 7 digital versatile disks per card and I remembered Elle Macpherson's tits were in it.
Whatsitabout
My creator, Norman Lindsay is forming paint into lewdness so the (Anglican) church sends priest Hugh Grant with his wife to make him stop.
Norman doesn't stop and Hugh and wife leave sexually improved but no where nearly as much as Brad and Janet.
I do appear in the film.
"You've been a very naughty pudding today so I'm not going to give you this chocolate"
She eats the chocolate.
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I get walloped
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There is no justice in this world.
Anyone watch Mr Robot? IMDB page (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4158110/).
I've been told it's a good series, though I haven't gotten round to watching any episodes myself yet.
I just watched:
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It made me dance, laugh and cry. I liked it, it brought back so many memories.
--I love Los Angeles! --With all the good, the bad and the ugly. :smokin cool:
I'd vote for this thread having sticky status, there's only three threads with sticky status in the media section.
Sticky status, sticky status, sorry I like saying that. Does anywhere still have fly paper, I visited my my mother's mother's home once, they had it, it'd caught a lot of flies.
Boardwalk Empire, I watched a series some years ago and I've had, XXXXX I thought I had them all on a hard drive for years but wiki says there's a fifth. I'm about to start the 4th. Most people interested in watching it would probably have watched it but anyway.
It's got the obligatory tits but you can ff through the soft and use the minutes saved to watch proper porn later, if you too are a debased life form. The males are all horrible but it's not their fault, they all had difficult childhoods. The woman are all victims of the men. I like half face and his girl though, I hope it works out for them.
What's it about?
There's little tiny parasites, they engorge themselves and ponce about and the host sickens.
I've been watching Shameless, apparently the US version... We didn't know there were two and just picked the first one Netflix showed us.
Parts are entertaining. Parts I could do without. I am enjoying that it's pretty equal opportunity with the nudity, as opposed to say Game of Thrones where there are attractive naked women everywhere and so far we've seen two penises: the random actor who couldn't figure out if he had STDs, and Hodor.
I mean... NSFW
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.
Quote from: Pasta Chick on July 22, 2016, 04:05:51 PM
I've been watching Shameless, apparently the US version... We didn't know there were two and just picked the first one Netflix showed us.
Parts are entertaining. Parts I could do without. I am enjoying that it's pretty equal opportunity with the nudity, as opposed to say Game of Thrones where there are attractive naked women everywhere and so far we've seen two penises: the random actor who couldn't figure out if he had STDs, and Hodor.
I mean... NSFW
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.
Ye but if you see a penis you see a penis, you don't really ever see fem lower bits on TV.
And that's as it should be, society is more fragile than most imagine.
And tiits don't count.
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 22, 2016, 04:26:03 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on July 22, 2016, 04:05:51 PM
I've been watching Shameless, apparently the US version... We didn't know there were two and just picked the first one Netflix showed us.
Parts are entertaining. Parts I could do without. I am enjoying that it's pretty equal opportunity with the nudity, as opposed to say Game of Thrones where there are attractive naked women everywhere and so far we've seen two penises: the random actor who couldn't figure out if he had STDs, and Hodor.
I mean... NSFW
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.
Ye but if you see a penis you see a penis, you don't really ever see fem lower bits on TV.
And that's as it should be, society is more fragile than most imagine.
And tiits don't count.
It depends on the show. With HBO and such getting into the tv series game and not having to worry so much about ratings and what's "allowed", as they're not public channels, things are changing. There's quite a bit of full frontal female nudity with little to no male nudity in the same show, especially in a sexual context. Usually a penis is shown in a joking context.
They may all be the same to you, and maybe they are... I like looking at them regardless and find that one particularly nice.
Quote from: Pasta Chick on July 22, 2016, 08:19:47 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 22, 2016, 04:26:03 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on July 22, 2016, 04:05:51 PM
I've been watching Shameless, apparently the US version... We didn't know there were two and just picked the first one Netflix showed us.
Parts are entertaining. Parts I could do without. I am enjoying that it's pretty equal opportunity with the nudity, as opposed to say Game of Thrones where there are attractive naked women everywhere and so far we've seen two penises: the random actor who couldn't figure out if he had STDs, and Hodor.
I mean... NSFW
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.
Ye but if you see a penis you see a penis, you don't really ever see fem lower bits on TV.
And that's as it should be, society is more fragile than most imagine.
And tiits don't count.
It depends on the show. With HBO and such getting into the tv series game and not having to worry so much about ratings and what's "allowed", as they're not public channels, things are changing. There's quite a bit of full frontal female nudity with little to no male nudity in the same show, especially in a sexual context. Usually a penis is shown in a joking context.
They may all be the same to you, and maybe they are... I like looking at them regardless and find that one particularly nice.
That's not what I meant, a male's genitals protrude and a females doesn't, or not nearly as much and a camera can do full frontal and not catch much. I'm perfectly understanding if you're a penile connoisseur.
Anyway all this ubiquitous porn is a curse on the modern mind.
A healthy body runs or swims or walks to stay healthy.
A healthy mind thinks, recalls and imagines, now it doesn't have to,
No not any more, doesn't have to recall the one on the train,
the one at work, in church or school, at the shop, next door.
Type a few keys and it served up to your preference like fricken pizza.
There's no mental exertion in modern masturbation, that's why the worlds so fkd.
Now Voyager. "Oh Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars ......."
Quote from: Essie Mae on September 02, 2016, 02:44:44 PM
Now Voyager. "Oh Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars ......."
I love that movie. Two of my favorite old actors -- Bette Davis and Claude Rains -- at the same time!
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on September 02, 2016, 07:55:29 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on September 02, 2016, 02:44:44 PM
Now Voyager. "Oh Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars ......."
I love that movie. Two of my favorite old actors -- Bette Davis and Claude Rains -- at the same time!
So cool, the way Paul Henreid always lit both cigarettes in his mouth and then passed one to her. On the day Bette Davis died I was watching reports of it on screens as I queued up the spiral staircase of Blackpool Tower with my children and Ma-in-law to get up to the lift that then took us up to the top.
Just finished the Night Of from HBO. Really liked it. No prettying up of any aspect of the US justice system.
I watched Stranger Things in like 3 days and I absolutely loved it.
Then I watched Sky because Norman Reedus is in it, but it bad. So fucking bad. I'm actually mad about how bad it was.
I just discovered there is a "lost" Mythbusters episode and now I have it.
It's like waking up the day after your birthday and discovering you still have a present to unwrap, only better!
I'm watching Penn & Teller video's on YouTube
Naked dating. A surprisingly good way to demystify nudity and sexuality. Last night it was a bi-sexual woman choosing so there were 3 men and 3 women for her to choose from. It was interesting who the rejected people reacted. She ended up with a woman and they got on like a house on fire. I think the key element of this program is the attitude of the contestants is self selecting in that they are literally open about their sexuality. The chooser has to get naked as well.
I just watched "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". Wonderfully put together film and makes me wonder if they will have this in the future of neurology. Also the story is very depressing as it reminds me of someone. Other than that, I'd say it's a great movie.
Judgement at Nuremberg. Hoping this doesn't go from nostalgic to prophetic.
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on November 25, 2016, 05:52:44 AM
Judgement at Nuremberg. Hoping this doesn't go from nostalgic to prophetic.
I sometimes feel nostalgic, not about hanging Nazis necessarily but I get it that they may have been those were the days days. I didn't think you quite that old though.
Quote from: Bad Penny II on November 26, 2016, 01:19:56 PM
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on November 25, 2016, 05:52:44 AM
Judgement at Nuremberg. Hoping this doesn't go from nostalgic to prophetic.
I sometimes feel nostalgic, not about hanging Nazis necessarily but I get it that they may have been those were the days days. I didn't think you quite that old though.
Not quite, that's why it's nostalgia.
Today is Monday, January 16, and we celebrate the work and life of Martin Luther King Jr. I'm watching: King: A Filmed Record; From Montgomery to Memphis.
I recommend it.
I've been watching two animes recently. Both have similar main characters, in that they have a past where the murdered many people and now live a peaceful life. They are both pretty old but I watch them on a tv channel like streaming service.
The one I know best, Ruroni Kenshin, just "started" a new arc where the main character has to confront that his past is catching up with him. An old rival is out for his life, and he is as good as ever, while the main character has taken up a life of peace and hasn't fought rugged in a long time. He wonders if he is capable for the task.
Travel Man.
Like many things travel can be such a bother, I think it's better to watch someone else do it.
I dislike most travel surrogates but I'd recommend Ayoade for a vicarious travel experience.
I watched the first episode of The Young Pope. I'm pretty tossed on it. It wasn't bad but it wasn't super engaging either. Can't tell what direction they're going with it.
Quote from: Pasta Chick on January 18, 2017, 01:14:24 PM
I watched the first episode of The Young Pope. I'm pretty tossed on it. It wasn't bad but it wasn't super engaging either. Can't tell what direction they're going with it.
I recorded it, and hopefully will have time to watch it this weekend, butt other reviews I'm seeing online aren't very favorable either. At least he's "Hot", I mean that's the direction the church should go next time they are choosing a Pope. Pick one that is sexy, and hip.
Same rational as when Bishop George Carlin unveiled the "Buddy Jesus" in the movie Dogma.
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I just watched Pirates of the Caribbean (2017) on my Dad's tv/computer. Was much better than the previous one with Penelope Cruz. Orlando Bloom had a small but important part to drive the plot as well as the other characters.
There were some plot holes concerning why they needed Jack Sparrow and some missed edits with Captain Barbossa. If you watch the movie to the end you would understand what I mean.
Overall though I would like to see a new one 👍
Started watching season 2 of Preacher and have totally surprised myself by liking it, even with all the violence. It's very funny, and with me that goes a long way. I'll have to subscribe to Hulu to watch season 1.
Quote from: Arturo on July 09, 2017, 07:37:06 PM
I just watched Pirates of the Caribbean (2017) on my Dad's tv/computer. Was much better than the previous one with Penelope Cruz. Orlando Bloom had a small but important part to drive the plot as well as the other characters.
There were some plot holes concerning why they needed Jack Sparrow and some missed edits with Captain Barbossa. If you watch the movie to the end you would understand what I mean.
Overall though I would like to see a new one 👍
When I watched the first one, I wasn't expecting much, but I really liked it. And while the last two haven't been close to the same level, I still like them. Though I haven't seen the latest one.
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on July 09, 2017, 07:44:34 PM
Started watching season 2 of Preacher and have totally surprised myself by liking it, even with all the violence. It's very funny, and with me that goes a long way. I'll have to subscribe to Hulu to watch season 1.
I really like that series. I haven't read the comic books, but I've heard a lot of people talk about them. I'll get around to them.
Just watched the first 3-4 episodes of "American Gods." I have to say that I don't see thing going far in terms of seasons but I like it none the less. They characters give subtle clues about who they are in regular conversation and I appreciate that. Except for the leprechaun, he says flat out who he is. There are some interesting scenes with characters that would normally be considered actual "American" Gods like the buffalo, or the wolf, ect.
The main character is African American, and every episode thus far begins with and actual African God doing something, somewhere, in America's history. So far these scenes have nothing to do with the plot. There was also one scene where muhammad [?] has gay sex with a middle eastern man he drove in his taxi. I don't know why this happened. It just happened in the middle of the episode and I didn't understand why.
I am curious as to what the Native American spirits have to do with the plot as they just seem to appear for a moment and not really do much. It is implied there is a war coming between the old gods, and the new gods (also because the description for the tv show says that) and I am wondering where the indigenous american spirits fit into all this. Will they just sit back and watch them tear each other apart and take the people caught in the middle? It's all very interesting as the role they play isn't explicitly stated.
I'd recommend the show to anyone if they don't mind subtle nuance in character descriptions. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Arturo on July 10, 2017, 09:47:04 PM
Just watched the first 3-4 episodes of "American Gods." I have to say that I don't see thing going far in terms of seasons but I like it none the less. They characters give subtle clues about who they are in regular conversation and I appreciate that. Except for the leprechaun, he says flat out who he is. There are some interesting scenes with characters that would normally be considered actual "American" Gods like the buffalo, or the wolf, ect.
The main character is African American, and every episode thus far begins with and actual African God doing something, somewhere, in America's history. So far these scenes have nothing to do with the plot. There was also one scene where muhammad [?] has gay sex with a middle eastern man he drove in his taxi. I don't know why this happened. It just happened in the middle of the episode and I didn't understand why.
I am curious as to what the Native American spirits have to do with the plot as they just seem to appear for a moment and not really do much. It is implied there is a war coming between the old gods, and the new gods (also because the description for the tv show says that) and I am wondering where the indigenous american spirits fit into all this. Will they just sit back and watch them tear each other apart and take the people caught in the middle? It's all very interesting as the role they play isn't explicitly stated.
I'd recommend the show to anyone if they don't mind subtle nuance in character descriptions. :thumbsup:
The native American gods play a pretty big role in the book. I really liked the book too.
Quote from: Davin on July 10, 2017, 04:05:00 PM
Quote from: Arturo on July 09, 2017, 07:37:06 PM
I just watched Pirates of the Caribbean (2017) on my Dad's tv/computer. Was much better than the previous one with Penelope Cruz. Orlando Bloom had a small but important part to drive the plot as well as the other characters.
There were some plot holes concerning why they needed Jack Sparrow and some missed edits with Captain Barbossa. If you watch the movie to the end you would understand what I mean.
Overall though I would like to see a new one 👍
When I watched the first one, I wasn't expecting much, but I really liked it. And while the last two haven't been close to the same level, I still like them. Though I haven't seen the latest one.
Yes the last two were not my taste but I guess when you are Disney you can shove it down people's throats until they like it. (i.e. cars)
Quote from: Davin on July 10, 2017, 10:09:51 PM
Quote from: Arturo on July 10, 2017, 09:47:04 PM
Just watched the first 3-4 episodes of "American Gods." I have to say that I don't see thing going far in terms of seasons but I like it none the less. They characters give subtle clues about who they are in regular conversation and I appreciate that. Except for the leprechaun, he says flat out who he is. There are some interesting scenes with characters that would normally be considered actual "American" Gods like the buffalo, or the wolf, ect.
The main character is African American, and every episode thus far begins with and actual African God doing something, somewhere, in America's history. So far these scenes have nothing to do with the plot. There was also one scene where muhammad [?] has gay sex with a middle eastern man he drove in his taxi. I don't know why this happened. It just happened in the middle of the episode and I didn't understand why.
I am curious as to what the Native American spirits have to do with the plot as they just seem to appear for a moment and not really do much. It is implied there is a war coming between the old gods, and the new gods (also because the description for the tv show says that) and I am wondering where the indigenous american spirits fit into all this. Will they just sit back and watch them tear each other apart and take the people caught in the middle? It's all very interesting as the role they play isn't explicitly stated.
I'd recommend the show to anyone if they don't mind subtle nuance in character descriptions. :thumbsup:
The native American gods play a pretty big role in the book. I really liked the book too.
Yes I remember hearing about the book years ago and now I wish to read it.
https://youtu.be/uHtLwmWSaJs
Found this video and lol'd
SHOOT THE MOON!
I would have put this in the good films thread but I think their movies work better as clips.
Lately I've taken to watching "Big Time Amphibian Wrestling" also known as "The BTAW", or as they pronounce it down in Texas were this is really popular, "BEETAW WRESLING"!
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By the way that's "Rowdy" Roddy Frogger taking down "Ravishing" Rick Toad!
Took another sick day off, so I've got plenty of time to snuggle under the covers and watch bad American Idol auditions.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 06, 2017, 01:20:44 PM
Took another sick day off, so I've got plenty of time to snuggle under the covers and watch bad American Idol auditions.
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^ ;D
I'm bringing Netflix series to potentially switch to Hulu for a bit.
Just finished Stranger Things 2, which was very good but not nearly as good as season 1. I felt like they tried to cram too much in and rushed around. At the same time there was a lot of weird problematic stuff, and I felt more like they were going for "remember when we weren't all so PC" instead of "remember all this music and film projectors and D&D on graph paper"?
Now have Netflix.
Binge watching The Big Bang Theory.
Best line so far. Penny is in the laundry with the hot blond who has moved in upstairs and describes 'Shields' from Star Trek and double takes on her new found gookdom!
I have far too much in common with Sheldon. No, really, I do!
I really want to watch Vikings on Netflix.
Quote from: Tank on January 06, 2018, 10:04:50 AM
Now have Netflix.
Binge watching The Big Bang Theory.
Best line so far. Penny is in the laundry with the hot blond who has moved in upstairs and describes 'Shields' from Star Trek and double takes on her new found gookdom!
I have far too much in common with Sheldon. No, really, I do!
I'm enjoying the spin-off called
Young Sheldon. I'm afraid I can see a lot of myself in that boy.
Binge watching Grace and Frankie on Netflix. Enjoying it overall, but what the heck is wrong with Fonda's eyes?
Books, Fonda is an old broad who has exceeded her "use by" date. I still like her and both me and wife Elaine enjoy the humorous series with Frankie (Lilly Tomlin) the delightful weirdo. ....Oh Alright I did not like Jane much when she was Hanoi Jane. Never mind that she was closer to being right than our glorious leaders.
I still shudder at the movie about that Vietnam madness, Deer Hunter and its eventual outcome. It has the most poignant theme music. The musical composition is called Cavatina. It grabs me with force and emotion............https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSECkRnpsDE
Found Orange is the new Black on Netflix, Hooked!
The wheels going round and round.
The Virginian. Locusts are about to descend on Medicine Bow.
Taking a break from Grace and Frankie to watch The Frankenstein Chronicles. Doesn't Sean Bean ever age? It seems to me he's looked craggy and middle-aged for 50 years.
Quote from: jumbojak on March 06, 2018, 12:28:30 AM
The Virginian. Locusts are about to descend on Medicine Bow.
And... The dreaded locusts were defeated. Like Leonidas at Thermopylae, the men of Shiloh held the scourge at bay by lighting a fire break in a mountain pass...
Quote from: Sandra Craft on March 06, 2018, 01:25:06 AM
Taking a break from Grace and Frankie to watch The Frankenstein Chronicles. Doesn't Sean Bean ever age? It seems to me he's looked craggy and middle-aged for 50 years.
Well at least as the lead he won't die till they cancel the series!
Quote from: Tank on March 06, 2018, 06:32:32 AM
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Taking a break from Grace and Frankie to watch The Frankenstein Chronicles. Doesn't Sean Bean ever age? It seems to me he's looked craggy and middle-aged for 50 years.
Well at least as the lead he won't die till they cancel the series!
I was wondering if he'd find some way around that. He sure does seem to like dying off early in things.
Quote from: Sandra Craft on March 06, 2018, 09:06:20 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 06, 2018, 06:32:32 AM
Quote from: Sandra Craft on March 06, 2018, 01:25:06 AM
Taking a break from Grace and Frankie to watch The Frankenstein Chronicles. Doesn't Sean Bean ever age? It seems to me he's looked craggy and middle-aged for 50 years.
Well at least as the lead he won't die till they cancel the series!
I was wondering if he'd find some way around that. He sure does seem to like dying off early in things.
*cough*Gameofthrones *cough* *cough*
QuoteDoesn't Sean Bean ever age? It seems to me he's looked craggy and middle-aged for 50 years.
It's true! Between Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones it looks like he hasn't aged a day. :notsure:
The Punisher on Netflix. I am a huge fan of Marvel (and DC, and Star Trek, and the Expanse, and...) I have been enjoying the sheer, visceral, "No fuck you" of the main character's response to...everything. There is also an element of concern with veterans (of which I am one) in the narrative, which makes it especially poignant for me.
So yeah, if you have the next 43 years free, watch all of the Marvel shows on Netflix (I am still working my way through them), then AGENTS of Shield, than the 13 Marvel movies. And Legion. And the X-Men.
This is a work in progress.
Quote from: Michael Reilly on March 08, 2018, 07:23:16 PM
The Punisher on Netflix. I am a huge fan of Marvel (and DC, and Star Trek, and the Expanse, and...) I have been enjoying the sheer, visceral, "No fuck you" of the main character's response to...everything. There is also an element of concern with veterans (of which I am one) in the narrative, which makes it especially poignant for me.
So yeah, if you have the next 43 years free, watch all of the Marvel shows on Netflix (I am still working my way through them), then AGENTS of Shield, than the 13 Marvel movies. And Legion. And the X-Men.
This is a work in progress.
Better watch them before they get taken down. Disney is starting their own streaming service and they won't be renewing their contract with Netflix when it comes up.
I finally finished watching The Grand Tour on Amazon. I actually enjoyed it more than Top Gear. They were able to get away with a lot more than when they were on BBC. The show itself was hilarious and I love the chemistry between Clarkson, Hammond, and May.
Also, my boyfriend will never know, but Hammond is totally my celebrity crush.
Currently, over a week.
Shaun the sheep 19:20 to 19:30 daily
Portillo's train shows, why? I don't know, he's...
Travel Man
QI repeats
After imbibing beer:
Various movies
The IT crowd, but only one at a time. Is that anal? ahh fuck Freud anyway.
Flight of the Concords, if I've watched the allotted one episode of the IT Crowd but want more comedy.
American Gods
Westworld
Upstart Crow
Some Aus things that probably wouldn't mean anything to anyone but Bluenose.
I watched a couple of episodes of Knightfall, crappy trying be earnest.
The first episode of the new series of the The Trip To... Spain seemed to fail.
Has anyone ever introduced Icarus to Dara O'Briain?
Just watched, "The theory of everything."
Moving.
Detectorists
It's one those cute British shows.
On balance it's OK. The genre usually has a couple of normal people living in a village of idiots.
There might be as many as five normals living in a village of idiots, it's fighting the stereotype.
I'm not turning detectorist but an inspiration to get off your butt and get out in the world is good.
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They're a couple. She's a school teacher he's an ugly mature aged student with a wandering eye.
You have to suspend your disbelief that she's with him, she doesn't seem to have poor self esteem.
Yesterday I watched Adrift...sad, such a sad movie. :weepy:
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Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 13, 2018, 12:24:07 AM
Yesterday I watched Adrift...sad, such a sad movie. :weepy:
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Thank you for the warning, I shall avoid it.
This on the other hand is a truly inspiring and by turns funny, sad and horrifying.
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Quote from: Tank on August 13, 2018, 11:26:09 AM
This on the other hand is a truly inspiring and by turns funny, sad and horrifying.
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Love that movie. Was delighted when some little girls dressed up as characters from Hidden Figures for Halloween.
Currently watching "The Rains Came". Love Myrna Loy.
I'm watching Santa Shark. Yes, it's as stupid as the title sounds. Shark in a frigging Santa hat terrorizes a waterfront community after being brought to life by a magic pen.
Really good movie,
Hidden Figures. :smilenod:
Quote from: jumbojak on August 15, 2018, 03:53:12 AM
I'm watching Santa Shark. Yes, it's as stupid as the title sounds. Shark in a frigging Santa hat terrorizes a waterfront community after being brought to life by a magic pen.
:???:
I;m watching Top Gear specials. I really don;t care about cars and sometimes I hate one of those guys, but I enjoy watching the show
Princess Mononoke, a fantastic animated film. This is the second night in a row.
The Das Boot TV series, watched a few episodes, not bad.
Das Boot was actually quite good.
The Orville is crap.
I liked the new Star Trek discovery.
I find it hard to watch the old Nex Gen with Piccard, they don't seem to age well.
New episode of Discovery on Friday.
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On hulu.
I recommend it. ;D
it doesn't even look like Matt Damon!
Error, error, don't look.
Killing Eve
In 1361 there was a second pestilence within England, which was called the mortality of children.
What?
It's your 1361st post, I thought I'd add something topical.
Oh right, that's good. Shows initiative, Green never showed much of that. Keep it up Maroon.
Last night we watched a Netflix movie called Mr. Church. Not exactly a chick flick but nearly. Eddie Murphy was the chef who had befriended and become an important human element for a single single mom, but never in a romantic way. He was a serious actor, not the comedian that is his usual gig. I rather liked the whole story line. Murphy was very good in that role. The name, Mr Church, was in no way attached to religion of any sort.
Anyone else viewed that flick ?
Quote from: Icarus on April 26, 2019, 03:17:48 AM
Last night we watched a Netflix movie called Mr. Church. Not exactly a chick flick but nearly. Eddie Murphy was the chef who had befriended and become an important human element for a single single mom, but never in a romantic way. He was a serious actor, not the comedian that is his usual gig. I rather liked the whole story line. Murphy was very good in that role. The name, Mr Church, was in no way attached to religion of any sort.
Anyone else viewed that flick ?
Not yet. But I'll add it to my list.
Watched Avengers: Endgame last night. No spoilers but it was great. Also started rewatching Liliyhammer on Netflix.
I was loaned Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. My god, it looks so awful I have to watch it.
Quote from: jumbojak on May 10, 2019, 04:34:25 AM
I was loaned Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. My god, it looks so awful I have to watch it.
Charles Dance and Lena Hedley are in it, and that's about all I have to say.
I'm watching Dragonwyck -- very gothy but very much enjoying young Vincent Price.
I started watchingThe Man in High Castle. I like it.
MotherFatherSonRichard Gere plays a truly horrrible man.
Kick-Ass 1 and 2, great action flicks with lots of blood
I just finished watching the Office. And started watching Game of Thrones again with my GF because she hadn't seen it and people keep telling her she needs to. I quit watching at the end of season 4 because it got so ridiculous I laughed out at several parts and could not keep going. This time I was reminded why I stopped watching it, but now we stopped where I last left off, and I think we will finish watching the series.
Abandoned Engineering. Surprisingly addictive and interesting.
Nothing at the moment but I really want to binge-watch The Witcher on Netflix. :sad sigh:
Ip Man: The Final Fight. Not so bad as I expected. The acting is quite good. It has some memorable scenes, but somehow the movie can't decide whether it wants to be a biography (of Ip Man) or plain action flick.
Vikings.
AH! No Not Lagertha! :'(
Beautiful wise, clever, brave, strong, loving, Lagertha.
I suffer and yet take comfort knowing the Valkyries will take her, greatest of shield maidens to Valhalla. To be with Ragnar and her daughter and grandson.
I saw 1917 the other night. It was brilliant.
i dont see many movies; but i zaw thar one as well. i kept looking for the editsplicez and i think i spotted a few.
excellebt film
I hadn't heard anything about it before I sat down. By the thirty minute mark I realized that there had been zero cut scenes. That was an interesting effect when you aren't expecting it.
long shots are super difficult. prior to this motion picture, the longest one i knew of was this from the picture hannah, with eric bana. three minutes
Something with Jason Stratham in it that I ripped from a DVD I borrowed from the library I think.
Got wrong sound track, I'm getting the dialogue and descriptions from a pleasant female voice.
Nick sits motionless and then drops his hands
flash back to the six of diamonds landing and his chips sliding away
Nick smashes his glass on a thugs head
He beats them up slamming ones head on the bar
Nick stalks away a thug leaps out behind him, Nick hits him with a bottle
Then shoves a woman out of the way and fights a thug
Nick beats up two thugs with a tray
He flings the tray into a thug's throat and fights others
A thug hits Nick with a bottle, Nick jabs an ashtray into his throat
A thug swings a baton at Nick who dodges and then hits him with a bottle
Nick hits and trips him, Nick hits a thug and then presses his face against a clear panel
Nick kicks a thugs face, he takes out two thugs and slams a third's head on a table
Nick shoves chips in the thugs mouth, a thug hits Nick, Nick knees his face and chokes him and slams his head into a poker machine.
Nick twist a thugs arm. Cops approach guns drawn.
I'd never realised such poetic imagery was possible.
:popcorn: I'm watching this movie:
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klatoo barada nikto
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klatoo barada nikto
:snicker:
"I die, repair me, do not retaliate."
Not much to laugh about these days. We need a bit of relief from the constant barrage of news about the virus.
Try a Netflix serial named: The Kaminsky Method. In the series, Michael Douglas is running an acting school. His urologist is Danny DeVito and his acquaintances are all well known Hollywood celebrities who do cameo appearances. There are so many subtle lines by the actors that I cannot contain myself from laughing boisterously. This is a fun series. Try it, you may like the relief.
Runaways - It's only on Hulu and it's based on a Marvel comic of the same name. It's a series and I think there are three seasons. It's about a group of teenagers, about seventeen years of age, who stumble onto a ritual their parents are performing including a human sacrifice. It's quite interesting.
I'm about to call it a night. I just got finished watching three episodes of The Tick on Amazon Prime Video. The pilot I watched yesterday and wasn't sure I'd watch anymore. But I was told it was right up my alley so I watched some more. It's getting better.
Tomorrow I may binge watch a few episodes.
Elaine and have been binge watching Roku, serial dramas. Ozarks, Virgin River.......no satisfactory denouement..., and Breaking Bad which I have never watched before. Seems like Walt is in deep shit despite his best intentions to be a good guy.
I'm watching a thing about ancient Egypt on Prime video. It's good. Well-made, well-narrated, pretty balanced from what I can tell (They have not yet presented speculation as accepted fact... I think) Yeah... I approve.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2104573/
Quote from: Asmodean on May 26, 2020, 11:31:47 AM
I'm watching a thing about ancient Egypt on Prime video. It's good. Well-made, well-narrated, pretty balanced from what I can tell (They have not yet presented speculation as accepted fact... I think) Yeah... I approve.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2104573/
That's good. I was watching something about the pyramids on the History Channel some fifteen plus years ago. I worked from home so when I was done, I'd turn on the TV. My wife worked in an office.
It was a two hour documentary and I was engrossed in it. My wife comes home and asks, "What is this &$*@?" and immediately changes the TV to America's Got Talent or something like that. I put my coat on and went downstairs to work on my Mindstorms robot. We were heading for a divorce anyway when she started introducing my kids to her new boyfriend.
Oh, wow! If any-one ever wonders why I'm so happily-single, the remote privileges are one of the top... 10... No, 5... Top 3 reasons.
Most people in my generation are unhealthily-fascinated with Japan (Which, speaking of Prime Video, James May - Our Man in Japan is a cool, light-hearted series. I recommend) me, I'm far more interested in ancient Egypt, Sumeria and Rome than I am in ninjas and samurai.
everybody has a different life, but im always bemused by "what people are watching." i haven't had a television set in my life in over thirty years, and i cant watch them anymore. i can sit in front of one for a half hour or so and then i have to get up and leave to go do something else. not necessarily anything worthwhile, just something else.
on rare occasions i can sit still long enough to watch a movie or an episode of something my family is watching. maybe two or three times a year.
i don't have any problems with video screens, as i have one in front of me now. but sitting still to observe a story being played is beyond my patience. stage productions are the same way.
but a concert i wouldn't have a problem with, although there aren't any orchestras within seventy miles.
i wonder how i got rewired. wasn't always that way.
Given the choices I would be too. I enjoy a good thought provoking documentary over samurais and ninjas any day. I just never got into any of it for some reason.
I used to watch more TV than I do now. I used to read more too. Maybe I'm devolving. :chin:
I used to watch less TV than I do now. I think I only turned it on in the weekends downstairs with pizza and beer. I liked to do a lot of things and there simply wasn't time for television.
i was a child in the philippines when animated cartoons for kids were still silent-- just a musical track. steamboat willie stuff.
my own kids grew up without a television set and found programming stressful when they watched them in motels while we travelled.
i remember once they were watching a three stooges comedy that had curly, larry, and moe being left behind on a train platform when the train left, because they were late.
my kids were so stressed they burst into tears.
Does anyone remember Saturday morning cartoons? They may have only had those in the US.
I just watched 3 movies: The Expendables, The Expendables 2, The Expendables 3.
:popcorn:
I think I can die in peace now.
I've been watching Upload. Only one season has been made so far. I should finish it tonight.
I've been watching Idiocrazy. A fairly decent comedy and social satire. I would give it 6/10 points.
Quote from: Tom62 on June 07, 2020, 04:12:29 PM
I've been watching Idiocrazy. A fairly decent comedy and social satire. I would give it 6/10 points.
That film is a guilty pleasure of mine. ;D
'Lucy' on Netflix. What a strange but fun movie.
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I've just watched "Kingsman the Secret Service" on DVD. Awesome movie. This evening I'll be watching Kingsman part 2 "The Golden Circle"
I've been watching The Boys, a series on Amazon Prime Video (I should just shorten that to just Amazon or APV but whatever). There are three seasons produced but only one on APV. The violence is pretty graphic and some people might get turned off by it.
It involves a world where superheroes are real -- and corrupt. The Boys are a misfit ensemble of vigilantes who want to take the super types down, killing them if possible. I don't know how they are going to kill two of them as they are invulnerable but I guess we'll find out in another season or so.
I'm half way through it already and hope they release season two soon.
Quote from: Tom62 on June 14, 2020, 11:35:18 AM
I've just watched "Kingsman the Secret Service" on DVD. Awesome movie. This evening I'll be watching Kingsman part 2 "The Golden Circle"
I really enjoyed that (first) movie. 8)
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Quote from: Tom62 on June 14, 2020, 11:35:18 AM
I've just watched "Kingsman the Secret Service" on DVD. Awesome movie. This evening I'll be watching Kingsman part 2 "The Golden Circle"
I really enjoyed that (first) movie. 8)
The 2nd movie was a mess. A couple of decent action scenes, occasionally entertaining but also with a very silly story line and huge plot holes.
I think I've seen both movies. I'll probably have to watch a trailer or read up on the second movie to find out. I do remember enjoying the first one though.
The first one is way better. The second suffers from the Sequel's Curse.
"Lady Bird" on Netflix. A short movie that is a study in....well not a study, just a boring movie.
El Camino was alright. That is a one episode movie about Jesse and his ultimate escape. Jesse is/was the student meth cook in the Breaking bad series.
Quote from: Icarus on June 16, 2020, 02:13:59 AM
"Lady Bird" on Netflix. A short movie that is a study in....well not a study, just a boring movie.
Yeah...watched that one in the cinema. Wasted 15 bucks.
It's like...you want to stop watching it, but you just can't stop watching it. :popcorn:
Quote from: Magdalena on June 17, 2020, 12:34:01 AM
It's like...you want to stop watching it, but you just can't stop watching it. :popcorn:
Aw, I really liked that.
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Quote from: Magdalena on June 17, 2020, 12:34:01 AM
It's like...you want to stop watching it, but you just can't stop watching it. :popcorn:
Aw, I really liked that.
Ha! :lol: I knew you would like it!
:secrets1: I enjoy low budget films too. :grin:
I was gonna start a new topic:
Davin, Davin, where for art thou? :grin:
I know you like movies like this one,
Buffalo Rider, The Room, The Big Lebowski, etc.
Quote from: Magdalena on June 17, 2020, 05:48:58 PM
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Quote from: Magdalena on June 17, 2020, 12:34:01 AM
It's like...you want to stop watching it, but you just can't stop watching it. :popcorn:
Aw, I really liked that.
Ha! :lol: I knew you would like it!
:secrets1: I enjoy low budget films too. :grin:
I was gonna start a new topic: Davin, Davin, where for art thou? :grin:
I know you like movies like this one, Buffalo Rider, The Room, The Big Lebowski, etc.
As long as they are not intentionally made to be bad. I like movies where people were trying their best to create their vision, even if it fell short. But when the intention is to make a bad movie, even for laughs, I don't like it that much. The Sharknado movies are a good example of the bad kind of bad movies.
Quote from: Davin on June 19, 2020, 06:17:33 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on June 17, 2020, 05:48:58 PM
Quote from: Davin on June 17, 2020, 04:30:00 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on June 17, 2020, 12:34:01 AM
It's like...you want to stop watching it, but you just can't stop watching it. :popcorn:
Aw, I really liked that.
Ha! :lol: I knew you would like it!
:secrets1: I enjoy low budget films too. :grin:
I was gonna start a new topic: Davin, Davin, where for art thou? :grin:
I know you like movies like this one, Buffalo Rider, The Room, The Big Lebowski, etc.
As long as they are not intentionally made to be bad. I like movies where people were trying their best to create their vision, even if it fell short. But when the intention is to make a bad movie, even for laughs, I don't like it that much. The Sharknado movies are a good example of the bad kind of bad movies.
Sharknado is bad --all 6 of them. I heard of someone talking about making a "Squidnami" movie.
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:grin:
I'm watching "The Gifted". It's a Marvel series where the X-Men are gone and a bunch of renegade mutants have banded together getting others across the Mexican border where the laws aren't as strict. It's based in Atlanta so I'm looking for things I recognize.
I've just watched "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World". I can highly recommend it.
i am not watching anything
What little human decency there was, slowly crumble.
Hummingbirds
cool!
what kind?
here in the american east theres only one, the ruby throat
when i lived in arizona you get half a dozen very different onez at the feeders at the same time
Anna's are the locals, rufous visit for the summer.
wonderful animals.
i remember the first time someone showed me a nest. just lichens woven together with spiders webs, the size of an egg cup
Yes, it takes a good eye to spot a hummingbird nest. I've only seen two or three of them, all when I was a boy who spent a lot of time wandering around in the woods.
Warrior Nun. Oddly enjoyable.
Finishing up the second season of The Gifted. Unfortunately I found out they canceled the series which means this season will probably end on a cliff hanger. :rant1:
I finally started watching The Witcher. :popcorn:
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 15, 2020, 02:36:08 AM
I finally started watching The Witcher. :popcorn:
I haven't, it's in my queue though, and that's down to only 110 movies/shows.
Hustle. It's set in Great Britain and is about a group of con artists who steal from those who don't deserve it. The pilot was excellent. I'll be watching another episode tonight.
Quote from: Davin on July 15, 2020, 04:57:12 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 15, 2020, 02:36:08 AM
I finally started watching The Witcher. :popcorn:
I haven't, it's in my queue though, and that's down to only 110 movies/shows.
Going to watch the third episode tonight. I was putting off watching this series until after I wrote my thesis because I was afraid I would spend too much time binge-watching but now that I have finished writing I just don't have the patience or energy to binge-watch anything. :-[
It's not bad, so far. In general I like GoT better but maybe that's just because I haven't finished watching season 8 yet. ::)
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I finally started watching The Witcher. :popcorn:
I haven't, it's in my queue though, and that's down to only 110 movies/shows.
Going to watch the third episode tonight. I was putting off watching this series until after I wrote my thesis because I was afraid I would spend too much time binge-watching but now that I have finished writing I just don't have the patience or energy to binge-watch anything. :-[
It's not bad, so far. In general I like GoT better but maybe that's just because I haven't finished watching season 8 yet. ::)
The 8th season of GoT, while not great, wasn't as bad as people whine about. If you liked GoT up through the seventh season, the eighth is like that, but a little worse and a lot more rushed. And all the character development that you thought the characters were making ended up being temporary and no character actually had any development at all and they are the same as they were in the first season.
Has anyone here seen Brave New World, based on Aldous Huxley's book? I am going to watch it and can only hope it can capture the atmosphere of the book. Huxley's other similar, but much more human, book was Island, which could be turned into a movie as well. I imagined it set in a landscape painted by Gauguin when I read Island.
I just had my fingers on the wrong keys. Let me try this again.
I just finished watching
Mythica: A Quest For Heroes. It's a movie that is entertaining however not the best. I don't want to spoil the movie for those who haven't watched it but I will quote IMDB.
QuoteStuck in a life of indentured servitude, Marek dreams of becoming a wizard. When she meets a beautiful priestess, Teela, in need of help, Marek escapes her master and puts together a team of adventurers and embarks on an epic quest to free Teela's sister from a vicious ogre.
It didn't have my heart racing or my adrenaline running like some action movies but it kept me awake. There are three more movies - sequels that follow. I haven't watched them yet.
I'd give it six out of ten stars because it's a fun little movie.
Quote from: hermes2015 on July 19, 2020, 07:47:38 AM
Has anyone here seen Brave New World, based on Aldous Huxley's book? I am going to watch it and can only hope it can capture the atmosphere of the book. Huxley's other similar, but much more human, book was Island, which could be turned into a movie as well. I imagined it set in a landscape painted by Gauguin when I read Island.
After looking it up, I see that there are two made-for-television films of the book. One from 1980 with Keir Dullea (played the main astronaut character in
2001: A Space Odyssey), the other from 1998 with Leonard Nimoy. I've not seen either of them. Interesting that there's never been a "major motion picture" made based on the book.
Quote from: Randy on July 22, 2020, 12:18:55 AM
I just had my fingers on the wrong keys. Let me try this again.
I just finished watching Mythica: A Quest For Heroes. It's a movie that is entertaining however not the best. I don't want to spoil the movie for those who haven't watched it but I will quote IMDB.
QuoteStuck in a life of indentured servitude, Marek dreams of becoming a wizard. When she meets a beautiful priestess, Teela, in need of help, Marek escapes her master and puts together a team of adventurers and embarks on an epic quest to free Teela's sister from a vicious ogre.
It didn't have my heart racing or my adrenaline running like some action movies but it kept me awake. There are three more movies - sequels that follow. I haven't watched them yet.
I'd give it six out of ten stars because it's a fun little movie.
But is it silly? :sidesmile:
Currently watching The Fury, largely because Kirk Douglas is in it but it's not one of his better efforts. He's trying too hard to be sexy (someone should have told him he really didn't need to try) and the plot, about physic teens in danger, is silly but not the right kind of silly.
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Quote from: Randy on July 22, 2020, 12:18:55 AM
I just had my fingers on the wrong keys. Let me try this again.
I just finished watching Mythica: A Quest For Heroes. It's a movie that is entertaining however not the best. I don't want to spoil the movie for those who haven't watched it but I will quote IMDB.
QuoteStuck in a life of indentured servitude, Marek dreams of becoming a wizard. When she meets a beautiful priestess, Teela, in need of help, Marek escapes her master and puts together a team of adventurers and embarks on an epic quest to free Teela's sister from a vicious ogre.
It didn't have my heart racing or my adrenaline running like some action movies but it kept me awake. There are three more movies - sequels that follow. I haven't watched them yet.
I'd give it six out of ten stars because it's a fun little movie.
But is it silly? :sidesmile:
To us atheists, yeah with one of the main characters invoking her goddess by holding a totem. ;D
German Sci Fi 'DARK' on Netflix. Very serious, no humour. No surprises there!
West World, the original one with Yul Brynner. I miss Yul Brynner.
Life go down the tubes.
Live and let die.
Still watching Hustle. I'm in the middle of the third season now. I don't know that I will watch it past season four though. Two of the main characters get replaced it looks like. I may watch an episode or two though and test the waters.
I am watching The Limey for the first time and enjoying it. Terence Stamp gives a brilliant performance in his usual cool way.
About three days ago I started binge watching Hand of God on Prime Video. It's captivating. It's all I've watched for these past few days.
It's about a judge who thinks he hears "God" and sees visions. Then he exerts vigilante justice because of the voices in his head. It gets more complex as the series goes. There are only two seasons unfortunately.
I'm watching "The Queen's Gambit" on Netflix and I'm hooked. Read the Walter Tevis book years ago and love the way they brought it to life on the TV screen.
Quote from: Tom62 on November 29, 2020, 07:22:22 PM
I'm watching "The Queen's Gambit" on Netflix and I'm hooked. Read the Walter Tevis book years ago and love the way they brought it to life on the TV screen.
I got halfway through the first episode and couldn't get through the rest. :-X
Quote from: Tom62 on November 29, 2020, 07:22:22 PM
I'm watching "The Queen's Gambit" on Netflix and I'm hooked. Read the Walter Tevis book years ago and love the way they brought it to life on the TV screen.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 29, 2020, 07:37:25 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on November 29, 2020, 07:22:22 PM
I'm watching "The Queen's Gambit" on Netflix and I'm hooked. Read the Walter Tevis book years ago and love the way they brought it to life on the TV screen.
I got halfway through the first episode and couldn't get through the rest. :-X
Looks like a 'Marmite' show.
And don't be tempted by AWAY. I fast forwarded the second half of the season to see what happened out of morbid curiosity rather than interest.
I finished watching "The Queen's Game" yesterday. Great story telling and the actors were superb. A must see for anyone who (like me) likes the game and world of chess. What I loved most was that the main protagonist wasn't a Mary Sue character. She had her flaws and went through difficult times, unlike many of the female characters we see nowadays in woke Hollywood movies.
I've decided to give in and watch The Mandalorion to see what all the fuss is about.
I figured out what all the fuss is about: it's Baby Yoda ;D
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 10, 2020, 01:35:37 AM
I figured out what all the fuss is about: it's Baby Yoda ;D
(https://www.tonica.la/__export/1605545458752/sites/debate/img/2020/11/16/baby-yoda-portada.jpg_1902800913.jpg)
eeee! :tellmemore:
So cute!
Quote from: Magdalena on December 12, 2020, 08:02:44 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 10, 2020, 01:35:37 AM
I figured out what all the fuss is about: it's Baby Yoda ;D
(https://www.tonica.la/__export/1605545458752/sites/debate/img/2020/11/16/baby-yoda-portada.jpg_1902800913.jpg)
eeee! :tellmemore:
So cute!
Yes! ;D
:tellmemore:
Maybe this belongs elsewhere...art section? Astounding sculpture from artists, some of whom have a strange perception of reality.
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Poor me who has almost no facility with copying interesting things may have not gotten this right........let's see.
Quote from: Icarus on December 13, 2020, 11:46:10 PM
Maybe this belongs elsewhere...art section? Astounding sculpture from artists, some of whom have a strange perception of reality.
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Poor me who has almost no facility with copying interesting things may have not gotten this right........let's see.
That link takes us to your email and then falls over :(
Too bad the video was worth the time to watch. But then it is all a matter of taste is it not?
The Imitation Game, I love The Imitation Game.
Borsch - I've been binge watching this for days. There are six seasons to it. It hooks one at the end of every episode to catch the next one. It's on Amazon Prime.
I've almost finished Season 2 of The Mandalorian. When I finish it's going to leave a Baby Yoda-sized hole in my heart. :'(
The Billy Elliot movie, I recorded it in HD, it's excellent, wonderful, adorable with TRex tunes.
Mr. In Between. Main character is a hitman and possibly a psychopath. But a pretty likeable psychopath. He seems to have a conscience, though, so maybe not a psychopath. I think the term is overused; most people are capable of doing horrible things, but we can't all be psychopaths.
The episodes are like 25 minutes long, which is great. No huge commitment.
Also just bingewatched "The Undoing" (Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant) over a couple nights. Got a little silly at the end, but it was still good. Like one of those old Law & Order episodes with a murder that shakes Manhattan high society. Fun to get a glimpse into how the 5 percent lives. Nicole Kidman must have sold her soul to still have skin that luminous.
Tried to watch a horror movie with Henry Rollins in it (He Never Died or something like that). It was horrible, and I stopped 30 minutes in. Probably should not have even tried. I hate Henry Rollins; he's such a doofus. But it had gotten decent reviews.
Quote from: Anne D. on June 26, 2021, 06:30:28 AM
Also just bingewatched "The Undoing" (Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant) over a couple nights. Got a little silly at the end, but it was still good. Like one of those old Law & Order episodes with a murder that shakes Manhattan high society. Fun to get a glimpse into how the 5 percent lives. Nicole Kidman must have sold her soul to still have skin that luminous.
Ye, I thought that was OK.
Does a considerable proportion of English people still disapprove of Hugh Grant?
I think some thought him too foppish, back, back in the day, hmm ye, understandable, maybe. Still, I love About a Boy, Four Weddings and Notting Hill were fun, I'd like some more of those.
He was an excellent bastard in the Bridgets.
Ye, he was, and Colin Firth is at least as foppish and no one takes him to task.
And Stephen Fry gets to fop wherever he wants, 'cause he's an institution.
A much loved institution.
Yes of course, we all bow to the Stephen
I didn't enjoy The Green Knight movie.
Reviewers swoon, some common folk are less complimentary.
I just finished watching Stillwater. As usual, Matt Damon gives an excellent performance.
Quote from: Bad Penny II on August 31, 2021, 12:47:12 PM
Does a considerable proportion of English people still disapprove of Hugh Grant?
I think some thought him too foppish, back, back in the day, hmm ye, understandable, maybe. Still, I love About a Boy, Four Weddings and Notting Hill were fun, I'd like some more of those.
Me too. Four Weddings was especially fun. Rewatching that movie is like curling up in a warm, fuzzy blanket. But (and?) I say this despite having an inexplicable dislike of Hugh Grant.
Quote from: Bad Penny II on August 31, 2021, 12:47:12 PM
He was an excellent bastard in the Bridgets.
He really was. I enjoyed his performance for once.
Quote from: Bad Penny II on August 31, 2021, 12:47:12 PM
Ye, he was, and Colin Firth is at least as foppish and no one takes him to task.
Yeah, but Colin Firth is just more likeable for some reason; he's sexier in any event. He made an excellent Darcy in the BBC P&Prejudice. Hugh Grant always plays characters that come across as kind of neutered. For some reason they're a little more bearable in his later movies, though. I think HG's wrinkles are giving him some pseudo-depth.
26:59 into the second episode of Better Call Saul.
It was hard to like any of the Breaking Bad characters, I sort of liked Saul.
Loved Breaking Bad and can't wait for season 6 of Better Call Saul. The writing is so good.
shoot
when i last had a televisuion set they were srtill bradcastuing gunsmoke
The Wheel of Time, not sure, Loial should be much taller though.
The Dune movie, it's OK, probably need to watch it again, didn't know it was a series of movies.
Dexter? It's just more Dexter.
Was Doctor Who always so complicated?
Get Back, that is extraordinary, something like 3 x 150 minutes of HIGH quality video of the Beatles and their creative process.
I'm watching ,,The Sparks Brothers", a very interesting documentary about the pop group Sparks.
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool was sweet
Don't Look Up.
Highly recommended!
my wife sat me down in front of that. we dont have any television connection to the outside world except for netflix stuff, and i very seldom can sit down long enough to finish anything they want me to watch with them anyway
this was no exception. i was absolutely infuriated by the story line, because it is so not-unlikely. i couldn't watch more than half of t and had to get up and go do something else.
i cannot take stuff like that in the black humour style in which it is intended. everything is too real to me.
Quote from: billy rubin on December 28, 2021, 07:36:31 PM
my wife sat me down in front of that. we dont have any television connection to the outside world except for netflix stuff, and i very seldom can sit down long enough to finish anything they want me to watch with them anyway
this was no exception. i was absolutely infuriated by the story line, because it is so not-unlikely. i couldn't watch more than half of t and had to get up and go do something else.
i cannot take stuff like that in the black humour style in which it is intended. everything is too real to me.
You're 100% correct. It's terrifying to think it looks like a parody but it really isn't!
Really enjoyed Don't Look Up, despite so much of it being a little too close to reality.
If you're looking for a good, really unique horror move, Censor was amazing.
Quote from: Anne D. on January 01, 2022, 02:46:26 AM
Really enjoyed Don't Look Up, despite so much of it being a little too close to reality.
I think the beauty of the film lies in the fact that so much of the abhorrent behaviour IS totally believable. It has been said that many a true word is spoken in jest and this film really does this.
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If you're looking for a good, really unique horror move, Censor was amazing.
Thank you for the recommendation. I shall avoid it :)
Just finished watching Yellowstone - all 4 seasons. All I can say is, if I ever meet Beth Dutton (a main character) on the street, I'm running the opposite direction. Badest bitch to ever grace a TV screen. Pardon my French, but if you watch it, you'll understand. Plus, the scenery is beautiful. Basically, it is the Godfather on steroids, but in Montana.
:picard facepalm:
This movie is gonna be like
Deja Vu.
That was great, Magdalena--thank you. Finally watched Last Night in Soho and really liked it.
Quote from: Anne D. on January 29, 2022, 05:26:39 AM
That was great, Magdalena--thank you. Finally watched Last Night in Soho and really liked it.
:boaterhat:
You're welcome,
Anne D.
I still think the original Alien directed by Ridley Scott was one of the best science fiction movies, or even non-science fiction movies. Can anyone recommend any other good SF movies? They often start well, but then after the first 10 minutes I lose interest. That was not the case with Alien.
Avatar.
Dune old and new.
Enders Game.
Aliens, but you've seen that.
The Thing with Curt Russell.
Being There.
Quote from: Tank on February 08, 2022, 04:20:28 PM
Avatar.
Dune old and new.
Enders Game.
Aliens, but you've seen that.
The Thing with Curt Russell.
Being There.
Thank you. I have seen most of those, except Being There. Wasn't Peter Sellers in it?
Quote from: hermes2015 on February 08, 2022, 05:55:17 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 08, 2022, 04:20:28 PM
Avatar.
Dune old and new.
Enders Game.
Aliens, but you've seen that.
The Thing with Curt Russell.
Being There.
Thank you. I have seen most of those, except Being There. Wasn't Peter Sellers in it?
It was Sellers' second to last movie. And it's not really Sci Fi but it really is a must watch film.
I will watch it.
Brilliant script.
revisiting clips of this old motion picture
its been fifty years since this film was released.
what have we learned?
The power of music to stir our emotions. Bob Fosse's choreography and Joel Grey's performance were two of my favourite things in that movie.
joel grey was unforgettsble
i read thst he took sevrrsl awards for it that year.
National Geographic's channel. Clotilda. The story of the 1860 ship that brought 110 slaves to Mobile Alabama. The ship found its way, at night, up the Mobile River. Secrecy was the intent. The ship topsides was torched and it's hull sank. The remains of the hull are still there.
Quote from: billy rubin on February 13, 2022, 04:40:33 AM
joel grey was unforgettsble
i read thst he took sevrrsl awards for it that year.
I have to confess that, in spite of my 50% Jewish ancestry, I was disturbingly swept up and emotional by that boy's singing and how the onlookers joined in. That's what I meant by the power of music. Yet, some people tell me that music does not move them.
Reacher (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9288030/)
Loved it.
Senior Year (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5315212/) Netflix
Huge fan of Rebel Wilson, so I liked it.
Season four of Stranger Things (Netflix)
It's finally here!
Quote from: Wolfen on May 27, 2022, 09:29:24 AMSenior Year (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5315212/) Netflix
Huge fan of Rebel Wilson, so I liked it.
Oh man, I hadn't heard about this til I read your post. Totally going to be watching that. I love Rebel Wilson too.
I've just finished binge watching all seasons of Futurama
Since I'm taking a break from gaming right now, I guess I'll be catching up with what's on
Netflix.
Finished what's available for season four of
Stranger Things. The cliffhanger, yes you read that right, at least clarified something. The conclusion won't be available till July 1st. Why? Why do that?
Anywho, then I watched Welcome to Eden (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13457822/)
QuoteA group of young adults attend a party on a remote island, but the tempting paradise they find waiting for them holds dangerous secrets and entrapments.
I liked it.
Now I'm watching and finishing up with Cracow Monsters (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15096836/)
QuoteA young woman haunted by her past joins a mysterious professor and his group of gifted students who investigate paranormal activity and fight demons.
Liking it, as well.
Re-watching me some Blacklist. Charismatic cast, an interesting overarching story ark, some well-executed minor story arks... I like it. It's no wonder it survived for nine seasons and, from what I know, got renewed for a tenth.
I watch it on Netflix, which brings me to an interesting point; I do hope Netflix gets their reorganisation thing sorted, so that they may make good content - not just buy rights to it. Most of their originals I've tried to watch are excruciatingly, mind-numbingly bad or have zero staying power. Or both. Not worth the expense, but for an occasional Blacklist and such.
Quote from: Asmodean on May 30, 2022, 10:17:49 AMRe-watching me some Blacklist.
I watched a few seasons of that, but I never returned to it. I enjoyed what I saw, not sure why I didn't continue with it. Maybe one day I will.
Looks as though I won't be watching Netflix for too long. Months and months of not watching anything there produced merely a week's worth of watchable content. Go figure.
Anywho, I have recently watched:
Human Resources (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11092142/)
Because I'm a fan of Big Mouth
Seasons two and three of Love, Death & Robots (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9561862/)
Season two of Bridgerton (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8740790/)
I consider this show my guilty pleasure. It may seem like a typical, mindless historical romance, but it's actually quite witty.
Movie, Disappearance at Clifton Hill (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5919756/)
I had reservations, at first, before I even hit the play button, but it turned out to be a good one. At least, from my perspective, much better than the IMDB rating suggests.
Forgot to mention that I finally finished watching Pieces of Her (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9170236/)
Not bad.
Now, I'm finally watching The Wheel of Time (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7462410/) on Prime.
Quote from: Wolfen on June 01, 2022, 12:11:40 PMNow, I'm finally watching The Wheel of Time (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7462410/) on Prime.
I thought that one was an appalling injustice to the books, and not even for any sort of valid TV-adaptation reasons.
Well-enough made, but... Not how the world of Wheel of Time works, nor how its story unfolds. It's just so much...
Less, as an exercise in storytelling.
If you haven't yet, I highly recommend the book series. If no time for that - try audiobooks, truly
superbly narrated by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading.
Also, just to flash my nerd cred on the subject, my very screen name comes from that world. If anybody wants to flash theirs, do you remember, without looking up, who he was or have any ideas as to why I chose the name? Come on, people! Let's get a nice nerd-out started!
Quote from: Asmodean on June 01, 2022, 12:30:05 PMIf you haven't yet, I highly recommend the book series.
I semi-recall having read the first book many years ago. Apparently, I didn't like it enough to stick with the series.
I'm more of a Terry Goodkind,
Sword of Truth, fan.
Quote from: Wolfen on June 01, 2022, 12:47:56 PMI semi-recall having read the first book many years ago. Apparently, I didn't like it enough to stick with the series.
I'm more of a Terry Goodkind, Sword of Truth, fan.
It can be a bit of an acquired taste, if nothing else for the sheer number of way-too-strong personalities, but the story really takes off from the later chapters of the first book, then it has its rises and falls through the 15-volume series, but as I see it, its highs are
so much higher than its lows. The minor (or, less-major) story arks are mostly excellent, such as, spoiling as little as I am able, Perrin's later Emond's Field ark, Mat's Ebou Dar ark, Egwene, Nynaeve and others' Salidar story and even Rand, who is frankly one of my least-favourite characters goes through some very interesting and well-told developments.
I think that's what really draws me to the world of Wheel of Time - its internal consistency and interdependency, allowing for branching of stories and compelling meetings of those branches. It's...
Intricate, in spite of certain things (such as some love drama I cannot discuss without spoiling) feeling a tad bit railroaded. (Railroaded as in, "the plot demands it.")
The Asmo wanders off to the soothing voices of Kramer and Reading - re-listening book five right now.
The Innocents. Norwegian horror. Creepy kids. It was really good.
Re-watched Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy over the weekend.
He did manage to build a statue to himself alongside that of Tolkien. A lesser statue, some would say, but now that the bronze has aged to green, I think it will stand as long and proud as Tolkien's - in spite of Amazon barging in, spraying graffiti loosely resembling their logo all over them both.
I mean, yes, there are choices I would have made differently. Tom Bombadil should absolutely have been in the movies, for starters. Still, all things considered, as an exercise in cinematic storytelling, Jackson's Lord of the Rings is in a class of its own.
I expect the Rings of Power to be absolute garbage, as per my above metaphor, and not just because it's not Tolkien, but Amazon's current-year interpretation and "improvement" upon his universe. I expect the writing, directing and the overall vision to be trash, for starters. Will I be pleasantly surprised? I guess we'll know in a month.
the LOTR movies were good, but speaking as somebody who first read the books well over 50 years ago and then read them to my kids in the evening, the books were better.
but its a no-win situation, you know. no matter what the movies were, the books cannot help but be better to someone who must have read them a dozen times before the movies we re made.
i am interested in hearing the opinion of someone who saw the motion pictures first, and only then read the books.
Loved, loved, loved Lucifer on Netflix. 93 episodes so it's a long haul.
Little bit of trivia with no spoilers. Lucifer owns a nightclub Lux in Los Angeles. He's seen sitting at and playing a piano in some early episodes. But it's not until episode 9 that we here him sing. The actor has a fantastic voice! They didn't know this when they hired him and only found out when the cast and crew went out and did karaoke and were blown away. So they added a song to that and a few others throughout the series. It's got a lot of humour but when it gets serious it gets serious. A good blend.
Currently on series 501 of Vikings. More blood than a slaughter house. And I love the character Floki.
Ah, yes! Lucifer! One of the very best of the more current crop of entertainment in my book.
Quote from: Asmodean on August 02, 2022, 07:25:06 PMAh, yes! Lucifer! One of the very best of the more current crop of entertainment in my book.
Apparently Tom Ellis, who plays Lucifer, was asked to read at the audition in an American accent. He didn't think it worked so he read it in his normal English accent. It helped get him the part.
Did you watch it dubbed or with the original soundtrack?
Original. English accent absolutely works for the way he portrayed his character.
Quote from: Asmodean on August 02, 2022, 09:48:13 PMOriginal. English accent absolutely works for the way he portrayed his character.
Well the yanks love a baddy with an English accent and Lucifer is the ultimate baddy ;D
Indeed. Speaking of bad guys,
Time Machine - the one from the early naughties.
The Morlock leader. In my book, one of the best silver screen villains in the history of silver, screens and villainy.
SPOILER BELOW!
That looks interesting.
The film was not bad at all. Even had some thought provoking elements to it, although I personally found the answer to the storyline question intuitively obvious.
I recommend. Also, the baddie really ought to be the role model for us all.
The Great (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2235759/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) a rich concoction of historical fantasy, sex, gore and comedy. How this ever got funded is a miracle. But it got a lot of funding, the scripts are second to none, the acting brilliant and the sets and costumes amazing. A real gem of a production.
Wholesome, educational entertainment for a happily-fascinated The Asmo. :smilenod: This pleases Him.
Can't see this in the UK :(
Really? :-( I think the BBC might have it. It's Secrets of the Castle - a series about the Guédelon project.
Quote from: Tank on August 18, 2022, 01:17:38 PMCan't see this in the UK :(
I set my location to Toronto in my VPN and could access the video. I always watch BBC TV programs by setting my location as London.
I watch it on the Timeline channel, therefore I posted it as a YouTube link.
Whatever the case, I do recommend if you like castles and/or medieval technology and/or lifestyle and want some, how did I put it?
QuoteWholesome, educational entertainment for a happily-fascinated The Asmo
It's in five parts. They do make sense individually, and the one I posted is narrowly my favourite, but can recommend the whole thing.
BWAHAHA! Oh, The Asmo's The Asmo!
Still watching the castles series, and Ruth, the historian lady just made my week. She was making a period-accurate paint brush.
"I went and found some badger hair. Well, I'll be honest, there was a b- there was some road kill... So I shaved it." I mean, the way she presented it... Pure gold. :lol: The badger's life was not in vain.
Still a probably-geolocked Timeline vid. The scene I'm talking about is from 28:38-ish.
The Game of Thrones prequel.
A short, spoiler-free review of episode 1;
I expected to be disappointed, but was not. They do push all kinds of progressive narratives, but it is done tastefully, as part of the greater story. For example, they spend some time in the prologue discussing how the assembly of lords chose a man as the heir to the Targaryen household rather than a woman, but in stead of making some political point about how "It's muh whamen's turn now!" they continued on as to the king's motivation for choosing an heir - to avoid the house tearing each other apart in a civil war (And setting up the future plot of it doing just that, I suspect) They approached motherhood - specifically, the duty of royal motherhood - with respect and... yeah. No spoilers, I said. Might start a breakdown discussion later. Suffice it to say, if indeed this is a political show, so far, it is so in-universe, without being pushy or preachy and without breaking immersion. I can live with that.
...In general terms, it seems like the creators actually tried to tell a good story above other concerns. The cast works well. The sets are of good quality. The CGI is adequate-to-good. Matt Smith is... Matt Smith.
I still fully expect this show to fall off a cliff in a hurry, but so far, I definitely recommend giving its debut episode a bit of a watch.
Watching an livestream of Artemis-1. Looks like fixing issues and possibly avoiding weather, so... Nothing much happening on the scale that I can see.
Saw the first two episodes of Rings of Power. It's much as predicted. Garbage, albeit pretty garbage on occasion. There are a few actors who do try their damndest to carry this thing, but with little success.
I mean, maybe, if you neither care for Tolkien's universe or Jackson's adaptation... Or consistent writing or intelligent dialogue...
A billion dollars the thing cost. :sadshake:
I shall not spoil it for those who want to watch, but unless you already have a Prime account, I advise against getting one just for this show. It may pull itself out by the hair, but after two episodes of setting up nonsense... I honestly don't see it.
Rather than a single score, I'll try to give a breakdown;
Visuals: 3/5. Minus for the design of harfoots, armour and some dodgy special effects.
Cast performance: 2/5. A few "secondary" cast members have to carry for terrible performances by main cast. Not good enough.
Story: 1/5. Full of contradictions to the point of me never being able to achieve suspension of disbelief. Amazon's universe does not make sense within itself.
Cinematography: 4/5. Not among the best, but generally well-framed and well-executed.
Dialogue: 1/5. Far too many instances of quasi-intellectual nonsense, particularly from the elves. Sometimes, saying nothing when you have nothing to say is preferable to saying a lot without saying a thing. Overall, the dialogue is poorly-written and, in my honest opinion, not deserving of having Tolkien's name attached - however indirectly.
Pacing: 2/5. This is only the first two episodes, but it has elements, both rushed where it should be deliberate and on occasion, plodding with no apparent storytelling reason.
To summarise, while I'm not a huge fan of Tolkien's writing, compared to this bullshit, it's a 10 out of 5. I've only finished the books after watching Peter Jackson's trilogy, and there were things they did in the films that I would do differently - but then I also thought some changes they made were OK. Overall, an excellent adaptation, respectful of the lore and the way of storytelling. Amazon's is not even an adaptation at this point. If anything, it's an attempted money-grab using the name of a beloved franchise. While the first two episodes had some redeeming features as just-ye-regular-fantasy-series, they had none with regard to the source material - the universe from which they were supposed to draw. That's coming from a fan of Tolkien's universe, especially as told by Peter Jackson - so by no means at all a book purist.
My verdict: avoid.
The Rings of Power. First 2 episodes.
7 to 8 out of 10. Well worth watching. :)
Just enjoy the story.
Wow. Just...
What story?! I'm totally starting a thread of its own and spoiling that shit for all it's worth!
:snicker1: :hooked:
Not sure of the name, but it's got the forth stooge (who is an orange gobblin). It also contains, bootlicking sycophantic parasites, and a hand basket that is remarkably prevalent.
Quote from: No one on September 03, 2022, 12:53:42 PMNot sure of the name, but it's got the forth stooge (who is an orange gobblin). It also contains, bootlicking sycophantic parasites, and a hand basket that is remarkably prevalent.
Ooh! You're watching the
Political Drama TV Show:
Fox & Friends Party At The West Wing?
Speaking of, remember The West Wing?
Heh... Them good old days. I remember enjoying it. Wonder if it's due for a rewatch to see how it aged - if at all.
That said, watched more House of the Dragon this weekend.
By the end of episode three... It's improving - going from watchable to actually good. I think by this point I might indeed do that breakdown thread I've been contemplating - full of spoilers, as such a thing would have to be. In any case, I went in expecting much less. For now, I continue to be happily proven wrong. Go HBO!
Midway through S2 of Raised By Wolves.
Well they got those weird religious types right.
The portrayal of atheists though is so unfair.
A society of atheists would be a paradise, we wouldn't squabble.
You may be very wrong, and think pineapple doesn't go on pizza, but I wouldn't kill you for that. Your name would go on a list but I wouldn't attack, not straight away anyway.
I gave up on Raised By Wolves mid-way through season one. The story had a little bit of promise and in a genre I generally like, but I found the writing to have the subtlety of a freight train on fire and none of the cast had the charisma necessary to carry it in spite of that.
It picked up a bit.
Quote from: Asmodean on December 06, 2022, 10:17:11 AMI gave up on Raised By Wolves mid-way through season one. The story had a little bit of promise and in a genre I generally like, but I found the writing to have the subtlety of a freight train on fire and none of the cast had the charisma necessary to carry it in spite of that.
The Wheel of Time Asmo showed promise but didn't really amount to much.
Have you read the Coldfire Trilogy?
I think Gerald Tarrant was an interesting,,, anti hero, hero?
i hane no problems with pineapple on pizza.
bananas, yes
artichokes, yes
Giving Raised by Wolves a other chance. I
want to like that show. I dislike being bored or have my immersion constantly broken when watching or reading Sci-Fi/fantasy. The concept has potential too - some cool minimalistic visuals and appealing aesthetics also... But for the writing. Well, also the acting. Mostly by the "main" kid, but he's a kid, so... He probably doesn't know how to carry a poor writers' room or lacklustre directing yet.
Still, I shall try and stick with it through season one at least.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding. on December 06, 2022, 10:44:21 AMThe Wheel of Time Asmo showed promise but didn't really amount to much.
Have you read the Coldfire Trilogy?
I think Gerald Tarrant was an interesting,,, anti hero, hero?
I have Black Sun Rising in my "bin of sin." Was meaning to read, but simply never got around to it. Now that I'm reminded though... There be possibilities.
Quote from: Asmodean on December 13, 2022, 01:05:02 PMGiving Raised by Wolves a other chance. I want to like that show. I dislike being bored or have my immersion constantly broken when watching or reading Sci-Fi/fantasy. The concept has potential too - some cool minimalistic visuals and appealing aesthetics also... But for the writing. Well, also the acting. Mostly by the "main" kid, but he's a kid, so... He probably doesn't know how to carry a poor writers' room or lacklustre directing yet.
Still, I shall try and stick with it through season one at least.
They seemed to have cancelled it without completing it in S2.
Did you at least see Mother get her empowering eyes and start flying around and smiting believers?
Quote from: Asmodean on December 13, 2022, 01:05:02 PMI have Black Sun Rising in my "bin of sin." Was meaning to read, but simply never got around to it. Now that I'm reminded though... There be possibilities.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding. on December 13, 2022, 01:15:35 PMDid you at least see Mother get her empowering eyes and start flying around and smiting believers?
She did a speck of weird hovering in Jesus-pose an episode ago, but I don't think she smote any believers. I'm on episode... Six? Maybe seven.
Wu Assasins on Netflix. Don't bother, it's crap.
Watching Rings of Power for that review I promised. It's... Giving an Asmo pains in His Divine Eyebrows.
I'll see if I wall-of-text it or go episode by episode. The latter would make a better review, but then it would also likely turn into a book of many, many pages.
tl:dr
You have no idea. I just did the first episode, and I have three pages of notes. In my hand, which is to say three tightly covered pages. Of notes.
:o
Ok. You may write a 12 word synopsis of each episode.
What is this concept of 12 words, of which you speak? :headscratch: There does not exist a number of words nearly that small. That's like... Words equivalent of sub-plankc units. The rules of linguistics break when you do that and a discussion turns into... Well, Twitter, if we're honest. SMS, even.
The horror!
E1 Galadriel's role is written so well, Morfydd Clark plays it to perfection.
She's actually not the worst part of the episode, I think. Well, in a way, but not so much as a character as in the circumstances she finds herself in leading up to and including the introduction of fake Aragorn. (Shall I spoil these sorts of things? Yeah... Why not? It's not like it would somehow lessen the mystery that wasn't there. Fake Aragorn is indeed Sauron. Who, apart from "everybody" who looked closely enough, would have suspected - yes, even in the first episode?)
If you have toothache and you need something to distract you watch Attack on Titan (2022) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22408766/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_5)
It should be made compulsory viewing on every media course, just to illustrate what NOT to do. I have never reached for the '1' vote on IMDb faster. It is truly awful. And it's awful in all aspects, script, acting, story, editing, direction the lot. The acting is so wooden the whole production must be carbon negative.
DO NOT WATCH!
Avatar 2 in 3D. I actually didn't mind it. I mean, it was no great feat of storytelling - probably worse in that regard than the first film, but I thought it was fun.
A "must see" it is not, but it is... Inoffensively-entertaining.
I'm watching Star Trek DS9 again.
Quote from: Tom62 on January 04, 2023, 04:36:13 PMI'm watching Star Trek DS9 again.
I really liked DS9.
Ah, yes! Now I want to re-watch it myself.
...And Stargate SG1. And Atlantis.
The Warship: Tour of Duty (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dnvb5k)
HMS Queen Elizabeth is one of a pair of aircraft carriers which are the largest and heaviest ships there have ever been in the Royal Navy. QE deployed for the first time in 2021. This programme follows that first deployment and a star has been born. Leading seaman Lambart. Almost 30. Two kids by two women. Ex-cocaine user. And late back to ship on her first deployment. And just fucking brilliant! He's a pirate in a uniform.
As a matter of interest, or geekdom. HMS Queen Elizabeth is not named after our late queen. She is named after a previous battleship, the name ship of the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth-class_battleship) which were built just before WWI. That ship was named after the first Queen Elizabeth. Nothing like a bit of history :)
I did watch The Witcher: Blood Origin.
Not good.
Elves should look like elves, it's OK if they aren't whiter than white in these modern times, but they have to be... elvish, lean,,, and otherly. You can't just plonk a pair of pointy ears on a burly bloke and call him an Elf, it's just not right.
No Russell Crowe, even if Hugo does have an accident, you can't be the new Elrond.
It was adequate as entertainment but didn't stand up to close scrutiny.
I have a thousand dollars worth of tv and no antenna.
Euphemism?
Actually, it's a fact.
Quote from: MarcusA on May 27, 2023, 04:49:39 PMActually, it's a fact.
As we get all our programming through fibre we don't have an antenna either.
I don't watch tv anymore.
i have no access to watch anything.
and i dont appear to be missing anything?
not saying other people dont find value, but i dont have the time in my disorganized life to work through it.
I watch the world go by.
Good Omens again.
Don't your lot disapprove of guns?
Ye, unless they're in the right hands.
Then the give weight to a moral argument.
Picard was fun.
Another series of Good Omens is nigh. :)
A little while ago the guy who plays the good angel was interviewed on Graham Norton and he had his white hair. So it was obvious another series was shooting and doesn't wear a wig.
What am I watching? The clock.
Peaky Blinders. Cillian Murphy's very watchable.
Just seen Oppenheimer. Long and no laughs. Interesting structure that juxtaposes elements in his life. If you want 3 hours of excellent story, acting, script and cinematography I highly recommend it. Definitely worth a trip to the big screen. Drain your bladder as there is no interval and every minute counts. Cillian Murphy should get an Oscar nomination and Robert Downy Jr is excellent. In fact there isn't a poor performance at all. Didn't spot any significant technical plot holes either which was nice.
we dont do intervals in america
we just pee into the leftover popcorn
Just watched M3gan on DVD. Well made movie, but 100% predictable and not scary all.
I thought M3gan was good too, Tom, despite being predictable.
I'm headed to Barbie on Sunday. Very excited. Also watching a documentary series called Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York (https://www.hbo.com/last-call-when-a-serial-killer-stalked-queer-new-york), about a serial killer who operated in the 90s. Sometimes I think we've made no progress at all but seeing how little progress we'd made toward gay rights and basic acceptance in the 90s makes me reevaluate. I think things are definitely better today, despite Americans being on the precipice of taking 10 steps back.
barbenheimer. already done, apparently?
Next Tuesday my wife and I will watch Oppenheimer in the original language. There are only a couple of movie theaters nearby that show movies that are not dubbed in German. This is one of the reasons why I watch most movies on DVD.
tom, how many languages can you deal with?
here in america most people do either just english, or english and spanish.
regionally, theres italian and basque and french and creole, but thats mostly it
native stuff is really spotty. almost nobody is a native chickasaw speaker in my home country
Barbie was good, if a little preachy in parts. Still fun to watch.
my wife showed me tbe straussian beginning. that was magnificent
Quote from: billy rubin on July 31, 2023, 12:22:44 AMmy wife showed me tbe straussian beginning. that was magnificent
It was : )
Quote from: Tank on July 24, 2023, 07:51:01 PMJust seen Oppenheimer. Long and no laughs. Interesting structure that juxtaposes elements in his life. If you want 3 hours of excellent story, acting, script and cinematography I highly recommend it. Definitely worth a trip to the big screen. Drain your bladder as there is no interval and every minute counts. Cillian Murphy should get an Oscar nomination and Robert Downy Jr is excellent. In fact there isn't a poor performance at all. Didn't spot any significant technical plot holes either which was nice.
Yep. This right here, it is hereby a
Asmo-approved review, though He lost His seal somewhere. :smilenod:
Quote from: billy rubin on July 30, 2023, 11:48:15 PMtom, how many languages can you deal with?
I can deal with 4 languages. Dutch (mother tongue), English, German and (basic) French.
Is Good Omens... Good?
It's some sort of a light-hearted angels and demons thing, yes?
I seem to remember someone here watch it, and wondering if it's worth giving a try..?
Pudds, was it you perchance?
Yes I enjoyed both series and the book. It's a whimsical fantasy about a daemon and an angel who while not strictly friends find common cause in survival when God decides to shut down the Universe as a bad idea. Series one is based on the book. Series two is a stand alone work.
^ :o ::) :scratch:
Who says an monster truck can't be all eco-friendly and evil?! The Asmo approves. :smilenod:
The Wheel of Time gets worse and worse, they just killed Uno, I never imagined him so small.
I sympathise with someone who said they'd read the books more than once didn't know what the fuck is going on.
Hurin's role has subsumed/merged with Elyas. :(
Lan, the toughest roughest hardest man in the world has been made a wimp. :o
Egwene, a great beauty. Princes, the most beautiful and gifted of men, they will strive to impress her. She is played by an ugly woman with growths on her nose.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding.. on September 20, 2023, 01:49:53 PMThe Wheel of Time gets worse and worse, they just killed Uno, I never imagined him so small.
I sympathise with someone who said they'd read the books more than once didn't know what the fuck is going on.
Hurin's role has subsumed/merged with Elyas. :(
Lan, the toughest roughest hardest man in the world has been made a wimp. :o
Egwene, a great beauty. Princes, the most beautiful and gifted of men, they will strive to impress her. She is played by an ugly woman with growths on her nose.
Ah! I was tempted to watch this. Now I'm not.
My wife got an Apple Mac. This entitled us to 3 months of Apple TV for free. They have done an adaption of the Issac Azimov short stories Foundation. His daughter is involved in the process. As long as you're not a died in the wool purist it's not a bad series. Reasonable script, acting, direction and story-line. Four episodes were directed by Roxan Dawson who played Billana Torres, chief engineer in Star Trek Voyager. I'll give it 7.5 out of 10 at the moment.
Quote from: Tank on September 20, 2023, 02:10:01 PMAs long as you're not a died in the wool purist
QuoteThe expression comes from the fact that fabric can be dyed in a number of ways. The woven fabric may be dyed after it is complete, or the threads may be dyed before they are woven. When a color is "dyed in the wool," the wool itself is dyed before being spun into threads, so the colour is least likely to fade or change.
Most interesting.
It looks like The Wheel of Time TV series may be ditching Amsodean and giving his role to Logain.
I wonder if the producers are trembling.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding.. on September 20, 2023, 01:49:53 PMThe Wheel of Time gets worse and worse
Nah. None of that Amazon stuff is canon. The Wheel of Time is as it always was. That shit be Anti-fan Fiction. :smilenod:
In fact, I propose that it should be referred to as "Amazon's Wheel of Time" with a kazoo playing Ride of the Valkyries out of tune in the background. (Yes, every time one says it)
EDIT: For reference, though this is
way too much a work of art for what Amazon's doing;
...Go to 1:15 and there you have it. The sound that
must accompany the saying, thinking, writing or otherwise putting in public of "Amazon's Wheel of Time." [audible kazoo sounds]
Sanderson suggests this a different turn of the wheel than that in the books.
The wolves, Hopper is a cuddly looking little fellow.
They've cut out Tom Bombadil Merrilin.
I think all of the Aes Sedai are impressive, some of the warders.
Lanfear is cool
The Seanchan look cool
The Aiel seem formidable
It still grates that Mat and Perin came from good solid families but toot the Kazoo, let's give them issues.
Amazon's Wheel of Time [audible kazoo sounds] is way too perverted for another turning of the wheel within that same universe. All the love for Brandon, but he's wrong if he says that that is how it is.
Ah, the good old gleeman! Married an Aes Sedai eventually, if memory serves, but I shan't spoil. An excellent character with several good arks in the books. I'm not surprised Amazon cut him out though. Talentless hacks, the whole bloody lot. :sadnod: