BattleTech - The Board Game of Armored Combat
Off Topic and Technical Support => Off Topic => Topic started by: garhkal on 17 December 2023, 15:34:15
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Since the other one has hit 50 pages, time to start a new thread..
Got some other oldies to get through.. The Original Donald Sutherland Invasion of the body snatchers, followed by his remake in the mid 90s, then the crow (always a good one to watch), and finally Scanners 2.
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ok holoday oldie but goodie
man who sued god
with billy conlley
its a movie i do rewatch normally i wouldnt since i usually watch movie just once and done
and all time fave for holidays
hellraiser
the first two other ones are meh
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My favorite part of Hellraiser was the song Motorhead did for it.
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My favorite part of Hellraiser was the song Motorhead did for it.
I have to say, that's the best part of Hellraiser, and I think it was Hellraiser III; I did record that song off the radio.
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ok holoday oldie but goodie
man who sued god
with billy conlley
It's been a LOONNNNGGGG time since i saw that, same with Paul Hogan's Almost an angel.
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World war 2 by indy neidell
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Cant pay well take it away
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my neighbor forced me to re watch
three amigos
hated it then 20 years back hate it now
only funny thing was the singing bush and even that was predictable
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Fire and flame tv
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Saw White Christmas with one of my Friends/Brothers on the 14th, then Wonka last night. We saw how Willy first encounters the Oompa Loompas, though not how they came to work for/with him.
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The Drop. RIP James Gandolfini.
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The Drop. RIP James Gandolfini.
liked him in where the wild things are
wonderful acting on his part had not seen it in a while but his performance really stuck in my mind
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my neighbor forced me to re watch
three amigos
hated it then 20 years back hate it now
only funny thing was the singing bush and even that was predictable
I agree, it's lame. The best thing to come out of it was the plethora joke.
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Watching Babylon 5 with my partner. Never watched it before, but I've heard a lot of good things about it throughout my lifetime. The show's CGI graphics are dated, of course, but overall, I think it's aging pretty well. I'm having fun. lol
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Bad lads army
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Watching Babylon 5 with my partner. Never watched it before, but I've heard a lot of good things about it throughout my lifetime. The show's CGI graphics are dated, of course, but overall, I think it's aging pretty well. I'm having fun. lol
ohhh? wait till you see gkar and lando in later seasons you would think they were married.... but you will love how they developed...garibaldi....he is another one along with marcus....
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Babylon 5 is a great show. Way better than it had any right to be.
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Babylon 5 is a great show. Way better than it had any right to be.
true
i think because they focused on actors like original doctor who and not on the sets to hide crappy acting or writing
admit it you really had to focus on sets and backgrounds when actors were on screen....unless script called for focusing on backgrounds as part of the story
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Oppenheimer was interestingly good, and Killers of the Flower Moon was interestingly not as amazing as I had hoped. Here’s looking forward to Napoleon and Iron Claw (Zach Effron has come a long way since High School Musical and Jeremy Allen White has been a favorite since Shameless and The Bear in my house, and the Vonn Erich’s were one of the first tales of Texas lore I learned about upon moving here years ago, so I’m super excited about this movie).
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I've heard mixed reviews on Oppenheimer.. Is it worth watching?
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I've heard mixed reviews on Oppenheimer.. Is it worth watching?
Yes. Absolutely yes.
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I've heard mixed reviews on Oppenheimer.. Is it worth watching?
Yes. Absolutely yes.
It’s directed by Christopher Nolan, and if you’re familiar with his other movies, it lives up to his signature style. I’m pry not doing it justice in this description, but I’ll say going into the movie, I knew the story, knew the end/result, but I was still on the edge of my seat all the way through waiting to see what would happen next.
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The tank chats
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ok this one os obscure by el brooks and it ran for about dozen episodes in the mid 70s
when things were rotten
btw it was a direct grandaddy to his robin hood men in tights which from a lot of jokes were taken to be in that movie
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ActionWife wanted to see Wonka before ActionKid leaves for Christmas. It was okay? I guess? Felt more like the original movie than the Burton/Depp version did, but I’m still not sure why anyone believes that Willy Wonka needs an origin story.
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Hillclimbing Rachau
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ActionWife wanted to see Wonka before ActionKid leaves for Christmas. It was okay? I guess? Felt more like the original movie than the Burton/Depp version did, but I’m still not sure why anyone believes that Willy Wonka needs an origin story.
That was definitely the question I had about it: why did we need Wonka's origin?
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That was definitely the question I had about it: why did we need Wonka's origin?
I think I would have enjoyed it more if it had been its own, original thing. The movie was visually very fun to look at, it’s just that I was never able to square the fact that this had any meaningful relation to the original film.
Take away the Wonka name, the Oompa-Loompa, and Slugworth, though, and you’ve still got an okay family flick in time for Christmas. Paul Atreides makes magical chocolate with the help of the Downton Abbey butler and foils the evil plans of Mr Bean, Nardole, Olivia Coleman, and 50% of Key and Peele. That would be fine, IMO. There are already tons of movies in that vein that worked well enough and weren’t nearly as visually impressive.
But that’s just me. ActionWife and ActionMother-in-Law both enjoyed it, and that’s the important part.
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I'm now imagining "ActionMother-In-Law" as being the code name of a superhero from the 70s. :grin:
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Nitro Rallycross Calgary FULL Broadcast - Finals
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The Panzermuseum
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Cant pay well take it away
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Watching Parks and Rec.
Seems to me like a discount Office knock off.
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Also watched the Gilded Age.
Sets and setting were awesome, the story not so much.
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trying to get through latest indiana jones movie its a 2 and a half hour slug fest of molases that wombat charicter has nothing likable about her teddy is just boring
they would had been better just bringing grown up short round
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Or just knocking it off with making sequels to a series that was already finished in the 80s.
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Iron Claw.
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i want my 2 and :angry: a half hours back that indy was so terrible
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i want my 2 and :angry: a half hours back that indy was so terrible
I was left wanting quite a bit. I was excited for the story of the family and there is more left out of the movie than included which was very disappointing. It was like a movie about JFK not mentioning Bobby and ending as he gets into a limo in Dallas , and then posting a pre credit blurb that read “shortly after, he was assassinated”.
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I've heard mixed reviews on Oppenheimer.. Is it worth watching?
It's the best movie of 2023 hands down. Maybe the best movie of the decade so far.
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Fire and Flame tv
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Decided it had been too long since my last David Attenborough fix and since I still haven't bothered to subscribe to Apple TV, I'm rewatching A Perfect Planet.
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Finally caught MI 7 dead reaconing part 1.. I found it a Nice addition to the franchise, and was very much liking Atwell's character..
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Bad lads army
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Nature-shows on Youtube; they're nice to watch when you're sick.
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The tank chats
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Decided it had been too long since my last David Attenborough fix and since I still haven't bothered to subscribe to Apple TV, I'm rewatching A Perfect Planet.
look up this guy take on nature show with bit of tongue in cheek on youtube Ze Frank
think you will enjoy his D A impression....
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I've actually seen a few of his vids.
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Rebel Moon Part One A Child of Fire.
I liked it, but I did not watch expecting award winning writing.
But I did get action sequences and amazing visuals like I was expecting.
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Starship Highlander
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Just saw an interesting movie, called White out, with the gal from the underworld series, along with Tom Skerrit and Gabriel Macht. Nice look at life in Antantartica for those who may be stuck there during 'winter'..
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Nitro Rallycross Calgary FULL Broadcast - Finals
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Mutant Mayhem
I had a good time, but I'm not one of those fans that thinks it must perfectly match the books I've read.
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Dumplin’.
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Military history visualized
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Wargames, and its direct to dvd sequel, war games 2.
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Currently, binging the 90’s animated X-Men series in prep for the upcoming sequel comic series and tv series that will be released on Disney+ soon.
It’s been over 20 years since I last watched most of these. I had almost forgotten how much I really liked the series back then.
I also almost missed the recent (new) Night Court Christmas special, but watched it on demand this afternoon.
Ruger
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Ah, the 90s X-Men cartoon. Where Wolverine would regularly menacingly pop his claws before body checking an opponent because the censors wouldn't allow the good guys to be violent (still not as bad as the 90s Spider-Man cartoon where Spider-Man wasn't even allowed to punch enemies).
And don't get me wrong, I loved both shows, but even as a kid the censorship was pretty obvious.
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Ah, the 90s X-Men cartoon. Where Wolverine would regularly menacingly pop his claws before body checking an opponent because the censors wouldn't allow the good guys to be violent (still not as bad as the 90s Spider-Man cartoon where Spider-Man wasn't even allowed to punch enemies).
And don't get me wrong, I loved both shows, but even as a kid the censorship was pretty obvious.
Oh yeah. Even worse was the original GI Joe animated series, where all guns were lasers and no one could be killed.
Which was really bad in comparison to the comics that came out at the same time, where you had deaths all the time (at least of the Cobra troops, certain named characters of various factions, and some civilians, but never of any Joes until several dozen issues in when you lost a few dozen over the course of a few issues).
Ruger
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Oh yeah. Even worse was the original GI Joe animated series, where all guns were lasers and no one could be killed.
Which was really bad in comparison to the comics that came out at the same time, where you had deaths all the time (at least of the Cobra troops, certain named characters of various factions, and some civilians, but never of any Joes until several dozen issues in when you lost a few dozen over the course of a few issues).
Ruger
I was a very shocked child when I picked up an issue of the GI Joe comics after only ever seeing the cartoon and was immediately presented with Snake Eyes's master taking a missile to the face.
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tbh all of those cartoons form 80 did not age gracefully only exception was hannah barbera but i think the style was delibertly done that way. still one of the better aged ones from that time was jayce and wheeled warriors and smurfs along with the littles also dungeons and dragons...tbh there were cartoons from that time from england france and russia that would give the animation that was done at a time run its money in particular a russian one wilk i zajoc aka wolf and rabbit two polish ones bolek i lolek and reksio english ones danger mouse and count duckula
there was french one i cant remember the name of...i think title translated to once upon a time another series was a czech production based on fables and stories about brigand rumcajs
ohhh while i remember there were two polish stop motion animated shorts for kids based on children books one was plastusiowy pamietnik aja plastus diary and the other one which seems to had a following all over europe and some parts of asia particulary in japan mis uszatek aka teddy floppy ear which btw also got ps2 game at some point lol
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There were a number of 80s cartoons that held up fairly well. The Real Ghostbusters, at least for the first few seasons before it got retooled into Slimer & The Real Ghostbusters. Jemm and the Holograms was surprisingly good, especially for a show that was marketed to girls.
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I seem to remember an interview on the Renegade HPG podcast where the guest, who worked on it, talked about something like that almost happening to the BattleTech animated series. I say "almost" because I actually don't remember if it did. I'm planning to rewatch it with my partner after we're finished with Babylon 5.
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I seem to remember an interview on the Renegade HPG podcast where the guest, who worked on it, talked about something like that almost happening to the BattleTech animated series. I say "almost" because I actually don't remember if it did. I'm planning to rewatch it with my partner after we're finished with Babylon 5.
there was that battletech cartoon mixed with cgi was not very good but it still has following
every now and then i hear tumors of either cgi series like starship troopers or live action
this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrMOLvPJ0Pg i had high hope for as a concept for a show if you can take out of era mechs and action and bt historical figures iut of time
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Yes, that was the series I was referring to; I only ever knew of and watched the one. lol
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check the edit on my post...at least concept by student project had good pacing even if dialog and mechs along with charater were out of their times
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Oh yeah. Even worse was the original GI Joe animated series, where all guns were lasers and no one could be killed.
Which was really bad in comparison to the comics that came out at the same time, where you had deaths all the time (at least of the Cobra troops, certain named characters of various factions, and some civilians, but never of any Joes until several dozen issues in when you lost a few dozen over the course of a few issues).
Ruger
Just like the old 80s transformers cartoons where they'd shoot up a storm and barely hit even the broad side of a barn..
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Until The Movie that still gets quoted in later material to this very day, anyway. I don’t know if the animated series changed very much post-Movie, characters aside, but that movie was a shock to the system at the time, or so I hear; technically it was before my time, though I’ve seen it many, many times nonetheless. A lot of named characters from the series up to that point were killed off, most of them quite unceremoniously – of these, I’d dare to say they were flatly demoted to redshirts, though I suppose Ironhide, despite literally being red, could be argued to have been wearing mauve. lol
I remember the first Autobot to die. Think his name was Prowl. Even a latecomer like myself, with relatively little context for these characters at the time, found Prowl’s death particularly horrifying.
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Not all old characters even got that. Some were killed off-screen during Battle for Autobot City and we only see they dead bodies on the ground.
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Cant pay well take it away
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tbh only good thing hoardmygld did good with their ntchering of macross and turning it into robotech was insisting to keep the death of roy fokker which changed US cartoons for ever from that point...but funny thing is the first death shown on that was not fokker but zentraedi when his battlepod got turned into seive by rick hunter....
after that cartoons slowly got more serious... as seen with death of optimus prime a year or so later...in theaters not on tv but it still happened and kept happening few times later on tv
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My syndication network decided to leave out the episode of Fokker's death. I was a big fan of the show by that point, and when the next episode came out and showed in the recap that he died, I was like "Wait, what?" I didn't find out what happened until I got the McKinney books the next year.
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My syndication network decided to leave out the episode of Fokker's death. I was a big fan of the show by that point, and when the next episode came out and showed in the recap that he died, I was like "Wait, what?" I didn't find out what happened until I got the McKinney books the next year.
i remeber some letters to editor back 1985/86 a lot of teachers praising that episode and showing kids that its ok to greive and feel sad also a lot of psychologists doing the same. but the station that broadcasted that one in st louis mo got fined for it which had couple of churches yes churches go against the fine in mo. i dont remember what happened after that since my family moved to the armpit of usa aka nj
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Not all old characters even got that. Some were killed off-screen during Battle for Autobot City and we only see they dead bodies on the ground.
I don't remember that, but then, I probably didn't have enough context to recognize it back then. I'll probably notice it on a present-day rewatch, if I ever get around to it. lol
Also, I had an epiphany a few months back about this movie. I think a lot of us recognize that ever since returning to the role in most modern Transformers media, Peter Cullen doesn't portray Optimus Prime very much, if at all, the way he did in the original G1 series. It made some of his lines in Transformers: Devastation come off a bit awkward; I actually wondered if maybe he forgot how he used to do it, because the somewhat awkward lines I heard wouldn't have sounded so weird if it was actually his original portrayal of the character.
But you know what? Based on what I remember of the '86 movie – before, y'know, Optimus dies – I'm pretty sure his modern performance (not necessarily the characterization) of the character is more often than not based on that particular appearance of the character. I definitely don't think it's a coincidence that they keep having him quote that movie nearly every chance they get, especially the part before he and Megatron start fighting to the death. Optimus really didn't sound quite so upbeat in that original movie compared to the animated series that preceded it. And honestly, why should he? But now, that's become a bigger part of his character than it ever was in that show. lol
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And for the first time ever, he's not going to be voicing Optimus in a Transformers movie- he's not going to be doing Transformers One. I can understand recasting him, since he's in his 80s now, but I'm worried over the fact that his chosen replacement is Chris Hemsworth, who's A) barely done any voice acting, and B) primarily does comedic characters. I don't think he's ever done a character who's as serious as Optimus Prime before (even Optimus in the first couple of seasons of G1 when he would crack jokes and share laughs with the other Autobots).
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It’s not like Optimus doesn’t have his own relatively comedic portrayals. The Unicron Trilogy and Animated iterations of the character were plenty lighthearted most of the time they were onscreen; the latter could be absolutely silly on a good day, though admittedly the entire context of the character was quite different from other iterations.
That being said, I have a suspicion we’re not talking about something that’s going to take that sort of narrative tone.
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Hemsworth is prime's voice> WOW. Didn' know that.
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He will be in Transformers One. Not in any other media so far.
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Fire and flame tv
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"voice cast consisting of Chris Hemsworth as Orion Pax / Optimus Prime, Brian Tyree Henry as Megatron, Scarlett Johansson as Elita-One, Keegan-Michael Key as Bumblebee, Jon Hamm as Sentinel Prime, and Laurence Fishburne as Alpha Trion"
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"The producer explained that Chris Hemsworth's depiction will grow into the leader depicted in the previous installments, stating that the transition from Hemsworth's voice to Cullen's will make sense within the story."
Makes sense - a young Optimus (pre-Prime) would have a younger voice, growing gruffer and deeper with age and responsibility/experience/etc.
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Keenan michael key and Laurence fishburn.. May have to give this a whirl when it comes up..
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I think Im going to give For All Mankind a try soon.
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Just got done watching two WW2 based brit films. First up was a remake of the 1960s bbc tv show, Dad's Army.. LOVED It. Couldn't stop laughing.
the 2nd was Their Finest (from back in 2016) with Bill Nighy and Gemma Arteron.. Loved this one too..
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Saw the first 2 episode of Pokemon Concierge on Netflix, it's relaxing and also pretty good so far
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Bad lads army
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Sing
Sing 2
Paw Patrol (the first one)
Paw Patrol: The mighty something (the last one)
Kung Fu Panda 1
Hanna and the monsters.
Yup. Vacation time.
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I rewatched another 80's movie a couple times on monday, and tuesday
Trading places with bill murray, and eddie murphy
the things that got done for bets of ... $1 were "interesting"
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Trading places with bill murray, and eddie murphy
Nitpick - Dan Aykroyd, not Bill Murray :)
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I rewatched another 80's movie a couple times on monday, and tuesday
Trading places with bill murray, and eddie murphy
the things that got done for bets of ... $1 were "interesting"
Every year, I wish people a Merry New Year and offer them beef jerky. Beef jerky time!
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The tank chats
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Hillclimbing Rachau
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Nitro Rallycross Calgary FULL Broadcast - Finals
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
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Sandman
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Several days ago, I finished up Pokemon Concierge, it's a really good and relaxing Stop-motion Netflix series. If you're a Pokemon fan, I do recommend it. PS Not sure where to post this at
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ok started to watch rebel moon is it me or it seems that 1/3 of dialog had been cut out? i mean characters are so under developed due to that you cant root for them at all you just want them to do is to die to make movie go fast and end
visuals are smooth tho
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Allegedly, there's a longer Snyder Cut that has all the plot that the Netflix release cut for time.
But as the Honest Trailer said, this was the script for a Star Wars movie that the people who made Rise of Skywalker passed on.
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Die Hard just to see Hans Gruber fall off the roof of Nakatomi Plaza.
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my neighbor had an emergncy so she dropped off her kids...no prob kids are both in love with me and in fear of me.....go figure
put on an older movie with brandon fraiser and brooke shields furry vengence so far we are at least kids are on 3rd bowl of popcorn and laughter at least on part of the kids so painful we had to stop the movie 5 timesand rewind it to begining of the scene
ok ok its a kid movie that 7 or 10 year old can enjoy more than adults...
i think next one i will put on is either trilogy of terror or puppet master...my oldest is a bit of a horror nut...had been since she was 5
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Was that the one where the forest animals ganged up on Frazier's character, who wanted to 'develop' the area?
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Was that the one where the forest animals ganged up on Frazier's character, who wanted to 'develop' the area?
yes
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Watching the 1975 version of Midway.
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Been doing a run through some B-rate disaster fliks, by Echo bay entertainment. Last on the list, was Meteor from 2000 or so, a tv movie (3 hrs almost). NOT bad, but why is it in so many of these sorts of films/shows, the 'savior' person with the info that can help, seems to always be a 'former scientist now disgraced'??
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ok dug around found this gem
V the miniseries 1983/1984
jane balder aka diana still scares me today
met her at a convention tho and she is not like the character she played...still scared me lol
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Been doing a run through some B-rate disaster fliks, by Echo bay entertainment. Last on the list, was Meteor from 2000 or so, a tv movie (3 hrs almost). NOT bad, but why is it in so many of these sorts of films/shows, the 'savior' person with the info that can help, seems to always be a 'former scientist now disgraced'??
It's a convenient plot point to insure that they're isolated and lacking in money.
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Decided to rewatch Transformers: The Movie.
I had forgotten just how much strobing effects were used in it. It's pretty hard on my eyes now.
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Watched Ad Astra; so, the dialog is boring unless you like Brad Pitt or Donald Sutherland. The astronomy is good; just, some minor problems like, OK, so, on the Moon, you can't erase a foot-print; it stays their for centuries; if you have people living on the Moon, their vehicles are going to leave tracks and eventually the entire surface will have tracks on it.
Everyone living in space has mental-issues.
If I were young, I'd really dig the use of deep-space vehicles and OTVs etc.
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Decided to rewatch Transformers: The Movie.
I had forgotten just how much strobing effects were used in it. It's pretty hard on my eyes now.
IKR. I do shield my eyes for that moment.
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ok dug around found this gem
V the miniseries 1983/1984
jane balder aka diana still scares me today
met her at a convention tho and she is not like the character she played...still scared me lol
Dianna and Ham Tyler were my two favorite characters from V, the film, V the mini series, and V the final battle.
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babysitting my neighbors kids she has to work and kids have no school kids are 11 and 13 internet is out due to some idiot hitting a pole down the road and mom does not let them use cells so i do same...besides kids have clamshell phones with bare bones of text and e mail.
so i put in a movie the outsiders...1984? 1985? heck it had been over 40years since i saw it lol
pure cry fest for the kids...still they could not stop watching
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so i put in a movie the outsiders...1984? 1985? heck it had been over 40years since i saw it lol
pure cry fest for the kids...still they could not stop watching
I hate that movie. I saw it when I was a kid and hated it, then I didn't watch it for like 35 years, but maintained my impression of hating it. Then, because it was in the cheap movie bin at Walmart, I decided to give it another chance. Kid me was right. I still hate that movie. I just do not understand its appeal.
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I hate that movie. I saw it when I was a kid and hated it, then I didn't watch it for like 35 years, but maintained my impression of hating it. Then, because it was in the cheap movie bin at Walmart, I decided to give it another chance. Kid me was right. I still hate that movie. I just do not understand its appeal.
tbh? i liked the book way better i still have the book from my schools library...and it traveled with me over 5k miles in almost 45 years
it was a give away when we had to watch the movie in school for english class and our librarian got the books as promo from scholastic
oth that movie was almost spot on exactly as a book something you never see even today
oth it kept the kids quiet lol got them talking about the growing up and feelings....something kids normally dont do at all
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Was recentlly re-watching the fiilm "The Crazies", with Timothy oliphant. AND was wondering, HOW THE govt would have covered UP the issue that happened in that town. THE NUKE would eliminate the evidence, but then how would they 'spin' the explosion, SINCE THERE are no nuke power plants, to my recollection ANYWHERE near the supposed town of Ogden marsh, near "ceder rapids.
The other part that always got me, was HOW SWIFTLY the govt seemed to mobilize the military to take the town out, YET we never get told HOW?
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"Rebel Moon" and "The Creator."
Moon had a couple of interesting shots, folks silhouetted against the sky or posing like Greek statuary, and some slow motion scenes, followed by more slow motion scenes, with some slow motion scenes in between.
The Creator had a couple of interesting shots, giant megatanks attacking a town, scifi SE Asia, and some baffling plot choices followed by baffling plot choices and you get the idea.
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The tank xhats
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Been in a 70s war movie kick.
My favorite I watched is Patton.
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"Rebel Moon" and "The Creator."
Moon had a couple of interesting shots, folks silhouetted against the sky or posing like Greek statuary, and some slow motion scenes, followed by more slow motion scenes, with some slow motion scenes in between.
Zack Snyder? Yep. That's his one trick. His movies could shave 30 minutes off the run time if played at normal speed.
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cannonball run
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Recently rewatched BOTH cannon ball runs 1 and 2, as well as the gumball rally..
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Recently rewatched BOTH cannon ball runs 1 and 2, as well as the gumball rally..
gumball rally i watched that last week bit funnier that cannonball run in some respects
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Hocus Pocus; well, I tried to watch it; it's a good movie, but a lot hokier than I remember.
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I remember that movie as being very... well there were a lot more sex jokes than you'd typically expect in a a kid's movie and a lot of them were not subtle enough to go over the heads of the kids.
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I was only okay with it, until Bette Midler came out of the oven reciting French. That for some reason killed me, and I've loved the movie ever since.
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This week, i was watching an oldish Andre Keith Braugher show, the Last Resort.
Had only one truncated 13 ep season, but MAN i don't remember this back when it first came out, even though i checked in the older 'what have you watched threads', and apparently i did see it..
And i am still liking it.
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Starshipö Highlander
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UHF
Not bad, just been a long time since ive seen it.
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Nitro Rallycross Calgary FULL Broadcast - Finals
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Mark Felton
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monarch legacy of monsters
i found that i actually enjoyed it
normally i would be working on something while movie played in back ground. but this one made me actually pay attention to it
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Cant pay well take it away
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Fire and flame tv
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Bored last night, I scrolled through Youtube's free movies. Inspired by some of you guys, I grabbed Cannonball Run II, which I haven't seen for decades. I WAS enjoying it, but on Youtube's third unskippable ad break, it decided to back out of the movie all by itself, play another unskippable ad break, then star playing Star Trek (2009) instead. I got so mad I shut off the TV.
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Youtube is terrible at that.
Almost want to pay to skip those.
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Yeah, it's not an accident that their free movie player is so unusable.
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Bored last night, I scrolled through Youtube's free movies. Inspired by some of you guys, I grabbed Cannonball Run II, which I haven't seen for decades. I WAS enjoying it, but on Youtube's third unskippable ad break, it decided to back out of the movie all by itself, play another unskippable ad break, then star playing Star Trek (2009) instead. I got so mad I shut off the TV.
you dont use ad blockers? firefox has heap load extentions to let you skip and block commercials...i had not seen a commercial on satantube in close to 9 years or more
just do ad block you tube you will get almost 2 dozen hits in extention search on firefox browser...minus some slow down but its so rare that you never notice and it gets rarer and rarer...oh fb ad blockers are a must....longest at least for me fb made through with ads was 3 days and then no ads for months...after adblockers caught up with them...and gap gets shorter and shorter
or use vivaldi browser...privicy and build in ad blockers
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finally got a start on a brittish version of life on mars 2 seasons
somehow i cant get over main actor not playing the master from doctor who
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you dont use ad blockers? firefox has heap load extentions to let you skip and block commercials...i had not seen a commercial on satantube in close to 9 years or more
just do ad block you tube you will get almost 2 dozen hits in extention search on firefox browser...minus some slow down but its so rare that you never notice and it gets rarer and rarer...oh fb ad blockers are a must....longest at least for me fb made through with ads was 3 days and then no ads for months...after adblockers caught up with them...and gap gets shorter and shorter
or use vivaldi browser...privicy and build in ad blockers
I ad block the hell out of Youtube on all my PCs, but this was my television.
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tv? it still exists?
i have 2 tv sets and i dont recall using them for anything but gaming...and thats rare unless company comes over
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Doing a re-run through The Last ship And falling skies....
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Hazbin Hotel
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tv? it still exists?
i have 2 tv sets and i dont recall using them for anything but gaming...and thats rare unless company comes over
Well, hilariously, my "smart" TV cannot connect to the actual TV service because we only buy it for three rooms, but it can access the wifi provided by the same company with no problems. So I can pretty much get anything I want on it, but I have yet to discover a way to put an ad blocker on it as it has no regular internet browser. It's just apps. And the Youtube one behaves rather questionably. Normally I'd just suffer the ads because they were short and infrequent. Ever since Youtube went ballistic about ad blockers, they ads are longer, more frequent, unskippable and more annoying.
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I still haven't even bothered hooking my smart TV up to my wifi because I just run all my streaming through my PS5.
Only do YouTube on my computer so I can keep the adblocker going on it, though.
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I have my 32 inch TV on my painting table, and I usually have it on when I work. It's easier that way. Mostly it's for movies, but sometimes I watch Youtube on it. Podcasts I just play off my desktop across the room to avoid ads, but Youtube movies are better on the TV.
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Bad lads army
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finally got a start on a brittish version of life on mars 2 seasons
somehow i cant get over main actor not playing the master from doctor who
Technically that is the original of "Life on Mars", the US version is a remake. :)
And John Simms is good in it.
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Technically that is the original of "Life on Mars", the US version is a remake. :)
And John Simms is good in it.
yes he is and i could not stomach the us adaptation 1 episode was enough
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The tank chats
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Masters of the Air on Apple TV+, first two episodes dropped.
Good so far.
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Hillclimbing Rachau
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Masters of the Air on Apple TV+, first two episodes dropped.
Good so far.
From the previews, i am Very much looking forward to it, but i will have to wait till it hits DVD....
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Getting warmed up for a Royal Rumble Party.
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lmpulse by both youtube and apple tv based loosely on jumper books and movie
rather good even if its about 4 years old 2 seasons...
btw is it my imagination apple tv is making higher quality stuff than netflix?
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Netflix's quality has generally been pretty low for the last few years. Certainly a lot worse than it used to be.
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so i was not imagining things netflix is slowly but surely turning into mush
hulu so far has nice quality of animation but stories along with writing need bit more work like say futurama? or solar opposites?
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Nitro Rallycross Calgary FULL Broadcast - Finals
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Getting warmed up for a Royal Rumble Party.
Been a LONG time since i cared to watch WWE...
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Hazbin Hotel
This caught my eye last week, and I watched about half the first episode before I got busy. I’ve been meaning to get back to it. It reminded me of the Rob Zombie animated stuff from way back.
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Masters of the Air was ok, not awesome but I’m sure it will get there.
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Masters of the Air was ok, not awesome but I’m sure it will get there.
It's well made but like Percy Jackson on Disney I feel it's treading well worn paths.
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Forgotten weapons
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wrestling still around i though mcmann died?
well last time i actually seen wrestling match was in 1984 i think andre the giant enjoyed me as a kid because i knew nothing or cared for wrestling...how i knew him? well my friends dad used to go fishing and dragged both his son and me kicking and screaming on his boat and used to take him on his boat along to fish. he would pick me up one handed for fun and to tease me with throwing me overboard. now i was about 13 going on 14 and i was very tiny just about 3 ft 8 and about less than 40 pounds. and no folks in my family we grow and age slowly...i still had fun funniest reaction was when he found out how old i was lol
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Yeah, pro wrestling is still around. I actually just discovered today that one of my friends had made a go at pro wrestling until an opponent botched a throw that left her with permanent nerve damage.
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Cant pay well take it away
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Yeah, pro wrestling is still around. I actually just discovered today that one of my friends had made a go at pro wrestling until an opponent botched a throw that left her with permanent nerve damage.
my complex manager where i live was a GLOW wrestler...found about it this morning...
wth is glow?
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my complex manager where i live was a GLOW wrestler...found about it this morning...
wth is glow?
Glamorous Ladies of Wrestling
Good drama about it on Netflix.
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Glamorous Ladies of Wrestling
Good drama about it on Netflix.
tbh never heard of it...last time i actually seen wwf was in 84 with that guy that had a snake as a prop and some black guy with dog collar and who was that guy that pretended to be an arab
i was too busy working so i could eat si u never had time to watch tv...my stepmother made sure of that so i missed a lot of stuff that kids my age were into...heck only tv i was able to catch from that time was 5 am showing of black and white lone ranger
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Bad lads army
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Fire and flame tv
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Marty Stouffers Wild America
showed in my youtube feed
who is going to binge this weekend on all 12 seasons
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It's interesting watching some of those old nature shows and seeing what still holds up.
And what doesn't. Wild America had a whole lot of emphasis on hunting that you'd never see in a modern show.
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The tank chats
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I watched The Fugitive tonight. Still great. I am one year younger than Harrison Ford was in that movie, and I feel old. However, I am also three years older than Tommy Lee Jones was in that movie, and look at least ten years younger. Not that that's saying much, given that Tommy Lee Jones has looked 140 years old for the last 50 years.
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I'm pretty sure that Tommy Lee Jones is a zombie.
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Not that that's saying much, given that Tommy Lee Jones has looked 140 years old for the last 50 years.
Other than more wrinkles, his work in the 80s and 90's, he looks the same now...
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Starship Highlander
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Saw Argyle. It was ok, reminded me of a modern 60s spy movie.
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Nitro Rallycross Phoenix FULL Broadcast - Finals
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Saw Argyle. It was ok, reminded me of a modern 60s spy movie.
I'm going to see it Tuesday night (the 6th). The previews look GREAT! Wondering if I've already seen it though. :huh: I saw The Lost City in '22. :grin:
FINALLY got around to watching Infinite and Prey yesterday. (I've had them both on disc for quite a while now. :embarrassed:) I thought both were Pretty Good. Also thought the dog in Prey needed better training. Seemed pretty vocal for a dog that's supposed to be helping her hunt. :rolleyes: Cool that the DVD/Blu-Ray gives you the option to watch it entirely in Comanche! :smilie_happy_thumbup: No, I didn't. :laugh:
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God son wanted to see Bee Keepers / Jason Statham action flick. Went in with rather low expectations. It was actually rather better that anticipated, although there were a few points of extra cringy dialogue.
Late matinee so didn't pay full price on tickets, it was entertaining, but a far cry from any tentpole grade opus.
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After The Fugitive, I had to follow up with US Marshals. Strange choice for a sequel, but it works surprisingly well. I like how they took the tired "betrayed agent on the run" plot and told it through the eyes of the people hunting him. And Wesley Snipes is always fun to watch.
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I've been hoping and praying for a 3rd film in the TLJ "marshalls" saga...
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Doubt we'll get one. Tommy's pretty old at this point, even if they digitally de-age him, I doubt he's in the shape needed to do an action role anymore.
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Wolrd war 2 with Indy Neidell
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Doubt we'll get one. Tommy's pretty old at this point, even if they digitally de-age him, I doubt he's in the shape needed to do an action role anymore.
Aging, does suck the fun out of sequels...
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Yeah. It's not fun watching a man in his 70s hobbling around during action scenes while they try to use editing to make it look like it's fast paced and energetic.
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V
the 1983/84 5 episode mini series re watched it after 30 years did not care for the tv series
diana to my kid eyes was still the scariest lizard in human skin...
met her about 25 years back or more...still scared me even tho in person she is the sweetest and most charming lady in real life when i told her how he scared me as a kid she laughed
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Cant pay well take it away
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V
the 1983/84 5 episode mini series re watched it after 30 years did not care for the tv series
diana to my kid eyes was still the scariest lizard in human skin...
met her about 25 years back or more...still scared me even tho in person she is the sweetest and most charming lady in real life when i told her how he scared me as a kid she laughed
ITs been soooo long since i did EITHER the film or mini series...
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Bad lads army
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Fire and flame tv
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The tank chats
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Rewatched True Detective, season 1. That thing is amazing, mostly Matthew McConaughey's best role, but the whole thing is just so dang gripping.
Made me start True Detective, season 4. Little too much paranormal stuff, but watchable.
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Halo S2 started yesterday, in episode 2 there was what I think has to be a Battletech related Easter egg.
Towards the end of the episode, Master Chief is looking at a map of Reach, and there is a POI clearly marked as "Kearny-Fuchida Station".
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Hillclimbing Rachau
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I was really bored looking through Youtube's free movies and not finding anything interesting, so I just scrolled and clicked at random. I landed on Who's That Girl, which I remember watching back in the 80s, but wasn't sure I was really ready to see again. About seven minutes in, my internet crashed. Turns out that fate wants to spare me from witnessing Madonna act.
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well finished the 2 seasons of re imagined V
it had so much potential...too bad it did not get to open up ts wings in 3rd season as it was planned
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ok introduced my neighbors kids to some 80s cartoons
i figured the ones with best intro music would hook them
pole position
jayce and wheeled warriors
bionic 6
so far wheeled warriors got them hooked and got screams of terror and anger when i told them its time to take a food break
ohhh the glares i am getting as they are eating pizza as fast as they can without choking so they can start watching again
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ok question should i introduce them next time to mysterious cities of gold?
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Well, it has memorable intro music. But come on, go for the throat and give them Inhumanoids!
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never cared for them..story was just too plain i could make them suffer through dinosaucers...but i am not that cruel
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ok their mom got them one tried absconing with my jayce dvds...got scalding from their mom that could peel the aluminum of the delorian
not mad or anything but kid was so blantant it was funny...well i will still babysit my neighbors kids we were both laughing about it that our sides hurt. first time in long time kids had been engaged in something since their dad died...boy to be 7 and 9 again lol
next time i will introduce them to NES and tmnt
or that would be punishment?
i use it as argument setler between my own if they can make it individually through water stage i agree they dont i win so far they never won and i still make it through on first try...ohhh and yes no retries for them either like me
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ok question should i introduce them next time to mysterious cities of gold?
I liked it..
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Nitro Rallycross Calgary FULL Broadcast - Finals
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Hot Shots and Hot Shots Part Deux
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Finally found time to watch Fury Road.
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Finally found time to watch Fury Road.
Are you saying that you've never seen it before? :shocked:
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Well, the prequel is coming out this year, isn't it? So good time to watch it.
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Hot Shots and Hot Shots Part Deux
best line
couldnt you escape? what did they do?
they tied my shoelaces toghether
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I was really bored looking through Youtube's free movies . . .
A lot of the homeless rave about Youtube's free-movies. They love it and watch it on their phones.
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The Panzermuseum
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Are you saying that you've never seen it before? :shocked:
I have a very delayed schedule for consuming new media. I’m pretty sure I didn’t play the first Gears of War until the third one was about to come out.
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best line
couldnt you escape? what did they do?
they tied my shoelaces toghether
To me all the best quotes came form Lloyd Bridges himself Admiral/President Benson
from the first "If personally flown 194 missions and was shot down in everyone of them, come to think about it I've never landed a plane in my life"
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Cant pay well take it away
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Fire and flame tv
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my neighbor dropped her kids over since she had to hit the doctor..
well kids convinced me to watch thundercats roar....
its rare something has me chuckling...i would say its better than 80s version in some ways...wish there was more eps but it was only one season
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Roar probably would have gotten a more positive reception had CN not canceled their Thundercats reboot mid season.
And speaking of Thundercats, there's a new comic book series that just came out from Dynamite Comics. Picked up the first issue today, thought it was decent- going to have to see what sort of direction they're actually planning to take things.
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Roar probably would have gotten a more positive reception had CN not canceled their Thundercats reboot mid season.
And speaking of Thundercats, there's a new comic book series that just came out from Dynamite Comics. Picked up the first issue today, thought it was decent- going to have to see what sort of direction they're actually planning to take things.
how is the art work? any good or just medicore?
best art i had seen and read was dark horse aliens the second series the mix of water colors and color pencils was some of the best i had seen and cover for first issue was so beautiful i had got a small poster...btw when artist was in NYC back in 1990s he was selling the cover poster the original for 800 usd to this day i am kicking my self for not buying it
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watched Fargo season 5 over the last couple days
dot is absolutely feral
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how is the art work? any good or just medicore?
best art i had seen and read was dark horse aliens the second series the mix of water colors and color pencils was some of the best i had seen and cover for first issue was so beautiful i had got a small poster...btw when artist was in NYC back in 1990s he was selling the cover poster the original for 800 usd to this day i am kicking my self for not buying it
The artwork is pretty good aside from Tigra's very weird facial hair.
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I used to like thundercats in the 80s.. Not so much since..
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Bad lads army
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The tank chats
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Been doing a watch of some of the youtubers, who do commentary/spoilers on upcoming marvel films, and it is set, for the four folks doing the roles for the up coming Fantastic Four film.. Two i've seen and liked, two i've not heard of... Till now.
SO i am very optimistic about this marvel cinematic universe version. BUT I am still irked they didn't keep the same actor for Reed Richards as they had in Dr strange 2..
BUT the bigger point i noted in one of the vids, is who they say the big bad is gonna be.. Galactus and Silver surfer.. HOPE they do justice to them.
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Well, they certainly can't do a worse job that what we've previously seen.
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Hillclimbing Rachau
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The Silent Service on Prime.
Japanese live-action version of the Manga. I believe a movie version was released last year in Japan?
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The Silent Service on Prime.
Japanese live-action version of the Manga. I believe a movie version was released last year in Japan?
missed that one! and i was waiting for it
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I have been watching a video podcast on youtube called the Unauthorized History of the Pacific War.
Its pretty good.
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dunno why this dvd fell out from one of my books i dont recall even having it or lending out a book i am very picky so no idea where it came from
well i had not seen this movie since 1987 john carpenters starman (1984) with jeff bridges
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Nitro Rallycross Calgary FULL Broadcast - Finals
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Watched The Marvels, liked it enough to wonder about the negativity about it, then remembered mysogyny.
Caught up on S2 of Halo.....now I have to wait. :cry:
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I finally got around to watching Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One.
I never actually read the original Crisis on Infinite Earths comic, so I don't know how closely it follows that story, but from what I can tell it's a pretty faithful broad-strokes retelling.
It suffers from horrible pacing issues, which is not really surprising since it's part one of three, but once it gets to about the midpoint things pick up quite a bit. Can't really give it a full review until after the other two parts get released.
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Finally watched Oppenheimer
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Caught a 40th anniversary theater rerelease of David Lynch’s Dune.
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had you caught the fan edit of dune 1984? the 2018 version is good much closer to what lynch wanted before studio dumbed it down
found it on youtube by accident when i was looking for quins ideas about his look at god emperor leto II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJykw3H4PDw
only diff over the previous edits this one had been digitally cleaned up and navigator scene is really cleaned up and visually its not as jarring
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just curious had any one caught the documentary from 2013 what dune would had been if it was made in i think in 1977 by jodorowsky?
i did boards were drawn by mobeus and some of concept water color art was mind blowing
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1935156/
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I got these when they came out in the comic-book stores; I have them all in plastic, still.
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=83481.0;attach=75276;image
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Military history visualized
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had the neighbors kids watch the fly 1958 version ...absolutely loved it
next time it will be forbiden planet...wonder if i can make them into b movie addicts...
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I don't think that Forbidden Planet or The Fly were b-movies- way too high of production values for when they were made. But I definitely recommend showing them the classics.
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Cant pay well take it away
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Fire and flame tv
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ok not a lot of folks here will know this one
louis de funes collection
if i could smile i would...but i am happy that i finally got a complete one
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Bad lads army
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ok not a lot of folks here will know this one
louis de funes collection
if i could smile i would...but i am happy that i finally got a complete one
Including his early black and whites? lucky you! It's always a great fun watching ''Le petit beigneur'' or ''Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob''. :cheesy:
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by the gods some one else knows of him?
last movie i saw with him was fantomas...but that was over 40 years back i only saw part of a movie when he was stuck in a tree over a sea cliff about same time frame...so friday i will be watching what i got
and yes i do have both movies you mentioned
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All older Quebecois know de Funes. His films were a staple of 80s or 90s summer or Christmas afternoon TV. They are now rare but may appear as french classic movie night. :tongue:
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lol in US i was only able to find fantomas...and that was in 90s on vhs u had been trying to find more until i got my paws on the collection
the only reason i remembered the title was due to a czech comedy series from 1980s arabela
next to impossible to find that one also
just as german hungarian production from same time of pan tau aka mr tau
just curious does any one know of 1976/77 production of swedish/german production of pippi longstocking aka pippi longstrung(?)?
i was able to get full collection about 5 years back both in swedish german and english
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The tank chats
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Starship Highlander
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WWE Elimination Chamber.
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The Black Hole. I haven't seen more than clips of it since I was a kid. It's simultaneously cheesy and bad, and brilliant beyond words. Disney used to be bold.
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It's been a while since i saw that. LOVED those droids they had.
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Rewatching Pacific Rim, in Japanese. Very veteran voice cast, I'm seeing Ayanami Rei, but hearing Christine Mckenzie, along with Char Aznable and Amuro Rei. Very much like an scenario out of Super Robot Wars in movie formst.
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It's been a while since i saw that. LOVED those droids they had.
I just wish I had gotten all the comics. Only ever got the first three issues. Never have found the fourth. And the fifth wasn’t released in the States.
Ruger
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Nitro Rallycross Calgary FULL Broadcast - Finals
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Mark Felton
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Parks and Recreation (for the first time, yeah, I know I'm late) over lunch breaks while working from home :cheesy:
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Parks and Recreation (for the first time, yeah, I know I'm late) over lunch breaks while working from home :cheesy:
I just watched it for the first time all the way up to season 5.
Pretty good, just reminded me of a Office type show.
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It's much less cringe-inducing than the bits of the Office (UK or US versions) I've seen :cheesy:
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Cant pay well take it away
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The new Shougun show is airing on FX tonight. Both ep 1 and 2, back to back.. 10pm est.
From the previews it looks very good.. So i will be giving it a whirl.
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The new Shougun show is airing on FX tonight. Both ep 1 and 2, back to back.. 10pm est.
From the previews it looks very good.. So i will be giving it a whirl.
am actually looking foreward to this one...
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Decided to watch Prey (the one that's part of the Predator series).
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Fire and flame tv
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Dune Part 2 (2024) This was supposed to come out last year and I was miffed, but it was worth the added anticipation. The first part was mostly set up, and it leads to this, an all-out war for the planet Arrakis. Being a huge Dune fan I'm still not happy they left out lots of exposition in Part 1, but it makes more sense now in terms of overall narrative style.
The whole movie in two parts is really more about visuals and mood than dialogue. The changes they made are logical and dont detract from the book, and gives more insight on the religious aspects of Paul's rise to power. Jessica and Chani have much larger roles here than in the source novel, and the Harkonnens are somewhat more competent (in the book they were lethal at first due to their initial deceptions and the emperor's Sardaukar, but turned into idiots as the story wore on), though the exclusions of other, albeit minor characters were a slight annoyance.
All in all, I loved it, but its just shy of perfect. I only hope that a director's cut of Part 1 is issued some time in the future. Rating: 8.5/10
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ok my neighbor dropped of the her kids some stupid reason kids like being nany sat by me...go figure....
well i decided to anime is enough for now... so i introduced them to dinotopia
so far they are so engrossed that i had to pause it to feed them to screams of dismay and annoyance and lot of pouting
never seen kids inhale food before...
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Bad lads army
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my neighbor is a trekkie so now i am cringing through st discovery
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Rob Zombie-Meet the Creeper.
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The extended edition of Gladiator. Only really noticed, a few minutes more of stuff. Mostly NOT IN BATTLES..
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The tank chats
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Raiders of the Lost Art.
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Hillclimbing Rachau
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Raiders of the Lost Art.
wonder if you recognized future doctor octipus in that one
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wonder if you recognized future doctor octipus in that one
I'd see him pop up in movies throughout the 80s and 90s and point him out. "That's the guy didn't throw the whip back to Indy!" I didn't bother to learn his name until The Man who Knew too Little. Then I called him Boris the Butcher for a few years, until Spiderman 2.
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Dune Part 2
Was good, but definitely had some changes from the novel.
Ruger
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Nitro Rallycross Calgary FULL Broadcast - Finals
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allright make fun of me i finally had a chance to watch after 12 years of getting it rowan atkinson comic relief doctor who
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Forotten weapons
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RDM Battlestar Galatica.
Such a great show.
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Cant pay well take it away
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Fire and flame tv
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Dune Part 2
Was good, but definitely had some changes from the novel.
Ruger
I saw that last night (the 5th), though I've never read any of the 843 novels. :grin: Or however many there are.
Willy Wonka had a busy year! :cheesy:
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Bad lads army
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war of the worlds 1956
babysitting my neighbors kids they just got their shots so no school for them today....love the little munchkins
they got to the part where martian is crawling out...made them jump out of their skins
there is something about old movies that set visuals to set up the atmosphere
i fear i had created b movie junkies
i think next one ill let them watch this weekend is fantastic voyage so is it good pick? or something different like time machine?
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MS Gundam Iron Bloodied Orphans. Watched season 1 for research purposes and... its pretty good. Lots of intrigue and factions similar to BT, which I like. I tried getting into the MS Gundam universe from the very beginning but the original show was too slow and the animation was dated so I gave up on it. Victory was too depressing and slow too, so ditto.
Of the movies, I watched Char's Counterattack, which felt disjointed with a confusing ending. Gundam Hathaway was pretty good, but it felt incomplete.
Will now delve into Iron Blooded Orphans season 2. Best series so far. Hope its as good as the first.
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war of the worlds 1956
babysitting my neighbors kids they just got their shots so no school for them today....love the little munchkins
they got to the part where martian is crawling out...made them jump out of their skins
there is something about old movies that set visuals to set up the atmosphere
i fear i had created b movie junkies
i think next one ill let them watch this weekend is fantastic voyage so is it good pick? or something different like time machine?
Do both!
Though i much prefer Fantastic voyage.
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well being their favorite baby sitter its tough to decide i sit them as a favor to their mom...and i have to limit that i do work 0n side
last weekend i taught them how you make cutletts and how to peel potatoes...now they want to show off skills to their mom lol
they just refuse to eat cearials any more its sandwiches pancakes and what else they can scrounge up while some black and white classic scj fi stuff is playing...their fave seems to be 20000 leagues under the sea
will need some recommendations soon
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Do you have any of the Quatermass films?
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Do both!
Though i much prefer Fantastic voyage.
I personally prefer The Time Machine.
Other good choices would be The Andromeda Strain and Forbidden Planet.
Ruger
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mmmm kids are 7 and 9 so no andromeda strain
i have the disneys 1950 zorro wonder how well that will go...
and they did love war of the worlds and when i popped that tom cruise train wreck they booed it till about 2/3 i just let them play vid games...old school tmnt for nes....isnt emulator software great?
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well being their favorite baby sitter its tough to decide i sit them as a favor to their mom...and i have to limit that i do work 0n side
last weekend i taught them how you make cutletts and how to peel potatoes...now they want to show off skills to their mom lol
they just refuse to eat cearials any more its sandwiches pancakes and what else they can scrounge up while some black and white classic scj fi stuff is playing...their fave seems to be 20000 leagues under the sea
will need some recommendations soon
If they like 2000 Leagues, then how about more Nemo? There's Captain Nemo and the Underwater City and the Amazing Captain Nemo. lol
Or perhaps more fantasy stuff like At the Earth's Core? Jason and the Argonauts? 7th Voyage of Sinbad?
Monster sci-fi like Them, The Blob with Steve McQueen, Forbidden Planet?
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The tank chats
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amazing captain nemo was pukefest i will not subject them to that but i do have 20000k non talkie from 1900s
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If they like 2000 Leagues, then how about more Nemo? There's Captain Nemo and the Underwater City and the Amazing Captain Nemo. lol
Or perhaps more fantasy stuff like At the Earth's Core? Jason and the Argonauts? 7th Voyage of Sinbad?
Monster sci-fi like Them, The Blob with Steve McQueen, Forbidden Planet?
I second seventh voyage of sinbad and jason and the argonaughts..
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forbidden planet might be a bit too much for them
how about voyage to the bottom of the sea?
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Or maybe 1961's Mysterious Island to get a (more or less) sequel to 20 000 Leagues.
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got that one...
i was thinking also about something more weird mister tau aka pan tau a hungarian german production from mid 60s almost no talking but main character is odd and breaks reality...sort of like magic school bus in real life
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another one is pippi longstocking 1967 production between sweden and germany english dub tho o prefer german dub tho....
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Go full Roger Corman. I recommend Warlords of Atlantis!
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Redfield with Cage and Hoult. Enjoyed it, even if I did get a squicked out with some of the gore.
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elf25s, have you introduced the kids to Mystery Science Theater 3000?
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Starship Highlander
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elf25s, have you introduced the kids to Mystery Science Theater 3000?
too young
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Watching Elysium sans drinking; I remember the ending now. Wow! Very Cyberpunk; I like how the good-guy from D9 is now the bad-guy. And I can't understand what he's saying.
Devotion: good movie, not really a war-movie though.
Gods of Egypt: Good concept. CGI-crazy; I liked lush, Egypt, but it's a little cheesy.
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Shogun
(The new one. It’s been quite good so far, but it’s been several decades since I watched the original mini-series)
Ruger
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i will wait until the new one s complete
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The first three eps for the new shogun are keeping me very interested.
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The first three eps for the new shogun are keeping me very interested.
My only complaint so far is that the on demand version of the second episode I watched cut off the last few minutes of the episode.
Ruger
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Finally caught Dune Pt 2.
Not bad. Not as good as the first half and Christopher Walken was a really bizarre casting choice, but not bad by any stretch of the imagination. The scenes on Giedi Prime were some spectacular visuals.
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World war 2 with Indy Neidell
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The first three eps for the new shogun are keeping me very interested.
Im gonna wait till it finishes so I can binge it. I cant do the weekly thingymajig.
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Also saw Dune 2 this weekend. Really enjoyed it as well.
I attribute Walken's appearance in the role as payoff for his appearance in the song "Weapon of Choice".
I also wonder just how much pain Baron Harkonnen was in once he was separated from his machine too
Finally caught Dune Pt 2.
Not bad. Not as good as the first half and Christopher Walken was a really bizarre casting choice, but not bad by any stretch of the imagination. The scenes on Giedi Prime were some spectacular visuals.
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Im gonna wait till it finishes so I can binge it. I cant do the weekly thingymajig.
Same. I watched the first episode, and it was good, but I’m still wary of getting too attached after Hulu’s lackluster Catch-22 adaptation.
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Finally caught Dune Pt 2.
Not bad. Not as good as the first half and Christopher Walken was a really bizarre casting choice, but not bad by any stretch of the imagination. . .
I read a little bit of House Corrino; when I was reading about the Emperor, I pictured Christopher-Walken in the role.
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I read a little bit of House Corrino; when I was reading about the Emperor, I pictured Christopher-Walken in the role.
Well I guess I know what I need to read once my current stack of library books is done.
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Cant pay well take it away
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Fire and flame tv
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Netflix just released the trailer for Atlas, featuring J-Lo and mechs.
Trailer shows a mech combat drop. While not exactly the same as in Btech, the visceral feel of falling through atmo and wondering when to punch the thrusters to slow the descent is all too familiar.
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Bad lads army
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had popped in one crazy summer and summer rental in backgroud while working...surprised how well they stood the time
john candy still rocks even after being dead for almost 35 years
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Monsieur Spade (2024) Miniseries starring Clive Owen as an aged Sam Spade (the protagonist of the Maltese Falcon) in a quaint little town in provincial France. Set in the early 60s, he ends up in some shenanigans. Im a big fan of hard-boiled detective fiction and was hoping this turned out great, but was disappointed once more. Owen has a few wisecracks, but he isnt like the Sam Spade of the book, nor is he like Humphrey Bogart in the movie. The whole story is also a convoluted mess full of plot holes, and the fish out of water thingy just doesnt work. The deus ex machina ending was awful. Rating: 4/10
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had popped in one crazy summer and summer rental in backgroud while working...surprised how well they stood the time
john candy still rocks even after being dead for almost 35 years
I found Summer Rental on DVD last year. Seems to me that there must have been a subplot involving his wife and John Laroquette, but it must have gotten cut at some point. Considering that they were both on Night Court at the time, it seems odd that both of them had so little screen time in this movie.
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I know nothing about the production of either, but could it have been a scheduling conflict?
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I know nothing about the production of either, but could it have been a scheduling conflict?
I'm not certain. There are definite moments set up early in the movie where it looked like the story was going to set up an affair between the wife and Laroquette's character, but then both characters and even John Candy's kids were essentially cut from the last half of the movie to focus more on Candy and Rip Torn building a boat. It's really obvious from a writer's standpoint that something got changed halfway through production.
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Hmm, lots of ways that could have happened: budget, scheduling issues with the actors, reactions from focus groups or the producers about the plot of the film... Makes for a jarring change, though.
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an hour and 17 minutes ago I got around by watching Spiderman Across the Spiderverse on Netflix. I"ll let y'all know my verdict once I finish the movie
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It was amazing!!!
Next on my Movies of 2023 I've Never Seen agenda: Super Mario Bros.
(not much of a movie goer though, I mostly watch them on Streaming services nowadays. Whichever movie that's in theaters that'll catch my eye, I'll see it)
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The tank chats
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alien nation series
just listening to it in background
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Up to the 14th ep of Revolution season 1...
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Griselda miniseries. From the same showrunners of Narcos. Based on a true story it chronicles the career of Griselda Blanco, Miami's drug queen during the 1970s. Its got some good scenes, but it really sort of makes her too sympathetic. I've read about the real Griselda and she was a monster, and this miniseries isn't very accurate. Rating: 6/10
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ok got bored and was looking for something for babysitting my neighbors kids( while she has cancer treatment) found something not for kids bit for adults a british shorts skit show 2 seasons big train.
guess they will be stuck watching challange of the go bots or finish jayce and wheeled warriors or mystrious cities of gold
wonder if i should get them hooked on 1980s knightrider?
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Hillclimbing Rachau
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Just saw the Italian Job. My wife really wants a mini cooper because of that movie long ago.
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The Panzermuseum
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ok got bored and was looking for something for babysitting my neighbors kids( while she has cancer treatment) found something not for kids bit for adults a british shorts skit show 2 seasons big train.
guess they will be stuck watching challange of the go bots or finish jayce and wheeled warriors or mystrious cities of gold
wonder if i should get them hooked on 1980s knightrider?
Cancer? Ouch. Lost a business partner to it. I hope she recovers quickly.
Masters of the Air (2024) I waited till it finished so I could binge it. I liked the earlier shows Band of Brothers and the Pacific, but I have mixed feelings about this one. The story of the 100th Bomber Group and their campaigns over Germany in WW2 should have been a no contest winner, but I felt the multiple plotlines were disjointed from the beginning.
First there were a lot of characters, and all the different storylines didnt really mesh together. Many characters died or were captured so you couldnt really root for anyone because it was too spread out, and the time jumps were confusing too. All in all, I can recommend it, but with major caveats. It starts out good, but the middle episodes drag, right before the rip roaring final chapter. Rating 7/10
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well good news is it was her last treatment....she is worn out so kids crashed over weekend until it was bed time at their place....
and i got kids hooked on knight rider....and finished mysterious cities of gold
and they absolutely loved forbidden planet
is it normal for kids to actually ask for vegatables? i introduced them to broccoflower steamed covered in stir fried breadcrumbs...
this is what they asked for for dinner when they get back from school giving mom a break and time to recover....
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If they saw the 80's (original) mysterious cities, try to get the follow-up seasons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Cities_of_Gold_(2012_TV_series)
It was interesting, even for an adult. :cheesy:
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If they saw the 80's (original) mysterious cities, try to get the follow-up seasons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Cities_of_Gold_(2012_TV_series)
It was interesting, even for an adult. :cheesy:
I used to try and get home early enough after school when I was a kid to try and watch that show. Rarely worked out though.
Ruger
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there was a sequel?now i know what i will be doing this evening
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Fire and flame tv
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Caught two good ones tonight. FIrst up was Wonka.. Loved it. The dude from Dune, did an awesome job as a younger Wonka..
Then came a film called "a time to spy", based on real stories of women who were recruited by the brits, to go do spying ops in WW2..
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Caught two good ones tonight. FIrst up was Wonka.. Loved it. The dude from Dune, did an awesome job as a younger Wonka..
Then came a film called "a time to spy", based on real stories of women who were recruited by the brits, to go do spying ops in WW2..
I saw Wonka a while back, as well as Dune 2. Willy was busy last year! :grin: Or the last couple? :huh:
Saw Knox Goes Away earlier tonight (well, 9:35P on the 19th), and thought it was pretty good, if a bit depressing in spots. :undecided:
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Cant pay well take it away
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ok next month netfreaks is releasing parasyte: gray live action from same guy that did hellbound
if its anything like hellbound it should be good
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ok i had not seen dead like me at all what is it about and is it any good to even start watching it?
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Sat down worried that the X-Men 97 series would be awful since most revivals hot things I grew up with usually are, was blown away by how good it was. They nailed the feeling of the original cartoon. I still don’t love the new animation style, but I’ll learn to live with it.
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Sat down worried that the X-Men 97 series would be awful since most revivals hot things I grew up with usually are, was blown away by how good it was. They nailed the feeling of the original cartoon. I still don’t love the new animation style, but I’ll learn to live with it.
Plus, it seems that they’ve started up three or so classic comic storylines for the season.
Ruger
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Plus, it seems that they’ve started up three or so classic comic storylines for the season.
Ruger
If the end of episode 2 is meant to imply that we're getting a Madelyne Pryor episode/arc, this will have been well worth the decades of waiting.
Unrelated to the X-Men, I (very) recently started watching The Expanse. It's been great for a season and a half, is it worth sticking with or does the quality suffer once the production moves from SyFy to Amazon (after season 3, I think?)? I know there's a thread about the show here already, but its been dormant for over a year and I'm not inclined to put my necromancer hat on.
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It retains the quality after the move to Amazon, they even get to do a lot of location shooting.
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spotted beetlejiuce trailer for release of this abomination sometimes in 2024
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If the end of episode 2 is meant to imply that we're getting a Madelyne Pryor episode/arc, this will have been well worth the decades of waiting.
Unrelated to the X-Men, I (very) recently started watching The Expanse. It's been great for a season and a half, is it worth sticking with or does the quality suffer once the production moves from SyFy to Amazon (after season 3, I think?)? I know there's a thread about the show here already, but its been dormant for over a year and I'm not inclined to put my necromancer hat on.
Turns out, having Lex Luthor as a fan of the show means he's willing to buy it and throw money at it to keep it going and make it nice. Well, guess it's better than spending all that dough on another plot to destroy Superman.
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ok i will make the kids watch (still baby sitting)
x from outer space
b movie monster gigilla rocks!
i cant find the sequel tho
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If the end of episode 2 is meant to imply that we're getting a Madelyne Pryor episode/arc, this will have been well worth the decades of waiting.
Unrelated to the X-Men, I (very) recently started watching The Expanse. It's been great for a season and a half, is it worth sticking with or does the quality suffer once the production moves from SyFy to Amazon (after season 3, I think?)? I know there's a thread about the show here already, but its been dormant for over a year and I'm not inclined to put my necromancer hat on.
Its a great show, up through the 4th season. IMO the fifth and last were the two let downs..
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Bad lads army
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Paris Police 1900 Seasons 1-2 (2023) As the title says, this is a crime noir series set in turn of the century France. Its an ensemble cast, which reminded me of LA Confidential. Unlike the usual BBC and Netflix period dramas like Bidgerton or The Gilded Age, this one is extremely realistic. Theres plenty of racism, antisemitism and misogyny in this show and it doesnt pull any punches. You get to see the past in all its ugly glory. Awesome show, and they need to make more like this. Gruesome, spine tingling stuff. Rating 8.5/10
Fargo season 5 (2023) I thought this season was better than the previous ones, but thats not saying much. The story is actually a variation of an old action movie called The Long Kiss Goodnight, about an amnesiac assassin who ends up being a housewife before she gets discovered by her old crew. This version is very close to it, all the way down to both protagonists having a daughter. But this one is different because its played for quirky laughs, and of course in order for that to happen, everyone except the heroine has to be a total idiot. It was amusing for the first 4-5 episodes or so, but then it got stale towards the end. Rating: 6/10
Escape at Dannemora (2018) this just popped up on my streaming queue, so I didnt even know about this till now. A miniseries about that real life manhunt, with Benecio Del Toro (who is great playing a sociopathic killer). I was expecting a police procedural about the incident, but it turns out to be more like a prison drama, and its a very very slow burn. It delves into minute detail about the two prisoners and their relationship with a woman who worked there. I thought it covered way too much of the set up and the actual escape happens only in the final episode.
This could have been better if they had less episodes and tightened up the structure a bit. Rating: 6.5/10
Ferrari (2023) I was so looking forward to seeing this, but it was very disappointing. Adam Driver is OK as the title character, but the movie is one huge bore. Most of it is about a love triangle between him, his wife and his mistress. There just isnt a whole lot of interesting things going on, no drama thats compelling enough to make this watchable. Theres one race sequence (and accompanying tragedy) that nearly turned the movie around, but it was too little, too late, and ultimately went nowhere. If youre looking for a good racing movie, youre better off watching Ford V Ferrari or Rush, or even the old Steve McQueen movie Le Mans is way better. Forget about this one. Rating: 4.5/10
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Starship Highlander
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made mistake ...still babysitting no not about babysitting
while making breakfast for my neighbors kids i popped the muppet movie (1979)
and now i have rainbow connection on my stereo on a loop
gods above and below...living dead yet to be born...help me!
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Ghostbusters Frozen Empire.
McKenna Grace continues to be a stand out actress in this.
Ruger
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Just got done with my re-watch of the post apocalypse show, Revolution season 2.. Man i missed the interaction of 'charlie' and miles/sebastian. Pity it didn't get its third season...
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Just got done with my re-watch of the post apocalypse show, Revolution season 2.. Man i missed the interaction of 'charlie' and miles/sebastian. Pity it didn't get its third season...
I didn’t realize it had a second season. It’s too bad it didn’t get more press from NBC. There was a lot of potential.
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The Creator: good movie; had some continuity-issues; and I doubt the AI-Robots and humans will live in peace.
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I didn’t realize it had a second season. It’s too bad it didn’t get more press from NBC. There was a lot of potential.
IF they did a 3rd, i'd have LOVED it if they showed us MORE of the world, and how THEY Were dealing with the power outage globally. And whether the 'patriots' plan, was also being considered by other nations..
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Ghostbusters-Frozen Empire
Large cast kind of drags it down, and not enough menace from the primary villian, or even much done from Garaka.
Lots of Easter eggs though and maybe if there is a third film, they'll be able to incorporate the animated Real Ghostbusters cast.
6/10
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Did I get bored tonight?
Sho'nuff!
Did I scroll Youtube's free moves?
Sho'nuff!
Did I find something great?
Sho'nuff!
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Sometimes there are some great movies on free YouTube. Lots of good war movies.
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Sometimes there are some great movies on free YouTube. Lots of good war movies.
Two or three movies before it as I scrolled was Saving Private Ryan. I pondered it for a moment and thought I'd end up coming back to it. But then the pure, unfiltered 80s of Bruce Leroy popped up...
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The one i've wanted to see in years, but can't seem to find on youtube, OR at the library, is Rapid fire, one of Brandon lee's last films.
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I'm giving Shogun a whirl
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Military history visualized
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Sometimes there are some great movies on free YouTube. Lots of good war movies.
And you can find the obscure-stuff like movies about the Winter-War (Russia and Finland) or 1612 (no English subtitles though).
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ok had not watched it since 1990
noble house 1988
based on james clavells novel
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Fire and flame tv
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ok had not watched it since 1990
noble house 1988
based on james clavells novel
Oh I still have a DVD of that. The book and miniseries influenced me so much I wrote a sci-fi colony novel along the same lines.
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Oh I still have a DVD of that. The book and miniseries influenced me so much I wrote a sci-fi colony novel along the same lines.
published or privet? can you send it to me?
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Just caught Aquaman 2.. No where near as good as the first, but still had some funny moments.
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Cant pay well take it away
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I'm giving Shogun a whirl
it's been an amazing series, great adaption
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The tank chats
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Running Man
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Running Man
it must be at least 22 years since seen it
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X-Men ‘97.
Great follow up so far to the ‘90’s animated series.
Ruger
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Bad lads army
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Starship Highlander
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Watched Kung Fu Hustle and Hobbs & Shaw, both on Tubi a few days ago.
I'd seen a few pieces from KFH in the past and hadn't been able to catch it for free before. It was mediocre. Seen worse, seen a LOT better, but it wasn't Horrible. :laugh:
Saw H&S at the theater, surprised they haven't made a sequel by now, since it ended setting one up. :tongue:
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Wasn't Hobbs & Shaw a flop?
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I've NO idea, but I liked it.
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kfh is fun but if you catch more back ground details its gets funnier
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I liked Hobbs and Shaw. It's a mindless action comedy, and those are always fun. Especially the airport fake ID scene. "And you, are Michael Oxmaul."
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The Zone of Interest (2023) Its about Rudolf Hoss and his family-hes the commandant of Auschwitz. I'm normally interested in Holocaust movies, but this one felt pretentious and gimmicky since its main focus is on the family doing mundane stuff against the backdrop of all the killings, which are only hinted at via the background noises. I found it boring and it actually isn't historically accurate either. I would have preferred a straight up adaptation instead of this. Rating: 3/10
The Queen's Gambit (2020) This showed up in my Netflix queue unexpectedly. About a chess prodigy with a dark past in the 1960s. It started off very well, but the middle episodes dragged. It wasnt until the last episodes that finally got me interested again. Rating: 6.5/10
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Cocaine-Bear; this is one movie where the title doesn't lie. There's lots of cocaine and a bear; one of my coworkers told me it was a comedy, from the trailer they saw. Well, it's a comedy if you like to see a tweaker-bear maul people and rip-limbs off etc.
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Mark Felton
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3 Body Problem (2024) Season 1. I got mixed feelings about this one. While it presents a new wrinkle in the alien invasion genre, I didn't care much for the characters, because they seemed more like archetypes than actual people. Also the way the story presents them as always being central to the plot involves way too many contrivances. Some ideas presented are definitely interesting and well worth a watch, if you can get through some of the more cliched parts. Rating: 6/10
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Currently up to episode six, of Lionesses Special ops.. Not a bad show so far (not as good imo as Sheradons others). BUT MY biggest gripe is why is so much of it, seeming to be filmed in the dark. EVEN WHEN IN the day, they seem to be darker than it should be..
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ok i introduced my neighbors kids to
mars attacks
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Nope: it's a different kind of movie; it should be watched, at least once. The acting was good, but, I kinda got bored with it at the beginning.
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ok i introduced my neighbors kids to
mars attacks
Have you introduced them to The Sting? I loved that movie as a kid.
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Mars attacks is good for a laugh BUT not my cup o tea for re-watching more than once..
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I didn't even find Mars Attacks good for a laugh, but then I find Tim Burton to be an overrated imbecile who needs to stop shoving his necrophilia fetish in people's faces, so there's that.
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Wasn't Hobbs & Shaw a flop?
I believe there was also issues on the set with the relationship between the 2 actors, Rock had a contract stipulations that he couldn't lose a fight on screen.
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Cant pay well take it away
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I believe there was also issues on the set with the relationship between the 2 actors, Rock had a contract stipulations that he couldn't lose a fight on screen.
Yeah, and that's made him difficult to work with in all of his recent movies. And made his characters all look boringly invincible.
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He got pushed off a cliff in Jumanji. By Kevin Hart.
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Yeah, and that's made him difficult to work with in all of his recent movies. And made his characters all look boringly invincible.
IIRC that's why dc was NOT happy with him being black adam, especially for the inevitable cross with superman OR shazam.
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IIRC that's why dc was NOT happy with him being black adam, especially for the inevitable cross with superman OR shazam.
That's what I remember hearing at the time, too.
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I believe there was also issues on the set with the relationship between the 2 actors, Rock had a contract stipulations that he couldn't lose a fight on screen.
Holy Swollen Egos Batman! :shocked:
:grin:
I like Dwayne, but damn . . . :undecided:
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Fire and flame tv
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. . .Rock had a contract stipulations that he couldn't lose a fight on screen.
So, he wrote himself the MW:2nd, Advantage: Natural Aptitude for brawling; nice.
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Bad lads army
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why cant they leave what is perfect alone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuqTIxtzeP0
yep future trilogy is about to be destroyed
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Just watched Dances with Wolves.
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Just watched Dances with Wolves.
My condolences. It took me three tries to get through. It didn't make me want to end myself from boredom the way Lost in Translation did, but it certainly was overhyped.
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why cant they leave what is perfect alone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuqTIxtzeP0
yep future trilogy is about to be destroyed
Dude...what day was that posted?
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according to helltube 2 days ago
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From the description:
Please note that this video is a concept trailer created solely for artistic and entertainment purposes. I have meticulously incorporated various effects, sound design, AI technologies, movie analytics, and other elements to bring my vision to life. Its purpose is purely artistic, aiming to entertain and engage with the YouTube community. My goal is to showcase my creativity and storytelling skills through this trailer. Thank you for your support, and let's dive into the world of imagination! 🍿
Now go read the cover of the Hitchhiker's Guide!
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My condolences. It took me three tries to get through. It didn't make me want to end myself from boredom the way Lost in Translation did, but it certainly was overhyped.
If you want a really hilarious time, try watching it with some actual Native Americans.
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My condolences. It took me three tries to get through. It didn't make me want to end myself from boredom the way Lost in Translation did, but it certainly was overhyped.
lvle
It wasnt that bad it was long, and some parts were really boring. Kevin Costner is a great actor, and the movie didnt end on a happy note. Ive seen a lot of those "stranger to a strange people becoming members of that culture" for a long time. Dances with Wolves set the standard that Avatar and others copied and terrible.
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There's a reason that Avatar was frequently called Dances With Catgirls or Dances With Blue Man Group when it first came out.
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Dances is too slow, for me. I;'ve liked most other kostner films though.
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Wish.
Apparently it's meant as a prequel of sorts with the ending referencing Cinderella, Snow White and the credits stinger referencing Pinocchio.
Kind of a mediocre movie over all, the music wasn't inspiring like so many others, and nothing overly memorable, outside of the stinger.
Pine was ok, just think there was too much for him to try an achieve, while Asha just didn't quite fit as her character, sounded uncharacteristically older than what her character was supposed to be.
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It's not really a prequel so much as it's just a reference to all of them for Disney's 100rth Anniversary or something. I've heard a lot of speculation that Disney tried using AI to write the script.
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nothing overly memorable, outside of the stinger.
Heh, this was one of the few times I was properly and thoroughly disappointed with the post-credits moment: "is this what we sat here for?". I've just never liked J.Cricket nor its song for some reason :tongue:
Otherwise Wish was an ok flick to watch with the kids, they didn't seem to get into it as much as into some other recent-ish ones (such as Frozens, Sing, Encanto, Elemental) ::think
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The tank chats
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I hadn't realized it was a celebration of the 100 years of the animation studio until I went looking at a few videos after for reviews. The storybeats then made sense why they were there, but yeah, still meh.
It's not really a prequel so much as it's just a reference to all of them for Disney's 100rth Anniversary or something. I've heard a lot of speculation that Disney tried using AI to write the script.
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It's not really a prequel so much as it's just a reference to all of them for Disney's 100rth Anniversary or something. I've heard a lot of speculation that Disney tried using AI to write the script.
With all the garbage Disney has been pouring out, using AI would be an improvement. :wink:
The Deluge (1974) 5 hour Polish historical drama film. Its about a headstrong 17th century nobleman in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, who gets caught up in the conflicts with the Kingdom of Sweden. Vast, sweeping stuff, but some things are dated, and the romance is kinda awkward. Good intrigue and epic story, but some scenes drag. All in all, not bad for its time. Rating: 6/10
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With all the garbage Disney has been pouring out, using AI would be an improvement. :wink:
The Deluge (1974) 5 hour Polish historical drama film. Its about a headstrong 17th century nobleman in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, who gets caught up in the conflicts with the Kingdom of Sweden. Vast, sweeping stuff, but some things are dated, and the romance is kinda awkward. Good intrigue and epic story, but some scenes drag. All in all, not bad for its time. Rating: 6/10
surprised you saw that one
i remember watching that one on polish tv channel one back in late 70s and on occasion you coul catch it in theaters
but still by far at least for me are 3 shows
czterej pancerni i pies aka 4 panzer crew and a dog
story about 4 crew members in polish part of russian army on the way to berlin and one of the crew members dog
stawka wiekrza niz zycie aka stakes higher than life....look up a movie which was rather good from 2000s
story about polish soldier recruited to be a spy by russian nkvd
btw these two shows were made in 60s and avoided censorship being pro capitalist or socialist and were very popular at the time
przygody psa ciwila aka adventures of civil the dog serial made for kids about a police dog and his adventures as he grows up
it may be hard to get but i had seen some episodes on you tube a tv series about an engeneer his family with his issues of reaching middle age
it was made in 70s and it used a lot of places in warsaw that are iconic today such as trasy and bridges and central train station
40 latek aka being 40
krzyzacy aka crossmen is a bit of fictional drama but worth watching not for the story but for authentic reproduction of armor and costumes
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3 Body Problem (2024) Season 1. I got mixed feelings about this one. While it presents a new wrinkle in the alien invasion genre, I didn't care much for the characters, because they seemed more like archetypes than actual people. Also the way the story presents them as always being central to the plot involves way too many contrivances. Some ideas presented are definitely interesting and well worth a watch, if you can get through some of the more cliched parts. Rating: 6/10
I just finished it yesterday. I agree, some of the characters seemed a bit flat, but I thoroughly enjoyed Benedict Wong's character and performance. Overall, I enjoyed it, but it feels like it had to skimp on a couple ideas. It makes me want to pick up the books to see if they give more room to the philosophical ideas hinted at in the series.
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Hillclimbing Rachau
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surprised you saw that one
i remember watching that one on polish tv channel one back in late 70s and on occasion you coul catch it in theaters
but still by far at least for me are 3 shows
czterej pancerni i pies aka 4 panzer crew and a dog
story about 4 crew members in polish part of russian army on the way to berlin and one of the crew members dog
stawka wiekrza niz zycie aka stakes higher than life....look up a movie which was rather good from 2000s
story about polish soldier recruited to be a spy by russian nkvd
btw these two shows were made in 60s and avoided censorship being pro capitalist or socialist and were very popular at the time
przygody psa ciwila aka adventures of civil the dog serial made for kids about a police dog and his adventures as he grows up
it may be hard to get but i had seen some episodes on you tube a tv series about an engeneer his family with his issues of reaching middle age
it was made in 70s and it used a lot of places in warsaw that are iconic today such as trasy and bridges and central train station
40 latek aka being 40
krzyzacy aka crossmen is a bit of fictional drama but worth watching not for the story but for authentic reproduction of armor and costumes
Im currently watching With Fire and Sword (in Between the Ripley miniseries), so thanks for the other recommendations.
I just finished it yesterday. I agree, some of the characters seemed a bit flat, but I thoroughly enjoyed Benedict Wong's character and performance. Overall, I enjoyed it, but it feels like it had to skimp on a couple ideas. It makes me want to pick up the books to see if they give more room to the philosophical ideas hinted at in the series.
Yes, I agree that Wong's character is the best of the bunch (along with Sir Davos), but due to the other characters being so weakly defined other than their tropes, that he ended up being the glue by default rather than by design. IMO.
I havent read the books, so Im going strictly by what I saw.
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I think it should be a rule the Benedict Wong should always play a character named Wong. Because Wong is Wong in every part of the multiverse. including our own world.
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I'm watching Star-Wars: Solo.
I shut it off when the talking centipede showed up. Then I watched it again. Danys Targarian is in it. She was also in the Terminator reboot. It's not a bad movie, per se, I just go other things to do.
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Solo's big problem was that it was really two movie scripts that they awkwardly mashed together.
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I liked Solo. Much better than the Sequel Trilogy, but not as much as Rogue One.
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Wrestlemanina
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I liked Solo. Much better than the Sequel Trilogy, but not as much as Rogue One.
Solo was ok. Better than the sequels, but behind the prequels imo.
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Ripley miniseries (2024) Since Im a big fan of this franchise (Ive got all the books and 3 movies on DVD) I had high hopes, but it was a major letdown. The whole thing could have been good, but it got sunk by very questionable creative decisions and casting.
To start, the guy who plays Tom Ripley is way way too old. In the book (and in the movie adaptations), Ripley is a young conman who becomes a serial killer. In this version he's a middle aged creep with no charm whatsoever, so its ridiculous to think he gets recruited by a rich tycoon to bring his wayward son back from Italy.
The other big mistake is to make it a B&W show. Why? All the colors, all the hues that would have made Italy great are gone. Everything is a dreary mess. What they should have done was make the NY scenes in B&W, and turn on the color the moment Tom got to Italy.
The third huge bomb is the pacing. This show is slow as molasses. Characters do nothing but walk from place to place and too many long scenes of landscapes and furniture. It was so padded that they could have made this a 3 part miniseries instead of stretching it to 8. It got really really boring after the first episode.
In the end, totally disappointed. Could have been a good show. If you want to see the book done right, its better to watch the movie adaptations: Purple Noon (Alain Delon totally nails it as Tom Ripley- the first is still the best one) or The Talented Mr. Ripley (Jude Law steals the show on that version) Rating 4/10
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Just finished doing my rewatch of several tv shows.. Revolution, Terra nova, and the recent Special ops Lionesses. Now i am doing one for Designated Survivor..
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Forgotten weapons
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WrestleMania Night Two
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I saw the new Godzilla x Kong movie Tuesday, followed by In the Land of Saints & Sinners Wednesday. Liked both quite a bit. Going to see Monkey Man tomorrow (Tuesday) night!
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In Solo, the four-armed pilot, was one of the flying-monkey in The Great and Powerful OZ.
And it's not as bad as people say.
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Cant pay well take it away
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Solo was the most pointless movie I ever watched. And the guy didn't even look or act like Han, just some impostor.
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That latest episode of X-Men ‘97…
Damn…just…damn.
Ruger
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Fire and flame tv
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Just Finished Star Trek, Strange New Worlds season 2, loved it.
I don't even like musicals, and I laughed a few times.
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65; read a review about how the girl couldn't speak English, 65 MYA, actually, they're speaking Rigilian, but by an astonishing coincidence, their languages are exactly the same.
I'm not going to worry too much about the, scientific-accuracy of the movie. We've only got a small-percentage of the dinosaur-species that ever lived, fossilized.
Solo was the most pointless movie I ever watched. And the guy didn't even look or act like Han, just some impostor.
Maybe the Han Solo in Episode IV was an impostor?
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madhouse
with kirsty ally been about 10 years since i watched it...best lesson on why not to have house guests...
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65; read a review about how the girl couldn't speak English, 65 MYA, actually, they're speaking Rigilian, but by an astonishing coincidence, their languages are exactly the same.
I'm not going to worry too much about the, scientific-accuracy of the movie. We've only got a small-percentage of the dinosaur-species that ever lived, fossilized.
While that's technically true, the creatures in 65 for the most part looked nothing like actual dinosaurs and instead were just generic monsters. It's especially disappointing given that early footage of the film showed them using much more accurate-looking dinosaurs.
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Bad lads army
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Rewatching Galaxy Quest. One of the best Star Trek movies.
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who ever wrote this episode should die!
best line from g q
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Binge watched the first four eps of Fallout last night.
SO damn good. The team doing the prop and scenery work is not being paid nearly enough for all the work and studying they did.
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65 is basically a disaster-movie, where everything that could go wrong, does; they even crashed into the freakin' asteroid and nudged it towards Earth. Given the initial-premise, I'm not too concerned with realism and it falls right into, "Moonfall". Adam Driver, could have pulled out a light-saber on a dinosaur and I wouldn't bat an eye over it.
I will say, I thought I saw grass (hadn't evolved yet) and if you saw the KT-asteroid-impact, you'd be too close and vaporized.
Anyways, Taxi-Driver('76) is next.
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Actually, fossil grass was discovered in the late Cretaceous, including in coprolites that show it was common food for some dinosaurs.
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Finally caught Greyhound with Tom hanks. Not bad, but not as good as some folks led me to believe.... Especially my brother.
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The tank chats
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https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-04-11/legendary-ent-live-action-godzilla-series-monarch-legacy-of-monsters-gets-2nd-season/.209748
well i did enjoy it...which is rare normally i pop a movie watch it with hald eye and ear while cooking or reading ...this one had me pay attention
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-04-11/transformers-franchise-gets-crossover-film-with-g.i-joe/.209747
this one is not a spoler either ending credits hinted at it already...
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Hillclimbing Rachau
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Watched 2 episodes of Fallout. Pretty good so far.
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Went and saw Godzilla X Kong: New Empire yesterday. Liked it. My only real gripe is that despite the name, it's very much a Kong movie, not a Godzilla movie.
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World war 2 with Indy Neidell
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Fire and flame tv
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Going to see Civil War tonight, saw Arcadia last night.
Arcadia is from (Produced/Released by) "Shudder", the horror movie channel, and that's where anyone interested in watching it should watch it. :undecided: In MY opinion, it wasn't Horrible or even "Bad", but certainly not worth seeing at a theater. I like Nicholas Cage, but wasn't that impressed with this one. :tongue:
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Suicide-Kings, '98: Saw it back in the late '90's on sat., I know the plot already, so I'm not too into it, but, it's got a good cast: Dennis Leary, Walking, the kid from ET, Fat *** from Shawshank, the actor from Big Bang Theory, etc.
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Wrapped up Parks&Rec, next up: Masters of the Universe: Revolution
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Cant pay well take it away
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Wrapped up Parks&Rec, next up: Masters of the Universe: Revolution
mou...have eye drops and a biting block on stand by...if you are planing to watch it to the end
it is a master piece to watch if you are a masochist...or if you are planning to get rid of guesets...
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Midway through my 2nd season for a re-watch of Designated Survivor.
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Bad lads army
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april 26th
original 1979 alien will have limited run in selected theaters
no word if it was "enhanced"
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First trailer for Transformers: One has been released.
And I don't believe there has ever been a previous depiction of Transformers where the ability to transform wasn't innate.
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Just rewatched 1999's Payback, with Mel Gibson.
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First trailer for Transformers: One has been released.
And I don't believe there has ever been a previous depiction of Transformers where the ability to transform wasn't innate.
the g1 cartoon showed transformers not being able to transform until autobot decepticon war that just evolved as war progressed
then decepticons gained power of flight
there was a story on that when optimus prime to be thought that decepticons were cool for being able to fly
it had been 40 years since i saw that episode it involved time travel on cybetron by autobots
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the g1 cartoon showed transformers not being able to transform until autobot decepticon war that just evolved as war progressed
then decepticons gained power of flight
there was a story on that when optimus prime to be thought that decepticons were cool for being able to fly
it had been 40 years since i saw that episode it involved time travel on cybetron by autobots
That episode also contradicted other parts of the cartoon series, which established that the Transformers were built with the ability to transform when the Quintessons first made them.
The G1 cartoon had issues with keeping things consistent.
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Quintessons? That reminds me: back in the day, I had a comic that had each transformer featured, like a technical-manual, so I made them out for Battletech using LAM-rules.
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Quintessons were the floating egg-shaped robots with five faces. In the G1 cartoon continuity, they were the original creators of the Transformers as slave labor until the Transformers rebelled.
(https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/thumb/7/72/Quint.jpg/800px-Quint.jpg)
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I believe that transforming was evolved during the war to help with spying and general hiding. Robots in disguise, after all. I thought that was in the comics, too, but I could be misremembering where I read it.
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No, that was Challenge of the Go-Bots were they developed the ability to transform as part of the war. Though I haven't seen every episode of Transformers G1, they could have put it into an episode that I didn't see. There were at least two mutually exclusive origins for both the Dinobots and Constructions in the cartoon, after all. But like I said, the standard explanation was that they were built as a slave race by the Quintessons with the ability to transform as part of their roles: Autobots, built for domestic labor and construction, turned mostly into cars and trucks, while Decepticons, built primarily for combat, mostly turned into jets and other war machines.
In the comics, Transformers had "evolved from naturally occurring pullies and gears" and the ability to transform was innate from the get-go.
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I asked the Transformers wiki (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformer). Turns out, the multiverse struck again:
In some continuities this ability to transform is innate to all members of the species, in others it was a wartime innovation that was adopted by most, but not all, of the populace.
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Come to think of it, "wartime innovation" might have been the explanation initially used in the G1 toyline.
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Come to think of it, "wartime innovation" might have been the explanation initially used in the G1 toyline.
you are thinking of go bots
the great engineer put brains int robotic bodies that changed shape
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No, that was Challenge of the Go-Bots were they developed the ability to transform as part of the war. Though I haven't seen every episode of Transformers G1, they could have put it into an episode that I didn't see. There were at least two mutually exclusive origins for both the Dinobots and Constructions in the cartoon, after all. But like I said, the standard explanation was that they were built as a slave race by the Quintessons with the ability to transform as part of their roles: Autobots, built for domestic labor and construction, turned mostly into cars and trucks, while Decepticons, built primarily for combat, mostly turned into jets and other war machines.
In the comics, Transformers had "evolved from naturally occurring pullies and gears" and the ability to transform was innate from the get-go.
I rarely if ever saw the cartoon, but collected MOST if not all the comics in the UK.. And that's how i remember it too.. PLUS if they were 'supposed to have been built" by the Quintessons, HOW THEN Does that explain Primus (their planet) or the creation matrix/??
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I rarely if ever saw the cartoon, but collected MOST if not all the comics in the UK.. And that's how i remember it too.. PLUS if they were 'supposed to have been built" by the Quintessons, HOW THEN Does that explain Primus (their planet) or the creation matrix/??
The Quentesson origin was only in the cartoon. The Matrix of Leadership was created for the animated movie (and didn't become the Creation Matrix until later), while Primus was something Simon Furman came up with in the UK comics (which was then brought over to the US comics). Transformers has a very complicated history. Pretty much every iteration reinvents the stuff.
you are thinking of go bots
the great engineer put brains int robotic bodies that changed shape
My dude, I already mentioned it was used in Challenge of the Go-Bots.
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Also from the wiki, linked in my post above:
Early stories depicted this ability as something that the Transformer race as a whole was not created with; it was either a wartime innovation designed to disguise themselves from their opponents, or an unexpected side effect as a result of their rebuilding at the hands of the Ark on Earth. However, it would not take long for this ability to be cemented as a natural extension of Cybertronian biology; later stories would, for the most part, establish that Transformers are born with a functioning alternate mode, or at least the ability to assume one.
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The tank chats
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Also from the wiki, linked in my post above:
Yeah, unfortunately the wiki doesn't clearly indicate which origin went with which continuity.
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rooster teeth aka cockbite studio the ones who done red vs blue series tried to unify the transformer universe...they did try and almost made it
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Yeah, unfortunately the wiki doesn't clearly indicate which origin went with which continuity.
I guess I could go into the attic and dig out my original Marvel comics run. I'm not that ambitious, though. :undecided: Also, it's been a long time since I felt that strongly about Transformers.
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I think the only thing in Transformers that's less consistent than the timeline is the scale between characters and altmodes.
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The Transformers wiki has a page on that too:
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scale
(TFWiki is one of the best out there, up there with Sarna and Memory Alpha in terms of information but it has an irreverant sense of humour which elevates the content.)
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That's one of my favorite pages on the wiki. Along with the entry for B.O.T. You know an episode was a doozy when one of the continuity errors listed for it was "this episode exists."
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I wonder, if the same applies to the other awesome 80s toys, ZOIDS!!!
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No, the fact that Zoids exist is very much not an error.
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I quite like the timeline page starting with "The Big Bang. The atoms that would eventually become plastic are formed, ruining Transfomers forever"
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Starship Higlander
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6 sci-fi short stories. No link between episodes, so can be watched in any order.
https://www.youtube.com/@blackmilk_studio
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No, the fact that Zoids exist is very much not an error.
I was more on about whether zoids are 'scaled incorrectly'..
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Zoids doesn't use scale the same way Transformers does, so that's pretty difficult. A Zoid mecha that looks like a Styracosaurus, for example, isn't supposed to be the same size as an actual Styracosaurus the way that a Transformer is supposed to be the size of their actual alt mode, leading to absurdities like a space shuttle (Blast Off) being the same size as a jeep (Swindle).
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Nitro Rallycross Calgary FULL Broadcast - Finals
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Zoids doesn't use scale the same way Transformers does, so that's pretty difficult. A Zoid mecha that looks like a Styracosaurus, for example, isn't supposed to be the same size as an actual Styracosaurus the way that a Transformer is supposed to be the size of their actual alt mode, leading to absurdities like a space shuttle (Blast Off) being the same size as a jeep (Swindle).
Or a 20 or 30 foot tall robot is supposed to transform into an actual size boom box/tape deck that is able to be picked up and carried by a normal human teenager.
Ruger
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Finally getting to see Wednesday season 1 (now that’s it’s been released on dvd) since I still haven’t broken down and signed up for Netflix.
Ruger
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Watching Fallout on Prime. I never played the video game, show isn't bad.
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Or a 20 or 30 foot tall robot is supposed to transform into an actual size boom box/tape deck that is able to be picked up and carried by a normal human teenager.
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OR a cassette shifting into a 8ft tall/14ft long or so, cougar/jaguar (Ravage).
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My wife and I got all caught up on the new Shogun miniseries. It has been very good: characters, pacing, action and acting are quite good.
I think it is, overall, better than the first miniseries back in 1980; the only thing I truly miss is John Rhys-Davies. His portrayal of Vasco Rodrigues was really good.
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The Panzermuseum
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My wife and I got all caught up on the new Shogun miniseries. It has been very good: characters, pacing, action and acting are quite good.
I think it is, overall, better than the first miniseries back in 1980; the only thing I truly miss is John Rhys-Davies. His portrayal of Vasco Rodrigues was really good.
I really hope they release both as a paired dvd set, or at least release them as separate sets.
I’ve been really enjoying the new version, but it’s been decades since I last watched the 1980 version, and I hardly remember but bits and pieces of it.
Ruger
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Fira and flame tv
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Ken Burns Documentaries
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Looking forward to the final episode of Shogun tonight with the wife.
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Netflix: Dahmer - Monster the Jeffrey Dahmer story. Creepy good.
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Looking forward to the final episode of Shogun tonight with the wife.
i pooed the scrooch and forgot about it, till it was maybe 10 minutes left... RATS. Guess i need to wait till it hits dvd, and do it a re=watch.
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MotU:Revolution was fun but weirdly short.
Now we're on Shōgun. Interesting.
Reading the thread I got so happy that there are other people excited about G1/G2 Transformers (which reminds me I still have to add Starscream and Optimus Masterpieces to my collection (I've already got Megatron and Soundwave with Ravage, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Frenzy, Rumble and Ratbat :cheesy: ))
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Cant pay well talke it away
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I've already got Megatron and Soundwave with Ravage, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Frenzy, Rumble and Ratbat :cheesy: ))
OF the decpticon cassets, i loved Ravage, ratbat and Rumble. i also had Slugfest and Overkill from the G1 collection (see here)
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_Mini-Cassette
For the autobots i had Ramhorn and steel jaw..
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had soundwave and cassettes he came with back in 1985...had it confiscated by a teacher until i transformed him
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I remember one of my classmates getting in trouble when they brought Megatron to school.
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I remember one of my classmates getting in trouble when they brought Megatron to school.
yah all fun and games until you try robbing 7 11 with one
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The only transformer i took to school, was Jazz.. THOUGHT to take ultra-magnus, but thought against it..
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The Town
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I remember one of my classmates getting in trouble when they brought Megatron to school.
I've been asked to bring MP-36 Megatron to work (mine has never even had the "this is a toy" cap on either the normal barrel or the extended barrel so maybe I would have to carry him in his robot form to avoid accidental confusion :laugh:
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Space Balls (1987). Indpired to watch it from a RPG campaign we sre doing. Oddly enough, i had never watched it. Some funny gags, but not one of the best movies of Mel Brooks.
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Bad lads army
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The Stranger (2023) Aussie movie about an undercover cop trying to gather evidence against a possible child murderer. I was expecting a pulse pounding procedural, but I got instead was a slow as heck buddy movie. Theres some really long scenes where nothing happens. Everything is muted and shot in long shadows. Boring. Rating 4/10
I watched about 3 episodes of The Gentlemen before I gave up. If youve seen one Guy Ritchie show youve seen them all. The whole thing was moderately predictable in which somebody always screws up or there was some kind of reversal to their schemes so the episode could be prolonged. Even the plot was lifted off that Matthew McCaunaghey movie.
Now I've switched to Shogun, and its drawing me in. First episode is intriguing, very different from the Richard Chamberlain version.
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The Stranger (2023) Aussie movie about an undercover cop trying to gather evidence against a possible child murderer. I was expecting a pulse pounding procedural, but I got instead was a slow as heck buddy movie. Theres some really long scenes where nothing happens. Everything is muted and shot in long shadows. Boring. Rating 4/10
I watched about 3 episodes of The Gentlemen before I gave up. If youve seen one Guy Ritchie show youve seen them all. The whole thing was moderately predictable in which somebody always screws up or there was some kind of reversal to their schemes so the episode could be prolonged. Even the plot was lifted off that Matthew McCaunaghey movie.
Now I've switched to Shogun, and its drawing me in. First episode is intriguing, very different from the Richard Chamberlain version.
chambarlain was a classics made into coloring for kids version still it kept the core of the book
speaking of chambrlain loved his version f count of monte cristo 1975....and tony curtis adds that special spice
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Welp… a little over a month later, I’ve finished with the final season of The Expanse. My only regret is that I didn’t find the show sooner. I’m clearly going to have to track down the books to take care of the dangling plots, but it sounds like most fans of the series suggest starting from the first books
OF the decpticon cassets, i loved Ravage, ratbat and Rumble. i also had Slugfest and Overkill from the G1 collection (see here)
I’m only missing Ratbat, Slugfest, and Overkill to be G1 cartoon complete. I really need to track them down via ebay one of these days.
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there are two stores that i know of that may help if you are in or near nj
hobby collectibles comics and toys...one is in sayrville nj and other one is in milltown nj
hit me up on pm if you need more info
i still miss last wind up toys nyc on bleeckers in village the guy that ran it was a master at finding rare and hard to find obscure things and toys....
also are you looking for originals or re issues? i recall about 2 years back walmart had them
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Welp… a little over a month later, I’ve finished with the final season of The Expanse. My only regret is that I didn’t find the show sooner. I’m clearly going to have to track down the books to take care of the dangling plots, but it sounds like most fans of the series suggest starting from the first books
Glad you liked it. OF the main characters, who was your fave?
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The tank chats
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chambarlain was a classics made into coloring for kids version still it kept the core of the book
speaking of chambrlain loved his version f count of monte cristo 1975....and tony curtis adds that special spice
Well the first Shogun adaptation was designed to be an introduction to Japanese history since most of the audience back then didnt know much about it. This new version has Toranaga as the main character, whereas Blackthorn was the main POV in the original.
Also, this new Blackthorn is more opportunistic and cynical. Chamberlain played him as honest and noble, though somewhat naive.
I agree that Chamberlain's Monte Critso was the best adaptation so far, but I beg to differ on Tony Curtis, his hammy style was the worst part of an otherwise exceptional show.
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there are two stores that i know of that may help if you are in or near nj
hobby collectibles comics and toys...one is in sayrville nj and other one is in milltown nj
hit me up on pm if you need more info
i still miss last wind up toys nyc on bleeckers in village the guy that ran it was a master at finding rare and hard to find obscure things and toys....
also are you looking for originals or re issues? i recall about 2 years back walmart had them
I may just take you up on that offer if I strike out online, thanks!
Original vs Reissue never bothered me. The bulk of my collection is originals, but there are also a fair number of the early 00’s reissues. My Soundwave, Buzzsaw, Squalktalk, and Beastbox are all original to G1. Ravage, Rumble, Frenzy, and Laserbeak are the recent WalMart reissues. Currently on the fence about the new toon colors version.
Glad you liked it. OF the main characters, who was your fave?
I think it has to be Miller. It was a great character and Thomas Jane really sold the part. I also really enjoyed Bobbie’s arc.
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I remember one of my classmates getting in trouble when they brought Megatron to school.
Oh yeah. Those were the days.
Now, you can have a Megatron that is programmable (on an app on your smartphone) and self-transformable between robot and main battle tank mode, and can talk.
All for the low, low price of some $900.
But at least you won’t be mistaken for carrying a real weapon.
Ruger
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Oh yeah. Those were the days.
Now, you can have a Megatron that is programmable (on an app on your smartphone) and self-transformable between robot and main battle tank mode, and can talk.
All for the low, low price of some $900.
But at least you won’t be mistaken for carrying a real weapon.
Ruger
prime comes with trailer these days and grimlock kicks butt
if i had the cash i would snag them both
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I think it has to be Miller. It was a great character and Thomas Jane really sold the part. I also really enjoyed Bobbie’s arc.
He certainly MADE that roll, but for me, i'd have to say either Amos OR Drummer. Bobbie comes in a close 3rd for me.
As for tonight's viewing pleasure, i just watched Gran Torismo. LOVED IT...
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Welp… a little over a month later, I’ve finished with the final season of The Expanse. My only regret is that I didn’t find the show sooner. I’m clearly going to have to track down the books to take care of the dangling plots, but it sounds like most fans of the series suggest starting from the first books
You can just jump from the show to book 7, they worked pretty hard to get the changes and plotlines original to the show to a point where there's minimal disruption. Like, you should read all the books because they're great but you don't have to.
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Hillcllimbing Rachau
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He certainly MADE that roll, but for me, i'd have to say either Amos OR Drummer. Bobbie comes in a close 3rd for me.
Out of the Roci’s crew, Amos was definitely my favorite. I really enjoyed the additional layers he received as the show developed. Drummer was also high on my list. Her rise and fall and rise and fall and rise was incredibly satisfying to watch.
You can just jump from the show to book 7, they worked pretty hard to get the changes and plotlines original to the show to a point where there's minimal disruption. Like, you should read all the books because they're great but you don't have to.
I think I’m going to start from the beginning just to make sure I have everything covered. I’m the world’s absolute slowest reader, though, so it’s going to take me a bit until I get back to where the show ends, lol.
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Went and saw Alien in the theater for its 45th anniversary showing.
Ruger
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Watching Hellboy, 2019; it's well composed, and made, but, the script is side-quest after flash-back etc.
Edit: Some of the fight-scenes of monsters reminds me of White Wolf's games.
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Nitro Rallycross Calgary FULL Broadcast - Finals
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Watched Franklin on Apple+
Pretty good, some of the characters blend together, its kind of hard to tell which one does what.
I give it a 8 out of 10.
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Finished the fourth and final season of Doom Patrol.
Honestly, I’m grudgingly impressed with how they made it simultaneously uplifting and immensely depressing at the same time.
Ruger
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Military history visualized
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Trying to watch Homeland.
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Now, I'm midway though, watching Midway (2020). It doesn't appear to be too historically-accurate, and I'm glad my step-grandfather won't see it; he'll have a few things to say about it!
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Now, I'm midway though, watching Midway (2020). It doesn't appear to be too historically-accurate, and I'm glad my step-grandfather won't see it; he'll have a few things to say about it!
Midway (2020) was "inspired by true events."
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finished rebel moon both parts
and i want my 2 hours plus back
the show it cannot make up its mind what it is !
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Midway (2020) was "inspired by true events."
Way more accurate than Pearl Harbor.
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Godzilla Minus One was more accurate than Pearl Harbor.
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Cant pyy well take it away
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shogun remake
find it i enjoy it but its more to the sets which are more period accurate and costumes along atmosphere they are in. acting i still have to make my mind about
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Fire and flame tv
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Bad lads army
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The tank chats
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Surrogates; so I grabbed it because Bruce Willis looked old in it, so I thought it was a recent-release; it turns out it's from 2009 and, I vaguely remember watching it in 2010, the last time I had cable or a TV-set.
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read the comic surrogates its much more deeper than the movie....its hard to find now
always thought that it was a warning about how net lets us insulate to a point of actually having fear of another human being or fear of embarrasment
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I felt like it and Looper were both movies with interesting ideas that rather squandered them by going with fairly generic plots.
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I felt like it and Looper were both movies with interesting ideas that rather squandered them by going with fairly generic plots.
agreed and than some
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read the comic surrogates its much more deeper than the movie....its hard to find now
always thought that it was a warning about how net lets us insulate to a point of actually having fear of another human being or fear of embarrasment
I liked it for the action, but plotwise, i found Gamers more of a warning about tech than surrogates..
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Starship Highlander
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Shogun miniseries (2024) I watched the Richard Chamberlain version a few years back, so the storyline was familiar. This new version has some differences, like moving away from Blackthorne as the main POV, and adding in more of the subtle palace intrigue that was very important to the story. All in all I did like it, though it had some moments that I felt dragged a little. Rating 8/10
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ok call me boring...but since i sleep little and rarely repeat watch anything...i descided to re watch mini series from 1967
the prisoner...
i find i still enjoy one episode the most hammer into anvil
not for action but for psychological warfare and possibly the best episode written for the show not to mention the performances were top notch and ahead of their time and i still judge movies and shows by the bar that episode set
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I watched that through a year or two ago. I really enjoyed the early episodes, but man, did it go way off the rails at the end. I maintain that what happened was that they finally succeeded in breaking Number Six, and the last couple episodes are just the lunatic ravings of his shattered mind.
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I watched that through a year or two ago. I really enjoyed the early episodes, but man, did it go way off the rails at the end. I maintain that what happened was that they finally succeeded in breaking Number Six, and the last couple episodes are just the lunatic ravings of his shattered mind.
my take on a village in general was a place to find people like number 6 as tool for evolution of society into something more stable with inherant ethics of caring for both individual and society which number 6 to have been showing through his stay. village i think was prototype and potential for more stable society or societies that were more in balance with out killing creativity it was also mentioned by different number 2s. it was also mention by number 2s that it is a place for people that know something or created something that they can be kept an eye on. but in reality i think these people were the idea makers and village was the test bed for those ideas and test bed for what they made the general was a good example of that. it scared the hell out me if such tech was released on general populace.
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Working my way through Alf, Red Green Show, and Who's Line on Tubi, among some old cartoons and anime.
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Went and saw The Phantom Menace in the theater for like the half-dozenth time since its original premier.
Thr theater was much less filled than that very first time when I saw the original premier.
Ruger
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Went and saw The Phantom Menace in the theater for like the half-dozenth time since its original premier.
Thr theater was much less filled than that very first time when I saw the original premier.
Ruger
theaters still do that?
last one i saw was return of the jedi back in 84...i cant find any theaters locally that still do that
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theaters still do that?
last one i saw was return of the jedi back in 84...i cant find any theaters locally that still do that
Yeah, running old movies in theaters started getting popular about a decade ago and it really seems to have taken off in recent years.
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Watching clips of Wishmaster 2: Sholder and Divoff do good work in the B-rated, horror-dept.
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Re-watched John Wick 4.. Wondered, if the ballerina and continental spin offs are still coming, and if they're doing more with "MR nobody" for wick 5 now that wick himself seems dead.
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Started watching 'Fallout" on Am Prime, interesting. I never played the games as I was busying raising critters and watched kid friendly fair with them back then.
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Nitro Rallycross Calgary FULL Broadcast - Finals
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Mark Felton
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The Hourglass Sanitarium (1973) Old Polish movie from the early 1970s. It's a surreal fantasy about a man who visits his dying father in some kind of strange asylum where time is all wonky. The production values are stunning, and it kept me interested throughout the whole runtime, which is normally tough to do. The images on the screen are so weird and insane, along with the confusing plot comes off as like a fever dream. Gave me a lot of ideas to use in my writing too. Rating 8/10
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I didn't even finish Surrogates; I might get the Social Network, just because I like the composers of the OST, Atticus Ross (Book of Eli) and Trent Reznor (his nails are too long).
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surrogates was ok but read the source material the comic book it came from. that was good for western comic for a change