Cassandra Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 Cannonball Run II. Never saw it before. It wasn't as good as the first one, but leaves one question. How did Shirley MacLaine go from Terms of Endearment to Cannonball Run II in a year? It took Faye Dunaway seven years to go from Network to Supergirl. (I know, I go right for the jugular, the then again that's where all the yummy blood is.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 "The Week Of" with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. I actually quite liked it, and I'm not normally an Adam Sandler fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Just watched the first two episodes of Cobra Kai on YouTube. Recommended. It's a nostalgic, funny continuation of the story of Danny and Johnny's rivalry from the original Karate Kid movies, with the original actors in the roles. Going to binge it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrywith1e Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 On 5/1/2018 at 12:10 PM, RDU Neil said: My wife and I started watching the original Avatar: The Last Airbender over the weekend. Only three seasons, we got through one and a half, seeing what all the fuss is about. Very high quality kids show, clearly created by people who love wuxia and martial arts. I probably wouldn't watch it all if it was just up to me... it is pretty juvenile... but I can recognize high quality animation, characters, and story telling, even if I'm not the target audience. Interestingly, it is only available if you can find a service that streams Nickelodeon. And the format is still 2007 era, SD. Supposedly the entire series (and the sequel Legend of Korra) are being released in June on remastered Blu-Ray... so that should look really nice, and maybe they will start to show up on more easily accessible streaming services like Netflix or Amazon. I have all of the Avatar Airbender series on my shelf. Consumer vote. That is maybe the finest kids show ever made in my opinion. The next series - Legend of Korra was just as good. RDU Neil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrywith1e Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Legion is possibly the best show I've ever seen. Joe Walsh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Aggretsuko may be a Sanrio red panda, but she has hands-down the worst life of any of her fellow denizen's of the company's world. Restuko works at a horrible office, with backbiting co-workers and really mean bosses. She takes it all pandafully, but at the end of the day (which usually late, as people keep piling their own work on her so they can leave on time), she goes to the karaoke parlor and screams out her frustrations to the relaxing sounds of Death Metal. This may be the most devastating satire of the Japanese way of white-collar work I've seen in a long time. It's sort of like what Dilbert might have been like were Scott Adams not a misogynistic ass, and shows some sympathy for poor Restuko's plight. I suspect the Sanrio offices (and most anime studios) are similarly nightmarish places to work. By the way, if you ever wondered what happened when Sanrio characters got drunk.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 On 5/4/2018 at 10:13 AM, Pattern Ghost said: Just watched the first two episodes of Cobra Kai on YouTube. Recommended. It's a nostalgic, funny continuation of the story of Danny and Johnny's rivalry from the original Karate Kid movies, with the original actors in the roles. Going to binge it. Loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrywith1e Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 we just started The Good Place Joe Walsh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 7 hours ago, Jeffrywith1e said: we just started The Good Place You're in for a treat! Easily one of my top 3 favorite recent comedies. (The other two being Cobra Kai on YouTube Red and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon.) Joe Walsh and Jeffrywith1e 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Grimm is now appearing on terrestrial TV and the pilot is not bad. Gotham just got to the introduction of Solomon Grundy which I felt was really good. And Ra's al Ghul just died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 The first season of Grimm was hit and miss, but after that it gets pretty strong. Bazza and slikmar 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 The City and the City episode 1. A murder links two cities but the people in either city are not allowed to look at the other. Based on a China Melville novel. Looks intriguing. The Bridge season 1 part 1. A dead body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden exactly on the border. But it is two bodies, one from Sweden and one from Denmark. The police thus have to co-operate to work out what has happened. the car that was used to dump the bodies belongs to a journalist who then finds his car is wired to explode. It is a good start. Subtitles as the whole thing is in Swedish and Danish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDU Neil Posted May 11, 2018 Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 On 5/9/2018 at 6:40 PM, death tribble said: The City and the City episode 1. A murder links two cities but the people in either city are not allowed to look at the other. Based on a China Melville novel. Looks intriguing. The Bridge season 1 part 1. A dead body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden exactly on the border. But it is two bodies, one from Sweden and one from Denmark. The police thus have to co-operate to work out what has happened. the car that was used to dump the bodies belongs to a journalist who then finds his car is wired to explode. It is a good start. Subtitles as the whole thing is in Swedish and Danish. I just watched "The Tunnel" which was the exact same thing... but between England and France... and the US did a remake of The Bridge between "merica and Mexico. Which one was first? The Tunnel was WAY better than the 'merican show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 11, 2018 Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 The Bridge came first and was followed by The Tunnel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted May 11, 2018 Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 34 minutes ago, death tribble said: The Bridge came first and was followed by The Tunnel. I saw two season of the Tunnel. British/French mysteries are so slow. I think it's the lack of a good American car chase and shoot out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 11, 2018 Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 34 minutes ago, Cassandra said: I saw two season of the Tunnel. British/French mysteries are so slow. I think it's the lack of a good American car chase and shoot out. Then you'd hate The Bridge. And the French series Spiral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDU Neil Posted May 11, 2018 Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 Currently I got caught up in a new Danish series on Netflix "The Rain" It is a typically Danish, bleak, post-apocalyptic series that involves a sister and her younger brother who grow up for six years in a bunker, and they get out, searching for their father who may or may not have been the cause of the apocalypse in the first place. It isn't as amazing/compelling as the German show "Dark" but it is well acted and the main lead, Alba August, is excellent as the older sibling who is both strong, but naïve about the dangerous world that now exists. I'll certainly continue after the first couple episodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted May 11, 2018 Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 Rewatched the first season of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Still as insane and funny as I remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 A whole lot of Cannell's Stingray CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 13, 2018 Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 On 5/11/2018 at 11:28 AM, death tribble said: Then you'd hate The Bridge. And the French series Spiral. I'm a fan of Spiral; I'm waiting for Season 6 to show in the USA. Have you seen Un Village Francais? It's a great show. Two of the stars from Spiral (the actors playing Karlsson and Gilou) are in this series. I have seen both seasons of the Tunnel. I like it a lot. I haven't seen The Bridge yet, but it's on my must-see list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 I've been obsessed with the most recent episodes of Steven Universe, In fact, I've seen the latest about five times, and I still can't quite believe it. One of the central points of the plot since about the third season is that five thousand years ago the rebel leader Rose Quartz "shattered" the colonial overlord of earth, Pink Diamond. Shattering is the Gem equivalent of real, permanent, she's-never-coming-back death, so naturally this was a big deal and the other, more experienced members of the Diamond Authority took such serious offense that they shattered thousands of rebel gems, infected all but three of the rebel Crystal Gems with a terrible condition called Corruption, and planted a gestating geoweapon into the core of the planet that would, when "born", shatter the globe into a million pieces. They were pissed. Now Steven is the son of Rose Quartz and the only known being who is both a human being and a Gem. And as he learns more about the Gem War that led to the struggles the Crystal gems face now, he starts to ask himself what really happened to Pink Diamond (he had even gone on trail for the murder on the Gem Homeworld, and escaped by the skin of his teeth). He really wants to know what happened, and in this latest wepisode he does. And his world is completely shattered, and nothing will ever be the same again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 Fantomas, a mini-series made in 1980, starring Helmut Berger in the title role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDU Neil Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 On 5/12/2018 at 11:55 AM, csyphrett said: A whole lot of Cannell's Stingray CES That is a big time throwback. I remember watching that when it came out... I was in what, middle school? Was there more than one season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 20 minutes ago, RDU Neil said: That is a big time throwback. I remember watching that when it came out... I was in what, middle school? Was there more than one season? The you tube channel says so but I don't think so. I think in this case it was broken in two and the loader has put them up that way. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 Okay I looked it up. Stingray did have two seasons. The first was eight episodes. The second was twenty CES RDU Neil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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