Susano Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Tsui Hark's The Blade It was excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapsedgamer Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Yeah, "Where There's A Whip" is actually kind of a cool song. Hmm... I own Heavy Metal, but not Wizards. I need to correct that. I used to be obsessed with Heavy Metal. I think I watched it about ten times growing up. I tried to watch it the other day, and I was slightly disappointed in it. I guess nostalgia went a long way to making it seem much better than it actually was to me. That being said, John Candy's voice work in the Den portion of the film is still very funny. Overall, it is still an enjoyable flick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Cross Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Finally saw my DVD of The Old Dark House yesterday.I laughed at several points-the movie being a classic black comedy.Essential watching for all fans of old movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? shinobi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? I used to be obsessed with Heavy Metal. I think I watched it about ten times growing up. I tried to watch it the other day' date=' and I was slightly disappointed in it. I guess nostalgia went a long way to making it seem much better than it actually was to me. That being said, John Candy's voice work in the Den portion of the film is still very funny. Overall, it is still an enjoyable flick.[/quote'] Well, the DVD was something like $7.50, so.... And it's fun, in a cheesy 80s kind of way. But let's not talk about Heavy Metal 2000.... I saw it for free and still wanted my money back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? But let's not talk about Heavy Metal 2000.... I saw it for free and still wanted my money back. I think you mean you wanted your time, not your money, back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? I think you mean you wanted your time' date=' not your money, back. [/quote'] No... I want my money and my time back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? i can relate to susano's sentiments regarding certain movies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSword Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Besides keeping up with a few regular TV series, and watching the NFL playoffs, I started rewatching Farscape from the beginning. Currently most of the way through Season 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? And who could forget his great ability to pull off bluffs and tricks? Corbomite was an absolute gem of an idea. When Kirk was on a mission' date=' the chances of the bulk of the crew coming out alive doubled because he was endlessly resourceful and cunning.[/quote'] Tell that to the red-shirts. I watched Me and the Colonel with Danny Kaye. This is possibly the first Danny Kaye movie I've ever seen that wasn't a showcase for his talent rather than an actual story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Tell that to the red-shirts. Considering that most any other commander would have gotten whole platoons killed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? No... I want my money and my time back! I feel the same way when I saw Mallrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Considering that most any other commander would have gotten whole platoons killed... Or lost the ship and the entire crew of four hundred plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Or lost the ship and the entire crew of four hundred plus. I figure, every once in a while, a newbie Admiral looks at the Enterprise's casualty lists and nearly blows a fuse - until he sees the mission reports. Then, he's just glad Kirk lives up to his reputation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Return to Witch Mountain-Sequel to Disney's own Escape From Witch Mountain. Though the effects may seem dated, it's remarkable the effects they did produce without any sort of computer generated trickery. Christopher Lee and Betty Davis add a touch of class to the production and they play off of each other wonderfully. Kolchak the Night Stalker Episode 2...the Zombie- Pretty good episode, but I'm amazed they got away with some of the racial slurs in this one. Brief cameo by Scatman Crothers(sp?). Decent makeup work for the zombie...a bit far fetched when they suggest this walking corpse simply takes a bus back to its resting place, but otherwise...good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Watched The Bourne Ultimatum. The section chief for Blackbriar was annoying. I'll kill anyone who might know about my secret project of super soldiers. I was glad that he got hoisted by his own petard. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? some episodes of defenders of the earh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? I'm sure you are being a little facetious' date=' but just in case I'll say that it really isn't a change. Kirk was always stated to be "a walking stack of books" or some such in the old series. I think that years of bad Shatner imitations and green babe jokes have caused people to forget that part of the Kirk mythos. I remember several moments in the old series where Kirk pulls out some great stuff: great submarine tactics in "Balance of Terror", using reverse psychology on Spock in "The City on the Edge of Forever" (which the actually touched on again in the new movie), that kind of thing. I was just re-watching some of those episodes, so they are fresh in my mind.[/quote'] ALL:Okay, maybe he was better than I remember. Memory implied that even his bluffs were as much luck as anything else, though FIzzgig was pretty funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? ALL:Okay' date=' maybe he was better than I remember. Memory implied that even his bluffs were as much luck as anything else, though FIzzgig was pretty funny.[/quote'] I think that you mean Fizzbin, the card game mentioned in "A Piece of the Action", as Fizzgig would be the toothy ball who accompanies the Gelfling Kira in The Dark Crystal. Back to the subject of the thread, we went and saw Where the Wild Things Are last night at the cheap theaters. It would have made a great 1 hour TV special (45 minutes with commercials), but as a feature film, it just dragged. And Max really needed either Ritalin, a spanking, or both. JoeG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted January 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? I think that you mean Fizzbin' date=' the card game mentioned in "A Piece of the Action", as Fizzgig would be the toothy ball who accompanies the Gelfling Kira in [i']The Dark Crystal[/i]. Back to the subject of the thread, we went and saw Where the Wild Things Are last night at the cheap theaters. It would have made a great 1 hour TV special (45 minutes with commercials), but as a feature film, it just dragged. And Max really needed either Ritalin, a spanking, or both. Max really needs a stable home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? GI:JOE The Rise of the Cobra. Scarlet is still cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? I think that you mean Fizzbin' date=' the card game mentioned in "A Piece of the Action", as Fizzgig would be the toothy ball who accompanies the Gelfling Kira in [i']The Dark Crystal[/i]. Back to the subject of the thread, we went and saw Where the Wild Things Are last night at the cheap theaters. It would have made a great 1 hour TV special (45 minutes with commercials), but as a feature film, it just dragged. And Max really needed either Ritalin, a spanking, or both. JoeG I knew it was one of those fizz-words! I don't think I have seen the episode for at least 15 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapsedgamer Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Max really needs a stable home. While we are talking about Max's home life, when did Katherine Keener become the default film MILF? She has played that part like how many dozens of times in the last few years. Hell, it seems like she's been cast that way ever 40-Year-Old Virgin. Important point: the acronym "MILF" is not in your spell check. I felt that it was important to add it, as should you. I know it seems to come up a lot in my conversations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? My most recent Netflix rental was War and Peace. This was the 1956 version, featuring Henry Fonda, Audrey Hepburn and John Mills. The film runs for nearly four hours, so I split my viewing over two nights. War and Peace is considered the greatest novel ever written in the Russian language. Any film version, even a four-hour one, is likely to play like a Cliff's Notes summation. Yet despite its length it's a very entertaining movie. The movie is very tightly focused on three characters: a young nobleman trying to find his place in the world (Fonda), the soldier who is his best friend (Mills), and the social butterfly of a young woman with whom both are connected (Hepburn). Their struggles, joys and lives play out over the course of eight years against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, at first distant but suddenly coming very close to home when Russia herself is invaded. (The leaders play important supporting roles, with Herbert Lom shining as Napoleon). Although not everyone will have the patience for a movie of this length, I considered it a very worthwhile viewing. Although it would probably take me months to read the book.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? The Human Spark: Brain Matters(PBS)and Science of Brick (National Geographic Channel). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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