Escafarc Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? (Last Night) Matt Garza pitching the first No-Hitter in Rays history!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Cross Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? The last three episodes of Season 8 of Smallville. Very sad-especially the last episode,which featured Jimmy Olsen and the now-human Davis Bloom killing each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? An episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents from 1958 turned up in my Instant Queue (at the recommendation of family members I added Season 3). Half the episodes of the season were only available on the DVD, but one that was available was a nifty little story called "Bull in a China Shop". In this episode, an LA homicide detective becomes the object of obsession among the residents of a boarding house across the street; residents who have begun dropping like flies after taking too much arsenic with their tea.... How involved Hitchcock was involved in the actual heavy labor of the production is anyone's guess, especially since at the time he was making North by Northwest. His most obvious involvement was as the wry presenter of the series, having many arch comments about the medium and the need to somehow keep the advertisers happy in spite of their inanity. Alfred Hitchcock was never one for tolerating stupidity.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Started to watch Back To You. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted August 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Let's see... I was able to pick up some $5.00 DVDs, so I watched: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix The Time Machine (1960 George Pal version) Ned Kelly (2003 film with Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? OSS 117 - Lost in Rio. 1960s style spies. Luchadores. Nazis. One Sexy Brazillian Nazi. One Sexy Mossad Agent. Hippies. Nazi Hippies. Nazi Luchadores. Sexual ambiguity. LSD. I loved this movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Let's see... I was able to pick up some $5.00 DVDs, so I watched: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix The Time Machine (1960 George Pal version) Ned Kelly (2003 film with Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom) George Pal's Time Machine is really good, arguably the best version of the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted August 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? George Pal's Time Machine is really good' date=' arguably the best version of the story.[/quote'] It's way better than the 2003 nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisUlf Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Let's see... I was able to pick up some $5.00 DVDs, so I watched: The Time Machine (1960 George Pal version) George Pal's Time Machine is really good' date=' arguably the best version of the story.[/quote'] It's way better than the 2003 nonsense. I have to agree with both of these comments. I remember seeing it once around the holidays on local TV when I was a kid with the folks. Normally they would chat through a TV movie, but no one spoke at all when it was on. It has some of the most magnificently unearthly scenery I've ever seen, even with modern films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted August 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? I have to agree with both of these comments. I remember seeing it once around the holidays on local TV when I was a kid with the folks. Normally they would chat through a TV movie' date=' but no one spoke at all when it was on. It has some of the most magnificently unearthly scenery I've ever seen, even with modern films.[/quote'] Well... it was some interesting scenery... but I did have fun checking out the obvious matt paintings the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisUlf Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Well... it was some interesting scenery... but I did have fun checking out the obvious matt paintings the like. I also admit to liking their version of the Morlocks. The 'machine world' underground looked impressive, even if I have no idea what the heck those machines were supposed to be doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted August 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Killing time before GenCon. Lucky Number Slevin Nate and Hayes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Lord of the G-Strings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Finished up Smallville s8 and started in on Birds of Prey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapsedgamer Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Finished up Smallville s8 and started in on Birds of Prey. Good luck with that. I thought Birds of Prey was totally unwatchable. You could tell that it was meant to be a Gotham city version of Smallville, but it was so poorly done that it succeeded only in making Smallville look like high art by comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? I'm not proud to admit this ... America's Got Talent. Go vote for Prince Poppycock, people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Finally saw Inception last night. Awesome, awesome movie. Even if some of the "twists" were signalled well in advance, there was enough going on that it didn't really matter. cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? x-play and aots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevelon Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Godzilla vs. Mothra Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah These were the early 90s re-dos, not to be confused with the 60s' originals. While you'd think that ~30 years would help the SFX, it doesn't. They tried to do more overlay 2 scales in one shot, but the technology of the day left a noticeable edge. It's a pet peave of mine. When the special effects stand out in a jarring way, it ruins the immersion in the movie. When it's just a guy in a suit trashing scale cities, there are no SFX artifacts to jar my monster movie experience. 30 years of military aviation didn't help the guys in the movie either. F-14's bounced toy rockets just as ineffectually off of Godzilla as their 1950's counterparts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuraiSpirit Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? just saw Shutter Island.. it was decent... never was a big Leo fan, but I think I like him as an actor the older he gets... really liked him in the Departed. been watching a bunch of Korean movies lately. I love Netflix! Let's see... The Host, The Red Shoes (lame), The Mr. Vengeance trilogy... just got Tae Guk Gi in the mail today and Shiri is in my instant queue... a '99 film with the beautiful Yunjin Kim(from Lost). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Destroy all monsters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Birds of Prey Interesting that the only difference between the unaired pilot and the premiere was the recasting of Harley and reshooting her scenes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapsedgamer Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Birds of Prey Interesting that the only difference between the unaired pilot and the premiere was the recasting of Harley and reshooting her scenes. I remember being doubly disappointed becasue I really liked the actress who played Oracle. She was also one of the only things worth watching in that horrible Starship Troopers movie. Dina Meyer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? I remember being doubly disappointed becasue I really liked the actress who played Oracle. She was also one of the only things worth watching in that horrible Starship Troopers movie. Dina Meyer? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? x-play and aots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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