bigdamnhero Posted September 12, 2017 Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 Just watched The Orville 1st episode. It was...ok? I guess? I mean it wasn't bad or anything. Just not sure what it's supposed to be, beyond an obvious Trek TNG homage, except with dick jokes. Sure, it would've been nice if everyone on TNG hadn't been so incredibly uptight & humorless. But...that's it? Granted it's just one episode so far, but...that's your entire show concept? To quote Captain Mal: "What's the point of that, I wonder? I mean, I see how they did it. I just ain't getting why." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted September 12, 2017 Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 oops, wrong thread, moved to Orville thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted September 12, 2017 Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 Invasion USA (1952) - I found this video in a Blockbusters in the mid-1990s, one of the Goodtimes videos they used to sell for about $10. It's the story of a group of self involved people who run into a fortune teller in a bar in New York just as World War Three breaks out. Each goes their own way during the Soviet Invasion, and meets their fate. There is lots of stock footage, atom bombs, Enemy Soldiers in American Uniforms, and both The Adventures of Superman Lois Lane, Noell Neill as a airplane ticket agent, and Phyllis Coats as a blonde Rancher's wife. When I was a kid I had a scifi movie poster book with it's poster, and unfortunately knew the twist ending. Mystery Science Theater 3000 did this movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 12, 2017 Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 Finished off the original Star Wars trilogy today. Still much enjoyment -- it was the original theatrical releases, digitally remastered. The first one wasn't even A New Hope yet! Bazza and bigdamnhero 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 An Old Hope? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 Just "Star Wars". The rest of it came out in the reissue in 1978. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 Season 1 Episode 3 of Wild Wild West ("The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth"). The first appearance of Dr. Loveless. Michael Hopcroft and Armory 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Watched the Hitman's Bodyguard. Micheal Bryce is called in to protect Darius Kincaid and get him to court to testify against the former president of Belarus for crimes against humanity. Needless to say hilarity ensues. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 If live performances count, I watched Elektra (the opera by Strauss) earlier today. Ternaugh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Jackie Stewart: The Flying Scot. This is about the racing driver Jackie Stewart and his career. Mainly it covers the Formula 1 years and his three championships but he quit on what would have been his 100th Grand Prix due to the death in practice of his co-driver Francois Cevert. It also covered his post Grand Prix career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Wild Target. I can't remember who recommended this to me, but it turned out to be surprisingly funny. Bill Nighy is a hitman hired to kill con artist Emily Blunt, but falls for her instead. Think Grosse Point Blank meets A Fish Called Wanda. The trailer doesn't quite do it justice, but here goes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Kong: Skull Island. A goofy movie that had its moments, but not enough to justify a rental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Jackie Stewart: The Flying Scot. This is about the racing driver Jackie Stewart and his career. Mainly it covers the Formula 1 years and his three championships but he quit on what would have been his 100th Grand Prix due to the death in practice of his co-driver Francois Cevert. It also covered his post Grand Prix career. I mainly remember Jackie from his commentary on the Indianapolis 500 in the seventies. Watching the race on tape delay every year in prime time was a ritual for my family, especially my father and I, during that period. I fondly remember those events, and watching drivers like MArio Andretti and AJ Foyt compete in this race. That was before NASCAR took off and eclipsed open-wheel racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Two episodes of Stranger Things season 1. Not totally sold on it... but since my instinct after episode one was to check the time and say 'yeah, I've got time for another episode' I'll give it another one or two to catch me. (It's well written and acted, so far, but just might not be my cup of tea.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Mystery Science Theater 3000 "Master Ninja 2" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Supernatural s1 d1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Wild Target. I can't remember who recommended this to me, but it turned out to be surprisingly funny. Bill Nighy is a hitman hired to kill con artist Emily Blunt, but falls for her instead. Think Grosse Point Blank meets A Fish Called Wanda. The trailer doesn't quite do it justice, but here goes: I have seen the original version which is French. It is quite brilliant. bigdamnhero 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Caught up on Gotham. Marginally looking forward to next season. I might add that the Fox Online commercial break system is a bunch of hog crap. Caught up on Blacklist. Used to like this show but I'm not so sure about next season. Is there a next season? I need to check on that. I think it all depends on how they handle the accidental death of Resting **tch Face by Agent Ressler. The other "big reveal" wasn't. Oh yes, I watched the preview for Season 5. I suppose, like all the other shows that have stretched my patience, it gets the standard 5 episode chance. I have the feeling that about five weeks into the Fall season, I am going to have loads of free time that I would have otherwise spent watching television programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Watched This Isn't Working, a hilarious mature-audiences-only web series from ABC (of all places). It's on Hulu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Watched four episodes of Fortitude. So far it has me wondering what is next. Not the best series I've ever seen, but just enough that I want to keep on watching... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 https://jezebel.com/florida-sign-language-interpreter-delivers-warnings-abo-1818495351 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Two episodes of Stranger Things season 1. Not totally sold on it... but since my instinct after episode one was to check the time and say 'yeah, I've got time for another episode' I'll give it another one or two to catch me. (It's well written and acted, so far, but just might not be my cup of tea.) Two more episodes in... Ok, I'm finishing it. Despite one of my pet peeves (ebil gubber-ment) ... hoping for a trope subversion on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Despite one of my pet peeves (ebil gubber-ment) ... I'm with you on being tired of that one. But you couldn't really do an 80s homage without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 Close Encounters of the Third Kind--I think that the last time I watched the original theatrical release of this movie was probably in 1978. Thankfully, the new 4K release has it, along with the Special Edition and the Director's Cut. It's Spielberg during his prime, and the movie is still absorbing after 40 years. Picture quality's good, and the ship lights are beautiful in HDR. I believe that the sound mix is taken from the magnetic 6-tracks of the 70mm version, and remixed into DTS Master Audio 5.1. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 Wonder Woman--I enjoyed it in the theater, but it's definitely better with a second viewing. I *might* have had the volume a touch too loud on the surround sound, as the cat decided not to stick around during the "no man's land" fight. Spence and bigdamnhero 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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