mattingly Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 13 hours ago, slikmar said: Was watching the end of Spiderman 3. They did such a great job with Sandman, why did they have to ruin the movie with Venom? If they had done Hydroman working with him or even a Mysterio manipulating him, would have been so much better. I loved Sandman, and also the Goblin redemption arc. I could have done without the Uncle Ben retcon, though. slikmar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 Been watching Doom Patrol season 2, still liking it. Though maybe not as much, time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 On 7/9/2020 at 6:49 PM, Pariah said: I fully anticipate calls for me to surrender my geek card, but I found 2001: A Space Odyssey almost unbearably tedious. It took me three sittings to get through it all. Yeah, the effects were cool, but to me it started really, really slow and then never accelerated. Rossini is reported to have said that Wagner's music "has great moments, but bad quarter-hours". I suppose that would be my assessment of this movie as well. "It started slow, then made sure to maintain it's pace". It is slow, but I like it. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 On 7/10/2020 at 11:19 AM, Pariah said: I fully anticipate calls for me to surrender my geek card, but I found 2001: A Space Odyssey almost unbearably tedious. It took me three sittings to get through it all. Yeah, the effects were cool, but to me it started really, really slow and then never accelerated. Rossini is reported to have said that Wagner's music "has great moments, but bad quarter-hours". I suppose that would be my assessment of this movie as well. Similarly I have never watched an episode of Star Trek The Original Series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Bazza said: Similarly I have never watched an episode of Star Trek The Original Series. What? Heretic! 😛 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 Naturally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 23 hours ago, death tribble said: Harley Quinn animated series This is fun but lacks a little something. Too much gratuitous death I think. Van Der Valk season 2. Only 7 episodes but they changed the opening titles so that you could tell it was a different season. A number of different stories and not all had a happy ending but it was good. and again you have the theme tune. The Battle of Britain. Three days to Save the Nation. This looked at three specific days. August 15th when the Germans launched Eagle Day trying to catch the RAF on the ground. August 30th when the Germans tried to swamp the RAF and September 15th when they tried mass attacks on London and ran into the Big Wings. The programme used interviews with family members of ground crew and pilots and their log books, photographs, letters and diaries which they were not supposed to keep. Sadly the pilots they covered were killed either in the battle or shortly thereafter. They also had an interview with a member of the ground crew, an armourer, who died before the programme was screened but he was nearly 100 years old. Nate and Hayes Tommy Lee Jones stars in a swashbuckler set in the Pacific. Jenny Seagrove is the woman involved. The Germans want to set up an anchorage in the South Pacific and try to use Ponape which means they need to offer a sacrifice i.e. Jenny. Tommy and Jenny's husband to the rescue. It was fun. Hanger 18. After a shuttle has an encounter with a UFO, the returning astronauts are grounded while scientists try to work on the downed UFO. And certain government people try to keep the things quiet. May have inspired Chris Carter for the X-Files. Hacksaw Ride The conscientious objector who served as a medic in WW2 and saved the lives of over 50 men in his unit on the aforenamed ridge. The fighting scenes are savage. Well worth seeing. The Battle of Britain started 80 years ago, yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 On 7/10/2020 at 7:34 AM, death tribble said: Hanger 18. After a shuttle has an encounter with a UFO, the returning astronauts are grounded while scientists try to work on the downed UFO. And certain government people try to keep the things quiet. May have inspired Chris Carter for the X-Files. Where did you find it? I looked through the usual and didn't find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 The Kid Who Would Be King. Enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 The Star Trek: Voyager episode "Live Fast and Prosper". I missed most of the last two seasons of Voyager in its initial run due to changes in my living situation, so I'd never seen this one before. Not too bad, especially considering how...bipolar the quality of Voyager's episodes could be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 On 7/11/2020 at 8:08 PM, Spence said: Where did you find it? I looked through the usual and didn't find it. Most of the films I list are screened on the Talking Pictures channel in Britain. This was one of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 Just now, death tribble said: Most of the films I list are screened on the Talking Pictures channel in Britain. This was one of them That would explain it. My overall consumption of movies is steadily ticking downward because I simply refuse to subscribe to more streams/channels/what have you. Bad for me watching movies but good for my bottom line... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 Warrior Nun on Netflix. Decent if a bit underwhelming effects wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 On 7/9/2020 at 6:49 PM, Pariah said: I fully anticipate calls for me to surrender my geek card, but I found 2001: A Space Odyssey almost unbearably tedious. It took me three sittings to get through it all. Yeah, the effects were cool, but to me it started really, really slow and then never accelerated. Rossini is reported to have said that Wagner's music "has great moments, but bad quarter-hours". I suppose that would be my assessment of this movie as well. 2001 is a great movie. A milestone in cinema. Whether it's a good movie is a more complex question. And what makes it great might also be what doesn't make it good. Mostly, that Kubrick sets out to show humanity encountering something incomprehensible, and so leaves the audience in pretty much the same position as the characters. He set out to make a movie that leaves you wondering what the hell just happened, and boy howdy, he succeeded. It was difficult for me to appreciate this on first viewing because (like Cancer) I'd already read A. C. Clarke's book, which explains everything. But Kubrick followed the rule my junior high English teacher gave for writing: Show me, don't tell me. So nobody stops to explain zero-g, or how to use centrifugal force to simulate gravity. You are supposed to figure it out for yourself. We never really know any of the characters. HAL gets more backstory than any of the humans, and that's a matter of seconds. We know some characters have families, but how did they end up doing what they do? We get nothing. Because real people rarely go around delivering exposition on their life stories. The monolith does something to start the early hominids using tools, but what or how? Dunno, it just does. When the monolith at Jupiter opens, nobody says, "It's a hyperspacial wormhole!" Actually, after enduring 7 seasons of Star Trek: the Next Generation, I find the absence of technobabble pseudo-explanations quite appealing. So, the opacity is deliberate. But it's not the usual idea of fun movie-watching. I don't blame anyone who finds it difficult to watch and impossible to enjoy. Dean Shomshak Lord Liaden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbemguy Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 On 7/10/2020 at 9:34 AM, death tribble said: Nate and Hayes Tommy Lee Jones stars in a swashbuckler set in the Pacific. Jenny Seagrove is the woman involved. The Germans want to set up an anchorage in the South Pacific and try to use Ponape which means they need to offer a sacrifice i.e. Jenny. Tommy and Jenny's husband to the rescue. It was fun. Hanger 18. After a shuttle has an encounter with a UFO, the returning astronauts are grounded while scientists try to work on the downed UFO. And certain government people try to keep the things quiet. May have inspired Chris Carter for the X-Files. I'll probably watch Hangar 18 now. I remember the tv ads from the (early!) Eighties and I was always meaning to watch it. Nate and Hayes also sounds good. I appreciate your recommendations, DT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 I saw Hangar 18 in the theaters when it was released. It was marketed as a "real" UFO story, but apparently, nobody told the writers or film makers. We were hoping for Close Encounters, but we got Battle Beyond the Stars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 The Star Trek: Discovery episode where they con Harry Mudd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 Total Recall: Arnold as a deep cover spy on Mars. This one gets watched every so often by me. (Netflix) Spaceballs: Mel Brooks' spoof of Sci-Fi movies. A good watch. (Netflix) Hamilton: Amazing musical from Lin-Manuel Miranda. (Disney+) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 A livestream from the San Francisco Opera. The summer and fall seasons were cancelled due to COVID-19. Some of the performers would have made their San Francisco debuts this summer. This was a way for the performers to showcase their talents. Since the singers and the new musical director are scattered across the globe right now, the musical pieces were previously taped, but the interviews were live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 On 4/29/2020 at 10:30 PM, Starlord said: The Last Kingdom, Season 4 Another great season of historical fiction from the novels of Bernard Cromwell. Dialogue is still really well done. All the new characters this year were solid. Also, Aethelflaed is super hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 She’s British. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 Well, originally from Wessex, now the Lady of Mercia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 Train to Busan. It was well-made from a production standpoint, but I got bored with the repetitive nature of the chase/zombie attack sequences about halfway through and fast forwarded to the highlights. Jessica Jones. I mainlined the first three episodes last night. Everything people have said about the stellar quality is correct—I think it's a much narratively leaner (in a good way, nothing unnecessary left in) show than Daredevil, and trusts its watchers to keep up rather than repeatedly underscoring points to them. Scott Ruggels and mattingly 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted July 14, 2020 Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 The first easons Jessica Jones is my favorite of all the Netflix Marvel. Third season is almost as good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted July 14, 2020 Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 On 7/11/2020 at 11:11 PM, Pariah said: The Star Trek: Voyager episode "Live Fast and Prosper". I missed most of the last two seasons of Voyager in its initial run due to changes in my living situation, so I'd never seen this one before. Not too bad, especially considering how...bipolar the quality of Voyager's episodes could be. Don't you mean "how bipolar Captain Janeway is"? Scott Ruggels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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