Markdoc Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? There's three' date=' apparently. The one Oddhat mentioned, the one I've seen, and the hacked American theater release.[/quote'] Huh. Learn something new every day. Now that I think about it, Shaolin Soccer is part of the huge haul of discs we bought in Hong Kong, so that makes sense. I can't recall if it's a VCD or a DVD (the former, I think, because I do recall the video quality is not that great). cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? secrets of the furious five Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Manchild Season One. Almost deserves its own thread, but I'd end up ranting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Huh. Learn something new every day. Now that I think about it, Shaolin Soccer is part of the huge haul of discs we bought in Hong Kong, so that makes sense. I can't recall if it's a VCD or a DVD (the former, I think, because I do recall the video quality is not that great). cheers, Mark No place like HK for DVD browsing. I still order from an HK web site. When we were in Tokyo the prices for tapes and DVDs were absurdly high, even with my salary in yen. Always made more sense to order from overseas or to wait until a vacation to pick stuff up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? finished watching Buffy season 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Been watching Dollhouse and Secret Diary of a Call Girl online. Enjoying both shows thoroughly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapsedgamer Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Been watching Dollhouse and Secret Diary of a Call Girl online. Enjoying both shows thoroughly. Dolhouse started off as a pretty dicey premise to me, but I like some of the twists they've put in recently, so I am giving it more of a chance. Secret Diary was surprisingly good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted April 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Aliens It was (IMO) the most watchable thing at my sister's place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? OSS 117 - Cairo, Nest of Spies Hard to describe this one, except that the people who've called it a French Austin Powers are mostly wrong. It's a sort of French Peter Sellers version of Our Man Flint, with a touch of Airplaine. Without the comedy, it would work well as a 1960s Spy Film. OSS 117 is a handsome, physically competent swaggering idiot. His assignment: Preserve French interests by making the Middle East safe. This mainly involves beating up random innocent people, getting knocked out, sex with beautiful but deranged women, and interaction with rival spies, sometimes in that order. Not a great film, but fun, and worth a rental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? I caught the second half of The Corsican Brothers on TCM recently. No, not the Cheech & Chong parody, but a genuine adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas novel starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as twin brothers who experience each other's pain and emotional stresses. As a result one of them hates the other passionately because he is not free to think his own thoughts. Complicating matters is that they are the last scions of a destroyed noble house, and the local baron is the one who is trying to wipe out their line. The half I saw was a darned good movie. I'm trying to find the whole thing, but Netflix doesn't have it (and if they don't have it it means there's no DVD release period). One of these days I'm going to seriously start keeping track in advance of what will be on TCM so I can DVR the more interesting movies. I've just missed a lot of movies I would have enjoyed seeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJackBrass Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? As a filler for a couple of weeks until our regular GM gets his superhero game together I'm running a brief Deadlands: Reloaded adventure, so naturally I had to head back to the DVD cabinet to rewatch my two essential Old West research models: Tombstone and Blazing Saddles They both still stand up rather well. Tombstone has the right feel for the sort of game we're playing and Blazing Saddles is essential viewing if you're going to catch what the players are laughing about. Charlie - They said you was hung! Bart - And they was right! Mind you, they're roughly equal in terms of historical accuracy, but what the heck, this is entertainment! And research... Yes, yes, research... Sadly, I can only watch films like these when my girlfriend is out for the evening. She hates westerns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted April 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? As a filler for a couple of weeks until our regular GM gets his superhero game together I'm running a brief Deadlands: Reloaded adventure' date=' so naturally I had to head back to the DVD cabinet to rewatch my two essential Old West research models: [b']Tombstone[/b] and Blazing Saddles They both still stand up rather well. Tombstone has the right feel for the sort of game we're playing and Blazing Saddles is essential viewing if you're going to catch what the players are laughing about. Charlie - They said you was hung! Bart - And they was right! Mind you, they're roughly equal in terms of historical accuracy, but what the heck, this is entertainment! And research... Yes, yes, research... Sadly, I can only watch films like these when my girlfriend is out for the evening. She hates westerns Gotta toss a vote in for Silverado and Open Range, both are excellent westerns as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisUlf Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? I caught the second half of The Corsican Brothers on TCM recently. No, not the Cheech & Chong parody, but a genuine adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas novel starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as twin brothers who experience each other's pain and emotional stresses. As a result one of them hates the other passionately because he is not free to think his own thoughts. Complicating matters is that they are the last scions of a destroyed noble house, and the local baron is the one who is trying to wipe out their line. The half I saw was a darned good movie. I'm trying to find the whole thing, but Netflix doesn't have it (and if they don't have it it means there's no DVD release period). One of these days I'm going to seriously start keeping track in advance of what will be on TCM so I can DVR the more interesting movies. I've just missed a lot of movies I would have enjoyed seeing. I understand that you can find a listing of a month's worth of movies at the TCM website. It's pretty big, though -- a friend of mine printed it out and it ran to more than 40 pages. In fact, here it should be: TCM's April schedule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? 17 episodes of flischer's superman theatrical shorts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Speed Racer- The tracks reminded the boy and me of F-Zero but I really liked it. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted April 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Good Night and Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Dead Like Me: Life After Death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Undertaking Betty also known as Plots with a View Strange, but entertaining. Good cast of characters including Christopher Walken. Thought it was interesting, Boris is played by Alfred Molina, who we recognized as the mayor from Chocolat. He also played Doc Ock in Spiderman 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? the series premiere of jim lee's wildC.A.T.S the series finale of mortal kombat defenders of the realm super friends universe of evil and some space stars eps of space ghost all on youtube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzMike Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? End of BSG Season 4 Doctor Who - Planet of the Dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? War Jet Li vs. Jason Statham. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai Wow. Disturbing pinku eiga (softcore film) mixing horror and dark comedy. It's what Miike would have directed after watching a Woody Allen film festival. Sachiko is a prostitute, who after being shot in the head becomes a genius with unpredictable and uncontrolable psychic powers. Or, she may be suffering through an increasingly strange death dream. It's hard to be sure. If you're a fan of strange Japanese films, you might like this. And you might never feel clean again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted April 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? The Mist in black and white (the version found on the second DVD). It's very effective that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Superman: Doomsday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? The Wonder Woman animated movie. It was as good as I had heard. JoeG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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