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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Feb 15, 2024 14:07:55 GMT
Really into The EXPANSE (2nd time watching)
After this...gonna get into Halo Season 2
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Post by dazk on Feb 15, 2024 23:37:26 GMT
Really into The EXPANSE (2nd time watching) After this...gonna get into Halo Season 2 Yeah, rewatched it recently for the 4th or 5th time myself, it's still always enjoyable.
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Post by GhostofFuckIt on Feb 16, 2024 1:11:07 GMT
Haven't seen the newest ep yet but Resident Alien apparently has started airing its third season.
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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Feb 16, 2024 2:04:13 GMT
Really into The EXPANSE (2nd time watching) After this...gonna get into Halo Season 2 Yeah, rewatched it recently for the 4th or 5th time myself, it's still always enjoyable. My facourite character is "Bad Ass" Bobbie Draper (played by the stunning Frankie Adams) But Avasarala (*cough* Admiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay better known as "Auntie Raan" to Tali'naraya vas Normandy) played by the wonderfully blunt (and pretty, if I do say so myself even for her age of 71) Shohreh Aghdashloo. There is something attention-grabbing when she speaks- no I don't mean the sound of her '2 Packs-a-day' voice- though for her/from her, I find that oddly attractive-- But even when she made her US/Hollywood debut in The House of Sand & Fog with Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly, when she spoke there was a gravity to her words. I think what I'm getting at is that she has amazing screen presence. Plus, Avasarala is just a funny character; she doesn't care who she tells to F R O. So many well-written/well-adapted characters, but those two are my favourites. Specially Bobbie
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Post by dazk on Feb 16, 2024 5:24:31 GMT
Yeah, rewatched it recently for the 4th or 5th time myself, it's still always enjoyable. My facourite character is "Bad Ass" Bobbie Draper (played by the stunning Frankie Adams) But Avasarala (*cough* Admiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay better known as "Auntie Raan" to Tali'naraya vas Normandy) played by the wonderfully blunt (and pretty, if I do say so myself even for her age of 71) Shohreh Aghdashloo. There is something attention-grabbing when she speaks- no I don't mean the sound of her '2 Packs-a-day' voice- though for her/from her, I find that oddly attractive-- But even when she made her US/Hollywood debut in The House of Sand & Fog with Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly, when she spoke there was a gravity to her words. I think what I'm getting at is that she has amazing screen presence. Plus, Avasarala is just a funny character; she doesn't care who she tells to F R O. So many well-written/well-adapted characters, but those two are my favourites. Specially Bobbie Drummer is mine and Amos and Bobbie tied for second.
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Post by colfoley on Feb 16, 2024 7:20:23 GMT
What's thta from I don't think I have seen her in anything other than Firefly and Serenity? Dead Like Me, a dramedy from the 2000's about "grim reapers". I rewatch it every five or so years. Cancelled after two seasons sadly, there's a crappy movie that caps it off but it's not great. That said, I'd still recommend it. The humour hits a niche and there are a couple parts that are pretty impactful.
Forgot she was in that.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Feb 16, 2024 13:10:01 GMT
Masters of the Air Caught all four parts in one go and then wished I had waited until the entire season is done. Band of Brothers and Pacific it's not but close. I don't feel that "bond" with the characters however. In part three, the air group was almost decimated due to some really bad decisions from the top. Bombers and men went down like flies. I felt bad about the deaths but there's hardly time to know the rest of the squadron so the impact isn't that huge. Additionally, nothing was said further of the mission when the other two air groups that were very late to the rendezvous carried out their part. How did the survivors feel about it? Reaction? Discussions among themselves to why they were sent out first when they could have waited for the other two air groups? Nothing. Zero. Zip. Heigh ho, on to the next mission. The aerial FX is excellent though. I've no idea if this series is adapted from a book. I watched it because I thought it would be like BoB or Pacific.
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Post by BearKingReborn on Feb 16, 2024 20:32:39 GMT
Finished Mr & Mrs Smith on Amazon a couple of nights back. Ehhhh…Overall, I enjoyed it, but it was still missing *something* to the very end. Nice homage to the movie at one point in the final episode. A couple of call backs to earlier episodes where one thing was exactly what we expected and one thing was probably the very last thing we would have picked.
I am ok with both of these outcomes.
“Hot neighbour” being the better of the two.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Feb 17, 2024 4:52:31 GMT
Masters of the Air
Ah, so this tv series is based on the Eighth Air Force 100th Group nicknamed Bloody 100th. They got the nickname because this particularly group of less than well trained and ill disciplined unit lost a number of bombers and men in a handful of missions. Their then COs' planning and decisions were also to blame for the losses.
It's no wonder only the minimum screen time is spent on the rest of the squadron besides the main leads because all those men were lost rather quickly the moment they stepped foot on their base at Thorpe Abbotts in East Anglia. The same goes for their replacements. It was only in later years that more capable COs took over and longer range fighters to provide escort cover that reduce the number of casualties.
The 445th Bomb Group lost the most. 25 B-25s and men were lost in a single mission. The Bloody 100th got their reputation for consistently losing half or more of the air group in a handful of missions.
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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Feb 17, 2024 13:22:42 GMT
Masters of the Air Caught all four parts in one go and then wished I had waited until the entire season is done. Band of Brothers and Pacific it's not but close. I don't feel that "bond" with the characters however. In part three, the air group was almost decimated due to some really bad decisions from the top. Bombers and men went down like flies. I felt bad about the deaths but there's hardly time to know the rest of the squadron so the impact isn't that huge. Additionally, nothing was said further of the mission when the other two air groups that were very late to the rendezvous carried out their part. How did the survivors feel about it? Reaction? Discussions among themselves to why they were sent out first when they could have waited for the other two air groups? Nothing. Zero. Zip. Heigh ho, on to the next mission. The aerial FX is excellent though. I've no idea if this series is adapted from a book. I watched it because I thought it would be like BoB or Pacific. LOved Band of Brothers....But did not care for the Pacific for the same reason that you opened with. I just didn't care about any of the characters, as I did in BoB. Only during the last three episodes of Pacific did it get interesting....When they hit islands of Japan like Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Okinawa making their way towards Tokyo. That was the only part I found interesting. And agaain, I did not like any of the actors/characters. In contrast, Band of Bothers....is still the best series (regardless of genre) that I've ever seen, and as far as WAR stuff goes....I'd put it at the top of a list that includes Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, Apolocype Now, MIDWAY (the original), The Longest Day.... Have not watched MASTERS of the Universe Air yet. But after the letdown that was The PACIFIC, I don't really have high hopes because nothing in terms of a series can come close to Band of Brothers. That was truly special and deserves a spot in the US Library of Congress and the National Film Registry.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Feb 19, 2024 0:45:35 GMT
Masters of the Air
Episode five is hard to watch. The planned escort fighters failed to rendezvous due to a navigational error. 17 bombers were sent. Four dropped out due to engine problems. 13 bombers went on and were lost (120 men gone) on the mission. They never even sighted their target because the Luftwaffe were waiting for them in large numbers. Only one bomber made it back and that's due to the pilot, Rosenthal, flying the B-17 like a fighter in order to give the gunners LOS the incoming enemy planes.
Episode four celebrated the completion of the 25th mission for one of the pilots. Ep five saw the decimation of the 100th. The desolation of the barracks. In the morning, there was the hustle and bustle of 160 men. Now, the bunks stood silent and empty.
I wonder what the 100th CO was thinking as he stood waiting in vain for any sight of the returning bombers only to see one landing.
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Post by GhostofFuckIt on Feb 19, 2024 2:25:53 GMT
Only one bomber made it back and that's due to the pilot, Rosenthal, flying the B-17 like a fighter in order to give the gunners LOS the incoming enemy planes. That was a very fun part of an otherwise brutal episode.
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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Feb 19, 2024 12:30:17 GMT
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Post by BearKingReborn on Feb 20, 2024 9:58:10 GMT
Watched the Kaley Cuoco movie on Prime - Roleplay. Fairly predictable stuff, but entertaining enough.
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Post by GhostofFuckIt on Feb 20, 2024 11:10:53 GMT
^ I tried to like that nerd show she's really popular on but... I couldn't. Same with that other nerd show Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan were on, but the canned laughter hurts my soul. Something to do with cringe humour, can't do it.
Now excuse me while I go play more Star Trek: Online...
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Post by alanc9 on Feb 28, 2024 3:12:59 GMT
Doing a bit of catch-up here. Finally binged through The Orville Season 3. Yep, very Trek-ish, not least because I keep finding logic problems in the plots. What is Ed even trying to do by talking to 2025 Gordon, for instance? The timeline is already a shambles unless he goes back to 2015, which he intends to do anyway.
But hey, if that sort of thing really bothered me I'd watch something else. Based on the available evidence, it does not bother me much. Overall, I thought it was a really solid season.
I just wish there were more coming. Seems unlikely now, which is a shame.
Also watched Dune Part 1, which I deliberately put off because I wasn't sure if Part 2 was ever coming. Villenueve nailed it.
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Post by alanc9 on Feb 28, 2024 3:41:05 GMT
The EXPANSE Season 4.....And I started Season 2 of HALO, but I don't want to get into that yet because there's only 3 or 4 episodes posted. Now I'm also waiting for SHOGUN to air on Disney+ towards the end of the month. I've seen the original series with Toshiro Mifune, Richard Chamberlain and John Rhys-Davies and I really enjoyed it when I saw it many years ago...Even though in the second act, they started speaking like Sheakespeare "Oh how I love thee. Thou art as sweet smelling as a rose...." Oh, absolutely. I remember watching Shogun. We sometimes forget how much great TV there was back in the dark ages. Sometime next month I'm going to break out my I, Claudius DVDs. Someone should remake that. Not that the original can be topped...
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Post by GhostofFuckIt on Feb 28, 2024 7:48:31 GMT
Doing a bit of catch-up here. Finally binged through The Orville Season 3. Yep, very Trek-ish, not least because I keep finding logic problems in the plots. What is Ed even trying to do by talking to 2025 Gordon, for instance? The timeline is already a shambles unless he goes back to 2015, which he intends to do anyway. But hey, if that sort of thing really bothered me I'd watch something else. Based on the available evidence, it does not bother me much. Overall, I thought it was a really solid season. I just wish there were more coming. Seems unlikely now, which is a shame. Also watched Dune Part 1, which I deliberately put off because I wasn't sure if Part 2 was ever coming. Villenueve nailed it. That time-travel episode with Gordon is pretty universally panned as one of the worst on the Orville subreddit. (If not the worst.) I personally don't like time-travel as a plot anyways, but the ending was just poorly done regardless of bias. So in this, you are definitely not the only one. Illogical mess and bad ending.
On an aside, after the first season episode "Pria" played by Charlize Theron, assuming she's telling at least most of the truth, then the Orville already exists as a time-fuck-up because she saved them when they should've been destroyed. Everything the Orville does from then on is arguably just as bad as Gordon.
Also, they're relying on old-timey time-travel bullshit which I hated from a very young age even before I understood why... until that episode of the Simpsons where Homer goes back in time and sneezes and kills all the dinosaurs.
Regarding S4: This is a rare case where I actually think it's possible. Seth and co have been saying for a while now that they're "getting their ducks in a row" but its the fact they keep saying it. They haven't gone radio dark like many of their contemporaries when things look bad. I think it'll take a while yet but if Seth still genuinely wants to do it, and I think he does, it'll eventually get done.
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I rewatched Dune part 1 Sunday, very much enjoyed it.
Pretty sure part 2 is out in theatres now or soon.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Mar 1, 2024 1:36:36 GMT
Dune 2021 Part 1
I give it an ok.
The beginning didn't grab me immediately and chances of it doing that got less the more I hear the monologue.
Dune 2021 Part 1 is a clinical and simplified film with guidance for the audience. I understand why the writers and director did it this way but I think it's the crux of the problem where the characters are concern because they are shadows of the book characters.
Both films have some stuff right and some stuff wrong. Dune 2021 doesn't overshadow Dune 1984 at all. Am I jumping the gun in saying this when I've not seen part 2? I don't think so.
I heard Dune 2021 touted to be as great as Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Nope. Zero chance of that, imo. It's a nice film and that's it.
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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Mar 2, 2024 13:01:19 GMT
SHOGUN on Disney+. I have seen the original series with Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune and John Rhy-Davies...and as much as I enjoy/enjoyed that when I last watched the entire original series even back in 2009 when it was released to DVD (they had attempted to make a 2 hour movie out of it in the early 90s and it failed miserably as they butchered it, cut most of the content out)....This new series not only follows the original series quite well, but more than that it seems to follow the books even closer than the original series did, and the production value is much greater (though keep in mind the original series was made in 1980 and specifically "made for tv").
I will WATCH THIS WITH great interest.
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Post by sentinel87 on Mar 2, 2024 15:29:04 GMT
I also watched the first two episodes of Shogun and I'm really looking forward to the next episode. Never read the book it's based on or saw the earlier TV works.
The first episode was fairly brutal with a few story beats. The acting, costuming and sets are all great. The use of anamorphic lenses in a lot of scenes is a double edge for me. I like the wide angle, but the blurry mess around so much of the edges is a little annoying. There is an English dub but I'm preferring the regular stream in which Japanese characters speak in Japanese to each other. So far English in the show has been a stand in for either Portuguese or Dutch.
I use to live in Japan and really like Japanese history. So a high quality production value show set in, at least a partially, historical Japan is awesome.
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Post by OdanUrr on Mar 3, 2024 2:44:37 GMT
Dune 2021 Part 1 I give it an ok. The beginning didn't grab me immediately and chances of it doing that got less the more I hear the monologue. Dune 2021 Part 1 is a clinical and simplified film with guidance for the audience. I understand why the writers and director did it this way but I think it's the crux of the problem where the characters are concern because they are shadows of the book characters. Both films have some stuff right and some stuff wrong. Dune 2021 doesn't overshadow Dune 1984 at all. Am I jumping the gun in saying this when I've not seen part 2? I don't think so. I heard Dune 2021 touted to be as great as Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Nope. Zero chance of that, imo. It's a nice film and that's it. As someone who has watched several cuts of Lynch's Dune, as well as Villeneuve's Part 1 and Part 2, I think any comparisons to Lord of The Rings, Star Wars, Harry Potter, or the like, are either hyperbole or overenthusiasm. I very much doubt Villeneuve's Dune will become the phenomenon that Star Wars was in the 70s, 80s, and onwards (merchandising played no small part in this), nor will it convert as many people as the synergy between the Harry Potter books and movies did, and it's certainly not an epic uplifting tale of good vs evil as is LOTR. One of the common denominators behind all three examples is that they have beautiful, fantastical, in some cases ethereal, and truly memorable scores (we can argue that the HP scores grew progressively duller after John Williams left), which is something Villeneuve's Dune sorely lacks. Even Lynch's Dune has Toto's great soundtrack. Hans Zimmer's (atmospheric) score is, to my mind, entirely forgettable.
However, perhaps Dune Part 2's most glaring problem is the depiction of the character of Chani. Simply put, I couldn't believe for a second that she was in love with Paul, nor that he was in love with her. Unlike the book or the Lynch movie, Zendaya's Chani doesn't buy into the whole prophet thing, thinking it's all a ruse so that the off-worlders can control the Fremen, and she doesn't waste a chance to warn anyone who'll listen (hint: nobody does). Maybe this is why she looks pissed off for the majority of the movie. There are a few other changes with her character I won't spoil, but if all of these were made in order to make her a stronger character, I'm afraid they failed abysmally. Additionally, on a personal note, I have my doubts about Zendaya's acting ability ever since she was introduced as MJ in the Spider-Man movies.
There are other omissions from the book, or even the Lynch movie, such as the Mentats and the Spacing Guild, but apparently the more critical one is the omission of a character whose actions have major repercussions down the line. Not having read the other books I can't comment on how this will impact a potential Dune Part 3. Yup, there's gonna be another one of these, but I guess it'll cover another book 'cause the first one is pretty much over and done with. And since we're on that note, I found the ending to Dune Part 2 rather unsatisfying having waited 3 years and watched, what, more than 5 hours of film? I may be mixing my book lore with my Lynch movie recollections here, but Paul's showdown in the book was far more elaborate, where in Part 2 it seems rather rushed, even when compared to some cuts of Lynch's Dune, missing important conversations with the Bene Gesserit or the Spacing Guild. This is possibly because the movie doesn't do a very good job explaining just how vital spice is in this universe.
Having said this, Dune Part 2 isn't a bad movie. It's certainly a cinematic experience and an above-average watch for me, with some great performances like Bardem's Stilgar. If I were to use my kdrama rating, it'd be somewhere between a 7 and an 8, but probably closer to a 7 for me. I'd still take one of the Lynch cuts for a shorter and more entertaining watching experience.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Mar 3, 2024 3:59:04 GMT
As someone who has watched several cuts of Lynch's Dune, as well as Villeneuve's Part 1 and Part 2, I think any comparisons to Lord of The Rings, Star Wars, Harry Potter, or the like, are either hyperbole or overenthusiasm. I very much doubt Villeneuve's Dune will become the phenomenon that Star Wars was in the 70s, 80s, and onwards (merchandising played no small part in this), nor will it convert as many people as the synergy between the Harry Potter books and movies did, and it's certainly not an epic uplifting tale of good vs evil as is LOTR. One of the common denominators behind all three examples is that they have beautiful, fantastical, in some cases ethereal, and truly memorable scores (we can argue that the HP scores grew progressively duller after John Williams left), which is something Villeneuve's Dune sorely lacks. Even Lynch's Dune has Toto's great soundtrack. Hans Zimmer's (atmospheric) score is, to my mind, entirely forgettable. However, perhaps Dune Part 2's most glaring problem is the depiction of the character of Chani. Simply put, I couldn't believe for a second that she was in love with Paul, nor that he was in love with her. Unlike the book or the Lynch movie, Zendaya's Chani doesn't buy into the whole prophet thing, thinking it's all a ruse so that the off-worlders can control the Fremen, and she doesn't waste a chance to warn anyone who'll listen (hint: nobody does). Maybe this is why she looks pissed off for the majority of the movie. There are a few other changes with her character I won't spoil, but if all of these were made in order to make her a stronger character, I'm afraid they failed abysmally. Additionally, on a personal note, I have my doubts about Zendaya's acting ability ever since she was introduced as MJ in the Spider-Man movies. There are other omissions from the book, or even the Lynch movie, such as the Mentats and the Spacing Guild, but apparently the more critical one is the omission of a character whose actions have major repercussions down the line. Not having read the other books I can't comment on how this will impact a potential Dune Part 3. Yup, there's gonna be another one of these, but I guess it'll cover another book 'cause the first one is pretty much over and done with. And since we're on that note, I found the ending to Dune Part 2 rather unsatisfying having waited 3 years and watched, what, more than 5 hours of film? I may be mixing my book lore with my Lynch movie recollections here, but Paul's showdown in the book was far more elaborate, where in Part 2 it seems rather rushed, even when compared to some cuts of Lynch's Dune, missing important conversations with the Bene Gesserit or the Spacing Guild. This is possibly because the movie doesn't do a very good job explaining just how vital spice is in this universe. Having said this, Dune Part 2 isn't a bad movie. It's certainly a cinematic experience and an above-average watch for me, with some great performances like Bardem's Stilgar. If I were to use my kdrama rating, it'd be somewhere between a 7 and an 8, but probably closer to a 7 for me. I'd still take one of the Lynch cuts for a shorter and more entertaining watching experience. I totally agree on Bardem's Stilgar. I found the rest of the characters unsatisfying as the film went on. Honestly, I'd rather have the Dune 1984 characters as they are more true to the book. What're the things that impressed me the most in Dune 2021. Shai'hulud. Ornithopters. I don't know who's Zendaya since I'm off movies for the last several years after problems began emerging that makes it pointless to watch any of them. If I were to watch any, I'll do some research, read the reviews, read the recommendations of those I trust and then go for it. In any case, Zendaya doesn't make any impression on me. I think part 2 can be watched in theatres but I'll not waste my time and $$ for it. I'll wait for Netflix or other to throw it up among the movie selections. That's how I watched Dune 2021 Pt 1 recently.
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Post by rewindbutton on Mar 5, 2024 9:14:13 GMT
Shõgun episodes 1-2. It's great, I'm really enjoying it, but I can see it may not be for everyone. My nitpick: flintlocks were pretty rare in 1600, and mostly reserved for elite units. I'm okay with Rodrigues owning one, but the rank and file would definitely be carrying matchlocks. But like I said, nitpicking.
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Post by SwobyJ on Mar 12, 2024 14:38:46 GMT
Dune (Pt1+2) is a solid 8/10, no higher, and I'm accepting of reviews that peg it at 7 or maybe even 6 (I definitely wouldn't give it that one though).
I wouldn't help to feel that anyone giving it 9+ is young and hasn't seen that much.
I really enjoyed watching both films. I also don't think they're done all that perfectly besides certain visuals. The filmmaker has been quoted as disliking dialogue to the point of wishing to make a big film without any of it - yeah, it shows.
People have criticized this Dune as being more like a dynamic desktop wallpaper than movies, but I think that's all of his works, including that Bladerunner. Awesome for mood - seriously one of the best - but light on substance.
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