inherit
A blade answers only to the hand that wields it
3406
0
Oct 20, 2024 11:23:14 GMT
45,003
dazk
15,955
February 2017
dazk
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Mass Effect Andromeda, Mass Effect Legendary Edition
DazK1805
|
Post by dazk on May 25, 2021 0:47:53 GMT
So finished watching Shadow and Bone and really liked it, contemplating watching it again but my son gave me the book so will read that first.
|
|
inherit
9459
0
Nov 24, 2021 20:18:46 GMT
5,628
SirSourpuss
7,694
Oct 16, 2017 16:19:07 GMT
October 2017
sirpetrakus
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, SWTOR
|
Post by SirSourpuss on May 25, 2021 0:53:33 GMT
So finished watching Shadow and Bone and really liked it, contemplating watching it again but my son gave me the book so will read that first. I watched it, too. It's pretty darn good.
|
|
inherit
1869
0
1
7,350
regack
coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee
2,977
Oct 27, 2016 19:49:57 GMT
October 2016
regack
Top
https://bsn.boards.net/posts/recent
https://i.imgur.com/oatOJzT.png
Regack
|
Post by regack on May 25, 2021 1:10:01 GMT
So finished watching Shadow and Bone and really liked it, contemplating watching it again but my son gave me the book so will read that first. I watched it, too. It's pretty darn good. For me, I think it certainly helped to go in knowing nothing about it. There were still a lot of moments where I'm frustrated with the main characters for being indecisive/doing dumb things... and as tropey as it is/they are, the ones I enjoyed the most were the groupings of Kaz, Inej & Jesper, and Nina & Matthias. Maybe I'll feel differently after reading the books, but the protag/deuterag and antag were just kind of bland for me. Just to add something else to this thread, rather than just responding... I also burned through the DOTA show on Netflix and ended up liking it. Now, I do feel I should mention that I was actually just looking for something to kill some time and I had either zero (or maybe even negative) expectations because I know DOTA is a game it's one that I have absolutely no interest in. So maybe that set me up better because I don't know anything about it, and I wasn't expecting much. In the end, I enjoyed it quite a bit and I'll be happy to watch the next series whenever it comes out.
|
|
inherit
A blade answers only to the hand that wields it
3406
0
Oct 20, 2024 11:23:14 GMT
45,003
dazk
15,955
February 2017
dazk
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Mass Effect Andromeda, Mass Effect Legendary Edition
DazK1805
|
Post by dazk on May 25, 2021 2:29:16 GMT
I watched it, too. It's pretty darn good. For me, I think it certainly helped to go in knowing nothing about it. There were still a lot of moments where I'm frustrated with the main characters for being indecisive/doing dumb things... and as tropey as it is/they are, the ones I enjoyed the most were the groupings of Kaz, Inej & Jesper, and Nina & Matthias. Maybe I'll feel differently after reading the books, but the protag/deuterag and antag were just kind of bland for me. Just to add something else to this thread, rather than just responding... I also burned through the DOTA show on Netflix and ended up liking it. Now, I do feel I should mention that I was actually just looking for something to kill some time and I had either zero (or maybe even negative) expectations because I know DOTA is a game it's one that I have absolutely no interest in. So maybe that set me up better because I don't know anything about it, and I wasn't expecting much. In the end, I enjoyed it quite a bit and I'll be happy to watch the next series whenever it comes out. Totally agree with your comments re the protag and the antag and yeah when the groups of Kaz, Inej and Jasper are together it's at least more entertaining and humorous. What platform is DOTA on, Netflix?
|
|
inherit
A blade answers only to the hand that wields it
3406
0
Oct 20, 2024 11:23:14 GMT
45,003
dazk
15,955
February 2017
dazk
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Mass Effect Andromeda, Mass Effect Legendary Edition
DazK1805
|
Post by dazk on May 25, 2021 2:32:03 GMT
So finished watching Shadow and Bone and really liked it, contemplating watching it again but my son gave me the book so will read that first. I watched it, too. It's pretty darn good. I like the setting and story and most of the characters. It's certainly not very deep at this stage but I hope it gets a bit more intrigue or something to make it more gripping/exciting rather than just good fun entertainment. I hope that makes sense.
|
|
inherit
1869
0
1
7,350
regack
coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee
2,977
Oct 27, 2016 19:49:57 GMT
October 2016
regack
Top
https://bsn.boards.net/posts/recent
https://i.imgur.com/oatOJzT.png
Regack
|
Post by regack on May 25, 2021 2:36:10 GMT
What platform is DOTA on, Netflix? Yep, Netflix!
|
|
inherit
A blade answers only to the hand that wields it
3406
0
Oct 20, 2024 11:23:14 GMT
45,003
dazk
15,955
February 2017
dazk
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Mass Effect Andromeda, Mass Effect Legendary Edition
DazK1805
|
Post by dazk on May 25, 2021 2:36:56 GMT
What platform is DOTA on, Netflix? Yep, Netflix! Thanks.
|
|
inherit
ღ Aerial Flybys
61
0
1
27,087
Obsidian Gryphon
10,518
August 2016
obsidiangryphon
ObsidianGryphon
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire
|
Post by Obsidian Gryphon on May 25, 2021 3:57:46 GMT
Finished Gangnam Beauty. Now on Love, Marriage and Divorce. This drama traced the relationships and marriage of three couples in their 30s, 40s and 50s. It's not bad but I get extremely annoyed with the mom of the guy in the 30s couple as she tried to persuade her daughter-in-law to forgive her son for cheating on her. Boys will be boys, the mom said. Yeah, a guy in his 30s and a lawyer to boot. He's a boy in his diapers and needs to be forgiven for everything.
|
|
inherit
✜ The Bunny Chaser
2824
0
Oct 20, 2024 12:03:01 GMT
7,469
Energizer Bunny 211
The world just opened up...l'm now hearing sounds that I haven't heard in quite some time!
6,350
Jan 15, 2017 18:43:23 GMT
January 2017
energizerbunny211
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect Andromeda, Anthem
Rumbler1138
|
Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on May 25, 2021 12:54:57 GMT
I watched 5 minutes of the Pilot ep. of Discovery....and then I was done. For me, STAR TREK ended with Nemesis...then along comes Jeri Ryan in Season 3 of Voyager..Until Star Trek: Picard. I am looking forward to Season 2 of Picard.
But right now I'm bingeing THE EXPANSE...currently on Season 2 ep 3 and really enjoying it. I'm also watching Terra Nova on Mouse Minus.
|
|
inherit
9459
0
Nov 24, 2021 20:18:46 GMT
5,628
SirSourpuss
7,694
Oct 16, 2017 16:19:07 GMT
October 2017
sirpetrakus
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, SWTOR
|
Post by SirSourpuss on May 25, 2021 13:17:29 GMT
I watched 5 minutes of the Pilot ep. of Discovery....and then I was done. The funny thing is, it wasn't even the worst part. It gets progressively and retroactively worse. It's a cool way, those first 5 minutes, to introduce the Discovery, which I can give it a pass, for some cool-age. But it's not even the Discovery. It's the Senzhou.
|
|
inherit
✜ The Bunny Chaser
2824
0
Oct 20, 2024 12:03:01 GMT
7,469
Energizer Bunny 211
The world just opened up...l'm now hearing sounds that I haven't heard in quite some time!
6,350
Jan 15, 2017 18:43:23 GMT
January 2017
energizerbunny211
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect Andromeda, Anthem
Rumbler1138
|
Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on May 25, 2021 13:31:11 GMT
I watched 5 minutes of the Pilot ep. of Discovery....and then I was done. The funny thing is, it wasn't even the worst part. It gets progressively and retroactively worse. It's a cool way, those first 5 minutes, to introduce the Discovery, which I can give it a pass, for some cool-age. But it's not even the Discovery. It's the Senzhou. What killed me though was how it was made to look as though it had more advanced tech than even what was in TNG, even though it was hundreds of years before. I know, I know...the calvin timeline crap...blah blah. Still.
|
|
inherit
9459
0
Nov 24, 2021 20:18:46 GMT
5,628
SirSourpuss
7,694
Oct 16, 2017 16:19:07 GMT
October 2017
sirpetrakus
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, SWTOR
|
Post by SirSourpuss on May 25, 2021 14:27:59 GMT
The funny thing is, it wasn't even the worst part. It gets progressively and retroactively worse. It's a cool way, those first 5 minutes, to introduce the Discovery, which I can give it a pass, for some cool-age. But it's not even the Discovery. It's the Senzhou. What killed me though was how it was made to look as though it had more advanced tech than even what was in TNG, even though it was hundreds of years before. I know, I know...the calvin timeline crap...blah blah. Still. That's the thing, though. According to Kurtzman, this is supposed to be in the Prime timeline, not the Kelvin one. BTW, the Kelvin timeline is just ... defeated if you go in front of Nero and ask "Siri, what's the stardate?" and then Nero realizes he's got like 90 years to fix the problem. I'm not saying anything new, everyone already understood this, but ... you could beat Nero with a calendar. And nobody thought of it. When Prime Spock found Kirk, he never told him about it. It's so dumb, I'm laugh/crying.
In other news
The Powerpuff girls reboot looks like is going absolutely smashing!
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Deleted
inherit
guest@proboards.com
5016
0
Oct 20, 2024 12:39:59 GMT
Deleted
0
Oct 20, 2024 12:39:59 GMT
January 1970
Deleted
|
Post by Deleted on May 25, 2021 15:11:55 GMT
I'm pretty mixed on Discovery. I'd say I watch the show "around" Michael Burnham. Most of the main cast is forgettable. Except for Saru. He's interesting and relatively well acted particularly given his costume/prosthetics. What they do have is a great supporting cast with lots of experience. Jason Isaacs is one of my favourite captains; frankly Jason Isaacs is just a bloody good actor. Michelle Yeoh is up and down but I like her ups and can deal with her downs. Anson Mount will eventually join the cast and nails his role. There's also an engineer that joins later I love, but it's a love in spite of. I couldn't stand her in real life, but her lines and delivery is perfect for her role. I appreciate that. There's an admiral later on I quite like too. I miss not having every goddamned shot outside the hull blurry. I liked those cinematic slow pans around two ships squaring off. There's a happy medium they aren't reaching. Some of the stories are intriguing but almost universally fall flat. They throw some impressively one-dimensional villains in there too. I like the updated interiors, Star Trek kept us looking forward, going back to the 90's look doesn't appeal. I'm happy to suspend my disbelief for that. Star Trek needs to take us forward again, conceptually. This actually has more bearing in later seasons but I don't want to get too spoilery. This is my take from S3 I put in the Star Trek thread months ago. Don't read this until you've seen all of S3. It'll spoil pretty much every thing. Finished S3. Discovery, it's got flaws. Lots of em. I still find it entertaining, and there are aspects that I quite enjoy. I liked the fresh feeling this season brought. Specifically, how it wasn't mired in our expectations of 90's/00's trek technology. Star Trek tech isn't that futuristic in some aspects, not anymore. Like playing games that predate wireless tech there are some things that were beyond our comprehension at the time. UI design like LCARs might have seemed futuristic and fancy but simply isn't anymore. Star Trek showcased us what could be on the technological horizon. It grounded our imaginations with plausibility. It hasn't done that for a while now. Discovery gave the setting a much needed facelift that felt like we were in the future again, not nostalgic-future. Programmable matter, completely customizable UI, personal transporters. I enjoyed that part of the show. *** The main cast continues to be uninteresting for the most part. It's by far the weakest point of the show. I think they tried to tackle how mind-fuckingly brutal jumping to the future permanently would be but they fell short of the mark. Burnham felt less like a robotic saviour but was ultimately still, Michael Burnham. Saru who I enjoy more than most of the cast seemed to have most of his growth the previous season. Fair enough, with how they ended things in 3 I have some hopes he'll get interesting again. I did enjoy a particular moment when he realized the sphere data was protecting them, not just the ship. Tilly getting promoted was something they've been moving towards but that doesn't mean it was a good idea in the first place. It makes very little sense. I liked Tilly in S1, she had a niche that she filled extremely well. It just destroys logic to see her promoted like she has been. This doesn't feel like proper growth for her character so much as shoe-handling her into a role they conceived when working on the Mirror Universe in S1. Stamets was Stamets, he's another character I like a bit more than the rest but he had virtually no growth, or truly meaningful story of his own. They turned him into Adira's sidekick. (She's already got one...) Which brings me to Adira. Yet another super-intelligent promoted-too-fast young person shoe-horned into the cast. I can pretty much say I don't like her character and didn't enjoy how much screen time she got. On the flip side of that coin I think her partner Gray Tal has a lot of potential as an actor and very little of it was utilized. Culber, loved his character in S1. He's been steadily in decline since. Under-utilized. He seems to fall into the Stamets trap of side-kicking everyone else. Still enjoy his screen time but he needs a new plot. The bridge crew got some moments, I appreciated how Detmer experienced trauma, I'm sad it magically went away after a freak-out at dinner. Honesty thought Owosekun would bite it at the end til the droid showed up. Sadly the rest of the bridge crew is as unmemorable as ever. Airiam had potential, shame they spaced her. Sadly we get maybe 2 minutes of screen time for one of my surprise favs. Jett Reno. Her character is someone I'd probably hate if I met her in real life but encapsulated in a show? She hit her mark perfectly. Shame she barely shows up. *** Part of why I still enjoy Discovery despite having extremely limited interest in the main cast is that the secondary single-season stars have been amazing. Lorca before he turns "villain of the week" is one of my favourite characters in Trek, any of them. Anson Mount knocked his Pike roll out of the park and exemplified what that nostalgic ideal of a star ship captain should be. Georgiou when they aren't writing her like an angsty teenager has a lot of potential. (Albeit she's losing a lot of the goodwill gained from previous seasons.) This season fell a bit in that regard though. Booker, nice addition. Sadly just Michael's doe-eyed tagalong. I enjoyed his acting and what he brought to the beginning of S3. The one that really captured my interest and instead of losing it, grew it, was Admiral Vance. Finally an Admiral that acted like an Admiral. Osyraa, what a boring-ass villain. Bleh. Haven't seen such a one-dimensional villain in a while, almost impressive she didn't appear flat when she turned to the side. Zora, the ship's computer. I hope and suspect she'll get a lot more next season cause for something so momentous instead of growing a tree they sprinkled three seeds. *** The story... Jumping to the future was a soft-reset. The Burn was an acceptable way of keeping things toned down. They couldn't jump 900 years in the future and show up to Federation Paradise Universe. The setting had to be toned down, and I was fine with the Burn doing that. It was interesting if derivative. We got to see Star Trek feel like it was actually in the future again while maintaining a plot-line that wasn't going to be so abstract as to be ridiculous due to the time-frame it's set in. The source of the Burn. Well... at least it wasn't Burnham. But one person? Really? Such an interesting idea that again, falls flat. An addle-minded kelpian throws a temper-tantrum and destroys the galaxy. Wow... just... nope. Dumb. The first thing someone needs to do is kill this guy for the sake of the universe. I'm sure he's going to go on and save it somehow, someday, but I don't care. Section 31 needs to end him. What a letdown, no, what a stupid letdown. I find it hard to believe a group of writers in a room said "yeah this is great". This is arguably the worst ending to a reasonably interesting plot I've seen, bar none. I mean, the last season of GoT was trash but even that had seeds of greatness that just weren't executed well. But this? Someone ate the seeds and shit em out. The idea behind a sentient humanoid creature that can interact with sub-space is interesting. Booker's empathy was a nice reminder that Star Trek dabbles in sci-magic but can still make you wonder. (Mind you I hated the light-bright crap on his head. I first thought it was an implant letting him do it.) These concepts hold promise, but weren't used to engage us in something interesting, just square pegs stuffed into round plot-holes. *** The season began with renewed interest for me and failed in nearly every aspect to live up to what it could have. There are still elements I am interested in, and I'm sure I'll watch S4, but this show has an uncanny way of letting me down repeatedly. *** I liked Picard. Has some issues but has more respect to it as well. Some people really hate it and I can understand why. It's not what I imagined either. I can roll with it though, for what it has to offer. *** Lower Decks was fun but not quite the humour that gets me. They know how to play on a trek-trope though, and they got a library full of em.
|
|
inherit
ღ Aerial Flybys
61
0
1
27,087
Obsidian Gryphon
10,518
August 2016
obsidiangryphon
ObsidianGryphon
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire
|
Post by Obsidian Gryphon on May 26, 2021 9:06:17 GMT
Finished Love, Marriage and Divorce. Most annoyingly, it's S1! I didn't realise it's only one season so everything ended messily with no resolution. I thought only two couples were in trouble but it turned out it's all three. 50s couple - together for 30 years since college. Married for 20 years and have a teenage daughter and younger son. The wife (writer for radio station) put the husband through the studies he wanted so that he could become a professor in his occupation. In addition, she looked after the kids, work, cook, prepare lunch for the husband and essentially did everything that she had little time to spare for herself. So it was a shock to her when he told her he wanted out of the marriage, citing he was tired at first. She thought it was mid-life crisis and tried to give him more space, etc but eventually, she found out he was having an affair. They tried to keep it from the kids but the daughter saw her father happily buying groceries (something he never did for the family) and driving off with a woman. Everything was brought out in a family meeting. I like the confrontation. The daughter was furious but she did not scream or shout (she had her mother's temperament). Everything she said was on target and hurt the father. The father was very upset when both kids rejected him and told him to leave. Later, he tried to get them to give him a what he considered a "peaceful" leave taking (meaning their forgiveness and willing to accept the other woman). I at that. He didn't get it of course. The wife signed the divorce papers after the family meeting. 40s couple - the husband (a doctor) was very loving towards the wife (manager of radio station) but then after his father passed away, he paid a lot of attention to his step-mother (who's younger than the dad but still much older than the son). His behaviour was really weird. The wife wasn't happy when friends took snapshots and asked questions. She deliberately packed a suitcase and told him to live with the stepmom so he need not spend a lot of time going to and fro. He then explained he knew his stepmother since he was a kid which was why he had such a bond with her. He asked the wife to give him one month to help his stepmother get over her "sadness / depression" over his dad's death and promised further contacts after that would be an occasional visit or chat over phone. As it turned out, he too, was having an affair with a younger woman. The wife had yet to find out. 30s couple - this couple was married for three years. Before tying the knot, they agreed they wouldn't have kids. The wife (radio DJ) accidentally found out the husband (lawyer) was having an affair after discovering he had another mobile phone hidden in his car. To add an icing to the cake, the other woman was expecting a baby. Initially, the wife agreed to a divorce provided she get to meet the other woman. The husband wasn't agreeable but after hearing about the baby, she put her foot down and appealed to her in-laws who then supported her. They told their younger son to end the affair. The last 10 eps of the drama revealed how these three guys met the women and started the affairs. When the drama ended, everything was up in the air. Anyway, I like the actress for the 40s couple, Park Joo-mi. Besides being a fine actor, she has a unique voice which is not like the average pitch / tone of other South Korean actresses. She's equivalent to Natasha Little (VA for female Sith Warrior) whose voice stood out immediately for me when I played swtor. Or Jennifer Hale, for that matter.
|
|
inherit
ღ Aerial Flybys
61
0
1
27,087
Obsidian Gryphon
10,518
August 2016
obsidiangryphon
ObsidianGryphon
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire
|
Post by Obsidian Gryphon on May 26, 2021 9:13:38 GMT
Watching World of the Married Another drama about marriage and divorce! not really, well it is but there's a surprising twist to it.
|
|
inherit
✜ The Bunny Chaser
2824
0
Oct 20, 2024 12:03:01 GMT
7,469
Energizer Bunny 211
The world just opened up...l'm now hearing sounds that I haven't heard in quite some time!
6,350
Jan 15, 2017 18:43:23 GMT
January 2017
energizerbunny211
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect Andromeda, Anthem
Rumbler1138
|
Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on May 26, 2021 11:43:14 GMT
Y'know... I'm currently watching Season 2 of THE EXPANSE (as you all know), and I just finished the episode where Gunnery Sergeant Bobbie Draper defects to the UN....But not before laying a beating on her Captain, one Captain Martens who claimed to have served with her father. And as I'm watching her completely marmalize her CO, I say aloud "Bad Ass Bobbie", I mean, that was just my reaction, something I said spontaneously after watching her dust the floor with this guy.
Then before I went to bed, I happened to find a site that talks about the books.....I was shocked to read that in the books she is/was actually nicknamed "Bad Ass" Bobbie Draper. And also that she was written as a ' tall, muscular woman of Polynesian descent standing just over two meters tall'....The actress who plays her (Frankie Adams) is not quite six feet even (1.8 meters) or 5'10.5", so not enough to be seen as over two meters tall...But she is of Samoan and Kiwi ancestry.....So I though all that was pretty cool.
An interesting bit of casting, I think. I'm not familiar with the books, but I do think the TV show is well-cast.
|
|
inherit
1817
0
Oct 20, 2024 12:07:04 GMT
9,513
Kappa Neko
...lives for biotic explosions. And cheesecake!
3,801
Oct 18, 2016 21:17:18 GMT
October 2016
kappaneko
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, Mass Effect Andromeda
|
Post by Kappa Neko on May 26, 2021 19:25:18 GMT
Anybody watching Servant on Apple TV? I got immediately triggered by reading M. Night Shyamalan whom I've always liked despite some of his movies being questionable quality. I have watched every single of his films. No regrets!
So I jumped on this. Later found out he only produced it. And while I'm not sure it's actually good (the acting is not the most natural) there's something about it that sucked me into its weirdness. It's one of these uncomfortable quietly disturbing/disgusting shows that are suuuper slow paced. It takes a long time to get really going and doesn't really come around until halfway through season 2 but I'll keep watching until the end.
There isn't much mystery left in S2, it's more a study in slowly unfolding insanity. The turn things have taken wasn't unexpected but I'm enjoying the ride now.
|
|
inherit
ღ Aerial Flybys
61
0
1
27,087
Obsidian Gryphon
10,518
August 2016
obsidiangryphon
ObsidianGryphon
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire
|
Post by Obsidian Gryphon on May 27, 2021 0:00:14 GMT
What killed me though was how it was made to look as though it had more advanced tech than even what was in TNG, even though it was hundreds of years before. I know, I know...the calvin timeline crap...blah blah. Still. That's the thing, though. According to Kurtzman, this is supposed to be in the Prime timeline, not the Kelvin one. BTW, the Kelvin timeline is just ... defeated if you go in front of Nero and ask "Siri, what's the stardate?" and then Nero realizes he's got like 90 years to fix the problem. I'm not saying anything new, everyone already understood this, but ... you could beat Nero with a calendar. And nobody thought of it. When Prime Spock found Kirk, he never told him about it. It's so dumb, I'm laugh/crying.
In other news
The Powerpuff girls reboot looks like is going absolutely smashing!
Just found this vid. I didn't look for it. It just pop up when I open the YT page. Nope, there're no replicators on the Enterprise (2005, Canon / Prime timeline) either. They have a cook and a galley.
|
|
inherit
ღ Aerial Flybys
61
0
1
27,087
Obsidian Gryphon
10,518
August 2016
obsidiangryphon
ObsidianGryphon
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire
|
Post by Obsidian Gryphon on May 27, 2021 0:22:02 GMT
Finished World of the Married I skipped the middle part of the drama and went to the last three eps as I want to skip the angst, anger, etc etc. The last three eps contained the essential information anyway.
Queen for Seven Days (historical drama) is available but I dropped it because it's based on a real historical person who didn't have a happy ending. I did a search and this drama is keeping more or less to real events. Nope. Not watching it.
Watching You're Surrounded (action, crime and romance) There's a bit of comedy but it's about a guy who became a detective to look into the murder of his mother which he witnessed when he was in middle school.
I've to wonder about Netflix's criteria when it goes about acquiring Kdramas. One of the dramas on the list has a very low viewer rating in South Korea. I watched it for a bit and didn't find it interesting. Dramas that're average or widely popular isn't picked. I wonder what yardstick Netflix is using.
|
|
inherit
A blade answers only to the hand that wields it
3406
0
Oct 20, 2024 11:23:14 GMT
45,003
dazk
15,955
February 2017
dazk
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Mass Effect Andromeda, Mass Effect Legendary Edition
DazK1805
|
Post by dazk on May 27, 2021 1:49:51 GMT
Y'know... I'm currently watching Season 2 of THE EXPANSE (as you all know), and I just finished the episode where Gunnery Sergeant Bobbie Draper defects to the UN....But not before laying a beating on her Captain, one Captain Martens who claimed to have served with her father. And as I'm watching her completely marmalize her CO, I say aloud "Bad Ass Bobbie", I mean, that was just my reaction, something I said spontaneously after watching her dust the floor with this guy. Then before I went to bed, I happened to find a site that talks about the books.....I was shocked to read that in the books she is/was actually nicknamed "Bad Ass" Bobbie Draper. And also that she was written as a ' tall, muscular woman of Polynesian descent standing just over two meters tall'....The actress who plays her (Frankie Adams) is not quite six feet even (1.8 meters) or 5'10.5", so not enough to be seen as over two meters tall...But she is of Samoan and Kiwi ancestry.....So I though all that was pretty cool. An interesting bit of casting, I think. I'm not familiar with the books, but I do think the TV show is well-cast. Yep she is really bad ass and was a great casting having read the books before seeing the show she fit the role really well. It is a shame the show changed her first appearance from what was in the book, the books take on it I thought was far better and I can see no reason why they did it differently in the books. Re the casting in the show they reduced the number of characters from the books, some characters were merged and some dropped altogether.
|
|
inherit
ღ Aerial Flybys
61
0
1
27,087
Obsidian Gryphon
10,518
August 2016
obsidiangryphon
ObsidianGryphon
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire
|
Post by Obsidian Gryphon on May 27, 2021 14:23:31 GMT
Finished You're Surrounded. Not a bad action, crime drama.
Jumping to a Japanese drama. I've only seen two Japanese dramas so far. Oshin in the 80s and 101 proposals in the 90s.
Oshin (1983-1984, 297 eps) This drama detailed the fictional life of the founder, from 1907 to the 1980s, of a supermarket chain. Born to a sharecropper family, Oshin faced many trials in her long journey.
101 Proposals (1991, 12 eps) Story of a guy who's neither handsome nor rich or smart who's nevertheless a nice person. He tried to find a partner through 100 blind dates and failed. He swore to his brother never to try again after the 101st attempt. His blind date turned out to be a beautiful woman which didn't give him much hope when he saw her. Still, he liked her and tried his best to win her over with his sincerity but he had to contend with her memories of her dead BF when she saw another man who resembled her dead love.
The present Japanese drama I'm going for is My Sister's Soulmate (2020, 9 eps). Story of a woman who had to drop from high school, after the parents died from an accident, to get a job to support her three siblings.
|
|
inherit
✜ The Bunny Chaser
2824
0
Oct 20, 2024 12:03:01 GMT
7,469
Energizer Bunny 211
The world just opened up...l'm now hearing sounds that I haven't heard in quite some time!
6,350
Jan 15, 2017 18:43:23 GMT
January 2017
energizerbunny211
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect Andromeda, Anthem
Rumbler1138
|
Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on May 27, 2021 19:31:27 GMT
Finished You're Surrounded. Not a bad action, crime drama. Jumping to a Japanese drama. I've only seen two Japanese dramas so far. Oshin in the 80s and 101 proposals in the 90s. Oshin (1983-1984, 297 eps) This drama detailed the fictional life of the founder, from 1907 to the 1980s, of a supermarket chain. Born to a sharecropper family, Oshin faced many trials in her long journey. 101 Proposals (1991, 12 eps) Story of a guy who's neither handsome nor rich or smart who's nevertheless a nice person. He tried to find a partner through 100 blind dates and failed. He swore to his brother never to try again after the 101st attempt. His blind date turned out to be a beautiful woman which didn't give him much hope when he saw her. Still, he liked her and tried his best to win her over with his sincerity but he had to contend with her memories of her dead BF when she saw another man who resembled her dead love. The present Japanese drama I'm going for is My Sister's Soulmate (2020, 9 eps). Story of a woman who had to drop from high school, after the parents died from an accident, to get a job to support her three siblings. You should watch the original 9 hour miniseries called "SHOGUN" with Richard Burton and John Rhys-Davies....it's an amazing story. Bad acting in parts and corny dialogue...But the story is amazing. In the 90s, they cut it to shreds and butchered it down into a 2 hour movie.....that was garbage because they'd cut out so much of the story. This masterpiece of miniseries MUST be watched for the full 9 hour series. It's available on Amazon.ca for about 32 dollars CAD +plus 3.50 Shipping WHen I purchased the original release of the boxset in 2003 as a gift for my parents who had seen the miniseries on TV when it originally aired, I paid about 100.00 dollars for the box set, which we no longer have unfortunately.
|
|
OdanUrr
N4
Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda
Posts: 1,160 Likes: 1,848
inherit
2072
0
Sept 20, 2024 21:46:47 GMT
1,848
OdanUrr
1,160
Nov 12, 2016 22:23:51 GMT
November 2016
odanurr
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda
|
Post by OdanUrr on May 27, 2021 23:58:25 GMT
Finished You're Surrounded. Not a bad action, crime drama. If it's the one with Lee Seung Gi and Go Ah Ra, I think my impressions of the show were that it was longer than it needed to be and that Lee Seung Gi and Cha Seung Won out-acted pretty much everyone. At times, LSG put such passion into scenes that even I went, "Dude, this is not that kind of show." Additionally, I didn't think there was much chemistry between the ML and FL (what's a first 'cause LSG can have chemistry with pretty much everyone) but I have found that's the case insofar Go Ah Ra's characters are concerned (*cough* Hwarang*cough).
|
|
OdanUrr
N4
Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda
Posts: 1,160 Likes: 1,848
inherit
2072
0
Sept 20, 2024 21:46:47 GMT
1,848
OdanUrr
1,160
Nov 12, 2016 22:23:51 GMT
November 2016
odanurr
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda
|
Post by OdanUrr on May 28, 2021 0:03:06 GMT
You should watch the original 9 hour miniseries called "SHOGUN" with Richard Burton and John Rhys-Davies....it's an amazing story. Bad acting in parts and corny dialogue...But the story is amazing. And Toshiro Mifune too! It's a great mini series, I got it on DVD.
|
|
inherit
ღ Aerial Flybys
61
0
1
27,087
Obsidian Gryphon
10,518
August 2016
obsidiangryphon
ObsidianGryphon
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire
|
Post by Obsidian Gryphon on May 28, 2021 0:15:17 GMT
You should watch the original 9 hour miniseries called "SHOGUN" with Richard Burton and John Rhys-Davies....it's an amazing story. Bad acting in parts and corny dialogue...But the story is amazing. I did. That was back in 1980 but my memory is a little hazy. It's Richard Chamberlain, not Richard Burton. I did the same with Oshin and 101 Proposals so it's a pretty long hiatus for Japanese dramas.
|
|