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Re: What are you watching?
« Reply #45 on: October 11, 2014, 06:18:23 am »
Quote from: Stephan on October 08, 2014, 02:23:34 pm
All classics.  See what you're missing Greg!  You need to just knuckle down and get through season 1 so you can enjoy the rest of the series.

I tried Babylon 5 but didn't get beyond the first episode, even though I heard about the same thing about getting to season 2 and beyond to really enjoy the series.  At this point, I'm just going to find an episode guide to read so I can skip watching season 1 and jump directly into season 2.
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Re: What are you watching?
« Reply #46 on: October 11, 2014, 11:23:52 pm »
You wont miss anything really if you just jump into season 2, Sinclair was a bore anyway and the show really opens up once Sheridan comes into it.
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Re: What are you watching?
« Reply #47 on: October 12, 2014, 05:58:34 pm »
Aw the first season is kind of rough but charming in its own way.  But I'm an every-episode-of-B5 kind of guy ;)
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Re: What are you watching?
« Reply #48 on: October 12, 2014, 10:12:22 pm »
Quote from: MajorMcNicol on October 12, 2014, 05:58:34 pm
Aw the first season is kind of rough but charming in its own way.  But I'm an every-episode-of-B5 kind of guy ;)

Ditto here
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Re: What are you watching?
« Reply #49 on: November 25, 2014, 12:35:39 am »
Ok, this is totally not gaming or naval or sci-fi related, but...if you haven't tried Gotham on Fox, I recommend it. Even with what little I know about the story of Batman, it is a very good show. The plot centers around Detective Jim Gordon--years before he becomes the commissioner of Gotham PD. The storylines are good, the acting is great (the actor who plays Oswald Cobblepot hits a home run in just about every episode), but to me the real star is the city itself. The production team has done a fantastic job of capturing the look and feel of Gotham City. Everything looks old and run down, or old and elegant. But old. They have technology--cellphones, computers, etc--but these items are played down and are often barely noticeable. (It is refreshing to see one of the main characters pull out a cellphone and put it up to his ear without the camera zooming in on the NOKIA or SAMSUNG logo).

Tonight was the show's mid-season finale; not sure when it picks up again. Wikipedia says Fox initially ordered 16 episodes, but then expanded that order to 22, which I take as a good sign.

If you give it a try, let me know what you think!
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Re: What are you watching?
« Reply #50 on: November 25, 2014, 07:52:12 am »
I've been intriqued by the concept of this show...I'm going to have to get my DVR on it. I'm way behind on my TV! I've been hearing good things about this show, Sleepy Hollow, and Agents of SHIELD, but I haven't seen any of it yet  ???.

In all honesty, Gotham is probably the one I will start in on first. Batman is by far my favorite superhero franchise.
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Re: What are you watching?
« Reply #51 on: November 25, 2014, 03:48:01 pm »
GOTHAM finally got good about Ep 4 - love that Victor Zsasz!
SHIELD has been steadily improving, esp. with the intro of Agent Morse.

Best hero shows are still ARROW and THE FLASH though!

And CONSTANTINE is quite excellent - support it before it gets truly cancelled!
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Re: What are you watching?
« Reply #52 on: December 02, 2014, 12:07:13 am »
Sleepy Hollow was a no go for my wife and me, I don't care for... pretty much everything about it. I like Constintine but my wife hated it and word is it's already dead anyway (obvious from the first episode really, the show is pretty out there for the typical viewer). Gotham and Shield have been instant hits with the whole family though so that's good. I try to avoid CW shows... my wife has a vampire fetish and I'm pretty burnt out on their stuff. I used to watch Supernatural a lot, but I've gotten away from that too.
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Re: What are you watching?
« Reply #53 on: December 13, 2014, 10:46:33 pm »
I remember seeing Iron Sky mentioned somewhere...  I just came across this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2utrMwTyY

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Re: What are you watching?
« Reply #54 on: February 01, 2015, 04:11:43 pm »
Quote from: Ruckdog on May 27, 2014, 11:48:51 pm

My wife and I have been re-watching Star Trek: TNG on blu-ray. It is amazing how good the show looks after having been re-mastered for that format. Easily stands up to anything being made today (although the 4:3 aspect ratio still dates it a bit).

BBC America is running what appears to be a weekend-long ST: TNG marathon this weekend. I think they must be showing the re-mastered shows--I remember at least seasons 1 & 2 having some bad sound quality, and looking pretty bad on my HDTV. Am watching episodes from the middle of season 2 on BBC right now, and the sound is much better...but the picture quality! Wow! Definitely agree, Ruckdog, it looks as good as almost anything else I've seen on TV recently.
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Re: What are you watching?
« Reply #55 on: February 16, 2015, 10:52:24 am »
Been completely addicted to LIVE DIE REPEAT: Edge of Tomorrow (Currently on my 8th viewing). Aliens, exo-suits, time travel = Rad in my book. Fun flick! May not relate much to naval wargaming, but there is a pretty epic beach assault.

Following this thinking of popping in FURY. Can't pass up an opportunity to watch a solid tank flick. Hopefully it holds up, as The Beast of War is a longstanding favorite of mine.
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Re: What are you watching?
« Reply #56 on: February 16, 2015, 11:22:56 am »
Edge of Tomorrow and Beast of War are two great movies. If I'm thinking of the same movie you are...you are referring to the movie about the Soviet tank crew in Afghanistan, right?

Edge of Tomorrow has the added bonus of watching Tom Cruise die about 300 times...

I'm hoping some modeling company does a kit for the drop ships used in that movie.
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Re: What are you watching?
« Reply #57 on: February 16, 2015, 11:51:28 am »
Yep that's the flick! The Beast was/is a great one. Haven't seen it in a bit, but may have to dust off the DVD to re-up on it.

Agreed on Edge of Tomorrow, though i have a weakness for these kinds of action films *coughs* Battleship...
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Re: What are you watching?
« Reply #58 on: February 16, 2015, 02:02:51 pm »
Eh, Battleship wasn't that bad. I've certainly seen worse movies. Outlandish, yes, but it's always cool to see a ship of that size with guns that big absolutely unload on a target.

He isn't my favorite actor, but Cruise has had a few decent sci-fi movies over the years. I really enjoyed Oblivion, and I thought he did a good job in Minority Report as well.

Beast of War (I usually hear it referred to just as "The Beast") is much more of a psychological movie though. I used to teach a block of instruction on the history of Afghanistan--being a big fan of the Cold War in general, that time period in that part of the world is very interesting to me.
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Re: What are you watching?
« Reply #59 on: February 16, 2015, 08:10:41 pm »
Quote from: Last Rites on February 16, 2015, 10:52:24 am
Been completely addicted to LIVE DIE REPEAT: Edge of Tomorrow (Currently on my 8th viewing). Aliens, exo-suits, time travel = Rad in my book. Fun flick! May not relate much to naval wargaming, but there is a pretty epic beach assault.

Following this thinking of popping in FURY. Can't pass up an opportunity to watch a solid tank flick. Hopefully it holds up, as The Beast of War is a longstanding favorite of mine.

Oblivion was great! The fact that they made so many practical props for that movie gave it a very "solid" feel. Cruise might be a big goof ball, but he does action pretty well. I haven't seen FURY yet, but it is on my short list of stuff to see as soon as possible!
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