10th Annual Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread
07-20-17, 10:42 AM
#251
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Besides the Star Wars franchise, the only thing she's done that's sci-fi/fantasy related is an episode of Amazing Stories (1987) titled "Gershwin's Trunk."
07-20-17, 11:26 AM
#252
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Last night, I finished an intriguing dystopian anime series called No. 6, about a gifted boy who looses his privileged status after helping a young fugitive. I came across the series on a list of anime with LGBT themes and decided to give it a go. Unlike a lot of anime featuring gay men, it's not really central to the story and there isn't a problematic age difference between the characters. While I enjoyed the series, I wish it had contained more episodes and further developed the plot and characters. There's a lot of ground covered in the last two episodes that could have been fleshed out. Still, I would definitely recommend it!
07-20-17, 08:39 PM
#253
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I've been watching Arrow off and on this month and I have to say, I am really enjoying the show. It seems like every episode is filled with more twists and turns than the last one.
07-21-17, 12:49 AM
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Picked up this trilogy for the challenge:
What is up with the crazy release status of this property? 1 OOP for like a decade and everyone is selling this Bootleg-ish Korean version and 2&3 never made it off VHS?!
What is up with the crazy release status of this property? 1 OOP for like a decade and everyone is selling this Bootleg-ish Korean version and 2&3 never made it off VHS?!
07-21-17, 01:40 AM
#256
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I actually was thinking of watching it for the challenge a few days ago but decided on something else. May have to change my mind and pop it in now...I used to watch it on TV all the time but haven't caught it in a long time.
07-21-17, 02:30 AM
#257
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I watched an incredibly weird movie from the 80s called Meet the Hollowheads that plays like an intersection of David Cronenberg and Terry Gilliam and the Jetsons. The plot concerns a sitcom plot where an ambitious employee brings his boss to dinner, but it's set in an alien or futuristic world where food flows through tubes, and every aspect of life involves goo and tentacles.
07-21-17, 03:01 AM
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I'm really enjoying this Challenge. So many great movies and TV shows to watch. I had insomnia tonight, so browsed my On Demand channels, and came across an episode of Power Rangers Dino Charge, on Nicktoons On Demand. I'm glad I checked it out, as it looked to be a good series. I've been a power rangers fan, since the first season. What got me into the show, was with the zords, it was like a live action Voltron. I eventually grew to like the show on its own merits.
07-21-17, 04:28 AM
#259
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I'm really enjoying this Challenge. So many great movies and TV shows to watch. I had insomnia tonight, so browsed my On Demand channels, and came across an episode of Power Rangers Dino Charge, on Nicktoons On Demand. I'm glad I checked it out, as it looked to be a good series. I've been a power rangers fan, since the first season. What got me into the show, was with the zords, it was like a live action Voltron. I eventually grew to like the show on its own merits.
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07-21-17, 07:27 AM
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I just finished Season 1 of Arrow, on Netflix. It took me a long time to finish the Season, with only watching occasional episodes for Challenges. For most of the season, I could take or leave the show, with the episodes in my opinion being nothing to write home about. However, I'm glad I stuck with the show, as in the last quarter of the season, the show really started getting good.
07-21-17, 09:27 AM
#261
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Yesterday, I watched Lunopolis, a mockumentary unravelling a conspiracy about time travelers living on the moon. It was a pretty satisfying low-budget flick and nailed the earnestness and paranoia of those types of conspiracy "documentaries". It's currently streaming on Hulu.
I also rewatched Porco Rosso, Miyazaki's film about a flying ace cursed to be and anthropomorphized pig. It's such a curious, wacky premise that shouldn't really work, but it always moves me, and I get teary eyed at the end. There's a sense of lackadaisical nostalgia for the past without any bitterness or resentment of the present that is so alluring.
I also rewatched Porco Rosso, Miyazaki's film about a flying ace cursed to be and anthropomorphized pig. It's such a curious, wacky premise that shouldn't really work, but it always moves me, and I get teary eyed at the end. There's a sense of lackadaisical nostalgia for the past without any bitterness or resentment of the present that is so alluring.
07-21-17, 10:23 AM
#262
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Being the anniversary of the first moon landing, I took a short break yesterday to watch part of my new copy of Apollo 11: Men on the Moon (from Spacecraft Films). It's a set that has the raw footage taken from various camera locations for prep, launch, landing, and first moon walk. I watched the launch, some of the broadcasts, landing, and some of the 1st EVA (that one ran over 1 1/2 hours and there's a 2nd one). It was very interesting. I saw all of this live (on TV at the time) and in repeats dozens of times over the years but seeing the raw, unedited, footage, sometimes from several different angles, was pretty cool.
07-21-17, 03:51 PM
#264
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Anniversary of the moon landing? Time to put on my Blu-ray of TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON!
07-22-17, 03:42 PM
#265
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Just a little cross promotion, but I started the Animation Challenge Discussion List Thread here. Starts in a week from Tuesday so if you're planning on getting any double credit in, take note!
07-22-17, 04:22 PM
#266
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I just finished a viewing of The Andromeda Strain. It's been decades since I last saw this film and I didn't have fond memories, only purchasing a copy because it was inexpensive and I wanted to see if it was as bad as I remembered. I still don't "love" it but do like it better than I recall. It suffers from a bit too much technobabble (it may be authentic but quickly becomes so much "wah wah wah" noise as in Charlie Brown adults speaking) and drawn out procedural scenes but generally isn't too bad a SF thriller. I think it could stand to have a good 30 minutes cut and still produce the desired results.
07-22-17, 09:55 PM
#267
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I had some free time tonight so I took a look at the list thread just to get a better feel for how people are doing in the challenge and how many people are working on the checklist as well.
I'm happy to say we have a few new people who have joined us the challenge and are doing well which is fun to see! Please let me know how you're liking it if you're following the discussion thread!
Secondly, I see that out of 37 participants (41 including myself and 3 people with no lists), only 9 (10 including myself) are actually working on the checklist. I know that could just be preference but when I took a look at the lists, only one person had completed it (go alyxstarr!). 3 had marked off a few and 6 of us have a pretty good start, though a ways to go before completing it. I know I've slowed down my watches this year because of time constraints, but it's a pretty hard list to complete no matter how you look at it.
So, with that in mind, I've taken a good look at the checklist and revamped it a bit. I cut quite a bit, and probably could have cut more, but decided to let you guys take a look at what I've done. I'll put the revamped list in spoilers with what I've cut in spoilers after so you can see what I took out.
Please let me know if there is something you think should be added back in, but keep in mind that if I do add something back, I'll be removing something else to take its place. Also, if you think of anything else that could be trimmed, let me know.
I do want the the checklist to be a challenge, but not impossible, so I don't want to cut too much. I also liked the diversity so tried not to just cut lesser known or older actors/directors.
I also will adjust it before the challenge next year to add any "He's Dead, Jim" names.
New checklist:
What I removed:
I'm happy to say we have a few new people who have joined us the challenge and are doing well which is fun to see! Please let me know how you're liking it if you're following the discussion thread!
Secondly, I see that out of 37 participants (41 including myself and 3 people with no lists), only 9 (10 including myself) are actually working on the checklist. I know that could just be preference but when I took a look at the lists, only one person had completed it (go alyxstarr!). 3 had marked off a few and 6 of us have a pretty good start, though a ways to go before completing it. I know I've slowed down my watches this year because of time constraints, but it's a pretty hard list to complete no matter how you look at it.
So, with that in mind, I've taken a good look at the checklist and revamped it a bit. I cut quite a bit, and probably could have cut more, but decided to let you guys take a look at what I've done. I'll put the revamped list in spoilers with what I've cut in spoilers after so you can see what I took out.
Please let me know if there is something you think should be added back in, but keep in mind that if I do add something back, I'll be removing something else to take its place. Also, if you think of anything else that could be trimmed, let me know.
I do want the the checklist to be a challenge, but not impossible, so I don't want to cut too much. I also liked the diversity so tried not to just cut lesser known or older actors/directors.
I also will adjust it before the challenge next year to add any "He's Dead, Jim" names.
New checklist:
Spoiler:
What I removed:
Spoiler:
07-23-17, 02:15 AM
#268
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Re: 10th Annual Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread
I had some free time tonight so I took a look at the list thread just to get a better feel for how people are doing in the challenge and how many people are working on the checklist as well.
I'm happy to say we have a few new people who have joined us the challenge and are doing well which is fun to see! Please let me know how you're liking it if you're following the discussion thread!
Secondly, I see that out of 37 participants (41 including myself and 3 people with no lists), only 9 (10 including myself) are actually working on the checklist. I know that could just be preference but when I took a look at the lists, only one person had completed it (go alyxstarr!). 3 had marked off a few and 6 of us have a pretty good start, though a ways to go before completing it. I know I've slowed down my watches this year because of time constraints, but it's a pretty hard list to complete no matter how you look at it.
So, with that in mind, I've taken a good look at the checklist and revamped it a bit. I cut quite a bit, and probably could have cut more, but decided to let you guys take a look at what I've done. I'll put the revamped list in spoilers with what I've cut in spoilers after so you can see what I took out.
Please let me know if there is something you think should be added back in, but keep in mind that if I do add something back, I'll be removing something else to take its place. Also, if you think of anything else that could be trimmed, let me know.
I do want the the checklist to be a challenge, but not impossible, so I don't want to cut too much. I also liked the diversity so tried not to just cut lesser known or older actors/directors.
I also will adjust it before the challenge next year to add any "He's Dead, Jim" names.
New checklist:
What I removed:
I'm happy to say we have a few new people who have joined us the challenge and are doing well which is fun to see! Please let me know how you're liking it if you're following the discussion thread!
Secondly, I see that out of 37 participants (41 including myself and 3 people with no lists), only 9 (10 including myself) are actually working on the checklist. I know that could just be preference but when I took a look at the lists, only one person had completed it (go alyxstarr!). 3 had marked off a few and 6 of us have a pretty good start, though a ways to go before completing it. I know I've slowed down my watches this year because of time constraints, but it's a pretty hard list to complete no matter how you look at it.
So, with that in mind, I've taken a good look at the checklist and revamped it a bit. I cut quite a bit, and probably could have cut more, but decided to let you guys take a look at what I've done. I'll put the revamped list in spoilers with what I've cut in spoilers after so you can see what I took out.
Please let me know if there is something you think should be added back in, but keep in mind that if I do add something back, I'll be removing something else to take its place. Also, if you think of anything else that could be trimmed, let me know.
I do want the the checklist to be a challenge, but not impossible, so I don't want to cut too much. I also liked the diversity so tried not to just cut lesser known or older actors/directors.
I also will adjust it before the challenge next year to add any "He's Dead, Jim" names.
New checklist:
Spoiler:
What I removed:
Spoiler:
07-23-17, 03:10 AM
#269
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I need to pay more attention to labeling:
07-23-17, 04:09 AM
#270
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I'm ready to move onto the Heisei series of Godzilla movies now, as last night I watched my last Showa movie, Terror Of MechaGodzilla. Some time I would like to buy Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla, as I saw last week it is available on VUDU.
07-23-17, 06:52 AM
#271
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In honor of Shark Week, I plan to catch some sci-fi shark movies this week sometime.
07-23-17, 07:16 AM
#273
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I hate when this happens. I took my Blu-ray of TRANSFORMERS: DOTM off the shelf, opened it, popped out the only disc visible, put it in the machine and, over the course of two protracted viewing sessions (with a long nap in between), watched all 154 min. of it. It didn't quite look like Blu-ray quality and I wondered if that was because it was a no-frills release (costing me only $5 when I bought it). So when I popped the disc out of the machine and put it back in the case, I noticed that under the coupon on the opposite side of the case was another disc--the Blu-ray! It was one of those Blu-ray/DVD combo editions and I had watched the DVD. What a wasted opportunity. I enjoy the movie, but I'm not keen on watching it again any time soon.
07-23-17, 07:42 AM
#274
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I tend to work on the checklist "off line" in excel and paste it in to my list at the end of the month. just fyi
07-23-17, 09:24 AM
#275
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I watched my Blu-ray of GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE (1995), which turns out to be a loose remake of the next one I watched, GAMERA VS. GYAOS (1967). Both are excellent.
Other Kaiju I want to re-watch for this challenge because of their 50th anniversary this year are SON OF GODZILLA and KING KONG ESCAPES.
I watched GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS and KING KONG VS. GODZILLA (both English and Japanese versions) earlier this year as research for different blog entries (one on Raymond Burr's centennial and one on the 50th anniversary of YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, which co-starred the two Japanese actresses from KING KONG VS. G).