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Old 07-25-17 | 05:59 PM
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You should have opened with that line... I wouldn't have bothered to read the rest of the post! LOL
:LOL: I'll try to do better next time.
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So... you're, like, one of those hipsters?
Nope... too old. But other than that the description pretty much fits.
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I've been moving over that last four days so I've not had much time to watch stuff. However, I took a nice break this evening to watch a couple episodes of The Legend of Korra and an episode of One Piece, two animated series that I stopped watching after getting distracted by shiny things. I've seen the first two seasons of Korra and hope to watch the series in its entirely after getting the box set super cheap. When I first watched it, I wasn't sound on the idea (Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of my favorite shows), but it quickly won me over, especially since it features a post-Industrial Revolution society that contrasts nicely with the more agrarian society of Avatar.

Originally Posted by BobO'Link
Nope... too old. But other than that the description pretty much fits.
Hehe! We'll have to figure out the terminology and label you! I'm sure someone on BuzzFeed or HuffPost has written a whole article about it!
Old 07-26-17 | 01:04 AM
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I've been moving over that last four days so I've not had much time to watch stuff. However, I took a nice break this evening to watch a couple episodes of The Legend of Korra and an episode of One Piece, two animated series that I stopped watching after getting distracted by shiny things. I've seen the first two seasons of Korra and hope to watch the series in its entirely after getting the box set super cheap. When I first watched it, I wasn't sound on the idea (Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of my favorite shows), but it quickly won me over, especially since it features a post-Industrial Revolution society that contrasts nicely with the more agrarian society of Avatar.



Hehe! We'll have to figure out the terminology and label you! I'm sure someone on BuzzFeed or HuffPost has written a whole article about it!
I just finished watching an episode of The Legend Of Korra, on Nicktoons myself. I've never really paid much attention to the show before, but from what I saw, I enjoyed it, and will likely watch more of the show.
Old 07-26-17 | 07:30 AM
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i am finally getting round to watching game of thrones. just finished the first four episodes of season 1
Old 07-26-17 | 10:02 AM
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i am finally getting round to watching game of thrones. just finished the first four episodes of season 1
You are in for a very good ride... Get ready to get mad... very mad... very, very mad... but good things happen too... It just keeps getting better.

I've not yet read the books, and feel that's a good thing, so I didn't have any preconceived notions about how things "should be" or foreknowledge of events. Of course with S7 we're all on an even keel as they've now gotten into the parts of the story that haven't yet been published.
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Hehe! We'll have to figure out the terminology and label you! I'm sure someone on BuzzFeed or HuffPost has written a whole article about it!
At the LCS (Local Comic Shop for you non comic readers) I'm known as "The Wise Old Sage" - for what that's worth...

When it comes right down to a label, I'm more of an enigma wrapped in a conundrum...
Old 07-26-17 | 08:41 PM
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You are in for a very good ride... Get ready to get mad... very mad... very, very mad...
Thanks.
Spoiler:
Watching Ned Stark get beheaded has already got me mad.

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Old 07-26-17 | 08:44 PM
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Thanks.
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Watching Ned Stark get beheaded has already got me mad
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Please be careful of spoilers!
Old 07-27-17 | 07:21 AM
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Please be careful of spoilers!
sorry. i figured im last man on earth to see season one.
Old 07-27-17 | 09:10 AM
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sorry. i figured im last man on earth to see season one.
Nope... not by a long shot. I know people who've never seen the original Planet of the Apes and don't know how it ends, although I find that one a bit hard to believe considering it's been spoiled everywhere for decades...
Old 07-27-17 | 09:15 AM
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I've only seen a couple episodes of Season 1. I enjoy it, but a lot of times I have buffering issues.
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sorry. i figured im last man on earth to see season one.
Well, you might be the last man on earth to not see it, but there are plenty of women out there that haven't!
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I've only seen a couple episodes of Season 1. I enjoy it, but a lot of times I have buffering issues.
Have you tried to go down to SD? That helped when I've gone through that with my Roku. But the full reboot seemed to have fixed that problem for me for the most part. At least it's a lot better than it used to be.
Old 07-27-17 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by numbercrunch
sorry. i figured im last man on earth to see season one.
I would suggest spoiler-tagging your original post.
Old 07-27-17 | 01:52 PM
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Yeah, I've only seen one episode of GoT. Loved it and always plan to binge it come each July. Maybe I'll forget that spoiler by next year.
Old 07-27-17 | 03:11 PM
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Well, you might be the last man on earth to not see it, but there are plenty of women out there that haven't!

Have you tried to go down to SD? That helped when I've gone through that with my Roku. But the full reboot seemed to have fixed that problem for me for the most part. At least it's a lot better than it used to be.
The full reboot helped on my Roku, but I watch on my tablet a lot too, and that's where a lot of my streaming issues are, due to poor cell phone signal.
Old 07-27-17 | 03:50 PM
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I'm fully caught up with GOT. For the past 3 seasons I've started with S1E1 and binge watched the entire thing starting a couple of weeks before the new season starts... except for this year. Because of all the episodes, this year I meant to watch an episode a day up to the new season starting. That plan kind of fell through and I only had time to get in S6. I hope to do better before S8 starts.
Old 07-27-17 | 07:20 PM
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Anyone remember the underwater sci-fi binge Hollywood gave us in 1989? Within a few months of each other, we got Leviathan, DeepStar Six, and The Abyss. I'm thinking about subjecting myself to all three before the month is out.

Leviathan would be a great B horror film if Alien and The Thing didn't exist. It pretty much rips off it's best parts from them. Still, it has a solid cast and score, and is somewhat fun.

I'm not positive I ever saw or own DeepStar Six, but I imagine I'll be able to at least youtube it. Seems like it was received the worst of the three.

Looking forward to re-visiting The Abyss, it's been awhile.
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I don't remember that craze, but the first thing I thought of was the sci-fi TV craze that tried to ride on the coattails of Lost. One of those was an underwater series I always thought I'd catch up on.

Finished my double feature of Golden Voyage of Sinbad and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. As a youth, I enjoyed the glorious big-screen moment of Jane Seymour sunning herself by the river.

Randomly watching a super-low-budget series called Continuum (not to be confused with the cable series of the same name with Rachel Nichols--which I also intend to catch up on one of these Julys). Apparently it's a web series that has been woven together into two 40-minute episodes. It lives up to its budget, but now I need to finish it to find out what happens.
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I don't remember that craze, but the first thing I thought of was the sci-fi TV craze that tried to ride on the coattails of Lost. One of those was an underwater series I always thought I'd catch up on.
Surface? I watched that, and I thought it had promise. Of course with the way it ended:
Spoiler:
with no ending, no resolution, very few answers. That experience made me very distrustful of serialized shows. At least that seemed dependent on a giant multi-season story arc on which everything depended (as opposed to things like Walking Dead that break things down into shorter arcs that might last a season or two).


Believe it or not, I think I watched The Beastmaster for the first time tonight. Not sure how I missed it since I was the perfect age to love this sort of thing when it came out. Not to mention how heavily it was the rotation on cable tv over the next decade or so. What an odd follow-up to Phantasm for writer/director Don Coscarelli.
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I was thinking about GI Joe this morning, figuring I would have to wait until next week to watch it,. I just checked IMDb though, as I thought I could at least watch the original mini series this week. It turns out the series has a sci-fi label though.
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Finished my double feature of Golden Voyage of Sinbad and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. As a youth, I enjoyed the glorious big-screen moment of Jane Seymour sunning herself by the river.
Waiting for my limited edition Blu-ray set of the three Sinbad movies to arrive from Amazon UK. Probably won't be in time for this month now, but I'm still excited for it. It'll go well with my other Harryhausen set! Of course I have them on DVD, but that's a double-dip I can live with!
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Looking forward to re-visiting The Abyss, it's been awhile.
And when the heck is it coming out on Blu-ray?? Or even a decent DVD?? Frustrating.
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Looking forward to re-visiting The Abyss, it's been awhile.
Originally Posted by pacaway
And when the heck is it coming out on Blu-ray?? Or even a decent DVD?? Frustrating.
I don't consider it a "great" film but it is entertaining and deserves a better release than what's currently available. I'd purchase a BR if one ever comes out...

I've been watching an old Kurt Russell trilogy: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972), and The Strongest Man in the World (1975) over the past few days. Somehow I'd never seen the last two and never knew they were a trilogy until a couple of days ago. I purchased a Kurt Russell Disney film set which has all three, as well as The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968), which I also don't think I've ever seen. It was a fun trilogy and one I'll revisit, hopefully with the grandkids as I think they'll enjoy them. They're certainly better than the pablum Disney puts out these days!

I then broke out my new BR upgrade of Predator. I've read complaints this one is DNR'd to death and looks horrible. I thought it looked fine on my setup. It may have too much DNR but I'm sure I saw grain (which is typically absent for stuff that's had heavy handed DNR applied). It's still a fun film. I picked up a LD on all 5 Predator films (which includes the less-than-stellar Alien vs. movies) for just a couple $$ more than the trilogy sells so I'm happy. Now I have to decide if I'm going to try and watch them all before Monday...
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I picked up a LD on all 5 Predator films
Alan?
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Originally Posted by brainee
Surface? I watched that, and I thought it had promise. Of course with the way it ended:
Spoiler:
with no ending, no resolution, very few answers. That experience made me very distrustful of serialized shows. At least that seemed dependent on a giant multi-season story arc on which everything depended (as opposed to things like Walking Dead that break things down into shorter arcs that might last a season or two).
That was it. Thanks for doing my research for me.

Originally Posted by pacaway
Waiting for my limited edition Blu-ray set of the three Sinbad movies to arrive from Amazon UK. Probably won't be in time for this month now, but I'm still excited for it. It'll go well with my other Harryhausen set! Of course I have them on DVD, but that's a double-dip I can live with!
Still really tempted by that set but I do have Jason on BD and the two color Sinbads in digital HD so I think I'm in good shape.


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