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SubRosa |
Dec 25 2015, 09:18 PM
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Ancient

Joined: 14-March 10
From: Between The Worlds

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I watched The Force Awakens today. It was alright, but nothing spectacular. Basically what I expected once I saw that JJ Abrams was in charge. The plot is such a carbon copy of A New Hope that before it was even half-way through I was thinking "Ok this has to happen now, then this, than this, etc..." And of course it all went on schedule. That is always the case with JJ Abrams, he doesn't have an original bone in his body. All he can do is copy other people's work.
But I did like the new characters, and the old ones. Han Solo is still the coolest guy in the galaxy, and the Falcon is still the coolest ship to ever fly. I was very pleasantly surprised to see a female protagonist who actually gets to use a lightsaber and the force. We have never seen that in a Star Wars film before (just a few female Jedi in the prequels who are so far in the back that they never have names or dialogue). And wow, a second black man in the entire galaxy. It only took seven movies for that (oh wait, he's the third black man in the galaxy, I guess each trilogy gets to have one black man). It was also nice to see some aliens in the Rebel Alliance Resistance, instead of only humans. That is a lot more iconoclasm than one normally sees in a sequel, so I cannot complain about JJ Abrams too much.
But the Big Bad is named Snooki? Really? The Jersey Shore is now running the Empire? How the mighty have fallen...
This post has been edited by SubRosa: Dec 25 2015, 10:57 PM
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Grits |
Dec 25 2015, 09:47 PM
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Councilor

Joined: 6-November 10
From: The Gold Coast

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QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Dec 24 2015, 09:23 AM)  I'm watching Pitch Black. It's a damn good film, and the closest I get to a horror film. And I have to say, I prefer Riddick in this, as opposed to Chronicles of Riddick(haven't seen Riddick, no idea what he's like in that) because they don't try to make him a hero.
I love Pitch Black. I’m about to watch the last Harry Potter movie with the family.
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Decrepit |
Dec 26 2015, 11:46 AM
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Master

Joined: 9-September 15
From: Mid-South USA

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I've not done much 'serious' watching these past several days . . . a little of this, a little of that, nothing particularly post worthy. However, yesterday afternoon/evening I got wind of a 79 year old woman who began making gaming videos with commentary for post on YouTube several months ago (as of late Dec 2015). Here is episode one of her Skyrim LP. Even discounting the age factor it's a fine episode, better than a good many TES LP episodes I've attempted to watch.
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SubRosa |
Dec 27 2015, 10:55 PM
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Ancient

Joined: 14-March 10
From: Between The Worlds

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I finished season one of Rebels today. I absolutely loved it! Especially Sabine's Tie Fighter!  Sabine is definitely my favorite character. She has the whole Mandalorian thing going, plus she's an artist. I was also tickled pink to find out that I had guessed who Fulcrum was! Yaay! My favorite character from The Clone Wars! This post has been edited by SubRosa: Dec 27 2015, 11:10 PM
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hazmick |
Dec 28 2015, 04:29 AM
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Mouth

Joined: 28-July 10
From: North

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QUOTE(SubRosa @ Dec 27 2015, 09:55 PM)  I was also tickled pink to find out that I had guessed who Fulcrum was! Yaay! My favorite character from The Clone Wars!
Heh, I was waiting to see your reaction when she finally appeared. She looks great, and just gets better in S2  I just watched the first episode of Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands. Pretty good start, with some nice CGI beasties mixed into the medieval norse setting. Looks like it'll be a fun show. This post has been edited by hazmick: Dec 28 2015, 05:25 AM
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Grits |
Dec 28 2015, 11:27 PM
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Councilor

Joined: 6-November 10
From: The Gold Coast

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I’m watching season 5 of The Walking Dead. It got much better after the first two seasons, and though I haven’t checked because I don’t want plot spoilers it’s pretty obvious that the writing team has changed since the beginning. I really doubt that the first crew had even met people like most of the characters, much less understood them. It helped my enjoyment tremendously when some actors with authentic-sounding accents joined the cast. One guy in particular has a beautiful Atlanta accent, and another guy who is supposed to be from the same area but from a different social stratum sounds exactly right. Some of the original actors make my ears bleed. To be fair it’s not their fault when someone writes “ain’t” into their lines thinking that all southerners speak the same dialect. Ugh. There are believable and complicated characters now, though it’s still a cliffhanger-of-the-week kind of show. I think they knew how characters were supposed to develop and went too far starting them as weak/self-centered/idiots/assholes in the beginning to show that later they had changed. I spent two seasons cheerfully rooting for the zombies. That probably wasn’t the plan. Clone Wars and Rebels are next on our viewing list. 
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SubRosa |
Dec 28 2015, 11:54 PM
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Ancient

Joined: 14-March 10
From: Between The Worlds

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QUOTE(hazmick @ Dec 27 2015, 10:29 PM)  QUOTE(SubRosa @ Dec 27 2015, 09:55 PM)  I was also tickled pink to find out that I had guessed who Fulcrum was! Yaay! My favorite character from The Clone Wars!
Heh, I was waiting to see your reaction when she finally appeared. She looks great, and just gets better in S2  I just watched the first episode of Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands. Pretty good start, with some nice CGI beasties mixed into the medieval norse setting. Looks like it'll be a fun show. I just started Season 2 of Rebels. Rex!!! I am putting Beowulf down on my to watch list for the future. QUOTE(Grits @ Dec 28 2015, 05:27 PM)  I’m watching season 5 of The Walking Dead. It got much better after the first two seasons, and though I haven’t checked because I don’t want plot spoilers it’s pretty obvious that the writing team has changed since the beginning. I really doubt that the first crew had even met people like most of the characters, much less understood them. It helped my enjoyment tremendously when some actors with authentic-sounding accents joined the cast. One guy in particular has a beautiful Atlanta accent, and another guy who is supposed to be from the same area but from a different social stratum sounds exactly right. Some of the original actors make my ears bleed. To be fair it’s not their fault when someone writes “ain’t” into their lines thinking that all southerners speak the same dialect. Ugh. There are believable and complicated characters now, though it’s still a cliffhanger-of-the-week kind of show. I think they knew how characters were supposed to develop and went too far starting them as weak/self-centered/idiots/assholes in the beginning to show that later they had changed. I spent two seasons cheerfully rooting for the zombies. That probably wasn’t the plan. Clone Wars and Rebels are next on our viewing list.  I think the tv series is based off the comic, which I never read. But from some of the making off interviews in the bonus materials the tv show moves at a much slower pace. Some characters who die in season two only survived it one or two comic issues. So maybe they were supposed to grow up into non-disgusting people a whole lot sooner. This post has been edited by SubRosa: Dec 28 2015, 11:56 PM
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mALX |
Dec 29 2015, 04:32 PM
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Ancient

Joined: 14-March 10
From: Cyrodiil, the Wastelands, and BFE TN

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QUOTE(Decrepit @ Dec 20 2015, 08:57 AM)  I just rewatched a clip focusing on half-swording. The combatants don't hold back as much as one often encounters in such demonstrations, surprising in that one man is not armored. Watching this shows, amongst other things, how inadequately even the best video games depict true medieval combat techniques, though Kingdom Come Deliverance promises to be a step in the right direction. Relatedly, I watched an interesting answer to the question, "Which movie or TV series has the most realistic arms, armor and fighting?" and a very brief talk on the role of historical advisors in film. Off the subject, I enjoyed another video from the fellow who talked about film advisors. That first vid was amazing! It was hard to imagine the way he was holding that sword that he could cause any real harm, but the guy actually got sick and disoriented by the blows on his helmet! I really enjoy this guy narrating the next two vids, and most especially got a kick out of his rant about insulting art - and boy weren't those last figurines awesome!
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mALX |
Dec 29 2015, 10:42 PM
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Ancient

Joined: 14-March 10
From: Cyrodiil, the Wastelands, and BFE TN

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QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Dec 29 2015, 03:56 PM)  Just watched Jurassic ParkI love that film so much  That first film was EPIC!!! Didn't care much for the sequels, though.
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