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[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Re: Hollywood Game of Thrones v. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire

While it irked him about some of the things the show did that he feels the books did better, Khajiit understands that some things don't translate well from book to film. Also, the tv audience gets bored somewhat easily, so there is a necessity to constantly "one up" what was done in previous episodes/seasons by doing increasingly more shocking (and sometimes outlandish) things.

And that right there is why I tend to not care much for TV watching. They think people are too stupid to appreciate good writing if it isn't loaded with special effects and overly fantastic and over the top "shock and awe."

Me = I just love the good writing and in depth characters GRRM was genius enough to create. To me that is more exciting than any of all that extra Hollywood crap (imho).

Khajiit feels the same.

[Uleni Athram]

Constantine (2005). Aww man aww man. I remember watching this as a kid on a lazy afternoon. That lazy afternoon turned into a haunted afternoon. DC's current CU should take notes off of this, and actually make a sequel; I've heard that there was this TV series, but if you ask me, Keanu Reeves (though a brunette) captured the essence of the character.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Constantine (2005). Aww man aww man. I remember watching this as a kid on a lazy afternoon. That lazy afternoon turned into a haunted afternoon. DC's current CU should take notes off of this, and actually make a sequel; I've heard that there was this TV series, but if you ask me, Keanu Reeves (though a brunette) captured the essence of the character.

Khajiit likes that movie, mainly because Rachel Weisz is in it, but yeah good stuff!

[Uleni Athram]

Good stuff indeed! Stormare's Lucifer was heavy and hammy af; a very good example of a One-Scene-Wonder.

[SubRosa]

I have been watching the Underworld films again, starting with the first on 4k. I have seen these movies so many times nothing is new anymore. But it is still a fun ride. I liked how the first two films basically wiped out the old ruling class of vampires and lycanthropes, and in the process replaced them with a new aristocracy in the form of Selene and Michael.

Plus so many great actors. I have always been a fan of Bill Nighy. It was my first time noticing Tony Curran. What a voice he has! Kate Beckinsale is just fantastic. And not hard to took at in skintight latex and leather. She is basically my character Persephone, except Persephone has white hair and silver eyes. But they both behave in exactly the same ways.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Mar 3 2017, 04:08 AM

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

I have been watching the Underworld films again, starting with the first on 4k. I have seen these movies so many times nothing is new anymore. But it is still a fun ride. I liked how the first two films basically wiped out the old ruling class of vampires and lycanthropes, and in the process replaced them with a new aristocracy in the form of Selene and Michael.

Plus so many great actors. I have always been a fan of Bill Nighy. It was my first time noticing Tony Curran. What a voice he has! Kate Beckinsale is just fantastic. And not hard to took at in skintight latex and leather. She is basically my character Persephone, except Persephone has white hair and silver eyes. But they both behave in exactly the same ways.

Khajiit still hasn't seen Rise of the Lycans, Awakening, or Blood Wars. Not really sure why as this one likes the first two.

[hazmick]

Love me some Underworld. Still haven't seen the new one but I definitely need to marathon all of the films again soon.

[SubRosa]

My Underworld watching morphed into a Blade marathon. I am in the middle of Blade II and I just realized that the Asian guy in the Blood Pack is Donnie Yen! And the guy called Preacher is Tony Curran! (Markus from Underworld 2).

I finished watching it, and recognized even more people. The skeezy kid Scud is Darryl from the Walking Dead, back when he was much younger. Luke Goss is the bad guy Reaper, and Thomas Kretschmann is the big bad Nosferatu.

While watching through the credits I even noticed that Timothy Bradstreet had a nod as vampire designer. For those who have never played Vampire the Masquerade or Shadowrun, he's an artist who did a lot of work in pen and paper RPGs (like the two above) and comics. He is really good. I have known his work for decades, so it was cool to see he was involved. Like Alan Lee and John Howe were part of the LOTR movies.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Mar 5 2017, 04:01 AM

[Darkness Eternal]

My Underworld watching morphed into a Blade marathon. I am in the middle of Blade II and I just realized that the Asian guy in the Blood Pack is Donnie Yen! And the guy called Preacher is Tony Curran! (Markus from Underworld 2).

I finished watching it, and recognized even more people. The skeezy kid Scud is Darryl from the Walking Dead, back when he was much younger. Luke Goss is the bad guy Reaper, and Thomas Kretschmann is the big bad Nosferatu.

While watching through the credits I even noticed that Timothy Bradstreet had a nod as vampire designer. For those who have never played Vampire the Masquerade or Shadowrun, he's an artist who did a lot of work in pen and paper RPGs (like the two above) and comics. He is really good. I have known his work for decades, so it was cool to see he was involved. Like Alan Lee and John Howe were part of the LOTR movies.

Totally! Donny Yen kicked ass in Blade II even though he was on there for a little bit. I think he played Snowman in Blade II. He was the mute one! And I recognized Markus too haha!

[Callidus Thorn]

Just watched the first episodes of the new series of Robot Wars and Top Gear.

Robot Wars is just as awesome as ever. Because how could it not be?

And the new series of Top Gear actually looks promising.

[hazmick]

I watched the newest Bourne film (titled Jason Bourne) this evening. Pretty good stuff, and about what you'd expect. Matt Damon punching his way through CIA folks who are always up to no good.

It felt a lot more 'action-y' than I remember the previous films being. Less clever spy shenanigans and hiding, more shooting and car chases. Maybe I'm just misremembering the older films...might have to rewatch them all.

Still, enjoyable, and hearing Extreme Ways by Moby when the credits started rolling really made me smile.

[SubRosa]

I love all the different versions of Extreme Ways. It wouldn't be a Bourne movie without Moby.

A third season of Nazi Mega Weapons recently came to Netflix. So I have been watching that. So far pretty interesting stuff. Especially the episode about the U-boats. Looking at the Type 21, I immediately thought of the US and Soviet nuclear subs that followed it. Like so many things, they are plainly copied from the German machine.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

I love all the different versions of Extreme Ways. It wouldn't be a Bourne movie without Moby.

A third season of Nazi Mega Weapons recently came to Netflix. So I have been watching that. So far pretty interesting stuff. Especially the episode about the U-boats. Looking at the Type 21, I immediately thought of the US and Soviet nuclear subs that followed it. Like so many things, they are plainly copied from the German machine.

Khajiit likes learning about the weird and awesome weapons the Axis powers were trying to create in WWII. Like the Japanese "death ray" and balloon bombs, and the attachment the Germans made for the Stg 44 that let them shoot around corners!

[SubRosa]

I love all the different versions of Extreme Ways. It wouldn't be a Bourne movie without Moby.

A third season of Nazi Mega Weapons recently came to Netflix. So I have been watching that. So far pretty interesting stuff. Especially the episode about the U-boats. Looking at the Type 21, I immediately thought of the US and Soviet nuclear subs that followed it. Like so many things, they are plainly copied from the German machine.

Khajiit likes learning about the weird and awesome weapons the Axis powers were trying to create in WWII. Like the Japanese "death ray" and balloon bombs, and the attachment the Germans made for the Stg 44 that let them shoot around corners!

The Stg 44 in itself is an amazing invention!

Most of the series is not even about weapons, but rather massive construction projects. Like the Siegfried Line or Atlantic Wall. There were these four towers they built for Berlin's air defense that had AA guns atop. They were made of such thick concrete and steel that there literally impregnable from Allied bombs. The sub pens they built in the Bay of Biscay ports are featured, which again were made to be bomb-proof. The U-boat episode I just watched featured a massive factory in Bremen made to build the Type XXI subs. It was so big it could hold 18 subs at once time. The final two chambers could be sealed up with subs inside, pumped full of water, and then the subs would sail out into the Weser river. It is really cool going inside these places, which still stand today.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

I love all the different versions of Extreme Ways. It wouldn't be a Bourne movie without Moby.

A third season of Nazi Mega Weapons recently came to Netflix. So I have been watching that. So far pretty interesting stuff. Especially the episode about the U-boats. Looking at the Type 21, I immediately thought of the US and Soviet nuclear subs that followed it. Like so many things, they are plainly copied from the German machine.

Khajiit likes learning about the weird and awesome weapons the Axis powers were trying to create in WWII. Like the Japanese "death ray" and balloon bombs, and the attachment the Germans made for the Stg 44 that let them shoot around corners!

The Stg 44 in itself is an amazing invention!

Most of the series is not even about weapons, but rather massive construction projects. Like the Siegfried Line or Atlantic Wall. There were these four towers they built for Berlin's air defense that had AA guns atop. They were made of such thick concrete and steel that there literally impregnable from Allied bombs. The sub pens they built in the Bay of Biscay ports are featured, which again were made to be bomb-proof. The U-boat episode I just watched featured a massive factory in Bremen made to build the Type XXI subs. It was so big it could hold 18 subs at once time. The final two chambers could be sealed up with subs inside, pumped full of water, and then the subs would sail out into the Weser river. It is really cool going inside these places, which still stand today.

Khajiit agrees about the Stg44. Revolutionized firearm design. And to think, it almost didn't get made.

[Uleni Athram]

I just watched a bird instigate a fight between two cats 😂😂😂

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

I just watched a bird instigate a fight between two cats 😂😂😂

Bahahaha!

[SubRosa]

I just finished Train To Busan. It was pretty good. It is a K Z movie. Which is to say a Korean zombie movie, mostly set on a train bound to Busan. Not great, but good.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

I just finished Train To Busan. It was pretty good. It is a K Z movie. Which is to say a Korean zombie movie, mostly set on a train bound to Busan. Not great, but good.

Speaking of train movies, did you ever see Snowpiercer? Khajiit thought it was an interesting take on the Post-apocalyptic genre.

[SubRosa]

I liked Snowpiercer. It was a nice divergence from Chris Evan's usual nice guy Captain America role. More like the characters he tended to player earlier in his career, like Johnny DoucheBag Storm. Or the Ex from Scott Pilgrim vs the World.

A few things did not make much sense about Snowpiercer. Like why not just stop the train? There was no reason it had to keep going after all. It is not like there was anywhere to go to. How does it keep going after 18 years? I mean there are not any gas stations anymore. Even if it was nuclear powered, it would have still needed to get more nuclear fuel by then. And how come the tracks never got covered over with debris like collapsed buildings? Or a bridge never collapsed? Finally one bad guy comes back from the dead near the end. I didn't know this was going to be a necromancy film!

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Mar 11 2017, 04:40 AM