| 16 JUN 2011 at 6:00pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Oh, hey...-for the last three episodes of Thrones, I've been wanting to say how tense this was getting.
Not having read the books, I was also pretty sad over what happened in the last episode. If only I had more time to read! I've grabbed the book now, but I don't have enough time to catch up with the show. Perhaps I should skip a bit here and there... :
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| 19 JUN 2011 at 5:30pm |
StilerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Yes it's been building up very well for this season.
Tonight's episode should be a good one. Dany is really coming into her own as a character.
Has anyone here been watching The Killing? It has been a fairly good show, one of the best out of this new season of shows. Finale is on tonight, last weeks reveal was a bit unexpected. It seemed obvious so you'd think na, then that...
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| 20 JUN 2011 at 6:23pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Yes, although I still regret the actress choice they finally made for Catelyn Stark, I'm very happy with the choice they ended up making for Daenerys.
This last episode is so cool and exciting, pleez don't tell me it's the last one for the season?
Not been watching The Killing. Not enough time for everything.
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"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 20 JUN 2011 at 7:17pm |
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Originally Posted By Stiler (19 JUN 2011 5:30pm)
Yes it's been building up very well for this season.
Tonight's episode should be a good one. Dany is really coming into her own as a character.
Has anyone here been watching The Killing? It has been a fairly good show, one of the best out of this new season of shows. Finale is on tonight, last weeks reveal was a bit unexpected. It seemed obvious so you'd think na, then that...
If you liked the twist at the end of last week's episode of The Killing, I'll bet you loved the one at the end of last night's season finale.
Now, bring on the gritty, new seasons of Dexter and Breaking Bad...
Cheers, Terry
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| 21 JUN 2011 at 3:19pm |
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Status : Offline | I finally got to watch Black Swan. Very good, very intense, and very disturbing...
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"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 21 JUN 2011 at 10:10pm |
karlaAdministrator
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Status : Offline | Glad you finally saw it, Trav. Glad you liked it, too.
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| 18 JUL 2011 at 4:27pm |
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Status : Offline | I never watched Dexter when it aired originally, (never thought I'd be interested in the antics of a serial killer) and have now caught up with it up to ep. 5 of season 2 (in the gap that Thrones left). Gee, and a lot of catching up I have to do, I see, so please don't give me any spoilers...)
I've now left it for a bit - it was actually starting to give me nightmares with all those creepy 'Dexter as a kiddie' scenes - it also messes with your mind to be 'tricked' into identifying with a serial killer, I've found.
..so now that I have a gap in my viewing, I started looking at TV guides and I noticed that I've missed something else that might be interesting - Camelot.
So has anybody here been watching Camelot, and what do you think of it?
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“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 18 JUL 2011 at 6:00pm |
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Status : Offline | OMG! Which reminds me I must make a plan to get to see the new H. Potter! Anyone seen it yet? No spoilers, mind...
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“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 18 JUL 2011 at 6:49pm |
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By placeholder (18 JUL 2011 4:26pm)
I never watched Dexter when it aired originally, (never thought I'd be interested in the antics of a serial killer) and have now caught up with it up to ep. 5 of season 2 (in the gap that Thrones left). (Gee, and a lot of catching up I have to do, I see, so please don't give me any spoilers...)
I've now left it for a bit - it was actually starting to give me nightmares with all those creepy 'Dexter as a kiddie' scenes - it also messes with your mind to be 'tricked' into identifying with a serial killer, I've found.
..so now that I have a gap in my viewing, I started looking at TV guides and I noticed that I've missed something else that might be interesting - Camelot.
So has anybody here been watching Camelot, and what do you think of it?
One word, Terrible.
The entire show as bad except for Eva Green's performance of Morgan, she was really the only redeeming thing about the show and it's a shame she had to share screen time with some of the other actors.
The main actor that plays Arthur, Jamie Campbell Bower, is easily one of the worst actors I've watched in a show like this. He just takes all the life of the scenes he's in and destroys it. He looks like he should be on the beach somewhere rather then acting in a tv show, no emotion or anything.
It sucks because I also watch the BBC series, Merlin, and the Arthur from that show would have been sooooooo much better in this one. Though they are different shows in terms of story (Merlin takes place with a young merlin/arthur, what-if kind of scenario and can be abit cheesy at times).
Apart from that the show itself just isn't that good, as far as the writing/storylines go.
I found the older Merlin mini-series, starring Sam Neill, to be a faaaar better series, though it obviously focuses on Merlin more then other characters.
You can give it at least one episode to watch, to see what I mean and if you agree.
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| 19 JUL 2011 at 2:14am |
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Stiler (18 JUL 2011 6:48pm)
One word, Terrible.
Well said. The show had indifferent direction, middling acting, drab and uninteresting sets, sophomoric writing, and of course a story arc which is, by its very definition, predictable.
Moreover the only thing Camelot brings to the Arthurian legend is teen angst and an annoyingly mystical Merlin (mysticism being all the rage in today's television).
You're definitely better of watching "Rome" if you want something serious, or even maybe Hercules if you don't.
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| 19 JUL 2011 at 10:07am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Oh boo. What a pity. Thanks for the recommendations, will check them out!
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“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 20 JUL 2011 at 7:39am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | I went to see Harry Potter Deathly Hallows, pt 2 last night and I have to say I was entertained right the way through. I'm sure the book contained far more than the movie but it barely showed.
The special effects were great fun and the ending was appropriate if a little unexplained. All round, a fitting conclusion.
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| 20 JUL 2011 at 11:01am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Sadly, I probably won't get time to go see HP this week. Oh well, nevermind, it will still be around for quite a while still, I'm sure. In a certain sense, I'll be very very sad to see what might be the last HP movie ever.
I've not read the book, but I've been enjoying the movies.
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“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 20 JUL 2011 at 1:26pm |
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Status : Offline | I went to see the 3D version - and paid extra - but it simply wasn't worth it as there were precious few 3D effects. And at the end of the movie, you really don't feel that there ought to be more stories. I'll be interested to hear your comments. I haven't read any of the books either.
Spoiler AlertDefinite feel of Star Wars about this saga.
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| 20 JUL 2011 at 6:14pm |
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (20 JUL 2011 7:38am)
I went to see Harry Potter Deathly Hallows, pt 2 last night and I have to say I was entertained right the way through. I'm sure the book contained far more than the movie but it barely showed.
The special effects were great fun and the ending was appropriate if a little unexplained. All round, a fitting conclusion.
About what I thought of it.
Dear Diary, My teenage angst bullsh*t now has a bodycount.
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| 6 AUG 2011 at 7:01am |
karlaAdministrator
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Status : Offline | This isn't exactly a movie in the strictest sense of the word. It's a concert DVD.
If anyone here is a fan of Toto and hasn't already done so, I highly recommend buying the group's 25th Anniversary Concert: Live in Amsterdam 2003 DVD.
I never realized how great Toto actually was until now. After 25 years, they sound as good as they ever did. On top of that, they look like they're having a good time performing and the chemistry they have with the audience amounts to a love fest.
Of particular note are the group's harmonies and Steve "Luke" Lukather's guitar picking. Also, the concert includes Africa, which is a favorite of mine.
The DVD's production values as well as the audio (Dolby Digital surround sound) and picture quality are first rate. This is one of the finest concert DVDs I've ever seen. I've watched it several times since I got it, and each time, it's drawn me in and taken me to a very nice place indeed.
The DVD includes a some behind-the-scenes silliness from the Beyond the Looking Glass Tour and, as a bonus, you get an audio CD consisting of a slightly abridged version of the concert.
For anyone who's interested, videos from this concert are available over at YouTube. In fact, I discovered the existence of the DVD when I tripped over one of them by accident while looking for something else.
Here's a link to the medley that opens the show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFur5ljAwd4
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| 16 AUG 2011 at 8:06pm |
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Don't watch it. Please don't watch it. The acting was decent, the special effects were quite alright, but the plot was horrible. Oh, the trailer spoils the ending (actually, the trailer spoils almost the entire plot).
This movie tries to explain how the apes manages to take over the world. How, you might ask? Because someone injected them with a virus that made them super smart (which they do right at the start of the movie), and that could kill humans (but the virus was supposed to help with Alzheimer's disease).
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| 16 AUG 2011 at 10:37pm |
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The world comes to an end and not a minute too soon. :
I was really relieved that god utterly destroyed those completely uninteresting characters that annoyed me the whole time.
Only the first five minutes are beautifully done, then the movies becomes a train wreck in slow-motion. :-X
I'm sure many will disagree, and even state that this one of the most beautiful disaster movies ever.
But i'm just waaay to rational for this kind of crap
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| 17 AUG 2011 at 7:39am |
karlaAdministrator
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Status : Offline | I've just watched Inception for about the 83rd time and noticed something that hadn't registered the first 82 times.
On the third level, one of the outer walls of the fortress has CCTV stenciled on it.
You just can't get away from Big Brother anywhere, can you?
That's supposed to be funny. Ha-ha bloody ha.
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| 17 AUG 2011 at 8:29am |
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Status : Offline | Oops I forgot to write something about the last Harry Potter. Well, I liked it. I really liked it. I found it was less dark than it's prequel, and I loved the ending, because it was actually the twist that I had not expected. Spoiler Alert I was fully expecting Harry to die. Surprise, surprise and we have a happy ending in this era of ambiguous or catastrophic endings. (Shall I say non-happy endings). So a happy ending was a welcome breath of fresh air. I just find it so irritating though, that Hermoine keeps preferring Ron over Harry? Has she got rocks in her head, or what? :
Then I also want to winge about something else; about how the TV show Dexter ended it's fourth season.
Spoiler AlertWhat were the producers thinking in killing off Rita? ..and in such a way too. I read up about it, thinking that perhaps the actress wanted to leave, but quite the opposite - she loved the show and was very sad when they informed her that they were killing off her character! [smiley=hair_pull.gif]Well, I'm so upset with them that I'm sulking, and refuse to watch the rest of their stupid series. (Which I had loved for it's suspense up to the point before they made such an idiotic move, btw.. > )
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"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 18 AUG 2011 at 12:07am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | My theory about Hermione and Ron Weasly.
I think Hermione is such a star wizard, so clearly brighter and smarter than Ron and she has proved her courage and 'take charge' attitude several times. But would a marriage that contained two strong personalities be comfortable or would they be in eternal competition with each other?
With Ron, Hermione has a devoted, able and dependable man who will adore her, defer to her but his nonchalance will cool her tension a bit. He will extend himself to meet her expectations and his loyalty will give her that secure domestic basis she needs to be content. He won't overshadow her the way Harry would have.
I may have mistaken this but didn't Harry marry Ron's sister? If I got that right, it would cement the friendship of the trio for life while giving Harry starring role in his own home.
I think JK Rowling actually got it right. I'm especially grateful that she treated Snape the way I was hoping a couple of movies earlier. But that bit about unrequited love - that was an excellent character motive.
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| 18 AUG 2011 at 8:14am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Hmm, thanks for that, Caroline. You actually have a very good point there, I must grudgingly accede...
I'm letting your ideas mull around in my mind a bit, and I do admit, ...not bad, not bad.. :-*
I suppose it is true that the 2 strong characters would always be vying for the limelight, and it wouldn't seem right if Hermoine would 'overshadow' Harry; and she does have such a keen intellect and strong personality, that that would be bound to happen at times.
Still, it would have been nice to see them get cozy with one another early on in in the series, only to realize that their personalities would eventually clash if they get too close to one another.
..and then dodo's like myself would also 'get' why they actually would not be a good idea together.
But I get it now.
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“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 18 AUG 2011 at 4:03pm |
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Status : Offline | Grudgingly, watched DH 1&2 for my wife's sake. Consistent with the one earlier HP movie I saw, I just couldn't get it, though I can see why a younger crowd might. However, don't think it was a problem with age or fantasy appreciation- I loved the Lord of the Rings series!
One thing that particularly bugged me was the haphazard portrayal of magical powers: One minute they can zap themselves to another location and yet, other times it looks like they're backpacking somewhere. (Maybe they were spell-bound or were wand-ering...)
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 18 AUG 2011 at 4:38pm |
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By SirDave (18 AUG 2011 4:03pm)
Grudgingly, watched DH 1&2 for my wife's sake. Consistent with the one earlier HP movie I saw, I just couldn't get it, though I can see why a younger crowd might. However, don't think it was a problem with age or fantasy appreciation- I loved the Lord of the Rings series!
Well, just like Lord of the Rings, it's reasonably important to watch all of them, in order, because they have a progression as well.
One thing that particularly bugged me was the haphazard portrayal of magical powers: One minute they can zap themselves to another location and yet, other times it looks like they're backpacking somewhere. (Maybe they were spell-bound or were wand-ering...)
They could sometimes zap themselves to another location? Are you sure? :-? I can't remember that happening in the HP I've been watching. They can make use of portals or magical cars that fly or fly on the backs of magical creatures, and even fly on broomsticks, but I've not seen them 'zapping' as in teleporting) themselves around the place via spells, it's always via some external medium, as far as I can remember...
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“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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