What are you watching now ? Movies and TV

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Sat, 3. Mar 18, 04:48

Hank001 wrote:No roku. Like to but all sats here are below horizon becase of hills. Cable sould be fixed by mid month.

Roku isn't a satellite device? It's more like an Amazon Fire TV or the like, a device designed to stream stuff over your Internet connection.

Hank001 · Post by **Hank001** » Sat, 3. Mar 18, 04:57

Oh. Well there's my problem. As I've said, cable cut by city workers digging up broken water main in -9° (F) weather. Should be up mid month (yeah right).

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Fri, 9. Mar 18, 07:05

It looks like The Librarians tv series may be cancelled if the show can't find a new home.

http://tvline.com/2018/03/08/librarians ... ore-923267

Post by **euclid** » Mon, 12. Mar 18, 23:50

Just watched Annihilation ... worth it!

Cheers Euclid

Hank001 · Post by **Hank001** » Tue, 13. Mar 18, 00:26

Hearing good things about it here, think I'll check it out. Haven't watched a sci-fi on the big screen since Gravity.

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Tue, 13. Mar 18, 05:59

euclid wrote:Just watched Annihilation ... worth it!

Cheers Euclid

I watched most of it. I think weird describes it. Some neat special effects. Arrival might be close to it in feeling.

Hank001 · Post by **Hank001** » Fri, 23. Mar 18, 13:09

Well I would have posted the Dead Pool 2 trailer, but with
the language, rampant violence and sick humor, I won't just
to keep the moderator from blowing a fuse.

So just go to youTube and look it up.

Bishop149 · Post by **Bishop149** » Fri, 23. Mar 18, 13:17

Queer Eye.

A Netflix remake of (I think) a old Channel 4 format in which a bunch of gay guys make over a persons life to encourage a change for the better. It used to be suffixed ". . . for the straight guy", but that bit has been ditched in the interests of a broader reach / inclusivity
It's unashamedly brimming with positivism, and all about the value of self care and building bridges across social divides. I'd thoroughly recommend it as easy little show for anyone that might need cheering up.

Edit: Here, a review that encapsulates my opinion perfectly.

"If I had to summarize Queer Eye to an alien, I would tell them that it’s 45 minutes of people from different backgrounds being genuinely ****ing kind to each other."

Konkurs_111 · Post by **Konkurs_111** » Sat, 31. Mar 18, 18:44

I've been watching a ton of anime these days, somehow I can't get into usual series anymore. Might be because of the format (20 minutes vs. 50 for series), might be because of how the same idea will be turned into something different when developed by an American movie company and a Japanese animation one.

Anyways, I'm watching both seasonal anime and old dinos... I mean, classics, such as Space Pirate Captain Harlock or pretty much all of Studio Ghibli's production.

Hank001 · Post by **Hank001** » Sat, 31. Mar 18, 18:54

Lord if the Fireflies! I think it's Miasaki's best.

Post by **euclid** » Sat, 31. Mar 18, 22:22

Looking forward to Netflix's Series of The Witcher in particular now after the (main) cast is set.

Cheers Euclid

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Sun, 1. Apr 18, 01:00

There was a Witcher series called The Hexer.

It looks like Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets was added to UK netflix so I might watch that.

Hank001 · Post by **Hank001** » Mon, 2. Apr 18, 00:17

It will be interesting to see how they The Witcher. White Wolf is a VERY complex character as is the world he lives in. Though I'm looking to find out.

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Thu, 12. Apr 18, 04:35

The Expanse season 3 starts tonight.

Bishop149 · Post by **Bishop149** » Thu, 12. Apr 18, 12:22

burger1 wrote:The Expanse season 3 starts tonight.

[Gets excited]
[Realises it wont hit Netflix for 6mo]
[sad]

red assassin · Post by **red assassin** » Thu, 12. Apr 18, 21:11

The BBC are showing a miniseries of China Mieville's The City & the City at the moment, which I'm enjoying. Might be a bit of a challenge if you haven't read the book though.

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Fri, 20. Apr 18, 23:09

I guess that's the end of Ash vs Evil Dead unless Netflix picks it up.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com//live ... ssion=true

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Tue, 1. May 18, 18:57

Tremors 6 : A Cold Day in Hell is on US netflix. The Tremors tv series got cancelled even before the pilot aired on Syfy.

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Tue, 1. May 18, 19:14

burger1 wrote:Tremors 6 : A Cold Day in Hell is on US netflix. The Tremors tv series got cancelled even before the pilot aired on Syfy.

I adored the first movie. It was pure genius! Wonderful! Great! I even liked the second movie. But... they wore thin after that.

Bacon and Ward were perfect in that first movie. I'd miss them in any "series."

Movies like this seem to develop a fanbase very quickly, but it doesn't often translate well. People "love" the movie, but sometimes back away from plans to expand upon it or to make a television production. For instance, while it has had some dedicated fans, "Ash vs The Evil Dead" is being cancelled. I haven't seen many episodes, but it seems to have held true to the spirit of the original movies.

But... continuous satire runs thin, manufactured drama, purely for its irony value, doesn't often engage people if there's too much humor in it, and there comes a point when a something has to commit itself, fully, or it just turns "lukewarm."

A "Tremors" series would have to either go fully into the sitcom category, committing itself with only occasional bits of real drama and monster-ish shennanigans, or fully commit itself to adventure-horror, with only some comic-relief, here and there. The movie did a wonderful job of walking the thin line in-between drama and parody. A series would have to achieve that every week... A tough job that very few ever manage to pull off, if any.

Redvers Ganderpoke · Post by **Redvers Ganderpoke** » Wed, 2. May 18, 13:28

Things watched recently (both on Netflix)

Fallet - odd comedy(? ) about a mismatched pair of detectives (yawn) - in Swedish and English - watched the first episode and decided it didn't work.

Happy! - Black comedy apparently based on a graphic novel. Better than expected but not child or teen friendly. (Too violent and sex.)

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What are you watching now ? Movies and TV