TODAY I WATCHED (TV-series, Movies, Cinema Playlists) 2013

Clerks

The Last Starfighter

nevermore wrote:

Clerks

"37?!?!?!?"

tohostudios wrote:

nevermore wrote:

Clerks

"37?!?!?!?"

"In a row?1?!?!"

Required Fields wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

nevermore wrote:

Clerks

"37?!?!?!?"

"In a row?1?!?!"

"What's it called? Happy Scrappy, Hero Pup?"

(pause)

"...they don't have it."

TNA Impact

"Jurassic Park" (1993)



Steven Spielberg's mega-dino-blockbuster based on the Michael Crichton novel still has bite, 20 years (!) after it was first released. My kids loved it.

Fat Freddy wrote:

"Jurassic Park" (1993)



Steven Spielberg's mega-dino-blockbuster based on the Michael Crichton novel still has bite, 20 years (!) after it was first released. My kids loved it.

That movie has the kind of CGI I appreciate; it looks great because the movements look real.  This movie and the BBC series Walking With Dinosaurs are examples of what I think CGI should look like.  Not like the "cartoony" movements in a film like the recent Clash Of The Titans or the second half of King Kong.

tohostudios wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

"Jurassic Park" (1993)



Steven Spielberg's mega-dino-blockbuster based on the Michael Crichton novel still has bite, 20 years (!) after it was first released. My kids loved it.

That movie has the kind of CGI I appreciate; it looks great because the movements look real.  This movie and the BBC series Walking With Dinosaurs are examples of what I think CGI should look like.  Not like the "cartoony" movements in a film like the recent Clash Of The Titans or the second half of King Kong.

This is very true, and I love Jurassic Park for this very reason. Sadly, that height of realism just isn't in the cinema anymore.

Star Trek - The Next Generation Season 7

Wet Hot American Summer
The Office, season 2.
Parenthood, season 1.

AM Raw

On the road:
NCIS
Seinfield

At home:

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Whose Line Is It Anyways?
The Lone Ranger (great fun, lots of laughs)
Live Free Or Die Hard
Cloud Atlas (strange and confusing at first, but comes together nicely at the end-amazing visual effects throughout)

Fringe, midway through season 3. This show is now officially great.

exact33 wrote:

Star Trek - The Next Generation Season 7

Just about to start that one. I'm currently on the "cliffhanger" from the end of Season 6.

I watch TNG while on the elliptical and SG-1 at night when the Cards are off or play day games. Once I finish TNG it will be all SG-1, all the time.

tohostudios wrote:

exact33 wrote:

Star Trek - The Next Generation Season 7

Just about to start that one.  I'm currently on the "cliffhanger" from the end of Season 6.  

I watch TNG while on the elliptical and SG-1 at night when the Cards are off or play day games.  Once I finish TNG it will be all SG-1, all the time.

i picked up SG1 at season 6 and am going to finish it out and then start Atlantis. Its hard to believe these shows are 10+ years old now..

corplhicks wrote:

Fringe, midway through season 3. This show is now officially great.

Told you.

You will also find that at some point when you go back and re-watch Season 1 you'll like it a lot more the second time through.

S.D. wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Fringe, midway through season 3. This show is now officially great.

Told you.

You will also find that at some point when you go back and re-watch Season 1 you'll like it a lot more the second time through.

I need to watch the whole show one of these days - it's gotten rave reviews around here... sounds like something I would like

thejokeriv wrote:

S.D. wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Fringe, midway through season 3. This show is now officially great.

Told you.

You will also find that at some point when you go back and re-watch Season 1 you'll like it a lot more the second time through.

I need to watch the whole show one of these days - it's gotten rave reviews around here... sounds like something I would like

I actually want to go back and re-watch season one NOW lol.

I have to admit it's pretty damn humorous seeing Sebastian Bach play "Gil" on Gilmore Girls. I'd love to have been at the meeting where they suggested casting him.

If I remember correctly he was playing a handyman character? The least looking handyman ever.


Richard Pryor : Omit The Logic

Interesting documentary done by one of his exes. Never knew the fire thing was actually a drug induced suicide attempt and not a free-basing accident.

jstate wrote:

If I remember correctly he was playing a handyman character?  The least looking handyman ever.


Richard Pryor : Omit The Logic

Interesting documentary done by one of his exes.  Never knew the fire thing was actually a drug induced suicide attempt and not a free-basing accident.  

I love the guy's work and respect his talent, but find details of his life, heartbreakingly sad  

jstate wrote:

If I remember correctly he was playing a handyman character?  The least looking handyman ever.
 

Bach plays a guitarist who joins the Korean girl's band on the show, it's stunt casting all the way but still amusing.

"Inglourious Basterds" (2009)



Quentin Tarantino's WWII epic about a crack commando team (led by Brad Pitt, with a hilarious Southern accent) and a plot to assassinate the entire Nazi high command during a Paris film premiere is overlong and way too talky for its own good (like most Tarantino films), but the occasional bursts of brutal violence and the kick-ass finale almost make sitting through all the blah-blah-blah worth it. I didn't hate it but I've seen lots better. Add a few points if you're a Q.T. fanboy.