TODAY I WATCHED (Movies, TV series) 2014

007 wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

What did you think of that? I've read some very mixed reviews about it.

Not bad. Not great, but not bad. I actually liked the previous Spiderman movies more than this reboot but I've certainly seen worse. To put it simply, I liked it enough to see the third one when it comes out... on DVD.

DallasBlack wrote:

007 wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

What did you think of that? I've read some very mixed reviews about it.

Not bad. Not great, but not bad. I actually liked the previous Spiderman movies more than this reboot but I've certainly seen worse. To put it simply, I liked it enough to see the third one when it comes out... on DVD.

I've yet to see either of these reboots. I really liked the Raimi films (although 3 was a bit shaky) so I had no real burning desire to see these. I suppose I'll check them out one of these days.

007 wrote:

Yep, I was 10 when Battlestar:Galactica premiered and loved it. It had everything in it I needed. I thought Galactica 1980 was cool until I watched. No Apollo? No Starbuck ? No thanks. (I know there was a later episode that actually explained what happened to Starbuck but I never saw it.)


And is there any science fiction where the science isn't ludicrous?

I think the issue with me is that I was 15 or 16, and my interest in space travel was at its peak. Good to great sci-fi actually puts effort into maintaining plausibility by being consistent with the laws of physics within a vacuum; BG was pretty much an expansion of the scene in Black Hole where the crew walk out of the spaceship into dead space for an extended amount of time with no protection, casually walking and climbing ladders etc. When it gets that preposterous (unless maybe it's a comic book), count me out.   

Lovecraft wrote:

The Cabin In The Woods - very clever and funny!  

I still LOVE that movie even though the impact of where it goes wears off after the initial viewing.  But that first time seeing it I had no idea what was going to happen.

tohostudios wrote:

Lovecraft wrote:

The Cabin In The Woods - very clever and funny!  

I still LOVE that movie even though the impact of where it goes wears off after the initial viewing.  But that first time seeing it I had no idea what was going to happen.

An amazing movie; drags a bit in the midsection but the bookends are sheer fun, great examples of cinematic deconstruction theory.

So many filmgoers hated it since they were expecting an average horror movie, which makes me chuckle inside. Oh the irony!

corplhicks wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

Lovecraft wrote:

The Cabin In The Woods - very clever and funny!  

I still LOVE that movie even though the impact of where it goes wears off after the initial viewing.  But that first time seeing it I had no idea what was going to happen.

An amazing movie; drags a bit in the midsection but the bookends are sheer fun, great examples of cinematic deconstruction theory.

So many filmgoers hated it since they were expecting an average horror movie, which makes me chuckle inside. Oh the irony!

And an homage to Pinhead (among others) just added to the fun.

I'd love to have a sequel but given the ending I don't know how that would be possible.

tohostudios wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

Lovecraft wrote:

The Cabin In The Woods - very clever and funny!  

I still LOVE that movie even though the impact of where it goes wears off after the initial viewing.  But that first time seeing it I had no idea what was going to happen.

An amazing movie; drags a bit in the midsection but the bookends are sheer fun, great examples of cinematic deconstruction theory.

So many filmgoers hated it since they were expecting an average horror movie, which makes me chuckle inside. Oh the irony!

And an homage to Pinhead (among others) just added to the fun.

I'd love to have a sequel but given the ending I don't know how that would be possible.

And the Firefly homage!

There were talks of a sequel shortly after release but it all kind of petered out. You're right, there's nowhere else to go--except for maybe a prequel...

corplhicks wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

Lovecraft wrote:

The Cabin In The Woods - very clever and funny!  

I still LOVE that movie even though the impact of where it goes wears off after the initial viewing.  But that first time seeing it I had no idea what was going to happen.

An amazing movie; drags a bit in the midsection but the bookends are sheer fun, great examples of cinematic deconstruction theory.

So many filmgoers hated it since they were expecting an average horror movie, which makes me chuckle inside. Oh the irony!

And an homage to Pinhead (among others) just added to the fun.

I'd love to have a sequel but given the ending I don't know how that would be possible.

And the Firefly homage!

There were talks of a sequel shortly after release but it all kind of petered out. You're right, there's nowhere else to go--except for maybe a prequel...

Yeah!  A prequel!   How the various "execution entities" were recruited and selected!  My head is spinning with the possibilities of that!  Each one has to prove they're "worthy" and then the Old Ones need to approve.  Commence new betting.

"Sorry 'Latex-Face', you just don't cut it."

tohostudios wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

Lovecraft wrote:

The Cabin In The Woods - very clever and funny!  

I still LOVE that movie even though the impact of where it goes wears off after the initial viewing.  But that first time seeing it I had no idea what was going to happen.

An amazing movie; drags a bit in the midsection but the bookends are sheer fun, great examples of cinematic deconstruction theory.

So many filmgoers hated it since they were expecting an average horror movie, which makes me chuckle inside. Oh the irony!

And an homage to Pinhead (among others) just added to the fun.

I'd love to have a sequel but given the ending I don't know how that would be possible.

And the Firefly homage!

There were talks of a sequel shortly after release but it all kind of petered out. You're right, there's nowhere else to go--except for maybe a prequel...

Yeah!  A prequel!   How the various "execution entities" were recruited and selected!  My head is spinning with the possibilities of that!  Each one has to prove they're "worthy" and then the Old Ones need to approve.  Commence new betting.

"Sorry 'Latex-Face', you just don't cut it."

   "Pinhead and The Engineer, look I understand you're friends and came in here together, but only one of you are gonna make it--and The Engineer, you just aren't convincing enough. Pinhead, welcome to the company, you start tomorrow."

See, it practically writes itself.  I'm just not sure how to end it.

And if this shows up several years from now, I'm suing dammit!

Under The Dome - Season 1
The Leftovers

The last movie I saw was Guardians of the Galaxy on Tuesday night.

Tonight I watched two episodes of Family Guy.

A few episodes each of The Outer Limits (original), Twilight Zone (original) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Watched the Steelers/Eagles preseason football game until The Jeffersons came on.

nevermore wrote:

Watched the Steelers/Eagles preseason football game

Same here.

Lovecraft wrote:

A few episodes each of The Outer Limits (original), Twilight Zone (original) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

They show the Original TZ at 11pm on MeTV. I try to catch it as often as I can.

chewie wrote:

Lovecraft wrote:

A few episodes each of The Outer Limits (original), Twilight Zone (original) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

They show the Original TZ at 11pm on MeTV. I try to catch it as often as I can.

I bought the blu-ray set of Twilight Zone and have been slowly working my way through the series. I've seen all of them multiple times but it's my favorite TV show of all-time and I'll never get tired of watching it.

S.D. wrote:

chewie wrote:

Lovecraft wrote:

A few episodes each of The Outer Limits (original), Twilight Zone (original) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

They show the Original TZ at 11pm on MeTV. I try to catch it as often as I can.

I bought the blu-ray set of Twilight Zone and have been slowly working my way through the series.  I've seen all of them multiple times but it's my favorite TV show of all-time and I'll never get tired of watching it.

I'm making my way through my TZ Definitive Collection right now too.

Last night it was one of my favorites: "It's A Good Life".

"It's good that you did that Anthony, real good..."


Billy Mumy's eyes in the opening when he's standing on that fence gate and goes from cute to really creepy is priceless.

Cards vs Phils

WTH is wrong with Wainwright? He's sucked ever since the All Star break. We gave him 3-0 and 4-1 leads yet still lost 5-4.

Pirates vs Brewers. The Pirates have been on a downswing lately with poor pitching and little offense. Nice to see them sticking it to the Brewers tonight. Hopefully they can hold them off.

"World War Z" (2013) fast paced globe-trotting end of the world saga with Brad Pitt as a U.N. researcher hunting for the cure to a worldwide zombie outbreak. Better than I expected.

Smackdown

Dead Poets Society

Fat Freddy wrote:

"World War Z" (2013) fast paced globe-trotting end of the world saga with Brad Pitt as a U.N. researcher hunting for the cure to a worldwide zombie outbreak. Better than I expected.

I thought the same thing - better than I expected. Watched it on Blu Ray with my son (his first "zombie" flick) and he hated the ended - he was expecting the cure to save all the zombies...... He decided he's not a fan of Zombie flicks after that.

manny wrote:

Dead Poets Society

O captain my captain

"Jedi Junkies" (2010) Enjoyable low budget doc about diehard "Star Wars" fans, profiling a variety of obsessed memorabilia collectors, cosplayers and fan film makers. As usual with this sort of thing, some bits will make you say "that's pretty cool," while others will make you say "thank God I don't live next door to that f*ckin' guy."