Thag13 Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Tubrok with Rock Hudson and George Peppard. Great WWII movie. The DVD was excellent in terms of sound and image transfer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSword Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? I have been watching Ranma 1/2 and Batman: The Animated Series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dholcrist Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Just watched the first two episodes of Planetes, an anime series set in the late 2060's during the rise of space travel. It follows a space debris cleanup crew through their everyday life, working to clean all of the crap floating in orbit around the Earth after a shuttle carrying civilians was destroyed by a screw traveling at several meters a second. Like many anime, it has its goofy moments, which is one of the things I don't like about most anime series. But it has a surprising large amount of hard science behind it, and they're obviously trying to portray things as realistically as possible. Definitely going to keep watching it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? I prefer the manga. Much less goofy. Although Fee going berserk for a smoke is a Crowning Moment of Funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Ha-Ha Funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? The mummy trilogy - Mummy, Mummy's return and Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. All in all, surprisingly good and much less cheesy than expected. Interestingly, the "son" character was much more competent and less annoying as a 6 year old than a 20-something year old. I'm inclined to see the Scorpion King now, to round out the set. cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? The mummy trilogy - Mummy, Mummy's return and Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. All in all, surprisingly good and much less cheesy than expected. Interestingly, the "son" character was much more competent and less annoying as a 6 year old than a 20-something year old. I'm inclined to see the Scorpion King now, to round out the set. cheers, Mark Scorpion King is released after Mummy 2 and before Mummy 3. Don't forget Scorpion King 2 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Note to self -- work up characters from the series for the Pulp Board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Note to self -- work up characters from the series for the Pulp Board. Also remember the Anubis sand warriors from Mummy 2. They are awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dholcrist Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Scorpion King is released after Mummy 2 and before Mummy 3. Don't forget Scorpion King 2 as well. Surely you mean "forget Scorpion 2 as well." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Surely you mean "forget Scorpion 2 as well." No, How can recommend to Markdoc to forget something I haven't seen yet. unless you are making a recommendation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? I recently rewatched Blue Velvet, completely different thoughts now from when I first saw it some 20 years ago. Then - "huh?" Now - "Lynch, you're screwed in the head, but that was really well done" Naturally, the wife wanted to see Twin Peaks next. The first DVD has the International Release with the alternate ending (making it a one shot instead of a series). Which makes the Black Lodge as the ending a COMPLETE NON-SEQUITOR. I mean, seriously unconnected to anything. merf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? A trio of Statham movies. Crank-Poisoned hitman trying to stave off death long enough to find out why he was poisoned. Chaos-Cops try to figure out why a bank was robbed when nothing was taken. Transporter 2- Chauffer and criminal driver versus mercenary assassin. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Just finished watching The Mummy 3. Love the yetis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Just finished watching The Mummy 3. Love the yetis. Yeah, I loved that bit too. One of the nice thing about the series was the way they added so much extra stuff without it seeming too forced. You have this standard Pulp sequence, defending the temple against asiatic hordes and then - without any warning - it's OMG, Yetis! cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Yeah, I loved that bit too. One of the nice thing about the series was the way they added so much extra stuff without it seeming too forced. You have this standard Pulp sequence, defending the temple against asiatic hordes and then - without any warning - it's OMG, Yetis! cheers, Mark And she speaks yeti. lol. I love the end too. Jonathan moved to Peru and OMG mummies were discovered... I think the main villain is cool to. Asian warlord/stone golem/master of elements-wizard/shapeshifer; and none of it seemed forced at all. I also loved the small things they were there for laughs, the mule in the airplane, Jonathan gives him an airsickness bag, the terracotta warrior crawling menacingly on the ground, those kind of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Next movie to watch -- definitely, maybe -- I'll watch it. Ooh...Rachel Weisz Evie let your hair hang down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Yeah, I loved that bit too. One of the nice thing about the series was the way they added so much extra stuff without it seeming too forced. You have this standard Pulp sequence, defending the temple against asiatic hordes and then - without any warning - it's OMG, Yetis! cheers, Mark rewatching the sequence it appears one of the yeti shows a martial arts kick from the roof. Just thought I'd share -- yetis who know martial arts!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dholcrist Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? No, How can recommend to Markdoc to forget something I haven't seen yet. unless you are making a recommendation. I've only seen the commercials, but I have seen the first one. So, by extrapolating probable quality based off of these two sources, you could say I'm making an anti-recommendation. And yeah, I love the first two Mummy movies quite a bit, and even saw Scorpion King on opening day. Just struck me as a somewhat lame version of the original Conan movie. Which is too bad, because the "Rock" should be a fantastic action star (for the one movie where this is true, see "The Run Down"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revenant Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Last thing I watched was Ghost Whisperer. Before that? um... yeah /mumbling All My Children and General Hospital /mumbling But hey, I also like Supernatural that's um... something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? OKay, saw the Batman and the Brave and the Bold cartoon "Fall of the Blue Beetle" in its entirety. I must admit, it was pretty good. Ted got a lot of respect in this one, and nothing was taken from Jaimie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dholcrist Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? OKay' date=' saw the Batman and the Brave and the Bold cartoon "Fall of the Blue Beetle" in its entirety. I must admit, it was pretty good. Ted got a lot of respect in this one, and nothing was taken from Jaimie[/quote'] Yeah, that was the first episode of the B: B&B cartoon I'd seen, and I must say I was impressed. Also watched the first two eps. of Wolverine and the X-Men, and while I hate how it's so centered on Logan, and the animation is rather sub-par, it was still a very cool cartoon with a pretty decent concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Igor- I liked it, even though my son and I were guessing what would happen about 80% of the time. Donnie liked Scamper the immortal rabbit saving the day. The little touches appealed to me, even the blind orphans singing I can See Clearly Now at the end. Hitman- It was okay, and Olyphant was good as the assassin, but it was the same organization turns on assassin plot I have seen done better in other movies. I know this has happened in real life, and it creates conflict, but in this case, it made no sense unless the assassin is as disposable as dirty socks after years of training and indoctrination. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Let's see... Desert Punk -- Post-Holocaust action-adventure comedy. I lost interest after episode 6 and returned it to a friend who I borrowed it from. Wonderful Days -- Korean CGI/Cell animated post-holocaust science fiction film. Very interesting look at class struggle and the like. The Boondock Saints -- Two fine Irish lads decide it's time to strike back at criminal scum. A Dark Champions origin story if there ever was one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? I saw Push, and totally loathed it. Do not see this. You will wish you hadn't. I saw Taken. If you haven't seen this. Don't. You will feel taken for sure, and your money will be out of your pocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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