Markdoc Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? My Neighbor Totoro You'll appreciate this, then! [ATTACH=CONFIG]42309[/ATTACH] cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? You'll appreciate this, then! [ATTACH=CONFIG]42309[/ATTACH] cheers, Mark Yeah, seen that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? My daughter introduced her parents to the BBC series Sherlock. We watched the first two eps the other night. Quite good, I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? This may sound a little off-topic for this thread, but over the last couple of days I've been watching a "walkthrough" of Capcom's new video game, Asura's Wrath, on YouTube. Essentially, someone ran through the entire game and posted the results, which you can watch on your screen as they appeared on his, with a moderate amount of his commentary that rarely distracts from the show. That may sound not too unusual, or interesting, but Asura's Wrath isn't like most video games. Instead of fights interspersed with cut-scenes, the game runs like an interactive movie or television series, with third-person fight sequences and quick-time events dispersed in real time where they fit within the story. It's very much in the style of a high-quality, computer-generated anime, broken up into 18 "chapters" like an episodic tv series, with an epic but well-paced story line that blends Asian mythology with science-fiction, engaging characters with effective English voice acting, inventive and spectacular visual imagery, a beautiful score, and the most over-the-top mind-blowing combat sequences I've ever seen. But there are many quiet, intense or gentle scenes as well, and even some moments of humor. The whole thing runs over six hours, but despite (or perhaps because of) not playing the game myself, I was enthralled the whole time. Some folks who have or are looking to buy the video game may not want to spoil the surprises, but if you just want to watch a spectacular free anime epic, here's where you can download all the chapters of the walkthrough: http://www.youtube.com/show?p=W1NUGeSJKsU&tracker=show0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? the kumite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Celt Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Continental Divide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? About half of 1776. I snagged it for $4.00 from the local Goodwill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? About half of 1776. I snagged it for $4.00 from the local Goodwill. The musical? I love that movie. The bits with Ben Franklin are so dead-on and the Slaves to Sugar to Rum (iirc) song is chillingly delivered (especially for a film with so much humor). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? The musical? I love that movie. The bits with Ben Franklin are so dead-on and the Slaves to Sugar to Rum (iirc) song is chillingly delivered (especially for a film with so much humor). Yup. And per TV Tropes, much of it quite true and taken from the writings, letters, minutes, and documents of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Yup. And per TV Tropes' date=' much of it quite true and taken from the writings, letters, minutes, and documents of the time.[/quote'] There is a bit at the end with James Wilson, Ben Franklin, and John Dickinson (all of Pennsylvania) that is beautiful, completely acurate, and shows how very close we came to never being independent. Incredible movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? There is a bit at the end with James Wilson' date=' Ben Franklin, and John Dickinson (all of Pennsylvania) that is beautiful, completely acurate, and shows how very close we came to never being independent. Incredible movie.[/quote'] Also, certain comments by Adams about slavery were taken out as it was felt people would think the writer was preaching at them. Except the line was written and/or said at the time. The line concerned slavery and the refusal to acknowledge and/or deal with its existence. The comments -- "if they leave in the slavery clause war would break out in about a century." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Also' date=' certain comments by Adams about slavery were taken out as it was felt people would think the writer was preaching at them. Except the line was written and/or said at the time. The line concerned slavery and the refusal to acknowledge and/or deal with its existence. The comments -- "if they leave in the slavery clause war would break out in about a century."[/quote'] The film should be required viewing in High Schools in the US. I first saw it in an AP American History class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? 1960s iron man beauty and the armor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? the kumite [Overly dramatic] That's not how you spell committee! [/overly] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thag13 Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? IronClad, King John wants to kill everyone that made him sign the magna Carta....much castle siegeing ensues....Actually a decent movie, worth a watch instantly on netflix... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Celt Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Cool Considerate Men is chilling to me even these days. I couldn't find a copy of the movie's version, so here are ponies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Watching The Usual Suspects at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Nikita. Sadly this has turned into a lot sound and fury signifying nothing. Way too convoluted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? espn boxing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Just finished The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Hurricane Fluttershy Yes Virginia, Fluttershy is a tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Battle Beyond the Stars For a long time, we figured that "Battle Beyond the Stars" had a subliminal "sleep" message about 2/3 of the way in. The first time that I attempted to watch the film (I want to say as an NBC Movie of the Week), I fell asleep, and woke up while the end titles played. A few years later, it was being shown on a premium cable channel, and a bunch of us vowed to watch it all of the way through. All of us fell asleep at about the same spot, and most of us woke up for the end titles (again). One of us had to be shaken awake. I finally saw the movie all of the way through sometime in the '90s with the help of an afternoon showing and lots of caffeine. I've been watching Star Trek: DS9 on Netflix. I kind of lost interest in it when it was in first run syndication, so I'm seeing a lot of the episodes for the first time. Just finished the 2nd season episode, "Crossover", which visits the Mirror Universe again. JoeG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? frankenstein jr and the impossibles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? 2001. There are some bits of this that are really disturbing ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Just finished The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. Ah, Ray Harryhausen's Sinbad films. SFX may be slicker today, but his stop-motion animation had a special magic. Tom Baker's blue-eyed Arab evil sorceror in Golden Voyage is a hoot. But overall I think I preferred The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad more. I'm a sucker for Cyclopses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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