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jkn · « **Reply #100 on:** February 03, 2010, 06:30:59 AM »

Quote from: Antdude on February 03, 2010, 12:35:41 AM

All I have to say is, LOST, you better not screw with me or this is the last season I'm watching.

LOL! Nice one.

Hypnagogue · « **Reply #101 on:** February 04, 2010, 12:46:34 PM »

It hasn't been mentioned here since October, but please tell me some of you are enjoying "Modern Family." Simply the smartest, funniest show on TV right now. Capable of setting you off laughing hysterically and then delivering a magnificent heart-punch of pure emotion. Honest characters, solid writing and structure that makes the writerly me ab-so-lute-ly jealous.

jkn · « **Reply #102 on:** February 04, 2010, 02:56:44 PM »

Yep - loving Modern Family.

APK · « **Reply #103 on:** April 25, 2010, 04:33:29 PM »

- Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The excellent tv version. Brilliant.
Tend to watch this again every few years.
Still fresh. But maybe its a British thing.

drkappa · « **Reply #104 on:** April 30, 2010, 03:53:59 PM »

Recent viewing on the gogglebox:

There have been lots of good science documentaries on the BBC recently

Beautiful Minds -- a series about three scientists who bucked dogma
The two series on the power and role of maps
Darwin's Nightmare
The Story of Science

Drama:
Damages Whom can you trust?
Dr Who Please can we have some longer stories like when I was a lad.

Seren · « **Reply #105 on:** April 02, 2012, 02:28:48 PM »

The Thing - prequel.....plot spoiler alert.

I have to say I was underwhelmed by this version - despite liking the way they linked the events and 'bodies' to the first film.

I thought having 2 non Norwegians in the station was very lazy writing - better to have had them all as Norwegian and filmed it all in english language - having the Americans (I would have felt the same if they were british) as the clever ones who worked it out etc just added to the sense of lazy script writing.

Although the effects were very good - I thought they lacked the originality of the first film and were very repetitive - and if bits of 'the thing' can survive on their own then it would have split into very small parts to sneak up on everyone at the same time, like insect bites.....

I also thought the 'repelling' of artificial bits was poorly thought out - if the alien is taking over every cell it would replace everything around the artificial items = not heal them.....

IMHO - but just my opinion....

drone on · « **Reply #106 on:** April 02, 2012, 04:56:25 PM »

Maybe I missed something, but I wasn't expecting much yet really liked the film. If nothing else, see it for the special effects, they were fantastic.

Dave Michuda · « **Reply #107 on:** April 03, 2012, 02:53:45 PM »

Just finished the first season of the BBC show "The Fades." An excellent, intense show about "fades" which are sort of ghosts, sort of zombies. The main character is a reluctant high school kid that can see the dead people(fades).

At only six episodes, I swept through the whole season in one weekend. Very cool.

Seren · « **Reply #108 on:** April 04, 2012, 01:01:49 PM »

Just started watching Millenium series 1 again - forgot how dark and unsettling this series is.

jkn · « **Reply #109 on:** April 05, 2012, 06:54:21 AM »

I got hooked on "Bones". Had never seen a full episode before - now I'm sucked in.

Dave Michuda · « **Reply #110 on:** October 13, 2012, 05:38:02 PM »

Just started re-watching "The West Wing." I haven't seen it since I watched it in real time years ago.

I am loving every minute of it! Such a wonderful show. I'm really looking forward to plowing through 6 or 7 years all over again.

APK · « **Reply #111 on:** October 13, 2012, 05:52:57 PM »

Quote from: jkn on April 05, 2012, 06:54:21 AM

I got hooked on "Bones". Had never seen a full episode before - now I'm sucked in.

Netflix has all the early seasons ... its great !

mgriffin · « **Reply #112 on:** October 15, 2012, 04:13:55 PM »

Lena and I are just starting Dexter.... late to the party, I know. Fantastic show!

Also lately really into Downton Abbey, and Walking Dead (perhaps the two opposite extremes in terms of style & mood).

We have a lot of fun with Big Bang Theory and 30 Rock, and are also watching Burn Notice while we work out.

SunDummy · « **Reply #113 on:** October 16, 2012, 07:23:21 AM »

We watched "In Bruges" last night; good stuff. Starts out as a mellow little sleeper of a film, then gets more and more intense. Collin Ferrel is excellent, as is Ralph Fiennes. Recommended.

Saturday we were bored, so we went to see "Taken 2". Mindless action flick; not bad, but we were laughing through much of it, pointing out the absurdity of just about every decision the characters made. You know how some movies stick with you long after you've seen them? Well, this one left my brain the minute the credits rolled.

phobos · « **Reply #114 on:** November 17, 2012, 12:16:40 PM »

ZZ Top - Live From Texas on Sky Arts 1

I was fortunate enough to see these guys a few times when I was younger. Love their stuff.

Seren · « **Reply #115 on:** April 12, 2015, 12:42:37 PM »

Predestination - based on a Heinlein story.
a bit like Looper but I found it more interesting - less flash and bang, more character development and interaction.
I will watch it again.

Antdude · « **Reply #116 on:** April 13, 2015, 09:41:34 AM »

I know some of you are in the same age group, so the new "Thunderbirds Are Go" is quite frankly, a hoot.

Here's the new intro:

Embers Below Zero · « **Reply #117 on:** April 23, 2015, 06:52:21 AM »

Yesterday I finished "Fortitude", an amazing TV show which begins like a Scandinavian crime drama/thriller, but with each consecutive episode turns towards a pure horror. Good cast, fascinating, cold atmosphere (as the action takes place somewhere on Spitsbergen) and perfect soundtrack by Ben Frost. One of the best shows I've seen lately. Highly recommendable.

Seren · « **Reply #118 on:** April 27, 2015, 12:53:45 PM »

Quote from: Seren on April 12, 2015, 12:42:37 PM

Predestination - based on a Heinlein story.
a bit like Looper but I found it more interesting - less flash and bang, more character development and interaction.
I will watch it again.

I did and I still liked it - may set up my own time loop of comments.

phobos · « **Reply #119 on:** January 30, 2017, 05:28:56 AM »

Fortitude series 2.
After the excellent first series I have been eagerly awaiting this shows return. Although there are still the odd surprise here and there, it isn't as good as the first series, and I can't help feeling a little bit disappointed. The ending sort of hints at a third series but I don't find myself feeling as eager for that one as I did after the end of the first series. Still worth watching though, for those who have seen series one.

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