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Post by Mighty Jack on Jan 29, 2013 4:48:02 GMT -5
Fringe 100th and final episode. The series has ever been about loss and hope, love and family, redemption and sacrifice, as well as the exploration and creation of the impossible (simply, to quote Walter- "because it's cool"). All of these elements were present at the end.
A great season, a great bittersweat episode and -once it found its footing- a great series.
Goodbye Fringe, it was a hell of a journey.
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Post by nondescript spice on Jan 29, 2013 22:43:34 GMT -5
did anyone watch this show when it was on? i watched an ep on youtube today and i had forgotten how funny it could be. don't judge me, but i love jon lovitz. not all the time. i've liked his voice work on the simpsons and i thought the critic was a perfect show for him, but it only lasted two seasons. kind of had an mst3k vibe, in a way - like the shot of his back as he sat in the empty theater, watching the big screen. and i always wondered if they didn't pinch that from the pod people experiment.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Feb 12, 2013 7:32:09 GMT -5
* I've been watching the Granada Sherlock Holmes series, and it's pretty good too. Very theatrical, and Jeremy Brett gives an eccentric performance, but entertaining show all told
though "The Eligible Bachelor", phew... for a while I wondered if Timothy Leary and Andy Warhol directed that weird mess.
* I also spotted -and checked out- the 2nd season of Prime Suspect at the libraray, and it was outstanding. Much better than season 1 (which was good)
* Oh -- and I noticed that the library carries the complete Rathbone series of Holmes films. I need a Sherlock breather, but plan to try them as well one day.
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Post by TheNewMads on Feb 19, 2013 19:17:32 GMT -5
I hated The Critic when it was on Comedy Central and I can't quite remember why. I remember it was on after Dr. Katz, which I loved, which might have been part of the reason.
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Post by nondescript spice on Feb 20, 2013 11:37:10 GMT -5
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Post by Torgo on Feb 26, 2013 1:51:45 GMT -5
Recently while browsing Netflix streaming I found the original Battlestar Galactica series. I loved the hell out of the remake series but never saw the original. Always meant to get around to it, but I kept forgetting. Now I had it at my fingertips, so I didn't have an excuse NOT to.
My gut reaction? "So this is what Star Wars would be if it had a plot." Pretty fun show. I can see why it was popular with the John Dykstra effects week after week pretty much making it "Star Wars: The Series" at a time where the entire world had Star Wars fever. Seeing how we actually do have a Star Wars series now in Clone Wars, and it pretty much sucks, thank god this wasn't Lucas guided.
I enjoy the story, though I do tend to prefer the remake, which kept the stakes constantly high. In the original the fleet loses their homes and families yet never seem all that affected by that, as they're all in that Buck Rogers spirit of adventure mode nonstop. Who cares if everyone we know is dead? We're off on an intergalactic road trip and it's FUN! But that spirit makes it different than the remake and it gives it its own set of virtues to build upon.
I'm going to keep watching it. I'm having a blast. Then I'll continue on to Galactica 1980, even though I heard it's a pile of feces. But it's only ten episodes so it won't last long. Then I think I'll dig into the remake's prequel series Caprica, which escaped me while it was on. Heard mixed reactions on that, but I'll keep an open mind.
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Post by TheNewMads on Mar 1, 2013 8:07:33 GMT -5
you oughta check out a couple eps of "buck rogers" while you're at it, starring gil "last chase" gerard, and erin grey in silver tights. i was about nine years old when battlestar galactica and buck rogers were on television and i think i remember preferring buck rogers. the thing with battlestar galactica was A. that stupid goddamn robot dog, and B. they would replay the same special effects shots over and over again.
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Post by Torgo on Mar 1, 2013 17:01:12 GMT -5
I watched Buck Rogers a few years ago. Don't remember much about it except a robot that sounded like Mel Blanc (was it Mel Blanc?). I remember my late grandfather was watching it because he thought it was one of the old Buck Rogers serials but found the 70s series instead so we stayed for the whole episode.
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Post by Bix Dugan on Mar 1, 2013 22:22:39 GMT -5
I've been enjoying "Welcome to the Basement" on Youtube. You all have probably know of it, but I only recently came across it. It's two guys watching movies, in a fun manner. Sound familiar? I may even donate to their PayPal account.
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Post by Skyroniter on Mar 1, 2013 23:11:25 GMT -5
I've been enjoying "Welcome to the Basement" on Youtube. You all have probably know of it, but I only recently came across it. It's two guys watching movies, in a fun manner. Sound familiar? I may even donate to their PayPal account. Never heard of it, Bix. I'm going to dig some up.
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Post by TheNewMads on Mar 2, 2013 23:17:41 GMT -5
Season Four of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Genius!
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Post by Torgo on Mar 3, 2013 1:33:01 GMT -5
Finished BSG. Good solid series, though it was beginning to get obvious that they were cutting corners by the end, what with the Cylons and several regular cast member dropping off the face of the series. And then there was this... I know this was the 70s, but even still in a time of afros and disco they must have known how stupid this looked. Note of irony: Johnathan "Dr. Smith" Harris plays a robot sidekick to the Smith-like Baltar. Who's the "boobie" now? Moved on to the first three episodes of Galactica 1980. Christ this show is awful. Save for Lorne Greene, the acting has gone to sh*t. The "plot" is all over the place: Galactica finds earth, they try to communicate, pilots go back in time for no reason to fight nazis, they come back to help a little kid fight bullies which has something to do with their stolen spaceships...PICK A DAMN STORYLINE! I know there's only 7 episodes left, but I'm starting to doubt if I can make it through even that many. Robert Reed from Bloodlust (or the Brady Bunch, but we're all MSTies) guest stars. Robbie Rist from the 90s Ninja Turtles movies plays an obnxious robokid or something.
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Post by Torgo on Mar 4, 2013 1:09:34 GMT -5
1980 never won me over, but I'll admit it ended better than it started. First I had to put up with three more episodes of crap, as the two Viper pilots it revolves around try to convince the audience that this show should revolve around them babysiting. I'm not fraking around, these three episodes showcase them starting an intergalactic boy scout troop as they wander around and learn earth lessions. I never thought I'd miss the incoherent clusterfrak of the first three eps, but there you go.
Then the Cylons come down and play for the next two episodes, which are actually fun. A human-like Cylon (we'd call them "Skinjobs" today) and a traditional one wander around on Halloween and get into mischeif. Its playful sci-fi, with a good sense of humor. I'd say these were the best episodes of the series, though that's not saying much.
They were followed by a mediocre episode about farmers. A little on the unentertaining side, but the story has weight as the Galactica finds need of a new food supply bringing in an interesting problem for them to solve. It gave me hope that there was a seed of a good idea in this series and they were desperately trying to make it grow.
It ends with an episode that has little to do with anything, but gives us an epilogue for Starbuck on the original series. Imagine Castaway if Wilson were a Cylon and that's pretty much the episode in a nutshell. The ending though leaves much unresolved, making it bittersweet. Cy the Cylon is hilarious though.
Then BOOM it was canceled. I wish I could say too bad, but three good episodes and one tolorable out of ten isn't a good track record. Let it stay canceled.
Up next, the last BSG series I have yet to see, Caprica. Let's see if these 19 episodes fare better.
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Post by TheNewMads on Mar 4, 2013 20:36:23 GMT -5
Banacek!
It's a fun bunch of early 70s made-for-TV mystery movies masquerading as a TV series. Banacek is a wealthy playboy of Polish descent who amuses himself by investigating suspicious insurance claims, Johnny-Dollar style. In the meanwhile he usually makes some friends, makes more enemies, and gets involved in a passionate, committed love affair with a beautiful woman whom we never see again after the episode ends.
So far it's pretty short on action but has:
some nice little one-liners ("how was the engineer?" "electrical but not civil"; "it says here a child could put this together, but unfortunately i never had any children")
a fun gimmick (all the cases he investigates involve seemingly impossible vanishing acts -- a football player disappears under a pile-on in front of thousands of fans and no one saw a thing; a railroad car carrying an expensive sportscar prototype vanishes from a moving train without the train employees noticing anything).
and banacek's propensity for reciting obscure polish expressions like "A wolf that takes a peasant to supper probably won't need any breakfast."
Also, something i never thought i'd miss: it's replete with brilliant 70s style instrumental music! it's funky drumbeat, wah-wah pedal and glockenspiel heaven.
being made in 1972 it's pretty chauvinist, in the Rocketship X-M, "oh, you wanted to be an engineer? Why, isn't being a woman enough?" vein, but the sexism is so over the top it's actually a bit funny. pretty fun show, if you can take the 90-minute running time of each episode.
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Post by Bix Dugan on Mar 5, 2013 0:46:07 GMT -5
I've been enjoying "Welcome to the Basement" on Youtube. You all have probably know of it, but I only recently came across it. It's two guys watching movies, in a fun manner. Sound familiar? I may even donate to their PayPal account. Never heard of it, Bix. I'm going to dig some up. I saw these two guys, Matt and Craig in a Chad Vader video. I initially heard of their show on a VSauce video, suggested as something good to see on-line. Turns out they did a show about MegaForce!! With the bald girl in Star Trek: The Movie. You know...what's her name... Oh and I did donate. Donateded. I gave them the same as my monthly Netflix fee, $25.66. Since I've seen them give shout-out thanks to donators before, you could be hearing my name (John) mentioned on a future episode. Kinda like MST once did (by reading fan letters). And I also loved Banacek. One show as a young Lois Lane from Superman. You know...what's her name.
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