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Felix Rex
Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16662 Location: On a slope
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Re: TV series
I must have totally missed this when it came out. Seems like that was a good thing. Or perhaps I've blocked it out. I vaguely recall the movie where they explained the highlanders were actually aliens that had revolted and lost or something.
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Felix Rex
Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16662 Location: On a slope
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Re: TV series
Shiny and I recently binged on Netflix. We thought it was pretty good. It's very graphic at times, so warning to people bothered by that, but worth a watch for anyone interested.
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Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:15 pm |
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Rinox
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Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:23 am Posts: 14892 Location: behind a good glass of Duvel
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Oh I remember the Highlander TV series too! Must have been a euro thing. It was pretty good, too. But yeah the lore in the later movies goes seriously off the rails...I think they even retconned some stuff afterwards because of how ridiculous it became, but I could be imagining that. Either way, the first 2 Highlander movies are great! Thanks for the tip on the House of Usher, added it to my "to watch" list. I started watching Line of Duty recently, a British police show, and it's really good slow burn TV. And look at that imdb score https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2303687/
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Peltz
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Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6362 Location: Estonia
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Re: TV series
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Felix Rex
Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16662 Location: On a slope
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Yea, that Fallout show looks pretty cool. I hope Amazon doesn't flub it.
I'm not a police drama fan, but that is quite a rating on Line of Duty.
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Mon Dec 04, 2023 5:38 pm |
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pevil
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Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 1:43 am Posts: 4320
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Re: TV series
We just finished "Interview with the Vampire" on BBC (AMC in US I think?) and really enjoyed it. A different take that both moves away from the book yet still feels faithful somehow. They do also offer an explanation right at the start as to why there are differences which I quite liked.
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Felix Rex
Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16662 Location: On a slope
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Ah, I'd read about it but never actually watched it. Thanks for reminding me it exists. I may need to give it a shot. The reviews I read were mostly positive. I've watched all the movies and read several of the books. I watched Blue Eye Samurai, an anime that came out on Netflix. It was really good. Last I checked IMDB had it at 8.8, which is pretty crazy. Assuming you're good with anime, I'd definitely recommend giving it a shot.
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Fri Dec 15, 2023 11:35 pm |
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pevil
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Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 1:43 am Posts: 4320
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The negative reviews I can find all basically boil down to "Ewww blacks and gays, disgusting!" I'll let Niall know about Blue Eye Samurai, I can't be doing with anime but he watches some. If it's on Netflix he's probably already seen it.
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Sat Dec 16, 2023 4:32 am |
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Rinox
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Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:23 am Posts: 14892 Location: behind a good glass of Duvel
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Sat Dec 16, 2023 1:20 pm |
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pevil
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Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 1:43 am Posts: 4320
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Come on Ox, this is me. If it was girly I wouldn't watch it There is a love story in there of sorts but it's certainly not a fairy tale, everything is perfect, 'meant to be' love story. There's also lots of violence and gore and plenty of political/social commentary. To be honest I think it's a TV version of your playthrough of BG3 from the sounds of it
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Sat Dec 16, 2023 3:47 pm |
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Rinox
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Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:23 am Posts: 14892 Location: behind a good glass of Duvel
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Ok cool. I still think there's a girl in there somewhere, so I had to ask.
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pevil
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Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 1:43 am Posts: 4320
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Re: TV series
Oh there's a girl in there... she's not exactly girly though
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Mon Dec 18, 2023 2:35 am |
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Rinox
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Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:23 am Posts: 14892 Location: behind a good glass of Duvel
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Re: TV series
Yeah, if you could grow a dwarf beard you would.
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Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:58 pm |
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pevil
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Re: TV series
*If* I'll have you know Cushing's sure tried to make that possible It's not worthy of dwarves though so it gets plucked
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Felix Rex
Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16662 Location: On a slope
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Re: TV series
We watched Interview with the Vampire (the tv show) and I really liked it. Shiny was less excited about it and the changes, but I think stretching it out into a season of tv (with presumably more to come) allows the characters to get fleshed out a bit more. Still, I can see it being divisive. Upload - The first season of Upload was pretty decent. The second was ok. We just finished the third and it's continuing that downward trend. After we watched the last episode and cliffhanger, I told Shiny I was fine where it was and I hoped it would be cancelled. If it does renew, I'll be obligated to watch it, and that just doesn't excite me. Bodies - We started watching this recently (Netflix). We've made it to episode 6 of 8 and enjoyed it thus far.
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