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It was actually more along the lines of two separate episodes, as opposed to one 2-hour episode, IMO. The on-screen guide had it listed as Pilot; Tarot, iirc. That could explain some of the pacing issues, as well as the fact that there were two different directors.
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Was I the only one who thought the lead looked a bit...orange?
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Definitely got potential. Though since it's got Summer Glau in it, I imagine it's going to not last the longest.
Don't know what it is, but she seems to be cursed.
Scales will always be the Soccer Hooligan on Eurotrip to me.
I envision a rash of attempted knife dodgers being in the news in the coming weeks. -
Just watched the first four episodes of Excel Saga and I gotta ask...
Is this what it feels like to go insane?
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Quote:How much higher demand? Watching the originals on an upconvert DVD player is good enough for me (and I'd venture a lot more people as well).Film of any age is essentially a much higher resolution than blu-ray and there is much demand for high-definition versions of the films. I'd much prefer the original version over special edition, but we'll see how much it costs.
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Of course, you'll have the same people saying that the special 100th Release Anniversary Edition on Chartreuse-Ray is just so much better than all the previous releases that one just has to have it. -
Quote:Yes, it does.I don't think this first Blu-Ray release of Star Wars warrants this comment.
There's only so much you can do with material that was recorded on actual film and is 30+ years old. Not to mention the plethora of iterations prior to Blu-Ray. Look, I like Star Wars as much as the next geek (have an original Millenium Falcon + an original AT-AT sitting in my geek den along with a AT-ST that I had as a kid), but there comes a point when it's time to say Enough is Enough. -
How many times is that series going to be re-re-re-re-re-released? Each time with yet more commentary by the 2nd Assistant Sub-altern Vice-Gaffer's Cousin's Nephew's Former Roommate?
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Doesn't mean it isn't offputting. She looks better as a redhead. Plus, I didn't really watch the last few seasons of That 70's Show. Nor have I seen a whole lot of her recently vs the amount of time I've seen her as a redhead.
Ryan and Espizito definitely need to get nominations for Best Supporting Actors. -
Nah, Supergirl needs to eat about a dozen sammiches. Girl is way too skinny.
Also, Tyler's face melting? Awesome. Didja notice that map thingie Anna was standing on? Definitely didn't look like Earth to me...
Something about that Alpha just doesn't click with me. The cranium seems to be way too small for something of that size to be intelligent. Assuming it is an intelligent one and not the lizard equivalent of a capuchin monkey or something.
Anna's neck is WAY too long. Like circus-folk long. If she ever has to vomit, it must take her all day. Though it might be a combo of the neck plus that atrocious haircut she's sporting. Srsly...hair that short on a woman is just offputting to me. -
Ya, it was only after she started talking to Beckett that I could tell it was her. The voice on the audition tape didn't really seem like her and the blondeness was too odd. But ya, that seemed like it was a fun role. Beckett doesn't take too well to having her foibles exposed.
And Espizito failed in the Bro code. -
Quote:When I was a kid, there was only about 3 kids running around my grandparent's place. Now, if everyone shows up, there's at least 50 people there. And that's not even counting great grandkids.Kids are part of the family, and you used to be a vector once, too. What goes around comes around.
Tips for next year:
Wash your hands a lot and for at least 30 seconds each time.
Eat before they do. They're little, push them out of the way. (Then wash your hands.)
Throughout the month before, eat plenty of garlic to boost your immune system.
Throughout the month before, drink plenty of orange juice to boost your immune system.
Take Zicam during the experience.
Suck on zinc lozenges throughout, as well.
And the best advice to avoid a cold next year:
Go to Hawaii and call them on Skype.
It doesn't really matter what I do, since it's a closed house and they insist on bringing runny-nosed and hacking children around. I could go in a giant plastic hamster ball w/filtered air and no contact and STILL end up sick as hell about 1-2 days after the event, simply because it seems like they spend time rolling around in the deepest parts of the Congo beforehand and bring back mutant cold germs. -
Every new year starts the same way for me...
Me being sick as a dog.
No, not from a hangover, but rather from family Christmas parties. See, my family has a tradition. No one can manage to keep their germ-ridden plague factories known as kids home. They insist on bringing them to the get-together regardless of whatever malady they've caught and want to share it with everyone else.
Now, this may not be a big deal to the other parents in attendence since they tend to have immunity to the variety of plagues those little monsters get, but to those of us without children, it means at least a week of head colds, sore throats, and aches that we don't need.
And this year was no exception.
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Quote:I'll get to it when I get to it!Yeah, it is definitely not one for kids, but IMO, it still deserves a recommendation, cos it's good. A note can always be made next to it if the list ever gets updated
Grr...
Also, finished watching the first two parts of Kenichi TMD and have formed a better description of it. Imagine the wimpiest and most cowardly guy you know. Now, throw him into a dojo with, basically, the six best martial arts masters on the planet. You have Sakaki the karate master who likes a cold beer, Kensei Ma the lecherous kung fu master, Shigure the sedate and voluptuous kunoichi/weapons master/carrier of a mouse named Tochemaru, Akisame the learned judo/jujitsu/aikido master, Apachai the enormous and simple/good natured muay thai master, and the Elder whose name and specialty escapes me ATM. Naturally, it's a rather well-endowed and oblivious classmate that gets him involved with these people, as the Elder is her grandfather, and she's no slouch at the butt-kickery either plus she ends up saving Kenichi a time or two.
Now, what would happen if said wimp manages to beat a big, bad karate practioner in one of the high school clubs? And continues to get lucky in his fights? So much so that he attracts the attention of the local delinquent club.
Oh, and the show has one of the slimiest and most repugnant characters I've ever seen. Nijihara the information broker/collector. -
Quote:Well, technically they aren't the same matter. A lifetime's worth of growth, change, and cellular death will see to that. They didn't even think the same. You could possibly call them two completely different people/objects. Just look at your own self through your life. Are you the same matter that you were when you were six? When you were -.5? When you were 20?I'm sure there's some wibbly wobbly explanation why there wasn't a "shorting out of the time differential" when they hugged. When Amy met her younger self in "The Big Bang" there were no consequences, the assumption being it's Amys from 2 different universes.
I LOL at the Psychic Paper failing...."Finally a lie too big" -
Rather than "jumped the shark" can we now say "flew the shark"?
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Abigail was quite a bit of alright. I had missed the snarky and beautimus Ms. Pond as well. That was some very nice singing as well.
Dickens' story is just one of those that will live forever. I can easily imagine five hundred years from now having that story repeated in some form. Provided of course, that humanity is still around and Farenheit 451 doesn't happen in the intervening years. -
Just started watching Lucky Star...
I have no idea what to think of it. It's just so random, though I've only watched the first episode so far. -
Quote:Fixed for even betterness.I would close it with them doing whatever it is their doing when suddenly Kaley Cuoco's voice breaks in, "Really, Eli?"
<cut to Eli and Kaley Cuoco in a bubble bath together>
Kaley: "This is your fantasy? To take a bubble bath with me while telling me about your role playing game?"
<knock on door>
Eli's Mom: "Eli! What are you doing in there?!"
<Eli looks towards door>
Eli: "Nothing, Mom! Can't I have any privacy!"
<Flash of light only visible to the viewers>
<Eli looks back towards Kaley only now she's Sgt. Greer>
Dr. Sam Beckett: "Oh boy..."
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Gary the Stormtrooper and Boba Fett always steal the show. Loved one of the bumps in the commercials about the writer's notes...how every time they do a Star Wars special, they call Harrison Ford's manager and get a resounding NO!
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My biggest gripe with the movie?
The sound.
When you have people talking, DON'T have a blaring over-score playing at the same time. I swear, about half the damn movie I couldn't understand because the music was about 80 times louder than the dialog. Try to lay off the modulation of voices too. Sure, it's kinda neat, but if you can't understand what's being said, it ends up sounding like the adults in a Charlie Brown cartoon. -
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What really killed the show for me was the unnecessary shakey cam. Nothing like watching a conversation between two characters and watching the cam jumping around like a cricket on crack (very very noticeable when you only light the characters faces but have a dark background). I could deal with the characters and whatnot, but getting motion sickness (something that only extremely rarely happens to me) from a tv show is a massive turnoff.
That, and the writers continual ******** on Eli. It was like some kind of passive-aggressive hatred of the fans that made SG-1 and SGA into successful shows, IMO. The only halfways likeable character and they made him into the punching bag.
Good news with that release though? More Eureka, Warehouse 13, and Haven. Hopefully more Sanctuary too, as I enjoy that show. Though given it's death slot on Friday after wrestling... -
Suprised no one said, "Hop into a Tardis and go back in time, because that's the only way you'll see a good portion of the Who continuum...".