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Started by Eddie Teach, March 06, 2011, 09:29:27 AM

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celedhring

Thanks, I'll start watching The Expanse then. Have heard good things.

Martinus

Quote from: Liep on November 21, 2016, 08:15:40 AM
Westworld has really captured me. I don't know if I think it's great but it's really intriguing at least, much depends on how they tie the ends together in the coming episodes.

I love the philosophy behind it.

Berkut

Quote from: celedhring on November 22, 2016, 03:48:57 PM
Thanks, I'll start watching The Expanse then. Have heard good things.

That is much, much, MUCH better television.
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Quote from: celedhring on November 22, 2016, 03:48:57 PM
Thanks, I'll start watching The Expanse then. Have heard good things.

I enjoyed that show
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Josephus

Quote from: celedhring on November 22, 2016, 02:16:26 PM
Designated Survivor: yay or nay?

Just yesterday I watched the first two episodes and thought they were quite well done and fast paced. We'll set where it goes, though, now that it's all set up
Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011

mongers

'The Martian' - I liked it.  :)
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

KRonn

Quote from: mongers on November 22, 2016, 07:19:56 PM
'The Martian' - I liked it.  :)

Good movie, I really liked that too.

mongers

Quote from: KRonn on November 22, 2016, 07:26:35 PM
Quote from: mongers on November 22, 2016, 07:19:56 PM
'The Martian' - I liked it.  :)

Good movie, I really liked that too.

Yeah, one of those not to watch too often, maybe once a decade.  :)
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

crazy canuck

Quote from: celedhring on November 22, 2016, 09:52:15 AM
Quote from: Josephus on November 22, 2016, 09:41:02 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on November 21, 2016, 11:15:33 PM
Watched the Netlix series on Commodus.  It is an interesting mix of the HBO series Rome (complete with nudity so Josephus will approve) and narration with interview clips with historians like Anthony Everitt.

:) :)

Is it any good? I saw it pop on my Netflix recommendations list, but I wondered if it's decent of just some History Channel-level dross.

A bit of both, but they have Everitt on every once in a while which is worth it.

Ideologue

The new Disney film, Moana, is excellent.  Best thing Ron Clements and John Musker have done since Aladdin.
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Current reviews: The 'Burbs (9/10); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (9/10); John Wick: Chapter 2 (9/10); A Cure For Wellness (4/10)

celedhring

Quote from: crazy canuck on November 22, 2016, 11:27:34 PM
Quote from: celedhring on November 22, 2016, 09:52:15 AM
Quote from: Josephus on November 22, 2016, 09:41:02 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on November 21, 2016, 11:15:33 PM
Watched the Netlix series on Commodus.  It is an interesting mix of the HBO series Rome (complete with nudity so Josephus will approve) and narration with interview clips with historians like Anthony Everitt.

:) :)

Is it any good? I saw it pop on my Netflix recommendations list, but I wondered if it's decent of just some History Channel-level dross.

A bit of both, but they have Everitt on every once in a while which is worth it.

Thanks, I guess it won't hurt to watch the first ep and see. I'm a sucker for Roman history stuff anyway.

Watched the first 2 eps of The Expanse. Liking it so far.

Sophie Scholl

I'm looking forward to diving into that new Commodus series when I get a chance.  I've always had an interest in historical villains.  I once put together a whole theory of Commodus actually being a decent Emperor in his goals and how he was drawing on Augustus as an inspiration for his leadership as displayed in his statuary pieces and works.  The idea was that he was trying to save the Empire by making it less Rome and Italy -centric and trying to increase the participation and importance of the rest of the Empire.  This extended to the renaming of Rome and the broadening of the sense of Empire to all.  The traditionalists in the Senate and the major land owners who backed them had a lot to lose if they were no longer the sole elites and power was spread more equally throughout the Empire, so they conspired to eliminate him and blacken his name on the historical record to explain away their actions and the "evil" that Commodus was and represented.
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KRonn

I've been watching Mars on the National Geographic channel. Good show so far. It mixes the fictional story in with documentary info with scientists and others like Elon Musk who has his company working towards a manned trip to Mars. Good stuff.

Josephus

Quote from: Ideologue on November 23, 2016, 02:02:06 AM
The new Disney film, Moana, is excellent.  Best thing Ron Clements and John Musker have done since Aladdin.

Apparently in Italy they changed the name of the film because Moana is a famous Italian porn star. I've heard.
Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011

Duque de Bragança

Quote from: Josephus on November 23, 2016, 02:19:36 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on November 23, 2016, 02:02:06 AM
The new Disney film, Moana, is excellent.  Best thing Ron Clements and John Musker have done since Aladdin.

Apparently in Italy they changed the name of the film because Moana is a famous Italian porn star. I've heard.

A colleague of the Cicciolina so not exactly unheard of. ;)