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wraith808:
Dominion: great concept, good production values...but the main actors don't bring 'it' for me.
-Shades (August 28, 2014, 09:50 PM)
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Don't know if you watched the whole season, but the last couple of episodes were real game changers... from the plot to the actors.
Renegade:
I've seen some of the shows mentions. Here are my 2 satoshis. ;)
Dominion: Blah. Trying to watch... but it keeps losing my interest. "Supernatural" does a much better job with the 'supernatural'.
Defiance: Very good show. It peters out at times, but picks up quickly.
The Last Ship: Much better than I thought it would be. Still a bit jingoistic, but, a decent story.
The Strain: This is a good show. It keeps getting deeper & deeper. Once it hits season 2, it will likely be far better than any of the others I've mentioned here. But, it's still in that "season 1 finding its pace" phase.
Falling Skies: It has its moments, and will go through several episodes of "blah" before it picks up again. But, when it picks up, it does extremely well.
If you keep track of movies and TV shows, you'll likely have noticed that they very often come out in pairs where the same basic themes are played out with the same archetypes, but the specifics are changed for different audiences. e.g. The Last Ship & The Strain. Here's how that plays out:
Theme: The godvernment saviour
The Last Ship - Navy
The Strain - CDC
Theme: Medical emergencies!!!
The Last Ship - A lethal virus plague
The Strain - A vampire infectious plague
Archetype: The torn hero who battles against all the same crap as every other infuriatingly trite "hero" character with all the accompanying baggage and idiocy you've come to expect
The Last Ship - CO CDR Tom Chandler
The Strain - Ephraim Goodweather
Archetype: The good guy who has done something really bad & is in need of redemption
The Last Ship - Quincy
The Strain - Jim Kent
etc. etc. etc.
The exact same thing plays out in countless shows and movies that are always released in pairs within a few months of each other, though occasionally you do see these pairs released in successive seasons.
4wd:
Probably the only autobiography I'll ever watch and that comes down to the way it was produced:
It covers from his beginning up until the mid-80's, after he beat his addictions.
Renegade:
It covers from his beginning up until the mid-80's, after he beat his addictions.
-4wd (August 31, 2014, 07:23 AM)
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What's even more surprising is AC since then. Along with Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, Brian Welch of Korn, Nicko McBrain of Iron Maiden, and Dan Spitz of Anthrax, and Blackie Lawless of WASP, they have all converted to Christianity. THAT bit in a documentary I would like to see.
Renegade:
A Clockwork Orange (imdb)
After reading a recent news article, I immediately thought of a few parallels in A Clockwork Orange. Strange how fiction becomes or parallels reality sometimes.
What kind of look do you get on your face when you hear bits of Beethoven's 9th? Why, this of course!
Much of the set really isn't SFW. So, no bar furniture screenshots. :P
Or perhaps this:
Where the priest basically lays down Immanuel Kant for buddy boy (big issue and brought up later):
"Goodness is chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man."
Possible spoilers/reminders ahead
The doctor making a comment:
"Soon we may be needing all our prison space for political offenders."
Time to watch a movie!!!
And lick a boot!
What is he looking at?!?
Hint: It's bloody awesome! ;) Oh, the applause!
Familiar faces? God, the irony there...
Hmmm...
But, no more after that.
After 43 years, the film still really keeps up and relevant.
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