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Streaming Recommendations (Netflix, HBO, Amazon, etc.)
October 31st, 2017 at 2:16:08 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Outside the US and Canada, Netflix was supposed to carry Discovery. A coworker tells me it is there. we'll see. I tried to log in a few days ago, and it offered me one free month. If that works, I may sign back up and unsubscribe again if the shows aren't there. they're also supposed to have full seasons of all trek series. there are a few Voyager eps I've wanted to re-watch (like "The Year of Hell") Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
October 31st, 2017 at 5:01:43 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
It looks like he might be correct.
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October 31st, 2017 at 7:04:30 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
I took a 7 day free trial to see what the show was like. It is certainly the most impressive graphics that I have ever seen in a TV show. Unfortunately after the pilot, I have to admit I like "The Orville" better. "Star Trek, Discovery" takes itself very seriously and I found myself getting bored. |
November 1st, 2017 at 7:55:52 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
You'd like "Redshirts" by John Scalzi. He makes a very hard point, repeatedly, as to how the most serious (and dramatic) parts of Trek are really ridiculous :) Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
November 1st, 2017 at 10:22:39 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | The 2nd-4th episode of Star Trek Discovery really picked up the story line. I should have waited before making negative comments. |
November 3rd, 2017 at 1:07:43 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 | Dead Poets Society sure hasn't held up well. in 1989 it was nominated best pic, Robin Williams best actor. Well, he's rarely seen in it, and he just plays the same part he always played. What a bore-fest of a movie, even the kid shooting himself was so predictable and boring. These coming of age movies were all the rage for awhile. The acting was top notch, though. Watch the young men in this, and compare the acting to the kids in Stranger Things. You'll understand why I can't watch it. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
November 3rd, 2017 at 1:57:48 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Dead Poets Society was basically adults acting as high school kids. Stranger Things is real kids. I did like one particular scene in Stranger Things #2. Caleb McLaughlin (born October 13th, 2001) playing Lucas Sinclair explains everything that happened in the first season to the new character, Max, played by Sadie Sink (born April 16, 2002). When he gets done she treats his account like a fictional story and launches into some criticism that basically echoes every real life criticism of Season #1 (it's derivative, non focused, scattered storyline that borrows from too many different genres, etc.). I have to admire a writer who can incorporate criticism into their own storyline. It shows up every now and then in television. |
November 3rd, 2017 at 10:55:33 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 |
Go back to season 2 or 3 of Modern Family and compare those kids acting to ST. The kids in ST are just awful, painful to watch. But so are the adults, they just basically say their lines. That's why you've never seen them before, except burn out Ryder. They have never done much before because they have no talent. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
November 4th, 2017 at 7:18:15 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Her most financially successful film was a critical failure and was released a few months before her highly public trial and sentencing. |
November 4th, 2017 at 11:59:53 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 | Michael Clayton, for 2nd time. Why was this nominated for Oscars, it's so boring and forgettable I forgot I had already seen it. Clooney plays himself, as usual. The story is old as the hills, big law firm against bad corp giant. Totally predictable ending. Yawner of a movie. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |