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Mr. McMac said:
I gave up on Netflix when they canceled the Stargate franchise. I watch old TV shows from this website. http://watchseries.eu/
Unfortunately they don't have the 1960's Outer Limits, but they have a wide variety of other great shows, old and new. Check it out..
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Ok, thanks. In the mean time, I found the Outer Limits on iTunes and paid ten bucks for season 1. 😎
 
^^Thank's for the link Mr. McMac! Very useful, that seems to work even over here....now I can finally watch that Firefly series Pluto recommended. 😀
I assume that the original Outer Limits are superior to the 90s (?) remake?

And 'Seeking a Friend for the End of the World' made me a bit curious now, actually never heard of it before, critics seem mixed, quite bad imdb-rating etc. pp., but Knightley...that could be interesting. Maybe I'll give it a watch.
 
Two today...

Expendables 2 ... what can I say, I wish I was 12 so I could enjoy this movie even more.


The New World: The Extended Cut (Blu-ray version). Some say it was a masterpiece, others WTF? I loved the cinematography although the extended cut made it hard going, 22m more to nearly 3 hours. This is the 3rd time I have sat through the whole film and I'm still not sure if Terrence Malick is a genius or a bore.
 
I hate to sound stereotypical, because this seems like the "in" thing to do at the moment, but I caved and went to the movies to see Argo. I was very intrigued; I had known a few details about the whole scandal prior to seeing the movie, but never knew fully what went down.

Not to mention I usually have a strong distaste for most Ben Affleck movies, especially the ones he puts himself in. Not so much in Argo, though.. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Though I must say, it was odd that Affleck put himself in the main role.. All the actors looked exactly like the character they were attempting to portray, except Affleck. His character was meant to be a Mexican, but alas, Affleck put his caucasian-self in there to take the role head-on.
 
RRutter said:
I hate to sound stereotypical, because this seems like the "in" thing to do at the moment, but I caved and went to the movies to see Argo. I was very intrigued; I had known a few details about the whole scandal prior to seeing the movie, but never knew fully what went down.

Not to mention I usually have a strong distaste for most Ben Affleck movies, especially the ones he puts himself in. Not so much in Argo, though.. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Though I must say, it was odd that Affleck put himself in the main role.. All the actors looked exactly like the character they were attempting to portray, except Affleck. His character was meant to be a Mexican, but alas, Affleck put his caucasian-self in there to take the role head-on.
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I absolutely hate Ben Affleck. He's disingenuous and always needs to play the hero, even if the hero is not of his ethnic background. He probably would have played Malcom X given the chance.
 
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leekohler said:
I absolutely hate Ben Affleck. He's disingenuous and always needs to play the hero, even if the hero is not of his ethnic background. He probably would have played Malcom X given the chance.
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I couldn't help but chuckle at this.. Very true. He probably looked at himself in the mirror before shooting and told himself "you're the hero, baby. Let's go save some lives"
 
leekohler said:
I absolutely hate Ben Affleck. He's disingenuous and always needs to play the hero, even if the hero is not of his ethnic background. He probably would have played Malcom X given the chance.
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I understand where you're coming from, but "Argo" was absolutely great. Best movie I've seen since "The Departed."
 
wvuwhat said:
I understand where you're coming from, but "Argo" was absolutely great. Best movie I've seen since "The Departed."
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I'm also on the same boast as you, wvu. I wasn't expecting to see such a terrific film, but it ended up being my favorite of 2012
 
About to watch one of my absolute top10 Goldfinger Will be the first time in English, wondering how Froebes accent will be like....
 
twietee said:
About to watch one of my absolute top10 Goldfinger Will be the first time in English, wondering how Froebes accent will be like....
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I always quite liked 'Goldfinger', but must say I preferred 'You Only Live Twice', and - the somewhat jarring note of the casting of George Lazenby apart - just loved Diana Rigg's classy, sophisticated heroine, the wonderful music, and the bitter-sweet ending, so, that means I also loved "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and the earlier "From Russia With Love".
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
I always quite liked 'Goldfinger', but must say I preferred 'You Only Live Twice', and - the somewhat jarring note of the casting of George Lazenby apart - just loved Diana Rigg's classy, sophisticated heroine, the wonderful music, and the bitter-sweet ending; I also loved "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and the earlier "From Russia With Love".
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I understand where you're coming from, big 007 fan here, but Gerd Froebe goes back to my earliest movie experiences ("The Little Vampire"-series, anyone?), so he's my personal master Bond villain. Besides, I think the Bassey soundtrack tops everything by far. Maybe it was just the first I've seen and that's all.

But right now it's kind of a happy, happy, joy, joy for me as I got the 50th anniversary Bond collection. 🙂 😎
I'll have a closer look on the ones you've mentioned during direct comparison.

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I'm with you regarding Lazenby btw. He seems to receive little credit for his work, well at least not by us. 🙂 And just saw Diana Rigg on the coverwork, totally forgot about her obviously.

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Ha, there you got me....jarred note, seems I'm alone again with Lazenby.
 
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twietee said:
I understand where you're coming from, big 007 fan here, but Gerd Froebe goes back to my earliest movie experiences ("The Little Vampire"-series, anyone?), so he's my personal master Bond villain. Besides, I think the Bassey soundtrack tops everything by far. Maybe it was just the first I've seen and that's all.

But right now it's kind of a happy, happy, joy, joy for me as I got the 50th anniversary Bond collection. 🙂 😎
I'll have a closer look on the ones you've mentioned during direct comparison.
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Agreed, Gerd Froebe is a wonderful villain - I remember him saying,"No, I expect you to die, Mr Bond" (terrific line) with sadistic and gleeful conviction (only, as always, to be proven wrong by the time the end credits came to roll). And, of course, agree completely, the music of Shirley Bassey is just awesome.

(Then again, the music in "Diamonds Are Forever" is also brilliant.....though the movie isn't as good as some of the earlier ones, and Connery was showing his age).

Has anyone seen the latest Daniel Craig outing, 'Skyfall' yet, and, if so, what are your thoughts on it? It has received excellent reviews in the British media.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
(Then again, the music in "Diamonds Are Forever" is also brilliant.....though the movie isn't as good as some of the earlier ones, and Connery was showing his age).

Has anyone seen the latest Daniel Craig outing, 'Skyfall' ye, and, if so, what are your thoughts on it? It has received excellent reviews in the British media.
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That's true of course, Diamonds Are Forever is brilliant as a soundtrack. Haven't seen the last installment until now, but lack some enthusiasm as I found Quantum of.... quite bad. Sad, isn't it.
 
twietee said:
I understand where you're coming from, big 007 fan here, but Gerd Froebe goes back to my earliest movie experiences ("The Little Vampire"-series, anyone?), so he's my personal master Bond villain. Besides, I think the Bassey soundtrack tops everything by far. Maybe it was just the first I've seen and that's all.

But right now it's kind of a happy, happy, joy, joy for me as I got the 50th anniversary Bond collection. 🙂 😎
I'll have a closer look on the ones you've mentioned during direct comparison.

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I'm with you regarding Lazenby btw. He seems to receive little credit for his work, well at least not by us. 🙂 And just saw Diana Rigg on the coverwork, totally forgot about her obviously.

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Ha, there you got me....jarred note, seems I'm alone again with Lazenby.
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Ah, yes. Well, unfortunately, the casting of Lazenby was a somewhat jarring note when contrasted with the other Bonds.

The odd thing - ironic thing - really, was that in that movie Diana Rigg was also the antithesis of the more usual clichéd Bond girl - an upper-class, educated, sophisticated, cool, calm, exceedingly clever and utterly compelling heroine - in other words, Bond's soul-mate and worthy partner. No wonder they had to kill her off, but I was always sorry that they never gave her a Bond worth marrying and partnering.
 
Saw you guys jump on the 007 topic. Pierce Brosnan was my favorite James Bond.. A LOT of people disagree with me. I think I dig him the most because he was the first James Bond I saw on the big screen. Much Nostalgia.
 
RRutter said:
Saw you guys jump on the 007 topic. Pierce Brosnan was my favorite James Bond.. A LOT of people disagree with me. I think I dig him the most because he was the first James Bond I saw on the big screen. Much Nostalgia.
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I think that must be the reason. 😉 No, just joking, I found Goldeneye quite good and very entertaining. But then it went downwards. Pretty fast imho.

re Goldfinger: Think the ending isn't on par with the rest of the film. And although Froebe isn't dubbed in the English version, I prefer him in the German as his accent comes across even stronger.

And because you mentioned nostalgia: watching Indianer Jones - Temple of Doom right now.
 
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I've been downloading season five of the BBC TV series "Merlin".

Not that I would encourage such illegal activity.

Ah, who am I kidding? I've been downloading stuff illegally ever since the days of Macster.
 
Now I am watching James bond new movie Sky fall really nice movie, this Movie is the best movie of James bind...
 
I just finished watching Sucker Punch. Excellent film, way better than I expected it to be. In fact it may very well be one of my favourites.
 
At this moment, I'm watching "The Big Heat" made in 1953. Directed by Fritz Lang, with Glenn Ford, Lee Marvin and Gloria Graham. Neat piece of noir.

To cheat a little, I saw the 1931 "Frankenstein" last night. A classic and brilliant potboiler. Karloff was remarkable in giving the monster some depth, and even sympathy, at times. The director, James Whale, used the cheapy studio sets in a way reminiscent of German Expressionist films at times. Wonderful cinematography.

Whales career was shortened by his openness about being gay at a time when you couldn't do that. (Somehow Cole Porter got away with it, for the most part.)

I must admit that after seeing "Young Frankenstein" so many times I can say the lines before the characters, watching the real thing I kept hearing the Mel Brooks silliness.

"Damn your eyes"

"Too late!"



BTW: Dr. Frankensteins assistant was not named Igor (or eye-gore, as Marty Feldman would have it), his name was Fritz. He was played by Dweight Frye, who went on to play Renfield in the original "Dracula", made in the same year.
 

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At this moment, I'm watching "The Big Heat" made in 1953. Directed by Fritz Lang, with Glenn Ford, Lee Marvin and Gloria Graham. Neat piece of noir.

To cheat a little, I saw the 1931 "Frankenstein" last night. A classic and brilliant potboiler. Karloff was remarkable in giving the monster some depth, and even sympathy, at times. The director, James Whale, used the cheapy studio sets in a way reminiscent of German Expressionist films at times. Wonderful cinematography.

Whales career was shortened by his openness about being gay at a time when you couldn't do that. (Somehow Cole Porter got away with it, for the most part.)
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Haven't seen neither The Big Heat nor Young Frankenstein up to now, but Karloff's Frankenstein is a true gem and Whale is a master of his craft. It's (by far) my favorite of all these horror films. I do read often that The Bride is supposed to be even better, but I disagree, while it's a great movie nevertheless. The scene where: SPOILER the father took his dead daughter into the celebrating village, is breathtaking imho and strongly reminds me on the 'coffin' scene in Vampyr END SPOILER
With these movies, I always try to imagine how it must have been when people saw it for the first time back in the 30s. Which one do you actually prefer?

I am still searching for The Son of Frankenstein with Rathbone. Hard to find a copy here.

Although they all are associated with the horror genre, it's more of a showcase of philosophical and psychological themes and motives. Great stuff!
 
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