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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/10/2016 8:44:20 PM   
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Finally saw a Star Wars film.

The original one from 1977 or whenever. Probably unfair to be overly critical now, but I would say it hasn't dated well. Some excellent actors - Sir Alec Guiness chief amongst them - but not a great film. By the way, who taught the Stormtroopers to shoot?

The same guy who taught the Germans to shoot in every WWII movie.
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True dat - same tactics too!!


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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/10/2016 8:49:11 PM   
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Finally saw a Star Wars film.

The original one from 1977 or whenever. Probably unfair to be overly critical now, but I would say it hasn't dated well. Some excellent actors - Sir Alec Guiness chief amongst them - but not a great film. By the way, who taught the Stormtroopers to shoot?

The same guy who taught the Germans to shoot in every WWII movie.
warspite1

True dat - same tactics too!!



Ben Kenobi: "And these blast points, too accurate for Sandpeople. Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise"

But, they only suck when shooting at the heroes.

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/10/2016 8:55:30 PM   
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Finally saw a Star Wars film.

The original one from 1977 or whenever. Probably unfair to be overly critical now, but I would say it hasn't dated well. Some excellent actors - Sir Alec Guiness chief amongst them - but not a great film. By the way, who taught the Stormtroopers to shoot?

So what prompted this epic undertaking?

The Stormtroopers seem to shoot well enough as long as they do not shoot at the heroes. Unless, of course, they shoot to stun.

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/10/2016 9:14:09 PM   
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Finally saw a Star Wars film.

The original one from 1977 or whenever. Probably unfair to be overly critical now, but I would say it hasn't dated well. Some excellent actors - Sir Alec Guiness chief amongst them - but not a great film. By the way, who taught the Stormtroopers to shoot?

The same guy who taught the Germans to shoot in every WWII movie.
warspite1

True dat - same tactics too!!



Ben Kenobi: "And these blast points, too accurate for Sandpeople. Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise"

But, they only suck when shooting at the heroes.
warspite1

The best bit was when the two droids - moving at a snails pace - had to cross the corridor. No Stormtrooper could hit them apparently....


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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/10/2016 9:15:00 PM   
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Finally saw a Star Wars film.

The original one from 1977 or whenever. Probably unfair to be overly critical now, but I would say it hasn't dated well. Some excellent actors - Sir Alec Guiness chief amongst them - but not a great film. By the way, who taught the Stormtroopers to shoot?

So what prompted this epic undertaking?

warspite1

Little warspite the elder wanted to see them so.....


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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/10/2016 10:00:31 PM   
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Finally saw a Star Wars film.

The original one from 1977 or whenever. Probably unfair to be overly critical now, but I would say it hasn't dated well. Some excellent actors - Sir Alec Guiness chief amongst them - but not a great film. By the way, who taught the Stormtroopers to shoot?

So what prompted this epic undertaking?

warspite1

Little warspite the elder wanted to see them so.....


Now you have to take them to see 'The Empire Strikes Back' and 'The Return of the Jedi' before seeing 'The Force Awakens'.
Or rent them or whatever.

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/13/2016 6:15:52 PM   
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Celebrity Big Brother . These people are just...... Good fun though

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/14/2016 5:36:20 AM   
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Just seen that Penny Dreadful is coming back for Series 3 in May - hussah! Eva Green looks more scary than ever

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/22/2016 5:41:47 PM   
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Finally saw a Star Wars film.

The original one from 1977 or whenever. Probably unfair to be overly critical now, but I would say it hasn't dated well. Some excellent actors - Sir Alec Guiness chief amongst them - but not a great film. By the way, who taught the Stormtroopers to shoot?

So what prompted this epic undertaking?

warspite1

Little warspite the elder wanted to see them so.....


Now you have to take them to see 'The Empire Strikes Back' and 'The Return of the Jedi' before seeing 'The Force Awakens'.
Or rent them or whatever.


Eh, does not EVERYBODY own those?! If not so, shame!!!

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/22/2016 5:47:53 PM   
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So, noticed that the national TV station (NRK) was sending "Apocalypse : The world at war", which I have not seen in ages. Thought "great!". Sat down to watch the first episode, and noticed a few things...

1. It is dubbed into norwegian (which is VERY rare here).
2. The man dubbing it has NO idea about anything WWII related.
3. The man who did the texting seems to be the same guy as in #2.

So, after 20 minutes of shouting "USSR, not Russia", "There is a difference between the names Hitler and Himmler", "What about the norwegian, greek, dutch etc ships sailing to Britain?", I had to turn it off. That was painful to watch, and it is sad for several reasons;

-it is a good series that alot of people should watch
-someone might actually think they learn facts, when they are thaught incorectly
-appearantly you just have to pass your englush exam to become a translator in Norway
-it is always sad to see grown up people (you can tell from his voice) that does not even recognize that the picture shown is NOT Hitler, but Himmler. But then again, since he did not seem to know the name Himmler, how could he...

Save us from ignorance sweet Jebus!

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/23/2016 2:59:23 AM   
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Endeavour - the Inspector Morse prequel

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/24/2016 4:42:03 PM   
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Currently watching Deutschland 83 and it is quite good so far.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland_83

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/24/2016 5:06:03 PM   
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La guerra de la independencia (12 chapters)

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/24/2016 8:20:07 PM   
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I've been watching the new BBC documentary series about ancient Egypt: Immortal Egypt with Joann Fletcher.

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/27/2016 4:56:14 AM   
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I dug out my copy of "Come and See"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_and_See

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-come-and-see-1985

Truly the most devastating war movie ever created Powerful beyond belief!




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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/27/2016 5:03:49 AM   
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Started re-watching The X-Files from season 1. We are binge watching it.

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/28/2016 12:23:45 AM   
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I dug out my copy of "Come and See"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_and_See

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-come-and-see-1985

Truly the most devastating war movie ever created Powerful beyond belief!

What a tour-de-force. I will never forget the first time I watched Come and See. It affected me unlike any movie before or since. That was about 15 years ago and the memory is still vivid. Of course I bought it and have watched it several times since. Each time it hits hard.


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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/28/2016 5:15:56 AM   
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Watched Game of Thrones....Got addicted and watched it all in about 2 weeks
Actually was glad when it finished and got back to Wargaming lol

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/28/2016 8:34:20 AM   
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I've been watching the F1 Legends series on Sky from time to time. Saw Niki Lauda in the week and this has me itching to watch the brilliant Rush again

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/28/2016 1:39:39 PM   
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Started re-watching The X-Files from season 1. We are binge watching it.

So what is your verdict? Has it aged well?

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/28/2016 2:02:31 PM   
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John Tiller Interview


Watching this and remembering War in Europe in a friend's garage and wondering when this Modern Warfare version of Panzer Battles will be revealed ...

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/28/2016 8:14:20 PM   
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I just watched video about Nicholas "Chieftain's Hatch" Moran explaining and busting tank myths of the Second World War

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/30/2016 3:39:33 AM   
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Started re-watching The X-Files from season 1. We are binge watching it.

So what is your verdict? Has it aged well?


LOL, I have no opinion yet. My wife and I wanted to start with the original series by watching all 9 seasons. In 6 days we have blazed through seasons 1,2 and half of 3. Once we watch all the original episodes I will watch the new series.

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/30/2016 7:49:47 PM   
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Finally got around to watching Big Hero 6. Verdict? Yet another winner from the Disney Pixar stable

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/30/2016 8:09:14 PM   
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Not to split hairs War but BH6 was not Pixar.

Still a great movie.

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/30/2016 9:15:27 PM   
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I finally watched Gracepoint the US version of Broadchurch

I had read reviews that it wasnt as good as the UK version, and sadly I agree. It looked good. but was just missing the tension.

Oh well, theres still 2 seasons of Broadchurch for me to get to

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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/31/2016 8:41:10 AM   
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Not to split hairs War but BH6 was not Pixar.

Still a great movie.
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You are of course correct - it was Walt Disney Animation Studios and not Pixar. Apparently their latest release, The Good Dinosaur, has not gone down well which is a bit of a shocker for Pixar.


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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/31/2016 11:51:49 AM   
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Not to split hairs War but BH6 was not Pixar.

Still a great movie.
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You are of course correct - it was Walt Disney Animation Studios and not Pixar. Apparently their latest release, The Good Dinosaur, has not gone down well which is a bit of a shocker for Pixar.



Personally I think the worst thing that happened to them was getting bought by Disney.

Pixar in the past put out I think 1 movie every 2 years...maybe 1 every year.

Since the Disney purchase they have been putting out I think 2 a year?

Not only that...some of the sequels that Disney is dictating they make are mind-numbing.
Do we really need a Finding Nemo 2?
Cars 2 (and 3 for that matter)?
Monsters U?

All three of those movies were great (well Cars was merely good...story line was way too much Doc Hollywood for me) as stand along movies. They didn't need sequels.

The one movie I wanted a sequel, was made for a sequel and they've pushed it off for almost 20 yrs (The Incredibles)

bahhhhhhhhhhhh...sorry for the rant. I just hate when mega-conglomerates take a good thing and utterly destroy it (See EA with Bullfrog...Maxis...Bioware...etc.)


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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/31/2016 12:36:26 PM   
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Not to split hairs War but BH6 was not Pixar.

Still a great movie.
warspite1

You are of course correct - it was Walt Disney Animation Studios and not Pixar. Apparently their latest release, The Good Dinosaur, has not gone down well which is a bit of a shocker for Pixar.



Personally I think the worst thing that happened to them was getting bought by Disney.

Pixar in the past put out I think 1 movie every 2 years...maybe 1 every year.

Since the Disney purchase they have been putting out I think 2 a year?

Not only that...some of the sequels that Disney is dictating they make are mind-numbing.
Do we really need a Finding Nemo 2?
Cars 2 (and 3 for that matter)?
Monsters U?

All three of those movies were great (well Cars was merely good...story line was way too much Doc Hollywood for me) as stand along movies. They didn't need sequels.

The one movie I wanted a sequel, was made for a sequel and they've pushed it off for almost 20 yrs (The Incredibles)

bahhhhhhhhhhhh...sorry for the rant. I just hate when mega-conglomerates take a good thing and utterly destroy it (See EA with Bullfrog...Maxis...Bioware...etc.)


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Each to their own of course but I have to say I do not agree. I cannot see that Disney have been anything but a positive influence. Indeed all 16 feature films that Pixar have released have been under the Disney ‘banner’. 2015 is the first time that Pixar released two films in one year. The plan is to release one film a year and one sequel every other year.

Sequels tend to be cheap and easy ways to make a quick buck riding on the coat tails of the original but Pixar have avoided that in the main. I mean can anyone decide which is the best Toy Story? Unlike The Godfather, I, II AND III were top drawer . Monsters University is, arguably, better than the original too. Like you I have been waiting for The Incredibles II but it’s interesting – and comforting – to hear the reasons why the sequel has been so delayed; simply put, Pixar are not going to put any old rubbish out. Only three animated films have ever been nominated for best picture at the Oscars – all three are Disney and two have been Disney Pixar (Toy Story 3 and Up).

The only Pixar films I haven’t seen are Cars, Cars II and The Good Dinosaur and so cannot comment, but otherwise just look at the output (as I say, all under Disney):

Toy Story - Brilliant
Toy Story II – Equally Brilliant
Toy Story III – Third film in the franchise but not even the merest hint of a let up in quality
A Bug’s Life – A solid, watchable film
Monsters Inc – Very, very good
Finding Nemo – Absolute quality
The Incredibles – See Finding Nemo
Ratatouille – A film that gets better on second viewing
WALL-E – Thought provoking
Up – Very good film but the first 20 minutes are sheer cinematic gold
Brave – Very good stab at the Princess genre
Monsters University – Better than the original
Inside Out – Brilliant, original idea

Sorry but I cannot see how Disney have ‘utterly destroyed’ Pixar.


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RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? - 1/31/2016 3:59:09 PM   
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You have a point War - Disney bought pixar a lot earlier than I thought (2006)

I still enjoy most of their films however I feel like the tone in them has changed...but hey, that's my opinion...with that and a dime you can buy yourself a piece of Bazooka bubblegum.

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