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Post by thomasallencummins on Nov 24, 2008 16:18:46 GMT -5
Picked up HELLBOY II, WALL-E, ALIEN NATION / ENEMY MINE, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, 2 LOONEY TOONS COLLECTIONS and the first season of Fantasy Island, which sweetpea bought for the nostalgia but also because it came in a cool retro lunchbox that is perfect for my collection. :-)
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Post by ram on Dec 1, 2008 0:35:49 GMT -5
Fantasy Island? Now that's a trip through memory lane. Always found it funny the way Mr. Roarke would pop up in the middle of his guests' "fantasies" to see how they were doing. Wonder if Bill Shatner ever guested on the show. Hmmm...
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Post by thomasallencummins on Dec 1, 2008 13:13:45 GMT -5
Fantasy Island? Now that's a trip through memory lane. Always found it funny the way Mr. Roarke would pop up in the middle of his guests' "fantasies" to see how they were doing. Wonder if Bill Shatner ever guested on the show. Hmmm... j Okay. BIIIIIIG shock here. We began watching episodes and found not one but two pilot movies on disc one. Niether of us could ever remember watching these before and WOW we were really surprised by the tone of the pilots. It appears early on that Spelling had more of a "Night Gallery" or the darker "Twilight Zone" in mind for the show. The best word that we could come up with to describe what the show was like is....creepy. Sure the look is the same. Same island. Same Mr. Roarke (Mantalban) same Tatoo (Villechaize) but the Roarke character is much more of a heartless dictator. He has detailed and incriminating information on his guests similar to Benjamin Linus on LOST. He seems less jovial and much more menancing and many of the stories do not end with a happy conclusion. It was kind of shocking to see given what memories I had of the show. Now once we began watching the first few episodes of what would be the first season, things were much more familiar. Though I don't remember Roarke and Tatoo playing so much "Monopoly" before. Roarke even admits something to the effect that he had won over 2000 games against Tatoo. ;D We're still watching season one so there may still be more revelations to come.
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Post by ram on Dec 1, 2008 14:50:58 GMT -5
Wow! So it was more like "Dark Fantasy Island." Intriguing! I really don't remember how many episodes I saw - it's all kind of a blur. And I likely began watching the show when it was already an established hit. I definitely never saw the pilot movie - and two of them, no less.
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Post by thomasallencummins on Dec 11, 2008 12:02:06 GMT -5
Picked up "Tropic Thunder". It's very vulgar and crude but.....freaking hilarious! :-) Reminds me of how I felt when I watched "Team America: World Police".
I HAVE to get "The Dark Knight". I must be the only comic fan on the planet that hasn't seen it. :-(
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Post by cleburne on Dec 16, 2008 14:13:06 GMT -5
I HAVE to get "The Dark Knight". I must be the only comic fan on the planet that hasn't seen it. :-( I also havent seen Dark Knight so you not on your own there I hoping to get it as a christmas present (I hope ;D) But I did go out and buy Battlestar Galactica Season 4 and half ways through it at present . Loving it
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Post by thomasallencummins on Dec 16, 2008 16:13:09 GMT -5
Picked up The Dark Knight yesterday. Of course we were far too busy to watch it. Maybe tonight however the day continues to be busy...maybe Wednesday..:-)
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Post by ram on Dec 18, 2008 3:07:03 GMT -5
Hey, guys, I must be one of the few who've never seen Spiderman 2, or 3. So we're even. ;D
atomic, it's not my business to tell you when to watch movies, but I'm thinking The Dark Knight is a Friday night or weekend event movie. A middle-of-the-week viewing seems...too uninspired for a movie of this magnificence. (Okay, you can tell I really liked it.)
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Post by thomasallencummins on Dec 18, 2008 9:18:11 GMT -5
Well the fates have kept us from watching TDK to this point and since there is an NFL game tonight it looks like Friday is the soonest we'll see it. After that I'll have finally joined the rest of the world.
I re watched "Tropic Thunder" last night with the commentary that included RDJ, Jack Black and Ben Stiller. I laughed much more than I did the first time. :-)
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Post by thomasallencummins on Jan 5, 2009 9:46:39 GMT -5
I've finally watched the Dark Knight. WOW! I understand now. One of the most intense films I've seen and the most dramatic of all of the Superhero genre to date. I still had much more genuine "fun" with Iron man but TDK is really an exceptional film. Dark, disturbing and expertly crafted.
I recently picked up "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" which I've had on vhs once before but first time on dvd. And I just got "Rocketeer" for the first time on dvd as well. Very under rated period/action/hero film in my opinion.
Sweetpea got the first 4 seasons of "Nip/Tuck" which she is blasting through at a record pace. Prorider just got the third Futurama movie "Bender's Game" which she let me watch yesterday. I liked it as I like everthing Futurama. :-)
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Post by cleburne on Jan 5, 2009 15:28:57 GMT -5
Still need to watch TDK hopefully soon??? I like Nip/Tuck but its on SKY cant see it but I will have to resort to watching it on You Tube like I did with seasons 3 and 4 of Bones -- Quality of You tube ok but you are never guaranteed to get all the episodes . Never heard of Rocketeer might give it a go.
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Post by ram on Jan 7, 2009 3:26:36 GMT -5
Glad you liked The Dark Knight, atomic!
cleburne, if it helps to sway you, The Rocketeer features the awesomely beautiful Jennifer Connelly back when she was a teen. ;D I think this was her movie debut.
The movie itself is pretty decent, too. I agree with atomic that it's underrated.
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Post by cleburne on Jan 7, 2009 10:42:20 GMT -5
cleburne, if it helps to sway you, The Rocketeer features the awesomely beautiful Jennifer Connelly back when she was a teen. ;D I think this was her movie debut. The movie itself is pretty decent, too. I agree with atomic that it's underrated. Ram you just twisted my arm let me go check it out see if I can get it on ebay Unfortunately Ihavent purchased any DVD of late athough I have my eyes on getting Spiderman 3 and Iron Man as I havebt seen them as yet and DVD's are coming down in price a bit. HMV are doing decent discounts at present.
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Post by thomasallencummins on Jun 8, 2009 8:41:14 GMT -5
I hope Star Trek will be available by Christmas. :-)
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Post by cleburne on Jun 8, 2009 12:54:20 GMT -5
I hope Star Trek will be available by Christmas. :-) It probably will I did purchase the final B Galactica D.V.D and loved it watched all the episodes in 1 day ;D
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