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Re: What are you watching now ? Movies and TV

Post by Chips » Sun, 27. Nov 22, 21:34

Finished watching Wednesday. Enjoyed it :D I mean that in the sense of "oh, an hour has passed already? I'll watch another..." (as opposed to the sort of engage brain and illuminate the mind/challenge you which it sometimes feels people think "Good TV" means :D ).

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Post by clakclak » Sun, 27. Nov 22, 22:22

Andor is the best Star Wars has ever been on screen in my opinion. Highly recommended even for people who may not be super into Star Wars.
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And I'm just debating whether to continue with The Peripheral, having watched just the one episode. [...]
I am really not sure if I wanna watch The Peripheral as I am a huge fan of Gibson (hell I even wrote a bachelor's thesis on his first two trilogies). I also never watched The Expanse as I really enjoy the books and don't want a show to cloud my memory.
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Re: What are you watching now ? Movies and TV

Post by mr.WHO » Tue, 29. Nov 22, 14:39

clakclak wrote:
Sun, 27. Nov 22, 22:22
I also never watched The Expanse as I really enjoy the books and don't want a show to cloud my memory.
As someone who read all books (including Novels) and watched TV series I can say you can watch it without fear.
It's the rare case, where even if they changed some things comparing to the books, the majority of these changes are better.


BTW I'm the person who absolutely hate Rings of Power, Halo and Witcher, because they drifted away from books.

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Post by burger1 » Thu, 1. Dec 22, 20:28

Pluto tv launched in Canada today. Currently it seems very limited but it's free content.

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Post by euclid » Sat, 17. Dec 22, 20:01

Just watched Avatar: The Way of Water (unfortunately not in 3d but I will if the opportunity arrises). Absolute stunning visuals but too many characters are introduced and not developed further. Lacks of storytelling and focuses too much on family rather that the race(s) relation. Often appears repetitive relative to the original movie (same but in a different scenario). Overall still worth watching but a tad disappointing.

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Re: What are you watching now ? Movies and TV

Post by mr.WHO » Sat, 17. Dec 22, 21:36

Avatar 2 plot in short:

- Dumb children got captured by villain
- MC go and rescue them
- Dumb children got captured again

Repeat like 6 times across 3 hour movie.

Amazing peak writing and storytelling :P

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Post by Tamina » Sat, 17. Dec 22, 21:43

mr.WHO wrote:
Sat, 17. Dec 22, 21:36
Avatar 2 plot in short:

- Dumb children got captured by villain
- MC go and rescue them
- Dumb children got captured again

Repeat like 6 times across 3 hour movie.

Amazing peak writing and storytelling :P
Ouch, that is devastating.

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Post by Redvers Ganderpoke » Sun, 18. Dec 22, 07:31

mr.WHO wrote:
Tue, 29. Nov 22, 14:39
clakclak wrote:
Sun, 27. Nov 22, 22:22
I also never watched The Expanse as I really enjoy the books and don't want a show to cloud my memory.
As someone who read all books (including Novels) and watched TV series I can say you can watch it without fear.
It's the rare case, where even if they changed some things comparing to the books, the majority of these changes are better.


BTW I'm the person who absolutely hate Rings of Power, Halo and Witcher, because they drifted away from books.
I'm listening to the audio books, so far up to Abaddon's Gate it's almost word for word.
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Post by mr.WHO » Sun, 18. Dec 22, 09:18

Redvers Ganderpoke wrote:
Sun, 18. Dec 22, 07:31
I'm listening to the audio books, so far up to Abaddon's Gate it's almost word for word.
There will be some noticable divergence here.
Captain Ashford character in the books is much more shallow and one-dimensional general a-hole.
That's one example for TV series seal of quality - actors and writing - I like TV series Ashford waaaaaaay better.
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Post by Alan Phipps » Sun, 18. Dec 22, 09:54

Why would audio books be anything other than based on the written books? They don't have to cater for visual dramatisations and character-playing limitations as the TV series/films would wish or have to.

Also there is no need to pay for any rescripting.
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Post by clakclak » Sun, 18. Dec 22, 15:27

mr.WHO wrote:
Sat, 17. Dec 22, 21:36
Avatar 2 plot in short:

- Dumb children got captured by villain
- MC go and rescue them
- Dumb children got captured again

Repeat like 6 times across 3 hour movie.

Amazing peak writing and storytelling :P
To be quite honest I don't think I actually care about the story or writing at all. :D

That has never been what I watched a James Cameron movie for to begin with. All I want to see is some amazing special effects.
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Post by Redvers Ganderpoke » Mon, 19. Dec 22, 09:01

Alan Phipps wrote:
Sun, 18. Dec 22, 09:54
Why would audio books be anything other than based on the written books? They don't have to cater for visual dramatisations and character-playing limitations as the TV series/films would wish or have to.

Also there is no need to pay for any rescripting.
Compared to the TV series, :wink:
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Post by Alan Phipps » Mon, 19. Dec 22, 10:22

Ah, that's different then. I would guess in that case that the audio books were a part of the TV series contract and not a publisher contract with the book author.
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Re: What are you watching now ? Movies and TV

Post by Tamina » Mon, 19. Dec 22, 13:39

clakclak wrote:
Sun, 18. Dec 22, 15:27
To be quite honest I don't think I actually care about the story or writing at all. :D

That has never been what I watched a James Cameron movie for to begin with. All I want to see is some amazing special effects.
It is over 3 hours though... 🫢

Btw I havent watched the first Avatar.. is this mandatory before watching the second one?

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Post by clakclak » Mon, 19. Dec 22, 13:44

Tamina wrote:
Mon, 19. Dec 22, 13:39
clakclak wrote:
Sun, 18. Dec 22, 15:27
To be quite honest I don't think I actually care about the story or writing at all. :D

That has never been what I watched a James Cameron movie for to begin with. All I want to see is some amazing special effects.
It is over 3 hours though... 🫢

Btw I havent watched the first Avatar.. is this mandatory before watching the second one?
I think watching the first may not be a bad idea. Just be aware that these movies look a LOT better in the cinema and in 3D.
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Re: What are you watching now ? Movies and TV

Post by mr.WHO » Mon, 19. Dec 22, 15:54

Tamina wrote:
Mon, 19. Dec 22, 13:39
Btw I havent watched the first Avatar.. is this mandatory before watching the second one?
clakclak wrote:
Mon, 19. Dec 22, 13:44
I think watching the first may not be a bad idea. Just be aware that these movies look a LOT better in the cinema and in 3D.
That's rather inaccurate advice, since entire story and characters of Avatar 2 are direct continuity of events from Avatar 1.
Starting to watch it from Avatar 2 would be like starting to watch any SW trillogy from second movie.

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Post by Alan Phipps » Mon, 19. Dec 22, 18:08

@ mr.WHO: Why is pretty much agreeing with what you then said being labelled by you as 'rather inaccurate advice' ? :gruebel:
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Re: What are you watching now ? Movies and TV

Post by mr.WHO » Mon, 19. Dec 22, 18:26

Alan Phipps wrote:
Mon, 19. Dec 22, 18:08
@ mr.WHO: Why is pretty much agreeing with what you then said being labelled by you as 'rather inaccurate advice' ? :gruebel:
The comment was that watching Avatar 1 was optional (or is it lost in translation? quote"watching the first may not be a bad idea").

I wrote that there is no point in watching Avatar 2 without Avatar 1.

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Post by Alan Phipps » Mon, 19. Dec 22, 18:43

Yes, it's the odd English understated phrasing where 'may not be a bad idea' actually means 'may be a pretty good idea'. You are both agreeing. :)
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Post by clakclak » Mon, 19. Dec 22, 20:16

mr.WHO wrote:
Mon, 19. Dec 22, 18:26
Alan Phipps wrote:
Mon, 19. Dec 22, 18:08
@ mr.WHO: Why is pretty much agreeing with what you then said being labelled by you as 'rather inaccurate advice' ? :gruebel:
The comment was that watching Avatar 1 was optional (or is it lost in translation? quote"watching the first may not be a bad idea").

I wrote that there is no point in watching Avatar 2 without Avatar 1.
With that I meant to convay that watching Avatar 1 first is highly recommanded. :) Like Alan says, the "may not be a bad idea" is just understated phrasing.
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