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MY favorite intro with Tarot... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAAyt7-yQ8w From an early 70s series called Ace of Wands, about a man named Tarot who apparently does goes around and solves mysteries of a magical sort. What very little I've seen of it it has a classic Dr. Who vibe. With the wizard/witch craze and the Who revival of the last decade, I'm sort of surprised they didn't try to reboot this. Unfortunately, I don't think it's streaming anywhere and like classic Dr. Who I think there are lost episodes, so I'm not really sure if the rest of the series lives up to the intro.
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maxnmona posted:That poo poo is boring as hell and I really don't get what people find interesting about it. I'm still trying to figure this out. I sat down and watched two seasons over a weekend and was anything but impressed. Winter is apparently coming and the night is dark and full of overhyped shows.
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Jul 15, 2013 13:00
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isomerc posted:I'm still trying to figure this out. I sat down and watched two seasons over a weekend and was anything but impressed. Winter is apparently coming and the night is dark and full of overhyped shows. Why did you watch 20 hours of a show in 2 days if you weren't impressed?
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Jul 15, 2013 13:11
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isomerc posted:I'm still trying to figure this out. I sat down and watched two seasons over a weekend and was anything but impressed. Winter is apparently coming and the night is dark and full of overhyped shows. Yeah, the show's only so-so, but I was talking about the opening credits. Like it's kind of a cool idea, but it goes on forever and is so tedious to sit through. I love the Homeland opening. Speaking of truly great opening credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJmT7V95FK8
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Jul 15, 2013 13:15
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NoneSuch posted:Why did you watch 20 hours of a show in 2 days if you weren't impressed? Writing code on one monitor, gaming on another, and video on the third. It wasn't really like I was sitting on the couch with a blankie and popcorn. :P
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Jul 15, 2013 13:24
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So it also wasn't like you were watching and actually paying attention, either.
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Jul 15, 2013 14:11
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User-Friendly posted:Rubicon is phenomenal. It's a travesty that it died for The Killing. Rubicon is good but I wouldn't give anyone the expectation that it's going to blow their mind, because it's a very slow and deliberate show. I can't believe The Killing got renewed and it didn't though.
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Jul 15, 2013 14:12
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Jay Dub posted:So it also wasn't like you were watching and actually paying attention, either. Well that's quite the assumption, isn't it.
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Jul 15, 2013 14:16
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isomerc posted:Well that's quite the assumption, isn't it. Not really? I often do other things while "watching" TV, but I wouldn't pretend I'm really paying attention. TV is visual, if you are looking at something else you are definitionally not paying attention.
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Jul 15, 2013 14:18
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DeimosRising posted:Not really? I often do other things while "watching" TV, but I wouldn't pretend I'm really paying attention. TV is visual, if you are looking at something else you are definitionally not paying attention. Well I'll just leave it at this then.... I didn't like it.
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maxnmona posted:That poo poo is boring as hell and I really don't get what people find interesting about it. Looks like an intro to a 90's computer game.
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Jul 15, 2013 14:31
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So hey have you guys seen anything good streaming on Netflix? I mean openings and bad shows are awesome. But. Netflix.
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magnificent7 posted:So hey have you guys seen anything good streaming on Netflix? I saw the Nova documentary, How Ships Sink the other day. It's actually pretty fascinating.
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Jul 15, 2013 15:08
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magnificent7 posted:So hey have you guys seen anything good streaming on Netflix?
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Jul 15, 2013 15:38
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Fire and Ice is sort of like a PG Heavy Metal, hence not as interesting as it could be.
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Maxwell Lord posted:Fire and Ice is sort of like a PG Heavy Metal, hence not as interesting as it could be.
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Fire and Ice was better than I expected, but then again I despised Wizards (not on Netflix) so that wasn't too hard... The animation was pretty good. The only thing I have to add about show intros is that I wish Netflix would do chapter stops so I could skip them. No matter how good an intro is, it gets real old after a few times, especially when plowing through a show.
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Jul 15, 2013 18:09
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...of SCIENCE! posted:If there's one thing that The Greatest Event In Television History has taught me, it's that every show should have minute+ intros. Unfortunately, goofy montage intros like Simon & Simon's are a rare bird on TV these days. Orange is the New Black's intro was okay to watch once but I fast forwarded through it every time after.
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precision posted:I can't believe The Killing got renewed and it didn't though. As a fan of Rubicon and a watcher of the first season of The Killing, I'm a very bitter person.
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Jul 15, 2013 19:13
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hcreight posted:Unfortunately, goofy montage intros like Simon & Simon's are a rare bird on TV these days. Orange is the New Black's intro was okay to watch once but I fast forwarded through it every time after. We still have character montages, it just tends to be quicker and punchier.
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Jul 15, 2013 19:15
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Khorne Flakes posted:Had the pleasure of watching Happy People: A Year in the Taiga last night. Such a great documentary about the solitude of trappers in the vast Siberian wild. The film is supposed to cover the hard conditions and survival skills of what these men go through all year long, but I feel like the main focus of the movie was more about man and his best friend dogs. The story of the one dog fighting off a bear to protect the town while the other ran was spectacular, the dog was so bad rear end. As a native Russian speaker, one thing that really came across to me was their begrudging but very real emotional/familial connections to their dogs. I don't think it came across as well in the translated subtitles.
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david_a posted:Fire and Ice was better than I expected, but then again I despised Wizards (not on Netflix) so that wasn't too hard... The animation was pretty good. I've seen a lot of shows that do just this. Watching the IT Crowd, I noticed that after a couple of episodes, they'd start up at 30 seconds in, just after the opening.
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Jul 15, 2013 19:42
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Crappy Jack posted:I've seen a lot of shows that do just this. Watching the IT Crowd, I noticed that after a couple of episodes, they'd start up at 30 seconds in, just after the opening. I think every show I've watched recently does this if you hit "Next Episode" while the credits are rolling. But holy poo poo yes they need to figure out some way to have Chapter Select for films, it's like the 80s all over again fast-forwarding through poo poo.
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I never liked My Name is Earl (Jason Lee grates on me) but Raising Hope is seriously fantastic and gives me Malcolm in the Middle vibes in a really good way.echronorian posted:Who the hell thought a minute and a half intro sequence was a wise idea? Other than that Orange is the New Black is pretty alright. The "Regina Spektor doing her best Karen O impersonation" song debuting with the series is probably a factor. Slate Action posted:I don't know about 'consistent' but the quality rarely dips very far in the first six seasons. Definitely give it a go. The quality definitely dips during the first 2 seasons. 3-6 are pretty much solid gold, though.
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isomerc posted:Writing code on one monitor, gaming on another, and video on the third. It wasn't really like I was sitting on the couch with a blankie and popcorn. :P Haha, I can barely understand how show-only people can follow what's going on compared to the books, let alone someone giving it 1/4 their attention. Tell me, how do the Seven Kingdoms line up alliance-wise? (removed potentially spoiler laden material relating to season 3) Since you've only watched through Season 2, I'll rewrite a couple questions. Who is heir to the Iron Throne? Who is heir to the Riverlands? What place is Stannis in line for the throne? regulargonzalez fucked around with this message at 00:00 on Jul 16, 2013 |
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regulargonzalez posted:Haha, I can barely understand how show-only people can follow what's going on compared to the books, let alone someone giving it 1/4 their attention. Tell me, how do the Seven Kingdoms line up alliance-wise? I watched the show for all 3 seasons, giving it my full attention, and I can answer...one of those? Maybe? But I wouldn't be that certain about it? Like I don't even remember anyone talking about something called "Riverlands". What's the Riverlands?
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Tried Orange is The New Black last night after all the talk about it. The pilot was pretty awful but I like to give shows more than one episode when trying them and it got a bit better. Still, seems like its going to be pretty mediocre. And yes, seeing Laura Prepon naked in the first 10 seconds of the show grabbed my attention.
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I got excited when they just uploaded a bunch of new NOVA documentaries, because Netflix usually mostly has terrible Discovery Channel and National Geographic shows. But then the title card comes up and it says, "Nova-National Geographic." Dammit. I knew it was strange PBS was suddenly making 'Deadliest Disaster' shows. Now somebody's going to want to defend National Geographic, probably because the magazines carry a lot of cache, but before you do, please watch Secrets of the Viking Sword.
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maxnmona posted:I watched the show for all 3 seasons, giving it my full attention, and I can answer...one of those? Maybe? But I wouldn't be that certain about it? It's where Robb Stark is during the last few episodes of Season 1 and all of Seasons 2 and 3. And Jaime during the same time period. And Brienne for most of her time on-screen. It's where that huge castle that Tywin and Arya were at in Season 2 is. Also where the Freys live. Really, probably a quarter of the show takes place in the Riverlands. It's sort of hard to miss. That said I don't think most TV-only watchers would be able to answer who the heir to the Riverlands is, or how the Seven Kingdoms line up alliance wise since The Vale and Dorne are hardly ever mentioned and I don't know how often The Westerlands, Stormlands, or Crownlands are called by name.
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Okay I just finished marathoning "Sherlock" and quite enjoyed its over the top silliness. But someone please explain the finale to me. 1. He actually WAS a fraud? or 2. He only sold that line because it was necessary to save his friends? or 3. Something else? also 4. Is he dead or what?
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Jul 16, 2013 02:07
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SRM posted:It kind of feels like an 80 minute episode of He-Man, but with a lot more lingering shots of the princess' rear end taking up 90% of the screen. What else could you expect from a movie with Frank Frazetta involvement? 
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Warm und Fuzzy posted:I got excited when they just uploaded a bunch of new NOVA documentaries, because Netflix usually mostly has terrible Discovery Channel and National Geographic shows. But then the title card comes up and it says, "Nova-National Geographic." Dammit. I knew it was strange PBS was suddenly making 'Deadliest Disaster' shows. I love most of the National Geographic documentaries. It makes me feel like I'm in High School again. I don't remember the Viking sword documentary being that bad. Then again it was at 430 in the morning and I wasn't really paying attention.
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Crappy Jack posted:I've seen a lot of shows that do just this. Watching the IT Crowd, I noticed that after a couple of episodes, they'd start up at 30 seconds in, just after the opening.
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Zwabu posted:Okay I just finished marathoning "Sherlock" and quite enjoyed its over the top silliness. I think 2 is correct. As for 4, it's been a while since I watched the finale, but from what I remember Sherlock makes a visit to the doctor who has a thing for him and Moriarty didn't have a gunman on her later (I guess he didn't realize she was a friend of his), which likely means he had her set up a fake corpse double. There's a truck near the building when he jumps that he could've fallen into.
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Moriarity had him beat and guns on everyone that (Moriarity knew) he cared about. The only way for him to save them would be to admit he was a fraud, which he was not, and/or die. He went to his Medical Examiner friend presumably to help fake his death. How he did it is the big mystery of the off-season.
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Erebus posted:Sherlock makes a visit to the doctor who has a thing for him and Moriarty didn't have a gunman on her later (I guess he didn't realize she was a friend of his), which likely means he had her set up a fake corpse double. There's a truck near the building when he jumps that he could've fallen into. Ah, yes, thanks for this. I remember thinking "hm doesn't look quite like him" when they showed the Sherlock corpse on the sidewalk, but then again we often don't, ahem, look ourselves after such a fall. One last question. Did Holmes actually send Watson the text message or call informing him the landlady had been shot, in order to get Watson out of the way for his rooftop rendezvous with Moriarty? I think the episode with the dominatrix spy has got to be my favorite. The very end of that episode is utterly preposterous but absolutely perfect.
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TTBF posted:It's where Robb Stark is during the last few episodes of Season 1 and all of Seasons 2 and 3. And Jaime during the same time period. And Brienne for most of her time on-screen. It's where that huge castle that Tywin and Arya were at in Season 2 is. Also where the Freys live. Really, probably a quarter of the show takes place in the Riverlands. It's sort of hard to miss. The Crownlands are not one of the Seven Kingdoms
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Zwabu posted:Okay I just finished marathoning "Sherlock" and quite enjoyed its over the top silliness. Of course he's not dead, and faking the jump would be a fairly easy illusion to perform. In the books, Sherlock really died because Conan Doyle was sick of the character. Then he came back because he changed his mind and it was all a trick within the retcon storyline. The specifics of the explanation will be different for obvious reasons. I think it'd be cool if he stayed "dead" for an episode to explore the other characters' worlds more deeply, but that probably won't happen.
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Personally, I think the more interesting mystery will be how he clears his name more than how he faked his death.
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Not sure if this is the right thread for it, but did anyone else's instant queue just disappear?
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