Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION The Anywhere Machine So what are you WATCHING?

I now know of two people in the state who don't watch it: me, and the guy who did my echocardiogram last month.

I do but I usually save up a few episodes. Just not as keen on it or TWD any more.

I decided to watch season one of "Mr Robot." It's good, though a bit derivative of something I won't mention because that would spoil a big part of it ...

I only watch it a full season at a time.

That being said, I'm really on the fence about continuing. I read the books first, and part of me wants to wait to read the last books before watching the show (even though spoilers are unavoidable on the damned interwebs).

Of course, I might be 75 years old when the ghost of Martin finishes writing book 7 through a medium so there's a high probability I'll watch the show first.

Absolutely love it.

Have only watched seasons 1-3 so far, but my wife and I are huge fans of it. It really surprised me by having such a high level of quality. The writing and acting are superb, and the historian in me loves all the little pieces of history they get right, while also admiring their willingness to play a little loose with things to tell a great story.

I borrow the DVDs from the library. I am number 132 for 29 copies for Season 5

Was out camping on the long weekend. Will catch up on this week's GoT tonight.

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Ack! Get AWAY FROM THE INTERNET!!!! Even on-line newspapers are spoiling.




LOVE our library and well know that #132 for 29 copies thing and that's a GOOD number. I learned to look for when the DVDs will be released and start searching the library site about a month ahead of that. They post them in the catalogue when they order them, not when they get them so sometimes you can really jump the line.

Watching Library Deadpool right now. No kidding, paused it at the 1 hr mark to do some message boarding.

Just grabbed season one myself. Probably won't watch it until I catch up on Silicon Valley first (got halfway through season 2 during work today). I've heard it's good and it'll be something to have playing while I work.

Season four has been great so far! And I've been researching the history as we watch (love doing that with historically based shows). I even found a trilogy by Harry Harrison based on the Ragnar myth (since Ragnar himself may not be real even though his sons are) that I've added to my TBR list.

Caught up on GoT. This has been an interesting Season. I recognise that we're in the back half, so some resolutions are due, but this, more than any other season, has been about giving the fans some of what they want AND about moving the story forward at a faster pace than the book-tethered episodes. I'll leave it to the individual to determine whether either of those improve or detract from the show. That said, just when things are looking up, we get a reversal in the last of latest episode, losing a fan favorite in a heart-wrneching manner:



It will be interesting to see how quickly the strands come together.

I also liked seeing the Bravos take on the Game of Thrones, and Arya's reaction to it.

Dead Pool was everything I'd heard it would be. I'll watch that a couple more times before returning the DVD. I have a week. Or I'll feel guilty for holding on to it, knowing someone else it waiting. Maybe I'll watch it one more time tomorrow, then return it.


3rd Rock From the Sun: Netflixing just because I was too tired to do anything. Lucky stroke, because it picked up my spirits, been giggling for three days. Yes, I know it's juvenile.


GoT: The writers are building themselves quite a thing to live up to by season's end. 5 years to attach to characters and now their destinies are playing out. Can't wait for Ramsey to get his. Keeping a potato peeler and a potato nearby in hopes of the event.

IN GoT what I want to see played out is the larger mythology coming into conflict. While religion was an interesting background component throughout the show, it's playing a real active role now between the Many-faced God, the Lord of Light, The Seven, the Drowned God and the Old Gods. Each have now been shown to grant real power (or at least their followers wield real magic), so does the Game of Thrones become a larger Game of Gods?

Finished up Vikings and really enjoyed it. Thinking of starting Fringe since I never saw the entire series.

A few years ago, I started watching the first Thor movie but gave up on it quickly. Earlier this week, I finally watched it all the way through, and I have no idea what I could have been thinking before. I *loved* it! Rivals Captain America Winter Soldier as the best Marvel movie, IMO. Chris Hemsworth had already made a good impression on me in the first Avengers movie, so the real surprise was how tolerable both Natalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins were! And Kat Dennings, as Portman's assistant, was an adorable scene-stealer, performing above and beyond her remit as comic relief! Everything about the movie worked for me -- tone, design, pace, action sequences.

Which is why I was shocked that the consensus on the movie at IMdb is so meh! 7 out of 10??

Mark my words, it will one day be regarded as a classic!

Now I have to see Thor: The Dark World, if only because I heard that Kat has a bigger role in it.

Mood on the day. Many times watched a movie and said I hated it but friends or people of generally like tastes say they loved it so I rewatch on a different day and wonder what my mood was when I watched it the first time.

Kind of like chocolate cake. One day you eat it and it's the most wondrous thing and another it tastes like salmon. Ok, that never happens but my fingers are typing faster than my analogy making abilities.

I agree completely. My mood is sometimes the bigger influence than the story, acting, directing, etc.

And some movies are better on multiple watches for the nuance, while others are only good the first time around and then best alone.

Certainly true. I think Ant-Man has just gotten better and better for me. It's all over my limited-time free premium channels, and I swear I can watch it every time. Not a terribly complex film but funny, well-done and with lots of heart. (I've always liked Thor, too.)

Took out an odd DVD pairing from our library guy this morning: BIRDMAN, starring Michael Keaton, and HOT PURSUIT with Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara.

I liked Birdman, but not to the same extent those who pile accolades upon it do. Still an interesting piece. I also like Raymond Carver (whose stories the play in the movie is based on).

Same here, and I've enjoyed it too with each time.

Beyond the major leads in the film, the supporting cast really made the most with every little scene they had. I noticed it the first time around but each subsequent time those sequences with Scott's 'crew' are just more and more enjoyable.

Just finished binge watching Bosch on Amazon Prime. Good show, but the second season ending seemed a little flat compared to the first.

Casting is definitely a major ingredient in this film's success. Scott's crew is terrific, certainly. But I honestly can't find a weak link in the bunch. I really love Michael Douglas as Hank Pym and our old friend from Lost, Evangeline Lilly, as Hope. Little Cassie is simply awesome, and the movie avoids stereotyping the ex-wife and stepdad as ogres (far from it). And Cross/Yellowjacket makes for one of the better villains in the MCU, though he joins the unfortunately long list of comic book movie villains who are

And, of course, Paul Rudd is perfect casting for the take on Scott that they went with. Paul is almost universally known for being in super-silly movies, so it's nice to see him be in one that's semi-serious and as a reluctant hero. As I said in my Cap: Civil War review, Scott's presence in that movie, even beyond his 'big' moment, was one of my favorite things about it.

Beyond the great casting, Ant-Man sticks out for its tonal dissidence from most of the others and daring to be a 'smaller' movie. Though there are potentially high stakes involved, the immediate action is smaller and much more personal than any of the other MCU films. I also love the history they work into the story with all of Hank's backstory...including Jan!

And that extended training sequence is at once lots of fun and extremely engaging. I just don't see how anyone couldn't enjoy the hell out of it!

It's moved up in my personal accounting so much that it's probably right behind Avengers, Guardians and Winter soldier (those three in no set order) as my fourth-favorite among the MCU. Such a fun, terrific movie!

hmmmm, Sofia Vergara.


uh, what were we talking about?

I finally was able to finish the second season of iZombie over the last few days. First, let's reminisce about my feelings for the first season:



The basic formula continued in season 2 and was even improved upon. Yes, we still had corpse-of-the-week with Liv's brain consumption visions continuing to help solve murders. But the mythology and continuing subplots really stepped up, leading to a rollicking and action-packed season finale that recalled those great Veronica Mars finales. It may nort have been as emotionally charged as those VMars finales, but the spectacle was larger and the plot pay-off was about as good. Plus, it looks like it will be harder and harder to keep the zombie culture a secret moving forward.

This is an excellent show that more people should definitely be paying attention to.