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Of course! The helmets are all kooky as you'd expect!  Good to know. Thanks, GL.
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"Aliens" starring Sigourney Weaver.
It holds up beautifully. Even the most 80s elements have a comforting glow about them. A classic of classics.
I do have to wonder why James Cameron hasn't made anything nearly as good since then. Perhaps Gale Anne Hurd's creative contributions went far beyond her producer credit. I was watching this around the same time  I agree with all your comments on it.
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
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"Aliens" starring Sigourney Weaver.
It holds up beautifully. Even the most 80s elements have a comforting glow about them. A classic of classics.
I do have to wonder why James Cameron hasn't made anything nearly as good since then. Perhaps Gale Anne Hurd's creative contributions went far beyond her producer credit. I was watching this around the same time I agree with all your comments on it. Thank you, Thoth.
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As a longtime skeptic with regards to Steven Spielberg, I was surprised that his semiautobiographical movie The Fabelmans actually made an emotional connection with me. The last Spielberg movie that succeeded at moving me was E.T., and that came out 40 years ago. But although I thought the cast was uniformly excellent in their performances, especially Michelle Williams and David Lynch (yes, that David Lynch,) and Spielberg remains one of the most gifted technicians in cinema, something felt just a little...off. So I did some research, and I found out that the famous authoress Joyce Carol Oates posted many withering criticisms of this movie on Twitter. I don't do Twitter, but I have managed to get the gist of her critique, and I think she made some valid points which helped me come to the conclusion that Spielberg is just too much of a calculating, cynical showman at his core to ever make a completely honest film with genuine integrity. Even a film about his own family. https://www.vulture.com/2023/01/joyce-carol-oates-sure-tweets-about-the-fabelmans-a-lot.html
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I've been watching Wynonna Earp. The first season was decent, the second season was pretty good, and the last 2 seasons were bleh...
The show definitely draws inspiration from Buffy, but it isn't nearly as good.
I have a few episodes left to watch. I've had those few episodes for a couple of weeks. I guess I'll watch them and finish the silly thing off.
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Watched the first episode of My Adventures with Superman, available on Youtube. Not bad at all. One could nitpick, but overall it's a pretty fun version.
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Long live the Legion!
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I've been watching Wynonna Earp. The first season was decent, the second season was pretty good, and the last 2 seasons were bleh...
The show definitely draws inspiration from Buffy, but it isn't nearly as good.
I have a few episodes left to watch. I've had those few episodes for a couple of weeks. I guess I'll watch them and finish the silly thing off. My roommate watched that one, but I found, for that style of humor / genre adventure, Lost Girl was a much funner show with wittier writing. (Also iZombie, Killjoys, etc.) And by 'wittier writing' I, of course mean, the jokes landed better for an audience of me, so mileage may vary. But, ever since Buffy, I'm always on the prowl for a show with really snappy clever quotable dialogue, and those shows brought the goods.
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Lately, I've been watching reruns of that 70's show, some car build shows, and the big bang theory. I know that last is not a favorite among some of us, but it's nice noise in the background.
Well, that, and the occasional NASA thing on space.
Damn you, you kids! Get off my lawn or I'm callin' tha cops!
Something pithy!
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Count me as one who did like Big Bang Theory. There were parts I could do without, but I as a geek enjoyed its parody of geeks.
I've just finished watching Season 2 of Star Trek Strange New Worlds. Honestly the best Star Trek show for a long time, and just a really good fun show for anyone in my opinion.
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"Everything about this is going to feel different." (Saturn Girl, Legion of Super-Heroes #1)
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Star Crash, a cheap but colorful Italian space opera from 1978 with a camp-tastic cast: Caroline Munro, David Hasselhoff, Marjoe Gortner, Joe Spinell, and Christopher Plummer. Italian genre cinema at its most sublime. BRAVA! Edit: The trailer for Star Crash, beautifully remastered https://youtu.be/Adhky7H8YXY
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I feel like I've been watching a ton of stuff lately -
All the recent Star Treks
Foundation (which tbh, is not gripping me very well)
But I am also into revisiting Robotech from the 80s as well as the revisited Star Blazers/Yamato show from about 10 years ago.
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Foundation (which tbh, is not gripping me very well) I remember really liking the books when I read them as a teenager (and I've actually been thinking about revisiting them), so I've been kind of curious about this, but the clips I've seen haven't really been that interesting. Certainly not enough to actually subscribe to ApptleTV or whatever just for it.
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I feel like I've been watching a ton of stuff lately -
All the recent Star Treks
Foundation (which tbh, is not gripping me very well)
But I am also into revisiting Robotech from the 80s as well as the revisited Star Blazers/Yamato show from about 10 years ago. Robotech! W00T! Love the theme music: https://youtu.be/vSVmqyjeYNU?si=Ks9EUWwOltz92TAa
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Foundation (which tbh, is not gripping me very well) I remember really liking the books when I read them as a teenager (and I've actually been thinking about revisiting them), so I've been kind of curious about this, but the clips I've seen haven't really been that interesting. Certainly not enough to actually subscribe to ApptleTV or whatever just for it. There are definitely much better shows on Apple TV to watch than Foundation for sure.
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I feel like I've been watching a ton of stuff lately -
All the recent Star Treks
Foundation (which tbh, is not gripping me very well)
But I am also into revisiting Robotech from the 80s as well as the revisited Star Blazers/Yamato show from about 10 years ago. Robotech! W00T! Love the theme music: https://youtu.be/vSVmqyjeYNU?si=Ks9EUWwOltz92TAaIts such a wonderful mess of a program.
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Foundation (which tbh, is not gripping me very well) I remember really liking the books when I read them as a teenager (and I've actually been thinking about revisiting them), so I've been kind of curious about this, but the clips I've seen haven't really been that interesting. Certainly not enough to actually subscribe to ApptleTV or whatever just for it. My adult son has been watching Foundation and told me it wasn't bad but don't expect it to be like the books. He said one of the best bits was how they developed the emperor's family and clan which was really interesting, but again not from the books.
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I mean its has its own aesthetic and hews mostly well to the story in a way that a series like this can coming from a series of short stories.
But let's put it this way, I'm not making sure I'm there watching it the day it drops. Hell, I think I'm three episodes behind at this point!
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Tisa Farrow, the female lead in Lucio Fulci's 1979 schlock classic "Zombie," has passed away. May she rest in peace.
I'll definitely be watching "Zombie" again this weekend.
Been too long since I last saw it.
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Humanoid from the Deep
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RIP Tisa!
Also of not for her performace in Joe Damato's gruesome Anthropophagus!
Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
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Cheers, Kappa.
I have to admit, though, that Antropophagus is a bit much even for me. Joe D'Amato is, in my opinion, too little style and too much shock.
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This past weekend, I tried to watch the very popular 2001 French movie Amelie.
I found it to be too insistently cute for my taste, and didn't finish seeing the whole thing.
I do give lead actress Audrey Tautou credit for bringing a dignified calm to the center of this whimsical storm.
Nice art direction and cinematography, as well. But in the end, not my cup of café au lait.
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^^That's the reason I don't want to re-watch it, because I fear I'd have a similar reaction about it seeming overly cute now. But back in 2001 it seemed refreshing and innovative.
It was a huge influence on Bryan Fuller's Pushing Daisies, which remains one of my favorite tv shows.
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EDE, I just did some quick research on Pushing Daisies. The cast is good, but the premise is the kind that could turn out either charming or gross.
In your opinion, is the tone of the show consistent? Or is it funny and whimsical one moment, then dark and violent the next?
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