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

I'm 2 episodes into it and absolutely love this show. It turned into something that I wasn't expecting...which is a good thing,

Anson Mount is a good lead, but Colm Meaney totally steals this show though in my opinion.

I echo Edie and Cobie's opinions exactly. Nothing wrong with the show, but nothing "must watch" about it either. Maybe with Walking dead on hiatus, I'll catch back up with it. We'll see...

IMO, best new series to this point goes to "Once Upon a Time" of the ones I've checked out.

I saw a great documentary on the big screen a few months back called, "The Cave of Forgotten Dreams," and, since then, have been working my way through the works of director, Werner Herzog. The man himself seems batsh!t crazy, but he made some fantastic films.

I just watched his "Encounters at the End of The World" last night, and now I totally want to visit Antarctica.

Next up on the queue is his second of five films made with fellow insane person, Klaus Kinski, a film of particular note in Legion World circles: "Nosferatu the Vampyre".

I saw the first episode of Outcasts -- the british tv series Terra Nova is based/spun from. I liked it, it seemed for a bit older crowd than Terra Nova - it was kinda intense/darker. Apollo from BSG is on it and the guy from Ugly Betty too. (Betty's boss)

I'm loyally following Ringer, it's my favorite new show, there are so many twists and turns each episode.

I'm also watching Grim, it's pretty good, I like it because it's a bunch of done in ones so far, and the comical werewolf helps.

I was at my buddies' place yesterday evening, watching some of Nick Park's work: A Matter of Loaf and Death and Shaun the Sheep.

As usual, really nice looking work, but I admit it irritated me that of course the evildoer was an "old"/fat woman. Because of course a few extra pounds/years makes us all homicidal maniacs out to destroy men and/or their friendships with one another, doncha' know. Thanks, Nick.

:rolleyes:

"Shaun the Sheep" involved the flock "inventing" rugby, using a cabbage that fell off the back of a passing truck... to the consternation of the neighborhood pigs, who wanted the cabbage for themselves. It was really adorable.

My DVD of "Centurions: The Original Miniseries" arrived yesterday. For anyone who never watched or who doesn't remember that 1986 cartoon, the concept is basically Iron Man cubed, three armored guys with a variety of weapons, each guy specializing in either air, land, or sea. A cool twist which I've always liked is that the person in charge of teleporting their weapons from a super-satellite in space to whatever location they happen to be in is a woman with a pet orangutan named Lucy.

I wish I could say it holds up as well as Transformers, but unfortunately it doesn't. Despite some talented voice actors in the cast, the characters are bland and the performances flat. And the dialogue lacks the wit and snap of the better 80s action cartoons (like Transformers.)

It's also misleading to call this a mini-series, because these are actually five self-contained episodes. Thus, each one rises or falls depending on the quality of the animation, which varies. The best ones have a nice combination of smooth, clean "American-style" designs and punchy, dynamic "Japanese-style" action sequences. My favorite episode by far is the first, "The Sky Is On Fire." I'd recommend trying to find that one on the internet rather than spending money on this DVD.

Don't roll your eyes too hard, but I've totally gotten into THE VAMPIRE DIARIES on Netflix.

I'm halfway through Season 1. Where does it rank with past vampey things?

It's much less campy than Buffy could be... about 50 times more exciting than what I have seen of the Twilight films (the main girl is 10 zillion times better than the Bella)... of course it's PG-13 unlike True Blood, but I think overall I'm enjoying it as much as True Blood.

So... it's kinda a less-humorous themed, much more exciting, less booby/butty version of past vampirey things!

:rolleyes:

Shaun the Sheep is hysterical to me for some reason. The kids watched it when it was on Disney as buffers between shows...great stuff.

1 more ep of Vampire Diaries Season 1 remains for me to see, and I am now officially a big unapologetic fan!! After this- Season 2 awaits!!

American Horror Story was dealt a blow for me with the Rubber Man episode (we're a few weeks behind in Canada). Not to be too spoilery, but I didn't like the "pulling back the curtain" aspects of it. I want spooky, creepy and challenging fare, not a soap opera of ghosts. Hoping the last handful of episodes get it back on track.

I just saw The Adventures of Tintin and LOVED it!

An extremely fast-paced, action-packed thrill-ride that looked AMAZING! I swear I wanted to just teleport myself straight onto the screen and run around all those awesomely animated foggy French streets and dusty North African towns myself.

I was a big fan of Herge's books about this famous boy-reporter when I was growing up and have read all of them - so I went into this movie with some trepidation that they might screw it up. But I was seriously impressed.

Super-fun movie and I really hope we get a sequel now.

Here's a great review from Comics Alliance too -

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/28/tintin-movie-review/

NO AHS SPOILERS HERE, just info that may be helpful...


In the 12 episodes of AHS, you get a complete story that meets the 3 criteria you list. HOWEVER... the soap-opera aspect is there too. Don't let that be a dealbreaker because...

The next-to-last episode is one of the most ....SEVERE hours of television I have ever watched. The finale: 100% NOT what I expected but left me very satisfied.

And Jessica Lange gives an awardsworthy performance throughout.

Just got Terry Pratchett's Going Postal in mail from Netflix. gonna watch it tonight maybe.

30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, and The Office all resume tonight, hooray! But ...it will seem SO weird without my beloved Community! Up All Night (also resuming tonight) is cute and all but it's SO not as streets ahead as Community.

Netflix Canada finally got Being Human (UK Version), so we got to see the Season 2 finale at last (it was great). On to Season 3!

Mostly just watching Big Bang Theory and How I met your mother reruns, when I'm not on TVland at night to go to sleep.

Re-watching the Thin Man movies this week!

awesome. Love me some Myrna Loy. And that series, while a bit different from the books, was a great example of that kind of pop, zing and verve from that era.

I recently bought the Guiding Light classic DVD set and have seen a few of the episodes from the early '80s, only one of which I distinctly remember seeing when I was a teenager. It's interesting to see the standard of male beauty changing at that time. The young leading men were starting to become more buff. Before that, a handsome face was considered sufficient. Rugged young men such as John Wesley Shipp (Kelly Nelson [Shipp still looks awesome, BTW]) and Greg Beecroft (Tony Reardon) spent a lot of time shirtless. It's a lot of fun seeing this show again.

Yo Gabba Gabba.
Dani loves the bright colours and all the singing and dancing, especially when I sing and dance along with the show for her.

I'm glad "Justified" started up again. Not the best thing in the world, but better than most.

Speaking of cops in hats, I've been catching up with "Prime Suspect" in Demand and I like it a lot - it's too bad people were so turned off by Maria Bello's ladyballs. (I don't know what it is, but it seems they promoted it all wrong - who knows?)

Watched "A Serious Man" last night. Still thinking about it, mulling over the "difficult" ending. Not sure if the movie was successful or not, but there were some great individual scenes.

Somebody at work recommended the cartoon Archer: a parody of Sixties spy epics. I could only get clips (no cable or satellite), but it does look pretty amusing.

Also caught what I think is the last episode of Bob's Burgers. It reminds me of why I never followed my Mom into the restaurant biz.

^ Archer is HIL-ARIOUS! I think it would definitely appeal to the Venture Bros./Community/etc.-appreciating crowd here at Legion World.

I've only seen the first season though. Definitely need to track down the others.