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

IZombie: I was on-board first ep in. I only watched because I had the comic book series from issue #1. The show went a different way, which I'm fine with. It wasn't around long enough to have "canon."

I agree, they do a good job at keeping the over-all arc going with a good weekly mystery for the Scoobies. The Scoobs are really enjoyable and intelligent characters, good actors throughout. I can't recall an ep I did not particularly like but the Frat episode is by far my favorite.


It a good binge show for those that have not been through it weekly.

Last night, I watched about two-thirds of "Thor: The Dark World." And while Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis continued to delight and the rest of the cast were just fine, the movie as a whole wasn't a patch on the magnificent first one. "TTDW" reminded me of those Italo-cheese sword & sorcery movies from the 80s that they'd make fun of on MST3K.

Dark World seemed very much an exercise in let's get the status quo from Point A to Point B, setting up future developments, but didn't hold a lot of memorable moments on its own, though Hiddleston and Elba stole every scene they were in.

Agreed.

I just felt it wasn't as...I dunno, SOULFUL...as the first Thor movie.

And of course the unintentionally funny moment when



My wife leaned over and said, "Yep, it's a Disney movie."

The Last Kingdom.

Library DVD.

Being honest, I thought I was picking up a documentary that was going to help me sort out that crazy English history. It still may but it's no documentary. REALLY enjoyable through the first three episodes.

Checked out Conjuring 2 with my sister last night. I liked parts of it, but there as an over reliance on jump scares and the film felt really bloated at 2 hours and 15 minutes.

2 hr and 15 minutes! Better be a pee break.

Feeling down so went to an old reliable: Star Trek: the Voyage Home. "And a double dumb ass to you!" lol

Orange is the New Black is back. Two eps in, seems like it will be a good season.

Staying to formula of flashback to build empathy for how inmates got into their situations, giving all the old characters some screen time and I still can't stand the lead character. A problem I see is they keep adding to the cast, without thinning the herd. A think the inmates are all minimum security lifers.

If you've finished up "Orange..." you'll see there was a bit of ... "herd thinning...."

I think this was a much better season than the previous one. I know Piper is annoying, but it seems intentional - she just doesn't fit in with these ladies. She did provide one of the funniest moments of the season when her little "caring" group veers from her original intentions...

Talk about sudden left turns. Or is that a right turn? lol, I agree it was much better than last year's though I prefer last year's delightful ending (this year's beginning).

However for a show that tries to show people are people, they really

something sad but wonderfully done

Hello, Nurse!

It's taken me almost three months, but I have made it through the entire run of Animaniacs on Netflix.

Some thoughts:

The Warners are nothing short of sheer genius. The writing is brilliant. The music is amazing. The voice acting is phenomenal (Rob Paulsen, the voice of Yakko [as well as Pinky and Scratchansniff], is my latest celebrity crush). It's fitting that they are meant to represent unknown characters from the golden age of animation, because they are the only characters created for TV who truly could stand head to head with Bugs, Daffy, and their friends.

Pinky and the Brain is likewise amazing. Not much more I can add than what is found all over the internet.

Slappy Squirrel, like Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, traces her origins to the characters of the golden age, and she is similarly brilliant.

Rita and Runt is cute. Bernadette Peters' talents are well-used. The songs here are also very well done.

Buttons and Mindy is adorable. It's repetitive, but funny. It's kind of like Keeping Up Appearances. It's the same thing over and over, but it's always good.

Minerva Mink deserved more than two cartoons of her own. She also has roots in screwball animation of the '40s, though with a different sensibility. The adult nature of her cartoons really should have been explored elsewhere.

Also underused and underappreciated are the Hip Hippos. They are a biting satire of consumer culture. They also deserved better.

Chicken Boo and Katie Ka-Boom work very well because they are in short cartoons. They're one-joke characters, but the shorter format keeps them from getting stale.

The interstitial segments, Randy Beaman, Mime Time, and Good Idea/Bad Idea, are all fun for what they are.

Then there's Goodfeathers. I never got this one. It's the weakest offering, in my opinion. They might have worked better in a shorter format.

Good night, everybody!

I finally saw the new *Ghostbusters* movie and while it wasn't as unfathomably awful as the trailers seemed to suggest, it's a colossal bore of a movie. The humor is very juvennile so your younger kids might like it, but most adults will probably roll their eyes. It's telling that the only joke that made me laugh was in the first two minutes of the film.

I'm hearing enough "better than expecteds" that I'll probably see it but yeah, that trailor is dreadful. Almost killed the movie right out the gate.

I just saw it. I laughed a lot! Very different from the originals but with a lot of nice nods. Basically, a fun popcorn movie just like the original was.

Kappa's hypothesis confirmed?

Agents of Shield!

I had such low expectations that I hadn't watched this until a few months ago. Netflix has season 3 now, so I just wrapped that up.

I watched episode 1 of Stranger Things today. I'm hooked.

I just bingewatched Stranger Things. It took me two episodes to realize what it was. They took a bunch of b horror movies along with a couple of a movies, mashed them up, and made a mini-series out of it.

Honestly, i kept intending to stop up until the fifth ep. Then it got better. But I was on the cusp of dropping it several times.

Rick, I watched that as well. A buddy of mine loved it and recommended it to me. I thought it was ok, but if it had been longer than 8 episodes, I would have dropped it too.

I liked it it ok. Didn't love it.

There's a series on Netflix - originally on MTV - based on Terry Brooks Sword of Shannara. Has anyone seen it? I'm considering watching it.

Lance, I watched maybe five minutes of the Terry Brooks thing. I was more a Kingdom for Sale/Sold reader myself.

The new Jason Bourne was OK, but not special and just felt unnecessary. I get they were throwing the spotlight on the security/privacy issues in the world today, but that was a minor part sandwiched between what were standard, almost cliched Bourne chase and fight scenes. The cast were great, and there wasn't anything bad about the movie, but we've seen most of it before.

I'm watching old wrestling shows for the most part, and some new stuff as well. I kind of want to review all the Kayfabe Commentaries I am buying, so at least I get further use from them. I have no idea if anyone else likes wrestling here though.

I am a few eps in and I am still on the fence. I never liked movies like "Goonies" where kids are the heroes. I just can never buy it.

I've been watching (and rewatching) "Bojack Horseman" though - great show!!

Also, if you're into musical tv shows with heart and a lot of humor, Netflix just added "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend." SO GOOOOD!

I'm on the tenth episode of Jessica Jones. Pretty damn good!