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Post by progressiveelement on Sept 13, 2018 12:23:56 GMT
The Man in the High Castle
Lost in Space
Star Trek: Discovery
Jack Ryan
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I'm trudging through Enterprise, I'll get round to Discovery.
A forthcoming show has blipped the Prog radar. Nightflyers, based on a George R R Martin novella.
There was an obscure 1987 film version which is worth a look, but a total mess. Loved the bit where the dude gets his arm, then the part of his head above the lower jaw lasered off. 👍
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Sept 13, 2018 12:54:21 GMT
The Man in the High Castle Lost in Space Star Trek: Discovery Jack Ryan 😕 I'm trudging through Enterprise, I'll get round to Discovery. A forthcoming show has blipped the Prog radar. Nightflyers, based on a George R R Martin novella. There was an obscure 1987 film version which is worth a look, but a total mess. Loved the bit where the dude gets his arm, then the part of his head above the lower jaw lasered off. 👍 I love Man in the High Castle. Definitely worth the watch if for no other reason than the Nazi themes world building as well as Japan. I’m a couple of episodes in on Jack Ryan and it is a very competent show. Looks great and the action well done. I love shows that can convince me they are in the locales the scene is set in. Lost in Space feels like LOST in space but less interesting. I’ll probably pass on the next season. No idea about Star Trek. |
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Post by Winter_King on Sept 13, 2018 13:08:22 GMT
I've only seen The Man in the High Castle and I find it pretty interesting.
My main issue is that the trio of main characters is not as interesting as the ones we could describe as antagonists.
But I have say that the Man in the High Castle is probably the only work of fiction that made me somewhat root for Hitler and Himmler.
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Post by thefleetsin on Sept 13, 2018 18:17:04 GMT
the man in the high castle is definitely worth that two hours a day you're sober.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Sept 13, 2018 18:21:50 GMT
I've only seen The Man in the High Castle and I find it pretty interesting. My main issue is that the trio of main characters is not as interesting as the ones we could describe as antagonists. But I have say that the Man in the High Castle is probably the only work of fiction that made me somewhat root for Hitler and Himmler. i agree although I like the hero’s too especially on the Japanese side. However what hooked me in the second season was the machinations I’m Germany. No spoilers but it was some nice twists with John Smith. I was afraid it wouldn’t be renewed with Amazon going more upscale and it losing some viewers, but I looks like it’s around for at least 2 more seasons. As an aside I love that their ad campaigns gets them in trouble. |
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Post by thefleetsin on Sept 13, 2018 18:24:35 GMT
who would play a glockenspiel in a gulag in galveston
i've always said
that
if the pilgrims had smacked their collective head
on plymouth rock
instead of
swinging that self-righteous salt filled sock
we'd all be better off
then
having to schlock
after a mega-manical flock
who thinks
jesus was a wrestler
or
at the very least
a super hot high school jock.
sjw 09/13/18 inspired at this very moment in time by the con in concentration camps.
from the 'blitzkrieg series' of poems
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Sept 13, 2018 18:41:20 GMT
who would play a glockenspiel in a gulag in galveston i've always said that if the pilgrims had smacked their collective head on plymouth rock instead of swinging that self-righteous salt filled sock we'd all be better off then having to schlock after a mega-manical flock who thinks jesus was a wrestler or at the very least a super hot high school jock. sjw 09/13/18 inspired at this very moment in time by the con in concentration camps. from the 'blitzkrieg series' of poems You always get me when you use alliteration!  |
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Post by politicidal on Sept 14, 2018 1:58:32 GMT
I liked Jack Ryan okay.
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Post by gadreel on Sept 14, 2018 2:03:26 GMT
The Man in the High Castle Lost in Space Star Trek: Discovery Jack Ryan 😕 I'm trudging through Enterprise, I'll get round to Discovery. A forthcoming show has blipped the Prog radar. Nightflyers, based on a George R R Martin novella. There was an obscure 1987 film version which is worth a look, but a total mess. Loved the bit where the dude gets his arm, then the part of his head above the lower jaw lasered off. 👍 The Man in the High Castle is fantastic, but really depressing. I recommend it, but it is hard work. |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Sept 14, 2018 15:42:55 GMT
The closer the world comes to SHTF, the more that timid little men will need distractions like these to take their minds off of it.
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Post by progressiveelement on Sept 14, 2018 15:52:37 GMT
The closer the world comes to SHTF, the more that timid little men will need distractions like these to take their minds off of it. So, any opinions on the shows?
I am particularly interested in Jack Ryan, being a big fan of the author's earlier work before he turned the series into a humourless right-wing rant.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Sept 14, 2018 15:59:46 GMT
The closer the world comes to SHTF, the more that timid little men will need distractions like these to take their minds off of it. So, any opinions on the shows?
I am particularly interested in Jack Ryan, being a big fan of the author's earlier work before he turned the series into a humourless right-wing rant.
Can't really form an opinion based on the ads that come up on the computer, but they look like good distractions for timid little men. And timid little women too. Sorry Rachel. Didn't see you earlier. |
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Post by thefleetsin on Sept 14, 2018 16:00:55 GMT
there's no business like fro business
every time a civil
rights leader
stands for something
other than
a proper procedure
handed down
from a pulpit of
a great white deceiver
everyone
starts feeling butt hurt
they might be
the very next receiver
of what's commonly
referred to as
the white washing behind
leave it to beaver.
sjw 09/14/18 inspired at this very moment in time as the portal churns beyond the light that burns.
from the 'bigot series' of poems
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2018 16:01:05 GMT
The Man in the High Castle It's really good. But relentlessly grim. It's well made, but I found the pilot boring enough that I never tried any more. I didn't care for the original series either. It sucks balls. Easily the worst Star Trek series ever, very possibly one of the worst series ever. I'm liking it so far, but you have to go into it as being something entirely its own thing, unconnected to anything else the Jack Ryan character has ever been in. I wouldn't if I were you. |
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Post by progressiveelement on Sept 14, 2018 16:13:01 GMT
So, any opinions on the shows?
I am particularly interested in Jack Ryan, being a big fan of the author's earlier work before he turned the series into a humourless right-wing rant.
Can't really form an opinion based on the ads that come up on the computer, but they look like good distractions for timid little men. And timid little women too. Sorry Rachel. Didn't see you earlier. Or harmless entertainment for those who enjoy a good solid yarn told over TV-serialised format. Normal people, in other words. |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Sept 14, 2018 16:18:21 GMT
Can't really form an opinion based on the ads that come up on the computer, but they look like good distractions for timid little men. And timid little women too. Sorry Rachel. Didn't see you earlier. Or harmless entertainment for those who enjoy a good solid yarn told over TV-serialised format. Normal people, in other words. Right. Normal people who mock someone who starts a thread about abducted kids. Such normal people, they are. Now it's time for your mystery plane, Prog. We need a song for that. Mystery plane......are you ready for your mystery plane? The 911 Mystery Plane |
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Post by progressiveelement on Sept 14, 2018 16:40:27 GMT
Or harmless entertainment for those who enjoy a good solid yarn told over TV-serialised format. Normal people, in other words. Right. Normal people who mock someone who starts a thread about abducted kids. Such normal people, they are. Now it's time for your mystery plane, Prog. We need a song for that. Mystery plane......are you ready for your mystery plane? The 911 Mystery PlaneCorrection - Mocking someone posting conspiracist nonsense that exploits the emotions and paranoia of the wingnut crowd, not really caring about the plight of the missing kids, it's just a ploy to take potshots at the usual Others Who Are Not Like The Chosen Ones.
Note, I did not mock the Anonymous one - that one had substance.
I'm in the library at the moment, and your video is blocked.
Which one?
Is it one flying over New York?
The easily identifiable Boeing E-4 over DC?
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Sept 14, 2018 16:45:18 GMT
Right. Normal people who mock someone who starts a thread about abducted kids. Such normal people, they are. Now it's time for your mystery plane, Prog. We need a song for that. Mystery plane......are you ready for your mystery plane? The 911 Mystery PlaneCorrection - Mocking someone posting conspiracist nonsense that exploits the emotions and paranoia of the wingnut crowd, not really caring about the plight of the missing kids, it's just a ploy to take potshots at the usual Others Who Are Not Like The Chosen Ones.
Note, I did not mock the Anonymous one - that one had substance.
I'm in the library at the moment, and your video is blocked.
Which one?
Is it one flying over New York?
The easily identifiable Boeing E-4 over DC?
I believe it's the one over DC....an EB4 if I recall correctly. Modified Boeing 747. Hell, you're better with that stuff than I am. And, of course, it just happened to be on a routine assignment on that day. I hate using the library computer. They only let you on for an hour, and just forget about privacy. Never see anyone going there for books anymore. |
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Post by progressiveelement on Sept 14, 2018 20:22:40 GMT
Correction - Mocking someone posting conspiracist nonsense that exploits the emotions and paranoia of the wingnut crowd, not really caring about the plight of the missing kids, it's just a ploy to take potshots at the usual Others Who Are Not Like The Chosen Ones.
Note, I did not mock the Anonymous one - that one had substance.
I'm in the library at the moment, and your video is blocked.
Which one?
Is it one flying over New York?
The easily identifiable Boeing E-4 over DC?
I believe it's the one over DC....an EB4 if I recall correctly. Modified Boeing 747. Hell, you're better with that stuff than I am. And, of course, it just happened to be on a routine assignment on that day. I hate using the library computer. They only let you on for an hour, and just forget about privacy. Never see anyone going there for books anymore.  👍 A flying command post. Exercise, my butt. These planes are always ready to fly at a moment's notice, especially if the President or command has been taken out and the next in line of command is the only one who can be taken there. If all senior staff had been killed, the senior man on that plane had authority to nuke people. |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Sept 15, 2018 4:48:49 GMT
I believe it's the one over DC....an EB4 if I recall correctly. Modified Boeing 747. Hell, you're better with that stuff than I am. And, of course, it just happened to be on a routine assignment on that day. I hate using the library computer. They only let you on for an hour, and just forget about privacy. Never see anyone going there for books anymore. 👍 A flying command post. Exercise, my butt. These planes are always ready to fly at a moment's notice, especially if the President or command has been taken out and the next in line of command is the only one who can be taken there. If all senior staff had been killed, the senior man on that plane had authority to nuke people. So Dick Cheney was aboard that plane on that day, do you think? |
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