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Ronstein 
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 Posted: November 11 2020 at 02:47 |
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Series 1 of 'His Dark Materials' on BBC iPlayer. Just brilliant!!
Series 2 started last Sunday on BBC TV.
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richardh
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Posted: November 11 2020 at 02:10 |
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This is where I may take a issue a bit . Writers can push the story in any direction and there is nothing more 'realistic' about one storyline compared to another. I take this view with any genre not just sci-fi by the way. That said I can't stand Star Wars for the very reason that is complete and utter nonsense. It's not sci-fi but rather space fantasy which is a total different genre. I would agree there has to be some sense of reality but that doesn't mean always that bad things must always happen. I love The Orville . Its been described as a spoof but Seth McFarlane clearly loves his sci-fi and the writing is tight. Battlestar Galactica ( I presume what BSG stands for) . Never watched it as it always looked a bit Star Wars like.  |
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Gentle and Giant
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Posted: November 10 2020 at 07:36 |
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The Third Day - loved it 9/10 Helstrom - OK, but dragged a bit in places. 7/10 The Lost Room from 2006. Great story and ending. A bit dated now though 8/10 |
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Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen
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JD
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Posted: November 10 2020 at 05:02 |
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Darker or more realistic? I'm one of those people that thought DS9 up the ante and brought ST into the realms of great Sci-Fi. I appreciate Rodenberry's desire to paint a more idealistic view of the future but ST-TOS was far better than Next-Gen as far as the human/alien conflict stories go. When BSG (2004) came out I was ecstatic. I tried watching The Orville but couldn't get past the first few episode.
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richardh
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Posted: November 10 2020 at 04:47 |
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I guess you prefer to have your sci-fi a bit darker in tone. It's certainly going out of it's way at the moment to reinforce the idea of Discovery being a family and sticking together through thick and thin. I wonder if it's taking it's cue a little from The Orville. Would be a tad ironic if so!
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JD
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Posted: November 09 2020 at 06:19 |
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^Still a little touchy feely for the Mrs and me. I guess it's nice that they're drawing more on the canon (Trill's) but again...a little a sappy. The human/symbiant could have been a better story if it had been an experiment (a la Josef Mengele) where some rogue symbiant was trying to cut the trills out of the picture for some dark reason. It would also have given a fodder of future stories as the Adira sybiant comes to terms with that violation in concert with past lives. But that's just me, I'm not a writer or producer of the show.
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richardh
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Posted: November 09 2020 at 03:46 |
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^ I thought episode 4 was fantastic , hopefully that's allied fears of it's decline. Very much in the classic Star Trek tradition I felt.
Just finished The Third Day. Enjoyed it a lot , pleased to see the characters making reasonable choices and doing what they had to do. Maybe a slight criticism may be the 'Hollywood ending' but that didn't spoil it for me.
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richardh
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Posted: November 04 2020 at 01:14 |
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I'm enjoying it quite a bit. It certainly has a more playful and lighter touch and I do like the casting of British actor David Ajala and I think much of the first 3 episodes is just allowing you to get re-acquainted with the characters as it's been so long since Season 2 aired. I had even thought it was finished to be honest so I'm pleased that there are any new episodes . I would give it a chance before giving up on it just yet.
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richardh
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Posted: November 04 2020 at 01:05 |
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Glad you like that as well. BTW I was getting confused about Nakumara appearing in Queen Gambit , it was actually an episode of Billions!
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Spaciousmind
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Posted: November 01 2020 at 08:57 |
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I watched the first two seasons but have not gotten around to season 3. Thanks for the warning :)
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Meltdowner
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Posted: November 01 2020 at 08:46 |
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The other day I finished a really good Finnish spy show, Nyrkki (Shadow Lines). It's set in the 50's where Finland had to deal with great political tension, as the Americans and Soviets were trying to manipulate the country's presidential elections and the secret police had to sabotage their plans. I liked that there isn't a good side, just characters that are more despicable than others in every faction.
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JD
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Posted: November 01 2020 at 08:25 |
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Didn't want to start a whole thread on this so I though I'd just ask here... Is anyone here watching Star Trek Discovery? We watched the first three episodes of season 3 last night and both my wife and I found it to be overly sentimental tripe. Gone was the intrigue, mystery, tension, excitement, just about everything we loved about the first two seasons. I have a deep fear this season may be a death knell if they don't do some quick self correction. Thoughts?
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Spaciousmind
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Posted: November 01 2020 at 07:07 |
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They are supposed to be making a season 2 of The Witcher.
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Spaciousmind
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Posted: November 01 2020 at 05:20 |
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Yes, besides the story being good which since you are on episode 1, I won't give away. I also enjoyed proper moves being played throughout and proper openings being mentioned. Yes I saw Pawn Sacrifice, it is very good too.
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richardh
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Posted: November 01 2020 at 02:15 |
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Just finished The Witcher. I feel a bit short changed with only 8 episodes. Entertaining if you don't take it too seriously. No idea what it was all about though.
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richardh
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Posted: November 01 2020 at 02:11 |
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^ I've only watched the first episode so far. I wanted to check the Chess was 'correct' and pleased to report that it was! Also the appearance of an actual chess Grandmaster (Hikaru Nakamura) was a nice touch . I think they may be trying to draw some comparison with Bobby Fisher but I need to watch more to see if that's the case. BTW check out Pawn Sacrifice on Amazon Prime TV. A very good dramatic retelling of the 1972 Spassky v Fisher world championship match and the events leading up to it.
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Spaciousmind
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Posted: October 31 2020 at 19:14 |
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I just finished watching the mini-series "The Queens Gambit" on Netflix. It was surprisingly good. Worth watching.
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Meltdowner
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Posted: October 29 2020 at 08:56 |
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I wasn't around in the early 80's (my father had a Commodore though) but I'm a programmer, love SF and board games. Speaking of Firefly, I played the board game a few weeks ago. It's always a memorable experience, it makes up for the lack of seasons ;)
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Spaciousmind
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Posted: October 29 2020 at 08:40 |
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Thanks Logan.
Ok then. Here is a little about me. I also don't consider myself a geek. But I am kind of geeky in my hobbies besides music. I love chess but over the years more so electronic chess. Have a huge collection of electronic chess computers. This is my site which I hope I can share for curiosity since it has nothing to do with music: As a result of electronic chess computers I also have a big collection of old computers. Starting with zx81 or Vic 20 and other equivalents upwards... pretty much all the makes really UK and US to the Amigas and Atari St's and beyond... and all for chess :) So other than chess books I also like SF/Fantasy... but more so SF than Fantasy. Other board games and card games, MTG. Have not played cribbage since I moved from England. btw... the website name is kind of coincidental to the Band Spaciousmind who by the way I also like a lot. Its funny in a search for years both have popped up next to each other. Well that's a summary of all my geekiness. btw I also used to love football (soccer) a lot as well. Nick
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Logan
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Posted: October 29 2020 at 08:15 |
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I'm in Canada and my first early 80s computer was a Sinclair (my next computer was a Commodore 64 in maybe 85). School and games, mostly games, and I liked programming.
I like board games and card games. Chess was always my main game. I play with my son, but he, 13, always beats me now. He has become better and I have got worse. And I loved Bridge. I also play Cribbage with the wife now and then. Other than that, I will happily play a game of Risk now and then, and was quite into D&D when I was young. I never considered myself to be a real geek due to my less than satisfactory grades in mathematics, and I spent my time in high school hanging out much more with the stoners than the nerds. I would have liked to be in both camps: a doobie in one hand and an advanced calculus book in the other. :) |
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