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Offline rogwar

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« on: March 04, 2013, 06:43:23 AM »
Watched the first of this series last night on the History channel. Pretty darn good and interesting.
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Offline RngFndr

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« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2013, 06:47:51 AM »
Recorded it, Recorded "The Bible" as well.. Looks good, I'll watch it today..

Had to see the latest Zombie episode, I'm hooked.. :o

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Offline rogwar

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Re: Vikings
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2013, 06:57:15 AM »
Last night's episode of Walking Dead was pretty disturbing. Look how much people have changed.
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« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2013, 07:57:25 AM »
Quote from: rogwar on March 04, 2013, 06:57:15 AM
Last night's episode of Walking Dead was pretty disturbing. Look how much people have changed.

The episode last night was the one every Walking Dead fan had been waiting for.  It answered the question as to "what happened to Morgan"?  Now we know.  It will be very interesting to see how Morgan plays out in the series.  In the graphic novel he re-enters in a positive light, not so much in the series at least not yet.  We still have the prison battle to deal with and from the previews that will be starting next week.   :aok

The Walking Dead is the first series I've gotten in to since the first few seasons of Alias.  Before that it was Star Trek Next Gen back in the early 1990's (post Tasha Yar), and before that it was Magnum PI in the mid 1980's.  I'm told I need to get in to Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones. We'll see.  I'm typically not a TV viewer.
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Re: Vikings
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2013, 11:03:05 AM »
Von is a Viking :old:

I have "Fantasy Island " on Betamax :old:

It is where i got a interest in planes :old:

"The Plane! The Plane! The Plane!" :)
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Re: Vikings
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2013, 03:59:39 PM »
Quote from: SmokinLoon on March 04, 2013, 07:57:25 AM
I'm told I need to get in to Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones. We'll see.  
Yes on 1. No on 2.
Breaking Bad may be the best drama ever. Smart, funny and "whoa, didn't see that coming".
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Re: Vikings
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2013, 04:33:23 PM »
What's wrong with Game of Thrones?
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Offline rogwar

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« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2013, 04:43:37 PM »
Quote from: GScholz on March 04, 2013, 04:33:23 PM
What's wrong with Game of Thrones?

Some people don't like high fantasy so GoT is not appealing. I have enjoyed GoT and plan to read the books sometime.
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Offline GScholz

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Re: Vikings
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2013, 04:50:42 PM »
I'll never understand why people who don't like a particular genre of film/television would offer advice on what to watch in that genre... That's like homosexuals offering advise on what makes women look sexy.
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Re: Vikings
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2013, 07:06:11 PM »
Quote from: GScholz on March 04, 2013, 04:33:23 PM
What's wrong with Game of Thrones?
Tried watching it when it started. Just wasn't my cup of tea.
Quote from: GScholz on March 04, 2013, 04:50:42 PM
I'll never understand why people who don't like a particular genre of film/television would offer advice on what to watch in that genre... That's like homosexuals offering advise on what makes women look sexy.
I actually like fantasy/medieval stuff, just not GoT. Your comparison is a bit off. A lot of womens clothes is designed by gay men.
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« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2013, 07:08:56 PM »
Breaking Bad is excellent. Watched seasons 1-5 in the space of a week on netflix, just could not stop..
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Offline Saxman

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Re: Vikings
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2013, 10:46:10 PM »
Quote from: rogwar on March 04, 2013, 04:43:37 PM
Some people don't like high fantasy so GoT is not appealing. I have enjoyed GoT and plan to read the books sometime.

Other people like High Fantasy in general but are disgusted by the overwhelming nastiness of GoT. I love fantasy to ESCAPE that garbage. If I wanted to watch that much selfish pettiness on TV I'd turn on C-Span.
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Offline Karnak

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« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2013, 11:06:12 PM »
Game of Thrones is not high fantasy.  It would fall into the low fantasy category due to the low quantity of magic and such, mainly just being a made up environment.  High fantasy is more wizards blasting at each other with spells and such.
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« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2013, 11:58:30 PM »
The Lord of the Rings is a VERY low-magic world. There's no wizards blasting each other with spells whatsoever, magic is subtle or barely present at all, yet it's THE defining work of High Fantasy literature, and still the work by virtually all other High Fantasy literature is compared.

Conan the Barbarian by contrast has FAR more overt magic. Sorcerers, wizards and magic are VERY prominent (ever other villain is a sorcerer of some sort). And once again, it's pretty codified Low Fantasy.

High vs. Low fantasy has NOTHING to do with quantity of magic, but by the scale of its themes, setting and plot. This plants GoT FIRMLY in High Fantasy.
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Re: Vikings
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2013, 01:36:54 AM »
Quote from: GScholz on March 04, 2013, 04:50:42 PM
I'll never understand why people who don't like a particular genre of film/television would offer advice on what to watch in that genre... That's like homosexuals offering advise on what makes women look sexy.

You can offer advice anytime you like :old:
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