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Old 01-18-2024, 10:12 AM   #5861
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People are forgetting the first two Hellboys. I'm also surprised that so many people liked The Batman. I enjoyed it until I really started thinking about it.

A more fun exercise might be to pick the worst three of the 2020s.

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I'd say Blue Beetle only because I hated that they wasted so much good material, and I haven't watched Morbius.
Yeah. Heallboy 1 and 2 were both solid. As for the Batman, it was just a well made comic book movie. Yes, you can't overthink it, but that's pretty true of most movies in the genre.
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Old 01-18-2024, 11:54 AM   #5862
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A guy on Tor.com that I read did a superhero movie rewatch recently. I can't say I agree with all his takes, but they are interesting reading, and he goes into the character and comic background.


He's also done re-watches of all Star Trek series, and watches and writes about Discovery (although last time I read, he actually liked it, so obviously he's not always right), as well as Lower Decks and SNW.


I actually watched a lot of older movies because of this rewatch.


https://www.tor.com/series/the-great...movie-rewatch/
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Old 01-18-2024, 02:02 PM   #5863
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He's also done re-watches of all Star Trek series, and watches and writes about Discovery (although last time I read, he actually liked it, so obviously he's not always right)
Sorry, but it is impossible to consider someone's opinions valid at all if they hold this one.
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Old 01-18-2024, 03:00 PM   #5864
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A guy on Tor.com that I read did a superhero movie rewatch recently. I can't say I agree with all his takes, but they are interesting reading, and he goes into the character and comic background.


He's also done re-watches of all Star Trek series, and watches and writes about Discovery (although last time I read, he actually liked it, so obviously he's not always right), as well as Lower Decks and SNW.


I actually watched a lot of older movies because of this rewatch.


https://www.tor.com/series/the-great...movie-rewatch/

Keith has written many Star Trek tie in books and edited several of the novella collections.
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Yeah I can't say I've read any of his books -haven't read star trek novels in years - but I really enjoy his rewatches, even when I disagree with them.
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Old 01-23-2024, 10:18 AM   #5866
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Might get an Apple TV+ sub to check this out.

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Might get an Apple TV+ sub to check this out.

I love how Apple TV has gone all-in on Scifi. Foundation, For All Mankind, Silo, just to name a couple. All are beautiful to watch in 4k.
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I love how Apple TV has gone all-in on Scifi. Foundation, For All Mankind, Silo, just to name a couple. All are beautiful to watch in 4k.
Do you actually see a difference in streaming 4K? My Sony TV is good enough at upscaling that I can't really see any difference in 1080p streaming vs 4K on Disney+, I have to fire up an uncompressed 4K Blu-Ray rip on my Plex server to actually see the benefit of 4K
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Do you actually see a difference in streaming 4K? My Sony TV is good enough at upscaling that I can't really see any difference in 1080p streaming vs 4K on Disney+, I have to fire up an uncompressed 4K Blu-Ray rip on my Plex server to actually see the benefit of 4K
I haven't had a Blu-ray so I can't compare but I thought Foundation looked absolutely amazing streamed. Of course that was before my son broke my OLED tv. It's definitely not the same on my Led tv.
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Old 02-01-2024, 08:33 AM   #5870
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Yeah, generally speaking streaming 4K is still going to be closer to a physical blu-ray in most circumstances. But you can get around that with your internet speeds and TV etc.
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I wasn't sure where to put this but it's nerdy, sci-fi and there's multiple comic books about this series.

In August, Hasbro launched a 24/7 live stream of G.I. Joe episodes on YouTube.


https://www.youtube.com/live/TZ3mxF4U__k?feature=shared
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I wasn't sure where to put this but it's nerdy, sci-fi and there's multiple comic books about this series.

In August, Hasbro launched a 24/7 live stream of G.I. Joe episodes on YouTube.


https://www.youtube.com/live/TZ3mxF4U__k?feature=shared
haha just clicked on it now. Is Cobra Commander the same voice as Starscream?
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haha just clicked on it now. Is Cobra Commander the same voice as Starscream?
Yup! He did a bunch of 80s cartoons.

He was actually the original voice of Mr. Burns too.

He was also on Star Trek TNG. He was the Klingon Captain of the ship that Riker joined in the officer exchange.
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Yup! He did a bunch of 80s cartoons.

He was actually the original voice of Mr. Burns too.

He was also on Star Trek TNG. He was the Klingon Captain of the ship that Riker joined in the officer exchange.
Everyone was on Star Trek! The sheer volume of people that show employed is staggering!
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Everyone was on Star Trek! The sheer volume of people that show employed is staggering!
I think the one that one of the wildest to me is Tony from the OG West Side Story played Li Nalas (Richard Beymar)
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But they also repeated actors a bunch because he was the Pakled captain in the same season. He just wanted things to make them go.
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But they also repeated actors a bunch because he was the Pakled captain in the same season. He just wanted things to make them go.
"We're Strong."

I love Star Trek trivia stuff. I did not know that.
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And he died in 1994 at the age of 44. That sucks.
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Ok that means I should watch Loki season 2?
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