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43 minutes ago, Sarex said:

What's holding me back is that I have read them way too many times... But for some reason I'm not in a mood to start any new series, heck I haven't even read Rhythm of War and it's been ages since that came out.

I used to re-read the series each time a new book was released. So I've read the individual books many times, but the entire series from beginning to end I've only done a couple of times since it was wrapped up. But it does hit a point where you've read a book so many times you start to skim through paragraphs and chapters and focus more on the parts of the story that fit whatever mood you're in rather than "properly" read the entire thing.

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I just watched a really good horror series on Netflix, highly recommend...Midnight Mass

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Mass_(miniseries)

 

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Okay episode. Nice to see a focus on Dr. Crusher. Weird that it's a theoretical science episode though.

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11 hours ago, uuuhhii said:

good show

was expecting more shipper fuel

I didn't like s1 because it felt like a copy of Final Space, with way too many references to old Star Trek stories. Felt like they tried to abuse nostalgia to the fullest for views.

Now with s2 they seem to be cooling down a bit from that stuff, which makes it better in my eyes.

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On 10/7/2021 at 10:12 PM, uuuhhii said:

owl house was cancelled

still can not believe it

I remember trying that show a year or so back and thinking it felt really...off and kind of dissatisfying. Is the show a bit better than the first few episodes would indicate? I know it has a bit of a following...

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36 minutes ago, Bartimaeus said:

I remember trying that show a year or so back and thinking it felt really...off and kind of dissatisfying. Is the show a bit better than the first few episodes would indicate? I know it has a bit of a following...

have the same feeling for the first few episode and give up the show

things pick up a lot after s01e05

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53 minutes ago, InsaneCommander said:

What If

I know it is a superhero story and realism is not to be expected, but how the f*** did they connect that usb arrow on the first try?

give up realism in superhero comic a long times ago with all the nano tech nonsense

 

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3 minutes ago, uuuhhii said:

give up realism in superhero comic a long times ago with all the nano tech nonsense

 

I can accept magical nanotech,

Spoiler

zombies defeating Thanos wearing an infinity gauntlet,

and many other things, but everyone knows you never plug a USB correctly on the first try. There is just so much suspension of disbelief can do.:shrugz:

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On 10/9/2021 at 2:30 PM, Lexx said:

I continued watching ST The Lower Decks and now with s2 I'm beginning to like it some more.

I think the second season so far has been better than the first. 

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Midnight Mass. The first episode didn't really grab me and I held off for a while after but I'm glad I went back. There's parts that drag but on the whole it is a very good horror miniseries.

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For all mankind. Russia wins the space race, while the US trails behind. This causes a race to new and greater things.

While the premise is interesting (although we all know the moon landing was faked), I haven't really been grabbed by the show. I've been told by multiple people that it's great so I'll give few more episodes a go.

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3 hours ago, KP the meanie zucchini said:

Midnight Mass. The first episode didn't really grab me and I held off for a while after but I'm glad I went back. There's parts that drag but on the whole it is a very good horror miniseries.

Its not just good, its excellent and the story changes in a  dark and completely unexcepted way .....so it goes from being a  "preachy "  religious theme to something different and horror based 🎃

"Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss”

John Milton 

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -  George Bernard Shaw

"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela

 

 

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On 10/6/2021 at 3:27 AM, Lexx said:

Now I kinda want to watch more of this stuff. Maybe this will be my new anime, now that I have seen most of the interesting stuff in that area.

Yeah, that was a cute k-drama, I mostly liked it as well. 
There are some very good K-dramas. A lot of them are somewhat fluffy/comedic or melodrama romances - which I definitely enjoy from time to time and K-dramas do it so much better than the US - but there are also the more drama or thriller/crime types that are very good.  Misaeng (slice of life) would be one and last I looked it was still on Netflix. If you want to stay with lighter relationship or general fantasy fare: Because This Is My First Life is sweet (but not very slapsticky).  Anyway, there's some good ones, from wacky to serious, from the past 8 years or so ... but most aren't on Netflix.

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Speaking of k-drama's, I watched the first two episodes of Squid Game (Netflix) last night. About half-way through the first, I sat up and went "GONG YOO!" ... I had no idea he was in it. But then sadly he went away and from reading, sounds like his role is just a guest/brief. ::sad panda::  But the first two episodes of the series seem fairly interesting/good. I'll try a couple more episodes.

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