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Nebula1 · Post #1 » by **Nebula1** » Sat Dec 7, 2013 10:51 pm

Apologies if this should go in the OT thread, but I think it could also hang on its own.

I recently got into House of Cards and am into the second season now. I really enjoy the show.

This brings my favorite shows list to:

Suits
House of Cards
Eastbound and Down

What do you got as favorites?

kam_soluusar · Post #2 » by **kam_soluusar** » Sun Dec 8, 2013 8:16 am

Sons Of Anarchy
NCIS
NCIS LA
Arrow
Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD
Comic Book Men

And once the series is complete, I will get into Walking Dead.

Nebula1 · Post #3 » by **Nebula1** » Sun Dec 8, 2013 5:05 pm

Caught Out of the Furnace and enjoyed it. It's pretty dark and certainly not an action movie, but I was never bored and it's easy to get invested in all the characters. I'd recommend it.

NamelessHero · Post #4 » by **NamelessHero** » Sun Dec 8, 2013 7:48 pm

Curb your enthusiasm

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Post #5 » by **Mr. E** » Sun Dec 8, 2013 11:19 pm

I am re-watching the first season of Banshee.

Yes, it is full of gratuitous sex, violence & nudity; but there is a very interesting story going on here beyond all that.

Don't get me wrong - the gratuitous sex, violence & nudity is awesome. They should not do away with that. Fortunately, since it is Cinemax we don't have to worry about it. :lol:

I just started reading David McCollough's 1776, which is a companion piece to his incredible biography of John Adams.

texasholdem · Post #6 » by **texasholdem** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 3:01 am

From SNL last night": "He once date-raped Karl Malone on a dare!"
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/ ... sky/n44036

moofs · Post #7 » by **moofs** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 4:16 am

For anyone in a corporate slogfest, you can't beat Better Off Ted, imho.

Puts The Office and all that bollocks to shame.

kam_soluusar · Post #8 » by **kam_soluusar** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 12:24 pm

And no doubt I will watch "The Flash" once the spinoff series for that starts.

Nebula1 · Post #9 » by **Nebula1** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 2:20 pm

Finished up season 1 of House of Cards... what a great show.

Also fascinating to see the use of Big Data with the show's creation and looks like we get season 2 in February.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/25/busin ... .html?_r=0

Nebula1 · Post #10 » by **Nebula1** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 4:22 pm

The Hobbit 2 opens this weekend..

http://www.thehobbit.com/

I think I'll have to check this out in 3D

moofs · Post #11 » by **moofs** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 3:11 pm

Nebula1 wrote:The Hobbit 2 opens this weekend..

http://www.thehobbit.com/

I think I'll have to check this out in 3D

LOTR books: hundreds of pages of fantastic descriptions of personalities, histories, interactions and landscapes
LOTR movies: 15 hours of watching people walk through detailed CGI

If they don't introduce some semblance of real characters into the movies at some point, Koyaanisqatsi may have some good copyright violation claims.

Nebula1 · Post #12 » by **Nebula1** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 4:26 pm

Well, to be fair, the movies don't try to be better than the books. I'm just in it for the experience of the modern day technology. The 3D stuff is great.

I saw Gravity in 3D and enjoyed the ride, despite the lack of story.

Nebula1 · Post #13 » by **Nebula1** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 4:27 pm

The film I'm most looking forward to is The Wolf of Wall Street

That one looks special

moofs · Post #14 » by **moofs** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 5:59 pm

I still want to see Margin Call
Some others: http://www.businessinsider.com/13-awesome-wall-street-movies-2013-1

Nebula1 · Post #15 » by **Nebula1** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:17 pm

moofs wrote:I still want to see Margin Call
Some others: http://www.businessinsider.com/13-awesome-wall-street-movies-2013-1

I thought Margin Call was okay, but will agree on the Enron doc. That's a great one. Boiler Room is a classic and I still need to see American Psycho.

Not Wall Street, but American Hustle looks great and is getting plent of acclaim.

moofs · Post #16 » by **moofs** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:20 pm

Nebula1 wrote:I still need to see American Psycho.

American Psycho was... interesting. I can't call it either good nor bad.

Nebula1 · Post #17 » by **Nebula1** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:31 pm

moofs wrote:
Nebula1 wrote:I still need to see American Psycho.

American Psycho was... interesting. I can't call it either good nor bad.

Have you watched House of Cards? I'm rewatching Season 1 and it's actually that much better seeing the plot unfold.

Obviously I'm looking forward to Season 2.

p.s. The product placement in the show makes the big data angle that much more interesting to me.

moofs · Post #18 » by **moofs** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:32 pm

Nebula1 wrote:Have you watched House of Cards? I'm rewatching Season 1 and it's actually that much better seeing the plot unfold.

Obviously I'm looking forward to Season 2.

p.s. The product placement in the show makes the big data angle that much more interesting to me.

Don't generally watch much TV.

Nebula1 · Post #19 » by **Nebula1** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 5:08 pm

moofs wrote:
Nebula1 wrote:Have you watched House of Cards? I'm rewatching Season 1 and it's actually that much better seeing the plot unfold.

Obviously I'm looking forward to Season 2.

p.s. The product placement in the show makes the big data angle that much more interesting to me.

Don't generally watch much TV.

Neither do I, but HOC is more like watching a 12 hour movie and each episode is 50 minutes. If you get a chance, give the first couple episodes a go and you'll either be hooked or not.

Post #20 » by **Mr. E** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:06 pm

I've had to tell people in the office to stop talking about Sons of Anarchy since I haven't watched the finale yet

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