always a sucker for a dark sci-fi, but couldn't have said it better:
"Critics Consensus: While it might prove somewhat satisfying for devout sci-fi fans, Pandorum's bloated, derivative plot ultimately leaves it drifting in space."
Rotten Tomatoes
Actually that should be sunk to the bottom under its own gravity
Well enough mounted production values and flying wire work on the inside of the ship, but half the dialog was indecipherable, and once can see far better CG on half a dozen TV series I can think of than in the final scenes. The recent Cosmos with Neil deGrasse Tyson comes to mind
"Critics Consensus: While it might prove somewhat satisfying for devout sci-fi fans, Pandorum's bloated, derivative plot ultimately leaves it drifting in space."
Rotten Tomatoes
Actually that should be sunk to the bottom under its own gravity
Well enough mounted production values and flying wire work on the inside of the ship, but half the dialog was indecipherable, and once can see far better CG on half a dozen TV series I can think of than in the final scenes. The recent Cosmos with Neil deGrasse Tyson comes to mind
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The only redemption on 'Pandorum' is the Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio soundtrack from the Blu-ray. ...That's it, nothing else.
♦ What a lovely day (sunny) today @ Victoria, Chris.
The sunrise this morning was spectacular - wish that Mt Doug wasn't locked up over night. The 360dg view from there is breathtaking on a clear day.
Biggest let down ever.
*Spoiler alert*
If you've lost someone dear to you this tv show MAY take on a whole new meaning and MAY be just the speed at which you are looking for, but for me it was far far too slow and sparse.
The ending and the entire series was basically just wallpaper and music. I've never been so disappointed in a tv show in my entire life before. Even the C and D grade tv shows and movies interest me more than this tv series did. If I was on Mount Everest alone and cold and dying I would be more active and mobile than I was while I was watching this TV show.
The promo and the intro video was nice though. Oh and the following scene below That is pretty much it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0YI_eHg3Aw
But even then this scene is exactly as it appears to be, it is quite possibly the best scene in the entire show and it involves a little person walking backwards and talking funny. Thats all. The rest of the show involves detectives and one-on-one occurances of two people talking inside of really cramped and "muggy" feeling (yes I got that sensation over tv) endlessly sometimes for the entire episode.
WARNING this is a 7 minute edition of the entire tv series, watch ONLY if you have already seen the series but forget what it was about::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWaFqB56Ykw
See what happened there? This entire tv series could fit into a single episode, thats how sparse it was.
But I digress, some people absolutely LOVE the show. For everyone else I recommend an X-Files marathon OR and I highly recommend this show, is one called "Millennium". This is an adequate replacement for what I expected Twin peaks would be.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115270/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcKyW_AtXB0
And it has great 90s ambient music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06a5wo5-zBw
TL;DR = I expected X-Files or a TV series of Lost Highway but instead got a Tranquilizer.
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I'm still grieving the loss of Honey Boo Boo- what's next to go, that zenith of redneck culture, Duck Dynasty?
Somewhat misanthropic this evening for some reason -
freax- thanx for reminding me of "Millenium" -I know it's only the "small screen" - but I really enjoyed Lance and Terry Quinn's work (years before Lost)
Somewhat misanthropic this evening for some reason -
freax- thanx for reminding me of "Millenium" -I know it's only the "small screen" - but I really enjoyed Lance and Terry Quinn's work (years before Lost)
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No problem. I absolutely adore this era of time, from about 1992 to 2002 I love anything found inside of it and it thrills me whenever I find something new that I haven't seen before or haven't seen in a very long long time.
I'm the kind of guy who you'd find playing point-and-click FMV video games from the early 90s.
And still has Duke Nukem 3D, Dreamweb.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Point-and-click_adventure_games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneath_a_Steel_Sky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner_%281997_video_game%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Seed_(video_game)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Police_Quest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curse_of_Monkey_Island
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniac_Mansion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grim_Fandango
You may also forget Due South but thats not really a watchable tv show, I mean sure its great but sometimes its boring.
And "In the heat of the night" (90s tv show) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEfQYVfshs8
Actually I think i might just dump my list here:
Dr Quinn Medicine Woman
Daily Edition
Venture Brothers
Alias
Diagnosis Murder
Cold Case Files
Judging Amy
Dharma & Greg
Oggy & The cockroaches
Curious George
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Red Dwarf
Kim Possible
FLCL
Time Trax
Spin City
Cowboy Bebop
The Angry Beavers
Daria
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
Hey Arnold!
Invader Zim
Speed Buggy
The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show
Firefly
Doug
The Berenstain Bears
Home Improvement
Diff'rent Strokes
Murphy Brown
The Good Life
The Smurfs
Grey's Anatomy
Total Recall 2070
Ocean Girl
Mission: Top Secret (Australian Show)
La Femme Nikita
Arthur
Dark Angel
Journeyman
Danger Mouse
Gidget
Hee Haw
Candid Camera
Mister Ed
Unsolved Mysteries
Gumby
7th Heaven
Goosebumps
Goodnight Sweetheart Taken Millennium Perfect Strangers The Wonder Years Charles in Charge Cybill Count Duckula Now and Again The Muppet Show Astro Boy The Lone Gunmen Cat Dog One Tree Hill Inspector Gadget Bernard Bear Due South Lexx Sliders The Outer Limits V the Final Battle The Addams Family Walker, Texas Ranger Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Blackadder Goes Forth Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars The Partridge Family Animaniacs The Girl From Tomorrow Ocean Girl Wings Alf Spellbinder Spellbinder 2: Land of the Dragon Lord Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Jericho Duck Tales Sunset Beach Duck Tales Round the twist Jimmy Neutron Jeeves and Wooster Viper Xena: Warrior Princess Misfits of Science Acapulco Heat Agatha Christie's Poirot V It's Punky Brewster SeaQuest DSV Tour of Duty Renegade Shaun the Sheep Jimbo and the Jet Set Max Headroom All Grown Up! Ashes To Ashes The Pink Panther Show Blue Thunder CHiPs South Park Pinky and the Brain Mission: Impossible NewsRadio Caroline in the City Suddenly Susan Cow and Chicken The Mask: The Animated Series Lizzie McGuire Tupu Picket Fences Chicago Hope Rugrats Tiny Toon Adventures Becker Clueless (TV series) Bewitched The Closer Ghost Whisperer Mr Ed Get Smart The Saint Rocky & Bullwinkle Steptoe & Son Parker Lewis Can't Lose The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) Air Wolf The Flintstones Casper and Friends Six Feet Under How Do They Do It? Foyle's War I Am Weasel Aladdin: The Series Timon and Pumbaa Tarzan Garfield and Friends Grace Under Fire The New Scooby-Doo Movies Popeye and Son Rocko's Modern Life Pingu Ewoks Captain Planet and the Planeteers Hannah Montana Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers Courage the Cowardly Dog The Nature of Things Samurai Jack The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh TaleSpin Midsomer Murders Lewis Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Chappelle's Show Silent Witness Keeping Up Appearances The Drew Carey Show Inspector Morse Quincy, M.E. Alvin and the Chipmunks Remington Steele The Jetsons The Cosby Show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Perry Mason A Touch Of Frost Last of the Summer Wine Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Dallas Tales from the Crypt Mr. Magoo The Yogi Bear Show King of the Hill Ren and Stimpy Darkwing Duck Will & Grace Two Guys and a Girl Scooby-Doo Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner Twin Peaks MacGyver Medium Bugs Bunny Show The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show ER Yogi Bear That 70's Show Sesame Street Batman 3rd Rock from the Sun 'Allo 'Allo! The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Mad About You Man vs. Wild Seinfeld The Honeymooners Ally McBeal Air Crash Investigations The Big Bang Theory Whose Line Is It Anyway? Felicity Frasier Tom And Jerry The Simpsons The X-Files Futurama Famliy Guy Regular Show Star Trek TOS Star Trek TNG Star Trek DS9 Star Trek VOY Elementary Full Metal Panic! Mork & Mindy The Fairly OddParents Adventure Time Unlikely Animal Friends 2
I hope to someday own all of these on DVD.
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Oh yeah and I still own and use my Sony Walkman WM-FX171 from 1998:
????????? WALKMAN????SONY WM-FX171 - ?7???
Tape sounds heaps better than MP3 and even LPFM is better for around the home.
In the car its CD from a Pioneer Deck modified.
OH and you're not a Hipster if you were ACTUALLY THERE when it happened. Thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
You're just really old fashioned and some fools think "he's pathetic" for using such outdated stuff, but thats okay I can live with that. I think people like that are fools for buying new tv sets and cars every year.
????????? WALKMAN????SONY WM-FX171 - ?7???
Tape sounds heaps better than MP3 and even LPFM is better for around the home.
In the car its CD from a Pioneer Deck modified.
OH and you're not a Hipster if you were ACTUALLY THERE when it happened. Thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
You're just really old fashioned and some fools think "he's pathetic" for using such outdated stuff, but thats okay I can live with that. I think people like that are fools for buying new tv sets and cars every year.
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I robot but different,
Automata,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh_wmaOZcWo
Depends on your point of view perhaps.
Regards
M. Gregg
Automata,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh_wmaOZcWo
Depends on your point of view perhaps.
Regards
M. Gregg
33% over @ Rotten Tomatoes from the film critics; are they remotely honest and accurate in their ratings?
Because I'm not that much of a Hippie.
I rarely use tape anyway, its usually either LPFM (0.0050 watt/5mW/Good for 50 meters with a Sony Walkman) for around the home or CD.
The option is there though, if I were to go outdoors for a long period I now have the option of bringing a mixtake and I get to bring that nice analog twang along for the ride. Beats having to convert digital to analog in a space no bigger than a matchbox or deck of cards.
I've heard some pre-recorded concerts on tape that would best even 96KHz 24 bit digital audio.
The SQ of a cassette playing in a 90s Walkman is really really good. All depends on your original source and the deck you used to put it on at home though. Prerecorded ones are rubbish. Sure you do get SOME wow and flutter but its easy enough to ignore this. And on a really good deck if the recording was made on a really good deck also, its nearly completely inaudible.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonev...hy-did-sony-just-cram-148tb-of-data-onto-one/
You can also still buy Cassettes by the box load.
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I thought Pandorum was a waste of CG - but "I, Frankenstein" - just think of the trillions of pixels wasted there
Bill Nighy can chew it up with the best of them but not even his special brand could save this for me (I swear I could hear him thinking "glad I went for the straight paycheque and no points")
Always fun to check out the IMDb list of "people who liked this, also liked" for a short list of flics to avoid
I thought Pandorum was a waste of CG - but "I, Frankenstein" - just think of the trillions of pixels wasted there
Bill Nighy can chew it up with the best of them but not even his special brand could save this for me (I swear I could hear him thinking "glad I went for the straight paycheque and no points")
Always fun to check out the IMDb list of "people who liked this, also liked" for a short list of flics to avoid