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General => General Technical Chat => Topic started by: smashedProton on July 07, 2013, 05:49:13 am
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It's summer and I'm off school. Parts are going to arrive in a week so I can finish the $%@#$%# 7400 logic project that I started. In the mean time I'm going to watch movies ^-^.
Dave introduced me to Wargames, and I have watched it and loved it. I even watched the sequel. So now with this post I'm coming back for more :-+. Please post your favorite movies and I will watch the ones that I have never seen before. Thank you!
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Hunt for Red October
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Given that you've watched WarGames, it's now obligatory that you watch others in the same genre.
Sneakers is a must, as is Pirates of Silicon Valley.
Anti-trust, The Net, and Hackers are reasonable time killers.
And of course the almost real-life war games, Thirteen Days.
Then personally I'd go on an adventure heist movie marathon...
Of course this is all a given that you have watched the BTTF trilogy, Indy and Die Hard Tetralogies, and The Matrix.
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Yep, im not going to bother listing BTTF,Indy,Die Hard, Jurassic park, The Matrix.
These movies should be watched..
(In no particular order)
-Good old movies
K19 The Widowmaker (2002)
Outbreak (1995)
The Hunt For Red October (1990) [This is excellent]
(Steven King) The Langoliers (1995) [This is excellent but not big budget]
The Andromeda Strain (1971) [This is old but very good]
Army of Darkness (1992) (also known as evil dead 3)
Wargames (1983)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Labyrinth (1986)
Hackers (1995) [This is excellent]
2001 A Space Odyssey (1968)
2010 The Year We Made Contact (1984) (Sequel to 2001) [This is excellent but watch 2001 first]
My Science Project (1985)
-General good movies
Angels and Demons (2009)
Contact (1997)
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009) [This is excellent, don't let the start fool you]
Inception (2010) [This is excellent]
District 9 (2009) [A bit disturbing but very well made]
GhostBusters 1 and 2
Dantes Peak [Everyone loves a good disaster movie]
Red Planet (2000)
Mission to mars (2000)
Flight of the Phoenix (2009( [I enjoyed this more when i thought it was based on a true story, but its still good]
The A-Team (2010) [This is an excellent action movie]
The Rock (1996) [Also an excellent action movie]
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) [Good disaster movie]
The Core (2003) [This is excellent if you ignore a few bits of bad science]
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) [This is excellent]
Twister (1996)
Zombieland (2009) [This is an excellent zombie movie]
U-571 (2000)
V for Vendetta (2005) [This is excellent]
The Negotiator (1998) [This is excellent with lots of suspense]
The Time Machine (2002)
Van Helsing (2004) [This is excellent if your into these sort of movies]
Sherlock Holmes (2010)
sherlock holmes A game of shadows (2011)
The Worlds Fastest Indian (2005)
Congo (1995) [This is C grade and has lots of bad science but i still love it]
City of Ember (2008) [This is an excellent family movie]
-Really good movies based on true stories
Mercy Mission - The rescue of flight 771 (1993)
[A crop dusting plane gets lost doing a 14 hour flight across the pacific ocean and a passenger jet diverts to go look for them]
Freefall - Flight 174 (also known as 'falling from the sky')
[Based on a passenger jet that ran out of fuel]
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Ooh. A Gibson !
Amd don't forget the back to the future trilogy.
And Spaceballs !
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Forget the rest - Blade Runner :-)
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i've never watched Blade Runner.
I caught the ending once when i was out somewhere and it just looked stupid.
(No offense intended to those who love it)
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Dark City
Pans Labyrinth
AI
The City of Lost Children
Wristcutters, A Love Story
Den Brysomme Mannen (The Bothersome Man)
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
Goodbye Lenin
Everything is Illuminated
Brazil
Tideland
Mary & Max
The Thirteenth Floor
And contrary to others, I'll say, forget Blade Runner, it's rubbish, gah.
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This far down and still no mention of these classics:
- National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
- Airplane
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Castaway on the Moon is a really great movie. It is Korean and subtitled but believe me you don't need to read it. The acting is phenomenal and story is brilliant.
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This far down and still no mention of these classics:
- National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
- Airplane
I thought if I pretended they didn't exist, they would go away.
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If you love sci-fi about outer space aliens, my additions for above excellent list.
These alien movies are a bit different than ordinary alien movies which usually with physical form, these are more like a new concept about alien or foreign intelligent things that could do beyond human capability to normally comprehend or cope with them.
- Solaris , starring : George Clooney ..
- Sphere , starring : Dustin Hoffman ..
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1. Blade Runner (make sure it is Directors Cut)
AAAAEEEEIIEIIEIIEEEE I have no idea why people like the Directors cut ... It's horrible without the voice overs :-)
PS: I got the signed limited edition anniversary gold pack, with props etc ... neener :-)
(I hope this doesn't start something)
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This far down and still no mention of these classics:
- National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
- Airplane
I thought if I pretended they didn't exist, they would go away.
Stuff that good lasts an eternity!
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- Solaris , starring : George Clooney ..
That was the Russian version of 2001 ? or a different version.
And while we're on scifi -
DUNE (sadly, nothing like the book, but still near the top)
Barbarella (nothing needs to be said :-) )
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- Solaris , starring : George Clooney ..
That was the Russian version of 2001 ? or a different version.
Nope, thats the newer Holywood version, same story line but with better special effect of course, yes, I've watched the original Russian version as well. Still recommending the Holywood version cause almost no change in the main concept and characters.
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Ferris Buellers Day Off.
Apollo 13
Almost Famous
The Right Stuff (not for everyone, it's long....)
Escape from New York & Escape from LA double.
And three classic Aussie ones:
The Castle
The Dish
Kenny
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Young einstein . With Yahoo Serious !
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This is Spinal Tap.
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And nobody mentions 'The good, the bad and the ugly' :wtf:. I wasn't born when it was made but I think its a very good movie. And how about 'For a few dollars more' and 'Once upon a time in New York' also made by Sergio Leone?
Several of my favorite movies:
- Nikita (the original in French from 1990)
- Chaplin (the biographic movie from 1992)
- Love actually
- Pulp fiction
- RocknRolla
- Snitch
- Lock stock and 2 barrels
- The social network
- The Darwin awards (must see)
- The curious case of Benjamin Button (skip the last 30 minutes)
- The ninth gate
- Constantine
- Tomorrow when the war began
- Yes man save the world
- Plunkett & Macleane
- 2012
- Avatar
- Underworld
- The bourne trilogy
- Inception
- Mesrine Killer instinct & Mesrine Public enemy no1
Usually the movies directed by Clint Eastwood are pretty good. Its amazing how he can use the same character (himself) in so many different movies and situations ;D
There are many other good series too:
- Breaking bad
- Dexter
- Long way round
- Long way down
edit: I totally forgot 'Trainspotting' and 'This is England'
Every now and then I look for movies and series with a high rating on IMDB.com. There are many relatively unknown movies well worth watching.
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If youve never watched babylon 5, and want to check it out, watch the movie
"Babylon5 - In The Beginning". Its a good standalone movie
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I will only give my top 1 movie so it's clear that you MUST watch this.
- Contact (1997) - based on a Carl Sagan novel of the same name.
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Ginger Lynn's greatest all girl hits.
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Full Metal jacket.
I really enjoyed it, and still watch it on occasion, along with The Wall.
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Ah! I can see several Seventh Art recommendations! Well, I would unreservedly recommend anyone to watch the trilogy The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132620/), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216487/) and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343097/); but I am talking only about the original Swedish films and NOT their lousy Hollywood remakes for mainstream consumption...
Your next mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to watch the Dogtooth (2009) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1379182/) (original name: ?????????? in Greek or "Kynodontas" in Latin characters), which though it is not the most easy movie to watch, it is absolutely a resourceful and honest film. It was a surprise to me because by just watching it you end up living it, even though it is not about your life. What I can only say is that the scenario itself is more than enough for the movie to even need any kind of background brass or stringed musical instruments to drive your emotions to the target levels; this happens naturally by the powerful screenplay and the vivid acting only! No CGI, no viewer conditioning music, not anything --but only a strong, intoxicating and resourceful conception that leaves the spectator with absolutely no answers* in the end. I hope you will enjoy that rare movie as much as I did!
-George
P.S. Since I do not know whether Dogtooth is available in your place for rental or not, feel free to search for it at the torrents world; In this case, I will provide you with the English subtitles file (in .SRT format), attached below. Before using it, please remove the .TXT extension from the file attached.
(*) Question: How many movie titles are you aware of, that were really meant to sharpen your critical thinking? Almost every movie title available, goes through the same pattern: Introducing the problem and serving the solution -either directly or indirectly: Bed time stories for little children... In the long term, you are actually being programmed not to search for the answers, but to wait for them to be served to you. You will need to try really hard to find a title that leaves the spectator (or the reader) with no answers provided, in order to start him thinking.
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a varied selection of classic high quality films
Battleship Potemkin (1925), Russian
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), American
Sword of Doom (1966), Japanese
Atanarjuat the fast runner (2001), Canadian (Inuit)
Le Million (1931), French
In the Land of the War Canoes (1914), Edward Curtis, Canadian (Kwakiutl)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997), Canadian
Metropolis (1927), German
La Regle du Jeu (1939), French
M (1931), German
Die Brücke (1959), German
Bicycle Thieves (1948), Italian
8½ (1963), Italian
Smultronstället - Wild Strawberries (1957), Swedish
The Seventh Seal (1957), Swedish
Les enfants du paradis (1945), French
L'âge d'or (1930), Un chien andalou (1929), Spanish/French
Das Boot (1981), German
The Hidden Fortress (1958), Japanese
Le Genou de Claire (1970), French
Babette's Feast (1987), Danish
Tampopo (1985), Japanese
S.O.S. Eisberg (1933), German/American
edit: Zero Hour (1957), Canadian, for those who like Airplane (spoofed from Zero Hour almost word for word, scene for scene)
and a few Australian films I like:
Rabbit Proof Fence (2002)
Ten Canoes (2006)
The Tracker (2002)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Animal Kingdom (2010), the unexpected, diabolical mother, extremely violent
Westerns (American):
High Noon (1952)
The Searchers (1956)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Shane (1953)
Hitchcock:
Rear Window (1954), American
The 39 Steps (1935), British
and how could I forget to add:
Some Like It Hot (1959), American
A Clockwork Orange (1971), British
Visages d'enfants (1925), Faces of Children, France
La kermesse héroïque (1935), Carnival in Flanders, France/Belgium
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941), American
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), American
Fail-Safe (1964) , American
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This far down and still no mention of these classics:
- Airplane
I used to have this scene memorized.
Talking Jive (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVJPB3W54Tc#ws)
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The Thirteenth Floor
Wow the only other person I've ever heard of that had seen that movie.
It came out around the time the Matrix was out and had some similarities, but ended up being more of a thriller.
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Ok well I've seen many of my favorites already. I'm a general fan of submarine warfare movies so I'm glad to see U-571 and K-19 got mentioned.
Another 80s classic I'd say is Short Circuit. As a kid I used to repeatedly watch the opening scene.
Movie Moments - Short Circuit (1986) - Opening (D) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCdtRnu9ggc#)
Anyone able to figure out what model scope was used?
Anyway back tho the list.
Anything that includes Anthony Hopkins is always a good movie:
Freejack - Starring Emilio Estevez, Renee Russo, Mick Jagger, and Anthony Hopkins. (Come on Mick Jagger as the bad guy? You've gotta see that!)
All the Hannibal Lechter movies (Silence of the Lambs / Hannibal / Red Dragon / Hannibal Rising)
Hearts in Atlantis - A Stephen King movie but not the typical thriller, still a really good movie.
Meet Joe Black (A modern interpretation of Death takes a Holiday)
(and other Anthony Hopkins Movies)
Sean Connery:
The Hunt for Red October (my favorite of all time)
Medicine Man
James Bond (just see the whole series)
(And most other Sean Connery movies)
Morgan Freeman:
Bruce Almighty / Evan Almighty - These are just fun movies
Shawshank Redemption
Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider : Morgan Freeman plays the same character in both
(And again most others)
Random movies:
O Brother Where Art Thou?
The Mexican
The Jack Ryan trillogies (Sum of All Fears had Ben Affleck instead of Harrison Ford, but it did have Morgan Freeman)
Wall-E
I'll update this list later as I look through my DVD collection...
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What, no Blazing Saddles yet? Excuse me while I whip this out!
Or Dr. Strangelove. Oh oh oh, Revolver is always fun for an easy going mindfsck. Round of with Aliens and Blade Runner and you are good to go. :) Oh and Snatch.
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This far down and still no mention of these classics:
- Airplane
I used to have this scene memorized.
Talking Jive (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVJPB3W54Tc#ws)
Roger Roger. What's our vector Victor?
Yeah, I love that one. XD
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Ok had to share this... Someone did a compilation of Ben from Short Circuit. Ben is played by Fisher Stevens who played the bad guy in Hackers.
The Best of Ben Jabituya / Short Circuit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6TLYwelOPk#ws)
"I am thinking she is a wirgin, or at least she used to be." :-DD
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So many great movie titles, and yet no one mentioned the classic must see "Once upon a time in the west"
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Ok well I've seen many of my favorites already. I'm a general fan of submarine warfare movies so I'm glad to see U-571 and K-19 got mentioned.
Das Boot is one of the best submarine movies (in my list).
I can always watch "We Dive at Dawn" every time it pops up on TV, a wartime submarine film, 1943, so has a wartime feel to it.
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I'll confine myself to ten favourites. Not necessarily in order.
1. Blade Runner (make sure it is Directors Cut)
2. Pulp Fiction
3. The Andromeda Strain (1971). This is a great pre cgi SciFi story by Michael Crichton
4. 2001
5. Blues Brothers
6. Silent Running
7. Moon (this is excellent by any standard)
8. Alien
9. Hitchhikers Guide To the Galaxy
10. Source Code (also excellent)
I could go on but decided to stick mostly with SciFi.
I just picked up the five disk release of Blade Runner, and there are two versions of the director's cut:
1992 'Director's Cut' by Michael Arick
2007 'Final Cut' by Ridley Scott
Of the known versions, I'm pretty sure I've seen the US theatrical release, and the 'International Cut' which came out on Criterion Edition LD.
I'm looking forward to identifying the differences in the versions.
Also, since you have Alien on the list, you have to include Aliens as well. (Forget the others, there should only have been those two...)
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I caught the ending once when i was out somewhere and it just looked stupid.
(No offense intended to those who love it)
Have you seen Eagle vs Shark (2007), New Zealand?
I can't believe I watched that film twice (thanks to TVO Saturday Night at the Movies)
stupid the whole way through, but dorky funny (you'd be offended if I didn't call that movie stupid)
The Piano (1993), New Zealand is quite a good film
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Alien
Aliens
Alien 3
Prometheus-excellent, 2012
the thing (old one)
predator
every arnold movie
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- Solaris , starring : George Clooney ..
That was the Russian version of 2001 ? or a different version.
Nope, thats the newer Holywood version, same story line but with better special effect of course, yes, I've watched the original Russian version as well. Still recommending the Holywood version cause almost no change in the main concept and characters.
No offence, but was that that hookey nonsense with Clooney’s dead wife recurringly coming back to life in outer space? That was my last straw with Soderberg (or whatever his name is); another trite mystical bore ineffectively given depth with endless boring and protracted takes of Clooney staring silently and vacantly into space. :P
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I don't think any of you have mentioned October Sky. Shame on you all. :--
Great movie about the Rocket boys of Coalwood.
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And three classic Aussie ones:
The Castle
The Dish
Kenny
Another Aussie classic, IMO:
The Big Steal
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099138/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099138/)
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Soylent Green and M.A.S.H. soylent Green is where we are heading and MASH is just great.
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Can't believe The Castle wasn't on page one, given that this is an Aussie forum!
It's my all time favourite film, after a lengthy tussle between it and 'Planes Trains And Automobiles'.
And after watching the Castle, it's logical to watch The Dish, from the same creators and almost as good.
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Ferris Buellers Day Off.
Apollo 13
Almost Famous
The Right Stuff (not for everyone, it's long....)
Escape from New York & Escape from LA double.
And three classic Aussie ones:
The Castle
The Dish
Kenny
Ooo apollo 13 apollo 13
Watch it first, fantastic movie, plot, actors...
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You should watch Deep Water (2006). It's all true.
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About disaster movies... if you want to know how many ways there are to die during diving you should watch Sanctum.
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This!
- Lock stock and 2 barrels
But i guess it's Lock Stock and 2 smoking Barrels though..
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the scope in short circuit is a Philips 3240.
I like the phrase of flying high
This is captain Over over,
Roger Roger.
I miss one of the funny movies
Galaxy Quest
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This!
- Lock stock and 2 barrels
But i guess it's Lock Stock and 2 smoking Barrels though..
Definitely! :-+ I thought about adding it, but already had Snatch on the list. :P
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Only thing I could add to the lists above...
The Mist
Lord of The Rings Trilogy
Not a movie, but damned good: Game of Thrones (all of it.)
So bad its sometimes funny: the Police Academy movies.
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Ah Police Academy... when I was ten or so I talked my grandfather into seeing that movie... He didn't like it that much and had some explaining to do to my parents >:D
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i've never watched Blade Runner.
I caught the ending once when i was out somewhere and it just looked stupid.
(No offense intended to those who love it)
Yeah I watched it. The plot was uninteresting. The best part by far was Han Solo.
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If you enjoyed Apollo 13, I would highly recommend the 12 hour TV miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon".
Tom Hanks wanted to tell the entire story of the Apollo program, but it was way too much for a single movie. So he took most of his earnings from Apollo 13, and put it into this "labor of love".
Episode 5, "Spider", is a particular recommendation for the crowd on here. It tells the story of the development of the Lunar Module, from the perspective of the engineers at Grumman.
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If you enjoyed Apollo 13, I would highly recommend the 12 hour TV miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon".
I'm now pissed off at myself. I don't have cable TV, over the air, HBO etc, so I didn't even know this existed. Now a two day wait from Amazon for this to arrive.
Thanks for posting about it. :-+
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Sounds interesting especially since I grew up with 'space'. My father has worked in the space industry his entire carreer; most of the stuff he designed is 'out there' or has become a falling star.
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Why is it that so many of us like submarine warfare movies ?...
maybe because it the hackers idea of war ? (silent hunts)
Anyway... if so many mentioned submarine movies....
And at the same time so many mentioned the comedy movie Airplane...
Have you seen the submarine equivalent comedy Down Periscope (1996) ?
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I'm now pissed off at myself. I don't have cable TV, over the air, HBO etc, so I didn't even know this existed. Now a two day wait from Amazon for this to arrive.
Thanks for posting about it. :-+
No problem. I don't have HBO, so I missed the original run as well. I love this series enough to rewatch it about once a year. The 12 parts break down as follows:
1.) "Can We Do this?"--Covers the origins of the Apollo program, along with the predecessor Mercury and Gemini programs.
2.) "Apollo 1"--Covers the fatal pad fire which killed 3 astronauts, as well as the investigation and fallout from the incident.
3.) "We Have Cleared the Tower"--Covers the rebuilding after the fire, and the preparations and launch of Apollo 7.
4.) "1968"--Covers the first lunar voyage of Apollo 8, against the backdrop of the political upheaval of the time.
5.) "Spider"--Covers Lunar Module development at Grumman, and the LM test flights of Apollo 9 and Apollo 10.
6.) "Mare Tranquilitatis"--Covers the first lunar landing on Apollo 11.
7.) "Is That all There Is?"--Covers Apollo 12 from the perspective of rookie LMP Alan Bean.
8.) "We Interrupt this Program"--The Apollo 13 events as seen through the eyes of a veteran network news reporter covering NASA mission control.
9.) "For Miles and Miles"--Apollo 14 and the career of the commander Alan Shepard, the first American in space.
10.) "Galileo was Right"--Covers the crew training and launch of Apollo 15, the first mission with a heavy emphasis on lunar geology and science.
11.)"The First Wives Club"--Covers the family lives of many of the astronauts, particularly the Apollo 16 crew.
12.)"La Voyage dans la Lune"--Covers the final manned landing on Apollo 17, and the political decisions that killed the program.
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The Sting
The God Father
Iron Man Movies
If you like Martial arts and comedy: Jacki Chan Movies.
If you have Time Series marathons are nice: Star trek, Doctor Who, Babylon 5, Stargate, Dexter
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If you have Time Series marathons are nice: Star trek, Doctor Who, Babylon 5, Stargate, Dexter
that is a lot of time right there...
Stargate SG1: ~152 hours
Stargate Atlantis: ~ 71 Hours
Dexter: ~ 80 Hours
Doctor Who (2005) ~ 80 Hours (a crap load more if from the original series)
the times are approximated from the standard episode length but those 3 alone push 16 full days (though yes i have seen them)
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the times are approximated from the standard episode length but those 3 alone push 16 full days (though yes i have seen them)
I watched Star Trek DS9 in one Week ::) I only had to skip my lectures that week some years ago. Today i cant do that anymore first no more time and second: No unwatched Series left, except about a TB worth of Anime ;D
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If we're talking TV series, it has to be Tim Hunkin's "Secret Life of machines" series.
All on Youtube, and here http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/SLOM/ (http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/SLOM/)
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Come on...It has to be Real Genius.
Especially if the OP liked War Games
"Dr. Hathaway: When you first started at Pacific Tech you were well on your way to becoming another Einstein and then you know what happened?
Chris Knight: I got a haircut?"