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[visionary]

The other thing that could have changed this movie theater vs home dynamic would have been if 3D experience had been amazing. I specifically watched Black Panther 2 in 3D and it was a decent not great experience my whole family was mad tgat I made them watch it in 3D

 

[visionary]

The Age of Adaline
8/10
very well done classy and interesting movie
Worth watching

 

[SlammedZero]

Anybody else looking forward to the new 90s Show? As a person that grew up as a teenager in the 90s, I am definitely wanting this to be good. I hope they don't mess this up. I believe the same writers that were a part of the 70s show are involved, so that's hopefully a good thing. I'm floored at how well Red and Kitty look. They look like they haven't aged a bit since the 70s show.

 

[Runwildboys]

Anybody else looking forward to the new 90s Show? As a person that grew up as a teenager in the 90s, I am definitely wanting this to be good. I hope they don't mess this up. I believe the same writers that were a part of the 70s show are involved, so that's hopefully a good thing. I'm floored at how well Red and Kitty look. They look like they haven't aged a bit since the 70s show.

Didn't know about this. The original show list me before the last season.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Troll on netfix
If you liked the movie Troll Hunter from a few years back, you will probably like this one as well although this one went for more of the commercial action route compared to the found documentary route of the first one.

 

[Runwildboys]

Troll on netfix
If you liked the movie Troll Hunter from a few years back, you will probably like this one as well although this one went for more of the commercial action route compared to the found documentary route of the first one.

I was just going to say: If you like movies with bad writing and stupid premises, you'll like Troll. lol

 

[Runwildboys]

Enola Holmes 2 on Netflix. Not bad. 7/10, as streaming movies go. Some pretty funny parts, and Millie Bobby Brown is a little better in this one than the first one. Henry Cavill as Sherlock is a good casting choice too, IMO.

 

[DallasEast]

The Peripheral was a mind tripping rollercoaster ride. I can see why Chloe Grace Moretz chose it. Season two should be even better I think.

Decided to try Wednesday and got hooked in the first three minutes of the first episode. The satire is strong and right up my alley.

The show even has a therapist for Wednesday who may be familiar to anyone watching the show. The actress played the woman who tried to seduce Sheldon Cooper, which made him immediately propose to Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory.

 

[Runwildboys]

The Peripheral was a mind tripping rollercoaster ride. I can see why Chloe Grace Moretz chose it. Season two should be even better I think.

Decided to try Wednesday and got hooked in the first three minutes of the first episode. The satire is strong and right up my alley.

The show even has a therapist for Wednesday who may be familiar to anyone watching the show. The actress played the woman who tried to seduce Sheldon Cooper, which made him immediately propose to Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory.

She also played Corky Sherwood - Forrest on Murphy Brown.
The dancing scene in Wednesday was absolutely adorable. I'd never heard of Jenna Ortega before, but I'm a huge fan now.

Is The Peripheral season 1 over?

 

[Juggernaut]

The Peripheral was a mind tripping rollercoaster ride. I can see why Chloe Grace Moretz chose it. Season two should be even better I think.

Decided to try Wednesday and got hooked in the first three minutes of the first episode. The satire is strong and right up my alley.

The show even has a therapist for Wednesday who may be familiar to anyone watching the show. The actress played the woman who tried to seduce Sheldon Cooper, which made him immediately propose to Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory.

She also played Corky Sherwood - Forrest on Murphy Brown.
The dancing scene in Wednesday was absolutely adorable. I'd never heard of Jenna Ortega before, but I'm a huge fan now.

Is The Peripheral season 1 over?

Faith Ford played Corky Sherwood on Murphy Brown. DE is talking about Riki Lindhome. She has a great scene in the 2013 movie Hell Baby. I highly recommend that scene, but not the movie.

 

[DallasEast]

@Juggernaut beat me to Faith Ford/Riki Lindhome. They do kinda favor each other but Ford has about 15 years on Lindhome.

Yep. The eighth episode was the season finale of The Peripheral. Just when it was really getting good too.

 

[Runwildboys]

Faith Ford played Corky Sherwood on Murphy Brown. DE is talking about Riki Lindhome. She has a great scene in the 2013 movie Hell Baby. I highly recommend that scene, but not the movie.

Wow, I thought that was Faith Ford! Even the voice sounds like her!

 

[Runwildboys]

@Juggernaut beat me to Faith Ford/Riki Lindhome. They do kinda favor each other but Ford has about 15 years on Lindhome.

Yep. The eighth episode was the season finale of The Peripheral. Just when it was really getting good too.

Well crap, I hope I didn't watch it and not realize it was over!!! I'm going to have to check on that today. It's a really good show, but if that's all there is to the first season, my opinion is going to be tainted.

Phew! About to start watching episode 8 now!

 

[Runwildboys]

@Juggernaut beat me to Faith Ford/Riki Lindhome. They do kinda favor each other but Ford has about 15 years on Lindhome.

Yep. The eighth episode was the season finale of The Peripheral. Just when it was really getting good too.

Wow, not where I was expecting this show to go! All the possibilities of where it can go next season...It's going to be awesome!! The post credits scene was interesting.

 

[DallasEast]

Wow, not where I was expecting this show to go! All the possibilities of where it can go next season...It's going to be awesome!! The post credits scene was interesting.

It is a really smart concept for either a movie or television show. Time travel without traveling through time, with obvious paradoxes that are routinely explained and avoided.

 

[Runwildboys]

It is a really smart concept for either a movie or television show. Time travel without traveling through time, with obvious paradoxes that are routinely explained and avoided.

Spoiler

One thing does bother me. (Other than the train not even hitting its brakes) How did they first start sending information back in time, and who built things like the headset, the pulse weapon, and the cloaked vehicles? And why aren't those people more directly involved?

 

[DallasEast]

Spoiler

One thing does bother me. (Other than the train not even hitting its brakes) How did they first start sending information back in time, and who built things like the headset, the pulse weapon, and the cloaked vehicles? And why aren't those people more directly involved?

Spoiler

Trains cannot stop by applying brakes even in real life, so the scene did not bother me. Train collisions are tragic but I feel for the engineers who see what is about to happen and cannot stop it from happening. Plus, applying brakes can help contribute to a derailment, which is a tragedy compounding another tragedy.

Scientists found some way to penetrate the time barrier simplistically. Complex things like people and machines cannot step through this artificial window but frequency waves can be transmitted through. That would open up the possibility of sending information via microwave, cellular, etc., means. This would explain why they do not time travel physically themselves. Additionally, it removes the chance their direct involvement will introduce an unintended variable that would disrupt future events.

People in the past already have the technology to receive and decipher the signals with current computer technology. So, future folks send the information to targeted individuals in the present with the curiosity, ability and greed to manufacture the equipment from detailed blueprints. They would have the capability of hacking current technology as well, like financial systems such as banks. Willing participants in the past would be easily compensated for doing their bidding.

 

[Runwildboys]

Spoiler

Trains cannot stop by applying brakes even in real life, so the scene did not bother me. Train collisions are tragic but I feel for the engineers who see what is about to happen and cannot stop it from happening. Plus, applying brakes can help contribute to a derailment, which is a tragedy compounding another tragedy.

Scientists found some way to penetrate the time barrier simplistically. Complex things like people and machines cannot step through this artificial window but frequency waves can be transmitted through. That would open up the possibility of sending information via microwave, cellular, etc., means. This would explain why they do not time travel physically themselves. Additionally, it removes the chance their direct involvement will introduce an unintended variable that would disrupt future events.

People in the past already have the technology to receive and decipher the signals with current computer technology. So, future folks send the information to targeted individuals in the present with the curiosity, ability and greed to manufacture the equipment from detailed blueprints. They would have the capability of hacking current technology as well, like financial systems such as banks. Willing participants in the past would be easily compensated for doing their bidding.

Still regarding The Periphery

Spoiler

I understand that trains can't just stop immediately. It takes about a mile or so, I believe, but there was no indication of the brakes even being applied. I realize you'd never actually see the train stop, but there should be some sign that it didn't just keep on going as if nothing happened.

As for sending signals back in time, I can suspend my disbelief enough to grant that, but I can't imagine any current technology being able to translate the signal, since radio waves, microwaves, and everything else on the electromagnetic spectrum is bound by the laws of physics, which limit those wavelenghts to traveling forward in time. Also, how would they possibly be able to control who receives the signals, and who would be willing to do their bidding, for any amount of money? I suppose it's possible that the technology becomes available in 2028, which is why the timeline begins there, but I'd prefer having that fleshed out before getting into the meat of the story.

 

[DallasEast]

Still regarding The Periphery

Spoiler

I understand that trains can't just stop immediately. It takes about a mile or so, I believe, but there was no indication of the brakes even being applied. I realize you'd never actually see the train stop, but there should be some sign that it didn't just keep on going as if nothing happened.

As for sending signals back in time, I can suspend my disbelief enough to grant that, but I can't imagine any current technology being able to translate the signal, since radio waves, microwaves, and everything else on the electromagnetic spectrum is bound by the laws of physics, which limit those wavelenghts to traveling forward in time. Also, how would they possibly be able to control who receives the signals, and who would be willing to do their bidding, for any amount of money? I suppose it's possible that the technology becomes available in 2028, which is why the timeline begins there, but I'd prefer having that fleshed out before getting into the meat of the story.

Spoiler

Granted, the director could have included audio of the screeching brakes of the train to signify the train was trying to stop. However, I think they wanted the focus and scene kept solely on Jasper and his deadly mistake. Kinda like emphasizing totally how isolated he was in that lifechanging moment. Exorcizing the train altogether, including the sound of the engineer braking, from that particular scene was intentional I think for that reason.

Everything else I will defer to anyone's interpretation. It is an old discussion point concerning how much imagination should a viewer suspend in order to enjoy fictional details more. For me, I can "accept" some scientist inventing a super-duper antenna that can beam a signal at a specific computer, cell phone, etc. Or construct electronic diagrams someone 70 years younger can decipher and construct equipment mechanisms from currently available materials.

It is a voluntary choice of acceptance in order to be entertained. Personally, I do not think any of it is possible--just like I do not think Star Trek or Star Wars stuff is possible. There are things I do not accept--like someone else seeing the damage done to New York City in The Avengers along side the damage inflicted upon Metropolis in Man of Steel and saying there was more devastation shown in NYC . A simple scene by scene visual comparison between the movies destroys that contention but that example can be debated with tangibles. The stuff happening in The Peripheral is almost completely intangible in nature, plus not even thrown into the audience's face like typical Star Trek technical jardon often is presented.

I can take what the show wants the audience to accept for entertainment without much questioning. At the same time, I can see why it will get criticized for what it is based on too. Just not enough for me to think about geeking out. And everyone knows how I typically geek out about stuff.

 

[Runwildboys]

Spoiler

Granted, the director could have included audio of the screeching brakes of the train to signify the train was trying to stop. However, I think they wanted the focus and scene kept solely on Jasper and his deadly mistake. Kinda like emphasizing totally how isolated he was in that lifechanging moment. Exorcizing the train altogether, including the sound of the engineer braking, from that particular scene was intentional I think for that reason.

Everything else I will defer to anyone's interpretation. It is an old discussion point concerning how much imagination should a viewer suspend in order to enjoy fictional details more. For me, I can "accept" some scientist inventing a super-duper antenna that can beam a signal at a specific computer, cell phone, etc. Or construct electronic diagrams someone 70 years younger can decipher and construct equipment mechanisms from currently available materials.

It is a voluntary choice of acceptance in order to be entertained. Personally, I do not think any of it is possible--just like I do not think Star Trek or Star Wars stuff is possible. There are things I do not accept--like someone else seeing the damage done to New York City in The Avengers along side the damage inflicted upon Metropolis in Man of Steel and saying there was more devastation shown in NYC . A simple scene by scene visual comparison between the movies destroys that contention but that example can be debated with tangibles. The stuff happening in The Peripheral is almost completely intangible in nature, plus not even thrown into the audience's face like typical Star Trek technical jardon often is presented.

I can take what the show wants the audience to accept for entertainment without much questioning. At the same time, I can see why it will get criticized for what it is based on too. Just not enough for me to think about geeking out. And everyone knows how I typically geek out about stuff.

It's not really my intention to criticize the show, I just want the origin story before I can go all in. I'd probably accept whatever they offered to show how it all came about, I just want something. If the timeline started 200 years in the future, I doubt that I'd give it a second thought, because the tech 200 years from now will be so far advanced.

But I do love the show as it is, and I think Chloë Grace Moretz does a fantastic job as the protagonist, and everyone else seems like a good casting choice too, with the possible exception of Louis Herthum as Corbell Pickett. He just seems more scummy than smart, and I think the character would need to be intelligent, with an air of respectability he doesn't portray.