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Post by Slash on Dec 18, 2013 18:10:13 GMT -5
Also some re-watches of Arrow, possibly. If I have time. I'm really loving the second season. It's a lot more serious and focused. Better writing and acting too. Plus, there's Felicity in those tight skirts and glasses. Haha! Thank you Arrow, keep it coming. Arrow is really coming into its own and I'm loving it. Other Shows I'm loving so far, or have to catch up onScandal -- I can't believe how good this show is. It has some of the best writing and acting on television. Kerry Washington is just a Godsend. She's tremendous on it. Plus, the tension and cliffhangers -- jaw dropping. This is what the vampire diaries used to be in its heyday. I can honestly say I'm addicted to this show. It's just that good. I remember I was sick for an entire week, and I watched the second season all the way through. It was so good I couldn't stop watching. Definitely helped pass the time, that's for sure. I can't wait till it comes back. Marvel: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. -- Joss Whedon create two of my favorite shows: Buffy and Angel. So when I heard he was doing another show I was pretty happy. I've watched a few episodes so far, and honestly, I don't like it as much as I thought I would. I mean..... it's a nice show, but it's a little too simplistic for me, and not nearly as serious as it should be. Yeah, yeah, I know, it's Joss Whendon we're talking about, but I thought this show would've been the exception, and maybe bring a little more attention to other aspects besides comedy (which is fine in certain shows and in the right doses). Also, I don't love most of the characters on it, and the storyline doesn't interest me as much. I don't know, maybe I'll change my mind eventually. I'll see how things go. Books
I love history, and one book I'm loving so far, but really need to catch up on is The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Warfare by DK Publishing. I bought it a while ago but can't seem to find the time to read it. It's a tremendous account of wars from ancient times to the present day, and it has a ton of pictures, illustrations and artwork basically depicting every battle of any importance. It's a really good book and I'm sure any guy, or girl, on here that likes history will enjoy it. MusicOne album I recently bought and am listening too a lot is Icon For Hire's newest release. They're like a punk-pop-rock sort of group similar to Paramore. In fact, it's hard to distinguish their music sometimes (especially IFH's first album). I'm really loving their second album. It's a little more distinct from their first one, but definitely just as good. They talk about a lot of interesting themes that are relatable and each song has a quality of its own that makes it really different from the rest and enjoyable to listen to. I've yet to skip a song on this album. It's that good. If anyone likes paramore or groups similar to them, you will like this band and this album. Gonna tackle this a bit out of order/in conjunction: I like SHIELD but I get where people are coming from with it if they enjoy Arrow, which came before. Arrow is just fan candy tossed out there week in and week out. The amount of stuff they've thrown out there for a season and a half already is just so good and they're opening it more for the super powered stuff with Flash. I like SHIELD's characters, all of them at that, but there does seem to be some magic missing that's present there with Arrow that many people are enjoying/connecting with. I get Marvel trying to do the SHIELD thing and showing how ordinary people handle this stuff but I really do think they should have just gone with a street-level Hero like DC did with Arrow, which Marvel is now doing with Netflix (Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Daredevil and Iron Fist for starters). Marvel should have done this from the outset and just got waist deep like DC is doing with B-C-D list characters and expanding the universe through TV. I think if the aforementioned 4 shows have the right talent and do take cues from Arrow in approach, those will be what Marvel fans will want over SHIELD. And I think SHIELD is more of Joss' brother's handling if I recall. Joss does help oversee the MCU though now. I find myself on some days watching the Military Channel for hours on end but my main complaint with the channel is it's heavily WWII stuff (in fact, majority of the content is WWII) with a few Iraq/Afghan War + WWI sprinkles here and there. I really do wish the channel covered a lot more pre-gunpowder era stuff (Japan, China, Greece & Rome, Egypy, etc.). Not sure if I've ever listened to Paramore. Trying to think if I listen to anyone 'punk-pop-rock'-ish so I'm kind of blind trying to think of what to expect. Will hit up Y
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Post by Slash on Dec 22, 2013 16:23:15 GMT -5
Onto S2 of Haven and really loving the characters. Really have enjoyed so far how Duke and Nathan have become friends/to trust each other despite all the years they seem to have had problems with each other since being kids. Also enjoying the mystery involved with the show.
As far as books go, Frost Burned, the last Mercy Thompson book released, is hitting paperback January 28th so I'll be making my book run then to pick it up alongside River Marked (the MT book before it) and Fair Game, the last Alpha & Omega book released. May or may not grab the last Vampire Academy book while I'm there.
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Post by katvolley13 on Dec 25, 2013 17:30:40 GMT -5
So I just started delirium. It is a trilogy. I just read fox is making it into a TV show. This may have been what someone should have done with mortal instruments. Nevertheless fox will now have a TV show probably going after cw shows since cw has upped its game.
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Post by katvolley13 on Dec 25, 2013 17:36:32 GMT -5
Nevermind that was an old news article lol fox chose sleepy hollow over delirium with Emma Roberts boo I love Emma Roberts. Could they not have picked both??
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Post by Anna on Dec 26, 2013 21:35:59 GMT -5
Nevermind that was an old news article lol fox chose sleepy hollow over delirium with Emma Roberts boo I love Emma Roberts. Could they not have picked both?? Sent from my MB886 using proboards *Creys* I remember, I was so excited that the books I had just finished reading were being made into a tv show....and then on top of that EMMA ROBERTS. But yeh it fell through and didn't get picked up.
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Post by katvolley13 on Dec 26, 2013 22:05:58 GMT -5
Nevermind that was an old news article lol fox chose sleepy hollow over delirium with Emma Roberts boo I love Emma Roberts. Could they not have picked both?? Sent from my MB886 using proboards *Creys* I remember, I was so excited that the books I had just finished reading were being made into a tv show....and then on top of that EMMA ROBERTS. But yeh it fell through and didn't get picked up. i just finished delirium! I cant believe this was not made into a movie Such a great book. So I did more research and fox said they did not pick up the show because it was for too young an audience?? Umm why did you buy the rights to a YA novel if you did not understand the target audience??
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Post by Ruby on Dec 26, 2013 22:27:15 GMT -5
*Creys* I remember, I was so excited that the books I had just finished reading were being made into a tv show....and then on top of that EMMA ROBERTS. But yeh it fell through and didn't get picked up. i just finished delirium! I cant believe this was not made into a movie Such a great book. So I did more research and fox said they did not pick up the show because it was for too young an audience?? Umm why did you buy the rights to a YA novel if you did not understand the target audience?? Maybe they wanted something older for that time slot?
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Post by Ruby on Dec 26, 2013 22:27:29 GMT -5
i just finished delirium! I cant believe this was not made into a movie Such a great book. So I did more research and fox said they did not pick up the show because it was for too young an audience?? Umm why did you buy the rights to a YA novel if you did not understand the target audience?? Maybe they wanted something older for that time slot? What is that book about
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Post by katvolley13 on Dec 27, 2013 7:51:29 GMT -5
Maybe they wanted something older for that time slot? What is that book about Delirium trilogy by Lauren oliver the second book is pandemonium and the third Requiem. I stayed up till one am last night reading pandemonium. I am tired lol. I am liking it to. Sent from my MB886 using proboards
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Post by katvolley13 on Dec 27, 2013 7:58:13 GMT -5
Maybe they wanted something older for that time slot? What is that book about I just realized you wrote about?;D The book is about the us in the future where they think love is a disease that needs to be cured. Everyone gets cured and matched with a suitor of governments choice. There is very strict rules and the way the book is written is well done as a girl who absolutely believes in this society and things slowly unravel. Sent from my MB886 using proboards
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Post by Ruby on Dec 27, 2013 10:41:33 GMT -5
I just realized you wrote about?;D The book is about the us in the future where they think love is a disease that needs to be cured. Everyone gets cured and matched with a suitor of governments choice. There is very strict rules and the way the book is written is well done as a girl who absolutely believes in this society and things slowly unravel. Sent from my MB886 using proboards Hmm I might pick it up. I started reading snake root the latest book in nightshade series and it's pretty good so Far =)
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Post by Slash on Dec 27, 2013 15:38:33 GMT -5
Aw fudge, I should probably get the next Nightshade book I need (#2) now that you mention it.
As for FOX, yeah, seems like an oversight on their part. They're obviously aiming higher on the age scale with the likes of Sleepy Hollow, The Following outside of their comedy stuff but would it really hurt them to have a YA series to test out? Or did they think they had a supernatural series and found out otherwise?
Anyone seen the promo for SyFy's Bitten? Werewolf show with a female lead who is the only female Werewolf (?) and joins a pack? Kind of eh about the only female Werewolf part and another all-fours/actual Wolf depiction but it sounds interesting to say the least. Have to see what time slot it's in cause it's a Monday show and if that overlaps with Teen Wolf, I'm going with Scott & CO. obviously for a live watch.
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Post by Ruby on Dec 27, 2013 16:43:13 GMT -5
Slash they are up to book 4 i believe with nightshade. not including the prequels. i have not seen the preview of bitten but can definitely look into it. there are so many shows and i kind of dropped sleepy hollow already. ive tried but missing it on a regular basis made me loose interest. maybe when i have time again i can catch up on it. I did the same with Nikita but i have caught up on it again and tonight its the series finale ;/
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Post by katvolley13 on Dec 27, 2013 16:47:04 GMT -5
I just realized you wrote about?;D The book is about the us in the future where they think love is a disease that needs to be cured. Everyone gets cured and matched with a suitor of governments choice. There is very strict rules and the way the book is written is well done as a girl who absolutely believes in this society and things slowly unravel. Sent from my MB886 using proboards Hmm I might pick it up. I started reading snake root the latest book in nightshade series and it's pretty good so Far =) Is that on amazon is it called nightshade series. I was actually looking for that due to you reccomendations when this popped up but the nightshade series kept drawing a blank? Sent from my MB886 using proboards
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Post by Ruby on Dec 27, 2013 16:57:17 GMT -5
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