Planned Summer Intake Thread - Page 2

BloodyMage · 05-24-2011, 07:52 PM

With House and Big Bang Theory ending, I'll be focusing on watching Game of Thrones and after that, Breaking Bad, which as rightly commented returns on July 17th.

For reruns, my girlfriend and I are rewatching the final season of The O.C. and then plan on watching Broadwalk Empire. I personally am working through Roseanne.

Amidst all that I'm hoping to watch some Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, read The Brothers Karamazov and 20,000 leagues under the sea.

Magus · 05-24-2011, 07:58 PM

Oh, man, Breaking Bad is finally back on? Man, it's been like forever. I hope it reaches the genius of season 2 again.

Yeah, Boardwalk Empire was amazing, too.

The Sevenshot Kid · 05-24-2011, 08:11 PM

I'm looking forward to "First Class." Looks like a major return to form for the franchise so me and a couple of friends are gonna catch the midnight showing since school's gonna be out by then.

"Green Lantern" looks like utter shit to me. There are things about it that I think I would like but the way they're playing Hal Jordan just rubs me the wrong way entirely.

Kerensky287 · 05-24-2011, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by BloodyMage

Amidst all that I'm hoping to watch some Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

I sat down one night and watched the entire series end-to-end during 1st year uni. It was absolutely worth it. Find/make a free day and just have at 'er.

And hell yes I was serious, Castle is fucking awesome. I'm only a few episodes into season 2 though, and I haven't gotten around to checking out the rest.

For some reason "I have other things to do than watch TV shows" reminded me of how awesome Castle is. Probably because I was like "the only way I'd start watching TV again is if Firefly got renewed" and then I remembered that Nathan Fillion is still on other TV shows.

Krylo · 05-24-2011, 08:27 PM

Castle is pretty great, but fair warning: Most recent season finale is just mean.

Lumenskir · 05-24-2011, 09:43 PM

I'm going to be honest, I'm more surprised the FCC allows Castle to be classified as anything other than "White Noise Suitable For Folding Laundry To."

Also, I'm ashamed at myself for forgetting to include Breaking Bad in my original post. I swear I was staring at it on the schedule while I was writing it up. On the bright side, with no Mad Men airing this year its position as number one show of the year is its to lose.

And while I am planning on intaking some theater movies, I sort of assumed there had already been some Summer Blockbuster Omnibus thread already. Really, my schedule looks like

Mandatory
-Super 8
-X-Men: First Class (based on reviews)

Non-Mandatory
-Everything else

Krylo · 05-24-2011, 09:46 PM

I'm pretty okay with liking things you don't, considering you classify an X-Men movie as mandatory watching and see Cheers as anything other than dated as fuck.

Lumenskir · 05-24-2011, 09:48 PM

Krylo · 05-24-2011, 09:52 PM

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I'm going to be honest, I'm more surprised the FCC allows Castle to be classified as anything other than "White Noise Suitable For Folding Laundry To."

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Lumenskir · 05-24-2011, 10:03 PM

Castle doesn't really scratch an itch that any other 'wackily mismatched partner' police procedural on can't reach, and I don't have the Fillion boner it takes to sit through a Case of the Week just for him.

Cheers is a seminal sitcom that I'm guessing you've never watched a full episode of, since the only dated reference in an average episode is Shelley Long's hair.

Also, although it wasn't on my original list, I decided to watch the Secret of Kells on Netflix because (1) It's 75 minutes long and (2) why not.

Guys.

That is an absolutely delightful little movie.

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Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	I'm pretty okay with liking things you don't, considering you classify an X-Men movie as mandatory watching and see Cheers as anything other than dated as fuck. __________________ I am very tired.

05-24-2011, 08:11 PM	#13
The Sevenshot Kid of Northwest Arizona Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: California, USA Posts: 1,492	I'm looking forward to "First Class." Looks like a major return to form for the franchise so me and a couple of friends are gonna catch the midnight showing since school's gonna be out by then. "Green Lantern" looks like utter shit to me. There are things about it that I think I would like but the way they're playing Hal Jordan just rubs me the wrong way entirely.