9 minutes ago, Tking22 said:

As kajnrig mentioned the story is expanded on in Telltales The Expanse, it's in-canon with the show and the show's cast return to their roles for the game, it's really good. Telltale are the ones that make the point and click adventures, not much commitment, not much skill or real gameplay involved, it's mostly an evolving story where you get to choose the major beats, once again highly recommended. 

Still releasing episodes, at a much better rate than their previous games, Telltale did a good job with this one. 

I've played the Telltale Walking Dead 1 & 2 games several years ago and they were really good. Maybe I'll check out THE EXPANSE games but I think it needs more, like a movie, spin-off series or heck... an anime

Completed THE EXPANSE on Prime last night. What a great f'ing series!! One of the best space sci-fi series I've watched in a long time. A nice departure from the over familiarity of Star Trek and Star Wars.

I hope it makes a return in some way in the future. A Serenity/Firefly type of of movie would be cool!

Watched The Pope's Exorcist on Netflix last night. Wife and I found it very entertaining which is all we asked for, plus it seems Russell Crowe enjoyed making the film too. Asequel is in the works and we would see it!

15 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

On a quasi-related note... since I've put together a new gaming rig for the first time in quite a few years, how're you all handling cable management?

My desk cabling is a mess. I do plan on getting a new system (gaming laptop) with a new desk next year and will manage the cabling a lot better this time using labeling, ties and such.

On 8/24/2023 at 11:14 AM, Tking22 said:

I really enjoyed the first two episodes but they were definitely slow, catch-up episodes for some, straight up introductions for many others. As someone that thinks Rebels was up there with Empire as some of the best Star Wars ever period, I love it, for others that didn't watch, it seems it's a Star Wars show about the orange jedi lady from Mando and a bunch of "new" Star Wars characters. I'm a little surprised there's so much emphasis on Rebels and Clone Wars knowledge, as others have said, lots of fans didn't watch those and I don't really think it's a great idea to have the overall main story a continuation of a story a lot of people aren't familiar with, hell most casual fans are still wondering who or what the hell Thrawn is. 

If you weren't a 80s kid and a huge STAR WARS nerd that read all the books and comics into the 1990s then you're on your own, lol.

2 hours ago, Mog said:

Looks like they’re pushing back the release date to 3/15/2024:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dune-part-two-release-date-1235543945/amp/

Just settle already, yah dumb studios.

CANADA ON STRIKE!!

11 hours ago, Thom said:

Snyder rarely disappoints!

Snyder's adaptations (300, Watchmen, DC movies) are really good however his original films (Sucker Punch, Army of the Dead) are not IMHO. Netflix films in general are kinda weak overall tbh.

2 hours ago, Raikkonen said:

Dunno if this mentioned before, but Apple is drafting a new Robocop film followed by a series. 

Apple is doing a heckuva job chasing that GenX dollar, lol. Good business is where you find it 😜

1 hour ago, Bolt said:

I predict Ezra and Thrawn show up for the season finale.

Nah, it'll be Grogu and Boba Fett 😜

3 hours ago, Duke Togo said:

Buzz from the first two episodes is good. I've seen it pointed out that's it's definitely not Andor, which I wasn't expecting it to be. Filoni couldn't do Andor if he tried, it's not just in his wheelhouse.

ANDOR is a very high bar and what I've seen of Ahsoka clips is that is more along the REBEL/CLONE WARS series which is what we want anyways.

Quick update that I found you can get a gift card membership with Apple TV+ for 6months/$33.99 or 12months/$62.99 via Costco. Subscription voucher has to be redeemed 1 year from purchase date. Sounds like a good deal!

edit: I bought a 12 month voucher and will activate when the Monarch series starts.

9 hours ago, Thom said:

Could always wait for the entire season to run, pay for one month and watch it in a few days before then cancelling.

Pretty much what I'm going to do. Reminds me I need to cancel Netflix. Again! LOL

Looks great so sign me up! I also didn't know it took place in the same universe as the recent films so that's pretty cool too.

Whopppaaaa!! Watttaaaaaa!!

Was in New Zealand the last two weeks and only had Prime at my AirBnB so I went through several series during my downtime there. The stand-out was UNDONE, a series I never heard of before that I enjoyed so much that I'll watch it again with my wife very soon.

2 hours ago, Dynaman said:

Was the Kaiju movement really choppy for anyone else (other shots seemed fine).  I forgot he could breath fire too.

Its a goofy thing that I don't like in anime too.

Heh, just saw Rise of the Beasts is on Paramount+. I'll check it out later next month after I return from my trip to New Zealand.

Casting Margot Robbie as BARBIE instead of Amy Schumer looks like a wise choice. Will check the movie out when it comes to streaming.

22 hours ago, David Hingtgen said:

Suggestions for a new SSD as my OS drive? Currently have a 960 EVO , 250GB.  Definitely want 500, maybe 1TB if not too much more money.  

I see that Best Buy has 870's cheap, but "SSD specs" are hard to parse--is it an upgrade or a downgrade? 70 vs 60, vs 800/900, evo vs regular/pro...

Vs a flagship 990 Pro or something   

::edit:: Gah, mobo only has 1 M.2 slot and it's being used by the storage drive---I don't think there's a SATA version of the 990.   So the question really is---for those of us stuck using SATA, best bang for the buck SSD?
 

Definitely 1TB minimum if you're PC gaming. SSD prices are coming down, finally. Shop around.

EDIT: I was curious as to prices and found Samsung 970 1Tb for $50. That's amazing!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MFZY2F2?tag=slickdeals&ascsubtag=5574d3302a1d11eead76728b6ce44b6a0INT&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

I bet some corn bread his character will be an artificial person.

8 hours ago, Raikkonen said:

I'm always in for more Tron.

Was gutted when Disney canned uprising. Loved Legacy. 

Also came across this.

- Evan Peters joined the cast.

- Was meant to start shooting in August, now halted due to strike. 

Rumoured:

- Set in real world as a evil program breaks out of the grid that attempts to take over ours. 

Yay, moar LAWN MOWER MAN lol.

Though I hadn't seen the anime series its best they leave the anime wackiness to the anime.

19 minutes ago, Raikkonen said:

With a kid in the lead that's more than enough indication of where this is heading... 

Let's see how this plays out. I recall thinking the TERMINATOR television series was gonna suck but then I found it was very good early on and then it got cancelled 🤬

4 hours ago, Big s said:

I don’t know about Rick and Morty, but it’s kinda funny that the replacement for Justin Roiland in Solar Opposites isn’t even trying to sound like him.

Loved Rick & Morty. RIP Ricky & Morty.

Interesting. This could be good for MAX as they need a good sci-fi series in their streaming line up.

Babylon 5 Creator Says a Single Warner Bros. Executive Stopped the Show’s Comeback for Close to 20 Years

https://me.ign.com/en/tv-shows/210451/news/babylon-5-creator-says-a-single-warner-bros-executive-stopped-the-shows-comeback-for-close-to-20-yea

Totally forgot about this series, lol. First season was OK. Not sure I can convince my wife to watch the second season with me.