What are you watching right now?

[Coulrophobia]

WRN: The Oscars

[DoctorDodge]

WRN: Black Mirror: The Waldo Moment. Final one of the series already.

[DoctorDodge]

WRN: Fringe: Over There, Part One

[Ricky]

Enjoy!

[Stebbins]

Watching either The Avengers or Skyfall for the first time today.

[Merlin1958]

Now that you legitimately know the ending (as opposed to "shit, I knew it!" and "no, not again!", which certainly ruins the pleasure) I think the experience should be more enjoyable.

Coincidently, this was just recently on one of the cable channels. It was definitely not as good the second time around (knowing the WTF), yet it had charm in watching a great director weave a tale the ---- time around!!!

Great film!!!

[Ka-mai]

I just started Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'm giving it a chance because last time I thought a Whedon series' early episodes were cheesy I became obsessed with it. Can anyone tell me when/if it stops being cheesy? Or at least becomes the cool kind of cheese?

[pathoftheturtle]

It will always be cheesy. But eventually you won't be able to tell. It will change you into one of those.

[Merlin1958]

I just started Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'm giving it a chance because last time I thought a Whedon series' early episodes were cheesy I became obsessed with it. Can anyone tell me when/if it stops being cheesy? Or at least becomes the cool kind of cheese?

I have to admitm I LOVED Buffy!!!! The series was good and they never took themselves too seriously. Buffy could slay me anytime!!!! LOL

[fernandito]

I never could get into Buffy ...

[DoctorDodge]

Well, maybe I'm not that surprised. I just wanted an excuse to use that gif.

Btw, watched new detective drama series Broadchurch tonight. Normally, I don't bother with shows like that, but it's got a cast of some of my favourite current British actors, including David Tennant, Olivia Colman and Vicky McClure (who looks really good with normal hair). I thought it was ok, but it's got a long way to go before it impresses me - not only is Tennant's character really straightforward atm, there are some moments that, despite the dark subject matter, I had to stop myself from laughing at from watching too much of parody A Touch of Cloth. Still, there are some moments of humour that are sprinkled throughout, which I always find important, so long as its done right, and being the first of an 8 part story, I'm hoping that both the characters and the story get fleshed out more over the coming weeks. Really though, it just leaves me itching even more to just rewatch Cracker - after watching that, no Scottish dark detective characters (of which there are surprisingly many) has come close to matching the brilliance of Fitz. "I rehearsed the death of my father for years..."

[alkanto]

Arthur Darvill is in that, so I'm fairly interested. I don't have time to watch it now, but at some point...I think it looks interesting.

[Heather19]

DD how was Dog Soldiers? Is it worth a watch?

[Shannon]

Dog Soldiers is probably my favorite werewolf movie.

[DoctorDodge]

DD how was Dog Soldiers? Is it worth a watch?

Dog Soldiers is less a scary werewolf movie and more a fun one. Not just awesome to watch a bunch of army guys fighting werewolves (which I was pretty impressed by, overall), but occasionally pretty hysterical to watch (in the good way, not the so-bad-it's-hysterical way). My favourite werewolf movie is still An American Werewolf in London, but Dog Soldiers is probably a close second.

[Jean]

watching: The Machinist. So far very enjoyable.

[Heather19]

Dog Soldiers is probably my favorite werewolf movie.

DD how was Dog Soldiers? Is it worth a watch?

Dog Soldiers is less a scary werewolf movie and more a fun one. Not just awesome to watch a bunch of army guys fighting werewolves (which I was pretty impressed by, overall), but occasionally pretty hysterical to watch (in the good way, not the so-bad-it's-hysterical way). My favourite werewolf movie is still An American Werewolf in London, but Dog Soldiers is probably a close second.

Excellent, added to my queue. I've heard good things about it, but no one that's actually seen it.

watching: The Machinist. So far very enjoyable.

Oh, that's a great one Jean!

[Jean]

yes! more than halfway through - still very good

[fernandito]

Dog Soldiers is awesome. I watched that back when it was on VHS lol.

Ahhh, memories ...

[Ka-mai]

So I'm watching Buffy, and it turns out Angel is creeping on her while she's 16 and in high school. I thought that was super creepy in Twilight, but blamed it on Stephanie Meyer being a complete fucking moron. Now that Joss Whedon's done it, I'm confused and sad. I feel like he's betrayed me. How hard would it have been to set it at a university?

I still haven't decided if I like it or not. It's cheesy and has statutory stalking, but I can't stop watching.

[DoctorDodge]

It gets a lot better as it goes on. Season 1 was pretty cheesy, very monster-of-the-week, but season 2, at a certain point, the shit gets real: the villains are more interesting (hell, I was practically rooting for them more than once), and the arcs and drama are better developed. (Not that I mind monster-of-the-week series - considering I'm a fan of a series that practically lived on monster-of-the-week eps for nearly 50 years - but it's not what Buffy did best. Also, yeah, I can see your point about the Angel/Buffy thing being just a little bit creepy. Why I'm not a huge fan of Doctor/companion romances - most of the time, at over 900 years old, he's usually centuries older, so a clear romance isn't quite so believeable unless that companion is very special.)

[Shannon]

Aren't all the companions special?

Especially Rose.

[Ka-mai]

Exactly. I realize that vampires (and doctors, I guess) need love too, and that's hard to pull off in a realistic manner when you're talking about immortal beings, but really, high school? You couldn't have sent Buffy helpful emails until she graduated? I realize it's fantasy, but I think it sends a bad message to girls that when you become 16, really old guys will hang around your school and try to date you, and that is totally okay because they're just misunderstood.

So I guess I'll keep going until season 2... I remember liking Oz way back when the show was on, and I keep hearing how cool Spike is, so I want to at least get into those characters first.

[DoctorDodge]

Aren't all the companions special?

Especially Rose.

Hmmm. Rose was pretty cool, but honestly, I didn't like how obvious their relationship was made to be a romantic one at times in the second series - what I loved about their relationship in the first was that it was a little more ambiguous as to what the nature of the relationship was. Sometimes, there was tension, yes, but other times it was a very deep friendship, and again at other times it was more of a mentor/student thing. So I liked that wide ranging aspect, whereas with season 2, the romantic aspect was focused on too much, imo.

And when I say "special", perhaps that was the wrong word to use. (But you're right, they're pretty much all special, which is another reason why I'm not that big a fan of the Doctor/Rose relationship, although I can just about accept it - after 26 seasons of (mostly) platonic relationships with young human women, it seemed odd that only now he'd fall for one.) What I mean is that it's easier to believe that if he would develop a connection with someone, it'd be someone who'd see things from his unique perspective as both an alien and a time traveller, which is why I'm a fan of Doctor/Romana (a Time Lady the Doctor travelled with from the classic series) and Doctor/River (because at first you don't know what the hell their relationship is, and neither does the Doctor).

[alkanto]

All I wil say about Rose is that I LOVED her and Nine. And I realize that she had a huge impact on how Nine became Ten, but with Ten, she just got to be too much....

Spoiler:

to the point where I didn't even cry after Doomsday