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I went where no man (me) has gone before: Season 9 of SG1...no O'Neil...new commander and new boss...
Saw most of three epsidoes on a broadcast channel today while in and out of the kitchen.
🙁🙁
remaining cast lost, no chemistry, weird, clunky...YUCK.
this happens in tv land. I bailed on the xfiles after Duchovny/Mulder quit. Evidently it went on two more seasons without me...

    brent I went where no man (me) has gone before: Season 9 of SG1

    At least one other man has. I've not only gone there, but I have it.

    I have every season of SG1 and Atlantis, and all the separate movies on my NAS. My wife and I were big fans, and bought the collections of shows we really liked. 1,921 movies (so far).

        WetGeek do I just have the old can't-get-used-to-new-team-leader-and-new-starfleet-commander syndrome? maybe another episode or two will cure it🙂?

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          I watched original (best) Terminator on TV last night. I must say for an 80's sci-fi suspense film, it has held up remarkably well. Thrilling ride---would recommend to anyone to see again.

            brent What is the difference between the TV and cinema versions?

                kyrios Me too. I love looking back and trying to understand what they were trying to do with CGI in its infancy. Bolder film-making than these days, for sure.

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                  I have a few favorites, actually.

                  Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is on the list, as is The Black Hole, 2010, the original Alien and Terminator movies, and of course the Star Wars original trilogy.

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                  • Alien Quadrilogy (with Sigourney). Prometeus and Covenant were quite a disappointment with all that overly complicated genetic manipulation/biological warfare/philosophical nonsense.
                  • Terminator 1 & 2. The other movies are just waste of time and money.
                  • Fifth Element. Really cheerful for a Sci-Fi genre, flying cars, polluted city and all those cliches turned to 11.
                  • Total Recall. This movie never gets old with cheesy 80's style.
                  • Predator. Do I need to explain?
                  • They Live. Some nice points about corporate world with lot's of funny stuff going on.
                  • Running Man. Arnold in spandex going on rampage in a futuristic killing game show.
                  • Blade Runner. Set design that started cyberpunk in movies and games.
                  • Avatar. Most amazing CGI and 3D I've ever seen that looks better than anything from 2009 to this day.
                  • Thing. Horryfying to this day with some great arctic atmosphere.
                  • I Come in Peace/Dark Angel. 80's style that never gets old.

                  ...and then everything turned into boring CGI nonsense and proper sci-fi was replaced with janky, repetitive super hero craze. 🤮

                    MattX Alien Quadrilogy (with Sigourney). Prometeus and Covenant were quite a disappointment with all that overly complicated genetic manipulation/biological warfare/philosophical nonsense.

                    I guess you are talking about the Alien Duology. Alien and Aliens are indeed two excellent movies. Just like Terminator, there are only two of them. 😉

                        MattX Intriguing list. The Thing is still a great great movie that no one ever mentions. Even Escape from new York is still watchable. For a Bruce Willis sci-fi movie I think 12 Monkeys far superior over 5th Element.
                        Personally, for me, likely in the tiny minority, I found Avatar to be a horrible watch, painful, so bad I just didn't care especially the acting and feel-good plotline. Simply an awful experience that I'll never do again. I'll tell you how I really feel about it another time😉.

                            kyrios I liked Alien 3 and Resurrection. They were far more entertaining than most of crap of today. I got all (5 + Prometheus) Aliens movies on DVD except Alien vs Predator ones, because I find them kind of ridiculous.

                            brent I can agree that Avatar wasn't that good on the plot side, but visually it was mindblowing. Now we are used to bombastic CGI, but back in 2009 in the cinema it blown my mind how beautiful the created world was and I've seen it in 3D then. Later when I watched a 3D movie I wasn't impressed. The colors, the depth were mindblowing. Even now on a huge 4K TV it looks great. And if you have oportunity to watch it on a UHD + 3D capable gear it's still impressive. And the plot... It's just Pocahontas in space. Nothing super-inteligent, but if you know other flicks by Cameron you know that his movies are more into visual experience than anything else.