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Post by mr. excellent on Sept 30, 2019 23:27:56 GMT -5
For some reason, my wife pulled out some photo albums today and I started perusing through them. I must admit to getting a bit misty eyed. Didn't expect it, honestly, but when I think about it I've known her for more than half of my life. We were friends the first 3 years before we started dating. She and I have been a couple for 13, going on 14 years, and we've been married for 7 going on 8. I'm only 31, so it all feels like a throw back to my grandparents time when it was more common place for people to gain a life partner during their teenage years. I still marvel at the fact that we've pulled it off.
Maybe it's because of those things that the season 10 opener for Bob's Burger's hit me in the old heart strings.
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Post by Webber3000 on Oct 3, 2019 20:42:13 GMT -5
Wow, that's remarkable, super happy for you Excellent! I personally have been with my girlfriend for just over 7 years, so not as impressive of a feat, but in my defense, I'll turn 25 in January. While there's absolutely nothing wrong with people changing partners frequently, and it may even work better for some, personally, there's just something so beautiful and comforting about sharing such a long history together with someone.
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Post by Spazz on Oct 4, 2019 14:13:08 GMT -5
Woah congrats to both of you. That's so wonderful, happy for y'all! It is a marvelous thing to find someone you can share so much with.
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Post by mr. excellent on Oct 4, 2019 19:31:06 GMT -5
What Webber said, exactly. Finished our cross country season yesterday. Super happy for my girls who came in 3rd place out of 10 schools. All first timers in the sport of cross country. Heart broken for my boys who placed 4th. We missed out on 3rd place by a single point, but the reality is we were shooting for gold. In our league, every school races every school at every single event. We won the penultimate event, but it's winner takes all at the final race. Unfortunately, we just didn't pull it off. We're always pulling a rag tag group of kids together, so this is the closest we've come to winning. It's not too uncommon that we get a talented runner, but to have a team that comes together, that's hard to do. I've always been happy with the kids overall improvement, but that's the "trouble" with success. It's hard to accept less once you've tasted it. We'll be alright. Didn't help that I saw Joker afterward, downer of a film that one was. More on that in the "Rate The Last Film..." thread.
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Post by Webber3000 on Oct 5, 2019 19:01:08 GMT -5
Hey man, 4th is nothing to scoff at! Plus there's always next year, right?
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Post by mr. excellent on Nov 15, 2019 19:10:13 GMT -5
Anyone get Disney+? Verizon customers with unlimited data plans get it for free for 1 year, so my wife and I cashed in on it. So far, we've been watching a bunch of the 90s cartoons. The sillier, the better for us. There's some pretty good deleted scenes from Avengers Endgame that weren't on the Blu Ray that are definitely worth a watch. We also saw episode 1 of The Mandalorian. I liked it. Didn't blow me away, but I certainly wasn't disappointed. I'd love to get your thoughts on it friends.
Last but not least, Webber, did you get a chance to watch Ford vs. Ferrari? I figured out of all of us here, you'd be the first to see it. Anyone else catch it? I haven't, but it is getting a lot of good press.
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Post by BackinBlack on Nov 15, 2019 19:56:51 GMT -5
Haven't got around to it yet, for a few reasons. 1) Waiting for the hype to die down so I don't have to worry about lag. 2) Car trouble and getting ready to do my Christmas shopping; ie money. Though I do plan to do the Hulu bundle. 3) Want to get through Titans S2 and Runaways S3 so I can give Disney+ my full attention afterwards. I will say this: Spider-Man The Animated Series and X-Men Evolution are at the top of my watchlist once I get on there. It's been too long since I watched either.
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Post by mr. excellent on Nov 17, 2019 18:08:58 GMT -5
I've been watching the 90s Iron Man cartoon show as of late. Not binging it, but more like 1 episode a night. It's a lot better than it gets credit for being, in a way that is "so bad that it's good". I mean, kudos to Marvel for having the foresight to turn the Mandarin into some sort of a Goblin/human hybrid and avoid the pitfalls that the classic version of the character brings to the table. The animation in the show isn't too bad, but... the show is still very guilty of repurposing shots and recycling them, or sometimes blatantly copying and pasting moments. Every time Iron Man suits up, it's the same sequence repeated. For some inexplicable reason, they decided to turn the character into a fully CGI rendered gummy bear of an Iron Man while he transforms. It's super jarring, and reminds me of that classic Treehouse of Horror Simpson's episode where Homer entered the 3rd dimension. Many laugh out loud moments to be sure, but also just fun. I'm not just watching the show ironically, I genuinely enjoy it as well. It's an Iron Man show, through and through, and as ridiculous as it is, they also made it a point to make him the star of the show. I see a lot of elements from that show that were lifted straight from the pages of the comics, and that even made their way into the MCU films of the last decade. The funny thing is, we all know that Iron Man was considered a B list character prior to 2008's smash hit Iron Man film. So it's with much pleasure that I find this show doesn't treat him like that at all. Honestly, I think this show treats the character with more respect than Disney's much maligned Ultimate Spider-Man show treated Spider-Man... even if my stance on that show has softened a bit. I'd even go so far as to say it has more heart than all of Marvel's animated shows since 2010s Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Granted, I'm only 4 or 5 episodes in, but I have no interest in slowing down.
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Post by brotherandbassist on Nov 26, 2019 2:13:04 GMT -5
I've been watching Star Wars Rebels for the past two and a half weeks and really like it. Other Disney + highlights for me have been Inspector Gadget, both Monsters Inc movies, Home Alone , exclusive Endgame extras, and the Star Wars prequel trilogy
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Post by mr. excellent on Nov 26, 2019 20:14:01 GMT -5
Right on man. Been wanting to get into the Clone Wars animated series, and also Gargoyles.
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Post by mr. excellent on Nov 27, 2019 18:32:50 GMT -5
Thanks for the tip, sounds consistent with what I've heard, or at least, what I can remember of what I've heard. Just watched my 1st ever episode of Gargoyle's last night. It was like an early 90s animated movie produced by WB, except this was Disney. I also just watched Back to the Future 2 with my nephew today. We loved it! Even if it gets kinda silly with the 2015 future stuff (Biff's grandson and his gang in particular are practically the 80s doing a riff on the 80s), it's still a lot of fun. Part of it is the nostalgia talking, but it still comes together.
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Post by mr. excellent on Nov 28, 2019 14:53:35 GMT -5
Double post time: Anyone seen Amazon's "The Boys?" It's okay. I just finished episode 3. It makes me want to see Watchmen, I hear that show is bonkers.
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Post by brotherandbassist on Dec 9, 2019 22:55:12 GMT -5
What do you guys think of The Mandalorian so far?
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Post by Webber3000 on Dec 21, 2019 13:49:28 GMT -5
Haven't watched it, but I thought The Rise of Skywalker was a snooze.
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Post by mr. excellent on Dec 21, 2019 15:38:53 GMT -5
I don't know if I posted about this here but I finished "The Boys". It drew me in, I loved it. Juicy show, super entertaining. Still haven't seen Watchmen though, I plan on it soon. I just saw Rise of Skywalker myself and thought it was entertaining. I didn't love it, but it was okay. I liked it more than The Last Jedi, but that's not saying a whole lot. I don't have too much to say about it, but what's left to say I'll say in the official Star Wars thread. On a totally separate note, I started watching that 90s Silver Surfer cartoon on Disney+. I remember seeing an episode, or at least a clip of the pilot episode on YouTube a while back. I remember it being a travesty of a show, but now that I'm revisiting it I'm blown away. The dialogue of the show is surprisingly good and it's every bit as ambitious as I'd hoped it would be. I find myself gravitating toward shows that are constantly visiting new worlds and weirdness. Why I never got into Star Trek or Stargate (actually, I did get into Stargate later in life) I genuinely don't know. This show checks those boxes though and of all of Disney's 90s Marvel shows, I'm enjoying this one the most. Fantastic Four is good bad, I'm quite enjoying that as well. Iron Man sort of recreated itself and it's just not the same any more. They started treating the show a little more seriously and I miss the cheesiness. I guess it's still cheesy, just not as cheesy.
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