| Re: Hey, Symm |
UsenetServer - www.usene .. |
| John Smallberries (js@yoyodyne.org) |
2017/10/16 06:27 |
On 2017-10-16 11:06:18 +0000, symm said:
> On 2017-10-16 04:21:22 +0000, John Smallberries said:
>
>> Does your wife like the 2000's stuff as well as the older stuff? And
>> what does she think of the current titles? Does she watch Riverdale?
>
> That'd be a "no" on newer stuff and she hasn't tried Riverdale
> (cordcutters for more than a decade). I think it's the nostalgia and
> simplier times/themes that appeal to her. But then she likes older
> movies better than newer movies for the most part. For her, Godzilla in
> a rubber suit will always be better than a CGI crapfest. And the
> sillier the better (60s/70s Showa era in the original Japanese). ;-)
>
> See also: Star Trek TOS/TNG >> anything newer, the fourth Doctor is the
> definitive one (she will watch the first Doctor, but forget anything
> newer), loves the Stan Lee/Jack Kirby FF era but not so much on even
> the Bronze Age Byrne run, Scooby jumped the shark with Scrappy...
>
> I think I see a pattern!
>
> I can't get her to watch the new Star Treks. I took her to see Godzilla
> 1998 and the first Scooby Doo live action movie (she *HATED* both).
>
> Heck, she chose the The Bat Whispers (1930) as our "Halloween" movie
> last night. It was a double feature with Abbott & Costello Meet
> Frankenstein (my son's choice). I'm more partial to The Cat and the
> Canary (1939) and the Ghost Breakers (1940).
>
>
> Symm (stuck in the past—happily)
Seems like she's pretty hard-core.
The 8th Doctor is my Doctor, but I like the new series a lot.
Big fan of Hanna-Barbera up to 1965 (Ruff 'n' Reddy through Johnny
Quest). It's funny that I can draw the line that clearly, but Peter
Potamus is where I lost interest.
Not a fan of Scooby-Doo, but I did like the first live-action movie and
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
Star Trek Discovery is interesting, but I'm not sure it's Star Trek in
anything but name, and I hate the new Klingons intensely. The designs
are so ugly and the actors can hardly speak with the damned prosthetics
in their mouths. Of course, none of that really matters because they
speak Klingonese and you have to keep your eyes on the subtitles anyway.
I watch a few minutes of Riverdale here and there, but overall it's too
dark and soapy for me. Plus Jughead and Betty have hooked up, so it has
less and less connection with anything I want to see. Can't stand any
of the animated Archie stuff.
If you haven't seen them already, check out these photos from a one-off
dream sequence:
http://nerdist.com/riverdale-archie-comics-photos-game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere-tv-cap/
|
|
|