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Mexal and Raja - The movie is actually nothing compared to the novel or especially the manga, but good luck with the latter, which was actually co-wriiten by the book's author and substantially improved. Since Tokyopop, who published it, folded it's been out of print and now retails on Amazon for a bomb.


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Has anyone else started watching the new minseries of The Man in the HIgh Castle yet? The pilot seemed fairly promising, though a main character has been ommitted and some plot points have been changed.

http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/123410-new-amazon-pilots-2015-including-pkds-the-man-in-the-high-castle/#entry6643442

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Caught the first two episodes of a new show on Discovery, Big Giant Swords.



It's all about a bearded Irish dude trying to make a living building Big Giant Swords. It has a "cast" of characters that interact with him to make these swords.



Each episode is about him building a sword for a customer (first sword was a lightning bolt sword and the second was a dragon sword).



Mike is hilarious and crazy. The swords are freaking cool. The crazy hijinks they go through to test them are cool. Overall I enjoyed the first couple of episodes and am looking forward to more.


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Just saw Due Date. I watched it on Amazon Prime which for some reason I have trouble streaming, so the audio and visuals were off (really off).

Otherwise, I thought it was pretty decent. Predictable at times, but they did play off each other well imo (Downey Jr. and Galifianakis). An easy watch, despite the streaming problems.

I watched about 30 minutes of that movie and then stopped. It wasn't bad, it was just utterly bland. I realised I was bored and like cleaning the house as I watched it because it just couldn't hold my attention.

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I watched about 30 minutes of that movie and then stopped. It wasn't bad, it was just utterly bland. I realised I was bored and like cleaning the house as I watched it because it just couldn't hold my attention.

Yeah, it was much better when it was called Plains, Trains, and Automobiles.

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Just saw Due Date. I watched it on Amazon Prime which for some reason I have trouble streaming, so the audio and visuals were off (really off).

Otherwise, I thought it was pretty decent. Predictable at times, but they did play off each other well imo (Downey Jr. and Galifianakis). An easy watch, despite the streaming problems.

I really really didn't like that movie and I don't even know why. Just did not enjoy it at all.
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Just watched the first episode of Wolf Hall. I'm not going to lie, it bored the shit out of me. Everyone was too quiet in it.

I saw that as well. I thought Mark Rylance was good in the lead role and the supporting acting was generally good as well. I found the skipping back and forth between different time periods a bit disorienting and while some of the individual scenes were good the overall narrative felt a bit fractured. Maybe it'll settle down in future episodes but I'm a bit worried that they're trying to cram too much plot and too many characters into a fairly short TV series.

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I've seen loads of studio ghibli movies, I just haven't watched a lot of anime series.

Death Note, Attack on Titan, Madoka, Kill la Kill, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, part way through Cowboy Bebop and just finished Knights of Sidonia. I'm sure there's a series I'm missing...

You've watched more than I have and I'm no expert on anime. But... Neon Genesis Evangelion is a big one missing there (so either you've seen it and it's the one you're forgetting or... well... you haven't, I guess).

I'd be cautious about recemmending it, but watching it is definitely an experience.

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