Out of the Blue

[May 17, 2011, 11:31 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

A couple of highly anticipated games hit today, L.A. Noire and The Witcher 2. I think in a rare twist for me I'll probably play the console game first, as that will provide a chance for a patch for The Witcher, should it be required like the first time around.

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Re: Out of the Blue

May 17, 2011, 18:35

Hmm, I'm way behind the US TV as I'm in UK with no satellite subs so it's all DVD rental, but of the series mentioned I'd go Terminator (finished) > Dollhouse (done S1) > Flash Forward (finished) then Fringe (nearly done S1). Probably being nice on Dollhouse as it was starting to reveal a lot of potential. FF suffered a bit as I found the lead annoying, plus The Event has come on which seems to be almost same thing? Fringe has it's ups and downs, Walter hams it up well, Peter plays a good sidekick but Olivia isn't a strong lead and too often the plots get just too silly. I still don't know why all the scriptwriters and producers seem to have forgotten X-Files's golden rule of never throwing absurdity in the audience's face. It's an enjoyable enough show to wind-down at night and I'm looking forward to the next DVD but I wouldn't be buying the box set or anything unless absurdly cheap. To be fair though, I'm still waiting on BSG on bluray to get cheaper and I haven't even gotten around to picking up Firefly yet (half my family even owns that and they wouldn't recognise the name Josh Wheadon). Partly that's because I'm happily waiting for memories of both to fade some more before getting stuck in again though.

		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	May 17, 11:39	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	2.	May 17, 11:45	Re: Out of the Blue	Ratty
	3.	May 17, 11:50	Re: Out of the Blue	Verno
	4.	May 17, 12:01	Re: Out of the Blue	Kajetan
	6.	May 17, 12:04	Re: Out of the Blue	Krovven
	7.	May 17, 12:19	Re: Out of the Blue	Pundit Guy
	8.	May 17, 12:25	Re: Out of the Blue	Jerykk
	10.	May 17, 12:48	Re: Out of the Blue	Krovven
	9.	May 17, 12:26	Re: Out of the Blue	Verno
	5.	May 17, 12:02	Re: Out of the Blue	Krovven
	11.	May 17, 12:52	Re: Out of the Blue	Verno
	12.	May 17, 12:59	Re: Out of the Blue	Krovven
	13.	May 17, 12:59	Re: Out of the Blue	Fion
	14.	May 17, 13:02	Re: Out of the Blue	Verno
	15.	May 17, 13:10	Re: Out of the Blue	Krovven
	16.	May 17, 13:23	Re: Out of the Blue	Krovven
	17.	May 17, 13:27	Re: Out of the Blue	Fion
	18.	May 17, 13:32	Re: Fox Debuts Terra Nova Full	mag
	19.	May 17, 13:40	Re: Fox Debuts Terra Nova Full	Verno
	20.	May 17, 13:48	Re: Fox Debuts Terra Nova Full	kanniballl
	23.	May 17, 14:15	Re: Fox Debuts Terra Nova Full	Creston
	21.	May 17, 14:02	Re: Out of the Blue	Verno
	22.	May 17, 14:13	Re: Out of the Blue	Krovven
	24.	May 17, 16:57	Re: Out of the Blue	Sir Graves
	25.	May 17, 17:00	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
>>	26.	May 17, 18:35	Re: Out of the Blue	DG
	27.	May 17, 19:08	Re: Out of the Blue	PHJF
	28.	May 17, 20:20	Re: Out of the Blue	kanniballl
	29.	May 18, 02:57	Re: Out of the Blue	mag
	31.	May 18, 10:04	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	32.	May 19, 00:06	Re: Out of the Blue	mag
	33.	May 19, 09:51	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	30.	May 18, 09:30	Re: Out of the Blue	Verno