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Agreed - I like the option of binging, but even then have to ration myself.

 

Daredevil - I took in about 2 episodes at a time, rationing it out a long week.

 

Homeland, however, would kill my weekend.

 

I don't have Showtime, so I'd buy the DVDs by the season -- I never lasted more than 3 days to finish it. To the extent that I'd actually hold off on buying another season until I was sure I could waste 2-3 days in a row on it.

I prefer to binge watch also. I just went through all 5 Seasons of Homeland. I couldn't stop watching & really didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did. Poor Quinn. They have him credited for another Season, so I'm anxious to see what happens next. Was disappointed that Season 6 has skipped over to 2017.

 

So...I haven't actually watched Season 5 yet. But - wasn't really a spoiler since we have indeed seen that he returns for Season 6.

 

And, if y'all haven't yet seen it, Homeland Seasons 1-4 are now streaming via Hulu.

Sorry, wasn't trying to spoil it for you. It was a great Season. Let me just say

Agreed - I like the option of binging, but even then have to ration myself.

 

Daredevil - I took in about 2 episodes at a time, rationing it out a long week.

 

Homeland, however, would kill my weekend.

 

I don't have Showtime, so I'd buy the DVDs by the season -- I never lasted more than 3 days to finish it. To the extent that I'd actually hold off on buying another season until I was sure I could waste 2-3 days in a row on it.

I prefer to binge watch also. I just went through all 5 Seasons of Homeland. I couldn't stop watching & really didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did. Poor Quinn. They have him credited for another Season, so I'm anxious to see what happens next. Was disappointed that Season 6 has skipped over to 2017.

That was last weeks promo.

It's amazing how people have selective memory.

A movie with a talking raccoon & a tree that repeats "I am Groot" is RISKIER (P-E-R-I-O-D!)

 

And yet GotG, with a talking raccoon and a walking tree, was being talked about as a hit and predicted to open at $65 million plus (it did $90+ million), not the low of $55 million that Dr. Strange is currently looking at.

 

That being said, if Dr. Strange can hit $65 million it should be considered a success. If the word of mouth post-film is good then it will have some legs to stand on until Rogue One cuts it down at the knees.........

We will find out pretty quickly since the film is opening Internationally 7+ days before it hits America. GOTG had a lot of humor that caught viewers attention from the 1st trailer, whereas Doctor Strange seems to be much more serious in nature. It won't be for everyone, but I hope it blows away the audience & crushes those BO predictions.

It's opening in China Nov 4th, so it's got that going for it.

Here's some more Cumberbatch for you.

 

 

Does anybody else feel like Superman's eyebrows really stood out? I wasn't crazy about the cape either.

It looked like the Destroyer reassembling itself.

Just saw it again. Harris says, "I didn't pay all this money cause I want it easy, I want you to fight".

While I really enjoy that theory, why would Harris' character say things like "I didn't pay all this money..." and "I'm never going back..." (to "reality")

 

Did they program him to act like a visitor?

 

2) I'm wondering about Ed Harris. He can't be shot and killed, meaning he is a visitor, yet he is constantly visiting each of the various scenes and scenarios and his roll seems to be growing. Any ideas if he a staff member? And what is his motivation?

 

3) The androids seem to have real brain material in their craniums. Hence, allowing for difficulty in complete control I suppose.

 

Ed Harris's character explicitly stated his motivation--he wants to get to the deeper, hidden content in Westworld. Whatever that means. Could be kind of a power-gamer customer, or more likely he could have some cooperative, competitive, or adversarial relationship to Anthony Hopkins's character. But you'd think the park has to be aware of his presence there for everything to be working, so I can't imagine how he'd be there in an adversarial role. Maybe he's working with Hopkins to push the androids into becoming whatever it is Hopkins and "management" want them to become? Not really sure yet, not enough information.

 

How could you tell the androids have real brain material in their heads?

 

Not sure if it was his theory, but a friend suggested maybe that Ed Harris works for a competing company and he is studying Westworld. He thinks that when he dragged the girl into the barn, he was taking her apart to study her.

 

I liked the theory.

 

Not sure if you saw the second episode yet...

 

 

 

...but when he is interogating one of the individuals there while shooting up the town, the administration office can clearly see him doing this via video. The shift lead tells the person worried about his actions that guest is not to be interrupted.

 

I wonder if that means part of his 'park pass' is giving him the illusion there is a park mystery, and they keep him going trying to figure it out?

 

 

 

 

After watching the 2nd episode, I'm starting to get the impression that he's like some uber rich lifelong addicted gamer that is trying to really beat and master the game, find all the cheat codes, and really understand all of the visible/hidden details and levels.

 

When he interrogated the last bad guy and his daughter, it was revealed he was searching for a hidden level; the maze (just like hidden levels in video games), and surprisingly, the daughter was bullied to reveal it existed, and that they were not supposed to tell outsiders.

 

I suppose it's possible that he is hiding out there as others pointed out, but it seems pretty difficult to do, as even that little kid that stumbled out of his area, was found and retrieved by Hopkins.

 

The maze in their skull really is an odd clue. Maybe it leads to a path out of the park and into the real world? Maybe Harris got trapped in there somehow 30 years ago and can't find his way out?

 

I disagree. Here's my take:

 

Ed Harris is one of their original programmed bots meant to test the games limits/capabilities. He is there to help the developers improve the game & prevent glitches. Unlike other bots he is immune to other bot attacks, not being reprogrammed or having his memory wiped & has become self aware as we have seen with other bots. However, his interactions with the other bots has infected them & the self awareness is spreading like a disease. Now, after 30 years of repetitive Westworld game testing, Ed has become familiar & self aware enough to know there is more to the world than he has been allowed access to. He is looking to break out of the programmed reality that has been allotted to him by his makers & create his own reality.

 

In essence, he is becoming human. I believe that the evolution from machine to man is Anthony Hopkins intention, which is why he's not having them scrapped when there clearly seems to be an issue with their programming. He wants to create robotic artificial intelligence, that can't be distinguished from humans.

 

Just my

 

This never crossed my mind but I very much like this theory

 

That really is a fantastic potential plot approach.

 

 

 

And maybe why that shift leader didn't want him interrupted.

 

 

My thoughts exactly.

NYCC: Matt Ryan Open to Returning as Constantine on Arrow

 

 

On Saturday, at New York Comic Con, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment unveiled he first official film footage (click here for details) from their next DC Universe original movie, Justice League Dark. Former Constantine star Matt Ryan, who is voicing John Constantine in the animated film, was part of the talented panel, and at one point, he was asked if he'd ever return to Arrow.

 

ComicBook.com's Kofi Outlaw was in attendance and reports:

 

Ryan said that this is the first time he's been free in awhile, but in this crazy ride of acting, he's learned to not rule anything out." He said that in terms of an Arrow return, he's open to it because: "I love the character."

 

PLEASE make it lead to more than Arrow appearances, or the occasional Justice League Dark voice work.

 

 

 

I really liked the show too. Was sad to see it cancelled. Hope they can find a way to bring it back.

Haven't been this excited for a movie In a while! Between WW and JLA -- yesssssss..!!!!!

 

What's the official release date in US theatres for WW? Anyone know?

 

Thanks

Joey

June 2nd 2017

2) I'm wondering about Ed Harris. He can't be shot and killed, meaning he is a visitor, yet he is constantly visiting each of the various scenes and scenarios and his roll seems to be growing. Any ideas if he a staff member? And what is his motivation?

 

3) The androids seem to have real brain material in their craniums. Hence, allowing for difficulty in complete control I suppose.

 

Ed Harris's character explicitly stated his motivation--he wants to get to the deeper, hidden content in Westworld. Whatever that means. Could be kind of a power-gamer customer, or more likely he could have some cooperative, competitive, or adversarial relationship to Anthony Hopkins's character. But you'd think the park has to be aware of his presence there for everything to be working, so I can't imagine how he'd be there in an adversarial role. Maybe he's working with Hopkins to push the androids into becoming whatever it is Hopkins and "management" want them to become? Not really sure yet, not enough information.

 

How could you tell the androids have real brain material in their heads?

 

Not sure if it was his theory, but a friend suggested maybe that Ed Harris works for a competing company and he is studying Westworld. He thinks that when he dragged the girl into the barn, he was taking her apart to study her.

 

I liked the theory.

 

Not sure if you saw the second episode yet...

 

 

 

...but when he is interogating one of the individuals there while shooting up the town, the administration office can clearly see him doing this via video. The shift lead tells the person worried about his actions that guest is not to be interrupted.

 

I wonder if that means part of his 'park pass' is giving him the illusion there is a park mystery, and they keep him going trying to figure it out?

 

 

 

 

After watching the 2nd episode, I'm starting to get the impression that he's like some uber rich lifelong addicted gamer that is trying to really beat and master the game, find all the cheat codes, and really understand all of the visible/hidden details and levels.

 

When he interrogated the last bad guy and his daughter, it was revealed he was searching for a hidden level; the maze (just like hidden levels in video games), and surprisingly, the daughter was bullied to reveal it existed, and that they were not supposed to tell outsiders.

 

I suppose it's possible that he is hiding out there as others pointed out, but it seems pretty difficult to do, as even that little kid that stumbled out of his area, was found and retrieved by Hopkins.

 

The maze in their skull really is an odd clue. Maybe it leads to a path out of the park and into the real world? Maybe Harris got trapped in there somehow 30 years ago and can't find his way out?

 

 

Not a fan of how Fox has been handling the X-Men property lately. How are they going to get X-23 back to the present day X-Men movieverse? All this time jumping has me

Good point. Maybe Fox will just dropping the original X-Men cast & the New Mutants will be set in the future with X-23 & a completely new line up.

 

Absolutely!

 

I loved DD Season 1, but for me Season 2 was far superior.

 

Same Here. I was surprised that a few posters thought 1 was better. While 1 was outstanding, I felt 2 was even superior.

I loved Season 2 also but for me Kingpin was where it's at. The moment I heard D'Onofrio was playing the role, I was hooked. First time I saw him was on the film Adventures in Babysitting when I was 7. I remember that one of the kids in the film thought he was Thor because he had a hammer & the Thor helmet. I loved watching him on Law & Order: Criminal Intent also. I was happy to see him get the role of Kingpin, so I guess I just felt more of a connection to the 1st Season. Punisher & Stick were great but Elektra was ok for me.

I wonder if it will be in theatres long enough to have a shot at $750MM?

Definitely. I see it lasting 15+ weeks.

I liked it, but didn't love it. I think its more cool than good. I'll probably end up watching it, but it isn't 'must watch' tv the way I feel about Game of Thrones or Night Of or 'The Good Place' (new show on NBC! very funny)

The Good Place is worth checking out? I thought about it but the premise held me back.

I think the Westworld experience takes place in a dome similar to the one in The Trueman Show, so even if planes flew over, they wouldn't be visible from the ground.

I guess production has started. I really liked Jessica Stroup in The Following. She's playing Joy Meachum. I hope she's in more than the 1 episode credited to her on imdb.

 

That's actually not a bad idea. Especially since while I really REALLY loved S2 of DD, S1 of JJ and S1 of LC, I thought each of them had a few episodes worth of lull in the middle that could have been cut out had the seasons been maybe 2-3 episodes shorter.

 

However, I am pretty certain that they're further along in Defenders than they are in Punisher. And Defenders is supposed to only be 6-8 episodes, I believe.

 

 

Punisher started shooting October 3rd, Defenders starts shooting Oct. 31

When did/does Iron Fist start shooting?

That's actually not a bad idea. Especially since while I really REALLY loved S2 of DD, S1 of JJ and S1 of LC, I thought each of them had a few episodes worth of lull in the middle that could have been cut out had the seasons been maybe 2-3 episodes shorter.

 

However, I am pretty certain that they're further along in Defenders than they are in Punisher. And Defenders is supposed to only be 6-8 episodes, I believe.

Defenders is 8 episodes.

Yeah. If Punisher is already filming, unless it's filming at a VERY slow pace & he's splitting time between that an Defenders, it seems likely we'll see a Netflix announcement soon saying that they're expanding their Marvel offerings to 3-series-per-year. It's been inevitable since they've added an extra series to the original 4 and then given 2nd seasons to pretty much all of their releases thus far.

I hope you're right, but it honestly wouldn't surprise me to see Netflix delay Defenders till 2018 for Punisher season 1. I think they should have just held off Luke Cage Season 1 since he was in Jessica Jones & went with Iron Fist Season 1 instead, bringing Cage back in another supporting role, then either ended this year or started next year with The Defenders. At the rate of 2 shows per year, we can expect a new season every 3 years since they're now working on 6 shows. I would honestly prefer if they cut each season down to 8 episodes & had all 6 shows running 2 months apart each year. Could certainly cut some dead weight from each season thus far.

Seems like an interesting show. It was very repetitive. I hope next episode picks up the pace.

Is it really that bad...?

 

That's what I hear. I haven't experienced it myself yet.

 

This is what happens when you downgrade your Canary...

I wasn't into the new Canary either. I really liked her on earth 2 as Black Siren though. That was hot.