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Perun said:
What's there to say? Japanese cartoons, that's it.
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no it's not, he mentioned a specific show and episode, he/she/it could expand on it a little further. At least ideally.
 
Psssst, Onhell:

That was supposed to be a provocative nudge to whitewolf to post more out of spite.

By the way,

I really hate anime, so I actually couldn't care less.
 
I dig Star Trek.  Personally, I was more into TOS and TNG, not so much into DS9.  Voyager and Enterprise were ok.  I am looking forward to the new movie coming out at X-mas.
 
The last two seasons of DS9 were fantastic.  Though I am still a TNG fan at heart.  And the new movie is going to be great, I am sure.
 
With that in mind, I will check out DS9's last few seasons.  I gave up early on, and never followed it much.  Thanks for the recomendation!
 
Well, the early seasons of every ST show suck.  It's kinda the rule.

Once Worf showed up on DS9, it started getting good.  I recommend starting with that episode and working out from there.
 
I'm a huge Next Gen fan! I have been getting more involved with the originals, after seeing the movies ST IV: The Voyage Home is wonderful! So is Wrath of Khan.

One of my favorite originals is The Doomsday Machine with the planet killer! I also like the one where they go back in time and encounter themselves as bad guys or something like that...Spock has a moustache. That's all I rmemeber from that one.
 
LooseCannon said:
Well, the early seasons of every ST show suck.  It's kinda the rule.

Once Worf showed up on DS9, it started getting good.  I recommend starting with that episode and working out from there.
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Thanks, I'll take that into consideration, and work from there on through the end.

Mirror, Mirror was a good ep... I have to admit, that when 'Enterprise' did their version, Through a Mirror Darkly ( I think) I liked that too.  It was a two-parter, and also tied in with the TOS episode where the Defiant slipped through sub-space... the Theolian Web, I think was that ep. 
 
The DS9 Mirror Universe episodes are pretty cool, too.  So is "Trials and Tribbleations".
 
I watched "28 Weeks Later", a sequal to the fabulous "28 Days Later".

As with the original, the story was about a rage virus, that infests UK, focusing on London.  The first one had better plot and was darker I think.  It is hard to remember.  Yet, the new one still had good parts, though it obviously can't be as good since many things repeat. 

The story follows a family who has just survived the original onslaught of the virus.  UK seems to be ready for repopulation, until a carrier is found.  The best actions scene and the only really semi-scary part is near the end when they walk through a dark tunnel with only the scope of the weapon as a source of light.  The faces of the kid actors who look upon the guide and listen to her instructions is so real.  They must have shot this scene in the actual dark. 

As far as zombie movies go, this one is one of the better ones.

I smell another sequal; perhaps in Paris.  I doubt the third one will be worthwhile.  Three from this series will be overkill.
 
TNG is also my favourite.

TOS is, well, when you "bypass" the scenography and effects in your head(altrough that stuff was revolutionary back in '66), pretty good even right now. TNG is something really special. DS9 was boring until then changed outfits, Cisco grew a beard and got the Defiant ;) Voyager is great overall, altrough there are mediocre episodes in every season (except maybe for season five). Enterprise - like DS9, bit boring in the beginning, but when the things start rolling, it came out pretty good.

Doomsday Machine is probably my fav episode from the original series. TNG - best of both worlds, and i forgot the name of that double episode regarding Klingon civil war. DS9 - a time to stand, favor the bold. The biggest fight in Star Trek ever, man that was massive!  :D

Voyager's fifth season simply rules. Basically, each double Voyager episode is great. From normal ones, i'd say that Oblivion and Night are the best. The latter is IMHO the best Star Trek episode ever. And yeah, Endgame is a killer.

Movies are also great, last one, Nemesis, is my favourite with TNG cast, First Contact is pretty, pretty close. From the TOS cast...the undiscovered country. Damn, that's a great movie, and the overture from the movie is such a great piece of music. I might cover it in metal version one day  :D

Voyage Home is a hilarious one, also great movie. Insurrection and Generations are weakest IMHO.
 
So recently I've seen The Last King of Scotland, Juno, and The Great Debaters.

The Last King of Scotland is one of the most disturbing movies I've seen in a long while, but its also one of the best. I was very impressed with the scottish actor (I think its James McAvoy) who I believe is in Atonement and  The Chronicles of Narnia (Mr.Tumnus). The actor who played Idi Amin was also amazing, he delivered the character excellently, so well that all the time I had the thought in the back of my mind: But he seems a nice guy...Disclaimer: do not watch this if you don't have a strong stomach (especially towards the end there are very grotesque scenes), I literally had huge difficulty falling asleep after I saw this movie.

Juno is a movie which you could either love or hate. It really depends on your sense of humor, age, and situation. I enjoyed it, but thats because I'm young, and go to college in the US. My mother who is 50 and does not live in the US literally couldn't understand half of the dialogue because of the colloquialisms and she hated the humor because it was kind of immature and...well...college/high school humor. Still, its worth seeing because Ellen Page (Juno) is not only a good actress, but also incredibly cute.

The Great Debaters is a great movie, period. Go watch it, its worth every penny. Its about an African American debate team in the 1930's in Texas. It has great actors (yes, the Idi Amin actor is in it too, Forest Whitaker I think) and it just leaves you thoughtful afterwards.
 
Oscar nominations (winners announced on Sunday, February 24th).

From this huge list I've only seen three films (coloured in red) and I'm planning to see "Michael Clayton" soon.


Best Motion Picture of the Year
Atonement (2007): Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster
Juno (2007): Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick, Russell Smith
Michael Clayton (2007): Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox, Kerry Orent
No Country for Old Men (2007): Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin
There Will Be Blood (2007): Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
George Clooney for Michael Clayton (2007)
Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood (2007)
Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Tommy Lee Jones for In the Valley of Elah (2007)
Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises (2007)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Julie Christie for Away from Her (2006)
Marion Cotillard for Môme, La (2007)
Laura Linney for The Savages (2007)
Ellen Page for Juno (2007)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men (2007)
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Hal Holbrook for Into the Wild (2007)
Tom Wilkinson for Michael Clayton (2007)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There. (2007)
Ruby Dee for American Gangster (2007)
Saoirse Ronan for Atonement (2007)
Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton (2007)

Best Achievement in Directing
Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood (2007)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men (2007)
Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton (2007)
Jason Reitman for Juno (2007)

Julian Schnabel for Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Juno (2007): Diablo Cody
Lars and the Real Girl (2007): Nancy Oliver
Michael Clayton (2007): Tony Gilroy
Ratatouille (2007): Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco
The Savages (2007): Tamara Jenkins

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Atonement (2007): Christopher Hampton
Away from Her (2006): Sarah Polley
Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007): Ronald Harwood
No Country for Old Men (2007): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood (2007): Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Achievement in Cinematography
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007): Roger Deakins
Atonement (2007): Seamus McGarvey
No Country for Old Men (2007): Roger Deakins
Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007): Janusz Kaminski
There Will Be Blood (2007): Robert Elswit

Best Achievement in Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007): Christopher Rouse
Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007): Juliette Welfling
Into the Wild (2007): Jay Cassidy
No Country for Old Men (2007): Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
There Will Be Blood (2007): Dylan Tichenor

Best Achievement in Art Direction
American Gangster (2007): Arthur Max, Beth A. Rubino
Atonement (2007): Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
The Golden Compass (2007): Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007): Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
There Will Be Blood (2007): Jack Fisk, Jim Erickson

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Across the Universe (2007): Albert Wolsky
Atonement (2007): Jacqueline Durran
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007): Alexandra Byrne
Môme, La (2007): Marit Allen
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007): Colleen Atwood

Best Achievement in Makeup
Môme, La (2007): Didier Lavergne, Jan Archibald
Norbit (2007): Rick Baker, Kazuhiro Tsuji
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007): Ve Neill, Martin Samuel

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Atonement (2007): Dario Marianelli
The Kite Runner (2007): Alberto Iglesias
Michael Clayton (2007): James Newton Howard
Ratatouille (2007): Michael Giacchino
3:10 to Yuma (2007): Marco Beltrami

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
August Rush (2007): Nominees to be determined("Raise It Up")
Enchanted (2007): Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz("Happy Working Song")
Enchanted (2007): Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz("So Close")
Enchanted (2007): Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz("That's How You Know")
Once (2006): Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová(“Falling Slowly” )

Best Achievement in Sound
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007): Scott Millan, David Parker, Kirk Francis
No Country for Old Men (2007): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland
Ratatouille (2007): Randy Thom, Michael Semanick, Doc Kane
3:10 to Yuma (2007): Paul Massey, David Giammarco, Jim Stuebe
Transformers (2007): Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Peter J. Devlin

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007): Karen M. Baker, Per Hallberg
No Country for Old Men (2007): Skip Lievsay
Ratatouille (2007): Randy Thom, Michael Silvers
There Will Be Blood (2007): Matthew Wood
Transformers (2007): Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
The Golden Compass (2007): Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, Trevor Wood
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007): John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charlie Gibson, John Frazier
Transformers (2007): Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, John Frazier

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Persepolis (2007): Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Ratatouille (2007): Brad Bird
Surf's Up (2007): Ash Brannon, Chris Buck

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Fälscher, Die (2007)(Austria)
Beaufort (2007)(Israel)
Mongol (2007)(Kazakhstan)
Katyn (2007)(Poland)
12 (2007)(Russia)

Best Documentary, Features
No End in Sight (2007): Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (2007): Richard Robbins
Sicko (2007): Michael Moore, Meghan O'Hara
Taxi to the Dark Side (2007): Alex Gibney, Eva Orner
War Dance (2007): Andrea Nix, Sean Fine

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Freeheld (2007): Cynthia Wade, Vanessa Roth
Corona, La (2008): Amanda Micheli, Isabel Vega
Salim Baba (2008): Tim Sternberg, Francisco Bello
Sari's Mother (2006): James Longley

Best Short Film, Animated
Même les pigeons vont au paradis (2007): Samuel Tourneux, Vanesse Simon
I Met the Walrus (2007): Josh Raskin
Madame Tutli-Putli (2007): Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski
Moya lyubov (2006): Aleksandr Petrov
Peter & the Wolf (2006): Suzie Templeton, Hugh Welchman

Best Short Film, Live Action
Om natten (2007): Christian E. Christiansen, Louise Vesth
Supplente, Il (2006): Andera Jublin
Mozart des pickpockets, Le (2006): Philippe Pollet-Villard
Tanghi argentini (2006): Guy Thys, Anja Daelemans
The Tonto Woman: Daniel Barber, Matthew Brown
 
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