- Implemented some behind-the-scenes speed improvements.
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Now that I have a straightforward CompactFlash card reader and can transfer files easily, I did some work on resurrecting my HP 200LX.
- I’ll have to dig into some ancient archives to get my old DOS software online.
- While nothing has been put up online, it’s being dusted off.
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I’m still watching old movies and doing reviews.
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TODO – Oh god my DVD looks awful. I’m spoiled by Blu-Ray.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378428/
I’m not really sure what’s going on with this movie. Something about cyborgs and a guy who is in love with one that he’s trying to “resurrect”.
It’s an interesting watch, but probably only because it’s Korean. I don’t get to see a lot of foreign science fiction movies outside of the glut of Japanese anime. I sort of like it, but I tend to get confused in a couple of places. It’ll be recommended, but only to those of a similar mind to me.
Very good subtitles; very few were awkward for me.
- Korean: 내츄럴 시티
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See also Blade Runner – (1982 movie)
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/
was boondocksaints.com
Tired of lax justice, two brothers become particularly effective vigilantes against the criminal element in their greater area.
I don’t know what to say about this movie. It’s fantastic. Good characters, a good story and with a good flow to it.
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TODO – A two-part comic book story, serving as a companion to the movie sequel, was released in May 2010.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1411250/
https://www.riddick-movie.com/
Surviving an assassination attempt but stranded on a hostile world, the eponymous anti-hero finds himself hunted for his bounty.
Decent, but I’d only recommend this for fans of the whole series. On it’s own, it’s not a particularly interesting movie.
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Created /tag/direct-to-video-movies
- Audited /tag/fantasy-fiction-movies, /tag/short-films, and /tag/science-fiction-movies to add the new tag. Maybe it’s missing from other places.. I didn’t check.
- I’ve been chipping away at watching Movies that I haven’t seen in a long time, and deciding what to keep. A lot of my superhero movies are going to go. My policy is keep strong examples, usually the first few, but discard the rest of the “movie-episodes”.
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Created /tag/their-future-my-past to describe movies which reference a future that’s already come and gone, rendering them not quite “alternate present” but more strange and wrong.
- I have other movies which fit this description.. I wonder how many.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190198/
(archive of the original website)
A military unit is sent on missions in a future where all of humanity is at war with alien insects.
The show is animated, and not “anime”. As such, it has not held up well with time. The music is fantastic, though. Truly. However, its other high points do not make up for the visual issue I have.
While it doesn’t do it for me, I would recommend this for fans of the movie or movie series who can also handle the visual style and jerky movement that to me is reminiscent of ReBoot – (1994 show).
- Properly titled Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
- Ran from 1999-08-30 to 2000-04-03
- Based on Starship Troopers – (1959 book), by Robert A. Heinlein
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Based the movie Starship Troopers – (1997 movie), and is definitely not a sequel to it.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844760/
The war with the bugs rages on, with humanity starting to lose, but something about god and wining and things.
This started off as a great or at lease decent tv-movie, but its “wrap up” took enough of a nosedive to spoil it. It has a much higher budget and is generally better than part two, but.. that ending, man. That ending. This is still worth a once-watch for fans of the original.
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Properly titled Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
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VLC >
Problem: Given a main video file, with or without multiple audio tracks, play the video with an audio track provided as a separate file.
I googled for an answer, and found How to play a video with a different audio track?, whose accepted answer gave me a hint. Thanks! (I should have probably searched VLC’s community or superuser directly, but I didn’t think about that.) Since VLC was pretty difficult for me to use for this, I made a tutorial. Maybe it will help others.
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Entertainment > Movies >
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367093/
Soldiers flee an unwinnable battle, but find themselves trapped in a bunker surrounded by an enemy desperate to get in.
Recommended for fans of the original who can tolerate less character development, story and budget. It’s definitely not bad.
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Properly titled Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
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Minor updates to World of Warcraft-related notes.
