The book was more of a "historical tropes debunk" book than a novel in my opinion.

Just watched King Arthur, the 2004 movie with Keira Knightley.

Bought it preowned for 75p, and I wouldn't say I got my money's worth.

watched This one yesterday. It was actually VERY good!

I saw that one last year I think. It was a good one. Eastwood directed, and that is always a good sign.

I am still watching Magnum PI. Today I saw the first episode with one of Higgins' many half-brothers, this time Bronco Elmo Ziller from Texas. Agatha was in the same episode, although again the actress was playing a different character, this time a desk clerk at a hotel. Finally right now I am watching an episode with Julia Nickson, who played Catherine Sakai on Babylon 5. Of course only McBadgre will probably know who that is...

One thing I really enjoy about this show is how much of it is shot on location, rather than in a soundstage. I guess when you have Hawaii to film at, you make the most of it!

Watching John Barrowman doing Q&A at the Phoenix Comicon. Hilarious! I love when someone asks him what would be his male stripper name. Captain Crack! Barrow Arrow! Doctor Do! Captain Hardness! I just love John Barrowman when he does panels like this. I never laugh so hard.

I saw Rush yesterday, which was absolutely phenomenal. Great acting from Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruh (I know that's not how you spell his name), really well written, well scored, phenomenally shot, and somehow managed to make me excited to watch Formula 1, which is new. I'll admit I don't watch tons of films, but it's easily movie of the year for me so far.

Beyond The Mat(The documentry)

Great doc even for people who don't watch wrestling about the ins and outs of the wrestling world and how it's all made and scripted.

Serenity. Shame it doesn't follow Firefly as much as it should, but since it's lacking a second series it's all we get.

Gonna start watching Babylon 5 tomorrow.

Just got back to watching TBBT clips on youtube every night before bed. I know everyone here thinks she´s the ugliest girl alive in any time period, but I just can´t get enough of Penny (ms Cuoco)!

Oh, heh, and Sheldon´s quirkiness!

The Vikings, the movie that is.

Good film, though I can't help cringing everytime there's a "runecasting"

I loved the part where the English nobleman says they throw people into a pit filled with hungry wolves. Then Ragnar says: "See the English are civilized!"

The grin adventures of billy and mandy

Still watching Magnum PI. I just started Season Three, and watched two of my favorite episodes in the last few days. First was Did You See The Sunrise?, which had one of the best endings I have ever seen for a tv episode. These days it is probably not that dramatic. But back in 1982 there were no anti-heros on tv, or even tarnished heroes. Good guys had white hats, bad guys had black ones, and there was no room in-between.

The other episode was Flashback. Magnum dream that he is a private eye back in the 30's. The rest of the cast are all there, just in 30's versions. Magnum "dies" in the past, but with the knowledge he needs to crack the case in the present. The cherry on top is the old 30's-style Tigers hat he finds in the Ferarri at the end.

Finally, thanks to Did You See The Sunrise?, I am now watching Stalag 17 for the twelfth time or so. This movie has it all. Comedy, drama, romance... Well maybe not it all. But damn, it is good.

I loved that Flashback one...Properly brilliant episode...

It took a good while before Did You See The Sunrise turned up in the run...From what we gleaned from part 2's "Previously on", they had to edit a few of the Vietnam camp's torture scenes before it could be shown in the mornings...

You'll be catching us up soon!!...We're now on Series 4 and there's a huge difference in tone with it...It's not quite as funny, there's definitely more in the drama department...The "Supporting" characters like Rick and TC have been given more "Chops" in their -centric stories...Rick especially...

The guest stars are still an eye opener...We had a young Shannon Doherty the other day...

I saw what you said about the other Larson/Bellisario series and people turning up...Ernest Borgnine turns up in an episode of series 3...And I already mentioned Whatsit...The Mac replacement who's also in Airwolf...

Today's looks like it's a Christmas episode...The four of them get stranded on an island in Christmas Eve...So that may be fun!!...

To be honest, I'm absolutely sick of tele at the mo...No, I can't give any up, but that doesn't change my getting sick of the damned thing...I mean, look...

Monday - Magnum P.I., Republic of Doyle...My absolute fave programme on tele at the mo...So funny, I loves it b'y!!...Then Toast of London...

Tuesday - Ripper Street, Magnum P.I...

Wednesday - Magnum P.I...And some random DVD episode of something...

Thursday - Top Of The Pops 1978, Magnum and now, this new Dracula thing which I'm not looking forward to...McWife's choice...*Sigh*...

Friday...*Sigh again*...Magnum, Agents of Shield, Person of Interest...My second fave programme at the mo...

Saturday...The American Football Show...Strictly Come Dancing...+ some filmorother...+ some sort of going out-ness...

Sunday...Stuff and nonsense and then the evening is lost to the NFL...Aaaand then we're back around again...

AAARGH!!...

Yes, it's my own fault...Well...Mostly...But still...

Airwolf is epic btw...I loved that...But not series 4...

Ooooh Julia Nickson turns up again briefly in another Magnum episode...In an outfit which Londo would be driven to exclaim "By the Maker, Sinclair!!...Where have you been hiding her, my good and dearrr friend?"...

So...A-Team for you next Subrosa?... ...

Oh, I had started to watch the Eccleston Dr Whos again recently...But stopped at the one with the Mighty-Jagrafess-of-the-Holy-Hadrojassic-Maxerodenfroe...Never been my fave...Can't seem to get started again...

Today was another milestone episode of Magnum. I just saw the one with Ernest Borgnine playing Mr. White Death, the wrestler on the run from the mob looking for his son. More importantly however, it was the first appearance of Ms. Jones at the Hall of Records, whose boyfriend Ray always calls her on the phone to break up with her whenever Magnum steps up to her booth. I had forgotten all about her, until I saw her name on the plate in the kiosk. Then it all came back to me. That is what I love about this show. All those old fun memories.

You Euros watch American Football? I thought you guys were were all into soccer, erm, Non-American Football that is. I heard that the Lions are supposed to be playing the Atlanta Falcons at Wembly next year though.

After watching that Q&A of John Barrowman at the Phonenix Comic Con I have been tempted to start up the Doc Whos again too. Maybe after Magnum. I was never thrilled with that Jagofest episode either. Especially coming after the first Dalek episode, which was pure brilliance (and really got me hooked on the new show). But it was an episode they had to do in order to set up the end of the season, and the big showdown on the space station. I think the "Are you my mummy?" episode is after that one, which was good. It has Captain Jack after all.

The conjuring

Ghostbusters.

Who you gonna call?

Awesome movie.

I'm watching Burke and Hare. Yes, I'm a Simon Pegg fan.

Today's episode of Magnum PI had a flashback to Vietnam. Magnum was Frodo leader, and he was calling Gandalf on the radio.

Safety Not Guaranteed.

It's a movie based on a classified ad in the newspaper seeking a companion for time travel. A group of reporters reads the ad and is sent to check him out. From that point they establish contact with the man and start to record the story for the paper.

Then we learn that he's a bit odd but his story is very interesting and the movie remains funny in a warm way.

It is an excellent (I mean really, surprisingly great) indie film that was different then your average film and was very enjoyable. Seriously, watch it. Best indie film I've seen in so long, it caught me off guard to be honest.

Avengers Assemble, or The Avengers for those of you outside the UK.

I never get tired of watching this film.

They couldn't call it The Avengers in the UK because of another movie(a spy movie).

In that Avengers Sean Connery dresses up as a teddy bear.

??????

I have got to see that film, just for that.

It was a really bad film from the 90s based on the old Avengers tv show from the 60s, with Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman. Do yourself a favor, and do not watch it.

Or look up the review with The Nostalgic Critic

B-but Sean Connery... dressed as a teddy bear

Come to think of it, that is a pretty lousy reason to watch a film.

To Google images

*Flies away. (Please don't ask how, I've got nothing)*

Just watched Thor: Dark World.

I'm dying to see that movie

Monster's University

Same here.

As with any of the Marvel films, as soon as it comes out on DVD I'm getting it.

This will probably take quite some time.

Just finished watching Dragonheart. Easily one of my all time favourites, and the only film ever made that shows Sean Connery in his true form.

It was alright. It had tons of hilarious scenes, though and the ending was fantastic. And I mean fantastic. It's not everyday I'm one of those guys who cheers at a particular scene in a movie in celebration. Though me and the critics agree that Loki stole the show.He's easily the most interesting character in the movie.

Is it odd that as an adult, I really wanted to see this?

Not at all. I was really excited to see it. I watched Monster's Inc when it came out and loved it.

Just watched Robin Hood Prince of Thieves.

Alan Rickman makes such a great villain. I only have one issue with this film:

Every time I see it, I get Will Scarlet's "There was a rich man from No-o-tingham" song stuck in my head.

On the other hand:

"Locksley! I'll cut your heart out with a spoon!"

"no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas. "

Fantastic lines.

"Unlike some other Robin Hoods, Iiiiii can speak with an English accent."

Currently watching Twelve Years a Slave. Fantastic movie so far. Great actors, good story and it drives home the harshness and horror of slavery and it shows one man's journey as a slave. Worth watching. Just came out in theaters last Friday.

Hubby and I are watching Firefly again

One of the greatest shows ever made. And easily the most deserving of a second series.

Damn whoever cancelled it.

I swear to you that my brother and I were discussing this exact thing two days ago. I referenced the Will Scarlet song and my brother brought up the spoon line.

Lol, that's actually a little spooky.


Just watched Underworld.

Kate Beckinsale

Now I wish there were werewolves in Oblivion

Watched the first episode of Defiance today. So far I like it. It is more than a bit predictable, and the characters not exactly original (could the male lead be more of a rip off of Han Solo?), but I like the world they have created.

The city looks neat, with its half-shantytown look of shipping containers turned into houses, slightly fixed up pre-war buildings, and what are obviously brand new high tech alien houses.

I especially like the idea of humans and aliens trying to coexist in after a war which neither really won. In sci-fi, it the aliens who invade earth are always 100% annihilated. Or they conquer the planet and enslave what is left of humanity before destroying the planet. There is almost never any inbetween stories. That is what I liked about Harry Turtledove's In The Balance books. The aliens failed to conquer the planet, but the humans also failed to wipe them out or even kick them off.

Oh, and love Underworld. Kate Beckinsale. Sigh.

Ghost in the Shell.

Great film, if a little weird in places.

Yesterday's episode of Magnum PI was the one where he goes to Detroit to track down a deadbeat who stiffed TC for 10 grand. He was also hoping to see 10 Tigers home games. Naturally he misses them, but near the end he meets Alan Trammel and Lou Whittaker (played by the real Alan Trammel and Lou Whittaker) in a sports bar, and they give him a ticket to the last game after hearing his sob story. So very cool.

Just rewatched Wreck-It Ralph. There is something I still find innately awesome about the idea of a film that has cameos from Zangeif, Pac Man, Bowser and others and also has a character who is basically FemShep as one of the leads.

I did too. I believe Cyrodiil is a perfect place for werewolves. You know, villagers with farms and sheep and innocent maidens in distress type thing. The forested area in Cyrodiil is better than Falkreath.

On topic, though, Underworld was alright, Underworld II was decent, Rise of the Lycans was fairly good. Rona Mitra tops Kate.

I thought Underworld was better than than Evolution, didn't watch any after that.

Just finished watching The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Not impressed. It was a good film, but they really screwed up the ending to it. The whole bit with the boat doesn't make a lick of sense.

I saw The Lost World a few days ago, actually. I liked it. Certainly better than Jurassic Park III. I am anticipating what they're going to do with this new Jurassic World movie I've been hearing about.

Currently watching Game of Thrones . . . the Red Wedding again. The feels. So wrong, but so good and well-done.

Still watching Magnum PI, and it has given me an idea for a tv show.

It would be a private investigator show. Yes, done a thousands times already. But with a twist, PI to the stars. The protagonist would be a detective who works for famous people. To make it work, the guest stars in each episode would be real stars, playing themselves. A-list actors like Johnny Depp or Brad Pitt would probably be to much. But I am thinking B-List types for certain. Like David Tennant, John Cusak, John Goodman, Dan Ackroyd, Tobey McGuire, Willem Dafoe, James Franco, Sean Bean, and so on.

Of course the stories around them would all be completely fictitious. So real people, but made up stories. For example, Sean Bean would have to die at the end of his episode, because he always does. It could be all the usual fare: Kidnappings, blackmail, murder, and so on. So one episode our intrepid hero/ine might be rescuing Tobey McGuire's kidnapped poodle, and the next they might be recovering James Franco's stolen collectable autographed picture of Rock Hudson, and so on.

I got the idea from the way that sometimes when a show really takes off, well-known actors start to want to appear in it just for the fun of it. Star Trek Next Generation was like that back in the day. People like Kelsey Grammer, Matt Frewer, Mick Fleetwood, Terri Hatcher, Stephen Hawking, Ashley Judd, and so on appeared on that show. It was the cool thing do to in Hollywood. So why not make a show about that phenomena?

But of course it would be hideously expensive, and scheduling the guest stars would probably be a nightmare. So it would be impossible to actually do. But it is fun to imagine.

That's be totally cool!

Just watched Gravity.
Man, that IS an AWESOME film.