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gobo 02-13-2011 02:11 PM

Latest marathon thread
 
Watched multiple episodes or movies in a series recently? Post about it here and how it went. Even if it's a TV DVD that you watched all the eps in one sitting, that still counts.

My most recent was getting up to speed on the entire series of Fringe, but that was months ago. It's an entertaining show, but it became increasingly apparent that they weren't all that sure where to go with the story.

Oh, and I also watched the first twenty or so eps of Jackie Chan Adventures on Netflix w/ my nephew over the Christmas holidays. There were a few in there that I don't think I had seen before. But, that show really was poorly titled. It should have been "The JADE Chan Adventures (featuring Jackie)". :P

Kunoichi_Haruko 02-13-2011 02:54 PM

I think my last one was the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy in early January.

shuriken 02-13-2011 03:54 PM

Early January I saw all of the Rocky movies over two days. I had Stallone overload by Rocky V.

wilddiverse 02-13-2011 04:44 PM

I've had a few HBO series marathons in the last month and a half:
Boardwalk Empire S1
The Pacific
John From Cincinnati

and got the GF started on The Wire, so I've seen two seasons of that in three weeks. Which is great on all counts. And she's talking about re-watching Lost now too.

Jester 02-13-2011 04:46 PM

I watched a whole bunch of the Bixby/Ferrigno Hulk. (Thanks, gobo) Then I tracked down some Ferrigno flicks...seems like a nice guy.

Storm Eagle 02-13-2011 04:57 PM

Thanks to Blockbuster Online, I've resumed a marathon of Martin. I have Netflix and started it back in February last year, then stopped in August where I finished the third season, and Netflix has since had the fourth season on hold for some reason or the other. So that's why I'm taking advantage of Blockbuster Online.

Netflix has Heroes available for instant viewing, and I started on it in late November last year, but haven't watched since December, and I left off after the tenth episode of the first season. The story seems to just drag on, and a good number of people I know said they lost interest because of that. So I'm wondering if I should even bother to continue.

gobo 02-13-2011 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Storm Eagle (Post 821758)
Netflix has Heroes available for instant viewing, and I started on it in late November last year, but haven't watched since December, and I left off after the tenth episode of the first season. The story seems to just drag on, and a good number of people I know said they lost interest because of that. So I'm wondering if I should even bother to continue.

Unless you really like soap operas with superpowers, I suggest you get out now. The show was finally cancelled, and ended at a fitting point, but the pretentious melodrama is a little much... frequently.

Storm Eagle 02-13-2011 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by gobo (Post 821773)
Unless you really like soap operas with superpowers, I suggest you get out now. The show was finally cancelled, and ended at a fitting point, but the pretentious melodrama is a little much... frequently.

I kind of still want to see what else develops, but I'll definitely bail if things get to be too much for me.

wilddiverse 02-13-2011 09:42 PM

Oh man, Heroes gets seriously bad. :P I forced myself through Season Two and then into Season Three before my love of superheroes was trumped by my hatred of poor writing. The show just never seems to have a plan, and in interviews the creator was trying to pass that off as the show's style. I found it offensive that he'd say he was writing it like comic books. He should have said really bad comic books.

It had a few great episodes (Bryan Fuller was usually the writer), but it never failed to drop the ball on its best plot twists IMO. There was always a lot of build-up that went nowhere or just back to where it started. I got bored of the cheerleader fast.

GK Punk 02-13-2011 09:58 PM

I watched the Death Note anime start to finish on Super Bowl sunday. I'm not a sports fan so I spent the day watching that.

ThirdMarioBro 02-13-2011 10:27 PM

All I've wanted to watch lately is Rocko's Modern Life. Man, that show was dirty. God bless the nineties.

ToTheNines 02-13-2011 10:40 PM

Gaze into my nipples of the future!

Storm Eagle 02-13-2011 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro (Post 821852)
God bless the nineties.

Totally. Watching Martin again reminded me of just how great that decade was. Even Doogie Howser, M.D., when I was renting those DVDs.

discordiatookie 02-15-2011 02:47 PM

Telly show-wise, last marathon I had was the latest series of Doctor Who, which I got for christmas. Before that it was Berry & Fulcher's Snuff Box. For the third time.

Movie-wise I had a Tarantino overdose* when Inglorious Basterds came out on DVD.



*Pfft, as I could ever overdose on 'tino!

Sword Slicin' Leo 02-15-2011 02:56 PM

Last week in 5 days , watched the Season 4 and 5 of everybody loves raymond.. god bless Robert Barone

IamtheKnight 02-15-2011 04:30 PM

Last month I started watching the Big Bang Theory. All the way to season 3. Just waiting for season 4 to be release on dvd.

Wildgoose 02-15-2011 05:31 PM

last month I wachted the old toon TMNT seasons 7-10.
last week I saw all the Toy Story movies.
and right now Im watching the first season of Para Pente, a serie of my country

shuriken 02-16-2011 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ToTheNines (Post 821854)
Gaze into my nipples of the future!

ahh yes. Really Really Big Man. Most original name for a superhero EVER

Master Splinter 02-16-2011 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by shuriken (Post 822431)
ahh yes. Really Really Big Man. Most original name for a superhero EVER

Great, now I'm gonna have to watch some Rocko... LOL, that show was great...

I've been on a Rugrats kick, 9 seasons... I believe I am up to season 4...

Also recently had a marathon of Breaking Bad and The Sopranos...

-ms

MrPliggins 02-16-2011 07:58 PM

Around 1998, I watched the entire tv mini-series "The Stand" in one sitting. The next closest marathon for me would be last year when I watched the entire "new" "Doctor Who" series in about two months.

gobo 03-04-2011 01:41 PM

Supernatural ~ The Animation eps 1-6 English dub
So, when I kept reading that Jared and Jensen would be voicing their characters in only one ep of the dub, I knew that a misquote was afoot. The good/bad news is that they meant to say that only one of them voices their own character in each ep. I'm a little bummed that it's only a half-hour show. That leaves hardly any time to spend on throwing in a little comedy. Of these six eps, they were all adaptations, some more heavily remixed than others. On the whole, it was decent. In comparison to the live-action series, it was a bit boring. Hopefully, the next batch is better.

I can't figure out who that was covering Kansas's 'Carry On, My Wayward Son' though, and I'm not terribly motivated to look it up either.

discordiatookie 03-04-2011 06:11 PM

Guess i'm on an Alien binge at the moment. Watched Resurrection last night, Alien earlier tonight, with plans for Aliens tomorrow. Pfft, like I care about order!

Jester 03-04-2011 06:15 PM

TMNT both old and new series. I watch a season of one, then the corresponding season of the other.
I’m also watching Roots: The Next Generations and ironically Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Samhain 03-04-2011 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by discordiatookie (Post 826193)
Guess i'm on an Alien binge at the moment. Watched Resurrection last night, Alien earlier tonight, with plans for Aliens tomorrow. Pfft, like I care about order!

Duude, Im starting my Aliens marathon tonight! Love em! Also, re watching the Elm Street films.

TheCanadiandrome 03-04-2011 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gobo (Post 826138)
Supernatural ~ The Animation eps 1-6 English dub
So, when I kept reading that Jared and Jensen would be voicing their characters in only one ep of the dub, I knew that a misquote was afoot. The good/bad news is that they meant to say that only one of them voices their own character in each ep. I'm a little bummed that it's only a half-hour show. That leaves hardly any time to spend on throwing in a little comedy. Of these six eps, they were all adaptations, some more heavily remixed than others. On the whole, it was decent. In comparison to the live-action series, it was a bit boring. Hopefully, the next batch is better.

I can't figure out who that was covering Kansas's 'Carry On, My Wayward Son' though, and I'm not terribly motivated to look it up either.

didn't even know about this

gobo 03-07-2011 01:18 PM

Chuck - Season 1
First time watching any of the show, I watched one disc per day over the last three days. It reminds me a lot of Psych, but with drier humor and way better action sequences.

TheCanadiandrome 03-07-2011 07:13 PM

yeah i love Chuck! gotta watch season 1 some time

gobo 03-18-2011 04:16 PM

Finished Chuck - Season 2 a few days ago. I'm really enjoying this show. The only gripes I have about this season are that there were several conflicts that were brought up in one ep, and never mentioned again. Aside from that, I'm identifying with the character of Chuck. Thinkin' I almost oughtta sue for likeness. :P

discordiatookie 03-18-2011 05:45 PM

Never actually watched Chuck, but one of my favourite bands has a song on the finale of season 2. They're called Slow Club, the song is called Christmas TV.

EDIT
Turns out they also have another song, When I Go, on a season 4 ep. Man, I love that band. Supposed to be seeing them in may, but its been postponed until september, dammit! Looks like Chuck might be alright, least there's some decent music in there!

Jester 03-20-2011 03:05 AM

Working threw MST3K. Almost finished with the KTMA season 0.

Powder 03-20-2011 03:27 AM

I've been having Pokemon marathons these last few months. Lovin' it!

TheCanadiandrome 03-20-2011 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Powder (Post 830412)
I've been having Pokemon marathons these last few months. Lovin' it!

nice dude!

Ashangelo 03-21-2011 09:24 PM

Just recently watched the first season of Dexter, excellent show. Hopefully I'll get around to watching the second season here soon.

Turo602 03-31-2011 05:43 PM

Yeah my latest marathon has been Street Fighter II V. Really good show. Anyone who is a Street Fighter fan should really check this out if you haven't already. The story was good and it just kept me watching with all of the cliff hangers and teasers at the end. I really enjoyed it.

gobo 03-31-2011 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turo602 (Post 833746)
Yeah my latest marathon has been Street Fighter II V.

My fave SF anime! ^_^

Storm Eagle 03-31-2011 10:57 PM

I've recently finished watching all episodes of Martin. I wonder if I can ever watch that show again though, since in the last few episodes, Tisha Campbell hadn't been showing up. Even in the episodes where she did show up, she wasn't in the same scenes with Martin Lawrence, and it just didn't look right. From what I understand, this has to do with a fallout that occurred between the two actors.

I'm currently working on My So-Called Life, and only have four more episodes to go. I never saw one millisecond of that show back in the 90s, so I thought I'd give it a go now that Netflix has it up for instant viewing.

Jester 03-31-2011 11:11 PM

Finished the DVDs of the OT TMNT...on to 9 and 10 on "Ole Reliable."

Powder 03-31-2011 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turo602 (Post 833746)
Yeah my latest marathon has been Street Fighter II V. Really good show. Anyone who is a Street Fighter fan should really check this out if you haven't already. The story was good and it just kept me watching with all of the cliff hangers and teasers at the end. I really enjoyed it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gobo (Post 833764)
My fave SF anime! ^_^

It's a hell of a show! Cool to see some other fans on here.

Spitfire 04-01-2011 12:35 AM

Doing The Shield right now, if that counts as a marathon. It's basically the only show I watch and I do 2 or 3 episodes a night time permitting. I'm on season 6 of 7 right now. Really good series.

discordiatookie 04-01-2011 06:12 AM

I'm in a Gavin & Stacey marathon at the moment. Watched series 1 and 2 this week, plus the christmas special. Just got the third series to complete, won't be more than a coupla days. Love it.


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