Latest marathon thread

*gobo* · 02-13-2011, 02:11 PM

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)".

*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

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

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.

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

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Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro

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

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

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.

02-13-2011, 02:11 PM	#1
gobo Wacky Action Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: on Earth Posts: 12,784	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)". __________________ Live and let live... or go to hell.

02-13-2011, 02:54 PM	#2
Kunoichi_Haruko A shell of a good hit! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Richmond, Va. Posts: 1,685	I think my last one was the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy in early January. __________________

02-13-2011, 03:54 PM	#3
shuriken Second City Shinobi Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chi-town Posts: 4,182	Early January I saw all of the Rocky movies over two days. I had Stallone overload by Rocky V. __________________ Some things are better left unsaid. This isn't one of them

02-13-2011, 04:46 PM	#5
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,301	I watched a whole bunch of the Bixby/Ferrigno Hulk. (Thanks, gobo) Then I tracked down some Ferrigno flicks...seems like a nice guy. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

02-13-2011, 10:27 PM	#11
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	All I've wanted to watch lately is Rocko's Modern Life. Man, that show was dirty. God bless the nineties. __________________

02-13-2011, 04:44 PM	#4
wilddiverse Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Chicago-ish Posts: 698	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.

02-13-2011, 04:57 PM	#6
Storm Eagle Saved by Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New York Posts: 3,395	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.

02-13-2011, 09:42 PM	#9
wilddiverse Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Chicago-ish Posts: 698	Oh man, Heroes gets seriously bad. 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.

02-13-2011, 09:58 PM	#10
GK Punk I'm your Devil Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,439	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.

02-13-2011, 10:40 PM	#12
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,363	Gaze into my nipples of the future!

02-15-2011, 02:47 PM	#14
discordiatookie facehugger Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 2,817	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! __________________ Oh Discordia! Charyou Tree! Come, Reap! Don't tell us to grow up and out of it I got my cloak and dagger in a bar room brawl You actually trying to read this tiny text? Damn, you're dedicated! This is all just for effect you know... original TMNT art collection

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Sword Slicin' Leo Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: 11th & Bleeker Posts: 763	Last week in 5 days , watched the Season 4 and 5 of everybody loves raymond.. god bless Robert Barone __________________ https://www.facebook.com/NinjaTurtle...rs?ref=tn_tnmn

02-15-2011, 04:30 PM	#16
IamtheKnight Stone Warrior Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Gotham City Posts: 701	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.

02-15-2011, 05:31 PM	#17
Wildgoose Foot Soldier Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Hinamizawa Village Posts: 220	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

02-16-2011, 07:58 PM	#20
MrPliggins Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,051	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.