What Am I Watching Right now?

wprager wrote:Well, as I suspected (even after reading all the rave reviews) Avengers - Age of Ultron was too busy, too loud.  The story was too ludicrous (some jewel-like thingy is actually an extremely advanced computer? and yet somehow overnight -- with no API, no physical interface -- are the thought patterns in big-endian or little-endian? -- nothing at all except some ridiculous notion, Stark and Banner interface to it and create some AI; a very interesting bit of voice casting here).  Back in my day Banner wasn't a computer genius, there weren't many computers around.

Whatever, I certainly didn't dislike it as much as Transformers but these Avengers movies are just too busy for me.  On the other hand I really enjoyed both Captain America movies, and the firt Iron Man (didn't see the latest one).  I guess I prefer it when they focus on a single supe.  

Anyhow, if you like playing Super Smash Bros you'll enjoy it.

P.S. The whole movie I was sitting there wondering who was the voice of Ultron.  I just *knew* that I knew who it was, recognized it almost immediately, an actor that I watch regularly, just couldn't figure it out until the credits.  The Blacklist is one of my favorite shows, how could I not recognize Spader?

tim1_2 wrote:That's too bad about the new Avengers movie.  I'd heard it wasn't nearly as good as the first one.  Some of these comic book movies are just silly.

I thought the Thor ones were pretty good in addition to the ones you mention, Prags.

spader wrote:Boom!

wprager wrote:No Leftovers for another week.  Season finale will air on the 7th.  Bah!

Watched the pilot for Forever, a new show on ABC. Not bad.  Will set up the recording.

tim1_2 wrote:Genie plays at 4, Milos at 9.

tim1_2 wrote:None of those shows really interest me to be honest. It's Game of Thrones for now, and then probably watching Season 3 of The Americans. I'm also going to cancel my cable after the playoffs. What a waste of money.

As for Genie Bouchard, the poor girl has won one match since March. Hopefully she finds a way to turn it around, but you have to wonder if all the money she made cooled off her desire to work hard.

As for Milos, he's still our best Canadian shot at a tennis major.

SeawaySensFan wrote:I downloaded Popcorn Time and it sends from my PC to my crappy old Western Digital media box that was becoming useless. The urge to buy an Android media box has subsided now.

wprager wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:I downloaded Popcorn Time and it sends from my PC to my crappy old Western Digital media box that was becoming useless. The urge to buy an Android media box has subsided now.

What's an Android Media Box?  A tablet (or smartphone) and a Smart TV with DLNA will do.  And if your TV isn't smart enough, a ChromeCast dongle will do just as well.

I prefer the smart tv option, since you don't have to fiddle with inputs -- it just sends it to the TV and the TV is smart enough to display it.  No matter what it's doing currently.  Even if the kids are watching Pokemon reruns they recorded earlier, or are on HDMI-4 using the PS3 for Netflix (why can't they just use the built-in Netflix app on the smart tv?).  I just click on which renderer I want to use and select the smart tv.  And the kids go "Hey, what happened to Pokemon!"  And I just giggle quietly.

tim1_2 wrote:I dunno what Popcorn Time is (media server software for your PC?), but I run Plex media server and it works great for sending whatever to my Western Digital Hub or my Roku. It's awesome because it'll transcode whatever media format you want to a playable one on the fly.

tim1_2 wrote:Whoa, sounds fancy nerd.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:Whoa, sounds fancy nerd.

Its not fancy at all. The extent of what I understand about it is I set up network sharing on Windows, I downloaded this Popcorn Time and it plays movies on my TV for free!

WP Rager got me thinking about the android box thing and theres an Android Emulator for Windows so I can have these media box apps on my PC. ShowBox seems to be the one the kids like.