Tassie Dave’s Comments (group member since Mar 27, 2011)

Tassie Dave’s comments from the The Sword and Laser group.

Who you calling old, fella? 😉😜

Just because I had finished High School "before" Star Wars was released 🤨 😉 😜

As most of us original Star Wars nerds are getting up there I wish they would make some SW shows that are aimed at an older audience and tackle complex issues.

I am enjoying Bad Batch.

Tamahome wrote: " That was a good audiodrama years ago with David "Starsky" Soul."

13 year old me is yelling "Hutch" 😉 That was one of my favourite programs when I was in high school.

Paul Michael Glaser was "Starsky"

Silvana wrote: "What about the Rich Larson story? I am only interested in that one since I enjoyed his works."

It was bit meh. I liked the art style, but the story wasn't as good as I expected.

I've only seen the first 4. I did enjoy "Snow in the Desert" and "Pop Squad"

But as others have said Season 1 was better. Though there were a few duds in the 18 episodes.

Rob wrote: "The Bad Bitch is airing on Hulu here in the US. Too edgy for Disney+."

Not too edgy for D+ in Oz 😉

I had to click on the link to see what thy are describing. So the blurb works.

They're right, It is whimsical.

I don't know US house prices, but US$325 k for a 2 story city apartment sounds cheap

That 2nd one went straight over my head 🤔

Trike wrote: "Even the badly-misnamed Happy Days was mostly just a string of insult comedy. “Up your nose with a rubber hose!”."

That was Vinnie Barbarino's insult from "Welcome Back Kotter"

Yeah a lot of the humour from comedies from the 70s hasn't aged well.

Calvey wrote: "I always thought of Roots as a miniseries....it was, right?"

Yes it was a mini-series (or limited run series) of 8 episodes in the US.

It is a long time ago when it ran in Oz (1977), but we may have got the re-edited 6 part series that the BBC had.

Exact same content just made to have identical length episodes.

Great mini-series BTW, as was "Roots: The Next Generations" a few years later.

It's been more than 40 years since I watched "Roots". But I don't remember there being many laughs in it. 🤔

Bit of an unfortunate gaffe there (twice) by Robb. Thankfully Tom corrected it.

When I read the novellas I was picturing Murderbot as looking like Robocop. So even though I knew it was non-gendered, I thought of it as having a male voice and physique.

I haven't heard the audiobook version so may have been skewed to the way they presented it, if I had.

So Loki not only wants his dad's job, he wants his day as well 😏

Flashback is not the story of Conrad B. Hart I presume 😉

"She Who Must Be Obeyed"

I went through a H. Rider Haggard phase when I was young. (Early teens). I loved She, King Solomon's Mines & the Allan Quartermain series.

I worry that if I tried to read them now they'd be more sexist & racist than I remember from 45+ years ago.

Trike wrote: "I just checked mine and it seems to be working. I’m not getting timely notifications o here, though."

The notifications here have been wonky for a few weeks.

Trike wrote: "I imagine this is harder for people to get into than a show like The Nevers, because it has to do a lot more heavy lifting in the early episodes to set the story, the world, and the characters all ..."

I can agree with that. 3 episodes in on Shadow & Bone and I'm still trying to work everything and everyone out. The Nevers is more straightforward and relatable from the start with a few unfolding mysteries and uncertain character motivations.

Jerimy wrote: "I am sure the second book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy will also be a treasure."

LotR is not a trilogy. The Two Towers is the middle third of a single book, that is sometimes split into 3 books

From Quick Burns Thread.

Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "Humble Bundle has a Heavy Metal Magazine and comics deal right now! $1 - $25 for the bundles. It doesn't get much more Sci-fi & Fantasy than Heavy Metal! Somewhat NSFW (Rated R) if you're not familiar with it."

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/he...

Tassie Dave wrote: "At a bare minimum the lowest rung looks like a no-brainer for me tor try. But I'm tempted to buy the lot at only US$25."

Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "I got all 43 books for $25. I'm happy so far, but I think I'm ready for one those new iPads coming out. My old original iPad Air is a bit slow."

I ended up buying the lot for US$25. At less than 60c an issue it was too good a deal.

I am not familiar with most of the titles, but they look like my type of comics.

Moving conversation (and my reply) to Comics Thread

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "Humble Bundle has a Heavy Metal Magazine and comics deal right now! "

At a bare minimum the lowest rung looks like a no-brainer for me tor try. But I'm tempted to buy the lot at only US$25.

Has anyone read any of these and can comment on their quality? Direct link to Bundle below.

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/he...

I loved Sweet Tooth.

The trailer isn't selling me that the TV series is going to be as good. But I will definitely watch to find out.