January 21, 20233 yr Author 45 minutes ago, overspeed3 said: I found the initial plot-line very confusing Why was that? Pretty straightforward. Fungus that controls mind and body, which is actually a real phenomenon. https://www.sciencealert.com/the-freaky-finale-of-parasitic-mind-control-captured-in-prize-winning-photo
January 22, 20233 yr Moderator 14 hours ago, dave2013 said: Yes, it's on Amazon Prime video, but you must have an HBO subscription. Just clarifying. Dave Didn’t realized that. I thought it was free judging by what it said when I googled it. In the search it said with “Premium Subscription” which I figured it meant was free. I didn’t realize you needed a HBO subscription. Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
January 22, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, cmpbellsjc said: In the search it said with “Premium Subscription” which I figured it meant was free. Well... 😁 Laminar Research customer -- Asobo/MS customer -- not an X-Aviation customer - or am I? 😉
January 22, 20233 yr Moderator 2 hours ago, rka said: Well... 😁 Meaning, I thought an Amazon Prime subscription meant it was free. I didn’t realize that they’re was such a thing as a Premium subscription. Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
January 30, 20233 yr Author I'm about to watch episode 3. Apparently people are going bonkers about this episode, saying its the best episode of a TV show ever. It will have to go some to beat some of the GOT episodes.
January 30, 20233 yr As someone who has played both games, the adaptation is pretty spot on from the source material. Not a bad story at all. I'd be surprised if some members of this community could get into this show, however. Of course, if you can't deal with this show (TLOU as it is abbreviated) then TLOU2 is off limits. Especially when they introduce Abbey. "I am the Master of the Fist!" -Akuma
January 31, 20233 yr Author Well, episode 3 was certainly profound, cinematic, very well done. But whoever said it was the best episode of any TV series to date, needs to go and see a psychiatrist. I would have thought there's a treatment for EHS. Extreme Hyperbole Syndrome.
January 31, 20233 yr Thought the latest episode was well done. On the other hand, Bostonians don't seem quite as enamoured with all of it! https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2023/01/30/the-last-of-us-10-miles-west-of-boston/
February 1, 20233 yr Moderator On 1/30/2023 at 1:59 PM, SKEWR said: I'd be surprised if some members of this community could get into this show, however. I tried to do an episode on HBO Max tonight. I watched the trailer and it didn’t interest me much but gave E1 a shot. I got about 10 minutes in and couldn’t do it. To be honest though, I’m not at all into SciFi, StarTrek, Star Wars, futuristic space/alien invasion movies. When I was a kid I liked the original Star Wars movies but once I got into my teens and older, I lost interest in that type of stuff as well as video games. I’ve never watched GOT, Hunger Games or any of those types of shows or movies either. The only show I’ve ever liked that might be considered SciFi was the X-Files series and the movies and a spin off of it that I can’t remember the name of that didn’t last long. Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
February 1, 20233 yr Author 2 hours ago, cmpbellsjc said: I lost interest in that type of stuff as well as video games. I’ve never watched GOT 😲 I'm shocked! Take these pills, one three times per day. We are going to attempt to reactivate your "science fiction appreciation circuitry" in your brain. Clearly a freak accident has rendered the relevant neurological pathways inactive.
February 1, 20233 yr 20 hours ago, goates said: On the other hand, Bostonians don't seem quite as enamoured with all of it! Yep, this is the unfortunate "Western Canada landscape effect", which oftentimes does require a suspension of disbelief regarding the setting of a show or film. A surprising number of TV shows and movies have been filmed in British Columbia and Alberta. The unrealistic landscape really becomes evident in TV shows like the X-Files and Stargate SG-1, where episode after episode you see the same Pacific Northwest landscape no matter what town, state, country, or planet the story takes place in/on. It must be very cost-effective to film up there, because there are so many different landscapes in the USA to film in which would better fit the bill and be much more realistic. Alas, money is always the main concern. To be fair, there is also the "Southern California landscape effect". I've watched shows supposedly set in the Eastern USA where you can clearly see the California semi-arid hills and mountains in the scenery, which I always notice and which makes the show less real for me. Dave Edited February 1, 20233 yr by dave2013 Simulator: P3Dv6.1 System Specs: Intel i7 13700K CPU, MSI Mag Z790 Tomahawk Motherboard, 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Video Card, 3x 1TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 2280 SSDs, Windows 11 Home OS My website for P3D stuff: https://sites.google.com/view/thep3dfiles/home
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March 14, 20233 yr Moderator I’ve just watched the last episode. Kept away from this topic until now in case of spoilers. What a load of tripe. And nine episodes aren’t enough apparently. A second series is planned. 21st century answer to Lost. No more for me. Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
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