Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:24 am

Yeah, television is always a Christmas overkill this time o' year.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:13 pm

My favorite Christmas tv stuff is ABCs 25 days of Christmas marathon. Alas I don't have cable this year.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 10:19 pm

I stopped watching television years ago and only watch stuff on my computer so I can't answer what my favorite Christmas shows are.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:14 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:I stopped watching television years ago and only watch stuff on my computer so I can't answer what my favorite Christmas shows are.

I did the same thing, except add Netflix into that equation.

Post by **Sleet** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 3:08 pm

If I lost cable I would not mind. I don't intend to get it when I move out.

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 3:22 pm

I watch a few shows regularly on TV. But they're popular enough I'm sure I could get them online if wanted.

When I do move into my own place, I don't know if I'll get TV. It'll just depend how much money I have I guess.

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 4:22 pm

Not having cable is really kind of nice.

Box sets of DVD's and a computer makes up for the handful of shows I watch. Plus, Christmas dosn't seem like it's being nearly AS exploited.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 4:43 pm

I tend to watch one show at a time and maybe a few others which I might catch on cable.

Right now, its Ben 10: Omniverse (the art style makes me wanna cry), Hell's Kitchen, Masterchef Junior and Bad Judge (which got cancelled)

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:27 pm

So I was driving past the local milk factory on the way into town to pick up Chinese take-out last night and I saw that the factory has put up their Christmas display. It's Santa in his sleigh being pulled by a couple of Holstein Fresian cows! *giggles*
For those of you who don't know, Holstein Fresians are the big black and white splotchy cows that produce the highest volumes of milk.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:36 pm

So in other words the generic dairy cow.

That's fun!

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:03 pm

Yep.

I thought so.

There's also a house along the way that some years turns its chimney into a giant candle and some years has a pair of boots sticking out of it.

What kinds of things do you guys to to decorate the house?

We have a Christmas tree and we put up tinsel around the windows and dangley things from our lampshades. We don't do much for exterior lighting since our nearest neighbour is a kilometre (About 2/3 of a mile) away and we're about 2.5k (about 1.5 miles) from the nearest highway so there's no one around to see us.

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:45 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:I stopped watching television years ago and only watch stuff on my computer so I can't answer what my favorite Christmas shows are.

Through the years I reduced a lot the time passed on TV, I watch only very few things now. It became a real garbage, it's no more good neither for movies... Cableless transmission here (antenna).

Hlaoroo wrote:What kinds of things do you guys to to decorate the house?

So to say, I celebrate Christmas.

I go with the classic and old nativity scene, always ready to use because put inside a furniture, then is enough uncover it, plug the lights, and put the characters and some sheep.

Years ago I had a pretty small synthetic tree, then it became worn and was thrashed. I still have its lights.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:15 pm

I stopped watching television right along the time that Cartoon Network went downhill.

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Sun Dec 07, 2014 10:54 am

Cesco wrote:
Amazee Dayzee wrote:I stopped watching television years ago and only watch stuff on my computer so I can't answer what my favorite Christmas shows are.
Through the years I reduced a lot the time passed on TV, I watch only very few things now. It became a real garbage, it's no more good neither for movies... Cableless transmission here (antenna).

Same here, too. I pretty much gave up on TV ever since high-speed Internet came to this part of the world, apart from the occasional documentary.

Oh yeah, and Legend of Korra.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Sun Dec 07, 2014 12:24 pm

I really need to start watching Tv on computers more. Then again, i missed Korra because i worked Saturdays =\

Pladim · Post by **Pladim** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 1:29 am

Gotta say, when i stopped paying 70$ a month for satellite TV, and started to use Hulu and Netflix, it became easier both on my viewing experience and wallet. Would rather pay for unlimted streaming on any device vs maybe catching a show a certain time.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:40 am

The only time I use TV is for a sleep-aid. I generally tune into Fox News.

Jacey · Post by **Jacey** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 4:10 am

We used to decorate our house with a big inflatable reindeer. We sadly moved so we got a smaller one.

I almost exclusively watch TV online through Netflix and Hulu now. And I'm going to get amazon prime as well, to get some movies and music to.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 4:36 am

I stopped listening to my iPod when my grandfather died. Just wasn't up to it.

Post by **Sleet** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 1:20 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:I stopped listening to my iPod when my grandfather died. Just wasn't up to it.

That's sad.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 3:42 pm

Yeah well I'm gonna try again in the New Years.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 11:23 pm

Here's an interesting thought: What if they did a revamp of Back to the Future with a Tesla in place of the DeLorean?

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 1:47 am

Looks expensive. Speaking of that car, my boyfriend's cousin has a Subaru Alycone SVX, which was designed by the same guy that made the DeLorean. I just wish that it was loaded like my car is or like his car. (Then again, the Chevy Blazer that he has was his father's, then his mother's, so it was passed down).

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:10 am

Douglas Collier wrote:a revamp of Back to the Future

Remakes, reboots, re-anything ruin everything, no matter how cool the new car of the main characters is.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:33 pm

Liam wrote:
Douglas Collier wrote:a revamp of Back to the Future
Remakes, reboots, re-anything ruin everything, no matter how cool the new car of the main characters is.

Two words: Doctor Who

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:29 pm

Douglas Collier wrote:Here's an interesting thought: What if they did a revamp of Back to the Future with a Tesla in place of the DeLorean?

Said so, sounds interesting, with an electric Tesla Motors (great manufacturer choice) car made on purpose for the movie (it has to barely resemble the DeLorean DMC-12). Its new flux capacitor has to be more powerful.

It's hard concerning the actors for the characters, the original ones are so much charismatic that any other interpreting would surely be bad.
The problem is how remake in present a cult movie set on the 1980s giving it the same feeling of the original one. Movies reboots and remakes are known to be disappointing.

Drake wrote:I almost exclusively watch TV online through Netflix and Hulu now.

I'm interested in Netflix, I want to give it some months of chance. It there's already in several European countries, but when will it come here? I read that, hopefully, the next year will be the right time.

There in the US it's an awesome service, but I'm aware that in Europe it can never be at similar levels, because of licenses issues, for first.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:48 pm

Douglas Collier wrote:
Liam wrote:
Douglas Collier wrote:a revamp of Back to the Future
Remakes, reboots, re-anything ruin everything, no matter how cool the new car of the main characters is.
Two words: Doctor Who

Debatable. Very very debatable.

Douglas Collier wrote:Here's an interesting thought: What if they did a revamp of Back to the Future with a Tesla in place of the DeLorean?

Cesco has a point, it'd be difficult to use anyone but Young Michael Fox and whoever played Doc Brown, name slips my mind. But I imagine it can be done. Maybe if they don't use so much CGI to give it that original feeling.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:19 pm

Christopher Lloyd was the name of the actor who played Doctor Brown.

Punchy · Post by **Punchy** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:06 am

Christopher Lloyd was also in the tv series "Taxi"!
Good show.

Post by **Render** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:05 pm

Pladim wrote:Gotta say, when i stopped paying 70$ a month for satellite TV

Paying 70$ for satellite TV? I always understood that for satellite you just buy the antenna and receiving the program for free... Or do you mean you pay hat for the encoded PayTV?

Hlaoroo wrote:What kinds of things do you guys to to decorate the house?

Not much usually. Maybe there will be some lights in a tree or bush outside. Will see when I get home nest weekend.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:19 am

We went all out last year. I won't say why we didn't do it this year because I'll sound like a broken record. But we had a blow up snow globe in the yard.

Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:36 am

Render wrote:
Pladim wrote:Gotta say, when i stopped paying 70$ a month for satellite TV
Paying 70$ for satellite TV? I always understood that for satellite you just buy the antenna and receiving the program for free... Or do you mean you pay hat for the encoded PayTV?

no, just like cable you need to pay a monthly fee to keep using the service.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:19 am

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:
Render wrote:
Pladim wrote:Gotta say, when i stopped paying 70$ a month for satellite TV
Paying 70$ for satellite TV? I always understood that for satellite you just buy the antenna and receiving the program for free... Or do you mean you pay hat for the encoded PayTV?
no, just like cable you need to pay a monthly fee to keep using the service.

So basically the main difference is you get a whole lot more channels that you're never going to watch and the chance of bad reception.

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:34 am

Well, it seems both cable and satellite company's are loosing competition. x3
It's sooo 2000's

I think I'll get Netflix this week for the sake of having a month off from school. I realized that they have many old school cartoons the last time I visited one of my friends who had it.

Mickey the Luxray · Post by **Mickey the Luxray** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:12 am

Liam wrote:
Douglas Collier wrote:a revamp of Back to the Future
Remakes, reboots, re-anything ruin everything, no matter how cool the new car of the main characters is.

I can't imagine a Bubsy reboot being any worse than the originals.

Kyuunado · Post by **Kyuunado** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:14 am

Then imagine harder.

Mickey the Luxray · Post by **Mickey the Luxray** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:22 am

Kyuunado wrote:Then imagine harder.

I imagine playing something worse than Bubsy would be like pouring Legos down a flight of stairs and falling down them.

Bucky-Roo · Post by **Bucky-Roo** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:41 am

Mickey the Luxray wrote:
Kyuunado wrote:Then imagine harder.
I imagine playing something worse than Bubsy would be like pouring Legos down a flight of stairs and falling down them.

That would be painful on many different levels.

Mickey the Luxray · Post by **Mickey the Luxray** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:21 pm

Bucky-Roo wrote:
Mickey the Luxray wrote:
Kyuunado wrote:Then imagine harder.
I imagine playing something worse than Bubsy would be like pouring Legos down a flight of stairs and falling down them.
That would be painful on many different levels.

I thought it would be just two- the floor you started on and the floor you ended on.

I'm on a roll, somebody stop me!

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:27 pm

Depends on how many floors the building has.