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post #61 of 537
6/22/12 at 10:39pm
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I wonder what took so long biggrin.gif
Yes!
Oh, you want to know where. AVS rules prevent that kind of info from being posted.
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Please PM me!

PM me as well please.
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post #62 of 537
6/26/12 at 10:08am
I watched episode 5 yesterday. It was a good one. If you want to know where, pm me.
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post #63 of 537
6/26/12 at 10:36am
Very good episode. Very emotional. Made even more questions about family and timelines.
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post #64 of 537
6/28/12 at 7:28am
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Very good episode. Very emotional. Made even more questions about family and timelines.
I was happy to see Kellog still present after his (future) grandmother was killed while in her teens/early 20's.
I would have lost some respect for the writing if he had just dematerialized in front of us- good to see the writers are sticking to sci-fi rather than sci-fantasy.
Looking forward to the next episode....
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post #65 of 537
6/28/12 at 7:50am
Can't wait to see how they play this off. Was it his Grandmom? Was it random gal? Yes next epsiode will be exciting smile.gif
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post #66 of 537
6/28/12 at 8:10am
No new episode this week on July 1st.

I also like how they asked why Kellogg was still there and introduced theories like alt worlds/timelines etc
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post #67 of 537
6/28/12 at 8:21am
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Can't wait to see how they play this off. Was it his Grandmom?
Yeah, it was...
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post #68 of 537
6/28/12 at 5:41pm
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PM me as well please.

Well, I tried to send you a PM, but the new AVS Forum is broken. After typing in many lines of info, the damn software said that the body was empty. Bull-****

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Wasn't the first time this has happened. Sorry, but I wasn't going to retype all that text, only to have it potentially happen again.

UPDATE: I found a way around the PM popup not working correctly. A PM was sent.
Edited by mrvideo - 6/28/12 at 7:57pm
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post #69 of 537
6/28/12 at 5:48pm
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Well, I tried to send you a PM, but the new AVS Forum is broken. After typing in many lines of info, the damn software said that the body was empty. Bull-****
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Wasn't the first time this has happened. Sorry, but I wasn't going to retype all that text, only to have it potentially happen again.

So sad I can't watch this ... every site I try doesn't work ......

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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post #70 of 537
6/28/12 at 6:28pm
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So sad I can't watch this ... every site I try doesn't work ......
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did you get the PM I sent you?
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post #71 of 537
6/29/12 at 2:26pm
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Yes thanks - all taken care of - watching ep03
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post #72 of 537
7/2/12 at 11:35am
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Watched episode 03 last night- overall very good again.
Awesome fight scene near the end- our girl can take a punch! That Asian dude could fight- almost sorry to see him go wink.gif
At least Kiera has a bargaining chip now- the final component part of the Time travel device.
I'm ready for episode 04.....
For ppl who can't watch it on TV- Continuum is available on iTunes video and Youtube.

WOW epic fight scene. Beat the snot out of the guy cop and Kiera really can take it as much as she gives it! Unbelievable that he was not hospitalized and came away with a few bumps and bruises. That Asian guy can fight!
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post #73 of 537
7/2/12 at 1:27pm
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WOW epic fight scene. Beat the snot out of the guy cop and Kiera really can take it as much as she gives it! Unbelievable that he was not hospitalized and came away with a few bumps and bruises. That Asian guy can fight!
Yeah, can't remember seeing a better fight scene on a TV series in a long time....
BSG had a pretty epic fight scene between Starbuck and a Six in the Delphi museum when Starbuck was on the mission to retrieve the Arrow of Apollo.
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post #74 of 537
7/2/12 at 2:05pm
There was a fight scene in a bathroom in - I believe - the 5th episode of 'Charlie Jade' that was the best I've ever seen to this day - unreal violent, realistic and claustrophobic because of the confined space. You could feel the danger both guys were in and couldn't help holding your breath and digging your nails into your palms. As well choreographed as it was, you knew somebody had to get hurt. And they did - star Jeffrey Pierce broke his arm while filming it (they kept the shot in the final cut; added to the realism) and it delayed the production schedule for while. Guess that's "method acting" to the extreme. eek.gif
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post #75 of 537
7/3/12 at 6:48am
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There was a fight scene in a bathroom in - I believe - the 5th episode of 'Charlie Jade' that was the best I've ever seen to this day - unreal violent, realistic and claustrophobic because of the confined space. You could feel the danger both guys were in and couldn't help holding your breath and digging your nails into your palms. As well choreographed as it was, you knew somebody had to get hurt. And they did - star Jeffrey Pierce broke his arm while filming it (they kept the shot in the final cut; added to the realism) and it delayed the production schedule for while. Guess that's "method acting" to the extreme. eek.gif

I LOVE CHARLIE JADE!

I will have to rewatch that scene. I finally found the series on DVD.
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post #76 of 537
7/4/12 at 6:12am
So... How did they find out Kiera's grandmother's name? They had to know that before the time travel because there's no way to find out afterwards (except from Kiera herself). The script alluded to that with her "purpose" there.
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post #77 of 537
7/4/12 at 10:08am
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I LOVE CHARLIE JADE!
I will have to rewatch that scene. I finally found the series on DVD.

Make sure you post back when you've seen it. It makes almost every other filmed fight scene seem like a couple of wussies in a dance studio. tongue.gif
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post #78 of 537
7/4/12 at 1:01pm
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It makes almost every other filmed fight scene seem like a couple of wussies in a dance studio. tongue.gif

Rent Haywire. eek.gif
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post #79 of 537
7/5/12 at 11:13am
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Rent Haywire. eek.gif

In my Netflix que!biggrin.gif
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post #80 of 537
7/6/12 at 7:07am
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Make sure you post back when you've seen it. It makes almost every other filmed fight scene seem like a couple of wussies in a dance studio. tongue.gif

Holy cow Batman - I'm glad you suggested watching this again - I forgot how intense it was!
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post #81 of 537
7/10/12 at 1:00pm
Anyone catch the last episode? Seems like we have more in common once Liberate vs the Corporations...
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post #82 of 537
7/10/12 at 1:09pm
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Anyone catch the last episode? Seems like we have more in common once Liberate vs the Corporations...
I'm watching it tonight....
Ok- watched- another solid episode.
I'm enjoying the chess game being played by liber8 to win the "hearts and minds" of the people.
When I saw that first scene (in 2070) with the riot cops- I joked "food riot in progress" from The Running Man- I was surprised my assumption was spot on.
FWIW- my kids are young enough that they really don't really know the ways of the world yet- after watching tonight's episode I did explain to them that currently that big corporations- including big oil, pharma, etc... do create artificial shortages to drive prices up. Maybe I'm starting to side with liber8...

They've made a liber8 website for the show- which includes their manifesto....smile.gif http://liber8.com/
Edited by replayrob - 7/11/12 at 6:24am
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post #83 of 537
7/11/12 at 2:05pm
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This is really a solid SciFi show. Someone in the USAs TVLand should get this imported. Better than most of the drek we are watching now.
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post #84 of 537
7/11/12 at 3:04pm
Simon Baker said "there was a deal in the works" for the US but that deals have already been signed for a lot other countries. He originally pitched it to US networks but got no interest. It's supposedly rated the 3rd most popular TV series on IMBD.com. "Charlie Jade" followed a similar anti-corporate context and we know what happened to it.
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post #85 of 537
7/12/12 at 5:10am
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I'm watching it tonight....
Ok- watched- another solid episode.
I'm enjoying the chess game being played by liber8 to win the "hearts and minds" of the people.
When I saw that first scene (in 2070) with the riot cops- I joked "food riot in progress" from The Running Man- I was surprised my assumption was spot on.
FWIW- my kids are young enough that they really don't really know the ways of the world yet- after watching tonight's episode I did explain to them that currently that big corporations- including big oil, pharma, etc... do create artificial shortages to drive prices up. Maybe I'm starting to side with liber8...
They've made a liber8 website for the show- which includes their manifesto....smile.gif http://liber8.com/

Nice thanks for that link! Liber8 is doing well playing the game. I think we have 3 episodes left? I hope this is in some US TV line up in the fall. Legend of the Seeker was the last Syndication show I can think of and it lasted only 2 seasons.

Do we know if its been renewed yet?
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post #86 of 537
7/12/12 at 5:19am
The Sci-Fi Network (however they were spelling it at the time) treated 'Charlie Jade' very badly. They paid next to nothing for the show and gave it a commensurate amount of promotion. Premiered it at 10:00 on a Friday night with absolutely no fanfare or notice, then shunted it off to the coveted 2:00 AM Tuesday morning timeslot after 2 weeks, probably bumping an infomercial for Ginsu Knives. Robert Wirtheimer, the Canadian producer, said Sci-Fi really wasn't interested in the series, but without a U.S. partner the show couldn't go forward with another season. His mistake was thinking the Sci-Fi Network actually cared about quality science fiction. I wish he had shopped it at TNT, FX, Showtime - anywhere but Sci-Fi.

As a result, American genre fans never really got a chance to see one of the best adult science fiction shows ever made. And because there was essentially no U.S. distributor, they never even made a Region 1 DVD set. However, if you can set your player to region-free, there are boxsets available. Worth every penny.
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post #87 of 537
7/12/12 at 8:44am
If the production co that makes "Continuum" can't find a US partner for this series- then they need to fire their sales/promotion staff.
It's well written (especially compared to successful US series like Falling Skies), has attractive stars, an interesting premise and good production values. Like many other budget conscious series (Fringe) - it's filmed and produced in Canada so it's not uber-expensive either.
There's really no reason other sheer laziness or incompetence that "Continuum" isn't on one of the 100's of networks in the US.
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post #88 of 537
7/12/12 at 9:08am
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There's really no reason other sheer laziness or incompetence that "Continuum" isn't on one of the 100's of networks in the US.

I actually don't think it's either of those. Buying a series in which the production costs have already been eaten by someone else seems like the path-of-most-lazy to me. I think it's fear. Fear of fan fickleness and fear of failure. I've often said that sci-fi fans eat their young. Too many high concept sci-fi shows that deserved better have crashed and burned. Only BSG has really been successful, and it drew just enough audience and critical awards to barely stay afloat for 4 years.

'Fringe is "the little show that could"; kept alive by cutting production costs to the bone (including the inevitable relocation to Vancouver), then somehow cutting them again. Now, 'Falling Skies' seems to have found a niche significant for survival as well. But if man isn't fighting an apocalyptic war against the odds with a powerful implacable enemy, it's a really tough sell and even then it ain't easy. Don't know why.
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post #89 of 537
7/12/12 at 9:33am
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The Sci-Fi Network (however they were spelling it at the time) treated 'Charlie Jade' very badly. They paid next to nothing for the show and gave it a commensurate amount of promotion. Premiered it at 10:00 on a Friday night with absolutely no fanfare or notice, then shunted it off to the coveted 2:00 AM Tuesday morning timeslot after 2 weeks, probably bumping an infomercial for Ginsu Knives. Robert Wirtheimer, the Canadian producer, said Sci-Fi really wasn't interested in the series, but without a U.S. partner the show couldn't go forward with another season. His mistake was thinking the Sci-Fi Network actually cared about quality science fiction. I wish he had shopped it at TNT, FX, Showtime - anywhere but Sci-Fi.
As a result, American genre fans never really got a chance to see one of the best adult science fiction shows ever made. And because there was essentially no U.S. distributor, they never even made a Region 1 DVD set. However, if you can set your player to region-free, there are boxsets available. Worth every penny.

Charlie Jade is available through Netflix streaming. I now have it in my queue and will probably start watching tonight. Thanks to everyone who mentioned this show! cool.gif
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post #90 of 537
7/12/12 at 9:43am
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Charlie Jade is available through Netflix streaming. I now have it in my queue and will probably start watching tonight. Thanks to everyone who mentioned this show! cool.gif

Woot! Maybe if it gets zillions of hits Netflix will see its value and step in as the "angel partner" Wirtheimer has been looking for and we'll get more adventures of Charlie Jade, private eye (and maybe savior) of the multiverse! cool.gif

Wear it out, guys. tongue.gif
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