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Where is Tom? I haven't seen him for a bit.

Maybe he's on vacation. Or, maybe he finally got tired of us. . .

In an attempt to get the train back on the tracks.......

I just did a mini marathon of my own - Band of Brothers. The last piece where they interview the survivors still causes me to tear up a bit.

Last year I did the first 9 years of Stargate SG-1, but it wasn't a "sit down and watch 'til it's done" thing. Took about 5-6 weeks. Each episode is about 43 minutes and without commercials, so it goes by pretty quick. Four episodes was a nice 3 hour evening. Likewise with Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

With the 6 month winters in Rochester and a wife who is a first grade teacher (and does school work most evenings), I had to find SOMETHING to do.

I've done the "Band of Brothers" marathon, but I usually stretch it out over a week. Like you, Ray, that last piece still gets me.

At the end of the series, when the real Lt. Winters relates the story of his grandson(?) asking him if he was a hero, I always lose it when he quotes his reply. He does too.

Did a B of B marathon to introduce my brother to the series. Like me, he absolutely loved it. As I've mentioned before, there is a successor series, The Pacific, in the works and due sometime in 2009 according to The Internet Movie Database. It follows the stories of pacific veterans Eugene Sledge, Robert Leckie, and "Manila" John Basilone.

Since my interest in the Pacific theater has always been stronger than my interest in the European theater, I'm really looking forward to this one.

Jack:
Sorry to be the one to "nudge the old folks back on topic", but the thread involved movies...not theaters....

We've been running a similar marthon this winter, watching the X-Files 9 seasons from start to finish. Probably going to take us closer to a couple of months to finish since I'm away most weekdays now. Since I had not watched any episodes since it left the air a number of years ago, I had forgotten what a well written show it was with all the continuous and intersecting story lines. Some great LOL moments too!

Been going through Battlestar Galactica, (modern version) Season one, on HD-DVD.

Love the show but don't spend any extra for the HD version. The picture quality just isn't worth it. I can't say that out loud at home though as it was a Christmas present from my wife. Still a great watch, just not doing HD any justice.