What are you watching now?
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Bryan Cranston is a judge in New Orleans. His son is involved in a hit and run in which he kills the son of the most powerful mobster in NOLA.
He wants his son to confess, until he learns who the victim of the hit and run is.
Sounds intriguing...
After three episodes....meh. Too much convoluted stuff trying to shoehorn the basic narrative into the Breaking Bad mold of "good guy goes evil."
I'll watch one more.
It was supposed to be a 1-season thing, but it was renewed for a second season. And that, really, trust me, is going to be the last.
wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 12:28 last edited by@George-K said in What are you watching now?:
Bryan Cranston is a judge in New Orleans. His son is involved in a hit and run in which he kills the son of the most powerful mobster in NOLA.
Not bad, but not great either. Too many distracting side-plots that seemed like filler to flesh out 10 episodes.
Think "Bryan Cranston plays a good guy who, because of circumstances beyond his control, is forced to make very dark choices that involve the deaths and corruption of innocent people."
Hmmm....
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wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 17:55 last edited by
We decided to have a movie night a few days ago. Getting Finley to sit through an entire movie is VERY difficult. We were going through the Netflix animated listings and he announced that he wanted something with robots. I landed on something called The Mitchells vs The Machines. It was hilarious. I had tears in my eyes I was laughing so hard...
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wrote on 19 Feb 2023, 02:43 last edited by
Black Bird on Apple TV+
"Inspired by" the story of a convicted drug dealer sentenced to 10 years who is given the opportunity to reduce his sentence by getting a suspected serial killer to confess to his crimes.
I put "Inspired by" in scare quotes because this usually means a lot of liberties were taken with the facts for the sake of Hollywood. From what I've read, this is a remarkably accurate telling of the story with the exceptions of two minor details: 1) Role of the female FBI agent is amplified and 2) The corrupt prison guard is fictional. Otherwise, it looks like a really faithful telling of the story.
Very tense, well acted, and Ray Liotta's last role (as father of the protagonist). The serial killer is beyond creepy. Greg Kinnear is, as always, great. Worth a watch to learn about a story I was unaware of.
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Fauda. On Netflix. It means chaos in Arabic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauda
I’m now on season four.
Not for everyone. A very gritty but accurate look of undercover special forces in the Israel Palestinian saga.
It’s not called chaos for nothing.
wrote on 2 Mar 2023, 14:52 last edited by@bachophile said in What are you watching now?:
Fauda. On Netflix. It means chaos in Arabic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauda
I’m now on season four.
Not for everyone. A very gritty but accurate look of undercover special forces in the Israel Palestinian saga.
It’s not called chaos for nothing.
Halfway through season 2. Hope to finish that season today.
Well done, and not too-badly dubbed (but keep the subtitles on). Somewhere I read a review that said the production doesn't have the big budget of other stories, so they focus on the intimate relationships among the protagonists.
"Gritty" is an understatement.
How accurate is it, @bachophile ?
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wrote on 6 Mar 2023, 17:35 last edited by Aqua Letifer 3 Jun 2023, 17:37
Just watched this last night. It was pretty damn good.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3127902/"Sixty-two year old Richard Turner is renowned as one of the world's greatest card magicians, yet he is completely blind."
Two interesting elements to the story:
First of all, I already heard about Turner before and knew he was awesome at cards. So you're like, "oh wow, yeah, amazing he can do what he does despite being blind."
Yeah, that's not it. I didn't even know the shit he does with cards was even possible. It shouldn't be. He can take a new deck of cards and very quickly learn what each one is, immediately by touch, which is fucking amazing by itself. But the shit he can do with that knowledge...
He was on Penn & Teller's "Fool Us," and they didn't even walk back to their chairs to try to discuss how he did what he did. According to him, in about a minute, minute and a half, he conducted about 13 sleights to pull off his trick. They just immediately gave up.
Secondly, his eye condition is genetic: his sister got it, too. And they're close but for a long while, they had very different perspectives on their condition. It's interesting to see the reason why he started to come around. His sister got a wake-up call when her husband was hospitalized after a car accident. Richard's came later.
He's a crazy bastard, but an all-around good guy. He seemed far more proud of sending his son off to college than he was getting inducted into Magic Castle's Hall of Fame.
Here's the Penn & Teller segment:
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wrote on 6 Mar 2023, 19:37 last edited by
Lucas and I finally finished Season 5 of The Expanse last night and will try to binge Season 6 this week.
Really disappointed with the Alex resolution considering it’s been 3 years, and there still has been no conviction or even lawsuits…
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Just watched this last night. It was pretty damn good.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3127902/"Sixty-two year old Richard Turner is renowned as one of the world's greatest card magicians, yet he is completely blind."
Two interesting elements to the story:
First of all, I already heard about Turner before and knew he was awesome at cards. So you're like, "oh wow, yeah, amazing he can do what he does despite being blind."
Yeah, that's not it. I didn't even know the shit he does with cards was even possible. It shouldn't be. He can take a new deck of cards and very quickly learn what each one is, immediately by touch, which is fucking amazing by itself. But the shit he can do with that knowledge...
He was on Penn & Teller's "Fool Us," and they didn't even walk back to their chairs to try to discuss how he did what he did. According to him, in about a minute, minute and a half, he conducted about 13 sleights to pull off his trick. They just immediately gave up.
Secondly, his eye condition is genetic: his sister got it, too. And they're close but for a long while, they had very different perspectives on their condition. It's interesting to see the reason why he started to come around. His sister got a wake-up call when her husband was hospitalized after a car accident. Richard's came later.
He's a crazy bastard, but an all-around good guy. He seemed far more proud of sending his son off to college than he was getting inducted into Magic Castle's Hall of Fame.
Here's the Penn & Teller segment:
Link to video
wrote on 7 Mar 2023, 02:43 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer That was quite cool. I wonder if he uses decks that have slightly raised ink. Probably a seeing person would not notice, but his sense of touch is probably very very good and could tell slight differences in the feel, which would help him tell what care is what.
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@Aqua-Letifer That was quite cool. I wonder if he uses decks that have slightly raised ink. Probably a seeing person would not notice, but his sense of touch is probably very very good and could tell slight differences in the feel, which would help him tell what care is what.
wrote on 7 Mar 2023, 02:45 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in What are you watching now?:
@Aqua-Letifer That was quite cool. I wonder if he uses decks that have slightly raised ink. Probably a seeing person would not notice, but his sense of touch is probably very very good and could tell slight differences in the feel, which would help him tell what care is what.
In fairness, he uses braille cards.
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@taiwan_girl said in What are you watching now?:
@Aqua-Letifer That was quite cool. I wonder if he uses decks that have slightly raised ink. Probably a seeing person would not notice, but his sense of touch is probably very very good and could tell slight differences in the feel, which would help him tell what care is what.
In fairness, he uses braille cards.
wrote on 7 Mar 2023, 03:02 last edited by Aqua Letifer 3 Jul 2023, 03:03@Horace said in What are you watching now?:
@taiwan_girl said in What are you watching now?:
@Aqua-Letifer That was quite cool. I wonder if he uses decks that have slightly raised ink. Probably a seeing person would not notice, but his sense of touch is probably very very good and could tell slight differences in the feel, which would help him tell what care is what.
In fairness, he uses braille cards.
He does not. He can't even read braille.
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@Aqua-Letifer That was quite cool. I wonder if he uses decks that have slightly raised ink. Probably a seeing person would not notice, but his sense of touch is probably very very good and could tell slight differences in the feel, which would help him tell what care is what.
wrote on 7 Mar 2023, 03:23 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in What are you watching now?:
@Aqua-Letifer That was quite cool. I wonder if he uses decks that have slightly raised ink. Probably a seeing person would not notice, but his sense of touch is probably very very good and could tell slight differences in the feel, which would help him tell what care is what.
He uses a standard Bee pack.
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@taiwan_girl said in What are you watching now?:
@Aqua-Letifer That was quite cool. I wonder if he uses decks that have slightly raised ink. Probably a seeing person would not notice, but his sense of touch is probably very very good and could tell slight differences in the feel, which would help him tell what care is what.
He uses a standard Bee pack.
wrote on 7 Mar 2023, 03:31 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer Wow! Well, they do say that when you lose one sense, your others gain.
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wrote on 10 Mar 2023, 23:52 last edited by
@Mik said in What are you watching now?:
1 episode in.
Epic and very, very good. Loving it. Nice set up for conflicts that will haunt the next 15 episodes.
Harrison Ford is great (of course) and Mirren is charming.
And then, there's
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@Mik said in What are you watching now?:
1 episode in.
Epic and very, very good. Loving it. Nice set up for conflicts that will haunt the next 15 episodes.
Harrison Ford is great (of course) and Mirren is charming.
And then, there's
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@Mik said in What are you watching now?:
1 episode in.
Epic and very, very good. Loving it. Nice set up for conflicts that will haunt the next 15 episodes.
Harrison Ford is great (of course) and Mirren is charming.
And then, there's
Big Sky@jodi.wrote on 12 Mar 2023, 11:26 last edited byMy enthusiasm for 1923 is waning. The stuff about the range wars is absolutely fascinating. Mirren and Ford are spectacular, and they carry the show. The supporting cast is strong, with a couple of weak links.
But...
At times, it's getting a bit too soapy and unbelievable for me. The whole "Africa" subplot is unnecessary, other than to serve as a vehicle for more pretty big sky shots. The Spencer character is more than a bit of a caricature of the "big-game hunter" and his exploits with the runaway bride are contrived - c'mon the captain of the tug dies in his sleep, and THEN the tug gets rammed?
I'll plow through the rest because I'm retired and have the time. Hope
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My enthusiasm for 1923 is waning. The stuff about the range wars is absolutely fascinating. Mirren and Ford are spectacular, and they carry the show. The supporting cast is strong, with a couple of weak links.
But...
At times, it's getting a bit too soapy and unbelievable for me. The whole "Africa" subplot is unnecessary, other than to serve as a vehicle for more pretty big sky shots. The Spencer character is more than a bit of a caricature of the "big-game hunter" and his exploits with the runaway bride are contrived - c'mon the captain of the tug dies in his sleep, and THEN the tug gets rammed?
I'll plow through the rest because I'm retired and have the time. Hope
the season ends on a good noteto see more @jodi.wrote on 12 Mar 2023, 13:24 last edited by LuFins Dad 3 Dec 2023, 13:25@George-K said in What are you watching now?:
My enthusiasm for 1923 is waning. The stuff about the range wars is absolutely fascinating. Mirren and Ford are spectacular, and they carry the show. The supporting cast is strong, with a couple of weak links.
But...
At times, it's getting a bit too soapy and unbelievable for me. The whole "Africa" subplot is unnecessary, other than to serve as a vehicle for more pretty big sky shots. The Spencer character is more than a bit of a caricature of the "big-game hunter" and his exploits with the runaway bride are contrived - c'mon the captain of the tug dies in his sleep, and THEN the tug gets rammed?
I'll plow through the rest because I'm retired and have the time. Hope
the season ends on a good noteto see more @jodi.Yeah…
I’m not sure if I liked or disliked the whole scene where the rich guy showed the running water and electric lights to the Irish guy.
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wrote on 12 Mar 2023, 13:28 last edited by
Lucas and I finished The Expanse last night. Frankly, it wasn’t a great season. The cast chemistry felt off and it wasn’t the best storyline of the novels, IMO. It would be a shame if that’s really how it all ends.
I do respect them for deciding to not try and shoehorn some completely different ending…
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wrote on 12 Mar 2023, 22:49 last edited by
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My enthusiasm for 1923 is waning. The stuff about the range wars is absolutely fascinating. Mirren and Ford are spectacular, and they carry the show. The supporting cast is strong, with a couple of weak links.
But...
At times, it's getting a bit too soapy and unbelievable for me. The whole "Africa" subplot is unnecessary, other than to serve as a vehicle for more pretty big sky shots. The Spencer character is more than a bit of a caricature of the "big-game hunter" and his exploits with the runaway bride are contrived - c'mon the captain of the tug dies in his sleep, and THEN the tug gets rammed?
I'll plow through the rest because I'm retired and have the time. Hope
the season ends on a good noteto see more @jodi.wrote on 14 Mar 2023, 17:15 last edited by@George-K said in What are you watching now?:
My enthusiasm for 1923 is waning. The stuff about the range wars is absolutely fascinating. Mirren and Ford are spectacular, and they carry the show. The supporting cast is strong, with a couple of weak links.
But...
At times, it's getting a bit too soapy and unbelievable for me. The whole "Africa" subplot is unnecessary, other than to serve as a vehicle for more pretty big sky shots. The Spencer character is more than a bit of a caricature of the "big-game hunter" and his exploits with the runaway bride are contrived - c'mon the captain of the tug dies in his sleep, and THEN the tug gets rammed?
I'll plow through the rest because I'm retired and have the time. Hope
the season ends on a good noteto see more @jodi.I love the scenes with Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, they really are awesome, I do like the backstory with Spencer. But I am not into soap operas, and I haven’t watched Yellowstone for that reason. There have been a lot of scenes in this I have fast forwarded through. Too violent, too cruel, of just felt like they were not necessary to the story (the whole part with the prostitutes in both 7 and 8, for example (how many ways do we need to be reminded that Timothy Dalton’s character is terrible). I am very briefly in episode 7, and I walk across the street right after Zane rides his horse around the corner in episode 8, but didn’t make it into any of the camera shots they used in that scene. One of the takes, somebody else didn’t make it to their mark, (we cue off of each other) so I ended up crossing the street too soon (Zane rides down the hill from the group outside the bank) and I got in the middle of the road before him (instead of after) and he had to stop his horse and wait for me…
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wrote on 14 Mar 2023, 17:57 last edited by
We finished watching The Last of Us last night.
Snowflake alert: There is some gayness in it. The guy from Parks and Rec. gets it on with another guy before they both die. The main character might be a bit gay. They don't show any of that as she's just a kid.
All in all, a pretty good adaptation of possibly the best story-driven computer game ever made. They didn't muck about with the story too much.
The girl who played the main character Ellie was exceptional. The guy who played the Mandalorian played the father figure Joel, so it's a bit like Baby Yoda but with flesh-eating zombies.
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We finished watching The Last of Us last night.
Snowflake alert: There is some gayness in it. The guy from Parks and Rec. gets it on with another guy before they both die. The main character might be a bit gay. They don't show any of that as she's just a kid.
All in all, a pretty good adaptation of possibly the best story-driven computer game ever made. They didn't muck about with the story too much.
The girl who played the main character Ellie was exceptional. The guy who played the Mandalorian played the father figure Joel, so it's a bit like Baby Yoda but with flesh-eating zombies.
wrote on 14 Mar 2023, 18:10 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes I would like to see that series. Steve really liked the game. I tried playing it but only got a little ways in and couldn’t manage the combat. I’m not really a video gamer, though I liked both Horizon games, and The Legend of Zelda BOTW, because I could use a bow and arrow from a distance easily in each of them.
