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    Watched Ann with and E - horrible show. One hates the lead character.

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      Our Man in India.

      James May crosses the country, in typical fashion.

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        Dr. Brain

        After losing his family in a mysterious accident, Sewon, a brilliant brain scientist, tries to solve what happened. He performs "brain syncs" with the deceased in order to search for clues hidden in their memories, but it becomes difficult to separate those memories from his own experiences.

        Watched half an hour of the first episode (first with subtitles, then dubbed). Gave up.

        Stupid.

        Link to video

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • MikM Away
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          Sounds stupid. Watched MotA e4 last night. Pretty good but one a week is frustrating.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • MikM Mik

            Sounds stupid. Watched MotA e4 last night. Pretty good but one a week is frustrating.

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            @Mik said in What are you watching now?:

            Sounds stupid. Watched MotA e4 last night. Pretty good but one a week is frustrating.

            Same.

            Please love yourself.

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            • George KG George K

              @Mik said in What are you watching now?:

              Masters Of The Air, of course.

              Caught up with it yesterday AM.

              Beautifully shot, the CGI is really good and the costumes and sets are great as well.

              But...

              Unlike "Band of Brothers," I'm not getting a sense of who's who in the story. Yeah, Buck and Bucky are the leads, but there are so many others whose stories are barely touched upon. Too many people to present a coherent story of "let's follow these guys."

              Lots of disposable characters as well (yeah, but it's about bombers over Europe, so there's that) whom you never get to know, so their loss is inconsequential to the drama.

              So far, not as good as "The Pacific" and not close to "Band of Brothers."

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              @George-K said in What are you watching now?:

              @Mik said in What are you watching now?:

              Masters Of The Air, of course.

              Caught up with it yesterday AM.

              Beautifully shot, the CGI is really good and the costumes and sets are great as well.

              But...

              Unlike "Band of Brothers," I'm not getting a sense of who's who in the story. Yeah, Buck and Bucky are the leads, but there are so many others whose stories are barely touched upon. Too many people to present a coherent story of "let's follow these guys."

              Lots of disposable characters as well (yeah, but it's about bombers over Europe, so there's that) whom you never get to know, so their loss is inconsequential to the drama.

              So far, not as good as "The Pacific" and not close to "Band of Brothers."

              Just finished The Pacific yesterday. Was better than expected. It didn't have a central character/story from start to finish the way BoB did, so I felt that hurt it a bit, but thought it overall captured the fighting and relationships pretty well. Really hard to try and find "problems" with a show of such quality.

              I'm watching a movie right now that I'll mention later, so as not to be spoiled. All I'll say is I've had to had the Closed Captions on the whole time to understand the names/terms used... it would be impossible in a movie theater, I think, to follow along. Anyway, will let you know what it is when I'm done... and no, it's not Tenet.

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              • 89th8 Online
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                Ok just finished it.

                Dune.

                Never read the books, but it seems to be a common number one all-time sci-fi listing. Will go find our thread now.

                In short, I don’t know how anyone can watch that movie without subtitles, so many original terms and hard to hear. Otherwise I enjoyed the production quality and emersion into that world. Good music, visuals… I feel like I got dropped into an epic sci fi tale without knowing the previous context or the eventual future, but I heard Dune 2 is beyond impressive.

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                  Ok just finished it.

                  Dune.

                  Never read the books, but it seems to be a common number one all-time sci-fi listing. Will go find our thread now.

                  In short, I don’t know how anyone can watch that movie without subtitles, so many original terms and hard to hear. Otherwise I enjoyed the production quality and emersion into that world. Good music, visuals… I feel like I got dropped into an epic sci fi tale without knowing the previous context or the eventual future, but I heard Dune 2 is beyond impressive.

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                  @89th said in What are you watching now?:

                  In short, I don’t know how anyone can watch that movie without subtitles

                  Just read the book first, makes it beyond easy 🤓

                  The book's not a particularly easy first read for much the same reason, at least I didn't find it so.

                  I was only joking

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                    A nearly normal family. Netflix. It’s in Swedish. Crime/family drama.
                    Two episodes in. Curious enough to keep watching.

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                      Miss Linky

                      Link to video

                      It’s not so bad. Sometimes she does interesting stretches…

                      The Brad

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                      • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                        Miss Linky

                        Link to video

                        It’s not so bad. Sometimes she does interesting stretches…

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                        @LuFins-Dad Try Danny Go, catchy songs. Not as fun to watch maybe as Ms Linky though.

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                          #559

                          Link to video

                          I just finished watching it on Netflix.

                          Enjoyed it.

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                            This movie hits differently, now that I've been the target of death threats due to my own courageous reporting. Cate Blanchett is excellent. I hope she plays me when they make a movie of my life. Though it's more likely that I'll be portrayed by a black woman.

                            Education is extremely important.

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                              Link to video

                              I just finished watching it on Netflix.

                              Enjoyed it.

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                              @mark said in What are you watching now?:

                              I just finished watching it on Netflix.

                              Enjoyed it.

                              I liked that one, too. What a complicated person he was.

                              Beautiful music, though. Nobody else like him.

                              I was only joking

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                                @mark said in What are you watching now?:

                                I just finished watching it on Netflix.

                                Enjoyed it.

                                I liked that one, too. What a complicated person he was.

                                Beautiful music, though. Nobody else like him.

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                                @Doctor-Phibes said in What are you watching now?:

                                @mark said in What are you watching now?:

                                I just finished watching it on Netflix.

                                Enjoyed it.

                                I liked that one, too. What a complicated person he was.

                                Beautiful music, though. Nobody else like him.

                                Agree. A rarity among humans.

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                                  Link to video

                                  Good documentary of sorts. Brought back lots of memories as I was a young lad when he earned some of his final stats... 5K strikeouts, 6th and 7th no hitter, etc. Worth a view if you're a baseball fan.

                                  His stats are bananas btw. Threw 108 MPH (fastest ever), but in terms of no-hitters, etc:

                                  No hitters: 7
                                  1-hitters: 12
                                  2-hitters: 18
                                  3-hitters: 31

                                  That'll never happen again. All teams use pitch counts now... back in the 70s and 80s you could let your starting pitcher go the whole game if he felt good.

                                  SIDE NOTE... From this, I've gone back and started watching The Natural again. Yes I've seen it before a few times, but mostly as a kid. And I've watched the famous scenes a few times. Great music... but as an adult now, I chuckle at some of the scenes (like Brimley as the coach) and the grumbling. Also, the opening 15 minutes... both beautiful as well as really scripted to get the story to a jump start. Could border on corny/forced but ultimately is beautiful What a great movie for baseball fans, too.

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                                    First of all, I love Jodi Foster. She has aged so well...and she has a "relaxed" approach to acting that makes her work so damn good.

                                    I also loved "Contact" but that's just me.

                                    Anyhow...

                                    Link to video

                                    True Detective.

                                    Such a disappointment.

                                    tl;dr - several scientists in an arctic circle lab disappear. Their bodies are found, naked and frozen on the ice during the "Long night" in December.

                                    Too much mysticism. If you thought True Detective season 1 was weird, well, lemme hold your beer.

                                    The cinematography and acting are first rate. But...fer chrissakes, gimme an old-fashioned mystery without all the weirdo supernatural stuff.

                                    This season is only 6 episodes long. Without all the irrelevant stuff, told as a straight-forward mystery, it could have been 4, if not 3.

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      Link to video

                                      Good documentary of sorts. Brought back lots of memories as I was a young lad when he earned some of his final stats... 5K strikeouts, 6th and 7th no hitter, etc. Worth a view if you're a baseball fan.

                                      His stats are bananas btw. Threw 108 MPH (fastest ever), but in terms of no-hitters, etc:

                                      No hitters: 7
                                      1-hitters: 12
                                      2-hitters: 18
                                      3-hitters: 31

                                      That'll never happen again. All teams use pitch counts now... back in the 70s and 80s you could let your starting pitcher go the whole game if he felt good.

                                      SIDE NOTE... From this, I've gone back and started watching The Natural again. Yes I've seen it before a few times, but mostly as a kid. And I've watched the famous scenes a few times. Great music... but as an adult now, I chuckle at some of the scenes (like Brimley as the coach) and the grumbling. Also, the opening 15 minutes... both beautiful as well as really scripted to get the story to a jump start. Could border on corny/forced but ultimately is beautiful What a great movie for baseball fans, too.

                                      MikM Away
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                                      Mik
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #565

                                      @89th he’s my ex sister in law‘S cousin.

                                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                      • MikM Mik

                                        @89th he’s my ex sister in law‘S cousin.

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                                        @Mik said in What are you watching now?:

                                        @89th he’s my ex sister in law‘S cousin.

                                        And yet you have not sent me any autographed gear!

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                                        • George KG George K

                                          First of all, I love Jodi Foster. She has aged so well...and she has a "relaxed" approach to acting that makes her work so damn good.

                                          I also loved "Contact" but that's just me.

                                          Anyhow...

                                          Link to video

                                          True Detective.

                                          Such a disappointment.

                                          tl;dr - several scientists in an arctic circle lab disappear. Their bodies are found, naked and frozen on the ice during the "Long night" in December.

                                          Too much mysticism. If you thought True Detective season 1 was weird, well, lemme hold your beer.

                                          The cinematography and acting are first rate. But...fer chrissakes, gimme an old-fashioned mystery without all the weirdo supernatural stuff.

                                          This season is only 6 episodes long. Without all the irrelevant stuff, told as a straight-forward mystery, it could have been 4, if not 3.

                                          89th8 Online
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                                          #567

                                          @George-K said in What are you watching now?:

                                          First of all, I love Jodi Foster. She has aged so well...and she has a "relaxed" approach to acting that makes her work so damn good.

                                          I also loved "Contact" but that's just me.

                                          Not just you, that is such a great movie. I could watch it from start to finish anytime it's on.

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