What are you watching now?

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.

89th

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@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.

89th

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.

Doctor Phibes

@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.

bachophile

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

LuFins Dad

Miss Linky

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

89th

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

mark

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I just finished watching it on Netflix.

Enjoyed it.

Horace

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.

Doctor Phibes

@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.

mark

@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.

89th

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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.

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

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...

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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.

Mik

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

89th

@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!

89th

@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.

89th

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

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.

Ok I finished a (re)watch of The Natural. You know, I'm struck by how simple and predictable the dialogue is. Almost laughable if you were just reading the script on paper. But man, it is wrapped up in such a beautifully-made film, the music, the editing, the announcer in the background, the transition between scenes... visual poetry.