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What are you watching now?

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  • CopperC Offline
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    #643

    I watched the new Road House last night.

    It was similar to the Patrick Swayze original version. There was a bar called the Double Deuce like in the original, but the Double Deuce played no role in the new release.

    There was action and fighting like the original.

    And of course there was strict DEI oversight, lots of girls and people favored by the woke. The old white men were stupid or in jail, or both, good that's where they belong.

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    • MikM Offline
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      Just watched the last three episodes of Sugar. Holy crap.

      “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

        Just watched the last three episodes of Sugar. Holy crap.

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        @Mik said in What are you watching now?:

        Just watched the last three episodes of Sugar. Holy crap.

        Didn’t see that coming,didja?

        Probably worth a rewatch just to see if there were any clues as to the oh my God ending.

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

          I find "alternate universe" stories not too interesting.

          I actually like these. 555 There are some good Asian dramas which I like which follow this concept.

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          @taiwan_girl said in What are you watching now?:

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

          I find "alternate universe" stories not too interesting.

          I actually like these. 555 There are some good Asian dramas which I like which follow this concept.

          You might like "Awake". It was made in 2012 (tv show), with an underrated actor [Jason Isaacs]. The plot is summarized below. It's only 13 episodes (my wife says I curse TV shows by liking the ones that often get canceled).

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          After getting in a car accident with his wife and teenage son, Detective Michael Britten finds himself alternating between two different realities. One minute he is navigating a world where his son survived but his wife perished and the next he is in another reality in which his wife is the one that survived. In order to keep both loved ones alive, Britten begins living in dueling realities. To try to regain some normalcy in his life, the detective returns to solving crimes in both worlds, with a different partner in each.

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          • MikM Offline
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            I've liked everything I've ever seen Isaacs in, starting with Brotherhood.

            “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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              Watched S3E1 of The Bear. Beautiful cinematography, very artsy, pointless. Olivia Coleman"? Really?

              “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

                Watched S3E1 of The Bear. Beautiful cinematography, very artsy, pointless. Olivia Coleman"? Really?

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                @Mik said in What are you watching now?:

                very artsy, pointless

                Exactly. Each episode has some of that dreamy stuff. I mean, how many times can we watch Carm put some unknown herb on a tiny piece of meat...with tweezers.

                The best episode of the season was the one which shows Tina's backstory. The worst was the one which shows Natalie in labor.

                By the way, Colman's restaurant, "Ever," is a real thing.

                https://www.ever-restaurant.com

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                "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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                  Watched Luther: Fallen Sun. It takes itself seriously, but gets so ridiculous it took me out of it sometimes. It got reasonably good reviews, which surprised me. It's probably better than most of what's made these days. 60 year old Andy Serkis played a character that the movie tells you with a straight face is "in his 40s". Nope, doesn't look like it, not even close.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                    @Mik said in What are you watching now?:

                    very artsy, pointless

                    Exactly. Each episode has some of that dreamy stuff. I mean, how many times can we watch Carm put some unknown herb on a tiny piece of meat...with tweezers.

                    The best episode of the season was the one which shows Tina's backstory. The worst was the one which shows Natalie in labor.

                    By the way, Colman's restaurant, "Ever," is a real thing.

                    https://www.ever-restaurant.com

                    Screenshot 2024-07-04 at 6.04.08 PM.png

                    Screenshot 2024-07-04 at 6.05.03 PM.png

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                    @George-K were watching the Tina episode now. I think you liked it because it had Italian beef.

                    “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

                      @George-K were watching the Tina episode now. I think you liked it because it had Italian beef.

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                      @Mik said in What are you watching now?:

                      @George-K were watching the Tina episode now. I think you liked it because it had Italian beef.

                      Of course.

                      But it's one of the few episodes this season that told us something we didn't know ... restauranting is hard, food is fancy, etc.

                      Good to see David Zayas again.

                      Wait till Natalie goes into labor.

                      "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 Offline
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                        That’s true. S3 is not up to the other 2.

                        “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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                          Yeah, we’re in E7 now.

                          “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

                            Yeah, we’re in E7 now.

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                            @Mik said in What are you watching now?:

                            Yeah, we’re in E7 now.

                            It's pretty, it's artsy, it's stupid.

                            "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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                              Vapid is the word I’d use. Worthless if not for the hilarity of the Faks.

                              “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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                                Been watching ‘Suits’. The plot elements are a bit repetitive and the writers are lazy AF but Mayla likes it and it somehow manages to stay entertaining.

                                Not the best endorsement, I realize.

                                Only non-witches get due process.

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                                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                  Been watching ‘Suits’. The plot elements are a bit repetitive and the writers are lazy AF but Mayla likes it and it somehow manages to stay entertaining.

                                  Not the best endorsement, I realize.

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                                  @jon-nyc said in What are you watching now?:

                                  Been watching ‘Suits’. The plot elements are a bit repetitive and the writers are lazy AF but Mayla likes it and it somehow manages to stay entertaining.

                                  Suits is TV popcorn. It got a little weird at times...like

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                                  when Mike goes to prison.

                                  But can you watch it not thinking about Markhle being the Duchess (or whatever she is)?

                                  There used to be a Twitter (Facebook?) user who used the name "Gabriel Macht's Mole."

                                  "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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                                    Re her, not at first but now I can.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                                      Just finished The Bear S3. Artful, but did not move the story along at all. Lots of character exposition, but truly artful writers do that in the context of the story. 400 wasted minutes to beat me over the head with things I pretty much already knew. Jamie Lee Curtis should get an Emmy for her work.

                                      “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

                                        Just finished The Bear S3. Artful, but did not move the story along at all. Lots of character exposition, but truly artful writers do that in the context of the story. 400 wasted minutes to beat me over the head with things I pretty much already knew. Jamie Lee Curtis should get an Emmy for her work.

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                                        @Mik said in What are you watching now?:

                                        Just finished The Bear S3. Artful, but did not move the story along at all.

                                        Yeah, but one gets tired of all the "artful" stuff after about 2 episodes.

                                        Curtis was great, but what was the point of that episode? A potential reconciliation?

                                        "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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                                          It's kind of writer masturbation. All that stuff could have been exposed within the context of the story arc.

                                          Just finished Vikings Valhalla S3 yesterday. Fun, but like GOT, ultimately the same stuff over and over.

                                          “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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