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What are you watching now?

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  • HoraceH Horace

    I've been watching Andor on the treadmill. It's ok, keeping me entertained, and not boringly stupid with any messaging. The reason I'm giving it a chance is because I've seen such positive things as this video essay, which says that it's too good for Disney star wars, and sets an impossible bar for their other entries in the universe.

    Link to video

    I actually never watched any star wars beyond the original and then the first in the prequel trilogy. Never the sequel trilogy, and never any of other movies or series. But then I saw some spoof LOTR commentaries that I enjoyed, and I saw he did so much star wars stuff, and I wanted to be able to appreciate that too. So I'm trying to learn about the Star Wars universe. The universe lore is probably more fun than most of the movies set in that universe. I like the Sith Rule of 2. I never knew about that.

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    @Horace said in What are you watching now?:

    I've been watching Andor on the treadmill. It's ok, keeping me entertained, and not boringly stupid with any messaging. The reason I'm giving it a chance is because I've seen such positive things as this video essay, which says that it's too good for Disney star wars, and sets an impossible bar for their other entries in the universe.

    Link to video

    I actually never watched any star wars beyond the original and then the first in the prequel trilogy. Never the sequel trilogy, and never any of other movies or series. But then I saw some spoof LOTR commentaries that I enjoyed, and I saw he did so much star wars stuff, and I wanted to be able to appreciate that too. So I'm trying to learn about the Star Wars universe. The universe lore is probably more fun than most of the movies set in that universe. I like the Sith Rule of 2. I never knew about that.

    Watch Rogue One. It’s kind of the immediate prequel to the original, and was quite probably the finest Star Wars movie they made. Andor is kind of a prequel to that…

    The Brad

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      Lucas and I just finished Invincible. Karla and I are trying to get through Silo, and all of us are preparing to watch Clarkson’s Farm 4.

      The Brad

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        Yeah it was fun watching Rogue One after Andor. It’s a great movie/ending to the whole tv series.

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          ChatGPT and I are developing quite a rapport.

          andor is like "and" combined with "or", it is a very logical name for the star wars series


          That’s actually pretty clever—and it would totally fit if Andor was all about Boolean logic, droids debating programming, or Jedi arguing over “both/and” vs. “either/or” choices.

          Unfortunately for math and computer science nerds everywhere, Andor (the Star Wars series) is actually named after the main character, Cassian Andor. But you’re right: his name is an unintentional nerd Easter egg.

          If you take it literally:

          • AND: Both things must be true.
          • OR: At least one must be true.
          • ANDOR: Both? Either? Maybe it’s a show about moral ambiguity—sometimes it’s “and,” sometimes “or.”

          Honestly, the title does end up fitting the show’s themes: Andor is all about the gray areas, tough choices, and resisting black-and-white thinking. You could almost imagine some Imperial officer muttering, “It’s not so simple, it’s Andor.”

          If the next spinoff is called “Xor,” I’m blaming you.

          Education is extremely important.

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            after reading a great history of HMS Bounty, i watched the 1984 movie the bounty with anthony hopkins as bligh and mel gibson as fletcher christian.

            in addition im reading this book:

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            so im rewatching the get back doco with fresh eyes

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              Watched a few movies recently.

              Falling Down (late 80s?) with Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall. Enjoyable, I learned about it from seeing various clips about a normal person freaking out after a stressful day. Fun movie.

              Philomena. I remembered the Oscar buzz around this one, with Steve Coogan and Judy Dench. I enjoyed this one a lot, it’s not terribly long, but a very well written, paced, and resolved story. Nothing crazy but worth it for Dench’s performance alone.

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                Just finished a Taiwan series called "Light the Night". Quite good, I thought. Life, love, drama, and murder in a Taiwan hostess bar in the late 1980's Taipei city. Good acting and very atmospheric.

                Link to video

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                  Just watched “Here”. The entire movie takes place from a single perspective, starring Tom Hanks, directed by Zemeckis, music by Silvestri. If you know that combination, it reminds you of the 90s like Forrest Gump.

                  Anyway, the movie is very unique. Seems almost like a stage play. The editing and computer graphics is a little distracting but also necessary to embed you into decades or even centuries of a story jumping back and forth.

                  I enjoyed the movie if nothing else for being a fresh way to tell a story.

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                    Link to video

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                      Is that an old movie or a recent one?

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                        Recent. There were some parts with really poor CGI, but their de-aging of Hanks was absolutely incredible, reminded me of watching his movies from the 80s.

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                          My favorite part was when the main characters realized that everything important in their lives happened in that room, and they were so afraid to miss something important, they stayed there until they starved to death. It was a strange way to spend the last 80 minutes of the movie, watching them waste away, but it was poignant.

                          Education is extremely important.

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                            Well one character didn’t starve to death and the other characters didn’t technically die from starvation directly, if that makes sense.

                            Basically the twist is Tom Hanks ate his family. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

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                              Well one character didn’t starve to death and the other characters didn’t technically die from starvation directly, if that makes sense.

                              Basically the twist is Tom Hanks ate his family. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

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

                              Well one character didn’t starve to death and the other characters didn’t technically die from starvation directly, if that makes sense.

                              Basically the twist is Tom Hanks ate his family. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

                              Castaway 2: the Reckoning.

                              Education is extremely important.

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