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  • D Doctor Phibes
    4 Jun 2021, 12:47

    Ragnarok

    A very different take on the Thor story from the Marvel guys - it's Norwegian made, and very not-Hollywood. On Netflix. Mrs. Phibes started watching it, and I ended up joining in. Still not quite sure about it, but it's interesting.

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    Mik
    wrote on 4 Jun 2021, 14:58 last edited by
    #177

    @doctor-phibes said in What are you watching now?:

    Ragnarok

    A very different take on the Thor story from the Marvel guys - it's Norwegian made, and very not-Hollywood. On Netflix. Mrs. Phibes started watching it, and I ended up joining in. Still not quite sure about it, but it's interesting.

    Ooh...just watched the trailer for season 1... that's next up for us. I can see the treatment and who the giants are.

    “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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      Loki
      wrote on 4 Jun 2021, 18:21 last edited by
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      Mare of Eastown is so good. When you witness great acting and great writing it reminds you that you tolerated a lot of okay stuff.

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        4 Jun 2021, 18:21

        Mare of Eastown is so good. When you witness great acting and great writing it reminds you that you tolerated a lot of okay stuff.

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        George K
        wrote on 4 Jun 2021, 18:48 last edited by
        #179

        @loki said in What are you watching now?:

        Mare of Eastown

        Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to check it out.

        Currently watching "Cardinal" on HULU - Canadian cop show set in the fictional town of Algonquin Bay (actually filmed in Sudbury, and North Bay where my family and I vacationed a couple of times when I was a kid - on Lake Nipissing).

        Interesting characters and it's, to say the least, "gritty." And by "gritty" I'm talking about decapitations and amputations, not to mention torture.

        "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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        • D Doctor Phibes
          4 Jun 2021, 12:47

          Ragnarok

          A very different take on the Thor story from the Marvel guys - it's Norwegian made, and very not-Hollywood. On Netflix. Mrs. Phibes started watching it, and I ended up joining in. Still not quite sure about it, but it's interesting.

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          jodi
          wrote on 4 Jun 2021, 19:46 last edited by
          #180

          @doctor-phibes I watched the firsts season,
          But haven’t started in the second yet.

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          • G George K
            4 Jun 2021, 18:48

            @loki said in What are you watching now?:

            Mare of Eastown

            Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to check it out.

            Currently watching "Cardinal" on HULU - Canadian cop show set in the fictional town of Algonquin Bay (actually filmed in Sudbury, and North Bay where my family and I vacationed a couple of times when I was a kid - on Lake Nipissing).

            Interesting characters and it's, to say the least, "gritty." And by "gritty" I'm talking about decapitations and amputations, not to mention torture.

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            Mik
            wrote on 4 Jun 2021, 20:52 last edited by
            #181

            @george-k said in What are you watching now?:

            @loki said in What are you watching now?:

            Mare of Eastown

            Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to check it out.

            Currently watching "Cardinal" on HULU - Canadian cop show set in the fictional town of Algonquin Bay (actually filmed in Sudbury, and North Bay where my family and I vacationed a couple of times when I was a kid - on Lake Nipissing).

            Interesting characters and it's, to say the least, "gritty." And by "gritty" I'm talking about decapitations and amputations, not to mention torture.

            Didja go see The Big Nickel?

            “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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            • M Mik
              4 Jun 2021, 20:52

              @george-k said in What are you watching now?:

              @loki said in What are you watching now?:

              Mare of Eastown

              Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to check it out.

              Currently watching "Cardinal" on HULU - Canadian cop show set in the fictional town of Algonquin Bay (actually filmed in Sudbury, and North Bay where my family and I vacationed a couple of times when I was a kid - on Lake Nipissing).

              Interesting characters and it's, to say the least, "gritty." And by "gritty" I'm talking about decapitations and amputations, not to mention torture.

              Didja go see The Big Nickel?

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              George K
              wrote on 4 Jun 2021, 20:54 last edited by
              #182

              @mik said in What are you watching now?:

              Didja go see The Big Nickel?

              :man-shrugging:

              "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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                Mik
                wrote on 5 Jun 2021, 14:13 last edited by
                #183

                Geddouddahere. You were in Sudbury and didn't see the Big Nickel?

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                “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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                • M Mik
                  4 Jun 2021, 14:58

                  @doctor-phibes said in What are you watching now?:

                  Ragnarok

                  A very different take on the Thor story from the Marvel guys - it's Norwegian made, and very not-Hollywood. On Netflix. Mrs. Phibes started watching it, and I ended up joining in. Still not quite sure about it, but it's interesting.

                  Ooh...just watched the trailer for season 1... that's next up for us. I can see the treatment and who the giants are.

                  M Away
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                  Mik
                  wrote on 5 Jun 2021, 14:16 last edited by
                  #184

                  @mik said in What are you watching now?:

                  @doctor-phibes said in What are you watching now?:

                  Ragnarok

                  A very different take on the Thor story from the Marvel guys - it's Norwegian made, and very not-Hollywood. On Netflix. Mrs. Phibes started watching it, and I ended up joining in. Still not quite sure about it, but it's interesting.

                  Ooh...just watched the trailer for season 1... that's next up for us. I can see the treatment and who the giants are.

                  Watched S1 E1 last night. Interesting, if a bit teen oriented. MFR did not like it because of the heart eating thing.

                  “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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                  • M Mik
                    5 Jun 2021, 14:13

                    Geddouddahere. You were in Sudbury and didn't see the Big Nickel?

                    alt text

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                    George K
                    wrote on 5 Jun 2021, 19:36 last edited by
                    #185

                    @mik said in What are you watching now?:

                    Geddouddahere. You were in Sudbury and didn't see the Big Nickel?

                    "On July 27, 1964, the park was officially opened. "

                    I would guess that I was 13 years old when we stayed up there, perhaps 14 on our second vacation. That park wasn't open then (I was born in 1950), and we only traveled to Sudbury one time, iirc. Our cottage was on the south shore of Lake Nipissing, and if we needed anything, we'd go to North Bay. Sudbury was a 60 mile drive.

                    And, after all, why go there?

                    "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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                    • M Mik
                      5 Jun 2021, 14:16

                      @mik said in What are you watching now?:

                      @doctor-phibes said in What are you watching now?:

                      Ragnarok

                      A very different take on the Thor story from the Marvel guys - it's Norwegian made, and very not-Hollywood. On Netflix. Mrs. Phibes started watching it, and I ended up joining in. Still not quite sure about it, but it's interesting.

                      Ooh...just watched the trailer for season 1... that's next up for us. I can see the treatment and who the giants are.

                      Watched S1 E1 last night. Interesting, if a bit teen oriented. MFR did not like it because of the heart eating thing.

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                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on 5 Jun 2021, 20:35 last edited by
                      #186

                      @mik said in What are you watching now?:

                      @mik said in What are you watching now?:

                      @doctor-phibes said in What are you watching now?:

                      Ragnarok

                      A very different take on the Thor story from the Marvel guys - it's Norwegian made, and very not-Hollywood. On Netflix. Mrs. Phibes started watching it, and I ended up joining in. Still not quite sure about it, but it's interesting.

                      Ooh...just watched the trailer for season 1... that's next up for us. I can see the treatment and who the giants are.

                      Watched S1 E1 last night. Interesting, if a bit teen oriented. MFR did not like it because of the heart eating thing.

                      Mrs. Phibes watches a lot of teen-oriented shows, although she denies this. Even my daughter thought it was a bit depressing, and she watches the bleakest stuff imaginable.

                      I was only joking

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                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote on 12 Jun 2021, 21:13 last edited by
                        #187

                        Clarkson's Farm on Amazon.

                        Jeremy Clarkson has owned a farm since 2008. Now he's decided to run it. The first episode was interesting, and funny.

                        He's hopelessly out of his depth, but is getting a fair bit of help from people who aren't.

                        Incidentally, my paternal Uncle lives about 20 minutes from Clarkson - I haven't seen him since my brother's christening in 1966. Family argument.

                        I was only joking

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                          George K
                          wrote on 12 Jun 2021, 21:14 last edited by
                          #188

                          Thanks for the recommendation. Is he still an ass on this show?

                          "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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                          • G George K
                            12 Jun 2021, 21:14

                            Thanks for the recommendation. Is he still an ass on this show?

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                            Doctor Phibes
                            wrote on 12 Jun 2021, 21:41 last edited by
                            #189

                            @george-k said in What are you watching now?:

                            Thanks for the recommendation. Is he still an ass on this show?

                            He's still very much Jeremy Clarkson, but not nearly as much of an ass as normal - he needs to get a lot of help from the locals. I suspect he's more being himself than he is on Top Gear.

                            I was only joking

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                            • D Doctor Phibes
                              12 Jun 2021, 21:41

                              @george-k said in What are you watching now?:

                              Thanks for the recommendation. Is he still an ass on this show?

                              He's still very much Jeremy Clarkson, but not nearly as much of an ass as normal - he needs to get a lot of help from the locals. I suspect he's more being himself than he is on Top Gear.

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                              George K
                              wrote on 12 Jun 2021, 21:49 last edited by
                              #190

                              @doctor-phibes said in What are you watching now?:

                              not nearly as much of an ass as normal

                              Is this the post where "twat" is appropriate?

                              "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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                                Doctor Phibes
                                wrote on 12 Jun 2021, 22:11 last edited by
                                #191

                                It's worth watching just for Gerald in episode 2.

                                I was only joking

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                                  taiwan_girl
                                  wrote on 14 Jun 2021, 01:23 last edited by
                                  #192

                                  Just finished "Back to 1989", a Taiwan romantic comedy. It is about a guy who accidentally goes back to 1989, the year before he was born. He grew up never knowing who his father was, and his mother never spoke of him. She seemed bitter and unhappy since he has been growing up.

                                  So, of course where he ends up in 1989, he meets his mother, etc.

                                  Definitely not a classic, but a fun watch. I give it a "thumbs up"

                                  Link to video

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                                  • D Doctor Phibes
                                    12 Jun 2021, 22:11

                                    It's worth watching just for Gerald in episode 2.

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 14 Jun 2021, 01:26 last edited by
                                    #193

                                    @doctor-phibes said in What are you watching now?:

                                    It's worth watching just for Gerald in episode 2.

                                    Indeed. I watched it this afternoon. Mutton....

                                    I turned on subtitles, and it still didn't make any sense.

                                    Clarkson's GF seems to be kind of teh hawt. What's she doing hanging out with this guy whose net worth is $60 million?

                                    "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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                                      Mik
                                      wrote on 17 Jun 2021, 19:54 last edited by
                                      #194

                                      Hey Phibes, getting into Ragnarok. Interestingly done.

                                      “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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                                      • D Doctor Phibes
                                        12 Jun 2021, 21:13

                                        Clarkson's Farm on Amazon.

                                        Jeremy Clarkson has owned a farm since 2008. Now he's decided to run it. The first episode was interesting, and funny.

                                        He's hopelessly out of his depth, but is getting a fair bit of help from people who aren't.

                                        Incidentally, my paternal Uncle lives about 20 minutes from Clarkson - I haven't seen him since my brother's christening in 1966. Family argument.

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 26 Jun 2021, 14:07 last edited by
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                                        @doctor-phibes said in What are you watching now?:

                                        Clarkson's Farm on Amazon.

                                        Jeremy Clarkson has owned a farm since 2008. Now he's decided to run it. The first episode was interesting, and funny.

                                        He's hopelessly out of his depth, but is getting a fair bit of help from people who aren't.

                                        Incidentally, my paternal Uncle lives about 20 minutes from Clarkson - I haven't seen him since my brother's christening in 1966. Family argument.

                                        Clarkson delivers a lamb.

                                        "C'mon sheep!"

                                        "I did a thing!"

                                        "Look at that, no epidural, no shouting 'ow, ow, ow,' no yelling 'I hate you!'"

                                        "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
                                          wrote on 26 Jun 2021, 16:52 last edited by
                                          #196

                                          Screen Shot 2021-06-26 at 11.51.13 AM.png

                                          On the eighth of 24 30-minute lectures.

                                          Really enjoying, and it's simple enough to understand by a moron like me.

                                          "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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