What are you watching now?
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@george-k said in What are you watching now?:
Really enjoying, and it's simple enough to understand by a moron like me.
Yeah...don't overdo it.
The lecturer is good, and he explains things very clearly. However, if you do more than 4 lectures in a day (about 2 hours) your brain will start to hurt.
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Just finished the first season of Katla. A little slow at times, kind of creepy, but the story was interesting, kind of unexpected, and the scenery/cinematography was fascinating. You can watch it in English, they do a good job with the dubbing.
Been watching DCI Banks and I can’t believe they just killed off my favorite character!
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Mrs. Phibes loves Bosch. I would do too, if I had more time. I've read quite a few of the books, which are also great.
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@doctor-phibes said in What are you watching now?:
Mrs. Phibes loves Bosch. I would do too, if I had more time.
You know they're doing a spinoff?
Bosch, Honey Chandler, Billetts and Maddie all return.
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@george-k said in What are you watching now?:
@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!'"
Up through the 4th episode, it’s interesting…
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"My pronouns are FA/FO." - Mik, 2024
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I have tried to watch "The Wire" several times. I always got lost in the characters (there are SO MANY bad guys!), the dialog and the slang. Invariably, I'd give up after about 3 episodes.
So, I thought I'd give it another shot, with subtitles.
Very good. Very gritty. Lots of NSFW language, and comments that would get you thrown off the air today.
Started season 2 yesterday, and I think it's better.
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Now binging Lilyhammer on Netflix. Hysterical.
With Steven van Zandt ( guitar for Bruce btw) as a New York mafioso living incognito in Norway.
Italian Brooklyn meets countryside Norway.
Lots of LOL. Recommended.
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Lilyhammer is a classic. I don't know how you missed it all these years. Paulie Walnuts (from the Sopranos) makes an appearance in later episodes.
The Wire? A masterpiece. So difficult to get into, but it's absolutely brilliant with multiple storylines that intersect. Make the effort.
I've always enjoyed lawyer shoes, going back to LA Law. I (mostly) enjoyed Suits, until Meghan Markle became a major character - didn't like her before Harry, even.
So, I'm binging through "The Good Fight." It's a spinoff of "The Good Wife" which was a lot of fun. If you want to see full-blown TDS, "The Good Fight" has it up to 11. One episode deals with impeaching him, another with the Moscow hookers. They even use the "fine people on both sides" line. If you can get past the horrifying partisanship, it's not too bad - it's popcorn TV, as was "The Good Wife."
"The Wire" is definitely not popcorn. It's steak and a single-malt.
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"My pronouns are FA/FO." - Mik, 2024
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Just finished What Killed Michael Brown?. Had to rent it from Amazon Prime, I don't think there's a free way to see it. Highly recommended. Unless you're a white progressive who enjoys your smug self satisfaction that you're on the right side of history. Maybe that lot should avoid this.
Shelby Steele is great. I'd never heard much of him (of course! he doesn't say the right things about race, so why would I have heard of him?) but the voice-over he wrote for that documentary was chock full of quote-worthy profundity.
Education is extremely important.
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@horace said in What are you watching now?:
Just finished What Killed Michael Brown?. Had to rent it from Amazon Prime, I don't think there's a free way to see it. Highly recommended. Unless you're a white progressive who enjoys your smug self satisfaction that you're on the right side of history. Maybe that lot should avoid this.
Shelby Steele is great. I'd never heard much of him (of course! he doesn't say the right things about race, so why would I have heard of him?) but the voice-over he wrote for that documentary was chock full of quote-worthy profundity.
An excellent conversation about the documentary between Loury and McWhorter:
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Binged through "Homecoming" on Amazon Prime.
Premise is that there's an extra-governmental company that is tasked with "helping" veterans deal with PTSD. Their "help" is rather nefarious, to say the least. Lots of time-shifting in the first season, but it works well.
Two seasons, a total of 17 episodes, each about 30 minutes long. Julia Roberts stars in the 1st season. Other cast members are Bobby Cannavale and Shea Wingham (Boardwalk Empire).
Not great, but not bad, especially when you can take it in 30 minute bites.
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Sounds intriguing - corrupt FBI agent in Boston still interested in solving crimes, while trying to keep his life together.
But...
Kevin Bacon with a 1990s mustache doing a Boston accent? Think Al Pacino in "Scarface," but not as good.
Too many storylines that are only remotely related.
What made "The Sopranos" so good was that, despite Tony's true evil nature, there was just something likable about him and his family. There's none of that likability here - in anyone. Bacon's wife is a simpering whiny bitch, his mother-in-law is a nasty bitch. The DA is conflicted between justice and politics.
And, why set a show in the 1990s? Just to show old unattractive cars and CRT computer screens?
Watched 4 episodes and said "screw it."
"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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