What are you watching now?
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wrote on 30 Dec 2022, 19:40 last edited by
I recently watched the Netflix documentary "Don't pick up the phone". It's about the string of phone calls placed to fast food places where the caller pretended to be a cop and had employees do salacious things in the guise of police strip searches. Nobody knows how many of these calls happened. Some people went to prison for what they were convinced to do. That's tough. So they were gullible, but it's such a novel situation that few could be prepared for. I would not convict if I were on a jury. It's not a crime to be stupid. Appropriately, the documentary brings up the famous psychological study where normal participants were convinced to shock random people almost to death (or so the participants thought).
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wrote on 6 Jan 2023, 00:09 last edited by
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wrote on 7 Jan 2023, 15:42 last edited by
"The Menu" on HBO Max is a pretty decent dark comedy thriller.
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wrote on 7 Jan 2023, 15:59 last edited by
Finished All Quiet On The Western Front Thursday. Great stuff.
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wrote on 7 Jan 2023, 16:39 last edited by
I saw a story about cop shows, and it cited "True Detective" as being a masterpiece (at least the1st season). So, I'm revisiting that.
I watched the 1st episode this morning. Woody Harrelson, as whack as he can be, is a fabulous actor. And McConaughey is just as good. Watching the subtle, almost imperceptible things these guys do is a delight. It reminds me of the director of "Foyle's War" talking about the star, Michael Kitchen, "Kitchen can do with one look of his eye what would take 10 pages of dialog to convey."
Yeah, it's that good.
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G George K referenced this topic on 14 Jan 2023, 02:19
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wrote on 18 Jan 2023, 22:58 last edited by
"True Detective..."
The first season had a good, but somewhat unsatisfying ending. There was a lot o philosophizing on the part of McCaunghey's character that was fun. It was dark, disturbing, and brilliantly shot.
This scene was all shot in one take. Almost 5 minutes of nonstop action, with no cuts...
Link to videoSecond season stars Colin Ferrell, Amy McAdam, Vince Vaughan, Kelly Reilly (Beth from Yellowstone) and I guy I can't remember. It twists itself into too many plots, too many irrelevant characters. This is a story that could be told in 4 episodes, but is taking 8. Giving up after four.
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wrote on 20 Jan 2023, 23:44 last edited by
Binging through the first half of season 5 of Yellowstone. Actually enjoying quite a bit. I was skeptical of the political turn that it could have taken, but it seems to be working.
Nice backstory on Rip (and Beth).
Jamie becomes more of a snake, if that's possible.
Moar horses. Moar cowboy porn.
Fun
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"True Detective..."
The first season had a good, but somewhat unsatisfying ending. There was a lot o philosophizing on the part of McCaunghey's character that was fun. It was dark, disturbing, and brilliantly shot.
This scene was all shot in one take. Almost 5 minutes of nonstop action, with no cuts...
Link to videoSecond season stars Colin Ferrell, Amy McAdam, Vince Vaughan, Kelly Reilly (Beth from Yellowstone) and I guy I can't remember. It twists itself into too many plots, too many irrelevant characters. This is a story that could be told in 4 episodes, but is taking 8. Giving up after four.
wrote on 21 Jan 2023, 00:11 last edited by@George-K said in What are you watching now?:
"True Detective..."
The first season had a good, but somewhat unsatisfying ending. There was a lot o philosophizing on the part of McCaunghey's character that was fun. It was dark, disturbing, and brilliantly shot.
This scene was all shot in one take. Almost 5 minutes of nonstop action, with no cuts...
Link to videoSecond season stars Colin Ferrell, Amy McAdam, Vince Vaughan, Kelly Reilly (Beth from Yellowstone) and I guy I can't remember. It twists itself into too many plots, too many irrelevant characters. This is a story that could be told in 4 episodes, but is taking 8. Giving up after four.
True Detective is the shit. Easily one of the best shows of the past 10 years.
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wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 15:09 last edited by
just started "the playlist" on netflix,
fictionalized account of how the streaming service spotify got established.
disclaimer: its in swedish. some of us may need subtitles.
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wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 15:11 last edited by
Finished Valhalla yesterday. Not as good as Vikings, but entertaining.
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wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 03:50 last edited by
We're watching 'Three Pines' on Amazon Prime. Decent detective show, set in Quebec, starring Alfred Molina - who's even less Canadian than I am. It's fun, probably not particularly realistic. The last episode was set in a country hotel, and not one of the suspects asked for his lawyer to be present. But who cares?
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We're watching 'Three Pines' on Amazon Prime. Decent detective show, set in Quebec, starring Alfred Molina - who's even less Canadian than I am. It's fun, probably not particularly realistic. The last episode was set in a country hotel, and not one of the suspects asked for his lawyer to be present. But who cares?
wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 03:52 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in What are you watching now?:
We're watching 'Three Pines' on Amazon Prime. Decent detective show, set in Quebec, starring Alfred Molina - who's even less Canadian than I am. It's fun, probably not particularly realistic. The last episode was set in a country hotel, and not one of the suspects asked for his lawyer to be present. But who cares?
That's not true, the douche brother demanded it but then forgot about it after he tried to, y'know...
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@Doctor-Phibes said in What are you watching now?:
We're watching 'Three Pines' on Amazon Prime. Decent detective show, set in Quebec, starring Alfred Molina - who's even less Canadian than I am. It's fun, probably not particularly realistic. The last episode was set in a country hotel, and not one of the suspects asked for his lawyer to be present. But who cares?
That's not true, the douche brother demanded it but then forgot about it after he tried to, y'know...
wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 03:55 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer said in What are you watching now?:
That's not true, the douche brother demanded it but then forgot about it after he tried to, y'know...
Yes, you're right. He asked for a lawyer, but then just carried on talking to the police for about 5 minutes.
I thought it was quite funny how closely he resembled Donald Trump Jnr.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in What are you watching now?:
That's not true, the douche brother demanded it but then forgot about it after he tried to, y'know...
Yes, you're right. He asked for a lawyer, but then just carried on talking to the police for about 5 minutes.
I thought it was quite funny how closely he resembled Donald Trump Jnr.
wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 04:15 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in What are you watching now?:
@Aqua-Letifer said in What are you watching now?:
That's not true, the douche brother demanded it but then forgot about it after he tried to, y'know...
Yes, you're right. He asked for a lawyer, but then just carried on talking to the police for about 5 minutes.
I thought it was quite funny how closely he resembled Donald Trump Jnr.
Probably not a coincidence.
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wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 18:22 last edited by
I finally got around to watching The Wire. Just finished the first season.
Does start out a bit slow and you need to actively watch and listen to get the most out of it. I'm digging it so far.
Also - very 3 dimensional characters of all races on both the "good" and "bad" side. Very refreshing.
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I finally got around to watching The Wire. Just finished the first season.
Does start out a bit slow and you need to actively watch and listen to get the most out of it. I'm digging it so far.
Also - very 3 dimensional characters of all races on both the "good" and "bad" side. Very refreshing.
wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 19:34 last edited by@xenon said in What are you watching now?:
I finally got around to watching The Wire. Just finished the first season.
I found the Wire incomprehensible the first 2 times I tried to watch it.
"FIVE-OH!"
What?
But, you persist and push through it, and you realize what a fantastic piece of drama it is. Vast in scope, great characters, and gritty as hell.
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@xenon said in What are you watching now?:
I finally got around to watching The Wire. Just finished the first season.
I found the Wire incomprehensible the first 2 times I tried to watch it.
"FIVE-OH!"
What?
But, you persist and push through it, and you realize what a fantastic piece of drama it is. Vast in scope, great characters, and gritty as hell.
wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 19:40 last edited by@George-K Definitely a 'subtitles-on' type of show for me.
Even for someone like me that grew up listening to a bunch of gangster rap in the 90's - there's still lots of regional gangsta slang that I didn't know (e.g., cops as 'knockos')
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wrote on 11 Feb 2023, 05:41 last edited by
Just finished Wednesday. It was fun. A decent little show.
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wrote on 11 Feb 2023, 10:38 last edited by jon-nyc
There’s a 4 episode documentary about Madoff on Netflix. Worth the time. Lots of details I had forgotten and/or didn’t know.
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wrote on 13 Feb 2023, 02:40 last edited by George K 3 Oct 2023, 23:50
Bryan Cranston is a judge in New Orleans. His son is involved in a hit and run in which he kills the son of the most powerful mobster in NOLA.
He wants his son to confess, until he learns who the victim of the hit and run is.
Sounds intriguing...
After three episodes....meh. Too much convoluted stuff trying to shoehorn the basic narrative into the Breaking Bad mold of "good guy goes evil."
I'll watch one more.
It was supposed to be a 1-season thing, but it was renewed for a second season. And that, really, trust me, is going to be the last.