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What are you watching now?

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    Mik
    wrote on 31 Jan 2024, 14:59 last edited by
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    Masters Of The Air, of course.

    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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      Mik
      wrote on 31 Jan 2024, 19:46 last edited by
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      Oh, I watched e1 of Griselda. Very cliche. Queen of the South was a better story.

      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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      • H Horace
        31 Jan 2024, 03:10

        Just watched Nefarious on Prime. Free and no commercials for some reason. I was surprised that it was a Christian morality play with high production values, good script, good acting, not cringey. Overt with some of the culture stuff, no more so than your typical mainstream moralizing in the opposite direction though. It has 33% in the tomato meter, with a 96% audience rating.

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        Jolly
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        @Horace said in What are you watching now?:

        Just watched Nefarious on Prime. Free and no commercials for some reason. I was surprised that it was a Christian morality play with high production values, good script, good acting, not cringey. Overt with some of the culture stuff, no more so than your typical mainstream moralizing in the opposite direction though. It has 33% in the tomato meter, with a 96% audience rating.

        Don't trust the tomato meter anymore. I go by audience ratings. Too many darn woke critics.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          kluurs
          wrote on 31 Jan 2024, 21:32 last edited by
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          Ditto - critics are worthless.

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            Horace
            wrote on 4 Feb 2024, 16:18 last edited by
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            I watched three S Craig Zahler movies, and like all of them a lot. Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cellblock 99, Dragged Across Concrete. Heavy Tarantino vibes. They won't be to everybody's taste, but the actors are excellent and the stories are excellent. I mistook these movies for B level action movie cash grabs like Bruce Willis did towards the end of his career, but they are not. They are real pieces of art.

            Education is extremely important.

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            • M Mik
              31 Jan 2024, 14:59

              Masters Of The Air, of course.

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              George K
              wrote on 4 Feb 2024, 16:30 last edited by
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              @Mik said in What are you watching now?:

              Masters Of The Air, of course.

              Caught up with it yesterday AM.

              Beautifully shot, the CGI is really good and the costumes and sets are great as well.

              But...

              Unlike "Band of Brothers," I'm not getting a sense of who's who in the story. Yeah, Buck and Bucky are the leads, but there are so many others whose stories are barely touched upon. Too many people to present a coherent story of "let's follow these guys."

              Lots of disposable characters as well (yeah, but it's about bombers over Europe, so there's that) whom you never get to know, so their loss is inconsequential to the drama.

              So far, not as good as "The Pacific" and not close to "Band of Brothers."

              "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 9 Feb 2024, 18:04 last edited by
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                Enjoying Wednesday. Great show, very original.

                Just this minute finished Strange New Worlds. Very good episode, hate the cliffhanger.

                "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                • G George K
                  4 Feb 2024, 16:30

                  @Mik said in What are you watching now?:

                  Masters Of The Air, of course.

                  Caught up with it yesterday AM.

                  Beautifully shot, the CGI is really good and the costumes and sets are great as well.

                  But...

                  Unlike "Band of Brothers," I'm not getting a sense of who's who in the story. Yeah, Buck and Bucky are the leads, but there are so many others whose stories are barely touched upon. Too many people to present a coherent story of "let's follow these guys."

                  Lots of disposable characters as well (yeah, but it's about bombers over Europe, so there's that) whom you never get to know, so their loss is inconsequential to the drama.

                  So far, not as good as "The Pacific" and not close to "Band of Brothers."

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                  Mik
                  wrote on 9 Feb 2024, 18:07 last edited by
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                  @George-K yeah, BoB was all about the people. MoA has not really established that yet. I believe I read that about 70% died so it might be hard to do that.

                  "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                  • M Mik
                    9 Feb 2024, 18:07

                    @George-K yeah, BoB was all about the people. MoA has not really established that yet. I believe I read that about 70% died so it might be hard to do that.

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                    George K
                    wrote on 9 Feb 2024, 20:09 last edited by
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                    @Mik said in What are you watching now?:

                    @George-K yeah, BoB was all about the people. MoA has not really established that yet.

                    I just finished E4. It's only now that I'm understanding who some of the characters are, Buck, Bucky, Croz...

                    But you're right. I really don't feel like I know any of these guys - yet.

                    https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/bomber-crew-in-wwii-was-deadly/

                    "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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                      Copper
                      wrote on 9 Feb 2024, 20:19 last edited by
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                      The Wild, Wild West on Amazon Prime

                      Now with advertising

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                        Rainman
                        wrote on 9 Feb 2024, 21:01 last edited by
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                        Diesel Creek
                        On YouTube.
                        Does that count?

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                          kluurs
                          wrote on 9 Feb 2024, 21:06 last edited by kluurs 2 Oct 2024, 00:58
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                          Watched Ann with and E - horrible show. One hates the lead character.

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                            Jolly
                            wrote on 9 Feb 2024, 21:41 last edited by
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                            Our Man in India.

                            James May crosses the country, in typical fashion.

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                              George K
                              wrote on 10 Feb 2024, 23:33 last edited by George K 2 Oct 2024, 23:34
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                              Dr. Brain

                              After losing his family in a mysterious accident, Sewon, a brilliant brain scientist, tries to solve what happened. He performs "brain syncs" with the deceased in order to search for clues hidden in their memories, but it becomes difficult to separate those memories from his own experiences.

                              Watched half an hour of the first episode (first with subtitles, then dubbed). Gave up.

                              Stupid.

                              Link to video

                              "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 11 Feb 2024, 13:30 last edited by
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                                Sounds stupid. Watched MotA e4 last night. Pretty good but one a week is frustrating.

                                "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                                • M Mik
                                  11 Feb 2024, 13:30

                                  Sounds stupid. Watched MotA e4 last night. Pretty good but one a week is frustrating.

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                                  Aqua Letifer
                                  wrote on 11 Feb 2024, 15:50 last edited by
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                                  @Mik said in What are you watching now?:

                                  Sounds stupid. Watched MotA e4 last night. Pretty good but one a week is frustrating.

                                  Same.

                                  Please love yourself.

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                                  • G George K
                                    4 Feb 2024, 16:30

                                    @Mik said in What are you watching now?:

                                    Masters Of The Air, of course.

                                    Caught up with it yesterday AM.

                                    Beautifully shot, the CGI is really good and the costumes and sets are great as well.

                                    But...

                                    Unlike "Band of Brothers," I'm not getting a sense of who's who in the story. Yeah, Buck and Bucky are the leads, but there are so many others whose stories are barely touched upon. Too many people to present a coherent story of "let's follow these guys."

                                    Lots of disposable characters as well (yeah, but it's about bombers over Europe, so there's that) whom you never get to know, so their loss is inconsequential to the drama.

                                    So far, not as good as "The Pacific" and not close to "Band of Brothers."

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                                    89th
                                    wrote on 14 Feb 2024, 16:15 last edited by
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                                    @George-K said in What are you watching now?:

                                    @Mik said in What are you watching now?:

                                    Masters Of The Air, of course.

                                    Caught up with it yesterday AM.

                                    Beautifully shot, the CGI is really good and the costumes and sets are great as well.

                                    But...

                                    Unlike "Band of Brothers," I'm not getting a sense of who's who in the story. Yeah, Buck and Bucky are the leads, but there are so many others whose stories are barely touched upon. Too many people to present a coherent story of "let's follow these guys."

                                    Lots of disposable characters as well (yeah, but it's about bombers over Europe, so there's that) whom you never get to know, so their loss is inconsequential to the drama.

                                    So far, not as good as "The Pacific" and not close to "Band of Brothers."

                                    Just finished The Pacific yesterday. Was better than expected. It didn't have a central character/story from start to finish the way BoB did, so I felt that hurt it a bit, but thought it overall captured the fighting and relationships pretty well. Really hard to try and find "problems" with a show of such quality.

                                    I'm watching a movie right now that I'll mention later, so as not to be spoiled. All I'll say is I've had to had the Closed Captions on the whole time to understand the names/terms used... it would be impossible in a movie theater, I think, to follow along. Anyway, will let you know what it is when I'm done... and no, it's not Tenet.

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                                      89th
                                      wrote on 17 Feb 2024, 05:10 last edited by
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                                      Ok just finished it.

                                      Dune.

                                      Never read the books, but it seems to be a common number one all-time sci-fi listing. Will go find our thread now.

                                      In short, I don’t know how anyone can watch that movie without subtitles, so many original terms and hard to hear. Otherwise I enjoyed the production quality and emersion into that world. Good music, visuals… I feel like I got dropped into an epic sci fi tale without knowing the previous context or the eventual future, but I heard Dune 2 is beyond impressive.

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                                        17 Feb 2024, 05:10

                                        Ok just finished it.

                                        Dune.

                                        Never read the books, but it seems to be a common number one all-time sci-fi listing. Will go find our thread now.

                                        In short, I don’t know how anyone can watch that movie without subtitles, so many original terms and hard to hear. Otherwise I enjoyed the production quality and emersion into that world. Good music, visuals… I feel like I got dropped into an epic sci fi tale without knowing the previous context or the eventual future, but I heard Dune 2 is beyond impressive.

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                                        wrote on 17 Feb 2024, 12:25 last edited by Doctor Phibes
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                                        @89th said in What are you watching now?:

                                        In short, I don’t know how anyone can watch that movie without subtitles

                                        Just read the book first, makes it beyond easy 🤓

                                        The book's not a particularly easy first read for much the same reason, at least I didn't find it so.

                                        I was only joking

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                                          bachophile
                                          wrote on 17 Feb 2024, 17:55 last edited by
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                                          A nearly normal family. Netflix. It’s in Swedish. Crime/family drama.
                                          Two episodes in. Curious enough to keep watching.

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