What are you watching now?
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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."
@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 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.
@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/
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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.
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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.
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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."
@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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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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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.
@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.
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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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@LuFins-Dad Try Danny Go, catchy songs. Not as fun to watch maybe as Ms Linky though.
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This movie hits differently, now that I've been the target of death threats due to my own courageous reporting. Cate Blanchett is excellent. I hope she plays me when they make a movie of my life. Though it's more likely that I'll be portrayed by a black woman.
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@mark said in What are you watching now?:
I just finished watching it on Netflix.
Enjoyed it.
I liked that one, too. What a complicated person he was.
Beautiful music, though. Nobody else like him.
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@mark said in What are you watching now?:
I just finished watching it on Netflix.
Enjoyed it.
I liked that one, too. What a complicated person he was.
Beautiful music, though. Nobody else like him.
@Doctor-Phibes said in What are you watching now?:
@mark said in What are you watching now?:
I just finished watching it on Netflix.
Enjoyed it.
I liked that one, too. What a complicated person he was.
Beautiful music, though. Nobody else like him.
Agree. A rarity among humans.
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Link to video
Good documentary of sorts. Brought back lots of memories as I was a young lad when he earned some of his final stats... 5K strikeouts, 6th and 7th no hitter, etc. Worth a view if you're a baseball fan.
His stats are bananas btw. Threw 108 MPH (fastest ever), but in terms of no-hitters, etc:
No hitters: 7
1-hitters: 12
2-hitters: 18
3-hitters: 31That'll never happen again. All teams use pitch counts now... back in the 70s and 80s you could let your starting pitcher go the whole game if he felt good.
SIDE NOTE... From this, I've gone back and started watching The Natural again. Yes I've seen it before a few times, but mostly as a kid. And I've watched the famous scenes a few times. Great music... but as an adult now, I chuckle at some of the scenes (like Brimley as the coach) and the grumbling. Also, the opening 15 minutes... both beautiful as well as really scripted to get the story to a jump start. Could border on corny/forced but ultimately is beautiful What a great movie for baseball fans, too.
