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  • MikM Mik

    Finished Presumed Innocent - ok - started Lady In The Lake. Kind of hard to watch. Stylish but perhaps preachy.

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    @Mik said in What are you watching now?:

    Finished Presumed Innocent - ok -

    I vaguely remember the book - Turow's stories tend to blur together.

    But, I was very disappointed in the double double cross at the ending. Yeah, from a logical standpoint, it could make sense.

    But..really? You want me to believe that?

    started Lady In The Lake. Kind of hard to watch. Stylish but perhaps preachy.

    I didn't even get to the preachy part. Gave up. Should I give it a more extended chance?

    "Stylish?" See my comments on "The Bear's" third season.

    "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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      In Presumed, the family never gelled for me. Never bought them as a family.

      I will give Lady one more try but I don’t generally stick around if I hate all the characters.

      “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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        Supposedly, "Presumed" is up for another season. I hope that they don't fuck it up - again.

        In more hopeful news - "Silo" is coming in November. I enjoyed it - as well as the book(s).

        "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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          Just finished Better Call Saul

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            Anybody try For those about To Die on Peacock?

            “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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              We could use more Better Call Saul.

              I have been watching Breaking Bad lately. I've watched it a couple times.

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              • George KG George K

                Started "Peaky Blinders" the other day. Watched 3 episodes.

                Interesting, but I'm not hopeful that it'll turn out to be warmed-over Sopranos in the 1920s. Sets, costumes, acting are all first-rate (and I love Sam Neill), but the storyline seems pretty recycled.

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                @George-K said in What are you watching now?:

                Started "Peaky Blinders" the other day. Watched 3 episodes.

                Interesting, but I'm not hopeful that it'll turn out to be warmed-over Sopranos in the 1920s. Sets, costumes, acting are all first-rate (and I love Sam Neill), but the storyline seems pretty recycled.

                Very good. Excellent, as a matter of fact.

                Fantastic sets and costumes.

                Each season is 6 episodes, so it's good for a weekend binge.

                Fun watching Cillian Murphy as the head of a crime family.

                It's loosely-based on the gangs in Birmingham who did all kinds of nasty stuff between 1880 and the 1920s.

                I think this is a fan-made video, but it gives you a taste.

                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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                • George KG George K

                  @George-K said in What are you watching now?:

                  Started "Peaky Blinders" the other day. Watched 3 episodes.

                  Interesting, but I'm not hopeful that it'll turn out to be warmed-over Sopranos in the 1920s. Sets, costumes, acting are all first-rate (and I love Sam Neill), but the storyline seems pretty recycled.

                  Very good. Excellent, as a matter of fact.

                  Fantastic sets and costumes.

                  Each season is 6 episodes, so it's good for a weekend binge.

                  Fun watching Cillian Murphy as the head of a crime family.

                  It's loosely-based on the gangs in Birmingham who did all kinds of nasty stuff between 1880 and the 1920s.

                  I think this is a fan-made video, but it gives you a taste.

                  Link to video

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                  @George-K said in What are you watching now?:

                  Very good. Excellent, as a matter of fact.

                  You are hooked

                  I watched it last year, couldn't put it down.

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                    Binged this last weekend. I love thrillers...

                    Link to video

                    Great first episode. A few interesting twists, and then...a totally disappointing and unsatisfying ending.

                    I mean, if you're going to make the bad guy be the bad guy, at least drop some hints throughout the story and not make it an out-of-nowhere surprise.

                    2 out of 5 stars.

                    "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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                      6 part Netflix Docudrama

                      Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War

                      Watched the 1st episode, narrated by Ed Harris. Very well done, engrossing story about the Gunfight at the OK Corral, the Earp Brothers, and all that stuff.

                      Don't know how historically accurate it is, but I'm enjoying.

                      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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                        How do you guys find enough time to watch all of these shows?

                        The Brad

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                        • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                          How do you guys find enough time to watch all of these shows?

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                          @LuFins-Dad said in What are you watching now?:

                          How do you guys find enough time to watch all of these shows?

                          Retire.

                          ETA: Watched one episode (at 1.25 speed) before lunch. G3 came to visit after lunch until about 2:30. Watched another two, and took a nice 45 minute nap.

                          That's how.

                          "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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                            @LuFins-Dad said in What are you watching now?:

                            How do you guys find enough time to watch all of these shows?

                            Retire.

                            ETA: Watched one episode (at 1.25 speed) before lunch. G3 came to visit after lunch until about 2:30. Watched another two, and took a nice 45 minute nap.

                            That's how.

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                            @George-K said in What are you watching now?:

                            @LuFins-Dad said in What are you watching now?:

                            How do you guys find enough time to watch all of these shows?

                            Retire.

                            That’s 10 years away with Trump and 24 with Kamala…

                            The Brad

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                            • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                              How do you guys find enough time to watch all of these shows?

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                              @LuFins-Dad said in What are you watching now?:

                              How do you guys find enough time to watch all of these shows?

                              Also spent about 2 hours re-reading Walker's book on sleep.

                              "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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                                Binging west world which I’ve never seen

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                                  Binging west world which I’ve never seen

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                                  @bachophile said in What are you watching now?:

                                  Binging west world which I’ve never seen

                                  It's oddly great for the first couple of seasons. Then, it gets just odd with a sort-of unsatisfying finale. It was "good enough" as an ending, but the series was cancelled before they could wrap it up properly.

                                  "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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                                    Dark Winds S2. First episode very good at setting the season.

                                    “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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                                    • George KG George K

                                      6 part Netflix Docudrama

                                      Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War

                                      Watched the 1st episode, narrated by Ed Harris. Very well done, engrossing story about the Gunfight at the OK Corral, the Earp Brothers, and all that stuff.

                                      Don't know how historically accurate it is, but I'm enjoying.

                                      Link to video

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                                      @George-K said in What are you watching now?:

                                      6 part Netflix Docudrama

                                      Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War

                                      Not bad. Not great, but not bad. An interesting look into the rival between Earp and the Clanton gang. Reading about Earp’s history in Wikipedia, however, reveals this was a very superficial telling of the story which is much more complicated than you think. It portrays her as a kind of antihero, whose reputation is saved in his later life. However, his early life was rather shady And the period after tombstone was equally shady.

                                      It’s not a bad overview of the events complete 1881 and 1882, but it’s very very incomplete.

                                      Watch it at 1.5 speed.

                                      "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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                                        Started this, this PM.

                                        @LuFins-Dad , we have no kids, no chores, and not a thing to do today...

                                        Link to video

                                        Sasha Baron Cohen is great in this (mostly) true story.

                                        Two episodes in - I'm hooked.

                                        "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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                                          Starting this. Looks great.

                                          https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/netflix/netflix-just-added-my-favorite-detective-show-of-the-year-stream-the-entire-first-season-now

                                          “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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