the first two Seasons of Mad Men are definitely rewatchable. I noticed a slight decline afterwards, although I did watch the whole run.
Bad news about Westworld S2. maybe I'll just watch the opening episode and see if it's to my taste.
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the first two Seasons of Mad Men are definitely rewatchable. I noticed a slight decline afterwards, although I did watch the whole run.
Bad news about Westworld S2. maybe I'll just watch the opening episode and see if it's to my taste.
the country was still in lockdown and it was scorching hot outside. there was nothing else to do lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Sense-A
they put Hannibal on netflix. currently watching that
Billions S1 & S2
Gone With The Wind.
Had you seen it before?Quote:
Originally Posted by ShaDynasty
the BBC put the Fawlty Towers episode back online
on 'Billions' (S4 by now) : very good song picks on there
Yeah I had seen it a long time ago. It takes the right mood to sit down and watch an almost 4 hour film. It's an exceptionally well made film, regardless of the casual racism. Only thing that was goofy as hell was the daughter falling off the pony and dying. She fell like 2 feet for fucks sake. But thats nitpicking, the movie is 80 years old so you can't expect amazing special effects.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hal Incandenza
I never heard of the Fawlty Towers stuff. People should be more grown up about these things, it shouldn't be a revelation every time somebody discovers that SHOCK-HORROR! people from 10 plus years ago don't have the same attitudes and vocabulary as people today. Modern social/popular culture is pathetic, young people are soft as fuck.
'The Deuce'. The pilot was reasonably interesting, I might check out the full first season. The seventies era is a big plus for me on this one
Still liking 'The Deuce'
Watching the 'Aquaman' movie for the first time. 20 minutes in and this movie looks pretty dumb so far with the cgi fishies outacting the actors ...
It is dumb. Turned that shit off 15 mins in. Don't get the love for Wonder Woman either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hal Incandenza
'Youth' with Michael Caine & Harvey Keitel. hypnotizingly slow. very contemplative
^ Sounds interesting, might have to find it.
I've been watching Brian Cox's The Planets. He explains the history of our solar system, with incredible photo-realistic graphics. It's pretty cool.
'Ghost in the shell' w/ ScarJo : one third in and bettet than expected
I watched the 1995 anime ages ago and tbh I didn't get all of it (possibly plotholes or just me being me). great atmosphere and graphics though
^^this is American but was it a hit in the US? it was one of the all year top hits in Western Europe in 1999.
the vid w/ the GITS graphics was the official vid for Europe. it was on tv ALL the time. Still love this song
I thought I would watch the GITS remake, but I'm such a big fan of the 2 movies and 2 series that it doesn't appeal. It's a deep story, and to my mind it's a close approximation of where our society will probably be in 20 or so years.
I won't watch the newer anime versions they've released either, they look like trash. The remake doesn't look bad, but it's the same story so I don't need to see it.
It's definitely the same story, including finale and all, so there's nothing new there storywise.
Sha since you are into anime, I was wondering ... are you familiar w/ this other AMV by the same act (Wamdue Project = DJ Chris Brann + writer / studio singer Gaelle Adison+ female vocalist on tour Victoria Blackstone). maybe you'll enjoy this one :
^^someone did a frame by frame remaster of the original vid, which must have taken a lot of work. looks good! the same was done for 'King of my castle' but that one isn't on YT anymore
anime footage from 'Patlabor 2 : The Movie' (1993)
before today I was unfamiliar with both the song and the anime (I know next to nothing about anime)
'Arrival', good scifi. Amy Adams is great here, the plot is intelligent and I like the focus on communication
I don't know the song but it's got a nice groove, the anime is a classic, a cerebral political thriller with giant robots. The writer is Mamoru Oshii who also made GITS among a lot of other excellent films.
Yeah I thought this was really well done. That director has a crazy filmography so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hal Incandenza
Started watching the tv series watchmen, it's full of a lot of woke nonsense.
I liked it. good plot and well connected to the graphic novel in terms of characters and atmosphere. but the original graphic novel and the extended cut of the movie based upon it were MUCH richer in ethics : moral choices to be made, which to me was the most interesting thing about the whole storyQuote:
Originally Posted by The Collector
when you finish the show, can you tell me whether you think the storyline on racism was about moral choices or just a plot element for conspiracies?
Upgrade - Solid Sci-fi action, pretty good.
'Veep', just something lighthearted in between other shows. I like the pace of the show. Good follow up on story lines spanning various episodes for a comedy show too, it's not just an episode based show like sitcoms mostly are
Fantastic show with a great lead actor. Check out the show 'The Thick Of It' and 'In The Loop' too, they're the UK versions Iannucci made first.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hal Incandenza
^^thanks, I'll check them out
I have never watched Seinfeld, so New Adventures Of Old Christine was my first time discovering Julia Louis Dreyfus and I have been a fan of her ever since
Never watched Seinfeld?! You gotta watch it man, it's the greatest sitcom bar none.Quote:
Originally Posted by David Daniel Davis
I've been rewatching it recently, actually I've been watching some of the DVD commentaries. It's amazing how modern it feels still, both in the attitudes of the characters and observations that are still true.
A lot of comedies from the 90s really seem dated and old fashioned now, but Seinfeld was way ahead.
Yeah. I think it comes on at eleven o'clock in the evening on WPIX.. Will have to check it out sometime
I enjoyed every last minute of 'The Veep'. Not easy to put believable dramatic moments in a comedy but Julia Louis- Dreyfus (the only dramatic moments revolve around her character) is great at both comedy and drama. Too bad I can't watch Seinfeld again nor New Adventures of Old Christine, which I never saw. As far as I can tell they're not included on any pay-per-view channels round here. Might go for DVDs too somewhere down the line.
Now with watching 'The Veep' after 'Billions' it strikes me how most characters on 'The Veep' and just about everybody on 'Billions' except for a few guys on Axelrod's team I still felt like rooting for all the characters on 'The Veep' while slowly getting disgusted by all the characters on 'Billions'. While most everybody is backstabbing each other on both shows. Is it due to characters being inept for comedic effect on 'The Veep' or is it because there seems deeply ingrained hate woven into the plotlines of 'Billions'? I am clearly enjoying both shows fir different reasons.
I tried watching Billions but I couldn't get into it. The characters are not at all sympathetic, eg Damian Lewis' performance seemed to be based on pre-politics Trump. I might try it again at some point, it seems like a well done show.
I think you're right, a show like Veep takes shots at the political system, incompetence so you don't end up hating the characters like you would in real life, or in a drama. There are a lot of comedy characters who are narcissistic and uncaring who would be villains if they were played straight.
Plus of course good comedy characters/actors are generally charming and likeable.
Westerns
And Now... Make Your Peace with God | WESTERN Movie | Full Cowboy Movie | Free Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2IZutES9xM
I'm watching Ad Astra on 4K blu ray. Gorgeous film.
'Der Pass', English title 'Pagan Peak', an 8 parter about a serial killer in the woods on the German-Austrian border. 2 episodes in so far, I'd say a 7 out of 10. Good landscape shots, pretty slow pace, there's a subplot about one of the detectives' previous cased in there too. It's in German but comes to foreign markets with a different English title so a subbed or even dubbed version might be out there. It's very recent, 2019 I think.
^^the show makes use of the Krampus folklore, the bad companion of St Nicholas. While St Nicholas gives the children a treat, Krampus (dressed up as a demon from the woods) punishes them
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus
apparently visits of groups of people dressed up as St Nicholas, his wife and various Krampuses to both adults and children are a common occurence in mid Europe. New to me. (The local St Nicholas tradition is different, w/ a helper in blackface, supposedly a Moor from Spain)
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2a/9e...13bea56a95.jpg
'The Bay', a recent 6 episode British crime series about the disappearance of twin teens. pretty good, with a few credible plot twists. good main actress, Scottish Morven Christie. I'd say 7 out of 10. I watched the whole thing in one go, which amounts to about 300 minutes
https://i0.wp.com/metro.co.uk/wp-con...44%2C429&ssl=1
Road House
'Easy A'
Been about 24 years since I read 'The Scarlet Letter' at uni. Time flies!
'John Carter'. Too long, no comic relief and no stand out characters. Good actors like Mark Strong and Ciaran Hinds can't save this one.