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BTW, Rob, Witness was mocking me. CH would not have stood for it.
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The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.
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Just watched the last episode of Umbrella Academy Season 2.
I liked Season 2 more than Season 1. The characters were slightly last whiney and pathetic, and several lingering questions were answered.
The last episode and closing scene were a dozy, but I think I know what happened.....
I liked Season 2 more than Season 1. The characters were slightly last whiney and pathetic, and several lingering questions were answered.
The last episode and closing scene were a dozy, but I think I know what happened.....
Spoiler:
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Just finished the first 7 episodes of Perry Mason on HBO
Wow
It really is amazing
And seriously seriously fucked up
Wow
It really is amazing
And seriously seriously fucked up
still working on Sophrosyne, but I will no doubt end up with Hubris
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Not this series
It’s not at all like the TV shows
Or even the books
It’s not at all like the TV shows
Or even the books
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Except one, Perry lost. It killed the series. (IMS)Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑Tue Aug 04, 2020 12:30 pm Every episode of Perry Mason.
1) Client is falsely accused of murder.
2) ???
3) Perry Mason provokes the real killer into a confession on the witness stand during the trial.
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Good that you learned your lesson. Never do that again.Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 2:13 pm Dug up episode one season one of Bewitched.
I loved that show when I was a little kid but I was pretty sure I'd never seen the premier episode.
Sucked so much I didn't last five minutes.
Maybe if I dug up one of the later episodes with Paul Lynde as the funny uncle? Naah.
I loved watching Perfect Strangers when I was a kid. When I saw it was on YouTube, I looked up one of episodes I remember liking the most. It was the 2 part skiing episode. I made it halfway through the first episode and couldn't take it anymore.
My child brain had no idea it was watching the cringiest thinly disguised homo-erotic mess to ever slide into primetime. I used to love watching Nightcourt too, but I've learned my lesson. Best to hold on to those fuzzy memories of childhood happiness and keep them fuzzy.
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Gunsmoke, Andy Griffith, Dragnet remain great oldies.
Maverick remains worthy also.
Maverick remains worthy also.
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Boarded Greyhound with Tom Hanks and got a copy ... arrrrgh
You know, I really wanted to like it. Tom, WW2, Germans, cannons, ships etc etc. The thing was in his wheelhouse, so to speak.
Problem was that it was a hot mess. High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, explosions,
Then ...
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No idea whats going on. Everybody is bundled up (there was a storm too, I think) so everybody looked alike.
n/b/ you ever notice in a chick flick that everybody other than the main chick look alike? All blond, good looking and interchangeable? That was the way this movie was.
Massive disappointment. Budget, Tom, cannons but a story that was a bumper sticker.
Pity pity pity
You know, I really wanted to like it. Tom, WW2, Germans, cannons, ships etc etc. The thing was in his wheelhouse, so to speak.
Problem was that it was a hot mess. High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, explosions,
Then ...
High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, explosions, High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, explosions, High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, explosions, High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, explosions, High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, explosions, High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, explosions, High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, explosions, High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, explosions, High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, explosions, High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, explosions, High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, explosions, High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, High seas, storms, nighttime, shooting, explosions.
No idea whats going on. Everybody is bundled up (there was a storm too, I think) so everybody looked alike.
n/b/ you ever notice in a chick flick that everybody other than the main chick look alike? All blond, good looking and interchangeable? That was the way this movie was.
Massive disappointment. Budget, Tom, cannons but a story that was a bumper sticker.
Pity pity pity
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Saw the trailer. Looked like “the cruel sea” but starring Americans instead of brits.
Had put it on a “might watch if it appears on Netflix” list. Maybe I’ll remove.
I saw “the big country” for the first time. Very good, though I doubt I’d go as far as Eisenhower and watch it 5 nights in a row.
Had put it on a “might watch if it appears on Netflix” list. Maybe I’ll remove.
I saw “the big country” for the first time. Very good, though I doubt I’d go as far as Eisenhower and watch it 5 nights in a row.
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My Octopus Teacher
Netflix documentary. Worth watching for the cinematography at least.
Netflix documentary. Worth watching for the cinematography at least.
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Rewatched the 3 seasons of Detectorists. Just a pleasant show, pleasant people, believable and pleasant. I pretty much like everything about it.
Been cycling thru series from the UK and Oz and NZ and most dont last beyond 1 episode. Haven't seen a good movie in a while. Do you reach a point of entertainment saturation where every story line is a commonplace?
Thinking of rewatching The Wire and maybe 24.
Downloaded 9 Star Wars movies. Only saw 3 I thinik.
Been cycling thru series from the UK and Oz and NZ and most dont last beyond 1 episode. Haven't seen a good movie in a while. Do you reach a point of entertainment saturation where every story line is a commonplace?
Thinking of rewatching The Wire and maybe 24.
Downloaded 9 Star Wars movies. Only saw 3 I thinik.
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Always with the tentacles, Anax 
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Lower Decks. It's funny as hell and somehow the visuals and themes manage to hit recognizable Trek notes with almost effortless skill. It almost screams "Guys, it isn't that hard to make a Trek show really seem Star Trekky, we managed it with a GAG show."
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Season 2 of The Boys.
Includes this diabetes-inducing little number:
I won't spoil it, but it was a good episode (S2E7 is the latest).
Includes this diabetes-inducing little number:
I won't spoil it, but it was a good episode (S2E7 is the latest).
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Started watching Evil. Didn't expect to like it, but finding it quite enjoyable. If they can maintain the delicate balance between scooby-doo mystery solving and OMG there really IS a demon invasion happening all around us........it could end up being a long lasting show.
I kept thinking that the lead demon is the guy who does the voice for Spongebob. It's not, but I like to believe it is.
I also like Nick Cage as a priest.
I kept thinking that the lead demon is the guy who does the voice for Spongebob. It's not, but I like to believe it is.

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– J.D.
Mob of the Mean: Free beanie, cattle-prod and Charley Fan Club!
"Doctor X is just treating you the way he treats everyone--as subhuman crap too dumb to breathe in after you breathe out." – Don
DocX: FTW. – sparks
"Doctor X wins again." – Pyrrho
"Never sorry to make a racist Fucktard cry." – His Humble MagNIfIcence
"It was the criticisms of Doc X, actually, that let me see more clearly how far the hypocrisy had gone." – clarsct
"I'd leave it up to Doctor X who has been a benevolent tyrant so far." – Grammatron
"Indeed you are a river to your people.
Shit. That's going to end up in your sig." – Pyrrho
"Try a twelve step program and accept Doctor X as your High Power." – asthmatic camel
"just like Doc X said." – gnome
WS CHAMPIONS X4!!!!
NBA CHAMPIONS!! Stanley Cup!
SB CHAMPIONS X6!!!!!! 
"Doctor X is just treating you the way he treats everyone--as subhuman crap too dumb to breathe in after you breathe out." – Don
DocX: FTW. – sparks
"Doctor X wins again." – Pyrrho
"Never sorry to make a racist Fucktard cry." – His Humble MagNIfIcence
"It was the criticisms of Doc X, actually, that let me see more clearly how far the hypocrisy had gone." – clarsct
"I'd leave it up to Doctor X who has been a benevolent tyrant so far." – Grammatron
"Indeed you are a river to your people.
Shit. That's going to end up in your sig." – Pyrrho
"Try a twelve step program and accept Doctor X as your High Power." – asthmatic camel
"just like Doc X said." – gnome




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Watched the first episode of War of the Worlds (Brit version 2019). Pretty good. Added a bit of modern pcness but ok. Seems to be cleaving fairly closely to Wells.
Incidentally Tim Spalls son is in it, Rafe. Good actor.
The same year there was a US remake that was "updated" to the present day. Started it but it was a hot mess.
Rewatching Doc Martin. Harmless fun a la Dectectorists except that the lead character is a shit.
Incidentally Tim Spalls son is in it, Rafe. Good actor.
The same year there was a US remake that was "updated" to the present day. Started it but it was a hot mess.
Rewatching Doc Martin. Harmless fun a la Dectectorists except that the lead character is a shit.
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I watched a few episodes last year, didn't do much. Now I'm totallly fucking engrossed, enthralled, gorging on season 4 now. Best cop detective show since The Wire.
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Glad you are liking it. I found the Killing excellent. As I recall you had some derogatory things to say about the lead actress. You might give it another peek.Rob Lister wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 3:26 pmI watched a few episodes last year, didn't do much. Now I'm totallly fucking engrossed, enthralled, gorging on season 4 now. Best cop detective show since The Wire.
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Season finale was this week. And in just a few weeks DSC Season 3 starts. The Star Trek Must Flow.
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Second episode descended into a morass of tedium. And injected an odd plot element not in Wells.ed wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 9:56 am Watched the first episode of War of the Worlds (Brit version 2019). Pretty good. Added a bit of modern pcness but ok. Seems to be cleaving fairly closely to Wells.
Incidentally Tim Spalls son is in it, Rafe. Good actor.
The same year there was a US remake that was "updated" to the present day. Started it but it was a hot mess.
Rewatching Doc Martin. Harmless fun a la Dectectorists except that the lead character is a shit.
I'm done. I'll never know what happened.
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I was curious enough to look it up on IMDB. First review was:ed wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 7:28 pmSecond episode descended into a morass of tedium. And injected an odd plot element not in Wells.ed wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 9:56 am Watched the first episode of War of the Worlds (Brit version 2019). Pretty good. Added a bit of modern pcness but ok. Seems to be cleaving fairly closely to Wells.
Incidentally Tim Spalls son is in it, Rafe. Good actor.
The same year there was a US remake that was "updated" to the present day. Started it but it was a hot mess.
Rewatching Doc Martin. Harmless fun a la Dectectorists except that the lead character is a shit.
I'm done. I'll never know what happened.
“ This is more about Amy fighting against the repression of the male dominated hierarchy and traditional western values than it is about earth fighting aliens.”
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A bit of that, not horrible.
Go watch the Tom Cruise version. I thought that one was pretty good.
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You didnt miss anything. Apart from a really good beach sequence it turned into a morass of self indulgent horses mess.ed wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 7:28 pmSecond episode descended into a morass of tedium. And injected an odd plot element not in Wells.ed wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 9:56 am Watched the first episode of War of the Worlds (Brit version 2019). Pretty good. Added a bit of modern pcness but ok. Seems to be cleaving fairly closely to Wells.
Incidentally Tim Spalls son is in it, Rafe. Good actor.
The same year there was a US remake that was "updated" to the present day. Started it but it was a hot mess.
Rewatching Doc Martin. Harmless fun a la Dectectorists except that the lead character is a shit.
I'm done. I'll never know what happened.
Earth is saved by jesus. Or something. Or dead body farts .
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Ok for a mindless watch I guess. I'd rather listen to Richard Burton.
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Finished a strange little Sci-Fi series on Amazon called Tales From the Loop.
It's pretty slow and melancholy throughout. Just mainly weird. A little bit reminiscent of The Twilight Zone maybe.
It all sort of takes place in the same world, and the same weird little town. Each story is sort of it's own little story featuring some kind of fantastic bit of otherworldly technology as a MacGuffin. It's never really clear where this stuff comes from. Maybe aliens or the ancients or something. Usually leads to something bad or some kind of problem for the main character. The main character is different in each episode, but often they appear as minor characters in other episodes. They all live in this weird little town and many of them work in some kind of research facility called The Loop.
If you don't mind a slow-moving and weird sort of melancholy world, it might be worth a look.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_from_the_Loop
It's pretty slow and melancholy throughout. Just mainly weird. A little bit reminiscent of The Twilight Zone maybe.
It all sort of takes place in the same world, and the same weird little town. Each story is sort of it's own little story featuring some kind of fantastic bit of otherworldly technology as a MacGuffin. It's never really clear where this stuff comes from. Maybe aliens or the ancients or something. Usually leads to something bad or some kind of problem for the main character. The main character is different in each episode, but often they appear as minor characters in other episodes. They all live in this weird little town and many of them work in some kind of research facility called The Loop.
If you don't mind a slow-moving and weird sort of melancholy world, it might be worth a look.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_from_the_Loop
Tales from the Loop is an American science fiction drama web television series based on the art book of the same name by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag. The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on April 3, 2020.[1] All eight episodes of the first season were released simultaneously.
Tales from the Loop follows the interconnected lives of the residents in the fictional town of Mercer, Ohio. Mercer is home to the Mercer Center for Experimental Physics, an underground facility known as the Loop. It is there where researchers attempt to "make the impossible possible".
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Watched 1/2 of the first episode. It irretated me.
Watched Infamous with Toby Jones (2006). Quite good rehash of the In Cold Blood affair and Capote's NYC pals. Worth a peek. I reread Plimptons bio, parts of it at least and some of TC's essays recently. It still is am imponderable why he wrote La Cote Basque and basically killed his relationship with vitrtually all of the NYC social set. According some interviewees in Plimpton's book he was "surprised" to which I say "bullshit". He knew, he had to have known and as fucked up as he was, he still had his marbles when that story came out.
Every now and then I come back to that event. He was a prodigious talent, wasted after ICB, but prodigious nonetheless. Pity. Just a pity.
Stlll watching Doc Martin which is diverting.
Watched Infamous with Toby Jones (2006). Quite good rehash of the In Cold Blood affair and Capote's NYC pals. Worth a peek. I reread Plimptons bio, parts of it at least and some of TC's essays recently. It still is am imponderable why he wrote La Cote Basque and basically killed his relationship with vitrtually all of the NYC social set. According some interviewees in Plimpton's book he was "surprised" to which I say "bullshit". He knew, he had to have known and as fucked up as he was, he still had his marbles when that story came out.
Every now and then I come back to that event. He was a prodigious talent, wasted after ICB, but prodigious nonetheless. Pity. Just a pity.
Stlll watching Doc Martin which is diverting.
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I liked it. Weird but unique. Could have used a little more tying up of loose ends. I really enjoyed the echo ball episode.Anaxagoras wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 1:57 pm Finished a strange little Sci-Fi series on Amazon called Tales From the Loop.
It's pretty slow and melancholy throughout. Just mainly weird. A little bit reminiscent of The Twilight Zone maybe.
It all sort of takes place in the same world, and the same weird little town. Each story is sort of it's own little story featuring some kind of fantastic bit of otherworldly technology as a MacGuffin. It's never really clear where this stuff comes from. Maybe aliens or the ancients or something. Usually leads to something bad or some kind of problem for the main character. The main character is different in each episode, but often they appear as minor characters in other episodes. They all live in this weird little town and many of them work in some kind of research facility called The Loop.
If you don't mind a slow-moving and weird sort of melancholy world, it might be worth a look.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_from_the_Loop
Tales from the Loop is an American science fiction drama web television series based on the art book of the same name by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag. The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on April 3, 2020.[1] All eight episodes of the first season were released simultaneously.
Tales from the Loop follows the interconnected lives of the residents in the fictional town of Mercer, Ohio. Mercer is home to the Mercer Center for Experimental Physics, an underground facility known as the Loop. It is there where researchers attempt to "make the impossible possible".
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That is the gayest dreck i have ever seen. It made me want to put on a production of hms pinafore in the swamp.Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:29 pm Blood of a Poet recently went public domain so I downloaded it from archive.org
It's a soundie but not much of a talkie, so it's rather like watching a silent movie with background music.
The title cards are in English.
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Did you see that guy without the shirt? I will not call him a homo because that would be a blood libel to homos.
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Watching Moneyball again for the 5th or so time. (netflix)
Why?
"He gets on base."
Why?
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I enjoyed watching old Addams Family recently.Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 6:09 pm Dug up episode one season one of I Dream of Jeannie.
Again I didn't make it through five minutes.
I also had forgotten how totally awful laugh tracks are.
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Re: What have you been watching lately
Confessions of a Superhero
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessio ... _Superhero
Sorta sad. These people dress up as superheros and get tourists to give them money to take pictures with them. The superman guy "bears an uncanny resemblance to Chris Reeve" ... not.
Just sorta a sad way to spend a life. BTW the Superman guy died last year. They found him in a dumpster evidentially looking for clothes. He was homeless evidentially.
Worth a look. Took me two exposures to get thru the whole thing.
Wow ... this isn't much of an incentive to watch, is it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessio ... _Superhero
Sorta sad. These people dress up as superheros and get tourists to give them money to take pictures with them. The superman guy "bears an uncanny resemblance to Chris Reeve" ... not.
Just sorta a sad way to spend a life. BTW the Superman guy died last year. They found him in a dumpster evidentially looking for clothes. He was homeless evidentially.
Worth a look. Took me two exposures to get thru the whole thing.
Wow ... this isn't much of an incentive to watch, is it?
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Re: What have you been watching lately
Fuck that
I rewatched most of Season 1 of Fargo the TV series recently
Still so damn good,makes the current Fargo 4 suck even more ass than it does
I rewatched most of Season 1 of Fargo the TV series recently
Still so damn good,makes the current Fargo 4 suck even more ass than it does
still working on Sophrosyne, but I will no doubt end up with Hubris