What was the last thing you watched? Movie & TV Edition

[Hilda]

HIT MAN
It was really good. Based on a true story. The ending was all b.s., but you'll understand if you watch. I liked the ending.

This must be the new Hit Man (two words) and not the older Hitman starring Timothy Olyphant. Will put the new one on my watch list.

Have you watched 1917.   A very good movie, with the appearance of being done in one take.  I was amazed when we watched in theatres.   Anyways, I just noticed it is on Netflix

I have a thing about war movies. I knew veterans of the First, Second, Pacific and Korean wars, and from them heard many undocumented stories. Watching modern reconstructions doesn't have the same impact.

[ObiDongKenobi]

As a wooden boat aficionado who has owned, raced, and restored a few, I cannot tell you how much this article pleased me. My grandfather rowed crew for Culver Academy and Columbia University in the 1920’s. Hat’s off. And woo.

Thank you,

A neighbouring rowing club owns this lovely classic launch used for umpires at regattas along the Thames (its named after the founder of the club).

[Pornhubby]

Apocalypse Now Redux (2001). 

Big fan of the original theatrical release, but finally decided to watch the Redux version, where Coppola re-edited Apocalypse Now to put all the sequences he had removed from the theatrical version back into it.

Redux as a whole adds just shy of 50 minutes of new footage, but even then, obviously the approximately 20-minute long French plantation scene is a very large chunk of it and is by far the longest added scene. The second longest for sure is the give or take ten minute scene where the boat comes upon a camp on the riverbank without a commanding officer, where the chopper that got the Playboy girls out earlier in the theatrical cut is stranded because it ran out of fuel, and Willard bargains to exchange two barrels of fuel for it if his boys each get an hour of playtime with the Bunnies.

The plantation scene includes the boat landing at the dock to it, where the initially hostile Frenchmen introduce themselves. Once they know Willard's crew is friendly, they invite them to the dinner sequence itself, with the lengthy political discussion, and the bedroom sequence right after where the hot blonde French daughter disrobes and seduces Willard.

I like the original release better, but the extended scenes in Redux give background and context. And a hot French daughter.

[purpleshoes]

Three Hailey Dean (played by Kellie Martin) movies on the Hallmark Mystery channel. It was a Hailey Dean marathon.

I was laid up Saturday with severe back pain and couldn't get from the living room to my man cave where I have my own TV, so I was stuck with whatever my wife chose.

Not a choice I would normally make, but they actually weren't bad, although I never did figure out who all the characters were. At least they were better than all the HGTV remodeling shows she likes to watch. 

[watcher1]

Finally watched Skyfall, now playing on Amazon Prime. Nice to see the Aston Martin return, though only for a short time.

As for war movies, I can only watch until actual combat occurs. Then I turn the movie off. 

[MintJulie]

HACK YOUR HEALTH: The Secrets To Your Gut. (Netflix)

Very educational and eye opening.  Your digestive system is like your second brain controlling your body. And it runs on the microbiome in the gut. The gut will dictate your overall health and how good you feel, not only in the long run, but in the short term, meaning as soon as an hour after eating

The best 1 hour 20 minute program I've watched in sometime.  I highly recommend it.

And this after I just went to Sam's Thursday and bought a 24 pack of Yoplait yogurt.  Too much sugar. Not eating them now. I'm going to pay closer attention to the nutritional labels going forward. 

[watcher1]

We did watch HACK YOUR HEALTH: The Secrets To Your Gut.  Interesting how much of your health revolves around our guts. Ever since my gallbladder was removed,  I have stayed on the diet set by the doctors, even before gallbladder surgery.

[watcher1]

Killers of the Flower Moon. Overly long and, at times, slow moving. I would recommend reading the non-fiction account of the story that was published in 2017 in order to understand the people involved.  One unique feature was the epilogue. Instead of reading what happened to many of the characters, Martin Scorsese used a radio show to highlight the character's lives, with Scorsese playing the Master of Ceremonies.  Mildly disappointed with the movie.

[MintJulie]

Killers of the Flower Moon. Overly long and, at times, slow moving. I would recommend reading the non-fiction account of the story that was published in 2017 in order to understand the people involved.  One unique feature was the epilogue. Instead of reading what happened to many of the characters, Martin Scorsese used a radio show to highlight the character's lives, with Scorsese playing the Master of Ceremonies.  Mildly disappointed with the movie.

My review is somewhere in these pages.  Yes, looooooonnnng and slow moving.

[ObiDongKenobi]

Can't remember if I have asked if "League Of Gentlemen" and "Psychoville" are available in the USA.  Just seen the very last episode of the brilliant "Inside No. 9" by the same writers. Whole 9 series were an anthology of 30 minute stories of gothic horror mixed with comedy, possibly too reliant on UK situations to travel well.  At least one episode will not have the same effect on a streaming service or on a repeat showing.

[MissBarbara]

Can't remember if I have asked if "League Of Gentlemen" and "Psychoville" are available in the USA.  Just seen the very last episode of the brilliant "Inside No. 9" by the same writers. Whole 9 series were an anthology of 30 minute stories of gothic horror mixed with comedy, possibly too reliant on UK situations to travel well.  At least one episode will not have the same effect on a streaming service or on a repeat showing.

All three are available to stream here on Britbox, which has a lot of BBC content.

[ObiDongKenobi]

Can't remember if I have asked if "League Of Gentlemen" and "Psychoville" are available in the USA.  Just seen the very last episode of the brilliant "Inside No. 9" by the same writers. Whole 9 series were an anthology of 30 minute stories of gothic horror mixed with comedy, possibly too reliant on UK situations to travel well.  At least one episode will not have the same effect on a streaming service or on a repeat showing.

All three are available to stream here on Britbox, which has a lot of BBC content.

"a local service for local people" 

[Pornhubby]

"a local service for local people" 

”This is a local shop for local people… There’s nothing here for you.”

My former in-laws lived in Trowbridge, near Bath. They were quite obsessed with the show.

[watcher1]

All three are available to stream here on Britbox, which has a lot of BBC content.

We enjoy Britbox. Some very good programs are shown on it.

[Hilda]

==> Discovering the Music of Antiquity

Broadcast by the BBC but made in France with contributions from Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Greece.

Fascinating content presented in a sober fashion, although I wondered why the BBC version used a narrator with a lisp. Experts in various fields talked about the music of antiquity, how it was played or sung, and how it was passed down through the ages.

Several representative Egyptian, Greek, and Roman instruments were introduced and some of them played.

Notably absent was any reference to Tutankhamun's Trumpets and the famous live radio broadcast of the trumpets being played for the first time in millenia:

[Hilda]

From time to time I watch a Sky Arts TV series called "Classic Albums". Some episodes are great, others are not. A few weeks ago I watched the "Morrison Hotel" episode and it was a treat to see Robby Krieger, John Densmore, and Bruce Botnik breaking down the elements of each track and adding snippets of information that were new to me. For example, I didn't know that Lonnie Mack wandered into the studio and contributed to the monster guitar riff in "Roadhouse Blues".

Yesterday I watched "The Who Sell Out" and was disappointed. Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey did get some air time, as did the photographer responsible for the album cover, but the producers introduced far too many soundbites from people I'd never heard of, some of whom weren't even alive when "The Who Sell Out" was recorded.

The high spots were contemporary footage of the Radio Caroline and Radio London pirate ships, and a brief shot of DJ John Peel chatting with the group. He looked so, so young — which made me feel so, so old.



John as I remember him. ✅

[Coach Eric]

Watching Nightmares and Daydreams on Netflix. On episode 3. Pretty good so far.

[Shiela_M]

Season 4 of The Boys on Prime. Still extremely violent, and gory. They've obviously filled it with as much political hot topics as they could. The fanatic attitude is somehow way exaggerated yet still 100% accurate.

I also jumped to a conclusion. I thought Allan would have a thing for Starlight, but he told me she would be second on the list.

[MissBarbara]

Last night I finished streaming the final season of "True Detective."

Well, the final season for me, since I didn't watch them in order. I watched Season 1 when it came out about 10 years ago, and I watched the first two episodes of Season 2 when it appeared a year later, but I gave up on it.

About a month ago I watched Season 4 when it premiered, mainly because I've always liked Jodie Foster. After that I watched Season 2 and Season 3. Since each season is discreet and stands alone, it doesn't matter which order you watch them in.

Like everyone else, Season 1 was my favorite , closely followed by Season 3. Mahershala Ali is an insanely good actor, and it's worth watching Season 3 just to watch his performance. It's told in three separate timelines (1980, 1990, and 2015), and Ali plays the same character in each timeline. Equally good is tephen Dorff, who plays his partner, and whom I'd never seen in anything before.

Season 2, which I had initially given up on, is also well-acted, but it relies too heavily on LA Noir conventions (especially "Chinatown"), and it's almost unrelentingly grim. I was unimpressed by Vince Vaughn's performance as an amoral gangster.

Season 4, which is set in northern Alaska during the period of time when it's always dark and the sun never rises, isn't really a True Detective series. And Jody Foster's performance was unsatisfying. She seems to use a variation of the word "fuck" in every sentence, and I found her unconvincing. The "big reveal" at the end is very disappointing.

[msslave]

We were at a friend's house after brunch and decided to take a trip on the way back machine.

Watched "Some Like It Hot" from 1959, directed by Billy Wilder. It's a great farce staring Jack Lemmon,.Tony Curtis (in drag) and Marilyn Monroe.

It was a lot of fun, at least for 3 older people.