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

[Mike81]

Mostly been watching Euro 2024 this week (which probably won't mean much on a mostly American board  )

Other than that, starting watching Kin on Netflix - based on a true story about a cartel down in Dublin (the Kinahans). Not sure if it will show up on US Netflix but it's very highly rated. The first episode is a little bit slow and it's something you need to concentrate on to keep up with all the characters being introduced but everyone I know who's watched it raves about it.

[MissBarbara]

Mostly been watching Euro 2024 this week (which probably won't mean much on a mostly American board  )

There are many Americans, on and off this board, who are watching the Euros. U.S. viewership is up 35% over the last tournament, and the matches are averaging around 2 million U.S. viewers.

I've watched all or most of 6 matches thus far, and I will watch the Switzerland v. Germany match this afternoon.

I've also been watching the Copa America, which this year features teams from both CONMEBOL and CONCACAF. In fact, I'm going to the Chile v. Argentina match at MetLife stadium on Tuesday. It seats around 85,000 people, and I can't wait!

[Mike81]

The Copa is on at a crap time to try and watch in the UK when you've got work then next day unfortunately.

I'll probably watch Scotland v Hungary tonight, see if the Jocks can get through for once!

[Pornhubby]

Netflix has had a lot of Brat Pack movies on from the 80’s, so I’ve watched St. Elmo’s Fire, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, About Last Night, this week. They haven’t aged particularly well. Interesting to note how cultural attitudes have evolved in only 40 or so years.

[MissBarbara]

The Copa is on at a crap time to try and watch in the UK when you've got work then next day unfortunately.

I'll probably watch Scotland v Hungary tonight, see if the Jocks can get through for once!

It depends where you live. They're on at ideal times in the U.S. The Euro matches are on at "crap times" over here. And the matches for last two World Cups (in Russia and Qatar) were on at aggressively "crap times."

The world's a big place, and time zones are a bitch.

[Mike81]

The Copa is on at a crap time to try and watch in the UK when you've got work then next day unfortunately.

I'll probably watch Scotland v Hungary tonight, see if the Jocks can get through for once!

It depends where you live. They're on at ideal times in the U.S. The Euro matches are on at "crap times" over here. And the matches for last two World Cups (in Russia and Qatar) were on at aggressively "crap times."

The world's a big place, and time zones are a bitch.

Japan and Korea in 2002 was horrifically bad for European viewers - getting to the pub for games starting at 0730 was a slog. The Copa games tonight are 2300 and 0200 our time, I'm in New York next week though so I'll probably see a couple of them then.

As for tonight the Jocks did not get through. Last minute goal for Hungary meant Scotland lost 1-0 and finished bottom of their group.

[ObiDongKenobi]

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.

One of my all time favourites as well, Bob.

"But I'm a man"
"Well nobody's perfect" 

[Hilda]

A 1971 sexploitation film called Blutjunge Verführerinnen. The usual flimsy excuse for full-frontal female nudity and male buttocks.

One actress caught my eye. Unfortunately the character she plays in the film doesn't have a name, and she's not credited on IMDB.

I did eventually find her in the Internet Adult Film Database, where she's listed as:

    Unknown Female 710228-A

I presume she never made any other films, and perhaps she's no longer alive, but to be remembered as Unknown Female 710228-A is, well, rather sad.

[purpleshoes]

I often pay special attention to 'invisible' characters in a movie and wonder if that was their one and only film, especially when they just had one line to deliver. I'll bet there are a lot of people who only appeared in a single movie.

The first time might have been while I watching the movie The Santa Clause and Bernard the Elf busted Tim Allen out of jail using 'magic tinsel' to cut through the bars. One of the other prisoners had one line, "Could you leave some of that tinsel here?" He was only on camera for maybe 10 seconds and that was the only thing he said.

[staci]

I often pay special attention to 'invisible' characters in a movie and wonder if that was their one and only film, especially when they just had one line to deliver. I'll bet there are a lot of people who only appeared in a single movie.

The first time might have been while I watching the movie The Santa Clause and Bernard the Elf busted Tim Allen out of jail using 'magic tinsel' to cut through the bars. One of the other prisoners had one line, "Could you leave some of that tinsel here?" He was only on camera for maybe 10 seconds and that was the only thing he said.

Ka Ching $$$$

[MissBarbara]

I often pay special attention to 'invisible' characters in a movie and wonder if that was their one and only film, especially when they just had one line to deliver. I'll bet there are a lot of people who only appeared in a single movie.

The first time might have been while I watching the movie The Santa Clause and Bernard the Elf busted Tim Allen out of jail using 'magic tinsel' to cut through the bars. One of the other prisoners had one line, "Could you leave some of that tinsel here?" He was only on camera for maybe 10 seconds and that was the only thing he said.

I do the same thing.

Last night I was watching a show where an FBI agent was interviewing a prisoner. During the interrogation there was a burly prison guard standing off to the side. He didn't say a word. But I was thinking that he's someone's son, brother, father, or friend. And they were watching and when that scene came on they said, "Look, there's Uncle Andrew!

[msslave]

I've always wondered what people who play a dead body get paid to just lay there with fake blood on them. Do they still.get union scale?

[Pornhubby]

There are so many.

[ObiDongKenobi]

Only One - expansion kit top left - Pete Postlethwaite, a great British actor sadly died too young.  Major role in The Usual Suspects

[Pornhubby]

I recognize many of these faces, but I could not tell you their names if I had to. Which just goes to show you the peculiar nature of “celebrity.” Are you a celebrity if people recognize your face, but don’t know your name? Or does celebrity require actual awareness of who you are?

Since the advent of cable television networks, and now apps, with hundreds of channels showing absolutely nothing anyone wants to watch, there is just so much crap being turned out everywhere. I typically watch a little ESPN for sports news, and perhaps a few movies a week on Amazon. But I really don’t enjoy television anymore. I feel like I’ve seen it all, and they just regurgitate the same five or six plot lines ad nauseam.

[MintJulie]

Dan has been watching track and field Olympic Trials.   My turn, women's gymnastics trials on NBC right now. 

[Pornhubby]

Dan has been watching track and field Olympic Trials.   My turn, women's gymnastics trials on NBC right now.

Alica Schmidt

[MissBarbara]

There are so many.

Thanks, Toe, this is really cool.

I recognize most of these guys.

Some I can cite the movie/TV show I know them from, but I don't know their names, e.g. Ned Reyerson from Groundhog Day, the guy from Office Space, the DA from My Cousin Vinny, the farmer from Babe, the guy who played Woody on Psych.

I only know (without googling) the names of 0 of them: John Cho, from the Harold and Kumar movies; John Hurd; David Straitharn, who played Tom Cruise's brother in The Firm and Edward R. Murrow in Good Night and Good Luck; and Jimmy Smits.

[Pornhubby]

Watching the original Sex In The City on Netflix. And sipping some EW Black with a splash of Coke. I forgot how good this thing was back in the 1990s. Very enjoyable to see it again after a long break.

[Shiela_M]

More like EW blech 🤢

Been switching between watching The Middle on Amazon prime, and HIMYM on Netflix.