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Re: What are you watching now?
« Reply #125 on: December 08, 2020, 11:37:28 am »
I know both of us are huge Deadwood fans, but I also wondered if the language was AS SALTY, as portrayed.  Yeah, I knew there were hookers, and outlaws, card cheats, etc.  but I always wondered if there was probably a tad more decorum than how they showed it.   I base that on the many many pages of newspapers that i have read doing genealogy.  I have seen articles, where the writers/editors stated that subjects resorted to profanity.  So maybe it wasn't as commonplace as we think.

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I suspect,as with modern day America,it was situational. MUCH more common in bars and whorehouses than at social gatherings that included family.

When you consider Deadwood was basically centered around the main saloon and whorehouse,it's not all that shocking the language was rude.
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Re: What are you watching now?
« Reply #126 on: December 08, 2020, 02:32:21 pm »
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I suspect,as with modern day America,it was situational. MUCH more common in bars and whorehouses than at social gatherings that included family.

When you consider Deadwood was basically centered around the main saloon and whorehouse,it's not all that shocking the language was rude.

Good points...   Not many Church or Family Table scenes for sure..... happy77
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Re: What are you watching now?
« Reply #127 on: December 10, 2020, 10:23:51 pm »
Been watching it since the beginning. It only gets better. Some episodes of season 3 are a little iffy, But great writing and acting.

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Re: What are you watching now?
« Reply #128 on: December 16, 2020, 09:34:31 am »
Sister got me a Netflix subscription on my Roku (it came with like 5 accounts she could assign).... Most of it is crap as is most of tv/hollywood now day, but I got to watching a "true life" series on the Atlanta Bombing and Eric Rudolph bomber. At first it was pretty good, portraying the innocent man being framed for the Atlanta Olympics bombings. But as the series continued, it totally made up more and more crap to blame on Eric Rudolph.... like he killed two old men in the woods (made up)... then the series got all caught up in some militia junk that was never shown to be true in the least.... they then ginned up some section that he was about the bomb the FBI in the forest and had the means to do so. There was no proof he got help in the forest whatsoever from the town locals or militia. Heck the story is purely fictional with the whole friendly militia subplot that takes a huge chuck of time in the series.

Manhunt: Deadly Games is a fun series to watch, but there is an agenda to paint Erik as just a godless killer (and he may have been) with made up things presented as fact. Fact is, we don't know much about Rudolph's years in the forests other than he stole stuff (one report says he left money for stuff he stole) and that he was caught dumpster diving. The series even makes up a fake truck chase that never occurred.

Then there is the Christians portrayed as helping Erik and preaching about it in the pulpit (and posting it on church signs). Those dumb misled Christian hicks as the story goes.

I don't know that it was ever proven the Rudolph even bomb Atlanta with any certainty. He probable did, but who knows.

Anyhoo... Manhunt: Deadly Games is a fun series to watch, I have enjoyed it, but take it with a big grain of salt, because it goes the way of BS in it's fact reporting.

Fact: the one nurse Eric did kill lived a few miles from me. She never told locals she worked at an abortion clinic and drove there daily (pretty good commute). I remember being somewhat upset not because she died, but that she worked to kill babies everyday and it paid well enough that she did it in secrecy.
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Re: What are you watching now?
« Reply #129 on: December 17, 2020, 07:43:25 pm »
I saw that “The West Wing” is leaving Netflix on the 24th.

I’ve never seen it and just started watching it, so far it’s slow and I hope it picks up. I heard it’s supposed to be a must watch series.
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« Reply #130 on: December 17, 2020, 11:20:51 pm »
I saw that “The West Wing” is leaving Netflix on the 24th.

I’ve never seen it and just started watching it, so far it’s slow and I hope it picks up. I heard it’s supposed to be a must watch series.

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I never watched it,but I suspect it is a like a lot of these mega-series with dozens of actors floating in and out,and you have to watch it for a while to understand what is going on. These are plots that don't end in an hour.
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Re: What are you watching now?
« Reply #131 on: December 18, 2020, 03:05:25 am »
I saw that “The West Wing” is leaving Netflix on the 24th.

I’ve never seen it and just started watching it, so far it’s slow and I hope it picks up. I heard it’s supposed to be a must watch series.
Binge watched it about 6 months ago. good stories, and acting. Very liberal bend, but what do you expect nowadays.
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Re: What are you watching now?
« Reply #132 on: December 18, 2020, 05:39:17 am »
"The Expanse", Season 5.

(That and TEOTWAWKI, in slow motion/real time...)
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Re: What are you watching now?
« Reply #133 on: December 18, 2020, 02:47:16 pm »
Binge watched it about 6 months ago. good stories, and acting. Very liberal bend, but what do you expect nowadays.

@verga , @sneakypete once I got to episode three, I’m hooked. I have to watch as much as I can by Christmas. It leaves Netflix on Christmas.

It’s also nice to see a lot of actors making cameo appearances who are no longer with us. Watching an episode now with Karl Malden, for example
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« Reply #134 on: December 18, 2020, 02:53:30 pm »
Son starting sharing Disney, so am watching Mandalorian. Midway through Season 1. Pretty Good.
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« Reply #135 on: December 18, 2020, 02:58:13 pm »
"The Expanse", Season 5.

(That and TEOTWAWKI, in slow motion/real time...)

I'm a Sci-Fi junkie.  Expanse has some really great SFX, but honestly,  and I don't know if it is because of my age, I have problems remembering all the complex plot lines from a year earlier. Might be I keep up with too many shows too.  In any case, I stopped at Season 2 a few years ago.
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« Reply #136 on: December 18, 2020, 04:03:58 pm »
I'm a Sci-Fi junkie.  Expanse has some really great SFX, but honestly,  and I don't know if it is because of my age, I have problems remembering all the complex plot lines from a year earlier. Might be I keep up with too many shows too.  In any case, I stopped at Season 2 a few years ago.
We got Amazon Prime for the shipping...All 5 seasons are available to stream, at least up to what has been released of season 5. I watched the 4th season over again to get back up to speed for the 5th, as I did before, watching 3 over to be up for season 4. Yes, the plot lines are more intricate than the average space opera, but that is one of the things I like about the show. The SFX are good, and the people who set them up show a better knowledge of physics and what I would anticipate in maneuvering and combat in vacuum and low/zero G than other shows I have seen, which makes the suspension of disbelief needed to enjoy a sci-fi show much easier.
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Re: What are you watching now?
« Reply #137 on: December 18, 2020, 06:12:20 pm »
Just started final season of "The 100". Good stuff.
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Re: What are you watching now?
« Reply #138 on: December 21, 2020, 05:23:08 pm »
Presently I've been watching "Amar y Vivir" on Netflix.

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Re: What are you watching now?
« Reply #139 on: December 21, 2020, 06:32:19 pm »
"The Expanse", Season 5.

(That and TEOTWAWKI, in slow motion/real time...)

I love The Expanse.   I loved Dark Matter more, though.   I love ANY SciFi/Space show.
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« Reply #140 on: December 21, 2020, 06:33:21 pm »
Oh (topic...lol)....

I just watched the five episodes of Big Sky.   Pretty good show.  I hope they continue it.
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Re: What are you watching now?
« Reply #141 on: December 21, 2020, 11:18:14 pm »
Last night, I watched "The Road", a 2009 film about a post apocalyptic America, in which a man and his son travel south. I don't believe it received much of a release here, perhaps it's been on cable (but then again, I don't watch tv hardly at all).

Good 1080p copies can "be found" on the net, if you're unafraid and know where to look...

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« Reply #142 on: December 22, 2020, 08:34:42 am »
Oh (topic...lol)....

I just watched the five episodes of Big Sky.   Pretty good show.  I hope they continue it.
I have watched a couple of episodes, hard to squeeze it in with all else going on...and yeah, I'm a lover of sci fi, too.
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Re: What are you watching now?
« Reply #143 on: December 22, 2020, 10:40:25 am »
Apple TV is going to have “The Foundation” next year.

I heard it’s supposed to be incredible and Asimov’s family approved it.

I have Apple streaming because I got a new phone in June but if this show lives up to it’s buzz, it might be worth to subscribe for a month, watch, and unsubscribe.


Netflix also has National Geographic’s “Mars” which is a very interesting mini series that ran two seasons about astronauts living on Mars. Very realistic and makes you think you’re on Mars too.

Mars is leaving on New Years Day. Now is the time to watch it.
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« Reply #144 on: December 22, 2020, 01:33:29 pm »
Confessing to a guilty pleasure. I have been binge watching "The Crown" on netflix. Am I turning into a chick due to the Covid?
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« Reply #145 on: December 22, 2020, 01:57:15 pm »
Confessing to a guilty pleasure. I have been binge watching "The Crown" on netflix. Am I turning into a chick due to the Covid?

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« Reply #146 on: December 22, 2020, 02:00:50 pm »
Yes. Yes you are.

No, you’re being a good hubby.

Pass the popcorn  :2popcorn:
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« Reply #147 on: December 22, 2020, 03:19:44 pm »

Mars is leaving on New Years Day. Now is the time to watch it.

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Thank you for the tip!

MODS! Think it might be useful to have a board dedicated to tv series going off the air soon as a sub-board or sister board of the "what are you watching now?" board?
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« Reply #148 on: December 22, 2020, 08:33:06 pm »
No, you’re being a good hubby.

Pass the popcorn  :2popcorn:
That is a really great thought, sadly I am watching by myself, the wonderful wife is busy studying for her nursing program.
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« Reply #149 on: December 22, 2020, 08:51:56 pm »
Season 9 of The Walking Dead.

Which,BTW,is not about the dead coming back to life at all. That was just a vehicle used to draw in viewers. It is about the collapse of civilized society,what happens,and what people have to do to survive and restore civilization.

Could be from nuclear war,asteroid stike,Covid-69,or any other cause. The cause is irrelevant. What is important is what is likely to happen,and how to recover.

BRILLIANT concept and show.
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