What are you watching now?

[Fishrrman]

This past weekend I watched "Mad Max 3 -- Beyond Thunderdome".
I had previously watch the first and second Mad Max films the previous weekend, so I viewed all three "in close order".

My impression is that the sequel was better than the original, and the third film was as good or better than the sequel.

[240B]

There is a show on Prime called Electric Dreams. Pretty standard stuff. Reminds me of the pulp fiction I would read as a teenager. It is kind of cool. Since I am old now, everything is something I have seen or read before, or a variation of. It is hard to surprise me these days. Blacklist did, as did Breaking Bad. But those were exceptions from the norm.

But yes. It is worth the time to go though it.

[verga]

Apparently they're bringing Law & Order back next year... although at this point, who knows how much of the cast will still be able to hold down their jobs.

What is the over /under on how long it takes to go whole defund the police/ woke, lib shit?

[sneakypete]

What is the over /under on how long it takes to go whole defund the police/ woke, lib shit?

@verga

Huh?

[Kamaji]

There is a show on Prime called Electric Dreams. Pretty standard stuff. Reminds me of the pulp fiction I would read as a teenager. It is kind of cool. Since I am old now, everything is something I have seen or read before, or a variation of. It is hard to surprise me these days. Blacklist did, as did Breaking Bad. But those were exceptions from the norm.

But yes. It is worth the time to go though it.

Isn't that supposed to be based on Philip K. Dick's short stories?

[verga]

@verga

Huh?

The first seasons (in my opinion) were well done because they just told the story. When Sam Waterson (Jack McCoy) and Elizabeth Rohm (Serena Southerlyn) It became very anti 2nd amendment and was pushing a gay "victim" Agenda. This is just my opinion and others can feel free to disagree.

[jmyrlefuller]

I always enjoyed watching his show when I was younger.  I didn't know you could get it in reruns.

Oh, it's just about everywhere. The Kowalskis (Ross's business partners, who ended up with the company after Ross died; there was a not-so-flattering documentary about how that all happened recently) have been very aggressive in making the show just about everywhere for free. They have all of the episodes on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/c/BobRossIncVideos

There's also "The Bob Ross Channel," which shows a 24/7 loop of the series. I usually put that on the projector (what I use instead of a TV) before I go to bed at night. You can find it on Pluto, Xumo, Plex, the Roku Channel... pretty much all the free streaming platforms. Netflix has a couple of seasons available commercial-free on their platform, and I'd argue that's probably the most enjoyable way to watch it because most of the ad-supported options cut ads in pretty abruptly.

[Fishrrman]

Tonight and tomorrow, I'll be watching "The Book of Eli", another in my ongoing series of "post-Apocalyptic films" each weekend.

These are easy to "dig up" on the net, if you know where to look...

[Hoodat]

Tonight and tomorrow, I'll be watching "The Book of Eli", another in my ongoing series of "post-Apocalyptic films" each weekend.

These are easy to "dig up" on the net, if you know where to look...

I am also a huge fan of post-Apocalyptic flicks.  'Book of Eli' was great (primarily because of Gary Oldman is the greatest actor of all time).  But there were some parts of the movie that didn't add up.  We can discuss afterwards.

I really wish someone would do a decent movie series on Steven King's 'Gunslinger/Dark Tower' series.  The last single-movie attempt was horrible.

[libertybele]

Tonight @ 8:00 EST - Yellowstone, followed by the prequel 1883.  I think 1883 is going to be even better than Yellowstone.  Next Sunday they will air another episode of Yellowstone and 1883, and subsequent episodes of 1883 will only be available on Paramount+. 

I can't wait!!

[DCPatriot]

Tonight @ 8:00 EST - Yellowstone, followed by the prequel 1883.  I think 1883 is going to be even better than Yellowstone.  Next Sunday they will air another episode of Yellowstone and 1883, and subsequent episodes of 1883 will only be available on Paramount+. 

I can't wait!!

    

[mystery-ak]

Tonight @ 8:00 EST - Yellowstone, followed by the prequel 1883.  I think 1883 is going to be even better than Yellowstone.  Next Sunday they will air another episode of Yellowstone and 1883, and subsequent episodes of 1883 will only be available on Paramount+. 

I can't wait!!

Me either ..We have Paramount+ so we will be able to watch 1883

[mystery-ak]

I am sick of Jimmy!!!   who cares about him!!!

[deb]

1883 was very good.
Although I was quite taken aback that these good pioneers still knew how to use the F-word. 
I swear someone should send Taylor Sheridan a thesaurus.

[libertybele]

I am sick of Jimmy!!!   who cares about him!!!

Agreed.  Yellowstone was a bit disappointing and slow tonight.  1883, well so far  I thought it was just ok.  We got Paramount + just to watch it.

[Sighlass]

1883 was very good.
Although I was quite taken aback that these good pioneers still knew how to use the F-word. 
I swear someone should send Taylor Sheridan a thesaurus.

IKR... Why oh why all the cursing. Cringworthy 95% of all movies now days. BTW... the first episode was free on Youtube.

[libertybele]

1883 was very good.
Although I was quite taken aback that these good pioneers still knew how to use the F-word. 
I swear someone should send Taylor Sheridan a thesaurus.

Yes, I was a little surprised as well and I thought it would be a little bit more tame because of the era.

[sneakypete]

Yes, I was a little surprised as well and I thought it would be a little bit more tame because of the era.

@libertybele

I am shocked that so many of you actually think the 1800's was like the cowboy movies you grew up watching,where no one cursed and all women were considered to be virgins if they weren't married.

The 1800's was full of whores. Hell,most of the women in the west that married and raised families started out as whores. It was one of the few career fields open to women,and women are just like everyone else,they will do what they HAVE to do in order to survive.

[libertybele]

@libertybele

I am shocked that so many of you actually think the 1800's was like the cowboy movies you grew up watching,where no one cursed and all women were considered to be virgins if they weren't married.

The 1800's was full of whores. Hell,most of the women in the west that married and raised families started out as whores. It was one of the few career fields open to women,and women are just like everyone else,they will do what they HAVE to do in order to survive.

Yep, I grew up watching John Wayne movies and Little House on the Prairie.

[Sighlass]

@libertybele

I am shocked that so many of you actually think the 1800's was like the cowboy movies you grew up watching,where no one cursed and all women were considered to be virgins if they weren't married.

The 1800's was full of whores. Hell,most of the women in the west that married and raised families started out as whores. It was one of the few career fields open to women,and women are just like everyone else,they will do what they HAVE to do in order to survive.

My kin was the Probate Judge around 1900, they didn't tolerate bad language and I have the arrest warrants to prove it. You didn't even spit around women on the ground.

[catfish1957]

My kin was the Probate Judge around 1900, they didn't tolerate bad language and I have the arrest warrants to prove it. You didn't even spit around women on the ground.

IN my 1000's of hours of genealogy research, reading 19th century papers, and and oveall research, I have come to th esame conclusion.

Yeah, there may have been little nooks and crannies of the country that sounded and acted like "Deadwood", but the country back then as a whole was much much less profane.

Just think of the past 50 years, and the difference.

[Sighlass]

IN my 1000's of hours of genealogy research, reading 19th century papers, and and oveall research, I have come to th esame conclusion.

Yeah, there may have been little nooks and crannies of the country that sounded and acted like "Deadwood", but the country back then as a whole was much much less profane.

Just think of the past 50 years, and the difference.

I agree, yes there is nothing new under the sun (people did bad things from the beginning)... but the West was not what Hollyweird portrays it was.

The American Old West: How Hollywood Made It “Wild” to Make Money & Advance Gun Control (Ammo(dot)com article)

https://ammo.com/articles/american-old-west-hollywood-wild-west-money-gun-control

[sneakypete]

My kin was the Probate Judge around 1900, they didn't tolerate bad language and I have the arrest warrants to prove it. You didn't even spit around women on the ground.

@Sighlass

If you truly believe that,you think Cinderella was a documentary.

I have no doubt a probate court judge back then could be a Nazi dictator within the small realm he controlled,but that was it.

[sneakypete]

IN my 1000's of hours of genealogy research, reading 19th century papers, and and oveall research, I have come to th esame conclusion.

Yeah, there may have been little nooks and crannies of the country that sounded and acted like "Deadwood", but the country back then as a whole was much much less profane.

Just think of the past 50 years, and the difference.

@catfish1957

You are also delusional if you think that sort of thing was the norm. It may have been the "norm" in the very snall "Church Lady Society" habitats,but get out of those sections of town and into the saloon/barroom sections,and it was a VERY different story.

People have a natural tendency to get nostalgic about "the good old days",but the truth is for most parts of the nation,they didn't exist . People liked to PRETEND they did,but they didn't.  Otherwise,things like child prostitution and labor wouldn't have been daily realities for the children of the poor.

[240B]

Queen's Gambit
is a good show. it is predicable, but it is well done. I enjoyed it.