What are you watching now?...2023

[DCPatriot]

Have been getting into/enjoying Korean Action movies, audio dubbed in English.

The clash of cultural morals...love of family, respect of elders, military veterans, especially 'Marines' in contrast to the gore and violence. 

Reminds me of the TV in which I grew up in the 50's and 60's.

[Free Vulcan]

Paramount has released the first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds to Youtube for free watching. It covers the time of Cap'n Pike's command before his accident.

I expected such a recent series to be a pile of woke sewage, but I was pleasantly surprised. It's not far behind TOS, equal IMO with Enterprise.

[Sighlass]

Have been getting into/enjoying Korean Action movies, audio dubbed in English.

The clash of cultural morals...love of family, respect of elders, military veterans, especially 'Marines' in contrast to the gore and violence. 

Watched one in this vein tonight... Holy Batman of plot twists... I could of done without the final 10 minutes, because it is one mind twist depraved. Story of a mother trying to prove her son's innocents when all others have thrown him under the bus.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCj6LXGA_Ds

[Gefn]

Several neighbors have told me to watch “The Bear” on Hulu but I can’t get into it.

[Gefn]

Paramount has released the first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds to Youtube for free watching. It covers the time of Cap'n Pike's command before his accident.

I expected such a recent series to be a pile of woke sewage, but I was pleasantly surprised. It's not far behind TOS, equal IMO with Enterprise.

It’s really good. It’s just sad because you know how Captain Pike will end up.

@Free Vulcan

[Free Vulcan]

It’s really good. It’s just sad because you know how Captain Pike will end up.

@Free Vulcan

The way they did the last episode of the first season - wow. What a hard choice that would be.

[Free Vulcan]

Last season of Jack Ryan on Amazon.

[240B]

Rewatching Blacklist. Good show, even second time around.

[deb]

Newest season of Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix.

[Timber Rattler]

Season 4 of Jack Ryan on Amazon Prime.

[verga]

Last season of Jack Ryan on Amazon.

Getting ready to watch that. I am seriously P!$$ED that he is not playing Reed Richards in the Fantastic Four movie. I will probably not see it.

[verga]

Went to see "Indiana Jones and the terrible remake of "Temple of Doom"" . That is 2+ hours of my life I will never get back.

[Timber Rattler]

Getting ready to watch that. I am seriously P!$$ED that he is not playing Reed Richards in the Fantastic Four movie. I will probably not see it.

I like John Krasinki a lot.  He's come a long way since The Office, and he put out some nice family-oriented Youtube videos during the early months of the COVID lockdowns to try and keep viewers' spirits up.  He's a genuinely nice guy and family man, and I like his portrayal of Ryan.

Season 4 is shaping up to be much better than Season 3, which I didn't like at all.

[deb]

Went to see "Indiana Jones and the terrible remake of "Temple of Doom"" . That is 2+ hours of my life I will never get back.

I heard it was really bad.  My husband wants to see it, but he just may have to be content to watch the original.

[Timber Rattler]

I heard it was really bad.  My husband wants to see it, but he just may have to be content to watch the original.

Yeah, Kathleen Kennedy, the same Disney Exec who declared that "the Force was female" and ruined the "Last Jedi/Star Wars" trilogy did similar hatchet work on Indy.  She demanded that the production team force the handover of Indy's torch to that annoying new "god daughter" to try and spin her off as a new franchise heroine, more suitable for today uber-liberal Hollywood audience.  In so doing, she's pretty much trashed the entire backstory that was laid out in the "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" of the 1990s, just as the Mouse did with Star Wars' so-called "Expanded Universe" that was developed from 1983 through 2012.

See here:

Star Wars Legends

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_Legends#:~:text=Star%20Wars%20Legends%2C%20formerly%20known,Wars%2C%20created%20before%20April%2025%2C

[Kamaji]

Yeah, Kathleen Kennedy, the same Disney Exec who declared that "the Force was female" and ruined the "Last Jedi/Star Wars" trilogy did similar hatchet work on Indy.  She demanded that the production team force the handover of Indy's torch to that annoying new "god daughter" to try and spin her off as a new franchise heroine, more suitable for today uber-liberal Hollywood audience.  In so doing, she's pretty much trashed the entire backstory that was laid out in the "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" of the 1990s, just as the Mouse did with Star Wars' so-called "Expanded Universe" that was developed from 1983 through 2012.

See here:

Star Wars Legends

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_Legends#:~:text=Star%20Wars%20Legends%2C%20formerly%20known,Wars%2C%20created%20before%20April%2025%2C

That's a shame.

[Timber Rattler]

That's a shame.

Note that Kennedy did the same exact thing with Luke Skywalker and the designated new would-be heroine Rey Palpatine-Skywalker in the last trilogy, and it just did not work.  Luke's character was ruined forever in the process.

[jafo2010]

Just watched Designated Survivor once again.  Amazing how some of the story line reflects what took place with the release of COVID by China, and the traitorous denial by Dr. Fauci of what was done.

[DCPatriot]

@Kamaji

Watching SIGNAL on Netflix.  It's a Korean police drama series.

The Statute of Limitations runs out in 24 hours, when they finally have enough evidence to charge the suspect.

Why is it required to have the suspect in physical custody if you discover irrefutable evidence to charge her? (A Korean surgical nurse).

[Kamaji]

@Kamaji

Watching SIGNAL on Netflix.  It's a Korean police drama series.

The Statute of Limitations runs out in 24 hours, when they finally have enough evidence to charge the suspect.

Why is it required to have the suspect in physical custody if you discover irrefutable evidence to charge her? (A Korean surgical nurse).

To be perfectly honest, I don't know.  Might be something under South Korean law.

[DCPatriot]

To be perfectly honest, I don't know.  Might be something under South Korean law.

@Kamaji

Thanks anyway.

Figured they could formally charge her as a fugitive.  Doesn't make sense the clock running out cancels out any possible punishment by the government.

[jafo2010]

I love time travel, and the recent movie The Adam Project with Ryan Reynolds is a fun movie.  It is on Netflix right now, and I must have watched it half a dozen times.  A good family movie.

[verga]

Just finished watching "The Last thing he said to me" with Jennifer Garner. Very enjoyable. Great pacing and a good story.
Also in the middle of "Hijack" with Idris Elba. Very twisty and engrossing.

[deb]

We are watching the Amazon series “Jury Duty”. It’s quite humorous.

[verga]

Went to see "The Sound of Freedom". Put this on your must se list.
It is the story of A Homeland Security agent Tim Ballard, who gets involved in rescuing children from sex trafficking rings. Bring some Kleenex with you.

[deb]

Went to see "The Sound of Freedom". Put this on your must se list.
It is the story of A Homeland Security agent Tim Ballard, who gets involved in rescuing children from sex trafficking rings. Bring some Kleenex with you.

I do want to see that one.

[DCPatriot]

Haven fallen in love with the Korean genre.

Thoroughly enjoyed KING: Eternal Monarch (16 episodes) although found it a bit puzzling sorting all the characters and their respective positions/ living in 2 parallel universes.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pldWi3NOdiY

Now, I've settled into another 16 episode series titled SIGNAL...where a 1985 missing Seoul detective uses an obsolete hand held radio to communicate with a 2005-2015 Seoul detective to solve COLD CASES, thus, changing innocent lives.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIvErdiYKFg

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/signal/s01  93% audience score

[goatprairie]

Another "Dark Winds" is starting shortly. The wife and I liked the first series.

[jafo2010]

Went to see the movie Sound of Freedom, about one man who left Homeland to rescue children from being trafficked.

The movie pointed out that there are more slaves in the world today than back in the day when slavery was legal.  Many of them are children, young children being used for sex.

The movie was very moving, and almost too incredulous to be true with this man's heroism.

The movie indicated the USA is one of the leading countries trafficking children.  And the Biden policy at the border promotes this to new heights in the USA.  What a tool Biden and his Idiocracy is.

There is one solution.  In a country with 340 million, a planet with 8 billion +/-, I say all human traffickers should face a special punishment of immediate execution upon being found guilty.    The world just does not need these people.  Sitting in prison or death row for 20+years accomplishes nothing.

[verga]

Went to see the movie Sound of Freedom, about one man who left Homeland to rescue children from being trafficked.

The movie pointed out that there are more slaves in the world today than back in the day when slavery was legal.  Many of them are children, young children being used for sex.

The movie was very moving, and almost too incredulous to be true with this man's heroism.

The movie indicated the USA is one of the leading countries trafficking children.  And the Biden policy at the border promotes this to new heights in the USA.  What a tool Biden and his Idiocracy is.

There is one solution.  In a country with 340 million, a planet with 8 billion +/-, I say all human traffickers should face a special punishment of immediate execution upon being found guilty.    The world just does not need these people.  Sitting in prison or death row for 20+years accomplishes nothing.

Went to se it twice, was harder to watch the second time, because we knew what was coming.

Also went to see Oppenheimer. Very powerful. Well written and acted.

[Timber Rattler]

I'm watching the original BBC/PBS Masterpiece Theater miniseries from 1980, with a young Sam Waterston playing Oppie.  Nolan obviously borrowed heavily from it for his current epic.

Here's Episode 1 on Youtube:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrHFYj-0duU

[Fishrrman]

This past weekend, watched "Harmony Lane", from 'way back in 1935.
A story about Stephen C. Foster (there were 3 films made on that theme).

I'd previously watched "Swanee River" from 1939 with Don Ameche, which was kept under wraps for a number of years (but is now available on YouTube).

Of the two, the older film looks to be closer to his actual life (but still a lot of fiction).

[Gefn]

season 11 of Futurama on Hulu.

Bender is still great..

[sneakypete]

I have been watching re-runs of Criminal Minds episodes,and ran into one I immediately recogni 2zed,both because it was a good story,and because the guest star (Andy Milder)  flat blew it out of the water with his acting ability as the retarded serial killer/torturer that goes after girls that remind him of his brother's wife.

The story itself is very good,just like all the story lines on this series,but this actor is something  special.

If you care to look it up,it is Season 7,Episode 2. The episode title is  "Proof".

It is episodes like this that make me thankful I turned down the chance to become a cop.

This type of show may  not be your "thing",but I can guarantee you that you will be impressed by the writing and the acting.

[Fishrrman]

This weekend:
"2012", the film from 2009.
Don't know anything about it.
Will be finding out soon.

[Gefn]

Going to see "Oppenheimer" tomorrow with a friend

[goatprairie]

The wife and I are watching season two of "Dark Winds" about a Native American policeman played by Zahn McClarnon  in the Southwest and a new series of "Justified" with Tim Olyphant.
Both new series are intriguing.

[sneakypete]

The wife and I are watching season two of "Dark Winds" about a Native American policeman played by Zahn McClarnon  in the Southwest and a new series of "Justified" with Tim Olyphant.
Both new series are intriguing.

@goatprarie

Justified was a great show. Never missed a episode,and glad to hear it is back.

Same cast and premise?

[goatprairie]

@goatprarie

Justified was a great show. Never missed a episode,and glad to hear it is back.

Same cast and premise?

Tim Olyphant is back in his role as fed marshal Raylan Givins. Everybody else it seems is new. Too bad Walton Goggins (Boyd Crowder) can't return as some sort of villain. I believe he got killed off in the original series.

[sneakypete]

Tim Olyphant is back in his role as fed marshal Raylan Givins. Everybody else it seems is new. Too bad Walton Goggins (Boyd Crowder) can't return as some sort of villain. I believe he got killed off in the original series.

@goatprairie

Thanks!

I am binge-watching Criminal Minds right now,but will definitely put it on my list.

[Gefn]

Tim Olyphant is back in his role as fed marshal Raylan Givins. Everybody else it seems is new. Too bad Walton Goggins (Boyd Crowder) can't return as some sort of villain. I believe he got killed off in the original series.

I just saw Walton Goggins reprise his role as Baby Billy in the Mighty Gemstones.

[Polly Ticks]

Going to see "Oppenheimer" tomorrow with a friend

@Gefn
I hear it's good.  Let us know what you thought after you watch it.

[deb]

@Gefn
I hear it's good.  Let us know what you thought after you watch it.

We saw it the other night. It’s a good movie, but way too long and a little disjointed. I wish it had been made into 2 movies. There’s enough material for 2 movies.
Be prepared for an unnecessary amount of female nudity. 

[deb]

The wife and I are watching season two of "Dark Winds" about a Native American policeman played by Zahn McClarnon  in the Southwest and a new series of "Justified" with Tim Olyphant.
Both new series are intriguing.

We are also enjoying the new season of Justified. I kinda like Timothy Olyphant ALOT.

[verga]

Going to see "Oppenheimer" tomorrow with a friend

GREAT movie!

[Kamaji]

Saw Barbie last night with my wife and daughter.  Not sure what to think about it; it wasn't bad, but I'm not sure it was good, either.  It certainly had plenty of funny moments, and was well-acted.

[sneakypete]

We saw it the other night. It’s a good movie, but way too long and a little disjointed. I wish it had been made into 2 movies. There’s enough material for 2 movies.
Be prepared for an unnecessary amount of female nudity.

@deb

I didn't know there was such a thing.

[verga]

We saw it the other night. It’s a good movie, but way too long and a little disjointed. I wish it had been made into 2 movies. There’s enough material for 2 movies.
Be prepared for an unnecessary amount of female nudity. 

See now I thought it had exactly the right amount of female nudity. 

[verga]

@deb

I didn't know there was such a thing.

 

[goatprairie]

 

I'm afraid I've gotten to the age where I'm shouting at the actors to put on some clothes.
And I'm thinking about joining a Citizens For Decency On TV and Movies organization. 
I might be lying about the last statement.