Author Topic: What are you watching now?...2023 (Read 50801 times)

Sighlass · « **Reply #150 on:** August 18, 2023, 01:18:44 am »

Quote from: goatprairie on August 06, 2023, 11:43:57 am

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.

That is why I prefer watching at home... I can usually skip through most the unnecessary stuff. Most everything now days has some gay scene that needs skipping along with the sex scenes.

I did watch a great film tonight.... Angel Studio (ones that brought us "The Chosen" series)...

This movie was called His Only Son ... It was painfully slow but I found myself loving it... It was about the story of Abraham, Sarah, and Isaak. The parallel story foreshadowing Jesus was a great. There was a little embellishment story here and there that probable could of been left out, but like "The Chosen" it does add some flavor to the period.

It can be found for free on Youtube (for now anyhoo)... The video on Youtube has a link where they got the film (and if you go to it, it offers a better quality download). Or you can just PM me and I will send ya a copy).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2a_1gGqKHM

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #151 on:** August 18, 2023, 03:28:03 am »

https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1692282708397863374

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnwE5ZILaaw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tExqmfhAQg

Gefn · « **Reply #152 on:** August 18, 2023, 05:16:10 pm »

I got a week free of Britbox. It's like catnip to me, can't stop watching! Just signed up for it.

sneakypete · « **Reply #153 on:** August 18, 2023, 06:22:35 pm »

Binge-watching Criminal Minds.

Originally started watching around season 13 or so,so I went back to Season 1,Episode 1 and am playing catch-up.

It's kinda surprising how good it was right out of the gate.

DCPatriot · « **Reply #154 on:** August 18, 2023, 08:45:30 pm »

Just binged on 10 Days of a Good Man...followed by 10 Days of a Bad Man. (Netflix)

They are Turkish movies but offered with the "ENGLISH" audio, making subtitles optional.

Now, I'm trying to guess the title of the final movie of the 'Trilogy'.

10 Days of a ....... ??

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #155 on:** August 19, 2023, 01:40:45 am »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on August 18, 2023, 03:28:03 am

https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1692282708397863374

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnwE5ZILaaw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tExqmfhAQg

corbe · « **Reply #156 on:** August 20, 2023, 11:59:12 am »

Fishrrman · « **Reply #157 on:** August 20, 2023, 05:27:22 pm »

This weekend:
"The Whip Hand", a 1951 anti-communist film.

240B · « **Reply #158 on:** August 21, 2023, 05:00:44 pm »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8z6GDnEaM8
just finished watching the whole thing. took a week to do.

PEAKY BLINDERS - Gangster movie set in 1930s England. Classic "Epic" type show. I enjoyed it.
It goes off the rails in season 6. The plot take different direction.

verga · « **Reply #159 on:** August 21, 2023, 07:23:58 pm »

Just finished Joe Pickett season one and just started season 2.

DCPatriot · « **Reply #160 on:** August 21, 2023, 08:42:44 pm »

Quote from: 240B on August 21, 2023, 05:00:44 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8z6GDnEaM8
just finished watching the whole thing. took a week to do.

PEAKY BLINDERS - Gangster movie set in 1930s England. Classic "Epic" type show. I enjoyed it.
It goes off the rails in season 6. The plot take different direction.

Helen McCrory who played Polly Gray died...took the air out of everything.

Timber Rattler · « **Reply #161 on:** August 21, 2023, 09:05:05 pm »

Quote from: DCPatriot on August 21, 2023, 08:42:44 pm

Helen McCrory who played Polly Gray died...took the air out of everything.

Aunt Polly made the show!

I didn't care for the episodes with Oswald Mosley and the British Nazis, and got really torqued off when they killed off Aberama Gold in such a stupid and pointless way.

240B · « **Reply #162 on:** August 21, 2023, 09:26:29 pm »

@Timber Rattler
Why did Tommy not shoot the Nazi doctor in season 6? Confused the hell out of me ...

sneakypete · « **Reply #163 on:** August 21, 2023, 09:58:30 pm »

Quote from: DCPatriot on August 21, 2023, 08:42:44 pm

Helen McCrory who played Polly Gray died...took the air out of everything.

@DCPatriot

Even a blind man could see she was a powerful force in that drama.

deb · « **Reply #164 on:** August 21, 2023, 10:26:43 pm »

Gladiator.
I’m not certain I’ve ever seen it.

Gefn · « **Reply #165 on:** August 21, 2023, 11:32:38 pm »

I just found out that Series 9 of Red Dwarf is loosely based on Blade Runner.

Red Dwarf is one of the top 5 TV shows I would take if I was stranded on a desert island. Is Blade Runner worth renting? It has some cast from the 80s....

Timber Rattler · « **Reply #166 on:** August 22, 2023, 06:05:15 am »

Quote from: 240B on August 21, 2023, 09:26:29 pm

@Timber Rattler
Why did Tommy not shoot the Nazi doctor in season 6? Confused the hell out of me ...

Yeah, it made no sense.

goatprairie · « **Reply #167 on:** August 24, 2023, 08:39:24 pm »

Tales Of Wells Fargo with Dale Robertson playing WF agent Jim Hardie who solves crimes for the company.
I never got the chance to watch it much when it was on in the late fifties and early sixties. We didn't get NBC for a number of years. One channel, CBS.

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #168 on:** September 05, 2023, 10:07:41 pm »

An old 1940s film Goodbye, Miss Turlock.

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

There's something amazing about a film, recorded several decades in the past, re-enacting something several decades further in the past but still in the memory of those who conceived it.

sneakypete · « **Reply #169 on:** September 05, 2023, 10:58:03 pm »

Criminal Minds.

TV series about an elite FBI unit that specializes in serial killers.

Very good series.

corbe · « **Reply #170 on:** September 08, 2023, 08:16:11 pm »

1977 ~ a young Jim Varney

Fernwood 2Night / Tonight Episode 46 -Mobile Home Daredevil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEZUFZpyI9k

240B · « **Reply #171 on:** September 12, 2023, 06:20:53 pm »

FYI: HULU is showing all 5 Pirates of the Caribbean. Just finished the last one.
It is a live action cartoon or comic book. But it is really enjoyable for fantasy fun. The dialogue is excellent, almost poetic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naQr0uTrH_s

corbe · « **Reply #172 on:** September 12, 2023, 07:14:58 pm »

Got this last week but didn't watch it this Sunday, my Robin Day. Will WE find it interesting?

deb · « **Reply #173 on:** September 13, 2023, 07:40:33 am »

Quote from: 240B on September 12, 2023, 06:20:53 pm

FYI: HULU is showing all 5 Pirates of the Caribbean. Just finished the last one.
It is a live action cartoon or comic book. But it is really enjoyable for fantasy fun. The dialogue is excellent, almost poetic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naQr0uTrH_s

The first POTC is one of our family’s favorites. Many hours spent watching that movie and it’s still funny as all get-out.

Kamaji · « **Reply #174 on:** September 13, 2023, 07:56:39 am »

Quote from: 240B on September 12, 2023, 06:20:53 pm

FYI: HULU is showing all 5 Pirates of the Caribbean. Just finished the last one.
It is a live action cartoon or comic book. But it is really enjoyable for fantasy fun. The dialogue is excellent, almost poetic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naQr0uTrH_s

verga · « **Reply #175 on:** September 13, 2023, 02:52:41 pm »

Quote from: corbe on September 12, 2023, 07:14:58 pm

Got this last week but didn't watch it this Sunday, my Robin Day. Will WE find it interesting?

Wife and I loved it.

240B · « **Reply #176 on:** September 14, 2023, 01:11:27 pm »

Watched this and cannot recommend it. Story about dead people coming back to life (real life, not zombies) and then having to deal with all the issues they left behind. But the writers get lost halfway through the story and it just gets more and more absurd. It is not a terrible story, it is a story which has no point or clear direction. If you skip it, you will have missed nothing.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #177 on:** September 14, 2023, 03:20:41 pm »

Quote from: corbe on September 12, 2023, 07:14:58 pm

Got this last week but didn't watch it this Sunday, my Robin Day. Will WE find it interesting?

I thought it was good.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #178 on:** September 14, 2023, 03:21:27 pm »

SOBIBOR.

deb · « **Reply #179 on:** September 15, 2023, 09:20:22 am »

Quote from: 240B on September 14, 2023, 01:11:27 pm

Watched this and cannot recommend it. Story about dead people coming back to life (real life, not zombies) and then having to deal with all the issues they left behind. But the writers get lost halfway through the story and it just gets more and more absurd. It is not a terrible story, it is a story which has no point or clear direction. If you skip it, you will have missed nothing.

I hate when that happens. And it happens all too frequently. It’s challenging to find decent TV programs.

Gefn · « **Reply #180 on:** September 27, 2023, 03:16:46 pm »

New season of Kitchen Nightmares on Fox. Brought back after 10 years.

These types of shows make you almost afraid to eat out.

Fishrrman · « **Reply #181 on:** September 27, 2023, 06:05:05 pm »

This past weekend I watched two anti-communist films from the 50's:
- Five Steps to Danger (1957) (with Sterling Hayden in his early years)
- Captain Scarface (1953)

Both were enjoyable.
You can find them either on YouTube or at archive.org ...

Gefn · « **Reply #182 on:** September 29, 2023, 03:54:55 pm »

Saw "The Golden Batchelor" last night.

The Batchelor is 71 and lovely. The women- I want to know how do these women in their 60s and 70s look so good? Plastics and hair extensions?

Well, shoot, I just got motivated to loose 10 lbs and look into hair extensions myself.

goatprairie · « **Reply #183 on:** September 29, 2023, 10:32:59 pm »

Quote from: Fishrrman on September 27, 2023, 06:05:05 pm

This past weekend I watched two anti-communist films from the 50's:
- Five Steps to Danger (1957) (with Sterling Hayden in his early years)
- Captain Scarface (1953)

Both were enjoyable.
You can find them either on YouTube or at archive.org ...

While Hayden was politically far to the left, he was a very interesting actor. Nevertheless, in those days many Hollywood actors and actresses were conservative. Maybe 50-50. Many major stars were staunch Republicans.
Those days are over. Now the ratio of liberal actors to conservative actors is about ten to one.
And try to find a popular female actress who is a strong conservative.

goatprairie · « **Reply #184 on:** September 29, 2023, 10:36:14 pm »

Quote from: deb on September 15, 2023, 09:20:22 am

I hate when that happens. And it happens all too frequently. It’s challenging to find decent TV programs.

Yes, there many modern tv shows and movies where there is literally nobody to root for. In some shows all the characters are morally vacuous.
I like shows with heroes and villains. Shows where everybody is an obnoxious jerk or pantywaist is not something I like to watch.

goatprairie · « **Reply #185 on:** September 29, 2023, 10:41:59 pm »

Finally saw Robert Mitchum's "Night Of The Hunter" from 1955. It shows why Mitchum was a very underrated actor.
Good actors can play evil characters like Mitchum did in this movie. He played a homicidal preacher out to find a bundle of stolen money hidden by two children whose father (Peter Graves) was hanged after stealing the money and killing some people.
The movie was directed by Charles Laughton and was the only movie he ever directed. It originally got bad reviews from the critics and discouraged Laughton so much he never directed another flick.
It is now rated as one of Hollywood's best movies. And Mitchum's favorite role.

verga · « **Reply #186 on:** October 02, 2023, 01:51:33 pm »

Quote from: goatprairie on September 29, 2023, 10:32:59 pm

While Hayden was politically far to the left, he was a very interesting actor. Nevertheless, in those days many Hollywood actors and actresses were conservative. Maybe 50-50. Many major stars were staunch Republicans.
Those days are over. Now the ratio of liberal actors to conservative actors is about ten to one.
And try to find a popular female actress who is a strong conservative.

Not as popular as she used to be, but Patricia Keaton.

Polly Ticks · « **Reply #187 on:** October 02, 2023, 02:21:48 pm »

Quote from: verga on October 02, 2023, 01:51:33 pm

Not as popular as she used to be, but Patricia Keaton.

Gina Carano

Fishrrman · « **Reply #188 on:** October 02, 2023, 05:41:19 pm »

This past weekend, watched "The Impossible", a 2012 film based on a story of a family that survived the tsumani in Thailand in 2004. Very very good, and recommended.

It can "be found", if you know where to look...

goatprairie · « **Reply #189 on:** October 02, 2023, 10:28:41 pm »

Watching episodes of "The Virginian" on a regular basis. Didn't watch it much back in the day because my father didn't like it much. When I did see I liked it (I liked all westerns

), but I didn't get to see many.
Even the early episodes were filmed in color. And the color resolution was very good. Many color shows from the sixties and even the seventies had poor color resolution. The big shift from black and white to color for most tv shows occurred in the mid-sixties.
Maybe NBC just had better people doing that than CBS or ABC. I believe NBC was the first major network to start color tv back in the fifties.
BTW. the theme from The Virginian has been going through my head all day. Fortunately, I like the theme music.

Timber Rattler · « **Reply #190 on:** October 03, 2023, 07:07:23 am »

Quote from: goatprairie on October 02, 2023, 10:28:41 pm

Watching episodes of "The Virginian" on a regular basis. Didn't watch it much back in the day because my father didn't like it much. When I did see I liked it (I liked all westerns ), but I didn't get to see many.
Even the early episodes were filmed in color. And the color resolution was very good. Many color shows from the sixties and even the seventies had poor color resolution. The big shift from black and white to color for most tv shows occurred in the mid-sixties.
Maybe NBC just had better people doing that than CBS or ABC. I believe NBC was the first major network to start color tv back in the fifties.
BTW. the theme from The Virginian has been going through my head all day. Fortunately, I like the theme music.

Watch a Local TV Station Switch From Black & White to Color for First Time (1967)

https://www.openculture.com/2022/04/watch-an-iowa-tv-station-switch-from-black-white-to-color-for-first-time-1967.html

Sighlass · « **Reply #191 on:** October 03, 2023, 11:39:24 am »

Watching a dang good movie (ain't finished it yet, over 2 hours long)... Polish Period piece movie, that is fabulous as of yet... absolutely near perfect so far (just a little slow, but deliciously so). Think it is also on Netflix.

Forgotten Love

Trailer shows English overdubs, I am watching the Polish original with subtitles and prefer it. PM me if you need a link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUbs1-j5JOg

EDIT: Ok I finished it... tears.... Rating 10/10 .... Damn Good Movie. Kiss my butt Hollywood, this is how you make movies.

corbe · « **Reply #192 on:** October 03, 2023, 08:31:03 pm »

Where the Crawdads Sing is a 'Chick Flick' throughout, but @Texas Robin and I watched it last weekend and it was GOOD.

verga · « **Reply #193 on:** October 04, 2023, 02:00:22 pm »

Quote from: corbe on October 03, 2023, 08:31:03 pm

Where the Crawdads Sing is a 'Chick Flick' throughout, but @Texas Robin and I watched it last weekend and it was GOOD.

Vergette and I watched it and loved it.

Fishrrman · « **Reply #194 on:** October 04, 2023, 05:52:51 pm »

"Where the Crawdads Sing is a 'Chick Flick' throughout"

I think the title is a ripoff from a charming 1974 film named "Where the Lillies Bloom":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Lilies_Bloom
(with music by none other than Earl Scruggs...!)

Sighlass · « **Reply #195 on:** October 06, 2023, 12:42:07 am »

Nobody gonna give "Forgotten Love" a try ? ... Best movie of 2023 IMHO ... and no wokeness, cursing (at least as far as I could tell in the subtitles, or gratuitous sex scenes). Great story, some twists, great scenery, humor, great soundtrack. Watch the version with subtitles over the overdub version. Could pass as a "Chick Flix" date night film, but guys will like it too.

There was also a 1982 version (called "The Quack") (and previous version I think in the 1920s and an Indian remake)... Movie is so good I may try the 1982 version too (on Youtube).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUbs1-j5JOg

deb · « **Reply #196 on:** October 06, 2023, 07:03:51 am »

Quote from: Sighlass on October 06, 2023, 12:42:07 am

Nobody gonna give "Forgotten Love" a try ? ... Best movie of 2023 IMHO ... and no wokeness, cursing (at least as far as I could tell in the subtitles, or gratuitous sex scenes). Great story, some twists, great scenery, humor, great soundtrack. Watch the version with subtitles over the overdub version. Could pass as a "Chick Flix" date night film, but guys will like it too.

There was also a 1982 version (called "The Quack") (and previous version I think in the 1920s and an Indian remake)... Movie is so good I may try the 1982 version too (on Youtube).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUbs1-j5JOg

Thanks for the suggestion. Gonna give it a try.

Gefn · « **Reply #197 on:** October 14, 2023, 06:32:00 am »

New season of "Rick and Morty" starts tomorrow night (October 15)

Gefn · « **Reply #198 on:** October 14, 2023, 07:41:57 pm »

I found a great old show on Hulu that I missed when it was first run back in the day (because of school)

Moonlighting. Just dropped and it's so much fun to watch a really good show from the 80s and to see how young everyone looked.

plus the two assistant leads are hilarious!

libertybele · « **Reply #199 on:** October 14, 2023, 08:06:17 pm »

Quote from: corbe on October 03, 2023, 08:31:03 pm

Where the Crawdads Sing is a 'Chick Flick' throughout, but @Texas Robin and I watched it last weekend and it was GOOD.

I read the book which was wonderful, but the movie was lacking a bit I felt.