What are you watching now?...2024

[corbe]

   Continued from https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,490933.0.html

[Timber Rattler]

In memory of David Soul...

World War III ( TV Movie 1982)

https://archive.org/details/WorldWarIIITVMovie1982

[Fishrrman]

This weekend:
"Question 7", a 1961 West German anti-communist film...

[roamer_1]

I just got done with Earth: Final Conflict. Looking for something else.

[Gefn]

 

[Free Vulcan]

Reacher season 2. No woke, no ________ given.

[Hoodat]

Just started on Reacher 2, myself.

[240B]

Babylon 5 - original from early 90s on ROKU channel streaming

[Free Vulcan]

Babylon 5 - original from early 90s on ROKU channel streaming

Favorite sci-fi series ever.

[corbe]

[roamer_1]

Favorite sci-fi series ever.

I like the 2k version better.

[240B]

Favorite sci-fi series ever.

The series basically ends at season 4 episode 6 with the defeat of Za'ha'dum. The rest of 4 and season 5 seems like they are forcing it, trying to find a direction. Then they transition to a B5 vs. President Clark and Earth show. Good show though, but not the same as the earlier seasons.

Was surprise to see a very young Bryan Cranston (Walter White) in one of the episodes.

[Sighlass]

Cranford on Roku (don't know how many times now I have watched this series). Never fails to impress.

Finished Reacher series... It was ok, but the lines just seem so rushed at times.... Punchlines that would of hit harder with just a slight pause before delivery.

Reacher season one was the superior offering.

[Free Vulcan]

I like the 2k version better.

Refresh me. Either I've never heard of it or have forgotten about it. I'd love to watch more of that series.

[Fishrrman]

This past weekend watched "The Silent Revolution" (2018), a German film about a high school class in East Berlin that "rebels" against the communists by observing a minute of silence in support of the Hungarian uprising in 1956. Based on a true story.

Pretty good, although the particular set of subtitles that came with it were poor. There may be alternative subtitle files "out there".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silent_Revolution_(2018_film)

[roamer_1]

Refresh me. Either I've never heard of it or have forgotten about it. I'd love to watch more of that series.

Woops! my bad... I was thinking of Battlestar Galactica. I like the remake better than the original, outside of that they made Starbuck a chick... Though she plays it well.

[Free Vulcan]

Woops! my bad... I was thinking of Battlestar Galactica. I like the remake better than the original, outside of that they made Starbuck a chick... Though she plays it well.

Excellent series too. Love Katie Sackhoff in that, loved her in Longmire. Not your typical actress.

[roamer_1]

Excellent series too. Love Katie Sackhoff in that, loved her in Longmire. Not your typical actress.

Yeah... REALLY loved her in Longmire, which was a stretch for her, I thought... Sci-fi was kinda her bag all the way along.

Getting pretty close to my annual Longmire binge... you may have started something... 

[240B]

Watching 'Northern Exposure' on Amz Prime. I enjoy the shows but, it has to be the most pretentious TV series I have ever seen. Tons of preachy sermons about life the universe and everything. Tons of references to classical literature, Greek mythology, poets, philosophers, and classical music.

Every show is some kind of deep philosophical lesson. Every character is a quirky free thinking hippy, all with some unique hidden talent and untapped profound knowledge of something or other. The show is obsessed with Native American culture and religion, all portrayed as ethereal, magical, and enlightened.

All those weird "dream" fake outs are driving me crazy. Oh, it was just a dream ... again ... and again ...

The show frequently goes 'over the top' with esoteric references to food, wine, philosophy, and literature.

For example, they focus on some roughneck living in a shack in the woods. What is he having for dinner? Try, "rôti de bœuf et pommes de terre au paprika doux espagnol et asperges blanches". With Chateau Latour for wine. I'm just rolling eyes. Come on man, give it a break already.

Distant hallow woodwind music automatically means some mystical magical Native American epiphany is being presented. And they do it ALL THE TIME. If I hear that crap one more time, I am going to puke.

Ok, that's it.
The doctor character Joel Fleishman the star of the show, is a bully and punk. Thoroughly unlikeable person.
The Minnifield character (Mr. Burns) is a millionaire bully and punk.
The Ed character is a thoroughly unreliable special needs character who betrays every trust and bombs every job he is given.
The Chris character is a sleazy hippy I would never get involved with.
Weird show.

The show essentially ends Season 5 episode 24 when Joel the doctor leaves. From that point to the end of Season 6, it is mostly just fantasies, dreams, hallucinations, and what they call "visions".

It is an entertaining show, once you dismiss all the smug lessons and subtexts. I saw a few of the episodes when it aired in the early 90s, but I was way too busy at the time to watch TV.

Now, I have all the time in the world. Why not waste some of it to catch up on a memory.

[Timber Rattler]

Stumbled across this interesting alternative history series, the premise of which is that the Soviets won the race to the moon and the Cold War continued there.

For All Mankind

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All_Mankind_(TV_series)

https://tv.apple.com/us/show/for-all-mankind/umc.cmc.6wsi780sz5tdbqcf11k76mkp7

[Sighlass]

History... American Heritage 10 disk ....

Friend loaned it to me and I made copies (MKV are huge files, so will have to burn to a few DVDs)...

Can watch on the Tube... @sneakypete might want to skip it, it talks about real history (breakup from Britain was only slightly due to "taxation without representation".) That was only reason 27 out of 30 something mentioned (and way far down the list).

Can be found on Youtube, but for some reason it will not let me embed the video here, almost like YouTube doesn't want it seen but can't seem to ban the video without looking bad.

Use these keywords on YouTube search: American Heritage Episode 1

[Hoodat]

Dune II - Preview.  Can't wait to see it.  Almost $200 million spent on this.

[jafo2010]

With our government finally admitting to aliens from another planet here, I broke down and decided to watch the TV show Roswell.  Interesting story.

I have long believed there has to be other life forms in the universe.  As advanced as humans are beyond an ameba, is it not possible there is a life form that many times more advanced than the human being?  I say yes.

[Fishrrman]

Last weekend, watched the Australian re-make of "On The Beach".

I thought it departed too much from the novel (which I had only read a few weeks' back), and the American captain of the sub did not behave as one would expect an actual captain to do).

The original from from 1959 with Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner and Fred Astaire was better.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Watched "Joker" last night. Good flick.

[goatprairie]

Watched "Oppenheimer" yesterday. Extremely unimpressed for a number of reasons.
    SPOILER ALERT!!!!!

The director decided to have an obnoxious score blasting through almost the entire length of the extremely long movie.
The movie was not linear but jumped from the past to the present to the future and back again.  The movie seemed to dwell more on Oppenheimer's supposed persecution for his communist associations.
There was very little about the actual development of the a-bomb. The only part of the movie that really gripped me were the scenes depicting the explosion of the first a-bomb in New Mexico.
Other than that, I had to fight off boredom.
I don't get the great reviews. But then I'm a curmudgeon and don't much like anything out of Hollyweird.
 

[Fishrrman]

This past weekend watched "Downfall", the 2004 German film about the last days of Hitler and the Germans around him in the Berlin bunker (actually, the more prominent character is his young secretary).

This is the film from which the "Hitler parody" videos is taken. Surprisingly, this segment is actually in the first third of so of the film, not at the end.

I didn't know what to expect, but it was very good. I'd recommend it to forum members, but this is a movie to which you have to pay attention, as it has English subtitles.

Don't let that scare you off. I would have thought that for being set mostly "in a bunker" it would be claustrophobic and boring, but it wasn't. It IS two hours and 35 minutes, so you might want to watch it over two viewings (do "the split" at 1'15").

This one gets saved into my film archives...

[Timber Rattler]

This past weekend watched "Downfall", the 2004 German film about the last days of Hitler and the Germans around him in the Berlin bunker (actually, the more prominent character is his young secretary).

This is the film from which the "Hitler parody" videos is taken. Surprisingly, this segment is actually in the first third of so of the film, not at the end.

I didn't know what to expect, but it was very good. I'd recommend it to forum members, but this is a movie to which you have to pay attention, as it has English subtitles.

Don't let that scare you off. I would have thought that for being set mostly "in a bunker" it would be claustrophobic and boring, but it wasn't. It IS two hours and 35 minutes, so you might want to watch it over two viewings (do "the split" at 1'15").

This one gets saved into my film archives...

Agreed!  Bruno Ganz (RIP) was literally channeling Hitler...even down to his heavy Austrian accent.

Q&A Special: Actor Bruno Ganz on playing Hitler

https://theartsdesk.com/film/qa-special-actor-bruno-ganz-playing-hitler


“So Many Actors Have Failed”: Historian Lauds Controversial Take On Hitler In 19-Year-Old WW2 Movie

https://screenrant.com/downfall-movie-ww2-hitler-accuracy-historian-expert-response/

[240B]

Sam Loudermilk is a recovering alcoholic and substance-abuse counselor with a bad attitude. Although he has his drinking under control, Loudermilk discovers that when your life is a mess, getting clean is the easy part.

Loudermilk on NetFlix is an extremely zany/satirical anti-woke show about the struggle of alcohol/drug addiction and the insanity of a 'woke-world'.

I liked it but not everyone will. It is niche.

[goatprairie]

Agreed!  Bruno Ganz (RIP) was literally channeling Hitler...even down to his heavy Austrian accent.

Q&A Special: Actor Bruno Ganz on playing Hitler

https://theartsdesk.com/film/qa-special-actor-bruno-ganz-playing-hitler


“So Many Actors Have Failed”: Historian Lauds Controversial Take On Hitler In 19-Year-Old WW2 Movie

https://screenrant.com/downfall-movie-ww2-hitler-accuracy-historian-expert-response/

I haven't seen that particular film about Hitler. Of course, I've laughed at all the parodies.
I've seen numerous documentaries about Hitler. One doc I saw on YT was very interesting for the fact that it showed all the close calls Hitler had in life. It's a nothing short of an evil miracle that he survived as long as he did considering the many times he barely escaped death.
The most intriguing was the time when as a soldier during WWI he was wandering around after a terrible battle completely unarmed. He was walking aimlessly when he heard the sound of a rifle bolt being clicked. He turned to see a British soldier aiming his rifle at him from less than ten yards or so. The British soldier was perfectly in his rights to shoot Hitler even though he was unarmed, but seeing Hitler unarmed, he put his rifle down and let him go.
The British soldier in question might have been Henry Tandy the most decorated British soldier of the war, but historians dispute that saying his regiment and Hitler's were too far apart for it to have happened.
When asked about the incident shortly after WW2 started Tandy said he vaguely recalled letting some soldier go, but he couldn't be sure it was Hitler.
But he said had he known it was Hitler considering the harm he was doing, he would have pulled the trigger.

[corbe]

[Smokin Joe]

Sam Loudermilk is a recovering alcoholic and substance-abuse counselor with a bad attitude. Although he has his drinking under control, Loudermilk discovers that when your life is a mess, getting clean is the easy part.

Loudermilk on NetFlix is an extremely zany/satirical anti-woke show about the struggle of alcohol/drug addiction and the insanity of a 'woke-world'.

I liked it but not everyone will. It is niche.

What's the name of the show?

[goatprairie]

What's the name of the show?

Loudermilk

[240B]

HALO - PARAMOUNT STREAMING.
Currently watching HALO on Paramount streaming video. Seasons one and two. I really must say that I am smitten.

Science fiction space stuff mixed with superheroes and war/politics. I do not know what attracts me to this story, but I know I like it. I like it a lot.

[Fishrrman]

This past weekend, watched "The Day After Tomorrow", which I'd never seen before.

If you can get by the baked-in political propaganda, it was ok...

[240B]

Watching a documentary on NETFLIX called "The Program". It is a documentary about reform schools in the 80s and 90s.
It is a very brutal real-life depiction of the abuses of these programs and the scams they were running on the parents.
It is hard to watch but extremely interesting.

[LMAO]

This past weekend watched "Downfall", the 2004 German film about the last days of Hitler and the Germans around him in the Berlin bunker (actually, the more prominent character is his young secretary).

This is the film from which the "Hitler parody" videos is taken. Surprisingly, this segment is actually in the first third of so of the film, not at the end.

I didn't know what to expect, but it was very good. I'd recommend it to forum members, but this is a movie to which you have to pay attention, as it has English subtitles.

Don't let that scare you off. I would have thought that for being set mostly "in a bunker" it would be claustrophobic and boring, but it wasn't. It IS two hours and 35 minutes, so you might want to watch it over two viewings (do "the split" at 1'15").

This one gets saved into my film archives...

I also share your assessment of that film. It starts out with a commentary from the real Traudl Junge, who was Hitler’s secretary, before she passed away

[corbe]

   Just ordered this for $6 on EBAY, I Love Micheal Keaton and Melanie Griffith.
   I know @Texas Robin will also.

[Smokin Joe]

HALO - PARAMOUNT STREAMING.
Currently watching HALO on Paramount streaming video. Seasons one and two. I really must say that I am smitten.

Science fiction space stuff mixed with superheroes and war/politics. I do not know what attracts me to this story, but I know I like it. I like it a lot.

You are not alone!

[Smokin Joe]

Loudermilk

Thanks, I will check it out.

[DCPatriot]

Just finished viewing a 5 episode Netflix Docuseries on New York City Detectives solving crimes such as the Carnegie Deli murders above the iconic restaurant, adjacent to David Letterman's late night show.

Good stuff to get away from the LBGTQ crap they stick in every possible program.

[DCPatriot]

FYI...

Recently watched "INTO THE DARK" on Netflix...about a passenger plane that must circle the globe to remain in darkness because the sun's polar axis 'flipped', causing acute solar storm which reaches Earth, where it kills every living organism...essentially 'microwaving' /cooking them from the inside out.

Now, I'm in the middle of YAKUZMA-245, about a Turkish submarine on maneuvers which tracked a commercial experimental diving sub exploring a deep Mediterranean trench.

Lucky for all of them, because the sun's polar axis  'flipped', causing an acute solar storm which destroys anybody caught in daylight...cooking them from the inside out.

WTF is going on here?      (Both on Netflix)

[Fishrrman]

This weekend:
"The Gospel of Matthew".

Next weekend:
"The Gospel of John".

[Gefn]

This past weekend, watched "The Day After Tomorrow", which I'd never seen before.

If you can get by the baked-in political propaganda, it was ok...

Is that the one about the Nuclear Bomb? If you want a really good film on the nuclear bomb, watch "Threads" I saw it on You Tube and the ending gave me nightmares for a week.

https://youtu.be/p5IAXoOfFf0?si=TrMb7M7PiR1ISuOj

@Fishrrman

[Gefn]

Another season of "Call The Midwife"

and two other shows on PBS- "Nolly" and "Alice and Jack"

[Polly Ticks]

Dune II - Preview.  Can't wait to see it.  Almost $200 million spent on this.

We watched it this past weekend.  I thought it was good, and my spouse & kids liked it better than the first one.

Side note - I tried out the in-theater closed captioning device for the first time ever, and was VERY impressed with it.

[Ghost Bear]

I watched "Oppenheimer" at home Saturday night (bought the blu-ray). Strangely, I came away from it sympathizing with Strauss and thinking that Oppenheimer and his commie friends should have been treated much worse than they were. I don't think that's the reaction I was supposed to have though.   

[Timber Rattler]

I watched "Oppenheimer" at home Saturday night (bought the blu-ray). Strangely, I came away from it sympathizing with Strauss and thinking that Oppenheimer and his commie friends should have been treated much worse than they were. I don't think that's the reaction I was supposed to have though.   

Agreed.  The fact of the matter is that the Soviets, through Chevalier, approached him for secret info, and not only did Oppenheimer fail to immediately report it, he lied to the Army six months later when he eventually did.  And then, the stakes were considerably higher after 1949, when the Soviets tested their own A-Bomb.  So yeah, Strauss had very good reason to be suspicious of Oppenheimer, and he wasn't the only one.

The true story...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppenheimer_security_clearance_hearing

[berdie]

Dang! Ya'll are so deep.

Right now, I'm just watching reruns of Gunsmoke, lol.

[Fishrrman]

Gefn wrote:
"If you want a really good film on the nuclear bomb, watch "Threads" I saw it on You Tube and the ending gave me nightmares for a week."

Yes, I've seen that one. Very good.

For the past year (maybe closer to two), I've made a "project" for myself to collect and watch nearly the entire genre of disaster/apocalypse films, as many as I could find (most "zombie" films not included).

Here's the list of those I collected so far.
An * indicates that it was "better".
An - indicates... not so much.

The Road
Threads
No Blade of Grass
Deluge (1933)
I am Legend (2007 version with alternate ending)
World Without End (1956)
The Stand (1994)
Miracle Mile (1988)
The Last Man On Earth (1964)
Outbreak (1995)
A Boy And His Dog (1974)
The Omega Man (1971)
Doomsday (2008)
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
Children of Men (2006)*
Equilibrium (2002)
The Postman (1997)
Reign of Fire (2002)*
The Quiet Earth (1985)
Carriers (2009)
City of Ember (2008)*
Knowing (2009)
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
Diverge (2016)
Mad Max (1979)
The Road Warrior (1981)
Mad Max 3 Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
The Book of Eli (2010)
The Last Survivors (2014)
Goodbye, World (2013)
Into the Forest (2015)
Songbird (2020)
Testament (1983)
Oblivion (2013)
The Maze Runner (2014)
Maze Runner II & III
Greenland (2020)*
Perfect Sense (2011)*
The Rover (2014)
Z for Zacharia (2015)
The Survivalist (2015)
Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)
Bokeh (2017)
Logan's Run (1976)
Blindness (2008)*
Silent Running (1972)
Snowpiercer (2013)
What Still Remains (2018)
Right At Your Door (2006)
It Comes At Night (2017)
12 Monkeys
I Think We're Alone Now (2018)
The Matrix (1999)
Waterworld (1995)
Five (1951)
This Is Not A Test (1962)
Terminator: Salvation (2009)*
Escape from L.A. (1996)
Take Shelter (2011)
These Final Hours (Australian, 2013)
How I Live Now (2013)
The Last Boy (2019)***
Legion (2010)
Seeking a Friend For The End of The World (2012)
Parts Per Billion (2014) -
The Day The Earth Caught Fire (1961)*
Where Have All The People Gone? (1974)
Finch (2021)
Colossus The Forbin Project (1970)
Deep Impact (1998)
Damnation Alley (1977) --
Def-Con 4 (1985)
Gravity (2013)
Phase IV (1974)
Elysium (2013) *
The Rapture (1991)
2012 (2009)
Armageddon (1998)
The Impossible (2012)***
Glen and Randa (1971)
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

One that I would HIGHLY recommend is "The Last Boy".
VERY interesting film.