10-12-2024, 09:48 AM | #1606 |
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We finished Backstrom S3, watched the 3 measly episodes of Vera - thought it would be good to have Joe back but he wasn't much of an improvement; now on latest season of Candice Renoir - not her biggest fan but her diverse supporting cast makes it well worth watching.
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10-18-2024, 05:01 PM | #1607 |
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Just watched the 1975 classic Jaws. I'm finding that I prefer the older movies now (70's, 80's and 90's), less trying to fulfill some imagined 'political correctness' and more about telling a good story, with good characters. Take Jaws for example, essentially three guys take on a giant fish, they tell 'sexist' jokes, drink beer, argue and blow the s***e out of a great white, can't see that being made today, not without extensive re-writing. Going to watch Close Encounters of the Third Kind tomorrow.
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10-19-2024, 12:09 PM | #1608 |
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Whilst being imprisoned fighting off a persistent cold/flu bug I watched the Wallace & Gromit short films - The Wrong Trousers is IMHO one of the best short films ever made - a full detective story encapsulated into 30 minutes of non-stop fun. Brilliant!
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10-24-2024, 12:40 PM | #1609 | |
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(When recently incarcerated in a physical rehab facility--fractured my back, don't ask, sigh, yes, I've been MIA again, another medical/physical thing!--I became reacquainted with all the late 50's, early 60's western shows. HAHAHAHAHHA! Boy, there ain't no "fill" in those stories; it's wham, bam...well, you know the rest. But they sure don't waste your time in terms of plot fillers, side stories, and all that. The depth of a teaspoon, to quote Hermione Granger, but there you go.) Hitch |
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10-24-2024, 07:11 PM | #1610 |
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10-24-2024, 07:36 PM | #1611 | |
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In fact, this extends to just about all entertainment. There's a controversy about the remake of the anime Ranma 1/2 (about a young man who transforms into a young woman when dowsed with cold water) in that there's a very strong concern that it is going to be made woke/politically correct. In order for the series to work that can't be the case, otherwise the entire point of the series is ruined, and much of the humor would be lost. If things keep going the way they are you will soon see a Batman who will make the Superfriends version of Batman look like Rambo. He will counsel his villains to change their ways and then let them go, and he would never even attempt to use violence against them. |
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