A new thread for those who know how to spell.
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Hilarious, sunny. Bravo.
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quote:Originally posted by sunnylea57:
A new thread for those who know how to spell.
You mean that original subject line wasn't intentional? And here I thought you were a brilliant satirist...
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quote:Originally posted by PurpleHaze:quote:Originally posted by sunnylea57:
A new thread for those who know how to spell.
You mean that original subject line wasn't intentional? And here I thought you were a brilliant satirist...
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Intentional, yes. Brilliant, why thank you. I'll take whatever I can get.
I'm currently watching Young Sheldon and Breaking Bad. To be honest, since The Big Bang Theory finished, I can't find a really good TV show to watch. I've recently installed Cinema APK on Firestick and can watch on-demand movies and TV series. So, I'm looking for the good suggestions.
sunnylea57 posted:A new thread for those who know how to spell.
What was wrong with this one? Read first post.
Well if the forum worked properly, you’d see the date when I started this thread. Not sure when it was, but it was long enough ago that I don’t remember starting it.
Rereading the posts in this thread, I think this was meant as a joke. When I started it, I think the subject line originally had intentional typos in it. but honestly I don’t recall.
Carry on TOM.
I do prefer series more than movies, cause there is more time to build complex characters and stories. I'd suggest you Outlander (it's available on Netflix, but maybe free streaming sites also offer this show). It's about a nurse who goes 200 years back in time by accident and is separated from her husband and has to live a life in 1700. Folks, it's one of the best series I've ever seen.
I behind the times and just now into season 3 of Downton Abbey.
The Mrs and I started watching the new Netflix series Space Force. She hated it and since she's the boss we stopped after two episodes. I didn't hate it but thought it was pretty dumb so no reason to keep watching.
Oh, you should watch Space Force. It's definitely very much worth watching. It is built up heavily on inside jokes and characterization. There is a lot of military humor and the acting is brilliant. BTW, it indeed is available on free streaming sites like Airy TV (https://www.firesticktricks.com/airy-tv.html), for example. So, keep watching it. My recommendation. I enjoyed it.
Memorial Day - Band of Brothers
@Rhow posted:I do prefer series more than movies, cause there is more time to build complex characters and stories. I'd suggest you Outlander (it's available on Netflix, but maybe free streaming sites also offer this show). It's about a nurse who goes 200 years back in time by accident and is separated from her husband and has to live a life in 1700. Folks, it's one of the best series I've ever seen.
I too enjoyed "Outlander". The scenery in Scotland is amazing, and the characters are great, especially the leads. It can be quite violent, and can be disturbing at times.
I'm watching "The Undoing" on HBO. I was flipping through the channels this weekend and just happened to catch a very critical locker room scene in the first episode by chance, and I was hooked.
Have watched the first four episodes of the zombie series Black Summer. If it doesn't get any better than what I have already seen, I'm dumping it.
I finished "The Undoing". I enjoyed it, up until the ending, which I thought was lame and just opened up a whole bunch of questions and makes you wonder about the characters' motivations and decisions throughout the series.
I don't know why you insist on posting in this thread that has 50 posts as opposed to the one that was created a year earlier that has almost 500.
Because this is "What are you watching" and the other is "Recommendations for TV Shows". I am not recommending the show; I am just reporting that I watched it.
It's like if there was a thread: "What are you drinking" and "What wines do you recommend", those are two different topics.
Oh. Well, stop watching shows you wouldn't recommend. Life's too short.
@The Old Man posted:Oh. Well, stop watching shows you wouldn't recommend. Life's too short.
That's like those drug commercials that say, "Don't take 'X' if you are allergic to it, as it could give you hives, bleeding from the eyes, uncontrollable diarrhea, and suicidal thoughts." Well, how are you supposed to know you're allergic if it's a new drug you've never tried before?
@The Old Man posted:I don't know why you insist on posting in this thread that has 50 posts as opposed to the one that was created a year earlier that has almost 500.
This thread was created in March 2018. You started your thread in April 2019. Because facts matter.
@sunnylea57 posted:This thread was created in March 2018. You started your thread in April 2019. Because facts matter.
I stand corrected. The weird thing is it sat unused for 2 years (!) including 11 months after I started my thread. During that time period everyone kept using the original thread with the misspelling of the word "recommendations."
Recommmmmmendations... because they're mmm mmm good.
Watched the first episode of "Sex/Life" on Netflix. Not sure I'm going to watch much more.
Switched over to "Upload" on Prime - watched the first episode and enjoyed it. Hoping the rest are good.
@Rothko posted:Switched over to "Upload" on Prime - watched the first episode and enjoyed it. Hoping the rest are good.
That is a fun show.
@mneeley490 posted:That is a fun show.
Perhaps mention it in the recommendation thread? I still really don't understand why we have two thread for television, especially when this one was dead for two years until the strange Frances123 found it buried and reopened it.
Bosch
5/8ths of the way through season 7. Like the previous six seasons, it’s a solid, entertaining, well-made police procedural. We’ve enjoyed the entire run of the series, but it’s nothing revelatory. It feels like a bit of a throwback to something the big 3 networks might have produced 20 years ago. Stylistically, it’s very well shot and edited, but fairly generic. And it’s all plot: the characters, including Bosch, aren’t fully realized and don't have a lot of emotional resonance.
But the same is true of Connelly’s books. I’ve read them all, and they’re very entertaining, fast-paced, and all plot. You don’t ever get deeply invested in the characters.
Handmaid's Tale
@sunnylea57 posted:Bosch
5/8ths of the way through season 7. Like the previous six seasons, it’s a solid, entertaining, well-made police procedural. We’ve enjoyed the entire run of the series, but it’s nothing revelatory. It feels like a bit of a throwback to something the big 3 networks might have produced 20 years ago. Stylistically, it’s very well shot and edited, but fairly generic. And it’s all plot: the characters, including Bosch, aren’t fully realized and don't have a lot of emotional resonance.
But the same is true of Connelly’s books. I’ve read them all, and they’re very entertaining, fast-paced, and all plot. You don’t ever get deeply invested in the characters.
Perfect summary Sunnylea. I do enjoy Bosch's home and his audio collection. Serious stuff.
@mangiare posted:Perfect summary Sunnylea. I do enjoy Bosch's home and his audio collection. Serious stuff.
My mother's house had a better view. FWIW one of the major characters on the show is LA itself.
@mangiare posted:Perfect summary Sunnylea. I do enjoy Bosch's home and his audio collection. Serious stuff.
Yeah, there was an excellent shot of the audio setup in one of the later episodes of this season. Loved the McIntosh tube amp.
Watched the first season of "Too Hot to Handle". An interesting premise: each time the contestants have sexual contact they lose money; each episode I watch, I lose 10 IQ points.
@sunnylea57 posted:Bosch
5/8ths of the way through season 7. Like the previous six seasons, it’s a solid, entertaining, well-made police procedural. We’ve enjoyed the entire run of the series, but it’s nothing revelatory. It feels like a bit of a throwback to something the big 3 networks might have produced 20 years ago.
Well I guess I have to step in. Bosch is in no way related to earlier police procedurals. There is actual filmmaking going on in these episodes; each episode is directed and particularly shot with great skill and care. I place it #2 behind that perhaps never to be surpassed The Wire.
"You don’t ever get deeply invested in the characters."
Well that may be you. But I think that Titus Welliver simply inhabits the role. We know him, we know how he thinks. And there's so many other great characters who we've seen fully developed over the years including J. Edgar, Maddie, LT, the Chief. Note, as I've pointed out before, that the character arcs almost never follow what is in the books.
Trivia, for the observant: Did you see Michael Connelly sitting in the background in the last episode at Musso and Frank Grill? Pretty much what he and Welliver did was give this classic LA restaurant a needed boost as the pandemic lessens.
No, I won't be debating this because what's the point? Happy to say I've booked my first tour group since the pandemic who want to go see Bosch locations and the great architecture of LA.
@The Old Man posted:Trivia, for the observant: Did you see Michael Connelly sitting in the background in the last episode at Musso and Frank Grill? Pretty much what he and Welliver did was give this classic LA restaurant a needed boost as the pandemic lessens.
As did Michael Douglas with nearly every episode of The Kominsky Method.
@sunnylea57 posted:As did Michael Douglas with nearly every episode of The Kominsky Method.
I am glad to here it. While certainly not the best LA has to offer it's a link to LA's frequently bulldozed past.
Finally started to watch Narcos.
@sunnylea57 posted:As did Michael Douglas with nearly every episode of The Kominsky Method.
I'm enjoying The Kominsky Method so far. I'm in Season 2, Episode 2. Typically watch 1 or 2 a week as the mood strikes me.
I'm into the second season of The Family Man on Amazon. Interesting take on the spy theme, as it is an Indian TV production. The main character (sort of an Indian Jack Ryan) works for a secret section of the Indian National Intelligence Service, where they track and access terrorist threats. It's an important, but terribly low paying job, and the protagonist is constantly trying to juggle his job and family responsibilities. They almost always speak a mixture of Hindi and English. Season 1 was dubbed into English, though it's sometimes difficult to catch it all through the thick accents. Season 2 is not dubbed, but there are subtitles available.