^^^Yeah I watched The Bodyguard. It's really good. The ending will bitch-slap you. I don't think anyone saw the ending coming, it's really quite a twist. On par with "The Game" and "The Usual Suspects."
8.5/10
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^^^Yeah I watched The Bodyguard. It's really good. The ending will bitch-slap you. I don't think anyone saw the ending coming, it's really quite a twist. On par with "The Game" and "The Usual Suspects."
8.5/10
The funniest movie of all time now on Netflix:
Monte Python and the Holy Grail
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"White Dragon" on Amazon. I'm really liking this mystery series set in Hong Kong. I drive my wife crazy because I can usually figure out who done it way early on. This one is keeping me guessing. There are a lot of strands in the web. I know they all lead to the center of the web but, I just can't see how yet.
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So ummm...does "The Wire" ever get interesting? I've watched the first three episodes on Amazon Prime, and I gotta admit it's been a huge letdown. So far, it's basically just NYPD Blue but with every iteration of the F-word thrown into every single sentence. It seems like it's trying so hard to look gritty and raw, but in reality it's just another 2000's cop show.
Seriously, isn't "The Wire" just a remake of "Homicide: Life on the Street?" Booooooooooooring......... :sleeping:
Tell me when/if it actually does something unique and different, or if it's just gonna be a hardcore version of Hill Street Blues.
This is why I believe Breaking Bad is better -- because it had a unique formula and wasn't just one dimensional.
That's as far as I went too, twice.Quote:
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I just don't understand all of the hype it has gotten. It's basically just Miami Vice or NYPD Blue. Tell me I'm wrong. Definitely NOT groundbreaking material.
You obviously don't get it and probably never will... I suggest you move along to something else.Quote:
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I discover long ago that Rockgremlin and I are 180 degrees on what's a good show. Nothing wrong with that...
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:roll: What....so NYPD Blue is just that good?
Is it just 5 seasons of cops chasing drug dealers through Baltimore? What's the appeal? Are there plot twists? Do they develop characters beyond just banal stereotypes? I'm really trying to understand why it has received so much critical acclaim. Give me a better reason beyond just "you'll never get it." Give me a reason to watch episode 4, cuz right now I'm about ready to file this into the "C.S.I. & NYPD Blue" folder.
But then again...Twin Peaks was considered groundbreaking and that show is a bona fide turd.
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Did anyone watch Fyre? The doc about the Fyre Festival? Great doc and proof that there is a sucker born every day. Lord have mercy people are stupid.
Just started watching The Expanse on Prime as well. So far pretty good. I read some of the books a few years ago and I remember getting bored but you should check it out.
Anything's better than The Wire...except for Twin Peaks maybe.Quote:
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Brockmire is pure comedy gold... and yes, Rockgremlin would probably hate it.Quote:
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Actually I watched Brockmire and quite enjoyed it. Ice plugged it a while back and that's when I looked into it. :fitz:
The fact that you equate The Wire to NYPD Blues tells me you don't get it.Quote:
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And Breaking Bad is just another Monday night of watching Cops.
Dude... it's OK, we don't have to like the same shows.
Shameless!
Why is Shameless not on anyone's must watch list, it's a great series.
FWIW - I'm pretty sure they used my in laws as the model for that show. My kids sometimes call their mother Fiona when she is trying to rescue her brothers from going back to prison again... hahaha... I have to laugh otherwise it's just sad...
Rockgremlin have you watched Frankie and Grace?
My wife and her girlfriends always watch that series when they sit around painting their toenails and drinking females cocktails and you seem to have the same taste in shows.
Yeah, that is another good one. William H, Macy kills it in that series.Quote:
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We seem to like the same shows Ice. You ever watch Curb Your Enthusiasm? I think it is the funniest show ever.
I've never tried Curb Your Enthusiasm. I'll check it out if I get bored.
I discover a long time ago asking what's a good show is a waste of time. Better to find someone that likes the same shows you do and see what else is on their list and you have hit pay dirt.
Yeah she mentioned this the last time she invited me over.Quote:
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Well played sir.Quote:
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That was you? Thanks for watching the 2nd season with her and painting her toe nails while I was out doing manly things....Quote:
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She kept mentioning that if her husband paid as much attention to her as he did trolling on Bogley then she wouldn't need my "services."Quote:
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She has nice feet, btw.
Oh yeah... I guess I should say thanks for staining the deck, raking up the leaves and cleaning the rain gutters...Quote:
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I'll admit I'm terrible at honey-do's
I was wondering what “cleaning the rain gutters” was code for 😂...Quote:
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You're welcome to stop by in a couple weeks and I'll have the hot young stripper wife show you what "weed the garden" is code for... you can even bring a friend ;-)Quote:
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So my daughter told me I should watch "The Umbrella Academy" on Netflix. The way she described it, I thought it sounded dumb, but I figured I'd give it a shot. I've watched the first two episodes and it actually pretty dang good. I'll keep going with it.
On a somewhat random, but related note, I'm wondering what the heck is going on with musicians nowadays. At the end of the second episode, they used a cover of INXS' incredibly awesome song "Never Tear Us Apart". It sucked. That song is timeless and it's always been a favorite. There's something about the way it's sung and that guitar riff after the pause...So good. That song is full of emotion and feeling. This version was lifeless and boring.
It seems to be a trend lately. My daughter was listening to spotify last night and aparently Walk The Moon did a cover of "Burning Down The House" by The Talking Heads. Again, it's boring and lifeless while the original is a timeless classic. It sucked so bad, but she thinks it's great. So disappointing.
Sorry, that's a real tangent, but it struck a nerve with me this morning and I had to get that out somewhere.
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I think that's a generational thing. Every generation thinks the one that follows are a bunch of idiots, and nothing could ever be better than what existed in their generation. My parents think my generation are clueless kids, and I think the same of my own kids. Hence the refrain: "Remember the good ole' days....?"
That may be part of it. I don't know. I don't mind a great cover of a great song. There are a few of those out there. The two I mentioned here are just bad though. Oh well. I guess I'm just old.
So I FORCED myself through the first season of The Wire. Man it's slow moving. It really picks up around episodes 10 - 12. That's where I started to really get into it. I like it but it just takes so long to develop characters and move the plot along. Plus it's not necessarily an original idea. I mean how many cop shows are there, like 1000?
Anyway, I will say that the acting is outstanding. There's not a weak acting link in the chain. And I do really like the excruciating attention to detail.
Bummer about Wallace...I liked that character. :cry1:
Starting Season 2 tonight...
We just finished "The Widow" on Amazon. An 8 episode series with Kate Beckinsale. She's good in it and, well, she's still hot! The supporting actors were excellent as well.
We started the Widow but still going through man in a high castle.
also caught the first episode of "Hanna"
"The Dirt" was released Friday on Netflix and I watched it Saturday night... I thought it was one of the best movies I've seen in a long time.
YMMV
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LOVE, SEX, and ROBOTS
^^^^ If you're a fan of sci-fi, gratuitous nudity, gratuitous violence, and amazing computer animation you need to check this out.
There's 18 individual mini-stories, all animated, and all done by different folks. The animation is so good in some of them that it just looks like a film. But be warned -- this isn't something that you can sit the family down and watch together. It is rated TV-MA for a reason because much of it is very graphic with the sex and violence. I can't wait for the second release -- I binge watched almost all of the episodes in one sitting, and I don't even like sci-fi.
So you're saying you dig cartoon sex huh? To each their own.Quote:
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So now we know Rockgremlin's kink....
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Who doesn't? :naughty:Quote:
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I just downloaded the 2 seasons of Yellowstone with Kevin Costner, watching the first episode now. Anybody else watched it?
Alright, so far, still in the first episode, I keep watching the Indians say how all of the land was theirs before the US Gov't took it away. When even the Indians are convinced that their little tribe, among thousands of tribes in the area, that they were the original owners of this land clear from the Oregon coast all the way to the colonies in the East, they must be learning this from privileged white people. The thousands of Indian tribes that were scattered across the land from coast to coast were constantly warring with each other, taking and stealing land with bloodshed. They were in NO WAY a unified body of land ownership.Quote:
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Now I'm half way through the first episode still and it's the white Montana natives that are trying to use the same argument, hating the "transplants". Retards.
I'll see if I can put up with it for a few more episodes, I thought I would like it with Kevin Costner.