What did you watch?
(I am working on IMDb stuff right now, so I will follow-up to myself a little later...)
What did you watch?
On 4/13/2024 8:41 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
What did you watch?
(I am working on IMDb stuff right now, so I will follow-up to myself a
little later...)
I watched:
Parish (AMC) Episode two of this Giancarlo Esposito crime series. This
one mainly dealt with the fallout from the heist in the pilot not going
as planned.
Fallout (Amazon Prime) New series based on a video game about survivors
in a post-apocalyptic America. The premier mostly focuses on a group of survivors living in a massive underground bunker that is based on a sort
of stylized futuristic 60s vibe. While on the surface it's more of a
Mad Max vibe, although not as bad since some of civilization has
survived. From what I gather the two sides are vaguely aware of each other's existence although no real interaction. Due to spoilerish
things happening a naive young woman leaves the bunker to go on a quest.
I guess the first episode was OK.
The Birds (blu-ray) 1963 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock about a
small town being terrorized by birds that keep attacking for no reason.
I could have sworn this movie was in black and white and was shocked
when it was in color. My best guess is the last time I watched it was
maybe 40 or so years ago on a black and white TV. Either that or I just flat out forgot it was in color. Regardless, the movie holds up well enough. I just have one more Hitchcock movie to go, then I think I will have watched all the ones I want to watch.
What did you watch?
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/13/2024 8:41 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
What did you watch?
(I am working on IMDb stuff right now, so I will follow-up to myself a
little later...)
I watched:
Parish (AMC) Episode two of this Giancarlo Esposito crime series. This
one mainly dealt with the fallout from the heist in the pilot not going
as planned.
Fallout (Amazon Prime) New series based on a video game about survivors
in a post-apocalyptic America. The premier mostly focuses on a group of
survivors living in a massive underground bunker that is based on a sort
of stylized futuristic 60s vibe. While on the surface it's more of a
Mad Max vibe, although not as bad since some of civilization has
survived. From what I gather the two sides are vaguely aware of each
other's existence although no real interaction. Due to spoilerish
things happening a naive young woman leaves the bunker to go on a quest.
I guess the first episode was OK.
The Birds (blu-ray) 1963 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock about a
small town being terrorized by birds that keep attacking for no reason.
I could have sworn this movie was in black and white and was shocked
when it was in color. My best guess is the last time I watched it was
maybe 40 or so years ago on a black and white TV. Either that or I just
flat out forgot it was in color. Regardless, the movie holds up well
enough. I just have one more Hitchcock movie to go, then I think I will
have watched all the ones I want to watch.
Which one do you have left to go?
Perhaps more importantly, which do you intend to skip?
On 4/13/2024 3:57 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/13/2024 8:41 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
What did you watch?
(I am working on IMDb stuff right now, so I will follow-up to myself a >>>> little later...)
I watched:
The Birds (blu-ray) 1963 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock about a
small town being terrorized by birds that keep attacking for no reason.
I could have sworn this movie was in black and white and was shocked
when it was in color. My best guess is the last time I watched it was
maybe 40 or so years ago on a black and white TV.ÿ Either that or I just >>> flat out forgot it was in color.ÿ Regardless, the movie holds up well
enough.ÿ I just have one more Hitchcock movie to go, then I think I will >>> have watched all the ones I want to watch.
Which one do you have left to go?
Perhaps more importantly, which do you intend to skip?
I have a Hitchcock blu-ray box set.ÿ A while back I watched: Rope, Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Vertigo, and Dial M For Murder (off
of TCM).ÿ Time really flies!ÿ I could have sworn I watched these a year
or less ago, but it was actually 2 years ago.ÿ Yesterday I watched The
Birds and today I'm watching my Psycho 4K box set.
In the Hitchcock blu-ray box set that I didn't watch: Marnie, Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, The Trouble with Harry, Torn Curtain, Topaz, Frenzy,
and Family Plot.ÿ I'm not sure if I've seen any of these before.ÿ I'm vaguely aware of the plot of The Trouble with Harry, but that doesn't
mean I seen it before.ÿ Same goes for "Frenzy."ÿ Although if they did a remake, *maybe* I saw the remake.ÿ I really don't know for sure.ÿ The
set also includes 7 episodes of Hitchcock Presents and 3 episodes of The Hitchcock Hour.ÿ I don't know which episodes are included.
As an aside, something very weird has been going on with my news reader
for a long while.ÿ One of the issues I occasional experience is when I
click on a post it shows as if someone else sent it.ÿ That's not
something that's easy to catch, but it happens to my posts too.ÿ The
only way I knew for sure this posted is because you responded to it.ÿ On
my end, I could see it was sent, but couldn't see the actual post. Every time I clicked it Ian's post appeared instead.ÿ It's getting worse and worse, I click on one person's post but someone else's' post appears.
I'm going to have uninstall and reinstall Thunderbird or maybe use a different newsreader.ÿ This is getting out of hand.
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
I watched a lot of episodes of FLIPPER sometime subtitled The New
Adventures. This is the one that shot three episodes in Florida, and then moved to Australia and had the most cast turnover you’ve ever seen. It’s also the one with Jessica Alba as the jailbait girl who could make a good
dog break his leash. Her character is totally perplexing. first she just seems to be some homeless girl who lives on the beach then at one point she at least has a bicycle and then at one point she mentions what color her bedroom is. There’s a throwaway about her mother deserting her and another about her having a sister. But we never find out what’s going on or who is her legal guardian or what. Also, they write her like a preteen who punches boys in the arm when they try to kiss her. There’s a boy her own age that she’s always getting into trouble, getting him to steal, airplanes and navy submarines (!) And such. Of course, flipper will save them. And there’s this plot about her thinking mermaids are real and thinking she’s a mermaid and it’s all very strange and muddled.
It starts out with the lead being a new actor, playing the character of the incredibly annoying bud that they added to the original show. His older brother Sandy shows up in one episode. There’s also this woman from the Navy who is the mother of the boy who likes Maya. At the end of the first season they give Bud a flashback episode and then he’s never seen again. That happens a lot on this show.
Season two begins with an all new cast except for Jessica Alba (Maya) as
new people run the dolphin Institute and also do search and rescue.
Season two ends with Maya, trapped in a storm drain having a flashback episode. (guess what happens to her next season?) And flipper inexplicably traverses the storm drains to rescue her.
Season three begins with them saying Maya (who is 16 last we heard) went
off with the lead female from season two to do research in the red Sea! The lead male from season two has completely forgotten the lead female, and is marrying somebody new we’ve never heard of who has two incredibly annoying kids. We’re talking Jody and Buffy from family affair annoying here. Somewhat inexplicably the father of the season two female lead stays with
the show even though the only reason he was there was to reconnect with his daughter, but he gets fewer and fewer episodes until he’s gone.
Season four kind of stabilizes, except that the lead picks up an annoying sister, who is a juvenile delinquent. And it ends with the horrible death
of flipper. No, seriously.
Hard to recommend unless you want to see Jessica Alba before her prime. If she’s your goal, I would recommend INTO THE BLUE.
I don’t remember if I mentioned that Apple gave me a free month of Apple TV for buying something else (I think it was pizza). It’s staggeringly annoying because almost everything is pay-per-view.
But they finally suggested I watch ARGYLLE.
This is a comedy spy thing starring Henry Cavill, which is really really
good until Bryce Dallas Howard shows up. Unfortunately that’s about the seven minute mark. This is not the cute woman you remember from the
Jurassic Park movies. This is an old fat version of her that looks sort of like, Donna Noble and is every bit as annoying. Then the movie keeps
getting worse and worse and stupider and stupider as it spirals down to the end.
So do I recommend it or not? I’d recommend it at the beginning and I’d tell
you to run screaming from the end. I don’t think I can honestly tell you to just quit halfway, but there are some good cast members and good performances. So a luke warm thumbs up.
And I absolutely hate Apple TV. The instant the end credits start, they
kill the feed without even going to something else in its place, even on something like this, which was made for them, and has mid credits scenes. I actually had to go to Mr. Google to find out what to do to watch the
credits and they were wrong, but it got me close enough that after five freaking tries, I managed it.
They want me to watch all the Ghostbusters movies and pay for every last
damn one of them except the first. This seems unlikely.
And they only give me the first episode of their various series for free.
Why the hell would I pay for a service that’s nothing but a gateway to pay-per-view?
Already canceled.
On 4/13/24 5:34 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
On 4/13/2024 3:57 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/13/2024 8:41 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
What did you watch?
(I am working on IMDb stuff right now, so I will follow-up to myself a >>>>> little later...)
I watched:
The Birds (blu-ray) 1963 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock about a
small town being terrorized by birds that keep attacking for no reason. >>>> I could have sworn this movie was in black and white and was shocked
when it was in color. My best guess is the last time I watched it was
maybe 40 or so years ago on a black and white TV.ÿ Either that or I
just
flat out forgot it was in color.ÿ Regardless, the movie holds up well
enough.ÿ I just have one more Hitchcock movie to go, then I think I
will
have watched all the ones I want to watch.
Which one do you have left to go?
Perhaps more importantly, which do you intend to skip?
I have a Hitchcock blu-ray box set.ÿ A while back I watched: Rope,
Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Vertigo, and Dial M For Murder
(off of TCM).ÿ Time really flies!ÿ I could have sworn I watched these
a year or less ago, but it was actually 2 years ago.ÿ Yesterday I
watched The Birds and today I'm watching my Psycho 4K box set.
In the Hitchcock blu-ray box set that I didn't watch: Marnie,
Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, The Trouble with Harry, Torn Curtain,
Topaz, Frenzy, and Family Plot.ÿ I'm not sure if I've seen any of
these before.ÿ I'm vaguely aware of the plot of The Trouble with
Harry, but that doesn't mean I seen it before.ÿ Same goes for
"Frenzy."ÿ Although if they did a remake, *maybe* I saw the remake.ÿ I
really don't know for sure.ÿ The set also includes 7 episodes of
Hitchcock Presents and 3 episodes of The Hitchcock Hour.ÿ I don't know
which episodes are included.
You can skip "The 39 Steps", that's for sure!!
As an aside, something very weird has been going on with my news
reader for a long while.ÿ One of the issues I occasional experience is
when I click on a post it shows as if someone else sent it.ÿ That's
not something that's easy to catch, but it happens to my posts too.
The only way I knew for sure this posted is because you responded to
it.ÿ On my end, I could see it was sent, but couldn't see the actual
post. Every time I clicked it Ian's post appeared instead.ÿ It's
getting worse and worse, I click on one person's post but someone
else's' post appears. I'm going to have uninstall and reinstall
Thunderbird or maybe use a different newsreader.ÿ This is getting out
of hand.
Are you Mac, or PC?
I would definitely check for updates, and if no update is available, try
a reinstall.
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/13/2024 3:57 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/13/2024 8:41 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
What did you watch?
(I am working on IMDb stuff right now, so I will follow-up to myself a >>>>> little later...)
I watched:
Parish (AMC) Episode two of this Giancarlo Esposito crime series. This >>>> one mainly dealt with the fallout from the heist in the pilot not going >>>> as planned.
Fallout (Amazon Prime) New series based on a video game about survivors >>>> in a post-apocalyptic America. The premier mostly focuses on a group of >>>> survivors living in a massive underground bunker that is based on a sort >>>> of stylized futuristic 60s vibe. While on the surface it's more of a
Mad Max vibe, although not as bad since some of civilization has
survived. From what I gather the two sides are vaguely aware of each
other's existence although no real interaction. Due to spoilerish
things happening a naive young woman leaves the bunker to go on a quest. >>>> I guess the first episode was OK.
The Birds (blu-ray) 1963 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock about a
small town being terrorized by birds that keep attacking for no reason. >>>> I could have sworn this movie was in black and white and was shocked
when it was in color. My best guess is the last time I watched it was
maybe 40 or so years ago on a black and white TV. Either that or I just >>>> flat out forgot it was in color. Regardless, the movie holds up well
enough. I just have one more Hitchcock movie to go, then I think I will >>>> have watched all the ones I want to watch.
Which one do you have left to go?
Perhaps more importantly, which do you intend to skip?
I have a Hitchcock blu-ray box set. A while back I watched: Rope, Rear
Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Vertigo, and Dial M For Murder (off
of TCM). Time really flies! I could have sworn I watched these a year
or less ago, but it was actually 2 years ago. Yesterday I watched The
Birds and today I'm watching my Psycho 4K box set.
In the Hitchcock blu-ray box set that I didn't watch: Marnie, Saboteur,
Shadow of a Doubt, The Trouble with Harry, Torn Curtain, Topaz, Frenzy,
and Family Plot. I'm not sure if I've seen any of these before. I'm
vaguely aware of the plot of The Trouble with Harry, but that doesn't
mean I seen it before. Same goes for "Frenzy." Although if they did a
remake, *maybe* I saw the remake. I really don't know for sure. The
set also includes 7 episodes of Hitchcock Presents and 3 episodes of The
Hitchcock Hour. I don't know which episodes are included.
Please tell me you’re going to watch NORTH BY NORTHWEST. It’s my very favorite Hitchcock! And it’s the source of in jokes in lots of other movies and TV shows that you’ll finally get :-)
On 4/13/2024 8:04 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/13/2024 3:57 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/13/2024 8:41 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
What did you watch?
(I am working on IMDb stuff right now, so I will follow-up to myself a >>>>>> little later...)
I watched:
Parish (AMC) Episode two of this Giancarlo Esposito crime series. This >>>>> one mainly dealt with the fallout from the heist in the pilot not going >>>>> as planned.
Fallout (Amazon Prime) New series based on a video game about survivors >>>>> in a post-apocalyptic America. The premier mostly focuses on a group of >>>>> survivors living in a massive underground bunker that is based on a sort >>>>> of stylized futuristic 60s vibe. While on the surface it's more of a >>>>> Mad Max vibe, although not as bad since some of civilization has
survived. From what I gather the two sides are vaguely aware of each >>>>> other's existence although no real interaction. Due to spoilerish
things happening a naive young woman leaves the bunker to go on a quest. >>>>> I guess the first episode was OK.
The Birds (blu-ray) 1963 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock about a
small town being terrorized by birds that keep attacking for no reason. >>>>> I could have sworn this movie was in black and white and was shocked >>>>> when it was in color. My best guess is the last time I watched it was >>>>> maybe 40 or so years ago on a black and white TV. Either that or I just >>>>> flat out forgot it was in color. Regardless, the movie holds up well >>>>> enough. I just have one more Hitchcock movie to go, then I think I will >>>>> have watched all the ones I want to watch.
Which one do you have left to go?
Perhaps more importantly, which do you intend to skip?
I have a Hitchcock blu-ray box set. A while back I watched: Rope, Rear
Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Vertigo, and Dial M For Murder (off
of TCM). Time really flies! I could have sworn I watched these a year
or less ago, but it was actually 2 years ago. Yesterday I watched The
Birds and today I'm watching my Psycho 4K box set.
In the Hitchcock blu-ray box set that I didn't watch: Marnie, Saboteur,
Shadow of a Doubt, The Trouble with Harry, Torn Curtain, Topaz, Frenzy,
and Family Plot. I'm not sure if I've seen any of these before. I'm
vaguely aware of the plot of The Trouble with Harry, but that doesn't
mean I seen it before. Same goes for "Frenzy." Although if they did a
remake, *maybe* I saw the remake. I really don't know for sure. The
set also includes 7 episodes of Hitchcock Presents and 3 episodes of The >>> Hitchcock Hour. I don't know which episodes are included.
Please tell me you’re going to watch NORTH BY NORTHWEST. It’s my very
favorite Hitchcock! And it’s the source of in jokes in lots of other movies
and TV shows that you’ll finally get :-)
I had to double check. I do have that one in the box set. I'm not sure
how I missed listing it. I'm not familiar enough with Hitchcock to know which ones to watch or not watch, other than the ones I've already seen before and know I like. I think I *might* have watched it before. But
I don't remember it. I know the crop duster scene is iconic which makes
it really hard to know if it's a memory from watching the movie or the umpteen parodies and clips I've watched over the years.
The set isn't going anywhere. I may get around to watching it. What
does it pair with? How about "His Girl Friday?"
Fallout (Amazon Prime) New series based on a video game about survivors
in a post-apocalyptic America. The premier mostly focuses on a group of >survivors living in a massive underground bunker that is based on a sort
of stylized futuristic 60s vibe.
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
In article <uvebr7$33cc6$1@dont-email.me>, arthur@alum.calberkeley.org wrote:
Fallout (Amazon Prime) New series based on a video game about survivors
in a post-apocalyptic America. The premier mostly focuses on a group of >>> survivors living in a massive underground bunker that is based on a sort >>> of stylized futuristic 60s vibe.
I thought it was more of a space-age 1950's vibe.
I would agree. Those TV sets were 1950s.
On 4/17/2024 9:25 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
In article <uvebr7$33cc6$1@dont-email.me>, arthur@alum.calberkeley.org wrote:
Fallout (Amazon Prime) New series based on a video game about survivors >>>> in a post-apocalyptic America. The premier mostly focuses on a group of >>>> survivors living in a massive underground bunker that is based on a sort >>>> of stylized futuristic 60s vibe.
I thought it was more of a space-age 1950's vibe.
I would agree. Those TV sets were 1950s.
And the clothing and music too.
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