Subject: Stay At Home Viewing
Posted by: Godwit
Date: Apr 25 20
Curious, what are you watching while the world spins around us?
What's your favorite thing about it? Does it help you get through?
Posted by: Godwit
Date: Apr 25 20
Curious, what are you watching while the world spins around us?
What's your favorite thing about it? Does it help you get through?
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Godwit 
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There's a guy I never thought much about, HairyBear. Reading his Wiki it seems he married well, has 3 kids and as "attorney Dan Fielding on the sitcom Night Court (winning an unprecedented four consecutive Emmy Awards for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series)"(Wiki) he asked not to be considered, the 5th year. He sounds like a good man with a good sense of humor. Wiki does say he had alcoholism problems in the 70s and 80s, before he got sober. Likely that had a negative effect on his acting. The guy who plays "Morse" had drinking problems for a period of time and I swear his character is hard to like, those years. Later, sober, he does "Kavanaugh" and he's fabulous. Not that everyone with drinking problems is terrible on screen. But some, you can tell. Reply #321. Jul 16 20, 12:10 AM |
HairyBear
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I didn't like Morse, either, and I wasn't sure if I didn't like the character or the actor who played him. But I agree with whoever it was that said there were far too many murders taking place at a single university. Going by the number of novels on the shelves and the number of murder cases, fictional murders outnumber actual murders by quite a bit, at least in 1st world nations. Maybe "quality will out" as they say, but with the new numbers of books, movies, etc., coming out, how will anyone ever be able to tell the good from the bad? There were over a million new books published in the US last year, 2/3rds of them self-published, but even discounting those, that's over 300K new books published last year alone. How many can you read? How many are worth reading, and how would you know? Imagine the poor critic having to sift through thousands of new books, looking for that one that is worth reading. Reply #322. Jul 18 20, 4:04 AM |
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Try "Kavanaugh" and you might be amazed at how different the character is played by the same actor who did "Morse". I'm liking Kavanaugh very much. He's the Queen's counsel, or something-- I don't quite understand his role in things but he's high up, a lawyer. Excellent cast. It used to be a "sludge pile" which a low-level series of clerks went through, discarding submissions by visual criteria, like handwritten, in pink ink, stupid title, etc. It was tough to get a reading but if the submission was reasonable you well might. You've made me curious how they do it now. I remember reading more than a decade ago that once laptops came into most homes, "anyone" could "write a book", print it out and send it off, inside a week, so the publishing houses were flooded. Once "anyone" could self-publish on line--hmmm. Though there are some fabulous "anyone" writers. There are thousands of self-proclaimed not-so-good writers, as well. Maybe the judgement of what's good and what's not falls on the readers, these days? On that note, I just read today that the most popular TV shows are "cheap horror". Everyone is watching bad thrillers. And disaster movies. Reply #323. Jul 18 20, 11:55 AM |
| Godwit
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Except many of us. Reply #324. Jul 18 20, 11:58 AM |
| Godwit
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Oh Nooooooooooooo...."Better Call Saul" can't be filmed in New Mexico this year because of the pandemic, and New Mexico's safety rules. We have to hope for Fall 2021 at soonest for the final Season 6. (Meanwhile there are plenty of excellent Better C S quizzes here at FT) The producers are optimistic that the delay gives them time to write the most exceptional season possible. They are on video conferencing writing it now. The other tidbit for fans is they "don't see a good reason" for bringing Walter and Jesse on to the show. It's 2004 in Better Call Saul, while Breaking Bad the story starts in 2008. It's forcing it to introduce either character. Both actors have agreed to do it, though, if asked. Mostly, we want to know what happens to Nacho, and Kim. Neither seem destined for anything good, and are not seen in Breaking Bad. I believe in BB Saul mentions Kim a single time, in passing. It might be that in his transformation to bad boy Saul, Jimmy is the ruin of Kim? She seems to be headed for her own Break Bad, season 5. Reply #325. Jul 18 20, 1:30 PM |
| HairyBear
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The subject of good writing brings up a point I made on our team's message board... Do writers know when they've hit the high point? I was reading fan fiction (don't ask) and the writer(s) hit the high point in chapter nine. It was absolutely perfect at that point, and they should have stopped there. It was 36 chapters long. I took a look at chapter ten just out of morbid curiosity, and sure enough, they torpedoed everything that had gone before. Likewise, the pay channel "Harley Quinn" hit a high point at the end of the season, but they are scheduled for a season three. It can't go anywhere from there but down, I don't care if they have a Herman Melville on the staff. Once you've hit the peak in the story line, everything else is denouement no matter how much you try to salvage it. Reply #326. Jul 19 20, 12:00 AM |
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I'm watching "Stargirl", which I saw mentioned on your summer list, "What Would You Do?", which always gives me hope. "Race" is a good movie about race relations. Reply #327. Jul 19 20, 12:23 AM |
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I very much enjoyed BB and "Saul". With so many serious things going on in the world, if neither came back, I could live with it. Many times when trying to squeeze another season out of a successful show, writers don't come up with "the best one yet", but produce an inferior product rather than leave well enough alone. Think Godfather 1 & Godfather II...great, great films. Then think Godfather III, an embarrassment to the franchise that NEVER should have been made. No need to try to improve on perfection.. Reply #328. Jul 19 20, 10:20 AM |
| Godwit
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I think Better Call Saul producers agree with all of you there. This will be the last season, despite it's massively great ratings. If there is a season, that is. Reply #329. Jul 19 20, 11:16 PM |
| paulmallon
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Good point, right now that's a BIG if. Reply #330. Jul 20 20, 12:13 AM |
| Godwit
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Quite right, Paul. I read that while producers and screenwriters are busy on Zoom and video chat, writing new shows and new seasons--they aren't at all confident about the future of those shows. Even when (WHEN) we emerge from this pandemic, there will be a lot of adjustments, sadly some dear and talented people missing, and a mad rush for limited resources, actors, stages, TV slots-- They think priority might be given to those shows that were mid-production when the pandemic hit. Like Tom Cruise's new Mission Impossible. He was in Italy shooting it when Italy was slammed. Reply #331. Jul 20 20, 11:42 AM |
| Godwit
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Is anyone watching the new "Old Guard" with Charlize Theron? Reply #332. Jul 21 20, 1:23 AM |
imahogg
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"Old Guard" Haven't seen that one yet. Where is it found? My wife and I have been watching "Seaside Hotel" (Badehotellet), another one of the Walter Presents shows that are included in Masterpiece Add On on Prime. It's a Danish show that takes place at a summer hotel in the 20's and 30's (so far). As of late July, the Masterpiece add-on only has the first five of seven seasons that have been made; we're hoping for the other seasons soon. It's really more character-driven than plot-driven and the actors are really good, particularly after the first season sets everything up. Reply #333. Jul 21 20, 4:01 PM |
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I don't know if anyone mentioned this one earlier. "The Hunters" with Al Pacino is on Prime. It's an incredible story in every respect: Nazi hunters in the US in the late 1970s going after Nazis on American soil. Pacino is unbelievably great as a concentration camp survivor. There are some truly wild twists and turns. The first episode is a bit slow. But keep watching, because it becomes amazingly good. Emmy's in the bag for Pacino. I think it's his best performance since the Godfather movies...and I've seen almost everything he's done. Reply #334. Jul 22 20, 4:58 AM |
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I watched The Old Guard ,I was half expecting Connor MacLeod to turn up at some point. Reply #335. Jul 22 20, 10:37 AM |
| Godwit
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I watched half of episode one, Old Guard. I'm intrigued with the plot, and the actors are excellent. Rather bloody, and as you imply, perhaps predictable. But a good sort of Spartacus Librarians? lol. Started Prison Break. That seems very good. An engineer gets himself into prison where his brother is waiting to be executed for a crime he didn't commit. Has a "Burn Notice" feel to it. Reply #336. Jul 23 20, 9:28 AM |
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Where is Old Guard found? Anyone know? I just tell the TV Voice Behind the Curtain on my TV to pull it up. I promised MiraJane I'd watch it. "Snowpiercer". My friend started mocking it straight away. It is formulaic. But I think I'd like it as a disaster film. We'll see. imahogg-- I am completely hooked on Professor T. What a fantastic show with depth and humor. Thank you. Reply #337. Jul 23 20, 9:36 AM |
| Godwit
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The Hunters--you are the first to mention that I believe. It's attracted a lot of upset in some quarters. I have mixed feelings. It is highly rated, though last I looked. Pacino is one of the last USA stage actor Greats, isn't he? Along with Dustin Hoffman and Meryl and perhaps de Niro and a few others. Tommy Lee. Redford. Pacino is captivating to watch. He says people are constantly coming up to congratulate him on his work, say, in The Graduate. lol. Reply #338. Jul 23 20, 10:30 AM |
MiraJane
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No, Godwit, no! Don't watch Snowpiercer! Okay, watch it to see how bad it is. You have been warned. Reply #339. Jul 23 20, 11:12 AM |
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The Old Guard is a movie not a series, it's on Netflix. Reply #340. Jul 23 20, 1:54 PM |
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