What's everyone watching?

[angie_nrs]

Hmmmmm...I liked season 5 ending but liked season 15 ending better....
I didn't particularly like season 7 but loved the rest. I thought season 11 was great
I thought Chuck fit reality pretty well. If there was a god, and he was like Chuck it would certainly explain why crap on earth is the way it is. That's what I thought
Ultimately , it is all fiction and not real. Even the so called "reality tv show" which I like watching sometimes are fake and staged. You can tell by the winners, lots of women, lots of black women, lots of gays, very few young white males. They throw one it occasionally to make it look legit but that's all

Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Towards the later seasons Chuck was angry and combative towards the boys for, at least what I thought, wasn't for very good reasons. He knew that everything they did was for love of family, so he should have understood and been proud of them. They were deeply flawed, but their hearts were in the right place. I just thought the writers got lazy with it and decided to make Chuck a character that didn't fit. Chuck was much better in the early seasons while he was just letting things play out, since that is often what God does.

Yes, I know it's all fake.....but after Season 5 the SN writers had no problem dipping into the "God is bad" and "gays are great" narrative, which I don't think Kripke would have done. They kept bringing back everyone who died, almost like they were running out of actors or something. I thought bringing back Mary was a mistake after so long b/c she didn't really add all that much to the story. Bobby too for that matter. It's like they decide to 'off' someone but then can't come up with a different storyline that doesn't involve them, so they bring them back. And they are likely going to do it again b/c Jensen wants to do a comeback of sorts sometime down the road. With the S15 ending, bringing everyone back seems pretty weak b/c it's already been overdone to the point of eye rolling.

The Chitters episode in Season 11 was the worst one ever for the 'gays are great' narrative. It's one episode I wish I could unsee and forget about b/c I'd toss it in the trash. It was purly for a political hat tip and it was awful through and through.
I guess my point is that Hollywood takes something that could have been excellent and puts their spin on it and mucks it up. I wish they'd just keep it to story telling and keep the political nuances out if it already. But at this point, it's in everything.....even Walking Dead. It's sad. The brothers would have been better off going out in an epic battle together. That would have been a more realistic and more satisfying ending than what it ended up being. Ah well, as Chuck says..........endings are hard.

 

[Peanut]

The new Dune movie is head and shoulders above the previous versions, which I thought were not good at all.

I think Dune is one of the best sci-fi books I've ever read, and the the new 2021 movie is the first movie which does justice to the book.

Note, the 2021 Dune movie is just the first half of the book. There is no way you can pack that entire book into one movie. Even after doing only half the book, they still left out at least one iconic chapter: the dinner party.

Reading the book before watching the 2021 movie does not diminish the experience. I think it makes viewing the movie better, although it is not required. If you don't read the book first, then just know that the 2021 movie is setting up a ton of stuff to happen in the second movie.

On your recommendation I ordered the movie on bluray/dvd. After having seen it I agree with your assessment completely.

A great movie! The only one I've seen that does the book justice. To do it right CGI had to be invented. The story line is much more believable in this movie, really brings it to life. Computer generated imagery was fantastic.

And they do leave you hanging at the end, teeing up the sequel! Or the second half of the movie.

Might watch it again soon, it's worth seeing more than once.

 

[Neb]

On your recommendation I ordered the movie on bluray/dvd. After having seen it I agree with your assessment completely.

A great movie! The only one I've seen that does the book justice. To do it right CGI had to be invented. The story line is much more believable in this movie, really brings it to life. Computer generated imagery was fantastic.

And they do leave you hanging at the end, teeing up the sequel! Or the second half of the movie.

Might watch it again soon, it's worth seeing more than once.

Don't overlook your local libraries. Ours can service most titles on DVD.

Ben

 

[hashbrown]

Watched the new Ghostbuster movie Afterlife, don't waist your time! Watching the new series Reacher at the moment seems promising.

 

[Peanut]

I've watched curling a couple times today... don't know why. It doesn't even meet my normal requirement to be called a sport. They are playing shuffle board on ice with big rocks...

Many years ago I was in Halifax NS. Curling was on the tv in every bar and restaurant in town, for a week. I got hooked! I also grew fond of escargot...

 

[Amish Heart]

Yellowstone. Just finished season 2

 

[Weedygarden]

The Power of One

Read the book at least a decade ago, so some of it I had forgotten, but I know the film did not have all the parts that the book did. That is classic though.

 

[hashbrown]

We are watching "Who is Hunter Biden?" on Fox Nation. From what I've seen so far he is an incredible piece of crap!

 

[Bacpacker]

He was raised by one

 

[Amish Heart]

I wonder if someone in the White House is assigned to watch it.

 

[LadyLocust]

This is a new one for us. Last night Hubby and I watched the first episode of Tales from the Green Valley on YT. It's a BBC production about farming and life in the year 1620. We will watch the second episode tonight and so on. They are only 1/2 hour so doable. Interesting to us anyhow.

 

[Tacitus]

Tonight: "Body of Lies," a Ridley Scott movie on Netflix starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe.

My review: Storyline revolves around the mid-east CIA fight against terror. Good acting by DiCaprio. Crowe was fine, too, I suppose, but I didn't like his character. I'm torn as to a final recommendation. You might enjoy watching it, if you like action/spy/anti-terror movies...I did enjoy watching...it was a good ride. And yet, the movie left me wanting a better resolution. And that, of course, may be the point. The movie presents sort of metaphor for Middle East conflict in general...which is to say, somewhat unsatisfying in that a resolution doesn't seem forthcoming.

Caveat: It has some torture scenes that the wife could not watch...not too much actually shown on screen, but enough to make her cover her eyes.

 

[Peanut]

Nothing on my 250 channels tonight but carp!

So, pulled out the "Lord of the Rings" dvd set. Haven't watched it in a few years... The fellowship has just made it to Lorien. Might watch the 2nd movie tonight also.

 

[hashbrown]

The latest Discovery Channel train wreck. "Love off the Grid" We watched the first 2 episodes this morning.

 

[Neb]

The Princess got a dvd of a newish version of The Stand that started watching last night. I will let yall guess about how the story line is analogous to the Kung Flu.

Ben

 

[Amish Heart]

I watched both of the Stand. Noticed about the Kung Flu. I like the story, good and evil. Of course the latest version is more out there with everything.

 

[phideaux]

Nothing on at all.
Watching the old fart rocky in his movie "Rambo Last Blood".
Mehh.

Jim

 

[Weedygarden]

The King's Speech

Saw it when it first came out

 

[Acdoctor]

I'm watching Mat Best/Black Rifle Coffee Company videos on youtube...

Some of them will have you rolling on the floor, funny dudes for sure.

 

[Spikedriver]

Some of them will have you rolling on the floor, funny dudes for sure.

SOF vs Sci-Fi is my favorite. And the Halloween ones are hilarious too...

 

[Peanut]

I watched "fellowship of the ring" and the "two towers" last night, enjoyed them. I'm watching the last of the trilogy tonight, "return of the king", almost over. Think I'll watch the first of the Hobbit trilogy afterwards.

 

[Caribou]

Finished "Reacher", I liked it.

 

[Smalltimefarmer]

The King's Speech

Saw it when it first came out

It is very good.

 

[Smalltimefarmer]

On your recommendation I ordered the movie on bluray/dvd. After having seen it I agree with your assessment completely.

A great movie! The only one I've seen that does the book justice. To do it right CGI had to be invented. The story line is much more believable in this movie, really brings it to life. Computer generated imagery was fantastic.

And they do leave you hanging at the end, teeing up the sequel! Or the second half of the movie.

Might watch it again soon, it's worth seeing more than once.

Read Dune and tried watching the 1st movie when it came out . Haven't watched the latest version.

 

[Weedygarden]

It is very good.

I like it. I am someone who can watch movies again, while I know people who have seen a movie once and they are done, never to watch them again.

 

[Smalltimefarmer]

Heck, I have watched some of the classics at least 50-75 times.

 

[havasu]

Reacher, Season 1 was very good, but nothing, and I mean nothing beats the new series "1883", but ya gotta pay for Paramount Plus.

It's a darn shame.

 

[Caribou]

Watching "Counterpart". The world has split into two dimensions. Each person has a doppelgänger and there is one passageway between the worlds. One world the people wear masks to prevent disease.

 

[Peanut]

Over the last few days I watched the Lord of the Rings trilogy and then the Hobbit trilogy. Enjoyed them immensely. This is the first time I watched all of them together.

 

[LadyLocust]

This is a new one for us. Last night Hubby and I watched the first episode of Tales from the Green Valley on YT. It's a BBC production about farming and life in the year 1620. We will watch the second episode tonight and so on. They are only 1/2 hour so doable. Interesting to us anyhow.

If you like history, this was really interesting. I think if anything, it could have been a little more in depth. A half hour episode per month was brief. They did a good job but would have liked to know a few more details.