What are you watching?

[John Thomas8]

Saw the thing about The Secret Life Of Machines, and poked around and found Tim's latest installment of interesting, The Secret Life Of Components.

Here's one of them:

[bill_g]

Mrs. Davis on Peacock streaming.



Sometimes when sci-fi and religion are combined, a good story comes out. Betty Gilpin is a nun that does battle with the AI that killed her Dad and her convent. Grrr....

And we find out that Jesus is alive, has a small Middle Eastern restaurant, his customer's call him Jay, and he makes a heavenly falafel. They think He's doing something with pineapple to make it pop.

[Phoenix520]

We’re on episode 3 of Mrs Davis. I went in not knowing anything about it. I think I have a handle now

It’s allegorical, funny, confusing and well done. 8 episode total.

Also on Peacock: Poker Face.

A woman of indeterminate, middle-ish age in Vegas. She can tell when people are lying and it’s caused her a great deal of trouble. Working for a casino in the first couple of episodes we’re introduced to her character and some back story. Episode three starts some other story line.

She’s not your typical heroine. For one, she seems to drink a lot and rarely brushes her hair. But she’s smart and has a moral compass ( in Vegas?!?) so we’ll see.

[AndyinPA]

Loved Poker Face. A few were a little uneven, but overall--great!

[John Thomas8]

A YT channel about business failures (and successes), kinda hits some nostalgia points at times:

https://www.youtube.com/@companyman114

[Slim Cognito]

The Blackwell Ghost Documentary

on Prime. If you like ghost documentaries, whether you believe or not, this is one of the best I've seen.

Spoiler - Do NOT read if you think you may watch the above show.

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Seriously, do not read the spoiler tag

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This means YOU!

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It's not a documentary, it's a horror show. Think Blair Witch Project. But it's fun as hell.

[neonzx]

The Blackwell Ghost Documentary

on Prime. If you like ghost documentaries, whether you believe or not, this is one of the best I've seen.

Spoiler - Do NOT read if you think you may watch the above show.

► Show Spoiler

Seriously, do not read the spoiler tag

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This means YOU!

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It's not a documentary, it's a horror show. Think Blair Witch Project. But it's fun as hell.

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I dunno, Slim. When Blair Witch Project came out I found it to be probably in the top 5 of the worst films I paid admission to in my lifetime. And only because my friend wanted to see it -- he was caught up in the hype. It was bad. Total shit theater. It was made with a budget of under $40k. Garbage.

[Slim Cognito]

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This is waaaaaaaaay better. Just good scary fun.

[neonzx]

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This is waaaaaaaaay better. Just good scary fun.

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Ok, I will give it a look-see -- but if its "found footage" I will turn it off.

[John Thomas8]

Strangeness in New Orleans:




With some background:

[neonzx]

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This is waaaaaaaaay better. Just good scary fun.

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Ok, I will give it a look-see -- but if its "found footage" I will turn it off.

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It is fakery. A no-go from me. I like many films that present supernatural stuff... but not when they try to present it as a Documentary, which this is. Blair Witch, goodbye. (at least I got a nice bag of movie theater popcorn with Blair Witch)

[Luke]

They're fighting about the Queen Cleopatra docuseries on Netflix and whether she's Black or not. The Egyptian government got involved for some reason and said no. I think it's great there's a four-part series about Egyptian history, many would not know about the rest of the history with Caesar and the Ptolemys except for the series. It's more docu than series, but it's an easy watch.

(After Neon demanded it, I updated my profile photo. Not sure where it's from, he just said "post this". )

[keith]

Someday I may make time to watch that thing about Crowley. I have his auto-hagiography and have managed to read about a third of it. I find him much less 'mysterion' than 'braggart bullshit artist', but some of his stuff is 'fun'. I do like the anecdotes about tricking Huxley and others noted 'artists' from his drinking clubs.

[Slim Cognito]

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This is waaaaaaaaay better. Just good scary fun.

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Ok, I will give it a look-see -- but if its "found footage" I will turn it off.

► Show Spoiler

It is fakery. A no-go from me. I like many films that present supernatural stuff... but not when they try to present it as a Documentary, which this is. Blair Witch, goodbye. (at least I got a nice bag of movie theater popcorn with Blair Witch)

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I thought I implied it was fake when I referenced the Blair witch project. I enjoyed it. It was fun and I got a big laugh out of it afterwards.

[Dave from down under]

Danger man - all episodes are on line

[Phoenix520]

Season 7 of Queer Eye - Louisiana.

[bill_g]

(After Neon demanded it, I updated my profile photo. Not sure where it's from, he just said "post this". )

You posted the video just last week. Kids toon. Total brain worm (Doot-dah-doot-da-doo)

[neonzx]

(After Neon demanded it, I updated my profile photo. Not sure where it's from, he just said "post this". )

Hey now. I am not cruel. I can be kid fun but that is stupid silly.

[Luke]

Bill, I was just kidding, it's a little playful running joke with Neon -- Korean Jock Porn and now, Baby Shark. He makes me watch all his favorite shows.

Netflix just released the six-episode Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. Shonda Rhimes is incredible, her stories flow effortlessly and nail the zeitgeist. Of course, it's #1 and most liked on there now. Julie Andrews is back as the narrator (melts) and many of the cast, including the wonderful Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte. Infinitely binge-able, 95% liked this TV show of Google users. It was expensive, but Netflix having Shonda and Ryan Murphy will pay dividends forever.

As a backgrounder, "Here’s a 101 on the real Queen Charlotte: Lady Danbury and Violet Bridgerton are characters invented by author Julia Quinn, but Queen Charlotte was a real person! Here’s just the briefest intro to her story: She lived from 1744 to 1818 and married the heir to the English throne when she was a teenager. In the show, she doesn’t seem to have kids of her own, but in real life, she had more than ten children. The thing about knowing Mozart may have been true!"
More: https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/artic ... 20teenager.

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Just received from Broward Library the audiobook: PARIS THE MEMOIR of Paris Hilton. It was a pretty long wait, it's popular. Surprisingly, it's 8 hours and 22 minutes. Haven't read any reviews and don't want to. This should certainly be a thoughtful, intellectual ride.

[neonzx]

orlylicious lives to torment my soul.


Anyway, not sure how I missed this from 2006 -- The Departed available on NetFlix. Full of A-list stars.

Storyline
In this crime-action tour de force, the South Boston state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Frank Costello. While Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the state police as an informer for the syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by their double lives, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations they have penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police that there is a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy - and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save themselves. But is either willing to turn on their friends and comrades they've made during their long stints undercover

[busterbunker]

Mobster flicks are my bag. They're good for learning your language,

The Deprarted is okay. It was Jack Nicholson's last real movie. Like some of the reviews say, he chews his scenery. He went AWOL after that, but last week reclaimed his front-row Laker's seats. With Lou Alder and his kid. Surprsie, surprise.

The last mobster flick that impressed me was Peaky Blinders. It got sentimental at times, which is where all mobster flicks fail. Stick to the caper. Tom Hardy and Adrien Brody read the script right, in their roles as a Yankee mobster and a Camden Town Jew. No spoilers here.

I mostly watch sports but I'm running out of teams I can root for.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

Hubby likes Pesky Blinders. Intermission is a good caper gone wrong movie. They both have Cillian Murphy.

[bill_g]

orlylicious lives to torment my soul.

Anyway, not sure how I missed this from 2006 -- The Departed available on NetFlix. Full of A-list stars.

If you liked The Departed, then you'll probably like The Boondock Saints. Boston Southie attitude combined with a moral code.

[bill_g]

Bill, I was just kidding, it's a little playful running joke with Neon -- Korean Jock Porn and now, Baby Shark. He makes me watch all his favorite shows.

I suspected as much.

[bob]

RRR, a Bollywood-esque epic (with much CGI and wire-fu) about a basically fictional but totally awesome uprising against the post-WW I British Raj.