What are you watching?

[Kendra]

I'm binging on Dateline NBC, found the show has a 24/7 channel and Comcast carries it. All that gruesome true crime.

I think it's almost 50 percent of the Oxygen Channel, too.

Don't give me any more channels to watch. Please.

[AndyinPA]

[bob]

Oppenheimer is epic.

I enjoyed but did not love Oppenheimer.

What I liked:
1. Cillian Murphy and Florence Pugh.
2. That Berkeley home.

What I ... liked ... less:
1. Ultimately a retelling of a government hearing (told by an unreliable narrator) about a government hearing (told by an unreliable narrator). (In other words, too many unnecessary Momento/Inception hooks.)

[Kendra]

Still watching old episodes of Dateline, which is unreportable, except for the last episode about a young teen who took what she believed was LSD, but was a chemically manufactured drug and she died. Very sad, very brave of the parents and her close friends to open up and educate others of the dangers. *sniff*

That said, the I was a bit surprised to recognize the name and face of the DEA guy who came on the show to talk about these drugs. I'm sure MSNBC watchers will recognize him.

Chuck Rosenberg is an American attorney who served as Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration from 2015 to 2017. He formerly served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) and for the Southern District of Texas; as a senior FBI official on the staff of two FBI Directors; as Counselor to the Attorney General; as the Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General; and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia in Norfolk and Alexandria.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Rosenberg

[neonzx]

Dexter on Netflix.

All 8 seasons are avail, but I may stop after season 4. That season and finale was best. ( Trinity killer )

[keith]

Been watching a few episodes of Jackie Gleason on YouTube. Mostly "Joe the Bartender with Crazy Gugenheim" skits.

Reviewing StarTrek Enterprise on Netflix - I only ever saw the first few episodes before the SciFi channel went unobtainable in Oz. Now on Netflix I can catch up.

Also been checking out some fashion videos on YouTube - something called "Try On Haul" seems to be very popular on my feed for some reason. Who knew there were so many transparent blouses that would be "just great for the office"?

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

“A Man Called Otto” with Tom Hanks! Superb!

[John Thomas8]

I think I need a good binge of Anthony:

[raison de arizona]

XPOST
Just watched a great flick on Christian Nationalism, Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism's Unholy War on Democracy.

Here's the IMDB page with graphics and trailer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21247172/

Highly recommend if you want to learn more about Christian Nationalism and its history.

I watched it free (with ads) on Tubi.

[Luke]

Interview with the Vampire Season 2 (8 episodes) has finished airing and was superb. It's being called the best season of TV of the year. Example: "'Interview With The Vampire' season 2 finale: A sumptuously riveting hour of television". And "‘Interview with the Vampire’ Just Dropped the Most Audacious TV Episode of the Year: Season 2's penultimate episode, "I Could Not Prevent It," marks a uniquely fang-tastic achievement. Not only does it harness the show's greatest strengths into one unrelenting hour of television, but it also brings two years of patient preparation full circle." Here's a roundup of news some with spoilers): https://search.brave.com/news?q=Intervi ... Season%202

There were big surprises for book and Anne Rice fans. This season is about the Theatre of Vampires in Paris. This was a highlight of the season, this is the "child" vampire Claudia performing at the Theatre. They use wonderful projections integrated with the characters.

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Interview with the Vampire - Claudia sings and performs in 'My Baby Loves Windows'
Jul 5, 2024 #interviewwiththevampire #delaineyhayles
Scenes from the AMC series, 'Interview with the Vampire' (2022), starring Delainey Hayles (Claudia) and Jacob Anderson (Louis). Claudia sings 'I Don't Like Windows When They're Closed' and performs as Baby Lulu in the play, 'My Baby Loves Windows'.





Because of COVID and the writer's strike, book 1 took 2 seasons. Now that they've wrapped up, book 2 (Season 3), The Vampire Lestat is next. That's the book where Lestat becomes a rockstar. It's already renewed.

Amazon has the season for $19.99, or a free 7-day trial of AMC+. They describe it: "Daniel Molloy continues interviewing the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac. Following an attempt to kill Lestat, Louis and Claudia seek others of their kind in Europe, finding in Post WWII Paris the Vampire Armand and his Theatre des Vampires coven."


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[neonzx]

Interview with the Vampire Season 2

Tom Cruise is missing.

[neonzx]

I watched Scientology a documentary on Netflix. Wow, those poor people who got roped into that cult.

I recived 4 more direct mail pieces from them yesterday! They don't give up.

[AndyinPA]

I watched that over the weekend, too, although I had seen it when it came out originally.

I also watched Dreamscapes and Nightmares (I think that was the name), a badly dubbed Indonesian horror series I don't recommend. But I did watch Pieces of Her, which I liked. So, it was a Netflix weekend, which is rare for me. I'm just needing to stay away from the news for a while.

[Rolodex]

Watched We Were the Lucky Ones over a couple of days (Hulu). Very well done, I thought.

Looking for movies without sudden loud explosions/car wrecks, etc - which is usually my chosen genre, but the grandbabies were with us at the lake house. My daughter in law is down for romcom but I'd rather poke my eyes out. She also likes horror/psychological thrillers, so I settled on Nightmare Alley (the 2021 remake with Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Willem Defoe, Mara Rooney). I had seen it and the 1947 original (which is excellent, and maybe better considering the disturbing material being presented in the 40s! plus Tyrone Power who is always easy on the eyes). DIL loved it and wants to watch again. Really good, esp if you want a movie that will provoke a discussion!

[Mrich]

I binged "Palm Royal" on Apple+ and really enjoyed it. I watched it mostly for Carol Burnett, but Kristen Wiig was really good in it.

[Luke]

This is fun -- if you use a VPN, you'll see YouTube ads from the country you're "connecting" from. I've seen ads in Vietnamese, UK English (they run almost as many as in the USA), Denmark (blond heaven), and even Mongolia (they don't run too many). I've always liked watching foreign ads to pick up simple language and learn what products and sales techniques they use. Especially the big multinationals -- P&G, McDonalds and the rest have very different marketing and promotions in different countries. They're cool to see.

[bill_g]

I love Spanish language ads. You get perspective on proper pronunciation. For example Tide (laundry soap) is two syllables: tee-day.

[Reddog]

Commercials and pronunciation, brings to mind something.
Kinda off topic. To me the most mispronounced pair of words currently, could be corrected by its commercials. Unfortunately there hasn’t been a Pall Mall cigarette commercial aired in over 50 years.
It was a little funny when a clerk would (mistakenly) correct me. All my brothers smoked Pall Mall. When I started I naturally smoked them as my first brand. They are between 11 and 17 years older than me.

Luckily the vintage commercials are on you tube to verify my pronunciation.

Times change, it’s been about three and a half months since I have had a cigarette now. I didn’t really plan to quit, but I got sick, and ran out of cigarettes at about the same time. What I got better, apparently the worst of the withdrawal was over. I don’t recommend that method, but it worked for me.

[keith]

So izzit "pell mell", "pal mal", or "pawl mawl"?

[bill_g]

Paul Maul - rhymes with awl, all, hall, doll, wall, crawl

[Rolodex]

This is fun -- if you use a VPN, you'll see YouTube ads from the country you're "connecting" from. I've seen ads in Vietnamese, UK English (they run almost as many as in the USA), Denmark (blond heaven), and even Mongolia (they don't run too many). I've always liked watching foreign ads to pick up simple language and learn what products and sales techniques they use. Especially the big multinationals -- P&G, McDonalds and the rest have very different marketing and promotions in different countries. They're cool to see.

I'm amused to see American stars in foreign commercials!

[Reddog]

Paul Maul - rhymes with awl, all, hall, doll, wall, crawl

edit: sorry I didn’t notice that you were rhyming with Paul Maul. If I remember correctly those were commonly the candy cigarettes. I don’t disagree with those rhyming words for Paul Maul. I was referring to the actual cigarettes Pall Mall


Not how I pronounce it. I realize now that I’m in a minority, when someone my age (and a smoker) is mispronouncing it. To my ears the commercials sound more like it rhymes with tell, smell, etc

It’s easy to find utube videos of commercials from the 50’s and 60’s.

Let me know if anyone finds a commercial by the manufacturer with the pronunciation as rhyming with

awl, all, hall, doll, wall, crawl

[neonzx]

Let me know if anyone finds a commercial by the manufacturer with the pronunciation as rhyming with

awl, all, hall, doll, wall, crawl

Sounds like they are saying "pal mail"

[bill_g]

Here we go with flat bed or flat red Ford again (Eagles, 1970's).

[qbawl]

"Flat head"