What are you watching?

[Rolodex]

Watched the first 3 eps of Presumed Innocent (Apple+) last night. Jake Gyllenhaal is incredible and the whole cast is just perfect.

I read the book when it came out a zillion years ago., but really forgot the story. I think there was a movie, too, but hoo boy, this production is super good.I don't know how well it hews to the book, but regardless, it's a ripping suspense! I can't wait to watch the last episodes!

Highly highly rec.

[AndyinPA]

That would be my recollection, too. I was a huge fan of the show, had a crush on Raymond Burr. I catch it occasionally on one of the Verizon networks.

[RVInit]

That would be my recollection, too. I was a huge fan of the show, had a crush on Raymond Burr. I catch it occasionally on one of the Verizon networks.

I think this was a movie with Harrison Ford, I remember seeing it years ago.

[keith]

That would be my recollection, too. I was a huge fan of the show, had a crush on Raymond Burr. I catch it occasionally on one of the Verizon networks.

My favoritest memory of Burr was from a skit show, cant remember which one, where he played a window washer interfering with a business meeting of some kind. One of the guys grabs Burr's squeegee and breaks it. The always elegant and articlate Burr looks at it with a puzzled expression, and declares in a rather whiney voice: "You broked my squeegee! Why did you broked my squeegee?"

[keith]

Also, Raymond Burr had a LOT of locks on his closet door.

[RVInit]

I watched Tucker and Dale vs. Evil last night. It's a comedy/horror movie, quite silly, but fun.

[Rolodex]

Finished Hijack with Idris Elba - great thriller. Imdb snobs complain about plot holes but it works well enough. It's certainly literally heart pounding. My doc is making me track my blood pressure, and I usually do that when I'm sitting quietly watching tv. This was not a show to be watching if you want a BP that's not elevated.

I started a series called Black Bird (Apple+). The acting is great. A guy goes to prison and them makes a deal to go to a worse prison to try to get information/confession from another prisoner there who is suspected of being a serial killer, but who is winning appeals to get out. If the first guy is successful at helping get info, his sentence will get commuted. Supposedly based on a real story (but I haven't looked into that).

[sugar magnolia]

Finished Hijack with Idris Elba - great thriller. Imdb snobs complain about plot holes but it works well enough. It's certainly literally heart pounding. My doc is making me track my blood pressure, and I usually do that when I'm sitting quietly watching tv. This was not a show to be watching if you want a BP that's not elevated.

I started a series called Black Bird (Apple+). The acting is great. A guy goes to prison and them makes a deal to go to a worse prison to try to get information/confession from another prisoner there who is suspected of being a serial killer, but who is winning appeals to get out. If the first guy is successful at helping get info, his sentence will get commuted. Supposedly based on a real story (but I haven't looked into that).

Jimmy Keene.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Keene

[Dr. Ken]

Watching Dark Winds on Netflix well it was originally on AMC but it's on netflix. It's getting interesting based on the Leaphorn and Chee series by Tony Hillerman set in the 1970s. Robbers fly into a navajo reservation and it follows investigations of murders by tribal officers. The FBI is trying to catch the robbers and they send an officer undercover in the tribal department.

[Rolodex]

sugar, that wiki entry tracks pretty closely to the series (I'm only a few episodes in). I'm glad folks got nominated for awards. It's very well done and the acting is incredible.

Dr Ken I saw Dark Winds when it first ran - it's very good.

[Dr. Ken]

sugar, that wiki entry tracks pretty closely to the series (I'm only a few episodes in). I'm glad folks got nominated for awards. It's very well done and the acting is incredible.

Dr Ken I saw Dark Winds when it first ran - it's very good.

I guess ill have to jump to amc for season 2. I think they're trying to get season 3 made.

[RVInit]

Dark Winds is on my list now.

I watched the first few episodes of The Terror. I think it will be good. Based somewhat on the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror getting stuck in ice while searching for the Northwest Passage. I had heard the story of the Erebus being found in 2014, there are a couple of good YouTube channels that focus on incidents involving ships. This is fictionalized and supposedly includes some thriller/horror elements. Some well known actors are featured and the acting is very good, at least so far.

[AndyinPA]

Caddo Lake on MAX. Mystery, thriller, haunting, beautifully filmed. Best not to know too much going in.

[Rolodex]

Caddo Lake on MAX. Mystery, thriller, haunting, beautifully filmed. Best not to know too much going in.

I saw that! Enjoyed it; the characters were great and I had no idea what was going on. LOL
Currently watching Criminal Record. Apple+, a British police drama. REALLY good; limited series.

[New Turtle]

Dark Winds is on my list now.

I watched the first few episodes of The Terror. I think it will be good. Based somewhat on the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror getting stuck in ice while searching for the Northwest Passage. I had heard the story of the Erebus being found in 2014, there are a couple of good YouTube channels that focus on incidents involving ships. This is fictionalized and supposedly includes some thriller/horror elements. Some well known actors are featured and the acting is very good, at least so far.

I know where they film Dark Winds. It is on tribal land north of Santa Fe. They call the studio Camel Rock because it is near the Camel Rock:

[RTH10260]

the Telles case was covered in this thread, now the grand finale:

Convicted killer Robert Telles continues to show no remorse in Las Vegas case

by: Vanessa Murphy
Posted: Oct 16, 2024 / 06:20 PM PDT Updated: Oct 16, 2024 / 08:50 PM PDT

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Robert Telles still insisted he was innocent seven weeks after a jury returned a guilty verdict against him for murder and sentenced him to life in prison with eligibility for parole after 20 years.

Clark County District Court Judge Michelle Leavitt sentenced Telles to an additional eight to 20 years Wednesday.
Robert Telles sentenced additional years for murder of Las Vegas journalist Jeff German

Telles had an opportunity to apologize and show remorse before Leavitt’s decision. He didn’t.

“I did not kill Mr. German and unfortunately the people who should be held responsible, who should be brought to justice, the chances of that happening now, right this minute, are slim to none,” Telles said as he looked directly at family members of the victim, Jeff German.
Telles found guilty in high-profile Las Vegas murder trial

German’s loved ones appeared to remain stoic. His brother, Jay German expressed concerns about Telles seeking revenge if he is released from prison.

“We have a lot of anxiety about the future safety of our family,” he told Leavitt.

Jay German also described how tough the murder, trial, and loss of their loved one has been.
‘Justice has been served,’ DA says after jury finds Robert Telles guilty of killing Las Vegas journalist Jeff German

“We’re struggling with it but we’re doing the best and we miss him dearly,” he said.

Leavitt sentenced Telles for two enhancements specified in Nevada state law: German’s age as a senior at 69 years old and the use of a deadly weapon to commit the murder.

Telles stabbed German to death at his home in September of 2022 after German, an investigative reporter at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, exposed problems in the Clark County Public Administrator’s office under the leadership of Telles.



https://www.8newsnow.com/investigators/ ... egas-case/

[Dr. Ken]

Sorry I keep jumping from show to show I'll get back to dark winds for season 2. I'm currently watching banshee on max. It was on cinemax and stars Anthony starr who plays homelander on the boys.

He plays a thief who gets out of prison after 15 years and ends up in the fictional town of banshee. He witnessed a bar fight between the new sheriff and two criminals and the sheriff and the criminals end up dying. He ends up taking the identity of the sheriff. It's quite good.

[neonzx]

the Telles case was covered in this thread, now the grand finale:

Not sure why that is. Isn't this supposed to be for cinema and television shows?

Telles should have been elsewhere seems more logical. Like we do with other high profile court cases.

[Maybenaut]

Leavenworth on Starz.

It’s a documentary that tells the story of the court-martial conviction, appeals (denied), and pardon by Trump of 1LT Clint Lorance for the unpremeditated murder of two unarmed civilians* and the injury to a third in Afghanistan.

Lorance had been platoon leader for 3 days, having been newly assigned out of a higher echelon position. He didn’t really know the men; they didn’t know him. Three Afghani civilians* approached on a motorcycle. Lorance ordered the men in a gun vehicle to shoot the civilians*. He ordered one guy to engage, and he did, but he missed. Then he ordered a guy in a gun vehicle to engage, and he did, killing two and injuring a third. The victims had no guns, ammunition, or explosives on their bodies. One of the men told Lorance that he was required to perform a Battle Damage Assessment of the victims, but he didn’t have the proper equipment with him. Lorance told the villagers to remove the bodies, told his man not to do the BDA, and told his man to omit the part about the BDA when he made his report to higher headquarters.

When higher headquarters found out about it, they were like, wtf? An investigation ensued, and Lorance was charged, tried, and convicted. Lorance didn’t testify in his own behalf, and around a dozen of his men testified against him, saying under the Standard Rules of Engagement they wouldn’t have fired and did so only because they were ordered to; the civilians* weren’t posing any threat and weren’t racing toward them at all high rate of speed; but followed the order to engage because they thought Lorance might’ve had information they didn’t have. (Narrator: Lorance did not have information his men didn’t have).

The appeal was all about discovery violations and ineffective assistance of counsel. The defense claimed the government had information linking one or more of the victims to the taliban. That’s the reason for the asterisk - the defense claimed these guys weren’t civilians at all, but there’s no way to tell because the taliban doesn’t wear uniforms.

The problem for Lorance is even if it was true these guys were taliban (and that’s far from certain), he didn’t know that when he gave the order to fire. The appeals court concluded that evidence linking the victims to the taliban would have been inadmissible, and even if it had been admitted it’s unlikely that the panel would have acquitted Lorance because the Rules of Engagement required a hostile act. Lorance appealed that decision to the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, which denied his petition for review. (That’s on of the flaws of military justice - you only get to appeal to the Supreme Court if the CAAF grants your petition for review then rules against you).

Lorance then filed habeas petition in federal district court, alleging all the same stuff. While the case was pending, Trump pardoned him, and he accepted the pardon. The federal district court ruled that because Lorance accepted the pardon, and accepting a pardon constitutes a confession of guilt, he waived his appellate and habeas rights, and dismissed the petition.

Lorance appealed that to the 10th Circuit, and in a decision on a topic that has been the subject of a great deal of discussion here on the fogbow, the 10th Circuit held that accepting a pardon is not tantamount to a confession of guilt unless the terms of the pardon so specify. The 10th remanded, but I no longer have access to Lexi’s, so I don’t know the status of his habeas petition.

I don’t know what Lorance thought was going to happen with this documentary. It may have been instrumental in obtaining the pardon (I think he got the pardon before it was finished), but I think in the main it shows Lorance in a bad light. He tries to make the case that he was railroaded because he is gay, but it’s pretty obvious that he was charged because he didn’t know what he was doing and ordered the murder of civilians. His lawyer kept yammering on about things that might sound good to non-lawyers, but that lawyers know would never fly (and, of course, they didn’t at the ACCA or the CAAF).

The documentary interviews a lot of the guys who were there that day, and depicts the toll it took on them and their careers. They come across as extremely sympathetic. They interview a lot of journalists who came to the same conclusion.

I hate this guy.

[keith]

Aussie SBS is showing a doco about the stop the steal machinations in Arizona and Georgia. I think its an HBO doco.

Interviewing Az and Ga GOP pollies who did an honest job.

Pretty good job, even if every thing is well known to us smart and informed Fogbowsers.