Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:03 amDCI Banks is a BBC production on hulu. Great production values and writing. Good acting. The end of the first episode disappoints for those of us who understand inhuman humans (LM K, maybenaut).
Mia and I watched DCI Banks and enjoyed it, along with several other British mysteries. It took me a while to get back to watching them without her, but I have and still enjoy them. Among them are Shetland (a real favorite) Midsommer Murders, Vera (another one we liked very much) Murdoch Mysteries (a really fun and different one) Whitechapel and many other excellent ones. We got them in Acorn and/or Britbox.
I watched In The Heat of the Night last night. I had never seen it before! I watched some of the Carroll O'Connor TV versions but never the actual movie. I really enjoyed it.
I like the Murdoch Mysteries as well. And I, too, also, had a major crush on Raymond Burr. Were his eyes blue or brown?
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Mrs. V. and I are near the end of the 11th series on "New Tricks" on Britbox. Then we will start on the 12th and final series.
There were many cast changes in the 10th and 11th series. Only one character/actor from the 1st series remains. However the writing remained good and the actors excellent.
I recommend it.
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Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:50 am
I like the Murdoch Mysteries as well. And I, too, also, had a major crush on Raymond Burr. Were his eyes blue or brown?
AndyinPA wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:02 pm
Don't Look Up on Netflix.
Watch all the way through the credits!
Damn, I just watched that last night with my husband, but we didn't watch through the credits. Can you send me a PM with what happens just so I can know without having to fast forward thru the whole movie again?
BTW: I agree with the recommendation - it's a GREAT movie!!!
filly wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:46 am
I watched In The Heat of the Night last night. I had never seen it before! I watched some of the Carroll O'Connor TV versions but never the actual movie. I really enjoyed it.
I had a hard time trying to warm up to In The Heat of the Night, I think primarily because I typecast Carroll as Archie Bunker and this character didn't work for me.
Volkonski wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:51 am
Mrs. V. and I are near the end of the 11th series on "New Tricks" on Britbox. Then we will start on the 12th and final series.
There were many cast changes in the 10th and 11th series. Only one character/actor from the 1st series remains. However the writing remained good and the actors excellent.
I recommend it.
Don't get me wrong, the last few series were fine, and I liked the last series no problem.
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But some of the heart went out of it when Terry McCann, I mean Gerry Standing (Denis Waterman) got blown up.
AndyinPA wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:02 pm
Don't Look Up on Netflix.
Watch all the way through the credits!
Good recommend. I was avoiding it because it had a lot of Hollywood A Listers. Those tend to be disasters, but this one pulled it off. It is definitely shooting arrows at the Trump Administration. No bout adoubt it.
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And the final scene *after* all the credits is a statement about cockroaches.
AndyinPA wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:02 pm
Don't Look Up on Netflix.
Watch all the way through the credits!
.... It is definitely shooting arrows at the Trump Administration. No bout adoubt it.
You caught that, too, eh? It has alot of political elements. Well done.
Oh yeah. They were throwing any loose objects they could find lying around at him. From spectacle rallys with meaningless catch phrases to ill fitting swag.
I’m watching Shameless on Netflix. There are 11 seasons. I’m on season 6. It’s about a poor family in Chicago. Dad’s an alcoholic conman; mom’s absent (you find out why - she comes and goes); 6 kids, each with a storyline.
it’s very, very good. It’s raw, funny in parts (but it’s not a comedy), but the writing and character development is excellent.
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AndyinPA wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:02 pm
Don't Look Up on Netflix.
Watch all the way through the credits!
Good recommend. I was avoiding it because it had a lot of Hollywood A Listers. Those tend to be disasters, but this one pulled it off. It is definitely shooting arrows at the Trump Administration. No bout adoubt it.
► Show Spoiler
And the final scene *after* all the credits is a statement about cockroaches.
And the Bush Administration. We thought it was about 30 minutes too long. Particularly fun since my husband was wearing a Michigan State sweatshirt while watching.
AndyinPA wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:02 pm
Don't Look Up on Netflix.
Watch all the way through the credits!
Good recommend. I was avoiding it because it had a lot of Hollywood A Listers. Those tend to be disasters, but this one pulled it off. It is definitely shooting arrows at the Trump Administration. No bout adoubt it.
► Show Spoiler
And the final scene *after* all the credits is a statement about cockroaches.
And the Bush Administration. We thought it was about 30 minutes too long. Particularly fun since my husband was wearing a Michigan State sweatshirt while watching.
My alma mater too. I did not recognize the campus in the film, but I haven't seen it since the late 70's. Neither did I know it had an astronomy program.
Dexter on Showtime ended last night. I did NOT see that coming.
"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears… To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies." -Octavia E. Butler
Good recommend. I was avoiding it because it had a lot of Hollywood A Listers. Those tend to be disasters, but this one pulled it off. It is definitely shooting arrows at the Trump Administration. No bout adoubt it.
► Show Spoiler
And the final scene *after* all the credits is a statement about cockroaches.
And the Bush Administration. We thought it was about 30 minutes too long. Particularly fun since my husband was wearing a Michigan State sweatshirt while watching.
My alma mater too. I did not recognize the campus in the film, but I haven't seen it since the late 70's. Neither did I know it had an astronomy program.
Ha ha! At the beginning of the movie I said to my husband "MSU? How come these people aren't stoned out of their minds?" Then Jennifer Lawrence started getting stoned. My husband said the campus scenes were shot in the old dorm area. Unlike his frat buddies, he hasn't been back there, but very few of any of them spent much time on campus in their 5-6 years there.
AndyinPA wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:02 pm
Don't Look Up on Netflix.
Watch all the way through the credits!
► Show Spoiler
I read, in the original draft of the closing scene, the survivors learned the ship with the workers hadn't made it, so they had no one with the skills to build shelter. So they immediately start offering outrageous sums, e.g., "I'll pay anyone a billion dollars for a house!", "I'll pay TWO!", etc.
Making it painfully clear the only people who actually survived were useless billionaires.
AndyinPA wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 1:32 pm
Dexter on Showtime ended last night. I did NOT see that coming.
Do you mean the original Dexter series or the new one? I watched the new series, season 1 is out so far. It is very good. I don't want to give anything away in case anyone is still planning to watch it, but hasn't seen any of it yet. But I enjoyed Season 1 of the new Dexter quite a bit.
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filly wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 10:47 am
And the Bush Administration. We thought it was about 30 minutes too long.
Also, I agree it seemed to run long and could have been trimmed a bit, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
It's not a comedy, but they were able to sprinkle in humor to an otherwise serious plot without mucking the story.
filly wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 10:47 am
And the Bush Administration. We thought it was about 30 minutes too long.
Also, I agree it seemed to run long and could have been trimmed a bit, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
It's not a comedy, but they were able to sprinkle in humor to an otherwise serious plot without mucking the story.
