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Whatcha watching?
- Thread starter Gorn
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Hap & Leonard. So far it's taken a whole season to get over Omar Little in the credits. Might be acting. Think it's the directing.
Watched Bubba Ho-tep years ago. Been trying to read some Joe Lansdale on and off ever since. Just don't grab me. But poopie's just made for tv. Walks a fine line around cliche. Slightly understated humour.
Watched Bubba Ho-tep years ago. Been trying to read some Joe Lansdale on and off ever since. Just don't grab me. But poopie's just made for tv. Walks a fine line around cliche. Slightly understated humour.
It's a couple years old but watching 1971 on Apple TV and it's excellent so far IMO:
Always interesting even if it is formulaic and staged.
If I wasn't married, my barn would be full of that stuff.
It’s on Hulu.
not sure if Hiroyuki Sanata is as good as Toshiro Mifune was in the original as Torinaga. Torinaga is modeled after the real Ieyasa Tokugawa, by this stage in his life Tokugawa was a rather large and imposing fellow. But overall I am liking it so far.
We are recording this but haven't started watching it yet as our son wants to see it as well. I've heard good things about it.
I'll have to watch it at a friend's house.
He was the one who brought stability to Japan!
Always interesting even if it is formulaic and staged.
If I wasn't married, my barn would be full of that stuff.
I learned later how staged the show actually is, and now it changes how I watch it, but yeah they come across some cool stuff. As I get older, I appreciate some of the stuff they find more.
-Mike
Any 'reality' show is staged. Every single one of them.
The first 2 episodes of Shogun are excellent. The hype is real!
I DO find the "pretending English is Portuguese" thing a bit weird. I think I would have rather read more subtitles.
I DO find the "pretending English is Portuguese" thing a bit weird. I think I would have rather read more subtitles.
The revelation that it was “staged” changed my enjoyment of watching American Pickers zero. Still like it.Always interesting even if it is formulaic and staged.
If I wasn't married, my barn would be full of that stuff.
Real life is too boring and/or unpredictable to make for good TV.
Totally agree.
The real early ones felt more real, but as the genre evolved and grew in popularity they all have that staged feel to them.
Well hey, wouldn't yanno? Here's an Indian motorcycle from 1902 just laying here on a pile of bushes and pallets. I'll give you $2,500 for it, even in this condition.
Sure, sounds like a deal to me.
-Mike
I have a friend who is an expert on 1902 Indian motorcycles found on piles of bushes and pallets. Let me give him a call and see what he has to say.
My favorite example is this one - and it's bass specific. Faker than fake.
For those that follow vintage Fender basses, this one was well known for being for sale in a Florida pawn shop for about a year prior to the episode. I know a guy who tried to buy it and the woman at the shop would not budge any below $7K at the time (it's a glaringly OBVIOUS refin - which the show's "expert" didn't note). Even if the seller/actor on the show had bought it for $7K, why turn around and sell for $2K?
Pics the mentioned guy took in the Florida pawn shop - obviously prior to the 'restoration' on the show.
These days I no longer pretend English is English. Subtitles have been known to fill out my understanding of some dialogue.
But some people would rather not watch a show they have to read to understand. Best caption moment ever for me was the Hunt for Red October, where they faded the subtitles out and turned up the English translation early in the piece. Hilarious.
I saw just the other day on Pawn Stars when the guy brought in the John Entwistle Danelectro bass. While Rick's expert verified it as legit, the guy who owned it wanted $50,000 for it.
They told him no go on the 50K.
-Mike
If I'm selling a vintage bass, especially one owned by a rock icon, the first thing I think is yeah, a pawn shop would be good.
