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[Eli_Kyiv]

Ruthless People

 

[WG Plum]

Ruthless People

Classic!

 

[osv]

Yah, Bowie steps in as The Host about halfway through, but I haven't gotten there yet. So far not bad. A bit cheesy but fun, and the occasional decent twist.

I started watching this based on your “recommendation”. How can I pass up The Outer Limits with Boobs?

 

[Sam Evans]

I started watching this based on your “recommendation”. How can I pass up The Outer Limits with Boobs?

Right? Lots and lots of boobs ...

 

[friskinator]

Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids' TV on Max. Interesting, but can't say it's a fun topic. If I had kids, I would never allow them to get into the entertainment biz as minors. I thought that before watching this, but it further confirms my belief.

 

[Gorn]

 

[elgecko]

I watched the original The Gentlemen movie then started the Netflix series this past weekend. I've watched Guy Ritchie movies before but don't remember having this much fun. Good stuff!

I think I need to revisit Snatch.

 

[Eli_Kyiv]

Top Secret!

 

[HP Hovercraft]

Top Secret!

Let me know if there is any change in his condition.


He's dead.

 

[Tom Bomb]

rust creek​

 

[Bob_Ross]

Just finished binge-watching all 6 seasons of This Is Us on Netflix. Highly recommended, 10/10.

Holy crap what a wonderfully inventive and nuanced take on intimate family drama! Very creative use of flashback and flashforward, subtle but compelling/convincing performances from the entire cast, and a huge shout-out to the casting director for their almost eerily uncanny abilitity to find actors who look exactly like younger versions of their adult characters to portray the flashback scenes.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Here's a few I am going through at the moment.

 

[gln1955]

I'm liking this...

 

[HP Hovercraft]

I'm liking this...

Me too. Watched the first three episodes tonight

 

[Tom Bomb]

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[Jeff Scott]

Fantastic interview here.

 

[Nedmundo]

I'm liking this...

Oh yeah! The wife and I have watched five episodes, and it's fantastic. Might finish it off tonight.

I cannot recommend the books highly enough. The momentum sags a little during the second volume (The Dark Forest), possibly due to a different translator, but it's still great and the third is incredible. It includes a section involving four-dimensional space that is among the coolest things I've ever read.

 

[roccobass]

Actually, it just before going to bed last night.

 

[fhm555]

It's not that you wouldn't understand it, it's that it'll bore you to tears. I haven't read the books either but I know the lore is massive. The movies bring up names and places and events and histories with so much gravitas, but, we don't know what the hell they're talking about so we don't care. Instead the movies are just big epics with cool shots and soaring music. They took a lot of substance and squeezed it into three hour movies that would have to be 100 hours long to really tell the story.

Yep, Dune was the first work of fiction I read with a glossary. With one exception I’ve never been big on stories told in serial fashion in books. I’ve read plenty by authors known for such works but I will skip a lot of the filler books one must trudge through to reach the next pivotal storyline addition. I prefer fiction books to be a complete story between the covers as I’m not looking for a reason to run down books or wait in anticipation of the next chapter. I made the mistake of reading the unabridged edition of The Stand, and while it was still a good story, the original edit was a more effective work as it avoided exhaustion while working through what amounted to nothing to make it anything than a longer version of an already good story.

 

[Gorn]

This movie was very good. A lot of people walked out during a scene with squelching sounds. I laughed at them. Solid movie. Well told story.