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Post by hikerchick395 on Mar 29, 2020 7:55:31 GMT -8
I watched Eagles concerts last night for hours on the AXS channel. Of course "the Last Resort" was sung. I cry, losing it when the hazy sun sinks into the sea.
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Post by jazzmom on Mar 29, 2020 8:22:10 GMT -8
I've never watched so much TV in my life; thank god for Netflix and Prime.
We're working our way through the Oscar movies. 'Parasite' lived up to the hype (and we were skeptical going in.) We may have to look up the more obscure categories soon.
Will watch just about any music documentary. Really enjoyed 'Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool" and loved "Sonic Highways".
We just watched 'Tiger King' (Netflix). Still trying to wrap our heads around it. Totally insane story; the first 2-3 episodes were more entertaining than the later ones.
Finding ourselves drawn to 'Big Bang Theory' reruns.
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Post by Deborah on Mar 29, 2020 12:08:32 GMT -8
Netflix - The English Game (history of soccer)
Starz - Outlander (first three seasons are on Netflix - all five seasons on Starz)
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Post by catonsvillebill on Mar 29, 2020 16:06:12 GMT -8
Been watching old episodes ( on YouTube) of Time Team from Britain. I love history & British history in particular, and this show has it all.
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Post by gabby on Mar 29, 2020 17:20:09 GMT -8
Not a "binge watch" series, but I got out my copy of "The Goddess of 1967" and started rewatching it. You can't stream it (left Netflix so long ago I can't remember the year ... oh, wait ... I downloaded my Netflix "Viewing History" and found it!) As you can see, I used to "bingewatch" movies back in the "good ol' days" when the wife was still working and the daughter was in Japan.
This movie is only available here and there - they have one used copy at Amazon for $57.57, and you might be able to get it via streaming on a "pay for" site. I happen to have an mp4 of it from Youtube from way back, but it's subtitled in French, and it's not exactly HD. Plus, it's now no longer there.
This is one of my favorite movies of the last 20 years. Clara Law directed, it's early (2000) Rose Byrne and it's a gorgeous movie "on the screen" - absolutely fantastic cinematography. Hard to understand why it never got the sort of attention here that it, at least IMO, deserved. Rose Byrne was awarded the Venice International Film Festival Volpi Award for her performance.
Goddess Trailer
Great Movie Moments - The Goddess of 1967
The complete "famous dance scene" from the movie
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Post by crawford on Mar 30, 2020 6:51:45 GMT -8
My wife and eldest daughter have decided Ink Master is the binge show of the week. Meh. I hope to get some time with YouTube's Great War Channel, Duelist1954, and Homemade Wanderlust's longer trail documentaries. If I can find it, I think Band of Brothers is in order. That said, I'm like a one legged man in a butt kicking contest with school. We teachers have been using on-line tools for year and suddenly the administration thinks transitioning to eLearning is some great hurdle for our students. I've had more changes in the last few days than I can count. Created content, then received new guidance, so I changed it again, only to receive more new guidance...rinse and repeat.
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Post by foxalo on Mar 30, 2020 8:45:24 GMT -8
jazzmom We started watching Tiger King last night mostly because I wanted to see what all the hype was about. I'm not sure we'll watch it all the way through. We did get through the second episode. My daughter has been binge watching a few series. Locke & Key is one, All-American is another. I get hooked if I'm in the room watching with her. I'm not likely to watch on my own though. We may start watching Ozark and Lucifer too. I've got a lot of books to read, so I'm more likely to do that then watch TV.
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Post by hikingtiger on Mar 30, 2020 9:02:03 GMT -8
We're working our way through the Oscar movies. 'Parasite' lived up to the hype (and we were skeptical going in.) We may have to look up the more obscure categories soon We just watched 'Tiger King' (Netflix). Still trying to wrap our heads around it. Totally insane story; the first 2-3 episodes were more entertaining than the later ones. Watched Parasite before the Oscars out of sheer coincidence. Really liked it (I liked The Host...same director) Tiger King was such a train wreck (the kind you can't look away from.) I think Saff and Eric were probably the only ones focused on actually caring for the animals (and I think Carole was probably behind her husband's disappearance, ha.) Wasn't my choice to watch, but I was worn out from work/moving/cleaning and a mindless show was o.k.
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Post by mk on Mar 30, 2020 14:19:54 GMT -8
I watch this series - it was a natural follow-up to reading all the books. Tiger King was such a train wreck Yes! We sat down to watch the first episode after hearing person after person talking about it. Turned it off 5 episodes later, and finished the show the next night. Just when you think it can't get any weirder, it just does.
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Post by hikerchick395 on Apr 23, 2020 10:13:08 GMT -8
the newer Battlestar Galactica...all 81 episodes have been playing on tv. But only watching a few hours here and there, it gets confusing what had happened during the episodes we didn't see.
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Post by paula53 on Apr 23, 2020 10:25:16 GMT -8
I have been watching World On Fire on PBS. A very good story about different families in Poland, Germany and England and their experiences during WW 2.
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Post by autumnmist on Apr 23, 2020 11:50:09 GMT -8
paula53 , I too have watched World on Fire, even though it's very unsettling, but it reminds me of how much people suffered, fought, compromised and tried to adapt during one of the worst periods in time. It puts the pandemic in prospective; at least we don't have to worry about Nazi soldiers banging at our doors. I always feel humbled and fortunate that I don't have to deal with anything like what the conquered peoples dealt with. Did you by any chance watch The Windemere Children? It's not violent, but it is heartbreaking. It's just after WWII when a group of children who had been in a concentration camp were brought to Britain to readapt and acclimate to living freer after being in captivity, eventually being re-homed, and going on to living successful lives.
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Post by paula53 on Apr 24, 2020 11:15:27 GMT -8
Yes, I enjoyed The Windemere Children. The story was very captivating.I would have liked to see the movie continued on for a few more years to show them moving on to adulthood. Their accomplishments and endevors as adults. Instead of a few paragraphs at the end. I grew to care about a few of them.
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Post by jazzmom on Apr 25, 2020 5:30:50 GMT -8
"Hillary" - 4-part docuseries on Netflix about Hillary Clinton's career juxtaposed on the 2016 election. I thought it was great and you really don't need to be a Hillary fan to appreciate it. My 21 year-old Bernie-fan son loved it; said it gave him a view into American politics, what working women have had to put up with, and a different perspective of the 2016 election. One telling artifact was a footage where Tim Kaine (Hillary's 2016 running mate, who no one seems to remember) is seen telling Hillary and her campaign staff that President Obama had called him the night before and told him that it was "no time to be a purist. You have to keep the fascist out of the White House." Watching it made both of us profoundly sad that we had let all the women presidential candidates drop out. (Bernie was still in the race at the time.) Like we'd failed them. "The Last Dance" - 10-part docuseries on ESPN; started last weekend and will run through May, about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls during his "reign". Two episodes so far and I'm liking it. I'm not a big NBA fan now but I was in my 20's and those guys are all my age; watched them play college ball and become NBA stars. I lived in Boston as a big Pistons fan during the Larry Bird era... had a signed Dennis Rodman poster in my condo that my friends hated. So, this series is really nostalgic even if I was never into the Bulls. Nice homage to Scottie Pippen.
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Post by bradmacmt on Apr 25, 2020 6:23:03 GMT -8
We've been watching "World On Fire"... meh. Quite disappointing. It's nicely filmed and edited, but it really lacks depth with weak characters and thin story line. More of a soap opera set in wartime Europe (The Young And Restless Conquer Nazism).
Reminds me of the early 1980's "Winds Of War" or better yet, the Steve Martin remake, "The Winds of Whoopie!"
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