BruceH Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Today I started this; the dvd set has three or four episodes never aired, which is good as they left us all hanging. Never even heard of this show before! Who aired it, initially? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 BBC The RKO Story : Tales From Hollywood, all six parts. The Orson Welles episode was really interesting with lots of facts and anecdotes about the production of Kane and Ambersons that I was unaware of. The interviews with people who were actually involved were fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelbc Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Weeds: Season 12....Obama is great in this..someone actually smokes a Camel...while lighting up a bowl... Had Obama done this while cooking with Bobby Flay on the LAWN he would have made it a second term.... Oh well...hope his daughters can get into Colgate!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Still watching Dragnet, and a bit of Adam-12. Not out of any love for the shows; I realize now that it's a pure nostalgia thing. I was raised by my grandmother from age 11 or so on, and we used to watch these together. Funny; she died back in '84, but I miss her now more than I did then. I must be getting old... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Today I started this; the dvd set has three or four episodes never aired, which is good as they left us all hanging. Never even heard of this show before! Who aired it, initially? ABC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 BBC Storyville- How Vietnam Was Lost Robert Kenner, USA, 2005 Really excellent. The Homepage blurb sums it up better than I could-- In one weekend in 1967, two occurrences at opposite ends of the world began the process whereby Americans convinced themselves that the Vietnam War was not worth fighting. One of these was the ambush of an American battalion by the Vietcong, resulting in 61 casualties. The other was at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where state police ejected students who were campaigning against the presence presence on campus of recruiting agents for napalm manufacturers Dow Chemical. This brilliant film works so well because its focus is so narrow. We see survivors of the ambushed battalion and we see the women who lost their husbands and who still recall, so many years later, their grief. We are also able to understand how, throughout universities in America, students became, (in the word of the time), 'radicalised' through their opposition to the war. It's interesting, of course, to compare those events with the American scene now: with the war in Iraq, opposition has likely been milder because the American army no longer relies on the draft. Great documentary. I was really moved by it when it screened here a few years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 Watched two episodes from the second season of Northern Exposure this afternoon. Far superior to most of the crap that's on the tube these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 (edited) Watched the Pacquiao-Clottey PPV All i can say is Bang, bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang, bang, bang ,bang, bang , bang, bang, bang ,bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Those who saw the main event will get it Edited March 15, 2010 by Van Basten II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 The Pacific Ep 1 Impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 More Dexter. Still liking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 Re-watching last week's Damages, getting ready for tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Coming up Damages Episode 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Was a good episode. Only five more to go. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 (edited) Lost episode 8 Anyone else think this is rubbish ? Seems to be wandering all over the place with no focus or cohesive narrative. I think they are setting us up for a 'just kidding' ending. Thank goodness for Damages ! Edited March 17, 2010 by kinuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 No, I think the ending will be more cohesive than that. . . just a feeling I have. We'll see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 But I have to agree, the sideways flashes were weak last night, as weak as the whole Kate-Claire taxi episode for me. Hopefully next week the tone and feel will change and get us on track for what I predict will be quite an "action movie" series of episodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 BBC Requiem For Detroit. About the decay and collapse of Detroit. Totally riveting must see. I'd love to visit the place to see this historic change taking place. A similar thing happened in Sheffield after the reign of Thatcher, whole swathes of what were once steel factories are now lawns and open spaces. Nothing like the apocalyptic scale of Detroit though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Flash Forward 2 new episodes Great, they seem to have successfully rebooted after a long absence. Both episodes were good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 I'm watching my wife tile a bathroom counter. She's doing a job I didn't want to do. Uncle Skid will see this the next time he's here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 BBC Horizon : Is everything we know about the universe wrong ? Crash course in the latest cosmology, fascinating to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 BBC Horizon : Is everything we know about the universe wrong ? Probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 (edited) Lost The longest flashback of the series raises a lot of questions. Is this shaping up as some Apocalyptic battle of God versus The Devil ? What do you think Jazzbo ? Edited March 24, 2010 by kinuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Damages coming shortly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Lost The longest flashback of the series raises a lot of questions. Is this shaping up as some Apocalyptic battle of God versus The Devil ? What do you think Jazzbo ? I'm not sure what to make of it. "Good" vs. "Evil" has long been a subtext, but I think that the reveal will be a bit less black and white. They're setting us up to a sort of "purgatory within a gate to hell" scenario, but we'll see. After a few more episodes we may have some totally different idea up for grabs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 The T.A.M.I. Show dvd. Wow! Great stuff, it's a must have dvd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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