What's everyone watching?

[Weedygarden]

The Ultimate Gift

I saw episode 1 of 1883. I liked it, but it seems that it is not all done being filmed and I need to subscribe to something to watch more.

 

[Amish Heart]

I liked Cobra Kai, and so did the grandkids

 

[DrJenner]

I liked Cobra Kai, and so did the grandkids

My kids loved it too.
Season 3 so far is great!

 

[Amish Heart]

We're still mucking through the 100, but will get to Cobra Kai. I used to be really involved in Judo with our kids. We were in the Encino Judo Club and had a number of tournaments in Reseda, so it's fun to watch the show

 

[DrJenner]

We're still mucking through the 100, but will get to Cobra Kai. I used to be really involved in Judo with our kids. We were in the Encino Judo Club and had a number of tournaments in Reseda, so it's fun to watch the show

I wish I could fight like that!
one of these days…

 

[Peanut]

I have OD'd on Football.

You and me both, love watching college ball but am usually ready for a break after a couple days.

A couple nights ago I saw the first half of the 1984 movie "Dune". Tonight I saw the 2nd half. A little weird for it's time, I remember seeing it at a theater.

I hear there is a new movie by the same name, haven't seen it.

 

[Tacitus]

A couple nights ago I saw the first half of the 1984 movie "Dune". Tonight I saw the 2nd half. A little weird for it's time, I remember seeing it at a theater.

I hear there is a new movie by the same name, haven't seen it.

The new Dune movie is head and shoulders above the previous versions, which I thought were not good at all.

I think Dune is one of the best sci-fi books I've ever read, and the the new 2021 movie is the first movie which does justice to the book.

Note, the 2021 Dune movie is just the first half of the book. There is no way you can pack that entire book into one movie. Even after doing only half the book, they still left out at least one iconic chapter: the dinner party.

Reading the book before watching the 2021 movie does not diminish the experience. I think it makes viewing the movie better, although it is not required. If you don't read the book first, then just know that the 2021 movie is setting up a ton of stuff to happen in the second movie.

If this doesn't get your heart pumping...

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Taken at Birth.
Pretty interesting so far.
Discovery plus

 

[Peanut]

The new Dune movie is head and shoulders above the previous versions, which I thought were not good at all.

I think Dune is one of the best sci-fi books I've ever read, and the the new 2021 movie is the first movie which does justice to the book.

I also have the book, it's been years since I read it. I've seen the '84 movie a couple times. There were some really hokey parts in the movie that weren't really believable.

Sounds like I need to watch the new movie.

 

[rice paddy daddy]

We just watched Jimmy Stewart in "It's a Wonderful Life". Great show we have to watch every year

Not many people know that Jimmy used his own PTSD experiences from WWII in that film.
He was a squadron commander of B-24 heavy bombers, and led his men into combat.
I have very few personal heroes, but Jimmy Stewart is one of them.

 

[Bacpacker]

Jimmy was a great actor. And from what I've read about him, a good airman as well.

 

[Neb]

I also have the book, it's been years since I read it. I've seen the '84 movie a couple times. There were some really hokey parts in the movie that weren't really believable.

Sounds like I need to watch the new movie.

I have reads the books and enjoyed the old movie. I am looking forward to the new one.

Ben

 

[rice paddy daddy]

Jimmy was a great actor. And from what I've read about him, a good airman as well.

At the height of his career, up to that point, and as Hollywood's #1 male lead, the volunteered for the US Army Air Corps in late 1941 right after Pearl Harbor and trained as a pilot.
Superior officers, not wanting to risk losing such a huge star, tried to keep him safe. He was assigned cushy jobs stateside as a pilot instructor.
But he wanted to do more. Jimmy had to FIGHT to get into combat. He flew heavy bombers, and rose to command a Bombardment Wing.
He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, and became one of the few Americans to rise from Private to full Colonel in just 4 years.
After the war, he remained in the Air Force Reserve, attaining the rank of Brigadier General (that's one star). He flew one mission as an observer in a B-52 during the Vietnam War.

From everything I have read about the man, he was a humble, down to earth fellow.
Flying bombing missions as a commander, he led from the front, and it really hurt him to lose his men, his friends, in combat.

 

[Bacpacker]

Thanks for filling in some blanks RPD. I knew just a little of that. Makes me think even more highly of him

 

[Weedygarden]

Golden Girls, Season 1, episode 1, 2, and more.

 

[joel]

A Fist Full Dynamite

 

[Caribou]

Jimmy was a great actor. And from what I've read about him, a good airman as well.

There are a lot of real heroes, from the big screen, in that generation. Jimmy Stewart, Audey Murphy, Lee Marvin, Mr. Rogers (don't remember his real name), and Errol Flynn, to name a few.

 

[Neb]

There are a lot of real heroes, from the big screen, in that generation. Jimmy Stewart, Audey Murphy, Lee Marvin, Mr. Rogers (don't remember his real name), and Errol Flynn, to name a few.

Fred

 

[joel]

Nothing yet

 

[rice paddy daddy]

There are a lot of real heroes, from the big screen, in that generation. Jimmy Stewart, Audey Murphy, Lee Marvin, Mr. Rogers (don't remember his real name), and Errol Flynn, to name a few.

That’s an urban myth on Mister Rogers.
He was never in the military.
It has been passed around on social media for years that he was, among other things, a Navy Seal.
A quick google search brings it right up.
The same urban myth sometimes claims Captain Kangaroo was a combat vet. While he did join the Marines, he did so at the end of WWII and was too late to see any action.

A whole post could be written on Hollywood stars who were in WWII.
Eddie Albert, of Green Acres fame was awarded a Bronze Star for his actions aboard a landing craft. I think there’s a YouTube interview of him, where among other things he describes fishing wounded and dead GI’s out of the water. I know I’ve seen it.

 

[joel]

The Deputy

 

[Peanut]

Dr. Strange Love from 1964. Peter Sellers was great! Hard to beat the Pink Panther films though.

Slim Pickens as the crazy pilot... And George C. Scott was great playing the insane general.

 

[joel]

Rawhide—-the movie
It about an stagecoach robbery for gold.

 

[Weedygarden]

New episodes of Cobra Kai on Netflix!
Sorry gen X’er here… kinda nostalgic of the 80s references

I liked Cobra Kai, and so did the grandkids

I started to watch Cobra Kai, then realized it is based on Karate Kid. Somehow, I had never seen Karate Kid and all the sequels. I am watching them now, then I will resume Cobra Kai.

 

[joel]

Enterprise

 

[Peanut]

I watched a great movie last night "The Great Dictator". It was written, directed, produced and acted by Charlie Chaplin. It was released in Oct 1940. War hadn't been declared yet... that didn't stop Chaplin from making a spoof/parody of Hitler, Mussolini, Nazis and their war.

Chaplin was a master of physical comedy. A man born in the right time and place for silent films. There has been a lot of great comedians who did physical comedy, Red Skelton was just one. None of them were as brilliant as Chaplin. He was in a league by himself.

This movie was his first real "Talkie". Chaplin's writing and acting was up to the task. He knocked it out of the park. And, Chaplin really looked like Hitler IRL.

It's long, about 2hrs. Well worth watching in my book.

 

[joel]

CIS: Miami

 

[Weedygarden]

Watched 3 Karate Kid movies. I am just a little surprised I had never seen them before. Now I will watch Cobra Kai.

I had just been complaining to a friend that there was nothing to watch of interest. Golden Girls could keep me entertained for a while.

 

[Peanut]

@Weedygarden From the first karate kid movie came the phase "wax on, wax off". I still see references to that phrase in movie and tv shows today. In fact, in the last week I saw a reference to it in a regular tv show.

Today there has been nothing on worth watching on tv. So, I started watching BattleBots. (For those who may not have seen it...It's about small robots, under 300lbs, designed and built by amateurs to destroy each other. They are controlled via radio signals, put in an arena, and have smashing hammers, flipping tools, jets of flame etc.)

Personally I'd like to see them being built and tested also... more camera time in the pit area.

I have a couple of dvds that I haven't seen, think I'll put one in...

 

[Mountain trapper]

We dont usually watch much TV , but when we do its usually old reruns of Perry Mason. Mannix, Alfred Hitchcock or Twilight Zone. Right now I'm watching Forged in Fire.