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All Things Considered => General Discussion--Non food Related => Topic started by: Hank D Thoreau on March 18, 2020, 12:32:34 AM
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So what are your favorite movies and TV shows to watch while you are hunkered down waiting out the virus?
I have Netflix. There is so much there but it is difficult to know what is good.
Be careful, be healthy, find a special way to use the time.
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If you have not watched it, there is a TV series called "Taken" that I found to be pretty good.
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My very favorite movie?
Without a doubt -
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Don't know if you can have access to it or not
There were many segments of the movie that I could identify with.
When Randall (Jack Nicholson) had Nurse Ratched down near the end of the movie, I was rooting for him - big time - to "take her out!!!"
The movie picked up nine Oscar nominations and walked away with five wins.
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When things were normal, 98% of what I would watch on TV was live sports.
The past few days I have been watching punk rock documentaries on Amazon Prime Video and Steve Austin's Broken Skull Sessions on WWE Network. Last night, I watched the live in studio performance in front of no audience two hour concert by the Dropkick Murphys who played 5 new songs of which 3 were never played for public consumption before.
I have a library of DVDs to go through as well as those two services.
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If you don't have it, I would get HBO's streaming service and run through their entire library of series starting with our favorite Boardwalk Empire. Almost all of HBO content is solid though. After that, move onto showtime and start with The Tudors.
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And I will be breaking in the cartridge on that new turntable too.
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Don't know why, but Stephen King's "The Stand" comes to mind!!
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If you have Amazon Prime, lots of good original productions there. Man in the High Castle / The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel / Jack Ryan / Fleabag / Sneaky Pete / Bosch / Goliath just to name a few. Of course many movies to chose from as well.
Two nights ago, I got to go back in time and watch a replay of Game 6 of the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals. I am a huge Philadelphia Flyers fan so watching them beat the Buffalo Sabers again (which was the last time they actually won the Stanley Cup) was a treat.
Interesting and crazy times we are in.
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If you have Amazon Prime, lots of good original productions there. Man in the High Castle / The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel / Jack Ryan / Fleabag / Sneaky Pete / Bosch / Goliath just to name a few. Of course many movies to chose from as well.
Two nights ago, I got to go back in time and watch a replay of Game 6 of the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals. I am a huge Philadelphia Flyers fan so watching them beat the Buffalo Sabers again (which was the last time they actually won the Stanley Cup) was a treat.
Interesting and crazy times we are in.
Love the Flyers. Shame they were having a great season that has come to a halt but hopefully not an end. I have a copy of that Ottawa game where they set the record for most combined penalty minutes. I may need to break that out to watch.
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Netflix,
Peaky Blinders it can be gruesome and blunt, but a really good series. About the Peaky Blinders Gang in early 1900's. Also The Black List is good.
mk
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wife and i really like Blue Bloods, also NCIS
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If you like Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin, Richard Jaeckel & Logging, I highly recommend... Sometimes a Great Notion.
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I just know you will all run out and try and find this one -- "Strictly Ballroom", an Aussie production.
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If you don't have it, I would get HBO's streaming service and run through their entire library of series starting with our favorite Boardwalk Empire. Almost all of HBO content is solid though. After that, move onto showtime and start with The Tudors.
In order of what I can remember watching. I highly recommend HBO Go and they are coming out with HBO Max in May.
The Leftovers (currently watching)
McMillions
The New Pope
Silicon Valley
Deadwood + Deadwood Movie
Chernobyl
Succession
Watchmen
Westworld (currently showing new season three episodes)
True Blood
and then the biggies
Game of Thrones
Sopranos
HBO just has a ton of content quality content. I've barely scratched the surface.
I've mostly given up on Disney plus after finishing the Mandalorian.
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Don't know why, but Stephen King's "The Stand" comes to mind!!
Okay, here's my Stephen King story. Back when 'The Stand' first aired ('93-'94?) as a mini-series, Espie and I were watching an episode, not sure how far in we were, but it was getting weird. The phone rings. I pick up and a voice on the other end says; "Dave, this is Stephen King.". I'm pretty sure that I was one step away from a heart attack. He proceeds to ask if I can come over to troubleshoot his computer.
My neighbors, the Kings had a son, Stephen. We had just moved in and had not met and didn't know about the son. Coincidence darn near killed me.
Hey DavidN,
Great story. Doesn't get much better than that!
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No No done of these make the cut. You must go to Amazon Prime and check out the classic westerns and sci-fi movie. they are a hoot
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So do you have to have a Smart TV to make use of most of these services?
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So do you have to have a Smart TV to make use of most of these services?
1. You could buy a Roku or Amazon Firestick to plug into an HDMI port in your TV and stream via your wifi or if you have your cable modem close to your tv you can run an ethernet cable from the modem to the tv for faster speeds than wifi.
2. You could buy a google chromecast and stream from your phone or laptop to your tv
3. You could buy a smart blu ray or DVD player if they exist anymore and use apps that may be on it to play through your TV
4. Some things could be watched on a laptop
Most of these services that folks are talking about require a monthly or annual paid subscription though. Although, Roku and some other services have apps that have free classic TV shows and movies.
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Breaking Bad
Shameless
Firefly
The Princess Bride
Airplane
This is Spinal Tap
Shawshank Redemption
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I second the vote for the BlackList. Really makes you think, been watching it since the start.
We started an OLD HBO mini series Band of Brothers last night, 2 episodes in, but really like it. Amazon Prime Video has it right now. I've heard Hunters is pretty good as well.
BBQ with Franklin on PBS is interesting, you can access it through a smart TV PBS app or online I believe. You might just have to create an account with PBS and identify your local affiliate. You probably won't learn too much you don't already know, but it's interesting seeing his cooking style and watching him build and use stick burners.
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American Epic on Amazon Prime Video - the 4th episode has modern musicians recording on the 1920's equipment that the first phonograph records were made on.
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Time Bandits
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Reading the first post.....
Stuff I like. Science.
Smoking Kalakian thighs from the 4th planet in the olivian fields.
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Netflix,
Peaky Blinders it can be gruesome and blunt, but a really good series. About the Peaky Blinders Gang in early 1900's. Also The Black List is good.
mk
Just finished season 6 of Blacklist, I like it.
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Going to take a look at Peaky Blinders also.
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I have 15 more free rentals from Dish's referral plan to watch. Plus I have been recording a lot of shows from the free preview of Showtime/TMC including Homeland. If this stretches out longer than all of that I have a ton of Bluray/DVD's to watch.
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I have been watching the Blacklist, but for lighter viewing we watch Startrek The Next Generation. Startrek is comfort food like macaroni and cheese.
I am on Netflix and still looking for good stuff. There is so much there that it can be hard to know what is good.
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I probably have not watched more than a dozen movies in my life time but night before last, we had my brother-in-law and his wife over for dinner and watched the movie "Ford vs Ferrari" on Amazon Prime. The wife and the in-laws thought that it was very good. As for me, it just reminded me why I don't watch movies. ???
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The best part about Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ is that you can watch many movies quickly by fast forwarding :)
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Going to take a look at Peaky Blinders also.
It is a good watch. If you are anything like me you will find yourself randomly belting out "Peaky Blinders" in your best (or worst) English accent multiple times a day trying to mimic Arthur Shelby the best that you can. You will understand once you watch.
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Going to take a look at Peaky Blinders also.
It is a good watch. If you are anything like me you will find yourself randomly belting out "Peaky Blinders" in your best (or worst) English accent multiple times a day trying to mimic Arthur Shelby the best that you can. You will understand once you watch.
You missed the middle word, lol. I actually am caught up with the series now on Netflix, started Ozark last night.
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Peaky Blinders is a great show, if you can stomach the parts where there's rather extreme violence.
Shameless is great if you don't mind some rather crude and abhorrent behavior
Tiger King is pretty interesting, if you want to peer into the bizarre world of big cat owners and/or like watching train wrecks.
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Peaky Blinders is a great show, if you can stomach the parts where there's rather extreme violence.
Shameless is great if you don't mind some rather crude and abhorrent behavior
Tiger King is pretty interesting, if you want to peer into the bizarre world of big cat owners and/or like watching train wrecks.
I love Shameless. It's kind of funny, I spend my work time doing battle with people like the Gallaghers and then watch their antics and even root for them on TV