Recent Films and TV Shows that were good...

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Long review of Oppenheimer by Dr. Mark Schneider
https://www.realcleardefense.com/ar...8.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebookDr. Mark B. Schneider is a Senior Analyst with the National Institute for Public Policy. Before his retirement from the Department of Defense Senior Executive Service, Dr. Schneider served as Principal Director for Forces Policy, Principal Director for Strategic Defense, Space and Verification Policy, Director for Strategic Arms Control Policy and Representative of the Secretary of Defense to the Nuclear Arms Control Implementation Commissions. He also served in the senior Foreign Service as a Member of the State Department Policy Planning Staff.
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That's a fairly devastating review of both the movie and the man... and of Hollywood in general.
 
I agree with some of the technical points, but he should have noticed that the film is called Oppenheimer and not Trinity.

The casting of Matt Damon as Leslie Groves was odd, I thought - too short, too slim and far too nice. By most accounts he was not very likeable at all. Brian Dennehy was much better in HBO's Day One.

https://www.atomicarchive.com/history/manhattan-project/p4s26.html
 
a dam good Show is SILO
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZYhuvIv1pA


People living in large underground Silo, why ? unknown.
Fact the Management not wanted that questions is ask or answered !
and send troublemaker in spacesuit to surface to died...

...but eventually every system either political or Technological starts to fail.
 
The Hugh Howley book trilogy Wool/Shift/Dust made for enjoyable and interesting reading, it will be interesting to see how Silo translates into visual media
 
I just watched this. It's a BBC documentary on the human factors aspects aspects of deep space/long duration missions. It deals mainly with the psychology of isolation but hibernation comes up near the end. There's also a little on how people might need AI 'companions' that can be confidants while not being part of the human crew in the case of ESA's CIMON. That led me to wonder if animal companions might be a good idea, despite the chaos they might cause... (I'm thinking more alongs the lines of Jonesy the ginger cat rather than 'This is Roger, my emotional support sperm whale. He can make sounds so loud that they will rupture your organs, but he's generally pretty good-natured.')

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIm65vNukHA

It's available on BBC iPlayer, but access could be restricted based on location. This is how you can watch it in New Zealand, and you might be able to do something similar elsewhere in the world.

https://www.crazystreamers.com/nz/b...longest-goodbye-in-nz-on-bbc-iplayer-easy-way
 
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Whether or not you think Foundation is good (it takes considerable liberties with Isaac Asimov's books), this might be of interest. The Imperial starships take inspiration from gyroscopes, and in the case of the Invictus, the angels or Ophanim described in Ezekiel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophanim#:~:text=It
 

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Coming on Apple TV+ on 1/26/24: Masters of the Air, a series about the 100th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, in WWII, produced by Spielberg and Hanks. Might be worth a watch.
 
Anyone watching Mobland?
Tom Hardy
Pierce Bronnan
Helen Mirren
Paddy Considine

Good old fashion British gangsters
 
bobbymike said:
Anyone watching Mobland?
Tom Hardy
Pierce Bronnan
Helen Mirren
Paddy Considine

Good old fashion British gangsters
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Bobby Mike -

Howdy !

Yeh… tried watching’ “MOBLAND “, but find it very, very difficult to make out what they are saying under some fairly think accents.


Regards,
357Mag
 
overscan (PaulMM) said:
A bit tired of the negativity towards modern TV and films, much of which I think is deserved, so instead lets have a topic about good TV shows and films you've seen.

I really enjoyed or am currently enjoying these:

The Peripheral (Amazon Prime)
Adaptation of a William Gibson Sci-Fi novel I haven't read. Not afraid to be slow and thoughtful at times. Good acting. Still airing season 1.

Severance (Apple)
Very weird drama thiller with dark comedy and sci-fi overtones. Excellent cast and intriguing premise and the right amount of mystery made it compulsive viewing. Has been renewed for Season 2.

Sandman (Netflix)
Has been criticised by some for recasting some characters as female and more ethnically diverse than the original comic, but this was an excellent and compelling watch. Like all Neil Gaiman's work, it deals with big moral and spiritual matters in a fantastic setting. Season 1 is split into two distinct halves, and some people found the second half less interesting, but I liked it all.

Enola Holmes 2 (Netflix)
Just a fun film to watch with your kids. My 13 year old daughter loved it. First one was also enjoyable.
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Howdy !

I gravitate towards watching “ comedy violence “, or tv &movies with such excessive shooting in it that it becomes laughable.

“ Aliens “ w/ Bill Paxton and Michael Biehn. Paxton gave a character performance that remains may personal favorite of all.

“ John Wick “ movie series

“ Shoot’em Up “ with Paul Giamatti and Clive Owen…. who was at one time considered for being a next “ Jame Bond “.

“ The Accountant “ w/ Ben Affleck. Haven’t seen the second movie, yet.

“ Citadel” tv series, w/ Pryanka Chopra. Pokes fun at super spy movies

“ Justified “ tv series w/ Tim Olyphant. Jeremie Davies “ Dickie Bennett “ character made me laugh hard… a lot.
Walter Coggins is also stellar as Boyd Crowder. Joelle Carter brings the heat. Lots of superb casting.

“ 3 Days to Kill “ with Kevin Costner. Just a fun, fun movie. I laughed a bunch. And re-watched, a lot.

The “ Longmire “ tv series. Great characters and story lines. Use of local scenery a people is notable.
“ Yellowstone “ sorta mimicked the Western locale’. This overlaps with….

“ Landman “ tv series. Another Taylor Sheridan effort, so familiar elements with his other shows.
Billy Bob Thornton is great. Vulgar and over-sexualization are presented as the series’ attributes.

“ The Boondocks Saints “ I & II. Lots of action… lots of comedy.

“ The Mask of Zoro “ w/ Antonio Banderas. Light hearted fun, even kids can watch.

“ Open Range “ w/ Costner and DuVall. Faster to get through than “ Lonesome Dove “, but still a great
Robert DuVall Western.

“ Quigley down Under “ - Iconic Tom Selleck character Matthew Quigley, Alan Rickman as the baddie.


Regards -
357Mag
 
Hey all,

I've just finished Dept Q on Netflix.

Disturbing, brutal, addictive, funny. Watched the last episode on the edge of the seat, shouting at some of the goings on, honestly can't remember the last time i got so drawn in to a show or characters.

Great characters, well filmed and put together.

It's not going to be everyones cup of tea.

But in my opinion, Well worth a watch.
 
bob225 said:
Hey all,

I've just finished Dept Q on Netflix.

Disturbing, brutal, addictive, funny. Watched the last episode on the edge of the seat, shouting at some of the goings on, honestly can't remember the last time i got so drawn in to a show or characters.

Great characters, well filmed and put together.

It's not going to be everyones cup of tea.

But in my opinion, Well worth a watch.
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Yes, enjoyed that a lot. I was quite a fan of Taggart when Mark McManus was around.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEfh2cgfBbo&ab_channel=STVNews
 
overscan (PaulMM) said:
A bit tired of the negativity towards modern TV and films, much of which I think is deserved, so instead lets have a topic about good TV shows and films you've seen.

I really enjoyed or am currently enjoying these:

The Peripheral (Amazon Prime)
Adaptation of a William Gibson Sci-Fi novel I haven't read. Not afraid to be slow and thoughtful at times. Good acting. Still airing season 1.

Severance (Apple)
Very weird drama thiller with dark comedy and sci-fi overtones. Excellent cast and intriguing premise and the right amount of mystery made it compulsive viewing. Has been renewed for Season 2.

Sandman (Netflix)
Has been criticised by some for recasting some characters as female and more ethnically diverse than the original comic, but this was an excellent and compelling watch. Like all Neil Gaiman's work, it deals with big moral and spiritual matters in a fantastic setting. Season 1 is split into two distinct halves, and some people found the second half less interesting, but I liked it all.

Enola Holmes 2 (Netflix)
Just a fun film to watch with your kids. My 13 year old daughter loved it. First one was also enjoyable.
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All -

Howdy !

I like comedy violence movies, tv shows.

Just recently saw “ The Acdountant II “. I laughed out loud in the theatre, a whole bunch !!

Also, just took in “ Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part II. Saw it on IMAX to better enjoy the PT-17 airiel
work. Technical inaccuracies in the movie and far fetched action and shooting scenes made me laugh.


With regards,
357Mag
 
If you want to have a good time, I suggest FUBAR on Netflix... I do not consider Arnold Schwarzenegger to be a very good actor (the rest of the cast is fantastic), but he dosesn't take himself too seriously, the whole thing is F-U-N, with a bunch of crazy characters and situations. The pitch is simple: the CIA's best undercover agent is retiring, but he's called last minute for one final rescue mission in Latin America. Turns out the agent he's meant to save does very well for herself... and also happens to be his daughter, though none of them suspected the other was also an agent! A very complicated spy father-daughter relationship with hilarious moments, and an entire team of helpers that make up a highly dysfunctional family...

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Stargazer said:
If you want to have a good time, I suggest FUBAR on Netflix... I do not consider Arnold Schwarzenegger to be a very good actor (the rest of the cast is fantastic), but he dosesn't take himself too seriously, the whole thing is F-U-N, with a bunch of crazy characters and situations. The pitch is simple: the CIA's best undercover agent is retiring, but he's called last minute for one final rescue mission in Latin America. Turns out the agent he's meant to save does very well for herself... and also happens to be his daughter, though none of them suspected the other was also an agent! A very complicated spy father-daughter relationship with hilarious moments, and an entire team of helpers that make up a highly dysfunctional family...

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It would be fun to see a TV-series spinoff of the 1994 film "True Lies" (I'm disappointed that there was never a sequel).

On another note I did not like how "Westworld" ended (The fourth and final series was a bit disappointing and went in a direction that I didn't like) as there was a lot of unresolved stuff.
 
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'Peripheral', Amazon SF. series unfortunately pulled after one season, grr
'Fallout', Amazon SF. series, fun & different, season 2 due December
'Department Q', Netflix series, enjoyable crime thriller set in Edinburgh (based upon a Danish series), looking forward to season 2
'Lilo & Stitch', Disney remake, enjoyable, fun and way better than reported
'Black List' TV. series, waaay overlong, by the end of season 8 it had become so unwatchably bad I wanted the annoying main protagonist and her FBI. acolytes to be dead in a ditch
'Old Guard 2', after a fun watchable first film the follow up is tedious, pointless and merely a vehicle to a forthcoming third film
'The Tunnel', an average 3 season British remake of the brilliant 4 season Danish/Swedish Bridge series, the original being so good means the remake becomes annoying as it tries to follow the story in a simplified way (the last season works tho as it deviates from the source material)
'Midsomer Murders' TV. series (my guilty pleasure, if Putin enjoys it it can't be that bad) watchable, and addictive murder mystery, there's even an 'SP.' episode, 'Incident at Cooper Hill' :)
 
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