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What color was your first Akubra?
Federation III, Mid-Brown (circa 2003) Followed by: Stockman, Glen Grey Cattleman, Sand Stylemaster, Carbon/Steel/Mid-Grey Campdraft, Taupe Fawn Leisure Time, Regency Fawn All are still in the rotation apart from the Fed III, which I sold here and replaced with the Campdraft. It always felt...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: Hats
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Okay, I was never a fan of the earlier Mad Max series even before Mel Gibson catapulted himself to the top of my hate list... but this is a TERRIBLE movie. Sure, it's got nicely shot action sequences, but there's zero characterization and barely any discernable plot. I guess it's okay if you're...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Safety Not Guaranteed - a strange little indie film about Seattle reporters (Aubrey Plaza, Jake Johnson) investigating a guy (Mark Duplass) who placed a personal ad looking for someone to time-travel with him. Not a SF film, more a character study edging into quirky romance. Not exactly good...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Ant-Man and the Wasp... As expected, a lighter Marvel film, fun and caper-y like the first one. Nice to finally see a heroine in the title of an MCU film, and Lily doesn't disappoint as the Wasp. It's a lower stakes story with its only connection to the main MCU plotline coming in the...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Lean'n'mean, I didn't dislike Annihilation quite as much as you did, but I thought it was pretty undistinguished SF that started off promisingly... and quickly went off the rails. I didn't have a problem with Natalie Portman, per se, but her character, who's presented as a scientist AND an...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Novitiate - a drama from last year about a girl training to become a nun in the sixties just as the Vatican II reforms are underway. Having been raised Jewish I don't know a lot about nuns - beyond The Nun's Story, Black Narcissus, Heaven Knows Mrs. Allison, The Sound of Music, etc.! - but I...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects
Screenwriter of many of the greatest films by Akira Kurosawa (and therefore many of the greatest films, full stop): https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/movies/shinobu-hashimoto-dead-screenwriter-for-kurosawa.html Rashoman, Seven Samurai, Ikiru, Throne of Blood, The Hidden Fortress...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What was the last TV show you watched?
Deadwood is really outstanding. I didn't see it when it initially aired - I didn't have HBO at that point - but binge-watched later. The writing is tremendous: it's downright Shakespearean in the breadth of its characters and story. Ian McShane is simply amazing, his performance is...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What was the last TV show you watched?
Melissa, I was also going to recommend watching the entire first season of GoT, Ernest and Touch beat me to it. The series gets better as it goes along, and it's worth the investment of watching ten episodes. Chances are, you'll be hooked by the time you reach the penultimate one. GoT is...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Annihilation - recent SF film with Natalie Portman. Starts promisingly, ends pretty meh.- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Hats by the hundred
I once had a problem with an Akubra from Hats by the Hundred. It's now around 11 years ago, so I don't know that it reflects the current company, but... I ordered a Bogart in Carbon/Steel/Mid-Grey.... and I received a Bogart in Black. Okay, so that Akubra dark gray - I ended up getting a...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: Hats
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Collar Stand
I've also had both kinds, and found the plain attachment much more comfortable than the collar stand. (Full disclosure: I also have a beard... and more chin than neck!)- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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What was the last TV show you watched?
I watched all the parts when it aired a few weeks ago and was very impressed. Not the best general WWI documentary ever, but for its specific US-in-WWI approach it's loaded with great info, and stunning film footage (*). Definitely all kinds of interesting: I was riveted. But you know, I kind...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What was the last TV show you watched?
Mad Men, and drama in general, heightens and exaggerates for effect. So I'm not surprised you haven't met folks AS nasty as them. Am I the only one having problems typing here today? The site is very slow and type-ahead is failing; I keep getting thrown back to the New Posts page. It's taking...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What was the last TV show you watched?
Fading, you have a very optimistic view of humanity. I liked Mad Men largely because everyone was self-obsessed, nasty, greedy, and mostly motivated by self interest: that's how the vast majority of people are. (Bartender Edit: let's keep away from the current politics, please) Peggy was the...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What was the last TV show you watched?
I haven't seen Mr. Robot, but most of the big dramas of the last decade-plus have been about severely flawed characters, e.g, Don Draper on Mad Men. There are endless other examples of moral ambiguity, jerkish behavior, and narcissistic self-interest. And of course, even most Marvel superheroes...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What was the last TV show you watched?
I can't agree, I think she's a good actress - though not as good as Maura Tierney, who's always impressive. Wilson starred in a BBC adaptation of Jane Eyre about ten years ago that's probably my second favorite version (after Joan Fontaine/Orson Welles). It's the writing of her character...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Marshall. A true-story film from last year about future supreme court justice Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) when he was the NAACP's young traveling lawyer, taking on cases all over the country where racial prejudice was an issue. In 1940, he's called to Bridgeport, CT to defend a...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What was the last TV show you watched?
I'm still watching The Affair, but I don't know why. It occasionally has interesting moments, but nothing in it is remotely believable, and I hate all the characters. Noah's the worst husband/writer/dad/lover/teacher/etc. EVER, but they're all mainly jerks to one degree or another. Is that...- Doctor Strange
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Melissa, I didn't rush to Ant-Man and the Wasp this weekend, but I will probably go with my son on a future weekend. I had skipped the first one theatrically and didn't consider it a bad decision at the time... but I haven't missed an MCU film in theaters since. (The only other ones I had...- Doctor Strange
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