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  1. Doctor Strange

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Rebel in the Rye - recent biopic about J.D. Salinger with Nicholas Hoult. Salinger was never one of my favorite authors, but I liked the film, largely because it has a great supporting cast (Victor Garber, Hope Davis, Sarah Paulson, Kevin Spacey, etc.) and it's an interesting story of a...
  2. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    It's weird, some of you may recall that for years I railed against Gotham, finding it confused, redundant, overdone, and - most significantly - an unacceptable backstory that didn't jibe with the basics of every version of Batman. Not with Bruce and Selina knowing each other as kids, the...
  3. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Right Mae, it was golf. I didn't see last night's Supergirl episode for a similar reason: though it's a CW channel, WPIX-NYC has to carry live Yankee games for their traditional fanbase. To somebody as completely disinterested in all sports as me, it's really annoying.
  4. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Totally agree, Ernest. The handling of the Sansa/Arya/Bran reunion was sloppy and less than satisfying, and the misdirection regarding Littlefinger's manipulations was unnecessarily, uh, manipulative. Though it did yield a fun surprise when he went down unexpectedly. Still, GoT is legitimate...
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    You are probably correct. The final scene (*) of the season finale apparently hints at major developments. And yes, Flynn has proven to be a much more shaded and interesting character than expected. Agreed we should keep it vague, since folks like Edward are still on the first season. (* Due...
  7. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I was one of those from-day-one Trek fans who wrote to NBC in 1968, but my similar efforts since (e.g., My So-Called Life, Agent Carter) haven't worked as well! I wish Timeless was just a little better, it's close to being an excellent show, but the plotting is so variable. There are things...
  8. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Caught up on this week's episode of Westworld. I remain completely unengaged. Yes, it's opulent, classy, well acted, and determined to keep up the surprises and mysteries. I'm watching because it is well done, allegedly important TV. But I honestly don't care at all about a single character...
  9. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I like Timeless. It is not quite a great show, but it has an appealing cast, good production values, and is sometimes as clever as it thinks it is. The series was retooled a bit in the second season, but it's not really an improvement. But I like it enough that I hope it gets another season...
  10. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Mae, I finally got around to watching (we were without power here for five days after last week's freak storm)... and I quit the episode AND the series halfway through. I loved this show last season, but they totally lost me this one. Oy, what a mess!
  11. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I haven't watched, but the reviews I saw were mixed-to-bad, saying this version adds little to previous ones. The Little Women to see is the 1994 feature film version directed by Gillian Armstrong. Wonderful adaptation (by screenwriter Robin Swicord) with a killer cast: Winona Ryder, Claire...
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Bill Gold, the artist behind lots of classic movie posters - the NYT obit includes a slide show: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/20/obituaries/bill-gold-dead-movie-posters.html https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bill-gold-dead-master-movie-poster-was-97-1111346
  14. Doctor Strange

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I hate Mickey Rooney, period. Most of his performances are gratingly over the top. I have never made it through more than a few minutes of an Andy Hardy picture. The only thing I find interesting about them is how much they exemplify MGM/Louis B. Mayer's efforts in the creation of a mythic...
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    Akubra Campdraft

    The three months depend on where the factory is in their production cycle when the order comes in. It takes three months for them to cycle through all their felt colors and hat models... but if they've recently made up the color you order and your model is coming up, it can be less. Or they...
  16. Doctor Strange

    Akubra Overload

    Thanks. But the Regency Fawn is a really tough color to get accurately. I've taken two more rounds of shots in different lighting, and it still looks more gray and less brown than it should. Here's another shot in full shade on a sunny day: my skintone and chambray shirt look right, but the...
  17. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Silly me, didn't catch the cynicism! I should know by now that we're sympatico on most stuff. So... how do you - or anyone else - feel about Westworld this season? My feelings haven't changed since the first season: no matter how much money HBO throws at the series, no matter how classy...
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Lois Lane actress Margot Kidder: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/margot-kidder-dead-superman-actress-was-69-1111613
  20. Doctor Strange

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Caught Dunkirk on its HBO premiere last night. A mixed bag for me, certainly no four-star masterwork. It exemplifies both Christopher Nolan’s strengths and weaknesses. Technically, it’s totally awesome, with tremendous sequences and remarkable effects work. Story-wise, it’s underwhelming...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The baby boomers are generally considered to have been born 1946-1964. I've seen less arguing over those dates than with the borders of some other "generations". But that's a long time, breaking down to (at least) three different cohorts of early, mid, and late boomers whose experiences were...
  22. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Gotta agree with both of you. While nasty arguments and name-calling do sometimes break out here, this is the most civil forum I've ever participated in; a real testament to the Bartenders. And yes, at a time when social media, partisan cable news, showboating politicians, etc., has reduced so...
  23. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I didn't think we disagreed that often, Worf. While we obviously have some differing tastes and likes, I thought we were on the same page a lot of the time. Anyway, I'm always interested in hearing your opinions too, dude!

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