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  1. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Yeah, Feud is uneven and overextended... but it has its moments. One thing that bothered me in this episode was the application of modern thinking about (old) Hollywood to this story. The fight over being considered for Best Supporting vs. Best Actress is more about today's...
  2. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I never recommended it either. Also not my sort of show. But it's good that you liked it.
  3. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Interesting observations! So the endless rom-com re-jiggering of the relationships, the failures, setbacks, miracles - none of which stick - are THE POINT. I eventually realized that making Josh a bit of a himbo - attractive, but not a perfect match for Rebecca - was to satirize how little...
  4. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Just finished binge-watching the first season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, a CW series that's a dramedy... and a musical, with two or three original numbers per episode. I like it a lot. Not everything in it works, but it's got a lot of guts... and those musical numbers (which generally advance...
  5. Doctor Strange

    Coldest Weather I've been in

    We also got killed up here atop my mountain by this week's storm! Somewhere around 18 inches of snow, but it's hard to say, because it was blown into four- and five-foot drifts in many places. Our plow guy couldn't clear our private road and driveway with his usual truck - he had to bring in...
  7. Doctor Strange

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Harold Lloyd had his own particular genius, and he represents America in the twenties much better than Keaton or Chaplin. Keaton and Chaplin were unique, coming at things from very much their own approaches, but Lloyd embodies the hopes and dreams (and prejudices and limitations) of the average...
  8. Doctor Strange

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Our Little Sister, a recent Japanese film about three sisters who take in their much younger half-sister after their estranged father dies. A charming little slice-of-life drama.
  9. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I'm also as big a Mad Men fan as possible... And I don't think it's any secret that in its later seasons, the show entered its mannerist period. More self-consciously "arty" than it has been earlier, with things calculated for effect SO carefully in EVERY sequence. Sure, it was a joy to...
  10. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Perhaps. Watching Shipka grow over the course of Mad Men, it seemed clear that she was an acting prodigy who essentially spent her entire childhood working in a master class. (So many times, Weiner and the cast had said they were surprised by how quickly she became a vital actress, and once...
  11. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I also enjoyed the second episode more than the first. Yeah, it's campy and sometimes overwrought, but the production is gorgeous and much - not all - of the acting is good. I agree that stretching it out to eight episodes seems like overkill. Best bullet point I saw on an episode recap...
  13. Doctor Strange

    Spring jacket time!

    Speak for yourself, Johnny. While it was indeed warm enough here early last week to break out my A-2s for a couple of days, it's currently 12 degrees... with more than a foot of snow expected tomorrow!
  14. Doctor Strange

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    It points up that Spielberg's skill with actors is often underrated. So much concentration on his use of special effects, Disney-esque manipulation of audience sympathy, still working out his parents' divorce in his films, aping John Ford and other Hollywood icons, etc. But the...
  15. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Me too! I've programmed my DVR to record the entire season. I've already got the earlier seasons on DVD. A brilliant, absolutely unique series.
  16. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    It's a pretty safe bet that the original Japanese-language names were a little less silly. The same thing happened when other Japanese animated series were dubbed for US TV in the sixties - see Astro Boy, Eighth Man, Speed Racer, etc.
  17. Doctor Strange

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Good flick... though it's now kinda hard to accept Jesse Eisenberg growing up to become Patrick Dempsey! BTW, the school exteriors were shot at the gorgeous Emma Williard School campus in Troy, NY. I used to drive past regularly when my son was going to RPI.
  19. Doctor Strange

    How would you earn a living?

    I could probably be okay as a photographer. I worked in my parents' little commercial studio all through my childhood/youth in the sixties/seventies. My dad learned photography in the thirties/forties, and most of the photo technology we used was already old-school when I was doing it...
  20. Doctor Strange

    Ask a question, get an answer

    It's exactly the same dimensions as the Stylemaster... but with a center-dent rather than teardrop crease. So I think it's pretty equivalent, an equally good choice for a moderate-sized, pre-shaped fedora. I have center-dent creases in all my open crown and custom-made hats, so I'm obviously a...
  21. Doctor Strange

    Ask a question, get an answer

    I had one for over a decade. Nice hat, but I eventually replaced it with an Akubra. Current Stetsons strike me as overpriced for their level of build quality. Akubras are less expensive, but are better made of better materials. Akubra hats laugh off rain and snow without losing shape (which...
  22. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Completely agree on the first episode of Feud. Nice production despite some tonal confusion, some good performances (I liked Stanley Tucci as Jack Warner), some degree of historical accuracy... but I couldn't work up any enthusiasm. I should be loving it, but I'm unsure if I'm gonna make it all...
  23. Doctor Strange

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Oh, I want them to continue having hosts, and all the things that make TCM unique. I hope they find more new hosts, and that they will have worthwhile and interesting observations. All I'm objecting to is Mankiewicz being elevated to senior host by default, because I have always found him to...

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