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Quote from: LennG on April 10, 2024, 03:07:25 PMWhere?

You can rent it on Amazon prime.

I watched it using another option I have 

Bill

 I am still spending most of my free time watching 'The Wire'. I am almost finished with season 3 and it continues to keep me fascinated. Many storylines but one main theme. Should have watched this years ago, but this time is as good as any. Would definitely recommend it, but it is violent, with lots of cursing, sex, and everything else to keep more males glued to the TV.

"The Wire" is an all-time show for sure.

I also loved "Oz", but that is not for everyone.

I started the movie, "Black Sails" on Netflix...4 seasons/38 episodes. A series about pirates who hang out in Nassau when not battling at sea. Not for kids, tons of nudity (full-frontal)/sex/gore/violence, and a great plot. The only thing that bugs me, is that no matter how scroungy the guys dress, they have perfect, braces-straightened, brilliant white teeth. Can't believe they didn't do a better job in make up for more realistic adventure. Regardless, incredibly done with great photography and great scenes. Very realistic

Still watching Black Sails, but I see a new series drops tomorrow (May 2) that looks very intriguing. Has a "Suits" vibe, but seemingly more violent, judging by the trailer

"A Man in Full" Netflix...limited series

I'm too lazy to type out the cast so a picture



Trailer:

Quote from: MightyGiants on March 28, 2024, 02:37:34 PM@Bill Brown and @Sem

Bill mentioned this yesterday on the main forum.  From what I understand, this is sort of TV piracy for dummies.  The Superbox is essentially an overpriced android device that comes preloaded with what they call an unverified streaming service (a nice name, for they don't know if the programs are properly licensed).

The only real risk would be if the company gets sued and goes out of business (plus the sellers of the product face some risk, so they tend to be on the sleazy side).

You can actually download similar software to your computer or, say, a firestick that would do the same thing.

You can find all you need to know about this here:


https://troypoint.com/what-is-kodi/


https://www.firesticktricks.com/how-to-use-kodi.html

That website also discusses the Superbox, they are not fans

Thanks Rich. It seems like a lot of work to me. Perhaps I am too behind the times.

I started watching it while I worked out.  I considered it some raunchy fluff when I started.  However, over time I found the show was quite good (and irreverent, my favorite).  It really offers a chance to see life from a different perspective.

The show is called Shameless and it's on Netflix

Yesterday, on Disney, they released a film that hasn't been shown in over 50 years. 'Let It Be' is a movie that hasn't been shown anywhere for 50 years and now, restored is being shown on Disney starting yesterday.
Since we are true die-hard Beatles fans and will gobble up anything new about them, we grabbed our after-dinner snacks and sat down to watch and we weren't disappointed.

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/07/beatles-let-it-be-review-disney-plus/

We had previously watched the 3-part (6 hour I believe) film by Peter Jackson, "Get Back" which we also loved but there were parts in Get Back that really could have been eliminated and probably 3 hours would have been sufficient, but now, with Let It Be, basically 90 minutes telling how and showing most of the Beatles last concert on the rooftop, was superb.

If you are a Beatles fan, this is Can't Miss TV.

Quote from: LennG on May 09, 2024, 11:28:21 AMYesterday, on Disney, they released a film that hasn't been shown in over 50 years. 'Let It Be' is a movie that hasn't been shown anywhere for 50 years and now, restored is being shown on Disney starting yesterday.
Since we are true die-hard Beatles fans and will gobble up anything new about them, we grabbed our after-dinner snacks and sat down to watch and we weren't disappointed.

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/07/beatles-let-it-be-review-disney-plus/

We had previously watched the 3-part (6 hour I believe) film by Peter Jackson, "Get Back" which we also loved but there were parts in Get Back that really could have been eliminated and probably 3 hours would have been sufficient, but now, with Let It Be, basically 90 minutes telling how and showing most of the Beatles last concert on the rooftop, was superb.

If you are a Beatles fan, this is Can't Miss TV.

I haven't seen this yet, (don't have Disney), but I'm sure I will someday. Not sure if this was pointed out in the film or not, but in the second picture above, "Get Back Take 1," the young man you see on the left with dark hair and wearing a tie, is a young Alan Parsons of The Alan Parsons Project. At the time he was a 20 year old kid employed at Abbey Road Studios. He set up the cabling for the rooftop concert. He's also listed as Assistant Engineer on the Beatles' albums Let it Be and Abbey Road. His duties included being the tape operator and "teaboy" (fetched tea for the fab four during recording sessions). Not a bad gig for an 18 year old, or at least he was when recording began for Let it Be in 1968.

Quote from: Sem on May 09, 2024, 12:56:32 PMI haven't seen this yet, (don't have Disney), but I'm sure I will someday. Not sure if this was pointed out in the film or not, but in the second picture above, "Get Back Take 1," the young man you see on the left with dark hair and wearing a tie, is a young Alan Parsons of The Alan Parsons Project. At the time he was a 20 year old kid employed at Abbey Road Studios. He set up the cabling for the rooftop concert. He's also listed as Assistant Engineer on the Beatles' albums Let it Be and Abbey Road. His duties included being the tape operator and "teaboy" (fetched tea for the fab four during recording sessions). Not a bad gig for an 18 year old, or at least he was when recording began for Let it Be in 1968.

Great pick-up Steve.

Has anyone watched "Baby Reindeer" on Netflix?

Very creepy and disturbing, but also very good. It's also unclear how much of it is actually true (nobody seems to know for sure other than perhaps the real people involved). Very mysterious, unsettling, disturbing series.

I highly recommend it if those kinds of shows are your kind of thing. If you can't handle some off-putting scenes, stay far, far away.

In this movie you see, while the Beatles are performing on the roof, some London policemen come a calling. In the other movie, Get Back, they explain the reason for them being there. Since this performance on the roof really wasn't planned that way. They got up there and started singing and playing. One lady who lived right there called the police complaining all the noise was ruining her afternoon nap. The Bobby came up and was sort of ushered away. He called his sergeant and then several Bobbies came up there to investigate this unannounced concert. It was very funny, the legendary Beatles were performing and the police wanted to intervene because some woman's nap time was being disturbed.

Quote from: LennG on May 09, 2024, 08:42:11 PMIn this movie you see, while the Beatles are performing on the roof, some London policemen come a calling. In the other movie, Get Back, they explain the reason for them being there. Since this performance on the roof really wasn't planned that way. They got up there and started singing and playing. One lady who lived right there called the police complaining all the noise was ruining her afternoon nap. The Bobby came up and was sort of ushered away. He called his sergeant and then several Bobbies came up there to investigate this unannounced concert. It was very funny, the legendary Beatles were performing and the police wanted to intervene because some woman's nap time was being disturbed.

I've seen that rooftop performance a few times. Something a lot of people miss, is Lennon forgetting his words and covering with some babble and the other guys look at him and smirk because they know what just happened...LOL

Over the past few years, my wife and I watch any number of shows about 'how America' was built, how Foods built America, how cars built America, Mega companies built America and now a new series has premiered, How Disney Built Ameria. There are probably others along the way, but we are facianted by some of these shows which tell us how certain companies got started, how certain name brand foods got started and built up a mass market etc. etc.

So on to Disney. As a child we grew up with Disney, we watched Mickey, we watched the Mickey Mouse Club. we had those stupid 'ears' and we also made the trek to Disneyworld (Florida). We still love the 'older' animated movies where Disney just had something special.

anyway, this new series How Disney Made America

 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32230356/

is very good. It really goes into detail about how he started his studio, what he had to go thru to get the first animated movie Snow White onto the screen now he has just completed Disneyland, and how he got the financing to make this happen. If anyone enjoys ser ies like these, it is an excellent watch.

Lenn - here's a video of how the U.S. was really built. It's all about rivers, favorable soil, favorable weather, and natural resources. According to this documentary, pretty much any type of government or people from any cultural background, would've turned the U.S. into an unequaled worldwide powerhouse simply due to geography