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Streaming Recommendations (Netflix, HBO, Amazon, etc.)
April 22nd, 2017 at 11:56:41 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
I would never do that with a show I liked, you miss all the nuance. That's how my dog eats, no matter what I give him, he just wolfs it down in a few bites. I don't do that with good food, why would I do it to a good TV show, or a good wine, or a good anything. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 1st, 2017 at 9:32:19 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Just finished Bosch 3. Titus Welliver has the 40's hard boiled cop nailed. The alpha male deluxe, he exudes confidence and experience. Takes no shit from anybody, always does everything his way. He's a combination Sam Spade and Phillip Marlowe. It's Welliver's demeanor, and his voice. It's about as deep a baritone as you can get, when he wants it to be. You can't play the part if you sound like Peewee Herman. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 2nd, 2017 at 6:39:31 AM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11786 |
You should read the books I read them all in order Really good fun reads, there must be at least 20 Bosch books by now. Just about finished season 6 Game of Thrones. Probably end HBO Now and go with Amazon to watch Bosch. I switch streaming services as I end one series and move onto another Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
May 2nd, 2017 at 1:21:08 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Tried reading one of them, Connelly is not Raymond Chandler by any stretch. His prose is short and choppy description, gets old and boring very fast. He's a Mickey Spillane type of writer, a pulp fiction guy. Spillane created some good characters, like Mike Hammer, but the books are hard to read if you're used to really good authors. Try Dashiell Hammett, who created Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon. Hammett was the creator of the hard boiled hero, he's considered one of the finest writers of the 20th century. What you read in Bosch or Sam Spade is just writers trying to copy Hammett. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 14th, 2017 at 2:01:01 PM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11786 | Currently binging on Narcos season 1. Very realistic They mix real pictures and videos with acting. I really like that Pablo Escobar speaks Spanish. Makes all the acting seem authentic. Better Call Saul season 2. Yea I'm a season behind most but got spoiled by TV on demand. Mr Robot season 2. Watching via USA network app. 12 Monkeys looks interesting. Unable to find a place to binge. Website only has season 2. I want to watch season 1 1st. Website said try Scyfy VOD channel thru cable provider. Only has season 2. Maybe Hulu has it as that was websites 2nd recomendation. Ridiculous website just has season 2. Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
May 14th, 2017 at 3:47:33 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Mickey Spillane was a great guy. He wrote as he lived and Mike Hammer was simply a fictionalized Mickey Spillane. His works were always on the best seller lists and he frequently commented that America had always sold far more peanuts than caviar. He and Hemingway had a running battle about quality and when one radio host asked Mickey Spillane if he had heard Hemingway's criticism of him, Spillane promptly quipped "Hemingway who?". |
May 14th, 2017 at 4:26:36 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Hemingway has been taught in colleges since 1930. Spillane, not so much. If at all. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 19th, 2017 at 8:39:19 PM permalink | |
ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12422 | The Keepers A new true crime documentary series on Netflix about the 1969 murder of a 26 year old nun. I'm in the middle of episode 2 right now and damn this is some DARK stuff. Disturbing. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
May 19th, 2017 at 9:13:26 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | First Netflix canceled the 3rd season of it's best drama, Bloodline, now it's on again and is coming next week. This show's first season was blown away good, the second good, the third is the last. Like they say, they're good people who had to do a bad thing. And boy do they pay for it. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 28th, 2017 at 6:55:34 AM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11786 | Just watched Joshua : Teenager vs Superpower Fascinating documentary regarding young teen, Joshua Wong taking on the Govt of China. The kid is totally censored in mainland China. Go on the internet and search his name there, nothing. Very inspiring documentary Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |