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Streaming Recommendations (Netflix, HBO, Amazon, etc.)
November 30th, 2017 at 7:01:01 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
It's a small town, not Chicago. Most of the time back up is not needed. And on a small town police forces you learn to think for yourself because there isn't a squad of people back at the station doing the small stuff. You have to be everybody all rolled into one deputy. I have no cell phone and totally understand Longmire. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
November 30th, 2017 at 10:13:52 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | I have lived in many small towns, and familiar with the cops. I'm talking about the situations where he is going in with gun drawn, and expecting to be in a gunfight. This ain't marshall Dillon times. How many on his small force have been shot, and not wearing a bulletproof vest? One deputy killed, him and Vic have both been shot. You are being a bit unrealistic. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
November 30th, 2017 at 11:09:15 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
I don't think realism is particularly important in story telling. Our oldest stories from the Epic of Gilgamesh, to Illiad and the Odyssey , to Beowulf, to Cervantes and Shakespeare have had little realism. I haven't seen this show, but the charge of being unrealistic is meaningless to me. I just saw Lucy, and my problem with the movie was not so much that it was unrealistic as that it was not very cohesive. |
December 2nd, 2017 at 12:31:53 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | Godless, Nflix series. I made it thru a 1 hour ep that felt like 2 hours. Very slow moving and poor character development. I read some reviews and it gets really strange later with interracial couples and Gay women, something that got you put in prison in the 1880's in the West. And the ending sucks, apparently. No thanks. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
December 3rd, 2017 at 1:28:43 PM permalink | |
ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12422 |
I've been seeing lots of good things about this show, but EB doesn't like it. Must be the next Stranger Things! I will have to check it out... “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
December 3rd, 2017 at 1:36:11 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
GODLESS: RT counts 44 positive reviews and 5 bad ones. ALIAS GRACE: RT counts 66 positive reviews and 1 bad one. |
December 3rd, 2017 at 1:57:57 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | Go and read the reviews on Nflix, ton of negs. I didn't like the first ep. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
December 5th, 2017 at 9:29:05 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | Longmire. 3rd ep of the 4th season, Longmire confronts the Gerald McRaney character. The final 15 min of the show is compelling TV, best I've seen in awhile. Had me holding my breath at times, the acting was that riveting. McRaney never disappoints, he was wonderful as Hearst in Deadwood, and even in House Of Cards he was spot on great. He steals every scene he's in, reminds me of Sterling Hayden in his older years, he did the same thing. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
December 16th, 2017 at 8:41:42 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | Nflix is hitting the bigtime. Will Smith is starring in a major production of theirs. Looks like big bucks to me. https://www.netflix.com/watch/80201265?trackId=13462260&tctx=0%2C0%2C768fcad1-366c-48ee-a149-cb62a79adc7f-161978861 If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
December 16th, 2017 at 9:04:18 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Netflix as already been making some pretty expensive productions. 8–10. Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage — $40 million/season 7. Hemlock Grove — $40 million/season 6. Orange Is the New Black — $50 million/season 5. House of Cards — $60 million/season 4. Marco Polo — $90 million/season 3. Sense8 — $108 million/season 2. The Get Down — $120 million/season 1. The Crown — $130 million/season Will Smith doesn't just make 9 figure production budget films. He sprinkles in some mid size budget films Collateral Beauty Release Date: December 16, 2016 Production Budget: $36 million Concussion (2015) Release Date: December 25, 2015 Production Budget: $35 million Focus (2015) Release Date: February 27, 2015 Production Budget: $50.1 million Seven Pounds Release Date: December 19, 2008 Production Budget: $55 million The Pursuit of Happyness Release Date: December 15, 2006 Production Budget: $55 million Hitch Release Date: February 11, 2005 Production Budget: $70 million After Will Smith's massive success in the mid 1990s, he ended up making three turkeys in a row. I guess every movie star figures out that if he only make s very expensive movies, he will be remembered for his failures as well as for his successes. He should mix in some films with more modest goals. 12/25/01 Ali 11/3/00 The Legend of Bagger Vance 6/30/99 Wild Wild West |