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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View PostI just felt like the doc tried to make it all about "this generation" or about how the conditions led to Lord of the Flies. And there's some implication that the kind of people that liked Limp Bizkit - white male assholes from 'Jersey - are more likely to cause trouble.
Both the '69 event and the '94 event were pretty dicey in a lot of areas.... .
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That's right. '94 sounds like a bit of a nightmare too, except it wasn't quite so destructive and, arguably, the line-up was better.
This is a good piece connected to that podcast The Ringer did.
https://www.theringer.com/2019/8/27/...ival-aftermath
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Originally posted by matt j View PostBasically went through McCartney 3,2,1 on hulu in the course of a day or so. The episodes just fly by, and it's really fascinating hearing the two of them break down songs into their components. Paul also describes a few musical experiences from other artists, which is really great.
Don't think you even need to be a 'huge' fan to enjoy it.
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Originally posted by Gangster Octopus View PostGah! Why the fuck aren't they just showing the lost Morecambe And Wise episode on its own rather than infesting it with random slebs?
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Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View PostBelgian series Professor T (criminology professor helps cops solve cases) has a brilliant set of characters and weaves their relationships very well. Richly enjoyable.
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Two things recently, probably warranting separate posts:
First up, we've finally got Apple TV, which means we finally binged S1 of Ted Lasso (and S2 is going to be hard to resist bingeing too). I saw a headline somewhere that said that Ted Lasso is "sincerity comedy" for the current era after all the cringe comedy of recent decades. This is probably the main reason I love it so much. I was never, er, comfortable with comedy that made me uncomfortable. Putting people in uncomfortable situations was just horrible, for me, never funny. It's why I always struggled with things like Partridge or British Office, even when there were very funny things in those shows.
The other thing, of course, is that it's about football, and is full of the difference between UK and the US which resonates a whole lot with the missus (who spent 7 years having gone the Ted Lasso direction) and me (who's now spent a decade having gone the other way).
You'd be hard pressed to pitch a comedy more precisely into the sweet spot for me to watch.
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On a different note, we came across a film called Destination Wedding. To say that it "stars" Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves understates the point. They are literally the only two people who talk in the entire film. I found it clever and very, very funny. Fairly low key. Sort of romantic comedy. They are both basically fucked up people who don't want relationships and hate everyone and are going to a wedding they don't want to go to in Paso Robles. Their misanthropy is what is most funny. Keanu's non-acting deadpan works really well for it. It won't be for everyone, mind you.
There's a lot of similarities with Sideways, which is of course one of my favourite films. You can definitely see the influence.
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- Revelling In The Hole
- England, Chelsea and Tooting and Mitcham. And Surrey CCC. And Wimbledon Dons Speedway (RIP)
- Nairn's Cheese Oatcake
With building work currently in abeyance chez NS and the weather in SE England abysmal, I've been gorging on televisual entertainment. Relatively.
Saturday was a two-film day, as I enjoyed Casino Royale in its entirety for the first time and then watched BlacKkKlansman, which I found rather slight.
On Sunday I delved into Travel Man, specifically the Marrakech, Hamburg and Venice episodes. I want to be ironic on a weekend break with Richard Ayoade more than virtually anything else now.
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We're watching a Galician detective thing called Bitter Daisies (in the Netflix listings) or The Taste of Daisies (when they subtitle the actual title during the credits). Episodes are a bit long for my taste (at around 70 minutes plus) and they have this rather odd device where they begin each episode with a short scene from near the end of the episode. I haven't yet worked out whether this is an intriguing innovation or somewhat annoying.
The series is pretty good, if a little clichéd. Slightly odd and very obsessive detective from the big city (in this case A Coruna) comes to closed, suspicious village to investigate crime. But the lead character, Rosa, is well done and well acted and I'm enjoying it. Though to be honest one of the things I like most is noticing the oddities of Galician Spanish. Some Portuguese words (eg falar rather than hablar) some dropped letters (graças rather than gracias) some new-to-me slang (mozo/moza for boyfriend and girlfriend)
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Originally posted by WOM View PostJust finished S2 of Outer Banks on Netflix. Nothing deeper than teen angst mystery fun. Very much a Scooby Doo mystery in an oceanside setting. Despite it not actually being filmed in obx, we dug it.
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I believe the 'Parks and Recreation' writers gave Lesley Knope something of a reboot after Season 1, making her more likeable and less of a loser. As GY says, the show certainly improved tremendously from Season 2 onwards and it's noticeable too how some of the other characters - Ron, April and Andy in particular - came more to the fore as if the writers and actors realised what they had and how that could be developed.
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Originally posted by San Bernardhinault View PostLoads of the stuff in the town/island the kids are meant to live appears to have been filmed just around the corner from the new house we have.
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