Any Good Stuff on Netflix or Prime

[Green Squall]

"Fire in the Sky" is on Prime.

My dad brought me to see it as a little kid.
Scarred me for life lol.
And Homeward Bound was playing in the same theater.
I still joke around and give him shit for that.

In 1975, a group of five men are driving home after working in a forest when they see a mysterious light. Intrigued, Travis Walton leaves the truck -- only to be sucked up by a flying saucer. The other four men report the strange event, but they are skeptically interrogated by Lt. Frank Watters, who suspects that murder is behind Walton's disappearance. When Walton reappears five days later, his story of alien abduction is met with disbelief.

The Walton case received mainstream publicity and remains one of the best-known alien abduction stories.

 

[Zeez]

Just finishing Band of Brothers.

Highly recommended.

 

[Tahoe22]

Finally decided to check out The Wire. It’s pretty awesome I will say. Just started season 4. A lot of ppl on reviews said season 4 is some of the best tv ever made.

What have all you couch potatoes been watching?

Wish I could see that show with fresh eyes all over again. Tons of if not infinite rewatch value. Difficult to catch everything on the first pass

 

[St. Phatty]

Finally watched "Venom".

I thought it sucked. The black blob that goes around inhabiting people's bodies = "Particle Effects" part of Computer Graphics.

Venom ... sort of like, they wanted to provide training for some less experienced visual effects folks.

So they can get some experience before doing medium impressive particle effects (e.g. Harry Potter).

Well, at least there weren't any fart jokes in Venom. Though I think that might have improved it.

 

[TychoMonolyth]

The new Battle Star Galactica, relatively new, by Moore was awesome. The series finale is the best I've ever seen.

If you don't want to see the whole 5 years, watch the last year. There are a couple well done high speed "The Story so Far" YouTube videos.

 

[St. Phatty]

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/4144-Doris-Ave_Baltimore_MD_21225_M51397-85533
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/7000-Railway-Ave_Baltimore_MD_21222_M56157-93109
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/212-N-Madeira-St_Baltimore_MD_21231_M62714-22282

I was watching The Wire.

So to "get in the spirit", I looked up these cheap condo's in Baltimore.

No garage = problem if you have a car.

$55K for 3 Beds 2 baths.

I wonder if it comes with bullet-proof windows ?

Or maybe, 5 gallon buckets of 3/4 inch driveway gravel. Stacks of buckets of gravel in front of the windows, will stop any handgun bullet.

1/2 mile from the water !! ready for Stand Up Paddling & everything.

If I lived here, I'd be home now ! A shot from The Wire, when the Mayor Wannabe Garcetti is out CWA (Campaigning by Walking Around.)

Is this the same actor that plays the FBI agent in Bones ?

Bubble's rolling market.

The ONLY place to buy stolen duct tape & spray paint !

 

[White Beard]

The revision of Battlestar Galactica is as great as the original was horrible. The whole thing is worth watching several times.

Likewise Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Not sure video can BE better than these

 

[Rab.C]

just finished watching homeland...

 

[Green Squall]

Likewise Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Not sure video can BE better than these

There's supposed to be a third installment, based on the book
Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany.

https://footstepsresearch.org/2018/12/what-we-know-hbos-masters-of-the-air/

 

[White Beard]

Thanks, I’ll be looking out for that!

 

[Zeez]

Spielberg really delivers on the details and reality factor.

 

[944s2]

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/4144-Doris-Ave_Baltimore_MD_21225_M51397-85533
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/7000-Railway-Ave_Baltimore_MD_21222_M56157-93109
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/212-N-Madeira-St_Baltimore_MD_21231_M62714-22282

I was watching The Wire.

So to "get in the spirit", I looked up these cheap condo's in Baltimore.

No garage = problem if you have a car.

$55K for 3 Beds 2 baths.

I wonder if it comes with bullet-proof windows ?

Or maybe, 5 gallon buckets of 3/4 inch driveway gravel. Stacks of buckets of gravel in front of the windows, will stop any handgun bullet.


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1/2 mile from the water !! ready for Stand Up Paddling & everything.


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If I lived here, I'd be home now ! A shot from The Wire, when the Mayor Wannabe Garcetti is out CWA (Campaigning by Walking Around.)




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Is this the same actor that plays the FBI agent in Bones ?



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Bubble's rolling market.

The ONLY place to buy stolen duct tape & spray paint !

Actor in cop uniform is the English actor Dominic West and Carcetti is played by Irish actor Aidan Gillan I believe and not forgetting Idris Elba as Russell “ stringer “ Bell ,,another great Brit actor,,s2

 

[White Beard]

Can’t believe I left out The Expanse...it is the first really good science fiction on TV since the BSG rework. It’s really exceptional, the writing, the acting, the effects, the direction - the whole thing is top-notch. Amazon has the first three seasons streaming now, and has picked up the show for at least one more season.

The first three seasons are an arc of their own, so the next season will be all about what happens *next*. And the set-up for *next* is astounding. Must-see stuff....

Defying Gravity was a great show, too: interesting characters, long-arc compatible, engrossing...never made it past the first season, which is a shame. Worth watching, if disappointing that it wasn’t continued.

 

[St. Phatty]

Seems like Good Fiction evokes Sympathy.

I may not want to buy a condo set in the middle of the neighborhoods portrayed in The Wire, but I would consider a "day tour" of Baltimore. Sort of like a 2 direction Zoo - who's watching who ?


Writer Michael Connelly does a great job of making LA look both habitable and affordable.

 

[Vanilla Phoenix]

Just finished The Wire and what a great series. Great ending and all.

Might start watching The Expanse next. In all honesty, I’ve tried to watch it a couple times but it can’t seem to hold my attention long enough to get thru the first episode.

 

[GOT_BUD?]

There's supposed to be a third installment, based on the book
Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany.

https://footstepsresearch.org/2018/12/what-we-know-hbos-masters-of-the-air/

I'd like to see Tom Hanks and Spielberg team up to cover Doolittle's raid on Tokyo.

That would be amazeballs.

 

[Zeez]

Watching Weeds again.

 

[St. Phatty]

Neighbor loaned me NCIS on DVD, the first season.

The one with the Sasha Alexander character, who plays Jane.

She's on the Secret Service, they're on Air Force One with a Bush 43 look-alike.

It didn't say "Pilot" like most first episodes, but it might be the pilot.

 

[Mr.Miner]

On Netflix: Formula 1: Drive to Survive is really great. The footage is awe-inspiring.

 

[St. Phatty]

? about The Wire -

At the beginning of Season 4, one of the young black guys is in a hardware store and pays $800 for a nail gun.

I'm pretty sure the implication is that the young black guy will be using the nail gun as a weapon.

Does that ever come to pass ?


Ever since the West Oakland police department announced that they would no longer be answering 911 calls for burglaries, well that plus the super restrictive Calif. firearms laws, makes me think that SOMEDAY some homeowner is going to protect themselves using a nail gun.

It was just interesting to see it in The Wire.

OK now I want to know - in what episode does somebody get Nail-Gun'ed ? (on the Wire.)