Indeed, I should’ve known better than to be sipping a glass of Chardonnay while watching; the Caitlyn Jenner joke had me doing a spit take.
Anyone else watching Foundation on Apple TV+? It’s gotta be 50 yrs since I tried to digest the original trilogy, but I had to give up. Had similar issues with Gibbons’ Decline of the Roman Empire and Barth’s Sotweed Factor.
Just rambling a bit here, but I can’t help but wonder if it’d be possible to render justice to Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael series, or, CGI magic notwithstanding, are some works simply incompatible with visual representation?
Saw Dune on the big screen yesterday. If you can get to/ are happy to go to a cinema I'd very much recommend it. The soundtrack is especially spectacular on good cinema sound system - it performs like its own character throughout the movie.
After a long time of not watching anything I got a free month of Amazon Prime, watched Invincible, very violent, very good. Currently watching The Boys, also very violent, good so far.
Been watching youtube video about designing a bad programming language and what should be included from other languages.
Interesting there are still bad language traits even in modern popular languages.
My pet hate is javascript and loosely typed variables.
Interesting there are still bad language traits even in modern popular languages.
My pet hate is javascript and loosely typed variables.
With Natalie Wood and the film "The Searchers" in the news for all the wrong reasons:
Kirk Douglas assaulted Natalie Wood, her sister alleges - BBC News
I rustled up my copy of this well-known film. It is one of the most uncomfortable of John Wayne's movies to watch, being singularly wooden and humourless and bitter. On the DVD is an interview with Natalie Wood, purely for publicity purposes.
I nearly fell off my chair at the patronising remarks about "Savage Commanches" and ludicrous adverts for soap powder. Natalie Wood is patronisingly introduced as "The Prettiest Little Commanche of them all", whilst the interviewer grabs her round the waist.
As with some other John Ford movies, despite a lot to like, you smell something wrong on the set. He was notoriously bullying, and after "The Man who Shot Liberty Valance", Woody Strode said it was the worst filmset he had ever worked on.
For sure, the 1950's were another country to modern eyes. As for Natalie Wood, who died in mysterious circumstances, I suspect a lot of people know the true story, but there is little real mileage in it all now.
Kirk Douglas assaulted Natalie Wood, her sister alleges - BBC News
I rustled up my copy of this well-known film. It is one of the most uncomfortable of John Wayne's movies to watch, being singularly wooden and humourless and bitter. On the DVD is an interview with Natalie Wood, purely for publicity purposes.
I nearly fell off my chair at the patronising remarks about "Savage Commanches" and ludicrous adverts for soap powder. Natalie Wood is patronisingly introduced as "The Prettiest Little Commanche of them all", whilst the interviewer grabs her round the waist.
As with some other John Ford movies, despite a lot to like, you smell something wrong on the set. He was notoriously bullying, and after "The Man who Shot Liberty Valance", Woody Strode said it was the worst filmset he had ever worked on.
For sure, the 1950's were another country to modern eyes. As for Natalie Wood, who died in mysterious circumstances, I suspect a lot of people know the true story, but there is little real mileage in it all now.
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Just finished Apple TV’s Foundation - which I was predisposed to enjoy, or at least go along for the ride, fully expecting that any attempt to corral Asimov’s rather sprawling opus would disappoint some*, and The Morning Show. To be honest, the latter was surprisingly good, particularly the last several episodes. I’ve always preferred Steve in dramatic roles, but Jennifer and Reese demonstrated depth and nuance I’d not seen before from either.
* My only comment to the legions of Goyer haters out there would be; can you imagine how indecipherable and full of gratuitous fetishistic phallic imagery it would have been if Ridley Scott was involved - “Raised by Wolves”, anyone?
* My only comment to the legions of Goyer haters out there would be; can you imagine how indecipherable and full of gratuitous fetishistic phallic imagery it would have been if Ridley Scott was involved - “Raised by Wolves”, anyone?
Foyle's War, en very entertaining a slightly humourous British show with great heroes. Foile is a chief super intendent solving murders in S England during the war.
Seen it before but it's good enuff to see it again.
Seen it before but it's good enuff to see it again.
RADIANCE - The Experience of Light - (Dorothy Fadiman, Michael Wiese) - YouTube
Radiance: The Experience of Light. Wow! Low budget documentary but just amazing content.
Radiance: The Experience of Light. Wow! Low budget documentary but just amazing content.
Late to the party on the series, but quite captivated by Yellowstone - half way through Season 2 at the moment. Never been particularly a Costner fan, and his role as patriarch doesn’t do much to change that, but damn I wouldn’t wanna get on Beth or Rip’s bad side.
”Let me take you to the train station”
”Thanks, but I’ll walk”
”Sorry, but the boss won’t let me let you do that”
”Tell me that when I need it”
”Let me take you to the train station”
”Thanks, but I’ll walk”
”Sorry, but the boss won’t let me let you do that”
”Tell me that when I need it”