OT - Movies thread

[Panther City Frog]

Anyone watching "Invasion" on AppleTV?

I’m thinking of test driving it once I’ve finished Foundation.

I’ve been watching both.

I initially watched most of the first season of Invasion when it came out, then stalled out around the 8th episode. Can’t remember why. I think it was just kind of slow. When the second season came out I decided to try again. I started over from the beginning and I feel I appreciated the show more this time. It is still slow to me but it is interesting to see things unfold from different perspectives.

Foundation is excellent. Great characters and great acting.

 

[PurpleBlood87]

I’ve been watching both.

I initially watched most of the first season of Invasion when it came out, then stalled out around the 8th episode. Can’t remember why. I think it was just kind of slow. When the second season came out I decided to try again. I started over from the beginning and I feel I appreciated the show more this time. It is still slow to me but it is interesting to see things unfold from different perspectives.

Foundation is excellent. Great characters and great acting.

I didn't think I'd like the kids in England story arc but that had gotten better. Wonder how they will navigate France with only rudimentary knowledge of the language.
But they sure made the 31 or so miles of the trek through the Chunnel pretty easily.

 

[Prince of Purpoole II]

I’ve been watching both.

I initially watched most of the first season of Invasion when it came out, then stalled out around the 8th episode. Can’t remember why. I think it was just kind of slow. When the second season came out I decided to try again. I started over from the beginning and I feel I appreciated the show more this time. It is still slow to me but it is interesting to see things unfold from different perspectives.

Foundation is excellent. Great characters and great acting.

I’m enjoying Foundation for what it is. What it isn’t is Asimov’s Foundation lol

 

[tmcats]

if you haven't watched "casablanca" you're missing the greatest movie ever made, according to most critics. it takes place in free north africa during ww2. humphrey bogart is the star along with indgrid bergman and a cast for the ages, perfectly casted, i might say. this is one your great grandparents loved and that remains special today. i have watched it twenty times or more.

https://www.google.com/search?q=cas...2j0i390i650.6071j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

[Chongo94]

I’m enjoying Foundation for what it is. What it isn’t is Asimov’s Foundation lol

Is the book(s?) good?

 

[Eight]

if you haven't watched "casablanca" you're missing the greatest movie ever made, according to most critics. it takes place in free north africa during ww2. humphrey bogart is the star along with indgrid bergman and a cast for the ages, perfectly casted, i might say. this is one your great grandparents loved and that remains special today. i have watched it twenty times or more.

https://www.google.com/search?q=cas...2j0i390i650.6071j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

great grandparents? we have posters on this board who saw it the week it originally came out

rumor has it that deep's date was so smitten with humphrey bogart's ivory dinner jacket that it fueled his eventual dislike of black jackets

 

[tmcats]

great grandparents? we have posters on this board who saw it the week it originally came out

rumor has it that deep's date was so smitten with humphrey bogart's ivory dinner jacket that it fueled his eventual dislike of black jackets

well, i'm sorry to offend the now great grandparents. "cascablanca" is a wonderful film nonetheless.

for those who like boxing, "rocky marciano" is a good sports flick. saw it the other night. 1999 mgm version. worth an evening's watch.

 

[Prince of Purpoole II]

Is the book(s?) good?

I really liked the book but it has probably been 20 or so years since I read it through (it’s actually a trilogy)

I did pick it up and glance through it before i started watching the series and it can be a bit talky. Still very good

 

[What Up Toad]

I really liked the book but it has probably been 20 or so years since I read it through (it’s actually a trilogy)

I did pick it up and glance through it before i started watching the series and it can be a bit talky. Still very good

I read it about 20 years ago too, but remember liking it.

 

[Eight]

well, i'm sorry to offend the now great grandparents. "cascablanca" is a wonderful film nonetheless.

for those who like boxing, "rocky marciano" is a good sports flick. saw it the other night. 1999 mgm version. worth an evening's watch.

suspect no offense taken and you are right, it is a great movie

would advise though you don't say anything bad though about tom mix or harold loyd

 

[Ron Swanson]

if you haven't watched "casablanca" you're missing the greatest movie ever made, according to most critics. it takes place in free north africa during ww2. humphrey bogart is the star along with indgrid bergman and a cast for the ages, perfectly casted, i might say. this is one your great grandparents loved and that remains special today. i have watched it twenty times or more.

https://www.google.com/search?q=cas...2j0i390i650.6071j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Do you have any other underrated hidden gems to recommend that the board may not have heard of?

 

[tcudoc]

suspect no offense taken and you are right, it is a great movie

would advise though you don't say anything bad though about tom mix or harold loyd

“Tom Mix wept”
-Tombstone 3:16

 

[Prince of Purpoole II]

Hard to believe we are twenty-five years down the road from this one but for those who have not seen it, I highly recommend

Run Lola Run (1998) ⭐ 7.6 | Action, Crime, Thriller

1h 20m | R

www.imdb.com

 

[BrewingFrog]

Is the book(s?) good?

They're talky. Asimov himself noted that most of the action consisted of people gathered in the same room talking. Yet, it is a grand tale, spanning the galaxy and showing that things do not always go by the plan.

 

[PurpleBlood87]

if you haven't watched "casablanca" you're missing the greatest movie ever made, according to most critics. it takes place in free north africa during ww2. humphrey bogart is the star along with indgrid bergman and a cast for the ages, perfectly casted, i might say. this is one your great grandparents loved and that remains special today. i have watched it twenty times or more.

https://www.google.com/search?q=cas...2j0i390i650.6071j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

It's not Free North Africa that's part of Vichy France.
If it was Free North Africa you wouldn't; need Letters of Transit to get out.

 

[PurpleBlood87]

Do you have any other underrated hidden gems to recommend that the board may not have heard of?

I do "Long Gone" "Dead Solid Perfect" and "Soul of the Game" from HBO Films and "Rough Riders" TNT Miniseries. All can be found on youtube.com

 

[JugbandFrog]

Anyone watching "Invasion" on AppleTV?

The first season was absolute garbage. I watched it only to watch the characters die and to see the aliens. Waste of time.

 

[tyler durden]

Is the book(s?) good?

I read the whole trilogy when I heard Apple was coming out with the series. Amazing books. Stalled out on the show.

 

[jack the frog]

The first season was absolute garbage. I watched it only to watch the characters die and to see the aliens. Waste of time.

Made it through the first couple of episodes waiting for the smartarse kid on the school bus to get an alien probe but have since given up on it all. Pretty lousy imo.

 

[tmcats]

Do you have any other underrated hidden gems to recommend that the board may not have heard of?

a couple series that are great watches, hbo's "the gilded age" which is about new money in nyc at the turn of the century, the vanderbilts, rockefellers, carnegies, etc. https://www.hbo.com/the-gilded-age

and as someone who is a lover of ken follett's masterpiece trilogies, catholic, and son of a stonemason, if you can't read at least do yourself a favor and watch "pillars of the earth":
https://www.imdb.com/video/vi132889881/?ref_=tt_vi_i_2