boilermaker75 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Started Vera a couple of week ago. Already to season 8. It's pretty good. At first I could not figure out the accents. Sometimes sounded a little Scottish and the occasional word like bairn. Then they mentioned the location, Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castanza Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Devs - Alex Garland on Hulu was really well done and worth a watch. - A blend of tech and philosophy Great show so far. I'd also recommend ZeroZeroZero (Prime)... similar feel to the movie Sicario. Also, recently added to Netflix: WACO and The Last Dance. I'll check it out, thanks Traveling Salesman (2012) is also decent. - about P vs NP and potential implications - Has a very "indie" feel and can be found on YT for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooDiligence Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Devs - Alex Garland on Hulu was really well done and worth a watch. - A blend of tech and philosophy Great show so far. I'd also recommend ZeroZeroZero (Prime)... similar feel to the movie Sicario. Also, recently added to Netflix: WACO and The Last Dance. I’m 3 episodes into ZeroZeroZero & it’s pretty intense. Really good so far. I hope it ends badly for all the main characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkbabang Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Devs - Alex Garland on Hulu was really well done and worth a watch. - A blend of tech and philosophy Great show so far. I'd also recommend ZeroZeroZero (Prime)... similar feel to the movie Sicario. Also, recently added to Netflix: WACO and The Last Dance. I’m 3 episodes into ZeroZeroZero & it’s pretty intense. Really good so far. I hope it ends badly for all the main characters. My wife and I are watching "Little Fires Everywhere" on Hulu. It's pretty good, but I absolutely hate every character. I hope they all die in a fire at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Devs - Alex Garland on Hulu was really well done and worth a watch. - A blend of tech and philosophy Great show so far. I'd also recommend ZeroZeroZero (Prime)... similar feel to the movie Sicario. Also, recently added to Netflix: WACO and The Last Dance. I recommend 'Waco'. Good mini-series. Saw it a few years ago and thought it deserved wider viewership, glad it's on Netflix now. ZeroZeroZero seems intriguing. Adding it to the list, though no idea when I'll be able to watch (having young kids in this quarantine leaves you with less free time, not more..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooDiligence Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Devs - Alex Garland on Hulu was really well done and worth a watch. - A blend of tech and philosophy Great show so far. I'd also recommend ZeroZeroZero (Prime)... similar feel to the movie Sicario. Also, recently added to Netflix: WACO and The Last Dance. I’m 3 episodes into ZeroZeroZero & it’s pretty intense. Really good so far. I hope it ends badly for all the main characters. My wife and I are watching "Little Fires Everywhere" on Hulu. It's pretty good, but I absolutely hate every character. I hope they all die in a fire at the end. ;D I've had that one on my watchlist for a while. I'll try it next. I may have mentioned it before but Soundbreaking is a great series on the evolution of music technology & production. If I remember right, you play? Super inspirational! At one point they discuss the popular "disco sucks" movement, which I bought into, where synthesizers, vocoders & sampling were viewed as heretical. Fast forward 30ish years & here I am with a Yamaha MOXF8 experimenting with features those guys could only dream of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkbabang Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Devs - Alex Garland on Hulu was really well done and worth a watch. - A blend of tech and philosophy Great show so far. I'd also recommend ZeroZeroZero (Prime)... similar feel to the movie Sicario. Also, recently added to Netflix: WACO and The Last Dance. I’m 3 episodes into ZeroZeroZero & it’s pretty intense. Really good so far. I hope it ends badly for all the main characters. My wife and I are watching "Little Fires Everywhere" on Hulu. It's pretty good, but I absolutely hate every character. I hope they all die in a fire at the end. ;D I've had that one on my watchlist for a while. I'll try it next. I may have mentioned it before but Soundbreaking is a great series on the evolution of music technology & production. If I remember right, you play? Super inspirational! At one point they discuss the popular "disco sucks" movement, which I bought into, where synthesizers, vocoders & sampling were viewed as heretical. Fast forward 30ish years & here I am with a Yamaha MOXF8 experimenting with features those guys could only dream of. Awesome. I'll look for that one. Thanks. And I was exaggerating a little about Little Fires Everywhere. I hope the youngest rebellious daughter Izzy survives, everyone else can die horribly though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meiroy Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/knives_out Knives Out Wasn't bad at all. Decent acting and a decent plot. A bit long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meiroy Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 The Imitation Game An excellent movie about Alan Turing played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooDiligence Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Just watched episode 1 of Genius & it was very good. https://youtu.be/SICLBlHizU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelagic Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Signed up for the free trial of Apple TV to watch Greyhound. Tom Hanks brings his A game and it's a good, albeit hurried, snapshot of one encounter during the Battle of The Atlantic. However, what I found on Apple TV and am absolutely loving is their alternate history For All Mankind. It's set in a theoretical world where the space race, primarily the Apollo program, continues on for years in an intense battle between the US and USSR with a rush to set up a permanent base on the moon. Awesome show and an interesting what if that stays within the realm of scientific possibility for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoRaptorsFan Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Started watching Picard. After that I'll watch Star Trek Discovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkbabang Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Signed up for the free trial of Apple TV to watch Greyhound. Tom Hanks brings his A game and it's a good, albeit hurried, snapshot of one encounter during the Battle of The Atlantic. However, what I found on Apple TV and am absolutely loving is their alternate history For All Mankind. It's set in a theoretical world where the space race, primarily the Apollo program, continues on for years in an intense battle between the US and USSR with a rush to set up a permanent base on the moon. Awesome show and an interesting what if that stays within the realm of scientific possibility for the most part. Interesting. Last year on the recommendation of a friend I read "The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space" by Gerard K. O'Neill. It is absolutely fascinating. It was written in the mid-1970s and was all about how we could build large human civilizations in space using then current technology. Almost everything he goes over would be easier and cheaper today. This book has me thoroughly convinced that Musk's Mars aspirations are a mistake. The focus should be on large gravity ships in space, not throwing people down another gravity well. I've heard that Jeff Bezos has read this book and that is the reason for Blue Origin. There is so much we could be doing in space with today's technology that we are not doing. EDIT: https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-space-exploration-plan-the-high-frontier-book-2019-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooDiligence Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Just watched episode 1 of Genius & it was very good. https://youtu.be/SICLBlHizU Episodes 2 & 3 are excellent as well. Watching the way Einstein struggled, largely because of his rebellious nature, is inspirational. Sometimes unconventional thought produces great things. If you have ideas, you should pursue them regardless of what the so called experts say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villainx Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Good Place is pretty good. Park and Rec ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooDiligence Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Searching for Truth in the Age of Misinformation www.pbs.org/show/fake-searching-truth-age-misinformation/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spekulatius Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. 9/10 I saw that at the recommendation of a friend. I thought it had some flashes of a really good movie, some really good scenes and characters, but that overall it didn't quite gel together and wasn't entirely satisfying. I just watched this today and love it. It gels really well for me, the acting, characters, storyline and the soundtrack. I think it’s one of the best movies I watched lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cigarbutt Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. 9/10 I saw that at the recommendation of a friend. I thought it had some flashes of a really good movie, some really good scenes and characters, but that overall it didn't quite gel together and wasn't entirely satisfying. I just watched this today and love it. It gels really well for me, the acting, characters, storyline and the soundtrack. I think it’s one of the best movies I watched lately. That's one movie i really liked too. Ordinary people are often extra-ordinary because they are multi-dimensional and justice often follows a tortuous path. It felt authentic and the cast was great overall too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgis Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 "Molly's Game" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4209788 The movie is well made and might be interesting for poker players, investors, and overall wannabes. IMO it's a total fantasy though. [spoilerS] The main character is guilty as a f&*k and totally whitewashed in the movie. So there's that. I'd give it 7/10 overall, but ding it to 5/10 for the whitewashing fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 I'm a little late on this one, but I can recommend the documentary series on Michael Jordan and the Bulls 'The Last Dance', and I don't even watch any sports. It was quite excellent. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8420184/ Currently watching 'The Innocence Files' (Netflix) with my wife, and so far it's quite good too. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11958922/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregmal Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Watched the Showtime documentary Tyson. Outside of Mike narrating the thing, which was annoying as hell, it was pretty interesting, especially the psychological aspect inspiring much of his rise and fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 I'm about 2/3 of the way through "The Innocence Files" on Netflix, and I think everybody should watch it. Well made and very interesting, but also important information about the real reliability of things like forensics experts, eye witnesses, etc, vs the perceived reliability (that people mostly get through TV and film and such). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkbabang Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 I'm about 2/3 of the way through "The Innocence Files" on Netflix, and I think everybody should watch it. Well made and very interesting, but also important information about the real reliability of things like forensics experts, eye witnesses, etc, vs the perceived reliability (that people mostly get through TV and film and such). Agree 100%, I also highly recommend it. You might be interested in this Joe Rogan interview with Josh Dubin who is an Innocence Project Ambassador Advisor. Great interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trh7YWo2Bmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coc Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Perry Mason on HBO. Really, really liked it. First episode is a little dark etc. - keep going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 I re-watched (for the 3rd time, I think) 'Up in the Air' (2009) last night. It holds up. Still liking it quite a bit, and the 2009 recession context kinds of fits today's environment. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1193138/ I love that Sad Brad Smith song, "Help Yourself". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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