What did you watch today?
August 4th, 2026 at 1:14:12 PM
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Quote: billryanI fell asleep watching a Charlie Chan. I'd been listening to it with my eyes closed for a few minutes before I dozed off. I woke up and thought the movie was still on, so I hadn't been sleeping long. After a few minutes, I realized it was an entirely different CC movie, although the plot and cast were virtually interchangeable. I found it strange that Charlie is played by a white guy, but his sons are always played by Asians. My Dad enjoyed this series, so I saw it a lot as a little kid. Every few movies, there will be a scene I vaguely remember, but they are virtually new to me.
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More a matter of age. Morita and Takai had just been born when those movies started coming out and there probably were no sufficiently skilled Asian actors old enough to play a guy with adult sons at the time. Morita had been playing an old man even before he was old.
August 5th, 2026 at 12:28:10 AM
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Quote: GenoDRPhQuote: toolypQuote: GenoDRPhQuote: billryanThe story features Greek gods, a human dipped in a pool of invulnerability, and a sixty-foot cyclops, yet some folks can't handle the idea that a King might marry outside of his own DNA pool.
Were the Greeks like salmon? Did they wander their world but always return home to breed?
The mind is like a parachute. It's dead weight until one chooses to open it.
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Over 50% of the Mediterranean rim is not European, but apparently miscegenation gets the MAGA white dudes' perizomas in a twist.
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“Over 50% of the Mediterranean rim is not European, but apparently miscegenation gets the MAGA white dudes' perizomas in a twist.”
But did you know that the Ancient Greeks were European? have you ever seen an Ancient Greek statue? there are plenty still around. They had black marble too but they used white marble to represent themselves (as gods, heroes, mortals).
And you play here that shameful racecard. I had no racist intentions in my post. I only pointed out the shameful distortion of a great work of art with qualities of history. All human races are equal amongst themselves. Authors of any race have full rights to create any work of art with representations of their choosing. but dont dare to distort history cos it cant be changed. Sure thing, history was unjust to all races. Rewriting history doesnt make it any better. the past is gone and nobody can right its wrongs.
As for Christitser Nolan, he is spineless. he badly wanted the Oscars thats why he obeyed blindly the DEI requirements imposed by Hollywood and other institutions. he should have had the guts to go for Oscar without that crappy DEI. Nolan was also cunning as Odysseus. Nole knew that the DEI would create a huge backlash. thats publicity for you. and he knows there is no bad publicity, there is only publicity. 90% of the boxoffice is the result of the DEI controversy Nole intentionally built in his Odyssey.
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You argue best when you argue my point.
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You are welcome.
August 5th, 2026 at 12:33:28 AM
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Quote: DogHandI recently enjoyed "The Sheep Detectives".
Dog Hand
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ty for the tip. original and interesting with an innocent DEI twist.
while there I also watched another Hugh Jackman 2026: “The Death of Robin Hood”. the archer is now antihero.
August 5th, 2026 at 7:52:09 AM
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Last night I watched the greatest movie ever made. If you disagree, you are wrong.
You can't know everything, but you can know anything.
August 5th, 2026 at 9:29:06 AM
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Quote: DRichIf you disagree, you are wrong.
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Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop being right, but that's not important right now.
May the cards fall in your favor.
August 5th, 2026 at 11:59:24 AM
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I tried watching a Blondie and Dagwood movie on Youtube, They made movies from the comic strip between 1938 and 1949. It was so bad that I'm still in disbelief that they made 13 of these movies. The Writing The acting the story Everything was abysmal. It wasn't funny, They screamed and yelled a lot and the comedy was on a 3rd grade level. I lasted 30 minutes and quit. They did have the mandatory slapstick shuffle black dude as a servant that a lot of 1930s movies had and he was pathetic. Big white eyes and a look of surprise on his face all the time.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
August 5th, 2026 at 12:27:14 PM
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Quote: DRichLast night I watched the greatest movie ever made. If you disagree, you are wrong.
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I have said THE EXACT SAME THING! I’m not sure I am happy that there is actually someone else who agrees with me…..
August 5th, 2026 at 1:01:38 PM
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Quote: EvenBobI tried watching a Blondie and Dagwood movie on Youtube, They made movies from the comic strip between 1938 and 1949. It was so bad that I'm still in disbelief that they made 13 of these movies. The Writing The acting the story Everything was abysmal. It wasn't funny, They screamed and yelled a lot and the comedy was on a 3rd grade level. I lasted 30 minutes and quit. They did have the mandatory slapstick shuffle black dude as a servant that a lot of 1930s movies had and he was pathetic. Big white eyes and a look of surprise on his face all the time.
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One of the 13 must be good. Otherwise why make so many?
I have seen some of them. Not overwhelmed by them either.
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August 5th, 2026 at 1:18:13 PM
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Quote: rxwineQuote: EvenBobI tried watching a Blondie and Dagwood movie on Youtube, They made movies from the comic strip between 1938 and 1949. It was so bad that I'm still in disbelief that they made 13 of these movies. The Writing The acting the story Everything was abysmal. It wasn't funny, They screamed and yelled a lot and the comedy was on a 3rd grade level. I lasted 30 minutes and quit. They did have the mandatory slapstick shuffle black dude as a servant that a lot of 1930s movies had and he was pathetic. Big white eyes and a look of surprise on his face all the time.
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One of the 13 must be good. Otherwise why make so many?
I have seen some of them. Not overwhelmed by them either.
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Back then, studios just churned out products. With no television, people went to the movies much more often, creating high demand for the product. A series of films meant the studio could reuse many of the sets, and the audience was already familiar with the characters, so they didn't waste time on character development, just zany antics. Films didn't need to be good, just entertaining.
There was a Blondie television series that ran for one season in the 1960s. I've seen clips of it but never a full episode. The clips didn't look very good.
Edit- there wedre actually two Blondie series. One in 1957 and the 1968 series. The 1968 run only lasted 13 episodes.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
August 5th, 2026 at 4:36:09 PM
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I sort of figured they rounded up a handful of actors who were on contract and drawing salary either way, grouped them up with a production crew that needed to build some experience, and just spent a month churning it all out while more prestigious productions weren't filming on that studio lot.
The Blondies I saw were black & white, so film would be relatively cheap, and could probably be processed for almost nothing compared to a color lab.
I tried to sit through one and failed. I'm going back to UHF and whatever MST3K is up next on rotation.
The Blondies I saw were black & white, so film would be relatively cheap, and could probably be processed for almost nothing compared to a color lab.
I tried to sit through one and failed. I'm going back to UHF and whatever MST3K is up next on rotation.
May the cards fall in your favor.
August 6th, 2026 at 2:33:40 AM
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Quote: toolypQuote: DogHandI recently enjoyed "The Sheep Detectives".
Dog Hand
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ty for the tip. original and interesting with an innocent DEI twist.
while there I also watched another Hugh Jackman 2026: “The Death of Robin Hood”. the archer is now antihero.
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Speaking of gambling – these 2 movies inspired by Mdawgs adventures – he rated this thread 0 –
Kaleidoscope (Warren Beatty, 1966)
Rounders (Matt Damon, Edward Norton, 1998)
August 6th, 2026 at 3:19:12 AM
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Quote: toolypQuote: toolypQuote: DogHandI recently enjoyed "The Sheep Detectives".
Dog Hand
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ty for the tip. original and interesting with an innocent DEI twist.
while there I also watched another Hugh Jackman 2026: “The Death of Robin Hood”. the archer is now antihero.
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Speaking of gambling – these 2 movies inspired by Mdawgs adventures – he rated this thread 0 –
Kaleidoscope (Warren Beatty, 1966)
Rounders (Matt Damon, Edward Norton, 1998)
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Starting in the “AI Counting” thread, I found two more gambling movies worth watching (star studded).
“Molly's Game” (Jessica Chastain, 2017)
“Poker Face” (Russell Crowe, 2022)
August 6th, 2026 at 5:38:13 AM
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I was thinking this thread wasn't needed, since there are others like it, but it's a little different in that you just mention what you watched lately and a lot of it is crap of course.
In the middle of watching 'Torpedo Run' [1958] ... I like WWII submarine warfare movies so I expected to like this one. Good acting with Ernest Borgnine and Glenn Ford. But this one I probably won't finish. It's full of stuff that never happened and never would happen, just obvious. When the US sub gets into Tokyo Bay and the antisubmarine net closes on them, they blast their way out with torpedoes. That did it.
In the middle of watching 'Torpedo Run' [1958] ... I like WWII submarine warfare movies so I expected to like this one. Good acting with Ernest Borgnine and Glenn Ford. But this one I probably won't finish. It's full of stuff that never happened and never would happen, just obvious. When the US sub gets into Tokyo Bay and the antisubmarine net closes on them, they blast their way out with torpedoes. That did it.
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
August 6th, 2026 at 6:34:31 AM
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I watched it recently and thought it did a great job of showing what a submarine commander faces on a daily basis, although it had huge plot holes.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
August 6th, 2026 at 6:58:45 AM
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it was 1942 and no mention of how bad US torpedoes were. The country was reasonably ready for submarine warfare in other ways, so how much shorter could the war have been? The Japanese torpedoes were superb , best of any country, but Japan was lacking in some ways for sub war, notably anti-submarine capability. It was late 1943 before they were setting their depth charges deep enough
I didn't hold it against the movie for not going into all that though
I didn't hold it against the movie for not going into all that though
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
August 6th, 2026 at 7:02:18 AM
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looked it up
Quote: googlebotIrony of the War: While Japanese boats had depth limits, the reverse was famously true in reverse—early in the war, Japanese depth charges used settings that were far too shallow because Japanese forces incorrectly assumed Allied American submarines could not go below 150 feet.
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
August 6th, 2026 at 8:18:25 AM
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Quote: odiousgambitit was 1942 and no mention of how bad US torpedoes were.
Many people don't realize how bad our triggering devices were. I always wondered how many of our torpedo's just bounced off of enemy ships.
You can't know everything, but you can know anything.
August 6th, 2026 at 8:53:06 AM
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Quote: DRichQuote: odiousgambitit was 1942 and no mention of how bad US torpedoes were.
Many people don't realize how bad our triggering devices were. I always wondered how many of our torpedo's just bounced off of enemy ships.
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They obviously didn't want the ineffectiveness of our weapons to be known to the public or our enemies. The US had entire squadrons of torpedo bombers at Coral Sea and Midway that failed to score hits due to defective torpedoes. You fight with what you have and hope leadership gets you what you need. The Navy recognized the problem and fixed it. Later torpedoes were more effective.
1942 was a scary year. The Nazis seemed invincible, and a Japanese invasion of the West Coast seemed possible. Our navy was kneecapped, and all that stood between the Japanese Navy and California was some submarines and untried aircraft carriers.
The public didn't need to know how weak we were. It wasn't just the American torpedoes that stunk. The British attacked the Bismarck with at least thirty torpedoes, and only two exploded. A lucky hit on the rudder left the ship stuck in a large circular arc, and the other produced an oil leak that allowed planes to guide the British Navy to intercept her.
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The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
August 6th, 2026 at 9:08:28 AM
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I've mentioned before it's interesting that they brought Albert Einstein in to help fix the torpedo problem. This was not because they needed the latest science about theoretical physics, but because he was really good at designing products and hashing out bad design. He had invented a type of refrigerator and his onetime job had been working for the patent office
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
August 6th, 2026 at 10:45:23 AM
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Quote: toolypQuote: toolypQuote: DogHandI recently enjoyed "The Sheep Detectives".
Dog Hand
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ty for the tip. original and interesting with an innocent DEI twist.
while there I also watched another Hugh Jackman 2026: “The Death of Robin Hood”. the archer is now antihero.
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Speaking of gambling – these 2 movies inspired by Mdawgs adventures – he rated this thread 0 –
Kaleidoscope (Warren Beatty, 1966)
Rounders (Matt Damon, Edward Norton, 1998)
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We have an existing thread on Favorite Gambling movies here Favorite Gambling Movies which also contains a link to our thread on Favorite Poker Movies.
So many better men, a few of them friends, are dead. And a thousand thousand slimy things live on, and so do I.
August 6th, 2026 at 12:01:10 PM
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Quote: DRichLast night I watched the greatest movie ever made. If you disagree, you are wrong.
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I agreed when I saw it in the theater about 1980 but viewings after that not so much. Too slap sticky for me now
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
August 6th, 2026 at 12:07:13 PM
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\Quote: rxwineQuote: EvenBobI tried watching a Blondie and Dagwood movie on Youtube, They made movies from the comic strip between 1938 and 1949. It was so bad that I'm still in disbelief that they made 13 of these movies. The Writing The acting the story Everything was abysmal. It wasn't funny, They screamed and yelled a lot and the comedy was on a 3rd grade level. I lasted 30 minutes and quit. They did have the mandatory slapstick shuffle black dude as a servant that a lot of 1930s movies had and he was pathetic. Big white eyes and a look of surprise on his face all the time.
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One of the 13 must be good. Otherwise why make so many?
I have seen some of them. Not overwhelmed by them either.
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In the 1930s and 40s they turned out movies like they were candy. There were no TV's yet and many people went to the movies in the big cities 5 or 6 times a week to enjoy the air conditioning in the summer and enjoy the heat in the winter. It only cost 10 cents and it was something to do after dinner so Hollywood had to churn these movies out by the hundreds. It takes months to make a movie now In those days you could make a B movie in two or three weeks and immediately start making another one Some actors made 15 or 20 movies a year even acting in more than one at the same time
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
August 6th, 2026 at 12:38:20 PM
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Quote: odiousgambitit was 1942 and no mention of how bad US torpedoes were. The country was reasonably ready for submarine warfare in other ways, so how much shorter could the war have been? The Japanese torpedoes were superb , best of any country, but Japan was lacking in some ways for sub war, notably anti-submarine capability. It was late 1943 before they were setting their depth charges deep enough
I didn't hold it against the movie for not going into all that though
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IMHO "Grayhound" with Tom Hanks on Apple TV was a really good WWII submarine movie.
tuttigym
August 6th, 2026 at 5:38:42 PM
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IMHO "Grayhound" with Tom Hanks on Apple TV was a really good WWII submarine movie.
tuttigym
Never heard of that movie. I will have to look it up.
You can't know everything, but you can know anything.
August 7th, 2026 at 6:41:24 AM
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I've heard it is outstanding, but it seems to only be available on appletv
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
August 8th, 2026 at 11:44:27 AM
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Tried watching William Holden's first movie Golden Boy made in 1938. Made it about 20 minutes before I gave up in disgust. It was a boxing movie yet they never showed anybody boxing They just talked about it. And William Holden was a skinny kid of 21 who didn't look like a boxer at all. The story was stupid and the acting was awful yet it still set William Holden up to be a star. He talked about the movie when he got an Academy Award in 1978 he praised Barbara Stanwyck for fighting to get him into the movie because it started his career.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
August 8th, 2026 at 1:04:56 PM
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I visit my childhood boxing buddy twice a week - he is in elder care facility. Friday we watched Youtube video of Carmen Basilio win the welterweight title against Johnny Saxton (September 12, 1956, Syracuse War Memorial). He was clean, no visible bruises and very alert. He lasted all nine rounds! I can rest easy til next week.
I 'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers.
August 9th, 2026 at 5:20:01 AM
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Watched 'The McKenzie Break' movie yesterday. I'd say it was worth watching but in some ways it's messed up. Based on a real event, a lot of things were changed. You can look up 'Operation Kiebitz' to get the real story.
It's a 'The Great Escape' story but I think the producers were conflicted about portraying it with sympathy for the prisoners, so they made the character based on Otto Kretschmer a cruel Nazi even willing to kill fellow prisoners ... not accurate. "He viewed himself as a professional, apolitical military officer rather than an ideological zealot of the Nazi party" per googlebot. Yet the end of the movie seemed to indicate that was filmed when sympathy for the character was intended in the movie.
And you have Brian Keith. Why anybody would give that guy a leading role is beyond me. Perhaps they thought to have an Irish character helping the prisoners, but if so abandoned that but kept the character in the movie. Keith has this phlegmatic style that I don't get. The boring result left the question 'why is this guy in the movie at all?'
It's a 'The Great Escape' story but I think the producers were conflicted about portraying it with sympathy for the prisoners, so they made the character based on Otto Kretschmer a cruel Nazi even willing to kill fellow prisoners ... not accurate. "He viewed himself as a professional, apolitical military officer rather than an ideological zealot of the Nazi party" per googlebot. Yet the end of the movie seemed to indicate that was filmed when sympathy for the character was intended in the movie.
And you have Brian Keith. Why anybody would give that guy a leading role is beyond me. Perhaps they thought to have an Irish character helping the prisoners, but if so abandoned that but kept the character in the movie. Keith has this phlegmatic style that I don't get. The boring result left the question 'why is this guy in the movie at all?'
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
August 16th, 2026 at 2:31:58 PM
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Watching Amazon Women on the Moon (starring Lots of Actors).
I couldn't find it readily on streaming, so I ordered a copy off a secondhand site for about what some streaming sites want you to pay to "rent" a movie. I still think there is a place for a video library, rather than relying on one of a dozen services to maybe have what you want to watch.
I couldn't find it readily on streaming, so I ordered a copy off a secondhand site for about what some streaming sites want you to pay to "rent" a movie. I still think there is a place for a video library, rather than relying on one of a dozen services to maybe have what you want to watch.
May the cards fall in your favor.
August 16th, 2026 at 4:51:57 PM
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Kingdom of Swords.
Very well-made tale of King Danylo who founded Ruthania. in the 12th Century. The son of a deposed king, Danyl was important in stopping the Mongols and later gained his own kingdom. I think it's a Lithuanian film, but it is dubbed expertly. I expected more combat scenes, but it was half soap opera, half war movie. The Producers built an entire medieval city for this film, but the main castle appears to be Winterfell from GOT
Very well-made tale of King Danylo who founded Ruthania. in the 12th Century. The son of a deposed king, Danyl was important in stopping the Mongols and later gained his own kingdom. I think it's a Lithuanian film, but it is dubbed expertly. I expected more combat scenes, but it was half soap opera, half war movie. The Producers built an entire medieval city for this film, but the main castle appears to be Winterfell from GOT
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
August 16th, 2026 at 9:06:02 PM
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Just watched second episode of Taylor Sheridan's Lioness on Paramount. I don't know how he does it, how one person has this much writing talent to put out so many hit shows. So far this is the best season of Lioness yet.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
August 17th, 2026 at 5:05:50 AM
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The Casino Murder Case (1935)
A socialite is poisoned in a casino. He recovers but then members of his family die from poisoning (in other locations). There's not much casino in this.
Paul Lucas, with his heavy German accent, stars as the famous American detective Philo Vance - weird casting. The case involves heavy water - deuterium oxide - years before the Manhattan project and the emergence of its importance to nuclear systems. A young Rosalind Russell is a strong point, and the film is mostly produced with high quality.
A socialite is poisoned in a casino. He recovers but then members of his family die from poisoning (in other locations). There's not much casino in this.
Paul Lucas, with his heavy German accent, stars as the famous American detective Philo Vance - weird casting. The case involves heavy water - deuterium oxide - years before the Manhattan project and the emergence of its importance to nuclear systems. A young Rosalind Russell is a strong point, and the film is mostly produced with high quality.
So many better men, a few of them friends, are dead. And a thousand thousand slimy things live on, and so do I.
August 17th, 2026 at 8:03:23 AM
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Target Unknown (1951)
A different sort of WWII movie.
The Allies are planning a massive air attack. German intelligence is aware of the plot but not of the date or location. In a fascinating cat-and-mouse game, Germans and their agents pick up little pieces of seemingly useless information that eventually create a roadmap to the target. Confident they know the intended target, all German air forces are set to ambush the 750 Allied planes, but were they victims of a misinformation campaign, and are their resources all targeted at the wrong location?
A different sort of WWII movie.
The Allies are planning a massive air attack. German intelligence is aware of the plot but not of the date or location. In a fascinating cat-and-mouse game, Germans and their agents pick up little pieces of seemingly useless information that eventually create a roadmap to the target. Confident they know the intended target, all German air forces are set to ambush the 750 Allied planes, but were they victims of a misinformation campaign, and are their resources all targeted at the wrong location?
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
August 17th, 2026 at 9:33:12 AM
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so you didn't watch the end? JK
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
August 17th, 2026 at 11:50:02 AM
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Quote: odiousgambitso you didn't watch the end? JK
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Working my way through the 9 seasons of the series Suits. It's pretty good for the most part but by season 6 it started to get a little silly. About every 5 minutes somebody has good news then the writers immediately take that good news away with bad news. It's almost comical and it goes on episode after episode. Give and take give and take. If real life was like that you'd throw yourself off a building
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
