What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2020)

[xylophone 11,702]

2 hours ago, canthai55 said:

Spent 5 years in the High Arctic in the mid to late 70's. Still a few old timers who used dogs.

Asked one of them shortly after my arrival, and the purchase of my first Skidoo -

"Why don't you use a Skidoo"

Answer - "Can't eat a Skidoo" That put living up there in perspective

Yes, and Amundsen had been studying the Inuit way and that was their philosophy, so he planned his expedition very carefully taking into consideration the fact that as they went further, they would use more provisions and the load would become lighter, so fewer dogs would be necessary – – – and could easily go into the cooking pot!

 

There's a scene in it where they have shot one of the dogs and have cooked it and one of the team is a bit reluctant to eat it, this whilst others are tucking into what looks like a nice meal, so Amundsen describes what happens if you suffer from scurvy, and it's not a pretty picture, so the team member does eventually eat it.

 

As I said before, it's a great movie and puts the attitude of the British towards Amundsen, to shame. But that's how it is taught in schools, or along those lines.

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1 hour ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

Covered up because of the embarrassment of him actually being a CIA pilot.      

 

https://dbcooper.com/2019/09/db-cooper-found-how-fbi-files-reveal-plane-hijacker-was-cia-operative-robert-w-rackstraw/

 

Do a Google search, "who was DB Cooper?", there is not one definitive answer, only conjecture, as in the recent documentary. People love conspiracy theories.

[IvorBiggun2 918]

2 hours ago, giddyup said:

People love conspiracy theories.

What's hi-jacking a plane got to do with conspiracy theories? The facts are out there.

 

 

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Then, in 2018, after successfully suing the FBI to release much of its now-closed file, Cold Case Team member Rick Sherwood, who'd served in an intelligence unit during the Vietnam War, decrypted code in letters Cooper had sent to media outlets after the skyjacking, in which he'd apparently given away his identity.

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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/has-mystery-skyjacker-db-cooper-finally-been-solved-1236196

 

[newatthis 3,145]

"Injustice with Nancy Grace"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10370738/

If you can tolerate her over the top commentary, the stories are good.

[Will27 10,388]

4 minutes ago, newatthis said:

"Injustice with Nancy Grace"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10370738/

If you can tolerate her over the top commentary, the stories are good.

I can't bear that woman, so it's a no from me.

[canthai55 4,805]

18 hours ago, xylophone said:

 But that's how it is taught in schools, or along those lines.

I think the English fascination with keeping a "Stiff Upper Lip" finally was put to rest in WW1

and the subsequent years where the Upper Class lost their all encompassing grip on the rest of the population

[maxpower 1,834]

14 hours ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

What's hi-jacking a plane got to do with conspiracy theories? The facts are out there.

 

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Long before the current true-crime television boom, a 1971 unsolved plane hijacking captivated America. Tom Colbert's journey to track down Cooper (and sell his story to Hollywood) led him to an elaborate theory of collusion involving the FBI and CIA.

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15 hours ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

What's hi-jacking a plane got to do with conspiracy theories? The facts are out there.

 

Like the X Files?

[Jai Dee 3,699]

On 11/25/2020 at 7:02 AM, Nemises said:

New TV series "The Flight Attendant"

 

About a hot, alcoholic hostie who likes to give "extra service" to her passengers up in first class - hence makes for entertaining viewing  

 

BKK features in the first Ep. 

 

 

[bartender100 2,040]

On 11/10/2020 at 9:03 AM, worgeordie said:

"His dark materials " season 2 ,episode 1 out now,

the first season was very good,especially the animals.

regards Worgeordie

Amazing how they get the animals to follow the actors around

 

Love this series

[RichardColeman 26,394]

Enjoyed the German tv series Barbaren and really enjoying the french tv series Le Revolution

[bobandyson 156]

'Three Identical Strangers' - On Netflix and other sources.

 

Gave me a roller-coaster ride of emotions.

 

 

Edited November 29, 2020 by bobandyson

[bluesofa 40,261]

21 minutes ago, bobandyson said:

'Three Identical Strangers' - On Netflix and other sources.

 

Gave me a roller-coaster ride of emotions.

 

 

'Gave me a roller-coaster ride of emotions.'  I'd agree with that entirely. I watched it two years ago and remember it was a very unsettling documentary.

 

 

[JackSinclair 29]

This month's movies I've kept from up there in the Galaxy.

Irresistible 2020   
Steve Carrell brilliant as a spinner in a  local election 
Interesting comments near the end about  oldman / young woman romance.

The Burnt Orange Heresy 2019   
Alongside the 6 ft eye-candy Elizabeth Debicki 
Mick Jagger looks about 4 ft high

 

Bruce Springsteens Letter ToYou 2020 
The Boss in black'n'white always worth a listen

 

Hillbilly Elegy 2020   
Story of a Yale graduate nearly blowing it all to support his junkie mother.  
Glen Close as granny is nearly unrecognisable. 

The King Of Staten Island 2020 
Story about a lazy dependant son getting thrown out of mother's house 
when her boyfriend moves in.

Girl 2020   
Another hillbilly tale. I watched it to see Mickey 
Rourke who is really not the best model for face lifts.
Makes you wonder how all that botoxed social media girls will end up looking !

 

Just  my place marker.:-))

Edited November 29, 2020 by JackSinclair
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[Will27 10,388]

After the Night.

All 4 episodes on RARBG.

Summary: Throughout the 1960s Eric Edgar Cooke terrorised the city of Perth and its residents, cruelly and indiscriminately, as if for sport. Exploring a legacy of tragedy, grief, responsibility and redemption for the three men who were wrongly accused, Stan’s first ever true crime series is told through the eyes of a filmmaker returning to his childhood home and spending time with those closest to the killer and his victims – whose lives he altered forever.