I was born at just the right time, but movies made within the last 25 years or so are trash. I like watching the old ones.
Hard to watch anything these days - so I resorted to this!
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It's not the commercials, it's the type of commercials. Which seem to indicate that the people making the products think that older people are imbeciles.
I've been doing exactly that for the last several years since I said goodbye to cable...I often wind up watching several 3 Stooges or Amos 'n' Andy episodes in a row...Maybe Sky King on occasion...Most of the 30's and 40's movies I like are also there...
...Ben
If you want to see some really good programming, get Brit Box and watch the crime dramas. There are a lot of them and most of them are outstanding, and of course, no commercials. My wife and I are currently watching a police show that takes place in Australia. It is called City Homicide and it is first rate.
Our local Rotary Club operates a "Free Little Library" program that has small boxes scattered around town where readers can pick up books to read and drop off books they've read. Lots of good stuff shows up and it changes constantly so I stop by them often.
As to collecting books that is only in a different
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Many today don't read; they prefer to watch a horrible to second-rate production on TV. And, yes, a large portion of newly made films aren't worth watching. Hard to understand, but it appears the same is true in the gun world. Can it be attributed solely to poor taste?
I read a lot, but it's hard to do that when I'm working out at home. I watch movies and TV shows to distract me from how much I hate exercising even though it's important.
I'm also not a fan of "I never watch TV snobs," but that's a different story.
BTW, you can sign up for pay YouTube and that will give you access to higher resolution video and delete the advertising. I haven't done it yet but I'm considering it.
I'm also not a fan of "I never watch TV snobs," but that's a different story.
BTW, you can sign up for pay YouTube and that will give you access to higher resolution video and delete the advertising. I haven't done it yet but I'm considering it.
We have 5 flat screens, 2 tablets and 4 smartphones. We do a lot of streaming. And I do mean a lot.
The world is our oyster.
The world is our oyster.
I read, mostly WWII history.
I enjoy watching the TV shows of my childhood, Emergency being a favorite.
I also love the Twilight Zone. Rod Serling was a genius, and you see a lot of future stars in those shows.
Old movies too. I agree the new stuff is woke garbage, and to remake a classic movie is like trying to repaint the Mona Lisa or resculpture The Thinker. You know it's going to suck.
A new Formula 1 movie, aptly titled "F1" is out, starring Brad Pitt. I've been a Formula 1 fan for 25 years. No thanks.
John Frankenheimer's 1966 film "Grand Prix" is the best racing film IMHO. Filmed on location on racetracks in Europe with real F1 drivers (sadly, more than a few died in racing accidents after the film was made)
Watching it now is like stepping into a time machine.
I like that.
I enjoy watching the TV shows of my childhood, Emergency being a favorite.
I also love the Twilight Zone. Rod Serling was a genius, and you see a lot of future stars in those shows.
Old movies too. I agree the new stuff is woke garbage, and to remake a classic movie is like trying to repaint the Mona Lisa or resculpture The Thinker. You know it's going to suck.
A new Formula 1 movie, aptly titled "F1" is out, starring Brad Pitt. I've been a Formula 1 fan for 25 years. No thanks.
John Frankenheimer's 1966 film "Grand Prix" is the best racing film IMHO. Filmed on location on racetracks in Europe with real F1 drivers (sadly, more than a few died in racing accidents after the film was made)
Watching it now is like stepping into a time machine.
I like that.
Off the top of my head I can think of over 50 blockbuster movies made since 2000 that were brilliantly written, directed, with spectacular cinematography and casting.
They are out there and not hard to find.
They are out there and not hard to find.
I've been a reader since I learned to read. I usually never buy books new.
I still have a copy of Johnny Texas my mom bought me in the first grade.
In the Army I got in the habit of taking books to the field to pass time. The same on CQ or SDO.
As a security guard almost half my "career" was on warm body sites where I sat at a gate and checked people in and out.
At FedEx I was literally the only person on site for my entire shift. I read all night to pass time and spent maybe 15 minutes per hour actually walking the fence line and tending my cats.
Now that I'm retired I'm always reading something.
I weed out my bookshelf every couple months or so.
I still have a copy of Johnny Texas my mom bought me in the first grade.
In the Army I got in the habit of taking books to the field to pass time. The same on CQ or SDO.
As a security guard almost half my "career" was on warm body sites where I sat at a gate and checked people in and out.
At FedEx I was literally the only person on site for my entire shift. I read all night to pass time and spent maybe 15 minutes per hour actually walking the fence line and tending my cats.
Now that I'm retired I'm always reading something.
I weed out my bookshelf every couple months or so.
I had one of those little book libraries in my yard. Within a week three immigrant families moved into it.
Me mum and nana taught me to read before I was 4. The first two books I read on my own were the Sammy Shunter series which my youngest found two in a UK used book shop and ordered them for me.
The next was Marriott Edgar's masterpiece that introduced me to British wit.
Lessons well learned.
The next was Marriott Edgar's masterpiece that introduced me to British wit.
Lessons well learned.
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Don't consider myself a "I don't watch TV snob", made the decision for myself. Never could see the point of soap operas, but nobody made me watch them. Didn't so much drop cable as I got busy with other things, historical reenacting, still in the Reserves-a girlfriend. Came home one day-"Contact your cable provider" A month went buy, then 2, 3, 4....... I think the last time I got a thrill watching TV was 30+ years ago, forget the channel or the program but I heard Jeff Cooper speak.
I watch a lot of football and hockey. Although my Sabres aren’t worth watching anymore. I watch the local news in the morning with my coffee. My wife and I usually watch a series on an app. We finished up Tulsa King last week. Now we’re watching Landman. Next will be Mob Land. We sit outside on the covered deck in the evening and watch. Mix in a bourbon and occasional cigar and it’s a perfect week night
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Like the "Bullitt" chase scene that hasn't been surpassed, no racing film has come close to Grand Prix.
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Jeff Cooper would be a good reason to turn the TV off !
My hearing stinks and I find extremely hard for me to make out the dialogue on more recently made movies. There is always something going on in the background, music, street noise, car horn's, motorcycles roaring down the street, conversations going on in the background. On the older movies typically the only thing going on was the dialogue, I can hear and understand those movies perfectly.
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40's actresses were just prettier...
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