watching or reading anything good these days?

[saymyname]

just watched this. nothing earth shattering that i didnt already know, but interesting all the same. i love this woman.


View: https://youtu.be/PE6OEpz0xyQ?si=xNa-vvPXyFIdahIu

and i just started reading my early life by churchill. def reading it in his voice.

 

[Jack Layton]

History of my area from families that lived in it. It's fascinating to know what was where, seeing old pictures, a lot of the buildings are still there and the roads haven't changed much in 150 years.

 

[d01tg0d0wn]

I rewatched happy gilmore because i want to watch happy gilmore 2. Not gonna lie i am nervous to watch the sequal cause i cant handle woke stuff and i will have my finger on the nope button on my remote whole time

 

[Jack Layton]

Barbie Movie tier flick

 

[the_pamplemoose]

The sequel isn't as good as the original. Most of it is just "what happened to minor character X in the original". There's not enough content to make a third one.

 

[Trudeaus coke dealer]

I got a good laugh out of it. Thought the alcoholic jokes were gold. Decent enough for a rainy day.

 

[DripDrop]

1st half was better than the 2nd half
I really liked all the "playing himself" characters in the credits
Read the full cast before watching, so you know who to watch for:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31868189/fullcredits/

 

[brutana_dilewski]

I am going to leave Happy in the 90's where he belongs. No more cash-grab IP sequels for me. That's why everything is a reboot/sequel/etc, there are few new ideas. Milking old IPs that everyone recognizes is safer I guess.

 

[ChevChelios]

Currently reading the collected stories of Anton Chekhov (which are excellent, but rather depressing on the whole because they suggest that there is no earthly cure for human folly) and just getting into re-reading the poetry of John Milton -- which I used to find incredibly stuffy and boring 35 years ago, but now seems like a refreshing antidote to modern pop culture; maybe it's an acquired old man taste, like sardines or the music of Bach

 

[Hirudinea]

Sorry, had to.

 

[ChevChelios]

Believe me, that's not the first time I've been called that. My glasses are so thick that whenever the sun comes out from behind a cloud my eyelashes catch on fire

 

[Hirudinea]

@ChevChelios

And being Scottish I assume you also burst into flame?

 

[ChevChelios]

@Hirudinea: I heard a good line the other day: "he's so pale that when he takes his shirt off outside the sun goes blind"

 

[Hirudinea]

@ChevChelios

I sympathize, when I go outside I have to wear SPF Tar.

 

[Rusty Canuckleford]

@ChevChelios

 

[ovarieasy]

Thanks for sharing that video.
It was infuriating on every level.

I'm watching my language and reading too much into things. Ah ha ha ha.

 

[saymyname]

here. have this one too. i love frances.


View: https://youtu.be/SvSlAzSxZeY?si=0zjgvbSCAVkvzYNi

 

[Rusty Canuckleford]

Some old junk from the retro TV channel I forgot on my PVR. It’s by far a lot better than the new junk.


View: https://youtu.be/S5YAg-oVpE0?t=36

 

[ex_libris]

That was a great show, one of the better of the Quinn Martin productions. Janssen was a fine actor, as was Stratford-trained Barry Morse as Lt. Gerard.

 

[bobthefighter]

Currently re-reading The Farseer Trilogy. Haven't read it since high school and thought I would go through it quickly. Just finished Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

Next up is likely the Sun Eater Saga by Christopher Ruocchio. Off chance I start Malazan instead.

Leaning towards Sun Eater though.

 

[mozzer]

Far Seer was a fun series. My wife dislikes sci fi and she loved them.

I just finished the Salvation series by Peter F Hamilton. Suspect you would like it.

 

[border_humper]

Reading Dominion by Tom Holland about the impacts of christianity as it spread across the world. So paganism in Rome and Europe, Jews, reformation, the new world, abolition of slavery, suttee in India. Very interesting, I recommend it.

 

[Sgt. Goosenip]

I’m currently reading The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. For those unfamiliar, it is essentially fictional conspiratorial letters from the devil, detailing the best ways to corrupt a man and win his soul. Interesting stuff.

 

[ChevChelios]

They are great. Lewis himself said he didn't like writing them because it involved twisting his imagination into an uncomfortable position

 

[Trudeaus coke dealer]

 

[border_humper]

New or old? I loved Imajica and Weaveworld.

 

[Trudeaus coke dealer]

Its an older book now, came out in like 07 and it's a pretty quick read.

 

[ChevChelios]

"Clive" is one of those great old English Christian names that are now going extinct, like "Reginald" or "Nigel"

 

[ex_libris]

Reading Quentin Tarantino's "Cinema Speculation", a really fine work and Tarantino's knowledge of film history is second to none.

 

[RandyLahey]

I'm staying in Italy and slowly reading an Italian translation of a book, originally in English, that is banned for importation into Canada. So an actual banned book, not one of those "banned books" you can see displayed at your bookstore every once in a while.

I ordered it online here and picked it up the next day at one of the major chain bookstores here.

If only their bureaucracy was this efficient and sane...

 

[ChevChelios]

Che cos'é?

 

[RandyLahey]

I diari di Turner per "Andrew Macdonald"

 

[ChevChelios]

@RandyLahey: Ah, "il giorno della corda". I didn't enjoy that book as I found it far too unsubtle, but it is definitely an interesting cultural artifact

 

[Hirudinea]

@ChevChelios

I actually got a physical copy of that book, and in English. Have to admit it wasn't great, but gave me something to read in the can.

 

[saymyname]

on the lighter side, one of my dear ones now has me addicted to bigfoot vidyas.

View: https://youtu.be/cB9fR02HAY4?si=tJwoxIvQpkfMYmON