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#Post#: 27264--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you watching?
DIR By: guest33
Date: October 9, 2021, 6:31 am
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I’m rewatching Dexter. It’s been years since I watched it the
first time.
I’m almost through Season 1 and am getting irritated by writers
mistakes.
No Dexter, you do not get to Dade City from Miami via I 95.
Dade City is closer to the West Coast!
#Post#: 27265--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you watching?
DIR By: muskrat
Date: October 9, 2021, 7:08 am
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Just rewatched BladeRunner (1982). ((all hail the late/great
Rutger Hauer))
What I'd totally forgotten & had to smirk at:
With all its futuristic, dystopian/apocalyptic LA scenes of
flying cars & Outer Colonies in space & Replicants fighting
Humans, the fantastical story was set in, yes, you got it.....
November 2019.
#Post#: 27266--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you watching?
DIR By: Thetis099
Date: October 9, 2021, 7:26 am
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--- Quote from: MayaMia link ---
>
> I’m rewatching Dexter. It’s been years since I watched it the
first time.
>
> I’m almost through Season 1 and am getting irritated by
writers mistakes.
>
> No Dexter, you do not get to Dade City from Miami via I 95.
Dade City is closer to the West Coast!
>
--- End Quote ---
This made me remember a movie mistake that disappointed me
greatly in the 1998 X Files movie. I grabbed this from the
movie's Wikipedia page from the plot section:
"The film opens in 35,000 B.C. During the Ice Age, in what will
become North Texas. Two cavemen hunters encounter a large
extraterrestrial life form in a cave, which kills one and
infects the other with a black oil-like substance. In 1998, in
the same area, a boy falls into a hole and is also infected by a
black substance which seeps from the ground."
When I saw this part of the movie where the young boy falls into
the cave, the backgrounds for the scenes in this small town that
was supposed to be north of Dallas showed a mountain range in
the distance - and the flora looked more like New Mexico than
Texas.
Mountains for effssake! I grew up near Dallas and we had to
drive for a day and a half before we could see any mountain
range. North of Dallas there is prairie as far as the eye can
see with a few bands of post oak forest near creeks or rivers.
I know that makes a boring background but come on. There are
zero mountain background shots to be found north of Dallas.
This movie is but one example. Apparently, the dominant idea of
Texas is a western idea with mountains and desert and cowboys
and cattle drives. I get it, but it is just so sloppy.
#Post#: 27285--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you watching?
DIR By: NordicDog
Date: October 9, 2021, 9:31 am
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--- Quote from: muskrat link ---
>
> Just rewatched BladeRunner (1982). ((all hail the late/great
Rutger Hauer))
>
> What I'd totally forgotten & had to smirk at:
>
> With all its futuristic, dystopian/apocalyptic LA scenes of
flying cars & Outer Colonies in space & Replicants fighting
Humans, the fantastical story was set in, yes, you got it.....
>
> November 2019.
>
--- End Quote ---
I have to say that parts of Seattle have looked a bit
Bladerunner-ish, especially during CHOP.
Just add the flying cars. And now I want noodles.
#Post#: 27317--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you watching?
DIR By: TwoASAPsAgo
Date: October 9, 2021, 12:02 pm
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--- Quote from: muskrat link ---
>
> Just rewatched BladeRunner (1982). ((all hail the late/great
Rutger Hauer))
>
> What I'd totally forgotten & had to smirk at:
>
> With all its futuristic, dystopian/apocalyptic LA scenes of
flying cars & Outer Colonies in space & Replicants fighting
Humans, the fantastical story was set in, yes, you got it.....
>
> November 2019.
>
--- End Quote ---
😁 Back to the Future Part II (1989) is set in 2015.
#Post#: 27326--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you watching?
DIR By: PalomaBlanca
Date: October 9, 2021, 12:38 pm
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So, who's watching "Squid Game?" Thinking about it, but heard
it's fairly intense and violent. But the reviews are excellent.
:)
#Post#: 27328--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you watching?
DIR By: Itopian
Date: October 9, 2021, 12:44 pm
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--- Quote from: Thetis099 link ---
>
> [quote author=MayaMia link=topic=259.msg27264#msg27264
date=1633779067]
> I’m rewatching Dexter. It’s been years since I watched it the
first time.
>
> I’m almost through Season 1 and am getting irritated by
writers mistakes.
>
> No Dexter, you do not get to Dade City from Miami via I 95.
Dade City is closer to the West Coast!
>
--- End Quote ---
This made me remember a movie mistake that disappointed me
greatly in the 1998 X Files movie. I grabbed this from the
movie's Wikipedia page from the plot section:
"The film opens in 35,000 B.C. During the Ice Age, in what will
become North Texas. Two cavemen hunters encounter a large
extraterrestrial life form in a cave, which kills one and
infects the other with a black oil-like substance. In 1998, in
the same area, a boy falls into a hole and is also infected by a
black substance which seeps from the ground."
When I saw this part of the movie where the young boy falls into
the cave, the backgrounds for the scenes in this small town that
was supposed to be north of Dallas showed a mountain range in
the distance - and the flora looked more like New Mexico than
Texas.
Mountains for effssake! I grew up near Dallas and we had to
drive for a day and a half before we could see any mountain
range. North of Dallas there is prairie as far as the eye can
see with a few bands of post oak forest near creeks or rivers.
I know that makes a boring background but come on. There are
zero mountain background shots to be found north of Dallas.
This movie is but one example. Apparently, the dominant idea of
Texas is a western idea with mountains and desert and cowboys
and cattle drives. I get it, but it is just so sloppy.
[/quote]
A side effect of filming in BC.
We used to laugh at the mountains of Dallas when they showed up
in XF episodes. And they also show up as the mountains just
outside New York City in Rumble In The Bronx, with Jackie Chan.
To quote Scott Thompson's Buddy Cole (talking about appearing in
Millennium), "I think I'll make a crappy sci-fi movie in
Canada-- EVERYBODY ELSE HAS!"
#Post#: 27330--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you watching?
DIR By: muskrat
Date: October 9, 2021, 12:48 pm
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--- Quote from: PalomaBlanca link ---
>
> So, who's watching "Squid Game?" Thinking about it, but heard
it's fairly intense and violent. But the reviews are excellent.
:)
>
--- End Quote ---
I watched the first episode. But didnt really feel compelled to
continue, despite the raves.
I dont mind violence (esp when it's cartoonish like this), but
none of the characters grabbed my interest.
From what I saw, the main character (in the 1st ep, anyway)
doesnt seem particularly intriguing or compelling: not enough
for me to keep with it.
So, I ditched SquidGame & watched BladeRunner instead !
#Post#: 27441--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you watching?
DIR By: kkt
Date: October 9, 2021, 11:20 pm
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--- Quote from: NordicDog link ---
>
> [quote author=muskrat link=topic=259.msg27265#msg27265
date=1633781302]
> Just rewatched BladeRunner (1982). ((all hail the late/great
Rutger Hauer))
>
> What I'd totally forgotten & had to smirk at:
>
> With all its futuristic, dystopian/apocalyptic LA scenes of
flying cars & Outer Colonies in space & Replicants fighting
Humans, the fantastical story was set in, yes, you got it.....
>
> November 2019.
>
--- End Quote ---
I have to say that parts of Seattle have looked a bit
Bladerunner-ish, especially during CHOP.
Just add the flying cars. And now I want noodles.
[/quote]
Or any park, now that they've been made into campgrounds.
#Post#: 28899--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you watching?
DIR By: PalomaBlanca
Date: October 13, 2021, 6:03 pm
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Since we were talking about scary things....may I recommend
"Midnight Mass" on Netflix? Written and directed by Mike
Flanagan. ("Dr. Sleep" "The Haunting of Hill House" and
"Gerald's Game")
Totally mesmerizing. The first couple of episodes lay the
groundwork and character backgrounds but even those have
incredible performances and cinematography. Then it really
takes off with the chills, but on a more, well, philosophical
level? I'm not finished with it yet, but damn. This is good.
So far. :)
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