What Are You Watching

[Jazzmoose]

Still watching Dragnet, and a bit of Adam-12. Not out of any love for the shows; I realize now that it's a pure nostalgia thing. I was raised by my grandmother from age 11 or so on, and we used to watch these together. Funny; she died back in '84, but I miss her now more than I did then. I must be getting old...

[jazzbo]

Today I started this; the dvd set has three or four episodes never aired, which is good as they left us all hanging.

Never even heard of this show before! Who aired it, initially?

ABC

[A Lark Ascending]

BBC Storyville- How Vietnam Was Lost Robert Kenner, USA, 2005

Really excellent. The Homepage blurb sums it up better than I could--

In one weekend in 1967, two occurrences at opposite ends of the world began the process whereby Americans convinced themselves that the Vietnam War was not worth fighting.

One of these was the ambush of an American battalion by the Vietcong, resulting in 61 casualties. The other was at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where state police ejected students who were campaigning against the presence presence on campus of recruiting agents for napalm manufacturers Dow Chemical.

This brilliant film works so well because its focus is so narrow. We see survivors of the ambushed battalion and we see the women who lost their husbands and who still recall, so many years later, their grief.

We are also able to understand how, throughout universities in America, students became, (in the word of the time), 'radicalised' through their opposition to the war.

It's interesting, of course, to compare those events with the American scene now: with the war in Iraq, opposition has likely been milder because the American army no longer relies on the draft.

Great documentary. I was really moved by it when it screened here a few years back.

[paul secor]

Watched two episodes from the second season of Northern Exposure this afternoon. Far superior to most of the crap that's on the tube these days.

[Van Basten II]

Watched the Pacquiao-Clottey PPV

All i can say is Bang, bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang, bang, bang ,bang, bang , bang, bang, bang ,bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.

Those who saw the main event will get it

Edited March 15, 2010 by Van Basten II

[kinuta]

The Pacific Ep 1

Impressive.

[BruceH]

More Dexter. Still liking it.

[jazzbo]

Re-watching last week's Damages, getting ready for tonight.

[kinuta]

Coming up

Damages Episode 8

[jazzbo]

Was a good episode. Only five more to go. . .

[kinuta]

Lost episode 8

Anyone else think this is rubbish ? Seems to be wandering all over the place with no focus or cohesive narrative. I think they are setting us up for a 'just kidding' ending.

Thank goodness for Damages !

Edited March 17, 2010 by kinuta

[jazzbo]

No, I think the ending will be more cohesive than that. . . just a feeling I have. We'll see!

[jazzbo]

But I have to agree, the sideways flashes were weak last night, as weak as the whole Kate-Claire taxi episode for me. Hopefully next week the tone and feel will change and get us on track for what I predict will be quite an "action movie" series of episodes.

[kinuta]

BBC Requiem For Detroit.

About the decay and collapse of Detroit. Totally riveting must see. I'd love to visit the place to see this historic change taking place. A similar thing happened in Sheffield after the reign of Thatcher, whole swathes of what were once steel factories are now lawns and open spaces. Nothing like the apocalyptic scale of Detroit though.

[kinuta]

Flash Forward 2 new episodes

Great, they seem to have successfully rebooted after a long absence. Both episodes were good.

[Chuck Nessa]

I'm watching my wife tile a bathroom counter.

She's doing a job I didn't want to do.

Uncle Skid will see this the next time he's here.

[kinuta]

BBC Horizon : Is everything we know about the universe wrong ?

Crash course in the latest cosmology, fascinating to say the least.

[BruceH]

BBC Horizon : Is everything we know about the universe wrong ?

Probably.

[kinuta]

Lost

The longest flashback of the series raises a lot of questions. Is this shaping up as some Apocalyptic battle of God versus The Devil ?

What do you think Jazzbo ?

Edited March 24, 2010 by kinuta

[kinuta]

Damages coming shortly

[jazzbo]

Lost

The longest flashback of the series raises a lot of questions. Is this shaping up as some Apocalyptic battle of God versus The Devil ?

What do you think Jazzbo ?

I'm not sure what to make of it. "Good" vs. "Evil" has long been a subtext, but I think that the reveal will be a bit less black and white. They're setting us up to a sort of "purgatory within a gate to hell" scenario, but we'll see. After a few more episodes we may have some totally different idea up for grabs!

[Matthew]

The T.A.M.I. Show dvd. Wow! Great stuff, it's a must have dvd.

[Van Basten II]

Mostly weekend boxing action

Arthur Abraham vs Andre Dirrell

Marcos Rene Maidana vs Victor Manuel Cayo

Joan Guzman vs Ali Funeka

Grzegorz Kielsa vs Neven Pajkic

Koki Kameda vs Pongsalek Wonjongkam

[kendricktamis]

I am watching a Chriss Agnle (Mindfreak) magic show. I have downloaded all shows and currently i am showing in my PC.

[jlhoots]

Justified