--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozg...@...> wrote: > > With the local Hollywood Video going out of business and a new > Samsung networked Bluray player I decided to sign up again for > Netflix. As I've mentioned before I used Netflix over 10 years > ago when DVD first came out because few if any of the local > stores had DVDs to rent. Then they began getting them and I > stopped using Netflix. So upon Turq's recommendation I put > Starz's "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" in my Instant Watch list. > Last night I watched the first half of the first episode. > Interesting series though nowhere as well produced as HBO's > "Rome"...
Just you wait. Heh heh. :-) > ...but quite interesting how they put green screen and CG to > work to create the episode. Not sure if it's my cup of tea as > I found plenty to fill the queue otherwise. Of course I've seen > enough to see why Turq liked it. ;-) As much as I like tits, it's not just the tits. :-) "Spartacus" has some of the best villains I have ever seen onscreen, and some of the most nefarious plotting. Not to mention a depth of characterization I had absolutely no reason to suspect was coming in the first couple of episodes. I have gone beyond being an apologetic fan and have become an unapologetic fan. I think that -- for good or ill -- it defines the future of television. I expect there to be six knockoff copycat series within a year. None of them will be as good, but all of them will use the "violence porn" metaphor. > The first thing I watched in HD on Instant Play was was a quirky > psychological thriller which could easily make the "weird film" > list called "Order of Chaos". I have a download of this, but haven't watched it yet. > I had stumbled across the movie looking at the Alan Watt > http://www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com site as they used > a couple of Alan's Internet radio raps in the movie and > he had put a link to Amazon's listing there. Those not > familiar with Alan is he is a Scotsman living in Canada > doing historical conspiracy podcasts. I can somehow see why this would be your cuppa tea. :-) > You can find these on his site and they can be very > entertaining. One interesting thing is he claims that TM > was an attempt by the Freemason's to create a new religion > using Maharishi. That's just silly. The Freemasons I've met were much smarter than that. :-) > I suspect that Alan may have at one time practiced TM or was > even a teacher. The movie was interesting enough that I had > Netflix send me the DVD so that I could listen to the commentary > and see what was behind the making of the movie. Let me guess: "The making of money?" :-) > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1159721/ > > Between Netflix, Vudu, Redbox and Amazon's service I might ditch > most of my cable bill. Cable companies are so yesterday. I find it difficult to even conceive of why I'd need cable or a satellite hookup. The only rationale I see for them is if you're a sports fan or, in the case of many UK ex-pats living here, lonely for British TV shows from home. I am neither, and live in a country that wisely sees nothing wrong with downloading media for private viewing, so I don't see myself ever needing to hook up to a "media tit" other than the Internet ever again.
