That's okay, I like thrillers. I can always give it one star if I think it is lousy. The problem with dropping discs altogether is I would have no source for legacy films.
On 12/20/2011 10:13 AM, Emily Reyn wrote: > <snip> > They also offered a "bonus" disc for > the holidays and are sending "Columbiana" which also released this week. > > > I saw Columbiana...it might be O.K. as a "wind down" movie where you don't > have to think too much, but except for watching Zoe Saldana in action...the > plot, which shows promise at the beginning, doesn't deliver and requires > great leaps of faith, IMO. > > > >> ________________________________ >> From: Bhairitu<noozg...@sbcglobal.net> >> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 9:20 AM >> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SECOND Open [non-performance] Letter to >> Ravi Chivukula >> >> >> >> On 12/20/2011 01:03 AM, turquoiseb wrote: >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1"<steve.sundur@...> >>> wrote: >>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb<no_reply@> wrote: >>>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" steve.sundur@ >>>> wrote: >>>>>> People will draw their own conclusion about what motivates >>>>>> people here. >>>>> If their lives are so empty that that's what gets them >>>>> off, so be it. :-) >>>> This is where I think yourself open to some criticism. >>>> I guess you could say that someone who seems to watch >>>> a tremendous amount of television and movies might have >>>> a pretty empty life. Just sayin. >>> Ah, the "putdown at the end of the post" you rail against >>> so often. Good to see that you walk your talk. :-) >>> >>> I confess to watching a lot of movies and TV. Mea culpa. >>> But I don't feel particularly bad about it because, like >>> FFL, they are free (for me, anyway), and even the worst >>> TV show or movie on my watch list is more interesting >>> (and far more entertaining) than listening to people >>> talk endlessly about 1) theoretical spiritual BS they've >>> already debated dozens of times before, 2) some supposedly >>> enlightened guy they never met but are convinced was not >>> only enlightened but more enlightened than any guy you >>> ever met, 3) their own supposed enlightenment, or 4) why >>> other people should dislike the people they don't like. >>> >>> If those things appeal to you, and you find them more >>> interesting than TV or movies, I say go for it. You've >>> found an endless supply of them on FFL. I'll stick to >>> the media, thanks. Less ego, and to tell the truth, >>> fewer commercials. :-) >>> >>> Are you sure you're just not a little ticked off because >>> I find a TV series about a serial killer more evolved >>> than anything I've read on Fairfield Life in years? >>> Same with "Homeland." There are more teachings about >>> compassion in one episode of either series than MMY >>> ever taught about the subject in his entire life. >> I was hoping that "Enlightened" might be FFL on TV which would make for >> either a great comedy or an insane thriller. But that didn't happen. I >> watch stuff on a TV as a "wind down" at the end of the day. I've spent >> my day reading things on close computer monitors and to look at a screen >> 8' away is relaxing on my eyes. A friend who is an optometrist agrees >> with that. So if I'm going to spend a couple hours watching something I >> prefer something worth watching. Broadcast TV isn't that and I think >> that is what some of the folks here think we're watching. Why watch a >> contrived series tamed down because Hollywood is afraid of offending >> mid-westerners and thus losing advertisers. I stick to the cable and >> premium networks and more these days to movies on Netflix streaming. >> Those are worth watching. >> >> That is a segue to mention that indeed Netflix sent out "Midnight in >> Paris" on Bluray to watch tonight. They also offered a "bonus" disc for >> the holidays and are sending "Columbiana" which also released this week. >> >> And I often take some of those YouTube videos I recommend such as the >> excellent BBC series "How the West Went Bust" and play them on my 53" >> screen. That series really nails the problem. Our "free market" >> Austrian arm chair economists on FFL won't like it though. >> >> >> >> >>
