When did "My home theater screen is bigger and higher resolution than your home
theater screen" become the hipster version of "My dick is bigger than yours?"
:-)
Don't get all non-pirate self-righteous on me. I can download anything you name
in 1080p (or if I want, 4K), and within a day of the time you can download it
and pay for it. Then, after I have downloaded it, I can access it via WiFi any
of my available TVs/monitors. The biggest of them is 58 inches diagonally, at
4K resolution. Hope I didn't harsh your virtual hard-on. :-) :-) :-)
That said (of necessity, because you seem to have this annoying *need* to be a
dick, even though you may say some occasionally interesting things), the
insight about the stories in the different locations reflecting the cinematic
histories of those locations is pretty good. If you thought that up on your
own, deep bow. On the other hand, if you just ripped it off from someone else
and reposted it here to sound more hip, uh...
Isn't this cool? Only YOU know whether you really deserve praise or scorn.
:-) :-) :-)
From: "Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2015 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transpiritual Experiences
Another point about "Sense8" is that each of the interweaved storylines
is told in the style of TV or movies for that locale. For instance the Chicago
cop story ls like a police procedural, the Mexican actor like a telenovela
replete with the humor (think "Jane the Virgin"). The Indian one like a
Bollywood comedy. The Kenyan one like a third world thriller, etc.
I also think I spotted a friend and former co-worker in the title sequence.
He is a San Francisco actor, playwrite and mime. I especially recognize his
smile.
I hope you aren't watching this on a small laptop since after all Netflix is
available in the Netherlands and they have taken lengths to be sure they have
subtitles and dubs for these releases. They list the credits for those after
the end credits run. I'm watching on a 55" TV with a surround system of
Klipsch speakers. The episodes have great audio mixes and the 1080p encoding
excellent. I finished episode 4 last night.
We disagree on some shows. For a broadcast TV series I thought "Aquarius" was
very good and too bad you didn't give "American Crime" more of a chance because
it was superb. The full season is available on Hulu. Technically "Game of
Thrones" and "Orphan Black" are cable network shows not broadcast. "Thrones"
is not my cuppa tea as I tried it when I had cable as well as "Ophan Black"
which I felt was more of an acting exercise.
I get most of my show tips from a forum that specializes in home theater
viewing. It even includes folks who work on these series and a daily thread
with article about upcoming shows, as well as ratings and cancellation info. I
read yesterday that "Mr. Robot" will be on Netflix this summer probably after
it finishes on the USA cable network. Perhaps like "Continuum" Netflix
invested money in it.
On 06/07/2015 03:13 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
I have the luxury of having a whole weekend off with no work I have to do,
so I admit to having binge-watched this series ("Sense8") a bit. I did this
even though as Michael said the Wachowskis have only made one good move, a few
mediocre movies, and a few really, really awful movies. And I must say that my
hopefulness and willingness to give them a break have paid off -- I'm now on
episode 6 of "Sense8" and I've quite enjoyed the ride so far.
Part of it, as you suggest, is the "group mind" thing. I find that this
concept is handled pretty well in the series, especially at the beginning when
these 8 people from all over the world who suddenly find themselves mind-linked
are spending most of their time saying "WTF???!" and wondering what is going
on. I find the "travelogue" nature of the show -- literally bouncing from
Chicago to London to Nairobi to Seoul to Mexico City to Mumbai to San Francisco
to Berlin -- fascinating, and enjoy the way the various directors have
presented the visuals of these different places. That's another thing -- there
really are "various directors," and not just the Wachowskis. Tom Tykwer ("Run
Lola Run," "Perfume: Story of a Murderer") directed the most recent episode I
watched.
As for the mystery of how I find the movies and TV shows I recommend, I have
to shrug my shoulders like Johnny Depp and say, "Pirate!" Really. You have to
remember that I don't have to actually pay for *any* of these things I watch.
I *do* still buy DVD sets for great films or series I enjoy if I want to see
the "extras" or the "making of" specials, and I still go out to the cinema if
it's a film that I feel really has to be seen up on the big screen (like the
recent "Mad Max: Fury Road"), but mainly I get my "leads" just from my own
intuition and a lifetime of experience as a fan of the cinema. I'll just scan
down a list of the new movies and TV shows available on my torrent feed, and
when I encounter one I don't know, I just look it up quickly on IMDB and if it
sounds interesting either because of the cast or the director of whatever, I'll
just download it and give it a shot. I live in a pirate-friendly country, and
so literally have nothing to lose but a little time if I make a bad intuitive
choice. But most of the time my guesses are pretty good.
What I *don't* do is read other people's reviews, either of TV or movies. I
*write* such reviews under a number of different names ! for a number of
different publications, and so to keep from being influenced by other critics'
words, I don't read them. The only time I ever really read someone's review of
a movie or TV show is *after* I have seen it.
All of this said, I'm finding "Sense8" quite enjoyable and to be a somewhat
quality production, whereas I found the recent "Aquarius" to be mediocre in the
extreme -- I wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless they're feeling nostalgic
for the "look and feel" of California in 1967. The only movie that's really
knocked my socks off lately was "Ex Machina" and the only three series that are
currently being broadcast (that is, not currently on hiatus) that I really
*love* are "Game Of Thrones," "Orphan Black," and "Hannibal." If I'm feeling in
a Gothic mood, I watch "Penny Dreadful" and the new "Jonathan Strange & Mr
Norrell."
I will *sorely* miss "Justified," which ended recently, and my favorites
among the shows that recently finished for the season were "Outlander" and
"Dig" and "The Knick" and "The Blacklist" and "12 Monkeys."
The *single* best TV episodes I've seen in recent months were the "Hardhome"
episode (S05E08) of "Game Of Thrones" and the "Antipasto" episode (S03E01) of
"Hannibal." Both pretty much constitute "state of the art" when it comes to
television writing, casting, acting, production, and directing.
BTW, thanks for talking about something you enjoy, and allowing me to do the
same. This is the point that Salyavin was trying to make about the "Oh I'm!
being abused by trolls" whiners. They never really *contribute* anything to
FFL. One gets the very real feeling that they don't actually have anything in
their lives that they DO enjoy, because if they do, they *never* mention it on
Fairfield. Life.
From: "s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2015 1:05 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transpiritual Experiences
Thanks for the recommendation. I've always (since I was a teen) had a
soft spot for worldviews that suggest there is in reality only One Self which
appears to "us" as many separate selves. So the basic plot device in which the
division between individuals starts to break down could be a parable hinting at
the same philosophy.
One of the advantages of visiting FFL is that you do get to hear of offbeat
movies that for sure I would never have encountered elsewhere. (As we know,
Barry is the prime source. God knows where he learns of those obscure titles he
writes about.)
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote :
I watched the first episode of "Sense8" by the creators of "The Matrix"
and "Babylon 5" on Netflix last night. Probably not for everyone here
but it's about 8 people from different places in the world who keep
experiencing each others lives. Daryl Hannah really gets around in this
one. There's a lot of beautiful cinematography too including scenes
shot in San Francisco. All episodes are currently available if you want
to binge watch. Bet someone is now.
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