No, it was a comment that I "hoped" you really weren't watching the show
on a small laptop screen. The 55" TV I have was only $500 and NOT a
smart TV. So very affordable by most anyone here. It is the right size
for the living room. I did not buy it for bragging rights.
And I don't care what you have either. Whatever floats your boat. I
think Alex has better bragging rights and a better Internet connection
to boot.
I noticed the genre styles of the episodes because I watch shows from
places all over the world. But I would think to most viewers it would
become obvious after a while. I first noticed it with the cop segments
then the humor in the Mexican one then the obvious homage to Bollywood.
On 06/07/2015 09:37 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
*/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?" :-)/*
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*/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. :-) :-) :-)/*
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*/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.../*
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*/Isn't this cool? Only YOU know whether you really deserve praise or
scorn. :-) :-) :-)/*
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*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
<mailto: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.
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*/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.
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/*/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.
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/*/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. /*/
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/*/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." /*/
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/*/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." /*/
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/*/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./*/
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/*/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. /*
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/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./
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/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.)
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/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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