What Are You Watching Right Now?

Mindy · 04-26-2020, 06:43 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ygW0fSnjg

**Frownland** · 04-27-2020, 07:45 PM

Damn, he really got ****ed by the industry.

**Frownland** · 04-29-2020, 01:13 PM

OccultHawk · 04-29-2020, 01:57 PM

I watched the Chucky movie with Aubrey Plaza recently.

They should’ve showed off her sexiness more. Pretty good movie though. That doll is crazy!

Lisnaholic · 04-29-2020, 05:50 PM

Trawling though Netflix for something decent to watch, I tried the series, Living With Yourself, which started out promisingly as it explores an intriguing idea/dilemma that results from a freak accident. It stars Paul Rudd, who I recognised as a boyfriend who passed through Friends at one point. He's a decent enough actor, but in LWY he really has too heavy a burden to carry, as the series decends into many typical Netflix failings:-

>It's too long.
> It chops the chronology around to little purpose other than to confuse.
> Like my complaint with Ozark, there are some under-lit scenes that probably look arty if you're lucky enough to be watching from the director's personal screening room, but don't work so well in my house.

So, what appears at first to be a light intellectual exploration of an unusual paradox suddenly backtracks to a time before the crucial accident, when nothing was unusual, and yet we are expected to slog through the dreary fertility problems of a couple that I was fast losing interest in. A woman sitting on a toilet was once a sign of edgy realism in a movie; why put it into this series, which is neither real nor edgy? ( In fact, LWY starts out with an interesting idea but soon degenerates into a limping rom-com without much com.) Anyway, that was the visual cliché that made me give up on Paul Rudd's banal problems and head for the "search" page again, in the dwindling belief that there are good things on Netflix, but somehow I haven't hit on them yet.

**Frownland** · 04-29-2020, 05:59 PM

Have you watched Black Mirror at all? That's a solid Netflix series that avoids the underlighting issue that you're having. Money Heist is fun and well lit too, but it's a bit soapy and drawn out.

Lisnaholic · 04-30-2020, 07:06 AM

^

Thank you for considering my lighting issue, which grindy says I should remedy by buying curtains!

Yes, I did watch Money Heist, which was quite enjoyable, and will now give Black Mirror a go. Several students have recommended it to me - but then warned me that it was confusing.
In the meantime, I'm watching "The Innocence Files" which is non-fiction about miscarriages of justice. Because they actually want to tell their stories, rather than entertain and show off the director's artistic flair, the episodes are clear, well-lit, chronological accounts, mainly about people getting chewed up by the US justice system.
The story itself is sufficient, so they don't need a lot of stylistic add-ons, and that's where my preference is heading at the moment.

The Batlord · 04-30-2020, 07:14 AM

And if you have Venetian blinds then turn them up instead of down for better light control.

Lisnaholic · 04-30-2020, 08:02 AM

^ Nothing so sophisticated in my house, Batlord!

Plankton · 04-30-2020, 08:55 AM

I've been getting reacquainted with Grace Under Fire, Night Court, and Home Improvement which are bg fodder while I work. I had the Lucy Show on for a bit, but the blaring 50's horn blurts in the cut scenes were a bit much. At least Night Court has a great bass line.

04-27-2020, 07:45 PM	#1602 (permalink)
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04-29-2020, 01:13 PM	#1603 (permalink)
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04-29-2020, 05:50 PM	#1605 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Trawling though Netflix for something decent to watch, I tried the series, Living With Yourself, which started out promisingly as it explores an intriguing idea/dilemma that results from a freak accident. It stars Paul Rudd, who I recognised as a boyfriend who passed through Friends at one point. He's a decent enough actor, but in LWY he really has too heavy a burden to carry, as the series decends into many typical Netflix failings:- >It's too long. > It chops the chronology around to little purpose other than to confuse. > Like my complaint with Ozark, there are some under-lit scenes that probably look arty if you're lucky enough to be watching from the director's personal screening room, but don't work so well in my house. So, what appears at first to be a light intellectual exploration of an unusual paradox suddenly backtracks to a time before the crucial accident, when nothing was unusual, and yet we are expected to slog through the dreary fertility problems of a couple that I was fast losing interest in. A woman sitting on a toilet was once a sign of edgy realism in a movie; why put it into this series, which is neither real nor edgy? ( In fact, LWY starts out with an interesting idea but soon degenerates into a limping rom-com without much com.) Anyway, that was the visual cliché that made me give up on Paul Rudd's banal problems and head for the "search" page again, in the dwindling belief that there are good things on Netflix, but somehow I haven't hit on them yet. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

04-29-2020, 05:59 PM	#1606 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Have you watched Black Mirror at all? That's a solid Netflix series that avoids the underlighting issue that you're having. Money Heist is fun and well lit too, but it's a bit soapy and drawn out. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

04-26-2020, 06:43 PM	#1601 (permalink)
Mindy ask me about cosmology Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 9,013	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ygW0fSnjg

04-30-2020, 07:06 AM	#1607 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	^ Thank you for considering my lighting issue, which grindy says I should remedy by buying curtains! Yes, I did watch Money Heist, which was quite enjoyable, and will now give Black Mirror a go. Several students have recommended it to me - but then warned me that it was confusing. In the meantime, I'm watching "The Innocence Files" which is non-fiction about miscarriages of justice. Because they actually want to tell their stories, rather than entertain and show off the director's artistic flair, the episodes are clear, well-lit, chronological accounts, mainly about people getting chewed up by the US justice system. The story itself is sufficient, so they don't need a lot of stylistic add-ons, and that's where my preference is heading at the moment. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

04-30-2020, 08:02 AM	#1609 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	^ Nothing so sophisticated in my house, Batlord! __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

04-30-2020, 08:55 AM	#1610 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	I've been getting reacquainted with Grace Under Fire, Night Court, and Home Improvement which are bg fodder while I work. I had the Lucy Show on for a bit, but the blaring 50's horn blurts in the cut scenes were a bit much. At least Night Court has a great bass line. __________________ See location...