What was the last TV Show or Movie you saw, and did you like it?

[RJ]

Rewatched Ronin for the umpteenth time.

Love the M5 chase scene.

[DEG]

Love Ronin.

I just watched Serenity again. I don't know how many times I've watched that movie, but it rivals the number of times I've read the first three books in the Dune series.

[Dagga Boy]

Just watched Forsaken with Kiefer and Donald Sutherland. Simply good western with gorgeous scenery. I enjoyed it.

[1911Nut]

Lonesome Dove. Again. Still the best.

[11B10]

Rewatched Ronin for the umpteenth time.

Love the M5 chase scene.

I completely forgot about that chase scene! Thanks for "making my day!"

[LOKNLOD]

Blindspot this year, both of which are silly, but fun, if you're looking for something current to turn your brain off to.

We've been enjoying Blindspot.


We're also hooked on "The 100". It's a crappy CW sci-fi/adventure/drama - premise is far fetched, but entertaining enough. But it sucked us in on Netflix over Christmas break just in time to start season 3 live. I will say they've made lots of plot decisions that have just about turned me off of it, but I'm hanging in here. The first season was good, the second season started good and ended lamely, and the third season is just starting to pick up. As you might expect, it's heavy on the CW-level "previouly sheltered, attractive teenage girls transform naturally into complete badasses when the chips are down" BS.

[voodoo_man]

Was talking to my wife about the Olympics (she met a gold medalist female rower few days ago) and she was saying how the US team has security with them all the time when they are at the games. I told her it was probably, at least in part, due to what happened in Munich. She looked at me as though I grew a third head.

So we sat down and watched Munich (2005). Nearly 3 hours and a little on the slow side at times, but explains the event and the aftermath well enough.

[Chance]

“Killing Them Safely” (Netflix). Theoretically about how TASER International continued to insist their product was harmless despite mounting anecdotal, and eventually scientific, evidence. Mostly about how people tased by the cops are actually the victims, and are in no way responsible for what happened to them. If you’re only vaguely familiar with the history of TASER, it might be worth a watch, but prepare to be frustrated. It did, at least, emphasize that many of the cases of police “over-use” were because the company kept insisting nothing bad would happen, and police training reflecting that. The footage of the pig’s heart being captured by the impulse, and then collapsing into v-fib, was absolutely amazing. It’s one thing to understand what a “heart attack” is, and another entirely to see it happen on live tissue.

“Respectable: The Mary Millington Story” (Netflix). A documentary about the woman that would become Britain’s first porn star, and then eventually die of an intentional drug overdose under suspicious circumstances. Makes for an interesting look into the ‘70s, and how the porn/censorship war played out in Europe. It’s put together well, but I guess it’s the fact that this is another in a long, long line of stories about “fame, then fortune, then drugs, then tragedy” that left me a little bored by the end. There are numerous clips of her films, so avoid if that’s not your thing.

“Code Black” (Netflix). About the evolution of emergency medicine at LA county hospital (arguably where the field of emergency medicine was born), and their initial encounters with the brilliance of health care policy. It’s a little unfocused, and routinely switches between the physicians that work there, the history of emergency medicine, the stupidity of many modern health care laws, and how all of the above play into the present situation at the hospital. I didn’t really learn anything, but if you like real-life shows about medicine (i.e., ‘NY Med’ and others), you’ll enjoy this. Extremely graphic depictions of surgery – I can’t recall them blurring out anything, so if you’re squeamish, avoid.

“Lemmy” (Netflix). About the frontman of Motorhead, who died not too long ago. A must watch if you’re into heavy metal. Very cool to see people from some of my favorite bands, particularly Metallica, talk about their lineage. Lemmy seemed like a surprisingly grounded guy for being a rock god, and the documentary was put together very well. If you’ve no interest in the evolution of rock, don’t bother.

[TR675]

Cartel Land, about the Autodefensas fighting the Knights Templar in Michoacan and the Arizona Border Recon.

The segments about the ABR are just sad, but the ones focusing on the Autodefensas are terrifying.

[MDS]

Been watching a fun show called Mr. Robot. Which, you know, has Christian Slater in it. Plus it's Christian Slater blowing stuff up like a cameo from Heathers. If they just give me a glimpse of him running a pirate radio station, I'll watch every episode and buy all the tie-ins.

Oh, there's also some kind of hacking stuff going on. Better than Hackers but worse than Sneakers.