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Streaming Recommendations (Netflix, HBO, Amazon, etc.)
August 9th, 2018 at 4:31:42 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
It is different with cars. They went thru big changes in the early 1960s and bigger the early 1980s. 10 years old was once ancient, few people had cars that old. Now the median age is about 11 years. But I keep realizing how old my only suit is. Like Adams, I kind of hope to never need another. The President is a fink. |
August 9th, 2018 at 8:52:42 PM permalink | |
zippyboy Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 2 Posts: 665 |
I graduated HS in 1982, and I was driving a 1969 Oldsmobile 442, a 13 year old car (I paid $1600 for it then). I now drive both a 2004 BMW Z4 (14 year old car) and a 1999 Jeep Wrangler (19 year old car). They both run beautifully and don't seem old to me at all. |
August 9th, 2018 at 10:05:56 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
In 82 I was driving a 68 Lincoln, with suicide doors. 14 years old, it was considered a vintage car from another era. I have 2004 Saturn that nobody considers vintage or from any era. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
August 10th, 2018 at 3:16:50 PM permalink | |
Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | There’s a Netflix series called “Fastest Car” which revolves around a 4 car drag race at the end of each episode. The twist is that three of the cars are “sleepers”, older model cars and trucks that have been performance modified by their owners, and the fourth car is an exotic factory “supercar” like a Ferrari or Lamborghini. The bulk of the show revolves around profiles of the drivers and their preparations for the race, and the last 10 minutes is the race. It is very well done for a reality show, with the producers often getting tears from their subjects as they reminisce about a dead friend or relative who supported them. The language is uncensored so be warned, as the gearhead community certainly knows how to use curse words for punctuation. |
August 12th, 2018 at 12:55:03 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | 'Veep' is on Prime, I suffered through 3 episodes. Good god, what garbage. You have a totally vain and unlikable VP played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus. She's surrounded by a totally unlikable staff that all hate each other. The show consists of them being in a crisis meltdown every minute, and hurling insulting barbs at each other. And somebody uses a four letter word in every sentence, usually the F word. The show isn't funny, it's depressing. No character is in the least bit likable, and the constant demeaning of each other, why would people watch crap like this. It must be made for Libs, maybe they think it's funny. It makes me feel like like it's robbing me of IQ points as I'm watching.. Added later: I should have read the reviews first. 9000 reviews, 3000 of them are 1 and 2 stars. People who feel exactly as I do. I read 'boring' and 'annoying' over and over. And nobody in any office uses that much foul language, it's rude and would never be tolerated. Go and read the negative reviews, they're way better written than this juvenile show. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
August 12th, 2018 at 4:46:01 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Those are one of my all-time favorite luxury 4-door cars. Just such clean styling. Lincoln tried to bring the Continental back, but because it was not an instant hit they are dropping it. Huge mistake as it would have been a great Black Car and limo base. If they were smart they would jack build one off the Explorer platform, just figure a way to make a car jacked up on suspension look good. The President is a fink. |
August 12th, 2018 at 5:07:33 AM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11786 | Netflix Gantz : 0 Anime movie from Japan Anime has come a long way from hand drawn to computer graphics The computer graphics are really good in this movie It can be watched alone but you have a lot of WTF moments as you learn the game the characters are forced to play I already watched the anime series "Gantz" years ago that preceded the movie so I knew exactly what was going on The whole plot is kind of a twilight zone episode. Its very bizarre. You are in a car accident, or murdered or heart attack, die and then you wake up in a room with other people that died and now wake up in the same room There is nothing in the room but a huge round machine called Gantz that now control their 2nd lives that sets up dangerous survival contests and transports you there out of the room. I enjoyed the movie Anime is struggling in Japan. Hopefully the transition from hand drawn to computer graphics will revive the industry The below is in Japanese but the movie on Netflix is dubbed in English Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
August 12th, 2018 at 12:26:25 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | There is a project in Japan to use CGI to generate a real looking girl The images in Gantz are pretty impressive today, but they are clearly CGI. |
August 16th, 2018 at 12:20:54 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | Anybody notice Nflix has totally dumped it user reviews? Gone, poof. You can no longer see what others think of the shite that passes for entertainment that Nflix spews out. I'll never watch any of their self produced crap now, most of it blows and I'm not wasting my time on it. Prime is soooo much better, never seen a series there I didn't like. That's why they got rid of the reviews, too many people hating their crappy shows. Nflix is very secretive. They never release ratings, and now the reviews are gone. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
August 16th, 2018 at 2:31:41 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
I am close to pulling the plug on Netflix at least for a few months. Just not watching like I did 4 years ago. Haven't even tuned in part of OitNB to see the ladies in the new, tougher prison. That show is now awful. The President is a fink. |