What Are You Watching - Page 81

Greg Anos · 09-19-2023, 08:23 PM

Hitch, I watch reruns - on discs. I find shows much more entertaining WITHOUT commercials.

Plus, I find modern shows too much "in your face". The older stuff has better development of story and character. The old stuff is like a conversation; the modern stuff is like a shouting match.

Some samples:

Banachek
It Takes A Thief
Search
Burke's Law
Laugh-in (tonight's watching)
various British Comedies

DiapDealer · 09-20-2023, 11:20 AM

I'm looking for McCloud (and possibly McMillan & Wife) streaming legally somewhere. Who's hording the rights to 7 seasons of Dennis Weaver for goodness sake?

Greg Anos · 09-20-2023, 01:41 PM

Universal, I think. It might be NBC. Apparently no one thinks it's worth the licensing cost. Other rights have been cleared, you can buy the entire series as a block on DVD. Hec Ramsey has never been cleared (Richard Boone's estate hasn't reached settlement, ever), so no DVD or anything else.

It's about the Benjamins.

DiapDealer · 09-20-2023, 01:47 PM

Having to buy a DVD player as well as the DVDs is not a place I'm willing to go. Too buggy whip maker for me. I appreciate the info, but I think I'm going to hold out for the eventual streaming rights. It's just that every now and again, I think of Dennis, and that coat!

Greg Anos · 09-20-2023, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Having to buy a DVD player as well as the DVDs is not a place I'm willing to go. Too buggy whip maker for me. I appreciate the info, but I think I'm going to hold out for the eventual streaming rights. It's just that every now and again, I think of Dennis, and that coat!

Shrug. To each his own. I'm watching McCloud every other week now (swap with Columbo). When I run out of Columbos, I will follow up with Midsomer Murders.)

issybird · 09-22-2023, 12:35 PM

OK, this sounds like tons of fun for anyone who grew up watching television. I'm linking to the book here because tv, of course.

https://www.chroniclebooks.com/produ...nd-the-screens

Hitch · 09-22-2023, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

OK, this sounds like tons of fun for anyone who grew up watching television. I'm linking to the book here because tv, of course.

https://www.chroniclebooks.com/produ...nd-the-screens

But, does it have Gomez and Morticia's place??????

Hitch

Rumpelteazer · 09-23-2023, 02:03 PM

It's Saturday so movie night. I think tonight I'm going to rewatch The Shining. It's been a while.

If I want to watch anything else tonight I might watch the first episode of The Continental on Prime.

Hitch · 09-23-2023, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

It's Saturday so movie night. I think tonight I'm going to rewatch The Shining. It's been a while.

If I want to watch anything else tonight I might watch the first episode of The Continental on Prime.

I just finally saw JWIV (wick 4) and honestly...I thought it was interminably boring. I was very very disappointed. And I really liked (other than that thing in the first movie that worked everybody up into a lather) the first 3. I did think that the third movie got a bit repetitious too, especially after he leaves Africa and flies back to NYC, but this one?

It was like lather-rinse-repeat. Go to new international location, lather-rinse-repeat and so on to the end.

Everybody's entitled to their own opinion, of course, but man, I was very bummed by it.

Hitch

Karellen · 09-23-2023, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hitch

I(other than that thing in the first movie that worked everybody up into a lather)

What worked everybody up in a lather?
I am not aware of any widespread negative comments about the first movie.

Hitch · 09-23-2023, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karellen

What worked everybody up in a lather?
I am not aware of any widespread negative comments about the first movie.

Puppy.

Hitch

Karellen · 09-23-2023, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hitch

Puppy.

Interesting. I never read or heard anything about it being a problem.
Thanks.

poohbear_nc · 09-24-2023, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hitch

Puppy.

Hitch

In a weird coalescence of coincidences - I turned on the SyFy TV channel after reading this post ... and guess which scene in which movie was on the screen? Puppy indeed!

Greg Anos · 09-24-2023, 11:34 PM

I'm watching vintage travel shorts. (Traveltime technicolor shorts from 1934-1938)

mlewis78 · 09-25-2023, 03:46 AM

I watched The Apartment (1960 - Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray) Sunday evening. It was so good! Watched on DVR. It was on my PBS station Saturday night.

Aside from the acting and story, there were signs of the old offices -- IBM typewriters that were used before Selectrics. Rol-a-dexes and flip page a day desk calendars. We used them until the late 1990s!

09-20-2023, 01:41 PM	#1203
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,546 Karma: 37057604 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	Universal, I think. It might be NBC. Apparently no one thinks it's worth the licensing cost. Other rights have been cleared, you can buy the entire series as a block on DVD. Hec Ramsey has never been cleared (Richard Boone's estate hasn't reached settlement, ever), so no DVD or anything else. It's about the Benjamins. Last edited by Greg Anos; 09-20-2023 at 01:43 PM.

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09-19-2023, 08:23 PM	#1201
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,546 Karma: 37057604 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	Hitch, I watch reruns - on discs. I find shows much more entertaining WITHOUT commercials. Plus, I find modern shows too much "in your face". The older stuff has better development of story and character. The old stuff is like a conversation; the modern stuff is like a shouting match. Some samples: Banachek It Takes A Thief Search Burke's Law Laugh-in (tonight's watching) various British Comedies

09-20-2023, 11:20 AM	#1202
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,892 Karma: 207182180 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I'm looking for McCloud (and possibly McMillan & Wife) streaming legally somewhere. Who's hording the rights to 7 seasons of Dennis Weaver for goodness sake?

09-20-2023, 01:47 PM	#1204
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,892 Karma: 207182180 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Having to buy a DVD player as well as the DVDs is not a place I'm willing to go. Too buggy whip maker for me. I appreciate the info, but I think I'm going to hold out for the eventual streaming rights. It's just that every now and again, I think of Dennis, and that coat!

09-22-2023, 12:35 PM	#1206
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,521 Karma: 236076651 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	OK, this sounds like tons of fun for anyone who grew up watching television. I'm linking to the book here because tv, of course. https://www.chroniclebooks.com/produ...nd-the-screens

09-23-2023, 02:03 PM	#1208
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,401 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	It's Saturday so movie night. I think tonight I'm going to rewatch The Shining. It's been a while. If I want to watch anything else tonight I might watch the first episode of The Continental on Prime.

09-24-2023, 11:34 PM	#1214
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,546 Karma: 37057604 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	I'm watching vintage travel shorts. (Traveltime technicolor shorts from 1934-1938)

09-25-2023, 03:46 AM	#1215
mlewis78 Guru Posts: 915 Karma: 6449772 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New York City Device: Kindle Oasis 2 (7"); HDX 8.9"; Ipad2	I watched The Apartment (1960 - Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray) Sunday evening. It was so good! Watched on DVR. It was on my PBS station Saturday night. Aside from the acting and story, there were signs of the old offices -- IBM typewriters that were used before Selectrics. Rol-a-dexes and flip page a day desk calendars. We used them until the late 1990s!