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Post by brutalis on Sept 26, 2020 10:15:11 GMT -5
I miss getting the weekly TV Guide when I was a kid and circling all the show's I wanted to watch. Same here. Made my recording for the week much easier and could plan it out. As a youngster into my teen's my grandfather on my mom's side who loved 3 streets over from us named me Mr.TV (all us grand kids were given nicknames) because each week after reviewing the TV Guide I had everything memorized. He took joy in calling me up each day to see what was on that night. Gramps enjoyed using me that it got to the point my grandparents stopped buying TV Guide LOL |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2020 16:26:12 GMT -5
And it was a big deal when I got my own 13 inch B&W TV with rabbit ears for my bedroom for my high school graduation. Even though the TV in the living room was a 25in color TV hooked to an outdoor antenna I was ecstatic to have my own.
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Post by brutalis on Sept 26, 2020 19:49:27 GMT -5
And it was a big deal when I got my own 13 inch B&W TV with rabbit ears for my bedroom for my high school graduation. Even though the TV in the living room was a 25in color TV hooked to an outdoor antenna I was ecstatic to have my own. As I wrote before somewhere else, my 1st paycheck in July 1980 after graduating from high school was to buy my own color TV. Now I could watch what I wanted without having to deal with family choices. Oh great day in heaven indeed! Of course what happens in reality? My dad begins crashing in my room where he could fall asleep in my bed during the weekend instead of on the couch. Fair enough, then I took over the living room! A win is a win no matter how you win👍 |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2020 19:55:50 GMT -5
I kept that 13 inch TV for 30 years. Finally got rid of it when over the air stations went digital. I used it on the porch to watch baseball games for years.
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Post by brutalis on Sept 26, 2020 20:40:17 GMT -5
I kept that 13 inch TV for 30 years. Finally got rid of it when over the air stations went digital. I used it on the porch to watch baseball games for years. Mine was an RCA 15 inch color and it too lasted me nearly 30 years. The channel changer had finally broke, but that was no problem as I had cable and used the cable box or VCR for channel surfing. Finally a tube or some other internal thing gave out and then it was only black and white. Like you, set it up on the back porch until it died. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2020 8:06:27 GMT -5
So what am I watching now? Very little. I am tired of being inside (the summer was so hot) so I spend most days outside on my deck with the nice fall weather.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2020 8:36:15 GMT -5
Caught up on the last three episodes of Millionaire Detective last night, and then realized they were the actual last three episodes. I'm gonna miss the series, but I hold onto a very slim sliver of hope that popularity permitting we get future seasons (or perhaps a manga continuation).
I've seen it described as Japanese Batman, but I think that only really works if you think any rich person with childhood trauma is the ____ Batman. Daisuke is just a rich guy who decides to become a police detective. There are no secret identities or super-powered characters. His personality isn't even really similar to Bruce Wayne (that I've read). Although he does have a super computer like the one in the Batcave.
It's a pretty short series, at only eleven episodes, and while the first three are fairly episodic, they serve to develop the Daisuke and Haru characters, and it does have a major over-arching plot that takes over the last two-thirds or so of the series.
It's on Funimation, which I believe you can still watch for free if you don't mind ads, and they seem to be dubbing an episode per week (currently up through the third), if subtitles bother you.
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Post by Batflunkie on Sept 27, 2020 10:51:29 GMT -5
So what am I watching now? Very little. I am tired of being inside (the summer was so hot) so I spend most days outside on my deck with the nice fall weather. All I watch on TV these days is Friday Night Smackdown, PBS Newshour, Svengoolie, and occasionally Fox's Sunday Night animation block |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 8, 2020 15:12:19 GMT -5
Does Youtube count?
'Cause Julie Nolke is just killing it with her time-traveling alter ego and her drunk mirror-self. The lady is very funny!!!
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 10, 2020 16:57:20 GMT -5
I really enjoyed Away on Netflix. A show about astronauts would of course intrigue me no matter what, but that one really hooked me. It's a bit subdued, with no sudden revoltin' development, and is all the more believable for that. If the ending doesn't make you cheer, you have a heart of stone!!!  |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 13, 2020 10:52:10 GMT -5
I'm actually watching two TV shows for the first time. I am watching China Beach via Netflix's DVD service with my wife. And Avatar The Last Airbender with my son.
Just sent the first DVD disc back to Netflix for the next one. Most Vietnam stuff I've watched is depressing, surreal, violent and the stuff of nightmares. Which rightfully so as the men and women that did survive the conflict have been traumatized. But I like that I don't have to worry about that with China Beach. My wife, who has already seen it before, assumes me there's no Platoon moments in it. So I can watch with a little more ease.
Avatar is a pretty fun and interesting show so far. I haven't watched a new anime (though technically Avatar isn't an anime as it is American but it is meant to emulate anime) since the early 2000's. Most modern anime is a turn off for various reasons. None of which exist in Avatar. It's also got some great voice acting, including Mark Hamill and other voice actors I know from other english dubbed anime and video games. There's also a giant flying buffalo that they travel on. So there's that yeah.
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 13, 2020 21:24:16 GMT -5
Just signed up for HBO Max since A. DC Universe is going away I knew it and B. despite the fact it only works on my bedroom tv and not my living room tv
Saw Lovecraft County episode 1 and I'm already in love
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Post by Batflunkie on Oct 14, 2020 8:43:39 GMT -5
Just signed up for HBO Max since A. DC Universe is going away I knew it and B. despite the fact it only works on my bedroom tv and not my living room tv Saw Lovecraft County episode 1 and I'm already in love I've been thinking about getting HBO Max myself mostly for all the older Cartoon Network shows and the Sopranos |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2020 9:07:52 GMT -5
I picked up the DVD set of the original Transformers, so I'll slowly be working my way through that between episodes of Expanse, Eureka and Wynonna Earp.
I must say, the Decepticons were much cooler than the Autobots. Megatron, Starscream and Soundwave are all great, but the Autobots are just Optimus Prime and a bunch of dweebs.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 29, 2020 9:56:12 GMT -5
Barbaren could be described in a nutshell as "Vikings, except with Romans". It is a dramatic retelling of the events leading to the battle of Teutoburg, in which three Roman legions were lost to German tribes led by one Arminius, in what is seen as one of history's most important military defeats -the kind that changes the course of history. (Here's actual footage of Emperor Augustus reacting to the news of the event!  ) Some liberties are taken for drama's sake, but that's par for the course: this is not a history lesson, it's a historical romance. The series is short and to the point (six episodes), and I love that the several factions depicted are not monolithic. No universal translator or Babelfish here, so the Romans and the German tribes speak Latin and (modern) German, respectively. The Roman army counts a lot of foreign soldiers, many of them German themselves. And "German" is not an identity in 9 AD; the Cherusci, Bructeri and Chatti we meet are as likely to betray each other to the Romans as not. It all adds a certain feel of authenticity to the proceedings. It's nice to see how a well-written and well-directed show can make the most of a limited budget, too. No big war machines, no panoramic shots of Rome, not even that many soldiers in camp scenes... but we believe it all anyway. Just a few CGI backdrops (of videogame quality, let's say) when absolutely necessary, and that's it. It's not reinventing the genre, but I thought it was a thoroughly enjoyable and sympathetic production. A nice surprise from Netflix.
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) Some liberties are taken for drama's sake, but that's par for the course: this is not a history lesson, it's a historical romance.