TV/Movies Megathread

[viper37]

I'd like to welcome Berkut to F1 fandom. Try to avoid falling into sim racing. Shit is expensive.

especially when they tow your car and suspend your driver's license.   

[Berkut]

I mean, I like the Rocky movies, but I still have no interest in watching boxing matches.

I'm trying to think ... I feel there was a documentary that really got me interested in a subject I previously had zero interest in, but I forget what it was ... 

So I've fallen into a deep rabbit hole on Youtube - watching sailing videos.  There's a bunch of different channels, all following the same basic model.  Either a single guy, or a couple or a family, live on a sailboat.  They send up regular updates on their lives and travels.  Many of the videos are surprisingly well put together - basically their full-time job is making youtube videos, which can be enough for a fairly decent income.

Anyways, it has gotten me interested to the point where I've been googling sailing lessons, although I don't think I'll take that particular plunge.

Beebs, come visit Rochester. I bought a sailboat last summer.

[Barrister]

I mean, I like the Rocky movies, but I still have no interest in watching boxing matches.

I'm trying to think ... I feel there was a documentary that really got me interested in a subject I previously had zero interest in, but I forget what it was ... 

So I've fallen into a deep rabbit hole on Youtube - watching sailing videos.  There's a bunch of different channels, all following the same basic model.  Either a single guy, or a couple or a family, live on a sailboat.  They send up regular updates on their lives and travels.  Many of the videos are surprisingly well put together - basically their full-time job is making youtube videos, which can be enough for a fairly decent income.

Anyways, it has gotten me interested to the point where I've been googling sailing lessons, although I don't think I'll take that particular plunge.

Beebs, come visit Rochester. I bought a sailboat last summer.

I know.     I wondered if I'd get a response from you.

There's a tiny problem with crossing the border these days though...

How much do you use and/or enjoy your sailboat?

[Berkut]

I mean, I like the Rocky movies, but I still have no interest in watching boxing matches.

I'm trying to think ... I feel there was a documentary that really got me interested in a subject I previously had zero interest in, but I forget what it was ... 

So I've fallen into a deep rabbit hole on Youtube - watching sailing videos.  There's a bunch of different channels, all following the same basic model.  Either a single guy, or a couple or a family, live on a sailboat.  They send up regular updates on their lives and travels.  Many of the videos are surprisingly well put together - basically their full-time job is making youtube videos, which can be enough for a fairly decent income.

Anyways, it has gotten me interested to the point where I've been googling sailing lessons, although I don't think I'll take that particular plunge.

Beebs, come visit Rochester. I bought a sailboat last summer.

I know.     I wondered if I'd get a response from you.

There's a tiny problem with crossing the border these days though...

How much do you use and/or enjoy your sailboat?

A lot last summer. My daughter turned out to love it as well, so we spent a lot of time sailing. Weather permitting, I went sailing pretty much every weekend and at least once or twice during the week.

I am actually taking tomorrow off to do some work on Wahoo while it is on the hard. Going to paint the bottom, wash it down, and buff/polish it.

[Maladict]

Our national hero, Jacques Villeneuve even beat him! 1997 was such an awesome F1 year for Quebec.

I remember the Jerez race very well, I was rooting for Villeneuve that year. Too bad about the disastrous move to BAR.

Still unsure what to make of Schumacher after all these years, such a divisive legacy. The only race I attended was Imola in 2003, his mother had died in the early morning of race day. He was there when it when it happened, flew into Italy hours later, overwhelmingly won the race and flew back home. I'm both impressed and repelled at the same time. That kind of single-mindedness is common in successful athletes, of course, but Schumacher always seemed to take it to an extreme.

[Tamas]

I never liked Schumacher, his dominance really hurt the sport but it can't be denied he was brilliant.

For me the "golden age" of F1 died with Senna, though.


EDIT: the last several years, every time I made an effort to get back into F1, it was all about who has what tyre compound and whether there's going to be an overtake during the pit stops. THRILLING. Not.

And of course seeing just how far the two McLarens is going to get ahead of everyone else. Snoozefest.

[The Brain]

I'm not a fan of the halo look.

[Maladict]

I'm not a fan of the halo look.

It's pretty ugly.
I prefer the approx. 2000-2010 look for F1 cars.

[The Larch]

And of course seeing just how far the two McLarens is going to get ahead of everyone else. Snoozefest.

The two Mercedes, you mean. 

I gave the show a try last night and ended up watching the first 3 episodes in a row. It is really well crafted, no wonder it can present F1 in a new, exciting light and bring new fans to it. I read that it has been criticized for making up some of the stuff they show (mostly made up team communications during the races), as well as over-dramatising some of the scenes for the purpose of making the show more interesting (not so much a pure documentary but rather a semi-scripted reality show), but it is indubitably a very slick show that puts F1 under a very appealing light. I wonder how difficult is it to pick up for newbies, though, as they don't really give a ton of background info on some of its parts.

[Syt]

Finished Parks and Recreation. Really loved the show. Series peak was clearly seasons 3-5 for me. Season 7 was a well deserved victory lap with plenty of call backs, characters showing up a last time etc. and giving a measure of "happily ever after" closure to all characters.

Michael Schur created P&R, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place and executive produced those shows, plus The Office (and Master of None, Abby's and Sunnyside, which I haven't watched and of which only Master of None seems to review well).

It's easy to see some parallels in characters between his three workplace comedies (Office, P&R, B99 - esp. the last two which he created himself). You have the overweight office dolt who's the bottom of the pecking order but who has surprising qualities (Kevin, Jerry/Larry/Terry/Barry/Gary, Scully), you have the outwardly tough loner chick with the soft center (April, Rosa), the ambitious and hyper-organized overachiever (Leslie, Amy), the stoic and monosyllabic boss (Ron, Cpt. Holt), the socialites (Tom/Donna, Gina),  ... not a complaint, but still interesting to see.

The 2012 episodes in which Leslie runs for a council seat against the moronic, disinterested, incompetent son of the city's main business owner who still almost wins the election - yeah, it doesn't feel as crazy anymore. And neither did some of the politicking/political smearing which at the time may have felt over the top but which feels more like mainstream political discourse these days. 



Also watched the first episode of F is for Family. Contained more swearwords than expected, but it is co-created and voiced by Bill Burr, so ...

[Syt]

P.S. to P&R: I love the detail and continuity throughout the show, with characters re-appearing or calling back to previous episodes. Or things like Andy's shoe shine stand collecting memorabilia - newspaper articles, photos, Mouse Rat CDs ... or fake books showing up in the library, that kind of stuff. And little things like Mike Pence being on the fame wall in JJ's Diner (I like to imagine he stopped by when he was governor).

[Josquius]

Two distant strangers - interesting little groundhog day meets black lives matter film on Netflix. I didn't know there even was a best short in the Oscars. Its good. I'm curious on the ending and what's going on though. I fear they chose the social commentary over explaining the plot.

[celedhring]

Started watching Borgen. So far it looks like it's House of Cards with scandies, and a protagonist that's not laughably evil (so far, at least, I suppose a big part of the plot will revolve around her needing to ultimately get her hands dirty to achieve stuff).

[Maladict]

Borgen was awesome. But it probably won't have quite the same impact after all the copycats.
I'd still watch it over House of Cards, though.

[celedhring]

I haven't watched any of the copycats, so I should be fine.