2020: What Are You Watching - Corona Edition

Squid Games. Pretty good so far.

 

fwiw,

as a senior in Hi School, for my AP history class, i wrote a term paper on the pre-WW2 greedy / corrupt politicians in the City of LA annexing the San Fernando valley, using many of the materials presented by the Chinatown movie​

 

love old movies, i recommend

• the bridge over river kwai
• guns of navarrone
• the great escape
• the magnificant 7, the original starring Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen, also Charles Bronson

 

also "Play Misty For Me" with Clint Eastwood as a radio disc jockey

 

was "five easy pieces" in which

Nicholson, erstwhile straight-laced lawyer but an alcoholic, befriending the acid-dropping biker Peter Fonda, on a bike trip across America​

 

More like squirtle games amirite

 

got the movie title wrong, it was "Easy Rider"

 

Not "murder horror," but definitely gets scary in a thrilling sort of way.

I think that was the first film Clint directed, and still one of his best, in my opinion.

 

Finally getting around to watching "Black Sails" on Starz. Entertaining, but it's head candy. I AM always interested in what calamity the escape from the last calamity of any character leads to.

 

how about these Paul Newman / Robert Redford collaborations?

• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• The Sting

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Started a series (documentary) on Netflix called Daughters of Destiny (7 out of 10). About girls from the lower castes ("untouchables") in India attending the Shanti Bhavan school. Follows a few of the girls over the years... both their time in the school, a bit covering their time home and with their families, and then into college. I'm through three of the four episodes and while it slows down in a few places I am learning a lot about the caste system and challenges these young children face as they grow to adulthood.

 

Seem to be in a documentary mood... just started a series on Netflix called 7 Days Out. Have only watched the first two episodes... covering people (and dogs) competing in the Westminster Dog Show and the opening of a new high-class restaurant in New York. Both look at the last seven days leading up the event(s). Future "events" include a fashion show, a space launch, the Kentucky Derby and a big video/eSports competition. The dog show was mostly about this one out-of-place guy competing with his dog. The restaurant opening episode was a little more effective detailing the stresses of building/opening a restaurant. Maybe a 6 out of 10 so far?

 

Not overtly, though I suspect to some degree darker skins plays a part. But I think historically, the caste system was based on socio-economic things like career, wealth, and religion. The lowest caste (dalits or "untouchables") feature in Daughters of Destiny were tribes that did the lowest jobs like busting rocks in a quarry. But to your point, one of the girls featured in the show mentioned how other members in her family had sharper features and lighter skin (seemingly preferred) while she had a flatter nose and darker skin, which made her feel like she didn't below even among her group.

 

Update, just watched episode last night after the game. Best episode so far: seven days of the end of the Cassini space mission. Fantastic story, interesting people, could have been a standalone documentary.

 

Was watching the Curse of the Exorcist on AMC last night and I had never seen the child with the face of Pazuza.

It flashes here about 3:03-3:04




I got freaked out all over again.

 

Couldn't get over how badly Matt Saracen's life declined after leaving Dillon High.