Afternoon Break: Let Me Recommend <i>Danger 5</i> To You (Particularly If You're a Man)

Afternoon Break: Let Me Recommend Danger 5 To You (Particularly If You're a Man)

This show came out in 2011, and I've just gotten around to watching it. I'm Ace, your Hip and Fashion-Forward Internet Friend.

I wanted to mention this just to give everyone a break on the endless misery and also because it's about a topic that is more relevant today than it has been since 1945: Slaughtering Nazi scum by the cord.

It's a mix a blend of male action-adventure stories, of Gerry Anderson's "Supermarionation" kid-oriented TV shows of the 60s and 70s, cleavage-heavy softcore "action movies" they used to show on Cinemax, the Fantastic Four, science-fiction and James Bond. Although it takes place during World War II, with every mission having the objective: "Kill Hitler," the fashions, music, and obsession with cocktails and bachelor-pad libations is taken from the swingin' sixties.

My passed friend steve_in_hb recommended it to me years ago, and I passed on it because it is the kind of "LOL WTF So Random" humor that was popular on the internet from around 2010 to 2012, and I didn't love that humor then and don't love it now. But the show is funny anyway.

And I like the stuff being parodied: I like very male-oriented over-the-top pulp action-adventure, so I even like the plots. Here are some episode titles, to give you a sense of the show:

The Diamond Girls

I Danced for Hitler

Lizard Soldiers of the Third Reich (it's about Nazi dinosaurs created by Josef Mengele, obviously)

Kill-Men of the Rising Sun

Hitler's Golden Murder Palace

Fresh Meat for Hitler's Sex-Kitchen

I keep mentioning that it's "male-oriented" because every show in the first season features a location full of sexy girls -- sexy slave girls, sexy gladiator girls, sexy hypnotized sex-bots, etc.

The two main actresses are cute, too.

If you want to see it's very available. All episodes are on YouTube, and right now it's also on Pluto.

However, if you watch on Pluto, they do not have the first episode, "episode 0," which was released on the internet in 2011 as a teaser/promotion for the show. But that's here on YouTube. The Diamond Girls is the real first episode. What is called "Episode 1," I Danced for Hitler, was just the first episode shown on TV.

Then you can watch it on Pluto, or continue watching on YouTube.

It should also be on the Shout Factory app.

The second season is by the same writer/director but they change up the formula completely and get rid of two beloved characters and also swap the casting of a third. The second season is bad. So bad, in fact, that when I googled "Why is danger 5 season 2 so bad," it autocompleted the "so bad" for me.

If you like the show, you'll give season 2 a shot I'm sure, but if you get through episode 2 and start wondering "is this show ever going to get good again?," the answer is no, no it won't.

But season 1 is good.

Something to look out for: Colonel Chestbridge's absolute hatred of Claire's "busy mouth" during briefings. Best running joke in the show.

Any recommendations you can offer?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:48 PM

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1 sponge?

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at October 11, 2023 04:48 PM (fKIdX)

2 and I nooded

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at October 11, 2023 04:49 PM (fKIdX)

3 lol wtf so random

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, at Camp Crystal Lake with Jason at October 11, 2023 04:50 PM (LvTSG)

4 3rd 😫

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 11, 2023 04:50 PM (XMwZJ)

5 New Thread!

Thanks Ace!

Posted by: Zeera , becoming ungovernable by choice at October 11, 2023 04:51 PM (2EH2G)

6 YUP, discovered Danger 5 in real time when I lived in Sydney in 2011. I especially love that Colonel Chestbridge is dressed exactly like Patrick McGoohan's character from The Prisoner.

Posted by: Joe at October 11, 2023 04:51 PM (LpULS)

7 I'm pretty sure we all saw "Lizard Soldiers of the Hamazi Reich" this week.

Posted by: Hamazis Are Nazis at October 11, 2023 04:52 PM (O2ySq)

8 I would like to proclaim today as "Yasser Afafat" Day for all of his hard work to support the Jewish Community of New York City ........

Posted by: Eric Adams at October 11, 2023 04:52 PM (FBf3u)

9 And above all… KILL HITLER!

Posted by: Blutarski at October 11, 2023 04:53 PM (Fwuhb)

10 Ace, your props as a cultural influencer would go way up if you would do a comprehensive review of RuPaul's Drag Race. Until then, types, deletes, types, deletes, Keep up the great work!

My self-denunciation begins in 10 minutes if anyone cares to witness that.

Posted by: lost in space at October 11, 2023 04:53 PM (febTO)

11 I just started watching Episode 1 on YouTube. A couple of Nazi dirigibles haul off the Eiffel Tower.

I half-expected Team America: World Police to come bursting out of the shrubbery, yelling, "America! FUCK YEAH!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 11, 2023 04:54 PM (YIVH2)

12 I've been getting into a British show called Doc Martin starring Martin Clunes. Small town doctor deals with insane small town people. It's a lot of fun! You can catch it on Pluto or on Prime Video.

No message, no preaching. Just funny.

(Martin Clunes also starred in Men Behaving Badly back in the day. Excellent show!)

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 11, 2023 04:54 PM (6xRrr)

13 1 minute in and Episode 0 looks very interesting. I'll be in my bunker.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at October 11, 2023 04:55 PM (tA1/w)

14 I too am sick of war and politics, politics and war.

What we need is good wholesome entertainment, like maybe Snow White Or a Star Wars or Indiana Jones Adventure movie.

Posted by: rd at October 11, 2023 04:56 PM (jk3uF)

15 Well, I guess this is slightly more current than the previous Garth Marenghi's Darkplace one. Lol.

Posted by: I'm shitting on you for fun, but you have to time travel to find watchable content now. at October 11, 2023 04:56 PM (ppBhU)

16 Thanks boss. I'll give it a go. Laughter has been absent for awhile.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ne Obliviscaris at October 11, 2023 04:56 PM (qj8+t)

17 >>> I especially love that Colonel Chestbridge is dressed exactly like Patrick McGoohan's character from The Prisoner.

i did notice that jacket. I want that jacket.

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 04:56 PM (KRtlO)

18 Binge watched the Reacher series on Prime the other day. Lot of killin' going on in that show. Also, the Sheriffs deputy is hot.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 11, 2023 04:56 PM (l10hq)

19 Well, I'm sure any who would be interested in watching have already seen it, but my wife and I have been binging Elementary. I wasn't sure I'd like it at the beginning, but it's definitely grown on me. Though, we're in the 7th season now, and I feel like it should have cut off at the 6th. Maybe they wanted to do like Conan Doyle did and bring Sherlock back from a seemingly tragic ending.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at October 11, 2023 04:56 PM (F4bAW)

20 > Slaughtering Nazi scum by the chord.

chord = musical notes in harmony

cord = unit of measurement

Posted by: bonhomme at October 11, 2023 04:57 PM (R38qh)

21 All creatures great and small Season 4 just started. Seems to be just like the last seasons; quaint and slightly sappy. Which is fine for me right now.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2023 04:57 PM (IG4Id)

22 Season 5 of Yellowstone is officially a bust.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 11, 2023 04:57 PM (MeG8a)

23 >>>1 I just started watching Episode 1 on YouTube. A couple of Nazi dirigibles haul off the Eiffel Tower.

well that's the second episode, even though it says it's the first. Go back and watch The Diamond Girls, which is the origin story for the team. There's so much backstory and nuance the show just won't make sense without it! (Kidding, nothing on the show makes sense)

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 04:57 PM (KRtlO)

24 Eh, 2011. It's well into the "everything is annoying, low quality, desultory & preachy bullshit" phase of American culture.

I'll pass without watching.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 11, 2023 04:57 PM (0FoWg)

25 I've pretty much given up on modern episodic television and entertainment in general.

I have 1000 movies and 50 or so complete seasons of various television shows from 50s to the late 90's.

Very little came out after around 2005 and by 2010 everything went over a cliff.

The best thing that came out in the last decade was Chernobyl, and that came out 4 years ago.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 11, 2023 04:57 PM (XV/Pl)

26 Apparently Mary Lou Retton is in the ICU with pneumonia..

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 11, 2023 04:58 PM (CBBR5)

27 Matt Berry is one of the vampires in what we do in the shadows. He was also in Garth marenghhis dark place. And a bit in the mighty boosh. And the IT crowd. He’s funny.

Posted by: Blutarski at October 11, 2023 04:58 PM (Fwuhb)

28 I've been getting into a British show called Doc Martin starring Martin Clunes. Small town doctor deals with insane small town people. It's a lot of fun! You can catch it on Pluto or on Prime Video.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 11, 2023 04:54 PM (6xRrr)

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Thank you! I finished with Death in Paradise and I wanted to watch Doc Martin but it wasn't on BritBox so I thought I was SOL.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 11, 2023 04:58 PM (DRSnL)

29 Slaughtering Nazi scum by the chord.

Well, don't leave us hanging. Which chord? And is it a major, minor, or 7th diminished chord?

I thought only the Bene Gesserit had the killing chord.

Fun Fact: It's the Bene Gesserif who have the killer font.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 11, 2023 04:59 PM (a3Q+t)

30 Matt Berry is one of the vampires in what we do in the shadows. He was also in Garth marenghhis dark place. And a bit in the mighty boosh. And the IT crowd. He’s funny.
Posted by: Blutarski at October 11, 2023 04:58 PM (Fwuhb)

=====

The last season of What We Do in the Shadows was good.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 11, 2023 04:59 PM (DRSnL)

31 i've been working my way through the Poirots on Brit Box.

Oh, that's right, there's another thing there that I want to give a huge recommendation for: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" It's great!

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:01 PM (KRtlO)

32 That's too much dialogue. The only talking I want to hear is the ref explaining the call.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at October 11, 2023 05:01 PM (Eeb9P)

33 I've been getting into a British show called Doc Martin starring Martin Clunes.

His wierd OCD like personality is funny. PC Penhale is entertaining.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ne Obliviscaris at October 11, 2023 05:01 PM (qj8+t)

34 (directed by Hugh Laurie)

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:02 PM (KRtlO)

35 Last year I watched a British sitcom on Tubi called White Van Man which was pretty good. It's just old enough that it's not woke.

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 11, 2023 05:02 PM (xPl2J)

36 Very little came out after around 2005 and by 2010 everything went over a cliff.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 11, 2023 04:57 PM

Don't forget, though, 2012 was the year Prometheus was released.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 11, 2023 05:03 PM (a3Q+t)

37 The Mighty Boosh was hilarious in its day...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2023 05:03 PM (TGPs7)

38 Last year I watched a British sitcom on Tubi called White Van Man which was pretty good. It's just old enough that it's not woke.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 11, 2023 05:02 PM (xPl2J)

=====

Spy starring Darren Boyd is good.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 11, 2023 05:03 PM (DRSnL)

39 Every night we watch tv together, the 3 of us. As you can expect, it's tough to find something we mutually enjoy. My solution has been re runs of Newhart and Frasier. We watch one episode each, then retire to our respective corners to satisfy our individual choices. We all 3 laugh so much. Frasier is returning with a new season soon, and I expect woke garbage, but would be happy if it wasn't.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 11, 2023 05:04 PM (MeG8a)

40 Hey ace, you spelled Hugh right!

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at October 11, 2023 05:04 PM (Eeb9P)

41 But, can you pronounce it?

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at October 11, 2023 05:05 PM (Eeb9P)

42 Thank you! I finished with Death in Paradise and I wanted to watch Doc Martin but it wasn't on BritBox so I thought I was SOL.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 11, 2023 04:58 PM (DRSnL)

How in the world is that show not on BritBox? That's weird.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 11, 2023 05:05 PM (6xRrr)

43 @36

>>Don't forget, though, 2012 was the year Prometheus was released.

Prometheus is The Twilight Breaking Dawn 2's of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 11, 2023 05:05 PM (XV/Pl)

44 Oh man, I LOVED Danger 5.

"That's a Tyrannosaurus Rex!"
"No, Claire, that's a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Next time, try thinking before opening your mouth!"

Posted by: Caiwyn at October 11, 2023 05:05 PM (Bmy9A)

45 How in the world is that show not on BritBox? That's weird.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 11, 2023 05:05 PM (6xRrr)

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I think their competitor, Acorns, has it. But I don't need another streaming service.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 11, 2023 05:05 PM (DRSnL)

46 @44

>>Oh man, I LOVED Danger 5.

John 5 > Danger 5.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 11, 2023 05:06 PM (XV/Pl)

47 His wierd OCD like personality is funny. PC Penhale is entertaining.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ne Obliviscaris at October 11, 2023 05:01 PM (qj8+t)

He's utterly brilliant. I love his eternal "sneer".

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 11, 2023 05:06 PM (6xRrr)

48 >>>"That's a Tyrannosaurus Rex!"
"No, Claire, that's a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Next time, try thinking before opening your mouth!"

those are my favorite parts of each show.

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:07 PM (KRtlO)

49 I think Doc Maryins love interest is fetching.

Posted by: Blutarski at October 11, 2023 05:07 PM (Fwuhb)

50 I think their competitor, Acorns, has it. But I don't need another streaming service.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 11, 2023 05:05 PM (DRSnL)

Ohhh, that makes sense. Yeah, I don't need another one, either. I probably don't need the two or three I already have.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 11, 2023 05:07 PM (6xRrr)

51 Bubba Ho-Tep: You'll laugh, you'll cry, it's an emotional rollercoaster that will have you eating peanut butter and banana sandwiches on the crapper until your heart explodes.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 11, 2023 05:09 PM (nnp+f)

52 >>>1 Bubba Ho-Tep: You'll laugh, you'll cry,

i couldn't get through that. that's one of the LOL WTF So Random things that I don't like.

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:09 PM (KRtlO)

53 "You've been breaking your neck the last couple o' years to deal with this overall issue of anti-Semitism ..."
"...that expression I learned from my dad early on, 'Silence is complicity' I mea... silence is complicity, it really is."
"... a solemn reminder that hate never goes away. Now hold on a second; I used to I used to think you could defeat hate then you could make ould it it you could all it does is go underground. It just goes underground; it doesn't go away. It only hiiides until it's given a little bit of oxygen. That's why ... [paraphrased: I've increased security funding for nonprofits including synagogues etc.]
Joe claims every time one of his kids turned 14, he "flew them to Dachau because I WANTED THEM TO SEE [bangs fist on podium] that you could not NOT KNOW what was going on, walking through those gates YOU COULD NOT FAIL TO UNDERSTAND as a country what was going on. And that's A FACT. It had a profound impact on my children and grandchildren. Some thought taking a 14-year-old grandchild to was a mistake, I took them one at a time. I've got three more to go."
"I give you my word as a Biden" again at end.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 11, 2023 05:10 PM (krqg6)

54
My solution has been re runs of Newhart and Frasier.

Wife and I ran through Frasier last year. Presently running through Newhart. Kinda sleep inducing but sleep is good.

Apparently Daryl and Daryl only get a few words in in the second to last and last episode. I coulda used the word penultimate but I save that for Ron DeSantis discussions.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 11, 2023 05:10 PM (enJYY)

55 Steve_in_HB has passed? Oh, no! I am so sorry, Ace. He and I used to correspond occasionally, waaay back in the day. Hilarious guy, so smart and chill.

Posted by: lauraw at October 11, 2023 05:10 PM (hMp8v)

56 I think their competitor, Acorns, has it. But I don't need another streaming service.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 11, 2023 05:05 PM (DRSnL)

Ohhh, that makes sense. Yeah, I don't need another one, either. I probably don't need the two or three I already have.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 11, 2023 05:07 PM

Everyone needs Disney+. Everyone.

Posted by: soon-to-be zombie Bob Iger at October 11, 2023 05:10 PM (a3Q+t)

57 You ever seen Garth Marenghi's Darkplace? It's only 6 or so episodes, each only 15 minutes - very funny IMO.

Posted by: MC Fraught at October 11, 2023 05:10 PM (CqoPw)

58 If our government is corrupt, that means most of the other countries are worst.
So now we need to fix them before we fix ourselves, as usual.
Also half the world is un repairable because the mothers hate foriegn women because they don't have mustaches.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at October 11, 2023 05:11 PM (xmuK7)

59 those are my favorite parts of each show.
Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:07 PM (KRtlO)

Mine too! I think probably the best one was the sit-down gun.

Posted by: Caiwyn at October 11, 2023 05:11 PM (Bmy9A)

60 >>>55 Steve_in_HB has passed? Oh, no! I am so sorry, Ace. He and I used to correspond occasionally, waaay back in the day. Hilarious guy, so smart and chill.

yeah, covid. The covid actually made him hallucinatory right before it took him. That's a rare effect of the disease. He went fast.

Nice to see you again, LauraW.

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:11 PM (KRtlO)

61 Oh, that's right, there's another thing there that I want to give a huge recommendation for: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" It's great!
Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:01 PM (KRtlO)

I was intrigued, but the title seemed really stupid to me so I passed. These are the weighty matters which decide my TV viewing.

Posted by: Dr. T at October 11, 2023 05:12 PM (7G/tK)

62 >>>Mine too! I think probably the best one was the sit-down gun.

i liked the flashlight.

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:12 PM (KRtlO)

63 Speaking of comedy...

@MrAndyNgo
Multiple cars in Ladera Heights, Los Angeles was vandalized with swastikas, setting off fears a white supremacist was targeting the black-majority neighborhood. Antifa helped bring attention to the incidents. Last week, Robert Haymore was arrested. He's a 37-year-old black male.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2023 05:12 PM (IG4Id)

64 Ace, I got my Prisoner jacket direct from the Village. It's no longer available, unfortunately. https://tinyurl.com/mrpebkn3

Posted by: Joe at October 11, 2023 05:13 PM (LpULS)

65 Phoney question shouted from the audience that Joe has an immediate response to about his faith.

Stumbles throughout last half of speech. Constant repetition of "Look". "I'll never forget... oh, I won't go into that. Anyway [continues talking]."

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 11, 2023 05:13 PM (krqg6)

66 When the dog barked orders in German in the first episode, I knew I was hooked. This show is just awesome. Note that ilsa never speaks English, but they all understand her.

learned some good drink recipes too...

Posted by: Basel Poledouris at October 11, 2023 05:13 PM (zOD0w)

67 63 Speaking of comedy...

@MrAndyNgo
Multiple cars in Ladera Heights, Los Angeles was vandalized with swastikas, setting off fears a white supremacist was targeting the black-majority neighborhood. Antifa helped bring attention to the incidents. Last week, Robert Haymore was arrested. He's a 37-year-old black male.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2023 05:12 PM (IG4Id)

Those damned black white supremacists are at it again.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at October 11, 2023 05:13 PM (eYoxG)

68 Serious question.
Why wasn't Team America 2 ever made?

Posted by: humphreyrobot at October 11, 2023 05:14 PM (xmuK7)

69 The first casualty of war is the truth...

Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives
@dom_lucre
🔥🚨BREAKING: Journalist who claimed 40 babies in Israel had their head decapitated by Hamas has retracted their claim. ISD also verified that they don’t know about this allegation

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2023 05:14 PM (TGPs7)

70 Another feel goodz. I was checking in on the grooming corp, Disney's chart and realized that Iger Grooming Inc is below there covid sell off share price. I just leaked a little I laughed so hard.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 11, 2023 05:14 PM (17s+e)

71 Posted by: gourmand du jour

Me and the Folks watch Bluebloods every night, one episode. Only found it (we're not TV people) after watching all 7 or so of Selleck's Jesse Stone films and looking for more Tom Selleck.

Bought all 13 seasons, sight unseen. Good purchase! It's a family of cops, and the show has as little wokeness as possible for a CBS product written for the Matlock-Murder She Wrote crowd. There's some, of course, but at least it's respectful of our values, too.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 11, 2023 05:15 PM (kjOVp)

72 Serious question.
Why wasn't Team America 2 ever made?
Posted by: humphreyrobot at October 11, 2023 05:14 PM (xmuK7)

Trey and Matt were distracted by the purchase of Casa Bonita.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Psalm 83 at October 11, 2023 05:15 PM (xPJvm)

73 Ilsa is hot.

Posted by: wth at October 11, 2023 05:15 PM (v0R5T)

74 @67

>>Those damned black white supremacists are at it again.

Dave Chapelle was a Prophet....

https://tinyurl.com/qnyqx6s

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 11, 2023 05:15 PM (XV/Pl)

75 >>> You ever seen Garth Marenghi's Darkplace? It's only 6 or so episodes, each only 15 minutes - very funny IMO.

yeah good stuff, I mentioned that last year or the year before. I want to do a halloween post re-recommending that.

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:15 PM (KRtlO)

76 Hearing that Mary Lou Retton is in a bad way. That would hurt — 12 year old me emitted a great deal of sperm in her honor.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 11, 2023 05:15 PM (VxQfi)

77 The last season of What We Do in the Shadows was good.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 11, 2023 04:59 PM (DRSnL)

The emotional vampires cracked me up.

Posted by: We've all known one or two in our lives at October 11, 2023 05:15 PM (91+2T)

78 >>>73 Ilsa is hot.

i like her but Claire is my gal

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:16 PM (KRtlO)

79 He's a 37-year-old ~~black~~white-adjacent male.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2023 05:12 PM (IG4Id)

Corrected.

Posted by: CNN at October 11, 2023 05:16 PM (PiwSw)

80 What hump??

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 11, 2023 05:16 PM (krqg6)

81 BREAKING: Journalist who claimed 40 babies in Israel had their head decapitated by Hamas has retracted their claim. ISD also verified that they don’t know about this allegation
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2023 05:14 PM (TGPs7)

Oh good, now we can have "Free Palestine" student activists and certain Stormfront types calling this whole thing an Israeli false flag.

Posted by: Dr. T at October 11, 2023 05:16 PM (7G/tK)

82 @68

>>Serious question. Why wasn't Team America 2 ever made?

Because, sometimes you cannot top perfection.

I mean, why wasn't a Matrix 2 movie made?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 11, 2023 05:16 PM (XV/Pl)

83 If our government is corrupt, that means most of the other countries are worst.
==

I used to think that. I no longer do. We are worst.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 11, 2023 05:16 PM (17s+e)

84 I thought we were seeing the dancing Hitlers today?

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 11, 2023 05:17 PM (krqg6)

85 Serious question.
Why wasn't Team America 2 ever made?
Posted by: humphreyrobot at October 11, 2023 05:14 PM (xmuK7)

Trey and Matt were distracted by the purchase of Casa Bonita.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Psalm 83 at October 11, 2023 05:15 PM (xPJvm)
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Well, that and the puppet animation was a *serious* pain in the ass...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 11, 2023 05:17 PM (YIVH2)

86 Well.....? Is it a mix or a blend?

Posted by: InZona at October 11, 2023 05:17 PM (0pKTq)

87 No love for Iron Sky?

https://amz.run/7C2s

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 11, 2023 05:17 PM (aD39U)

88 Serious question.
Why wasn't Team America 2 ever made?
Posted by: humphreyrobot

I think Trey and Matt had such a terrible time making the first one they swore off making another. Something about having to stay up to 3am in order to get the puking puppet sequence put them off.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2023 05:17 PM (IG4Id)

89 For just feelgood stuff I highly recommend Joe vs. the Volcano. it bombed hard in the theaters but the acting, music and writing are wonderful imho. It doesn't hurt that meg Ryan was at the height of maximum cuteness.

Posted by: Basel Poledouris at October 11, 2023 05:18 PM (zOD0w)

90 Driving rain storm outside and I'm chowing down on fresh baked pumpkin bread and a large cold glass of local unpasteurized apple cider.

That concludes this afternoon work break report.

Posted by: Beartooth at October 11, 2023 05:18 PM (E5KZ+)

91 75 >>> You ever seen Garth Marenghi's Darkplace? It's only 6 or so episodes, each only 15 minutes - very funny IMO.

yeah good stuff, I mentioned that last year or the year before. I want to do a halloween post re-recommending that.
Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:15 PM (KRtlO)

Writer. Director. Visionary. Dreamweaver. Plus actor.

Posted by: Man of many talents he is at October 11, 2023 05:18 PM (91+2T)

92 Looks like it may be on Amazon Prime. If so, it had better be the entire series and not AP's specialty, Join XXXX for only $12.99 to see Season 2!

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at October 11, 2023 05:18 PM (GshMh)

93 >>Serious question. Why wasn't Team America 2 ever made?

Because, sometimes you cannot top perfection.

I mean, why wasn't a Matrix 2 movie made?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 11, 2023 05:16 PM (XV/Pl)

Why did they only make 3 Indiana Jones movies?

Posted by: Dr. T at October 11, 2023 05:19 PM (7G/tK)

94 O/T -- Just heard that Kari Lake has announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate.

Posted by: ShainS -- Overimaginative Scamp and AGAAVE Plant at October 11, 2023 05:19 PM (reCyY)

95 Hearing that Mary Lou Retton is in a bad way. That would hurt — 12 year old me emitted a great deal of sperm in her honor.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 11, 2023 05:15 PM (VxQfi)

I would have phrased it differently, but I did have an yuge crush on her. I had a thing for female gymnasts. In high school I also had a crush on a girl who was not only a gymnast, but was a state champion high diver. We never dated (cuz Pug is nerd), but we were friends.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Psalm 83 at October 11, 2023 05:19 PM (xPJvm)

96 A friend from overseas recommended a movie to me titled "Jungle". Looks like it's from about 2017. Anybody ever see it? I watched the trailer. Eh.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 11, 2023 05:20 PM (ifHdv)

97 Buckaroo Banzai 2.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 11, 2023 05:20 PM (PiwSw)

98 I'm with ace, I tried Bubba Ho-tep, didn't make after about 20 minutes.
It's a little like "free jazz". I can only take so much of that too. More like 10 seconds.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 11, 2023 05:20 PM (MeG8a)

99 For just feelgood stuff I highly recommend Joe vs. the Volcano. it bombed hard in the theaters but the acting, music and writing are wonderful imho. It doesn't hurt that meg Ryan was at the height of maximum cuteness.
Posted by: Basel Poledouris at October 11, 2023 05:18 PM (zOD0w)

I really enjoy that movie.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at October 11, 2023 05:20 PM (AiZBA)

100 Because television is crap, I've gotten back into video games.

And even good video games are getting harder and harder to come by.

I just completed Stray, again.

I would say they should make it into a live action movie but they would probably just make the cat gay and all of the robots woke AF.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 11, 2023 05:20 PM (XV/Pl)

101 52 >>>1 Bubba Ho-Tep: You'll laugh, you'll cry,

i couldn't get through that. that's one of the LOL WTF So Random things that I don't like.
Posted by: ace

Me and the folks rented it on a Horde recommendation. "Oh, you love Buckaroo Banzai?"

Hit "STOP" fifteen seconds in. The folks don't dig vulgarity. I would never, ever, try to get them to watch a Tarantino flick, for example. Bubba Ho-Tep is not analogous to the innocent Buckaroo Banzai, dear Horde. Evidenced by the first fifteen seconds.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 11, 2023 05:20 PM (kjOVp)

102 MOAR COMEDY:

@Bencjacobs 18m
Per source, Cenk Uygur, host of the Young Turks will announce a Democratic primary bid against Joe Biden tonight. One major obstacle to Uygur's longshot presidential bid is that he is a naturalized citizen and thus ineligible under Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2023 05:20 PM (IG4Id)

103 I like how all the disposable characters eat a luger.

Posted by: wth at October 11, 2023 05:20 PM (v0R5T)

104 Team America 2 was never made because M&T =hated= making the first one.

They thought marionettes would be easy (I presume because they look so dumb) and the whole thing was a nightmare they wanted to give up about 1/3rd of the way through.

Don't f&*k with marionettes if you don't know what you're doing.

Posted by: moviegique at October 11, 2023 05:21 PM (asXVI)

105
The journalist, Nicole Zedeck, later nuanced her claim. She said in a post on X that "soldiers told me they believe 40 babies/children were killed. The exact death toll is still unknown as the military continues to go house to house and find more Israeli casualties."

Fvck Ghost.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 11, 2023 05:21 PM (enJYY)

106 >>>Writer. Director. Visionary. Dreamweaver. Plus actor.

If you guys like that, let me half-recommend the Steve Coogan-fronted "Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible." Six episode series of parodies of 60s and 70s British horror movies. The first one is a parody of "The Vampire Lovers," a hammer studios super-horny lesbian vampire movie. The episode is called "Lesbian Vampire Lovers of Lust." It's a real hoot. The female vampire is so overt in her double-entendres they're not even double-entendres.

However, most of the rest of the series is eh and forgettable. There's a Fu Manchu parody that's good, and then four more of very marginal quality. The whole series is cheap -- I think it's like $5 on Amazon -- but there are really only two strong episodes out of the six.

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:22 PM (KRtlO)

107 Don't f&*k with marionettes if you don't know what you're doing.
Posted by: moviegique at October 11, 2023 05:21 PM (asXVI)

Word.

Posted by: Joel Hodgson at October 11, 2023 05:22 PM (PiwSw)

108 And that's A FACT. It had a profound impact on my children and grandchildren. Some thought taking a 14-year-old grandchild to was a mistake, I took them one at a time. I've got three more to go."
"I give you my word as a Biden" again at end.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6)

My wife's late grandfather was from Poland. Spoke Polish fluently (served in the US Army in WWI, the Great War), as he got here when he was 15 or 16.
He went back to Poland after WWII, and visited Dachau, and then asked the people around there "Didn't you know what was going on?"
"No, we had no idea....."
"Didn't you notice the SMELL? (from the crematoriums)"
"Uh....no. We didn't ask any questions"

Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at October 11, 2023 05:22 PM (vcOmj)

109 I'm watching episodes of "Keeping Up Appearances" the old BBC comedy. It's great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2023 05:23 PM (RSbhh)

110 Yeah you've got Fox and BBC people who have seen the beheaded infants themselves. It's not fiction. Maybe not 40. But it's enough to know these people are animals.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 11, 2023 05:23 PM (ifHdv)

111
"Harry and Paul" was an english sketch comedy show that you can still catch on Youtube, the best bits being the "Women, know your place!" and the recurring old gentlemen in their club holding up a newspaper and asking if the person in the picture is a Quarre.

Season 2 of Danger 5 sucked, mostly. Check out their previous show Italian Spiderman.

Posted by: Auspex at October 11, 2023 05:24 PM (j4U/Z)

112 Bubba Ho-Tep may feel random, especially at first, but it isn't. Things tie together nicely by the end.

However, the backstory is that Joe R. Lansdale (a writer) was having trouble getting any Hollywood attention and, on a laugh for an Elvis retrospective, decided to write a completely unfilmable story.

Don Coscarelli ("Phantasm") basically responded with "Oh, yeah?" And the rest is history.

Posted by: moviegique at October 11, 2023 05:24 PM (asXVI)

113 "Didn't you notice the SMELL? (from the crematoriums)"
"Uh....no. We didn't ask any questions"
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at October 11, 2023 05:22 PM (vcOmj)

As my old professor often said, "they knew enough to know that they didn't want to know."

Posted by: Dr. T at October 11, 2023 05:24 PM (7G/tK)

114
Some sudden newbie too dumb to be able to italicize quotes from others? I'm not buying.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 11, 2023 05:25 PM (enJYY)

115 My favorite British comedy series is still Fawlty Towers. That will never be outdone.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 11, 2023 05:25 PM (ifHdv)

116 an afterword for Lesbian Vampire Lovers of Lust: "Sapphical Vampiricism"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lgdcpeRpCQ

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:26 PM (KRtlO)

117 I just completed Stray, again.

I would say they should make it into a live action movie but they would probably just make the cat gay and all of the robots woke AF.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

A beautiful game. Hey look!

https://is.gd/6oTQVc

"Stray movie based on video game, Ice Age director's next film a go at Annapurna"

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 11, 2023 05:26 PM (kjOVp)

118
Laura Cellier, an i24NEWS news anchor, said in a post Wednesday that "we stand firmly behind our reporters." She said they were "told by 3 separate IDF officials that around 40 babies & small children were murdered in Kfar Aza, some burned, some beheaded."

Fvck Ghost.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 11, 2023 05:27 PM (enJYY)

119 What is called "Episode 1," I Danced for Hitler, was just the first episode shown on TV.

pretty sure kate bush did a song about that, although i don't recall whether it was before or after she was running up that hill or remembering organon.

Posted by: anachronda at October 11, 2023 05:27 PM (v3pYe)

120 My favorite British comedy series is still Fawlty Towers. That will never be outdone.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 11, 2023 05:25 PM (ifHdv)

Brilliant, yes, but my personal favorite is "The IT Crowd."

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Psalm 83 at October 11, 2023 05:27 PM (xPJvm)

121 The best British comedy series is Yes, Minister. Probably the smartest TV show I've ever seen.

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 11, 2023 05:27 PM (xPl2J)

122 Not to bring down the hilarity, but if you think what happened in Israel is "Unparalleled!!!!", then you should read "Bloodlands" by Timothy Snyder.

It has been discussed at times, on the Bookthread on Sunday morning.
I can't read more than about 30 minutes at a time, because I get too sad and depressed. It was awful and it went on...FOR YEARS.

Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at October 11, 2023 05:28 PM (vcOmj)

123 The first casualty of war is the truth...

Mario Nawfal

@MarioNawfal
🚨CNN: “The Israeli Prime Ministers spokesman just confirmed babies and toddlers were found, with their heads decapitated.”

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2023 05:28 PM (TGPs7)

124
CBS News later reported that Israeli body-recovery teams had discovered beheaded babies and children in kibbutzim in southern Israel.

Fvck Ghost, yet again.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 11, 2023 05:28 PM (enJYY)

125 102 MOAR COMEDY:

@Bencjacobs 18m
Per source, Cenk Uygur, host of the Young Turks will announce a Democratic primary bid against Joe Biden tonight
------------

If they were serious about defeating Biden they would have backed RFK Jr..

Posted by: Braenyard at October 11, 2023 05:28 PM (u44Cz)

126 Okay...so Hogan's Heroes meets Get Smart meets Airplane meets horrendous acting and dubbed voices.

You can get all that at Grand Central Station near the Falafel stand.

Posted by: Orson at October 11, 2023 05:29 PM (dIske)

127
The best British comedy series is Yes, Minister. Probably the smartest TV show I've ever seen.
Posted by: Mark1971

I liked Bless Me, Father. Totally G-Rated.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 11, 2023 05:29 PM (63Dwl)

128 Recommendations: I'm just back from The Mutant Drive-In and World Indie Academy Awards in Las Vegas so I'm =loaded= with recommendations.

There were three "best feature" winners. I'll do an in-depth review of "Publish or Perish" next time I'm up, because it's one of the best movies I've seen all year. It wasn't just "good for a low-budget" film--it was just good. Black comedy about a professor trying to get tenure.

There was also "Cannibal Comedian" which is kind of a cross between "Motel Hell" and "The Dark Backward". Odd movie about a guy in the desert who makes people into meatball subs but who really wants to be a stand-up comedian. Mostly anti-comedy, not as funny as I wanted it to be.

And "Mutilator 2". I guess if you liked the first one...yeah.

Posted by: moviegique at October 11, 2023 05:29 PM (asXVI)

129 I did not say Bubba Ho-Tep was wholesome entertainment. But like fine wine, you have to open it and let it breathe.

It is an oddly original movie in a century of facile and banal remakes, sequels and woke superzeroes.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at October 11, 2023 05:29 PM (nnp+f)

130
CBS also reported that Yossi Landau, the head of operations for the southern region of Zaka, Israel's volunteer emergency response organization, told the outlet on Wednesday that he had personally seen beheaded babies among the dead.

Fvck Ghost until anal fissure erupt.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 11, 2023 05:29 PM (enJYY)

131 I just finished binge-watching "Grimm" on Amazon Prime. A male Portland police detective suddenly has the ability to see supernatural creatures and must fight them in the line of duty. Think "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" only with slightly more adult characters. I enjoyed it. The villains were villainous, there were story arcs on top of monster of the week plots, and it was surprisingly positive towards family and commitment. Plus it gave a last fond look at Portland before it collapsed into the Blue hellhole it is now.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 11, 2023 05:30 PM (H2qjM)

132 "Brilliant, yes, but my personal favorite is "The IT Crowd."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Psalm 83 at October 11, 2023 05:27 PM (xPJvm)"

That's a good one too. It's on Brit Box so I've played it a few times.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 11, 2023 05:30 PM (ifHdv)

133 Danger 5 S1 was such a good time, after it suddenly dropped off of Netflix (which was, at the time, the ONLY place to stream it--YouTube didn't even have it then) I could only hold out for a few weeks before paying the hefty price for the series on imported Blu-Ray. Great, fun show.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at October 11, 2023 05:30 PM (hwQUl)

134 The best British comedy series is Yes, Minister. Probably the smartest TV show I've ever seen.
Posted by: Mark1971

It's funny and uncomfortable. The second season is uncomfortable and depressing.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2023 05:30 PM (IG4Id)

135 My favorite British comedy series is still Fawlty Towers. That will never be outdone.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 11, 2023 05:25 PM (ifHdv)

Never seen it. British comedy is very hit-or-miss with me; I liked IT crowd, but Blackadder was kind of meh.

Posted by: Dr. T at October 11, 2023 05:30 PM (7G/tK)

136 The best British comedy series is Yes, Minister. Probably the smartest TV show I've ever seen.
Posted by: Mark1971

I liked Bless Me, Father. Totally G-Rated.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 11, 2023 05:29

Black Adder has entered the chat.

Posted by: Beartooth at October 11, 2023 05:30 PM (E5KZ+)

137 Season 11.
Seal Team Six, Naked, Not Afraid in Iran.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at October 11, 2023 05:31 PM (xmuK7)

138 Okay...so Hogan's Heroes meets Get Smart meets Airplane meets horrendous acting and dubbed voices.
........

with cleavage and cigarettes.

Posted by: wth at October 11, 2023 05:32 PM (v0R5T)

139 how can someone not have seen Fawlty Towers?!

it's generally acknowledged as a contender for Best Sitcom Ever.

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:32 PM (KRtlO)

140 My favorite British comedy series is still Fawlty Towers. That will never be outdone.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 11, 2023 05:25 PM (ifHdv)

BASIL!!

And I love BlackAdder. I can watch it again and again and laugh just as hard.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 11, 2023 05:32 PM (6xRrr)

141 106 "The Vampire Lovers," a hammer studios super-horny lesbian vampire movie.

and you wait until after netflix has stopped sending dvds to tell us about it???

Posted by: anachronda at October 11, 2023 05:32 PM (v3pYe)

142 My people are in Salem Massachusetts checking out the Bunghole liquor store.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 11, 2023 05:32 PM (Wy1BU)

143 @117

>>"Stray movie based on video game, Ice Age director's next film a go at Annapurna"

Drats.

Surely they wouldn't even dare attempt to make Disco Elysium movie?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 11, 2023 05:32 PM (XV/Pl)

144 My favorite British comedy series is still Fawlty Towers. That will never be outdone.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 11, 2023 05:25 PM (ifHdv)

Never seen it. British comedy is very hit-or-miss with me; I liked IT crowd, but Blackadder was kind of meh.
Posted by: Dr. T

Benny Hill. Are You Being Served?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 11, 2023 05:33 PM (xgUr8)

145 >>>141 106 "The Vampire Lovers," a hammer studios super-horny lesbian vampire movie.
and you wait until after netflix has stopped sending dvds to tell us about it???

i think it's on prime, maybe for free. I first saw it in a hotel room with a girl. Very spicy. I was very surprised at what you could get away with in 1970.

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:33 PM (KRtlO)

146 There were some good shorts, too.

"Hideous Heart"--it's "The Telltale Heart" done as a sci-fi story. Works really well. Very dramatic.

"Mages of Rage and the Desecration of the House of Mimicry"--Edgar Wright-ish...Metal Punk band recording in a haunted house is terrorized by a mime. Quite clever and fun.

Posted by: moviegique at October 11, 2023 05:33 PM (asXVI)

147 I watched Fawlty Towers back in the broadcast tv days. I bet it would be fun to binge watch the whole thing again. I like Monty Python but it bombs with the females in the household, and they out number me, unless I include the cat.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 11, 2023 05:33 PM (MeG8a)

148 The Vampire Lovers is the film version of "Carmilla" by Le Fanu.

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:34 PM (KRtlO)

149 I would love for "Fawlty Towers" to be available somewhere.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2023 05:34 PM (TmQmX)

150 i think it's on prime, maybe for free. I first saw it in a hotel room with a girl. Very spicy. I was very surprised at what you could get away with in 1970.||

The Lesbian Vampire subgenre took off in the early '70s and there are at least a dozen, almost all very loosely based on J. Sheridan LeFanu's "Carmilla".

Posted by: moviegique at October 11, 2023 05:35 PM (asXVI)

151 I binged watched Fawlty Towers back when I was going through a few things. No matter how many times I watched it, I still laughed.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 11, 2023 05:35 PM (ifHdv)

152 I recently re watched a weird movie from years ago
"Night on Earth". Very funny.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 11, 2023 05:35 PM (MeG8a)

153 I would love for "Fawlty Towers" to be available somewhere.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Rent or buy on Amazon

Posted by: rickb223 at October 11, 2023 05:35 PM (xgUr8)

154 Whenever anybody mentions Benny Hill I get Yakety Sax playing in my head for the rest of the day.

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 11, 2023 05:35 PM (xPl2J)

155 Never saw Fawlty Towers. Benny Hill, Monty Python, and Absolutely Fabulous were awesome.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 11, 2023 05:36 PM (Wy1BU)

156 Extras. Ricky Gervais can be very good

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 11, 2023 05:37 PM (VxQfi)

157 hiya

Posted by: JT at October 11, 2023 05:37 PM (T4tVD)

158 We just bought a box set of the old Ellery Queen Mysteries. Jim Hutton was terrific.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 11, 2023 05:37 PM (Wy1BU)

159 154 Whenever anybody mentions Benny Hill I get Yakety Sax playing in my head for the rest of the day.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 11, 2023 05:35 PM (xPl2J)

You know I can help with that...

Posted by: Rick Astley at October 11, 2023 05:38 PM (PiwSw)

160 Whenever anybody mentions Benny Hill I get Yakety Sax playing in my head for the rest of the day.
Posted by: Mark1971

Have you ever heard Chet Atkins' version Yakety Axe? Guitar.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 11, 2023 05:38 PM (xgUr8)

161 Black Adder is funny as heck.
Also Mr. Bean.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 11, 2023 05:38 PM (MeG8a)

162 you guys have to watch Fawlty Towers. A few of the episodes are absolute screams.

let me see if YouTube has one of the big ones

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:38 PM (KRtlO)

163 "The Vampire Lovers," a hammer studios super-horny lesbian vampire movie.

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:22 PM (KRtlO)

I think you can find a series called "Hammer House of Horror" on Prime and maybe YouTooob. It's like Twilight Zone, Inner Sanctum, et. al., but with a bit more 80's blood and gore. Great shows! And some sexy in them, too.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 11, 2023 05:38 PM (6xRrr)

164 Never heard the Chet Atkins version. I'll check it out.

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 11, 2023 05:39 PM (xPl2J)

165 "Have you ever heard Chet Atkins' version Yakety Axe? Guitar."

I'm having a hard time imaging how that would work.

Saxophones are an inherently silly instrument, so they go well with the silly tone of the song.

Guitars... aren't.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 11, 2023 05:39 PM (ou9hh)

166 you guys have to watch Fawlty Towers. A few of the episodes are absolute screams.

let me see if YouTube has one of the big ones
Posted by: ace

It wouldn't be near as funny without Manuel.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 11, 2023 05:39 PM (xgUr8)

167 152 Night on Earth was excellent. Yet I never rewatched.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at October 11, 2023 05:40 PM (nnp+f)

168 you guys have to watch Fawlty Towers. A few of the episodes are absolute screams.

let me see if YouTube has one of the big ones
Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:38 PM (KRtlO)

Try to find the one where Basil and Manuel have to hide one of the guests that's just died. Classic Basil Fawlty.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 11, 2023 05:40 PM (6xRrr)

169 Have you ever heard Chet Atkins' version Yakety Axe? Guitar."

I'm having a hard time imaging how that would work.

Saxophones are an inherently silly instrument, so they go well with the silly tone of the song.

Guitars... aren't.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

Try to find it on YouTube.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 11, 2023 05:40 PM (xgUr8)

170 I highly recommend the following:

The Thoughty2 channel on YouTube

The Netflix Animal series

Paramount+ documentary on the Bell X-1

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 11, 2023 05:40 PM (cMXNt)

171 Since we're talking about British shows, I'll throw "Spaced" with Simon Pegg out there as a good one.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at October 11, 2023 05:40 PM (DTX3h)

172 I just saw "Enemy" starring Jake Gylenhall (don't know how to spell, don't care). An otherwise outstanding psychological thriller with the stupidest ending I have ever seen. It's a cinematic pie in the face to the audience.

Posted by: Max Power at October 11, 2023 05:41 PM (q177U)

173 Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives
@dom_lucre
🔥🚨BREAKING: Journalist who claimed 40 babies in Israel had their head decapitated by Hamas has retracted their claim. ISD also verified that they don’t know about this allegation
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2023 05:14 PM (TGPs7)

There were multiple reports , including fro IDF.

Posted by: runner at October 11, 2023 05:41 PM (+bPgI)

174 I found one of the two best Fawlty Towers for you, "Basil the Rat."

It's the second part of this video, which for some reason jams two episodes together. Skip to 28:23. I have it cued up here:

https://youtu.be/3Fil8zTLcLc?si=vWANmM3gu8YpbLMK&t=1703

You don't want to watch the first ep because it's actually one of the weakest in the show.

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:41 PM (KRtlO)

175 Try to find the one where Basil and Manuel have to hide one of the guests that's just died. Classic Basil Fawlty.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 11, 2023 05:40 PM (6xRrr)

The Germans episode.

"I mentioned the war, but I think I got away with it!"

Posted by: Vanya, Channeling Our Betters at October 11, 2023 05:41 PM (v27SO)

176 I'm listening to Chet Atkins now. He translates it very well to guitar.

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 11, 2023 05:41 PM (xPl2J)

177 Late to this party, but I will second (third?) the recommendation of "Doc Martin." It's quirky and amusing and pokes gentle fun at the weirdness of the Brits.

Fun stuff.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 11, 2023 05:42 PM (3Gtis)

178 Fawlty Towers
Are You Being Served
Benny Hinn
_ _ _ _ _
Black Adder

Posted by: Braenyard at October 11, 2023 05:43 PM (u44Cz)

179 has anyone watched Murder in Provence? Is it worth it?

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:43 PM (KRtlO)

180 I just saw "Enemy" starring Jake Gylenhall (don't know how to spell, don't care). An otherwise outstanding psychological thriller with the stupidest ending I have ever seen. It's a cinematic pie in the face to the audience.

I really like this one (including the ending).

It's be nice if we got more films this interesting.*

But instead we'll get Fast & Furious XXIII.

* Also, it has that French chick from Inglorious Bastards and Now You See It.

Posted by: I dig that chick. at October 11, 2023 05:43 PM (ppBhU)

181 The rat episode of Fawlty a towers is hysterical

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2023 05:44 PM (Iw5Ml)

182 >>>180 I just saw "Enemy" starring Jake Gylenhall (don't know how to spell, don't care). An otherwise outstanding psychological thriller with the stupidest ending I have ever seen. It's a cinematic pie in the face to the audience.

I turned that off before the ending! I just ran out of patience with it!

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:44 PM (KRtlO)

183 ok, ok, i'll watch it, jeez

Posted by: don't bother me at October 11, 2023 05:44 PM (7ycwL)

184 The founder of Hamas, who lives in luxury in Qatar, has called for terrorist attacks across the globe on Friday.

-
Stunning and brave.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 11, 2023 05:44 PM (FVME7)

185 Doc Martin sounds a bit like Northern Exposure.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 11, 2023 05:44 PM (Wy1BU)

186 46 John 5 > Danger 5.

johnny 5 > danger 5 > leonard part 6

Posted by: anachronda at October 11, 2023 05:44 PM (v3pYe)

187 @180

>>It's a cinematic pie in the face to the audience.

Gylenhall sort of specializes in this sort of film, the ending of Night Crawler was also ridiculous.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 11, 2023 05:45 PM (XV/Pl)

188 But why am I surprised , Holocaust deniers are alive and well.

Posted by: runner at October 11, 2023 05:45 PM (+bPgI)

189 Amazon Prime has no streaming available for Fawlty Towers. Buy DVD sets only.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 11, 2023 05:45 PM (MeG8a)

190 184 The founder of Hamas, who lives in luxury in Qatar, has called for terrorist attacks across the globe on Friday.

-
Stunning and brave.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 11, 2023 05:44 PM (FVME7)

Huh. We have more in common with them than I thought. He could be a member of our ruling class.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at October 11, 2023 05:45 PM (eYoxG)

191 Dudes, I heard there was this awesome series staring this girl with big boobs called Mia who does things. Gotta check it out!

Posted by: Elric Blade at October 11, 2023 05:45 PM (FyPhv)

192 >>>* Also, it has that French chick from Inglorious Bastards and Now You See It.

love her

funny french movie: Return of the Hero (Le Retour du Heros). It works with subtitles. the jokes don't depend on puns or anything language-specific.

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:45 PM (KRtlO)

193 Posted by: Braenyard at October 11, 2023 05:43 PM (u44Cz)

I thought Benny Hinn was a TV megapastor who knocks people down with the Holy Spirit. Or am I thinking of someone else?

Posted by: Vanya, Channeling Our Betters at October 11, 2023 05:45 PM (v27SO)

194 Waldorf Salad is also pretty funny

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2023 05:46 PM (Iw5Ml)

195 100 Because television is crap, I've gotten back into video games.

And even good video games are getting harder and harder to come by.

I just completed Stray, again.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 11, 2023 05:20 PM (XV/Pl)

I picked that up during a Steam sale last year while on vacation. I began playing it on my laptop but decided to hold off playing it further until returning home to play it on the big screen. Glad I did.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at October 11, 2023 05:46 PM (DTX3h)

196 Just started watching Renfield on prime

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 11, 2023 05:47 PM (vHIgi)

197 "UFO" was a great show. You can find all episodes (only one season I believe) on You tube.

Posted by: Anti-Faucist at October 11, 2023 05:47 PM (7ycwL)

198
Keeping up Appearances was funny. Especially Hyacinth's sisters family.

Last of the summer Wine was good as well. That show was on for I think 50 years.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 11, 2023 05:47 PM (+oR7L)

199 185 Doc Martin sounds a bit like Northern Exposure.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

I love that show

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2023 05:48 PM (Iw5Ml)

200 oh -- Newhart was based (loosely) on Fawlty Towers.

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:48 PM (KRtlO)

201
"A fact-checkers lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."

Updated Mark Twain

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 11, 2023 05:48 PM (enJYY)

202 Whenever anybody mentions Benny Hill I get Yakety Sax playing in my head for the rest of the day.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 11, 2023 05:35 PM (xPl2J)

I copied the video of the guy crashing into the power line and overdubbed Yakity Sax on the audio track. Was that wrong?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at October 11, 2023 05:48 PM (h4nev)

203 >>>194 Waldorf Salad is also pretty funny

yeah... which one is that?

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 05:49 PM (KRtlO)

204 Ussama Makdisi
@UssamaMakdisi
·
8h
Savagery and barbarism have always been the hallmark of settler-colonialism's reactionary rampages against the natives' impunity to resist oppression. Always.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2023 05:49 PM (TGPs7)

205 I liked the first few seasons too, nurse!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 11, 2023 05:49 PM (Wy1BU)

206 Posted by: runner at October 11, 2023 05:41 PM (+bPgI)

Oh. So we were lied to.

Again.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 11, 2023 05:49 PM (nscIV)

207 @195

>>Glad I did.

It's sort of perfect game, great visuals, great atmosphere and setting, amazing immersive soundtrack, challenging but doesn't become a death struggle and the story reveals itself in nice even pace.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 11, 2023 05:49 PM (XV/Pl)

208 >>> I thought Benny Hinn was a TV megapastor who knocks people down with the Holy Spirit. Or am I thinking of someone else?

Posted by: Vanya, Channeling Our Betters
---------------

Although Benny Hinn would be better taken as some form of comedy the post was a brain fart. Benny Hill was the intended show.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 11, 2023 05:49 PM (u44Cz)

209 I'm listening to Chet Atkins now. He translates it very well to guitar.
Posted by: Mark1971

There is one where Chet Atkins, Boots Randolph and Ray Stevens plays it together.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 11, 2023 05:49 PM (xgUr8)

210 Keeping up appearances was ok overall, Patricia Routledge was too stiff. I liked the actors who portrayed her sister's family.

Posted by: runner at October 11, 2023 05:49 PM (+bPgI)

211 Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 11, 2023 05:47 PM (vHIgi)

Any good?

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 11, 2023 05:49 PM (nscIV)

212 1st Season was great, and then they went and screwed with the cast and re-wrote everything so that the 2nd Season sucked?

Just like SPACE:1999! Gaah!

Posted by: Brewingfrog at October 11, 2023 05:50 PM (c7Cz0)

213 203 >>>194 Waldorf Salad is also pretty funny

yeah... which one is that?
Posted by: ace at

Yanks show up late in the evening and expect a hot meal. Basil has to figure out how to cook.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2023 05:50 PM (Iw5Ml)

214 Team America 2 was never made because M&T =hated= making the first one.

They thought marionettes would be easy (I presume because they look so dumb) and the whole thing was a nightmare they wanted to give up about 1/3rd of the way through.

Don't f&*k with marionettes if you don't know what you're doing.
Posted by: moviegique at October 11, 2023 05:21 PM (asXVI)

There have to be marionette experts around they could have leaned on.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 11, 2023 05:51 PM (eoQWY)

215 Extras. Ricky Gervais can be very good
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 11, 2023 05:37 PM (VxQfi)

=====

The guest stars make that show. Patrick Stewart, Orlando Bloom, and Daniel Radcliffe were my favorites.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 11, 2023 05:51 PM (zi3Hl)

216 The IT Crowd was one of the most unexpectedly hilarious shows I've ever seen. I rarely LOL at tv shows but that one had me in stitches. The Gay: the Gay Musical episode, and the dinner party one, are standouts.

Posted by: Bayesian Prior at October 11, 2023 05:52 PM (Zwh5X)

217 Any good?
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One

10 minutes in and I'm giggling madly

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 11, 2023 05:52 PM (vHIgi)

218 Caught the first episode of Soap the other day.

Posted by: Beartooth at October 11, 2023 05:52 PM (E5KZ+)

219 Yanks show up late in the evening and expect a hot meal. Basil has to figure out how to cook.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2023 05:50 PM (Iw5Ml)

He also doesn't know the recipe for Waldorf Salad and keeps proposing alternatives.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 11, 2023 05:52 PM (eoQWY)

220 I copied the video of the guy crashing into the power line and overdubbed Yakity Sax on the audio track. Was that wrong?
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy

I love where they overdub it on Los Angeles police chases

Posted by: rickb223 at October 11, 2023 05:52 PM (xgUr8)

221 The IT Crowd was one of the most unexpectedly hilarious shows I've ever seen. I rarely LOL at tv shows but that one had me in stitches. The Gay: the Gay Musical episode, and the dinner party one, are standouts.
Posted by: Bayesian Prior at October 11, 2023 05:52 PM (Zwh5X)

Can't leave out Breaking the Internet episode

Posted by: Beartooth at October 11, 2023 05:53 PM (E5KZ+)

222 There have to be marionette experts around they could have leaned on.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 11, 2023 05:51 PM (eoQWY)

IIRC they had actual marionette...Ists, or whatever they're called, doing the puppet work.

Posted by: Vanya, Channeling Our Betters at October 11, 2023 05:53 PM (v27SO)

223 I started watching movies and videos while high on Delta 8.

All I can say is the experience is way better.

There is a point where I can really start noticing the actor's makeup.

I was watching a Harry Potter movie and there was scene with Dumbledore and noticed the make up artist missed the top 1" from the actor's hairline. Most of the time you can really tell when the rouge is overdone (or maybe overdone on purpose).

I was watching The Big Sleep with Bogey and Bacall. There is a scene near the end where they are talking to each other while smoking cigarettes. When Bacall is talking the smoke makes a line from her mouth directly to Bogey. Then Bogey starts talking and the smoke makes a direct line to Bacall. Almost as if their spirits were going from one to the other. Either it was a complete accident or the director should've gotten an Oscar just for that.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 11, 2023 05:54 PM (cMXNt)

224 I loved the IT Crowd

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 11, 2023 05:54 PM (vHIgi)

225 Clifton Duncan
@cliftonaduncan
·
4h
Apartheid and "open-air" imprisonment of innocent people is inhumane, unconscionable, and downright cruel.

Such treatment should only be reserved for unvaccinated people.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2023 05:54 PM (TGPs7)

226 At last, someone else has watched and/or appreciate this show.

The main problem with season 2 is the schtick just ran out of steam.

Posted by: Every damn Hollywood Executive at October 11, 2023 05:55 PM (8E/8X)

227 I copied the video of the guy crashing into the power line and overdubbed Yakity Sax on the audio track. Was that wrong?
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy

I love where they overdub it on Los Angeles police chases
Posted by: rickb223 at October 11, 2023 05:52 PM (xgUr

Going to add the Wilhelm Scream as he bursts into flames.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at October 11, 2023 05:55 PM (h4nev)

228 Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2023 05:54 PM (TGPs7)

So I was told!

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 11, 2023 05:55 PM (nscIV)

229 since you guys are talking about brit comedies, i recommend 'good neighbors', about a couple who try to be self-sufficient in the middle of a sort of upper middle class suburb of london.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 11, 2023 05:56 PM (B1FKF)

230 >>Glad I did.

It's sort of perfect game, great visuals, great atmosphere and setting, amazing immersive soundtrack, challenging but doesn't become a death struggle and the story reveals itself in nice even pace.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 11, 2023 05:49 PM (XV/Pl)

I saw Ellen from Outside Xtra YT channel play some of that and she had to take "its too cute" breaks every so often. They even did a collection video of sounds Ellen made playing Stray.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 11, 2023 05:57 PM (eoQWY)

231 I watched a late 70s, early 80s movie called The Mysterious Two starring John Forsythe.

It was supposedly based upon the UFO cultist in California at the time and especially the man and woman team that eventually came the Heaven's Gate cult. Extremely disturbing considering what happened in the 90s.

It's available on YouTube. It's a basic TV movie but I liked it a lot.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 11, 2023 05:57 PM (cMXNt)

232 since you guys are talking about brit comedies, i recommend 'good neighbors', about a couple who try to be self-sufficient in the middle of a sort of upper middle class suburb of london.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 11, 2023 05:56 PM (B1FKF)

That's a great show, but I always felt like Felicity Kendall's character was one step away from running out on her weirdo husband and living a more normal life with someone else. I would have.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 11, 2023 05:57 PM (6xRrr)

233 223 I started watching movies and videos while high on Delta 8.

All I can say is the experience is way better.

What is Delta 8? Weed?

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 11, 2023 05:58 PM (UYUKJ)

234 233 223 I started watching movies and videos while high on Delta 8.

All I can say is the experience is way better.

What is Delta 8? Weed?

isn't the drugs the aliens got hooked on in the well-known documentary series alien nation?

Posted by: anachronda at October 11, 2023 05:59 PM (v3pYe)

235 "4h
Apartheid and "open-air" imprisonment of innocent people is inhumane, unconscionable, and downright cruel."

This is so true! Now go find some innocent people that didn't elect blood thirsty terrorists to rule them, don't support the goat fucking savages, and do not celebrate when actual innocents are massacred AND who are actually in this situation. In short...

Shut the fuck up, dunce.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 11, 2023 05:59 PM (Wy1BU)

236 Speaking of Stuff That's On Youtube, the movie Waterloo from the 1970s is on there in its entirety. It's rocky in parts, but holy hell did they go full bore on the '...and a cast of thousands!", and it shows. IMO it's worth seeing just for the French cavalry charge scene.

Posted by: Vanya, Channeling Our Betters at October 11, 2023 06:00 PM (v27SO)

237 @230

>>They even did a collection video of sounds Ellen made playing Stray.

The fact that you can knock things off of shelves and perches just like a cat would do and scratch things and take cat naps is the chefs kiss.

Its as if the makers of the game intended for people to have pleasure while playing their game.

What a concept.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 11, 2023 06:02 PM (XV/Pl)

238 Apartheid and "open-air" imprisonment of innocent people is inhumane, unconscionable, and downright cruel."

This is so true! Now go find some innocent people that didn't elect blood thirsty terrorists to rule them, don't support the goat fucking savages, and do not celebrate when actual innocents are massacred AND who are actually in this situation. In short...

Shut the fuck up, dunce.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 11, 2023 05:59 PM (Wy1BU)

The sure way to show the world you deserve rights is to explode out and slaughter hundreds of civilians. It's why I have no truck with Nat Turner OR John "Harper's Ferry" Brown

Posted by: Oldcat at October 11, 2023 06:02 PM (eoQWY)

239 Apparently Mary Lou Retton is in the ICU with pneumonia..

**********

I'm sure she'll bounce right back...

Posted by: Muldoon at October 11, 2023 06:02 PM (l4B/J)

240 OMG, how can people forget The Young Ones?

* Rick: "God, I'm bored. Might as well be listening to Genesis"

* Rick: "There's nothing poofy about a man wanting to love his fellow
man- It's just when they start touching each others' bottoms...."

* Vyv: "I put it (serum that turns you into an axe-wielding homicidal
maniac) in a Coke can so nobody'd drink it by mistake."

Neil: "You know, I just bet that a bit later on someone does drink
that and turns into an axe-wielding homocidal maniac."

* Vyv: "Neil, is it really necessary to nail the plates to the table?
What happens when we want to play Monopoly? Go directly to plate? Do not pass plate nailed to the table by a stupid hippie?"

* Neil: "Boom shanka...May the seed of your loins be fruitful in the
belly of your woman."

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2023 06:03 PM (TGPs7)

241 Youtube I watch but doubt my Forte

Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2023 06:03 PM (fwDg9)

242 I think Delta 8 is weed or something similar. I'm trying to figure out what they make it out of.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 11, 2023 06:04 PM (UYUKJ)

243 >>>236 Speaking of Stuff That's On Youtube, the movie Waterloo from the 1970s is on there in its entirety. It's rocky in parts, but holy hell did they go full bore on the '...and a cast of thousands!", and it shows. IMO it's worth seeing just for the French cavalry charge scene.

hah, I watched that on YouTube, but cast to my TV screen, like two years ago. As you say, rocky, but still impressive in parts.

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 06:04 PM (KRtlO)

244 i guess I need to give the IT crowd another chance.

i find that actress super-cute. I know her from the Sherlock she appeared in.

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 06:05 PM (KRtlO)

245 As a woman, I have no problem with tv shows or movies that have busty gals, even jiggly gals, to appeal to the men folk. Where I have objections is for shows like Game of Thrones. To me that very obviously crosses the line into porn...and I really hate porn. Now if folks want to watch porn, fine. But don't drag me into iit nor expect me to feel anything but disgusted.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at October 11, 2023 06:05 PM (Xl/iQ)

246 I think Delta 8 is a CBD cannabis tincture product.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 11, 2023 06:05 PM (MeG8a)

247 I think Delta 8 is weed or something similar. I'm trying to figure out what they make it out of.
Posted by: CaliGirl

Probably bath salts.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 11, 2023 06:05 PM (xgUr8)

248 Apparently Mary Lou Retton is in the ICU with pneumonia..

**********

I'm sure she'll bounce right back...
Posted by: Muldoon at October 11, 2023 06:02 PM (l4B/J)

**rim shot**

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at October 11, 2023 06:05 PM (h4nev)

249 but holy hell did they go full bore on the '...and a cast of thousands!", and it shows. IMO it's worth seeing just for the French cavalry charge scene.
Posted by: Vanya, Channeling Our Betters at October 11, 2023 06:00 PM (v27SO)

That's because they are using, no kidding, the Russian Army. The USSR was a co-producer of the film and wanted to use it for propaganda purposes. IIRC, the big battlefield shots were done in western Ukraine, with Yugoslav horsemen.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 11, 2023 06:06 PM (H2qjM)

250 Apartheid and "open-air" imprisonment of innocent people is inhumane, unconscionable, and downright cruel."

This is so true! Now go find some innocent people that didn't elect blood thirsty terrorists to rule them, don't support the goat fucking savages, and do not celebrate when actual innocents are massacred AND who are actually in this situation. In short...

Shut the fuck up, dunce.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 11, 2023 05:59 PM (Wy1BU)

"Israel is an apartheid state!" Like... No shit. If I lived next to who they live next to I'd be an apartheid state too.

Posted by: Vanya, Channeling Our Betters at October 11, 2023 06:06 PM (v27SO)

251 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at October 11, 2023 06:06 PM (+vFC3)

252 >> I watched a late 70s, early 80s movie called The Mysterious Two starring John Forsythe.

sounds weird, maybe i'll try it.

Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 06:06 PM (KRtlO)

253
What is Delta 8? Weed?

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 11, 2023 05:58 PM

It is hemp oil, also known as CBD oil, which has gone through a chemical process. At that point it is very chemically similar to THC (pot/Delta 9). But not the same. Many states have banned it - I imagine because it competes with their marijuana sales.

It will fvck you up and no one should drive or operate heavy machinery after use. Not sure if a person would show up 'hot' for marijuana use after using. I suspect not.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 11, 2023 06:06 PM (enJYY)

254 The fact that you can knock things off of shelves and perches just like a cat would do and scratch things and take cat naps is the chefs kiss.

Its as if the makers of the game intended for people to have pleasure while playing their game.

What a concept.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 11, 2023 06:02 PM (XV/Pl)

An RPG I play now, Guild Wars II has mounts that all have a few idle animations. One hovering flying pet turns and your char pulls out a huge fish and feeds it to him. The dino Raptor pet scratches its ear. The player characters also do that, shift position. The plant race sort of sways like a plant in a breeze.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 11, 2023 06:07 PM (eoQWY)

255 This is so true! Now go find some innocent people that didn't elect blood thirsty terrorists to rule them, don't support the goat fucking savages, and do not celebrate when actual innocents are massacred AND who are actually in this situation.

I'm sure there were plenty, plenty, of 1940s Germans that just went with the flow, then found themselves on the wrong end of the Eighth Air Force. That's how it works. Political choices matter - even for the minorities of bad decisions.

We're going to pay for 75 years of bad American decisions as well. Even though you and I, personally, opposed most of them. Thats how the game works.

Posted by: Cliffs Notes at October 11, 2023 06:07 PM (YY7ba)

256 NOOD

... things.

and maybe stuff.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 11, 2023 06:08 PM (llON8)

257 I saw The Magnificent 7. It was good.

Now I'm trying to find the box set with The Magnificent seasons 1-6. Anybody know where I can find them?

Posted by: Muldoon at October 11, 2023 06:09 PM (l4B/J)

258 >>>I was watching The Big Sleep with Bogey and Bacall.
----

Horse fans.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 11, 2023 06:09 PM (u44Cz)

259 At Gateway they report armored vehicles approaching from Jordan. They can't be that stupid. Just doest add up. Can't confirm elsewhere...

Posted by: meal team 6 at October 11, 2023 06:10 PM (QXcnL)

260 223 I started watching movies and videos while high on Delta 8.

All I can say is the experience is way better.

What is Delta 8? Weed?
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 11, 2023 05:58 PM (UYUKJ)

-----------------------

Delta 9 is the molecule that is THC, the psychactive compound in marijuana.

Delta 8 is a hemp derivated THC from the CBD refining process.

The molecules are just slightly different.

I take the Delta 8 as an edible gummy.

I become very mellow and there is a slight psychedelic effect. For instance, when watching a movie sometimes the images become very 3D, other times the actor's image becomes very flat but stands out from the background.

The high takes about 60 to 90 minutes to kick in and last for 6 to 8 hours.

A much, much better experience than alcohol.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 11, 2023 06:10 PM (cMXNt)

261 #69 Here's the journalist's real statement. [Dom Lucre seems to be a black Libertarian BTW.]

Bel Trew @Beltrew 13h
I just wanted to clarify that I did not tweet 40 babies had been beheaded. I tweeted that foreign media had been told women and children had been decapitated but we had not been shown bodies - which was my response to reports which had gone viral about the 40 babies. I realised the way my tweet was written was too short to explain the full context, so deleted it. My headline of my story references that toddlers were killed.
https://tinyurl.com/nhwah35m

My boldface; so she knows babies were killed just not whether some/many/most/all were literally beheaded. "Her" headline now [?] reads "Inside the border village where 'babies slaughtered' in Hamas attack."

Her report link:
https://tinyurl.com/yd6nrefs

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 11, 2023 06:12 PM (krqg6)

262 At Gateway they report armored vehicles approaching from Jordan. They can't be that stupid. Just doest add up. Can't confirm elsewhere...
Posted by: meal team 6 at October 11, 2023 06:10 PM (QXcnL)

Jordan hates the Palestinians more than Israelis. "Black September" was what the PLO called the purge of them out of Jordan for trying to topple its kingdom

Posted by: Oldcat at October 11, 2023 06:15 PM (eoQWY)

263 It will fvck you up and no one should drive or operate heavy machinery after use. Not sure if a person would show up 'hot' for marijuana use after using. I suspect not.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 11, 2023 06:06 PM (enJYY)

------------

Definitely don't drive after taking Delta 8.

People should start out with a small dose like 10mg and that's it for the evening. Work your way up from that. Again the effect takes 60 to 90 minutes to start feeling noticable.

I take 60mg.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 11, 2023 06:16 PM (cMXNt)

264 RNC Research
@RNCResearch
"Should your colleague Rashida Tlaib still have the Palestinian flag outside her office?"
Democrat Rep. Steny Hoyer: "I fly a Danish flag at my house"

-
More stunning and brave.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 11, 2023 06:16 PM (FVME7)

265 In the late '90s, a British comedy writer (can't remember who) listed what he felt were the 3 best-written sitcoms ever:
- Fawlty Towers
- The Young Ones
- Cheers

It's 20+ years later and I think it still holds. Nothing made since then could replace these three. Maybe Peep Show.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at October 11, 2023 06:18 PM (lqvOK)

266 sounds weird, maybe i'll try it.
Posted by: ace at October 11, 2023 06:06 PM (KRtlO)

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You're left wondering if they are cultists or actual aliens.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 11, 2023 06:19 PM (cMXNt)

267 You know, I can't think of another movie that should have a sequel than "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins". I mean it's not like they started at number 4 or anything.

Posted by: Croaker at October 11, 2023 06:20 PM (WVllD)

268 For what it's worth, Biden claims he saw photos of the beheaded babies.

Posted by: Warlord Dilley at October 11, 2023 06:27 PM (ZlKnD)

269 Yes, Minister is fantastic, and Yes, Prime Minister is amazing. The episode where the PM discusses nuclear deterrents is a tour-de-force, and the bit on who reads the UK press is funny on a legendary level. One other Brit offering that is worth checking out is She-Wolf of London -originally caught it when I was living in the UK, and I still regard it as an unappreciated gem.

Posted by: A. Pendragon at October 11, 2023 06:28 PM (riune)

270 If you like the young ones, you might like Bottom (Rik Mayall and Ade Edmonson living in a flat together). Crude but funny. There are lots of samples, possibly episodes and maybe a live show on YT.

One of the best long running series in the UK, often hailed as the funniest show ever in all the usual polls is "Only Fools and Horses" . Two brothers living in a flat in Peckham, wheeling and dealing. First season might be a bit ropey but worth sticking with. Definitely a fave with Gen X and older.

If you are after some detective shows, there is Midsomer Murders and Morse, two classics from pre-woke times.

Posted by: PoliticalMcguffin at October 11, 2023 06:37 PM (1xOC5)

271 Oh and "Not the nine O'Clock news" - bit lefty on the political issues, but funny nontheless, includes Rowan Atkinson among others in a sketch show.

As for movies, another you might like is 'Still Crazy' - about a 70s rock band getting back together for "one more gig". Stars Bill Nighy and features every Rock n' Roll cliche there is, but some great music.

Posted by: PoliticalMcguffin at October 11, 2023 07:06 PM (1xOC5)

272 it seems Clear, that MOST of the problems In The World, come from people Not watching Danger 5.
It seems to be The Most Hyper-Realist show, in the history of Earth.
If Hamas would watch Danger 5, instead of Raping and Killing and Kidnapping; the World would be a better place!

Posted by: gilbar at October 11, 2023 07:38 PM (FO7us)

273 "OSS 117"

and

"A Very Secret Service" (English title)

Both spy spoofs, both French. So good.

Posted by: MarkW at October 11, 2023 08:44 PM (jb7yU)

274 One show I know of that didn't get much play when it came around

It's on Tubi and it's one of those old BBC comedies that lasted only one season (6 episodes)

It's called 'Whites' about a kitchen staff at some up island British resort.. (whites being the kitchen uniforms and nothing current day BS about it)

Posted by: Blanco at October 11, 2023 09:17 PM (MHpW9)

275 Late as per usual, but my excuse is that I was finishing an episode of Jeeves and Wooster.

Is Yes, Minister better than Yes, Prime Minister?

Posted by: .87c at October 11, 2023 10:27 PM (XRYNV)

276 No. You're out of your mind. It's completely unwatchable...like an Americanized Young Ones fever dream. Stick to flaming skulls.

Posted by: Flashman at October 11, 2023 10:50 PM (TJHJC)

277 Currently hooked on "Stargate", halfway through the 10 seasons.

Posted by: Tom c at October 12, 2023 01:53 AM (wW832)

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