What are you watching & why? (splain)

ferider said:
I like the dog (we have our 3rd Cane Corso now - most gentle dog we’ve ever had). The guy had it coming of course.

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Loved that scene! My Cane used to growl at airplanes. Super sweet dog to me.
 
Tried Special Ops Lioness (Paramount+) but JFC what a load of #$&* . I am not a western buff like some of you guys so I didn't mind some of Taylor Sheridan's stuff like 1883 & 1923 even though I found YS to be way over the top even for me. I tolerated Tulsa King because I generally like Sly even if all the mobsters in that series are like terrible jokes!
 
Taylor Sheridan is obviously making a boatload of money...but jeez, I just have no use for the sort of stuff he is putting out of late.
Then again, my thoughts on the subject couldn't be more meaningless.
 
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Watching Dark Winds. It’s a good period crime drama. It’s also a positive depiction of native Americans. Plus, the main character carries and wields a cool knife. I wish I captured a screenshot of him holding the blade to the villain’s forehead. Does anyone know the knife’s maker?
 
Last episode of the season tonight for Dark Winds. I'm not completely sold on this season's story line, but I do like the show and Hillerman (the author of the books).

I also get a kick, (most of the time with some gaps), out of "Reservation Dogs". It loses its way, but when it's good it's pretty darn good.

I like "Deer Lady"...

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Off topic: In the late 80's I went to an academy for several weeks in Marana, AZ on BIA land where the Tribal Police also trained. I'd play pickup basketball with their officers daily, (from many different tribes), and had a blast with them. Learned quite a bit too...sometimes by mistake.

Great experience.

In October 1984, the Academy opened in Marana, Arizona under auspices of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center where it continued basic police training. During this period the Indian Law Enforcement Officers Memorial was built.

In January 1993, the Academy relocated to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico, the current location of the Academy. The Indian Law Enforcement Officer Memorial was also relocated to the center.
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Blues said:
Last episode of the season tonight for Dark Winds. I'm not completely sold on this season's story line, but I do like the show and Hillerman (the author of the books).

I also get a kick, (most of the time with some gaps), out of "Reservation Dogs". It loses its way, but when it's good it's pretty darn good.

I like "Deer Lady"...

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Off topic: In the late 80's I went to an academy for several weeks in Marana, AZ on BIA land where the Tribal Police also trained. I'd play pickup basketball with their officers daily, (from many different tribes), and had a blast with them. Learned quite a bit too...sometimes by mistake.

Great experience.
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I agree about story line, but the characters hold up. We don’t have enough internet to stream, but the few episodes of Resevation Dogs we watched were hilarious.

It’s better than Justified: City Primeval. Raylan was not the same and the characters were not as good. That is, until the last five minutes of the season finale.

That sounds like an awesome experience in Arizona. Probably lots of good stories there…
 
b-crow said:
I agree about story line, but the characters hold up. We don’t have enough internet to stream, but the few episodes of Resevation Dogs we watched were hilarious.

It’s better than Justified: City Primeval. Raylan was not the same and the characters were not as good. That is, until the last five minutes of the season finale.

That sounds like an awesome experience in Arizona. Probably lots of good stories there…
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I hated "Justified: City Primeval" and forced myself to get through the first few episodes before both my wife and I said "that's more than enough".

Yeah, lots of great stories and interesting times while I was there. The base was co-located with a CIA operation and they took me and a few other guys and certified us for our first static line jumps from 3,000 feet above the desert. Plus, one of the instructors was a pilot and let me take off and fly her Cessna 152...but I didn't want to try to land it. LOL.

Here's an interesting learning moment I had with the Indian police...whom, as I say, I respected the hell out of. They were the first ones up every morning, raising the flag and had their stuff wired tight.

So, anyway, one day after a grueling game of full court basketball we were laying around b.s.'ing and generally doing what young men full of adrenaline get up to. Which is tell tall tales and bust each other's balls.

Without giving it a second thought I tell the guys "hey, let's head down to the base pub and have a couple of cold ones." When one or two fellas started kicking their feet and looking down, I asked what was the matter. Only then did it start to dawn on me the whole history of Native Americans and alcohol...

...One of the officers tells me that they are not allowed into the pub...which floored me. I could understand choosing not to, but I couldn't understand how you could tell grown men who risked their lives for their country and their people, that they couldn't have a beer in a pub on their own base, where we, non-natives, had unfettered access. (As did the SEALs and other outfits that came through there during training.)

So he tells me that despite the rule, "it's better for us that we don't indulge" or words to that effect and made it clear that he knew that I was both unaware of the rule and meant absolutely no disrespect. Which of course I didn't. What bothered me more than their taking the high road in regard to the policy was that it was policy at all and not their own decision...though I don't know that a one of them would've gone for a beer had they been allowed.

I like to think I know more than most whites about native culture...so my faux pas that day hurt me because I didn't want to hurt them. And they never held it against me, but loved the fact that I tried to argue in favor of their right to choose.

Just one story...but one that has lived with me for the last 35 years.
 
I have a tough time finding movies with the right vibe lately. I like flicks that are interesting but enjoyable overall, and a lot of what is being put out these days just isn't fun to watch. It's weird because I didn't use to be like this lol, I think my tolerance is waning.
 
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