What are you watching & why? (splain)

vkp78 said:
The Professionals- on Xumo play(free). Old British intelligence show. The first thing that struck me was the frenetic pace of running/chases. Most modern shows, looks like the lead runs like a sissy- this may not be true, but I have Seagal grating on my mind.

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I remember reading an interview a few years back from a movie release/debut (I canā€™t recall the movie, or the actor);

They were talking about some of the action scenes, and the actor was talking about training for a particular scene, and said, ā€œReally, how often do you EVER run flat out, past high school or college?ā€.

That comment really stuck, because itā€™s true. Many of us might run, for cardio etc., but thatā€™s running at a medium/moderate pace. Unless a person specifically sets out to do it regularly, heā€™s right; most people rarely ever sprint flat out, after high school or college.

The few (somewhat recent) actors I can recall, doing that in movies since that interview, are Tom Cruise in the Mission Impossible movies, and Zachary Quinto in Star Trek: Into Darkness.
 
Anyone else noticed that their attention span is shot? Social media has turned me into an autist... I say this in reference to being bored by most movies and shows now, whereas I used to be a massive film buff.

American Made (Tom Cruise) is on Prime and it was the last movie I saw that was worthy of a proper watch.
 
oldmanwilly said:
I recently finished up Reservation Dogs. It was a bit slow at the start, but once they established the characters it took off. Funny and endearing. Plus, there was a character with an absolutely perfect name and casting: William Knifeman

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The Lowdown and Reservation Dogs were created by Sterlin Harjo and have similar vibes. The Lowdown is not slow though!
 
Gusbuster said:
Alien: Earth on Hulu is pretty cool. Itā€™s produced by Ridley Scott.
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I finished watching all the episodes.

I've got to admit I wish the xenomorphs weren't in it. I feel like it's really taking away from what they were and the other aliens in it are cool enough to carry the show on their own.
 
SpyderPhreak said:
Ballerina, of the John Wick world.

Ana de Armas. John Wick. ā€˜Nuff said.
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I enjoyed the first half more than the latter, where it started to get a little too ridiculous (and I expect a fair bit of over-the-top in any JW franchise - that's kind of the point).

But yeah, my bar isn't exactly high if the trade-off is two hours of watching Ana de Armas. :)

As an aside, she sure seems like she really got the shit repeatedly kicked out of her in that movie. Very physical role, for sure.
 
Hammer67 said:
I enjoyed the first half more than the latter, where it started to get a little too ridiculous (and I expect a fair bit of over-the-top in any JW franchise - that's kind of the point).

But yeah, my bar isn't exactly high if the trade-off is two hours of watching Ana de Armas. :)

As an aside, she sure seems like she really got the shit repeatedly kicked out of her in that movie. Very physical role, for sure.
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Yeah, I was in no way complaining. šŸ˜ Maybe she likes it rough? šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø ;)
 
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