Every serial goes thru the Bell Curve of inspiration... not sure yet where ST is on that line.

About the only series I've watched lately is the British art show 'Fake or Fortune?'--where art experts evaluate paintings to see if they are real or forged....

Otherwise, been watching a lot of documentaries lately--mostly art and music docs...several Beatles and Rolling Stones documentaries, a couple Bob Dylan ones, Martin Scorsese's George Harrison documentary, Scorsese's 'The Last Waltz' concert film, making of album documentaries on Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' and 'The Wall', a Pearl Jam documentary from a few years ago...

This guy has a very interesting channel; interviews a lot of... let's say the downtrodden. This video tho, is both sad and fascinating. I sometimes get drawn to these stories- the extremes of the Human Experience.

I'm a pretty good internet detective, so not only was I quickly able to pinpoint their home via the background in the video, but I found that there were 15 children. Betty the talker, Ray & Lorraine are 3, & the guy in the green shirt reading the paper is another brother. But this isn't inbreeding- I think it's genetics/birth defects (I did their family tree back 3 generations).

Edited December 23, 20205 yr by balthazar

8 hours ago, Alisa Frost said:

Now I'm watching on recipes for my dinner and can't make a decision what I want. Actually, I stopped on Chicken Noodle Soup - https://recipes.cafe/en/Chicken-Noodle-Soup-Recipe .

Maybe somebody wants to help me?

Welcome to Cheers and Gears Alisa!

Home Made Chicken Noodle Soup is the Bomb!

I start with roasting some chickens and then debone them and use the rest of the chicken to make natural broth. Add in all the veggies and simmer for hours. Best base you can have to build a yummy Chicken Noodle Soup.

Good luck. 

Fascinating.

The Mandalorian 

A not too shabby series Id say. Kept my son and I occupied for a few minutes and quenched our thirst for Star Wars.  

Battlebots is next. 

Found out that a new season has begun...maybe? At least I think its a new season and not a rerun.   I recorded it on Sunday and we will watch it sometime between tomorrow and XMAS eve.  

 

45 minutes ago, balthazar said:

Fascinating.

Well...Im fascinated.    

 

(maybe this should go in the "what are you listening to" thread?)   (nah!  its good in here too!) 

PS:  Ill watch that inbred video sometime tonight...

 

Ill be watching the movie Memphis Belle soon.  

@A Horse With No Name  inspired me to do so.  I got the DVD. Bought it a loooooong time ago. Saw the movie at the movie theatre a looooong time ago when it first came out.  

On 12/22/2020 at 9:17 PM, oldshurst442 said:

Ill be watching the movie Memphis Belle soon.  

@A Horse With No Name  inspired me to do so.  I got the DVD. Bought it a loooooong time ago. Saw the movie at the movie theatre a looooong time ago when it first came out.  

Amazing what the greatest generation did. 

On 12/19/2020 at 2:20 AM, balthazar said:

This guy has a very interesting channel; interviews a lot of... let's say the downtrodden. This video tho, is both sad and fascinating. I sometimes get drawn to these stories- the extremes of the Human Experience.

I'm a pretty good internet detective, so not only was I quickly able to pinpoint their home via the background in the video, but I found that there were 15 children. Betty the talker, Ray & Lorraine are 3, & the guy in the green shirt reading the paper is another brother. But this isn't inbreeding- I think it's genetics/birth defects (I did their family tree back 3 generations).

Looks good, actually. 

Watched a few Christmas movies over the last few days...'DIe Hard', 'Christmas Vacation', 'Fred Claus', 'Bad Santa' and 'Bad Santa II'.      Found a cold, snowy Norwegian crime drama to stream today--'Wisting'..pretty good. 

 

Edited January 18, 20215 yr by oldshurst442

Most recent shows watched are were an HBO documentary 'Murder on Middle Beach'...interesting story of a young man that made a documentary about his mother who was murdered (unsolved) about 10 years ago, she was involved in a ponzi scheme, had just gone through a messy divorce..

Another show was HBO's 'The Undoing'--pretty good drama w/ Hugh Grant, Nicole Kidman and Donald Sutherland...

Currently on season 2 of 'Bloodline', a drama from a few years ago about a family in the Florida Keys with a lot of dark past secrets w/ Kyle Chandler, Sam Shepherd and Sissy Spacek..a bit soapy at times...but I like it for the authentic locations--was actually filmed in the Upper Keys in and around Islamorada w/ some trips to Miami and the surrounding area..fun because I recognize locales from when I lived down there..interesting place. 

Currently re-watching the series Numbers and finishing up the Last season of Sabrina.

Started watching last night FATE: The WINX Saga. Very cool special.affects and decent story line on Netflix. 

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8179402/

 

My wife has been watching Wayward Pines; I saw a handful of episodes, but then did my usual & jumped ship. I get antsy.

Was also watching 11.22.63 - I think I saw 5-6 of the 8 episodes. I liked that one.

Very interesting list of the 100 sexiest Movies of all time. I agree with some, disagree with others and agree that European movies have way more sex than the conservative American made movies.

100 Sexiest Movies Of All Time << Rotten Tomatoes – Movie and TV News

One of the auto fix up YouTube channels I like is Watch JRGo, he's recently done repairs on a barn-find Aztek, an GMC XUV (had to replace the sliding roof), among other vehicles..his latest acquisition is this neat 1977 Mack firetruck.  Fun stuff...

 

 

New season on Netflix of

Formula 1: Drive to Survive

https://www.netflix.com/title/80204890?s=a&trkid=13747225&t=cp

Really good show

 

 

Been streaming 'City on a Hill' this week, a solid crime drama set in the early 90s in Boston w/ Kevin Bacon.  Bacon is very good as a slimy veteran FBI agent.  Almost through the first season, the 2nd season is currently streaming on Showtime. 

Also recently watched a solid 4-part documentary about the unsolved 1990 Gardner Museum art theft, 'This is a Theft' on Netflix. 

Watched the original ‘Lethal Weapon’ today, hadn’t seen it in maybe 25 years.  Good 80s buddy cop flick, lots of 70s-80s cars—several Olds 88s-98s.  

Just watched 'Lethal Weapon 2', haven't seen it in ages---more Oldsmobiles, and the great scene w/ Mel Gibson in a GMC 3500 extended cab dually pulling down a stilt house...

Edited April 18, 20214 yr by Robert Hall

Watched 'Lethal Weapon 3' tonight, hadn't seen it ages..not as good as the first two, too much Joe Pesci (who drove a red Allante in it).   Couple good chase scenes, and there was a blue '69 Coronet w/ a six pack hood, a red '69 Chevelle, red '91-92 Mustang GT convertible, various Porsches and M-Bs...best scene as far as cars was a scene in a garage with a tubbed '56 Chevy and a wild chop top Chevy Nomad with a blown engine sticking out the rear window...googling turned up pics of it, apparently it was this car:

 

Ive been on a Conan binge lately.

Norm MacDonald, Bill Burr appearances and the like.    I came across the Jordan Schlansky videos as well, and this one reminded me of @trinacriabob 

VIVA ITALIA!!!

ESPECIALLY WITH THE EUROCUP VICTORY OVER ENGLAND YESTERSDAY!!!  

(not that I watch soccer...Im just proud that Greece's cousins won!!!) 

 

 

 

Prepare to be unnerved : 
https://aeon.co/videos/whats-it-like-to-chat-with-an-ai-that-mimics-you-uncanny-conversations-with-replika

 

7 hours ago, balthazar said:

Prepare to be unnerved : 
https://aeon.co/videos/whats-it-like-to-chat-with-an-ai-that-mimics-you-uncanny-conversations-with-replika

 

This brings up so many good movie references of enjoyment.

RoboCop (1987) - IMDb

Bicentennial Man (1999) - IMDb

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) - IMDb

RoboCop (2014) - IMDb

Ex Machina (2014) - IMDb

Chappie (2015) - IMDb

Ghost in the Shell (2017) - IMDb

Watched Peter Jackson's excellent Beatles documentary 'Get Back' last weekend.   Also watched the recent 'Nobody' (John Wick style thriller w/ Bob Odenkirk and RZA as brothers!), 'From a Vine' (recent light comedy/drama w/ Joe Pantoliano as a burnt out Canadian auto exec that moves to rural Italy to restore his grandfather's winery), and a couple good '80s British cold war dramas w/ Michael Caine  ("Fourth Protocol" w/ Pierce Brosnan also) and 'The Whistle Blower'. 

Edited December 4, 20214 yr by Robert Hall

 

 

18 hours ago, oldshurst442 said:

 

I'd take the E39 M5.  My favorite era of BMWs.  The modern appliances are faster but so dull and soulless. 

21 hours ago, oldshurst442 said:

 

Like the Looks of the Lucid over the others, but being cars, I really could care less.

Let me know when they do this with the EV trucks and SUVs.

I dunno anymore.  About ICE and BE.  Although I have always loved the E39 M5, its a modern day classic. Its the equivalent of a '70 Olds 442 or Buick GS Stage 1.   Or a Hemi powered '55 Chrysler 300. 

But, the Tesla Model S also represents this.  And a decade later, its still the EV benchmark. Just like how the E39 M5 is STILL the sports sedan benchmark.  

Question one has for a Model S is: does the Model S continue that flame.  One could easily dismissed it as its got a 'soulless'  electric motor.   In my opinion, its not that easy to dismiss the motive power and software in the Tesla.  For a decade, many many internal combustion behemoths tried to out perform it and all have failed.  Even the latest EVs from other companies have tried to outperform it, and all have failed.  

OK, you said that modern appliances ARE faster, but not elicit the joy one gets with a 'classic'.

OK, then why is it Im giggling like a school girl watching the video about yet another drag  race involving the Model S, 10 years of this and the Model S hasnt changed all that much but Im still giggling in anticipation and KNOWINGLY ASSUMINGLY that the Model S  will win again...

And then when I FINALLY see the result, I jumped out of my seat GLEEFULLY laughing and yelling OH YEAH!!! like the Montreal Expos have won the World Series.  Problem is, the Montreal Expos have NEVER won a World Series, probably never will because they dont even exist anymore but with the Tesla Model S, its like a yearly, monthly,  daily thing.  Its a fact of life that the Model S is a straight line performance GOAT. 

Its not as if the Model S is good in only one thing.  It wasnt designed to go around a track and yet, from the factory, a couple of modifications and its a track star too. It aint a superstar, but its quite good.  Heft is a problem for tracking though and its the one thing that an ICE oriented vehicle will always be more fun to drive around a track than a BE.  But, later versions of the M5, and they too suffer from heft and lack the finesse the E39 had around the twisties...  The latest M5 CS corrects this though.   

Which leads me to the styling.

Whether we are talking about BMW E39 M5s, Tesla Model S' or the latest F90 M5 CS, they all kinda look the same...

The E39 actually looks like a bigger E36 3 Series.  

 

The F90 looks like a more used up bar of soap E39. 

 

And the Model S is stylized in the middle of this modern look since the Ford Taurus to front stage back in '86. 

 

In all 3 cases, nothing to write home about if we are really really honest about this whole thing about souls and excitement. 

Call me crazy though, and as much as I love the E39 M5 

 

and the F90 M5 CS, because I am actually very VERY fond of it, like really. Im not shytting you

 

The Model S might just be my favorite out of all 3 of them, even though I think the styling of the Model S is in 2022 outdated, I think its become a classic and its still rolling on our roads and we could buy it new new. Customize it how every we want from the factory.  

 

 

  

I would still take either of these BEVs over the cars above.

Just now, David said:

Let me know when they do this with the EV trucks and SUVs.

No I wont tell you. As I really cant stand trucks and SUVs. ESPECIALLY EV ones...

 

Just joking.  Here goes

 

And 2 for the price of 1 

Good deal I must say so myself!