Recent content by CJW

Just Finished "The Vow" on HBO - 9 part mini series on NXIVM, Keith Raniere, and the major players - told from the POV of Mark Vincente (Director of "What the Bleep do we Know" and his wife Bonnie Piesse (Beru Lars in the Star Wars prequels). Also features actress Catherine Oxenberg whose...

I know there's a lot of smileys - but I think think there may still be a lot of undecided voters, but the decision isn't between Trump and Biden - it's between Biden and Not Voting.

Do you think twitter would ban him as soon as he's a private citizens again? I got the impression that many of his tweets would have violated the terms of service had they not been under the presidential banner.

Thanks - I'm 3 episodes in on the first season.

Just started season 1. are you rating season 2?

Jack Ryan, Season 1 7/10 Amazon Prime I read all of Clancy's novels, up to about half way though Executive Orders. I thought the writers did an excellent job of capturing Clancy's style and story telling. The action was decent, the mysteries unfolded well, and I thought the secondary...

Penny Dreadful - City of Angels 6/10 - On Showtime. I never watched any of the other Penny Dreadful seasons, but this one seemed intriguing. LA in 1939 is caught in a war between the supernatural entities of Magda and Santa Muerte - though It's mostly Magda doing all the warring and Santa...

Watchmen HBO Series 8 of 10 Just finished Watchmen - Found it entirely engaging from the get-go. I really enjoyed what they did with Laurie Blake's character in particular, even though I think they didn't know what to do with her for the last two episodes. Trent Reznor's score was fantastic...

I've also seen it compared more to Black Mirror, rather than Stranger things - Having only seen the first 3 Black mirror episodes, I think that's an apt comparison, but Tales has more much more heart and empathy. I would definitely watch a second season.

Tales From the Loop on Amazon Prime Maybe 7 out of 10. Sci-Fi series with most episodes being self contained stories focused on the people who live and work around an underground research facility called The Loop in Mercer Ohio. I thought it would be Amazon's answer to Stranger Things, but it...

Just one? haa! games in current rotation at our house: Tapestry Maracaibo Twilight Struggle Watergate Near and Far Also played on line: Kingdomino Carcassonne Stone Age Too many to pick just one!

Breaking Bad - Better late than than never huh? about 2 years ago - I had watched right up to the S2 episode before the : "Better Call Saul" episode that introduces the Lawyer and stalled. The show was good but Walt seemed stuck in a "Gilligan's Island" rut, where he could never get ahead -...

I think I see a reference to that great REO speedwagon song about the candle in the wind or something.... and a rising sun can be anything from Here Comes the Sun to Morning has Broken to Daybreak ....

we seem to have a lot of Goat Rodeos around here... And that's not even getting into the relative measures of a crap-ton, a shit-ton and a fuck-ton.

and delivering one of the best lines of the film: You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, or drive a car. Hell, you need a license to catch a fish! But they'll let any butt-reaming asshole be a father.