OT: Art, Music, Literature, Media, Teachers & More!! - Part 3

[Bad-Thoma]

I'd never heard of this movie Sisu but it's surprisingly awesome. It's from the studio that did John Wick and it's really John Wick-ish in its own way. Like John Wick if he was a retired elite Finnish soldier who gets caught up fighting Nazis while trying to mind his own business in the wilderness lol. Lots of violence but it's really fun and quite satisfying.

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I couldn't do it. I'm not going to throw any spoilers out there but there was a particular part where I said, "If he **** survives by ________ I'm out." Sure enough, he survived by __________. I had high hopes from the previews.

[bisme37]

I'd never heard of this movie Sisu but it's surprisingly awesome. It's from the studio that did John Wick and it's really John Wick-ish in its own way. Like John Wick if he was a retired elite Finnish soldier who gets caught up fighting Nazis while trying to mind his own business in the wilderness lol. Lots of violence but it's really fun and quite satisfying.

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I couldn't do it. I'm not going to throw any spoilers out there but there was a particular part where I said, "If he **** survives by ________ I'm out." Sure enough, he survived by __________. I had high hopes from the previews.

Lol yeah I guess you have to suspend your disbelief for that movie but I was prepared for that and didn't mind.

[Tatumfor2]

Some really amazing photos in this article if anyone's interested: https://www.yahoo.com/news/wildlife-photographer-horseshoe-crab-wins-014026692.html

This one of a horseshoe crab was named Wildlife Photo of the Year:

Fantastic! I'm not sure I'll ever look at tadpoles the same again...

[zoyathedestroya]

A few Prime Video movies I watched recently and liked: Clue (1985), The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), Denial (2016), Shock and Awe (2017), Dough (2015). I’m not that hard to please when it comes to movies. I will watch pretty much anything and am generous with my imdb/letterboxd ratings haha.

[SuperDeluxe]

Always late to everything (five years this time), I've just finished watching Sacha Baron Cohen's "Who is America." I laughed a lot. It looks like the show has the same format as "Da Ali G Show"? I guess I'll have to watch that one too.

[canman1971]

"Not an Accident" on HBO is really good. Documentary about the civil trial of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

[greenbeans]

Am I late for the Telemarketers talk? Patrick J. Pespas is the peak of people. Incredible snapshot of what it's like bullsh*tting in a nonsensical office job.

[zoyathedestroya]

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[sam_I_am]

I really liked 2 Jamie Foxx movies that are streaming now.

On Netflix - They Cloned Tyrone is a mix of 70s retro/sci fi/social commentary/comedy.

On Prime - The Burial with Tommy Lee Jones is a more mainstream, feel good, trial based drama.

[shackles10]

Completely OT for this thread, but not really Celtics related but...

Do you guys think a 1-3-1 is too complicated for 3rd-6th grade?

My son's school does youth basketball weird. K-2nd grade play against each other in a league, then 3rd-6th grade plays against each other in another league. For the 3rd-6th grade the 5th and 6th graders are only boys who tried out for the school's team for their grade and didn't make it so not as skilled 5th and 6th graders. I say it's weird because a 3rd grader going against a 6th grader isn't ideal size wise, and honestly doesn't help the 6th grader to improve going against the younger kids so his chances of making the 7th grade team if he wanted to try again don't exactly go up. It is what it is as I'm not changing schools lol.
Last year we started with just pick and rolls but got away to me just yelling out mismatches and winning with transition baskets off our defense as we were really good defensively against other teams pick and rolls especially. I was hoping the 1-3-1 would help to involve more of the kids regardless of skill level and teach them more about actually seeing the game while also helping them to learn more play structure, but I'm worried it's too complicated for 3rd graders with little experience (my son is in 4th grade for reference and he gets it and is ready to go). He plays in another league as well that's much more competitive, but of course he wants to play in the school league too because of school pride and all that and his friends play there.

[Tatumfor2]

Found myself binging these two new offerings from Netflix.

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Their use of the Poe classics was very clever. I jumped out of my skin more than once. Watch it in the dark with headphones on!

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Lots of twists and turns here. It doesn't keep you guessing until the end, but very well done overall (production and performance).

[zoyathedestroya]

Bosch: Legacy S2 opening wasn’t messing around. Woah!

[sam_I_am]

Found myself binging these two new offerings from Netflix.

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Their use of the Poe classics was very clever. I jumped out of my skin more than once. Watch it in the dark with headphones on!

Watch on YouTube

Lots of twists and turns here. It doesn't keep you guessing until the end, but very well done overall (production and performance).

Bodies was a lot like Dark.

[KillahGhostface]

Not Matthew Perry </3

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[bisme37]

Bosch: Legacy S2 opening wasn’t messing around. Woah!

Do I need to watch the original Bosch series on Prime before getting into Bosch Legacy? I've actually read some of the books and enjoy them but still haven't gotten around to the first TV series.

[bisme37]

The new movie Five Nights at Freddy's was so bad I'm still mad about it two days later. I figured it would at least be kinda fun but it thoroughly sucked in every way lol.

Was also disappointed by Pain Hustlers on Netflix despite really liking Emily Blunt. For one thing I feel like I've already seen the same movie 500 times. And the actors were all over the place with how they played their roles. Some were serious, some were tongue-in-cheek funny, and some were over-the-top hamming it up. So I guess I blame the director for that, but it just didn't work for me.

[ConstableGeneva]

Bosch: Legacy S2 opening wasn’t messing around. Woah!

Do I need to watch the original Bosch series on Prime before getting into Bosch Legacy? I've actually read some of the books and enjoy them but still haven't gotten around to the first TV series.

Don't want to spoil anything. For this particular season opener, you probably do but the return might not be worth it. Don't even know how many seasons Bosch had. It's not can't-miss TV. It's maybe a tier below The Shield (w/ Michael Chiklis).

My general rule is I rather watch the original than the spinoff/sequel series than the other way around if I can't watch both. Like I'm not bothering with the Walking Dead and Power spinoffs anymore. Still haven't seen The Boys spinoff. Just way too much content, not enough spare time lol.

[bisme37]

Bosch: Legacy S2 opening wasn’t messing around. Woah!

Do I need to watch the original Bosch series on Prime before getting into Bosch Legacy? I've actually read some of the books and enjoy them but still haven't gotten around to the first TV series.

Don't want to spoil anything. For this particular season opener, you probably do but the return might not be worth it. Don't even know how many seasons Bosch had. It's not can't-miss TV. It's maybe a tier below The Shield (w/ Michael Chiklis).

My general rule is I rather watch the original than the spinoff/sequel series than the other way around if I can't watch both. Like I'm not bothering with the Walking Dead and Power spinoffs anymore. Still haven't seen The Boys spinoff. Just way too much content, not enough spare time lol.

Thx. I've almost watched the first series a bunch of times but there are so many seasons/episodes it's a big time commitment and I never found the right time.

[sam_I_am]

Bosch: Legacy S2 opening wasn’t messing around. Woah!

Do I need to watch the original Bosch series on Prime before getting into Bosch Legacy? I've actually read some of the books and enjoy them but still haven't gotten around to the first TV series.

Don't want to spoil anything. For this particular season opener, you probably do but the return might not be worth it. Don't even know how many seasons Bosch had. It's not can't-miss TV. It's maybe a tier below The Shield (w/ Michael Chiklis).

My general rule is I rather watch the original than the spinoff/sequel series than the other way around if I can't watch both. Like I'm not bothering with the Walking Dead and Power spinoffs anymore. Still haven't seen The Boys spinoff. Just way too much content, not enough spare time lol.

I might suggest making time for Gen V if you like The Boys.

[SuperDeluxe]

Today I watched 'The Usual Suspects' for the third time (maybe even fourth). Always a treat. Then I learned that the movie almost didn't get made because the financial backers didn't think anyone in the cast had star power. (The cast: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollack, Stephen Baldwin, Pete Postlethwaite...). Things only got back on track when Chazz Palminteri, who had a higher profile than the others at the time, signed on. Kevin Spacey's career took off immediately after.