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Messages - Crewe
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« on: September 20, 2023, 04:41:29 PM »
Sopranos, Deadwood and The Wire, my top three, interchangeable
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« on: September 13, 2023, 04:29:36 PM »
So, get to the movies, or at least watch at home while hermitting lol
Yeah, the issue is my wife isn't the biggest fan of movies, she prefers prestige TV, your Mad Men, Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad type of shows. Which is great, and we're watching a lot of great TV that I probably wouldn't watch otherwise, I wasn't the biggest TV person before I met her (never watched BB or MM until we started dating, she was the one who told me I needed to).
Kiddo's carrying the torch though. I see on his Letterboxd he's been working his way through the canon, he went all the way back and watched the original Nosferatu, and it's fun because I see him go on director binges. He's gotten really into Michael Mann lately, and he's gotten into directors like Kurosawa and Wong Kar Wai, so I've kinda been living vicariously through him 
That's what I'd do though, if I wanted to get back into movies. I'd try to run through directors, a movie a night, then move on to the next one once I'm done with their filmography. Go back to directors like Bergman and Wilder who I've never watched before.
Wait, but you've seen Sopranos and Deadwood right? That's cool about the kiddo, that's what I do pretty much.
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« on: September 13, 2023, 04:27:00 PM »
Did I know you got married? I think I knew that? Not sure, but congrats if I didnt say so lol
A new house is fun and stressful. Ive been in mine about 5 years now and just got it settled in last year, everything the way I want it lol
It's fun project though.
Why dont you get some more cats/ lol
That really sucks though, it's the only downside to pets. You have really have to start making quality of life observations.
My dog is 13 now. when he was 9, we found a large mass in around his heart and esophagus so there was no way it was going to be removed.
At the time it wasnt really affecting him as we caught it on a checkup xray. Doc said his breed mix etc and the mass, maybe two years. Well he's made it two more plus so we are on bonus time.
Although I had to drop nearly four bills on him the other day, but totally worth it seeing that happy boy. He's diminishing quickly though, we agree this is probably his last year, if that long.
I told her Im counting on her to help me see when he's hurting because I don't trust just me to notice.
Till then though, whee... lol
I cannot believe your kid is 18, thats unreal dude. it just can't be lol
thats gotta be cool though, having your boy graduate and move on. that's your retirement plan lol
Glad things are well other than the cat hiccup.
I've been on a movie tear for a while now. My other and I are movie buffs and like,almost the same genre although she isn't down with war movies, but I don't like musicals so I consider us even.
We go to movies as often as possible.
I have that bucket list movie poster of 100 to see before you die and just finished it off.
I have one more to go (West Side Story, speaking of musicals) on the AFI original top 100.
Then I have about 9 more to go on the AFI 10th year anniversary list. It's a fun hobby.
For Christmas, she got me everyone's a Critic movie book. it has 52 genre categories defined (pick a famous stars first movie, pick a movie from the depression era, pick an academy award winner etc...)of movies and you are to watch one a week and it has short 2 page questionnaire about the movie, why you chose it etc, what you liked, didn't like etc...
She has one too and at the end of the year, we are going to trade books and watch each others list, so that will be fun.
So, get to the movies, or at least watch at home while hermitting lol
Glad to hear that pooch is doing good.
One thing I got into was action figures ... masters of the universe to be exact. It started during covid, and loved MOTU when I was a kid and saw they were doing a modern version and said
"I will only collect Skeletor and He man" Next thing I know I have most of the line LOL
When I get my new house i will post the room. I also pick up a few Spiderman and Batman here and there.
lol thats cool though
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« on: September 05, 2023, 01:46:35 PM »
Did I know you got married? I think I knew that? Not sure, but congrats if I didnt say so lol
A new house is fun and stressful. Ive been in mine about 5 years now and just got it settled in last year, everything the way I want it lol
It's fun project though.
Why dont you get some more cats/ lol
That really sucks though, it's the only downside to pets. You have really have to start making quality of life observations.
My dog is 13 now. when he was 9, we found a large mass in around his heart and esophagus so there was no way it was going to be removed.
At the time it wasnt really affecting him as we caught it on a checkup xray. Doc said his breed mix etc and the mass, maybe two years. Well he's made it two more plus so we are on bonus time.
Although I had to drop nearly four bills on him the other day, but totally worth it seeing that happy boy. He's diminishing quickly though, we agree this is probably his last year, if that long.
I told her Im counting on her to help me see when he's hurting because I don't trust just me to notice.
Till then though, whee... lol
I cannot believe your kid is 18, thats unreal dude. it just can't be lol
thats gotta be cool though, having your boy graduate and move on. that's your retirement plan lol
Glad things are well other than the cat hiccup.
I've been on a movie tear for a while now. My other and I are movie buffs and like,almost the same genre although she isn't down with war movies, but I don't like musicals so I consider us even.
We go to movies as often as possible.
I have that bucket list movie poster of 100 to see before you die and just finished it off.
I have one more to go (West Side Story, speaking of musicals) on the AFI original top 100.
Then I have about 9 more to go on the AFI 10th year anniversary list. It's a fun hobby.
For Christmas, she got me everyone's a Critic movie book. it has 52 genre categories defined (pick a famous stars first movie, pick a movie from the depression era, pick an academy award winner etc...)of movies and you are to watch one a week and it has short 2 page questionnaire about the movie, why you chose it etc, what you liked, didn't like etc...
She has one too and at the end of the year, we are going to trade books and watch each others list, so that will be fun.
So, get to the movies, or at least watch at home while hermitting lol
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« on: September 01, 2023, 01:29:54 PM »
Yea it's been fun and nice to have something to look forward to as well. How's your world moving along?
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« on: August 30, 2023, 09:51:59 PM »
BTW guys I got married again this year. been hectic last few weeks.
Congrats dude! Good things. Thought I'd pop in and see how everyone was getting along. Going ok here as far as I know. Not sure what was going on with me the last time I was here, but in short, I've been working on me quite a bit and making progress. Spending a lot of time on new hobbies and veered into a somewhat new arena of video projects. I've been so focused on work video the last twenty years (with no real film industry to speak of, at least back then) which is no creativity, no input at all, for so long, I forgot what it was I originally wanted to do. During the pandemic, my nephew left the restaurant biz, not by choice obviously, so I got him into my arena. Short version is, we've progressed into other arenas, making music videos, corporate vids, promos and even wrote a screenplay for a 5 minute short Ill be shooting later this year. The plan is to turn it into something one day, but until then, I'm really having a blast. Even took some online writing courses and wrote a 20 chapter manuscript. I didnt take any time to poke around to see what everyone is up to, so chime in, lemme know how things are with everyone.
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« on: March 12, 2022, 09:22:26 PM »
oh crap, completely forgot about this, I need to check it out.
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« on: March 12, 2022, 09:21:00 PM »
Ive been on a documentary tear as late trying to clear out my queue.
Serial killers, cults, injustice, con men, scammers, corruption, the mob, street gangs, cartels, societal ills, nutrition, old west, Ive been scouring through it all. If you have something to suggest, lemme hear it.
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« on: March 12, 2022, 09:18:06 PM »
42
In honor of having an upcoming baseball season, I watched 42 today.
Terrific acting by Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford, as well as Nicole Beharie.
Such an emotional story that needs to be told, and honestly, should be mandatory viewing by every American today, regardless if they are a baseball fan or not.
While the liberties taken are truly poetic license and sometimes, slightly overdone, the overall message and emotion cannot be overstated.
As for baseball realism, there are far worse baseball movie actions. And while I doubt a third baseman in 1947 would pirouette and throw a rope to first base, it still doesnt seem out of place here.
Watch this film, again.
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« on: March 12, 2022, 09:04:37 PM »
The way the world is running now? It honestly would surprise me if they didnt win
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« on: March 12, 2022, 09:01:01 PM »
So uh, things are a little unhinged lately, eh? How's everybody doing?
Honestly, Ive checked out. Im tryin to evict everything negative in my life that I can and that includes social media, news and anything where comments are allowed. Im old and while working on myself for a while, I am now working towards acceptance. To what you ask? Everything. I just want to be at peace and ready. And whatever it is, I dont want it preceded by an exhibition of the self absorbed greedy uncultured uneducated rednecks that have run amok and ruined this world for the rest of us.
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« on: February 14, 2022, 01:23:19 PM »
glad you hit.
Doesnt it make you wish Sanders would have left too? Sad.
Yea, I zipped right past everything halftime. I heard Eminem knelt though, dont like his music, but I like that. Fuck the NFL and their bullshit
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« on: February 14, 2022, 12:33:51 AM »
This should be a good one. Opening line Rams -4 O/U 49.
I might take Cincy in that deal but Im most certainly thinking its going to be under 49
Well, I stuck with it, although I got rather bold since I didnt have a lot of juice, so I bet Cincy straight up. But, I did say blue gatorade and under. I was actually pulling for Joe as the game went on, but I am really happy for Stafford. I just wish his wife wasnt such a twat. Great game to watch, except I do have to comment; the refs just couldnt stand it. they just HAD to interject themselves in to the outcome. Egregious penalties....didnt see em. No penalty, or at the very least, the tickiest tackiest calls ever...sure, I saw it, twice, inside the 10, crucial 3rd down, game on the line, yesiree, you betcha, penalty. Fuckin refs. Any event, Joe still had a chance and thats what you want. Great game to watch. I hope we get a few years of Mahomes and Burrows in the SB. Wonder if Stafford is coming back now? On a commercial note; I was so very deeply saddened by the lack of creativity in the ads. It was all just head shakingly mind numbingly thoughtless and stupid. That is, until the Silverado Sopranos ad ran. That was fucking money right there, no question, stop your internal dialogue, thats your winner. Ad directed by David Chase too btw, so my head says that's Sopranos canon 
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« on: January 31, 2022, 08:39:07 PM »
This should be a good one. Opening line Rams -4 O/U 49.
I might take Cincy in that deal but Im most certainly thinking its going to be under 49
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« on: January 25, 2022, 12:21:54 PM »
So I watched Dont Fuck With Cats finally. These crime docs are like reality tv to me in that I have a love/hate relationship with them. This one was Emmy nominated or won one and some well regarded reviews so I gave it a look. A guy films himself killing cats and posts the video. Facebookers go insane, rightfully so, but then they go full on reddit. A group is created in order to locate this cruel individual. We are introduced to Deanne Thompson and another guy, I think his name is Green, and they are the two "leaders" of the gang. You should know, as desensitized as we all are by now, I still feel they showed too much of the cat snuff videos, just sayin. These internet sleuths set out to make the world right for themselves and it really is a commentary on our society today and how narrow these peoples views are related to the world. Attempting to be self aware about their involvement is somewhwat refreshing until they whatabout their way out of it. Like many of these docs, there are just too many red flags and it is glaring to me, but like my attorney friends say, never let facts dilute a good story. At the end of the day, you are watching narcissists validate their lives while trying to put off this low key vibe and its really off putting. At the conclusion, the girl says, oh I have like 10,000 fans, friends, whatever it was, and 9,999 of them are great. They tell me I should join the FBI ya know *flutters eyelashes* and when I was a kid I wanted to be in the CIA...as if that somehow contributes to her involvement. And the guy is even worse. And the irony of it all? Throughout the video, they constantly talk about how this guy wants attention, and cant live without it, but yet here we are, and who is on the Today Show and Good Morning America? It's just so pathetic. Ill not divulge more because the story itself is indeed quite fascinating and horrifying, but Ill spoil... I just love how these two gloss over the fact they directly contributed to an innocent guy killing himself. And then openly wonder if they elevated the killer going from cats to people by giving him all the attention they say he wanted. Oh but wait, they cant shoulder that responsibility without you and I accepting the blame for watching the story they fucking created. And this is the best part of the delusion; One, they cant resist calling out the cops, why didnt they listen to ussssssss?  And two, they didnt fucking solve anything. The cops did, which they would have done anyway without these clowns. I will grant them that sure, maybe a murder might have been prevented had the cops just dropped everything and listened to a couple of well adjusted self anointed internet sleuth detectives who say some guy posted a video of hismelf killing cats. Then again, if you think about it, even if they caught him red handed, waht could they have done? He mmost certainly would have killed anyway so your self important narcissistic ego maniacal too good for the FBI detectives will just have to go back to their empty vapid lives. And by the way...I will put it out there that a seriously substantial portion of the worlds population could have done the same thing as these guys if your desire was to sit in front of the computer for endless hours obsessing constantly for two years. You arent special, just self important.
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