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I just finished the last House of Cards season and I have a post-series hangover. Too much to say and nobody I know watches that series.
 

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About to start watching the award-winning British series, "Call the Midwife".
 

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There's a new show called "Born in the Wild" and it's about couples' deciding for the baby to be born in the wild. Like, the woman is in the forest giving birth in a tent and there aren't any medical supplies either and for some reason this is a show. I haven't seen an episode of it...

I also saw "Boom Town" (1940) with Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy.
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Clark Gable is dreamy. I liked the storyline, it was funny and silly too, but at some point there were so many twists and turns that I didn't even want to see it anymore! It was a sweet movie though.

And Hedy Lamarr is BEAUTIFUL in the movie. Oh my God, HELP! She was absolutely gorgeous and her clothing was to die for. Every outfit was just gorgeous! When she walked into the room in her first scene I thought, "oh my god she's BEAUTIFUL" XD They don't make them like that anymore ::batsu::
 

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OMG I saw this TOTALLY TERRIBLE Hallmark movie with Betty White named "The Lost Valentine." IT WAS SO SAD.

It's about a reporter whose boyfriend proposes, but she's not sure so she keeps the engagement ring around. Anyway, she hears about Betty White and her story, which was SO SAD.

Betty White met her husband in a cute way and they spent a year together before he was called for duty in the Navy for the Vietnam War (I think it was that one). While he's over there he valiantly saves other people and children, but ends up dying. But no one knew where he was because he was taken hostage at some point and so he was listed as MIA for 66 years.

Well, the reporter is able to find someone Betty White's husband saved and he told her what happened to him and where he was buried. They finally found his remains and gave Betty White the Valentine's Day card she gave him before he left.

Then OMG he was given a proper burial with the flag over his coffin and IT WAS SO SAD. Betty White kissed the coffin and was crying and everything, then went back home to water the roses her husband planted with her and imagined them dancing to old songs. OMG~

I'm such a sucker for these things SERIOUSLY. Months ago when I first saw the movie my mom and I were sniffling on the sofa when my dad walked in like, "What is going on??" XD

I also couldn't help but feel that Betty White must have been thinking of Allen Ludden, her late husband, while acting in that role. This past March she had an interview with Oprah and Oprah asked her what was her biggest regret in life and Betty White without hesitation said:
"I spent a whole year, wasted a whole year that Allen and I could have had together, saying, 'No, I wouldn't marry him. No, I won't. No, I won't leave California. No, I won't move to New York,'" she told Winfrey. "I wasted a whole year we could have had together."

"But we made it," she added. "We finally did."
OMG~ They were married for almost 20 years and she hasn't remarried since either and that was thirty years ago!
 

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The Housemaid
Rich guy knocks up his maid, his life becomes a living hell, and everyone drinks rat poison.
It was pretty cool, really over the top. Supposedly the actress who played the crazy maid was so convincing in her role that it ruined her career.
 

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The Housemaid
Rich guy knocks up his maid, his life becomes a living hell, and everyone drinks rat poison.
It was pretty cool, really over the top. Supposedly the actress who played the crazy maid was so convincing in her role that it ruined her career.
I saw it too. "Really over the top" it is, but no more than "Fatal Attraction" after all.
 

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Watching The Venture Brothers from the beginning, since all the episodes went up on Hulu recently. :grin:
 

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I'm currently watching Twin Peaks...for the first time :P

It was airedon tv when I was way to young to acctually watch and understand it, and some years ago a woman at my parttime job recomended it since I love The X files.

It's not in the same league, but I like it. A bit slow at times but the weirdness is really interesting. Why can't they make dramas like this anymore =/
 

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I saw Jurassic World a couple days ago.
It was like a corny Godzilla movie but with dinosaurs and a big budget. I actually laughed out loud during the last scene. It was the ridiculousness-equivalent of that barrel scene in the second Hobbit movie.

Hopefully the new Shaun the Sheep movie is better.
 

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I saw a screening of "Waking Sleeping Beauty" today and holy toledo it was incredible. It's about Disney pulling itself out of its financial and creative slump from the 1970s/1980s and their comeback, along with the making of the films of The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.

And the ending was beautiful and ugh WHY IS IT ALWAYS SO GREAT. Disney's the best, seriously.

Anyway, it also had a lot about the drama between Roy and Jeffrey Katzenberg and the others and the deaths of Howard Ashman and Frank Wells, how the studio changed once Beauty and the Beast was made, the rough work the animators did, their low point (they were evicted and were worse than the Care Bears!!!) etc. It was overall really good and was made by Don Hahn, who produced The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. One of the things I really enjoyed was seeing footage of the animators themselves talking or complaining or doing silly things.

So if you want to learn about Disney or are a Disney fan then watch this. PLEASE.
 

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I'm watching the new Death Note drama.

At first I thought "They're doing Death Note again?", but it has enough differences to still be interesting for people familiar with the original. For one, Light doesn't start out as an asshole so it's more like "normal guy gets corrupted by magic book" rather than "magic book allows scheming genius guy to achieve his evil ambition". He's not as smart as the guy from the comic either, and gets saved by luck and other people bailing him out when his plans fall apart. Misa Amane also gets more screen-time early on as Light is a fan of her pop group. It'll be interesting to see how things play out in a version where he actually likes her.

That said though, the acting is pretty pedestrian J-drama quality, and some of the costumes look like lame cosplays because for some reason they decided that some of the characters should look normal and some of them should look like their cartoon counterparts so they've got a girl in (entirely unconvincing) drag wearing a goofy white wig. ::meev::

Still wondering how that musical version turned out... ::gaku::
For its next incarnation, an ice-skating spectacular might be neat.
 

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Final verdict on Death note drama: "meh"

I haven't watched a Korean drama in forever so I started "My Love From Another Star" which was hugely popular and stars the actress from "My Sassy Girl" which was a hilarious movie, so I had high expectations.
BUT it's actually pretty average and I think its popularity is largely due to the leads being incredibly good-looking. I don't think they have much chemistry, so the "romantic" parts are the most boring.
I think the premise would've worked better as a 2 hour movie, 21 episodes is way too much.

Also, I'm on the third season of "Archer". Whenever I see a discarded Starbucks cup laying around somewhere I hear Mallory going "And THAT'S how you get ants!" :lol:
 

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NEW SEASON OF 90 DAY FIANCE!

We still haven't been introduced to all of the couples, but we have been introduced to a few.

One of the weirder ones is with a 58 year old man and a 19 year old filipino girl.

Now the actual weird thing about this is the man's backstory. So 30 years ago his first wife was filipino and he married her, they had four kids, and were married for while. They showed us lots of pictures of them on adventures. Then she didn't want to be a stay at home mother anymore and wanted to have her own independence so she literally left their four kids with him and he raised them on his own while maintaining his piano business.

So right now his kids are older and away and he said he just wants some happiness again, like he feels that now he can finally just focus on himself. His sister just doesn't want him to get hurt the same way and asked him why he's doing the filipino thing all over again. She feels like he had enough of a hard time with the first wife so she's scared.

My mom and I feel kind of sorry for him for that because he seems to be trying to literally recreate his past and "get it right this time." He doesn't seem like an evil guy so far but more of a sad one. The preview for the next episode shows him giving the new girl the SAME TYPE OF CAR he gave his ex-wife and the girl going, "o_O."

It's LIKE THAT HITCHCOCK MOVIE!

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We have no perspective of the girl yet because she hasn't arrived in the US but from the previews she seems a bit slick. His daughter (who seems to be a smart cookie) told her that if she became his wife she would never have to work or do anything and she would be set for life.


Another couple is this woman who met a Jamaican on the beach while she vacationed there. They were together for 20 days when he proposed. Yeah. This is surprisingly my least favorite couple because there's just something I don't like about her. I can't pinpoint it. They don't even seem to have a lot of chemistry or "hahahoho" moments.

Then there's a Mormon 22 year old on a missionary mission who finds his beloved in Prague, a Russian gogo dancer who was going to university there at the same time. She converts to Mormonism and seems to be totally into it. They held off from dating and were first friends until he finished his mission.

His parents don't seem to really like her although they haven't been unkind, just worried because of the girl's past.

By "past" I mean she was totally normal. ::batsu:: She drank alcohol and probably had sex. So I'm tired of them making it sound like she's SOME SHAMEFUL WOMAN WHO LIVED IN SIN. Ugh, I can't imagine marrying into that family!

There's a New Yorker (hard to believe) in the show and she's portrayed as a jet setter type and is an "executive assistant" in Manhattan. You'd think out of ALL OF THEM she'd have the most sense and easiest time with this. She loves this Israeli guy who she met during birthright who seems pretty decent and normal, but of course in the next episode she seems to do something bad to blow it XD

Another thing, she said that he should be a model. He said he wants to do something more meaningful with his life and she gives him A LOOK.
 

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I'm prolly not going to watch it this time around. tbh a lot of it is staged and edited out the wazoo so there's no way of really knowing what's going on. But also, in brutal honesty, that right there is 100% my impression of the average wealthy New Yorker based on the wealthy New Yorkers I've met and people in the stories you post on scape.
 

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faith wrote:
I'm prolly not going to watch it this time around. tbh a lot of it is staged and edited out the wazoo so there's no way of really knowing what's going on. But also, in brutal honesty, that right there is 100% my impression of the average wealthy New Yorker based on the wealthy New Yorkers I've met and people in the stories you post on scape.
You know how we are. I made my stacks now I finally get to lay back. I worked so hard now I finally get the payback. And blaze sex ridin in back of da Maybach. If it ain't dro I say no we don't play that. I'm in my house like a boss reclined, bumpin on da sticky green sippin on me some wine. I made it out the hood and I'm feelin good about riding in the Benz tryna pull the wood up out, yeah.

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The New Yorker isn't actually wealthy though so I'm not sure where you're getting that from. I never said she was wealthy either. She can't afford to have them both in her apartment so she's moving back to her parents house. She's a jet setter in that she's on the move and doing stuff with her life, but she doesn't seem rich lol. She seems like she would have just graduated and is a secretary at some company and is movin' on up (although who knows if she actually will move on up).

I'm not really sure who I've described recently who's an "average wealthy New Yorker" because most of my friends aren't all that wealthy or from New York XD Or I wouldn't call my friends that, but more of the ambitious, fun sorts who work hard and are successful. I can't imagine anyone who I've described who would be what you described. I know rich people, but the ones I know are pretty nice and silly or I wouldn't hang out with them much or describe them XD But even lame-os that I've talked about haven't been particularly wealthy.
 

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^That's racist

Okay so I'm still watching that stupid Korean drama, but it's so dumb it's making me crazy.
There's this flash drive that has an incriminating video of a bad guy on it and he's trying to get it back from the good guys and they're making it into this big dramatic thing, but like MAKE A FRIGGIN COPY OF THE FILE AND EMAIL IT TO THE COPS YOU IDIOTS. Everyone in the show has a computer, like they show a guy watching the video on his laptop, so why are they running around with this stupid flash drive. Ugh.

I guess there's no point in complaining about a soap opera being retarded, but still. ::batsu::
 

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I went out to see Crimson Peak last night and I have... mixed feelings...

Beware, there be spoilers in this post!

First, the positive. The mansion looked absolutely wonderful. I loved the architecture, the gaping holes in the roof, the claustrophobic atmosphere and how there was always something falling through the holes to let you know they were there (snow, debris, etc...) The costumes were astounding. I loved the dresses, the suites, the nightgowns... Everything was stylized in a beautiful way and aesthetically, you felt you were in another place and time. The grounds were desolate and I loved the snowfall turning red. The cinematography and production were very well done and the score was beautiful. I also loved the ending, but more on that in a moment...

Now, the negative. First and foremost, the characters... I found it so difficult to actually care about anybody and believe me, I tried! I really wanted to like this film and I was begging for it to give me a reason to care about anybody. And yet I could not. The side characters were more interesting then the primary cast. I couldn't get into the motivation behind the protagonist and her character was so inconsistent, her lines just didn't make sense. The brother character didn't have much of a personality of his own and I lost sight of his motivation, but once the film was over, I was able to piece it together is he wasn't as bad as I thought while watching. The sister character was the only one who consistently sold me throughout the film because she was consistent, acted well (especially throughout the finale) and I really believed her. Unfortunately, she had nothing to work off of. The "mystery" surrounding the film was so shallow that I began to wonder if we were supposed to uncover anything or if we were just supposed to know everything with no mystery and no suspense. With every single reveal, I felt, "...But I already knew that..." Towards the end, it just became a horror cliche checklist.

Revisiting the ending, the final confrontation was spectacular. I loved every minute of it. It was twisted, dark, full of action and was just altogether well done. It was a shame though, because I felt the movie didn't actually deserve the ending it got. The beginning did a marvelous job setting the scene and the ending wrapped everything up in a great way, but I felt it was the winding middle that just didn't do the job it promised. The ghosts almost felt like an afterthought and they didn't serve much purpose, other than adding suspense here and there. I enjoyed them, but I didn't feel like the movie really needed them, other than a few times.

It hit one of my pet peeves with this kind of ghost movie. I get the atmosphere of a ghost and that sometimes, the ghosts are added to build suspense. Why then, if the ghosts are trying to help, do they insist on doing it in the most terrifying way possible? When the protagonist is visited by the spirit of her mother, the doorknob shakes, and slams, arms jut through the door and scare her to pieces. Is that really how you deliver a message trying to save someone? The other aspect of this is the ghosts that hid in the background and slither around just out of the field of vision of the protagonist. If you want to warn her, what good is staying in the shadows and out of sight and disappearing right before she turns around? They do a lot for the atmosphere of the film, but many times, the inclusion just wasn't practical.

Overall, I enjoyed it in a "Didn't hate it, glad I saw it" way. But at the same time, I can't really recommend it with a glowing review. It was fun and I enjoyed the 2 hours I spent watching it, but I felt that with the amount of detail they clearly put into the aesthetics of the film, they could have ironed out the characters just a bit more. (And I'm sure the actors did the best with what they had, but there were too many scenes of characters reciting lines and going through the motions rather than actual acting. I also was baffled by how nobody seemed to have an accent, despite where they all lived. I especially liked how the brother said, "I don't speak a word of American English" and then I couldn't distinguish his English mannerisms from anybody else. He seemed just as American-English as Jim Beaver, who I kept expecting to turn into Bobby from "Supernatural" at any moment and, say, "Ya idjit!"

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But I loved the dripping red clay everywhere and watching the details they carefully placed into the film, so great job there!

(I'll end this by saying, I was supposed to attend a 7:50pm IMAX showing of this film but when we arrived at the theater, we learned that just 3 hours before, they had decided to cancel the showing we were going to, so we had to drive about 45 mins out of our way to go to another theater to catch a 9:50pm standard showing. This movie wasn't worth the running around, but I'm glad we saw it standard, rather than at IMAX prices. ::cred:: Not worth it for this film... So you know, not mad, just disappointed.)
 
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