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mr_cleome has on a lot of Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart in the evening, but since I'm not a two-party believer and just want this joke of an election over ASAP, it doesn't really do much for me.
Though Colbert discussing fashion with Anna Wintour was good for a few chuckles.
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quote:Originally posted by Exnihil: Lately I've been addicted to a group of documentaries collectively called the "Up Series".
In 1963, a group of English 7-year olds from different backgrounds were interviewed on topics ranging from the class system to race relations to gender issues. The conceit was that these children would be representatives of the generation who would be in power in the year 2000. The initial program was called "7 Up".
The same group was interviewed 7 years later at age 14, and thus started a series that could very easily be called the first "reality series," as subsequent entries visited the same group at ages 21, 28, 35, 42, and 49, with "56 Up" currently in preproduction.
I'm up to the 35 episode and am just astounded at what a beautiful experiment this series is. It's like a stone was skipped through time, allowing you just the briefest touch points as you watch these fourteen people grow in ways that for some you could have well predicted at age 7, but for others you never could have imagined.
I'm not doing it justice, but it's good, good stuff.
And... two and a half years after I wrote that... I'm watching "56 Up"!
It was broadcast in the UK over the past few weeks, but probably won't be available in the States for a bit, but... you know... the magic of Youtube, and all that.
This is the largest number of returning participants since age 21, with 13 of the 14 taking part.
I would love to see this project continue to at least "70 Up" to provide a sort of symmetry to the whole thing, but the reality is that director Michael Apted is, himself, 71 at this point.
He's said in the past he would continue the project as long as he's able, though, so... fingers crossed, hopefully I'll be posting about "63 Up" seven years from now.
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Dude, no way! Is the whole thing on YouTube?
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Thanks! Just watched a "Suzy and Nick" and "Tony"... such an amazing program, even if Suzy likens it to a bad book...
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We watched "Melancholia" a couple nights ago. It was about what I expected. It was well made but the plot was less important than the overall tone and the acting was good but the characters were pretty unlikable. It may have been the first Lars Von Trier film I watched in it's entirety.
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I caught "Badlands" on TCM earlier. Terence Malick's first film and loosley based on spree-killer Charles Starkweather. Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek were so young then and played the roles with such nonchalance that the crazy things they were doing seemed almost normal. The vast open landscape of the midwest looks pretty alien to the rolling, wooded hills of mid-Georgia where I sit.
The Bruce Springsteen song "Nebraska" was based on the same events so now it's stuck in my head.
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I am not currently watching anything current, but I am picking up the "Big Bang Theory" dvds, and I just finished season 1 of "Game of Thrones." GoT was pretty good, but then, having read the books multiple times, it held no surprises. Still, it was fun to watch.
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Watched some of our favorite Breaking Bad episodes in lead up to last night's season premiere, which, of course, meant the premiere suffered a little in comparison (though it was still really good). Been waiting for four seasons to see full-on Heisenberg, and it looks like it won't disappoint.
Also watched the first episode of Misfits. It was decent enough and we'll definitely watch the rest of season 1 at least.
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Just discovered the series Lost Girl. Love it. Finished Season One. Going to start season 2.
Also finished the first season of Downtown Abbey...love that as well.
Netflix has changed my life. Last night I saw Drive (Ryan Gosling). Enjoyed it very much. Great acting.
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"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" made it to Netflix Canada, so I gave it a try last night and found I liked it more than I expected. For a heavily CGI dependent movie, they did some decent work giving us interesting characters and plot. John Lithgow steals all his scenes, but they do a great job with Serkis/Caesar.
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^ I just watched that movie too and really enjoyed it! I didn't pay attention to its reviews so I'm not sure how well it was received but IMO it's definitely one of the better Hollywood-style action/thriller/drama movies I've seen in a while.
I've only ever seen the original Planet of the Apes (oh yeah - and its crappy Tm Burton remake) so I'm not super-into that whole mythos, but I'd definitely pay to see a sequel to this one; as long as they bring back James Franco for it - I found the whole relationship between Ceasar and he really touching/powerful.
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The 1st season of Continuum, another sci/fi show from Canada's Showcase. Not to be confused with the web series of the same name.
"A detective from the Corporate Congress ruled year of 2077 finds herself trapped in present day Vancouver and searching for the members of Liber8, a terrorist group from her time who are fighting to free the future from the corporations. "
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Last night I saw Drive (Ryan Gosling). Enjoyed it very much. Great acting.
