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I watched Oppenheimer today and my gut feelings about the movie were wrong.
It's highly entertaining at times.
Good Musical Score.
Nice Cinematography with some nice wide-angle shots.
I do not see the reason for the sex scene on the chair in the backdoor court room.
I get it though.
Sex Sales.
That scene is just a bit uncomfortable since everyone else is dressed in the room and his wife is right there.
I get it.
Shock Value.
Another problem with the movie is the ongoing music.
They don't need to run 3-hour long music constantly during the film.
It would be more impactful in many of those scenes if it was just dialog and no music.
Nolan really went cray cray with never-ending pulse pounding epic music.
It's good but it also gets annoying after a while, being that the movie is 3 hours long.
I held out a long time but glad I finally viewed it.
I think that if you watch the Paul Newman version Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) first that it compliments what Nolan was doing here.
It kind of reinforces this newer version.
In my opinion, Oppenheimer is the better version of this story.
But I don't mind long winded movies.

I couldn't get past the politics of Oppenheimer. Probably an expectations sort of thing. I mean, of course there were politics and scheming present during the effort to make The Bomb, but my interest in physics created a desire for the movie to have a lot more of that element, which it didn't. Anyway thanks for the Fat Man and Little Boy reco - I didn't see that one if my memory serves me, so I am looking forward to watching it.

[monet]

I watched Oppenheimer today and my gut feelings about the movie were wrong.
It's highly entertaining at times.
Good Musical Score.
Nice Cinematography with some nice wide-angle shots.
I do not see the reason for the sex scene on the chair in the backdoor court room.
I get it though.
Sex Sales.
That scene is just a bit uncomfortable since everyone else is dressed in the room and his wife is right there.
I get it.
Shock Value.
Another problem with the movie is the ongoing music.
They don't need to run 3-hour long music constantly during the film.
It would be more impactful in many of those scenes if it was just dialog and no music.
Nolan really went cray cray with never-ending pulse pounding epic music.
It's good but it also gets annoying after a while, being that the movie is 3 hours long.
I held out a long time but glad I finally viewed it.
I think that if you watch the Paul Newman version Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) first that it compliments what Nolan was doing here.
It kind of reinforces this newer version.
In my opinion, Oppenheimer is the better version of this story.
But I don't mind long winded movies.

I couldn't get past the politics of Oppenheimer. Probably an expectations sort of thing. I mean, of course there were politics and scheming present during the effort to make The Bomb, but my interest in physics created a desire for the movie to have a lot more of that element, which it didn't. Anyway thanks for the Fat Man and Little Boy reco - I didn't see that one if my memory serves me, so I am looking forward to watching it.

Better than most of the trash they release today.
I didn't take it too seriously.
I hope Horizon is better but it's probably about the same level.
No hurry to go see it.
Wait for Streaming, so I can be comfortable and pause when necessary.
I watched SaltBurn the other day.
Had to fast forward some of the sick, disgusting scenes.
Most of the ending was just sick, shock-factor, fast-forward for me.
Talented Mr. Ripley did it first and better.
I watched it mainly to get a look inside the Drayton House, where they filmed it.

(lul I think you watched Fat Man. John Cusack turns into a Radioactive Monster, just like in modern day real life, lol.)

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I watched Oppenheimer today and my gut feelings about the movie were wrong.
It's highly entertaining at times.
Good Musical Score.
Nice Cinematography with some nice wide-angle shots.
I do not see the reason for the sex scene on the chair in the backdoor court room.
I get it though.
Sex Sales.
That scene is just a bit uncomfortable since everyone else is dressed in the room and his wife is right there.
I get it.
Shock Value.
Another problem with the movie is the ongoing music.
They don't need to run 3-hour long music constantly during the film.
It would be more impactful in many of those scenes if it was just dialog and no music.
Nolan really went cray cray with never-ending pulse pounding epic music.
It's good but it also gets annoying after a while, being that the movie is 3 hours long.
I held out a long time but glad I finally viewed it.
I think that if you watch the Paul Newman version Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) first that it compliments what Nolan was doing here.
It kind of reinforces this newer version.
In my opinion, Oppenheimer is the better version of this story.
But I don't mind long winded movies.

I couldn't get past the politics of Oppenheimer. Probably an expectations sort of thing. I mean, of course there were politics and scheming present during the effort to make The Bomb, but my interest in physics created a desire for the movie to have a lot more of that element, which it didn't. Anyway thanks for the Fat Man and Little Boy reco - I didn't see that one if my memory serves me, so I am looking forward to watching it.

Better than most of the trash they release today.
I didn't take it too seriously.
I hope Horizon is better but it's probably about the same level.
No hurry to go see it.
Wait for Streaming, so I can be comfortable and pause when necessary.
I watched SaltBurn the other day.
Had to fast forward some of the sick, disgusting scenes.
Most of the ending was just sick, shock-factor, fast-forward for me.
Talented Mr. Ripley did it first and better.
I watched it mainly to get a look inside the Drayton House, where they filmed it.

(lul I think you watched Fat Man. John Cusack turns into a Radioactive Monster, just like in modern day real life, lol.)

Well, I downloaded Fat Man and Little Boy yesterday, so, once I start watching it, I'll likely know in the beginning moments of the film if I already watched it at some point. Speaking of the Talented Mr. Ripley, I watched the Netflix TV series version (IIRC it was eight episodes or so) a few months back. There was nothing really wrong with it, but it didn't come close to the film version with Matt Damon IMHO.

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It turned out that I hadn't seen Fat Man and Little Boy Monet. I enjoyed the movie. There was a lot more interaction between A-team TV series member Oppenheimer (Dwight Schultz) and General Groves in this 1989 offering than there was in the new one IIRC. Another great performance by John C. "Wallstreet" McGinley. Another big difference (IIRC) was that in the new movie, it was only revealed by General Groves to Oppenheimer towards the end of the new movie that the Nazi's didn't have a nuke, whereas in this 1989 version, Oppenheimer learned this earlier (say a little more than halfway in). Basically, pretty different takes on the whole deal between the two movies. Thanks again for the reco.

[monet]

Personally, I'm not a big fan of Bikers or Motorcycle Clubs.
But my dad was, and uncle enjoys watching that sort of thing.
So, I go and buy the streaming version of the Bike Riders for 25 bux.
I figure it's cheaper than going to the movies and give us some entertainment.
Welp, WRONG... lol, I made it 20 minutes till I turned that whiny bitch off.
Movie is told from some Biker Wife Perspective, and we all know I am pretty much part of the Woman Haters Club.
I do love women, but I hate them when they can't shut the fuck up or when they are in leadership roles.
And I hate them in the workforce.
Just causes way too many problems.
Anyways, the movie constantly skips around, and she never shuts up.
Horrible way to tell a story.
Too Bad since Tom Hardy is a pretty good actor.

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Personally, I'm not a big fan of Bikers or Motorcycle Clubs.
But my dad was, and uncle enjoys watching that sort of thing.
So, I go and buy the streaming version of the Bike Riders for 25 bux.
I figure it's cheaper than going to the movies and give us some entertainment.
Welp, WRONG... lol, I made it 20 minutes till I turned that whiny bitch off.
Movie is told from some Biker Wife Perspective, and we all know I am pretty much part of the Woman Haters Club.
I do love women, but I hate them when they can't shut the fuck up or when they are in leadership roles.
And I hate them in the workforce.
Just causes way too many problems.
Anyways, the movie constantly skips around, and she never shuts up.
Horrible way to tell a story.
Too Bad since Tom Hardy is a pretty good actor.

Thanks Monet. Given that your uncle had no problem with a termination at 20 minutes (and he likes Biker-themed movies), it must have been extremely bad versus someone indifferent to the Genre like yourself (or myself as well) discontinuing the movie.
I did really like the movie The Warriors (1979) as I may have mentioned, however that was from the more general Genre of Gangs as opposed to Biker Gangs.
Well in mid-august they will release another Alien movie (Romulus) which I am planning to watch, so hopefully it will be entertaining.

[monet]

I'm convinced that the movie FIGHT CLUB was a remake of this movie.
What I don't understand is the CIA had his phone tapped and was randomly surveying him.
It's around the 30-minute mark.
I guess they weren't too worried about him, and they got a little sloppy or he circumvented them in some manner.
Still not sure how they don't put two and two together.
Guess they were going along with the "invisible" theme and that black people can't be smart enough to organize in that manner.
The racial stereotypes and slurs made me laugh, every time.

[monet]

Worth a watch if you like George Peppard (which I do).
I would have rewritten the third act with more twists and turns.
Better than any new movie.
Gotta love Peppard smoking in the hospital and drinking while interrogating.

The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972)

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I'm convinced that the movie FIGHT CLUB was a remake of this movie.
What I don't understand is the CIA had his phone tapped and was randomly surveying him.
It's around the 30-minute mark.
I guess they weren't too worried about him, and they got a little sloppy or he circumvented them in some manner.
Still not sure how they don't put two and two together.
Guess they were going along with the "invisible" theme and that black people can't be smart enough to organize in that manner.
The racial stereotypes and slurs made me laugh, every time.

Herbie Hancock composed and conducted the score - that merits a watch just by itself. Thanks for reco.

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Worth a watch if you like George Peppard (which I do).
I would have rewritten the third act with more twists and turns.
Better than any new movie.
Gotta love Peppard smoking in the hospital and drinking while interrogating.

The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972)

Thanks for the reco M8. Yes, Banacek is great - I'll check it out.

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Worth a watch if you like George Peppard (which I do).
I would have rewritten the third act with more twists and turns.
Better than any new movie.
Gotta love Peppard smoking in the hospital and drinking while interrogating.

The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972)

I watched this movie using the link you kindly provided. I enjoyed the twists the movie took as I figured John Welles was not a government agent hired to forget his identity to ferret out the buyers (as was actually the case), but rather either a crook who forgot his identity or a wrongfully accused victim. At no point did I think he was under the employ of Tuxen until it was simply revealed at the end.

Thanks again for the reco.

[monet]

Worth a watch if you like George Peppard (which I do).
I would have rewritten the third act with more twists and turns.
Better than any new movie.
Gotta love Peppard smoking in the hospital and drinking while interrogating.

The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972)

I watched this movie using the link you kindly provided. I enjoyed the twists the movie took as I figured John Welles was not a government agent hired to forget his identity to ferret out the buyers (as was actually the case), but rather either a crook who forgot his identity or a wrongfully accused victim. At no point did I think he was under the employ of Tuxen until it was simply revealed at the end.

Thanks again for the reco.

I thought the movie did a pretty good job at keeping the viewer guessing.
I figured the woman was in on it in some fashion because she was so quick to help and get into an intimate relationship with him.
I was a bit disappointed that she wasn't working for one side or the other.
I wasn't too happy about Peppard's idea of putting a camera in everyone's home and recording all our conversations.
But I guess that's what the government is actually doing nowadays.
The book and movies "1984" are literal documentaries.

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I figured the woman was in on it in some fashion because she was so quick to help and get into an intimate relationship with him.
I was a bit disappointed that she wasn't working for one side or the other.

Indeed. I'm glad you mentioned that. That was another element of the unpredictability that made the movie interesting. Also, I wrongfully thought the military research facility used extensively throughout this movie (Simon Fraser University in reality) was also the same complex used in the 1972 film Conquest Planet of the Apes movie (University of California Irvine in reality).

[monet]

I figured the woman was in on it in some fashion because she was so quick to help and get into an intimate relationship with him.
I was a bit disappointed that she wasn't working for one side or the other.

Indeed. I'm glad you mentioned that. That was another element of the unpredictability that made the movie interesting. Also, I wrongfully thought the military research facility used extensively throughout this movie (Simon Fraser University in reality) was also the same complex used in the 1972 film Conquest Planet of the Apes movie (University of California Irvine in reality).

Good Looking Out with the Fun Fact!
Here's another one.
Banaceck TV Series ran for 2 seasons over 3 years.
It supposedly had 17 episodes, but I read 18 on one source.
Perhaps a typo.
The show was a hit, so why did it end?
Peppard was in a messy divorce and the ex-wife would have been entitled to a large sum of the earnings.
So, in Peppard Fashion, he quit, cutting her out.
Also, mentalist Banachek (different spelling) used the name because they kept forgetting his real name.
And back to Peppard, even though he contradicted himself in words and actions, I always liked his style.
I'm not a fan of this V-neck that he is wearing.
I like how he is bitching about NBC and the Police State, but I don't like that he signed the contracts and played ball.
I do like that he is unfiltered.

Full Version Below or the Edited Version which is much quicker to watch...

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I figured the woman was in on it in some fashion because she was so quick to help and get into an intimate relationship with him.
I was a bit disappointed that she wasn't working for one side or the other.

Indeed. I'm glad you mentioned that. That was another element of the unpredictability that made the movie interesting. Also, I wrongfully thought the military research facility used extensively throughout this movie (Simon Fraser University in reality) was also the same complex used in the 1972 film Conquest Planet of the Apes movie (University of California Irvine in reality).

Good Looking Out with the Fun Fact!
Here's another one.
Banaceck TV Series ran for 2 seasons over 3 years.
It supposedly had 17 episodes, but I read 18 on one source.
Perhaps a typo.
The show was a hit, so why did it end?
Peppard was in a messy divorce and the ex-wife would have been entitled to a large sum of the earnings.
So, in Peppard Fashion, he quit, cutting her out.
Also, mentalist Banachek (different spelling) used the name because they kept forgetting his real name.
And back to Peppard, even though he contradicted himself in words and actions, I always liked his style.
I'm not a fan of this V-neck that he is wearing.
I like how he is bitching about NBC and the Police State, but I don't like that he signed the contracts and played ball.
I do like that he is unfiltered.

Full Version Below or the Edited Version which is much quicker to watch...

Great stuff Monet, thanks for the link and facts. They simply wouldn't air an episode if something like that went down on a game show made today. I remember on some of the popular game shows of the 70s and 80s, that the hosts and contestants would say all sorts of great stuff. Bob Eubanks insulted contestants' appearances on Card Sharks every so often. And on an episode of Classic Concentration, a guy added a sewing machine to his potential board of prizes (which get collected when you solve the rebus as you may know) - when Alex Trebek asked the guy if he wanted to learn to sew, the guy told Alex it was women's work. And the female contestant he was playing against told him that it was sexist to say that, and the audience booed the guy. Thereafter, on that episode, Alex relentlessly ribbed the guy (who actually won that game against the lady).

[monet]

Continuing on with my Peppard kick.
It's free.
It's something to watch if you're bored.
Cop Movie.
I think Tarantino said this movie is what inspired the Dirty Harry, Clint Eastwood films.
Peppard smoking cigarettes, drinking whiskey and slapping women.
It doesn't get any better than this lol.

Pendulum 1969

[monet]

Ran into this quote from Michale Mann and the TV Show Vega$.
Imagine if the leisure suits didn't take over the show.
It may have been 10x better and grittier like the movie Thief.

Michael Mann was credited as the creator, although he only had one writing credit for the show with the pilot film in "High Roller", which aired on April 25, 1978.
Mann reflected on the show in 2012 on his idea for the show and his feelings on the production.

“I could see the writing on the wall pretty early on when what I called the ‘leisure-suit brigade’ moved in [as producers working for Aaron Spelling] and took over the show. It very quickly became more fluffy. Urich was fine, he was a good performer who could have done the role the way I envisioned it, but he also fit the more breezy, lightweight style they wanted. But I had something more radical in mind. Vega$ was important for me because it began my interest in twilight zones, in areas of activity that were ignored by mass America, for the most part, and that were in the process of change—in this case, the 1950s and ’60s, when Vegas was undergoing a transition from an Outfit-controlled [i.e., organized crime] landscape to a G-rated grind-house. “Las Vegas itself was a wonderful place for a dramatist, because people going to Vegas were still inventing their own dramas when they set foot in the town: They could become whoever they wanted to be, act that out. As a setting, it was a desert with no intrinsic meaning. I saw how things worked while doing research there, clues in the smallest details: You’d see a guy pull up in his car to check into one of the hotels, and a valet would approach him and if the guy reached into his pocket for his wallet, for a tip, the valet started walking faster. If the guy didn’t go for his pocket, or he came out empty-handed, the valet would slow down, even walk away. [Laughs] Stuff like that, I loved: It was so honest that everything was so mercenary!”

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Continuing on with my Peppard kick.
It's free.
It's something to watch if you're bored.
Cop Movie.
I think Tarantino said this movie is what inspired the Dirty Harry, Clint Eastwood films.
Peppard smoking cigarettes, drinking whiskey and slapping women.
It doesn't get any better than this lol.

Pendulum 1969

Ok, great, I haven't seen this one or at least don't remember seeing it, so I'm in. Thanks for the reco. Shit, we might end up watching all the A-team episodes again at this rate (actually I don't think I saw all of the episodes of the A-team back when it aired).

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Ran into this quote from Michale Mann and the TV Show Vega$.
Imagine if the leisure suits didn't take over the show.
It may have been 10x better and grittier like the movie Thief.

Michael Mann was credited as the creator, although he only had one writing credit for the show with the pilot film in "High Roller", which aired on April 25, 1978.
Mann reflected on the show in 2012 on his idea for the show and his feelings on the production.

“I could see the writing on the wall pretty early on when what I called the ‘leisure-suit brigade’ moved in [as producers working for Aaron Spelling] and took over the show. It very quickly became more fluffy. Urich was fine, he was a good performer who could have done the role the way I envisioned it, but he also fit the more breezy, lightweight style they wanted. But I had something more radical in mind. Vega$ was important for me because it began my interest in twilight zones, in areas of activity that were ignored by mass America, for the most part, and that were in the process of change—in this case, the 1950s and ’60s, when Vegas was undergoing a transition from an Outfit-controlled [i.e., organized crime] landscape to a G-rated grind-house. “Las Vegas itself was a wonderful place for a dramatist, because people going to Vegas were still inventing their own dramas when they set foot in the town: They could become whoever they wanted to be, act that out. As a setting, it was a desert with no intrinsic meaning. I saw how things worked while doing research there, clues in the smallest details: You’d see a guy pull up in his car to check into one of the hotels, and a valet would approach him and if the guy reached into his pocket for his wallet, for a tip, the valet started walking faster. If the guy didn’t go for his pocket, or he came out empty-handed, the valet would slow down, even walk away. [Laughs] Stuff like that, I loved: It was so honest that everything was so mercenary!”

Thanks for posting this. One thing that really stood out to me about the Vegas TV series was how the intro theme music that started off each episode absolutely fit the show thematically.

[monet]

Ok, great, I haven't seen this one or at least don't remember seeing it, so I'm in. Thanks for the reco. Shit, we might end up watching all the A-team episodes again at this rate (actually I don't think I saw all of the episodes of the A-team back when it aired).

I have the A-Team Box Set.
Peppard said in an interview that he got bored after season one.
He continued on because the money was good, and he finally got out of debt.
I enjoyed the first 3 seasons.
Seasons 4 and 5 lost its charm for me after they introduced new characters and changed the formula.