Looking for TV/movie recommendations
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Team America....
Clint Eastwood...
‘Nuff said.
I’m partial to The Outlaw Jose Wales, Pale Rider, and High Plains Drifter.
Hang ‘Em High is also good, as is Joe Kidd.
As for TV recommendations...I have no clue. I haven’t watched a complete episode of anything on TV in years.
‘Nuff said.
I’m partial to The Outlaw Jose Wales, Pale Rider, and High Plains Drifter.
Hang ‘Em High is also good, as is Joe Kidd.
As for TV recommendations...I have no clue. I haven’t watched a complete episode of anything on TV in years.
How about some classic movies?
Go here for the 1931 "Count Dracula". Keep in mind, this movie was an adaptation of a play, which was an adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel.
So, there are a number of places where this movie differs from the novel.
But, it is the quintessential Dracula movie with Bela Lugosi.
classiccinema.org
I will also add...there is a certain growth curve to appreciating a classic black-and-white movie. Once you get into them, they are terrific!
Go here for the 1931 "Count Dracula". Keep in mind, this movie was an adaptation of a play, which was an adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel.
So, there are a number of places where this movie differs from the novel.
But, it is the quintessential Dracula movie with Bela Lugosi.
Dracula (1931) - Watch Full Movie Online - Classic Cinema
After a harrowing ride through the Carpathian mountains in eastern Europe, Renfield enters castle Dracula to finalize the transferral of Carfax Abbey in London to Count Dracula, who is in actuality a vampire. Renfield is drugged by the eerily hypnotic count, and turned into one of his thralls...
I will also add...there is a certain growth curve to appreciating a classic black-and-white movie. Once you get into them, they are terrific!
They drive by night
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
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mcblink
Ambassador of Riffs & Spliffs
Just finished season 6 of the Blacklist today. I'm sad. That's all there was on Netflix. Great show. I've always been a Spader fan.
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mcblink
Ambassador of Riffs & Spliffs
Been there, done that. My mom was a HUGE Bond fan.
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mcblink
Ambassador of Riffs & Spliffs
I used to watch I Love Lucy and Perry Mason all the time. B&W don't bother me.How about some classic movies?
Go here for the 1931 "Count Dracula". Keep in mind, this movie was an adaptation of a play, which was an adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel.
So, there are a number of places where this movie differs from the novel.
But, it is the quintessential Dracula movie with Bela Lugosi.
Dracula (1931) - Watch Full Movie Online - Classic Cinema
After a harrowing ride through the Carpathian mountains in eastern Europe, Renfield enters castle Dracula to finalize the transferral of Carfax Abbey in London to Count Dracula, who is in actuality a vampire. Renfield is drugged by the eerily hypnotic count, and turned into one of his thralls...
I will also add...there is a certain growth curve to appreciating a classic black-and-white movie. Once you get into them, they are terrific!
When I was a kid, my parents took our TV away for like 6 years lol
They had a little b&w TV they'd let us watch for special occasions, like when we had to stay home sick from school.
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mcblink
Ambassador of Riffs & Spliffs
I tried, after Breaking Bad, but I guess it was too slow for me at the time. Perhaps I will give it another go.
Okay...so you're past the black-and-white hurdle.
That's good. Many folks just get stymied by that.
Their loss.
You really do need to watch the 1931 Dracula, as well as the original Frankenstein and Wolfman. The original Humphrey Bogart Casa Blanca would be good, too.
Check out the original Godfather and Good Fellas.
For some real trippiness check out Full Metal Jacket.
These are true classics
Ignore the current TV tripe.
This is a screen shot when Bela Lugosi first comes into full view in Dracula.
This movie is a "Must-See".
It isn't as "scary" as many modern movies, but it is very ominous. Old-time horror was less about raw fear as much as it sought to capture suspense and anticipation.
This image captures every characterisation that we'd ascribe to the Dracula persona. He is refined, elegant, genteel, courteous, yet sinister and deadly. Modern movie-making comes across to me as clumsy and ham-fisted, by comparison.
This is an irreproducible moment.
This movie is a "Must-See".
It isn't as "scary" as many modern movies, but it is very ominous. Old-time horror was less about raw fear as much as it sought to capture suspense and anticipation.
This image captures every characterisation that we'd ascribe to the Dracula persona. He is refined, elegant, genteel, courteous, yet sinister and deadly. Modern movie-making comes across to me as clumsy and ham-fisted, by comparison.
This is an irreproducible moment.
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