Fewer Kilometers

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The opening scene will determine if you want to watch this documentary or not

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We watched it on your recommendation and I warned my wife about the opening scene (neither of us like reptiles).

Once it started I told her if that snake bites his face I'm throwing a shoe through our TV. :angry:

The rest of the episode was good. I'm a sucker for documentaries about tiny subcultures I'd never heard of.

Even with my hatred of reptiles, the lack of empathy that some of these "enthusiasts" show for these animals is nauseating.

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The sequel was even better. Probably the most underrated classic Disney movie with an all time great Disney villain. Outside of Lion King and The Jungle Book this might be my favorite classic Disney. The Rescuers was great too but love Down under.

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We had our kids during the height of the Disney VHS era, and Down Under was a movie that the wife and I enjoyed the hell out of.

I'm not a fan of Noir nostalgia and the away team was made up of three of the characters that I'm least interested in. The call-back to Casablanca was a bit too on-the-nose.

I'd've preferred a more straight-forward telling of that same story. An updated version of Errand of Mercy, where Kirk and Spock found themselves in a similar situation on a Klingon appropriated planet.

It felt like one of Picard's holodeck mysteries, and I hated those.

Holy shite, we finally got through the final episodes. Seeing that cannon from the Battle of Palmito Ranch made me scream at the TV. That cannon would've been taken by the rebels from the French garrison in Mexico, which surprised the Union forces near Brownsville who thought the Confederates didn't have artillery.

The famous cannon from the last battle of the Civil War and Hank and his boys had it in their hands. :banghead:

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but that first episode of Season 4 is as innocuous

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Nah, you can see it's headed left. The poor women can't get a fair shake at soccer, a team already folded. He'll energize Richmond and all of the misogynistic brits will support the team and ultimately the league.

Yep, the second episode is more "poor women's team."

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I can't see where it's headed but I can see that the second episode spent as much energy poking fun at paper feminists as it did promoting "girl power".

If I was going to predict, I'd say that the season will follow the usual format of Ted using his magic Lasso to show people the better person/athlete that's inside them. The goalie and the hooligan twins are pretty obvious, not sure if the lesbians learn to turn their on-field passion into goals or if they're just ongoing side-scenery.

I hope Ted's wife gets some screen time. But every time I see her I just miss The Bookie series.

Joan was confusing in that she didn't want to be prostituted by the company, but she would troll for ugly wealthy men for what seemed like sport. I understand the difference, but I can see Pete rationalizing it in his mind, fairly easily.

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Should be a lot more older films on this list if true

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That's the thing. Movie theaters didn't require you to leave between showings. You could pay to see any film and sit through two or three screenings.

And if I was looking to cool off, I'd go see Jimmy Stewart in The Shop Around the Corner, set in Hungarian snowy winter, and not watch people sweat through the burning of Atlanta.

It's not a case of "Gone With the Wind ain't that great." Even with other films getting a similar boost from AC, GWTW excelled beyond them.

With the death of the voice actor plus the Iron Eyes Cody nostalgia, John Redcorn's single tear hit very hard.

We recently did a full rewatch.

My wife swore that Sal being gay came out of nowhere, this time around she saw the blatant signs they put out from the get-go.

I didn't remember Fat Betty going on for so long.

When you binge instead of watching once a week, the change in Don from Betty to Megan is pretty staggering. Post-Betty Don is a different character.

I found myself rooting for Pete more this time around.

Roger Sterling's writers deserved every Emmy.

Sally Draper having to put up with those parents still breaks my heart.

Weiner casting his son as "Glen the Creepy Neighbor Boy" is still bizarre beyond belief.

Peggy Olsen isn't the soul of the series, that honor belongs to Freddy Rumsen.

Far From the Madding Crowd.

Both the 1967 and 2015 versions.

I've never seen the 1928 version.


And Josie and the Pussycats is severely underrated.