Hollywood Writers Strike

#76
#76
hog88 said:
GTFOH! Black Sheep was fantastic.
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I liked it, but it really had a lot of repetition. Some of it like Red complaining about what college boys were doing to his airplanes still never got tiring, and neither did the feud between Pappy and Lard. The stuff between the working guys and command was usually pretty good, and the flying scenes weren't bad at all in most cases. I watched it and reruns. Actually the more I think about it, I guess warts and all it was probably one of my more favorite shows - just depends a lot on what you are looking for - entertainment or something deeper.
 
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#77
#77
TN Ribs said:
I know dude, the world has left you behind and you want it to go back in time when


I know dude, the world has left you behind, you want to turn the clocks back when the Country was like a Leave it to Beaver episode so you feel safe again. Ain't happening.
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When society reaches the end of the path it is currently on, the clock will turn itself back. But it will not be back to the 1950s. The 1700s are much more likely. That is if AI doesn’t make us all slave laborers first.
 
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#79
AM64 said:
I liked it, but it really had a lot of repetition. Some of it like Red complaining about what college boys were doing to his airplanes still never got tiring, and neither did the feud between Pappy and Lard. The stuff between the working guys and command was usually pretty good, and the flying scenes weren't bad at all in most cases. I watched it and reruns. Actually the more I think about it, I guess warts and all it was probably one of my more favorite shows - just depends a lot on what you are looking for - entertainment or something deeper.
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I was 6/7/8 or so when it was on so I thought it was awesome.
 
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#80
#80
NEO said:
Gutfield writes his own stuff. If you watch the five you can see how much control he has over there. He is a drug loving fiscally conservative independent. Man makes his love of drugs well known. Only reason I watch fox.
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Don't know if he should take credit for that. I mean, no one should. It's like some sort of anti are show humor with meanness right behind it. Glib sarcasm that falls flat 95 pct of the time.
 
#81
#81
BigOrangeTrain said:
Your retorts scream of a low IQ liberal. Keep your mask on and stay in your safe space. You probably get scared when someone wears a MAGA hat. You probably make a tik tok and tell how traumatized you are because someone has an American flag on their truck. Don’t worry snowflake nobody is coming after you.
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I am currently reading a book about shipwrecked British sailors in the 1700‘s having to search for snails in tidal pools and shooting vultures to keep from starving. Those men faced hardships that would make most people today curl up into the fetal position until they died. The worst off person in America is a veritable King at any other time in history. A healthy spirit of thankfulness is needed instead of the constant complaining. People today spiral into despair because someone calls them the wrong pronoun while our ancestors were mostly worried if they could avoid the Black Death or any of the myriad other things that could prevent them from living until the ripe old age of 35
 
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#82
#82
lawgator1 said:
Don't know if he should take credit for that. I mean, no one should. It's like some sort of anti are show humor with meanness right behind it. Glib sarcasm that falls flat 95 pct of the time.
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Are you saying his show is dull and not funny? If so, I agree.
 
#83
#83
hog88 said:
I was 6/7/8 or so when it was on so I thought it was awesome.
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One of the best things about the show was that they had real Corsairs to work with and the aerial photography was very good for a TV show (as I recall). The acting definitely wasn't up to MASH level. Even for a TV budget it was a big step over most of the WW2 flying movies - both the scenes in the air and acting. I guess I'd have to see it again and decide all over if the good parts made up for the lack of script originality. Now that I think back I was probably too quick to agree with Orangeburst.
 
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#84
OrangeTsar said:
I am currently reading a book about shipwrecked British sailors in the 1700‘s having to search for snails in tidal pools and shooting vultures to keep from starving. Those men faced hardships that would make most people today curl up into the fetal position until they died. The worst off person in America is a veritable King at any other time in history. A healthy spirit of thankfulness is needed instead of the constant complaining. People today spiral into despair because someone calls them the wrong pronoun while our ancestors were mostly worried if they could avoid the Black Death or any of the myriad other things that could prevent them from living until the ripe old age of 35
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The Unknown Shore by Patrick O'Brian by any chance?
 
#85
#85
scooty_vol said:
Yeah, we've definitely gone backwards since those leave it beaver days. It be a travesty to have blacks not kill each other or abort babies on a daily basis. Let's not forget bigotry against men, who dress as women, not being able to grind on kids. I'm so glad we've progressed so much vandy ribs
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You may think this is convincing.....almost nobody in modern America thinks it's OK for anybody to be grinding on kids, and you are putting a judgment on all of us based on some unknown, faceless minority group who I have no idea if they even exist in any meaningful way.

In 1957, enough people thought it was OK for the government and businesses to treat blacks like second-class citizens that it was codified into law.

I would guess way more people were ambivalent about abortion in 1957 than they are now. It was happening, it was just illegal in some places, partly because feminists had pushed for abortion laws generations earlier. Abortion didn't become a hot button issue for the religious right until after Roe v Wade. Catholics were the only ones to take a clear position on it, and nothing has changed in that regard. The fact that all the other Christ-based faiths have a clear position now should be seen as a societal improvement by you.
 
#86
#86
TN Ribs said:
I beg to differ but there's no use trying to convince someone who pines for the good old days because they feel like they don't fit in anymore. Poor scooty.
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I know those days are gone. I'm not worried about it. I just think it's how funny you repressives think we're progressing.
 
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#88
#88
AM64 said:
One of the best things about the show was that they had real Corsairs to work with and the aerial photography was very good for a TV show (as I recall). The acting definitely wasn't up to MASH level. Even for a TV budget it was a big step over most of the WW2 flying movies - both the scenes in the air and acting. I guess I'd have to see it again and decide all over if the good parts made up for the lack of script originality. Now that I think back I was probably too quick to agree with Orangeburst.
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@Orangeburst is dumb, has bad taste and is ugly.
 
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AM64 said:
The Unknown Shore by Patrick O'Brian by any chance?
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Easy to get caught up in his books. I got through "The Wine-Dark Sea" book 16 (I think) of the Aubrey/Maturin series and had to take a break. I'll finish the last 3 sometime.
 
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#91
hog88 said:
Easy to get caught up in his books. I got through "The Wine-Dark Sea" book 16 (I think) of the Aubrey/Maturin series and had to take a break. I'll finish the last 3 sometime.
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For whatever reason Patrick O'Brian got my interest started in novels primarily having to do with the sea war during the Napoleonic Era, but I didn't read the O'Brian books. There are a lot of other series by other authors, and I read several. One author, Dewey Lambden, was a UT grad and lived in Nashville until his death (I think Covid) in 2021; his Alan Lewrie series went to something like 25 books. It sounds morbid, but I really prefer reading series by authors who are no longer writing (with death being one of the reasons) because you can binge read the series and not have to wait for the next one. I've finally started on the Aubrey/Maturin series. There are some great writers of historical fiction around - they sure beat the history we learned in school - I still think the why of things when fairly covered by a good author is a lot more important than dates and lists of facts and deeds.

I got so caught up on the details of sailing ships trying to figure out rigging etc that I bought one of those large models that as someone said is a box of sticks, but I haven't started it. It needs space - lots of space ... and cat proofing. I got the Syren - a brig, and still almost 3 ft long, but big enough to really figure out the sails and rigging.
 
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#92
#92
n_huffhines said:
You may think this is convincing.....almost nobody in modern America thinks it's OK for anybody to be grinding on kids, and you are putting a judgment on all of us based on some unknown, faceless minority group who I have no idea if they even exist in any meaningful way.

In 1957, enough people thought it was OK for the government and businesses to treat blacks like second-class citizens that it was codified into law.

I would guess way more people were ambivalent about abortion in 1957 than they are now. It was happening, it was just illegal in some places, partly because feminists had pushed for abortion laws generations earlier. Abortion didn't become a hot button issue for the religious right until after Roe v Wade. Catholics were the only ones to take a clear position on it, and nothing has changed in that regard. The fact that all the other Christ-based faiths have a clear position now should be seen as a societal improvement by you.
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Abortion was pushed by those same racists as a way to control the unwanted black population. That wish has largely played out.
 
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#95
#95
Does the "If a tree falls in a forest ..." theory apply here?

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#97
#97
This is a pretty interesting podcast. Some highlights...

The half a dozen or so historical writer's strikes perfectly summarize the evolution of the entertainment industry.

This strike is unique in that it's not coming at a time where studios are killing it.

If studios and streamers are not winning rn, who is? Users. We had 500 scripted shows last year when there were only 100 a decade ago.

Plain English with Derek Thompson - How Hollywood's Writers Strike Could Change the Future of TV and Movies on Stitcher
 
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