Apparently the prison scenes where they interview Kemper, all of the Kemper character's dialogue were his actual words from the real interviews.
The TV Shows Thread
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The thing in TV and movies where the main character recovers from being stabbed, shot, or even just being in a brutal fight right away like it's no big deal definitely takes you out of it. I remember I was quite enjoying the movie Apocalypto until in the big chase in the jungle scene where the main character literally takes a javelin through the abdomen and is somehow still able to flee from his pursuers and eventually fight them. If you're going to do something like that in your show or movie, you really need to establish that the guy has superpowers of some sort.
Lol speaking of movie and tv, I really miss the family tv shows like family matters or growing pains on Disney. With things like Woke or the lgbtq movement influencing popular culture and what is appropriate I think some of the things that were more less, less politically correct is what made those shows so enticing and made you want to watch it time and time again. Now a lot of crap seems water downed.
Wanna watch a great TV show? Check out Freaks and Geeks.
It only lasted 1 year because it had a terrible time slot on Saturday for a show about teens, but it's one of the best TV shows I've ever seen. And it's based in the 80s so you get that retro goodness along with it.
You know what? I don't think I've ever seen this show ever since it came out on NBC a long time ago...this sounds like one for the bucket list lol
Of course looking back it's quite Jewish (a devout Christian girl is repeatedly mocked and portrayed as "uncool") but for the most part, it's a funny and at times touching show (like the episode where Lindsay ends up not breaking her mom's tradition of handing out trick r' treat candy together). It's better than most sitcoms that were on the air then and now.
It's kind of astounding to go through the cast list and see how many of them (down to even minor characters) went on to have successful careers. A lot of the same people appeared either regularly or as guest stars on Undeclared, which also only lasted one season before being canceled by Fox.
I’ve watched Freaks and Geeks 2 times all the way thru. It’s a great coming of age show. Very entertaining and good acting.
Yeah, the Pitt is a must watch show. Finished the series (season 1?) and outstanding. I think it won some Emmys which makes sense.
I found another really good series on Netflix called Black Rabbit which stars Jude Law and Jason Bateman, both of whom give great performances. Jude Law plays Bateman's younger brother who runs a successful restaurant and has a happy life until his screw-up brother returns home and causes turmoil. This leads to problems with the local mob, the cops, and his own staff at the restaurant.
If you liked the show Bloodline, you'll dig this one too as it deals with similar family dynamics. It's a very well-acted crime thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat from the first to the last episode. 7.5/10
If you liked the show Bloodline, you'll dig this one too as it deals with similar family dynamics. It's a very well-acted crime thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat from the first to the last episode. 7.5/10
I decided to watch the second season of Peacemaker. First one was okay.
Second one had more propaganda inserted:
- as usual, white men are nerdy and uncool. There’s even a scene where there is an orgy and there is a clearly gay dude naked with a micro penis. Behind him a black dude with a “hose” for some propaganda-pushing. In a sex scene, black dude banging a white girl.
- overweight black woman is the voice of reason. Giving advice for broken “peacemaker”.
- blonde hot chick, who looks 5’2, 100lbs is a “bad-ass” who likes to go to bars to start fights and kick 15 men at the same time.
- there’s an older black agent who acts different from a human but it’s a nice character nonetheless.
So the usual Jew “lens”.
Second one had more propaganda inserted:
- as usual, white men are nerdy and uncool. There’s even a scene where there is an orgy and there is a clearly gay dude naked with a micro penis. Behind him a black dude with a “hose” for some propaganda-pushing. In a sex scene, black dude banging a white girl.
- overweight black woman is the voice of reason. Giving advice for broken “peacemaker”.
- blonde hot chick, who looks 5’2, 100lbs is a “bad-ass” who likes to go to bars to start fights and kick 15 men at the same time.
- there’s an older black agent who acts different from a human but it’s a nice character nonetheless.
So the usual Jew “lens”.
I recently started watching Cobra Kai. I find it interesting and some of the storyline shadows Shakespeare, which is okay, as it's hard to go wrong there. I'm halfway through season 2 which is inferior to the first season. I just learned the show was created by three New Jersey jews. Of course it was. Now I don't know if I care to finish it but I guess I'm a little bought in at this point and want to see where they go with the story, which is getting a little more heavy-handed as the show progresses. I find the pretty boy with both mom and dad issues to be a little too well-adjusted with no outbursts, his turnaround is done simplistically and feels fake, meanwhile Ralph Macchio is a weird-looking dude, I can't get over his shoulders and his character is very annoying when he's supposed to be the balanced one. He has nowhere near the presence of Miyagi. Anyway, LaRusso's wife is highly annoying. She's attractive, and a rich woman because of him, but man is she naggy and almost never takes his side. His youngest son is the most annoying kid on the planet. The jew-kid who kvetches about everything is the second-most annoying character. As the show wears on I'm sure Johnny, the Cobra Kai sensei, will get on my nerves more. In the first season his character was relatable, had depth, seemed interesting, but now in season 2 he's on a slow decline to caricature.
There's 6 seasons of this show, so a long way to go, but I appreciate that the episodes are only half an hour.
There's 6 seasons of this show, so a long way to go, but I appreciate that the episodes are only half an hour.
I remember they had actually written is so that Johnny made an anti-illegal immigrant quip in the first episode, which I found mildly surprising since the show premiered at the peak of woke. Certainly Johnny would have such attitudes as a guy who saw his native California turn into a minority white state, but Hollywood usually isn't interested in realism. They always have to have the white Scrooge character melt and they start early with Johnny mentoring Miguel.