Anyone for a nightcap?

weirdo.



I haven't seen a movie in the theaters in a couple of years now, for an odd reason which I won't go into. Anyway, to break my odd no (first run) movies streak, I will probably see Milk. I am dying to see it. I am only slightly obsessed with the story, having read tons about it and seen some PBS documentaries on the whole thing. Also, seeing Sean Penn in the commercials was eery. He totally nailed it. Anyway, have you? Is it good?

I've heard great things about Slumdog Millionaire.



On the topic of things I'm obsessed with - Nixon! I guess that's a who, not a thing. I am obsessed with Watergate. So the movie looks like good gossipy fun, but I have heard it's inaccurate, and in a misleading sort of way (not like, Elizabeth where we all knew liberties had been taken). So that gave me pause, but I keep seeing the commercials and I'm starting to weaken. Seeing the tapes would be AWESOME though. I didn't hear they'd been released! Are they on Netflix? Ha - if they are the backlog must be nuts.


I share the Nixon obsession, I find him endlessly interesting, maybe it's because there's something so interesting about such deeply flawed leadership.

Anyhow, uh, you clearly missed David Frost plugging the tapes on Daily Show. Yep they're out, and yeah, they're probably in a million queues.
 
I think it's 12 hours - it's an absurd amount of tape of the actual Frost/Nixon interviews and it's out on DVD. THEY being those who decide what goes on DVD.
I'm looking, and unfortunately can't find anything nearly that long.

Amazon's got this, but it's apparently 88 minutes "culled from the over 28 hours of interview footage."
 
No, Milk's not good - it's outstanding, largely because Penn is phenomenal in that role. Go see it, woman! What could possibly be holding you back?

Having read a plot summary for Slumdog, I had to be coerced into viewing that film. But I was pleasantly surprised, and definitely recommend it.

Actually, if you had to pick one of those to see in a theater, I'd say choose Slumdog. Penn's performance will translate to the small screen without much lost, but some of the Mumbai vistas are just incredible.

What could possibly be holding me back? Something. I don't want to write about it here. Suffer. :cool:

I share the Nixon obsession, I find him endlessly interesting, maybe it's because there's something so interesting about such deeply flawed leadership.

Anyhow, uh, you clearly missed David Frost plugging the tapes on Daily Show. Yep they're out, and yeah, they're probably in a million queues.

Did you watch the -- hmm, I think it was a program called the American Experience or something - a PBS documentary style "show" (not regular) - anyway, there is a dvd that is called Watergate: 20 Years Later or something. I own it! You can probably get it off Netflix. I'll send it to you if you want though.

And yes. I miss Daily Show now. I need to get Mister Man to put it on his dvr list. Argh. Stephen Colbert too! Can you believe it? I'm slippin.'
 
I have Milk on my PC to watch. I just have to get myself in the zone to watch a movie on my PC. :cool:

I've seen parts of the Frost/Nixon interviews. I think I have less interest because I had to write about it in Current Events in school. It was my local going-on at the time. He resigned on my birthday. Actually, it was the day before in the US but I was out of the us and a day later at the time. It was a rather memorable birthday.

However, I'd rather spend my time watching things that were less an intimate part of my life. Relative terms, of course.

~LB
 
I have Milk on my PC to watch. I just have to get myself in the zone to watch a movie on my PC. :cool:

I've seen parts of the Frost/Nixon interviews. I think I have less interest because I had to write about it in Current Events in school. It was my local going-on at the time. He resigned on my birthday. Actually, it was the day before in the US but I was out of the us and a day later at the time. It was a rather memorable birthday.

However, I'd rather spend my time watching things that were less an intimate part of my life. Relative terms, of course.

~LB

Ahem. How do you have Milk on your PC?
 
I won't speak for Beauty, but Netflix offers a number of its movies in streaming form. I watched a half dozen movies that way this summer.

Heh heh. Scandalous! I am required to say I do not approve. Bad Lily! :mad:

ITW <--- looking the other way...

Nor do I approve.
Hence, I have had the movie to watch for quite some time but haven't.
Guilt at work.
:rolleyes:

~LB

p.s. Milk is available right now from Netflix via Blu-ray. So there.
 
Good point. Last I heard, Netflix wasn't big into supporting the Chinese video piracy industry. Maybe we need to alert Homeland Security about possible pro-terrorist, anti-Amurrican behavior chez LB. ;)

Ugh!
I thought you waz mah frend.
:(
 
So my arrow did not point to the right person.

Sanjay has been distracting me....

Sorry.

A likely story. No doubt you were watching pirated video training from Al Qaeda and got caught up with the steps to cleaning your AK47.
 
just fibished shoveling the drive

We've just received two inches of powdery snow.

Something amber would be nice. Any one for some John Jameson?
 
just finished shoveling the drive

We've just received two inches of powdery snow.

Something amber would be nice. Any one for some John Jameson?
 
Yes, when you leave you will be missed. And you can cut out the 18th century spelling any time. ;)

18th century spelling? Please explain.
And if the Sanjay of my dreams wasn't doing such a good job right now, my feelings might be hurt.
 
18th century spelling? Please explain.
And if the Sanjay of my dreams wasn't doing such a good job right now, my feelings might be hurt.

Take a look at a replica of the Declaration of Independence or another document from that time. It was common to write a lower case "s" in a way that closely resembled our modern lower-case "f."
 
Take a look at a replica of the Declaration of Independence or another document from that time. It was common to write a lower case "s" in a way that closely resembled our modern lower-case "f."

Then let me say this another way.

I think I am annoyed.

Does that suit better? ;)

~LB
 
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