TV and Film

I have a few months of free AppleTV+, so we've started Wondla together, and I've also tried For All Mankind and Foundation on my own. Looks like I'll probably end up watching mostly For All Mankind and just a little Foundation here and there unless I get really hooked past the first two episodes of Foundation - the fall of a galactic empire is dark stuff, so not as appealing to continue watching back-to-back episodes.

I don't remember all that I put in my list to watch on Apple, but Time Bandits is one title. It remains to be seen how many months we'll actually pay for once our free months are done...

Our Internet was out for a bit on Saturday, so I checked a stack of DVDs I'd left at the TV stand, mostly series on the go and a few to watch over again. (Handy to have something not requiring wifi!) I chose Trek movie #8, which I always enjoy. Just five to go now!

I enjoyed For All Mankind, but Foundation was such a disappointment after reading the book. Get yourself a copy of the Foundation trilogy by Asimov. They are not long books, but they are really good.

The tv plot is fairly thin from the book, and while I am rather pc, I never like when genders are swapped about from books to tv.

The bones of Foundation were made by a man, Hari Seldon. His gender change was the most annoying. But 'he' was not alone.

"Heaven Is Waiting" 2011 is a deep yet light hearted movie about bereavement, loss and hope. It warms the heart and is slightly sad but there is a ribbon of hope throughout the film.

You may have given me reason to watch at least a couple more episodes. I thought Hari was a man in the show, but you're saying Hari's a woman... Now I gotta find out who just got in trouble when I last watched! (Trouble is an understatement, but I don't want to spoil for anyone else who's as far behind as I am, so I'm resisting clear-cut description of the trouble...) Anyway, if these swaps are done well, I don't mind. Same with skin colour. Give me variety, but it needs to make sense.

Sorry, reflecting back, it was Salvador Hardin that had the gender change. It's a while since I saw it..

We've watch two series lately the 64 and Happy Town . Both good as such but both had open / messy endings and OH hates that.

We are now watching the Serial killers wife.

I prefer the ordinary ones, but in small doses as I could almost write the script now

I watched The Queen last night. Casting was really good, especially James Cromwell as a curmudgeonly Prince Philip. The movie seemed to be not so much about the queen herself, though, so that was a tad disappointing.

I'd recommend seeing Helen Mirren as Golda Meir as well, in Golda. She does a great job!

I have at least two more movies waiting on the PVR, but I'll probably go back to For All Mankind tonight, to finish Season 1.

I've been watching Court TV. It takes you inside the court room of various cases around the country, mostly pertaining to murders. It's intersting to watch the prosecution strategies versus those of the defense.

It's not something I've done much and not lately but I have found it interesting to go to court as a spectator. I really felt more of the emotion of the place than you get on TV. Some of the little cases are interesting too. Much more something people associate with real life than murders, which most are never implicated in.

I finished my summer watch-through of all 13 Star Trek movies! Ended up with four for this long weekend, two on Friday and the last two today.

I'm also at the beginning of Season 3 of For All Mankind and have been watching it often. I may try Foundation again after that show. Or other sci-fi.

Funny/appropriate name the youngest came up with as talk of Rings of Power floated around: Doomenor (for the doomed land of Numenor).

We have started series four of Grace.