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Leman (Andy) · February 23, 2021, 09:22:06 AM

Can't say as I do me heartie. Avast behind - ruddy enormous!

Flaminpig0 · February 23, 2021, 03:15:14 PM

I have been watching Star Trek:Lower Decks

If Star Fleet ever exists this is what it would be like

Leman (Andy) · March 27, 2021, 09:15:57 AM

Just discovered the BBC documentary (docudrama really) on Custer's last stand, on YouTube. For once some decent actors and a host of extras were employed and in many ways it was much better than the feature films I have seen.

Colonel Kilgore · March 27, 2021, 09:22:56 AM

I completely missed that one, Andy. The BBC iPlayer thingy tells me it was last shown in 2007 and is not currently available.

Thank goodness for YouTube! This one, presumably? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAh0_32FWQ8

Simon

Leman (Andy) · March 28, 2021, 10:12:40 AM

This one:

https://youtu.be/YPjTFXpAZ_g

Colonel Kilgore · March 28, 2021, 10:36:09 AM

Ah - the benefits of being in the Netherlands! It's telling me I can't watch it from the UK...

Simon

Leslie BT · March 28, 2021, 08:19:41 PM

Watch it here now Simon, no problems.

Colonel Kilgore · March 28, 2021, 10:20:43 PM

Sadly, we're not allowed to go to France currently either...

Simon

Matías · March 31, 2021, 04:09:36 AM

Yesterday finally watched Jadotville, great movie. I have been looking at the PP Professionals I bought last year, or maybe it was the year before that?, and was looking for some inspiration.
Have been listening to one of Mike Hoare's book too, and I have many ideas now!

Leman (Andy) · April 03, 2021, 04:03:51 PM

Agreed, an excellent war film in the classic style.

I have been watching The Flash - never has a superhero wept so much, overthought everything in the entire universe or been such a wet drip. If it wasn't for Cisco, Killer Frost and the various guises of Harrison Wells I wouldn't have bothered.

Sean Clark · August 27, 2021, 06:08:34 PM

Watched the film 6 Days this afternoon about the Iranian Embassy siege.

Jamie Bell is in it as a member of the SAS. Talk about tense! Really good I thought.

I do wonder how these men cope in these situations. Do they just go home, and when aske by their significant other whether they had had a good day, reply "oh, you know the usual."

Incredible that so many hostages survived.

Colonel Kilgore · August 27, 2021, 09:41:12 PM

I didn't know there was a film of the siege, Sean. I remember seeing it "live", though: I was watching a film (a Western, I think), and they paused it to cut to the live action. I wasn't impressed at having my film interrupted!
Simon

Sean Clark · August 27, 2021, 10:39:55 PM

Worth watching I think.

Leman (Andy) · August 28, 2021, 08:39:44 PM

I am currently watching two YouTube series by Real Time History. The first is a week by week account of the Franco-Prussian War called Glory and Defeat. I discovered the second through this - an absolutely mammoth production which was started in 2014 which is a week by week account of WWI called The Great War. It is still running as it deals with the post-war consequences as well, currently stuff like the Greek-Turkish War. They also have one on WWII.

Colonel Kilgore · August 20, 2022, 04:57:03 PM

I've recently watched Dunkirk, twice (i.e. both the John Mills 1958 and the Harry Styles 2017 versions).

I enjoyed both. The visuals in the 2017 version are often stunning, but I preferred the story line and character development in the original version.

The 2017 film is still available for free for a few days on BBC iPlayer for those of us in the UK, from where it can be downloaded.

Simon