Figured I'd consolidate this common forum theme into one thread. Always good to tap fellow members inspiration for a little down-time occupation, know what I mean?
What tunes you got on heavy rotation… songs or entire albums? What flicks have you just seen? Concerts or plays attended? TV show or YouTube clip? Does not have to be Moto-related. Who's doing what? Let's hear it.
I'll kick it off on this laid back FRI summer's night.
Me, 2 movies…:
I stayed in w/thr Mrs(along with the growing family of furry ones) this evening and finally watched a double feature I could actually absorb myself in. Never actually saw the first one, it's been decades since the other. Pleasantly, I didn't regret either.
"Raise The Titanic." Released in 1980, I never had an interest in seeing it. I guess the recent easily avoided OceanGate debacle kind of rekindled my interest and the Mrs is a big Clive Cussler fan(story author) so under her pressure I acquiesced. I got to say, despite the actual discovery of The Titanic years after this film was made that rendered it largely irrelevant, it really "holds water" from an entertainment standpoint. First and foremost, when the boat was eventually found five years after this film, the first major revelation was that the hull broke into two pieces on the way down. Not so in this film, but they couldn't've known this. It also depicts the Twin Towers. You just have to put little discrepancies like that out of mind. The film really incorporates some interesting if dated Cold War dynamics into it too and there's a really clever appearance by Alec Guiness that rounds-out the plot and gives a sense of closure. The political backdrop is very period late Cold War. It has a very James Bond-esque tone to it.
"Firefox" has a very similar dated Cold War timbre. Released in 1982. It's about a joint US-Brit mission to steal the latest/baddest-ass Soviet fighter from deep inside Russia. Clint Eastwood is(obviously) the lead playing a stereotypical Vietnam war vet with PTSD along with an interesting older school Brit and German cast in addition to some lesser American supporting actors. It's really 2 films in one- Sneeking in to get the aircraft which reads like a classic spy tale, and the breakneck-speed escape which is like Top Gun meets the Star Wars Death Star Battle scene. For the $3 we had to pay to rent it, it's a lot of bang for the buck. Certainly one of Eastwood's lesser shining pieces but if you're a Clint fan you can't not love it…classic "Eastwood cool" minus the one-liners. Again, another really entertaining look back into Hollywood's impression of the latter period Cold War. In addition to Clint's character, typical Hollywood stereotypes abound however they're all still pretty amusing. The overall scope of the film production is actually quite impressive.
I'd imagine many in here have already seen these movies, but they're worth a look if you haven't and a relook if you have. If anything they're enjoyable simply for nostalgia's sake if you're struggling for something decent to watch with a pot of popcorn on a quiet weekend's evening(along with your SO and a bunch of your furry ones). They're also very entertaining looks into how clever special effects got before the advent of CGI.
Up next… the Mrs is dragging me to a Counting Crows concert tomorrow downtown. Certainly not my cup of tea as with some scant few exceptions I'm way more of a Slayer/Soundgarden/Sabbath/Zeppelin/GBH/Siouxsie/etc punk/thrash/hard-rocker but sometimes you got to just be a good husband and take one for the team, I suppose. That's why the good Lord invented beer. Will advise.
Aaaaand go….
What tunes you got on heavy rotation… songs or entire albums? What flicks have you just seen? Concerts or plays attended? TV show or YouTube clip? Does not have to be Moto-related. Who's doing what? Let's hear it.
I'll kick it off on this laid back FRI summer's night.
Me, 2 movies…:
I stayed in w/thr Mrs(along with the growing family of furry ones) this evening and finally watched a double feature I could actually absorb myself in. Never actually saw the first one, it's been decades since the other. Pleasantly, I didn't regret either.
"Raise The Titanic." Released in 1980, I never had an interest in seeing it. I guess the recent easily avoided OceanGate debacle kind of rekindled my interest and the Mrs is a big Clive Cussler fan(story author) so under her pressure I acquiesced. I got to say, despite the actual discovery of The Titanic years after this film was made that rendered it largely irrelevant, it really "holds water" from an entertainment standpoint. First and foremost, when the boat was eventually found five years after this film, the first major revelation was that the hull broke into two pieces on the way down. Not so in this film, but they couldn't've known this. It also depicts the Twin Towers. You just have to put little discrepancies like that out of mind. The film really incorporates some interesting if dated Cold War dynamics into it too and there's a really clever appearance by Alec Guiness that rounds-out the plot and gives a sense of closure. The political backdrop is very period late Cold War. It has a very James Bond-esque tone to it.
"Firefox" has a very similar dated Cold War timbre. Released in 1982. It's about a joint US-Brit mission to steal the latest/baddest-ass Soviet fighter from deep inside Russia. Clint Eastwood is(obviously) the lead playing a stereotypical Vietnam war vet with PTSD along with an interesting older school Brit and German cast in addition to some lesser American supporting actors. It's really 2 films in one- Sneeking in to get the aircraft which reads like a classic spy tale, and the breakneck-speed escape which is like Top Gun meets the Star Wars Death Star Battle scene. For the $3 we had to pay to rent it, it's a lot of bang for the buck. Certainly one of Eastwood's lesser shining pieces but if you're a Clint fan you can't not love it…classic "Eastwood cool" minus the one-liners. Again, another really entertaining look back into Hollywood's impression of the latter period Cold War. In addition to Clint's character, typical Hollywood stereotypes abound however they're all still pretty amusing. The overall scope of the film production is actually quite impressive.
I'd imagine many in here have already seen these movies, but they're worth a look if you haven't and a relook if you have. If anything they're enjoyable simply for nostalgia's sake if you're struggling for something decent to watch with a pot of popcorn on a quiet weekend's evening(along with your SO and a bunch of your furry ones). They're also very entertaining looks into how clever special effects got before the advent of CGI.
Up next… the Mrs is dragging me to a Counting Crows concert tomorrow downtown. Certainly not my cup of tea as with some scant few exceptions I'm way more of a Slayer/Soundgarden/Sabbath/Zeppelin/GBH/Siouxsie/etc punk/thrash/hard-rocker but sometimes you got to just be a good husband and take one for the team, I suppose. That's why the good Lord invented beer. Will advise.
Aaaaand go….
