What have you watched recently? (Please use the hide function for spoilers or plot lines)

[OregonLAA]

The Shield is a top 3 show for me. Just amazing. Couple of the guest stars help carry it in later seasons. Keep us updated on how you feel. Acting is whatever and the filming takes getting used to, but it's great

[nate]

First two episodes of True Detective.  I am hooked.  Gotta wait for my wife to get back next week before we can start binge watching.

[Schildog]

The Shield really got cooking about 5 eps into the first season.

By the end of season 2, I didn't see any reason to keep watching. Felt like the writers got bored.

I know that Glenn Close showed up in a later season, and that combined with the episode of The West Wing that she did was what set her up for "Damages," which I thoroughly enjoyed.

You should have kept watching. The Forest Whitaker season is my favorite television of all time.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

The Shield was amazing, top 5 series of all time for me...

[LBHalos17]

Glad you guys brought BOB up.

I LOVE that series. Got addicted to studying their campaign, they were involved in some of the biggest actions of the war, right place right time kind of thing.

The pacific didnt do it for me. It seemed too choppy and aside from leckie most of the characters didnt really do it for me.

As far as the difference between the pacific theater and ETO, yeah, the guys in europe had some perks...prior to landing. Afterwards maybe some to a point. But you could easily argue they had it worse in europe.

Case in point....the army lost more people at the bulge (in 6 weeks) than the USMC lost in the entire pacfic war. And the bulge overshadowed the hurtgen campaign, which no one except history geeks like me really remembers (which again dwarfed any pacific campaign).

Heres another pretty unknown fact. The general feeling is that the Marines fought in the PTO with the Army on the ETO. While its true there were no Marines in europe, the Army was very much involved in the pacific...19K Marines KIA in the pacific..30K sailors (the japanese navy was top tier)....roughly 100K soldiers.

The Marine Corps does a very good job reminding its own and outsiders of its history, the army not so much. Names like Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal and Saipan are very much remembered. The Phillipines campaign, the largest campaign of the pacific war, not so much, nor any of the other non-Marine actions. Not at all taking anything away from the "Nimitz" campaign, just that the Marine Corps is very good at "politically campaigning" so to speak.

On a side note, in terms of BOB and The Pacific, theyre in the initial stages of the next series which focuses on the 8th Air Force bomber crews....

I will be looking forward to this!  My step-Uncle just passed-away recently, and I learned afterward that he was shot down THREE times as a gunner on a bomber...

[LBHalos17]

Saw Mad Max in 3D.  It was pretty amazing, and I'm looking forward to more Max from Miller!

 

Also saw San Andreas.  It was great as an homage to the classic disaster movies and the effects were great, but the story left-out a lot of reality...

 

I've been pleasantly surprised by Wayward Pines.  It's entertaining and mysterious enough to hook me so far.

[mrwicked]

Is The Shield the show with the guy from The Commish?

I have also heard it's good, never watched it though. Saw the billboards everywhere when it was big.

[Redondo]

Orange is the New Black season 3 started yesterday. 13 new episodes. Watched the first 2 with my wife. Looking forward to the rest.

[mrwicked]

this video of the process behind each pair of hand-made st crispin's shoes.

just amazing.

now i want a pair.

Edited June 13, 2015 by mrwicked

[Tank]

I was surprised to learn that a really nice pair of handmade shoes can be manufactured in less than 15 minutes.

[Mark68]

waiting for reviews

 

i like pratt, and the first jurassic park movie was one of the best movie theater experiences ever for me

Apparently, not many waited for reviews.

 

It made more than a half billion dollars this weekend.

 

I'll probably see it next weekend (wife had to watch the original first).

[Redondo]

'Jurassic' shatters records

"Jurassic World," the fourth film in the series, became the highest global opener of all time with a staggering $511.8 million in its first days in theaters. It also devoured a number of domestic box office records with a $204.6 million take, the Rentrak media-measurement company estimated on Sunday.

In addition to setting a record for 2015, "Jurassic World" is now the second-highest domestic opening of all time, right behind "Marvel's The Avengers" which took in $207.4 million in 2012. By the time Monday actuals roll in, there is a chance the film could dethrone "Avengers."

[mrwicked]

season 1, episode 2 of "house of cards."

we like it.

[nate]

As soon as Clarkson, May and Hammond are confirmed to be headed to Netflix I will finally buy it and watch House of Cards.  Always hear it is a great show.

[nando714]

Vietnam in HD.

Thought it was good

[Spencer]

Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels

 

Can't believe that movie came out 17 years ago

[nate]

Love that movie!  Along with Snatch and Rocknrolla.

[Ray McKigney]

Valentine Road - 7/10

 

Interesting HBO documentary about a 15-year-old gay kid who was shot and killed by a classmate.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Vietnam in HD.

Thought it was good

j yep, that one caught me by suprise. Wasnt really expecting to see too much "new", but it was very good. Great footage and the interviews were touching.

I have ww2 in hd too just havent sat down to watch it yet

[Redondo]

Just finished Orange is the New Black 3rd season. Some strange story lines. Went back in time for the inmates to see how they got in the mess that landed them in prison.

Wife and I enjoyed it. Will watch the 4th season when it comes out.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

I don't have much enthusiasm to start season 3 of OITNB yet. I've heard multiple people say its below season's 1 and 2.

[nando714]

I've gone through 3 seasons of "The Wonder Years"

- Winnie cooper is a whore and cock tease to Kevin Arnold

- Makes me kinda wish I grew up in that era.

[nate]

I've gone through 3 seasons of "The Wonder Years"

- Winnie cooper is a whore and cock tease to Kevin Arnold

- Makes me kinda wish I grew up in that era.

 

Danica McKeller is the pride of UCLA!  She has a degree in mathematics from there and is a huge science/math advocate.

[halobob]

Anyone gonna watch the premier of Ballers on HBO this weekend?  I'm gonna give the show a shot.

[Redondo]

I don't have much enthusiasm to start season 3 of OITNB yet. I've heard multiple people say its below season's 1 and 2.

 

It's not as good as the first 2 seasons. Since I was already involved with the characters I wanted to watch it. They could of done more and had some flat areas with debatable scenes. But still something to watch that is a little different.