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Which TV Series Are You Binging On?
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Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol
I really liked this one!
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I tried "Lessons in Chemistry". I found the depictions of male chauvinism and female fluffy-headedness just overwhelmingly over the top. Yes, both were present, but not in the levels shown.
I worked in Chemistry and Biology labs just a few years after the time of the show, both were run by women, males and females did the same level of work, and we all did the glassware cleaning afterwards.
I worked in Chemistry and Biology labs just a few years after the time of the show, both were run by women, males and females did the same level of work, and we all did the glassware cleaning afterwards.
I just got caught up on the new Jesse L Martin show "The Irrational"
Thoroughly enjoyed it and can't wait for new episodes in January.
Thoroughly enjoyed it and can't wait for new episodes in January.
Sidenote: your post reminds me of one of my favorite songs/music videos, which also happens to handle relationship drama better
Semisonic’s Chemistry
It's not even an argument the amount of chauvinism and racism that went on in workplaces on the 50s and 60s. If you worked just a few years after, you must be in your 80s.
If it's not too late, you need to watch Dr Who Season 4 Episodes 12 & 13 before watching the latest episode "The Star Beast" in order to get context, because you watched them some years ago (2007).
Dr Who died for me at least 2 seasons ago, probably more, this weekends episode was a total joke of a show, and that’s ignoring all the woke stuff. I had hopes it may have been better but alas no. So I’ll have to stick to the older shows, at least their are plenty of them to watch.
Dr Who has been woke since Rose Tyler. Before that, Star Trek and all its offspring have all been woke.
If you don't want woke, you'll have to stick with anything written by Robert Heinlein, who was anti-woke since before it was invented (except for "All you Zombies", which was pretty woke). OTOH, pretty well all the movie remakes of Heinlein's work have all been woke (and "Starship Troopers" was even anti-nazi).
I, for my part, really enjoyed the episode, it was great seeing Tennant and Tate back together and while some of it was a bit forced (except the harassing kids) and the resolution of the meta-crisis Doctor was a bit of a hand-wave at least I learnt to be very careful drinking coffee at my desk. Loved the hints with the toys.
I haven't watch Dr Who in ages. The last Doctor I remember was Tom Baker's character. He was the 4th Doctor, I believe. I tried a few episodes of the newer Doctors, but none had the idiosyncrasies that made Baker's Doctor so entertaining.
The Starship Trooper movie adaptation was as different from the book as Monty Python and the Holy Grail is from the Arthurian legends.😁
I guess having humans slaughtering bugs doesn't make for good entertainment. Mobile Infantry in the book wore powersuits* and killed 1000 arachnids for every soldier lost. I like gender bender Dizzy Flores.😍 And the vote--not violence--is the ultimate authority from which every other authority is derived. Your vote counts.🤨
I couldn't finish watching The Puppet Masters. It is awful.😩 I can't really comment on how different it is from the book, other than the setting. I heard about other films, but I haven't watched them yet.
*Powersuits finally make it's appearance in Starship Trooper 3. I'm a fan of giant mecha shows (Gundam, Macross, Full Metal Panic, heck even Power Rangers😁)
You should always put your coffee down when Tennant 'n' Tate are on screen together...
As mentioned, we went back and watched Dr Who Season 4 Episodes 12 & 13 for context before finishing the latest episode.
After finishing that, we watched S 4 Ep 3 The Planet of the Ood. I would nominate that episode as the Best Evah Dr Who Episode Evah!!!.
Alternative nominations welcome.
You read way too much into things…. How was Rose Tyler woke? Or Eccleston?
I actually just signed up for the 99 cent a month Hulu plan the other day. I have been hearing good things about this show. Definitely will check it out
Anything darker/grittier you have in mind?
We’ve signed up for Paramount+ and are binging on Cheers. Still very funny all these years later. After watching all of Seinfeld, we are now our way through Curb Your Enthusiasm. Larry David is a comic genius plus Cheryl Hines who plays Larry’s wife is one hot babe.
And of course I am, and will always be, binging on Doctor Who.
Aqua Teen Hunger Force season 12. The boys, er, food, are back!
Can't believe I'm writing that in 2023.
Can't believe I'm writing that in 2023.