What are you watching?

[Big Frank]

If you like Hurt Locker then BBC on Brit Box is a show called Trigger Point.  Unban  bomb squad in London.  Evidentially they call them EXPO, Explosive Officers.

I may be able to watch that on Prime. If you see them running, try to keep up! That's actually the motto for military EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal).

I'm watching Fugget About It for free on Tubi. Rated 6.9/10 at IMDb. If you go to Tubi and search "fugg" it comes right up. Ex-New York mobster Jimmy Falcone joins the Witness Protection Program, which relocates him and his family to Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. So far Jimmy has pronounced Regina correctly once, instead of calling it Vagina, Saskatchewan. He's not too bright, but Uncle Cheech is a complete moron. His pencil mustache reminds me of John Waters, but he's only gay by accident. Tubi's programming includes tens of thousands of movies and TV series for free, paid for by ads which seem very minimal compared to broadcast TV. They supposedly have the most on-demand video of anyone in the world. Sites like this are almost enough for me to give up cable.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1799834/

https://tubitv.com/

[Big Frank]

I'm watching RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop, a 2023 four part TV documentary series on Amazon Prime. The movie RoboCop came out July 17, 1987. In one scene filmed in 1986, Clarence Boddicker plays a DVD from Dick Jones for Bob Morton. But the DVD was first released ten years later, on November 1, 1996, in Japan. When you see it, there's no mistaking it for anything other than a DVD. It's a 5" silver color disk with a hole in the middle that starts playing video as soon as it's inserted into the DVD player, which didn't exist until 10 years later.   My mind is blown, because I didn't even realize that until just now. Science fiction became reality, and I don't think most people noticed.

P.S. They also had Steve Minh, a member of Boddicker's gang, doing a one-handed shotgun pump 4 years before Sarah Connor did it in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

[alfsauve]

The Residence, about life at the White House.  Again  Giancarlo Esposito.  It’s Clue meets Knives Out, meets Columba, meets Inspector Clouseau.  A little drawn out.  Gives a view that the WH staff works for the institution and they tolerate the temporary guests who live there.

Been out for a while and I’ve heard the first season was gritty and grim, so jump to season 2, but Black Mirror is modern version of Twilight Zone.  Stand alone stories in each episode.  No narrator.

[Big Frank]

I've never seen Black Mirror but thought it sounded good. I had the 2018 movie, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch on one of my computers, but not this one or the new laptop. I hope I find it someday on one of the other computers so I can watch it. A young programmer starts to question reality when he adapts a mad writer's fantasy novel into a video game.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9495224/

I finished watch RoboDoc  and found out there's an 11' tall 2 1/2 ton RoboCop statue somewhere in Detroit, but can't figure out where. The idea for the statue originated with a 2011 exchange between Detroit mayor Dave Bing and a pseudonymous user on Twitter. In response to the suggestion that Detroit have a statue of RoboCop to rival Philadelphia's statue of Rocky, Bing replied that there were no plans to erect such a statue in the city. The exchange went viral and a subsequent Kickstarter campaign raised $67,436 to fund the construction of the statue. In early 2011, Detroit mayor Dave Bing and his communications team solicited suggestions on Twitter for improvements to the city. On February 7, 2011, User @MT responded "Philadelphia has a statue of Rocky & Robocop would kick Rocky's butt. He's a GREAT ambassador for Detroit." Bing replied to the tweet, writing "There are not any plans to erect a statue to Robocop. Thank you for the suggestion."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_statue

[Big Frank]

I forgot to post this pic earlier. He's somewhere in Detroit, but finding him is like a game of Where's Robo?

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[Jim Kennedy-ar154me]

I forgot to post this pic earlier. He's somewhere in Detroit, but finding him is like a game of Where's Robo?

I always got a laugh out of him twirling the auto pistol without it discharging!

[Big Frank]

I always got a laugh out of him twirling the auto pistol without it discharging!

Wouldn't that work if the safety was on? During the making of the film, RoboCop's big robot finger wouldn't fit in the trigger guard of a Desert Eagle they wanted to use. Being filmed in Texas, you know someone would have a gun in their car, so one guy went out and got his Beretta 93R and said try this. That was the birth of the Auto 9.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPf5quy8_nM

[Big Frank]

I recently rented the new movie, Becoming Led Zeppelin, and watched it twice. The film traces the journeys of the four members of the Stairway To Heaven rockers through the music scene of the 1960s and their meeting in the summer of 1968, culminating in 1970. The 2025 film is an independent production made with the full co-operation of the band - the first time they have participated in a biographical documentary.

Becoming Led Zeppelin traces the journeys of Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham and Robert Plant through their childhoods in post-war Britain, the music scene of the 1960s including Shirley Bassey performing the Goldfinger theme with Zeppelin members playing on it, their meeting in the summer of 1968 and meteoric ascendancy throughout 1969, culminating in 1970 when they become the No. 1 band in the world. Suck it Beatles!

The story is told by the band members with the late Bonham represented by archival audio interviews. The film features full, never-before-seen footage of the band's early American and British concerts and unseen material from the band's personal archives.

Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were both session musicians who played with an incredible number of bands. Jimmy played with almost everyone back then except the Beatles. He played the guitar solo on Donovan's Sunshine Superman. John Bonham is still recognized as one of the best drummers ever. They didn't mention it in the movie but he did triple-kicks on the bass drum that not many people were ever capable of. John Paul Jones was the choirmaster and organist at a church when he was 14. He played bass more than the organ and said he was in love with John Bonham's right foot. JPJ would sometimes skip notes on the bass because he knew something of Bonzo's would come through and it would be good. Robert Plant was homeless and just wanted to sing. He didn't care what kind of band it was, and he tried different kinds of music.

Jimmy Page joined The Yardbirds in 1966, but the band broke up in 1968. They were still booked to do some concerts in Scandanavia, so Page formed a new group with vocalist Robert Plant, bassist John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham. They played under the name The New Yardbirds, who later renamed themselves Led Zeppelin.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10365912/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becoming_Led_Zeppelin

[Jim Kennedy-ar154me]

Wouldn't that work if the safety was on? During the making of the film, RoboCop's big robot finger wouldn't fit in the trigger guard of a Desert Eagle they wanted to use. Being filmed in Texas, you know someone would have a gun in their car, so one guy went out and got his Beretta 93R and said try this. That was the birth of the Auto 9.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPf5quy8_nM

Never test safetys when loaded with live ammo. IMHO.

[PegLeg45]

Gunsmoke.