I'll take this opportunity to crowdsource a question I have--what are people's favorite / based movies or TV shows that are actually worth watching?
I've been watching lots of older movies, mostly pre-2000, and really enjoying them. I even started watching the OG Star Trek with Shatner and Nimoy. There's just nothing worth watching made in the last decade.
Casablanca and the Connery + Lazenby + first Dalton Bonds are a pretty good bet, honestly…
Black Narcissus. A Matter of Life and Death. Both British, so be a bit open minded…
And fuck, there’s a tone of good Euro-cinema out there. If you can deal/put up with subtitles. Plus good Mexican, South American and of course Japanese shit. Plus a few good Bruce Lee and (less so) Jackie Chan movies… The older ones, that is, at least, for Chan…
TV-wise, the original Mission Impossible series is alright, but The Avengers (not Marvel. It PREDATES Marvel, is completely unrelated, and is spies, rather than capeshit), which is British, is way, way better…
Oh and My Favorite Martian, if you’re looking for some early-60s (decent) comedy fluff…
There’s a list of stuff I’ve been watching lately (mostly the old stuff), to start you off, at least! 🙂
But really most things prior to, say, 2008-2009, you should be relatively better off…
Even Craig’s Casino Royale was at least… Decent. Haven’t really liked ANY of the ones since, though, to be honest… Skyfall is passable, I suppose, but fuck the other three, lol… And Brosnan’s Bond hasn’t aged as well as I might have hoped, honestly… 😑
I'll take this opportunity to crowdsource a question I have--what are people's favorite / based movies or TV shows that are actually worth watching?
I've been watching lots of older movies, mostly pre-2000, and really enjoying them. I even started watching the OG Star Trek with Shatner and Nimoy. There's just nothing worth watching made in the last decade.
Casablanca and the Connery + Lazenby + first Dalton Bonds are a pretty good bet, honestly…
Black Narcissus. A Matter of Life and Death. Both British, so be a bit open minded…
And fuck, there’s a tone of good Euro-cinema out there. If you can deal/put up with subtitles. Plus good Mexican, South American and of course Japanese shit. Plus a few good Bruce Lee and (less so) Jackie Chan movies… The older ones, that is, at least, for Chan…
TV-wise, the original Mission Impossible series is alright, but The Avengers (not Marvel. It PREDATES Marvel, is completely unrelated, and is spies, rather than capeshit), which is British, is way, way better…
Oh and My Favorite Martian, if you’re looking for some early-60s (decent) comedy fluff…
There’s a list of stuff I’ve been watching lately (mostly the old stuff), to start you off, at least! 🙂
But really most things prior to, say, 2008-2009, you should be relatively better off…
Even Craig’s Casino Royale was at least… Decent. Haven’t really liked ANY of the ones since, though, to be honest… Skyfall is passable, I suppose, but fuck the other three, lol… And Brosnan’s Bond hasn’t aged as well as I might have hoped, honestly… 😑
Great list, thank you! I'll check some of these out. Old British Avengers sounds really interesting.