Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Arthur Lipscomb Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-14 (Sunday) Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 18:42:46 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: <550483519.734914953.036964.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 03:42:47 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5ad4465f6b83f367e80476cf7f7c93ef"; logging-data="632263"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX198nlazdBhl/Ytv6JXVFBa0bWsHEpZndhg=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:OYPCXagPCy1O8NMy1hHDUolMLy8= In-Reply-To: <550483519.734914953.036964.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3282 On 4/15/2024 4:04 PM, anim8rfsk wrote: > Arthur Lipscomb wrote: >> On 4/15/2024 7:22 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote: >>> On 4/15/2024 6:06 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote: >>>> >>>> What did you watch? >>> >>> Gamer - Netflix disc rip (screencapping project) >>> AKA 'Crank 3'.  Made by the same pair that made the Jason Statham >>> vehicles 'Crank' and 'Crank 2' it is much like those two with Gerald >>> Butler instead.  Turn your brain off and let it come to a complete stop >>> before watching to avoid damage. >>> >> >> I *want* to like this movie but it just rubs me the wrong way. But it's >> one of those movies that I keep watching hoping that this time maybe >> it'll be good. >> >> I watched: >> >> >> >> The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (HBO) 2014 spy movie based on the TV show >> directed by Guy Ritchie. Set in the 1960s Henry Cavill stars as a >> smooth talking Gentleman/con artist who works for the CIA and is >> assigned to rescue a kidnapped scientist's daughter (Alicia Vikander) >> from East Berlin. Armie Hammer also stars as a Russian KGB agent who is >> assigned to stop him. But soon the two are forced by their governments >> to team up and work together to stop a new rival group from developing a >> new type of nuclear bomb. Hugh Grant also pops up as a British MI6 >> agent who runs to the two agents. This was my first time watching it >> since seeing it in the theater. I guess it was OK. > > How much of a fan of the TV show were you? > > Not much of one. I don't recall watching reruns when I was a kid. Although I'm sure I must have watched one or two episodes at some point. Much like Mission Impossible, I knew the show existed but never went out of my way to watch reruns of it. Also keep in mind my ability to even watch was extremely limited given the show was canceled nearly a decade before I was even born... :-) Was the movie like the original show? I was actually curious if Cavill's counterpart in the show was also a thief blackmailed by the CIA into working for them.