Seeing we have a diverse audience I thought people might like to share short indie videos they have watched and found interesting/amusing or whatever. I would prefer not music ones as we already have a music thread. But I have no control.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpefYPLH67A

Link

Stop-Motion Samurai Film. Japanese.

WARNING: Lots of sawdust.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66iwcON_FZY

Link

Big Iron. Western. Inspired by Marty Robbins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as8MXI5OjCI

Link

The Angler (2018) Animated Short Film Korean.

One comment.

Shawn-jo4hj
1 year ago
Based on what I observed, the bait that the fish ate represents a memory from his past, one that he wasn’t ready to let go of yet. Much like how most of us wished we were still with someone but then life hits you and that person leaves (by death or by other means) and you try hard to hold on to what’s left, the memories. The fish seems to somehow be a sign that its time for him to move on but he didn’t. He stayed stuck. In the process, he didn’t realize that there are people who wanted to make memories with him too. He remained fixated on the past until the old man becomes a memory as well and that’s when he started to appreciate him. Apparently, not many of us knows what we have until we dont.

I mean if we are talking about YouTube stuff then it is mainly nin fiction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ip2JMqtNDg

Link

LA VALIGIA || Stop Motion Short Film

An old man is sitting on the edge of a bed in a bare room with stoned walls, his face furrowed with deep wrinkles and his unkempt beard, gnarled hands still full of life, curved shoulders: he is alone and thoughtful. A small and ramshackle window with bars is the only outlet to the outside. In front of him he has a mysterious suitcase. Opening it the man finds himself in his hands the photographs and the personal effects of a whole life. Thus begins the sequence of memories and visions, synapses of the mind that come to life and invade the room of the elderly bringing him back in time, first adult then boy, finally child.

I’m quite taken by the films distributed by Northern Ireland Television – https://www.youtube.com/@NITVShorts.

I may have posted this one here, previously.

The Attendant, which is a whimsical, warm hearted feel-good short film about a man beating the system.

Frankie is a car park attendant at the spectacular Giant’s Causeway in Co. Antrim, one of Ireland’s natural scenic wonders. However, he has his eye on the future. Cathy is his friend and work colleague and she and her husband Paul are in trouble. Nevertheless, as Frankie always says: something will turn up!

My daughter’s mate Alana, who is an ordinary housewife, just like you.

But she is also
The Chosen One

The Rev Dodgson said:

My daughter’s mate Alana, who is an ordinary housewife, just like you.

But she is also
The Chosen One

Seems I’ve seen her her before.

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

My daughter’s mate Alana, who is an ordinary housewife, just like you.

But she is also
The Chosen One

Seems I’ve seen her her before.

Yes, I posted it before in the days when Trump was claiming to be the chosen one.

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

My daughter’s mate Alana, who is an ordinary housewife, just like you.

But she is also
The Chosen One

Seems I’ve seen her her before.

Yes, I posted it before in the days when Trump was claiming to be the chosen one.

That’s the one. :)

I’m watching Sky news channel.

Peak Warming Man said:

I’m watching Sky news channel.

I’ll be watching the cricket on 7Mate starting in a few moments.

Peak Warming Man said:

I’m watching Sky news channel.

There, there…

Peak Warming Man said:

I’m watching Sky news channel.

figures.

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I’m watching Sky news channel.

I’ll be watching the cricket on 7Mate starting in a few moments.

Bloody. The TV Guide had it wrong. First ball was 40 minutes ago.

Peak Warming Man said:

I’m watching Sky news channel.

Not on Youtube you’re not…

I watched this one again this morning. Where the lone busker unexpectedly turns into a whole orchestra gradually assembling in the square.

Seems a bit fake, but fun :)

Flashmob Flash Mob – Ode an die Freude ( Ode to Joy ) Beethoven Symphony No.9 classical music

Bubblecar said:

I watched this one again this morning. Where the lone busker unexpectedly turns into a whole orchestra gradually assembling in the square.

Seems a bit fake, but fun :)

Flashmob Flash Mob – Ode an die Freude ( Ode to Joy ) Beethoven Symphony No.9 classical music

20M views

I’ve watched it a few times before.

I love this polish version of ‘one day more’

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

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

I watched this one again this morning. Where the lone busker unexpectedly turns into a whole orchestra gradually assembling in the square.

Seems a bit fake, but fun :)

Flashmob Flash Mob – Ode an die Freude ( Ode to Joy ) Beethoven Symphony No.9 classical music

20M views

I’ve watched it a few times before.

I love this polish version of ‘one day more’

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

Again fun, even though it’s even more fake. They would have been singing the songs but the version we hear is clearly a studio production with musicians etc.

SA: 6/46.

Michael V said:

SA: 6/46.

Now 8/50.

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

SA: 6/46.

Now 8/50.

fuck off! Please.

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

I watched this one again this morning. Where the lone busker unexpectedly turns into a whole orchestra gradually assembling in the square.

Seems a bit fake, but fun :)

Flashmob Flash Mob – Ode an die Freude ( Ode to Joy ) Beethoven Symphony No.9 classical music

20M views

I’ve watched it a few times before.

I love this polish version of ‘one day more’

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

Again fun, even though it’s even more fake. They would have been singing the songs but the version we hear is clearly a studio production with musicians etc.

It took a bit of finding, because I thought it was in a bookshop not a library – but I think this one is probably authentic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu6y1NhECGU

I’ve been down flashmob video rabbitholes before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zW_VNGK138

Link

TIMES LIKE DYING – Western Short Film

Three brothers rob a bank in the post civil war south. Exhausted and on the run they
unwittingly find their only shelter at the small farmhouse of a sickly US Marshal.
Tensions escalate and lives are lost as greed, lust and malice squander any chance
of a clean getaway in this slow-burn western.

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

20M views

I’ve watched it a few times before.

I love this polish version of ‘one day more’

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

Again fun, even though it’s even more fake. They would have been singing the songs but the version we hear is clearly a studio production with musicians etc.

It took a bit of finding, because I thought it was in a bookshop not a library – but I think this one is probably authentic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu6y1NhECGU

I’ve been down flashmob video rabbitholes before.

but not as good at the actual singing.

Spocky & I have been watching We are Lady Parts and Extraordinary

Both fairly amusing.

Seth Efrica isn’t haiving a good sissen. The ceptin doesn’t know how to handle Healy and Mooney.

roughbarked said:

Seth Efrica isn’t haiving a good sissen. The ceptin doesn’t know how to handle Healy and Mooney.

Fuck off. please.

Bubblecar said:

I watched this one again this morning. Where the lone busker unexpectedly turns into a whole orchestra gradually assembling in the square.

Seems a bit fake, but fun :)

Flashmob Flash Mob – Ode an die Freude ( Ode to Joy ) Beethoven Symphony No.9 classical music

I wonder about some of those flashmob videos, where the audio suddenly becomes pristine and you can’t hear the crowd in the area. Or see a microphone of any sort.
Yeah. no.

AussieDJ said:

Bubblecar said:

I watched this one again this morning. Where the lone busker unexpectedly turns into a whole orchestra gradually assembling in the square.

Seems a bit fake, but fun :)

Flashmob Flash Mob – Ode an die Freude ( Ode to Joy ) Beethoven Symphony No.9 classical music

I wonder about some of those flashmob videos, where the audio suddenly becomes pristine and you can’t hear the crowd in the area. Or see a microphone of any sort.
Yeah. no.

The one buffy linked seems real enough. The Polish shopping centre one was particularly unreal.

Bubblecar said:

AussieDJ said:

Bubblecar said:

I watched this one again this morning. Where the lone busker unexpectedly turns into a whole orchestra gradually assembling in the square.

Seems a bit fake, but fun :)

Flashmob Flash Mob – Ode an die Freude ( Ode to Joy ) Beethoven Symphony No.9 classical music

I wonder about some of those flashmob videos, where the audio suddenly becomes pristine and you can’t hear the crowd in the area. Or see a microphone of any sort.
Yeah. no.

The one buffy linked seems real enough. The Polish shopping centre one was particularly unreal.

This one looks real to me – Somebody to Love – as performed in a university cafeteria.

AussieDJ said:

Bubblecar said:

AussieDJ said:

I wonder about some of those flashmob videos, where the audio suddenly becomes pristine and you can’t hear the crowd in the area. Or see a microphone of any sort.
Yeah. no.

The one buffy linked seems real enough. The Polish shopping centre one was particularly unreal.

This one looks real to me – Somebody to Love – as performed in a university cafeteria.

Yeah well, I was always going to like that song no matter what.

(Is a university cafeteria for students who live on campus?)

buffy said:

AussieDJ said:

Bubblecar said:

The one buffy linked seems real enough. The Polish shopping centre one was particularly unreal.

This one looks real to me – Somebody to Love – as performed in a university cafeteria.

Yeah well, I was always going to like that song no matter what.

(Is a university cafeteria for students who live on campus?)

That particular one appears that way.

Or, maybe, that’s the way university cafeterias work in Brazil.
Link

buffy said:

AussieDJ said:

Bubblecar said:

The one buffy linked seems real enough. The Polish shopping centre one was particularly unreal.

This one looks real to me – Somebody to Love – as performed in a university cafeteria.

Yeah well, I was always going to like that song no matter what.

(Is a university cafeteria for students who live on campus?)

i have not seen that one before. enjoyed.

buffy said:

I’ve been down flashmob video rabbitholes before.

Yes, yes and yes. (Been there: done that)

I’ve just watched this very pleasant documentary – Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón surprises his fans in a flashmob

Duration: 25:57

I’m a longtime true crime tragic, so I follow several people on YouTube. Which in turn presents the court and lawyer channels. Also Fargo. Love it.
And I have a love/ dislike relationship with True Detective.
I’m awaiting the next season of ‘Severance’ on Apple TV. Tourism vids on YouTube. There’s others. I know, I’m a party animal.

Ooh I almost forgot the dogturdinapaperbagonfire that is. American ‘politics’.
Yeah. I’ve been following that

badchap said:

I’m a longtime true crime tragic, so I follow several people on YouTube. Which in turn presents the court and lawyer channels. Also Fargo. Love it.
And I have a love/ dislike relationship with True Detective.
I’m awaiting the next season of ‘Severance’ on Apple TV. Tourism vids on YouTube. There’s others. I know, I’m a party animal.

Just tune in to midsomer murders. They’ll get rid of the whole family in a hour and a half.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMzrI3c863I

Link

Death and the Lady: When the Grim Reaper Knocks

In an animated film by Geoff Bailey, an elderly woman’s dog attempts to ward off an unexpected visitor.

Peak Warming Man said:

I’m watching Sky news channel.

Do you realise that you are watching propaganda?

Fox “news” was taken to court to be sued for lies, and their defense was that they are not actual news, they are “entertainment”.

It’s lies and disinformation.

Cancel your subscription, google the facts and find out what is actually going on.

Kingy said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I’m watching Sky news channel.

Do you realise that you are watching propaganda?

Sky News warns us about people like you.

esselte said:

Kingy said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I’m watching Sky news channel.

Do you realise that you are watching propaganda?

Sky News warns us about people like you.

Seriously?

Have you also gone down the rabbit hole of bullshit?

Or are you just shitstirring on a Friday night?

If not, hello. waves

Kingy said:

esselte said:

Kingy said:

Do you realise that you are watching propaganda?

Sky News warns us about people like you.

Seriously?

Have you also gone down the rabbit hole of bullshit?

Or are you just shitstirring on a Friday night?

If not, hello. waves

On this particular Friday night – Shitstirring
Hi waves back

National Oress Club Address by Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F67ihGdZsr8
lunk

Amusing surreal sketch by Scottish comedian Limmy, playing both parts.

Just Curious – Limmy’s Homemade Show

Bubblecar said:

Amusing surreal sketch by Scottish comedian Limmy, playing both parts.

Just Curious – Limmy’s Homemade Show

I’d say more disturbing than amusing.

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

Amusing surreal sketch by Scottish comedian Limmy, playing both parts.

Just Curious – Limmy’s Homemade Show

I’d say more disturbing than amusing.

“He’s as scared as ‘am…”

:)

I’m about to go and watch “Darby and Joan” on ABC. Then probably another episode of “The Wall”. Halfway through series 3 now. We will run out of it before another week is out. Then I’ll have to choose something else to watch.

I’m watching Sky News report on how we’ve lost control of our borders again.
Anyway here comes my bus.

Peak Warming Man said:

I’m watching Sky News report on how we’ve lost control of our borders again.
Anyway here comes my bus.

With my first quick glance at that, i misread it as ‘how we’ve lost control of our bladders again’.

buffy said:

I’m about to go and watch “Darby and Joan” on ABC. Then probably another episode of “The Wall”. Halfway through series 3 now. We will run out of it before another week is out. Then I’ll have to choose something else to watch.

Darby and Joan for me too.

Peak Warming Man said:

I’m watching Sky News report on how we’ve lost control of our borders again.
Anyway here comes my bus.

the cult has PMW.

sarahs mum said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I’m watching Sky News report on how we’ve lost control of our borders again.
Anyway here comes my bus.

the cult has PMW.

PWM.

A short silent film from 1929, directed and co-written (with Salvadore Dali) by Luis Buñuel called Un Chien Andalou, which contains one of the most disturbing scenes (possibly the most disturbing scene) of any film I’ve seen: a close-up of a man slicing his cut-throat razor through a woman’s eye (it’s actually a calf’s eye, but the setup convinces the viewer it’s the woman’s,) and a companion piece, L’Age d’Or (1930), also directed and co-written by Buñuel and Dali. While not as shocking, this one has a scene involving a cow sleeping on a girl’s bed.

Neither film has Michael Caine in it.

btm said:

A short silent film from 1929, directed and co-written (with Salvadore Dali) by Luis Buñuel called Un Chien Andalou, which contains one of the most disturbing scenes (possibly the most disturbing scene) of any film I’ve seen: a close-up of a man slicing his cut-throat razor through a woman’s eye (it’s actually a calf’s eye, but the setup convinces the viewer it’s the woman’s,) and a companion piece, L’Age d’Or (1930), also directed and co-written by Buñuel and Dali. While not as shocking, this one has a scene involving a cow sleeping on a girl’s bed.

Neither film has Michael Caine in it.

thanks for the warning.

i don’t need that.

don’t think people have quite got the idea of indie films.

Bogsnorkler said:

don’t think people have quite got the idea of indie films.

Not many people watch them :)

Bubblecar said:

Bogsnorkler said:

don’t think people have quite got the idea of indie films.

Not many people watch them :)

well, I’m hoping that other than the not many who don’t those that do watch them post.

Bogsnorkler said:

Bubblecar said:

Bogsnorkler said:

don’t think people have quite got the idea of indie films.

Not many people watch them :)

well, I’m hoping that other than the not many who don’t those that do watch them post.

Might have been better to post a specific What indie film are you watching? thread, as this one will inevitably fill up with whatever people are watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRsXa3-LCc0

Link

Sci-Fi Short Film “The Ballad of Maddog Quinn” | DUST

New Zealand.

King Charles Built A Town And It Surprised EVERYONE

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

Taroona Shot Tower

Angus Thornett

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

the experimental home built shot tower.

sarahs mum said:

Taroona Shot Tower

Angus Thornett

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

the experimental home built shot tower.

Very interesting.

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

Taroona Shot Tower

Angus Thornett

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

the experimental home built shot tower.

Very interesting.

I learnt new bits about it.

The 8 Year Old With Body Dysphoria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZpjgGI0V28

—-
the comments….

“its a boy dressed like a girl learn the defrence”

CABARET

MONEY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSUw2MdM9Ps

Link

A man gets a job where he must do strictly nothing all-day to get paid

https://youtu.be/hwY-u1pFFdM?si=oQiwbgrCNhRqhSNI

Franz Kafka’s It’s A Wonderful Life

This won a short film Oscar for writer/director Peter Capaldi, who later played the 12th Doctor.

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

Link

The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Drained & Exposed – The Secrets down below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hglllrIG50U

Link

We’re chainsawing healthy trees into rivers – here’s why

ChrispenEvan said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hglllrIG50U

Link

We’re chainsawing healthy trees into rivers – here’s why

I’m watching the flow of traffic in the bustling Metropolis of Cairns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ALcnSrBXao

Link

Global Compass – how do they work

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRnXSS4SzUG66tF70EKGgzIV2B5-qnXmJ&si=rq__tCGsRu7dYD7_

Patheos: Excavating the History of the Bible

A series of videos examining the archeological evidence concerning the Bible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38F5MrZQ7HA

Link

35 Beginner Camping Mistakes!

AlfieAesthetics

Good tips with humour.

JudgeMental said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38F5MrZQ7HA

Link

35 Beginner Camping Mistakes!

AlfieAesthetics

Good tips with humour.

Yeah good enough.

Peak Warming Man said:

JudgeMental said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38F5MrZQ7HA

Link

35 Beginner Camping Mistakes!

AlfieAesthetics

Good tips with humour.

Yeah good enough.

watching another one of his. he is quite knowledgeable about science and plants and stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHdg_emv9bs

Link

Making the World’s Smallest Orrery

Chronova Engineering

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nZue4_ceSY

Link

China‘s BIGGEST traditional communal home for more than 600 people – Fujian Hakka Tulou

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDh2nNjRt-Y

Link

archie moreno & The Little Fox Railcart

2:24 / 53:59

Abandoned “MAGMA COOPER COMPANY RAILWAY”

I’ve watched a few videos from this guy. Goes through some nice country, and some pretty harsh country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrEQB89osvo

Link

Why is it so hard to find a toilet on the London Underground?

Jago Hazzard

https://youtu.be/IL0FE6f1o9Q?

First strike

https://www.youtube.com/@CanadianMacGyver/videos

Link

About

Ever wonder how a rotary telephone works, how sailors and pilots navigated by the stars, or how mechanical calculators perform complex math using only gears? Then you’ve come to the right place! Our Own Devices is a channel dedicated to the fascinating world of vintage technology, and the many elegant and ingenious ways our ancestors solved even the most complex technical problems.

QI.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C79kMMDJX-I

Link

Constructing A Byzantine Sundial-Calendar – Part 1 (Making The Cutters)

Clickspring

twas thinking about the propaganda I was raised on. all the way with LBJ and all.

The First Episode of Captain Midnight. which was later Redubbed with the new title of “Jet Jackson, Flying Commando” after The Wander Company brought the rights to the character name.

The Creation of a new Element brings great opportunity’s for American and its allies, but when enemy agents get involved, Captain Midnight/Jet Jackson has to call on the secret squadron to help save the day.

—————————————————————-
Captain Midnight war first Broadcast in September 1954 until January 1956

Due to Copyright issued by The Wander Company, Episodes were redubbed at a later date to the name Jet Jackson, Flying Commando

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN9xksVDtXw&list=PLRcsksmBe19oi5CAAXGijvKr83sHHs8VK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrqjADwzDm0

Link

Hiroshima – the unknown images

JudgeMental said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrqjADwzDm0

Link

Hiroshima – the unknown images

speaking of world wars i note that nsw has moved to anzac day being a whole day public holiday now

monkey skipper said:

JudgeMental said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrqjADwzDm0

Link

Hiroshima – the unknown images

speaking of world wars i note that nsw has moved to anzac day being a whole day public holiday now

so if we pick more fights we’ll get more holidays

SCIENCE said:

monkey skipper said:

JudgeMental said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrqjADwzDm0

Link

Hiroshima – the unknown images

speaking of world wars i note that nsw has moved to anzac day being a whole day public holiday now

so if we pick more fights we’ll get more holidays

Only if we lose and the government of the day needs to make it positive somehow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ir0PwzJ_T8

Link

akanekikaku / avantgardey

Their other videos are pretty good as well.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xZRBKhmI2CE

Link

more weird japanese avantgardey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeIX0VnUMKo

Link

penlee lifeboat diaster – cruel sea

The Penlee lifeboat disaster occurred on 19 December 1981 off the coast of Cornwall, in England, UK. The Penlee Lifeboat went to the aid of the coaster Union Star after its engines failed in heavy seas. After the lifeboat had managed to rescue four people. Both vessels were lost with all hands; sixteen people died including eight volunteer lifeboatmen.

Take a bow for Team Germany 🇩🇪🎩 | FEI Vaulting World Championship Bern 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUG324_yr0c

sarahs mum said:

Take a bow for Team Germany 🇩🇪🎩 | FEI Vaulting World Championship Bern 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUG324_yr0c

bump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVOx4YfUljE

Link

Constructing A Byzantine Sundial-Calendar – Part 2 (Cutting The Wheels & Pinions)

Clickspring

ChrispenEvan said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVOx4YfUljE

Link

Constructing A Byzantine Sundial-Calendar – Part 2 (Cutting The Wheels & Pinions)

Clickspring

I was watching spaghetti western ‘Trinity Is Still My Name’.

Absolutely stupid, cartoonish. Some guns went off, but not a single person was ‘killed’ in the whole picture.

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

Link

Hayase Guitar Studio in Taketa City, Oita Prefecture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNtXaUS4zSU

Link

Recreating the Dragon-Bone Waterwheel: An Ancient Pumping Device.

鲁磊 LuLei

bump

Bogsnorkler said:

bump

Good timing, you reminded me of this thread.

Been watching Star Trek Lower Decks lately, and a few times. It’s friggen’ hilarious and chock full of easter eggs & in-jokes. And being animated they can do things a live series wouldn’t get away with, such as one of my fave scenes was where one of the crew members was taken over by a ‘strange energy’ machine and is terrorising the planet they are in orbit around. He detaches his head, which then flies up to the USS Cerritos, and tries to beat the ship into submission. Then after a short while the head suddenly looks stunned and starts to fly back to the planet. The reason being that one of the other crew members, the cheeky one, is kicking the possessed crew in the ‘neutral zone’ over and over. And keeps doing it every time his eyes start to glow. I lolololed.

Also just started on Shrinking, which is about a shrink (surprise!) who just throws the rulebook out the window and treats his clients with whatever he reckons is best at the time. It’s well done and we’re enjoying it.

Season 2 of Silo has just arrived as well, it’s good so far.

I started watching Arcane, but got distracted and lost track of what was going on. It’s very well done so I’ll have to start again and put the attention in that it deserves.

Season 6 of What We Do In The Shadows is about halfway through, it’s not the best season but still okay. It’s also the last season.

Doom Patrol is quite randomly odd and worth a watch.

Spiny Norman said:

Bogsnorkler said:

bump

Good timing, you reminded me of this thread.

Been watching Star Trek Lower Decks lately, and a few times. It’s friggen’ hilarious and chock full of easter eggs & in-jokes. And being animated they can do things a live series wouldn’t get away with, such as one of my fave scenes was where one of the crew members was taken over by a ‘strange energy’ machine and is terrorising the planet they are in orbit around. He detaches his head, which then flies up to the USS Cerritos, and tries to beat the ship into submission. Then after a short while the head suddenly looks stunned and starts to fly back to the planet. The reason being that one of the other crew members, the cheeky one, is kicking the possessed crew in the ‘neutral zone’ over and over. And keeps doing it every time his eyes start to glow. I lolololed.

Also just started on Shrinking, which is about a shrink (surprise!) who just throws the rulebook out the window and treats his clients with whatever he reckons is best at the time. It’s well done and we’re enjoying it.

Season 2 of Silo has just arrived as well, it’s good so far.

I started watching Arcane, but got distracted and lost track of what was going on. It’s very well done so I’ll have to start again and put the attention in that it deserves.

Season 6 of What We Do In The Shadows is about halfway through, it’s not the best season but still okay. It’s also the last season.

Doom Patrol is quite randomly odd and worth a watch.

Lower Decks was hilarious. There’s a few other series in the style, Final Space springs to mind.
Thanks for the heads-up on Silo!
Arcane was exceptional. Rewatching the first series again in preparation for the second.

Bogsnorkler said:

bump

ta.

Cunk

We just finished binge-watching Ted Lasso.
On the surface it doesn’t sound like it’d be that good a show, but it really is and on several levels.

Premise
Ted Lasso, an American college football coach, is unexpectedly recruited to coach a fictional English Premier League soccer team, AFC Richmond, despite having no experience coaching soccer. The team’s owner, Rebecca Welton, gained ownership of the team in a divorce from her unfaithful ex-husband, Rupert. She has hired Lasso secretly hoping he will cause the team’s downfall and devastate Rupert, who cared more about AFC Richmond than anything else. Ted’s charm, personality, and humour begin to win over Rebecca, the team, and those who had been sceptical about his appointment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q304ohvYaGQ

Just finished watching the first (and currently only) season of Ludwig, a most enjoyable crime series from the UK starring David Mitchell.

“While seeking to unravel the mystery of his twin brother’s disappearance, reclusive puzzle-designer John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor takes on his twin brother James’s identity as DCI on Cambridge’s major crimes squad.”

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27846061/

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA87H47Zgn8

a funny game developer skit

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pYPu8fjj-fs

Link

Tim Minchin Acceptance Speech | G’DAY USA Arts Gala 2025

link

https://youtu.be/-ZA9Summq94?si=HAtO_XoaN473xqqx

Clickety Clack

A series of videos about building a programmable computer out of ye olde electromagnetic relays.

I mentioned this kind of idea in a thread five years ago. I was kind of intrigued by the idea that all the elements in place for programmable computers using relay logic back in the 19th century but the pieces never came together.
https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/?main=https%3A//tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/14023/

dv said:

https://youtu.be/-ZA9Summq94?si=HAtO_XoaN473xqqx

Clickety Clack

A series of videos about building a programmable computer out of ye olde electromagnetic relays.

I mentioned this kind of idea in a thread five years ago. I was kind of intrigued by the idea that all the elements in place for programmable computers using relay logic back in the 19th century but the pieces never came together.
https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/?main=https%3A//tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/14023/

That was how the British ‘Colossus’ worked, wasn’t it?

Hard Quiz on iview.

captain_spalding said:

dv said:

https://youtu.be/-ZA9Summq94?si=HAtO_XoaN473xqqx

Clickety Clack

A series of videos about building a programmable computer out of ye olde electromagnetic relays.

I mentioned this kind of idea in a thread five years ago. I was kind of intrigued by the idea that all the elements in place for programmable computers using relay logic back in the 19th century but the pieces never came together.
https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/?main=https%3A//tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/14023/

That was how the British ‘Colossus’ worked, wasn’t it?

Colossus used thermionic valves.

There were German computers using relay logic, the Z2 and Z3 mentioned in me old thread.

BTW does this thread deserve a place on the Index?

dv said:

captain_spalding said:

dv said:

https://youtu.be/-ZA9Summq94?si=HAtO_XoaN473xqqx

Clickety Clack

A series of videos about building a programmable computer out of ye olde electromagnetic relays.

I mentioned this kind of idea in a thread five years ago. I was kind of intrigued by the idea that all the elements in place for programmable computers using relay logic back in the 19th century but the pieces never came together.
https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/?main=https%3A//tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/14023/

That was how the British ‘Colossus’ worked, wasn’t it?

Colossus used thermionic valves.

There were German computers using relay logic, the Z2 and Z3 mentioned in me old thread.

BTW does this thread deserve a place on the Index?

I thought that Colossus used relay. Probably thought that because the GPO techs had so much to do with building it.

captain_spalding said:

dv said:

captain_spalding said:

That was how the British ‘Colossus’ worked, wasn’t it?

Colossus used thermionic valves.

There were German computers using relay logic, the Z2 and Z3 mentioned in me old thread.

BTW does this thread deserve a place on the Index?

I thought that Colossus used relay. Probably thought that because the GPO techs had so much to do with building it.

Yep, Tommy Flowers was the main chap from the GPO.

Spiny Norman said:

captain_spalding said:

dv said:

Colossus used thermionic valves.

There were German computers using relay logic, the Z2 and Z3 mentioned in me old thread.

BTW does this thread deserve a place on the Index?

I thought that Colossus used relay. Probably thought that because the GPO techs had so much to do with building it.

Yep, Tommy Flowers was the main chap from the GPO.

‘Dollis Hill’ is a name that comes to mind (a place, not a person).

Jeeves and Wooster.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wooster

Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie were made to play these roles.

Mary Poppins.

Well done, Sister Suffragette!

Watched a four-part series called Adolescence – seems I am the last person to have heard of it, or watched it.

Came away feeling glad I never had kids, or am of school-age myself.

Neophyte said:

Watched a four-part series called Adolescence – seems I am the last person to have heard of it, or watched it.

Came away feeling glad I never had kids, or am of school-age myself.

Now that Severance has finished, that’s my next watch.

captain_spalding said:

Jeeves and Wooster.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wooster

Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie were made to play these roles.

Absoutely!

‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ right now on NITV. I suggest you all do the same.

Witty Rejoinder said:

’2001: A Space Odyssey’ right now on NITV. I suggest you all do the same.

Do they have ad breaks on NITV?

Neophyte said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

’2001: A Space Odyssey’ right now on NITV. I suggest you all do the same.

Do they have ad breaks on NITV?

I think so.

Witty Rejoinder said:

’2001: A Space Odyssey’ right now on NITV. I suggest you all do the same.

I’m sorry witty, I’m afraid i can’t do that.

ChrispenEvan said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

’2001: A Space Odyssey’ right now on NITV. I suggest you all do the same.

I’m sorry witty, I’m afraid i can’t do that.

Daisy, daisy….

I love movies. I love arty movies. I never “got” 2001:ASO until I watched it whilst high on LSD.

Then I got it.

Brilliant movie.

esselte said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

’2001: A Space Odyssey’ right now on NITV. I suggest you all do the same.

I’m sorry witty, I’m afraid i can’t do that.

Daisy, daisy….

I love movies. I love arty movies. I never “got” 2001:ASO until I watched it whilst high on LSD.

Then I got it.

Brilliant movie.

Kubrick was a genius.

I’ve tried to watch it. No dice.

Divine Angel said:

I’ve tried to watch it. No dice.

How about other Kubrick movies? ‘A Clockwork Orange’ is a must-see.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Divine Angel said:

I’ve tried to watch it. No dice.

How about other Kubrick movies? ‘A Clockwork Orange’ is a must-see.

Eyes Wide Shut, Lolita, and The Shining are the ones I watched all the way through. I’ve started others and fell asleep, got bored, or both.

Witty Rejoinder said:

esselte said:

ChrispenEvan said:

I’m sorry witty, I’m afraid i can’t do that.

Daisy, daisy….

I love movies. I love arty movies. I never “got” 2001:ASO until I watched it whilst high on LSD.

Then I got it.

Brilliant movie.

Kubrick was a genius.

Michael Bentine said I was a genius.

Divine Angel said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Divine Angel said:

I’ve tried to watch it. No dice.

How about other Kubrick movies? ‘A Clockwork Orange’ is a must-see.

Eyes Wide Shut, Lolita, and The Shining are the ones I watched all the way through. I’ve started others and fell asleep, got bored, or both.

Not even ‘Dr Strangelove’?

Witty Rejoinder said:

Divine Angel said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

How about other Kubrick movies? ‘A Clockwork Orange’ is a must-see.

Eyes Wide Shut, Lolita, and The Shining are the ones I watched all the way through. I’ve started others and fell asleep, got bored, or both.

Not even ‘Dr Strangelove’?

Only bits of it

Divine Angel said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Divine Angel said:

Eyes Wide Shut, Lolita, and The Shining are the ones I watched all the way through. I’ve started others and fell asleep, got bored, or both.

Not even ‘Dr Strangelove’?

Only bits of it

“Gentleman you can’t fight in here, this is the War-Room”.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Divine Angel said:

I’ve tried to watch it. No dice.

How about other Kubrick movies? ‘A Clockwork Orange’ is a must-see.

Saw A Clockwork orange for the first time at the Lumiere Theatre in Perth in my early twenties.

I wonder if the Lumiere still exists?

Pink Floyd’s The Wall, first time at the Omni Theatre, now called SciTech….

Mind blowing, both of them.

God it was good being young.

I have seen nearly all Hitchcock’s films though. Fave is Shadow of a Doubt.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Divine Angel said:

I’ve tried to watch it. No dice.

How about other Kubrick movies? ‘A Clockwork Orange’ is a must-see.

I appreciate some aspects of his film making but I still, as they say, have notes.

Divine Angel said:

I have seen nearly all Hitchcock’s films though. Fave is Shadow of a Doubt.

‘Rear Window’ here. Love Grace Kelly.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Divine Angel said:

I have seen nearly all Hitchcock’s films though. Fave is Shadow of a Doubt.

‘Rear Window’ here. Love Grace Kelly.

So did Hitchcock.

captain_spalding said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Divine Angel said:

I have seen nearly all Hitchcock’s films though. Fave is Shadow of a Doubt.

‘Rear Window’ here. Love Grace Kelly.

So did Hitchcock.

He had a new ingénue every couple of years.

Kim Novak is 92

Witty Rejoinder said:

’2001: A Space Odyssey’ right now on NITV. I suggest you all do the same.

Brilliant movie.

Ou et le bicyclettes de la Europa et le ici Itaiiano.

I’ve put blown up Tesla dealerships on my BIngo card, this year.

dv said:

https://youtu.be/-ZA9Summq94?si=HAtO_XoaN473xqqx

Clickety Clack

A series of videos about building a programmable computer out of ye olde electromagnetic relays.

I mentioned this kind of idea in a thread five years ago. I was kind of intrigued by the idea that all the elements in place for programmable computers using relay logic back in the 19th century but the pieces never came together.
https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/?main=https%3A//tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/14023/

So I got up to his completion of the register monitors and main bus and he says in the next video he will begin building the CU…

And that’s the last video he ever put up.

dv said:

dv said:

https://youtu.be/-ZA9Summq94?si=HAtO_XoaN473xqqx

Clickety Clack

A series of videos about building a programmable computer out of ye olde electromagnetic relays.

I mentioned this kind of idea in a thread five years ago. I was kind of intrigued by the idea that all the elements in place for programmable computers using relay logic back in the 19th century but the pieces never came together.
https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/?main=https%3A//tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/14023/

So I got up to his completion of the register monitors and main bus and he says in the next video he will begin building the CU…

And that’s the last video he ever put up.

He was probably electrocuted.

dv said:

dv said:

https://youtu.be/-ZA9Summq94?si=HAtO_XoaN473xqqx

Clickety Clack

A series of videos about building a programmable computer out of ye olde electromagnetic relays.

I mentioned this kind of idea in a thread five years ago. I was kind of intrigued by the idea that all the elements in place for programmable computers using relay logic back in the 19th century but the pieces never came together.
https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/?main=https%3A//tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/14023/

So I got up to his completion of the register monitors and main bus and he says in the next video he will begin building the CU…

And that’s the last video he ever put up.

FWIW in first year electronics we built a working digital computer out of logic gates, complete with alu, ram, and cpu. The display was LEDs, but you could single step it and watch the instructions and data moving around and being operated on.

Not from relays, though.

btm said:

dv said:

dv said:

https://youtu.be/-ZA9Summq94?si=HAtO_XoaN473xqqx

Clickety Clack

A series of videos about building a programmable computer out of ye olde electromagnetic relays.

I mentioned this kind of idea in a thread five years ago. I was kind of intrigued by the idea that all the elements in place for programmable computers using relay logic back in the 19th century but the pieces never came together.
https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/?main=https%3A//tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/14023/

So I got up to his completion of the register monitors and main bus and he says in the next video he will begin building the CU…

And that’s the last video he ever put up.

FWIW in first year electronics we built a working digital computer out of logic gates, complete with alu, ram, and cpu. The display was LEDs, but you could single step it and watch the instructions and data moving around and being operated on.

Same

btm said:

Not from relays, though.

Same

dv said:

dv said:

https://youtu.be/-ZA9Summq94?si=HAtO_XoaN473xqqx

Clickety Clack

A series of videos about building a programmable computer out of ye olde electromagnetic relays.

I mentioned this kind of idea in a thread five years ago. I was kind of intrigued by the idea that all the elements in place for programmable computers using relay logic back in the 19th century but the pieces never came together.
https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/?main=https%3A//tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/14023/

So I got up to his completion of the register monitors and main bus and he says in the next video he will begin building the CU…

And that’s the last video he ever put up.

I think I still have some mechanical relays, new in boxes, from the LEO computer. 1/2 brother worked there and I had a tour of the place. mid 60’s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PZfncFKIro

Link

Yes Minister TV Show Faces off with US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

mash-up

The Time Machine (1960) Experimental Model

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIKaRigsL44

Link

Sci-Fi Short Film: “This Time Away” (Starring Timothy Spall) | DUST

Just watched “Children of Men”, again.
One of the greates movies ever made.Perfect movie for times when one is feeling morose and despondent….

And it has one of the most impactful set pieces ever committed to film…Sometimes called the “Miracle Cease Fire”

The first child born in the last 18 years; bringing peace to a war zone….
….for a moment.

>

Just watched “Children of Men”, again.
One of the greates movies ever made.Perfect movie for times when one is feeling morose and despondent….

And it has one of the most impactful set pieces ever committed to film…Sometimes called the “Miracle Cease Fire”

The first child born in the last 18 years; bringing peace to a war zone….
….for a moment.

>

Not for me. I’d prefer a comedy under those circumstances. In fact under any circumstances, really.

Michael V said:

Not for me. I’d prefer a comedy under those circumstances. In fact under any circumstances, really.

I like comedy well enough, but I prefer existential dread.

esselte said:

Michael V said:

Not for me. I’d prefer a comedy under those circumstances. In fact under any circumstances, really.

I like comedy well enough, but I prefer existential dread.

With the right attitude, existential dread is both funny and poignant.

esselte said:

Michael V said:

Not for me. I’d prefer a comedy under those circumstances. In fact under any circumstances, really.

I like comedy well enough, but I prefer existential dread.

Too much of that noisy crap going on inside my head, unfortunately.

esselte said:

Just watched “Children of Men”, again.
One of the greates movies ever made.Perfect movie for times when one is feeling morose and despondent….

And it has one of the most impactful set pieces ever committed to film…Sometimes called the “Miracle Cease Fire”

The first child born in the last 18 years; bringing peace to a war zone….
….for a moment.

I have that on my harddrive. haven’t watched it, but now I might. not now though. just finished 22 Bullets.

Boys on the Side. Anything with Whoopi in it is fabulous.

What’s a hoo hoo?

Bogsnorkler said:

esselte said:

Just watched “Children of Men”, again.
One of the greates movies ever made.Perfect movie for times when one is feeling morose and despondent….

And it has one of the most impactful set pieces ever committed to film…Sometimes called the “Miracle Cease Fire”

The first child born in the last 18 years; bringing peace to a war zone….
….for a moment.

I have that on my harddrive. haven’t watched it, but now I might. not now though. just finished 22 Bullets.

It’s not a light hearted film. Watch at a time when you can allow it to demand your attention.

But it does have hippy-dopefiend Michael Kaine with his crop in the background, so it isn’t all doom and gloom:

esselte said:

Bogsnorkler said:

esselte said:

Just watched “Children of Men”, again.
One of the greates movies ever made.Perfect movie for times when one is feeling morose and despondent….

And it has one of the most impactful set pieces ever committed to film…Sometimes called the “Miracle Cease Fire”

The first child born in the last 18 years; bringing peace to a war zone….
….for a moment.

I have that on my harddrive. haven’t watched it, but now I might. not now though. just finished 22 Bullets.

It’s not a light hearted film. Watch at a time when you can allow it to demand your attention.

But it does have hippy-dopefiend Michael Kaine with his crop in the background, so it isn’t all doom and gloom:

is he Michael Caine in the film or does he do a different voice and acting style?

Bogsnorkler said:

esselte said:

Bogsnorkler said:

I have that on my harddrive. haven’t watched it, but now I might. not now though. just finished 22 Bullets.

It’s not a light hearted film. Watch at a time when you can allow it to demand your attention.

But it does have hippy-dopefiend Michael Kaine with his crop in the background, so it isn’t all doom and gloom:

is he Michael Caine in the film or does he do a different voice and acting style?

He’s playing a character, not him-acutal-self, if that’s what you mean.

esselte said:

Bogsnorkler said:

esselte said:

It’s not a light hearted film. Watch at a time when you can allow it to demand your attention.

But it does have hippy-dopefiend Michael Kaine with his crop in the background, so it isn’t all doom and gloom:

is he Michael Caine in the film or does he do a different voice and acting style?

He’s playing a character, not him-acutal-self, if that’s what you mean.

just joking as he always seems to have the same style and voice in all the movies I have seen him in. over exaggeration, slightly.

Woodie said:

Boys on the Side. Anything with Whoopi in it is fabulous.

What’s a hoo hoo?

Um…

Bogsnorkler said:

esselte said:

Bogsnorkler said:

is he Michael Caine in the film or does he do a different voice and acting style?

He’s playing a character, not him-acutal-self, if that’s what you mean.

just joking as he always seems to have the same style and voice in all the movies I have seen him in. over exaggeration, slightly.

Oh…I see. Well I’d say acting-wise he’s playing a very different character here to what he plays in the Batman films, as an exapmple.

Woodie said:

Boys on the Side. Anything with Whoopi in it is fabulous.

What’s a hoo hoo?

esselte said:

Bogsnorkler said:

esselte said:

He’s playing a character, not him-acutal-self, if that’s what you mean.

just joking as he always seems to have the same style and voice in all the movies I have seen him in. over exaggeration, slightly.

Oh…I see. Well I’d say acting-wise he’s playing a very different character here to what he plays in the Batman films, as an exapmple.

That’s not really something I ever got from Michale Kaine performances… that he always plays the same character with the same style and voice. He’s no Gary Oldman, but I think he’s pretty versatile.

Bogsnorkler said:

esselte said:

Just watched “Children of Men”, again.
One of the greates movies ever made.Perfect movie for times when one is feeling morose and despondent….

And it has one of the most impactful set pieces ever committed to film…Sometimes called the “Miracle Cease Fire”

The first child born in the last 18 years; bringing peace to a war zone….
….for a moment.

I have that on my harddrive. haven’t watched it, but now I might. not now though. just finished 22 Bullets.

I’m the same – it’s been on the watchlist for years, waiting for a day when I have enough mental fortitude. Is it as crushing district 19?

I’m watching this. https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/news-series/insight/insight-2025/insight-s2025-ep12/2424128579531
It’s really interesting. Kinda comforting to know you’re not the only one that’s been gaslit by a GP.

becklefreckle said:

Bogsnorkler said:

esselte said:

Just watched “Children of Men”, again.
One of the greates movies ever made.Perfect movie for times when one is feeling morose and despondent….

And it has one of the most impactful set pieces ever committed to film…Sometimes called the “Miracle Cease Fire”

The first child born in the last 18 years; bringing peace to a war zone….
….for a moment.

I have that on my harddrive. haven’t watched it, but now I might. not now though. just finished 22 Bullets.

I’m the same – it’s been on the watchlist for years, waiting for a day when I have enough mental fortitude. Is it as crushing district 19?

I’m watching this. https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/news-series/insight/insight-2025/insight-s2025-ep12/2424128579531
It’s really interesting. Kinda comforting to know you’re not the only one that’s been gaslit by a GP.

I say it’s not light-hearted, but as well as hippy-dopefiend Michael Kaine it also has a Pink Floyd Animals reference… it’s nuanced, it’s complicated, it’s really good.

As the world falls there’s this rich guy that moves himself into Battersea Power Station and installs the pig alongside Michelangelo’s David statue…

esselte said:

I say it’s not light-hearted, but as well as hippy-dopefiend Michael Kaine it also has a Pink Floyd Animals reference… it’s nuanced, it’s complicated, it’s really good.

As the world falls there’s this rich guy that moves himself into Battersea Power Station and installs the pig alongside Michelangelo’s David statue…

That … actually sounds quite good. I shall attempt it soon.

esselte said:

becklefreckle said:

Bogsnorkler said:

I have that on my harddrive. haven’t watched it, but now I might. not now though. just finished 22 Bullets.

I’m the same – it’s been on the watchlist for years, waiting for a day when I have enough mental fortitude. Is it as crushing district 19?

I’m watching this. https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/news-series/insight/insight-2025/insight-s2025-ep12/2424128579531
It’s really interesting. Kinda comforting to know you’re not the only one that’s been gaslit by a GP.

I say it’s not light-hearted, but as well as hippy-dopefiend Michael Kaine it also has a Pink Floyd Animals reference… it’s nuanced, it’s complicated, it’s really good.

As the world falls there’s this rich guy that moves himself into Battersea Power Station and installs the pig alongside Michelangelo’s David statue…

It’s just a really good movie… under-rated and underappreciated.

It also has some of the greatest “one shot”/unedited single shots or pseudo-one-shots ever filmed as well.

As a movie It’s impressive: technically, thematically, narratively, emotionally…..

becklefreckle said:

Bogsnorkler said:

esselte said:

Just watched “Children of Men”, again.
One of the greates movies ever made.Perfect movie for times when one is feeling morose and despondent….

And it has one of the most impactful set pieces ever committed to film…Sometimes called the “Miracle Cease Fire”

The first child born in the last 18 years; bringing peace to a war zone….
….for a moment.

I have that on my harddrive. haven’t watched it, but now I might. not now though. just finished 22 Bullets.

I’m the same – it’s been on the watchlist for years, waiting for a day when I have enough mental fortitude. Is it as crushing district 19?

I’m watching this. https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/news-series/insight/insight-2025/insight-s2025-ep12/2424128579531
It’s really interesting. Kinda comforting to know you’re not the only one that’s been gaslit by a GP.

It’s pretty crushing… but ultimately ends with a message of hope…or maybe better stated as a hopeless hope.

Depsite being an older movie (2006) a lot of the themes resonate today. There’s a sub textual emphasis on the mistreatment of refugees, for example. The whole movie takes place in a climate of authoritarianism supplanting democracy.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Woodie said:

Boys on the Side. Anything with Whoopi in it is fabulous.

What’s a hoo hoo?

bbzzzzzzzt. Nup. Try again.

Watching a big fat leech being removed from a whooper.

esselte said:

Bogsnorkler said:

esselte said:

Just watched “Children of Men”, again.
One of the greates movies ever made.Perfect movie for times when one is feeling morose and despondent….

And it has one of the most impactful set pieces ever committed to film…Sometimes called the “Miracle Cease Fire”

The first child born in the last 18 years; bringing peace to a war zone….
….for a moment.

I have that on my harddrive. haven’t watched it, but now I might. not now though. just finished 22 Bullets.

It’s not a light hearted film. Watch at a time when you can allow it to demand your attention.

But it does have hippy-dopefiend Michael Kaine with his crop in the background, so it isn’t all doom and gloom:

My sister recommended that film . I’ll have to watch it one day.

Creature from Galaxy 27 (1958

Tau.Neutrino said:

Creature from Galaxy 27 (1958

Giant Claw 1957

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEMfI-zVYCM

Link

Still Life is a 2013 drama film written and directed by Uberto Pasolini. The film was presented at the 70th Venice Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Director in the category “Orizzonti”. At the Reykjavik International Film Festival, Still Life received the top award (Golden Puffin) as well as the FIPRESCI Award. It also received the Black Pearl award (the highest award) at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival for “its humanity, empathy and grace in treating grief, solitude and death”; for his performance, Eddie Marsan won the Best British Actor award at the 2014 Edinburgh International Film Festival.

PHANTOM FROM SPACE (1953) retro sci-fi movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs5PCqdqFeY

Link

Restoring a rare WW2 Airborne Dozer.. Hasn’t run for 45 Years

Marty T

New Zealand. Marty loves fixing up old machinery.

Space Probe Taurus (1965)

Tonight’s retro SiFi movie.

Beginning of the End (1957)

Tau.Neutrino said:

Tonight’s retro SiFi movie.

Beginning of the End (1957)

Ta. I’ll have a peep later.

Bubblecar said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Tonight’s retro SiFi movie.

Beginning of the End (1957)

Ta. I’ll have a peep later.

Heh, it reminds me of this photo that someone took in their car. Pure coincidence, but it looks like a huge insect is rampaging across the countryside.

Spiny Norman said:

Bubblecar said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Tonight’s retro SiFi movie.

Beginning of the End (1957)

Ta. I’ll have a peep later.

Heh, it reminds me of this photo that someone took in their car. Pure coincidence, but it looks like a huge insect is rampaging across the countryside.

Heh.

Short Film

Whispers of Tranquillity

Little Lost Robot – Asimov short story. (1962)

ABC Victoria newsreaders with questionable hairstyles:

First-ever footage of atoms bonding! 5 years ago 1:46 min

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGJ5djX2ZmU

Link

Waiting for your mum to unlock the car

Macfarlane Bros