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#4561548 - 03/28/21 04:54 AM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? *** [Re: wheelsup_cavu]  
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This was fun, bad English and all https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B01BH2KVI0/


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#4561678 - 03/29/21 06:26 AM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? [Re: wheelsup_cavu]  
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The food that built America, episode 8. Campbell's soup. A chemist, graduate of MIT, working at Campbell Preserve Company in 1897 accidentaly invent a condensed soup that can stay fresh in a can. At the time fresh soup was a luxury that most consumers couldn't afford to prepare at home.

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Originally Posted by NoFlyBoy
The food that built America, episode 8. Campbell's soup. A chemist, graduate of MIT, working at Campbell Preserve Company in 1897 accidentaly invent a condensed soup that can stay fresh in a can. At the time fresh soup was a luxury that most consumers couldn't afford to prepare at home.



And now Campbell's soup is something that most people wouldn't even feed to prison convicts.


“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
#4561774 - 03/29/21 06:56 PM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? [Re: wheelsup_cavu]  
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I saw two movies this weekend:

1) "Phase IV" -- This is a true 1974 hard science fiction classic. Short movie, but reminiscent of 2001, except we have humans versus highly evolved ants. If you aren't into hard sci-fi, this movie might be quite boring, but I enjoyed it. *** out of ****

2) "Split Second" -- Rutger Hauer B movie from the early 90s. Was fun, had some funny moments, but you could tell they were doing their best with a limited budget. I then looked this up on IMDB and it appears it had a 7 million dollar budget, which makes sense, given how expensive it would have been to flood city streets like they did. This isn't a movie I'd watch again, but wasn't unhappy that I spent time viewing. Normally I would give this ** 1/2 out of ****, but a voice inside of me is saying rate it three stars.

#4561777 - 03/29/21 07:03 PM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? [Re: Mr_Blastman]  
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Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman
I saw two movies this weekend:

1) "Phase IV" -- This is a true 1974 hard science fiction classic. Short movie, but reminiscent of 2001, except we have humans versus highly evolved ants. If you aren't into hard sci-fi, this movie might be quite boring, but I enjoyed it. *** out of ****

2) "Split Second" -- Rutger Hauer B movie from the early 90s. Was fun, had some funny moments, but you could tell they were doing their best with a limited budget. I then looked this up on IMDB and it appears it had a 7 million dollar budget, which makes sense, given how expensive it would have been to flood city streets like they did. This isn't a movie I'd watch again, but wasn't unhappy that I spent time viewing. Normally I would give this ** 1/2 out of ****, but a voice inside of me is saying rate it three stars.



I'm always curious to read your movie weekend reports because while I consider myself to be a film buff, you have mentioned several movies that I have never seen or even heard of.


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#4561783 - 03/29/21 07:25 PM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? [Re: wheelsup_cavu]  
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I work hard to find obscure movies, as I've basically seen every mainstream movie worth watching that I know of.

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#4561802 - 03/29/21 09:35 PM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
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The food that built America, episode 8. Campbell's soup. A chemist, graduate of MIT, working at Campbell Preserve Company in 1897 accidentaly invent a condensed soup that can stay fresh in a can. At the time fresh soup was a luxury that most consumers couldn't afford to prepare at home.



And now Campbell's soup is something that most people wouldn't even feed to prison convicts.


We HEART canned soup.

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#4561815 - 03/30/21 01:12 AM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? [Re: wheelsup_cavu]  
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By the way, the documentary says 440 million cans of Campbell's soup are sold each year, 7 millions bowls eaten a day, half million dollars each hour. So many millions of people buying it means it's good to eat.

#4561821 - 03/30/21 02:12 AM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? [Re: wheelsup_cavu]  
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Regarding The Food That Built America...

It just occurred to me that I'm watching a new television series that's being discussed on SimHQ! I don't believe this has ever happened before (EDIT: since History Channel's Dogfights) and may never happen again (maybe the first new *anything* I've watched in years)!

Great show, BTW. thumbsup Could have been called "Food Wars" as there's always drama with fierce competition.

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#4561825 - 03/30/21 04:34 AM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? [Re: Mr_Blastman]  
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Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman
I work hard to find obscure movies, as I've basically seen every mainstream movie worth watching that I know of.



This is good. World War 2 POWs escape. We just watch it. Stars the Jurassic Park old man.

https://ok.ru/video/2013564832462

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052648/

#4561827 - 03/30/21 06:02 AM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? [Re: wheelsup_cavu]  
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Continue Baywatch 1st season, on episode 15. Erika Eleniak prettier than Pamela and don't look like a store plastic dummy.

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#4561839 - 03/30/21 10:30 AM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? [Re: NoFlyBoy]  
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Originally Posted by NoFlyBoy
By the way, the documentary says 440 million cans of Campbell's soup are sold each year, 7 millions bowls eaten a day, half million dollars each hour. So many millions of people buying it means it's good to eat.



The US has over 330 million people (only India and China have more people) and Americans in general have shown that pretty much anything will be eaten regardless of quality!


“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
#4561842 - 03/30/21 10:46 AM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? [Re: Mr_Blastman]  
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Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman
I work hard to find obscure movies, as I've basically seen every mainstream movie worth watching that I know of.



Naturally, a term like "obscure" is a relative one. For example, "Barry Lyndon" and "Lost Highway" are certainly not obscure movies for film buffs but they most certainly are obscure for the overall general population.


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#4561849 - 03/30/21 12:45 PM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Originally Posted by NoFlyBoy
By the way, the documentary says 440 million cans of Campbell's soup are sold each year, 7 millions bowls eaten a day, half million dollars each hour. So many millions of people buying it means it's good to eat.


The US has over 330 million people (only India and China have more people) and Americans in general have shown that pretty much anything will be eaten regardless of quality!


Most of this series is set from the beginning of the 1900's to WWII (some later like burger and pizza wars) when many people weren't too picky about what they ate. smile Heinz came up with a clear bottle so you could see that your ketchup at least looked safe to eat. Early canning could also be hazardous to your health until lid crimping replaced welding. Very interesting and entertaining series to me. I plan to purchase this series on DVD if it's eventually offered.



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#4561850 - 03/30/21 12:51 PM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? [Re: MarkG]  
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Originally Posted by MarkG


when many people weren't too picky about what they ate. smile .



Yup. When the monthly cost of food was on average about HALF an average American worker's pay you realize right away why obesity in the first half of the 20th century was so much rarer compared to now.


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#4561853 - 03/30/21 01:15 PM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? [Re: wheelsup_cavu]  
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Just like Blastman, I always go on the hunt for the more obscure. I usually trawl lists of Indie movies. Hollywood just doesn't appeal to me.

You should check out a YT channel called Flick Connections ,he does some great compilations of movies, a lot of which I'd never heard of. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT09qC2vwlbJvofZRIdLalg


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#4561854 - 03/30/21 01:26 PM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? [Re: wheelsup_cavu]  
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With the advent of online streaming services (including Youtube) it is so much easier now to discover obscure indie-type films. In the past you had to actively follow the art house/indie scene by either checking out their publications or visiting one of those small independent movie theaters which showed those types of films.

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#4562110 - 04/01/21 11:19 AM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? [Re: wheelsup_cavu]  
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GODZILLA VS. KONG - beats counting sheep. Big fun sleep!

#4562119 - 04/01/21 12:34 PM Re: What Is The Last Movie or TV Show You Saw? [Re: NoFlyBoy]  
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From reading the posts in here I broke down and grabbed a ROKU and Watched WW 84 and got stuck watching The Man In The High Tower being a fan of alternate history like
Harry Turtledoves "Guns of The South" along with a few others from him..just got a bit lost,If they have all the films of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the signing on the USS Missouri how did they win the war..I'll watch it just to waste time,But to hedge my bets ordered the book from Amazon.
Thinking of watching Godzilla VS Kong just for s***s and giggles
But buying the streaming stick was well worth it I grabbed the cheap ROKU for $30 and it's working fine no stutters smooth as silk.So might invest in a better model..My TV is a flat screen 60" and quite a few years old,But now I see there's more there than I can expect to ever watch.But reading here I'm writing a list.


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Bored and surfing and spotted the NASA channel and spotted a documentary Friendship 7.John glens first orbital flight.I was 12 years old back then..I remember the wonder of space flight.Wish we could get that back we would be on the Moon again,His childhood home is 100 meters up the street here .Kind of a small museum inside


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