I just watched this movie. I may have watched it many,many years ago but I certainly couldn't remember the vast majority of it. It was definitely a great movie, very hard-hitting but boy did it make me ashamed to be a male of the species at times. I didn't recognise the main actress so looked her up (Zoe Tamerlis Lund) and was surprised to see she died at the young age of 37 from a drug overdose.

The strongest aspect of the JJ Trek films for me is the main cast. Those actors really have a lot of chemistry and they gel very well together. The stories are less impressive though and have quite a few plot holes and there are certain parts in the third film (ST: Beyond) that just seemed like unnecessary action scenes.

I don't know if you've read recently but a fourth Star Trek movie using the same cast has just been recently green-lit by Paramount.

Which actor in "Caligula" did you confuse with Sting?

I thought Caligula was Sting. I know now that he was Malcolm McDowell.

In fairness to my ignorance, I watched Caligula only once, in the mid-80's. My future brother-in-law had introduced me to late-night cable television, HBO and Cinemax (back when there was only a single channel of each). Although he might have had "Caligula" on Betamax, I don't remember...except that we watched racy stuff after the ladies went to bed. Another racy movie we watched was "Cat People" which also starred Malcolm McDowell.

And to my greater surprise, Malcolm McDowell is the bad guy in a movie I watch often, "Blue Thunder".

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On a side note: Given SimHQ’s demographics, I can’t be the only one who remembers when their family got cable, and then mentally trying to unscramble the squiggly lines on the Playboy Channel.

LOL yes. McDowell was often cast as bad guys or bad guys in racy movies. You can thank "A Clockwork Orange" for that.

Man! The 1980 had a lot of silly and strange TV

Cover Up https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086690/

A fashion photographer and a veteran special forces soldier posing as her model go on intelligence missions around the world.



For Love and Honor https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085016/

Fort Geller Texas is training center for paratroopers with instructors China Bell and more lenient Eugene Allard molding diverse recruits into a unit. Their captain is rascist Stephen Wiecek whose adulterous wife Phyllis drinks excessively.



Manimal https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085051/

A man who can change himself into any animal helps police solve crimes.



Battle of the Network Stars https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0321394/

Television stars are the contestants as the three major networks ABC, NBC and CBS battle each other in a variety of games including the tug-o-war and the obstacle course.

OMG! Ony 3 channels on TV!!



The Greatest American Hero https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081871/

A teacher is asked to be a superhero using a special alien suit with powers he can barely understand or control.



Sledge Hammer! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090525/

The adventures of a deranged and dumb police detective who always looks for the most violent solution to any problem.



There was even a talking car with the Baywatch guy. LMAO! Knight Rider https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083437/

A lone crimefighter battles the forces of evil with the help of a virtually indestructible and artificially intelligent supercar.



The Dukes of Hazzard https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078607/

The adventures of the fast-drivin', rubber-burnin' Duke boys of Hazzard County.



II want to watch this! World War III https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084919/

In 1987, Soviet paratroopers drop into Alaska to sabotage the oil pipeline in retaliation against a United States grain embargo

We had 6 local channels in 1980 in Atlanta, if I recall, maybe 7:

ABC
CBS
NBC
36
46
PBS

I seem to recall there being 7, but I forget the last one. We had an antenna on our roof which was operated by dial in our living room. In 1983 or 84 we got cable...


Greatest American Hero, Knight Rider, Dukes of Hazzard, Sledge Hammer! -- those are all iconic classics from the 80s and excellent shows. There was also The Fall Guy, Moonlighting, Miami Vice to name a few others... Later on there was MacGuyver. Don't forget Scarecrow and Mrs. King. That was another fun one.

For sci-fi in the 80s, there was "V" for starters, which was tops for the decade. Then there's the 8-episode classic "Otherworld" which deserved more episodes and seasons. Also, there was Buck Rogers... Which has the best introduction in sci-fi television history and Erin Gray as a bonus.

The 80s had not good, but great television. The 70s had some really good shows too.

"Manimal" was cancelled after about 8-9 episodes were aired by the network. It was a show with a laughably absurd premise and I really can't conceive of how or why that show was green lit in the first place. This show is right up there in the annals of "worst tv show idea ever" with that "Cavemen" show that was based on the Geico commercial cavemen.

Buck Rogers was decent for when it originally came out but now it's really unwatchable in my opinion due to the high amount of cheesy/campy acting.

Wrong! I'm sure most people had at least 4 stations (in Baton Rouge, LA, we had 4).

Instructions:
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1. Get lazy butt outta chair or sofa and walk to TV.
2. Turn TV on.
3. Select station (see details below).
4. If necessary, adjust antennas for best reception (rabbit ears for VHF and the square or round one for UHF...IIRC), as well as contrast and brightness knobs (and color knob if you have a color set).
5. Adjust volume (often same knob as On/Off).

Selecting stations:
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Turn VHF knob for VHF station (using BR stations as example):
2 ABC
9 CBS

Or turn VHF knob to U and then turn UHF knob to select UHF station:
27 LPB (Louisiana Public Broadcasting)
33 NBC
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Repeat many times.

At midnight go to bed as TV is off air until morning.

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Unless there was something you *really* wanted to watch [EDIT: and you knew when it was coming on...TV Guide or newspaper], it just wasn't worth the hassle. So instead...

Go outside and play, ride your bicycle or play basketball with neighborhood friends until old enough to chase girls.

Watching this that begin past Sunday. First 2 episodes of 8 episodes aired and are free to watch on History website. Remaining 6 episodes will air each Sunday through September.

The Machines That Built America https://play.history.com/shows/the-machines-that-built-america#episodes

“The Machines That Built America”
(Eight one-hour episodes)
TV. Radio. Phones. Airplanes. Motorcycles. Tractors. Home Appliances. Power Tools. These are “Machines That Built America.” This docuseries reveals the surprising stories and rivalries behind the ground-breaking innovations that turned America into a superpower. Blending dramatic reenactments and archival footage with interviews from experts, biographers, and others, “The Machines That Built America” brings to life some of America’s most storied inventors: Nikola Tesla, William Harley, Alexander Graham Bell, Duncan Black, Alonzo Decker, and many more. In eight episodes, viewers will meet these larger-than-life characters, inhabit their rivalries, and ride the rollercoaster of triumph and failure as they search for a breakthrough that will change humanity.

Episode 2 is about Air Pioneers: Douglas, Boeing, Fokker and Ford.

https://play.history.com/shows/the-machines-that-built-america/season-1/episode-2

I did not know this. Donald Douglas of Douglas Aircraft Company (later McDonnell Douglas, the company that made the F-15) was the first aircraft company to built an airplane that flew around the world

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

Using this plane.

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

Can you imagine flying around the world in those planes with open cockpit, no pressurized cockpit, no heating, no oxygen. They didn't have satellite and GPS. They did it with whatever paper maps they had on hands which at the time flight chart maps made for flying didn't exist. Then you add that flying was a new thing for the pilots of the 4 planes, it's incredible!!

WIKI:

Boeing almost went under during its first few years after World War 1 when no one, civil and military, needed airplanes. He had no money to pay his employees. He was working as a digger in a potato field just to earn money to eat.

At the time airplanes were a curiosity. Whenever an airplane arrived in a town for a flying show, barnstorming they call it, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnstorming countless people went to see the show.

They wanted to see something they never seen before and more than anything, many in the crowd wanted to see it crash.

I know it was not a mile. 250 yards?

Quiet Place 2. Never saw the first. WOW. Where did did these creapy creatures come from. Going to have to watch the first.

First one sucked so much. So many holes i was putting my face into my hands and wanted to scream which would had gotten me thrown out of the theater, which would had been a blessing. Don't waste your time with it. I won't see part 2. The guy needs to be in another Jack Ryan season, not in sheety sequel to a sheety movie.

A great film. Free to watch as much as you like with Amazon Prime membership.

https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Britain-Harry-Andrews/dp/B07NZ9X7TY



Don't have Prime? Full movie:

Seen it in the theater when it was released with my Dad. At that time.

Battle of Britain was a classic. Had a good soundtrack too.

I just order this from Amazon, $19.99, free PRIME shipping. Might be interesting & naughty French movie.

It's Criterion. Never hard pass Criterion.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/La-Piscine-Blu-ray/289463/

https://www.criterion.com/films/30223-la-piscine

This just drop on Prime. https://www.amazon.com/Jolt-KATE-BECKINSALE/dp/B097QB7MDZ I will watch it because it's free to watch. But I am not expecting much. 44% Rotten Tomato. Only 91 minutes.

Why is she not killing Vampires & Werewolfes?



Where's Morgan Freeman?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10228134/fullcredits/

The movie really has no major weakness in my opinion. Some modern day viewers might say the film has a rather sanitized view of war but that applies to all war movies that were made before the mid 70's.