What To Watch As A COVID-19 Escape

@Capt MJ i grew up with Horacio Hornblower. Would 100% recommend to anyone who hasn’t seen it and now might go watch it on DVD as I have that collection sitting somewhere. Poor Archie...

If you haven’t seen Picard, it’s definitely not old Star Trek but was pretty good and quick to get through. I’m also debating another rerun through Stargate because that’s where I always end up apparently when I have too much time on my hands
 
I had never before watched Rick and Morty

They have the first 3 seasons on Hulu. I watched all of them in the span of a few days.

F***ing hilarious. No TV show has ever made me laugh so hard in my life.
 
Outlander. Wow. Fantastic scenery and costuming (warning though, not for the young crowd...I had to skip some scenes personally). And I think I speak with a Scottish accent now...at least I think with it. Captions on for this one!

Tobias is one of my favorite actors. Absolutely. Also loved him in the Terror (first season). I believe that’s a must see as a history/naval fan. Another one for the captions on.
 
Loads of British TV if you can find it.

Endevour
Red Dwarf
Vera
Sharpe
Last Kingdom
 
I just finished watching both seasons of Succession.
Utterly not redeeming in any way. I want every character to die in a fiery car crash, but not right away. Sort of a 3-day painful sort of demise.
The sheer quantity of moral turpitude that these characters possess is staggering. What a train wreck.

The schadenfreude inoculation one gets from watching is not to be undervalued. ;)
 
Took a couple of weeks and finished all six seasons of Downton Abbey on Amazon Prime and Netflix's Ozarks 3rd season that did not disappoint. Thanks for the recommendations. I need something new to occupy my time and it cannot be baking... The plan is to be healthier rather than heavier!
 
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Shetland - based on Ann Cleeves’ detective novels. She also wrote the Vera books. Stand by for serious regional accents!
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Being a Brit I love the regional accents!
Father Ted is another brilliant comedy series if you can find it.
 
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Being a Brit I love the regional accents!
Father Ted is another brilliant comedy series if you can find it.
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I have to listen to Vera (everyone is “pet”) and Shetland (pause for a wee dram at every opportunity) on headphones, so I have a chance at sorting the local speech.

It’s like when DH and I were driving around Ireland on a trip pre-GPS, well off the beaten path. We chatted to a local in a pub, and he gave us directions back to Kenmare. We nodded and smiled, and as we drove away, we looked at each other, and at the same time, said “do you have any idea what he just said?”
 
In respect of DD2, may I suggest Avatar, the animated series, NOT the theatrical movie. She considers it the best anime series she has watched.
 
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I have to listen to Vera (everyone is “pet”) and Shetland (pause for a wee dram at every opportunity) on headphones, so I have a chance at sorting the local speech.

It’s like when DH and I were driving around Ireland on a trip pre-GPS, well off the beaten path. We chatted to a local in a pub, and he gave us directions back to Kenmare. We nodded and smiled, and as we drove away, we looked at each other, and at the same time, said “do you have any idea what he just said?”
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I have a broad yorkshire accent myself and my american friends are ask me to repeat myself often!
 
Watched The Gentlemen over the weekend. If you're a fan of Snatch and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels this one is for you.
Hugh Grant was great.
 
I haven't watched the new version of Les Mis that Amazon just dropped last week. Instead I've been drilling deep down into some serious caves under Amazon Prime the past month or two.

Here's one all about the Canadian Forest Service's firefighting planes: how they work, interviews with the guy who invented airdrop firefighting, historical footage of the first converted Beavers, footage from inside the planes during a fire, it's a riot.
Amazon Prime Video: Flightpath Episode 3: Fire Eaters

Here's a collection of Drive-in Movie Ads that you didn't know you'd missed. And as a bonus there's a bunch of other 50s weirdness linked from that page such as Classic Kitchen Films, Supermarket Films, and New Jersey Tourism Films.

For music lovers The Kids are Alright (The Who) is on there, and The Last Waltz as well if you want to watch Martin Scorsece's view of the final show performed by The Band back in the day. Lots of good interviews and friends sitting in for a song or two.


Edit: Sorry, it happened again. Check out Teenager Social Guidance Films Vol. 2 or this fine collection of Teen Scare Films for things to avoid that are mostly corny and wholesome. But there's also a good old fashioned Driver's Education Scare Films collection full of utterly horrifying footage they used to show us back in the day to try to convince youngsters that being killed in a car crash was a bad idea. New approaches have been explored since this was standard practice.


Edit again: One more: Boeing 777: The Heavy Check You know about the annual plane inspections that are required in the US, and you may have heard about the harder ones every four years. But at 16 years the tear down is utter and complete. If five weeks they gut and rebuild a 777 and these guys follow every step. It's amazing even if you aren't into planes.
 
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I started watching Making a Murderer on Netflix this week. Compulsive viewing and watching how the police and prosecutors were allowed to operate, deeply concerning.
 
My wife and I, during our lunch break (we're both working from home) are watching all the episodes of "Homicide Hunter" that we have on our DVR and haven't seen.

Occasionally our lunch hour runs long.

Steve
USAFA ALO
USAFA '83
 
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