Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-12 (Friday)

On 4/13/2024 8:04 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

On 4/13/2024 3:57 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

On 4/13/2024 8:41 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

What did you watch?
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(I am working on IMDb stuff right now, so I will follow-up to myself a
little later...)

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I watched:
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Parish (AMC) Episode two of this Giancarlo Esposito crime series.  This
one mainly dealt with the fallout from the heist in the pilot not going
as planned.
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Fallout (Amazon Prime) New series based on a video game about survivors
in a post-apocalyptic America.  The premier mostly focuses on a group of
survivors living in a massive underground bunker that is based on a sort
of stylized futuristic 60s vibe.  While on the surface it's more of a
Mad Max vibe, although not as bad since some of civilization has
survived.  From what I gather the two sides are vaguely aware of each
other's existence although no real interaction.  Due to spoilerish
things happening a naive young woman leaves the bunker to go on a quest.
I guess the first episode was OK.
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The Birds (blu-ray) 1963 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock about a
small town being terrorized by birds that keep attacking for no reason.
I could have sworn this movie was in black and white and was shocked
when it was in color. My best guess is the last time I watched it was
maybe 40 or so years ago on a black and white TV.  Either that or I just
flat out forgot it was in color.  Regardless, the movie holds up well
enough.  I just have one more Hitchcock movie to go, then I think I will
have watched all the ones I want to watch.
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Which one do you have left to go?
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Perhaps more importantly, which do you intend to skip?
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I have a Hitchcock blu-ray box set.  A while back I watched: Rope, Rear
Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Vertigo, and Dial M For Murder (off
of TCM).  Time really flies!  I could have sworn I watched these a year
or less ago, but it was actually 2 years ago.  Yesterday I watched The
Birds and today I'm watching my Psycho 4K box set.
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In the Hitchcock blu-ray box set that I didn't watch: Marnie, Saboteur,
Shadow of a Doubt, The Trouble with Harry, Torn Curtain, Topaz, Frenzy,
and Family Plot.  I'm not sure if I've seen any of these before.  I'm
vaguely aware of the plot of The Trouble with Harry, but that doesn't
mean I seen it before.  Same goes for "Frenzy."  Although if they did a
remake, *maybe* I saw the remake.  I really don't know for sure.  The
set also includes 7 episodes of Hitchcock Presents and 3 episodes of The
Hitchcock Hour.  I don't know which episodes are included.
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 Please tell me you’re going to watch NORTH BY NORTHWEST. It’s my very
favorite Hitchcock! And it’s the source of in jokes in lots of other movies
and TV shows that you’ll finally get :-)
 

I had to double check.  I do have that one in the box set.  I'm not sure how I missed listing it.  I'm not familiar enough with Hitchcock to know which ones to watch or not watch, other than the ones I've already seen before and know I like.  I think I *might* have watched it before.  But I don't remember it.  I know the crop duster scene is iconic which makes it really hard to know if it's a memory from watching the movie or the umpteen parodies and clips I've watched over the years.
The set isn't going anywhere.  I may get around to watching it.  What does it pair with?  How about "His Girl Friday?"