Friday, June 21, 2013
Thursday, June 20, 2013
You'll Never Guess What I've Been Watching on Netflix Streaming...
...so I'll just tell you. The Maze (1953) features a creepy old castle. I'm a sucker for old movies featuring creepy old castles. This castle is in Scotland. The eponymous maze is part of the gardens and looks a lot like this one.
The family that has lived in the castle for generations has a terrible secret. Many old families like this have a terrible secret, but this family's secret is goofy as well. I will not reveal the nature of this secret; if you want to know it, watch the movie. (You could always fast forward to near the end.)
One Step Beyond was a supernatural TV show running from 1959-1961. I don't remember ever seeing it; perhaps it wasn't rerun the way Twilight Zone was. (My parents wouldn't let me watch TZ when I was young. So they would've forbidden something as intense as OSB as well.)
Friends had suggested I watch Breaking Bad, since it was filmed in NM. I put it in my Instant Queue, forgot about it, and remembered it last weekend. I like it. It's really dark humor. For instance, in the second episode the main character has to choose between killing a drug dealer in cold blood or letting the guy go and risking his family's lives. A lighter comedy would have him suffer moral pangs, abhorrence, and fear, but save him from making the decision by employing a goofy, unlikely accident to kill the drug dealer. But BB doesn't coddle its characters. It also does include bits of pretty NM scenery.
The family that has lived in the castle for generations has a terrible secret. Many old families like this have a terrible secret, but this family's secret is goofy as well. I will not reveal the nature of this secret; if you want to know it, watch the movie. (You could always fast forward to near the end.)
One Step Beyond was a supernatural TV show running from 1959-1961. I don't remember ever seeing it; perhaps it wasn't rerun the way Twilight Zone was. (My parents wouldn't let me watch TZ when I was young. So they would've forbidden something as intense as OSB as well.)
Friends had suggested I watch Breaking Bad, since it was filmed in NM. I put it in my Instant Queue, forgot about it, and remembered it last weekend. I like it. It's really dark humor. For instance, in the second episode the main character has to choose between killing a drug dealer in cold blood or letting the guy go and risking his family's lives. A lighter comedy would have him suffer moral pangs, abhorrence, and fear, but save him from making the decision by employing a goofy, unlikely accident to kill the drug dealer. But BB doesn't coddle its characters. It also does include bits of pretty NM scenery.
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