tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post2725970330593307952..comments2024-03-28T03:23:50.609-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: You Watched What?OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-77256317255839193702021-12-03T12:19:26.545-08:002021-12-03T12:19:26.545-08:00YES! I watched that series, it was OUTSTANDING. It...YES! I watched that series, it was OUTSTANDING. It was everything you say it was. Great suggestion!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20460447664212733542021-12-03T11:26:17.451-08:002021-12-03T11:26:17.451-08:00I would suggest The Dawns Here are Quiet, a 4 part...I would suggest The Dawns Here are Quiet, a 4 part miniseries set in early 1942. A burned out Red Army sergeant commands a platoon of all-female AA gunners. It's a remote backwater but the war soon intrudes. The combat scenes are great, and the back stories of the major characters are poignant: each has suffered personal tragedy, either at the hands of the Germans or their own Soviet government. The girls are hardly steely-eyed Amazon warriors but they try to rise to the occasion. Great drama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-39246764535063854362021-11-28T18:02:12.985-08:002021-11-28T18:02:12.985-08:00Dour!
Just the word I was looking for!Dour!<br /><br />Just the word I was looking for!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27057319017066269692021-11-28T18:01:35.168-08:002021-11-28T18:01:35.168-08:00😏😏OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69854738116728366052021-11-28T14:42:39.981-08:002021-11-28T14:42:39.981-08:00I'll give it another try.I'll give it another try.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-8181767160338940292021-11-28T14:35:16.446-08:002021-11-28T14:35:16.446-08:00Oh boy. A fellow Anime fan! GATE. Girls und Panzer...Oh boy. A fellow Anime fan! GATE. Girls und Panzer. Ghost in the Shell. Loads of others....Paweł Kasperekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17636249014878876718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-18067765269301945662021-11-28T11:19:16.626-08:002021-11-28T11:19:16.626-08:00I could understand how it might turn some people o...I could understand how it might turn some people off, with some soldiers in the first episode not acting like they're supposed to be acting, but that is just set up for the antagonist.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67558873668648074342021-11-28T11:14:44.206-08:002021-11-28T11:14:44.206-08:00So, I love to read. Books, blogs, magazines, the w...So, I love to read. Books, blogs, magazines, the written word. Fiction, Nonfiction, Westerns, Military, History, Biographies, Romances, Science Fiction, Fantasy. If it's not red hot and running away from me and it's written down, I will read it...And I love nice long stories...because I read quickly, and a longer, thicker book lasts longer. Having said that I think the word that best describes Russian literature, and movies, is dour.<br /><br />Just dour. <br /><br />Not really a fan of any the Russian end of literature/culture...cause it's just...dour.<br /><br />I can find enough ways to feel depressed (have ya watched TV recently??)...don't need to read stuff that is just...dour.<br /><br />;)<br />Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117433684554337583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37792539953510947752021-11-28T11:13:26.888-08:002021-11-28T11:13:26.888-08:00On it! (Added it to my list on Netflix.)On it! (Added it to my list on Netflix.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27847753090919413902021-11-28T10:51:06.121-08:002021-11-28T10:51:06.121-08:00Our prefered language mode is Original (English su...Our prefered language mode is Original (English subtitles) even if the original is English. Currently, binging a Finnish murder mystery "Deadwind", murders + politics + drugs + money + corruption, all dumped onto a just widowed lady cop ... horribly delightful. Two long seasons, a third on the way (next year)! <br /><br />"Deadwind"htomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10079911355302503367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48599275514127582282021-11-28T10:11:50.539-08:002021-11-28T10:11:50.539-08:00Ah, yes, very true.Ah, yes, very true.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-65495588304781631222021-11-28T10:10:44.685-08:002021-11-28T10:10:44.685-08:00The holocaust is taught. The Holodomr is not. No...The holocaust is taught. The Holodomr is not. None dare discuss the FIFTY MILLION the Communists murdered across Russia and Eastern Europe.Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-75303110883576170382021-11-28T09:13:46.092-08:002021-11-28T09:13:46.092-08:00Until I can get the rhythm of a language, I often ...Until I can get the rhythm of a language, I often need subtitles.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86766561677437851452021-11-28T09:12:31.760-08:002021-11-28T09:12:31.760-08:00A lot of Westerners are in to Anime. I get it but ...A lot of Westerners are in to Anime. I get it but am not enamored of it.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-66142876251221581432021-11-28T09:11:44.505-08:002021-11-28T09:11:44.505-08:00I tried watching that, couldn't get into it. I...I tried watching that, couldn't get into it. I'll try again.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73491963415216412592021-11-28T09:10:13.095-08:002021-11-28T09:10:13.095-08:00I may have seen that one a while back. I see that ...I may have seen that one a while back. I see that it's available for rent on Amazon, I may have to watch it again!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-49300559962580655382021-11-28T09:04:49.233-08:002021-11-28T09:04:49.233-08:00I know it's dubbed in English, but her pitch ...I know it's dubbed in English, but her pitch and timbre (not accent; I grew up with Hungarian, Slovak, and Germanic accents) make me want to beg for sub-titling - in Englishboronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05780356895910449471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-47464638490902261122021-11-28T08:52:50.831-08:002021-11-28T08:52:50.831-08:00At least it wasn't CorruptSportsMoneyBall.
...At least it wasn't CorruptSportsMoneyBall. <br /><br />My secret foreign addiction is... Anime. With subtitles. They tend to have very nuanced stories and decent plots and a couple have actually been sad, downright tearjerkers.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-49275338936259621422021-11-28T08:48:37.199-08:002021-11-28T08:48:37.199-08:00A Netflix show I enjoyed was The Defeated. It was ...A Netflix show I enjoyed was The Defeated. It was set in immediate post-war Germany, Berlin specifically, when it was divided into 3 sectors for the US, Brits, and Commies. That's a period of history I'm not too familiar with. I can't attest to its historical accuracy, but it was a good limited series.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-49659904515942651362021-11-28T07:29:19.531-08:002021-11-28T07:29:19.531-08:00Another good Russian WWII movie of recent origin i...Another good Russian WWII movie of recent origin is "Tankers." Based on a real battle. One Semen Vasilievich Konovalov did some rather amazing things, it seems:<br /><br />"Born February 15, 1921 in the village. Yambulatovo (now it is the Verkhneuslonsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan. Soviet tank ace, participant in the Great Patriotic War. In one of the battles on July 13, 1942, during the Voronezh-Voroshilovgrad operation, commanding the crew of the KV-1 tank, he destroyed 16 enemy tanks and self-propelled guns. Died in Kazan on April 4, 1989 at the age of 68."Joe Lovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16892419601290744855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-24160641663287986872021-11-28T06:50:39.213-08:002021-11-28T06:50:39.213-08:00Uh ...
What?Uh ...<br /><br />What?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48863605997742347462021-11-28T06:50:27.624-08:002021-11-28T06:50:27.624-08:00It's pretty entertaining.It's pretty entertaining.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86930955794117745332021-11-28T06:50:13.862-08:002021-11-28T06:50:13.862-08:00According to The Missus Herself, the Korean film i...According to <i>The Missus Herself</i>, the Korean film industry (TV and theatrical) is everywhere. I can see that on Amazon and on Netflix.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-10271816454493700962021-11-28T06:49:01.940-08:002021-11-28T06:49:01.940-08:00It's on my list, it looks pretty good.It's on my list, it looks pretty good.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74858557791085272552021-11-28T04:53:01.303-08:002021-11-28T04:53:01.303-08:00Some people will not tolerate the truth. Even fro...Some people will not tolerate the truth. Even from Solzhenitsyn.Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.com