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#427
utvols16manning said:
What about Gran Torino? Just got it from Netflix. Any good?
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Good movie; Eastwood did great and a few other supporting actors did well, but a lot of the supporting cast were pretty bad. I know he used a lot of locals on purpose but some of them simply could not act and it took away from the movie a bit for me.

Supposedly that is going to be his last acting job.
 
#428
#428
I disagree that Netflix selection will get worse. They are just now getting some competition in this market. If Netflix gets cheap, Hulu Plus and Amazon Instant won't hesitate to try and steal Netflix' subscribers.
 
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#430
Another thing that sucks right now is Sony is in a contract dispute with Starz and they've pulled a lot of the newer movies that are supposed to be able to be streaming, like the Social Network.
 
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#435
Did anyone watch "The Kennedy's" brief tv series? I'm currently watching the next to last episode where the assassination happens.
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#436
I read that the show had terrible reviews. I didn't particularly like how they portrayed LBJ as some greedy, power-hungry, heartless bastage.
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#437
Sith Vol said:
I read that the show had terrible reviews. I didn't particularly like how they portrayed LBJ as some greedy, power-hungry, heartless bastage.
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Uhhh, that's pretty much exactly what he was for his entire life. He was a master manipulator and power hungry to the nth degree. Most people believe he cheated in his election for student body president when he was in college.
 
#438
#438
On The Kennedys episode after the assassination he calls RFK all worried about taking the oath of office rather than care about what just happened to JFK. Didn't know he was really like that.
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#439
Can't comment on anything from the show because I never saw it but you used the words greedy, power-hungry, and heartless. Almost everybody would agree he was definitely the first two and there would be quite a few people who'd agree with the third, as well.
 
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#441
If you enjoy improv, Colin and Brad is a special by Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood that's pretty good.
 
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#443
NochNoch said:
Uhhh, that's pretty much exactly what he was for his entire life. He was a master manipulator and power hungry to the nth degree. Most people believe he cheated in his election for student body president when he was in college.
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Didn't he also allegedly kill a man in Texas in the 1930's?
 
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#445
I been getting into these documentaries. I just finished Generation .

It was crazy, I didn't know Ritalin until now.
 
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#446
Rasputin_Vol said:
Didn't he also allegedly kill a man in Texas in the 1930's?
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I've heard that alluded to before but nothing I've ever seen or read was able to prove any truth to it.

This is the quote from a review of the book I read that's considered to be his definitive biography, although some say the author was overly critical.

The dirty details begin with college elections that earn young Lyndon a reputation as a crook and a liar; Caro goes on to unravel financial shenanigans of impressive ingenuity. Johnson's consuming desire to get ahead and his political genius "unencumbered by philosophy or ideology" are staggering.
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Regardless of whether you like him or not (historically speaking, I'm not) it's hard to argue he was a damn genius.
 
#450
#450
Just watched legendary and tears of the sun, better than i though they would be
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