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ToddTT
Posts: 30595 Alba Posts: 53 Joined: 8/30/2001 Member: #105 |
5/20/2024 10:24 AM
Watching paint dry.
Oh good lord... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XkmGrX7O0lQ
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ToddTT
Posts: 30595 Alba Posts: 53 Joined: 8/30/2001 Member: #105 |
5/22/2024 8:39 PM
Oh good lord... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XkmGrX7O0lQ
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ToddTT
Posts: 30595 Alba Posts: 53 Joined: 8/30/2001 Member: #105 |
5/22/2024 10:31 PM
This show is good. Good and weird. Ella Purnell is captivating.
Oh good lord... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XkmGrX7O0lQ
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ToddTT
Posts: 30595 Alba Posts: 53 Joined: 8/30/2001 Member: #105 |
6/2/2024 9:39 PM LAST EDITED: 6/2/2024 9:40 PM
Wow the original Mad Max movies were terrible. I should have let my vague memory of them suffice. Road Warrior had moments, but the rest was just laughably bad.
Blue Eye Samurai on Netflix is excellent, 3 episode in. No Knicks until October sucks hard. Oh good lord... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XkmGrX7O0lQ
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BigDaddyG
Posts: 39930 Alba Posts: 9 Joined: 1/22/2010 Member: #3049 |
6/3/2024 1:51 AM
ToddTT wrote:Wow the original Mad Max movies were terrible. I should have let my vague memory of them suffice. Road Warrior had moments, but the rest was just laughably bad. Shut your mouth Bot!  Always... always remember: Less is less. More is more. More is better and twice as much is good too. Not enough is bad, and too much is never enough except when it's just about right.
- The Tick
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Alpha1971
Posts: 23368 Alba Posts: 5 Joined: 1/17/2022 Member: #9006 |
6/3/2024 2:13 AM LAST EDITED: 6/3/2024 2:14 AM
Starting in mid May I began lifting weights and doing light walking and elliptical in my back yard. Some back ground I ama T2 diabetic age 53 that after being on Ozempic and Mounjaro close to 5 years could no longer find those drugs due to shortages from all the people using it for weight loss. For years I used to do light aerobics and swimming for exercise after having stoped doing resistance training which was my staple along with bike riding. Well I live in NYC and despite the bike lanes cycling has become more dangerous with the proliferation of ride sharing scooters and mopeds so I doubt I will ever ride on local streets anymore. So after 6 weeks I can say my blood glucose is just as well controlled as when using Ozempic or Mounjaro. I also feel much more energetic, and have shown lots of gains in strength and body appearance. People are complimenting me every day. My shoulders and back have filled out. My arms are larger and waist is smaller. Only issue is I had a flare up of sciatica which was caused by doing deadlifts and leg raises. So I have stopped doing squats and other movements that hurt the spine. Hopefully I will be able to add squats in a few weeks. Guys if any of you are middle aged and diabetic or just feeling sluggish and feeling tired I have changed my life over the last 6 weeks using dumbbells sets of 15,25,35,45 lbs and a step from my wife's aerobic videos since I don't have a work out bench. Using dumbbells, push ups walking and an elliptical has also raised my vigor. Oh and I don't lift hard and I skip days when I am tired and lift less when I'm tired so I'm not doing the " No Pain No Game approach either " Guys get up and active if your not currently. Doing anything beats nothing. And if you do something it will lead to doing something else and more in no time
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Nalod
Posts: 71283 Alba Posts: 155 Joined: 12/24/2003 Member: #508 USA |
6/3/2024 7:51 AM
Alpha1971 wrote:Starting in mid May I began lifting weights and doing light walking and elliptical in my back yard. Some back ground I ama T2 diabetic age 53 that after being on Ozempic and Mounjaro close to 5 years could no longer find those drugs due to shortages from all the people using it for weight loss. For years I used to do light aerobics and swimming for exercise after having stoped doing resistance training which was my staple along with bike riding. Well I live in NYC and despite the bike lanes cycling has become more dangerous with the proliferation of ride sharing scooters and mopeds so I doubt I will ever ride on local streets anymore. So after 6 weeks I can say my blood glucose is just as well controlled as when using Ozempic or Mounjaro. I also feel much more energetic, and have shown lots of gains in strength and body appearance. People are complimenting me every day. My shoulders and back have filled out. My arms are larger and waist is smaller. Only issue is I had a flare up of sciatica which was caused by doing deadlifts and leg raises. So I have stopped doing squats and other movements that hurt the spine. Hopefully I will be able to add squats in a few weeks. Guys if any of you are middle aged and diabetic or just feeling sluggish and feeling tired I have changed my life over the last 6 weeks using dumbbells sets of 15,25,35,45 lbs and a step from my wife's aerobic videos since I don't have a work out bench. Using dumbbells, push ups walking and an elliptical has also raised my vigor. Oh and I don't lift hard and I skip days when I am tired and lift less when I'm tired so I'm not doing the " No Pain No Game approach either " Guys get up and active if your not currently. Doing anything beats nothing. And if you do something it will lead to doing something else and more in no time Good for you and your testimony about feeling better! Keep going!!!! |
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Nalod
Posts: 71283 Alba Posts: 155 Joined: 12/24/2003 Member: #508 USA |
6/3/2024 8:18 AM LAST EDITED: 6/3/2024 2:36 PM
ToddTT wrote:Wow the original Mad Max movies were terrible. I should have let my vague memory of them suffice. Road Warrior had moments, but the rest was just laughably bad. The original Mad Max movie in its time had some "Moments". It was a low budget small Australian movie and made a star of Mel Gibson in the late 70's. I have not seen it in many many years but I would imagine it did not hold up well. At the time there was some uncomfortable moments that centered around the original plot. The three movies done inside of 10 years each had substantially larger budges and commercially did very well. Each was very influential at the time. These movies are old now. My impressions back in the day was I found Mad Max 1 to have some very memorable scenes as a "revenge movie". Locations and cars was not like anything seen. The second movie was far grander in scale and delivered way beyond its budget. The "Thunderdome" movie was a hit and also influential but I did not like it as it now commercialized and very "Hollywood". The sound track was good but also very mainstream. Mel Gibson was a star by that point. IN retrospect I admire what Tina Turner bought to the film as a black women in the industry and her performance was good but at the time the first movies were so "edgy" with Millers style that I feel the third movie was too mainstream and a commoditized. Fury Road with Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron I thought was nice update with new technology and a creepy Humungus. I think to have seen the first two movies in the time they were made would give better understanding what they accomplished with a very unique filming process that has been duplicated over time. The early scene with Mad Max's dog guarding the helicopter pilot and the way it was filmed was awesome the first time I saw it. |
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ToddTT
Posts: 30595 Alba Posts: 53 Joined: 8/30/2001 Member: #105 |
6/3/2024 4:55 PM
Nalod wrote:Alpha1971 wrote:Starting in mid May I began lifting weights and doing light walking and elliptical in my back yard. Some back ground I ama T2 diabetic age 53 that after being on Ozempic and Mounjaro close to 5 years could no longer find those drugs due to shortages from all the people using it for weight loss. For years I used to do light aerobics and swimming for exercise after having stoped doing resistance training which was my staple along with bike riding. Well I live in NYC and despite the bike lanes cycling has become more dangerous with the proliferation of ride sharing scooters and mopeds so I doubt I will ever ride on local streets anymore. So after 6 weeks I can say my blood glucose is just as well controlled as when using Ozempic or Mounjaro. I also feel much more energetic, and have shown lots of gains in strength and body appearance. People are complimenting me every day. My shoulders and back have filled out. My arms are larger and waist is smaller. Only issue is I had a flare up of sciatica which was caused by doing deadlifts and leg raises. So I have stopped doing squats and other movements that hurt the spine. Hopefully I will be able to add squats in a few weeks. Guys if any of you are middle aged and diabetic or just feeling sluggish and feeling tired I have changed my life over the last 6 weeks using dumbbells sets of 15,25,35,45 lbs and a step from my wife's aerobic videos since I don't have a work out bench. Using dumbbells, push ups walking and an elliptical has also raised my vigor. Oh and I don't lift hard and I skip days when I am tired and lift less when I'm tired so I'm not doing the " No Pain No Game approach either " Guys get up and active if your not currently. Doing anything beats nothing. And if you do something it will lead to doing something else and more in no time Ditto. Great job Alpha. This is one of the reasons I don't use a landscaper. And walk the dogs frequently (good for them, good for me). Now that I'm parked less in front of basketball, I should try to add some lifting and cardio. Oh good lord... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XkmGrX7O0lQ
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ToddTT
Posts: 30595 Alba Posts: 53 Joined: 8/30/2001 Member: #105 |
6/3/2024 5:02 PM LAST EDITED: 6/3/2024 5:11 PM
Nalod wrote:ToddTT wrote:Wow the original Mad Max movies were terrible. I should have let my vague memory of them suffice. Road Warrior had moments, but the rest was just laughably bad. Dog gets shot offscreen. As far as I'm concerned, he's still roaming the outback looking for adventure. Did you know this villain appeared in Mad Max 1 as well??? Oh good lord... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XkmGrX7O0lQ
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ToddTT
Posts: 30595 Alba Posts: 53 Joined: 8/30/2001 Member: #105 |
6/3/2024 8:55 PM
Oh good lord... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XkmGrX7O0lQ
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markvmc
Posts: 21996 Alba Posts: 3 Joined: 1/6/2008 Member: #1797 |
6/3/2024 9:45 PM
I was a fan of the original Mad Max movie back in the 80s. Haven't watched it since, and probably won't, so as not to spoil it. But Beyond The Thunderdome was just terrible, and Fury Road was the worst of all. Pile of expensive looking crap.
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Nalod
Posts: 71283 Alba Posts: 155 Joined: 12/24/2003 Member: #508 USA |
6/4/2024 9:07 AM
Did not know "humungis" (cousin of Porzingis?" was in the 1st movie. The second I thought the mask was cool and the character was good. Fury road they over did it.
The recent movie did lousy at the box office and has not gotten good reviews. I'll catch it when it either a cheap rental or just streams on a service I pay for. Other than "No time to die", the last James Bond movie I have not been to a theatre since 2018. |
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ToddTT
Posts: 30595 Alba Posts: 53 Joined: 8/30/2001 Member: #105 |
6/6/2024 10:24 PM
I’m watching the first couple of episodes of Scavengers Reign on Netflix.
Or tripping on shrooms. Not sure which. Oh good lord... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XkmGrX7O0lQ
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BigDaddyG
Posts: 39930 Alba Posts: 9 Joined: 1/22/2010 Member: #3049 |
6/7/2024 12:07 AM
ToddTT wrote:I’m watching the first couple of episodes of Scavengers Reign on Netflix. Scavenger's Reign is a must watch. The body horror is trippy as hell. Like getting high without actually taking anything. I hope it gets another season. I watch the first two episodes of Acolyte. Not bad, but not the gritty show I hoped for. More like a YA novel. Always... always remember: Less is less. More is more. More is better and twice as much is good too. Not enough is bad, and too much is never enough except when it's just about right.
- The Tick
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BigDaddyG
Posts: 39930 Alba Posts: 9 Joined: 1/22/2010 Member: #3049 |
6/8/2024 12:51 AM
Saw Furiosa and it was good. The story is a paint by numbers revenge story and it doesn't help that we already know the fates of several characters. But the action sequences are what takes this to another level. The pacing is also break necking fast for most of the film. It's not fury road, although I preferred most of the action scenes in Furiosa better. I recommend.
Always... always remember: Less is less. More is more. More is better and twice as much is good too. Not enough is bad, and too much is never enough except when it's just about right.
- The Tick
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