I watched History the day after it came in, and just loved it. But, I knew I would. The first time I read the book of the same name, well, let's just say that it was a life changing experience for me. I've loved astronomy since I was a child, but Professor Hawking took my thinking to a whole other level. He is such a great teacher, and knowing what he has accomplished while living with ALS...the respect and admiration I have for him is limitless. I wish I could just sit down next to him, and say "thank you". He inspires me pretty much every day of my life. When I hurt, I think about what he's going through, and what he's been able to accomplish. And it motivates me.

Agreed on Cillian Murphy. He's outstanding in the show. If you see anything else you like, please let me know. Have a great Sunday!

Peaky Blinders is on my Netflix watchlist. I like Cillian Murphy. Also, since you reccomend it I will move it to the top of my list. I watched The Conformist by Bernardo Bertolucci a couple of nights ago on Netflix and really enjoyed it. Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris is probably one of my least favorite films so I was surprised that I enjoyed The Conformist.

Please let me know what you think of A Brief History of Time and Hiroshima mon Amour after you have a chance to check them out. I am interested in both titles. Hope you get to finish Daredevil soon. Filming for the second season began recently. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Hey Meek, good to hear from you. I hope you, too, are doing well.
I have to start taking advantage of Hulu. I re-upped specifically so I could watch the Criterion movies everybody else was talking about. Thus far, I've not used it. I've just been buying them. I'll check out the ones you mentioned there. I bought A Brief History of Time, and Hiroshima, Mon Amour night before last on EBay. 8 1/2 is great. I could become a big Fellini fan.

BTW, I started watching Peaky Blinders on Netflix last weekend with a buddy of mine. Highly recommended. The show started on the BBC, and Netflix picked it up. There is some violence, but it's a fascinating period piece (set in 1919 Birmingham, England). Cillian Murphy and Sam Neil lead a great cast. I need to get back to Daredevil, too. Now that I'm feeling a little better, I'll be watching more. Have a great rest of the weekend. Talk to you soon.

Hey Bill! Hope you are doing well! I noticed that you have 8 1/2 in your collection. I just watched it for the second time in years recently. I look forward to adding it to my collection soon. I would like to recommend that you consider purchasing Day for Night when it is released next month by Criterion. DFN is another great film about film. Would make a great double feature with 8 1/2.

Also, Westerns and Horror are my least favorite genres as well. Although, Once Upon a Time in the West is a great spaghetti western and one of my favorite films. You might want to check it out. Take care of yourself. Sincerely, Meek

The issues with my back, bulged and torn discs, spinal stenosis, degenerative discs and joints...can't be fixed because of my bones. They can't do artificial disc replacement, or spinal fusion on me. I've had multiple surgeries, and countless other treatments, and all they can do now is try to control the pain levels. So, I watch a lot of tv/movies to occupy my time. I can still walk, thankfully, so I'm not completely stuck, but I have to be very careful. And, I can't work.

Hey, Meek. Yes, I'll watch the rest of Daredevil. It's just a matter of sitting down and doing it. I have so many things I'm trying to watch, and finding time for all of it is a daunting task.

Thank you for the well-wishes, but my back is permanently damaged. I was born with a bone disease called osteogenesis imperfecta. But age 16, I'd had somewhere between 25-30 bone fractures. The doctors correctly predicted that they would stop with the onset of adulthood, but they didn't know then that the disease comes roaring back in the mid thirties. A vertebral fracture moving my then girlfriend about 8 years ago was the first, and since then I've had others, the worst being a shattered femur the summer before last. Broke into 6 pieces.

Aarrgg! I ran out of characters too! So, do you think you will watch the 10 remaining episodes of Daredevil? I enjoyed watching the entire first season with my parents.

I hope you will recover from your back injury soon!

Hey Bill! You can keep calling me Meek because that is my real life nickname. I have never watched Ray Donovan or The Wire. Critics and several people on this forum say that The Wire is one of the greatest shows of all time, so I guess I should at least give the first season a try. I'm worried about adult content though. I can handle some language, sexual content, and violence. However, I think that The Wire may be too hard of a R rated or MA show for me. Daredevil MA rated material might be as far as I'm willing to go nowadays.

Actually, I might be a hypocrite because one of my favorite shows is Archer and I'm guessing that it is not too far off from the content in The Wire. Archer is hilarious, so maybe that is why I give it a pass on content. By the way, there is quite a bit of overlap between cast and crew on Archer and Arrested Development. I recommend Archer, if you haven't seen it yet.

Grr, 1,000 characters....

I've never seen a Terry Gilliam film, either. I'll have to check Hulu Plus to see if any of those are streamable. There are just too many great films out there for me to watch, yet. I need more hours in the day

By the way, my name is Bill. Any time you feel up to talking movies, or have a suggestion, please feel free to pop in. I am always interested in getting to know new people.

Oh, I know about Daredevil, too. One of my best friends suggested it to me about a month ago when he came over to hang out, and we watched the first three episodes. Since I first went on disability for my back, we've picked a series to watch together. We finished up the last three seasons of Dexter that way, we're doing Ray Donovan, and Daredevil got thrown into the mix, too. So, my tv viewing schedule is going to get filled up quickly. I haven't watched Arrested Development, believe it or not. I'm working my way through Breaking Bad for the first time (I'm in mid season 3). AD will be one of the next ones I seriously consider, though The Wire is high on my list.

Fear took me a while to really get into. It's so "out there". But I love Depp's work so much that I gave it another look, and I started to really get into it. He and Benecio Del Torro were great together, I thought.