For professional team sports:
Atlanta Braves - baseball
Atlanta Falcons - football
Atlanta Hawks - basketball
Atlanta United - soccer
Atlanta Gladiators - hockey (but they're only minor league as both Atlanta major league hockey teams moved to other cities. If we get another NHL team, l'll probably get season tickets through my company.)
college sports:
Any sports team of The University of Georgia
The Georgia Bulldogs football team is my biggest sports love, actually lifelong obsession.
I also like to watch the summer & winter Olympics, and enjoy boxing and MMA. (MMA is more entertaining.)
PS. My alma mater, UGA, just won the men's outdoor track & field national championship.
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Buz
Over 90 days ago
Straight Male, 40
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I've used the tint reader for dyslexia but the results are no big deal for me and the tint sheets for reading print on paper are a pain to deal with. I'd still rather read on paper, so I prefer printed books.
When reading a novel l'd rather have a paperback because l can be rather rough on them. I feel guilty if l mess up a hardback. I do like to collect hardbacks, and between my wife and l, we have a pretty large library on the shelves.
I also love to collect great coffee table books. So l have way more coffee table books than we can put out at any one time. I have coffee table books on classic cars, classic propeller planes, swords, antique guns, sailing ships, motorcycles, all kinds of history, pirates, Vikings, Samurai, knights, sports, etc.
If my wife and l are taking a long drive on vacation we always check out audio books from the library.
When reading a novel l'd rather have a paperback because l can be rather rough on them. I feel guilty if l mess up a hardback. I do like to collect hardbacks, and between my wife and l, we have a pretty large library on the shelves.
I also love to collect great coffee table books. So l have way more coffee table books than we can put out at any one time. I have coffee table books on classic cars, classic propeller planes, swords, antique guns, sailing ships, motorcycles, all kinds of history, pirates, Vikings, Samurai, knights, sports, etc.
If my wife and l are taking a long drive on vacation we always check out audio books from the library.
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You conveniently omitted 5 minutes and 10 minutes from your poll options, which are probably the most realistic times for the majority of men. I've never had a guy eat me out for anything close to 3 hours! lol
Can you imagine what both tongue and pussy would look and feel like after 3 hours of that? The tongue being a muscle, would probably have cramped well before then. I imagine a tongue cramp would hurt.
Likewise a 3 hour blow job? If the dude stayed erect that length of time, he'd soon be at the ER having the blood drained from his tallywhacker and praying tissue had not been damaged.
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I think I deserve a pass on this one, especially considering I pinched the whole 'Bond Banner' from Google Images
Never Say Never Again was Non-Eon, but it kicked the ass of the Eon Bond films of that 80s era. Sean Connery and that Georgia girl, Kim Basinger.
Sean Connery #1, and Daniel Craig coming in a close second. Pierce Brosnan #3, Roger Moore #4, George Lazenby #5, Timothy Dalton #6.
And l love Bond films. Casino Royale is my favorite.
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I'm a honky tonk kind of guy, so l like the new name, Rumpy. We could use an old fashioned juke box. Put some Alan Jackson boot scootin' tunes on.
I'd like to celebrate the new name of Rumpy's with a toast to all the hony tonkers here. Cheers!
Give me an ice cold Terrapin Pale Ale and several shots of Jack Daniels.
I'd like to celebrate the new name of Rumpy's with a toast to all the hony tonkers here. Cheers!
Give me an ice cold Terrapin Pale Ale and several shots of Jack Daniels.
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Blade Runner 2049. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I really need to get to the theater to see some of these when they come out. But damn, it's hard to find time and so inconvenient, though I love the theater experience.
If I think it'll be a high-quality movie, I do my best to mimic the theater experience at home. With the big flat screen, you can make it dark, have a great sound system, make some popcorn, but still hit pause to go to the bathroom and not miss anything like at the theater. So maybe this works out just fine.
I really need to get to the theater to see some of these when they come out. But damn, it's hard to find time and so inconvenient, though I love the theater experience.
If I think it'll be a high-quality movie, I do my best to mimic the theater experience at home. With the big flat screen, you can make it dark, have a great sound system, make some popcorn, but still hit pause to go to the bathroom and not miss anything like at the theater. So maybe this works out just fine.
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I'm glad you saw Hostiles. I liked how for once they showed the violence on both sides in a a brutal, realistic fashion.
The Post was a generic newspaper movie....
Total Oscar bait. I was glad it didn't win even though it was a fine film.
12 strong was a disappointing movie. The lack of strong character development turned it into just a kind of modern war film. I get absolutely bored with Afghan and Iraq war films. I appreciate they tried to do something different but it all seemed by the numbers for me.
Hostiles 8/10
The Post 7/10
12 Strong 6.5/10
The ratings coincide with the order I liked the movies. The movies were all predictable but well acted with fun action. Christian Bale seems to always put in an excellent performance and he did so in Hostiles. There were a few hokie scenes like when attacked by the Commanches, why didn't the soldiers get their rifles as soon as possible instead of fight them off with pistols? Not very realistic. Wes Studi, while a main character, actually didn't say much but didn't need to.
I think everyone is familiar with Wes Studi, who is now in the Western Movie Hall of Fame, from playing the bad guy Indian in Dances With Wolves and The Last of The Mohicans. He is a Cherokee from Oklahoma and a Vietnam War veteran. After his first divorce when he was still young, a friend suggested he get into acting to meet women. So he did.
I like the Seth Meyers video. And yes, Georgia is the fourth state.
The Paper is very well acted but like the video implies, it runs along the lines of every newspaper movie ever made.12 Strong is a typical war action movie, well acted and enjoyable but not spectacular.
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The old Batman movie with Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, and Jack Nicholson. Like all Batmans, it is hokie and campy, but a lot more fun than all of the newer ones. I watch and enjoy those but to me the old one is the best.
I liked Jack Nicholson as the Joker better than Heath Ledger.
I liked Jack Nicholson as the Joker better than Heath Ledger.
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I love Seinfeld. Grew up with it, as my parents watched it religiously. My favorite character is George Costanza, probably the shallowest of the shallow, right? I can't come up with a single favorite episode.
I did loved it when Elaine snatches the toupee off George's head and tosses out the window of Jerry's apartment. The shrinkage episode was great.
No doubt, Seinfeld is one of the greatest TV shows of all time.
Wayne Knight, who played Newman, is a fellow alumnus of The University of Georgia.
I did loved it when Elaine snatches the toupee off George's head and tosses out the window of Jerry's apartment. The shrinkage episode was great.
No doubt, Seinfeld is one of the greatest TV shows of all time.
Wayne Knight, who played Newman, is a fellow alumnus of The University of Georgia.
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Buz, I found that there is a miniseries about 1066
It came out in 2009. I'm guessing it's not great because I've never seen it, and I pretty much watch everything.
I'm not familiar with any of that cast. But, yes, a big budget production with a great cast and director would be awesome.
I'd also love to see a big budget dramatic mini-series based on the super-capitalists of the turn of the 19th to 20th century. John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, etc. It could show just how conniving and immoral they really were. It was about power. Rockefeller actually just lived in a nice big farmhouse instead of a mansion, yet was the richest man in the world.
When his Standard Oil Corporation was broken up by the federal government using the anti-trust laws created to prevent monopolies, Rockefeller still owned a chunk of each smaller oil company it was broken up into. The law broke up the corporation but could not take away his owner share. So, he became richer than he had been before. What it did do, though, was to greatly reduce his power and control. He hated losing power and control, so being even richer meant little to him. Rockefeller bragged about the men he ruined in business and how many he caused to commit suicide.
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I've always thought that the patricians could speak that way but plebians should speak Cockney or a working class American voice. Gets the Roman class system across in a modern way.
However, the Aeneid isn't about Romans but their legendary roots so no need to worry about how Romans were portrayed in the past.
Canadian fantasy writer Guy Gavriel Kay's books (Tigana, The Sarantine Mosaic, etc.) could make good miniseries. Most are a little too long and detail-packed to work as movies (without cutting them to ribbons) but not quite enough to make an ongoing series.
That could be a great comedy.
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I really like Damon's suggestion of The Plantaganets, and Seeker's suggestion of The Aeneid.
The Plantaganets offer a long line of intriguing characters that encompass treachery, the Crusades, Conquering Wales, the Scottish Revolution, murder, sex, betrayal, and a helluva lot of battles, and like Damon mentioned, The Hundred Years War with France including characters like Joan of Arc.
The Plantaganents could easily be a multi-season miniseries, giving the producers the chance to make a great profit. But hey, l'm a capitalist.
The Aeneid, while in reality it's fiction, is a great epic story. But I'd love to see it sold in a way that doesn't make you think Romans all spoke in aristocratic modern English accents. The Aeneid would make an outstanding miniseries.
The Plantaganets offer a long line of intriguing characters that encompass treachery, the Crusades, Conquering Wales, the Scottish Revolution, murder, sex, betrayal, and a helluva lot of battles, and like Damon mentioned, The Hundred Years War with France including characters like Joan of Arc.
The Plantaganents could easily be a multi-season miniseries, giving the producers the chance to make a great profit. But hey, l'm a capitalist.
The Aeneid, while in reality it's fiction, is a great epic story. But I'd love to see it sold in a way that doesn't make you think Romans all spoke in aristocratic modern English accents. The Aeneid would make an outstanding miniseries.
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HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Netflix, AMC, and more are known to make outstanding high budget pay for TV miniseries. Game of Thrones is one of the most popular ever.
What are your ideas for a great TV miniseries if you were a big budget Producer/Director/Writer?
I have a couple of ideas I'd love to see.
First, one I'd call 1066 A.D. That is a year that is extremely important to the English speaking world, and the rest of the world as well since it set the history of England on a brand new and different course.
The Major players would all be based on the real ones. The series could and should follow actual history as closely as possible but there would be room to play with personal interaction, intrigue, love, sex, and betrayal.
King Harold Godwinson. He married Ealdgyth, former wife of the ruler of wales that year. She is said to be beautiful. Harold also had a mistress who would later identify his body after the Battle of Hastings. His ex-wife was Edith the fair. Harold was crowned King of England upon the death of Edward the Confessor.
Harold's brother, Tostig, who betrays him, first by rebelling against him, then by convincing the King of Norway, Harold Hardratta, to invade England and attempt to conquer it. Harald Hardratta is a truly entertaining character. He was a famous and notorious mercenary soldier, who had led armies in the Byzantine Empire, Sicily, and many other places.
William, the Duke of Normandy, a bastard son who became duke at an early age, surviving numerous assassination attempts. He was often known as 'The Bastard'. His wife was Marilda. William's father was Duke Robert the Devil. (interesting nickname).
Years before, while in exile, Harold Godwinson, was shipwrecked and ended up being held by William the Duke of Normandy, who said that Harold had sworn to give him, William, the crown of England should Harold be offered the crown.
There is all kind of great intrigue involved in all of these events. There is sex - relationships with wives and mistresses, and 4 great military battles.
Anglo-Saxon England changed from being tied to the Viking north to becoming much more connected to the rest of Europe by the conquering Normans. A lot of new words were added to the English language. Political and cultural changes enacted by the Normans would change England forever. This would make a great mini-series. There would be several opportunities to show scenes from years before as the characters would be built and the events leading up to 1066 AD set in place.
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Another idea for a mini-series would be the great Cherokee-Muskogee Creek wars set in the deep southeast of the now USA. Two of the largest Native-Amercian tribes fought a bloody war to control what is now north Georgia, southwestern North Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, and northeastern Alabama. This was in 1755 just before white settlers began to move into the area. Two big battles were fought between the two native-American nations at Blood Mountain and Ball Ground (both in north Georgia).
Most people believe that the name of Blood Mountain is derived from the great battle between the Cherokee and Muscogee Creek.
At the Battle of Taliwa (Ball Ground, GA), a great Cherokee warrior named Kingfisher was killed and his wife, Nancy Ward, joined the battle to help lead the Cherokee to victory. They ended up pushing the Muscogee Creeks almost out of Georgia. Oconostota was the Cherokee war chief.
A very well done, high budget miniseries about the Native-Americans here would be great for showing how they lived, their hierarchy, cultures, and their hopes and dreams.
The hopes and dreams of both tribes would be shattered during the presidency of Andrew Jackson on the Trail of Tears when the US government stole their lands and forcefully moved them to what is now Oklahoma. The last battle for their homeland by the Cherokees was fought on the US courts, eventually, they appealed to the US Supreme Court. The entire affair was rigged against them.
So what are your ideas for miniseries? Do you like my ideas?
Part of the Bayeaux tapestry depicting The Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.
What an authentic Cherokee warrior would've looked like circa 1775.
What are your ideas for a great TV miniseries if you were a big budget Producer/Director/Writer?
I have a couple of ideas I'd love to see.
First, one I'd call 1066 A.D. That is a year that is extremely important to the English speaking world, and the rest of the world as well since it set the history of England on a brand new and different course.
The Major players would all be based on the real ones. The series could and should follow actual history as closely as possible but there would be room to play with personal interaction, intrigue, love, sex, and betrayal.
King Harold Godwinson. He married Ealdgyth, former wife of the ruler of wales that year. She is said to be beautiful. Harold also had a mistress who would later identify his body after the Battle of Hastings. His ex-wife was Edith the fair. Harold was crowned King of England upon the death of Edward the Confessor.
Harold's brother, Tostig, who betrays him, first by rebelling against him, then by convincing the King of Norway, Harold Hardratta, to invade England and attempt to conquer it. Harald Hardratta is a truly entertaining character. He was a famous and notorious mercenary soldier, who had led armies in the Byzantine Empire, Sicily, and many other places.
William, the Duke of Normandy, a bastard son who became duke at an early age, surviving numerous assassination attempts. He was often known as 'The Bastard'. His wife was Marilda. William's father was Duke Robert the Devil. (interesting nickname).
Years before, while in exile, Harold Godwinson, was shipwrecked and ended up being held by William the Duke of Normandy, who said that Harold had sworn to give him, William, the crown of England should Harold be offered the crown.
There is all kind of great intrigue involved in all of these events. There is sex - relationships with wives and mistresses, and 4 great military battles.
Anglo-Saxon England changed from being tied to the Viking north to becoming much more connected to the rest of Europe by the conquering Normans. A lot of new words were added to the English language. Political and cultural changes enacted by the Normans would change England forever. This would make a great mini-series. There would be several opportunities to show scenes from years before as the characters would be built and the events leading up to 1066 AD set in place.
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Another idea for a mini-series would be the great Cherokee-Muskogee Creek wars set in the deep southeast of the now USA. Two of the largest Native-Amercian tribes fought a bloody war to control what is now north Georgia, southwestern North Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, and northeastern Alabama. This was in 1755 just before white settlers began to move into the area. Two big battles were fought between the two native-American nations at Blood Mountain and Ball Ground (both in north Georgia).
Most people believe that the name of Blood Mountain is derived from the great battle between the Cherokee and Muscogee Creek.
At the Battle of Taliwa (Ball Ground, GA), a great Cherokee warrior named Kingfisher was killed and his wife, Nancy Ward, joined the battle to help lead the Cherokee to victory. They ended up pushing the Muscogee Creeks almost out of Georgia. Oconostota was the Cherokee war chief.
A very well done, high budget miniseries about the Native-Americans here would be great for showing how they lived, their hierarchy, cultures, and their hopes and dreams.
The hopes and dreams of both tribes would be shattered during the presidency of Andrew Jackson on the Trail of Tears when the US government stole their lands and forcefully moved them to what is now Oklahoma. The last battle for their homeland by the Cherokees was fought on the US courts, eventually, they appealed to the US Supreme Court. The entire affair was rigged against them.
So what are your ideas for miniseries? Do you like my ideas?
Part of the Bayeaux tapestry depicting The Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.
What an authentic Cherokee warrior would've looked like circa 1775.