Movies & More

Two days ago, we were watching a movie while our evening meal was getting cooked in the oven. When the sound of the timer buzzed in the kitchen, telling us that the food is ready, a character in the movie we watched said, "Sit down, we'll have dinner."

So I took out the meal out of the oven and we did - sat down and had dinner.

That was some of the synchronicities that have often happened to us.

A few more TV related examples? Here they are:

✮ Once we watched a horror. Well, rarely we do. After that, we switched off the TV set, and I turned the radio on. The first words that we heard were "You just can't kill the beast." It was the "Hotel California" song going on quite coincidently. 

✮ It was an old movie telling the story about Fatima and the Holy Mary appearances there. At some point the crowd in the show was shouting, "Give us a sign, give us a sign!" They gathered at the place where Holy Mary had made herself visible to the 3 children. At the moment when they finished shouting their "give us a sign", a thunder struck behind our window. We were stunned as the skies were perfectly clear on that day.

✮ One day, I looked up the meaning of an old English word which is very rarely used in the spoken language these days. Later, we watched a randomly chosen movie. One of the very first words said in that movie was the one I had looked up on that day.

I could go on and on with that - on my husband's birthday - a randomly chosen movie again - in the very beginning of it, the characters sang "Happy Birthday" to one of the persons in the plot.

Well, does it ever happen to you?

TV Series

I have not talked about movies and TV shows for quite a long time. Today I mention a few of the latter ones. We have watched a lot of various TV series, some of them were more, some less interesting.

Here is a portion of those we have finished viewing and which we liked because of various reasons.

Bomb Girls (2012/2014) - quite an interesting story portraying women working at a munition factory in Canada during WW2. The plot shows the main characters from their personal angles unraveling their problems and secrets.

Cadfael (1994/1998) - about a medieval monk (played by Derek Jacobi) detective.

 

Doctors at Large - just a light comedy (1971). The 25 minute episodes were quite convenient to watch when we needed a light theme break.

 

La Otra Mirada (A Different View), made 2018/2019 - set in Spain in the twenties of the 20th century. Quite an involving plot, drama and suspense with personal touch, regarding life stories/disturbances experienced by the series main characters. It is a pity no season 3 was made. By the way, the Spanish language (Castillan Spanish ?) spoken by the actors sounds very pretty.

 

Some History

The Aces' War  (2017/2019) - WW1 history - presents the most known European pilots of that time. Well made but lacks information regarding the non-European pilots and their achievements. Available on Roku TV.

War of 1812 (1919 production) -  quite informative, gives detailed information about the circumstances that led to the war, its main officers, battles, and timeline.

Watch on Tubi:  https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/599197/s01-e01-when-i-meet-my-doom?start=true

 Crime and Drama type show

Men with a Camera - ancient TV drama (1958) - young Charles Bronson plays the main character Mike, a photographer who uses the most modern technology of that time while solving crime-type puzzles.

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Photo from: https://canvas.tubitv.com/3f161973-8c94-4f80-a6fd-7a20b9ba39e1/smF11k?w=408&h=583

About Certain Coupon

Not long ago, I posted an entry in "My Polish Alphabet" related to the letter "S," which was about my Stepfather.
I reminded myself of a little story from the 80s.

Then, Stepfather P. got a special coupon for a color TV set. Since mom and he had already got such a TV set, P. decided the new one would be for me.

FYK - in the 80s, shopping (especially buying appliances) in Poland was not such an easy and obvious thing to do as it is nowadays. Few of those items were available in stores daily, and you were never sure when the next delivery would be. Ordering such an article in advance in a store was not possible.

Nevertheless, the coupon was valid on one Saturday only in a particular store, which was in a nearby city. Since P's name was on the coupon, he and I went to get the TV together. At the spot, it appeared there were more people like us, willing to buy that TV set model with a coupon. We (literally) stood in a line for four hours. Sitting and waiting in the car was not an option there.

Finally, we got the TV set, packed it in the car, brought it home, and placed it in my room. The TV worked for 20+ years.

Stepfather P. - the 80s