Looking for good (good) flicks and TV shows not drenched in Social Justice

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It's amazing to see how good movies and shows were from the 40's through the 60's. Intelligent, decent, interesting and adult. I have not watched TV in years, let alone liberal lap dogs in what we used to call the "news". My wife watches the Hallmark Channel and Turner Classic movies. I have my favorites that I have collected since I stopped paying for cable decades ago. Westerns: Have Gun Will Travel; Rawhide; Cheyenne; The Rifleman; The Guns of Will Sonnett; Branded; The Rebel; The Lone Ranger; The Wild Wild West; anything with John Wayne; even Kung Fu. Detective/Spy: Perry Mason; Mannix; Honey West; Banacek; Miami Vice; Hawaii Five 0; The Avengers with Emma Peal; Foyle's War; The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; Get Smart. Anything about WWII, Combat!, Band of Brothers, and all kinds of great movies. Sci Fi: Dr Who; Star Wars IV, V, VI; Fire Fly; Red Dwarf; The original Star Trek, and Lost in Space.
 
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Been watching a lot of Gunsmoke, Virginian, Bonanza on INSP Channel. Used to enjoy FBI, FBI Most Wanted, The Rookie, Big Sky, but they are all getting into the Social Justice crap and won't last much longer on my DVR. Blue Bloods will survive however.
 
If you have the time there is an outstanding BBC mini series called "Piece of Cake" from the early 90"s.
6 hours in 1 hour episodes. Fantastic characters and cool Spitfire flying
 
We also get NetFlix DVDs by mail. They have almost anything. I can't stand any of the new liberal nonsense. How brain dead would you have to be to watch or listen to it?
 
I finally watched Downton Abbey, and Victoria and DR. Thorne all on Amazon. It seems I got hooked on British shows. No foul language the do add in some homosexuality stuff but nothing too bad.
 


If you are taking about current American TV, give up.
If you are talking about movies , that's a black hole of suggestions.
Start with "The Miracle Worker" .
original with Patty Duke.
And The Best Years Of Our Lives.

It may be exactly the opposite of what you are looking for.
Or it might be the very thing.
But I really enjoyed Call The Midwife.
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Other than babies squirting out every episode, it's suitable for family.
If not that try Monty Pythons Flying Circus for anti social justice content.
And do it before "they" find out about it.

 
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loganscuda said:
I finally watched Downton Abbey, and Victoria and DR. Thorne all on Amazon. It seems I got hooked on British shows. No foul language the do add in some homosexuality stuff but nothing too bad.
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If you like British comedy, look up "the young ones'

It doesn't get funnier then that
 
diymirage said:
If you like British comedy, look up "the young ones'

It doesn't get funnier then that
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More great British Comedy. Good Neighbors (The Good Life), Chef!, Red Dwarf, The Vicar of Dibley, To the Manor Born, May to December, Jeeves and Wooster, Monte Python and the Holy Grail. Other British greats: Robin of Sherwood, Ivanhoe, Top Gear, and Time Bandits.
 
I like Seal Team on Wednesday night. I also like Young Sheldon on Thursdays. Other than that, I watch mostly movies on Amazon, Netflix, Tubi (free), Sony Crackle (free), and Pluto (free).
TRY THE MOVIE T-34. It is on Amazon. There are two versions. The one I recommend is a few minutes longer than the other. It is a REAL good movie. It is a Russian made movie dubbed in English (no need for subtitles) about a T-34 tank crew and their amazing exploits.
 
loganscuda said:
I finally watched Downton Abbey, and Victoria and DR. Thorne all on Amazon. It seems I got hooked on British shows. No foul language the do add in some homosexuality stuff but nothing too bad.
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I liked the Brit show The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin for its absurd humor. If you can find it, it’s worth watching.
 
drpreposterous said:
What makes for good entertainment, of course, is subjective. I like to drop in front to the tube to de-stress like anyone else. In recent years, however, the programming (good word for it) seems to have turned into an unrelenting woke commercial, determined to tell me how weak, unfair, incompetent, pathetic, greedy and downright evil are anything or anyone who identifies with capitalism, heterosexuality, marriage, Christianity, Western civilization (with emphasis on America) and individuality. Anyone of lighter complexion is usually the bad guy in these masterpieces.

Oh, and for the record: I love well-drawn, smart and capable characters whatever their gender or ethnicity. Brienne of Tarth (Game of Thrones) and Ripley (Alien) rock. Gimmee Denzel in Hunt for Red October or Red in Shawshank Redemption anytime. Just no Mary Sue Star Wars stuff please!

And I'm not calling for a boycott. It's still a free country, and I'm not into censorship. Such programs simply do not constitute entertainment for me. Since my family loves to find a good series and binge from time to time, I wouldn't mind advance word on series or movies that are not drenched in Social Justice themes. What have you recently discovered that you really like? BTW, I love good horror flicks, (non revisionist) historical dramas, thrillers and comedies.

I'll start us off with a gentle, but really well made British series called "The Detectorists." It explores the friendships and dreams of a couple of truly ordinary guys who just happen to have a passion for metal detecting. Two thumbs way up! It's on Amazon Prime, Tubi and Crackle among others.
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Vikings on Hulu is a good show if you can handle the violence.
 
Back in Time said:
Been watching a lot of Gunsmoke, Virginian, Bonanza on INSP Channel. Used to enjoy FBI, FBI Most Wanted, The Rookie, Big Sky, but they are all getting into the Social Justice crap and won't last much longer on my DVR. Blue Bloods will survive however.
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I like pretty much anything Tome Selleck ever put his name on. We have all the Jesse Stone movies.
 
If you have Roku... download the Movieland.TV app for free and watch a ton of old movies for free. No sign up either.

I’ve watched Vanishing Point, American Graffiti, Hang’em High, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Walking Tall and many others, all original with no commercials.

Amazon Prime, Hulu, Netflix Crackle, Peacock all have great stuff to offer.

I’m a big Rockford Files and Columbo fan, I have the DVD sets but having them available through TV apps is just as good.
 
Tsully said:
If you have Roku... download the Movieland.TV app for free and watch a ton of old movies for free. No sign up either.

I’ve watched Vanishing Point, American Graffiti, Hang’em High, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Walking Tall and many others, all original with no commercials.

Amazon Prime, Hulu, Netflix Crackle, Peacock all have great stuff to offer.

I’m a big Rockford Files and Columbo fan, I have the DVD sets but having them available through TV apps is just as good.
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Did you know that was James Garner, himself, ol' Grand Prix driver that he was, doing those spinning J turns on Rockford?
 
Kern Dog said:
This is a tall order.
I am hoping that the country will reach a point where we reverse course and stop pandering to the freaks and crybabies.
I absolutely hate seeing every TV show polluted with the forced inclusion of what we used to only see on pay-cable TV shows.
It is abundantly clear that there are strong forces pushing gays, drug use, freaks, transgenders and white guilt upon every viewer.
Screw that.
Every TV show and ad seems to have at least a racially mixed couple, a stupid white guy with no guts, a flamboyant flamer, strong willed and smart women and some other thing. Hey, I don't pretend that those things exist but they are very much OVER-represented on TV. I have no problem with smart women...I married one. I'm just tired of seeing white guys painted as dumb asses, racists or incompetent morons.
The pilot episode of 9-1-1 Lonestar had the lead characters interviewing candidates to staff a firehouse. Of course the Captain has a gay son. Who doesn't? They also include people of ALL colors, a Muslim woman, a black transgender he/she and a few others.
Yes, these people exist and I don't deny that BUT why do they have to be in every TV show as if they comprise a huge percentage of the population? TG people make up what.....1.5% of the population? Gay people are maybe 8%? If so, that is approx 9 people out of 100. If a show has 10 people in the cast, why are 4 of them in these categories UNLESS there are people trying to push an agenda on the viewers?
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Your estimates are a little high. A February 2021 Gallup poll reported that 5.6% of US adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
 
69_340_GTS said:
Your estimates are a little high. A February 2021 Gallup poll reported that 5.6% of US adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
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I remember the old propaganda that 1 out of every 10 man was a sodomite

What they failed to mention was that their test group were all incarcerated, so not the most moral bunch to start out with
 
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