hank213 1,823 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 This is for me and BigD, the rest of you can sod off....ok you can stay but keep it on topic...ok, you can stray off topic but off topic discussions must be (in order of preference): one's desire to bang keri russell ever since seeing eight days a week trannies pegging amputee porn guns mutually assured destruction (MAD) spies, spying, spy gear. oh, to hell with it, talk about whatever. one rule: no spoiler tags. if you haven't seen an ep and you don't want it spoilered, gtfo. I thought the feeb moving in next door was a bit hamfisted but I was willing to over look it. I particularly enjoyed last week's ep dealing with the assassination attempt on Reagan and how that quickly that could've escalated to a cuban missile crisis type event or worse. ok, so the spoiler thing is more of a suggestion than a rule. the sprinkler scene in edaw got me through some tough times in high school Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,359 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I haven't seen 8 days a week, and I was never a huge Keri Russell guy. I love her in this show though. I loved the Reagan stuff too. I really do love Cold war stuff. Period shows like this, that are set in eras of my life time, really make me feel old though. 1980 is a little before when I can remember, but shit is about to get real, real fast, and I hate that. People get depressed at 40.. I'm going to be depressed when I turn 36 in sept. I'm clinging on to my last year in the 18-35 demographic like a life line. Link to post Share on other sites
hank213 1,823 Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 I haven't seen 8 days a week, and I was never a huge Keri Russell guy. I love her in this show though. I loved the Reagan stuff too. I really do love Cold war stuff. Period shows like this, that are set in eras of my life time, really make me feel old though. 1980 is a little before when I can remember, but shit is about to get real, real fast, and I hate that. People get depressed at 40.. I'm going to be depressed when I turn 36 in sept. I'm clinging on to my last year in the 18-35 demographic like a life line. don't worry, it'll get worse. as hollywood/entertainment seeks to cash in on nostalgia all you loved as a child or teen will be recycled and raped. mercilessly. i was fairly politically aware in the early 80s. i was still young but spent an inordinate amount of time with grandparents, uncles, aunts, and other fairly intellectual adults and listened to their conversations. however, and i'm slightly embarrassed to say this, i don't think i was politically aware enough to consider the ramifications of the assassination attempt on the global stage. it wasn't until I started taking international relations and history courses in college that I was able to think about and understand how potentially dangerous the game Reagan played really was. it's really interesting to watch this show and see the solidification of the security state that began in the late 40s/early 50s really take hold. Link to post Share on other sites
Theraflu 1,039 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I really liked this last episode too! I...had to google the assassination attempt. Never really got to the 80s in any history class. And I minored in history! Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,322 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 In 82/83 I was in my last year of high school which was grade 13 in Ontario at that time and I took a World Issues class which was basically an International Relations class in high school. I was probably more anti-commie than Joe McCarthy at that time and the thesis of my major paper for that class was that the Soviet Union was the biggest evil in the World and the largest threat to World Peace. I used articles from Soldier of Fortune Magazine as part of my source material so you can imagine how rabidly anti-commie it was. My Brother joined the Canadian Military in 78 and started training to be a radio operator for the navy but because our Grandfather on our Father's side was born in Poland which was Communist they wouldn't give him the top security clearance that he needed so he had to transfer to a different trade. Link to post Share on other sites
ajs510 122 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 In 82/83 I was in my last year of high school which was grade 13 in Ontario at that time and I took a World Issues class which was basically an International Relations class in high school. I was probably more anti-commie than Joe McCarthy at that time and the thesis of my major paper for that class was that the Soviet Union was the biggest evil in the World and the largest threat to World Peace. I used articles from Soldier of Fortune Magazine as part of my source material so you can imagine how rabidly anti-commie it was. My Brother joined the Canadian Military in 78 and started training to be a radio operator for the navy but because our Grandfather on our Father's side was born in Poland which was Communist they wouldn't give him the top security clearance that he needed so he had to transfer to a different trade. Can we just go ahead and assume that Red Dawn was a staple movie in your formative years? Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,359 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 don't worry, it'll get worse. as hollywood/entertainment seeks to cash in on nostalgia all you loved as a child or teen will be recycled and raped. mercilessly. I mean, that's already happened with toy nostalgia, continously recycling the cartoons of my youth into movies. I wouldn't say this is a crass nostalgia exploitation, that's different . This is just a period piece, but that period was within my life time. It's depressing Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,322 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Can we just go ahead and assume that Red Dawn was a staple movie in your formative years? nah, when that came out I was already in University and even though I was a rabid anti-commie I wasn't in to bad movies with totally unrealistic plots. Link to post Share on other sites
ajs510 122 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 nah, when that came out I was already in University and even though I was a rabid anti-commie I wasn't in to bad movies with totally unrealistic plots. Link to post Share on other sites
hank213 1,823 Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 i'm putting this here so I can revisit after the series finale. either she will defect and he'll go back to russian or die. or she will end up being the one to convince him to defect. Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,322 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 I really liked this week's episode. I like that it isn't all Black and White, Commies bad Americans good Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,322 Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 FX's New Soviet Spy Drama 'The Americans' Is Great — But Is It Realistic At All? Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-realistic-is-the-americans-2013-4#ixzz2PzsqSJRw Link to post Share on other sites
hank213 1,823 Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 a couple of thoughts. so i'm a couple episodes behind (last week's and this week's) but I noticed how fx made a big deal out of putting last week's ep online because they screwed up the run time for the dvr schedules or something. well if that's the case I think it's by design b/c my dvr cutoff the last minute or two of the previous ep as well. i don't know if this is brilliant or contrived. it seems like every decision they have to make based on incomplete information they always choose the most paranoid, almost fantastical, line of reasoning for which they have little to no evidence to support their position. i don't know if it's lazy writing or if it's brilliant writing to show how their life has forced upon them that kind of thinking. Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,322 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I think season 2 has been better than season 1 so far. Interesting article from Foreign Affairs Magazine Spies Like Us A former spook tells us why "The Americans" is filled with more intrigue than real espionage. Link to post Share on other sites
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