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Sylvie's Love (2020)
We shall see...
Just started to watch this based on the positive reviews. I notice that most "period pieces" have "goofs" listed. I guess since most production companies don't spend like a billion dollars seeing that every tiny little reference of the time is accurate to the most microscopic detail and since most audiences are not THAT concerned. So I am going to see afterwards what miniscule errors I missed. Let me see something like...
Duh...obviously the shade of yellow used on a taxis in this time period (in the whole 3 second scene with a taxi) should have been 2% brighter.
The brand of cigarette shown was not sold till 2 months latter on that particular block.
The album shown on the fourth shelf behind the actor in the shop scene did not have Blah blah on the cover - rather it was his cousin blah blah.
Stupid me, I will no doubt think - why was I watching the actor in that critical scene instead of the 100 albums in the background. So much guilt will ensue.
Any ways... you get my drift. It will be interesting to see what highly significant errors I will miss.
Mission: Impossible: The Mercenaries (1968)
This episode officially made this my new favorite comedy of the 60s.
My wife and I recently started watching this old series that we both vaguely remember from back in the day. I remembered watching this show as a young lad and thinking at that time how cool it was. Now, after getting through several years of shows, I must admit that it probably seemed very "cutting edge" with all the clever gadgetry used to foil the "bad guys". Half the time I think - that was clever - and the other times I laugh out loud at how ludicrous some of the methods they used was. This episode just about topped them all so far. My wife and I both laughed at the crazy method they used to get the gold out of the vault. OMG! The basic theme of most episodes is - how can we accomplish something in the most insane way possible - when a MUCH easier and obvious way would have worked just as well. Spoiler alert at this point. After they drilled the hole into the floor of the vault we assumed they would simply make it large enough to enter it and lower the whole gold bars through the hole - simple. But of course that would be far too obvious and straight-forward. No - let's heat of the chamber to some 2,000 degrees and melt the gold. Problem is, the surrounding structure would surely have burst into flames? Not to mention the intense heat must have seeped into the area below and cooked the two guys underneath. Anyways, I get the need for some NEW way to be used and not shown before. Still I love the show just to see what new over-the-top thing they will come up with next. A mixture of awe and laughs - a great combination.