Author Topic: Movies & Books Into Movies (Read 591801 times)

PatH · « **Reply #4600 on:** November 16, 2020, 12:01:53 PM »

How many of you have read a book,
then watched a movie that was based on that same book?

Were you disappointed?
Or elated that they hadn't made any significant changes?
Or even surprised to discover the movie was even better than the book?

We've expanded this discussion as we're all restricted to our homes with this coronavirus pandemic. If you've found good movies to watch or shows on TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime or wherever, please come share with us.

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PatH · « **Reply #4601 on:** November 16, 2020, 12:02:38 PM »

Yes, Rosemary, that's the essay. It made quite a stir when it came out, and I think some of the U people were pretty annoyed that she described things so plainly. Since I'm on the sidelines, and don't have to live with the system, I can just be amused.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #4602 on:** November 16, 2020, 01:06:18 PM »

Pat - your position is indeed the safest one to take re U/non-U - for people who care (not me) it's a minefield.

I forgot to mention (at least I think |I did

) that I am watching the DVD of the 2001 TV adaptation of The Cazalets (Elizabeth Jane Howard's books) and it is excellent. I put off watching it for months as some people gave it poor reviews, but I don't understand why they did, as it is very faithful to the original, and the acting is superb. Hugh Bonneville and Paul Rhys are especially good, and Nicola Redmond has just entered as the flamboyant, avant-garde, Hermione, old friend of Villy's and owner of a smart dress shop. Wonderful.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #4603 on:** November 16, 2020, 05:09:18 PM »

Funny Rosemary - yes we all say sofa here however, a bathroom or ladies room used in public places however, not referred to as a lavatory much less toilet, sitting room or lounge - some even say potty in casual conversation. I think what you are calling a scullery or utility room is what we call a pantry that can store canned goods as well as cleaning supplies or the laundry room where the washer and dryer is located along with other home cleaning equipment. Again this may not be a national ID of indoor spaces but for sure they are how we here refer to these spaces and are used to describe these spaces by Realtors describing a home on the market.

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #4604 on:** November 16, 2020, 05:32:57 PM »

Now Ginny, and all who watch or are watching "The Crown" (I am on episode 3 already), pay close attention to how the actors manage so perfectly to project the "mannerisms" of all or most of the characters. Prince Charles, and his hands in jacket pockets, the downward tilt of his head. When you get to the "Diana" portion, she manages to capture the "look up under the eyebrows", head down, shy looking; totally the young Diana. Now for Margaret Thatcher...wow, Gillian managed to get that voice, the pinch-face, etc. right on the button. Also, I am so glad to see the writers/whoever, give some time to Princess Anne, about whom we know very little, except she is/was an excellent horsewoman. She also has/had a good sense of humor (according to the writers).
I have loved every season/every episode of The Crown, and am totally enjoying this one also. Prince Phillip can be a real horses rear-end in a great number of areas.

ginny · « **Reply #4605 on:** November 17, 2020, 11:22:34 AM »

Oh I love it. I love it. Am at the end of Episode 2. I won't say anything to spoil it for those who haven't seen it.

To me Gilligan Anderson steals the show but I've always been a fan.

LOVE Dennis Thatcher. What a hoot he is. There they are watching a hammer throw, she says what am I doing here, miles from Westminster, miles from reality in this.... and he drolly says "Half Scottish half Germanic cookoo land?"

hahaha I like Dennis.

And THEN she delivers an assessment of the Royal Family, to which he adds his own inimitable remarks. Fascinating and bold, I think, for a movie producer.

I have to say that I'm not sure the Royals are coming off as well in this one as in the past? (Thinking of the "Test," I felt quite sorry for her. They could have done that better, the only one coming off well was the Queen.) To me. Maybe I need to watch it again. IS this what they are really like?

As for Shy Di, yes the actors have them down perfectly, Camilla, perhaps not so well. Do you see just a hint, or is it only me, of calculation in those downward glances of Diana's? Again I don't think this should spoil it for anybody. We all know the story.

Can't wait to discuss it with you all.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #4606 on:** November 17, 2020, 12:41:55 PM »

Ginny - I am not watching The Crown, though I intend to start right from the beginning soon - but, much as I have little patience with the royal family, I do sometimes feel that Camilla P-B is given an unduly hard time. She (like him) comes from a very traditional, hunting, shooting, fishing, stiff upper lip, background, and it's not her fault Charles married a naive virgin just to carry on the line of Windsor. She and Charles should have been allowed to marry in the first place, as usual it was the inner sanctum of royal courtiers, and no doubt some politicans at that time, who kept them apart. Many people here would say that Diana was pretty manipulative herself as time went by. I think it's important to realise that life in the royal enclave is not life as we know it; these people follow their own strange rules and traditions.

I'm not sure if I already said, but a couple of years ago at the Cathedral we hosted the premiere of a major new work by Paul Mealor for the commemoration of WWI, and Mrs P-B was the one sent to represent the Firm. I met her secretary several times before the event and she was extremely nice, said above all Mrs P-B did not want any special treatment, just an extra cushion for the back of her chair as she has spine problems. We asked what she would like to drink at the interval - 'oh she'll just have a Diet Coke' came the reply. I did not attend the event - I think I was away on holiday - but members of staff who did said she was great, did not want any fuss, insisted on going up at the end to thank all the musicians, etc before leaving.

Anyway, I don't think any of us will ever know what really goes on with that lot - so as you say, best just to watch and enjoy!

I am watching Season 5 of Line of Duty, which means I am exhausted every night by the sheer stress of it all. Thankfully there are only 6 episodes - though of course I'd really rather there were 60, it is so good.

Rosemary

ginny · « **Reply #4607 on:** November 17, 2020, 08:49:56 PM »

Have just watched Episode 5 and I think this new year's series is the best of all of them.

Lots of articles in the press about the fear that people will see it as a documentary. A lot of it is made up.

It's really hard to stop watching.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #4608 on:** November 18, 2020, 11:31:25 AM »

Ginny - not having seen any of it, I had no idea it was made up! People here do indeed talk about it as though it is some sort of drama-documentary.

ginny · « **Reply #4609 on:** November 18, 2020, 11:49:56 AM »

Some of it is made up. Several articles on it in the British press about Fact or Fiction in Season 4. Most of them have spoilers, though. Nice article this morning on the intruder.

It's an artistic masterpiece, Season 4, with triumphal performances the like of which we've not seen in quite a while.

Am now in Episode 7, it just keeps getting better and better.

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #4610 on:** November 18, 2020, 01:41:08 PM »

British actors are sublime! In almost any genre. I watch a lot of the British mysteries, and am absolutely enthralled with their performances. "Unforgotten" a Masterpiece Mystery, which I have just finished watching all the way through for the second time. Nicola Walker (hope I got that right) simply boggles my mind. She was also in "River" another Masterpiece Mystery. "Last Tango in Halifax", too.

This "Crown" season 4, is ________fill in the blank. Ginny I think you said it well, artistic masterpiece. I know that at some point, I am going to have to buy the DVDs, so I can watch again and again. PBS will be pleased if they hear that! They already have Seasons 1, 2 and 3, so I will wait for the boxed set (hopefully).

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #4611 on:** November 18, 2020, 02:59:45 PM »

Tome - yes Nicola Walker, she is brilliant in everything she touches! Her co-star in Last Tango, Sarah Lancashire, is also highly esteemed here.

I think I too will end up having to get that boxed set of The Crown!

Rosemary

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #4612 on:** November 18, 2020, 07:23:08 PM »

Yay, Rosemarykaye. So glad I am not alone in appreciating Nicola Walker. Yes, brilliant would be a good word to describe her!

In watching so many of these shows from the U.K., you see actors that have had roles in numerous other series. Sometimes their makeup has almost made them unrecognizable in other series. It's like a lightbulb goes off in your head when you realize who they are, and what they performed in!

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #4613 on:** November 19, 2020, 06:47:55 AM »

Yes, we do that too - I'm forever saying 'Oh you know, that's thingy who was in - what was it called?' I think it must be age, as I remember my mother doing this and I would sigh in a superior manner and tell her it was X in Y. So there's karma for you....

The only encouraging thing is that now my husband does it too. He also spends days puzzling over the plots of Line of Duty. It comes to us all

ginny · « **Reply #4614 on:** November 21, 2020, 10:50:26 AM »

I've finished the Crown reluctantly, it's very addictive and you can't stop watching. The entire Season 4 is worth watching again, too. And I may do that. You get quite caught up in it and perhaps miss some of the points. I am glad I'm not the one who has to choose which actress to nominate for Best Actress in any awards show. I predict it will sweep them all. As Simon Callow says in the Red Nose spoof of Downton Abbey: "Oscar, Oscar." I believe I'd nominate them all for every slot.

At any rate hopefully more of us can have watched it and can talk about it soon.

I think for me, if I had to pick out one scene, or one series of scenes, the "test" houseparty really set me back. Particularly the attitude of the group to the wounded stag. That I found hard to take. We have hunting here on our own property and I guess I have not spent enough time with some of those hunting but I do know my husband's take on a wounded animal, and I was quite.....really put off by the Royal Family at that point. And I'm still contemplating "Margaret Thatcher's" remarks about the group.

That said, now used to watching TV again, I taped Jurassic something Fallen World, made in 2018. This is, I think, the 4th and latest in the Jurassic Park franchise. And the farther it goes the less violent and horrifying it gets. I can't watch Jurassic Park, the original, it's too scary, and bloody, but Jurassic World, the sequel, and 2nd in the series, was really good, sort of a Disney World gone nuts, like WestWorld, but with redeeming values. This one is the 4th, but it's good entertainment and I enjoyed it a lot, even tho it's getting very Sci Fi, and scary but not the same as the first, and of course they left room for a sequel. The last 2 are something of a formula, but that makes it even more fun as it's not so unexpected.

I am reading about a rebuke from Paul Hollywood to the reaction of one of the bakers having been sent home on the new Great British Baking Show, pointing out that he and Prue are the ones tasting it and smelling it. Although Netfliz is showing photos of the new cast with Matt Lucas, I can't seem to find the new series. Perhaps once it's finished in the UK they will add it here.

I'm up to 2014 with Michael Portillo and today he's in a full kilt hahaha and in the highlands.

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #4615 on:** November 21, 2020, 03:11:08 PM »

If you'd be wantin' to see the Monarchy totally "trashed", go to Netflix and watch "The House of Windsor". It is a documentary, several episodes long. It begins with how the Windsor name came about. It has real film footage of King George, etc. Tells the tale of how they wanted to be rid of the Germanic name, Saxe-Coburg-Gota. The producers spend entirely too much time on the abdication of Edward, showing clips of he and Wallis throughout the entire series until you just want to scream. Later episodes, they keep comparing Prince Charles to Edward (David). When Diana appears, they portray her as scheming, conniving, self-promoting. The interviews with her private secretary are enlightening. Various historians, authors, Palace insiders, etc all put in their spin on the whole family. It is a very interesting series. If only they had left out about 15-20 clips and references to E&W. Everybody gets a proverbial "slap in the face", less so the Queen herself. They don't really trash Camilla but predominately Charles and his relationship to Camilla. Oh, the things we learn. Disheartening.

ginny · « **Reply #4616 on:** November 21, 2020, 05:06:48 PM »

Really? I don't actually WANT to see them trashed, because I admire the Queen, and was quite surprised at the subtlety used, but you have to admit the Houseparty ("Test") was not in their best interest.

I came IN to say that Yes, Neflix DOES have this year's new Best British Bake Off, it's Season 8, and Matt Lucas as Boris Johnson was priceless, that entire opening was priceless. Loved it!!

I could watch him do that all day.

ginny · « **Reply #4617 on:** November 28, 2020, 10:42:49 AM »

Almost through with the Great British Baking Show, enjoying it no end, love Matt Lucas, not too sure about some of the humor from both of the guys, perhaps a little too overt on the part of Noel, not sure that's needed, but maybe he can tone it down in future. Love the contestants, unfortunately do know who wins, but still want to see the end. Very much liking Prue this time, she seems more kindly for some strangle reason, always has something nice to say which nicely balances Paul Hollywood this time, I think the new team clicks nicely.

I, inspired, tried a new cake which totally failed, so I think I'll leave the fancy cooking to them.

Tomereader, when you said what you did above about The House of Windsor, is that the same thing as the Royal House of Windsor on Netflix?

If so I had been watching it. I love the archival film, particularly of George V. I do think the one commentator in the checkered shirt and the teeth, if you know who I mean, perhaps has a bit more snarky take on them than others, and I guess that's his job on the show, to say things in a gossipy fashion that nobody else but him can be blamed for? I need to go back and see who he actually IS? Some writer? But I am learning a lot I did not know, such as the Queen Mother thinking she'd stay on in the Palace and the conflicts therein with Philip.

I am enjoying it. As far as negativity, other than the above, it's nothing I didn't already know, but am not finished yet, and they could have been a lot worse on Queen Mary and Mountbatten and Edwina so far, too. Lots of film footage of Mountbatten, too. So interesting.

And what IS the American fascination with Royalty, anyway? Why do we care at all? There are other monarchies one could be interested in? None of them particularly speaking English as a first language, perhaps? The history, all that history going back and really celebrated?

Back with Shakespeare and Hathaway Season 3, episode 8 is a good one, enjoyed that no end. Very clever. None of them have met the challenge of Season 3 episode 2 however.

ginny · « **Reply #4618 on:** November 28, 2020, 03:33:49 PM »

People Magazine, on the other hand, has come out swinging about The Crown, saying, "Over the next few weeks a number of tiny lights will blink and go out on the satellite map of Windsor-worshipers. These dark spots will represent people disgusted by the royal family after watching the The Crown's devastating Season 4."

They liked Diana's portrayal, found Anderson's Thatcher, "the show makes her faintly ridiculous in her perpetual hectoring overdrive to reverse England's decline--Thatcher was about as ridiculous as a poll tax, but Anderson is entertaining."

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #4619 on:** November 28, 2020, 03:49:22 PM »

Ginny, from what you are saying above, this sounds very much like the one I watched, but I don't think it had the word "Royal" in front of House of Windsor. I will go back and check it out. However my Netflix seems to be on the fritz for some reason. It just won't load. Do you have any solution for that problem? I can still get my Amazon Prime channels though. So who knows???

I have started watching (Season 1, Episode 1) of "Virgin River" This is one my daughter recommended; she binged Season 1 and Season 2 and is grousing because Season 3 won't be on till late next year! I can't relay much info about it, as I'm only in the very beginning.

I found another "Scandinavian" mystery/police procedural that I am enjoying. I love the Scandi one as a lot of the language might have a couple or several English words in it, and along with the CC, makes it a lot easier to follow. Watched one years ago with an investigative reporter, female, can't think of the name of it, but it was very good. (Hey I don't even know if you care for mysteries.)

ginny · « **Reply #4620 on:** November 28, 2020, 04:06:09 PM »

I love mysteries! I will check that out, I loved the Denmark Beach House (which was not a mystery) one and in fact am going to watch it again. The CC does not bother me at all. Thanks for the recommendation.

I don't know about Netflix! Can you contact them? It's loading for me, however there may be an outage in your area. (In fact I thought perhaps the curse had spread as my son couldn't get the "hopper" to load and had to reset it). But it's working now.

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #4621 on:** November 28, 2020, 04:36:09 PM »

how do you reload the Hopper? I have that too could be part of my problem.

ginny · « **Reply #4622 on:** November 28, 2020, 05:43:47 PM »

They say you unplug it but we can't do that, it's behind the TV so you just turn it off and let it reset. Press the red button on the front and it will turn off and wait a minute or two and then turn it on again. It may take a while to reload. We have Joeys which are satellites of the Hopper and we hold the button down on them until it starts to reload, but I think for the Hopper you turn it off and wait a minute and then turn it back on. It will take a while to load back up.

If that does not work contact DISH or whoever you have your service with as they can fix it over the phone with directions.Happens to us all the time.

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #4623 on:** November 28, 2020, 06:11:57 PM »

Called my daughter, and she helped me re-set my Netflix account. Had to re-log in, with email, password and all. But, hey, it's working now. Thanks. I had reset my Hopper, but that didn't get Netflix back. All good now.

ginny · « **Reply #4624 on:** November 28, 2020, 06:58:46 PM »

Oh I'm glad!!! I was just worrying maybe with the Hopper one should hold until it starts back up too, and I had just gone to look it up when I saw your post, so I was worried and came here first. Not the world's gift to technology. hahaha

Thank goodness for children!!

ginny · « **Reply #4625 on:** November 29, 2020, 01:49:14 PM »

Well I finished Shakespeare and Hathaway Season 3 and enjoyed the last one, very clever, so a mixed bag for Season 3. Still think Episode 2 was the best. Am watching the Royal House of Windsor, now we've just had the Mountbatten murder with lovely footage of him prior to that with his grandchildren, lovely. Now Charles has asked Diana to marry him, and that's where I left off, thing seems to have a million episodes.

Am nearing the end of the Great British Bake Off, only a couple of episodes left.

And am now in 2014 with Michael Portillo and in London this series, I need to see how many more there are all told in the Great British Railways series, and how far that one goes.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #4626 on:** November 29, 2020, 02:18:42 PM »

Good evening everyone,

It's turned very cold here (currently 37F) and many of the paths are very icy and slippy, but yesterday in particular was a beautiful day with bright sunshine, and we have had some really spectacular sunsets.

I have finally finished watching the latest Great British Bake Off. I felt the result was fair, though it was a bit of a knife edge - however, in common with just about half the country, I thought that some of the judges' earlier decisions were not the best - in particular, the third finalist did not merit that position nearly as much as some of the people who were booted out earlier. But I do completely agree with Paul Hollywood that the online hectoring of this contestant was dreadful and inexcusable. it's just a show! When you've watched the final let us know what you think Ginny.

I'm not quite sure what to watch now! Tried to get my husband to join me in watching the first series of Pose (which is on i-Player, and which I saw when it first came out here, but he didn't) - but he was not keen, so I will re-watch that by myself.

Last night we watched a one-off fly-on-the-wall documentary about a well known Brixton resident and reggae musician whose nickname is Blacker. He ran a famous Jamaican record shop for many years, and the documentary maker, who knew him, just went around recording the lives of his community over a year or so. Not long after the start of the recording, Blacker was sent to prison for money laundering, but the programme carried on, talking to his sister, his various children, his best friend (a former armed robber and now taxi driver!) and various other people in the area. Brixton is only a few miles from where I grew up; it was then a strongly West Indian area, with an amazing market selling all kinds of interesting Jamaican food. Nowadays the community still exists, but like most areas within easy reach of central London, it has been gentrified to a certain extent. Typically, the big old houses have been bought up and done up by young professionals, while the run down council estates have been left to rot. There is a lot of crime. It was very interesting to hear the black community talk about their families, their values and their traditions, which they felt their younger members did not respect. Blacker himself had sent his youngest son, and the son's mother, back to Jamaica as he felt he would have a better, more disciplined, education there.

I do, however, need a good series to get my teeth into.

The latest film version of David Copperfield is available on Prime too. My daughter gave it a good review, so I might try that.

I have never seen any of these royal family programmes you're all so keen on! In fact the only thing I have seen to do with them recently is Mr Trump laying into Meghan Markle, which seemed a bit harsh. She has recently spoken about a miscarriage she suffered in the summer, and although most people have praised her for airing what is a somewhat taboo subject, even here she has had people accusing her of attention-seeking. I don't know much about her, but she does seem genuinely to want to support other women.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #4627 on:** November 29, 2020, 05:15:28 PM »

We too are in limbo on TV - lots of repeats and musicals - one of the annual fund raising drives on PBS has taken over all the time slots mostly with musicals that some they really reached back into their archives bringing out shows from the late 50s and early 60s - The entire day yesterday, over and over they showed the 4 hour documentary of the 25th Anniversary of Les Mis. So far their schedule does not show what will be shown when the fund drive is over.

As to movies - that is a total loss this year - not only are the theaters closed but covid has prevented new movies from being made - any theater that has tried to open only has old movies to show and no one wants to pay theater prices for what they can rent at home.

The other night I saw on TV a David Copperfield filmed in the 1930s and so even the TV stations are reaching into their archived grab bags. Thank goodness the holidays are with us because there are some holiday movies that are timeless and favorites. I look forward each year to It's A Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart and The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant and of course Charlie Brown's Christmas. The Grinch who stole Christmas has already played.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #4628 on:** November 30, 2020, 05:25:42 AM »

Barb - I was just reading about Charlie Brown’s Christmas and The Bishop’s Wife, neither of which I have seen. The Bishop’s Wife is, I think, on Prime here at the moment - now that you’ve mentioned it I will make sure to watch it.

I do enjoy It’s A Wonderful Life and The Grinch.

Rosemary

ginny · « **Reply #4629 on:** November 30, 2020, 08:23:03 AM »

I think I am the only person on the planet who has never been able to sit through It's a Wonderful Life. I have tried many many times. Even the commercial with the little girl singsonging every time (something happens) an angel gets its wings sets my teeth on edge.

hahaha

David Copperfield was the first Dickens I ever read and I love it to this day. I'll look for the new movie, if we can get it.

I have arrived at THE episode of the Great British Bake Off. I am not sure how they made that decision, and I'm glad I didn't have to make it (or eat all that food up to it) but I don't understand how somebody could troll the person who did get in, instead. She did nothing, she was nothing but positive and supportive to the lady who was (trying not to reveal in case anybody else is watching it) let go. Perhaps, as you say, in the past, something different could have been done, and it was disappointing in a way as the one let go had been praised so much and consistently, but both appeared to be really strong contestants. I noticed that Prue said this group was way above the others in the past.

I actually had expected it to be finally between the one let go and the one who won, to be honest. I don't understand trolling at all and could not find any so hopefully it was removed. I did see people expressing sadness and disbelief but nothing against the one who was not let go ( and who did not win at the end), either. I don't think the lady in question, who stayed in, would have beaten the ultimate winner, but a bad day is a bad day and anybody can have one. I guess Dave was just too strong to have the two ladies at the end. Why not have all 4? What difference would it have made? Perhaps they can change that in future.

I expect that all of them will enjoy some fame from the experience. I hope so, anyway.

It also seems that my journey through Britain with Michael Portillo will come to an end with Season 10, though for some reason Amazon keeps searching for Season 11. So I have ordered his Continental Journeys which I hear is fabulous and so can continue there when this one is over.

ginny · « **Reply #4630 on:** November 30, 2020, 01:13:45 PM »

And yes, it's the Royal House of Windsor on Netflix and yes they are getting a bit tough on Diana, I put this down to Dr. Piers Brendan, Historian (checkered shirt and teeth)...

Another big thing in either the BBC or the Guardian today saying, the BBC needs to put This is a Fictional Account on top of Episode 4, of the Crown, was it SUCH a shock, then? Perhaps it's been so long that some had not heard the tale of Diana and Charles.

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #4631 on:** November 30, 2020, 01:59:41 PM »

Ginny, just a heads-up; I don't know what brand of TV you have, but my two are Samsung, and the fix of unplugging the TV itself worked on when Amazon starts interrupting, and the little circle spins, and then it comes back on after the Oops something happened message. Just leave TV off for a couple of minutes and when you re-plug, you quit getting the spinning circle and the "something happened" message.

ginny · « **Reply #4632 on:** November 30, 2020, 02:32:40 PM »

I'll remember that. I think all ours are LG, and I have seen that Amazon interrupting thing, so I'll remember that, thanks!

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #4633 on:** November 30, 2020, 04:25:16 PM »

I think the LG tvs were mentioned in that same fix, so good luck with it!

Frybabe · « **Reply #4634 on:** December 01, 2020, 06:14:18 AM »

Tomereader1, I get that on occasion too, but my TV is a Sony and my TV/Internet is through Comcast. Since my stuff is plugged into a power surge protector, I generally just shut it all off there which will reset both TV and internet modem. If it is just the computer and/or TV I often just hit the reset or power button on the modem. Every once in a while the bits of info get a glitch or "stuck" and that clears it all. If that doesn't work or it happens much too often it is time to check with the service company to do a line and equipment check at their end.

The cats and I have been watching the Tembe watering hole live stream lately. So far I've seen more than two dozen elephants at one time, at least three different kinds of antelope, three zebra, what looked like a small rhino, and last night I got a real treat: five giraffe, a lioness (radio collar tagged), a very large beetle, and a rabbit. Huh? A rabbit? I didn't know Africa had rabbits. This one had very long ears kind of like a jackrabbit. I felt a sorry for the lioness; she was alone and every once in a while would give a call and listen for an answer. She looked a bit sad to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48MFrf5ADp8 Oh and birds, storks and pigeons (or doves) stand out the most.

In case I forgot to mention it, News of the World is set to release on Dec. 25. It is a great story. Tom Hanks should be great as the Captain.

PatH · « **Reply #4635 on:** December 01, 2020, 10:22:38 AM »

Frybabe, your Tembe live stream is a real find. I watched while eating breakfast, and mostly saw birds and some kind of antelope. It brings back some memories too. Eons ago, when we were still part of SeniorNet, one of the many discussions was a webcam of Pete's Pond in Botswana, with the comments of anyone who was watching. It was primitive compared to this site, but still fun.

ginny · « **Reply #4636 on:** December 01, 2020, 11:41:17 AM »

OH my WORD!! I LOVE the way you can go back? And see what all has come. There was nothing going on right now but I noticed it was close to the end in recording so I put it back!

OH my gosh, what a find! HERD of elephants at -9.8!!! Wildebeast? Before them. Young elephant chases animals with strange horns off.

Frybabe · « **Reply #4637 on:** December 01, 2020, 12:23:51 PM »

Yes, there is often something going on or something new. After dark there, say around 5pm give or take our time on the East Coast, the elephants are often back as are some of the antelope things (I really have to get a guide to the wildlife there). I forgot to mention the geese I saw the other day. It is interesting to watch how the animals interact, some keeping watch while others get some water. The giraffes are especially careful and extra alert. None of the animals make fast moves unless necessary, almost always slow and easy, checking the scenery all the while. There was one animal I couldn't make out clearly in the dark the other night, but I wonder if it was a small rhino. I haven't used the replay on this site, but I use it once in a while on the Streamtime Live sites along the St. Clair River.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #4638 on:** December 01, 2020, 01:21:07 PM »

night in Africa and nothing was happening so I switched to Alaska and watched the bears fishing - they too are slow moving with a seagull looking out over the falls that is so still if you did not know any better you would think the gull was a statue.

forgot about these cams - I'm remembering having one near a Park Ranger's house in Yellowstone and one near one of the bridges in London - need to look and see what is currently being recorded - now they are so prevalent for security.

Frybabe · « **Reply #4639 on:** December 02, 2020, 06:05:50 AM »

Barb, I kept checking last night and not a thing was going on all night. In fact, when I got up this morning there were only birds about. By 5AM here, there were only a few antelopes and one elephant. Slow night after the entertainments of the last two. Spring must have sprung there because yesterday I watched four young antelope racing about and one pair horn sparring. The grass is getting greener.

I watched a clip of News of the World last night. Right off the bat I saw changes to the story as I remember it, and it is going to take a bit to get used to Tom Hanks' voice after hearing Grover Gardner's reading of the book. Sigh! Still want to see the movie though.

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