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Un dollaro tra i denti (1967)
System sound
Other than thinking a USB cable unplugged every few seconds this was an OK movie. Somewhere a sound engineer looking for an Android system sound saw this movie and said, "hey, that's perfect!". I saw where others had compared it to other Italian westerns and that's OK, they are fun to watch on a slow day. I could see this in a marathon on a boxed set or on TV late at night, even in an RV on a long road trip. Compared to today's post Covid offerings this is fun, like most old foreign westerns. I gave it a middle of the road score because there are better foreign westerns than this one but this offering was a little different. It's always fun seeing how different cameramen work.
Texas Rising (2015)
Maybe they should change the name to "The Channel" and drop the history
Texas Rising on The History Channel, Texas History re-imagined by the Tea Party. The History Channel just doesn't even try anymore. About the only truth in this crap is there is a state called Texas and in that state there is a place called the Alamo. Other than that it's a right- wing jerk fest, written by the guy who writes Walker, Texas Ranger.
Texas Rising is a miniseries that glorifies the story of white settlers in lands that belong to Mexico and was initially settled by Native Americans which in turn portrays the Mexicans and Indians as savages. Want to know about the "Texican's " position on slavery? Well you won't find it in this show. In a nutshell, they loved the slavery. Mexico didn't, hence war. You can put honey butter on a stale biscuit but in the end all you have is a nasty-ass tasting biscuit. Come on History Channel, do some actual history.
Basically this miniseries is about a band of Teabaggers doing what they think is best, kicking a bunch of Mexicans out of Texas, something they really love and continue to do to this day. Full disclosure, I'm from Texas, something I don't usually admit.
Watch Dogs (2014)
Probably the worst game I've ever tried to play
Watch Dog sucks the liquefied meat out of a cheap off-brand hot dog weenie. i sold my copy so fast it made the clerk at the game store sprain his fingers on the cash register keypad. I have never played a game that sucked so bad. The company that made this game should issue a public apology and then take us all to Red Lobster for some cheesy biscuits.
You don't make a better game by adding a bunch of useless features complicating game play so much that the gamer just sits there staring at the screen asking themselves, "What the heck do all those icons mean?" Seriously, you need a guide in your lap just to play this hunk of junk.
I could now mention the police chases but you should experience that nightmare yourself. Valium may help. Sure, I may get flamed by basement dwellers who have nothing better to do than enjoy the virtual world of Watch Dogs and have taken the time to figure out the 54,678 controller combinations required to hide behind a box. I'm just the middle-aged gamer who likes to play video games. I guess I'll spend the next three hours trying to beat a Wofenstein boss and leave the Watch Dog devotee to the task of, well, absolutely nothing. Ubi, I want my cheesy biscuits!