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Spenser Confidential
2020 · Film · 110 min
Directed by Peter Berg
Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two police officers.
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I don’t know. I watch a similar amount of movies each year, and I still enjoy it. If anyone is looking for some more obscure recommendations, can check out The Dreamers, and Stilyagi.
EDIT: I have to add that I reference movies a lot in conversation. Often, I’ll watch a movie then immediately call a family or friend to discuss some finer point. This happens frequently, sometimes for a fairly mundane movie detail.
EDIT2: Now I really want to make a list of movies just from this year, since my number has definitely gone up since COVID. I think I’d easily break 100 in 2021 alone.
EDIT3: Here’s a list from my Netflix history since June 1. Mix of TV and movies. I added Justice League Extended Edition and Replica even though they’re HBO because I watched them recently (within the last week). This isn’t really a representative list of my watching, plus I tend to watch a bunch of similar movies/shows, then switch to a new cluster. This group is particularly action heavy because I was playing a lot in the background recently while doing other work. All of these were fun! Even if I don’t think they are the best ever :))
Movies 2021 June-July
Zack Snyder’s Justice League Replica The Take Darc American Assassin S.W.A.T. Sniper Legacy The Interpreter Redemption Extraction Spenser Confidential
TV
Biohackers Shooter Quantico Sweet Tooth Record of Ragnorak Bodyguard Hollywood
I used to work at an environmental law firm in downtown Manhattan and accounting and other core financial systems were running on a VAX OpenVMS mainframe, and the document creation and storage was on PCs over a Token Ring, Banyan VINES network. The DOD was using VINES at the time. Memories of playing DOOM in 1994 downloaded from an FTP server somewhere while working the night shift to make backups on huge tape cartridges. The VAX system was pretty reliable and easy to deal with IIRC. A good thing from a hardware/help desk angle is that you didn't really need to troubleshoot terminals; they broke (keys or monitor) and required replacing. The mainframe was in the climate-controlled room, all in one place for any hardware servicing. I think Token Ring primarily was replaced because cheap, twisted-pair wiring made Ethernet less expensive. Token Ring had these twist-on bulky connectors. In a way we almost went there with Chromebooks basically being pared-down PCs and being served by a virtual mainframe, the cloud ("Spenser Confidential" movie "Give me the cloud scene" is hilarious).