My Irish grandmother had a bar in her basement that after a fire my dad got it and refurbished it and we had it for another 30 years after that until 2000. I'm not sure I would call them alcoholics but they did know how to drink, must be the Irish in them.60s-70s movies and TV: everyone had a wet bar (with everpresent bucket of ice of course) in their living room. Were they anywhere near that prevalent in real life? I don't recall seeing them that often, if at all, as a kid.
People, directors, producers, et al..., screwing around with characters, stories, plot-lines from the original (much admired) books from which they shamelessly advertise as having an association with (said book/author) and ensnare/dupe the public into believing so..... looking at you ‘Tom Clancy’s’ “ Without Remorse “.... the latest in a long line of films that should have just come up with it’s own IP, instead of ripping on an established story teller and his works.
Thing i am tired of seeing: The bookish character who is very very nearsighted and has glasses that make their eyes look huge. In reality the optical effect is exactly the opposite of this.
Don't count on H.Wood to respect the storyI don't have a big problem with them casting Michael B Jordan and changing Clark's race, but they should have at least made it in the Vietnam timeline. Clark was a Vietnam SEAL, yet they have MBJ playing him in modern times as a 30 something year old . It's like a giant finger to the people who were fans and would really want to go see it. I'm still waiting for a Rainbow Six movie, but I'd be scared what they would do to it!
60s-70s movies and TV: everyone had a wet bar (with everpresent bucket of ice of course) in their living room. Were they anywhere near that prevalent in real life? I don't recall seeing them that often, if at all, as a kid.
I don't mind it so much because a) as far as I know I'm neither gay nor bisexual, so it's just a guy without a shirt (or clothes, occasionally) and b) we guys who appreciate the female form have had more than enough opportunities over the years to see near-naked or naked women, so why not give the ladies their fair share?In superhero films, the obligatory shirtless abs scene.
But if it keeps my wife interested in the MCU then I can cope...
Cocktail parties used to be a thing regular middle class people would have. In fact I was recently gifted my great-aunt and uncle's 1930's/40's cut glass cocktail shaker. A wet bar is in my remodeling dream plan. I love making a quality cocktail, it's definitely cooking-adjacent.I go to a lot of estate sales, and we are solidly in the "we were cool in the 70s" era of estate liquidation. I've seen many living room wet bars.