What did you watch?
On 4/20/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
I watched:
"Diversity Bounties" EXPOSED | Source Exposes DEI Bribery at Disney | >>Hollywood Is PAID to Be Woke!:
Ever wonder why DEI has spread like wildfire throughout Hollywood over
the past 7 years? Producers at Disney and throughout Hollywood are
being paid "diversity bounties" to cast movies and shows with actors
who further The Agenda! A Hollywood insider steps forward to sound the >>alarm in this exclusive interview! #disney #mcu #marvel >>https://youtu.be/dMbb8Ex83-c?si=WvI4hzfIDtQ2_89N
Batman & Superman Force Sidekicks To Dig Their Own Graves!:
Superman and Batman force their sidekicks to dig their own graves? Yes, >>yes they do. World's Finest presents a tale of madness, mafia, and
more. Just how to Robin (Dick Grayson) and Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
find themselves in this predicament? It's a DC Comics classic from the
era straddling the silver and bronze ages. See it unfold here on
Casually Comics!
https://youtu.be/Ku11PSggTzc?si=rPjqu7tPEUevYrdw
The 10-Year Hunt for the Lost Cookbook: >>https://youtu.be/XIObMS5hS0Y?si=XmmWydYnvQDzP637
What did you watch?
Yesterday, I just wanted to get home to watch TV and movies, so that's >exactly what I did!:
Fallout (Prime) - First two episodes.
I finally decided to pull the trigger on this. I dunno if I will be
able to watch it straight through - I'm hoping I will have enough time
to be able to finish it over this coming week.
On 4/20/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
Yesterday, I just wanted to get home to watch TV and movies, so that's exactly what I did!:
Fallout (Prime) - First two episodes.
˙˙ I finally decided to pull the trigger on this. I dunno if I will be
able to watch it straight through - I'm hoping I will have enough time
to be able to finish it over this coming week.
˙˙ So far I like it, though I am not sure I am going to like the show's structure - e.g. how it seems to rely heavily on "guest stars" who show
up for one, and only one, episode. It's just a good thing that Walton Goggins is main cast on this, or I fear we'd never see him! (e.g. Kyle McLaughlin).
˙˙ I do like Moises Arias as the brother, though it may be the worst casting ever, as Arias and Lucy Purcell couldn't look less biologically related if they tried! (Maybe Arias' brother character was "adopted"?!)
˙˙ Curious to see where they go with this - I have never played the
video game, though I've heard about it over the years...
soaps: GH - Thur's ep. Ava discovers that Sonny's bipolar prescription
has been *under*dosing him! Under normal circumstances, Ava would
actually be the #1 suspect for this, but seeing as she's doing the investigating here, she's obviously not behind this... So who is?!
Later, Ava tells Sonny that Dex is joining the PCPD! (Ha!!) Joss worries about Dex's career path to Carly; later, Agent Jagger/John appears to be hitting on Carly! Cyrus decides to file charges with Anna, against
Sonny, for the beating; later Cyrus runs into Dex who apologizes for his part in, you know - trying to whack Cyrus! Lois continues to annoy me
now (and Rena Sofer doesn't seem to be going anywhere!!).
I then watched two movies... strangely, these were both in 4k - I guess everything is in 4k now!:
Lisa Frankenstein (Peacock) - Well, this was... "quirky" (written by
Diablo Cody!).
˙˙ For no reason at all, this is set in the (late) 1980s.
˙˙ Because of the film's premise, it kind of doesn't work - Kathryn
Newton plays Lisa, a teen who is emotionally disturbed in the wake of witnessing her mother's axe-murder. (Who thought this was a good idea
for establishing the character?!) Her father has since remarried (to
Carla Gugino), and Lisa now has a well-meaning and supportive, but
ditzy, stepsister, Taffy (Liza Soberano, who is apparently famous in the Philippines).
˙˙ Anyway, Lisa is the school weirdo in her new school, and she likes
to hang out in cemeteries, and is attracted to the headstone monument of
one particular young man who died in 1837.
˙˙ Taffy drags Lisa to a party where Lisa is dosed (with a
hallucinogen?), and then almost sexually assaulted. (Who thought this
was a good idea?!) This happens during some sort of freak lightning
storm (you can see where this is going).
˙˙ After, Lisa comes across the lad from the 1837 grave, now reanimated
by the lightning. At first, Lisa is terrified by him, but then decides
to clean him up. In return, the monster helps Lisa unleash her inner
hott Goth chyck!
˙˙ Meanwhile, Lisa's stepmom (Gugino), who is a villain straight out of "Snow White", has had enough of Lisa, and intends to have her committed.
˙˙ Murderous wackiness ensues.
˙˙ I never thought this got the tone right. While Lisa's tragic
background should make her sympathetic, the murdering quickly renders
her (and the monster) very *un*sympathetic - why are we rooting for two killers to get together?! And they're going for "comedy-horror", which
this doesn't get right tonally either.
˙˙ Thus, the ending is unearned, and the movie kind of never works as a result.
I almost pulled the trigger on "Night Swin" (off Peacock) but didn't
feel in the mood for it.
Bottoms (Prime) -
actually pay off. So I thought this was much better than "Lisa
Frankenstein" (it's also 10 minutes shorter!).
˙˙ The gist? Two bottom-of-the-high-school-pecking-order lesbians
(Rachel Sennott, who co-wrote it, and Ayo Edebiri from "The Bear")
decide to put together a "fight club, for girls!" at the HS, with the
help of their also weird and pathetic friend (Ruby Cruz). They bill it
to the other girls as a "self-defense (and empowerment!)" club, but the
real point is that Sennott's character wants to use the club to seduce
their two cheerleader crushes (Kaia Gerber and Havana Rose Liu).
˙˙ Of course, the club takes off beyond their wildest expectations.
˙˙ Anyway, this was amusing. The only thing I didn't like was that the asshole male football players never suffered any consequences for their horrible behavior.
What did you watch?
On 4/20/2024 9:20 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 4/20/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
Yesterday, I just wanted to get home to watch TV and movies, so that's
exactly what I did!:
Fallout (Prime) - First two episodes.
˙˙˙ I finally decided to pull the trigger on this. I dunno if I will
be able to watch it straight through - I'm hoping I will have enough
time to be able to finish it over this coming week.
˙˙˙ So far I like it, though I am not sure I am going to like the
show's structure - e.g. how it seems to rely heavily on "guest stars"
who show up for one, and only one, episode. It's just a good thing
that Walton Goggins is main cast on this, or I fear we'd never see
him! (e.g. Kyle McLaughlin).
Goggins chewing the scenery is probably the best thing about the show.
I then watched two movies... strangely, these were both in 4k - I
guess everything is in 4k now!:
Lisa Frankenstein (Peacock) - Well, this was... "quirky" (written by
Diablo Cody!).
˙˙˙ For no reason at all, this is set in the (late) 1980s.
˙˙˙ Because of the film's premise, it kind of doesn't work - Kathryn
Newton plays Lisa, a teen who is emotionally disturbed in the wake of
witnessing her mother's axe-murder. (Who thought this was a good idea
for establishing the character?!) Her father has since remarried (to
Carla Gugino), and Lisa now has a well-meaning and supportive, but
ditzy, stepsister, Taffy (Liza Soberano, who is apparently famous in
the Philippines).
˙˙˙ Anyway, Lisa is the school weirdo in her new school, and she likes
to hang out in cemeteries, and is attracted to the headstone monument
of one particular young man who died in 1837.
˙˙˙ [snip]
˙˙˙ Murderous wackiness ensues.
˙˙˙ I never thought this got the tone right. While Lisa's tragic
background should make her sympathetic, the murdering quickly renders
her (and the monster) very *un*sympathetic - why are we rooting for
two killers to get together?! And they're going for "comedy-horror",
which this doesn't get right tonally either.
˙˙˙ Thus, the ending is unearned, and the movie kind of never works as
a result.
Agreed.
I almost pulled the trigger on "Night Swim" (off Peacock) but didn't
feel in the mood for it.
Bottoms (Prime) -
This is on my watch list.˙ I'll get to it eventually.
I watched:
Abigail (theatrical) New horror movie about a group of kidnappers
(including Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kevin Durand, and Katheryn
Newton) who are hired by Giancarlo Esposito to kidnap a little girl for ransom.˙ But the little girl (Alisha Weir) turns out to be a blood
thirsty vampire who enjoys playing with her food before slaughtering
them.˙ This was surprisingly good.˙ I think mostly because I went in expecting a paint by numbers PG-13 jump scare flick, and this turned out
to be a hard "R" gore fest.˙ And the characters were generally smart and didn't do obviously dumb things.˙ It also borrowed heavily from "Fright Night" but that is meant as a compliment.˙ This was probably a better "Fright Night" remake than the actual "Fright Night" remake!˙ Although
it obvious has a different plot with the whole kidnapping thing, there
are some definitely and welcome similarities.
On 4/20/2024 9:20 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 4/20/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
Yesterday, I just wanted to get home to watch TV and movies, so that's
exactly what I did!:
Fallout (Prime) - First two episodes.
˙˙ I finally decided to pull the trigger on this. I dunno if I will be
able to watch it straight through - I'm hoping I will have enough time
to be able to finish it over this coming week.
˙˙ So far I like it, though I am not sure I am going to like the show's
structure - e.g. how it seems to rely heavily on "guest stars" who show
up for one, and only one, episode. It's just a good thing that Walton
Goggins is main cast on this, or I fear we'd never see him! (e.g. Kyle
McLaughlin).
Goggins chewing the scenery is probably the best thing about the show.
˙˙ I do like Moises Arias as the brother, though it may be the worst
casting ever, as Arias and Lucy Purcell couldn't look less biologically
related if they tried! (Maybe Arias' brother character was "adopted"?!)
˙˙ Curious to see where they go with this - I have never played the
video game, though I've heard about it over the years...
I then watched two movies... strangely, these were both in 4k - I guess
everything is in 4k now!:
Lisa Frankenstein (Peacock) - Well, this was... "quirky" (written by
Diablo Cody!).
˙˙ For no reason at all, this is set in the (late) 1980s.
˙˙ Because of the film's premise, it kind of doesn't work - Kathryn
Newton plays Lisa, a teen who is emotionally disturbed in the wake of
witnessing her mother's axe-murder. (Who thought this was a good idea
for establishing the character?!) Her father has since remarried (to
Carla Gugino), and Lisa now has a well-meaning and supportive, but
ditzy, stepsister, Taffy (Liza Soberano, who is apparently famous in the
Philippines).
˙˙ Anyway, Lisa is the school weirdo in her new school, and she likes
to hang out in cemeteries, and is attracted to the headstone monument of
one particular young man who died in 1837.
˙˙ Taffy drags Lisa to a party where Lisa is dosed (with a
hallucinogen?), and then almost sexually assaulted. (Who thought this
was a good idea?!) This happens during some sort of freak lightning
storm (you can see where this is going).
˙˙ After, Lisa comes across the lad from the 1837 grave, now reanimated
by the lightning. At first, Lisa is terrified by him, but then decides
to clean him up. In return, the monster helps Lisa unleash her inner
hott Goth chyck!
˙˙ Meanwhile, Lisa's stepmom (Gugino), who is a villain straight out of
"Snow White", has had enough of Lisa, and intends to have her committed.
˙˙ Murderous wackiness ensues.
˙˙ I never thought this got the tone right. While Lisa's tragic
background should make her sympathetic, the murdering quickly renders
her (and the monster) very *un*sympathetic - why are we rooting for two
killers to get together?! And they're going for "comedy-horror", which
this doesn't get right tonally either.
˙˙ Thus, the ending is unearned, and the movie kind of never works as a
result.
Agreed.
I almost pulled the trigger on "Night Swin" (off Peacock) but didn't
feel in the mood for it.
Bottoms (Prime) -
This is on my watch list. I'll get to it eventually.
Now, this was absurd, but several of the comedy bits
actually pay off. So I thought this was much better than "Lisa
Frankenstein" (it's also 10 minutes shorter!).
˙˙ The gist? Two bottom-of-the-high-school-pecking-order lesbians
(Rachel Sennott, who co-wrote it, and Ayo Edebiri from "The Bear")
decide to put together a "fight club, for girls!" at the HS, with the
help of their also weird and pathetic friend (Ruby Cruz). They bill it
to the other girls as a "self-defense (and empowerment!)" club, but the
real point is that Sennott's character wants to use the club to seduce
their two cheerleader crushes (Kaia Gerber and Havana Rose Liu).
˙˙ Of course, the club takes off beyond their wildest expectations.
˙˙ Anyway, this was amusing. The only thing I didn't like was that the
asshole male football players never suffered any consequences for their
horrible behavior.
What did you watch?
I watched:
Law & Order: SVU - "Combat Fatigue" - In a bit of a change for SVU this >episode focuses on the trial of the kidnapper they've been following all >season. The opening scene with in the jury room I could swear was
ripped off line for line from another show, but I don't remember which
(LA Law maybe?).
Abigail (theatrical) New horror movie about a group of kidnappers
(including Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kevin Durand, and Katheryn
Newton) who are hired by Giancarlo Esposito to kidnap a little girl for >ransom. But the little girl (Alisha Weir) turns out to be a blood
thirsty vampire who enjoys playing with her food before slaughtering
them. This was surprisingly good. I think mostly because I went in >expecting a paint by numbers PG-13 jump scare flick, and this turned out
to be a hard "R" gore fest. And the characters were generally smart and >didn't do obviously dumb things. It also borrowed heavily from "Fright >Night" but that is meant as a compliment. This was probably a better >"Fright Night" remake than the actual "Fright Night" remake! Although
it obvious has a different plot with the whole kidnapping thing, there
are some definitely and welcome similarities.
On 4/20/2024 9:20 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 4/20/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
Yesterday, I just wanted to get home to watch TV and movies, so that's
exactly what I did!:
Fallout (Prime) - First two episodes.
˙˙ I finally decided to pull the trigger on this. I dunno if I will be
able to watch it straight through - I'm hoping I will have enough time
to be able to finish it over this coming week.
˙˙ So far I like it, though I am not sure I am going to like the show's
structure - e.g. how it seems to rely heavily on "guest stars" who show
up for one, and only one, episode. It's just a good thing that Walton
Goggins is main cast on this, or I fear we'd never see him! (e.g. Kyle
McLaughlin).
Goggins chewing the scenery is probably the best thing about the show.
˙˙ I do like Moises Arias as the brother, though it may be the worst
casting ever, as Arias and Lucy Purcell couldn't look less biologically
related if they tried! (Maybe Arias' brother character was "adopted"?!)
˙˙ Curious to see where they go with this - I have never played the
video game, though I've heard about it over the years...
soaps: GH - Thur's ep. Ava discovers that Sonny's bipolar prescription
has been *under*dosing him! Under normal circumstances, Ava would
actually be the #1 suspect for this, but seeing as she's doing the
investigating here, she's obviously not behind this... So who is?!
Later, Ava tells Sonny that Dex is joining the PCPD! (Ha!!) Joss worries
about Dex's career path to Carly; later, Agent Jagger/John appears to be
hitting on Carly! Cyrus decides to file charges with Anna, against
Sonny, for the beating; later Cyrus runs into Dex who apologizes for his
part in, you know - trying to whack Cyrus! Lois continues to annoy me
now (and Rena Sofer doesn't seem to be going anywhere!!).
I then watched two movies... strangely, these were both in 4k - I guess
everything is in 4k now!:
Lisa Frankenstein (Peacock) - Well, this was... "quirky" (written by
Diablo Cody!).
˙˙ For no reason at all, this is set in the (late) 1980s.
˙˙ Because of the film's premise, it kind of doesn't work - Kathryn
Newton plays Lisa, a teen who is emotionally disturbed in the wake of
witnessing her mother's axe-murder. (Who thought this was a good idea
for establishing the character?!) Her father has since remarried (to
Carla Gugino), and Lisa now has a well-meaning and supportive, but
ditzy, stepsister, Taffy (Liza Soberano, who is apparently famous in the
Philippines).
˙˙ Anyway, Lisa is the school weirdo in her new school, and she likes
to hang out in cemeteries, and is attracted to the headstone monument of
one particular young man who died in 1837.
˙˙ Taffy drags Lisa to a party where Lisa is dosed (with a
hallucinogen?), and then almost sexually assaulted. (Who thought this
was a good idea?!) This happens during some sort of freak lightning
storm (you can see where this is going).
˙˙ After, Lisa comes across the lad from the 1837 grave, now reanimated
by the lightning. At first, Lisa is terrified by him, but then decides
to clean him up. In return, the monster helps Lisa unleash her inner
hott Goth chyck!
˙˙ Meanwhile, Lisa's stepmom (Gugino), who is a villain straight out of
"Snow White", has had enough of Lisa, and intends to have her committed.
˙˙ Murderous wackiness ensues.
˙˙ I never thought this got the tone right. While Lisa's tragic
background should make her sympathetic, the murdering quickly renders
her (and the monster) very *un*sympathetic - why are we rooting for two
killers to get together?! And they're going for "comedy-horror", which
this doesn't get right tonally either.
˙˙ Thus, the ending is unearned, and the movie kind of never works as a
result.
Agreed.
I almost pulled the trigger on "Night Swin" (off Peacock) but didn't
feel in the mood for it.
Bottoms (Prime) -
This is on my watch list. I'll get to it eventually.
Now, this was absurd, but several of the comedy bits
actually pay off. So I thought this was much better than "Lisa
Frankenstein" (it's also 10 minutes shorter!).
˙˙ The gist? Two bottom-of-the-high-school-pecking-order lesbians
(Rachel Sennott, who co-wrote it, and Ayo Edebiri from "The Bear")
decide to put together a "fight club, for girls!" at the HS, with the
help of their also weird and pathetic friend (Ruby Cruz). They bill it
to the other girls as a "self-defense (and empowerment!)" club, but the
real point is that Sennott's character wants to use the club to seduce
their two cheerleader crushes (Kaia Gerber and Havana Rose Liu).
˙˙ Of course, the club takes off beyond their wildest expectations.
˙˙ Anyway, this was amusing. The only thing I didn't like was that the
asshole male football players never suffered any consequences for their
horrible behavior.
What did you watch?
I watched:
Law & Order: SVU - "Combat Fatigue" - In a bit of a change for SVU this episode focuses on the trial of the kidnapper they've been following all season. The opening scene with in the jury room I could swear was
ripped off line for line from another show, but I don't remember which
(LA Law maybe?).
Abigail (theatrical) New horror movie about a group of kidnappers
(including Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kevin Durand, and Katheryn
Newton) who are hired by Giancarlo Esposito to kidnap a little girl for ransom. But the little girl (Alisha Weir) turns out to be a blood
thirsty vampire who enjoys playing with her food before slaughtering
them. This was surprisingly good. I think mostly because I went in expecting a paint by numbers PG-13 jump scare flick, and this turned out
to be a hard "R" gore fest. And the characters were generally smart and didn't do obviously dumb things. It also borrowed heavily from "Fright Night" but that is meant as a compliment. This was probably a better "Fright Night" remake than the actual "Fright Night" remake! Although
it obvious has a different plot with the whole kidnapping thing, there
are some definitely and welcome similarities.
Abigail (theatrical) New horror movie about a group of kidnappers
(including Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kevin Durand, and Katheryn
Newton) who are hired by Giancarlo Esposito to kidnap a little girl for ransom. But the little girl (Alisha Weir) turns out to be a blood
thirsty vampire who enjoys playing with her food before slaughtering
them. This was surprisingly good. I think mostly because I went in
expecting a paint by numbers PG-13 jump scare flick, and this turned out
to be a hard "R" gore fest. And the characters were generally smart and didn't do obviously dumb things. It also borrowed heavily from "Fright Night" but that is meant as a compliment. This was probably a better
"Fright Night" remake than the actual "Fright Night" remake! Although
it obvious has a different plot with the whole kidnapping thing, there
are some definitely and welcome similarities.
| Sysop: | Tetrazocine |
|---|---|
| Location: | Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
| Users: | 7 |
| Nodes: | 8 (0 / 8) |
| Uptime: | 191:34:52 |
| Calls: | 46 |
| Files: | 21,492 |
| Messages: | 63,442 |