Saturday I pivoted more to getting stuff done (generally successful!),
but I still did manage to get through a movie.
Anyway, on Sat., I watched:
soaps: GH - Fri's ep. Nina sells her half of the hotel to Jason, who immediately signs it back to Carly, but when Sonny finds out he accuses
all three of them of being "traitors", which Nina hears, and Nina immediately realizes that Ava lied to/betrayed her about selling the hospital to Jason. Ava keeps quiet about Sonny's meds being underdosed,
and doesn't try very hard in trying to talk Sonny out of whacking Dex
for trying to be a cop. A frantic Josslyn goes to Anna, to beg her to
not hire Dex as a cop, but Anna refuses. Later, Anna calls Molly in, and presents Molly with the evidence against Sonny - Molly feels she has a conflict of interest on the case (she clearly does!!), but Anna insists
that Molly be the one to prosecute!
golf - [sigh...] By the end of Day 3, Scottie Scheffler was leading the
RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, SC. For most of the day Collin Morikawa was
a strong second (sound familiar?...), but at the end of Day 3 Sepp
Straka vaulted into second, with Morikawa third, and Theegala and Aberg
just behind them.
Fallout (Prime) - "The Head" (ep. #1.3). Lucy takes Wilzig's head deeper into Los Angeles(?), but it is taken by an "abomination" in some water there. Then she is captured by The Ghoul, who is devoid of humanity by
this point and tortures Lucy. Maximus has to repair the suit but gets
jumped by some thugs and has to eliminate a couple of them to get the
suit back and repaired. Then the Brotherhood sends Maximus' former
bully, Thaddeus, to be his new squire. Maximus and Thaddeus eventually
get the head back from the abomination. By this point, the Ghoul seemed
to have abandoned the head and is taking captive Lucy somewhere.
Meanwhile, in the Vault, Norm (Moises Arias) believes the captive
raiders should be executed (he's right), and now-one-eyed Stephanie
agrees with him - it's looking like Norm may be heading towards a coup
in the Vault!
Night Swim (Peacock) - In glorious 4k!
ÿÿ Oh my God! The swimming pool is EVOL!! THE SWIMMING POOL IS EEVVVOOOOLLLLLL!!!!1!11!!!
ÿÿ This was OK, but was firmly in the milieu of "PG-13 horror". If this
had been "hard-R" horror, somebody would have been sucked into the pool drain a la Stephen King!
ÿÿ Arthur correctly "prophesied" that the family was *almost* smart in this, intending to blow doors after figuring out that the pool was haunted/EVOL!/whatever. But, of course, there's a contrivance, and they can't leave!
ÿÿ The ending was actually appropriate, I guess. At least, it didn't
piss me off, and was at least somewhat satisfying.
ÿÿ I know who Wyatt Russell and Karry Condon are. But I have no idea
who Amelie Hoeferle, who played the daughter, is - she seems to have
come out of nowhere (and apparently has a hideous tattoo IRL!).
ÿÿ Anyway, I guess this gets a very, very mild "recommend" from me,
though there are certainly many better, more gripping horror flicks out there!
What did you watch?
Magic (TCM) 1978 movie starring Anthony Hopkins as a magician / >ventriloquist who lets his dummy talk him into killing people. I'm
pretty sure I never saw this before now, although I'm also pretty sure I >remember previously watching the scene where Hopkins manager (Burgess >Meredith) sees if he can keep the dummy silent for 5 minutes and Hopkins >fails miserably.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr3y5Q5vr8g
On 4/21/2024 8:18 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
What did you watch?
I watched:
Rebel Moon (Netflix) parts 1 and 2.ÿ To recap in the first half an evil galactic empire is waging war in the stars.ÿ They land on a planet,
bringing a droid with them of course, and start causing trouble with farmers.ÿ One of the farmers leaves her village to get help from an
alliance of rebels.ÿ First, she makes a stop at a nearby cantina where
she hires a solo smuggler to fly her off world to recruit fighters
including one person who wields a saber made of light.ÿ There is new
hope because the good guys win at the end.ÿ There's even an awards
ceremony where the newly recruited heroes get prizes, but that takes
place in part two.
In the second half the Empire Strikes back against the alliance of
rebels.ÿ A new plot point has the evil henchman tasked with finding one
of the rebels who happens to be the (adopted) child of one of the
villains.ÿ Perhaps if they can find this child, they can be turned to
the evil side?ÿ Anyway, they show up at the rebel's moon and along with their imperial walking machines launch an attack.ÿ The Battle of in-door
is what you could say about one of the fights that takes place inside a building.ÿ Anyway, the rebel who has a saber made of light fights bad
guys leading to someone having a limb cut off during the fight.ÿ The alliance of rebels organizes the people that live on the moon into a fighting force capable of going up against a technologically more
advanced galactic empire.ÿ It's a trap!ÿ Is what you will say at one
point watching the sequel.ÿ But I did not expect to see an epic battle between the hero and villain using their sabers made of lights in the villain's headquarters during an attack by the alliance of rebels as the headquarters falls apart around them.ÿ Speaking of the alliance of
rebel's attack, it was really cool how some of them piloted single seat attack ships and the camera would zoom in on their face as they talked
to each other during the space dog fight.ÿ Overall, I have to say this
was probably the most original sci-fi series ever, and unlike any other sci-fi movie ever conceived of with their alien filled cantinas, droids, solo smugglers, alliance of rebels, imperial walking machines, and
wielders of sabers made of light, I just don't know where Snyder gets
his ideas!
On 4/21/24 8:44 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
Rebel Moon (Netflix) parts 1 and 2. To recap in the first half an evil >>galactic empire is waging war in the stars. They land on a planet, >>bringing a droid with them of course, and start causing trouble with >>farmers. One of the farmers leaves her village to get help from an >>alliance of rebels. First, she makes a stop at a nearby cantina where >>she hires a solo smuggler to fly her off world to recruit fighters >>including one person who wields a saber made of light. There is new
hope because the good guys win at the end. There's even an awards >>ceremony where the newly recruited heroes get prizes, but that takes
place in part two.
In the second half the Empire Strikes back against the alliance of >>rebels. A new plot point has the evil henchman tasked with finding one >>of the rebels who happens to be the (adopted) child of one of the >>villains. Perhaps if they can find this child, they can be turned to
the evil side? Anyway, they show up at the rebel's moon and along with >>their imperial walking machines launch an attack. The Battle of in-door >>is what you could say about one of the fights that takes place inside a >>building. Anyway, the rebel who has a saber made of light fights bad >>guys leading to someone having a limb cut off during the fight. The >>alliance of rebels organizes the people that live on the moon into a >>fighting force capable of going up against a technologically more
advanced galactic empire. It's a trap! Is what you will say at one >>point watching the sequel. But I did not expect to see an epic battle >>between the hero and villain using their sabers made of lights in the >>villain's headquarters during an attack by the alliance of rebels as the >>headquarters falls apart around them. Speaking of the alliance of >>rebel's attack, it was really cool how some of them piloted single seat >>attack ships and the camera would zoom in on their face as they talked
to each other during the space dog fight. Overall, I have to say this >>was probably the most original sci-fi series ever, and unlike any other >>sci-fi movie ever conceived of with their alien filled cantinas, droids, >>solo smugglers, alliance of rebels, imperial walking machines, and >>wielders of sabers made of light, I just don't know where Snyder gets
his ideas!
OMG - please tell me you are joking about all of this!!
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 4/21/24 8:44 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
Rebel Moon (Netflix) parts 1 and 2. To recap in the first half an evil >>> galactic empire is waging war in the stars. They land on a planet,
bringing a droid with them of course, and start causing trouble with
farmers. One of the farmers leaves her village to get help from an
alliance of rebels. First, she makes a stop at a nearby cantina where >>> she hires a solo smuggler to fly her off world to recruit fighters
including one person who wields a saber made of light. There is new
hope because the good guys win at the end. There's even an awards
ceremony where the newly recruited heroes get prizes, but that takes
place in part two.
In the second half the Empire Strikes back against the alliance of
rebels. A new plot point has the evil henchman tasked with finding one >>> of the rebels who happens to be the (adopted) child of one of the
villains. Perhaps if they can find this child, they can be turned to >>> the evil side? Anyway, they show up at the rebel's moon and along with >>> their imperial walking machines launch an attack. The Battle of in-door >>> is what you could say about one of the fights that takes place inside a
building. Anyway, the rebel who has a saber made of light fights bad >>> guys leading to someone having a limb cut off during the fight. The
alliance of rebels organizes the people that live on the moon into a
fighting force capable of going up against a technologically more
advanced galactic empire. It's a trap! Is what you will say at one >>> point watching the sequel. But I did not expect to see an epic battle >>> between the hero and villain using their sabers made of lights in the
villain's headquarters during an attack by the alliance of rebels as the >>> headquarters falls apart around them. Speaking of the alliance of
rebel's attack, it was really cool how some of them piloted single seat
attack ships and the camera would zoom in on their face as they talked
to each other during the space dog fight. Overall, I have to say this >>> was probably the most original sci-fi series ever, and unlike any other
sci-fi movie ever conceived of with their alien filled cantinas, droids, >>> solo smugglers, alliance of rebels, imperial walking machines, and
wielders of sabers made of light, I just don't know where Snyder gets
his ideas!
OMG - please tell me you are joking about all of this!!
Oh, Ian, Ian Ian
What Arthur wrote here in followup was excellent, far better than the
movie's script.
On 4/21/2024 9:28 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:Well darn, here I'd thought I found a new SW story to watch...
On 4/21/24 8:44 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
Rebel Moon (Netflix) parts 1 and 2. To recap in the first half an >>>> evil
galactic empire is waging war in the stars. They land on a planet, >>>> bringing a droid with them of course, and start causing trouble with
farmers. One of the farmers leaves her village to get help from an >>>> alliance of rebels. First, she makes a stop at a nearby cantina where >>>> she hires a solo smuggler to fly her off world to recruit fighters
including one person who wields a saber made of light. There is new >>>> hope because the good guys win at the end. There's even an awards
ceremony where the newly recruited heroes get prizes, but that takes
place in part two.
In the second half the Empire Strikes back against the alliance of
rebels. A new plot point has the evil henchman tasked with finding >>>> one
of the rebels who happens to be the (adopted) child of one of the
villains. Perhaps if they can find this child, they can be turned to >>>> the evil side? Anyway, they show up at the rebel's moon and along >>>> with
their imperial walking machines launch an attack. The Battle of
in-door
is what you could say about one of the fights that takes place inside a >>>> building. Anyway, the rebel who has a saber made of light fights bad >>>> guys leading to someone having a limb cut off during the fight. The >>>> alliance of rebels organizes the people that live on the moon into a
fighting force capable of going up against a technologically more
advanced galactic empire. It's a trap! Is what you will say at one >>>> point watching the sequel. But I did not expect to see an epic battle >>>> between the hero and villain using their sabers made of lights in the
villain's headquarters during an attack by the alliance of rebels as
the
headquarters falls apart around them. Speaking of the alliance of
rebel's attack, it was really cool how some of them piloted single seat >>>> attack ships and the camera would zoom in on their face as they talked >>>> to each other during the space dog fight. Overall, I have to say this >>>> was probably the most original sci-fi series ever, and unlike any other >>>> sci-fi movie ever conceived of with their alien filled cantinas,
droids,
solo smugglers, alliance of rebels, imperial walking machines, and
wielders of sabers made of light, I just don't know where Snyder gets
his ideas!
OMG - please tell me you are joking about all of this!!
Oh, Ian, Ian Ian
What Arthur wrote here in followup was excellent, far better than the
movie's script.
On 4/21/2024 9:33 AM, suzeeq wrote:
On 4/21/2024 9:28 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 4/21/24 8:44 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
Rebel Moon (Netflix) parts 1 and 2. To recap in the first half an >>>>> evil
galactic empire is waging war in the stars. They land on a planet, >>>>> bringing a droid with them of course, and start causing trouble with >>>>> farmers. One of the farmers leaves her village to get help from an >>>>> alliance of rebels. First, she makes a stop at a nearby cantina >>>>> where
she hires a solo smuggler to fly her off world to recruit fighters
including one person who wields a saber made of light. There is new >>>>> hope because the good guys win at the end. There's even an awards >>>>> ceremony where the newly recruited heroes get prizes, but that takes >>>>> place in part two.
In the second half the Empire Strikes back against the alliance of
rebels. A new plot point has the evil henchman tasked with
finding one
of the rebels who happens to be the (adopted) child of one of the
villains. Perhaps if they can find this child, they can be turned to >>>>> the evil side? Anyway, they show up at the rebel's moon and along >>>>> with
their imperial walking machines launch an attack. The Battle of >>>>> in-door
is what you could say about one of the fights that takes place
inside a
building. Anyway, the rebel who has a saber made of light fights bad >>>>> guys leading to someone having a limb cut off during the fight. The >>>>> alliance of rebels organizes the people that live on the moon into a >>>>> fighting force capable of going up against a technologically more
advanced galactic empire. It's a trap! Is what you will say at one
point watching the sequel. But I did not expect to see an epic
battle
between the hero and villain using their sabers made of lights in the >>>>> villain's headquarters during an attack by the alliance of rebels
as the
headquarters falls apart around them. Speaking of the alliance of >>>>> rebel's attack, it was really cool how some of them piloted single
seat
attack ships and the camera would zoom in on their face as they talked >>>>> to each other during the space dog fight. Overall, I have to say >>>>> this
was probably the most original sci-fi series ever, and unlike any
other
sci-fi movie ever conceived of with their alien filled cantinas,
droids,
solo smugglers, alliance of rebels, imperial walking machines, and
wielders of sabers made of light, I just don't know where Snyder gets >>>>> his ideas!
OMG - please tell me you are joking about all of this!!
Oh, Ian, Ian IanWell darn, here I'd thought I found a new SW story to watch...
What Arthur wrote here in followup was excellent, far better than the
movie's script.
As I very vaguely recall "Rebel Moon" was originally going to BE a Star
Wars movie.
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/21/2024 8:18 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
What did you watch?
I watched:
Now You See Me (Blu-ray) 2013 movie about 4 shady street magicians who
are mysteriously brought together to form a Vegas act that fronts for
various heists they disguise as magic tricks. Mark Ruffalo costars as
an FBI agent hot on their trail and Morgan Freeman plays a magician
debunker who is helping the FBI (and himself) to figure out how they
pull off their heists.
I liked this movie
Now You See Me 2 (4K disc) 2016 sequel which finds everyone from the
first movie returning for round 2 of payback and revenge with some
magical heists thrown in for good measure.
I didn’t like this movie nearly as much as the first installment.
On 4/21/24 8:09 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/21/2024 8:18 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
What did you watch?
I watched:
Now You See Me (Blu-ray) 2013 movie about 4 shady street magicians
who are mysteriously brought together to form a Vegas act that fronts
for
various heists they disguise as magic tricks.ÿ Mark Ruffalo costars as
an FBI agent hot on their trail and Morgan Freeman plays a magician
debunker who is helping the FBI (and himself) to figure out how they
pull off their heists.
I liked this movie
Now You See Me 2 (4K disc) 2016 sequel which finds everyone from the
first movie returning for round 2 of payback and revenge with some
magical heists thrown in for good measure.
I didn’t like this movie nearly as much as the first installment.
Agreed on both counts.
I feel bad for Lizzy Caplan - she tried her best, and indeed may have
been the best thing about the sequel - but she already had, like, 7
strikes against her. Including the fact that the second one, esp. the denouement, was asinine.
That said, I would be up for a third film (esp. if they brought back
Isla Fisher), and am surprised they never tried to do one. (AFAICT,
there's been no talk of another sequel at all lately...)
On 4/21/2024 8:24 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 4/21/24 8:09 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/21/2024 8:18 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
What did you watch?
I watched:
Now You See Me (Blu-ray) 2013 movie about 4 shady street magicians
who are mysteriously brought together to form a Vegas act that fronts >>>> for
various heists they disguise as magic tricks.ÿ Mark Ruffalo costars as >>>> an FBI agent hot on their trail and Morgan Freeman plays a magician
debunker who is helping the FBI (and himself) to figure out how they
pull off their heists.
I liked this movie
Now You See Me 2 (4K disc) 2016 sequel which finds everyone from the
first movie returning for round 2 of payback and revenge with some
magical heists thrown in for good measure.
I didn’t like this movie nearly as much as the first installment.
Agreed on both counts.
+`2
I feel bad for Lizzy Caplan - she tried her best, and indeed may have
been the best thing about the sequel - but she already had, like, 7
strikes against her. Including the fact that the second one, esp. the
denouement, was asinine.
That said, I would be up for a third film (esp. if they brought back
Isla Fisher), and am surprised they never tried to do one. (AFAICT,
there's been no talk of another sequel at all lately...)
There's definitely a third one on the way. There's been a lot of
chatter about it recently. I *almost* didn't watch the first two
because I expect it to arrive in the next year or two.
On 4/21/2024 8:24 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 4/21/24 8:09 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/21/2024 8:18 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
What did you watch?
I watched:
Now You See Me (Blu-ray) 2013 movie about 4 shady street magicians
who are mysteriously brought together to form a Vegas act that
fronts for
various heists they disguise as magic tricks.ÿ Mark Ruffalo costars as >>>> an FBI agent hot on their trail and Morgan Freeman plays a magician
debunker who is helping the FBI (and himself) to figure out how they
pull off their heists.
I liked this movie
Now You See Me 2 (4K disc) 2016 sequel which finds everyone from the
first movie returning for round 2 of payback and revenge with some
magical heists thrown in for good measure.
I didn’t like this movie nearly as much as the first installment.
Agreed on both counts.
+`2
I feel bad for Lizzy Caplan - she tried her best, and indeed may have
been the best thing about the sequel - but she already had, like, 7
strikes against her. Including the fact that the second one, esp. the
denouement, was asinine.
That said, I would be up for a third film (esp. if they brought back
Isla Fisher), and am surprised they never tried to do one. (AFAICT,
there's been no talk of another sequel at all lately...)
There's definitely a third one on the way.ÿ There's been a lot of
chatter about it recently.ÿ I *almost* didn't watch the first two
because I expect it to arrive in the next year or two.
What did you watch?
Magic (TCM) 1978 movie starring Anthony Hopkins as a magician / >ventriloquist who lets his dummy talk him into killing people.
On 4/21/24 8:09 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/21/2024 8:18 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
What did you watch?
I watched:
Now You See Me (Blu-ray) 2013 movie about 4 shady street magicians
who are mysteriously brought together to form a Vegas act that fronts
for
various heists they disguise as magic tricks.ÿ Mark Ruffalo costars as
an FBI agent hot on their trail and Morgan Freeman plays a magician
debunker who is helping the FBI (and himself) to figure out how they
pull off their heists.
I liked this movie
Now You See Me 2 (4K disc) 2016 sequel which finds everyone from the
first movie returning for round 2 of payback and revenge with some
magical heists thrown in for good measure.
I didn’t like this movie nearly as much as the first installment.
Agreed on both counts.
I feel bad for Lizzy Caplan - she tried her best, and indeed may have
been the best thing about the sequel - but she already had, like, 7
strikes against her. Including the fact that the second one, esp. the denouement, was asinine.
That said, I would be up for a third film (esp. if they brought back
Isla Fisher), and am surprised they never tried to do one. (AFAICT,
there's been no talk of another sequel at all lately...)
On 4/21/2024 8:24 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 4/21/24 8:09 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:Now You See Me 3 (aka Now You 3 Me) is "in development". Currently attached: Ruben Fleischer (director); Ariana Greenblatt; Dave Franco;
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/21/2024 8:18 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
What did you watch?
I watched:
Now You See Me (Blu-ray) 2013 movie about 4 shady street magicians
who are mysteriously brought together to form a Vegas act that fronts >>>> for
various heists they disguise as magic tricks.ÿ Mark Ruffalo costars as >>>> an FBI agent hot on their trail and Morgan Freeman plays a magician
debunker who is helping the FBI (and himself) to figure out how they
pull off their heists.
I liked this movie
Now You See Me 2 (4K disc) 2016 sequel which finds everyone from the
first movie returning for round 2 of payback and revenge with some
magical heists thrown in for good measure.
I didn’t like this movie nearly as much as the first installment.
Agreed on both counts.
I feel bad for Lizzy Caplan - she tried her best, and indeed may have
been the best thing about the sequel - but she already had, like, 7
strikes against her. Including the fact that the second one, esp. the
denouement, was asinine.
That said, I would be up for a third film (esp. if they brought back
Isla Fisher), and am surprised they never tried to do one. (AFAICT,
there's been no talk of another sequel at all lately...)
Isla Fisher; Jesse Eisenberg; Justice Smith; Mark Ruffalo; Morgan
Freeman; Woody Harrelson.
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