On 4/11/2026 3:10 PM, The True Melissa wrote:
I watched Agatha Christie's Poirot, s1e01, "The Adventure of the Clapham Cook." Poirot was excellent. Hastings was also good, though he didn't
get a chance to do much. Miss Lemon was not the elderly woman from the
source material, but she was fine as a younger woman. In the end, the
mystery is solved and the bad guy captured.
I also scanned the list of episode titles. In s1, at least, they've gone
with the lesser-known tales from the short stories instead of the major novels. That would make it more interesting, since most mystery fans
know the plots of Christie's major works. I doubt I'll dig into this
heavily, but I'll tuck it away with that Russian Sherlock Holmes series
as good for a quick mystery.
I watched "The Face of Evil," from classic Doctor Who, for a RADW watch party. It's a good episode from a solid era, and we meet Leela for the
first time.
I know this is the episode that has the Doctor's face on a mountain or something. But I don't recall any details about the actual plot. But
if this is Leela's first appearance, then that means no K9. Wake me
when you get to The Invisible Enemy. ;-)
I also sampled Star Trek New Voyages, on YouTube. This is another fan continuation of ST:TOS. It doesn't have the same "Holy cow, how is this
so good?" quality that Star Trek Continues does, but that's unfair to
expect. It was okay, but they threw so many new characters at me that it
was hard to follow. I did enjoy watching Spock (serving under Captain
Pike) meet McCoy for the first time, during timeline shenanigans which
also didn't help with following the story. If you decide to check it
out, be aware that s4 is their first season -- I guess they decided to continue from where the original left off.
It's interesting that the original series is still so very, very loved.
That seems to happen most with shows which are optimistic and upbeat
about humanity and the future. Maybe more shows should try that.
What did everyone else watch?
I guess I'll do a multi-day catch up. Over the past week or so I watched:
Law & Order - "Beyond Measure" - I didn't fully follow the plot of this
one but it had something to do with the murder of a security guard
during a botched museum robbery.
Invincible (Amazon Prime) - "You Look Horrible" - Season 4, episode 5.
This was a good action packed episode.
The Boys (Amazon Prime) "Fifteen Inches of Sheer Dynamite" and "Teenage
Kix" - The first two episodes of Season 5. Things kick off with
Homelander now firmly running the country; arresting his political
opponents and putting them into camps. With Buthcher still on the loose
and planning the rescue of his friends, and release a deadly Supe
killing virus, Homelander thaws out his dad (Dean Winchester) to give
him a hand. My only question is where is Sam Winchester? The previews
for this season promised a Dean and Sam Winchester reunion.
Exit 8 (theatrical) This is a Japanese "horror" movie about a man who
gets off a subway train and finds it impossible to exit the station due
to the corridors never ending and looping back to the beginning, unless
he can solve various puzzles along the way. Now this movie was clearly advertised as a horror film. Except it's not scary at all. While the
trailer is cut in such a way that it *looks* like horror, watching the
movie in context it's not scary at all. I'm not even sure it was trying
to be scary. It feels much more like an existential meditation on the banality of life. I don't want to get into spoilers, but if you watch
the movie, you'll understand why I describe it that way. I also took
issue with the lead character being both boring and consistently making
dumb decisions. I just can't wrap my head around the lead guy realizing
he's in a s magical loop or whatever, and never really trying to stop
and question the weird guy whose in the loop with him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI5pcqGo36k
And a few movies on disc and some other stuff not worth mentioning.
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