What did everyone else watch?
I watched another Ghosts. I can't honestly say the show is still good,
but they still create absurd situations which evoke a few laughs.
I also watched some South Park reruns. It's an uneven show, but almost
every season has at least one or two great episodes.
What did everyone else watch?
Dr. Strangelove (4K disc) 1964 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. Peter >Sellers plays, um, most characters, in this comedy about a general who >decides to unilaterally launch a nuclear war against Russia. The movie >holds up great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAeqVGP-GPM
A Clockwork Orange (4K disc) 1971 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Malcolm McDowell stars as a young criminal who is forcibly cured of his >criminal tendencies by the government. I watched with a pretty good >commentary track by Malcolm McDowell who had lots of good stories about >Kubrick and the making of the movie.
2001: A Space Odyssey (4K disc) 1968 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick.
I'm not going to try and summarize the plot. There's no point. I
watched with a pretty good commentary by the movie's two stars. They
had lots of interesting stories about the making of the movie.
2010: The Year We Make Contact (blu-ray) 1984 sequel that picks up where >2001 left off with a joint American and Russian mission to find the plot
of 2001. I like 2001, but 2010 is the better movie.
Ad Astra (4K disc) 2019 sci fi movie that desperately wants to be the
next 2001. But it's not! The plot has something to do with Brad Pitt's character on a mission in deep space to track down his father (Tommy Lee Jones) who has gone rogue or something. I don't know. But the movie
does more or less look nice, so it has that going for it.
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
Dr. Strangelove (4K disc) 1964 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. Peter
Sellers plays, um, most characters, in this comedy about a general who
decides to unilaterally launch a nuclear war against Russia. The movie
holds up great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAeqVGP-GPM
Merely three characters! He was supposed to play the George C. Scott character too, and it's a relief that he didn't as it's the best
performance in the film.
And what about the character names in Terry Southern's script?
I'm surprised you didn't pair with Fail-Safe, from the same source
material; there was a lawsuit.
A Clockwork Orange (4K disc) 1971 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Malcolm McDowell stars as a young criminal who is forcibly cured of his
criminal tendencies by the government. I watched with a pretty good
commentary track by Malcolm McDowell who had lots of good stories about
Kubrick and the making of the movie.
Ah. I might enjoy the comments. Very first R rated movie I snuck into! I
was a pre teen. No one cared.
2001: A Space Odyssey (4K disc) 1968 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick.
I'm not going to try and summarize the plot. There's no point. I
watched with a pretty good commentary by the movie's two stars. They
had lots of interesting stories about the making of the movie.
Plot, schmot
I read the novel. Douglas Trumbo's effects were the star, plus the
payphone gag.
2010: The Year We Make Contact (blu-ray) 1984 sequel that picks up where
2001 left off with a joint American and Russian mission to find the plot
of 2001. I like 2001, but 2010 is the better movie.
I disliked the novel and the movie and find it all unrelated to
Kubrick's movie.
On 5/31/2026 2:28 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
Dr. Strangelove (4K disc) 1964 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. Peter >>> Sellers plays, um, most characters, in this comedy about a general who
decides to unilaterally launch a nuclear war against Russia. The movie
holds up great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAeqVGP-GPM
Merely three characters! He was supposed to play the George C. Scott
character too, and it's a relief that he didn't as it's the best
performance in the film.
How in the world did everyone keep a straight face when Scott fell?
And what about the character names in Terry Southern's script?
I'm surprised you didn't pair with Fail-Safe, from the same source
material; there was a lawsuit.
That definitely crossed my mind. Two problems with that. It didn't
occur to me until I was watching the movie. And more importantly, I
don't actually own Fail Safe, and it's not available to stream for free.
Sometimes when I'm putting watch lists together, they may partially be
based on a movie I have sitting on my DVR. And sometimes I will make a
note to my future self when to stream a movie if available. And that >happens sometimes. Failsafe isn't available now, but the next time I
watch it might be.
A Clockwork Orange (4K disc) 1971 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Malcolm McDowell stars as a young criminal who is forcibly cured of his
criminal tendencies by the government. I watched with a pretty good
commentary track by Malcolm McDowell who had lots of good stories about
Kubrick and the making of the movie.
Ah. I might enjoy the comments. Very first R rated movie I snuck into! I
was a pre teen. No one cared.
McDowell mentioned the movie being rated X at the time. It's mild by >today's standards, but McDowell said Kubrick was getting death threats
and blamed for crime in England to the point he pulled the movie from
the country. McDowell also said Kubrick insisted on holding the camera >himself to film certain scenes, but Kubrick was really bad at
cinematography and didn't know how to aim the camera properly. McDowell >said he kept telling Kubrick he was framing the shots wrong, but Kubrick >didn't care. McDowell pointed out some of the scenes, and he was right.
The framing was off. LOL
2001: A Space Odyssey (4K disc) 1968 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick.
I'm not going to try and summarize the plot. There's no point. I
watched with a pretty good commentary by the movie's two stars. They
had lots of interesting stories about the making of the movie.
Plot, schmot
I read the novel. Douglas Trumbo's effects were the star, plus the
payphone gag.
The actors explained how a lot of the effects were done in camera. But >unfortunately I didn't follow a lot of their explanations about locking
the camera and what was or wasn't rotating.
2010: The Year We Make Contact (blu-ray) 1984 sequel that picks up where >>> 2001 left off with a joint American and Russian mission to find the plot >>> of 2001. I like 2001, but 2010 is the better movie.
I disliked the novel and the movie and find it all unrelated to
Kubrick's movie.
To be fair, Kubrick's movie didn't have much to do with the novel. On
the commentary the actors said there was only one scene in the movie
that's from the actual novel. The thing I like about 2010 is it
actually explains what's going on in 2001. And if you watch 2001 with
that in mind, 2001 makes a lot more sense.
On Saturday, I watched:
[snip]
Supernova (Amazon streaming) Sometimes you just want to watch a bad
movie.ÿ And it doesn't get much badder than 2000's Supernova.ÿ I needed something to wash the taste of Ad Astra out of my mouth.ÿ It needed to
just not be a bad sci-fi space movie.ÿ But a movie so bad the director pulled his name off of it.ÿ And Supernova *is* that bad movie.ÿ What
makes Supernova a fascinating movie to survive, (you don't watch
Supernova, you survive it!) is it was directed by Walter Hill and has an excellent cast including Angela Basett, James Spader, Lou Diamond
Phillips, Robert Forster, Wilson Cruz, Robin Tunney, and a pre
"Twilight" Peter Facinelli.ÿ What would happen if an A class director
and cast made a movie using an Asylum script and budget, this is
probably what you'd get.ÿ Anyway, I guess I should mention the plot of
this Turkey.ÿ A group of young photogenic actors fly their space
ambulance waiting to rescue someone then they get a rescue call and when they show to save the day, the guy turns out to be a psycho who wants
them dead.ÿ What could go wrong?ÿ Everything.
Apparently they brought in Hill because he produced the "Alien" movies
then thanks to studio interference he wasn't allowed to make an "Alien" movie.ÿ I don't know what nonsense took place behind the scenes, but it showed up in the final product.ÿ In space, no one can hear you snark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLmjjtpb4H4
What did everyone else watch?
On 5/31/26 1:52 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
On Saturday, I watched:
[snip]
Supernova (Amazon streaming) Sometimes you just want to watch a bad
movie.ÿ And it doesn't get much badder than 2000's Supernova.ÿ I
needed something to wash the taste of Ad Astra out of my mouth.ÿ It
needed to just not be a bad sci-fi space movie.ÿ But a movie so bad
the director pulled his name off of it.ÿ And Supernova *is* that bad
movie.ÿ What makes Supernova a fascinating movie to survive, (you
don't watch Supernova, you survive it!) is it was directed by Walter
Hill and has an excellent cast including Angela Basett, James Spader,
Lou Diamond Phillips, Robert Forster, Wilson Cruz, Robin Tunney, and a
pre "Twilight" Peter Facinelli.ÿ What would happen if an A class
director and cast made a movie using an Asylum script and budget, this
is probably what you'd get.ÿ Anyway, I guess I should mention the plot
of this Turkey.ÿ A group of young photogenic actors fly their space
ambulance waiting to rescue someone then they get a rescue call and
when they show to save the day, the guy turns out to be a psycho who
wants them dead.ÿ What could go wrong?ÿ Everything.
I am quite sure I like this movie a lot more than you do. (Though it has been over a decade since I've last seen it.)
By the same token, I am quite sure I hate "Event Horizon" a lot more
than everyone else seems to.
Apparently they brought in Hill because he produced the "Alien" movies
then thanks to studio interference he wasn't allowed to make an
"Alien" movie.ÿ I don't know what nonsense took place behind the
scenes, but it showed up in the final product.ÿ In space, no one can
hear you snark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLmjjtpb4H4
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
A Clockwork Orange (4K disc) 1971 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Malcolm McDowell stars as a young criminal who is forcibly cured of his
criminal tendencies by the government. I watched with a pretty good
commentary track by Malcolm McDowell who had lots of good stories about
Kubrick and the making of the movie.
Ah. I might enjoy the comments. Very first R rated movie I snuck into! I
was a pre teen. No one cared.
2001: A Space Odyssey (4K disc) 1968 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick.
I'm not going to try and summarize the plot. There's no point. I
watched with a pretty good commentary by the movie's two stars. They
had lots of interesting stories about the making of the movie.
Plot, schmot
I read the novel.
payphone gag.
2010: The Year We Make Contact (blu-ray) 1984 sequel that picks up where
2001 left off with a joint American and Russian mission to find the plot
of 2001. I like 2001, but 2010 is the better movie.
I disliked the novel and the movie and find it all unrelated to
Kubrick's movie.
On May 31, 2026 at 1:52:11 PM PDT, "Arthur Lipscomb" <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
Ad Astra (4K disc) 2019 sci fi movie that desperately wants to be the
next 2001. But it's not! The plot has something to do with Brad Pitt's
character on a mission in deep space to track down his father (Tommy Lee
Jones) who has gone rogue or something. I don't know. But the movie
does more or less look nice, so it has that going for it.
That's the one where the moon's gravity varies based on whether they're inside
or outside. When they're inside moon base, they walk around like normal on earth. But when they suit up and go outside, they do that bouncy walk-leap thing because of the low gravity.
Science!
On 5/31/2026 2:28 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
Dr. Strangelove (4K disc) 1964 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. Peter >>> Sellers plays, um, most characters, in this comedy about a general who
decides to unilaterally launch a nuclear war against Russia. The movie
holds up great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAeqVGP-GPM
Merely three characters! He was supposed to play the George C. Scott
character too, and it's a relief that he didn't as it's the best
performance in the film.
How in the world did everyone keep a straight face when Scott fell?
And what about the character names in Terry Southern's script?
I'm surprised you didn't pair with Fail-Safe, from the same source
material; there was a lawsuit.
That definitely crossed my mind. Two problems with that. It didn't
occur to me until I was watching the movie. And more importantly, I
don't actually own Fail Safe, and it's not available to stream for free.
Sometimes when I'm putting watch lists together, they may partially be
based on a movie I have sitting on my DVR. And sometimes I will make a
note to my future self when to stream a movie if available. And that happens sometimes. Failsafe isn't available now, but the next time I
watch it might be.
A Clockwork Orange (4K disc) 1971 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Malcolm McDowell stars as a young criminal who is forcibly cured of his
criminal tendencies by the government. I watched with a pretty good
commentary track by Malcolm McDowell who had lots of good stories about
Kubrick and the making of the movie.
Ah. I might enjoy the comments. Very first R rated movie I snuck into! I
was a pre teen. No one cared.
McDowell mentioned the movie being rated X at the time. It's mild by today's standards, but McDowell said Kubrick was getting death threats
and blamed for crime in England to the point he pulled the movie from
the country. McDowell also said Kubrick insisted on holding the camera himself to film certain scenes, but Kubrick was really bad at
cinematography and didn't know how to aim the camera properly. McDowell said he kept telling Kubrick he was framing the shots wrong, but Kubrick didn't care. McDowell pointed out some of the scenes, and he was right.
The framing was off. LOL
2001: A Space Odyssey (4K disc) 1968 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick.
I'm not going to try and summarize the plot. There's no point. I
watched with a pretty good commentary by the movie's two stars. They
had lots of interesting stories about the making of the movie.
Plot, schmot
I read the novel. Douglas Trumbo's effects were the star, plus the
payphone gag.
The actors explained how a lot of the effects were done in camera. But unfortunately I didn't follow a lot of their explanations about locking
the camera and what was or wasn't rotating.
2010: The Year We Make Contact (blu-ray) 1984 sequel that picks up where >>> 2001 left off with a joint American and Russian mission to find the plot >>> of 2001. I like 2001, but 2010 is the better movie.
I disliked the novel and the movie and find it all unrelated to
Kubrick's movie.
To be fair, Kubrick's movie didn't have much to do with the novel. On
the commentary the actors said there was only one scene in the movie
that's from the actual novel. The thing I like about 2010 is it
actually explains what's going on in 2001. And if you watch 2001 with
that in mind, 2001 makes a lot more sense.
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 5/31/2026 2:28 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
Dr. Strangelove (4K disc) 1964 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. Peter >>>> Sellers plays, um, most characters, in this comedy about a general who >>>> decides to unilaterally launch a nuclear war against Russia. The movie >>>> holds up great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAeqVGP-GPM
Merely three characters! He was supposed to play the George C. Scott
character too, and it's a relief that he didn't as it's the best
performance in the film.
How in the world did everyone keep a straight face when Scott fell?
And what about the character names in Terry Southern's script?
I'm surprised you didn't pair with Fail-Safe, from the same source
material; there was a lawsuit.
That definitely crossed my mind. Two problems with that. It didn't
occur to me until I was watching the movie. And more importantly, I
don't actually own Fail Safe, and it's not available to stream for free.
Sometimes when I'm putting watch lists together, they may partially be
based on a movie I have sitting on my DVR. And sometimes I will make a
note to my future self when to stream a movie if available. And that
happens sometimes. Failsafe isn't available now, but the next time I
watch it might be.
A Clockwork Orange (4K disc) 1971 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Malcolm McDowell stars as a young criminal who is forcibly cured of his >>>> criminal tendencies by the government. I watched with a pretty good
commentary track by Malcolm McDowell who had lots of good stories about >>>> Kubrick and the making of the movie.
Ah. I might enjoy the comments. Very first R rated movie I snuck into! I >>> was a pre teen. No one cared.
McDowell mentioned the movie being rated X at the time. It's mild by
today's standards, but McDowell said Kubrick was getting death threats
and blamed for crime in England to the point he pulled the movie from
the country. McDowell also said Kubrick insisted on holding the camera
himself to film certain scenes, but Kubrick was really bad at
cinematography and didn't know how to aim the camera properly. McDowell
said he kept telling Kubrick he was framing the shots wrong, but Kubrick
didn't care. McDowell pointed out some of the scenes, and he was right.
The framing was off. LOL
2001: A Space Odyssey (4K disc) 1968 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. >>>> I'm not going to try and summarize the plot. There's no point. I
watched with a pretty good commentary by the movie's two stars. They
had lots of interesting stories about the making of the movie.
Plot, schmot
I read the novel. Douglas Trumbo's effects were the star, plus the
payphone gag.
The actors explained how a lot of the effects were done in camera. But
unfortunately I didn't follow a lot of their explanations about locking
the camera and what was or wasn't rotating.
Very interesting.
2010: The Year We Make Contact (blu-ray) 1984 sequel that picks up where >>>> 2001 left off with a joint American and Russian mission to find the plot >>>> of 2001. I like 2001, but 2010 is the better movie.
I disliked the novel and the movie and find it all unrelated to
Kubrick's movie.
To be fair, Kubrick's movie didn't have much to do with the novel. On
the commentary the actors said there was only one scene in the movie
that's from the actual novel. The thing I like about 2010 is it
actually explains what's going on in 2001. And if you watch 2001 with
that in mind, 2001 makes a lot more sense.
Yes, they changed the planet and most things from the novel. Trying to
use one movie to explain another movie truly pissed me off.
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:snip
On 5/31/2026 2:28 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
2001: A Space Odyssey (4K disc) 1968 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. >>>> I'm not going to try and summarize the plot. There's no point. I
watched with a pretty good commentary by the movie's two stars. They
had lots of interesting stories about the making of the movie.
Plot, schmot
I read the novel. Douglas Trumbo's effects were the star, plus the
payphone gag.
The actors explained how a lot of the effects were done in camera. But
unfortunately I didn't follow a lot of their explanations about locking
the camera and what was or wasn't rotating.
I?d probably understand it, but I?dI have to watch the documentary
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