After an arduous workout, I watched:

Nothing.

What did you watch?

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On 6/2/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

Guess I am using this one, as there's no WDYW? for Tuesday yet.

Multi-day catch-up.


Over the weekend, I watched a couple of movies:

Predator: Badlands (Hulu) - This 2025 skiffy franchise flick was OK.
I'm slightly shocked to say that Elle Fanning was actually the best
thing about it (I vastly prefer older sister Dakota to Elle). Anyway,
this flick tries to expand both the "Predator" and the "Alien" universes (while occasionally giving of SW "prequel" vibes), and I don't think
it's very successful in doing so. But while the prodigal Predator was on
the planet with Fanning, running from/fighting monsters, I was generally entertained.

The Astronaut (Hulu) - An odd little 2025 sci-fi flick starring Kate
Mara (simultaneously looking her age, but still looking pretty good - I
still remember when I first saw Mara on "Everwood" over 2 decades ago!!)
in the titular(heh) role.
During Mara's decent from orbit, her reentry craft is compromised -
Has she picked up an alien parasite?!?! Everyone around her, including
her adoptive army general(?) father (it's Laurence Fishburn!!), seem
pretty blas‚ at the prospect, though Mara's character probably should
have gotten the hint when they "quarantine" her in what seems like a
snazzy mansion "black site" in upstate New York(?) (though filmed in Ireland!). Soon enough, some weird sh*t starts going down, and again
everyone just seems to patronize her! Is Mara's character cracking up?!
Or is the answer, perhaps... ALIENS?!?!
I will give them this: I found the ending/resolution unique - I
can't recall anyone trying this ending in a flick like this before!! So
they get props for that, even if I found the ending a little too... uh, "Spielbergian", and the resolution maybe a little too far "out there".

Lifetime and LMN have been letting me down lately, so I haven't been
watching movies there.


Since the weekend, I have started going through some other backlogged streaming series. First up is:

Hijack (Apple TV) - I've gotten through the first 4 episodes of season
#2. So far, I don't think it's as good as season #1 (the premise is even harder to swallow than season #1's!). But they are doing a good job at ratcheting up the suspense while slowly drawing back on the mystery, so
it's keeping me engaged.
And Toby Jones is in season #2 which is a plus. I also like the cute German actress (Lisa Vicari - how is this a German name?!!) playing
the... uh, U-Bahn operations... dispatcher(?).

I've also been watching soaps, but there isn't too much to report. GH is
the most interesting here - I like the twist with Nina secretly working
with her (unintended!) victim Jack Brennan; meanwhile, Michael continues
to be a psychopath in terms of Willow - he continues to make her look relatively good in comparison to him.


That's it for now...



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On 6/3/2026 2:34 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 6/2/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

Guess I am using this one, as there's no WDYW? for Tuesday yet.

Multi-day catch-up.

Over the weekend, I watched a couple of movies:

Predator: Badlands (Hulu) - This 2025 skiffy franchise flick was OK.
ÿÿ I'm slightly shocked to say that Elle Fanning was actually the best thing about it (I vastly prefer older sister Dakota to Elle). Anyway,
this flick tries to expand both the "Predator" and the "Alien" universes (while occasionally giving of SW "prequel" vibes), and I don't think
it's very successful in doing so. But while the prodigal Predator was on
the planet with Fanning, running from/fighting monsters, I was generally entertained.

I think I liked it a lot more than you did. The guy who made this is
the same guy who made Prey (2022) and Predator: Killer of Killers
(2025). All three movies connect, but I think it's mostly blink and you
miss it connections in "Badlands." In a couple of years I'm looking
forward to doing a major marathon of all the Alien and Predator movies
in chronological order.

The Astronaut (Hulu) - An odd little 2025 sci-fi flick starring Kate
Mara (simultaneously looking her age, but still looking pretty good - I still remember when I first saw Mara on "Everwood" over 2 decades ago!!)
in the titular(heh) role.
ÿÿ During Mara's decent from orbit, her reentry craft is compromised -
Has she picked up an alien parasite?!?! Everyone around her, including
her adoptive army general(?) father (it's Laurence Fishburn!!), seem
pretty blas‚ at the prospect,

snip

I think I vaguely remember seeing a commercial for this. I'll add it to
my ever growing Hulu watch list for when I get Hulu again.

Since the weekend, I have started going through some other backlogged streaming series. First up is:

Hijack (Apple TV) - I've gotten through the first 4 episodes of season
#2. So far, I don't think it's as good as season #1 (the premise is even harder to swallow than season #1's!). But they are doing a good job at ratcheting up the suspense while slowly drawing back on the mystery, so
it's keeping me engaged.
ÿÿ And Toby Jones is in season #2 which is a plus. I also like the cute German actress (Lisa Vicari - how is this a German name?!!) playing
the... uh, U-Bahn operations... dispatcher(?).

I've also been watching soaps, but there isn't too much to report. GH is
the most interesting here - I like the twist with Nina secretly working
with her (unintended!) victim Jack Brennan; meanwhile, Michael continues
to be a psychopath in terms of Willow - he continues to make her look relatively good in comparison to him.

Speaking of streaming backlogs... I recently watched "The Boroughs" on Netflix. That was OK. It was sort of a cross between "Cocoon" and
"Stranger Things." I'm still making my way through Spider-Noir on
Amazon Prime.




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On 6/4/26 7:46 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 6/3/2026 2:34 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 6/2/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

Guess I am using this one, as there's no WDYW? for Tuesday yet.

Multi-day catch-up.


Over the weekend, I watched a couple of movies:

Predator: Badlands (Hulu) - This 2025 skiffy franchise flick was OK.
ÿÿÿ I'm slightly shocked to say that Elle Fanning was actually the
best thing about it (I vastly prefer older sister Dakota to Elle).
Anyway, this flick tries to expand both the "Predator" and the "Alien"
universes (while occasionally giving of SW "prequel" vibes), and I
don't think it's very successful in doing so. But while the prodigal
Predator was on the planet with Fanning, running from/fighting
monsters, I was generally entertained.

I think I liked it a lot more than you did.ÿ The guy who made this is
the same guy who made Prey (2022) and Predator: Killer of Killers
(2025).ÿ All three movies connect, but I think it's mostly blink and you miss it connections in "Badlands."ÿ In a couple of years I'm looking
forward to doing a major marathon of all the Alien and Predator movies
in chronological order.

The Astronaut (Hulu) - An odd little 2025 sci-fi flick starring Kate
Mara (simultaneously looking her age, but still looking pretty good -
I still remember when I first saw Mara on "Everwood" over 2 decades
ago!!) in the titular(heh) role.
ÿÿÿ During Mara's decent from orbit, her reentry craft is compromised
- Has she picked up an alien parasite?!?! Everyone around her,
including her adoptive army general(?) father (it's Laurence
Fishburn!!), seem pretty blas‚ at the prospect,

snip

I think I vaguely remember seeing a commercial for this.ÿ I'll add it to
my ever growing Hulu watch list for when I get Hulu again.

Since the weekend, I have started going through some other backlogged
streaming series. First up is:

Hijack (Apple TV) - I've gotten through the first 4 episodes of season
#2. So far, I don't think it's as good as season #1 (the premise is
even harder to swallow than season #1's!). But they are doing a good
job at ratcheting up the suspense while slowly drawing back on the
mystery, so it's keeping me engaged.
ÿÿÿ And Toby Jones is in season #2 which is a plus. I also like the
cute German actress (Lisa Vicari - how is this a German name?!!)
playing the... uh, U-Bahn operations... dispatcher(?).

I've also been watching soaps, but there isn't too much to report. GH
is the most interesting here - I like the twist with Nina secretly
working with her (unintended!) victim Jack Brennan; meanwhile, Michael
continues to be a psychopath in terms of Willow - he continues to make
her look relatively good in comparison to him.

Speaking of streaming backlogs...ÿ I recently watched "The Boroughs" on Netflix.ÿ That was OK.ÿ It was sort of a cross between "Cocoon" and "Stranger Things."ÿ I'm still making my way through Spider-Noir on
Amazon Prime.

I need to get a month of Amazon Prime over Summer. I toyed with the idea
of getting it June 1, but now I think I will wait until mid-June before getting my month.




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