Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
> On 3/9/2023 3:46 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> . . .
>>>
>>>> I am gearing up for a full Snark if I can recover from a flash double
>>>> feature, which included the worst episode they've ever made.
>>>
>>> WILL... YOU... PLEASE... STOP... THROWING... DOWN... THE... GAUNTLET?
>>>
>>> They can do worse!
>>>
>>
>> I really don’t think so. A full hour of characters standing around,
>> explaining what was happening to each other, and I still couldn’t follow
>> it.
>>
> Two hours of that.
>

But it was much more heavy-handed in the second hour. Directed by one of
the worst directors in the business.

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On Mar 9, 2023 at 5:41:00 PM PST, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>> On Mar 9, 2023 at 3:46:54 PM PST, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>> On 3/9/2023 6:32 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>>>>> While I think I may try to tackle watching movies today, yesterday I ran
>>>>> errands in the morning, and the rest of the day I tried to get grading
>>>>> done, so I didn't get through much TV:
>>>>>
>>>>> soaps: DOOL - Wed's ep. I don't think much happened in this one. Nicole
>>>>> and Sloan clash again, and Nicole tries to warn Eric off Sloan. EJ and
>>>>> then Nicole confront Johnny and Wendy about their "theory" - and they
>>>>> are getting closer to the truth... Some weird new girl wants to work for
>>>>> Chanel. Sloan gets Paulina's accounts frozen!
>>>>>
>>>>> C.B. Strike (HBO Max) - "Part 1". Good start - While visiting his
>>>>> adoptive parents in Cornwall (his adoptive mother has terminal cancer),
>>>>> Strike draws a very cold case: a missing persons from 1974, who may or
>>>>> may not have been killed by a serial killer. Robin gets pulled into the
>>>>> case too. After interviewing some witnesses (hey! it's Fionnula
>>>>> Flanagan!), they eventually come across a very disturbing film from the
>>>>> era that may or may not be directly relevant to their case.
>>>>>
>>>>> Recorded for later: GH, and The Ark(!!).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What did you watch?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This will be a two day catch-up. I watched:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Fantasy Island - "Walk a Country Mile" - The Island causes a country
>>>> star and her assistant to swap places. Meanwhile they appear to have
>>>> written off the daughter character. I'm not sure why she was ever added
>>>> to the show in the first place. The preview for next week looks like
>>>> they are going to monkey paw some poor guest again!
>>>
>>> This reminds me. The greatest original fantasy Island episode of them all,
>>> the one with Maren Jensen as a ventriloquist dummy come to life and having
>>> sex with people while the ventriloquist Annette Funicello feels everything
>>> she’s doing, got re-run last week. But I didn’t notice until it was too
>>> late to warn yutes. I’ve set it up to let me know next time around.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Flash - "The Mask of the Red Death, Part 2" - Team Flash, wait a
>>>> minute, now that I think about it, what happened to team Flash? Why did
>>>> they need to bring in criminals to help?
>>>
>>> Team Flash barely has anybody with powers anymore. Kid Flash is gone
>>> although obviously, he could be there in about a3 of a second. The tornado
>>> twins went back to the future. Cisco went off to categorize what the hell
>>> their world looks now post crisis. The new Frost apparently only has the
>>> power to tell if somebody’s pregnant. Elongated Man went away because he
>>> told an insensitive joke in his stand up comedy routine 20 years ago. Cute
>>> skinny girl apparently has some sort of teleportation power or device which
>>> once they established that they didn’t use it. Joe’s wife has the power to
>>> be happy she only gets to see her kid on the weekends. And they just forgot
>>> about all the auxiliary members.
>>>
>>> A better question would be, what the hell happened to the justice league?
>>> They set up that headquarters and one of Barry‘s other star labs. And then
>>> apparently just forgot about it.
>>>
>>> The loophole for that might be that in the second or third to last
>>> stupidgirl episode, their world changed one last time to explain why the
>>> writers got one of the avatars wrong. And they never told us what was
>>> different than that. So maybe all the justice league, including superman,
>>> blinked out of existence, and the mind of man.
>>>
>>> I have no idea what became of the legends of tomorrow.
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyway Team Flash takes on the
>>>> Red Death. I really liked seeing Batwoman but when they name dropped
>>>> Supergirl that immediately reminded me if Supergirl is still around and
>>>> they are going outside the group for help, then why didn't they ask her
>>>> to help?
>>>
>>> They not only name dropped Supergirl, they name dropped Dreamer, and
>>> somebody else. And they’re all around because they’re planning on going to
>>> happy hour after they get rid of the villains or something. Yes, why would
>>> you have batteredwoman come and save you when there’s a Supergirl out
>>> there?
>>
>> And how did Batteredwoman even credibly save them? She took on the evil Red
> Death, who has the same speed powers as Flash, and defeated her with...
> kicks
> and punches?
>>
>> Why didn't Red Death just super-speed punch Batteredwoman like several
>> million
> times in a second and turn her into a pink mist? Instead she just stands
> there
> and lets Batteredwoman kick her, which even then shouldn't have done much
> considering the huge honkin' suit of armor Red Death was wearing.
>>
>
> They paid some lip service to the fact that Ryan Wilder could beat Ryan
> Wilder, because Ryan Wilder knew every move that Ryan Wilder might make,
> while Ryan Wilder didn’t know every move that Ryan Wilder might make.

Even she knew, she couldn't counter those moves if they were delivered at the
speed of light!

On 3/9/2023 5:41 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>> On 3/9/2023 3:46 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> . . .
>>>>
>>>>> I am gearing up for a full Snark if I can recover from a flash double
>>>>> feature, which included the worst episode they've ever made.
>>>>
>>>> WILL... YOU... PLEASE... STOP... THROWING... DOWN... THE... GAUNTLET?
>>>>
>>>> They can do worse!
>>>>
>>>
>>> I really don’t think so. A full hour of characters standing around,
>>> explaining what was happening to each other, and I still couldn’t follow
>>> it.
>>>
>> Two hours of that.
>>
>
> But it was much more heavy-handed in the second hour. Directed by one of
> the worst directors in the business.
>
You will have to be more specific. :P

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On 3/9/2023 5:41 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>
> They paid some lip service to the fact that Ryan Wilder could beat Ryan
> Wilder, because Ryan Wilder knew every move that Ryan Wilder might make,
> while Ryan Wilder didn’t know every move that Ryan Wilder might make.
>
I'm ... not even going to try to pretend that made sense.

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In article <tucqmn$1g0tk$1@dont-email.me>, IJBall@mac.invalid wrote:

> What did you watch?

On a supersized gaming night, I watched:

Nothing.

I was hoping to get back home in time to catch VANDERPUMP RULES but will have
to see it on demand or as a repeat.

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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
> On 3/9/2023 5:41 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>
>> They paid some lip service to the fact that Ryan Wilder could beat Ryan
>> Wilder, because Ryan Wilder knew every move that Ryan Wilder might make,
>> while Ryan Wilder didn’t know every move that Ryan Wilder might make.
>>
> I'm ... not even going to try to pretend that made sense.
>

They had the non-super powered Ryan Wilder from the flash universe fight
the extremely super powered Ryan Wilder from the evil flash universe
(maybe, they kept changing their mind on that) and the good flash Ryan
wilder won for the reason stated above.

No, it made no sense whatsoever. And I never did figure out what the evil
Ryan Wilder was even trying to accomplish.

What do I mean by extremely super powered Ryan Wilder? She was the Batman
of her world and had a battle suit and the powers of the flash, and
apparently gorilla Grodd. Her opponent was a girl wearing a cape.

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anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

>> Fantasy Island - "Walk a Country Mile" - The Island causes a country
>> star and her assistant to swap places. Meanwhile they appear to have
>> written off the daughter character. I'm not sure why she was ever added
>> to the show in the first place. The preview for next week looks like
>> they are going to monkey paw some poor guest again!
>
>This reminds me. The greatest original fantasy Island episode of them all,
>the one with Maren Jensen as a ventriloquist dummy come to life and having
>sex with people while the ventriloquist Annette Funicello feels everything
>she's doing, got re-run last week. But I didn't notice until it was too
>late to warn yutes. I've set it up to let me know next time around.

Did you know there's this thing where you can view things on TV whenever you
want?

>> The Flash - "The Mask of the Red Death, Part 2" - Team Flash, wait a
>> minute, now that I think about it, what happened to team Flash? Why did
>> they need to bring in criminals to help? Anyway Team Flash takes on the
>> Red Death. I really liked seeing Batwoman but when they name dropped
>> Supergirl that immediately reminded me if Supergirl is still around and
>> they are going outside the group for help, then why didn't they ask her
>> to help?
>
>They not only name-dropped Supergirl, they name-dropped Dreamer, and
>somebody else. And they're all around because they're planning on going to
>happy hour after they get rid of the villains or something. Yes, why would
>you have batteredwoman come and save you when there's a Supergirl out
>there?

I can see why you'd only want the ever useless Dreamer around after they
fight and defeat the villians, but yeah, that sounds like a job for
Supergirl!

>Ubi asked what became of Superman?? And that's a hell of a question
>because while Superman and lame ass is in a universe without Supergirl, it
>makes no sense that Supergirl is in a universe without Superman.

Her existance is directly tied to his.

>> The Ark - "Two by Two" - Just above background noise.
>
>But there will be a full Snark, no matter how much it pains me.

I still need to post my (and your) remarks on the pilot!

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In article <tue178$1mgu8$1@dont-email.me>, IJBall@mac.invalid wrote:
> On 2023-03-09 18:08:26 +0000, Arthur Lipscomb said:

>> The Ark - "Two by Two" - Just above background noise.
>
>There are so many things this show could fix with just minor changes in
>dialogue, or minor tweeks to the premise! It's so frustrating!!
>[sigh...]

You're beggin' for a Troll-O-Meterin'!

None of the fixes for what I saw are remotely close to "minor".

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Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> In article <tue178$1mgu8$1@dont-email.me>, IJBall@mac.invalid wrote:
>> On 2023-03-09 18:08:26 +0000, Arthur Lipscomb said:
>
>>> The Ark - "Two by Two" - Just above background noise.
>>
>> There are so many things this show could fix with just minor changes in
>> dialogue, or minor tweeks to the premise! It's so frustrating!!
>> [sigh...]
>
> You're beggin' for a Troll-O-Meterin'!
>
> None of the fixes for what I saw are remotely close to "minor".
>

We just need a different ship design and new scripts.

> --
> Let's go Brandon!
>
>

--
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Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>
>>> Fantasy Island - "Walk a Country Mile" - The Island causes a country
>>> star and her assistant to swap places. Meanwhile they appear to have
>>> written off the daughter character. I'm not sure why she was ever added
>>> to the show in the first place. The preview for next week looks like
>>> they are going to monkey paw some poor guest again!
>>
>> This reminds me. The greatest original fantasy Island episode of them all,
>> the one with Maren Jensen as a ventriloquist dummy come to life and having
>> sex with people while the ventriloquist Annette Funicello feels everything
>> she's doing, got re-run last week. But I didn't notice until it was too
>> late to warn yutes. I've set it up to let me know next time around.
>
> Did you know there's this thing where you can view things on TV whenever you
> want?

It’s this one. By all means, enlighten and entertain us.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0577748/

>
>>> The Flash - "The Mask of the Red Death, Part 2" - Team Flash, wait a
>>> minute, now that I think about it, what happened to team Flash? Why did
>>> they need to bring in criminals to help? Anyway Team Flash takes on the
>>> Red Death. I really liked seeing Batwoman but when they name dropped
>>> Supergirl that immediately reminded me if Supergirl is still around and
>>> they are going outside the group for help, then why didn't they ask her
>>> to help?
>>
>> They not only name-dropped Supergirl, they name-dropped Dreamer, and
>> somebody else. And they're all around because they're planning on going to
>> happy hour after they get rid of the villains or something. Yes, why would
>> you have batteredwoman come and save you when there's a Supergirl out
>> there?
>
> I can see why you'd only want the ever useless Dreamer around after they
> fight and defeat the villians, but yeah, that sounds like a job for
> Supergirl!

Oh, yeah, the other name they dropped was supergirls useless sister Alex.

>
>> Ubi asked what became of Superman?? And that's a hell of a question
>> because while Superman and lame ass is in a universe without Supergirl, it
>> makes no sense that Supergirl is in a universe without Superman.
>
> Her existance is directly tied to his.
>
>>> The Ark - "Two by Two" - Just above background noise.
>>
>> But there will be a full Snark, no matter how much it pains me.
>
> I still need to post my (and your) remarks on the pilot!

I am working on the arc Snark. It’s slow, painful going.

>
> --
> Let's go Brandon!
>
>

--
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On 3/10/2023 4:29 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>> On 3/9/2023 5:41 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>
>>> They paid some lip service to the fact that Ryan Wilder could beat Ryan
>>> Wilder, because Ryan Wilder knew every move that Ryan Wilder might make,
>>> while Ryan Wilder didn’t know every move that Ryan Wilder might make.
>>>
>> I'm ... not even going to try to pretend that made sense.
>>
>
> They had the non-super powered Ryan Wilder from the flash universe fight
> the extremely super powered Ryan Wilder from the evil flash universe
> (maybe, they kept changing their mind on that) and the good flash Ryan
> wilder won for the reason stated above.
>
> No, it made no sense whatsoever. And I never did figure out what the evil
> Ryan Wilder was even trying to accomplish.
>
> What do I mean by extremely super powered Ryan Wilder? She was the Batman
> of her world and had a battle suit and the powers of the flash, and
> apparently gorilla Grodd. Her opponent was a girl wearing a cape.
>
Well OF COURSE the girl wearing a cape has to win that kind of a fight!

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On 3/10/2023 8:10 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>> The Ark - "Two by Two" - Just above background noise.
>>>
>>> But there will be a full Snark, no matter how much it pains me.
>>
>> I still need to post my (and your) remarks on the pilot!
>
> I am working on the arc Snark. It’s slow, painful going.
>
Using pain killers from Pharmacy Girl?

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dirty old man.

On 2023-03-10 16:10:56 +0000, anim8rfsk said:

> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> The Ark - "Two by Two" - Just above background noise.
>>>
>>> But there will be a full Snark, no matter how much it pains me.
>>
>> I still need to post my (and your) remarks on the pilot!
>
> I am working on the arc Snark. It’s slow, painful going.

Please hurry! Then I won't have to do one of my own!!

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Ian J. Ball <IJBall@mac.invalid> wrote:
> On 2023-03-10 16:10:56 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
>
>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>>>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>> The Ark - "Two by Two" - Just above background noise.
>>>>
>>>> But there will be a full Snark, no matter how much it pains me.
>>>
>>> I still need to post my (and your) remarks on the pilot!
>>
>> I am working on the arc Snark. It’s slow, painful going.
>
> Please hurry! Then I won't have to do one of my own!!
>
>

It’s coming. It takes a long time to document this much stupid.

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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
> On 3/10/2023 8:10 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>>>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>>> The Ark - "Two by Two" - Just above background noise.
>>>>
>>>> But there will be a full Snark, no matter how much it pains me.
>>>
>>> I still need to post my (and your) remarks on the pilot!
>>
>> I am working on the arc Snark. It’s slow, painful going.
>>
> Using pain killers from Pharmacy Girl?
>

Come to think of it. She just said they were pain pills not necessarily
painkillers…

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On Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:09:41 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

>Ian J. Ball <IJBall@mac.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2023-03-10 16:10:56 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
>>
>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>>>>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> The Ark - "Two by Two" - Just above background noise.
>>>>>
>>>>> But there will be a full Snark, no matter how much it pains me.
>>>>
>>>> I still need to post my (and your) remarks on the pilot!
>>>
>>> I am working on the arc Snark. It’s slow, painful going.
>>
>> Please hurry! Then I won't have to do one of my own!!
>>
>>
>
>It’s coming. It takes a long time to document this much stupid.

That's why I didn't try and just concentrated on the "high" points in
my response to WDYW. It was obvious they tossed out any pretense to
the real world rules in the first few minutes of this episode even
while they tried to toss in scientific concepts, but ignored the
realities of how those concepts work for no particular reason.

On 2023-03-10 20:48:19 +0000, shawn said:

> On Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:09:41 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
> wrote:
>> Ian J. Ball <IJBall@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 2023-03-10 16:10:56 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
>>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>>>>>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Ark - "Two by Two" - Just above background noise.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But there will be a full Snark, no matter how much it pains me.
>>>>>
>>>>> I still need to post my (and your) remarks on the pilot!
>>>>
>>>> I am working on the arc Snark. It’s slow, painful going.
>>>
>>> Please hurry! Then I won't have to do one of my own!!
>>
>> It’s coming. It takes a long time to document this much stupid.
>
> That's why I didn't try and just concentrated on the "high" points in
> my response to WDYW. It was obvious they tossed out any pretense to
> the real world rules in the first few minutes of this episode even
> while they tried to toss in scientific concepts, but ignored the
> realities of how those concepts work for no particular reason.

I look forward to your comments on this episode in the "SnARK" thread -
it looks to me like "Writer #2" wrote at least part of this episode, as
part of it was actually grounded in science. But someone else...
(perhaps "Writer #3"?!!) must have written otehr parts, as the
"science" in this one was some of the worst yet!!

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On Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:51:57 -0800, Ian J. Ball <IJBall@mac.invalid>
wrote:

>On 2023-03-10 20:48:19 +0000, shawn said:
>
>> On Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:09:41 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>> Ian J. Ball <IJBall@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 2023-03-10 16:10:56 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
>>>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>>>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>>>>>>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Ark - "Two by Two" - Just above background noise.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But there will be a full Snark, no matter how much it pains me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I still need to post my (and your) remarks on the pilot!
>>>>>
>>>>> I am working on the arc Snark. It’s slow, painful going.
>>>>
>>>> Please hurry! Then I won't have to do one of my own!!
>>>
>>> It’s coming. It takes a long time to document this much stupid.
>>
>> That's why I didn't try and just concentrated on the "high" points in
>> my response to WDYW. It was obvious they tossed out any pretense to
>> the real world rules in the first few minutes of this episode even
>> while they tried to toss in scientific concepts, but ignored the
>> realities of how those concepts work for no particular reason.
>
>I look forward to your comments on this episode in the "SnARK" thread -
>it looks to me like "Writer #2" wrote at least part of this episode, as
>part of it was actually grounded in science. But someone else...
>(perhaps "Writer #3"?!!) must have written otehr parts, as the
>"science" in this one was some of the worst yet!!

LOL. My thoughts at the time were that someone asked Writer #2 some
questions and he/she provided some answers that Writer #1 incorporated
into their part of the show. That explains why the science terms were
included but the actual application ignored every bit of science. If
they actually hired a Writer #3 who knows science but ignores every
limitation of physics in writing for this show I'm scared. I think
they very well may be able to write even worse episodes if they've got
such a writer on staff now.

anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>> On 3/9/2023 6:32 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>>> While I think I may try to tackle watching movies today, yesterday I ran
>>> errands in the morning, and the rest of the day I tried to get grading
>>> done, so I didn't get through much TV:
>>>
>>> soaps: DOOL - Wed's ep. I don't think much happened in this one. Nicole
>>> and Sloan clash again, and Nicole tries to warn Eric off Sloan. EJ and
>>> then Nicole confront Johnny and Wendy about their "theory" - and they
>>> are getting closer to the truth... Some weird new girl wants to work for
>>> Chanel. Sloan gets Paulina's accounts frozen!
>>>
>>> C.B. Strike (HBO Max) - "Part 1". Good start - While visiting his
>>> adoptive parents in Cornwall (his adoptive mother has terminal cancer),
>>> Strike draws a very cold case: a missing persons from 1974, who may or
>>> may not have been killed by a serial killer. Robin gets pulled into the
>>> case too. After interviewing some witnesses (hey! it's Fionnula
>>> Flanagan!), they eventually come across a very disturbing film from the
>>> era that may or may not be directly relevant to their case.
>>>
>>> Recorded for later: GH, and The Ark(!!).
>>>
>>>
>>> What did you watch?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> This will be a two day catch-up. I watched:
>>
>>
>> Fantasy Island - "Walk a Country Mile" - The Island causes a country
>> star and her assistant to swap places. Meanwhile they appear to have
>> written off the daughter character. I'm not sure why she was ever added
>> to the show in the first place. The preview for next week looks like
>> they are going to monkey paw some poor guest again!
>
> This reminds me. The greatest original fantasy Island episode of them all,
> the one with Maren Jensen as a ventriloquist dummy come to life and having
> sex with people while the ventriloquist Annette Funicello feels everything
> she’s doing, got re-run last week. But I didn’t notice until it was too
> late to warn yutes. I’ve set it up to let me know next time around.
>

Ubi found it! It’s on the Pluto, and Kneel Degrasshole Tyson, doesn’t want
you to see it. Unfortunately, I can’t find any way to give you a direct
link to the Pluto much less to the episode. But it’s season three and
depending on who you ask episode 20 or 21.

Jungle Man/Mary Ann and Miss Sophisticate (TV Episode 1980)

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shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:51:57 -0800, Ian J. Ball <IJBall@mac.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2023-03-10 20:48:19 +0000, shawn said:
>>
>>> On Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:09:41 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Ian J. Ball <IJBall@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> On 2023-03-10 16:10:56 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
>>>>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>>>>>>>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The Ark - "Two by Two" - Just above background noise.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But there will be a full Snark, no matter how much it pains me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I still need to post my (and your) remarks on the pilot!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am working on the arc Snark. It’s slow, painful going.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please hurry! Then I won't have to do one of my own!!
>>>>
>>>> It’s coming. It takes a long time to document this much stupid.
>>>
>>> That's why I didn't try and just concentrated on the "high" points in
>>> my response to WDYW. It was obvious they tossed out any pretense to
>>> the real world rules in the first few minutes of this episode even
>>> while they tried to toss in scientific concepts, but ignored the
>>> realities of how those concepts work for no particular reason.
>>
>> I look forward to your comments on this episode in the "SnARK" thread -
>> it looks to me like "Writer #2" wrote at least part of this episode, as
>> part of it was actually grounded in science. But someone else...
>> (perhaps "Writer #3"?!!) must have written otehr parts, as the
>> "science" in this one was some of the worst yet!!
>
> LOL. My thoughts at the time were that someone asked Writer #2 some
> questions and he/she provided some answers that Writer #1 incorporated
> into their part of the show. That explains why the science terms were
> included but the actual application ignored every bit of science. If
> they actually hired a Writer #3 who knows science but ignores every
> limitation of physics in writing for this show I'm scared. I think
> they very well may be able to write even worse episodes if they've got
> such a writer on staff now.
>

A sneak preview of my full Snark: yes, I have postulated the existence of
writer, number three.

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Ian J. Ball <IJBall@mac.invalid> wrote:
> On 2023-03-10 20:48:19 +0000, shawn said:
>
>> On Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:09:41 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>> Ian J. Ball <IJBall@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 2023-03-10 16:10:56 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
>>>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>>>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>>>>>>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Ark - "Two by Two" - Just above background noise.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But there will be a full Snark, no matter how much it pains me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I still need to post my (and your) remarks on the pilot!
>>>>>
>>>>> I am working on the arc Snark. It’s slow, painful going.
>>>>
>>>> Please hurry! Then I won't have to do one of my own!!
>>>
>>> It’s coming. It takes a long time to document this much stupid.
>>
>> That's why I didn't try and just concentrated on the "high" points in
>> my response to WDYW. It was obvious they tossed out any pretense to
>> the real world rules in the first few minutes of this episode even
>> while they tried to toss in scientific concepts, but ignored the
>> realities of how those concepts work for no particular reason.
>
> I look forward to your comments on this episode in the "SnARK" thread -
> it looks to me like "Writer #2" wrote at least part of this episode, as
> part of it was actually grounded in science. But someone else...
> (perhaps "Writer #3"?!!) must have written otehr parts, as the
> "science" in this one was some of the worst yet!!

And yet there were some things that they almost got right. That would
actually be forgivable in a less horrible show but they are the opposite of
the way. The science in this universe works in the first place. I really
think we’re talking about writer number three.

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anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
> Ian J. Ball <IJBall@mac.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2023-03-10 16:10:56 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>>>>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

>>>>>> The Ark - "Two by Two" - Just above background noise.
>>>>>
>>>>> But there will be a full Snark, no matter how much it pains me.
>>>>
>>>> I still need to post my (and your) remarks on the pilot!
>>>
>>> I am working on the arc Snark. It’s slow, painful going.
>>
>> Please hurry! Then I won't have to do one of my own!!
>
> It's coming. It takes a long time to document this much stupid.

I need to post mine as well.

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