I watched:

7 SECRET TWILIGHT ZONE MOVIES - WHICH ONES ARE WORTH SEEING?:
The newest installment of "Anthology of Anthology TV Shows" looks at seven
honorary Twilight Zone movies, films that have a direct link to Rod
Serling's classic TV series or that capture the spirit of his unique vision.
https://youtu.be/KnCMMPdwfIA?si=mH7lluUYV1vIWTKu

ROD SERLING'S LOST TWILIGHT ZONE MOVIES: WHAT HAPPENED??:
Learn the truth of what happened to Rod Serling's Twilight Zone Movies. The
writer tried to make a Twilight Zone movie, and it never happened during his
lifetime -- but some of those scripts got produced, one way or another. The
latest entry in ANTHOLOGY OF ANTHOLOGY TV SHOW (from the makers of BEHIND
THE BACKDOOR PILOT.) Subscribe to see more from this series.
https://youtu.be/eRQObHgeLHU?si=-iE_YeJLVO-lcgBw

HALF IN THE BAG: INTERSTELLAR:
While Mr. Plinkett's house floats across Lake Michigan, Mike and Jay attempt
to wrap their brains around Christopher Nolan's latest film Interstellar.
Mike also discusses some previous films about black holes such as Event
Horizon and The Black Hole.
https://youtu.be/VUhA8eSx6pQ?si=q9rx3Ueu4fjA6M5N

LISA FRANKENSTEIN | Film Threat Reviews:
https://youtu.be/eFOUkU7Zc20?si=p1lZe7sP9By8GMvG

DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE TRAILER REVIEW | WILL DEADPOOL 3 SAVE THE MCU OR
FINISH IT OFF?:
Deadpool 3, or Deadpool and Wolverine as it seems they're calling it now,
represents the last chance for Marvel in my opinion. Will Deadpool and
Wolverine be the Marvel Messiah, rescuing the MCU from ruin, or will it
simply be the final nail in the coffin for this abused and degraded
franchise/ finishing it off forever? Here is my Deadpool 3 Trailer Review
and Reaction! #disney #marvel #mcu
https://youtu.be/LGQp80mvZ_k?si=gnYLwC9xZN-Ivqct

CAPTAIN AMERICA 4 SITUATION *WORSENS* | MORE RESHOOT DETAILS *LEAKED* | STILL
NO *SCRIPT*!? ALAS POOR MCU!:
Disney's mismanagement of Marvel has driven the MCU to the brink of total
ruin, and Captain America 4 is a prime example of why. A source has come
forward with more shocking information about how the reshoots are
floundering, and a surprising allegation that makes even shooting random
action scenes seem positively ABSURD! Here's the latest rumors from our
source inside Marvel! #disney #marvel #mcu
https://youtu.be/TBaGKCs3_aE?si=-Hy8tfHim4bI0AVb

NO ONE REMEMBERS MARVEL'S OVERPOWERED MUTANT:
https://youtu.be/usuqc-sT2C0?si=tjIYkj7mmu-dJWMw

WHY THE 'HE GETS US' SUPER BOWL AD IS *NOT* OFFENSIVE:
The most controversial ad of Super Bowl LVIII was a spot from a group called
"He Gets Us." The ad featured depictions of Christians washing the feet of a
diverse group of people, including a woman in front of an abortion clinic,
an illegal immigrant, and a gay man. Many conservative Christians were
outraged at this allegedly woke message, which they believe suggests that
followers of Jesus are "oppressors" who should accept sinful behavior. But
Glenn has a different take. He believes the ad could have been done better.
But he WASN'T offended by the ad, and in this clip, he explains why.
https://youtu.be/B3QQxn90Oxk?si=IdiL_bA1FY1Z7hhQ

MADAME WEB REVIEWS *NUKE* MARVEL FLOP - WORST *EVER* CLAIM CRITICS - Disparu:
Madame Web reviews are out from critics and the next Marvel MCU movie has
arrived. Set as a standalone movie from the Spiderman Spiderverse, Madame
web attempted to create a new IP from Spiderman side characters. Yet despite
having Dakota Johnson as the main star, the critic reviews for Madame Web
leave a lot to be desired. Could spiderman have saved Madame Web? Or should
Madame Web have been a side character in a spiderman movie? Is Marvel's
Madame Web worth watching?
https://youtu.be/ZJ5v2Tkv8fY?si=rPU7hpc7ly1mt3G7

MADAME WEB REVIEW - I'D RATHER EAT MY OWN FOOT - Disparu:
Madame Web review of the Sony Spider-man universe Marvel movie that Disney
wish didn't exist. The Marvel Cinematic universe is a Disney creation, but
as Sony own Spiderman, spin offs of spider-men can exist in the same
universe but can't always say his name. Madame Web is that spiderman
spinoff, featuring Dakota Johnson who can see into the future. But given the
review scores of Madame Web. Is Madame Web Worth Watching?
https://youtu.be/4VXYi8f-r1U?si=PpwokBmyu7y9pTAz

MADAME WEB REVIEW: ONE OF THE *WORST MOVIES* I'VE EVER SEEN!!!:
Wow, I have seen a lot of garbage over the last few years and yet Madame Web
is a STAND OUT when it comes to that. EVERY facet about this movie was
horrendous. From the acting, directing, editing, script and so much more the
movie fails and every conceivable level!!
https://youtu.be/DS4cN1nnEvU?si=iwAUkRQnkkYBD03g

I FOUND THE STUPIDEST COMIC BOOK: THE DART AND ACE - ComicTropes:
When it comes to weird golden age superheroes, I can always find something
good in the pages of Weird Comics by Fox Features Syndicate. This time, I
take a look at The Dart, an ancient Roman warrior who is mystically
transported to the modern day and continues to fight crime with the help of
an adopted orphan named Ace. The artwork is often rough, the villains are
never very interesting. But what makes the Dart extra special is that his
love interest, Miss Tilbury, ends almost every issue with a withering diss
against the Dart's secret identity, teacher Mr. Wheeler.
https://youtu.be/Serjk7FfTdI?si=7JnZm76QRqGXOAS6

STAR TREK RETRO REVIEW: "IN THE CARDS" (DS9) | BOTTLE EPISODES:
https://youtu.be/-lTIuO8zdVU?si=yhkdnN0ywnujJkHw

LUCID DREAMS & NIGHTMARES: EVER DREAM THIS MAN?:
Lucid Dreams & Nightmares: Ever Dream This Man? For thousands of years, we've
pondered the meaning of dreams. Dreams offer insight into our subconscious.
Dreams help us process emotions and organize our memories. Most of us live
our waking lives giving a sort of performance. Whether through dishonesty,
embarrassment, or simply being polite, there are thoughts we do not
share.**Dreams have intrigued us for thousands of years. They provide a peek
into our subconscious. They aid in managing emotions and arranging our
memories. We often perform in our awake state. We might be dishonest,
embarrassed, or just polite. Thus, we keep some thoughts to ourselves.**
Dreams, on the other hand, offer a platform where these suppressed thoughts
can freely roam. They are the uncensored version of our minds, a place where
our deepest desires, fears, and secrets can come to light without the fear
of judgment or consequences. Dreams also serve as a mirror, reflecting our
inner state of mind. They can hint at unresolved issues, unfulfilled
desires, or even potential future scenarios. They can act as a guide,
helping us navigate through the labyrinth of our thoughts and emotions.
Moreover, dreams can be a source of inspiration. Many artists, writers, and
scientists have reported getting brilliant ideas from their dreams. They can
stimulate our creativity, encourage problem-solving, and even help us
prepare for future events. In conclusion, dreams are not just random images
that appear during sleep. They are a powerful tool that our mind uses to
process information, manage emotions, and explore the infinite possibilities
of our imagination. They are an essential part of our cognitive and
emotional well-being. While you sleep, your inhibitions disappear. And you're
left with the raw, unforgiving truth. The real you. But dreams can be more
than that. Some claim dreams are the realm between ours and the spirit
world. Some dreams can predict the future. Studies have shown that dreams
can be shared between people. Lucid dreaming is when you - not your dreaming
self, your conscious self - controls the dream. You are, literally, a God.
The universe is your playground. It's exhilarating and powerful. But there
is a dark side. What if: while lucid dreaming, you weren't in control of the
dream? But, someone else was? That's no longer a dream; it's a nightmare.
And it's no longer a playground - it's a prison. Every night, the lights go
out, you close your eyes, and he's waiting for you. #Dreams
#EverDreamThisMan #LucidDreaming
https://youtu.be/GLP5UupAvSY?si=-bWK-z81PkUt4F_W

DEADPOOL *TERMINATING* SHE HULK?! *SHOCKING* DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE PLOT
RUMORS *LEAKED!*:
Disney and Marvel realize internally that things are going badly for the MCU
since it turned into the M-She-U, and now a source has leaked some SHOCKING
rumors about the general plot for Deadpool and Wolverine, rumors that do
seem to line up with the known facts, and seem to verify Ryan Reynold's
claim that Deadpool will indeed be the "Marvel messiah", fixing what has
gone wrong, and changing the MCU forever! Here is what I was told people!
(Warning: Light General Spoilers possible if this source is correct!)
#disney #marvel #deadpool
https://youtu.be/CtskRCNJOHA?si=6uEihPCWVk5Mc3O-

FAT LEFTISTS *FURIOUS* THAT OZEMPIC IS ADVERTISING TO THEM, THEY WANT TO BE
FAT, AMERICA *IS SICK*:
https://youtu.be/0zi8QVyG6T8?si=3qmi2IKHJNldBaJk

BRANDON'S CULT MOVIE REVIEWS: MY BLOODY VALENTINE:
https://youtu.be/Br1s9v34y0k?si=r4w7xo5O_5vY8wWa

On 2/19/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

> What did you watch?

I was moderately productive yesterday, grading and prepping quizzes and
materials and such. So TV was not the focus. I got through:

The Buccaneers (Apple TV+) - "Women or Wives" (ep. #1.2). Mild follow-up
to the pilot. No Christina Hendricks (or the other mother) this epie at
all... Alisha Boe's Conchita throws a party, and the Americans (except
Nan) continue to behave like wild women of the 1960s, and nothing like
young women of the 1870s.
Disappointingly, Nan caves far to quickly and forgives her sister
Virginia (Imogen Waterhouse), though she doesn't deserve it. Conchita's
overhears half a conversation from her husband Richard (Josh Dylan), and
gets the wrong idea and goes about "punishing" him, though he has no
idea what is going on. Richard's younger brother is a weird, sadistic
bastard, and humiliates Lizzy (the other "pretty" one) - which gives us
a little bit of naked nudity from Aubri Ibrag. He then proposes to
Virginia, but Lizzy is too much of a coward and wilting violet to warn
Virginia that her husband is a menace... On cue, it's revealed that
Mabel (Josie Totah) and Richard's cousin(? sister?) are probably lesbians.
And Nan is continues to be the quarry of two suitors - Guy (Matthew
Broome), and Theo, the Duke (Guy Remmers), with the latter spontaneously
proposing to Nan at the end.
Meh. I hope ep. #3 is better than this one was.

golf - Kideki Matsuyama easily wins the Genesis Invitational at Riviera
(in L.A.) by three strokes! - Matsuyama surged into the lead with a 62
on the final day, while other leaders like Patrick Cantlay and Xander
Schauffele faltered.

soaps: GH - Fri's ep. Wow, that was fast! - While Josslyn frantically
searches for Sonny (but finds only Ava), they seemingly write Dex out!
(I guess there is no need for him with Jason coming back?...) Josslyn
swears to never forgive Sonny for sending "her man" away! (Duh!) Not
much else happened - Sam had a long conversation with Alexis about her
son (who never appeared). Anna confirms that Olivia Jerome is dead;
Alexis informs Ava of the death. Cyrus Renault visits Laura, and informs
Laura about his new radio program (the one he got by cutting a deal with
Nina).

The Man in the Guesthouse (Lifetime) - Like "The Beach House Murders"
from the night before, this was pure background while I did other
things, such as grading, etc. So I didn't fully follow what was going
on, though I got the gist of this one better than "The Beach House
Murders". But this seemed pretty par for the course for a "renter from
Hell" kind of movie...

What did you watch?

On 2/19/2024 5:48 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> On 2/19/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>
>> What did you watch?
>
> I was moderately productive yesterday, grading and prepping quizzes and
> materials and such. So TV was not the focus. I got through:
>
> The Buccaneers (Apple TV+) - "Women or Wives" (ep. #1.2). Mild follow-up
> to the pilot. No Christina Hendricks (or the other mother) this epie at
> all... Alisha Boe's Conchita throws a party, and the Americans (except
> Nan) continue to behave like wild women of the 1960s, and nothing like
> young women of the 1870s.
>    Disappointingly, Nan caves far to quickly and forgives her sister
> Virginia (Imogen Waterhouse), though she doesn't deserve it. Conchita's
> overhears half a conversation from her husband Richard (Josh Dylan), and
> gets the wrong idea and goes about "punishing" him, though he has no
> idea what is going on. Richard's younger brother is a weird, sadistic
> bastard, and humiliates Lizzy (the other "pretty" one) - which gives us
> a little bit of naked nudity from Aubri Ibrag. He then proposes to
> Virginia, but Lizzy is too much of a coward and wilting violet to warn
> Virginia that her husband is a menace... On cue, it's revealed that
> Mabel (Josie Totah) and Richard's cousin(? sister?) are probably lesbians.
>    And Nan is continues to be the quarry of two suitors - Guy (Matthew
> Broome), and Theo, the Duke (Guy Remmers), with the latter spontaneously
> proposing to Nan at the end.
>    Meh. I hope ep. #3 is better than this one was.
>
> golf - Kideki Matsuyama easily wins the Genesis Invitational at Riviera
> (in L.A.) by three strokes! - Matsuyama surged into the lead with a 62
> on the final day, while other leaders like Patrick Cantlay and Xander
> Schauffele faltered.
>
> soaps: GH - Fri's ep. Wow, that was fast! - While Josslyn frantically
> searches for Sonny (but finds only Ava), they seemingly write Dex out!
> (I guess there is no need for him with Jason coming back?...) Josslyn
> swears to never forgive Sonny for sending "her man" away! (Duh!) Not
> much else happened - Sam had a long conversation with Alexis about her
> son (who never appeared). Anna confirms that Olivia Jerome is dead;
> Alexis informs Ava of the death. Cyrus Renault visits Laura, and informs
> Laura about his new radio program (the one he got by cutting a deal with
> Nina).
>
> The Man in the Guesthouse (Lifetime) - Like "The Beach House Murders"
> from the night before, this was pure background while I did other
> things, such as grading, etc. So I didn't fully follow what was going
> on, though I got the gist of this one better than "The Beach House
> Murders". But this seemed pretty par for the course for a "renter from
> Hell" kind of movie...
>
> What did you watch?
>

I watched:

Star Trek Generations (4K disc) Time after time Malcolm McDowell shows
up in a movie and causes trouble. But this time he has to go up against
both Kirk and Picard.

Star Trek: First Contact: (4K disc) Picard has to go back in time to
stop the Borg from assimilating Earth in the past. By far the best of
the TNG movies.

Star Trek: Insurrection (4K disc) Picard violates the prime directive by
inserting himself into a planet's civil war and picking a side he wants
to win after sleeping with one of the planet's women. I listened to the
commentary track by Mirina Sirtis and Jonathan Frakes (who also
directed). I turned on the trivia track too. Do you know how bad a
movie has to be for me to turn on the audio commentary and the trivia so
I can't hear the dialogue or read it? Insurrection is that bad. But
the commentary is arguably worse, because I found myself wanting to yell
at the screen as Frakes and Sirtis continually got details about what
was happening on screen wrong. But on the plus side, I did manage to
get some cleaning around the house done.

Star Trek Nemesis (4K disc) For the final TNG movie Picard must face off
against a clone who has seized power on Romulus and quickly becomes the
Bane of his existence. Once again I opted for both the commentary track
and trivia track. But at least this time the director actually had
interesting information about the making of the movie. If anything, I
think the director's commentary helped a lot in making watching the
movie tolerable. That and I've always liked the battle sequences.

Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> I watched:
>
>
> What did you watch?

Hey, thanks for asking!

The Plex asked if I would like to continue watching I. S. S. (You have to
spell it like that to find it on Wikipedia). So I said yes and it let me
watch it.

This was only sort of OK. It was really poorly directed and not much better
written. Somehow the guy knocked into space while on an EVA last seen
hurling away from the station somehow managed to grab onto something and
has been hiding, lurking outside for days without running out of
life-support? I think not.

I give them props for at least attempting zero gravity scenes, but thumbs
down for much of the execution.

So the guy goes out on the EVA and only once he’s out of the ship, does he
notice the United States is on fire (because the godless Ruskies nuked us),
and he tells the spunky girl astronaut inside to keep everybody else away
from the windows, so they won’t see this. Because she’s the only one that
can hear the com feed and none of the others have snuck a peek at any time
and if they do, she’s going to stop them how exactly?

They brought the ISS down into the atmosphere when they picked up the
spunky new girl so she could bring lots of extra supplies (and apparently
earth is not aware of this) and then realized they can’t take it back up
again because they haven’t used the thrusters in years. How exactly did
they bring it down in the first place?

One of the crew I think one of the godless Commies has invented
anti-radiation sickness stuff that he has four test tubes of. Apparently
they think they can take this down into the aftermath of a nuclear war,
where the United States is entirely on fire and use it to write their own
ticket like it’s not game over, man.

And then the very end is stupider than anything that went before.

TRACKER discussed elsewhere

DEATH IN PARADISE S13E03.

Well there is officially a new worst episode in town.

The celebrity chef, who looks just like Gordon Ramsay, but is a really
sweet guy is hosting a celebrity chef cookoff, and the winner will be the
chef at his new hotel next week. The logistics of that seem a bit dicey.
Anyway, he turns out to be poisoned by the deadly Saint Marie poison tree,
every bit of which, from the bark to the leaves to the fruit is completely
deadly, and there is no known antidote. Something they forget, totally when
one of the suspects becomes sick, and they just take her to the hospital
and she responds well to treatment.

After a lot of misdirection, we finally find out that this guy is the
cooking worlds Harvey Weinstein, and he has raped all these women for at
least 30 years by telling them stuff like “I won’t give you a loan to start
your own restaurant unless you sleep with me“

You know that’s probably not a good business practice But I’m not sure it
rises to the level of rape. In fact, it’s a lot more like prostitution.

Anyway, all the female contestants get together and decide they can’t hurt
him because there is no evidence that he ever raped anybody despite the
fact that he took pictures of the most recent one, and she’s seen them and
so has her husband (and it looks consensual to him.) so they decide murder
is their only out. Everybody decides they should feel sorry for the women
and do their best to make sure they get off Scott free. The episode ends
with a phone number you can call and tell the BBC if anyone has ever been
mean to you.

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

--
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

On 2/19/2024 5:48 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>
> What did you watch?
>
The Twilight Zone S2E26 'Shadow Play' DVR
Adam Grant is sentenced to death, and has recurring dreams about his
execution.

The Twilight Zone S2E27 'The Mind and the Matter' DVR
Archibald Beechcroft discovers that he can will anything he wants.

The Twilight Zone S2E28 'Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up' DVR
Police must figure out if a diner patron is actually a martian invader.
"You've heard of trying to find a needle in a haystack. Well stay with
us now you'll be part of an investigating team who's mission is not to
find that proverbial needle. No, their task is even harder. They've
got to find a Martian in a diner."
The Martian just didn't count a Venusian.

The Twilight Zone S2E29 'The Obsolete Man' DVR
Librarian Romney Wordsworth is condemned to death for obsolescence.
"The State has proven there is NO GOD!" The third of Burgess Meredith's
appearances.

The Twilight Zone S3E01 'Two' DVR
A man (Charles Bronson) and a woman (Elizabeth Montgomery) -- the sole
survivors of a devastating global war -- meet in the shambles of a city
destroyed six years prior.

The Twilight Zone S3E02 'The Arrival' DVR
Flight 107 arrives on schedule, but without passengers, pilots, or baggage.

What Did You Watch?

--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.

On 2/19/2024 9:25 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 2/19/2024 5:48 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>>
>> What did you watch?
>>
> The Twilight Zone S2E26 'Shadow Play' DVR
> Adam Grant is sentenced to death, and has recurring dreams about his
> execution.
>

I'm drawing a blank on this one.

> The Twilight Zone S2E27 'The Mind and the Matter' DVR
> Archibald Beechcroft discovers that he can will anything he wants.
>
> The Twilight Zone S2E28 'Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up' DVR
> Police must figure out if a diner patron is actually a martian invader.
> "You've heard of trying to find a needle in a haystack.  Well stay with
> us now you'll be part of an investigating team who's mission is not to
> find that proverbial needle.  No, their task is even harder.  They've
> got to find a Martian in a diner."
> The Martian just didn't count a Venusian.
>

Classic ending, but I don't recall the details of what happened in between.

> The Twilight Zone S2E29 'The Obsolete Man' DVR
> Librarian Romney Wordsworth is condemned to death for obsolescence. "The
> State has proven there is NO GOD!"  The third of Burgess Meredith's
> appearances.
>

Great episode. Coincidentally I was looking at clips from this episode
the other week.

> The Twilight Zone S3E01 'Two' DVR
> A man (Charles Bronson) and a woman (Elizabeth Montgomery) -- the sole
> survivors of a devastating global war -- meet in the shambles of a city
> destroyed six years prior.
>

The man must have had a death wish to trust an enemy soldier with his
life. She must have somehow bewitched him.

> The Twilight Zone S3E02 'The Arrival' DVR
> Flight 107 arrives on schedule, but without passengers, pilots, or baggage.
>
>

I'm drawing a blank on this one too. But I know I've watched it before.
I'm getting a vague memory that maybe the investigator had some sort
of guilt he was reliving.

> What Did You Watch?
>
>

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

>Star Trek Generations (4K disc) Time after time Malcolm McDowell shows
>up in a movie and causes trouble. But this time he has to go up against
>both Kirk and Picard.

I saw this in theater when it was in wide release. I found the movie
disappointing and bland and haven't re-watched it.

>Star Trek: First Contact: (4K disc) Picard has to go back in time to
>stop the Borg from assimilating Earth in the past. By far the best of
>the TNG movies.

I heard bad things about this movie and never attended in theater. I
saw it once on tv and never wanted to see it again. I hated the Cochrane
character because the script made us hate the Cochrane character, forcing
Our Heroes to save the day. It never made any sense that, living in the
commune, he had any ability to perform engineering. I didn't like the
Borg Queen retcon although she was a decent villain.

Then when the first contact occurs, it's off screen.

>Star Trek: Insurrection (4K disc) Picard violates the prime directive by
>inserting himself into a planet's civil war and picking a side he wants
>to win after sleeping with one of the planet's women. I listened to the
>commentary track by Mirina Sirtis and Jonathan Frakes (who also
>directed). I turned on the trivia track too. Do you know how bad a
>movie has to be for me to turn on the audio commentary and the trivia so
>I can't hear the dialogue or read it? Insurrection is that bad. But
>the commentary is arguably worse, because I found myself wanting to yell
>at the screen as Frakes and Sirtis continually got details about what
>was happening on screen wrong. But on the plus side, I did manage to
>get some cleaning around the house done.

I can't even recall if I watched this on tv.

>Star Trek Nemesis (4K disc) For the final TNG movie Picard must face off
>against a clone who has seized power on Romulus and quickly becomes the
>Bane of his existence. Once again I opted for both the commentary track
>and trivia track. But at least this time the director actually had
>interesting information about the making of the movie. If anything, I
>think the director's commentary helped a lot in making watching the
>movie tolerable. That and I've always liked the battle sequences.

Huh. I really hated the script.

On 2/19/2024 11:04 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>
>> Star Trek Generations (4K disc) Time after time Malcolm McDowell shows
>> up in a movie and causes trouble. But this time he has to go up against
>> both Kirk and Picard.
>
> I saw this in theater when it was in wide release. I found the movie
> disappointing and bland and haven't re-watched it.
>
>> Star Trek: First Contact: (4K disc) Picard has to go back in time to
>> stop the Borg from assimilating Earth in the past. By far the best of
>> the TNG movies.
>
> I heard bad things about this movie and never attended in theater. I
> saw it once on tv and never wanted to see it again. I hated the Cochrane
> character because the script made us hate the Cochrane character, forcing
> Our Heroes to save the day. It never made any sense that, living in the
> commune, he had any ability to perform engineering. I didn't like the
> Borg Queen retcon although she was a decent villain.
>
> Then when the first contact occurs, it's off screen.
>

First contact happens on screen, but your other criticisms are valid.
If I were writing the script I would have avoided the time travel aspect
as being unnecessary. That being said, if they insisted on the time
travel aspect I would have swapped out Lilly for Guinan. Don't get me
wrong, Alfre Woodard knocked it out of the park. But it would have made
more sense for a stranded Guinan to help Cochrane develop warp drive so
she could get off the planet. I would have also brought the entire cast
of DS9 and had them on the planet actually fighting Borg while Pickard
kept the same storyline on the Enterprise.

>> Star Trek: Insurrection (4K disc) Picard violates the prime directive by
>> inserting himself into a planet's civil war and picking a side he wants
>> to win after sleeping with one of the planet's women. I listened to the
>> commentary track by Mirina Sirtis and Jonathan Frakes (who also
>> directed). I turned on the trivia track too. Do you know how bad a
>> movie has to be for me to turn on the audio commentary and the trivia so
>> I can't hear the dialogue or read it? Insurrection is that bad. But
>> the commentary is arguably worse, because I found myself wanting to yell
>> at the screen as Frakes and Sirtis continually got details about what
>> was happening on screen wrong. But on the plus side, I did manage to
>> get some cleaning around the house done.
>
> I can't even recall if I watched this on tv.
>

You didn't miss much.

>> Star Trek Nemesis (4K disc) For the final TNG movie Picard must face off
>> against a clone who has seized power on Romulus and quickly becomes the
>> Bane of his existence. Once again I opted for both the commentary track
>> and trivia track. But at least this time the director actually had
>> interesting information about the making of the movie. If anything, I
>> think the director's commentary helped a lot in making watching the
>> movie tolerable. That and I've always liked the battle sequences.
>
> Huh. I really hated the script.

Yeah. Both Picard and Data basically having doubles in the same movie
just didn't work. And where was Sela in all of this? She could have
been the main villain or give her a redemption arc by making her the
Romulan who helps the Enterprise.

On 2/19/2024 10:31 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
> On 2/19/2024 9:25 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> On 2/19/2024 5:48 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>>>
>>> What did you watch?
>>>
>> The Twilight Zone S2E26 'Shadow Play' DVR
>> Adam Grant is sentenced to death, and has recurring dreams about his
>> execution.
>>
>
> I'm drawing a blank on this one.
>
The trial and preliminaries to his execution are all the recurring
nightmare. Basically an excuse to muse on "what is reality"?

>> The Twilight Zone S2E27 'The Mind and the Matter' DVR
>> Archibald Beechcroft discovers that he can will anything he wants.
>>
>> The Twilight Zone S2E28 'Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up' DVR
>> Police must figure out if a diner patron is actually a martian invader.
>> "You've heard of trying to find a needle in a haystack.  Well stay
>> with us now you'll be part of an investigating team who's mission is
>> not to find that proverbial needle.  No, their task is even harder.
>> They've got to find a Martian in a diner."
>> The Martian just didn't count a Venusian.
>>
>
> Classic ending, but I don't recall the details of what happened in between.
>
A group of people talking in a diner about who wasn't on the bus. I
just really like the "They've got to find a Martian in a diner." line
from the intro.

>> The Twilight Zone S2E29 'The Obsolete Man' DVR
>> Librarian Romney Wordsworth is condemned to death for obsolescence.
>> "The State has proven there is NO GOD!"  The third of Burgess
>> Meredith's appearances.
>>
>
> Great episode.  Coincidentally I was looking at clips from this episode
> the other week.
>
Ya, not exactly subtle though.

>> The Twilight Zone S3E01 'Two' DVR
>> A man (Charles Bronson) and a woman (Elizabeth Montgomery) -- the sole
>> survivors of a devastating global war -- meet in the shambles of a
>> city destroyed six years prior.
>>
>
> The man must have had a death wish to trust an enemy soldier with his
> life.  She must have somehow bewitched him.
>
It was interesting to note that Bronson was the talkative one of the
pair. :) Montgomery only spoke three words, two of them the same word.

>> The Twilight Zone S3E02 'The Arrival' DVR
>> Flight 107 arrives on schedule, but without passengers, pilots, or
>> baggage.
>>
> I'm drawing a blank on this one too.  But I know I've watched it before.
>  I'm getting a vague memory that maybe the investigator had some sort
> of guilt he was reliving.
>
Yup. The one incident he was never able to find a cause for from 17
years earlier. The whole "empty airplane and investigation thereof"
were his hallucination.

--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.

In article <ur0cmv$223s4$1@dont-email.me>,
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

> On 2/19/2024 11:04 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> > Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

> >> Star Trek: First Contact: (4K disc) Picard has to go back in time to
> >> stop the Borg from assimilating Earth in the past. By far the best of
> >> the TNG movies.
> >
> > I heard bad things about this movie and never attended in theater. I
> > saw it once on tv and never wanted to see it again. I hated the Cochrane
> > character because the script made us hate the Cochrane character, forcing
> > Our Heroes to save the day. It never made any sense that, living in the
> > commune, he had any ability to perform engineering. I didn't like the
> > Borg Queen retcon although she was a decent villain.
> >
> > Then when the first contact occurs, it's off screen.
> >
> First contact happens on screen, but your other criticisms are valid.
> If I were writing the script I would have avoided the time travel aspect
> as being unnecessary.

I was just disappointed that we were finally getting a big screen
feature film Borg movie and other than that first cube, all the Borg
stuff was creeping around dark corridors on the ship.

In the weeks up to its release, I anticipated vast space battles between
hundreds of Starfleet ships-- maybe Klingons and Romulans, too-- and a
Borg armada. Basically like they did for the Dominion War on DS9. And
then when I saw the movie, there was likea 30 second battle and the cube
blows up and that's basically it.

On Monday, February 19, 2024 at 7:48:56 AM UTC-6, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> On 2/19/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>
> > What did you watch?
>
> I was moderately productive yesterday, grading and prepping quizzes and
> materials and such. So TV was not the focus. I got through:
>
> The Buccaneers (Apple TV+) - "Women or Wives" (ep. #1.2). Mild follow-up
> to the pilot. No Christina Hendricks (or the other mother) this epie at
> all... Alisha Boe's Conchita throws a party, and the Americans (except
> Nan) continue to behave like wild women of the 1960s, and nothing like
> young women of the 1870s.
> Disappointingly, Nan caves far to quickly and forgives her sister
> Virginia (Imogen Waterhouse), though she doesn't deserve it. Conchita's
> overhears half a conversation from her husband Richard (Josh Dylan), and
> gets the wrong idea and goes about "punishing" him, though he has no
> idea what is going on. Richard's younger brother is a weird, sadistic
> bastard, and humiliates Lizzy (the other "pretty" one) - which gives us
> a little bit of naked nudity from Aubri Ibrag. He then proposes to
> Virginia, but Lizzy is too much of a coward and wilting violet to warn
> Virginia that her husband is a menace... On cue, it's revealed that
> Mabel (Josie Totah) and Richard's cousin(? sister?) are probably lesbians..
> And Nan is continues to be the quarry of two suitors - Guy (Matthew
> Broome), and Theo, the Duke (Guy Remmers), with the latter spontaneously
> proposing to Nan at the end.
> Meh. I hope ep. #3 is better than this one was.
>
> golf - Kideki Matsuyama easily wins the Genesis Invitational at Riviera
> (in L.A.) by three strokes! - Matsuyama surged into the lead with a 62
> on the final day, while other leaders like Patrick Cantlay and Xander
> Schauffele faltered.
>
> soaps: GH - Fri's ep. Wow, that was fast! - While Josslyn frantically
> searches for Sonny (but finds only Ava), they seemingly write Dex out!
> (I guess there is no need for him with Jason coming back?...) Josslyn
> swears to never forgive Sonny for sending "her man" away! (Duh!) Not
> much else happened - Sam had a long conversation with Alexis about her
> son (who never appeared). Anna confirms that Olivia Jerome is dead;
> Alexis informs Ava of the death. Cyrus Renault visits Laura, and informs
> Laura about his new radio program (the one he got by cutting a deal with
> Nina).
>
> The Man in the Guesthouse (Lifetime) - Like "The Beach House Murders"
> from the night before, this was pure background while I did other
> things, such as grading, etc. So I didn't fully follow what was going
> on, though I got the gist of this one better than "The Beach House
> Murders". But this seemed pretty par for the course for a "renter from
> Hell" kind of movie...
>
> What did you watch?

Terminator: Sarah Connor chronicles on a dtv subchannel. The year 2027 in future flashforwards is approaching.
I'd accept a Summer Glau cyborg for yard work. Shirley Manson from band Garbage is a coniving Ginger cyborg.