On 5/30/2023 10:21 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>> Stargate: SG-1 S5E16 'Last Stand'
>> "At the Goa'uld summit, Daniel ensures Osiris does not recognize him by
>> administering the same drug he used on Yu. Despite Jacob Carter urging
>> to release the poison gas, Daniel is unable to do as he does not wish to
>> harm Osiris' host, his friend Sarah Gardner.
>
> THERE she is!
>
> And what’s this “friends“ nonsense? They were… Dare I say it… Snuggle
> bunnies!
>
>
>
> Osiris claim a seat at the
>> negotiating table and tells the system lords that she is representing
>> another - Anubis, who hasn't been seen in over 1000 years and was
>> assumed dead. Daniel needs an escape plan of his own. At the Tok'ra base
>> O'Neill, Carter, Teal'c and Lt. Elliot - who is carrying Lantash's
>> symbiont - try to find a way out of the tunnel system."
>>
>> Dr. Daniel Jackson: Yeah, you would think that a race smart enough to
>> fly around in space would be smart enough to have seat belts.
>> Jacob Carter: I just prefer not to crash.
>
> They may have complete faith in their initial dampeners.
>
>
>>
>> Trivia: The shot of the System Lords biting into "live" Goa'uld
>> symbiotes was filmed by the actors biting into long burritos filled with
>> noodles, which were later turned into symbiotes by CGI.
>
> Great. Now I’m hungry.
>
>
>>
>>
>> Commentary: Director Martin Wood, writer and Exec Producer Robert Cooper
>> and, do I even need to say his name?

Are the initials P.D.?

The poison in this and the first
>> part ('Summit') is referred to as "The Nude Bomb" and Daniel's poisoned
>> ring is The Prick Ring.
>
> And Shanks is the guy who refuses to use a Zat because he thinks it looks
> too much like a penis.
>
>
> *eyeroll* They discuss how important mythology
>> from prior episodes is to this two-parter. Part of why the Tau'ri
>> allies get so decimated in season 5 is they weren't sure they were going
>> to get a sixth season so wanted to "wrap up" a number of storylines.
>>
>
> Speaking of looking too much like a penis, I joined a STARGATE group on the
> Facebook. There must’ve been a recent convention or something because
> people are posting pictures they had taken with various cast members. Jack
> looks old and unkempt. Sam looks great! Shanks is unrecognizable. And
> apparently he and tealc hate each other.

Details?!?

Browder has held up well.
>
>
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>>
>> Stargate: SG-1 S5E17 'Fail Safe'
>> "After an amateur astronomer discovers a 137 kms long asteroid on a path
>> to strike Earth, SG-1 is tasked to find a way to destroy it before it
>> hits in 11 days time. O'Neill seeks the assistance of the Asgard but the
>> protected planets treaty forbids intervening in the case of natural
>> disasters. They decide to try and change the asteroid's path using a
>> nuclear device but to get there in time, they will first have to repair
>> the Goa'uld cargo ship Daniel and Jacob Carter crashed on the Tok'ra
>> world. When they finally arrive at the asteroid the cargo ship
>> malfunctions and they realize that they've been had by the Goa'uld.
>> Carter comes up with a way to ensure the asteroid doesn't hit Earth but
>> it means they may not survive."
>>
>> Sam Carter: [explaining the contents of the asteroid and how the bomb
>> will affect it] The explosion will be enhanced by the naquadah, probably
>> to the force of a small nova. This close to Earth, it would be enough to
>> set the atmosphere on fire and boil the oceans.
>> Jack O'Neill: Okay, this was not in the movie.
>
> That movie apparently being EARTHSTORM!
>
>
>>
>> Jack O'Neill: ...And after that, I kind of lost my temper.
>> Major General George Hammond: What exactly does *that* mean?
>> Dr. Daniel Jackson: Let's just say Jack made a reference to Freyr's mother.
>>
>> Dr. Daniel Jackson: Well, we have a couple of options. Number one, we
>> give up. We use what's left of power and life support to make it to the
>> nearest unoccupied gate world. There's a small chance we'd make it. From
>> there we head to the Alpha site.
>> Jack O'Neill: Number two?
>> Dr. Daniel Jackson: We take off and hope that our radio signal can be
>> picked up by the Asgard in time to inform them that this was a Goa'uld
>> attack disguised as a natural disaster.
>> Sam Carter: There isn't enough time for that.
>> Dr. Daniel Jackson: I know.
>> Jack O'Neill: Is... there a number three?
>> Sam Carter: There's no three.
>> Dr. Daniel Jackson: Well, maybe there is. Teal'c, you said naquadah
>> wasn't native to our solar system.
>> [Teal'c nods in acknowledgement]
>> Dr. Daniel Jackson: Which means that the Goa'uld must have towed it
>> through hyperspace by ship.
>> Teal'c: A mother ship.
>> Sam Carter: Daniel, that's it!
>> Jack O'Neill: What's it?
>> Dr. Daniel Jackson: We don't have a mother ship.
>> Sam Carter: But the effect only has to last a few seconds.
>> Jack O'Neill: What only has to last a few seconds?
>
> This is disturbing Lee similar to the solution when they had to toss the
> Stargate into hyper space before it exploded.
>
>
> What?
>> Sam Carter: Choice three, sir. We expand the ship's hyperspace field to
>> encompass the entire asteroid. We take it out of normal space long
>> enough to avoid the collision with earth.
>> Jack O'Neill: [Long pause] Is there a *four*?
>>
>> Trivia: When boarding the downed Al'kesh, Carter assigns priorities of
>> repair. One crewmen asked for "the bathroom" as that's his "priority".
>> Likely a nod to sci-fi (very) rarely featuring places for people to pee
>> on a ship or station. (Babylon 5 bucked this trend, as did Star Trek
>> Enterprise, sort of.)
>
> So only terrible shows have bathrooms.
>
>
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>

I watched:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (4K disc) 1977 sci-fi movie directed
by Steven Spielberg about a man (Richard Dreyfuss) who has a mental
breakdown after meeting an Extra-Terrestrial. The disc has 3 different
versions of the movie, and I had no idea which version to watch but
according to the internet The director's cut is the only version worth
watching so that's the version I watched.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (4K disc) 1982 sci-fi movie directed by
Steven Spielberg about a boy (Henry Thomas) who has a Close Encounter of
the Third Kind. As far as I can tell the plot involves aliens sending a
military scout party to test out their biological weapons on a human
child. The evil alien tricks a group of gullible children into helping
it. The gullible kids actually believe these aliens "forgot" one of
their own when they left. What, these creatures can invent faster than
light travel, but they can't count? Fortunately, these hostile aliens
are chased off the planet by the U.S. government, but not before the
"forgotten" enemy scout can "phone home" and relay Earth's defensive
capabilities to the invasion force. This is one of the first movies I
remember going to see in the theater when I was a kid, and I remember
the creepy monster scared me. I still remember being scared to turn the
lights off for fear the monster would jump out of my closet and get me.
This horror film was *not* meant for children! I'll never understand
why it was marketed that way. I doubt there's a child alive who saw
this when it first came out and didn't have nightmares.

Cloak & Dagger (4K disc) 1984 spy movie starring Henry Thomas as a boy
who gets mixed up with real life murder and spies after his video game
turns out to contain a top-secret government plans. This was a
childhood favorite that never got a blu-ray release. I was shocked when
the 4K disc was announced. I watched with the commentary from writer
Tom Holland (Fright Night and Child's Play). It was an interesting
commentary, but a good chunk of it was spent discussing all the stuff
that was in the movie that wouldn't be in the movie if it was made
today. In particular, all the guns and danger the kids were put in.

West Side Story (4K disc) 2021 remake of the classic musical directed by
Steven Spielberg. Thanks to the magic of closed captions, for the first
time in over 30 years of watching this movie and listening to the
soundtrack, I now know that in the high school gym dance scene they are
in fact saying, "Mambo" and not "Rumble!" Blew my mind!!!!
I love the original version, it's one of my favorite movies. But upon
reflection and a second viewing, Spielberg's version is better. It just is.

The Adventures of Tintin (3D blu-ray) - 2011 CGI action movie directed
by Steven Spielberg and based on the classic comic strip. Jamie Bell
voices Tintin, a Belgian reporter who stumbles upon a mystery involving
a hidden treasure. I saw this when it first came out but had no memory
of the movie. I could have sworn it was better than this. I found the
movie to be very boring. But the 3D sure looked nice. It was reference
quality. A shame it wasn't in a better movie!

American Born Chinese (Disney+) "What Guy Are You" and "A Monkey on a
Quest" - I forgot to mention I watched the first episode the other day,
then episode 2 last night. This series (which shares a chunk of the
same cast with "Everything Everywhere All at Once" is about a modern day
high school kid who gets caught up in a power struggle being waged by
supernatural beings. First up the son of the Monkey King is hiding out
on Earth pretending to be a human teenager and he befriends the lead
character because he believes the human will help him on a quest. So
far the human kid doesn't know what's going on yet.