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What did you watch?
On 6/30/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
Yesterday, I was on areoplanes(!) for over 13 hours, and I didn't get
home to my place until 9pm(!), so nothing.
I will try to do a two-week(!) catch-up to discuss the stuff I saw on
German TV, or on the airplane rides, over the next couple of days - I
will probably do it as a separate thread.
On 6/30/2025 6:32 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 6/30/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
Yesterday, I was on areoplanes(!) for over 13 hours, and I didn't get
home to my place until 9pm(!), so nothing.
Nothing at all? Surely, you can't be serious.
I will try to do a two-week(!) catch-up to discuss the stuff I saw on
German TV, or on the airplane rides, over the next couple of days - I
will probably do it as a separate thread.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to not post anything. I haven't
posted much either. This will be about a week catch up.
I watched:
The Bear (Hulu) - I suffered through a few episodes of season 4. Of
course they didn't bother to do any sort of recap. As best I can tell
there is no actual plot for the episodes this season. It just sort of
is. And I'm pretty sure they are jumping around in time with no rhyme
or reason. So for any given scene, I'm not always sure when it's taking place.
Enemy Mine (blu-ray) 1985 sci-fi movie starring Dennis Quaid as a human
space fighter pilot who crash lands on an alien planet where he's forced
to befriend an enemy alien soldier (Louis Gossett Jr.). The movie holds
up well enough, but I wish there was an audio commentary on the disc.
The Hidden (blu-ray) 1987 sci-fi movie starring Michael Nouri (I could
have sworn that was Chris Sarandon! Then I thought he was Steven Bauer.
Who is this Michael Nouri guy?) as a cop who partners with an FBI
agent (Kyle MacLachlan) to track down seemingly normal people who
suddenly start to go on wild murder/robbery sprees. It turns out people
are being taken over by an alien who likes fast cars and money. The
alien has the ability to enter different people's bodies, and once
inside he's unkillable. It must have been about 20 years since I last watched this. I watched with a director commentary. The director made
a point to comment on two actors who played a doctor and a nurse in one
scene and spoke at length about how bad their acting was. Then topped
it off with now he "would never accept actors of that quality." Then
later in the commentary he rags on Kyle MacLachlan. I was wondering who
is this director taking all of these pot shots at the cast, so I looked
him up and saw he's the same guy who directed Elm Street 2. I have
heard actors say a few choice words about him. And now that I think
about it, if the actors playing the doctor and nurse weren't turning in
a good performance, it's the director's job to get a good performance
out of them or replace the actors. There's another point where the
director doesn't seem to understand what's happening and the moderator
has to explain the scene to him. This is actually a pretty good movie,
but I'm thinking It's good in spite of the director. The movie is also notable for featuring Claudia Christian. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8yurma6ToA
I Come in Peace (blu-ray) 1990 sci-fi movie starring Dolph Lundgren as a
cop investigating a series of murders that turns out are being committed
by an alien looking to use humans as an illegal drug supply. Brian
Benben co-stars as a shady FBI agent who partners with Lundgren. The
movie is OK sci-fi schlock. I also haven't wanted this in forever, but
have been wanting to pair it with "The Hidden" for a few years now.
The Arrival (blu-ray) 1996 sci-fi movie written and directed by David
Twohy (The Pitch Black movies) and starring Charlie Sheen as a paranoid
radio astronomer who stumbles upon an alien plot to terraform Earth.
The movie holds up well enough. I wanted to also watch the sequel, but
I only have that on DVD, and when I put the disc in the movie was non anamorphic widescreen, and completely unwatchable.
Ender's Game (4K disc) 2013 movie based on the 1985 novel by Orson Scott card. This is one of the few movies based on a book that I actually
read.
training child soldiers to fight the war in space. Asa Butterfield
stars as Ender, a young boy with a brilliant tactical mind who rises
through the ranks at battle school to eventually lead his own forces
against the enemy home world. Harrison Ford stars as Ender's commanding officer who pushes "Ender" to win the war while Viola Davis costars as a military psychologist who questions the ethics of child soldiers, and in particular how hard Ford is pushing "Ender" to win at all costs. Hailee Steinfeld also co-stars as Ender's classmate in Battle school. While
the movie does have space battles, the main focus is Ender and his
psychology as he's trained to wage war against an enemy he's never met.
Airplane! (blu-ray) 1980 comedy from Jim Abrahams and the Zucker
brothers. Robert Hays must land an airplane after the pilot and
copilots get sick from food poisoning. Leslie Nielsen co-stars as a
doctor trying to help. The movie is still laugh out loud funny.
Airplane II: The Sequel (blu-ray) 1982 sequel which finds most of the
cast from the first movie returning to try and fly a spaceship full of passengers to the moon. Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers had
nothing to do with this one. Leslie Nielsen also doesn't return. My
guess is after the events of the first movie Nielsen's character gave up practicing medicine, changed his name, and went to the police academy
for a career change. Anyway, I don't care what anyone says, this movie
is funny too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9ilm8PEJlQ
The Naked Gun (4K disc) 1988 comedy from Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers. Leslie Nielsen plays a bumbling cop who has to stop an assassination attempt against the Queen of England.
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (blu-ray) 1991 sequel from Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers. Nieslen returns to bumble his away
through more police work.
The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The final Insult (blu-ray) 1994 sequel which has Nielsen going under cover to catch a terrorist. It was OK I guess.
Top Secret! (blu-ray) 1984 comedy from Jim Abrahams and the Zucker
brothers. Val Kilmer stars as an American rock star who while on a good
will tour to East Germany stumbles upon a plot to start WWIII. Kilmer reluctantly teams up with the resistance movement to stop it. The movie holds up great.
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 6/30/2025 6:32 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 6/30/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
Yesterday, I was on areoplanes(!) for over 13 hours, and I didn't get
home to my place until 9pm(!), so nothing.
Nothing at all? Surely, you can't be serious.
He is, and don’t call him Sirius.
I will try to do a two-week(!) catch-up to discuss the stuff I saw on
German TV, or on the airplane rides, over the next couple of days - I
will probably do it as a separate thread.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to not post anything. I haven't
posted much either. This will be about a week catch up.
I watched:
The Bear (Hulu) - I suffered through a few episodes of season 4. Of
course they didn't bother to do any sort of recap. As best I can tell
there is no actual plot for the episodes this season. It just sort of
is. And I'm pretty sure they are jumping around in time with no rhyme
or reason. So for any given scene, I'm not always sure when it's taking
place.
Enemy Mine (blu-ray) 1985 sci-fi movie starring Dennis Quaid as a human
space fighter pilot who crash lands on an alien planet where he's forced
to befriend an enemy alien soldier (Louis Gossett Jr.). The movie holds
up well enough, but I wish there was an audio commentary on the disc.
You should have paired it with Robinson Crusoe on Mars.
The Hidden (blu-ray) 1987 sci-fi movie starring Michael Nouri (I could
have sworn that was Chris Sarandon! Then I thought he was Steven Bauer.
Who is this Michael Nouri guy?) as a cop who partners with an FBI
agent (Kyle MacLachlan) to track down seemingly normal people who
suddenly start to go on wild murder/robbery sprees. It turns out people
are being taken over by an alien who likes fast cars and money. The
alien has the ability to enter different people's bodies, and once
inside he's unkillable. It must have been about 20 years since I last
watched this.
I watched with a director commentary. The director made
a point to comment on two actors who played a doctor and a nurse in one
scene and spoke at length about how bad their acting was. Then topped
it off with now he "would never accept actors of that quality." Then
later in the commentary he rags on Kyle MacLachlan. I was wondering who
is this director taking all of these pot shots at the cast, so I looked
him up and saw he's the same guy who directed Elm Street 2. I have
heard actors say a few choice words about him. And now that I think
about it, if the actors playing the doctor and nurse weren't turning in
a good performance, it's the director's job to get a good performance
out of them or replace the actors. There's another point where the
director doesn't seem to understand what's happening and the moderator
has to explain the scene to him. This is actually a pretty good movie,
but I'm thinking It's good in spite of the director. The movie is also
notable for featuring Claudia Christian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8yurma6ToA
I Come in Peace (blu-ray) 1990 sci-fi movie starring Dolph Lundgren as a
cop investigating a series of murders that turns out are being committed
by an alien looking to use humans as an illegal drug supply. Brian
Benben co-stars as a shady FBI agent who partners with Lundgren. The
movie is OK sci-fi schlock. I also haven't wanted this in forever, but
have been wanting to pair it with "The Hidden" for a few years now.
The Arrival (blu-ray) 1996 sci-fi movie written and directed by David
Twohy (The Pitch Black movies) and starring Charlie Sheen as a paranoid
radio astronomer who stumbles upon an alien plot to terraform Earth.
The movie holds up well enough. I wanted to also watch the sequel, but
I only have that on DVD, and when I put the disc in the movie was non
anamorphic widescreen, and completely unwatchable.
Ender's Game (4K disc) 2013 movie based on the 1985 novel by Orson Scott
card. This is one of the few movies based on a book that I actually
read.
Apparently, we’re supposed to hate the book and the movie because of >something card did or was in real life. I find it far too difficult working >up that much indignation.
Set 50 years after an alien attack on Earth, humanity has begun
training child soldiers to fight the war in space. Asa Butterfield
stars as Ender, a young boy with a brilliant tactical mind who rises
through the ranks at battle school to eventually lead his own forces
against the enemy home world. Harrison Ford stars as Ender's commanding
officer who pushes "Ender" to win the war while Viola Davis costars as a
military psychologist who questions the ethics of child soldiers, and in
particular how hard Ford is pushing "Ender" to win at all costs. Hailee
Steinfeld also co-stars as Ender's classmate in Battle school. While
the movie does have space battles, the main focus is Ender and his
psychology as he's trained to wage war against an enemy he's never met.
Airplane! (blu-ray) 1980 comedy from Jim Abrahams and the Zucker
brothers. Robert Hays must land an airplane after the pilot and
copilots get sick from food poisoning. Leslie Nielsen co-stars as a
doctor trying to help. The movie is still laugh out loud funny.
Airplane II: The Sequel (blu-ray) 1982 sequel which finds most of the
cast from the first movie returning to try and fly a spaceship full of
passengers to the moon. Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers had
nothing to do with this one. Leslie Nielsen also doesn't return. My
guess is after the events of the first movie Nielsen's character gave up
practicing medicine, changed his name, and went to the police academy
for a career change. Anyway, I don't care what anyone says, this movie
is funny too!
The Shat rocks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9ilm8PEJlQ
The Naked Gun (4K disc) 1988 comedy from Jim Abrahams and the Zucker
brothers. Leslie Nielsen plays a bumbling cop who has to stop an
assassination attempt against the Queen of England.
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (blu-ray) 1991 sequel from Jim
Abrahams and the Zucker brothers. Nieslen returns to bumble his away
through more police work.
The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The final Insult (blu-ray) 1994 sequel which has
Nielsen going under cover to catch a terrorist. It was OK I guess.
Top Secret! (blu-ray) 1984 comedy from Jim Abrahams and the Zucker
brothers. Val Kilmer stars as an American rock star who while on a good
will tour to East Germany stumbles upon a plot to start WWIII. Kilmer
reluctantly teams up with the resistance movement to stop it. The movie
holds up great.
On Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:47:49 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 6/30/2025 6:32 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 6/30/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
Yesterday, I was on areoplanes(!) for over 13 hours, and I didn't get
home to my place until 9pm(!), so nothing.
Nothing at all? Surely, you can't be serious.
He is, and don’t call him Sirius.
It's sounding kind of cereal.
I will try to do a two-week(!) catch-up to discuss the stuff I saw on
German TV, or on the airplane rides, over the next couple of days - I
will probably do it as a separate thread.
I need to add in a few items I've watched. Though it really is only a
few items this past week as I just haven't been in the mood.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to not post anything. I haven't
posted much either. This will be about a week catch up.
I watched:
The Bear (Hulu) - I suffered through a few episodes of season 4. Of
course they didn't bother to do any sort of recap. As best I can tell
there is no actual plot for the episodes this season. It just sort of
is. And I'm pretty sure they are jumping around in time with no rhyme
or reason. So for any given scene, I'm not always sure when it's taking >>> place.
Enemy Mine (blu-ray) 1985 sci-fi movie starring Dennis Quaid as a human
space fighter pilot who crash lands on an alien planet where he's forced >>> to befriend an enemy alien soldier (Louis Gossett Jr.). The movie holds >>> up well enough, but I wish there was an audio commentary on the disc.
I think I've only seen the entire movie once or twice, but have seen
clips multiple times over the years.
You should have paired it with Robinson Crusoe on Mars.
The Hidden (blu-ray) 1987 sci-fi movie starring Michael Nouri (I could
have sworn that was Chris Sarandon! Then I thought he was Steven Bauer. >>> Who is this Michael Nouri guy?) as a cop who partners with an FBI
agent (Kyle MacLachlan) to track down seemingly normal people who
suddenly start to go on wild murder/robbery sprees. It turns out people >>> are being taken over by an alien who likes fast cars and money. The
alien has the ability to enter different people's bodies, and once
inside he's unkillable. It must have been about 20 years since I last
watched this.
I watched with a director commentary. The director made
a point to comment on two actors who played a doctor and a nurse in one
scene and spoke at length about how bad their acting was. Then topped
it off with now he "would never accept actors of that quality." Then
later in the commentary he rags on Kyle MacLachlan. I was wondering who >>> is this director taking all of these pot shots at the cast, so I looked
him up and saw he's the same guy who directed Elm Street 2. I have
heard actors say a few choice words about him. And now that I think
about it, if the actors playing the doctor and nurse weren't turning in
a good performance, it's the director's job to get a good performance
out of them or replace the actors. There's another point where the
director doesn't seem to understand what's happening and the moderator
has to explain the scene to him. This is actually a pretty good movie,
but I'm thinking It's good in spite of the director. The movie is also
notable for featuring Claudia Christian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8yurma6ToA
Yeah, it's been decades since I saw this movie but did enjoy it.
I Come in Peace (blu-ray) 1990 sci-fi movie starring Dolph Lundgren as a >>> cop investigating a series of murders that turns out are being committed >>> by an alien looking to use humans as an illegal drug supply. Brian
Benben co-stars as a shady FBI agent who partners with Lundgren. The
movie is OK sci-fi schlock. I also haven't wanted this in forever, but
have been wanting to pair it with "The Hidden" for a few years now.
And you will go in pieces. lol.
The Arrival (blu-ray) 1996 sci-fi movie written and directed by David
Twohy (The Pitch Black movies) and starring Charlie Sheen as a paranoid
radio astronomer who stumbles upon an alien plot to terraform Earth.
The movie holds up well enough. I wanted to also watch the sequel, but
I only have that on DVD, and when I put the disc in the movie was non
anamorphic widescreen, and completely unwatchable.
Hmm, not sure if I've ever watched the second movie.
Ender's Game (4K disc) 2013 movie based on the 1985 novel by Orson Scott >>> card. This is one of the few movies based on a book that I actually
read.
Apparently, we’re supposed to hate the book and the movie because of
something card did or was in real life. I find it far too difficult working >> up that much indignation.
I thought it had something to do with Card being a member of the
Mormon church.
Set 50 years after an alien attack on Earth, humanity has begun
training child soldiers to fight the war in space. Asa Butterfield
stars as Ender, a young boy with a brilliant tactical mind who rises
through the ranks at battle school to eventually lead his own forces
against the enemy home world. Harrison Ford stars as Ender's commanding >>> officer who pushes "Ender" to win the war while Viola Davis costars as a >>> military psychologist who questions the ethics of child soldiers, and in >>> particular how hard Ford is pushing "Ender" to win at all costs. Hailee >>> Steinfeld also co-stars as Ender's classmate in Battle school. While
the movie does have space battles, the main focus is Ender and his
psychology as he's trained to wage war against an enemy he's never met.
Airplane! (blu-ray) 1980 comedy from Jim Abrahams and the Zucker
brothers. Robert Hays must land an airplane after the pilot and
copilots get sick from food poisoning. Leslie Nielsen co-stars as a
doctor trying to help. The movie is still laugh out loud funny.
Ah, you should have paired this with ZERO HOUR! to see the source
material.
Airplane II: The Sequel (blu-ray) 1982 sequel which finds most of the
cast from the first movie returning to try and fly a spaceship full of
passengers to the moon. Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers had
nothing to do with this one. Leslie Nielsen also doesn't return. My
guess is after the events of the first movie Nielsen's character gave up >>> practicing medicine, changed his name, and went to the police academy
for a career change. Anyway, I don't care what anyone says, this movie
is funny too!
The Shat rocks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9ilm8PEJlQ
The Naked Gun (4K disc) 1988 comedy from Jim Abrahams and the Zucker
brothers. Leslie Nielsen plays a bumbling cop who has to stop an
assassination attempt against the Queen of England.
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (blu-ray) 1991 sequel from Jim
Abrahams and the Zucker brothers. Nieslen returns to bumble his away
through more police work.
The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The final Insult (blu-ray) 1994 sequel which has
Nielsen going under cover to catch a terrorist. It was OK I guess.
Top Secret! (blu-ray) 1984 comedy from Jim Abrahams and the Zucker
brothers. Val Kilmer stars as an American rock star who while on a good >>> will tour to East Germany stumbles upon a plot to start WWIII. Kilmer
reluctantly teams up with the resistance movement to stop it. The movie >>> holds up great.
How silly can you get?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AupQ8Vm51OQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSZwlMDSOvY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfRi-a8hPh0