The day mom died, I watched:
What did you watch?
Verily, in article <UBI20260103@dont-email.me>, did weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:
The day mom died, I watched:
I'm sorry to hear about your mom. How are you doing?
What did you watch?
I watched reruns of The Critic, on Tubi. The show isn't very good, but
it has a frustrating quality of *almost* being good. It'll set up some reasonable character situation, then do a corny, predictable joke which knocks me out of both the story and the comedy. If only the comedy were funnier, it might have run for years.
In that it reminds me of Whoopie, Whoopie Goldberg's sitcom vehicle. It
was interesting in many ways, but it just wasn't very funny, and that's
a death knell for a comedy.
On 1/4/2026 7:25 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <UBI20260103@dont-email.me>, did weberm@polaris.net
deliver unto us this message:
The day mom died, I watched:
I'm sorry for your loss.
I'm sorry to hear about your mom. How are you doing?
What did you watch?
I watched reruns of The Critic, on Tubi. The show isn't very good, but
it has a frustrating quality of *almost* being good. It'll set up some
reasonable character situation, then do a corny, predictable joke which
knocks me out of both the story and the comedy. If only the comedy were
funnier, it might have run for years.
It was occasionally good. I liked the one with the Siskel and Ebert cameos.
In that it reminds me of Whoopie, Whoopie Goldberg's sitcom vehicle. It
was interesting in many ways, but it just wasn't very funny, and that's
a death knell for a comedy.
Oddly enough, I don't think a comedy has to be funny if you like the characters and situation. It just sort of becomes a drama.
I watched
Children of Men (blu-ray) 2006 movie written and directed by Alfonso Cuar||n. The movie is set in a dystopian future where women can no
longer get pregnant and Britain has become a fascist police state that persecutes immigrants.
What did you watch?
The Fountain (blu-ray) 2006 movie written and directed by Darren
Aronofsky. The movie follows Hugh Jackman and Raschel Weisz as they
play multiple characters through multiple time periods. In all of the
time periods Jackman is in love with Weisz. Ellen Burstyn is also in
the movie. I've always really liked this movie. It's a shame it
flopped at the box office. I just wish the movie had a new print. And
a commentary track would have been nice too.
Children of Men (blu-ray) 2006 movie written and directed by Alfonso
Cuaran. The movie is set in a dystopian future where women can no
longer get pregnant and Britain has become a fascist police state that >persecutes immigrants. Clive Owen stars as a man who is recruited by
his ex (Julianne Moore) to help a group of resistance fighters transport
the first woman to get pregnant in 18 years, to safety. The movie holds
up very well.
Verily, in article <UBI20260103@dont-email.me>, did weberm@polaris.net >deliver unto us this message:
The day mom died, I watched:
I'm sorry to hear about your mom. How are you doing?
What did you watch?
I watched reruns of The Critic, on Tubi. The show isn't very good, but
it has a frustrating quality of *almost* being good. It'll set up some >reasonable character situation, then do a corny, predictable joke which >knocks me out of both the story and the comedy. If only the comedy were >funnier, it might have run for years.
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
The Fountain (blu-ray) 2006 movie written and directed by Darren
Aronofsky. The movie follows Hugh Jackman and Raschel Weisz as they
play multiple characters through multiple time periods. In all of the
time periods Jackman is in love with Weisz. Ellen Burstyn is also in
the movie. I've always really liked this movie. It's a shame it
flopped at the box office. I just wish the movie had a new print. And
a commentary track would have been nice too.
I dearly love Rachel Weisz and will watch any movie she's in, but I have never had a clue what was going on in this.
Watch The Constant Gardener. She's excellent and her nude scene is quite memorable.
She's in this movie as she'd been boinking the director for 9 years. He
did her no favors.
She's memorable for Dream House (2011), a truly awful thriller, because
she kept her co-star Daniel Craig after production wrapped and married
him.
Children of Men (blu-ray) 2006 movie written and directed by Alfonso
Cuaran. The movie is set in a dystopian future where women can no
longer get pregnant and Britain has become a fascist police state that
persecutes immigrants. Clive Owen stars as a man who is recruited by
his ex (Julianne Moore) to help a group of resistance fighters transport
the first woman to get pregnant in 18 years, to safety. The movie holds
up very well.
This is a very good movie.
thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:but
I watched reruns of The Critic, on Tubi. The show isn't very good,
it has a frustrating quality of *almost* being good. It'll set up some >reasonable character situation, then do a corny, predictable joke which >knocks me out of both the story and the comedy. If only the comedy were >funnier, it might have run for years.
I remember liking that show when it first aired. Wasn't someone from
The Simpsons involved with it?
On 1/4/2026 4:36 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
The Fountain (blu-ray) 2006 movie written and directed by Darren
Aronofsky.-a The movie follows Hugh Jackman and Raschel Weisz as they
play multiple characters through multiple time periods.-a In all of the
time periods Jackman is in love with Weisz.-a Ellen Burstyn is also in
the movie.-a I've always really liked this movie.-a It's a shame it
flopped at the box office.-a I just wish the movie had a new print.-a And >>> a commentary track would have been nice too.
I dearly love Rachel Weisz and will watch any movie she's in, but I have
never had a clue what was going on in this.
I foolishly wasn't paying attention because I went into it thinking to myself I've seen it before and I know what happens, so I don't need to
pay attention, then 20 minutes in I was lost.
But here's my off the top of my head take on what was going on.-a They
were souls constantly being reincarnated.-a I don't know, I said this is
off the top of my head!-a Anyway, in the conquistador time period he's searching for the tree of life.-a In the present the cure he is searching from is derived from that tree.-a And in the future (deep breath!) the
tree represents, um, their eternal love or something.
It's the same tree in all three time periods.-a Yeah, that's what I'm
going to go with.
I said the movie needed a commentary track didn't I?
Anyway, you don't need to know what's going on to enjoy it, just enjoy it.
Verily, in article <6umdnV3Quq05i8b0nZ2dnZfqn_qdnZ2d@giganews.com>, did weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:
but
thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
I watched reruns of The Critic, on Tubi. The show isn't very good,
it has a frustrating quality of *almost* being good. It'll set up some
reasonable character situation, then do a corny, predictable joke which
knocks me out of both the story and the comedy. If only the comedy were
funnier, it might have run for years.
I remember liking that show when it first aired. Wasn't someone from
The Simpsons involved with it?
Yes, and there was a crossover episode.
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