On the ultimate "Hey, Iran!" moment, I watched:
What did you watch?
Bye Bye Birdie (Teaser) - This Aged Great! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjx4jBIfG-4
What did you watch?
On the ultimate "Hey, Iran!" moment, I watched:
What did you watch?
Nothing. I kept meaning to fire up this past week's LAW & ORDERs but between a >marathon play session with the cat and having to go rescue the girlfriend >whose car literally just stopped working on her way home, nothing got >watched.
On 3/1/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
The only thing I watched yesterday worth mentioning was:
soaps: GH - Thur's ep. Ha!! EVOL Jenz Sidwell explains "how things work"
to dumb Willow! This was hilarious. Well, mostly... This sudden
revelation that (off-screen) Willow conspired with Sidwell to get the paralytic that she's now using to keep Drew under heel, and is now
totally under Sidwell's thumb as a result, feels like a "retcon" with nothing shown to us previously to establish this... But I loved the reactions from the various people when it's announced that Willow is
taking over in Congress for Drew, especially dumb Alexis who gets
sandbagged out of the job in favor of Willow! (Yeah, the *last* person
who should get anywhere near Congress is Alexis(/Nancy Lee Grahn!).
Meanwhile, last night was so bad in the (cable TV) viewing department
that I was actually forced to go to Tubi to put "The Mighty Jerkules" starring The Rock! on as background noise because there was nothing else
on TV that even came close to fitting the bill.-a :|-a The Rock's Jerkules actually has a much better cast that I remembered, including Rebecca Ferguson (who gets sandbagged in the cast listing, I guess 'cos it was
early in her career...).
What did you watch?
BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
Nothing. I kept meaning to fire up this past week's LAW & ORDERs but between a
marathon play session with the cat and having to go rescue the girlfriend >>whose car literally just stopped working on her way home, nothing got >>watched.
Not entertaining but not snarkable with respect to ignorance of the law
and trial procedure. There's a cop whose behavior you can snark at. You
won't get anything out of it.
On 3/1/2026 7:05 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 3/1/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
The only thing I watched yesterday worth mentioning was:
soaps: GH - Thur's ep. Ha!! EVOL Jenz Sidwell explains "how things
work" to dumb Willow! This was hilarious. Well, mostly... This sudden
revelation that (off-screen) Willow conspired with Sidwell to get the
paralytic that she's now using to keep Drew under heel, and is now
totally under Sidwell's thumb as a result, feels like a "retcon" with
nothing shown to us previously to establish this... But I loved the
reactions from the various people when it's announced that Willow is
taking over in Congress for Drew, especially dumb Alexis who gets
sandbagged out of the job in favor of Willow! (Yeah, the *last* person
who should get anywhere near Congress is Alexis(/Nancy Lee Grahn!).
Meanwhile, last night was so bad in the (cable TV) viewing department
that I was actually forced to go to Tubi to put "The Mighty Jerkules"
starring The Rock! on as background noise because there was nothing
else on TV that even came close to fitting the bill.-a :|-a The Rock's
Jerkules actually has a much better cast that I remembered, including
Rebecca Ferguson (who gets sandbagged in the cast listing, I guess
'cos it was early in her career...).
I guess I liked this Hercules a lot more than you did.-a And how can you
not enjoy watching Ian McShane steal every scene he's in?
What did you watch?
This is another multiday catch up. Over the past week(?) I watched:
Halloween (1978) Halloween (2018) Halloween Kills (2021) Halloween Ends (2022) - The plot of all 4 of these movies is this, Jamie Lee Curtis
stars as a woman stalked by a killer in a mask on Halloween.-a There,
I've saved you the trouble of watching them.-a I've still never gotten around to watching most of those Halloween sequels that came out in the 80s/90s.-a By any chance, is the plot of those movies also, Jamie Lee
Curtis stars as a woman stalked by a killer wearing a mask on Halloween?
Scream 7 (theatrical) [snip]
On 3/1/26 2:19 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
On 3/1/2026 7:05 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 3/1/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
The only thing I watched yesterday worth mentioning was:
soaps: GH - Thur's ep. Ha!! EVOL Jenz Sidwell explains "how things
work" to dumb Willow! This was hilarious. Well, mostly... This sudden
revelation that (off-screen) Willow conspired with Sidwell to get the
paralytic that she's now using to keep Drew under heel, and is now
totally under Sidwell's thumb as a result, feels like a "retcon" with
nothing shown to us previously to establish this... But I loved the
reactions from the various people when it's announced that Willow is
taking over in Congress for Drew, especially dumb Alexis who gets
sandbagged out of the job in favor of Willow! (Yeah, the *last*
person who should get anywhere near Congress is Alexis(/Nancy Lee
Grahn!).
Meanwhile, last night was so bad in the (cable TV) viewing department
that I was actually forced to go to Tubi to put "The Mighty Jerkules"
starring The Rock! on as background noise because there was nothing
else on TV that even came close to fitting the bill.-a :|-a The Rock's
Jerkules actually has a much better cast that I remembered, including
Rebecca Ferguson (who gets sandbagged in the cast listing, I guess
'cos it was early in her career...).
I guess I liked this Hercules a lot more than you did.-a And how can
you not enjoy watching Ian McShane steal every scene he's in?
Note that I never criticized the movie (FTR, I think it has both good
and bad aspects). I just called it the "The Mighty Jerkules" which is
what my family has been called movies with Jerkules since the 1960s!!
What did you watch?
This is another multiday catch up. Over the past week(?) I watched:
Halloween (1978) Halloween (2018) Halloween Kills (2021) Halloween
Ends (2022) - The plot of all 4 of these movies is this, Jamie Lee
Curtis stars as a woman stalked by a killer in a mask on Halloween.
There, I've saved you the trouble of watching them.-a I've still never
gotten around to watching most of those Halloween sequels that came
out in the 80s/90s.-a By any chance, is the plot of those movies also,
Jamie Lee Curtis stars as a woman stalked by a killer wearing a mask
on Halloween?
Of the later films, the first one is OK, though I found the ending unsatisfying. I think "Kills" is an absolute mess (despite Anthony
Michael Hall's performance) - I literally can't figure out why so many people like this one. "Ends" is either anticlimatic or satisfying
depending on your POV.
One IRL thing I've never been able to figure out about these films is
why Andi Matichak never went anywhere after doing them. In fact, it
looks like she's done pretty literally nothing since "Ends"!-a [shrug]
Scream 7 (theatrical) [snip]
I am sure I will get to this (the "Scream" flicks seem to go to Pee+ or
HBO Max, or both(?), eventually...). I am disappointed to hear that the ending/reveal is bad though. I am hearing elsewhere what you are saying
- that mostly the movie is a good "ride" aside from that.
On 3/1/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
What did you watch?
weberm@polaris.net did deliver unto us this message:
On the ultimate "Hey, Iran!" moment, I watched:
Bye Bye Birdie (Teaser) - This Aged Great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjx4jBIfG-4
That's a funny movie. I saw in in the late 90s, and I recall it as very
dumb and hilarious.
thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
weberm@polaris.net did deliver unto us this message:
On the ultimate "Hey, Iran!" moment, I watched:
Bye Bye Birdie (Teaser) - This Aged Great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjx4jBIfG-4
That's a funny movie. I saw in in the late 90s, and I recall it as very >dumb and hilarious.
I had no idea that movie was about an Elvis impersonator!
did weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message: >>thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
weberm@polaris.net did deliver unto us this message:
Bye Bye Birdie (Teaser) - This Aged Great! >>>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjx4jBIfG-4
That's a funny movie. I saw in in the late 90s, and I recall it as very >>>dumb and hilarious.
I had no idea that movie was about an Elvis impersonator!
Birdie does seem Elvisy, doesn't he? Elvis joined the armed forces, too,
so it's likely he was envisioned as an ersatz Elvis.
I haven't seen it in decaes. Maybe I should watch it again. Lately, I've >been reading a lot.
You might track down the tv adaptation for a better idea of what the
Broadway show was like.
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
did weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:
thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
weberm@polaris.net did deliver unto us this message:
Bye Bye Birdie (Teaser) - This Aged Great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjx4jBIfG-4
That's a funny movie. I saw in in the late 90s, and I recall it as very >>>> dumb and hilarious.
I had no idea that movie was about an Elvis impersonator!
Birdie does seem Elvisy, doesn't he? Elvis joined the armed forces, too,
so it's likely he was envisioned as an ersatz Elvis.
Yes, it's a reference to Elvis, but the character is actually named for Conway Twitty, then a younger rock-n-roll musician before he went
country, who threated to sue for using is stage name, hence
"Conrad". I'd say the teen girl hysteria is also a reference to teen
girl hysteria for a very young Frank Sinatra.
The made-for-tv adaptation is a much better adaptation of the Broadway musical. The movie played up Ann-Margret, whose sex appeal dripped off
the screen, and downplayed everyone else. Paul Lynde nearly vanishes. The bio-chemistry stuff was written for the movie; Albert wanted to be an
English teacher.
Amusingly, Rosie became "Alvarez" upon casting Chita Rivera, whose
father was Puerto Rican. In the movie, we got very blonde Janet Leigh,
kept the changed stage character's Spanish surname, but made her brunette.
The title song was written for the movie to give Ann-Margret something
to sing in the opening and closing bumpouts, produced after production wrapped. It's now performed in the musical too.
I haven't seen it in decaes. Maybe I should watch it again. Lately, I've
been reading a lot.
You might track down the tv adaptation for a better idea of what the
Broadway show was like.
I'd love to see a revival of this show.
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