• Re: What Did You Watch? 2026-06-17 (Wednesday)

    From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Thu Jun 18 18:34:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Jun 18, 2026 at 11:25:22 AM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid>
    wrote:

    The entire "Underworld" film series is pretty underwhelming - the original was sort of groundbreaking, but always seemed "less than the
    sum of its parts" somehow. But the original film is still leagues better than the films that followed. I dislike the sequel quite a bit. The
    third film, which is a prequel, plays like it's almost unrelated to the first two, not even including Kate Beckinsale (they sub in Rhona Mitra
    as the female lead in the prequel).

    And I will insert a hearty "Rowr!" for Rhona's performance. She's never looked better. (Except maybe in HOLLOW MAN, where she was topless.)

    It's too bad they couldn't have worked Katie in there somewhere. The two of them as vampires in skintight leather sharing the same screen... I'd have
    never left my bunk.

    I watched the third installment of THE STRANGERS franchise, where psychopaths in masks show up at random people's homes and terrorize them.


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  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Thu Jun 18 11:48:24 2026
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    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    On D&D Night, I watched:

    Nothing.

    What did you watch?

    Hey, thanks for asking!

    While I wait for my cardiologist appointment (blood pressure over 200) I watched miscellaneous stuff often recommended by this group.

    Wrong Turn with a splendid looking Eliza Dushku and redhead Lindy Booth. Unfortunately, Lindy gets killed first and nobody gets naked as really
    stupid looking inbred mutant hillbillies go after our heroes and heroines.

    Big Jake with John Wayne and most of his real life family and costars from earlier films in an early 20th-century western. The set up for this is extremely violent and grim and yet the movie itself is generally played as lighthearted adventure.

    The longest version of SUPERGIRL I could find (I found the two hour and 18 minute version on the gray web but itrCOs like 20 or 30 GB). This was the international cut.. Helen Slater makes this movie, no question about it.
    Most of it is unbelievably stupid as you constantly ask yourself why anyone does anything except to advance the plot. I had never understood the scene where Linda Lee comes out of the bathroom and Lucy Lane says how lousy her
    hair looks, but apparently they cut the scene before that where she used
    her heat vision to shorten her hair. Why? ItrCOs still long and yellow as Supergirl. So apparently she can magically change it. Why is she adopting a secret identity and hiding out in a girlrCOs school anyway isnrCOt she under a time constraint?

    I looked for, but failed to find the legend of Billie Jean. :-(

    SUPERMAN THE MOVIE and much of the terrible sequel. I still havenrCOt decided if IrCOm going to condescend to watch the extended cut of GREEN LANTERN.
    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
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  • From BTR1701@no_email@invalid.invalid to rec.arts.tv on Thu Jun 18 20:01:07 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    On D&D Night, I watched:

    Nothing.

    What did you watch?

    Hey, thanks for asking!

    While I wait for my cardiologist appointment (blood pressure over 200) I watched miscellaneous stuff often recommended by this group.

    Wrong Turn with a splendid looking Eliza Dushku and redhead Lindy Booth. Unfortunately, Lindy gets killed first and nobody gets naked as really
    stupid looking inbred mutant hillbillies go after our heroes and heroines.

    I was on set when they were filming Lindy's death scene! Emanuelle Chriqui briefly sat on my lap until the PA found her her own chair.

    Those were the days.
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  • From shawn@nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com to rec.arts.tv on Thu Jun 18 16:09:41 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:01:07 +0000, BTR1701 <no_email@invalid.invalid>
    wrote:

    anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    On D&D Night, I watched:

    Nothing.

    What did you watch?

    Hey, thanks for asking!

    While I wait for my cardiologist appointment (blood pressure over 200) I
    watched miscellaneous stuff often recommended by this group.

    Wrong Turn with a splendid looking Eliza Dushku and redhead Lindy Booth.
    Unfortunately, Lindy gets killed first and nobody gets naked as really
    stupid looking inbred mutant hillbillies go after our heroes and heroines.

    I was on set when they were filming Lindy's death scene! Emanuelle Chriqui >briefly sat on my lap until the PA found her her own chair.

    Did you find that PA afterwards and torture him/her. If not, why not?

    Those were the days.
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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to rec.arts.tv on Thu Jun 18 20:19:20 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    BTR1701 <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    On D&D Night, I watched:

    Nothing.

    What did you watch?

    Hey, thanks for asking!

    While I wait for my cardiologist appointment (blood pressure over 200) I
    watched miscellaneous stuff often recommended by this group.

    Wrong Turn with a splendid looking Eliza Dushku and redhead Lindy Booth.
    Unfortunately, Lindy gets killed first and nobody gets naked as really
    stupid looking inbred mutant hillbillies go after our heroes and heroines.

    I was on set when they were filming Lindy's death scene! Emanuelle Chriqui >briefly sat on my lap until the PA found her her own chair.

    . . . till the P.A. found the chair you hadn't hid adequately.

    Those were the days.
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  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Thu Jun 18 16:00:41 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    BTR1701 <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    On D&D Night, I watched:

    Nothing.

    What did you watch?

    Hey, thanks for asking!

    While I wait for my cardiologist appointment (blood pressure over 200) I
    watched miscellaneous stuff often recommended by this group.

    Wrong Turn with a splendid looking Eliza Dushku and redhead Lindy Booth.
    Unfortunately, Lindy gets killed first and nobody gets naked as really
    stupid looking inbred mutant hillbillies go after our heroes and heroines.

    I was on set when they were filming Lindy's death scene! Emanuelle Chriqui briefly sat on my lap until the PA found her her own chair.

    Those were the days.


    ROWR
    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
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  • From Ian J. Ball@ijball@mac.invalid to rec.arts.tv on Thu Jun 18 16:45:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 6/18/26 11:34 AM, BTR1701 wrote:

    I watched the third installment of THE STRANGERS franchise, where psychopaths in masks show up at random people's homes and terrorize them.

    I'm still waiting to watch the recent "Strangers" trilogy, starring the
    lovely Madeleine Petsch, despite them being horribly received in
    r/horror. But so far only the first one has shown up somewhere (I think
    it's on Peacock), but I want to watch all 3 back-to-back, so I am
    probably going to have to wait years before I can marathon them.



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  • From Ian J. Ball@ijball@mac.invalid to rec.arts.tv on Thu Jun 18 16:50:34 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 6/18/26 11:48 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    On D&D Night, I watched:

    Nothing.

    What did you watch?

    Hey, thanks for asking!

    While I wait for my cardiologist appointment (blood pressure over 200) I watched miscellaneous stuff often recommended by this group.

    Wrong Turn with a splendid looking Eliza Dushku and redhead Lindy Booth.

    Very nice. :)
    (Though Dushku probably never looks better than in "Bring It On"!)

    Unfortunately, Lindy gets killed first and nobody gets naked as really
    stupid looking inbred mutant hillbillies go after our heroes and heroines.

    Big Jake with John Wayne and most of his real life family and costars from earlier films in an early 20th-century western. The set up for this is extremely violent and grim and yet the movie itself is generally played as lighthearted adventure.

    And the credits are confusing!!

    The longest version of SUPERGIRL I could find (I found the two hour and 18 minute version on the gray web but itrCOs like 20 or 30 GB). This was the international cut.. Helen Slater makes this movie, no question about it.
    Most of it is unbelievably stupid as you constantly ask yourself why anyone does anything except to advance the plot. I had never understood the scene where Linda Lee comes out of the bathroom and Lucy Lane says how lousy her hair looks, but apparently they cut the scene before that where she used
    her heat vision to shorten her hair. Why? ItrCOs still long and yellow as Supergirl. So apparently she can magically change it. Why is she adopting a secret identity and hiding out in a girlrCOs school anyway isnrCOt she under a
    time constraint?

    I looked for, but failed to find the legend of Billie Jean. :-(

    Apparently, according to JustWatch, it's on Tubi, through the end of the month. (I cannot tell you if it's edited in anyway or not...)

    JW indicates it may, or may not, also be available (for "free") on Prime
    Video (which I think I will pick up for a month on Prime Day next week).

    SUPERMAN THE MOVIE and much of the terrible sequel. I still havenrCOt decided if IrCOm going to condescend to watch the extended cut of GREEN LANTERN.


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  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Fri Jun 19 00:03:27 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Jun 18, 2026 at 4:45:40 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 6/18/26 11:34 AM, BTR1701 wrote:

    I watched the third installment of THE STRANGERS franchise, where
    psychopaths
    in masks show up at random people's homes and terrorize them.

    I'm still waiting to watch the recent "Strangers" trilogy, starring the lovely Madeleine Petsch, despite them being horribly received in
    r/horror. But so far only the first one has shown up somewhere (I think
    it's on Peacock), but I want to watch all 3 back-to-back, so I am
    probably going to have to wait years before I can marathon them.

    I rented it off the Apples. Most rentals are like $20 but this one was just $5.99, so I sprang for it.


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  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Thu Jun 18 20:02:10 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 6/18/26 11:48 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    On D&D Night, I watched:

    Nothing.

    What did you watch?

    Hey, thanks for asking!

    While I wait for my cardiologist appointment (blood pressure over 200) I
    watched miscellaneous stuff often recommended by this group.

    Wrong Turn with a splendid looking Eliza Dushku and redhead Lindy Booth.

    Very nice. :)
    (Though Dushku probably never looks better than in "Bring It On"!)


    The Saint is a close second

    Unfortunately, Lindy gets killed first and nobody gets naked as really
    stupid looking inbred mutant hillbillies go after our heroes and heroines. >>
    Big Jake with John Wayne and most of his real life family and costars from >> earlier films in an early 20th-century western. The set up for this is
    extremely violent and grim and yet the movie itself is generally played as >> lighthearted adventure.

    And the credits are confusing!!

    Boy howdy


    The longest version of SUPERGIRL I could find (I found the two hour and 18 >> minute version on the gray web but itrCOs like 20 or 30 GB). This was the
    international cut.. Helen Slater makes this movie, no question about it.
    Most of it is unbelievably stupid as you constantly ask yourself why anyone >> does anything except to advance the plot. I had never understood the scene >> where Linda Lee comes out of the bathroom and Lucy Lane says how lousy her >> hair looks, but apparently they cut the scene before that where she used
    her heat vision to shorten her hair. Why? ItrCOs still long and yellow as
    Supergirl. So apparently she can magically change it. Why is she adopting a >> secret identity and hiding out in a girlrCOs school anyway isnrCOt she under a
    time constraint?

    I looked for, but failed to find the legend of Billie Jean. :-(

    Apparently, according to JustWatch, it's on Tubi, through the end of the month. (I cannot tell you if it's edited in anyway or not...)


    Thanks

    JW indicates it may, or may not, also be available (for "free") on Prime Video (which I think I will pick up for a month on Prime Day next week).


    Remind me and IrCOll check it out for you. Also be sure to see my WHO +
    thread.


    SUPERMAN THE MOVIE and much of the terrible sequel. I still havenrCOt decided
    if IrCOm going to condescend to watch the extended cut of GREEN LANTERN.



    --
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  • From Arthur Lipscomb@arthur@alum.calberkeley.org to rec.arts.tv on Thu Jun 18 20:43:42 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 6/18/2026 8:02 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 6/18/26 11:48 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    snip

    I looked for, but failed to find the legend of Billie Jean. :-(

    Apparently, according to JustWatch, it's on Tubi, through the end of the
    month. (I cannot tell you if it's edited in anyway or not...)


    Thanks

    JW indicates it may, or may not, also be available (for "free") on Prime
    Video (which I think I will pick up for a month on Prime Day next week).


    Remind me and IrCOll check it out for you. Also be sure to see my WHO + thread.


    Tubi appears to be the only free option. Amazon wants a separate paid subscription.

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  • From Ian J. Ball@ijball@mac.invalid to rec.arts.tv on Thu Jun 18 23:20:08 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 6/18/26 8:43 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

    On 6/18/2026 8:02 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 6/18/26 11:48 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:

    snip
    I looked for, but failed to find the legend of Billie Jean. :-(

    Apparently, according to JustWatch, it's on Tubi, through the end of the >>> month. (I cannot tell you if it's edited in anyway or not...)

    Thanks

    JW indicates it may, or may not, also be available (for "free") on Prime >>> Video (which I think I will pick up for a month on Prime Day next week).

    Remind me and IrCOll check it out for you. Also be sure to see my WHO +
    thread.

    Tubi appears to be the only free option.-a Amazon wants a separate paid subscription.

    That's why I put "free" in quotes - it's "free" if you are a subscriber. Currently, I am not a Prime subscriber, so it would not be "free" to me!


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  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Fri Jun 19 00:31:09 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
    On 6/18/2026 8:02 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 6/18/26 11:48 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    snip

    I looked for, but failed to find the legend of Billie Jean. :-(

    Apparently, according to JustWatch, it's on Tubi, through the end of the >>> month. (I cannot tell you if it's edited in anyway or not...)


    Thanks

    JW indicates it may, or may not, also be available (for "free") on Prime >>> Video (which I think I will pick up for a month on Prime Day next week). >>>

    Remind me and IrCOll check it out for you. Also be sure to see my WHO +
    thread.


    Tubi appears to be the only free option. Amazon wants a separate paid subscription.



    Snarl
    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
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  • From Arthur Lipscomb@arthur@alum.calberkeley.org to rec.arts.tv on Fri Jun 19 07:44:49 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 6/18/2026 11:20 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
    On 6/18/26 8:43 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

    On 6/18/2026 8:02 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 6/18/26 11:48 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:

    snip
    I looked for, but failed to find the legend of Billie Jean. :-(

    Apparently, according to JustWatch, it's on Tubi, through the end of
    the
    month. (I cannot tell you if it's edited in anyway or not...)

    Thanks

    JW indicates it may, or may not, also be available (for "free") on
    Prime
    Video (which I think I will pick up for a month on Prime Day next
    week).

    Remind me and IrCOll check it out for you. Also be sure to see my WHO +
    thread.

    Tubi appears to be the only free option.-a Amazon wants a separate paid
    subscription.

    That's why I put "free" in quotes - it's "free" if you are a subscriber. Currently, I am not a Prime subscriber, so it would not be "free" to me!



    I subscribe to Amazon Prime. It's behind a *separate* pay wall, even if
    you are a subscriber. Bezos needs an 8th yacht.
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  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Fri Jun 19 15:27:48 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
    On 6/18/2026 11:20 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
    On 6/18/26 8:43 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

    On 6/18/2026 8:02 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 6/18/26 11:48 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:

    snip
    I looked for, but failed to find the legend of Billie Jean. :-(

    Apparently, according to JustWatch, it's on Tubi, through the end of >>>>> the
    month. (I cannot tell you if it's edited in anyway or not...)

    Thanks

    JW indicates it may, or may not, also be available (for "free") on
    Prime
    Video (which I think I will pick up for a month on Prime Day next
    week).

    Remind me and IrCOll check it out for you. Also be sure to see my WHO + >>>> thread.

    Tubi appears to be the only free option.-a Amazon wants a separate paid >>> subscription.

    That's why I put "free" in quotes - it's "free" if you are a subscriber.
    Currently, I am not a Prime subscriber, so it would not be "free" to me!



    I subscribe to Amazon Prime. It's behind a *separate* pay wall, even if
    you are a subscriber. Bezos needs an 8th yacht.


    What fresh hell is this? Subscribe with Howdy to buy it for only an extra
    $20.

    I can buy it on Blu-ray for less than that.
    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
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