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Ubiquitous wrote in article <UBI20260805S@dont-email.me>:

On D&D night, I watched:

Nothing.

What did you watch?

I tried another Adults recently, but it was awful and I turned it off.
I'm not sure if I'm too old to get it or they used up all their humor in
the pilot.

I ended up just watching American Dad reruns.
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It would do them no good --
They'd lose it at once to the bold.
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On 8/7/26 3:15 AM, The True Melissa wrote:

Ubiquitous wrote in article <UBI20260805S@dont-email.me>:

On D&D night, I watched:

Nothing.

What did you watch?

I tried another Adults recently, but it was awful and I turned it off.
I'm not sure if I'm too old to get it or they used up all their humor in
the pilot.

That reminds me - I need to go back to watching "Furious" on the Hulu.
Might try to get to eps #3 & #4 tonight.

I ended up just watching American Dad reruns.

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On Aug 7, 2026 at 2:48:42 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 8/7/26 3:15 AM, The True Melissa wrote:

Ubiquitous wrote in article <UBI20260805S@dont-email.me>:

On D&D night, I watched:

Nothing.

What did you watch?

I tried another Adults recently, but it was awful and I turned it off.
I'm not sure if I'm too old to get it or they used up all their humor in
the pilot.

That reminds me - I need to go back to watching "Furious" on the Hulu.
Might try to get to eps #3 & #4 tonight

I made through episode three last night.

Also watched SUPERGIRL, which was awful. Not only was she de-powered
throughout most of the movie**-- who wants to go to see a movie about
SUPERGIRL only to find out it should have just been called GIRL?-- but she was a thoroughly unlikeable and repugnant character. She was the girl everyone
used to know at some point during high school or college who immediately got sloppy drunk at every party and then tried to pick fights with people. No one liked her and no one is going to like this version of Kara Zor-El, either. Which is a problem if she's the lead character in your movie.

**This was also an issue with the most recent iteration of Superman. He spent most of his movie either de-powered or getting his ass kicked by people/beings who he should have been able to turn to paste with one punch.

Next up was the horror movie THEY WILL KILL YOU, recommended by Ian. I only made it to the the halfway mark before starting to nod off-- not because the movie was boring but because it was past 2AM-- so I'll have to finish it tonight. The part that I saw was pretty good, though. Intriguing premise, so I hope the movie follows through on it.


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On 8/7/26 3:27 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

On Aug 7, 2026 at 2:48:42 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 8/7/26 3:15 AM, The True Melissa wrote:

Ubiquitous wrote in article <UBI20260805S@dont-email.me>:

On D&D night, I watched:

Nothing.

What did you watch?

I tried another Adults recently, but it was awful and I turned it off. >>> I'm not sure if I'm too old to get it or they used up all their humor in >>> the pilot.

That reminds me - I need to go back to watching "Furious" on the Hulu.
Might try to get to eps #3 & #4 tonight

I made through episode three last night.

Also watched SUPERGIRL, which was awful....

Not on HBO Max yet - apparently it comes to HBO Max sometime in
September, so I will get to it then.


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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 8/7/26 3:27 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

On Aug 7, 2026 at 2:48:42 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 8/7/26 3:15 AM, The True Melissa wrote:

Ubiquitous wrote in article <UBI20260805S@dont-email.me>:

On D&D night, I watched:

Nothing.

What did you watch?

I tried another Adults recently, but it was awful and I turned it off. >>>> I'm not sure if I'm too old to get it or they used up all their humor in >>>> the pilot.

That reminds me - I need to go back to watching "Furious" on the Hulu.
Might try to get to eps #3 & #4 tonight

I made through episode three last night.

Also watched SUPERGIRL, which was awful....

Not on HBO Max yet - apparently it comes to HBO Max sometime in
September, so I will get to it then.

Ick
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anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 8/7/26 3:27 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

On Aug 7, 2026 at 2:48:42 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 8/7/26 3:15 AM, The True Melissa wrote:

Ubiquitous wrote in article <UBI20260805S@dont-email.me>:

On D&D night, I watched:

Nothing.

What did you watch?

I tried another Adults recently, but it was awful and I turned it off. >>>>> I'm not sure if I'm too old to get it or they used up all their humor in >>>>> the pilot.

That reminds me - I need to go back to watching "Furious" on the Hulu. >>>> Might try to get to eps #3 & #4 tonight

I made through episode three last night.

Also watched SUPERGIRL, which was awful....

Not on HBO Max yet - apparently it comes to HBO Max sometime in
September, so I will get to it then.

Plex on demand has it for like 20 bucks. Apple TV has it for 25 bucks. So
does Amazon video and fandango at home. ThatrCOs about 30 bucks more than IrCOd pay.
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The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
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On 8/8/26 9:15 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 8/7/26 3:27 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

On Aug 7, 2026 at 2:48:42 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 8/7/26 3:15 AM, The True Melissa wrote:

Ubiquitous wrote in article <UBI20260805S@dont-email.me>:

On D&D night, I watched:

Nothing.

What did you watch?

I tried another Adults recently, but it was awful and I turned it off. >>>>>> I'm not sure if I'm too old to get it or they used up all their humor in >>>>>> the pilot.

That reminds me - I need to go back to watching "Furious" on the Hulu. >>>>> Might try to get to eps #3 & #4 tonight

I made through episode three last night.

Also watched SUPERGIRL, which was awful....

Not on HBO Max yet - apparently it comes to HBO Max sometime in
September, so I will get to it then.

Plex on demand has it for like 20 bucks. Apple TV has it for 25 bucks. So does Amazon video and fandango at home. ThatrCOs about 30 bucks more than IrCOd
pay.

Hence why I am waiting for it to show up on HBO Max. If I am not going
to pay for "Spider-Man: No Way Home" I am certainly not going to pay for "Stuporgrrl"!!!


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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 8/8/26 9:15 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 8/7/26 3:27 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

On Aug 7, 2026 at 2:48:42 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 8/7/26 3:15 AM, The True Melissa wrote:

Ubiquitous wrote in article <UBI20260805S@dont-email.me>:

On D&D night, I watched:

Nothing.

What did you watch?

I tried another Adults recently, but it was awful and I turned it off. >>>>>>> I'm not sure if I'm too old to get it or they used up all their humor in
the pilot.

That reminds me - I need to go back to watching "Furious" on the Hulu. >>>>>> Might try to get to eps #3 & #4 tonight

I made through episode three last night.

Also watched SUPERGIRL, which was awful....

Not on HBO Max yet - apparently it comes to HBO Max sometime in
September, so I will get to it then.

Plex on demand has it for like 20 bucks. Apple TV has it for 25 bucks. So
does Amazon video and fandango at home. ThatrCOs about 30 bucks more than IrCOd
pay.

Hence why I am waiting for it to show up on HBO Max. If I am not going
to pay for "Spider-Man: No Way Home" I am certainly not going to pay for "Stuporgrrl"!!!

They should try unloading it for a dollar and see if they can make
anything.
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On 8/9/26 7:15 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 8/8/26 9:15 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 8/7/26 3:27 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

On Aug 7, 2026 at 2:48:42 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 8/7/26 3:15 AM, The True Melissa wrote:

Ubiquitous wrote in article <UBI20260805S@dont-email.me>:

On D&D night, I watched:

Nothing.

What did you watch?

I tried another Adults recently, but it was awful and I turned it off. >>>>>>>> I'm not sure if I'm too old to get it or they used up all their humor in
the pilot.

That reminds me - I need to go back to watching "Furious" on the Hulu. >>>>>>> Might try to get to eps #3 & #4 tonight

I made through episode three last night.

Also watched SUPERGIRL, which was awful....

Not on HBO Max yet - apparently it comes to HBO Max sometime in
September, so I will get to it then.

Plex on demand has it for like 20 bucks. Apple TV has it for 25 bucks. So >>> does Amazon video and fandango at home. ThatrCOs about 30 bucks more than IrCOd
pay.

Hence why I am waiting for it to show up on HBO Max. If I am not going
to pay for "Spider-Man: No Way Home" I am certainly not going to pay for
"Stuporgrrl"!!!

They should try unloading it for a dollar and see if they can make
anything.

"A dollar - Same as in town!"??...


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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

Not on HBO Max yet - apparently it comes to HBO Max sometime in
September, so I will get to it then.

What is worth subscribing to HBO right now?
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On 8/9/26 8:32 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

Not on HBO Max yet - apparently it comes to HBO Max sometime in
September, so I will get to it then.

What is worth subscribing to HBO right now?

That's a pretty good question. I haven't gotten to "House of the Dragon" season 3 or "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" yet. Pretty much the rest
of what HBO puts out for TV series doesn't interest me. And they only
seem to get maybe half a dozen (new) movies a month that I might want to watch.

However, HBO Max has probably the best movie library of anyone - if I
wanted to watch really old (B&W) movies, they are probably the best for
that. FWIW.


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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 8/9/26 8:32 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

Not on HBO Max yet - apparently it comes to HBO Max sometime in >>>September, so I will get to it then.

What is worth subscribing to HBO right now?

That's a pretty good question. I haven't gotten to "House of the Dragon" >season 3 or "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" yet. Pretty much the rest
of what HBO puts out for TV series doesn't interest me. And they only
seem to get maybe half a dozen (new) movies a month that I might want to >watch.

However, HBO Max has probably the best movie library of anyone - if I
wanted to watch really old (B&W) movies, they are probably the best for >that. FWIW.

That's whatever movie libraries purchased or currently rented on behalf
of TCM to pretend that Max offers more titles than it atually does.
There has long been suspicion that the corportate parent wants to
debrand TCM as they tried to do with HBO and have done with Cinemax for
one aggregate streaming service. They'd love to get off satellite
entirely and just fuck over cable distribution. And fuck movie theater exhibition too.

Streaming is the inferior distribution because it's so damn inefficient,
but it breaks all the old contracts, their actual motive.

TCM is kept alive via industry pressure because they have celebrity
director and actor guests blather on about their historical movie
knowledge, which ain't much. I don't mind that they discuss their
preferences like ordinary movie goers.
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Ian J. Ball wrote in article <115bmar$2rv5h$1@dont-email.me>:

On 8/9/26 8:32 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

[quoted text muted]

Not on HBO Max yet - apparently it comes to HBO Max sometime in
September, so I will get to it then.

What is worth subscribing to HBO right now?

That's a pretty good question. I haven't gotten to "House of the Dragon" season 3 or "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" yet. Pretty much the rest
of what HBO puts out for TV series doesn't interest me.

Have you tried Hacks?
--
The meek shall inherit, we're told,
But I'm not so easily sold.
For supposing they should,
It would do them no good --
They'd lose it at once to the bold.
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