• What Did You Watch? 2025-08-27 (Wedenesday)

    From Ubiquitous@weberm@polaris.net to rec.arts.tv on Thu Aug 28 04:30:41 2025
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    I watched:

    DYLAN MULVANEY'S OWN BOOK REVEALS A PREDATORY STORY:
    Welcome to the panic button everyone. I'm Nina. Today we're reacting to Dylan Mulaney.
    Uh so I saw this post on Axe today and it said in Dylan Mulvaney's autobiography, he
    says he kissed a man in a dimly lit dance club. He then revealed his true sex to the
    man who was unhappy that he'd been tricked. Angered by this, Mulaney boasts that this
    drove him to kiss several other men without their informed consent. Now, I don't know
    if any of you have read Dylan Mulaney's autobiography, but I haven't. So, we're going
    to get into the story and uh we're going to read a little bit and see what this is all
    about, shall we?
    https://youtu.be/dhStBYkoAx4?si=ZR6DWhAjGYOpWbpP

    HOWARD STERN FAKED BEING FIRED IN PLOY TO SAVE FAILING SHOW:
    Howard Stern was supposedly fired by SiriusXM several weeks ago. However...the rumors
    that Howard Stern were fired by SiriusXM seem to be inaccurate. According to the New York
    Post...Howard Stern started the rumors of his own demise in a desperate cry for attention
    and to boost ratings for his failing show. https://youtu.be/DRdc0plaYDk?si=AiJ_Yat94slUfdSN

    PCB | PEACEMAKER & ALIEN: EARTH REVIEWS | LIGHTYEAR UPSET SNOOP DOGG | BLADE RUNNER SEQUEL?!:
    Pop Culture Breakdown is BACK and tonight we review Peacemaker Episode 1 and Alien: Earth Episode 4! We discuss the revelation that The Eternals was supposed to be a cornerstone of the MCU before it bombed, we have Snoop Dogg talking about how "Lightyear" made him freak out because it raised uncomfortable questions with his grandson, I RANT about Prime's upcoming
    Blade Runner TV Show starring Section 31's Georgio Girl, and our movie this week is the classic MARS ATTACKS! Join us as we discuss the highs and lows
    of the week in pop culture!

    0:08:44 THE BREAKDOWN
    0:08:53 Snoop Dogg Speaks His Mind About Lightyear (2022)
    0:30:51 New BBC History Program Features a Black Anglo-Saxon at the Battle of Hastings (1066 AD)
    0:45:16 Amazon Prime Video to release a Blade Runner 2099 Mini-Series in 2026 0:46:24 ? An Overlord DVD RantO ? on Michelle Yeoh in Blade Runner 2099 1:02:02 Variety writes, Disney's Boy Trouble: Studio Seeks Original IP to Win Back Gen-Z Men
    Amid Marvel, Lucasfilm Struggles
    1:07:05 Welcome, Andy Masterson!
    1:18:16 SUPER CHATS
    1:29:59 THE BREAKDOWN continued
    1:30:11 Peacemaker (HBO Max) Season 2 premiere review
    1:47:54 An Overlord DVD Observation on the seeds sown in the episode
    1:59:26 Alien: Earth (FX, FX on Hulu) - Episode 4 overview
    2:14:15 SUPER CHATS
    2:28:10 MOVIES WE LOVE o Mars Attacks! (1996)
    2:55:05 Andy Masterson provides the big laughs
    2:58:23 The Nicolas Cage Superman we were spared from
    3:01:13 SUPER CHATS
    3:30:43 The last second

    https://www.youtube.com/live/vhE0Yq4d-Aw?si=LGZg7h21Z_Gf7NsY

    What did you watch?



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  • From Melissa Hollingsworth@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.arts.tv on Thu Aug 28 05:51:45 2025
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    Verily, in article <UBI20250827@dont-email.me>, did weberm@polaris.net
    deliver unto us this message:

    I watched:

    DYLAN MULVANEY'S OWN BOOK REVEALS A PREDATORY STORY:
    Welcome to the panic button everyone. I'm Nina. Today we're reacting to Dylan Mulaney.
    Uh so I saw this post on Axe today and it said in Dylan Mulvaney's autobiography, he
    says he kissed a man in a dimly lit dance club. He then revealed his true sex to the
    man who was unhappy that he'd been tricked. Angered by this, Mulaney boasts that this
    drove him to kiss several other men without their informed consent. Now, I don't know
    if any of you have read Dylan Mulaney's autobiography, but I haven't. So, we're going
    to get into the story and uh we're going to read a little bit and see what this is all
    about, shall we?
    https://youtu.be/dhStBYkoAx4?si=ZR6DWhAjGYOpWbpP

    I just listened to this. In many circumstances I wouldn't believe this
    story -- Mulvaney doesn't pass -- but he says it was dark and the man
    was pretty drunk.

    I watched more ST:TOS.

    One was "This Side of Paradise," in which human colonists live in a
    symbiotic relationship with plants which absorb deadly radiation and
    send their happiness-generating spores into the humans. Kirk doesn't
    like it, but I couldn't help noticing that nobody ever says what's wrong
    with this system. The spores keep them in perfect health and happiness,
    and this is bad because... um....

    Kirk says humans "aren't meant to" have easy lives. Says who? Comfort-
    seekers have always outnumbered the restless minority by a considerable margin. He's sure he knows best, though, so he sets out to manipulate
    everyone into getting angry, which kills the spores. When the colony
    leader is de-spored, he says, "We've done nothing. We wanted to turn
    this planet into a garden."

    "It *IS* a garden," I howled out loud, gesturing at the Eden on my
    screen. Why fix what isn't broken? Come to think of it, humanity has
    been offered paradise several times, and Kirk keeps screwing it up.

    I also watched "Amok Time," in which Spock goes into a mating frenzy.
    They really had no idea what they were doing with his species. We say
    modern ST writers don't get Vulcans, but TBH they've never made much
    sense. Leonard Nimoy does some pretty good acting in this one.

    What did everyone else watch?
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  • From anim8rfsk@no_email@invalid.invalid to rec.arts.tv on Thu Aug 28 09:52:58 2025
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    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <UBI20250827@dont-email.me>, did weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:

    I watched:

    DYLAN MULVANEY'S OWN BOOK REVEALS A PREDATORY STORY:
    Welcome to the panic button everyone. I'm Nina. Today we're reacting to Dylan Mulaney.
    Uh so I saw this post on Axe today and it said in Dylan Mulvaney's autobiography, he
    says he kissed a man in a dimly lit dance club. He then revealed his true sex to the
    man who was unhappy that he'd been tricked. Angered by this, Mulaney boasts that this
    drove him to kiss several other men without their informed consent. Now, I don't know
    if any of you have read Dylan Mulaney's autobiography, but I haven't. So, we're going
    to get into the story and uh we're going to read a little bit and see what this is all
    about, shall we?
    https://youtu.be/dhStBYkoAx4?si=ZR6DWhAjGYOpWbpP

    I just listened to this. In many circumstances I wouldn't believe this
    story -- Mulvaney doesn't pass -- but he says it was dark and the man
    was pretty drunk.

    I watched more ST:TOS.

    One was "This Side of Paradise," in which human colonists live in a symbiotic relationship with plants which absorb deadly radiation and
    send their happiness-generating spores into the humans. Kirk doesn't
    like it, but I couldn't help noticing that nobody ever says what's wrong with this system. The spores keep them in perfect health and happiness,
    and this is bad because... um....

    Kirk says humans "aren't meant to" have easy lives. Says who? Comfort- seekers have always outnumbered the restless minority by a considerable margin. He's sure he knows best, though, so he sets out to manipulate everyone into getting angry, which kills the spores. When the colony
    leader is de-spored, he says, "We've done nothing. We wanted to turn
    this planet into a garden."

    "It *IS* a garden," I howled out loud, gesturing at the Eden on my
    screen. Why fix what isn't broken? Come to think of it, humanity has
    been offered paradise several times, and Kirk keeps screwing it up.


    I have other problems with this episode.

    The spores are definitely brainwashing the colonists. As soon as theyrCOre
    free of the influence, they want to get the hell out of Dodge. ThatrCOs not a symbiotic relationship. ItrCOs parasitical.

    But worse than thatrCa The effects of the spores seem to be permanent. You donrCOt lose your new appendix when you leave the planet. So why the hell donrCOt they build a hospital in orbit and send really sick people down long enough to cure them?

    There are other problems with life on the planet. For instance, exactly why
    are all the animals dead? And there seems to be no sign that the colonists
    are breeding and the planet is deadly without the spores so it pretty much seems to be a dead end existence.

    And what are they eating? They have just enough crops to survive? One bad winter and theyrCOre all dead? What do they do all day?

    I also watched "Amok Time," in which Spock goes into a mating frenzy.
    They really had no idea what they were doing with his species. We say
    modern ST writers don't get Vulcans, but TBH they've never made much
    sense. Leonard Nimoy does some pretty good acting in this one.

    What did everyone else watch?


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  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Thu Aug 28 17:00:58 2025
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    On Aug 28, 2025 at 5:51:45 AM PDT, "Melissa Hollingsworth" <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Verily, in article <UBI20250827@dont-email.me>, did weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:

    I watched:

    DYLAN MULVANEY'S OWN BOOK REVEALS A PREDATORY STORY:
    Welcome to the panic button everyone. I'm Nina. Today we're reacting to
    Dylan Mulaney.
    Uh so I saw this post on Axe today and it said in Dylan Mulvaney's
    autobiography, he
    says he kissed a man in a dimly lit dance club. He then revealed his true >> sex to the
    man who was unhappy that he'd been tricked. Angered by this, Mulaney boasts >> that this
    drove him to kiss several other men without their informed consent. Now, I >> don't know
    if any of you have read Dylan Mulaney's autobiography, but I haven't. So, >> we're going
    to get into the story and uh we're going to read a little bit and see what >> this is all
    about, shall we?
    https://youtu.be/dhStBYkoAx4?si=ZR6DWhAjGYOpWbpP

    I just listened to this. In many circumstances I wouldn't believe this
    story -- Mulvaney doesn't pass -- but he says it was dark and the man
    was pretty drunk.

    I watched more ST:TOS.

    One was "This Side of Paradise," in which human colonists live in a symbiotic relationship with plants which absorb deadly radiation and
    send their happiness-generating spores into the humans. Kirk doesn't
    like it, but I couldn't help noticing that nobody ever says what's wrong with this system. The spores keep them in perfect health and happiness,
    and this is bad because... um....

    Kirk says humans "aren't meant to" have easy lives. Says who? Comfort- seekers have always outnumbered the restless minority by a considerable margin. He's sure he knows best, though, so he sets out to manipulate everyone into getting angry, which kills the spores. When the colony
    leader is de-spored, he says, "We've done nothing. We wanted to turn
    this planet into a garden."

    "It *IS* a garden," I howled out loud, gesturing at the Eden on my
    screen. Why fix what isn't broken?

    Maybe he meant a garden as in growing fruits, vegetables, and crops.


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  • From Melissa Hollingsworth@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.arts.tv on Thu Aug 28 10:29:46 2025
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    Verily, in article <108q20a$1g7gj$2@dont-email.me>, did atropos@mac.com deliver unto us this message:
    he says, "We've done nothing. We wanted to turn
    this planet into a garden."

    "It *IS* a garden," I howled out loud, gesturing at the Eden on my
    screen. Why fix what isn't broken?

    Maybe he meant a garden as in growing fruits, vegetables, and crops.


    They did! They had fields and orchards, and they worked them. The spores didn't feed them, just kept them perfectly healthy and content.

    They also had nice homes and common buidings. One wonders what else he'd expected to build in only three years.

    I want to move there. :D
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  • From Ubiquitous@weberm@polaris.net to rec.arts.tv on Fri Aug 29 04:30:42 2025
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    thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
    Ubiquitoius wrote:

    I watched:

    DYLAN MULVANEY'S OWN BOOK REVEALS A PREDATORY STORY:
    Welcome to the panic button everyone. I'm Nina. Today we're reacting to
    Dylan Mulaney. Uh so I saw this post on Axe today and it said in Dylan
    Mulvaney's autobiography, he says he kissed a man in a dimly lit dance
    club. He then revealed his true sex to the man who was unhappy that he'd
    been tricked. Angered by this, Mulaney boasts that this drove him to kiss >> several other men without their informed consent. Now, I don't know
    if any of you have read Dylan Mulaney's autobiography, but I haven't. So, >> we're going to get into the story and uh we're going to read a little bit >> and see what this is all about, shall we?
    https://youtu.be/dhStBYkoAx4?si=ZR6DWhAjGYOpWbpP

    I just listened to this. In many circumstances I wouldn't believe this
    story -- Mulvaney doesn't pass -- but he says it was dark and the man
    was pretty drunk.

    I can see a man who's drunk off his ass in a dark bar mistaking Dylan for a woman, but I call bullshit on his claims thbat he did that every night. The fact that he and his alleged friends got off on tricking men into thinking he was a woman and _bragging_ about it tells a _lot_ about the typoe of poerson he is (no big surprise).

    I watched more ST:TOS.

    One was "This Side of Paradise," in which human colonists live in a >symbiotic relationship with plants which absorb deadly radiation and
    send their happiness-generating spores into the humans. Kirk doesn't
    like it, but I couldn't help noticing that nobody ever says what's wrong >with this system. The spores keep them in perfect health and happiness,
    and this is bad because... um....

    I always thought this was their take on the Lotus-Eaters.

    Kirk says humans "aren't meant to" have easy lives. Says who?

    Take a look at life in modern America. We've become lazy and decadent.

    Comfort-seekers have always outnumbered the restless minority by a >considerable margin. He's sure he knows best, though, so he sets out to >manipulate everyone into getting angry, which kills the spores. When the >colony leader is de-spored, he says, "We've done nothing. We wanted to turn >this planet into a garden."

    "It *IS* a garden," I howled out loud, gesturing at the Eden on my
    screen. Why fix what isn't broken? Come to think of it, humanity has
    been offered paradise several times, and Kirk keeps screwing it up.

    I think he meant "farm".

    I also watched "Amok Time," in which Spock goes into a mating frenzy.
    They really had no idea what they were doing with his species. We say
    modern ST writers don't get Vulcans, but TBH they've never made much
    sense. Leonard Nimoy does some pretty good acting in this one.

    Did you see the blooper that occurs on Vulcan?


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  • From Melissa Hollingsworth@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.arts.tv on Fri Aug 29 11:10:42 2025
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    Verily, in article <108s2ba$1uo12$2@dont-email.me>, did
    weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:
    Take a look at life in modern America. We've become lazy and decadent.


    The spored colonists weren't lazy and decadent, though. With the spores,
    they were happy and also getting their work done. As shown in the
    episode, there don't seem to be any drawbacks.
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  • From Melissa Hollingsworth@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.arts.tv on Fri Aug 29 11:12:05 2025
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    Verily, in article <108s2ba$1uo12$2@dont-email.me>, did
    weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:
    I also watched "Amok Time," in which Spock goes into a mating frenzy.
    They really had no idea what they were doing with his species. We say >modern ST writers don't get Vulcans, but TBH they've never made much >sense. Leonard Nimoy does some pretty good acting in this one.

    Did you see the blooper that occurs on Vulcan?


    No, didn't notice that. What is it?

    I really liked the distance-shot drawing of the wedding/combat site. It
    was beautiful. Today it would probably be some CGI or even AI slop, but
    back then, someone drew it with care.
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  • From Ubiquitous@weberm@polaris.net to rec.arts.tv on Fri Aug 29 14:57:11 2025
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    thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
    weberm@polaris.net delivered unto us this message:

    I also watched "Amok Time," in which Spock goes into a mating frenzy.
    They really had no idea what they were doing with his species. We say
    modern ST writers don't get Vulcans, but TBH they've never made much
    sense. Leonard Nimoy does some pretty good acting in this one.

    Did you see the blooper that occurs on Vulcan?

    No, didn't notice that. What is it?

    In the scene in which Spock and Kirk are fighting, when Kirk takes a break
    and Bones injects him with steroids(?), you can see Leonard Nemoy in
    the background leaning against a wall and grinning.

    I really liked the distance-shot drawing of the wedding/combat site. It
    was beautiful. Today it would probably be some CGI or even AI slop, but
    back then, someone drew it with care.

    Didn't they replace it with "improved FX" version?

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  • From Melissa Hollingsworth@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.arts.tv on Fri Aug 29 12:59:16 2025
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    Verily, in article <108st68$263hg$1@dont-email.me>, did
    weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:
    Didn't they replace it with "improved FX" version?


    I don't recall what I saw in childhood well enough to be sure, but it
    looked like a colored line drawing.
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  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Fri Aug 29 17:49:37 2025
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    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <108s2ba$1uo12$2@dont-email.me>, did
    weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:
    I also watched "Amok Time," in which Spock goes into a mating frenzy.
    They really had no idea what they were doing with his species. We say
    modern ST writers don't get Vulcans, but TBH they've never made much
    sense. Leonard Nimoy does some pretty good acting in this one.

    Did you see the blooper that occurs on Vulcan?


    No, didn't notice that. What is it?

    I really liked the distance-shot drawing of the wedding/combat site. It
    was beautiful. Today it would probably be some CGI or even AI slop, but
    back then, someone drew it with care.


    You do realize that yourCOre watching remastered and that the longshot is CGI slop and well IrCOll stop now.
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  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Fri Aug 29 17:49:38 2025
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    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
    weberm@polaris.net delivered unto us this message:

    I also watched "Amok Time," in which Spock goes into a mating frenzy. >>>> They really had no idea what they were doing with his species. We say >>>> modern ST writers don't get Vulcans, but TBH they've never made much
    sense. Leonard Nimoy does some pretty good acting in this one.

    Did you see the blooper that occurs on Vulcan?

    No, didn't notice that. What is it?

    In the scene in which Spock and Kirk are fighting, when Kirk takes a break and Bones injects him with steroids(?), you can see Leonard Nemoy in
    the background leaning against a wall and grinning.

    I really liked the distance-shot drawing of the wedding/combat site. It
    was beautiful. Today it would probably be some CGI or even AI slop, but
    back then, someone drew it with care.

    Didn't they replace it with "improved FX" version?


    Yes, and itrCOs unwatchable


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  • From Melissa Hollingsworth@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.arts.tv on Sat Aug 30 03:58:40 2025
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    Verily, in article <518847022.778207528.911577.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:
    You do realize that you?re watching remastered and that the longshot is CGI slop and well I?ll stop now.


    Why would that be changed?

    I'm not seeing a lot of differences. The colors are pretty bright.
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  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Sat Aug 30 08:25:06 2025
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    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <518847022.778207528.911577.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:
    You do realize that you?re watching remastered and that the longshot is CGI >> slop and well I?ll stop now.


    Why would that be changed?

    Because it was done by incompetent hacks, anybody who just happened to be
    in the office that day. In the case of Vulcan, they decided to make it
    match the different depictions from the later, terrible spin off shows.



    I'm not seeing a lot of differences. The colors are pretty bright.

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