aww, Ringo, still the gentle hippie. he has seriously got to be one of the nicest guys in music. i have never ever seen him not being a nice, gentle soul. not even a rumor of it. the guy is just steady as a rock. and how old is he now? he looks amazing. was he the youngest beatle?
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Heâs the oldest; July 7, 1940 is his d.o.b., making him three months and two days older than John. Paul was born on June 18, 1942, and George on February 25, 1943.
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âIn the future, immortal cyborgs hunt poor people for sport and steal each otherâs adopted childrenâ
Pretty edgy even now, not a premise any American studio would have done in the '70s
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checking it out now
Itâs from 2010 but seems much older, in the style of '70s movies and '90s TV shows
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The Abyss. Still in 4:3, early DVD resolution. I guess Cameron, having seen the briny deep for real, isnât so keen on revisiting his possibly obsolete preconceptions.
Better than Deepstar Six, though.
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Good episode.
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Dr. Z gets stuck with some loser heâs never heard of. Ruins the whole show.
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i canât wait to see this.
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From 1993 (lots of flashing animations of Ms. Barryâs drawings):
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Just watched Captive State in a Discord watch party.
Discord movie nights arenât really an optimal expreience; tiny, choppy video and lagging audio are fairly common for me. But the movie was interesting enough to keep me watching.
The movie doesnât take much time to explore characterization or motivation; it focuses on a plot by rebels to strike a blow against alien overlords and their human collaborators. It might have been more moving if weâd gotten to know the people involved better, and yet, the narrative moves quickly enough to keep a viewerâs attention. What I found most interesting was looking back after it was over, after the semi-predictable twist at the end, and seeing how my view of certain interactions changed after knowing how everything played out.
The most notable actor in the cast is John Goodman, who plays a major role as the policeman whoâs obsessed with finding the rebels and taking them down before they can achieve their goal. Itâs a fairly stoic, deadpan performance, but it works pretty well, all things considered.
Itâs a decent movie if youâre in the mood for an understated sci-fi action flick. I wouldnât call it fantastic, but I enjoyed it.
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I love how Max Fleischerâs grandson pronounces âDisneyâ.
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A live fundraiser for MST3k. Iâve cued it to the start of the feature presentation, âHobgoblins.â
Apparently this is the first time Joel has seen the episode. I guess he didnât watch it much after he left. I wonder why.
Anyway, you get some reactions and observations from him, such as:
- the original program has an interesting Dana Gould connection.
- Joel has interesting professional critiques of the puppets and the puppetry.
- Joel likes the song âKiss Kicker.â
- Joel discovers heâs friends with the guy who made the âcreature effects.â
Enjoy!
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Now Iâm watching the Fleischer Superman cartoons. I couldnât help but wonder what they couldâve done with WWII Wonder Woman and/or Captain America. sigh.
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A pilot calmly walks you through various commercial air incidents.
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We recorded and watched the Ken Burns/Lynn Novick/PBS Hemingway documentary over Thursday and Friday nights. I thought it was mostly well done but a bit uneven. I was frustrated that while they talked about his many concussions/TBIs over the years, they glossed over how much of his later awful and erratic behaviors were probably related to that.
They also weirdly whitewashed his politics, even though several times they mentioned his fear that he was being watched by government agents, without explaining why. (âWhyâ is that he was very much a socialist and anti-fascist sympathizer, and J. Edgar Hoover felt he was an enemy and needed watching, for no apparent good reason. Of course, now we know that J.Edgar had issues with the image of manliness that Hemingway projected.)
The series had clearly been in the works for quite a while⌠there were some unexpectedly thoughtful interviews with then-senator John McCain that are just wonderful. (McCain was a Hemingway fan, as I am, and mostly for the same reasons.)
This morning I saw an article on salon.com that talks about that and some other issues they had with this documentary. They might be a little intensely critical of Burns and Novick, but theyâre not wrong.
I guess in the end, youâre either a fan, or you are not. If you are, you might also enjoy Hemingwayâs Boat, a 2011 biography by Paul Hendrickson that covered the part of his life from the mid 1930âs to his death in 1961.
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This is a good one. Last nightâs was weak, but this is a good one.
Iâm pretty sure Mary Jo confused this movie with Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell.
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This has been my experience in many of the movies that he has been in.
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Handmaids Tale is BAAAACK!!! We are binging.
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