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Sounds good. I'll check it out. Beat Bobby Flay is one of those cooking competition shows on Food Network. Most of that channel I don't bother with these days.
 
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Sounds good. I'll check it out. Beat Bobby Flay is one of those cooking competition shows on Food Network. Most of that channel I don't bother with these days.
Story is a lot like quest but better.
That's on cable? I've never heard of it. I saw a little of the eating thing yesterday. They had a guy and a pig vying for corn on the cob. The pig won, lol.
 
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The Secret World of Arietty
I thought it was great! It’s beautiful to look at! Arietty is so sweet! Something’s preventing it from being really great but I can’t put my finger on it. It also reminds me of The Rats of NIMH.
4/5


Interstellar
I found most of the space stuff boring. The heart of the movie (Cooper’s relationship w/ his daughter) is much more interesting.
4/5


My Neighbors The Yamada’s
This is a skit-like, comic-strip-like cartoon comedy. I enjoyed the humor. I could see this being on 90s Nickelodeon as a TV show! It’s a dry-humor that pokes fun at every-day life. A lot of people will be turned off by the overly simplistic animation, but I think it works well w/ the “story” being told. Que sera, sera!
4/5


Saw Jurassic World Dominion in theaters. I’ve loved all the Jurassic Park movies, but thought this was terrible, a complete mess.. No tension & very cheesy. I do like Maisy, Chris Pratt, & BDH. I also liked BioSyn from the books playing a role, as well as the Malta sequence. But that’s it. IMO they wanted to capitalize on Spider-Man’s success & rewrote whatever they were planning w/ dinosaurs on the mainland & I think they failed miserably. There were too many quick dinosaur action scenes, trying to cram as many new dinosaurs & set-pieces as they could, & that didn’t work for me. This should’ve been 2 movies, one ending the trilogy w/ the JW characters, & one finale reuniting w/ the old JP characters. Very disappointed, b/c as stated, I’ve loved even the JP movies that aren’t as popular like Fallen Kingdom. Dominion is bad.


Saw Thor Love & Thunder in theaters. I thought Multiverse of Madness was terrible in every sense of the word, & thought L&T was a big improvement. It’s still not amazing, but it’s okay. Christian Bale as Gorr is too good for this movie, he was perfect. He should be a recurring villain, but unfortunately, like every MCU villian except for Loki & Thanos, he’s merely introduced in the beginning of the movie, only to be killed off by the end.The Zeus scene was good too. Maybe he could be a recurring antagonist. Definitely don’t like the agenda-pushing, but it seemed toned down from MoM (& I'd stop seeing MCU movies in theaters b/c of that, but get invited to go). The “humor” was non-existent, like it wasn’t trying to be funny back. A big step-back from Ragnarok.

I watched some of the Track & Field World Championships. Distance is my favorite.
 
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Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark

This hits all your Horror tropes. It makes it uninteresting, like you know what’s going to happen next. The opening act is also boring. They’re obviously trying to introduce the characters, but it doesn’t do a good job of it; it’s just boring. The better character moments come later, but I still don’t know most of the chracters’ names. All those negatives aside, the horror segments are really good. I particularly like the hospital Red Room scene. Even the scene where the girl’s zit pops into spiders is creepy. I also liked how the climactic horror scene is just crazies chasing Stella around the house. True horror is real like that. I don’t like Nixon’s re-election frequently being compared to the killing of the children, but I haven’t seen something like that in a horror movie (w/ the climax being on Election Night instead of Halloween), so I give it some creativity points.


Also, I don’t know much about the book, but from what I understand, the book is an anthology. I think I would’ve liked to see a collection of segments in the movie rather than trying to tie it all into one big story like the movie we got did.


I give this a 4/5
 
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Dahmer
Jeremy Renner is perfect! He’s creepy & likeable at the same time. The movie does an excellent job of humanizing him. The tone was exactly what I was looking for. I would’ve liked to see another one or 2 killings & seen the fallout w/ his dad. Movie could’ve been another 30-45 minutes. Overall I really, really liked this movie…..until the end. They started to push he was who he was b/c he was gay & if homosexuality was accepted he wouldn’t have turned out the way he was. There’s also a section where he goes on a monologue about that, & looking right into the camera (you), he says “it’s even worse for you b/c you’re black too, you’re black & gay.” & I just want to throw something. So I really really want to give this movie a 5 but the pro-gay themes are stopping that.

4/5

(I have such a long string of 4/5 movies. Thought for sure this would break it but nope)
 
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Pirates of the Carribbean: On Stranger Tides
I don’t have much to say about it. It’s a rewatch. I love the PotC movies. I like how this one’s a lot simpler then the others.
5/5


I watched some Pro Golf.

I finished Justice League The Animated Series "Season 1". I say "Season 1" b/c I jumped between Season 1 & 2. JL has overall been a disappointment. I loved Batman, Superman, & Batman Beyond shows, but JL feels slower paced & dumbed down, like they're just doing it to sell toys. I wish there was more character development. I do like the new members. Martian Manhunter, the Flash, Green Lantern. But they're pretty flat characters. My favorite episodes have been ones w/ the Joker and/or Lex Luthor / villain's from STAS & BTAS.
 
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Sophrosyne, we were talking about the DCAU in the other thread: I loved the Batman, Superman, & Batman Beyond animated series, but I'm 1/2 way thru the Justice League show, & wow, it's not doing it for me. There's only been a couple episodes I've liked, the others I just find boring. I read Season 1 isn't considered as good as Season 2, but I've been jumping between the 2 & Season 2 is just as meh. What are your thoughts on the JL show, out of curiosity?

I've liked the episodes where Lex & the Joker return, the World War II episode, & the Green Lantern trial episode. Each JL member also has their own character moments. So there's that. Other then that, show's generally been forgettable.
 
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I liked the series a lot but then I watched it when it was on TV and there was not a lot of decent cartoons on to compare it with. Likely you have watched newer justice league stuff prior to watching this series and the characters have changed and so on and compared it to them. I grew up with the superfriends and you could compare that to the Justice league series and pretty much get the same experience as at the time the superfriends was good, but that was because you just couldn't find any DC animated stuff in the late 70s/80s at all it was into the 90s when we started seeing animated series of Batman and Superman and beyond. Looking back... Gilligans Island is pretty bad and the superfriends are all but ruined by the power twins and the campiness. I think a little of our liking stuff is related to nostalgia and remembering what we liked in the past not as much comparing it to todays standards.

Now that we have stuff on DVD or can stream a whole series and binge on it and have infinitely more choices available we can find stuff we really like instead of being spoon fed and having almost no choices at all.
If you compare Cable TV to streaming/internet and DVD/media sales you find only 1 channel with animated stuff on it all the time and a few other channels that have some animated stuff a few hours a day in the past and Saturday cartoons vanished for good due to some inane decision to allow more commercials on educational programming on saturdays which killed off the toons almost entirely.
 
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Professor of Rock's channel on Youtube. He just shared a video on the song Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now, by Starship.

It sounds like I'm the same age as his little brother, given the description. Just a kid at the time, but I've always liked the song. For whatever reason, it's often on the radio when I'm driving somewhere to go mountain biking.
 
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2

I thought it was fantastic. Starts out slow but that's mainly to get everyone up to speed from the 1st one. Not sure if it's as good as the first one, but I still really enjoyed it.
 
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2


I thought it was fantastic. Starts out slow but that's mainly to get everyone up to speed from the 1st one. Not sure if it's as good as the first one, but I still really enjoyed it.

I feel like I didn't say enough. I’m really surprised how much I’ve enjoyed the 2 Sonic movies. I don’t even know that much about the franchise, but watched b/c I heard how good they were. In this one, I thought the heart & comedy from the first was toned down, but the action & adventure was amped up. I haven’t seen a lot of new 2022 movies, but this one has been my favorite so far. Go & see Sonic 1 & Sonic 2
 
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Doom Patrol
Season 1
I tried watching it a couple years ago & the language was ridiculous & I was turned off by all the gay scenes. It’s definitely not a Christian show & I didn't feel I should be watching it. All the reviews rant & rave about how funny it is, but I smiled maybe once. The humor is just swearing.
I decided to retry it & have been enjoying it more. There’s definitely good, or universal pros, about it. The acting is really good. Despite the language, Robotman, Jane, & Rita are entertaining & why it's worth watching. All the characters have nothing, or demons to fight. Although lot of gay love scenes w/ Larry, it’s not preachy like a lot of shows/movies are today, & I just look away when it gets physical. Cyborg, despite being the most 'Christian' character, isn't as interesting as my favorite 3. I definitely prefer the Teen Titans cartoon version of him. The villian & the Chief are just okay as well.
I only have a couple episodes left. So although I enjoyed it on this second watch, I’m gonna be glad it’s done. There’s 2-3 more seasons, not planning on watching them anytime soon. I don't recommend this if you're a believer
 
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