I watched:

ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING - This Aged Great!: https://youtu.be/pnBwMzPKs9o?si=lV5YC6MCXoHbrDd3

JOE ROGAN JUST DROPPED A NUKE..:
Asmongold Clips / Asmongold Reacts To: Joe Rogan claims Kamala
Harris campaign lied about 'not making time' for ex-VP while
making plenty for President Trump: 'We have the receipts' https://youtu.be/AfJHDuxb8p8?si=OboJomlyiMm1NM9N

THE FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST STEPS - Teaser Trailer Reaction:
THE FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST STEPS - Teaser Trailer Reaction - Today at Double Toasted we have our The
Fantastic Four First Steps teaser reaction and discussion. We discuss everything we like, but we also
touch on things we don't like. What do you think of the teaser? What did you think of 'The Thing'?
https://youtu.be/4WggrE_sOps?si=RlghniI6UEMuj-Gf

POP CULTURE BREAKDOWN | STAR WARS HOTEL | FANTASTIC FOUR TRAILER | BRIE LARSON SILENCED | THE STING!:
POP CULTURE BREAKDOWN returns as tonight we'll discuss the Disney Earnings
Call with our resident investor Mexican Ironman, we'll talk about the
ultimate failure of the Galactic Starcruiser Hotel, we'll discuss the (to me) very disappointing Fantastic Four trailer (better or worse than the Superman Trailer?), Brie Larson shying away from calling everyone istaphobes, and our movie of the week is the CLASSIC film: The Sting!Join our panel of pop
culture pundits as we break down the highs and lows of the week! https://www.youtube.com/live/gYp_3_gDBb4?si=Ieaw12Z6YL7UdXfY

What did you watch?

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On 2/6/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

Wednesdays aren't so bad work-wise, so I actually got through a movie yesterday, along with catching up with soaps:

soaps: DOOL - Wed's ep. Well, that was fast - they resolve the soap
opera stalker/poisoner storyline, and have Whitley reappear, all in a
single episode!!... So, most of the cast gets sick (Leo was wearing
gloves, and so doesn't get sick from the poisoned script) - some are
rushed to the hospital, others try to recover at home. In the end,
everybody (we're shown) survives, and Abe confronts Whitley who admits
to everything, and with Paulina's help subdues her... Hey, is Joy dead?!
Last we saw, she totally collapsed. But nobody mentioned her this
episode! Not Alex. Not even Abe - who was looking at a board of pictures
of the victims, including Joy!! No one! I guess Joy is dead. From
neglect, and because nobody loves her... :(
GH - Tue's and Wed's ep's. Ugh. The "new" Jack Brennan is already
airing on the show, and he's not a patch on Charles Mesure - in fact,
with the way this is going down, I wonder if they are just going to
write Jack Brennan off the show in short order: the way they wrote some
of this, it seems like they're now just playing the character like a
straight villain... Anyway, after returning from Germany, Carly goes to
see Willow, but discovers Drew's left-behind tie when Willow is out of
the room, and afterburns out of there to go confront Drew! They have a knock-down-drag-out public argument, where Carly exposes Drew's affair
with Willow, and Drew throws in Carly's face that "Jason got Sasha
pregnant". This causes Sasha to go ballistic on Drew. Seeing this, Tracy
wants to go confront Willow, but Brook Lynn convinces Tracy that she
will talk to Willow. And that doesn't go well - when Brook Lynn points
out that Willow's deal meant Willow couldn't see Drew on Quartermaine
grounds, Willow gets fed up, and insists upon breaking the deal and
leaving the grounds, despite Brook Lynn and Nina trying to talk her out
of it. (I was hoping Nina would find some backbone, and tell Willow she wouldn't let her move back in!) And Josslyn is going to get herself
killed! - She breaks into Cyrus' place, looking for clues, but messes
up, and Cyrus knows someone was casing his place!

Then, one of the last Bruce Willis flicks that I hasn't seen yet (there
are a few of these flicks that weren't available when I ran through all
of Willis' last films a while back) has turned up on Hulu:

Fortress: Sniper's Eye (Hulu) - This 2022 flick - the 10th last flick
Willis ever did according to IMDb - is a sequel to 2021's "Fortress"
(which I did watch, over a year ago now, so I barely remember what
happened).
This showed all of the usual hallmarks of "last-stage" Bruce Willis
flicks: most of Willis' dialogue (and other) scenes are unsubtly filmed
in isolation - he shares just three short dialogue sequences with
people, two of them with Natali Yura (who plays a woman Willis rescues
from a Russian prison in the film's open) - and Willis dialogue delivery
is flat with little emotional nuance.
If anything, I think this sequel is even worse than "Fortress" (IMDb
seems to agree, rating "Sniper's Eye" a 3.0, and the original "Fortress"
a slightly better 3.3) - I don't remember much about "Fortress", but I
am pretty sure that it had more "action" (and suspense?) than this one
does. This one feels like it has less action than the first, and is
mostly just people running around (mostly aimlessly).
Many people from the first film come back - e.g. Willis, Jesse
Metcalfe, Kelly Greyson, Michael Sirow, and Natalie Burn, though the
latter gets needlessly killed off pretty early on. Even more
ridiculously, Chad Michael Murray and Ser'Darius Blain both return as
villains, even though both were clearly killed in "Fortress". (What,
they want us to believe that Willis would shoot a guy like Murray's
baddie, and *not* check to make sure that he was dead before moving on?!)
About the only thing I liked about this film was the addition of
Gabrielle Haugh, as Greyson's sister, though Haugh isn't really given
enough to do.
The ending of this one is pretty bad, though at least both Murray
and Blain seem to be unambiguously dead by the end of this. And it's not
like Willis is coming back to film more of these, so...

Of the late Willis films that I still haven't seen, I know one (maybe
the last one!) is "Apex" (2021), but it's still only on AMC+ so I can't
get to it. Others Willis flicks I have missed are much earlier, like
"Precious Cargo" (2016) and "The Prince" (2014).


What did you watch?

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On 2/6/2025 6:36 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 2/6/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

Wednesdays aren't so bad work-wise, so I actually got through a movie yesterday, along with catching up with soaps:

soaps: DOOL - Wed's ep. Well, that was fast - they resolve the soap
opera stalker/poisoner storyline, and have Whitley reappear, all in a
single episode!!... So, most of the cast gets sick (Leo was wearing
gloves, and so doesn't get sick from the poisoned script) - some are
rushed to the hospital, others try to recover at home. In the end,
everybody (we're shown) survives, and Abe confronts Whitley who admits
to everything, and with Paulina's help subdues her... Hey, is Joy dead?!
Last we saw, she totally collapsed. But nobody mentioned her this
episode! Not Alex. Not even Abe - who was looking at a board of pictures
of the victims, including Joy!! No one! I guess Joy is dead. From
neglect, and because nobody loves her...  :(
   GH - Tue's and Wed's ep's. Ugh. The "new" Jack Brennan is already airing on the show, and he's not a patch on Charles Mesure - in fact,
with the way this is going down, I wonder if they are just going to
write Jack Brennan off the show in short order: the way they wrote some
of this, it seems like they're now just playing the character like a
straight villain... Anyway, after returning from Germany, Carly goes to
see Willow, but discovers Drew's left-behind tie when Willow is out of
the room, and afterburns out of there to go confront Drew! They have a knock-down-drag-out public argument, where Carly exposes Drew's affair
with Willow, and Drew throws in Carly's face that "Jason got Sasha
pregnant". This causes Sasha to go ballistic on Drew. Seeing this, Tracy wants to go confront Willow, but Brook Lynn convinces Tracy that she
will talk to Willow. And that doesn't go well - when Brook Lynn points
out that Willow's deal meant Willow couldn't see Drew on Quartermaine grounds, Willow gets fed up, and insists upon breaking the deal and
leaving the grounds, despite Brook Lynn and Nina trying to talk her out
of it. (I was hoping Nina would find some backbone, and tell Willow she wouldn't let her move back in!) And Josslyn is going to get herself
killed! - She breaks into Cyrus' place, looking for clues, but messes
up, and Cyrus knows someone was casing his place!

Then, one of the last Bruce Willis flicks that I hasn't seen yet (there
are a few of these flicks that weren't available when I ran through all
of Willis' last films a while back) has turned up on Hulu:

Fortress: Sniper's Eye (Hulu) - This 2022 flick - the 10th last flick
Willis ever did according to IMDb - is a sequel to 2021's
"Fortress" (which I did watch, over a year ago now, so I barely remember
what happened).

I don't think I've watched either movie. I'm not sure if I want to,
especially if they aren't good. If I ever did a Bruce Willis movie
marathon, I'd want to watch him in his prime in good movies. Not that I haven't watched my fair share of bad Willis movies...But I just don't
see myself actively seeking them out.

   This showed all of the usual hallmarks of "last-stage" Bruce Willis flicks: most of Willis' dialogue (and other) scenes are unsubtly filmed
in isolation - he shares just three short dialogue sequences with
people, two of them with Natali Yura (who plays a woman Willis rescues
from a Russian prison in the film's open) - and Willis dialogue delivery
is flat with little emotional nuance.
   If anything, I think this sequel is even worse than "Fortress" (IMDb seems to agree, rating "Sniper's Eye" a 3.0, and the original "Fortress"
a slightly better 3.3) - I don't remember much about "Fortress", but I
am pretty sure that it had more "action" (and suspense?) than this one
does. This one feels like it has less action than the first, and is
mostly just people running around (mostly aimlessly).
   Many people from the first film come back - e.g. Willis, Jesse Metcalfe, Kelly Greyson, Michael Sirow, and Natalie Burn, though the
latter gets needlessly killed off pretty early on. Even more
ridiculously, Chad Michael Murray and Ser'Darius Blain both return as villains, even though both were clearly killed in "Fortress". (What,
they want us to believe that Willis would shoot a guy like Murray's
baddie, and *not* check to make sure that he was dead before moving on?!)
   About the only thing I liked about this film was the addition of Gabrielle Haugh, as Greyson's sister, though Haugh isn't really given
enough to do.
   The ending of this one is pretty bad, though at least both Murray
and Blain seem to be unambiguously dead by the end of this. And it's not
like Willis is coming back to film more of these, so...

Of the late Willis films that I still haven't seen, I know one (maybe
the last one!) is "Apex" (2021), but it's still only on AMC+ so I can't
get to it. Others Willis flicks I have missed are much earlier, like "Precious Cargo" (2016) and "The Prince" (2014).

What did you watch?

I watched more Babylon 5 season 4 blu-rays:

The watch list is a long gone memory. I just put the disc in and hit
the play all button.

"Moments of Transition" - The Minbari civil war wraps up. Lyta is
treated horribly on B5 (I guess to set up season 5) which opens a door
for Bester. I *really* don't understand how Bester could even get to B5
in an official capacity or hand out favors that would mean anything on
Earth. It makes *no* sense. And how is Lyta not simply on permanent
retainer anyway?

"No Surrender, No Retreat" - The Liberation of Earth turns into a
shooting war with B5 liberating one of the outer colonies.

"The Exercise of Vital Powers" – This one was a Garibaldi episode set
mostly on Mars.

"The Face of the Enemy" – As the war to liberate Earth rages on,
Garibaldi betrays Sheridan. The episode ends with a meeting between
Bester and Garilbadi (if you know, you know), and Ivanova ordering
Garilbaldi to be shot on sight.

"Intersections in Real Time" - Sheridan is interrogated until he agrees
there are 4 lights. Wait, wrong show. Thanks to The Lurker’s Guide I
know the Drazi was played by Wayne Alexander. I definitely would have
missed that.

"Between the Darkness and the Light" - With Sheradin out of commission
Ivanova is in command of the fleet. Feel bad for anyone who gets in her
way. Feel very bad! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaSmassvv4w

"Endgame" A freshly rescued Sheridan sends the fleet to liberate Earth.
So is “ramming speed” a button on the ship or is that taught in flight school?

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On 2/6/2025 6:36 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 2/6/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

Wednesdays aren't so bad work-wise, so I actually got through a movie yesterday, along with catching up with soaps:

soaps: DOOL - Wed's ep. Well, that was fast - they resolve the soap
opera stalker/poisoner storyline, and have Whitley reappear, all in a
single episode!!... So, most of the cast gets sick (Leo was wearing
gloves, and so doesn't get sick from the poisoned script) - some are
rushed to the hospital, others try to recover at home. In the end,
everybody (we're shown) survives, and Abe confronts Whitley who admits
to everything, and with Paulina's help subdues her... Hey, is Joy dead?!
Last we saw, she totally collapsed. But nobody mentioned her this
episode! Not Alex. Not even Abe - who was looking at a board of pictures
of the victims, including Joy!! No one! I guess Joy is dead. From
neglect, and because nobody loves her...  :(

Yeah, wasn't she with Alex? Didn't think Whitley would be on for long.
Though she might be on once more.

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On 2/6/25 8:18 AM, suzeeq wrote:

On 2/6/2025 6:36 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 2/6/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

Wednesdays aren't so bad work-wise, so I actually got through a movie
yesterday, along with catching up with soaps:

soaps: DOOL - Wed's ep. Well, that was fast - they resolve the soap
opera stalker/poisoner storyline, and have Whitley reappear, all in a
single episode!!... So, most of the cast gets sick (Leo was wearing
gloves, and so doesn't get sick from the poisoned script) - some are
rushed to the hospital, others try to recover at home. In the end,
everybody (we're shown) survives, and Abe confronts Whitley who admits
to everything, and with Paulina's help subdues her... Hey, is Joy
dead?! Last we saw, she totally collapsed. But nobody mentioned her
this episode! Not Alex. Not even Abe - who was looking at a board of
pictures of the victims, including Joy!! No one! I guess Joy is dead.
From neglect, and because nobody loves her...  :(

Yeah, wasn't she with Alex?

Alex had left before she collapsed. And she handled the poisoned script
a lot more than he did, so Joy presumably got a larger dose (and is way
smaller than Alex!!).

So, poor Joy is probably dead, because nobody cares about her. :(

Didn't think Whitley would be on for long.
Though she might be on once more.

Once was enough!! ;p

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Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

I watched:

ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING - This Aged Great!: https://youtu.be/pnBwMzPKs9o?si=lV5YC6MCXoHbrDd3

With The Kingpin as the Mighty Thor?

JOE ROGAN JUST DROPPED A NUKE..:
Asmongold Clips / Asmongold Reacts To: Joe Rogan claims Kamala
Harris campaign lied about

Pretty much everything all along right down to her African heritage.

THE FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST STEPS - Teaser Trailer Reaction:
THE FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST STEPS - Teaser Trailer Reaction - Today at
Double Toasted we have our The
Fantastic Four First Steps teaser reaction and discussion. We discuss everything we like, but we also
touch on things we don't like. What do you think of the teaser? What did
you think of 'The Thing'?
https://youtu.be/4WggrE_sOps?si=RlghniI6UEMuj-Gf

I didn’t see a single thing I liked.

POP CULTURE BREAKDOWN | STAR WARS HOTEL | FANTASTIC FOUR TRAILER | BRIE LARSON SILENCED | THE STING!:
POP CULTURE BREAKDOWN returns as tonight we'll discuss the Disney Earnings Call with our resident investor Mexican Ironman, we'll talk about the ultimate failure of the Galactic Starcruiser Hotel, we'll discuss the (to me) very disappointing Fantastic Four trailer (better or worse than the Superman Trailer?),

Superman has Krypto. Fantastic four has Herbie. Advantage, Superman.

(Talentless as an actress, worthless as a human being) Brie Larson shying
away from [reality) calling everyone istaphobes, and our

movie of the week is the CLASSIC film: The Sting!Join our panel of pop culture pundits as we break down the highs and lows of the week! https://www.youtube.com/live/gYp_3_gDBb4?si=Ieaw12Z6YL7UdXfY

What did you watch?

Hey, thanks for asking!

The most recent episode of PARADISE, which is becoming stupider and
stupider at an enhanced rate.

SHE’S OUT MY LEAGUE (2010)
Alice Eve is incredibly hot and… Well, that’s about the most you can say about this movie. Eve re-creates BTR’s favorite scene from high ho daDario in True Detective. Wait a minute. This movie came out four years earlier!
Your basic slob comedy with an incredibly hot actress. Krysten Ritter is
good and hot in it as well but it’s nothing we haven’t seen her do before.

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anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:

Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

I watched:

ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING - This Aged Great!:
https://youtu.be/pnBwMzPKs9o?si=lV5YC6MCXoHbrDd3

With The Kingpin as the Mighty Thor?

You are correct, sir!

Also acceptable woujld have been "Detective Goren".

JOE ROGAN JUST DROPPED A NUKE..:
Asmongold Clips / Asmongold Reacts To: Joe Rogan claims Kamala
Harris campaign lied about

Pretty much everything all along right down to her African heritage.

Drop the first two words and you'd be 100% correct.

I saw parts of the unedited "60 Minutes" interview and yeah, she's a bigger idiot than I thought.

THE FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST STEPS - Teaser Trailer Reaction:
THE FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST STEPS - Teaser Trailer Reaction - Today at
Double Toasted we have our The Fantastic Four First Steps teaser reaction
and discussion. We discuss everything we like, but we also touch on
things we don't like. What do you think of the teaser? What did
you think of 'The Thing'?
https://youtu.be/4WggrE_sOps?si=RlghniI6UEMuj-Gf

I didn't see a single thing I liked.

I liked the retro 1960's optics and then finally making The Thing look right, but I'm not so keen on the casting.

POP CULTURE BREAKDOWN | STAR WARS HOTEL | FANTASTIC FOUR TRAILER | BRIE LARSON SILENCED | THE STING!:
POP CULTURE BREAKDOWN returns as tonight we'll discuss the Disney Earnings >> Call with our resident investor Mexican Ironman, we'll talk about the
ultimate failure of the Galactic Starcruiser Hotel, we'll discuss the (to me)
very disappointing Fantastic Four trailer (better or worse than the Superman >> Trailer?),

Superman has Krypto. Fantastic four has Herbie. Advantage, Superman.

I always hated Herbie in the cartoon. It seemed like an attempt to insert a cute sidekick,a la Scoobie Doo. I later heard claims that someone was scared that children would set themselves on fire if the Human Torch, but sounds ridiculous.

(Talentless as an actress, worthless as a human being) Brie Larson shying
away from [reality) calling everyone istaphobes, and our
movie of the week is the CLASSIC film: The Sting!Join our panel of pop
culture pundits as we break down the highs and lows of the week!
https://www.youtube.com/live/gYp_3_gDBb4?si=Ieaw12Z6YL7UdXfY

What did you watch?

Hey, thanks for asking!

The most recent episode of PARADISE, which is becoming stupider and
stupider at an enhanced rate.

SHE'S OUT MY LEAGUE (2010)
Alice Eve is incredibly hot and… Well, that's about the most you can say >about this movie. Eve re-creates BTR's favorite scene from high ho daDario >in True Detective. Wait a minute. This movie came out four years earlier! >Your basic slob comedy with an incredibly hot actress. Krysten Ritter is >good and hot in it as well but it's nothing we haven't seen her do before.

Isn't the movie with Tony Danza as the father?

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Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:

Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

I watched:

ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING - This Aged Great!:
https://youtu.be/pnBwMzPKs9o?si=lV5YC6MCXoHbrDd3

With The Kingpin as the Mighty Thor?

You are correct, sir!

Also acceptable woujld have been "Detective Goren".

JOE ROGAN JUST DROPPED A NUKE..:
Asmongold Clips / Asmongold Reacts To: Joe Rogan claims Kamala
Harris campaign lied about

Pretty much everything all along right down to her African heritage.

Drop the first two words and you'd be 100% correct.

I saw parts of the unedited "60 Minutes" interview and yeah, she's a
bigger idiot than I thought.

THE FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST STEPS - Teaser Trailer Reaction:
THE FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST STEPS - Teaser Trailer Reaction - Today at
Double Toasted we have our The Fantastic Four First Steps teaser reaction >>> and discussion. We discuss everything we like, but we also touch on
things we don't like. What do you think of the teaser? What did
you think of 'The Thing'?
https://youtu.be/4WggrE_sOps?si=RlghniI6UEMuj-Gf

I didn't see a single thing I liked.

I liked the retro 1960's optics and then finally making The Thing look right, but I'm not so keen on the casting.

POP CULTURE BREAKDOWN | STAR WARS HOTEL | FANTASTIC FOUR TRAILER | BRIE
LARSON SILENCED | THE STING!:
POP CULTURE BREAKDOWN returns as tonight we'll discuss the Disney Earnings >>> Call with our resident investor Mexican Ironman, we'll talk about the
ultimate failure of the Galactic Starcruiser Hotel, we'll discuss the (to me)
very disappointing Fantastic Four trailer (better or worse than the Superman
Trailer?),

Superman has Krypto. Fantastic four has Herbie. Advantage, Superman.

I always hated Herbie in the cartoon. It seemed like an attempt to insert a cute sidekick,a la Scoobie Doo. I later heard claims that someone was scared that children would set themselves on fire if the Human Torch, but sounds ridiculous.

That’s the story, but it turns out it’s not the truth. What actually happened is somebody had optioned the rights to do a solo human torch
project so only the other three characters were available and they made up Herbie to make it a foursome.

(Talentless as an actress, worthless as a human being) Brie Larson shying >>> away from [reality) calling everyone istaphobes, and our
movie of the week is the CLASSIC film: The Sting!Join our panel of pop
culture pundits as we break down the highs and lows of the week!
https://www.youtube.com/live/gYp_3_gDBb4?si=Ieaw12Z6YL7UdXfY

What did you watch?

Hey, thanks for asking!

The most recent episode of PARADISE, which is becoming stupider and
stupider at an enhanced rate.

SHE'S OUT MY LEAGUE (2010)
Alice Eve is incredibly hot and… Well, that's about the most you can say
about this movie. Eve re-creates BTR's favorite scene from high ho daDario >> in True Detective. Wait a minute. This movie came out four years earlier!
Your basic slob comedy with an incredibly hot actress. Krysten Ritter is
good and hot in it as well but it's nothing we haven't seen her do before.

Isn't the movie with Tony Danza as the father?

No. I didn’t recognize most of the actors, but none of them was Tony Danza.

You might be thinking of the classic Danza film. SHE’S OUT OF CONTROL with Amy Dolenz as the daughter everybody thinks is pretty but it’s really just make up.

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