Sorry this is late today - it's a combination of the switch to Daylight Savings Time and me deciding to run errands this morning (to beat the
crowd, thanks to DST!!).
Yesterday, I largely played a video game and did some chores, but I also
got through soaps, and a couple of Lifetime flicks I had recorded earlier:
soaps: Y&R - Tue's and Wed's ep's. Largely concerned Sharon and
Filis[sic!] being held captive together and bickering, while Nick,
Summer and Daniel, and Billy, try to figure out what happened to Sharon
and Filis... Meanwhile, Victor and Adam tip their hands when they reveal
that they know Billy is launching a new company - I wonder if Jack will
now figure out that Victor has planted moles in Chabot?
GH - Fri's ep. This ep was mostly disappointing, except for the
scenes with Lulu and Brook Lynn - NuNuLulu confronts Brook Lynn about
not telling Dante for two decades that they had a child together,
revealing to Brook Lynn for the first time that it was a son: Amanda
Setton was good in these scenes (it feels like she's rarely called on to really "act" on this show!); at the end, Lulu tells Brook Lynn to tell
Dante, or she will... The semi-good parts were Josslyn being trained in
the ways of being a "spy" (or an "assassin"?!!) by a handler... The rest
of this was Sonny, or Alexis, or Carly and NuJack Brennan drama that I
don't really care about - though on the Alexis front, it feels like Jenz Sidwell is setting up to frame Alexis for some crime (maybe, murder?!!).
golf - Only saw a few minutes of the Arnold Palmer. I will probably
watch it more closely today, on the final day.
Then I watched a couple of Lifetime flicks I had recorded:
Date at Your Own Risk (recorded in mid-Feb) - I really didn't care for
this flick at all. It went exactly where you expected it to, with its
feints and red herrings being totally unconvincing. I wasn't even giving
it my full attention, and I was still easily able to follow along.
The Perfect Killer (recorded on March 1) - I liked this one a lot
better. It had a literal(!) cast of thousands as suspects, and largely
kept me guessing until near the end.
I did think they could have "gone for it" more with this one - I was really hoping the stepmom (JaNae Armogan) was in on it, but it's very
rare for a Lifetime flick to "go there", so it's not like I was
expecting it.
In this one, a married couple apparently get a frantic call from the husband's daughter (Laura Provensano, who just did her first Lifetime
flick a few months ago, and has already knocked out this one and a third Lifetime flick coming up since then!). But it's a fake "AI" call, to
lure the father to a location where he is clearly premeditatively murdered.
Coincidentally(?), at about this same time, the girl's estranged
mother (recent Lifetime staple Kirsten Comerford), who had lost all visitation rights a decade before, shows up as its the girl's 16th
birthday and she can now legally contact the daughter.
So, who killed the dad?! - Did the estranged mom kill the dad for preventing her from seeing the daughter for a decade? Did the stepmom do
it? Perhaps it was the father's business partner? Or was it someone
else, as plenty have motive when the secrets start tumbling out!!
Like I said, this was a pretty good thriller/mystery, as it least it took a while to figure out who the killer was.
It was at this time that I realized that I had earlier failed to record Lifetime's "Lethal Desire" last month, and it's not airing any time
soon, nor is it on OnDemand! Luckily, I can still watch it off the
Lifetime website, so I will probably do that today.
What did you watch?
On 3/9/2025 10:33 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Sorry this is late today - it's a combination of the switch to DaylightI didn't realize today was DST. I was wondering why I slept in so late.
Savings Time and me deciding to run errands this morning (to beat the
crowd, thanks to DST!!).
I miss the old days when you had to manually adjust all the clocks.
At least then you knew it was daylight savings. Now it just sort of
happens automatically without warning.
On 3/9/2025 10:33 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Sorry this is late today - it's a combination of the switch to
Daylight Savings Time and me deciding to run errands this morning (to
beat the crowd, thanks to DST!!).
I didn't realize today was DST. I was wondering why I slept in so late.
I miss the old days when you had to manually adjust all the clocks. At least then you knew it was daylight savings. Now it just sort of
happens automatically without warning.
On Mar 9, 2025 at 11:39:44 AM PDT, "Arthur Lipscomb" ><arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 3/9/2025 10:33 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Sorry this is late today - it's a combination of the switch to Daylight >>> Savings Time and me deciding to run errands this morning (to beat theI didn't realize today was DST. I was wondering why I slept in so late.
crowd, thanks to DST!!).
I miss the old days when you had to manually adjust all the clocks.
At least then you knew it was daylight savings. Now it just sort of
happens automatically without warning.
The only clock I still have to change myself is the one in the dashboard of my >SUV.
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 18:54:27 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
Mar 9, 2025 11:39:44 AM PDT, Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>: >>>On 3/9/2025 10:33 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Sorry this is late today - it's a combination of the switch to Daylight >>>>Savings Time and me deciding to run errands this morning (to beat the >>>>crowd, thanks to DST!!).
I didn't realize today was DST. I was wondering why I slept in so late. >>>I miss the old days when you had to manually adjust all the clocks.
At least then you knew it was daylight savings. Now it just sort of >>>happens automatically without warning.
The only clock I still have to change myself is the one in the dashboard
of my SUV.
Mine is the microwave. Everything else adjusts itself automatically. I
didn't know today was the time to switch either.
On 3/9/2025 11:39 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
On 3/9/2025 10:33 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Sorry this is late today - it's a combination of the switch to
Daylight Savings Time and me deciding to run errands this morning (to
beat the crowd, thanks to DST!!).
I didn't realize today was DST. I was wondering why I slept in so
late. I miss the old days when you had to manually adjust all the
clocks. At least then you knew it was daylight savings. Now it just
sort of happens automatically without warning.
Not here. I adjust the clock on my stove, and a clock radio. I have to
get to the one on the video player sometime today. And the one in my car.
shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 18:54:27 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
Mar 9, 2025 11:39:44 AM PDT, Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>: >>>>On 3/9/2025 10:33 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Sorry this is late today - it's a combination of the switch to Daylight >>>>>Savings Time and me deciding to run errands this morning (to beat the >>>>>crowd, thanks to DST!!).
It's "Saving", Ian, not "Savings".
I didn't realize today was DST. I was wondering why I slept in so late. >>>>I miss the old days when you had to manually adjust all the clocks.
At least then you knew it was daylight savings. Now it just sort of >>>>happens automatically without warning.
The only clock I still have to change myself is the one in the dashboard >>>of my SUV.
Mine is the microwave. Everything else adjusts itself automatically. I >>didn't know today was the time to switch either.
Next time, I'll call you at 2 am to alert you to the time change.
What clocks aren't networked around here? Clock in the tv monitor but
that loses time with every power glitch. Thermostat. Fake antique bar
wall clock. Stove. Microwave. Refrigerator. (Why does the refrigerator
need a clock?) Intercom control panel with built-in radio and room
speaker system, which is decades old and the sound is scratchy so it's
not used but if removed would leave a hole. One vehicle has both a clock
on the dashboard and a networked clock that's part of the navigation
system that must be manually switched to displaying daylight time; I
have no idea why.
The clock that receives the short wave time signal maintains time but
must have missed the code to display daylight time. These clocks display
the pre-set offset from Greenwich that's a fixed offset on every
calendar day except the day of transition. There's a two-byte code to
tell the cloc to make transition at 2 am on the affected day. If I
ignore it it will certainly display the desired offset tomorrow.
On Sun, 9 Mar 2025 20:51:28 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 18:54:27 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
Mar 9, 2025 11:39:44 AM PDT, Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>:
On 3/9/2025 10:33 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Sorry this is late today - it's a combination of the switch to Daylight >>>>>> Savings Time and me deciding to run errands this morning (to beat the >>>>>> crowd, thanks to DST!!).
It's "Saving", Ian, not "Savings".
I didn't realize today was DST. I was wondering why I slept in so late. >>>>> I miss the old days when you had to manually adjust all the clocks.
At least then you knew it was daylight savings. Now it just sort of
happens automatically without warning.
The only clock I still have to change myself is the one in the dashboard >>>> of my SUV.
Mine is the microwave. Everything else adjusts itself automatically. I
didn't know today was the time to switch either.
Next time, I'll call you at 2 am to alert you to the time change.
I appreciate the thought. Will that be 2AM before the time change or
2AM after the time change?
What did you watch?
On 3/9/2025 10:33 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Sorry this is late today - it's a combination of the switch to Daylight
Savings Time and me deciding to run errands this morning (to beat the
crowd, thanks to DST!!).
I didn't realize today was DST. I was wondering why I slept in so late.
I miss the old days when you had to manually adjust all the clocks.
At least then you knew it was daylight savings. Now it just sort of
happens automatically without warning.
What did you watch?
I watched:
9-1-1 - "Sob Stories" - Season 8, episode 9. During this episode a man
calls 9-1-1 threatening to kill himself, and the operator tells him to
go ahead to do it. The man worries that maybe if he does kill himself,
he won't get into heaven, but the operator assures him that an exception
will be made and he'll still get into heaven. I have the feeling this episode was written by someone going through some serious relationship
issues and this is their way of venting.
The Hateful Eight (blu-ray) 2015 movie written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. This was his 8th film. The movie stars a cast of Tarantino regulars including Sam L. Jackson as a veteran of the Civil War.
Jackson's character runs into an old bounty hunter friend played by Kurt Russell, and Russel is transporting a criminal (Jennifer Jason Leigh) to
be executed. But thanks to a snow storm they are all forced to hold
over at a store with several others (including Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, and Walton Goggins). But someone isn't who they appear to
be and sudden there's a murder that needs to be solved. But this is a Tarantino movie so it's less solved and more shoot first and ask
questions later.
On 3/9/2025 2:55 PM, shawn wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2025 20:51:28 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"Both.
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 18:54:27 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote: >>>>> Mar 9, 2025 11:39:44 AM PDT, Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>:
On 3/9/2025 10:33 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Sorry this is late today - it's a combination of the switch to Daylight >>>>>>> Savings Time and me deciding to run errands this morning (to beat the >>>>>>> crowd, thanks to DST!!).
It's "Saving", Ian, not "Savings".
I didn't realize today was DST. I was wondering why I slept in so late. >>>>>> I miss the old days when you had to manually adjust all the clocks. >>>>>> At least then you knew it was daylight savings. Now it just sort of >>>>>> happens automatically without warning.
The only clock I still have to change myself is the one in the dashboard >>>>> of my SUV.
Mine is the microwave. Everything else adjusts itself automatically. I >>>> didn't know today was the time to switch either.
Next time, I'll call you at 2 am to alert you to the time change.
I appreciate the thought. Will that be 2AM before the time change or
2AM after the time change?
Sorry this is late today - it's a combination of the switch to Daylight Savings Time and me deciding to run errands this morning (to beat the
crowd, thanks to DST!!).
What did you watch?
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
'Quantum of Solace'. Bond blows up a hotel for astronomers because some >>guy wants all the water in the driest desert on Earth.
The real villain is the director. Has to be the movie with the shortest >average shot length I've ever seen. It made it impossible to tell what
was happening during any of the major set pieces.
I despise this movie.
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 3/9/2025 10:33 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Sorry this is late today - it's a combination of the switch to Daylight
Savings Time and me deciding to run errands this morning (to beat the
crowd, thanks to DST!!).
I didn't realize today was DST. I was wondering why I slept in so late.
I miss the old days when you had to manually adjust all the clocks.
At least then you knew it was daylight savings. Now it just sort of
happens automatically without warning.
So many years ago, I put these newfangled atomic clocks in just about every room of mom’s house and her House had a lot of rooms. And we waited to see what happened to come daylight saving time. Well, they changed just like we were on mountain time. So I had to go in and change them all an hour, which was a real pain because they were those funky Asian things where you have
to push three buttons in sequence and hold them down for two seconds to activate the third sequence to make something go back one.
Then two weeks later the good folks in Pueblo Colorado figured out they
were doing it wrong and sent out the signal to correct it and I had to go back and change every goddamn clock again.
And then six months later do it all again.
That lasted a couple of years and I threw the damn things away.
What did you watch?
I watched:
9-1-1 - "Sob Stories" - Season 8, episode 9. During this episode a man
calls 9-1-1 threatening to kill himself, and the operator tells him to
go ahead to do it. The man worries that maybe if he does kill himself,
he won't get into heaven, but the operator assures him that an exception
will be made and he'll still get into heaven. I have the feeling this
episode was written by someone going through some serious relationship
issues and this is their way of venting.
Was it love Hewitt?
The Hateful Eight (blu-ray) 2015 movie written and directed by Quentin
Tarantino. This was his 8th film. The movie stars a cast of Tarantino
regulars including Sam L. Jackson as a veteran of the Civil War.
Jackson's character runs into an old bounty hunter friend played by Kurt
Russell, and Russel is transporting a criminal (Jennifer Jason Leigh) to
be executed. But thanks to a snow storm they are all forced to hold
over at a store with several others (including Tim Roth, Michael Madsen,
Bruce Dern, and Walton Goggins). But someone isn't who they appear to
be and sudden there's a murder that needs to be solved. But this is a
Tarantino movie so it's less solved and more shoot first and ask
questions later.
I saw about half of this, I think the extra long version, and then it
expired on the streamer I was watching and I never did find my way back to it. Should I try?
'Quantum of Solace'. Bond blows up a hotel for astronomers because some
guy wants all the water in the driest desert on Earth.
On 3/9/2025 10:33 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
'Quantum of Solace'. Bond blows up a hotel for astronomers because some
What did you watch?
guy wants all the water in the driest desert on Earth.
What did you watch?
On 3/9/2025 6:31 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
I watched:
9-1-1 - "Sob Stories" - Season 8, episode 9. During this episode a man >>> calls 9-1-1 threatening to kill himself, and the operator tells him to
go ahead to do it. The man worries that maybe if he does kill himself, >>> he won't get into heaven, but the operator assures him that an exception >>> will be made and he'll still get into heaven. I have the feeling this
episode was written by someone going through some serious relationship
issues and this is their way of venting.
Was it love Hewitt?
Yes. I was trying to avoid spoilers, but the kill yourself 9-1-1
operator wasn't a guess star or some random background extra, it was one
of the main leads of the show.
Fur qryvorengryl rttrq gur thl ba hagvy ur oyrj uvf oenvaf bhg, jvgu n
tha gung fur xarj ur unq, orpnhfr fur erzvaqrq uvz ur unq gur tha naq
pbhyq hfr ba uvzfrys.
Lrf, gur thl jnf n onq thl, ohg vg'f abg ur wbo gb or whqtr whel naq rkrphgvbare (ol cebkl) bs gur perrcf jub pnyy.
Vs guvf fubj jnf frg va gur Ynj & Beqre havirefr gurl'q cebonoyl unir neerfgrq ure naq chg ure ba gevny ol abj.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
'Quantum of Solace'. Bond blows up a hotel for astronomers because some
guy wants all the water in the driest desert on Earth.
The real villain is the director. Has to be the movie with the shortest average shot length I've ever seen. It made it impossible to tell what
was happening during any of the major set pieces.
I despise this movie.
On 3/9/25 7:07 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
On 3/9/2025 6:31 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
I watched:
9-1-1 - "Sob Stories" - Season 8, episode 9. During this episode a man >>>> calls 9-1-1 threatening to kill himself, and the operator tells him to >>>> go ahead to do it. The man worries that maybe if he does kill himself, >>>> he won't get into heaven, but the operator assures him that an
exception
will be made and he'll still get into heaven. I have the feeling this >>>> episode was written by someone going through some serious relationship >>>> issues and this is their way of venting.
Was it love Hewitt?
Yes. I was trying to avoid spoilers, but the kill yourself 9-1-1
operator wasn't a guess star or some random background extra, it was
one of the main leads of the show.
Fur qryvorengryl rttrq gur thl ba hagvy ur oyrj uvf oenvaf bhg, jvgu n
tha gung fur xarj ur unq, orpnhfr fur erzvaqrq uvz ur unq gur tha naq
pbhyq hfr ba uvzfrys.
Lrf, gur thl jnf n onq thl, ohg vg'f abg ur wbo gb or whqtr whel naq
rkrphgvbare (ol cebkl) bs gur perrcf jub pnyy.
Vs guvf fubj jnf frg va gur Ynj & Beqre havirefr gurl'q cebonoyl unir
neerfgrq ure naq chg ure ba gevny ol abj.
Um, they *record* 911 calls! Love Hewitt is totally going down for this,
if this show is at all based in reality!
(From what I know of this show, it's absolutely *not* based in reality, though, so I'm assuming Love Hewitt will get away this... [roll] )
On 3/9/2025 6:31 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 3/9/2025 10:33 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Sorry this is late today - it's a combination of the switch to Daylight >>>> Savings Time and me deciding to run errands this morning (to beat the
crowd, thanks to DST!!).
I didn't realize today was DST. I was wondering why I slept in so late. >>> I miss the old days when you had to manually adjust all the clocks.
At least then you knew it was daylight savings. Now it just sort of
happens automatically without warning.
So many years ago, I put these newfangled atomic clocks in just about every >> room of mom’s house and her House had a lot of rooms. And we waited to see >> what happened to come daylight saving time. Well, they changed just like we >> were on mountain time. So I had to go in and change them all an hour, which >> was a real pain because they were those funky Asian things where you have
to push three buttons in sequence and hold them down for two seconds to
activate the third sequence to make something go back one.
Then two weeks later the good folks in Pueblo Colorado figured out they
were doing it wrong and sent out the signal to correct it and I had to go
back and change every goddamn clock again.
And then six months later do it all again.
That lasted a couple of years and I threw the damn things away.
What did you watch?
I watched:
9-1-1 - "Sob Stories" - Season 8, episode 9. During this episode a man
calls 9-1-1 threatening to kill himself, and the operator tells him to
go ahead to do it. The man worries that maybe if he does kill himself,
he won't get into heaven, but the operator assures him that an exception >>> will be made and he'll still get into heaven. I have the feeling this
episode was written by someone going through some serious relationship
issues and this is their way of venting.
Was it love Hewitt?
Yes. I was trying to avoid spoilers, but the kill yourself 9-1-1
operator wasn't a guess star or some random background extra, it was one
of the main leads of the show.
Fur qryvorengryl rttrq gur thl ba hagvy ur oyrj uvf oenvaf bhg, jvgu n
tha gung fur xarj ur unq, orpnhfr fur erzvaqrq uvz ur unq gur tha naq
pbhyq hfr ba uvzfrys.
Lrf, gur thl jnf n onq thl, ohg vg'f abg ur wbo gb or whqtr whel naq rkrphgvbare (ol cebkl) bs gur perrcf jub pnyy.
Vs guvf fubj jnf frg va gur Ynj & Beqre havirefr gurl'q cebonoyl unir neerfgrq ure naq chg ure ba gevny ol abj.
The Hateful Eight (blu-ray) 2015 movie written and directed by Quentin
Tarantino. This was his 8th film. The movie stars a cast of Tarantino
regulars including Sam L. Jackson as a veteran of the Civil War.
Jackson's character runs into an old bounty hunter friend played by Kurt >>> Russell, and Russel is transporting a criminal (Jennifer Jason Leigh) to >>> be executed. But thanks to a snow storm they are all forced to hold
over at a store with several others (including Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, >>> Bruce Dern, and Walton Goggins). But someone isn't who they appear to
be and sudden there's a murder that needs to be solved. But this is a
Tarantino movie so it's less solved and more shoot first and ask
questions later.
I saw about half of this, I think the extra long version, and then it
expired on the streamer I was watching and I never did find my way back to >> it. Should I try?
Yes. It's a good movie. I like all of the movies written and directed
by Tarantino. But if I had to rank them all, I'd probably rank this 7
or 8 out of 9. So it's not as good as his other movies, but Tarantino
sets a pretty high bar and even his worse movies are better than
average. Keep in mind this is basically a bottle movie with a lot of talking. Not much more than that until the end. Think Reservoir Dogs
set in the 1880s.
On 3/9/2025 6:39 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
'Quantum of Solace'. Bond blows up a hotel for astronomers because some >>> guy wants all the water in the driest desert on Earth.
The real villain is the director. Has to be the movie with the shortest
average shot length I've ever seen. It made it impossible to tell what
was happening during any of the major set pieces.
I despise this movie.
Well, it is the shortest of the Bond films so far. Every other film has
been ~2hr 10min while this was about 1hr 40min IIRC.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 3/9/2025 6:39 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
'Quantum of Solace'. Bond blows up a hotel for astronomers because some >>>> guy wants all the water in the driest desert on Earth.
The real villain is the director. Has to be the movie with the shortest
average shot length I've ever seen. It made it impossible to tell what
was happening during any of the major set pieces.
I despise this movie.
Well, it is the shortest of the Bond films so far. Every other film has
been ~2hr 10min while this was about 1hr 40min IIRC.
It only feels like it’s an hour longer
On 3/9/2025 7:43 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 3/9/2025 6:39 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
'Quantum of Solace'. Bond blows up a hotel for astronomers because some >>>>>guy wants all the water in the driest desert on Earth.
The real villain is the director. Has to be the movie with the shortest >>>>average shot length I've ever seen. It made it impossible to tell what >>>>was happening during any of the major set pieces.
I despise this movie.
Well, it is the shortest of the Bond films so far. Every other film has >>>been ~2hr 10min while this was about 1hr 40min IIRC.
It only feels like it’s an hour longer
I don't hate the movie the way others do. But one thing I learned
recently was the movie was made during a writer's strike. That
obviously doesn't make the movie any better, but it may help explain why >certain obvious problems may not have been fixed.
https://pagesix.com/2024/12/02/entertainment/daniel-craig-says-this-james-bond-was-a-f-king-nightmare-with-a-terrible-script/
Right before the last writer's strike someone posted a list of all the
movies and show that came out during the one before and suddenly a lot >started to click. "Quantum of Solace" was on that list.
On 3/9/2025 7:43 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 3/9/2025 6:39 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
'Quantum of Solace'. Bond blows up a hotel for astronomers because >>>>> some
guy wants all the water in the driest desert on Earth.
The real villain is the director. Has to be the movie with the shortest >>>> average shot length I've ever seen. It made it impossible to tell what >>>> was happening during any of the major set pieces.
I despise this movie.
Well, it is the shortest of the Bond films so far. Every other film has >>> been ~2hr 10min while this was about 1hr 40min IIRC.
It only feels like it’s an hour longer
I don't hate the movie the way others do. But one thing I learned
recently was the movie was made during a writer's strike. That
obviously doesn't make the movie any better, but it may help explain why certain obvious problems may not have been fixed.
https://pagesix.com/2024/12/02/entertainment/daniel-craig-says-this- james-bond-was-a-f-king-nightmare-with-a-terrible-script/
Right before the last writer's strike someone posted a list of all the
movies and show that came out during the one before and suddenly a lot started to click. "Quantum of Solace" was on that list.
On 3/9/2025 7:43 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 3/9/2025 6:39 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
'Quantum of Solace'. Bond blows up a hotel for astronomers because >>>>> some
guy wants all the water in the driest desert on Earth.
The real villain is the director. Has to be the movie with the shortest >>>> average shot length I've ever seen. It made it impossible to tell what >>>> was happening during any of the major set pieces.
I despise this movie.
Well, it is the shortest of the Bond films so far. Every other film has >>> been ~2hr 10min while this was about 1hr 40min IIRC.
It only feels like it’s an hour longer
I don't hate the movie the way others do. But one thing I learned
recently was the movie was made during a writer's strike. That
obviously doesn't make the movie any better, but it may help explain why certain obvious problems may not have been fixed.
https://pagesix.com/2024/12/02/entertainment/daniel-craig-says-this- james-bond-was-a-f-king-nightmare-with-a-terrible-script/
Right before the last writer's strike someone posted a list of all the
movies and show that came out during the one before and suddenly a lot started to click. "Quantum of Solace" was on that list.
On 3/9/25 10:47 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
On 3/9/2025 7:43 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 3/9/2025 6:39 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
'Quantum of Solace'. Bond blows up a hotel for astronomers because >>>>>> some
guy wants all the water in the driest desert on Earth.
The real villain is the director. Has to be the movie with the shortest >>>>> average shot length I've ever seen. It made it impossible to tell what >>>>> was happening during any of the major set pieces.
I despise this movie.
Well, it is the shortest of the Bond films so far. Every other film has >>>> been ~2hr 10min while this was about 1hr 40min IIRC.
It only feels like it’s an hour longer
I don't hate the movie the way others do. But one thing I learned
recently was the movie was made during a writer's strike. That
obviously doesn't make the movie any better, but it may help explain why
certain obvious problems may not have been fixed.
https://pagesix.com/2024/12/02/entertainment/daniel-craig-says-this-
james-bond-was-a-f-king-nightmare-with-a-terrible-script/
Right before the last writer's strike someone posted a list of all the
movies and show that came out during the one before and suddenly a lot
started to click. "Quantum of Solace" was on that list.
Do you still have that list handy? Might be fun to take a look...
On 3/9/25 10:47 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
On 3/9/2025 7:43 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 3/9/2025 6:39 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
'Quantum of Solace'. Bond blows up a hotel for astronomers
because some
guy wants all the water in the driest desert on Earth.
The real villain is the director. Has to be the movie with the
shortest
average shot length I've ever seen. It made it impossible to tell what >>>>> was happening during any of the major set pieces.
I despise this movie.
Well, it is the shortest of the Bond films so far. Every other film
has
been ~2hr 10min while this was about 1hr 40min IIRC.
It only feels like it’s an hour longer
I don't hate the movie the way others do. But one thing I learned
recently was the movie was made during a writer's strike. That
obviously doesn't make the movie any better, but it may help explain
why certain obvious problems may not have been fixed.
https://pagesix.com/2024/12/02/entertainment/daniel-craig-says-this-
james-bond-was-a-f-king-nightmare-with-a-terrible-script/
Right before the last writer's strike someone posted a list of all the
movies and show that came out during the one before and suddenly a lot
started to click. "Quantum of Solace" was on that list.
Do you still have that list handy? Might be fun to take a look...
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 3/9/2025 10:33 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Sorry this is late today - it's a combination of the switch to Daylight >>> Savings Time and me deciding to run errands this morning (to beat the
crowd, thanks to DST!!).
I didn't realize today was DST. I was wondering why I slept in so late.
I miss the old days when you had to manually adjust all the clocks.
At least then you knew it was daylight savings. Now it just sort of
happens automatically without warning.
So many years ago, I put these newfangled atomic clocks in just about every room of mom’s house and her House had a lot of rooms. And we waited to see what happened to come daylight saving time. Well, they changed just like we were on mountain time. So I had to go in and change them all an hour, which was a real pain because they were those funky Asian things where you have
to push three buttons in sequence and hold them down for two seconds to activate the third sequence to make something go back one.
Then two weeks later the good folks in Pueblo Colorado figured out they
were doing it wrong and sent out the signal to correct it and I had to go back and change every goddamn clock again.
And then six months later do it all again.
That lasted a couple of years and I threw the damn things away.
. . .
We've long known that you communists in Arizona refuse to go along with the >DST program, but I just found out the schizophrenia is even worse than >previously suspected.
There's an entire chunk of northeast Arizona that *does* do DST, but within >that chunk, there's another segment that *doesn't* do DST.
https://ibb.co/GvtGNgjB
You'd need a TARDIS to travel from Colorado southwest through Arizona with >all the time-traveling you'd be doing.
Mar 10, 2025 at 11:18:07 AM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >>BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
. . .
We've long known that you communists in Arizona refuse to go along with the >>>DST program, but I just found out the schizophrenia is even worse than >>>previously suspected.
There's an entire chunk of northeast Arizona that *does* do DST, but within >>>that chunk, there's another segment that *doesn't* do DST.
There's one Indian reservation entirely surrounded by another. Indian >>reservations choose for themselves whether to implement Daylight time
but the Secretary of Transportation will still decree which time zone
they are in.
I mentioned this a few years ago on Usenet.
https://ibb.co/GvtGNgjB
You'd need a TARDIS to travel from Colorado southwest through Arizona with >>>all the time-traveling you'd be doing.
Now you are going to have to attend Galifreyan re-edumacation classes
too. Are you going to impugn Hobbit culture next?
Bunch of pipe-weed smoking layabouts with dirty feet.
BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
. . .
We've long known that you communists in Arizona refuse to go along with the >> DST program, but I just found out the schizophrenia is even worse than
previously suspected.
There's an entire chunk of northeast Arizona that *does* do DST, but within >> that chunk, there's another segment that *doesn't* do DST.
There's one Indian reservation entirely surrounded by another. Indian reservations choose for themselves whether to implement Daylight time
but the Secretary of Transportation will still decree which time zone
they are in.
I mentioned this a few years ago on Usenet.
https://ibb.co/GvtGNgjB
You'd need a TARDIS to travel from Colorado southwest through Arizona with >> all the time-traveling you'd be doing.
Now you are going to have to attend Galifreyan re-edumacation classes
too. Are you going to impugn Hobbit culture next?
On Mar 9, 2025 at 6:31:21 PM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 3/9/2025 10:33 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Sorry this is late today - it's a combination of the switch to Daylight >>>> Savings Time and me deciding to run errands this morning (to beat the
crowd, thanks to DST!!).
I didn't realize today was DST. I was wondering why I slept in so late. >>> I miss the old days when you had to manually adjust all the clocks.
At least then you knew it was daylight savings. Now it just sort of
happens automatically without warning.
So many years ago, I put these newfangled atomic clocks in just about every >> room of mom’s house and her House had a lot of rooms. And we waited to see >> what happened to come daylight saving time. Well, they changed just like we >> were on mountain time. So I had to go in and change them all an hour, which >> was a real pain because they were those funky Asian things where you have
to push three buttons in sequence and hold them down for two seconds to
activate the third sequence to make something go back one.
Then two weeks later the good folks in Pueblo Colorado figured out they
were doing it wrong and sent out the signal to correct it and I had to go
back and change every goddamn clock again.
And then six months later do it all again.
That lasted a couple of years and I threw the damn things away.
We've long known that you communists in Arizona refuse to go along with the DST program, but I just found out the schizophrenia is even worse than previously suspected.
There's an entire chunk of northeast Arizona that *does* do DST, but within that chunk, there's another segment that *doesn't* do DST.
https://ibb.co/GvtGNgjB
You'd need a TARDIS to travel from Colorado southwest through Arizona with all
the time-traveling you'd be doing.
On 3/10/2025 7:49 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 3/9/25 10:47 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
On 3/9/2025 7:43 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 3/9/2025 6:39 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
'Quantum of Solace'. Bond blows up a hotel for astronomers
because some
guy wants all the water in the driest desert on Earth.
The real villain is the director. Has to be the movie with the
shortest
average shot length I've ever seen. It made it impossible to tell
what
was happening during any of the major set pieces.
I despise this movie.
Well, it is the shortest of the Bond films so far. Every other
film has
been ~2hr 10min while this was about 1hr 40min IIRC.
It only feels like it’s an hour longer
I don't hate the movie the way others do. But one thing I learned
recently was the movie was made during a writer's strike. That
obviously doesn't make the movie any better, but it may help explain
why certain obvious problems may not have been fixed.
https://pagesix.com/2024/12/02/entertainment/daniel-craig-says-this-
james-bond-was-a-f-king-nightmare-with-a-terrible-script/
Right before the last writer's strike someone posted a list of all
the movies and show that came out during the one before and suddenly
a lot started to click. "Quantum of Solace" was on that list.
Do you still have that list handy? Might be fun to take a look...
Unfortunately not. But I found some articles that talk about it:
https://www.unilad.com/film-and-tv/news/oscars-rules-movies-must-follow- nominations-132368-20250225
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/writers- strike-2007-2008-wga-change-tv-breaking-bad-the-office-friday-night- lights-1234727839/
https://collider.com/writers-strike-movies-ruined-explained/
I just recall seeing both "Heroes" and "Lost" on the list and thinking
the strike murdered "Heroes" because it had been a great show then
suddenly it was horrible, then canceled. I also made note that "Transformers" Revenge of the Fallen" was on the list because that movie
was particularly bad for no good reason. When you look at the list,
things just start to click, hey there's X-Men Origins, and so many other shows and movies that started out good then were suddenly awful.
I don't think I paid much attention to the 2008 strike beyond a vague awareness. So when the quality of shows started to dip, I didn't put
two and two together. But this time around, the writers and actors made sure everyone knew what was up thanks to social media. I was also going
to conventions which had actors and writers talking about the strike so
it was so much more in the forefront of my mind this time around.
What did you watch?
On Mar 9, 2025 at 6:31:21 PM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 3/9/2025 10:33 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Sorry this is late today - it's a combination of the switch to Daylight >>>> Savings Time and me deciding to run errands this morning (to beat the
crowd, thanks to DST!!).
I didn't realize today was DST. I was wondering why I slept in so late. >>> I miss the old days when you had to manually adjust all the clocks.
At least then you knew it was daylight savings. Now it just sort of
happens automatically without warning.
So many years ago, I put these newfangled atomic clocks in just about every >> room of mom’s house and her House had a lot of rooms. And we waited to see >> what happened to come daylight saving time. Well, they changed just like we >> were on mountain time. So I had to go in and change them all an hour, which >> was a real pain because they were those funky Asian things where you have
to push three buttons in sequence and hold them down for two seconds to
activate the third sequence to make something go back one.
Then two weeks later the good folks in Pueblo Colorado figured out they
were doing it wrong and sent out the signal to correct it and I had to go
back and change every goddamn clock again.
And then six months later do it all again.
That lasted a couple of years and I threw the damn things away.
We've long known that you communists in Arizona refuse to go along with the DST program, but I just found out the schizophrenia is even worse than previously suspected.
There's an entire chunk of northeast Arizona that *does* do DST, but within that chunk, there's another segment that *doesn't* do DST.
https://ibb.co/GvtGNgjB
You'd need a TARDIS to travel from Colorado southwest through Arizona with all
the time-traveling you'd be doing.
In article <vqkje2$r3a1$1@dont-email.me>, ijball@mac.invalid wrote:
What did you watch?
Nothing really. I had a bad reaction to a shingles vaccine.
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