I watched:
FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS TO EXPLORE GENDER ROLES https://ew.com/the-fantastic-four-fir... https://youtu.be/CBkqIlMuIOE?si=zpNJg4y0KU2wKUM_
What did you watch?
On 4/13/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
Yesterday, I did chores and some work, but I played my video game most
of the day, and watched soaps, Masters golf, and a couple of Lifetime
movies from my DVR backlog!:
soaps: DOOL - Thur's ep. Sami and Belle mildly get into it and trade
barbs. Xander and Philip have gone power-mad - they needlessly confront NuGabi, just because they can!! Alex K. tears a strip off Sarah for the position she's put both Stephanie and himself in - honestly, I hope he
drops the dime on Sarah, who is maybe the least sympathetic "good guy" character on any soap. Rex (still played by OldBrady) is back, and he
quickly suspects Kate may have shot EJ. In fact, they show flashbacks potentially implicating several people (e.g. Gabi) in EJ's shooting.
(Bah! - Ava did it!!)
  GH - Fri's ep. Wow, this episode made me like Diane Miller again!! Alexis goes to Diane with legal advice about Kristina's attempt to kill
Ava (which instead nearly killed Ric and Lizzie) - Diane tells Alexis to throw Kristina under the bus and have her involuntarily committed!
(YES!! Hopefully they never let her out!!) as the only way to keep
Kristina out of jail... Wow! Awful Carly crosses every line there is in confronting Willow - Carly easily makes Willow sympathetic here (which
isn't easy!) and Willow actually holds her own against Bitch-Carly. Eventually, Nina has to call Jason in to drag Carly away before
physically assaulting Willow. Emma and Anna have a "clearing session"
about Emma's criminal past. Joss gets her assignment to get close to a professor (who apparently will be played by former-Y&R player, and
former Beastmaster! Daniel Goddard). There was also stuff with Trina &
Kai, and Portia, but, meh.
golf - Day 3 of the Masters was a somewhat exciting one - in the "good
news" department, Rory McIlroy seems to have taken a firm lead here, and
a betting man would bet on him to win his first(!! seems so improbable
that he hasn't won the Masters before now!) green jacket. But, in the
"bad news" department, he's being chased by LIV villain Bryson
DeChambeau who kept not going away - recovering after stumbling. It's certainly not impossible that DeChambeau can close the gap today on the
final day.
Then I pulled two LMN/Lifetime flicks off the DVR, as it looks like I
have to fix their cast listings on IMDb:
What Would You Kill For? (recorded off LMN in mid-March) - I think this
is like the third Lifetime flick with ingenue Laura Provenzano in just a
few weeks!... In this one, Rayisa Kondracki plays a restaurateur whose
scuzzy ex-husband (James Gilbert) is killed. And, of course, she's the
prime suspect and is being framed for it. Meanwhile, her current husband (Steve Byers) who wanted to buy the restaurant building from the ex is
also seeming to be sketchy. And there is a subplot with the
stepdaughter's (Provenzano) long-lost "birth mother"... Anyway, this was
an OK mystery, with a number of suspects and a number of twists, and I
didn't see the reveal with the ending coming.
Playing with Fire (recorded off Lifetime in mid-March) - This one, OTOH,
was pretty damn ridiculous - the villainous stalker fireman had more
skills up his sleeve than MacGyver!!... A couple (recent Lifetime staple Kirsten Comerford and Brett Geddes) who are struggling in their marriage
have their house burn down (I was never clear if the fire really was
Geddes' character's fault, or whether the fireman had already targetted
them and had caused the fire to happen himself...), where they come
across the stalker fireman (Stephen Adekolu) who fixates and becomes
obsessed with Comerford's character. Frankly, Comerford's character was
so dumb she deserved to die - the fireman is clearly an obsessed stalker type, and she is warned about him multiple times by the husband, but she completely plays dumb the whole time and is mean to the husband about
his obviously justified concerns. A more satisfying ending would have
been the stalker disposing of her, and then the husband dispatching him!
But no such luck!
What did you watch?
Lifeforce (4K disc) - 1985 movie directed by Tobe Hooper. So let me get
this straight, the space shuttle is on a mission to study Halley's Comet
when they come across an alien spaceship. They dock and board the
spaceship, where they find multiple batlike aliens and three aliens that appear to be human. They then bring the aliens back on the ship. They
wrap one is a fishing net because quarantine, I guess. Anyway, safely wrapped up in the net they bring them back on board the spaceship and
who would have guessed it, but it turns out the aliens they found in
space weren't safe after all. The aliens are brought back to Earth, and
I'm sure there's no need to quarantine them or anything because what
could go wrong? Once again one thing leads to another and now there are space vampires in Britain sucking the life force out of everyone.
I guess I should also mention the alien spaceship that parked itself
over London and was collecting the lifeforce of the population, but no
one seemed to notice or care other than mentioning it was happening.
Maybe it's just me, but if I see space vampires sucking the life out of people causing a blue light to stream into space where a spaceship is conveniently parked in orbit collecting the light, I might just think
there could be a connection between the two events.
On 4/13/2025 9:30 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 4/13/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
What did you watch?
I watched:
30 Days of Night (blu-ray) 2007 movie based on a comic book about a
small isolated town in Alaska that is overrun by vampires during a
month-long period when the sun doesn't rise. This holds up very well.
30 Days of Night: Dark Days (blu-ray) 2010 sequel which picks up where
the first movie ends with a survivor tracking down vampires to get her vengeance on. This is a pretty solid revenge flick with a vampire twist.
Vampires (4K disc) 1998 movie directed by John Carpenter and starring
James Woods as the leader of a team of vampire hunters who work for the Church. Mostly background noise. I remember back in 98 watching
trailers for this and "Blade" and thinking this would be *the* vampire
movie and "Blade" would be meh. And it turned out to be the exact opposite.
Lifeforce (4K disc) - 1985 movie directed by Tobe Hooper. So let me get
this straight, the space shuttle is on a mission to study Halley's Comet
when they come across an alien spaceship. They dock and board the
spaceship, where they find multiple batlike aliens and three aliens that appear to be human. They then bring the aliens back on the ship. They
wrap one is a fishing net because quarantine, I guess. Anyway, safely wrapped up in the net they bring them back on board the spaceship and
who would have guessed it, but it turns out the aliens they found in
space weren't safe after all. The aliens are brought back to Earth, and
I'm sure there's no need to quarantine them or anything because what
could go wrong? Once again one thing leads to another and now there are space vampires in Britain sucking the life force out of everyone.
I guess I should also mention the alien spaceship that parked itself
over London and was collecting the lifeforce of the population, but no
one seemed to notice or care other than mentioning it was happening.
Maybe it's just me, but if I see space vampires sucking the life out of people causing a blue light to stream into space where a spaceship is conveniently parked in orbit collecting the light, I might just think
there could be a connection between the two events. But that's just me.
Did it not occur to *anyone* to blow the thing out of orbit? I guess
not. Anyway, I'll just end with this has to be the most British vampire movie ever made that doesn't star Christopher Lee.
Doctor Who (Disney+) - "The Robot Revolution" - The new season kicks off
with the doctor picking up a new companion. The Doctor has to save a
nurse from robots that have kidnapped her so she can be their new Queen,
but there is a Timey-wimey twist. I picked up on some "Superman 3" and "Timecop" references that probably went over most younger viewers heads.
But as someone who was scarred for life by a certain scene in Superman
3, I couldn't help but notice. Overall, it was an OK start. I like the dynamic with the new companion who does *not* want to be a companion. I liked that she immediately picked up on the Doctor is dangerous and
traveling with him can get her killed. She has no interest in being his
next victim, I mean companion, and just wants to go home. I don't
recall a companion like that since maybe Tegan. If I recall correctly
she also started out similarly saying to take her home because she
didn't want any of his nonsense.
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/13/2025 9:30 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 4/13/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
What did you watch?
I watched:
30 Days of Night (blu-ray) 2007 movie based on a comic book about a
small isolated town in Alaska that is overrun by vampires during a
month-long period when the sun doesn't rise. This holds up very well.
We were talking about this a couple days ago on the Facebook. Somebody pointed out that even though they don’t see the sun, they would still see the moon. Which means we need vampires versus werewolves at the North Pole!
30 Days of Night: Dark Days (blu-ray) 2010 sequel which picks up where
the first movie ends with a survivor tracking down vampires to get her
vengeance on. This is a pretty solid revenge flick with a vampire twist.
I was disappointed in this, but I think it’s mostly because I liked the first movie so much.
Vampires (4K disc) 1998 movie directed by John Carpenter and starring
James Woods as the leader of a team of vampire hunters who work for the
Church. Mostly background noise. I remember back in 98 watching
trailers for this and "Blade" and thinking this would be *the* vampire
movie and "Blade" would be meh. And it turned out to be the exact opposite. >>
Considering all it has going for it, this movie has no right to be as non-entertaining as it is.
Lifeforce (4K disc) - 1985 movie directed by Tobe Hooper. So let me get
this straight, the space shuttle is on a mission to study Halley's Comet
when they come across an alien spaceship. They dock and board the
spaceship, where they find multiple batlike aliens and three aliens that
appear to be human. They then bring the aliens back on the ship. They
wrap one is a fishing net because quarantine, I guess. Anyway, safely
wrapped up in the net they bring them back on board the spaceship and
who would have guessed it, but it turns out the aliens they found in
space weren't safe after all. The aliens are brought back to Earth, and
I'm sure there's no need to quarantine them or anything because what
could go wrong? Once again one thing leads to another and now there are
space vampires in Britain sucking the life force out of everyone.
I guess I should also mention the alien spaceship that parked itself
over London and was collecting the lifeforce of the population, but no
one seemed to notice or care other than mentioning it was happening.
Maybe it's just me, but if I see space vampires sucking the life out of
people causing a blue light to stream into space where a spaceship is
conveniently parked in orbit collecting the light, I might just think
there could be a connection between the two events. But that's just me.
Did it not occur to *anyone* to blow the thing out of orbit? I guess
not. Anyway, I'll just end with this has to be the most British vampire
movie ever made that doesn't star Christopher Lee.
Ahem. Two words: Captain Kronos, vampire hunter.
Random thoughts about LIFEFORCE
I love this movie. It grossed less than half its budget worldwide. :-(
I assume your disk was Cinemascope wide screen. Almost every print of this that shows up on TV has been center cut to 1.85.
Wonderful score which I attribute to Henry Mancini.
Patrick Stewart’s best movie although some will make the case for Excalibur.
We were horrified a few years ago to learn that the naked vampires in
stasis in the ship are actually beautifully made models about half scale.
Not people at all. I think a lot of yutes may have unknowingly been jumpstarted into puberty by puppets.
Despite the wildly advanced shuttle technology, this 1985 movie must take place in 1986 if they’re visiting Halley’s Comet. Either that or it’s in
2061 or something. Anyway, assuming the mid 1980s I don’t think we’d have a
way to blow a spaceship out of orbit. I’m not sure we would now unless Elon Musk has something up his sleeve. And yes, I am using orbit wrong. Too
many years of watching Star Trek. “Hovering over London“ would be more correct.
Doctor Who (Disney+) - "The Robot Revolution" - The new season kicks off
with the doctor picking up a new companion. The Doctor has to save a
nurse from robots that have kidnapped her so she can be their new Queen,
but there is a Timey-wimey twist. I picked up on some "Superman 3" and
"Timecop" references that probably went over most younger viewers heads.
But as someone who was scarred for life by a certain scene in Superman
3, I couldn't help but notice. Overall, it was an OK start. I like the
dynamic with the new companion who does *not* want to be a companion. I
liked that she immediately picked up on the Doctor is dangerous and
traveling with him can get her killed. She has no interest in being his
next victim, I mean companion, and just wants to go home. I don't
recall a companion like that since maybe Tegan. If I recall correctly
she also started out similarly saying to take her home because she
didn't want any of his nonsense.
I didn’t notice the references you mentioned,
“what the hell this is demon seed“
I am on record as saying that this episode absolutely did not suck.
I had to read the whole thing though I couldn’t understand anything anyone said.
And I didn’t catch what the old woman said when she broke the fourth wall and talked to the audience.
On 4/13/2025 8:44 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/13/2025 9:30 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 4/13/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
What did you watch?
I watched:
30 Days of Night (blu-ray) 2007 movie based on a comic book about a
small isolated town in Alaska that is overrun by vampires during a
month-long period when the sun doesn't rise. This holds up very well.
We were talking about this a couple days ago on the Facebook. Somebody
pointed out that even though they don’t see the sun, they would still see >> the moon. Which means we need vampires versus werewolves at the North Pole! >>
30 Days of Night: Dark Days (blu-ray) 2010 sequel which picks up where
the first movie ends with a survivor tracking down vampires to get her
vengeance on. This is a pretty solid revenge flick with a vampire twist. >>>
I was disappointed in this, but I think it’s mostly because I liked the
first movie so much.
You have to rate it on the direct to video scale.
Vampires (4K disc) 1998 movie directed by John Carpenter and starring
James Woods as the leader of a team of vampire hunters who work for the
Church. Mostly background noise. I remember back in 98 watching
trailers for this and "Blade" and thinking this would be *the* vampire
movie and "Blade" would be meh. And it turned out to be the exact opposite.
Considering all it has going for it, this movie has no right to be as
non-entertaining as it is.
+1
I was going to make a comment about liking the sequel, then I realized I
was thinking of Dracula II: Ascension. Or at least this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-9eDJ4maak
Lifeforce (4K disc) - 1985 movie directed by Tobe Hooper. So let me get >>> this straight, the space shuttle is on a mission to study Halley's Comet >>> when they come across an alien spaceship. They dock and board the
spaceship, where they find multiple batlike aliens and three aliens that >>> appear to be human. They then bring the aliens back on the ship. They
wrap one is a fishing net because quarantine, I guess. Anyway, safely
wrapped up in the net they bring them back on board the spaceship and
who would have guessed it, but it turns out the aliens they found in
space weren't safe after all. The aliens are brought back to Earth, and >>> I'm sure there's no need to quarantine them or anything because what
could go wrong? Once again one thing leads to another and now there are >>> space vampires in Britain sucking the life force out of everyone.
I guess I should also mention the alien spaceship that parked itself
over London and was collecting the lifeforce of the population, but no
one seemed to notice or care other than mentioning it was happening.
Maybe it's just me, but if I see space vampires sucking the life out of
people causing a blue light to stream into space where a spaceship is
conveniently parked in orbit collecting the light, I might just think
there could be a connection between the two events. But that's just me. >>> Did it not occur to *anyone* to blow the thing out of orbit? I guess
not. Anyway, I'll just end with this has to be the most British vampire >>> movie ever made that doesn't star Christopher Lee.
Ahem. Two words: Captain Kronos, vampire hunter.
Random thoughts about LIFEFORCE
I love this movie. It grossed less than half its budget worldwide. :-(
I assume your disk was Cinemascope wide screen. Almost every print of this >> that shows up on TV has been center cut to 1.85.
The new 4K is 2.35:1. I didn't realize until I put the disc in to
watch, but the 4K version is the theatrical cut only with no extras.
The set also includes a blu-ray of the director's cut with two different commentary options. I don't remember being so annoyed by the movie, so
I'm guessing there's stuff in the director's cut that makes it less
annoying.
Wonderful score which I attribute to Henry Mancini.
Patrick Stewart’s best movie although some will make the case for
Excalibur.
Long before TNG, I recognized Steward from this and Dune. I'm far less familiar with his work in Excalibur.
We were horrified a few years ago to learn that the naked vampires in
stasis in the ship are actually beautifully made models about half scale.
Not people at all. I think a lot of yutes may have unknowingly been
jumpstarted into puberty by puppets.
Despite the wildly advanced shuttle technology, this 1985 movie must take
place in 1986 if they’re visiting Halley’s Comet. Either that or it’s in
2061 or something. Anyway, assuming the mid 1980s I don’t think we’d have a
way to blow a spaceship out of orbit. I’m not sure we would now unless Elon
Musk has something up his sleeve. And yes, I am using orbit wrong. Too
many years of watching Star Trek. “Hovering over London“ would be more >> correct.
Doctor Who (Disney+) - "The Robot Revolution" - The new season kicks off >>> with the doctor picking up a new companion. The Doctor has to save a
nurse from robots that have kidnapped her so she can be their new Queen, >>> but there is a Timey-wimey twist. I picked up on some "Superman 3" and
"Timecop" references that probably went over most younger viewers heads. >>> But as someone who was scarred for life by a certain scene in Superman
3, I couldn't help but notice. Overall, it was an OK start. I like the >>> dynamic with the new companion who does *not* want to be a companion. I >>> liked that she immediately picked up on the Doctor is dangerous and
traveling with him can get her killed. She has no interest in being his >>> next victim, I mean companion, and just wants to go home. I don't
recall a companion like that since maybe Tegan. If I recall correctly
she also started out similarly saying to take her home because she
didn't want any of his nonsense.
I didn’t notice the references you mentioned,
I assure you, Superman 3 traumatized an entire generation of children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuSsSwg9MXs
This is the timecop reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D01mdGW9-Zg
but I was too busy thinking
“what the hell this is demon seed“
I am on record as saying that this episode absolutely did not suck.
I had to read the whole thing though I couldn’t understand anything anyone >> said.
And I didn’t catch what the old woman said when she broke the fourth wall >> and talked to the audience.
I missed that!!! I have to track that down! When in the episode did
that happen?
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/13/2025 8:44 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/13/2025 9:30 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 4/13/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
What did you watch?
I watched:
30 Days of Night (blu-ray) 2007 movie based on a comic book about a
small isolated town in Alaska that is overrun by vampires during a
month-long period when the sun doesn't rise. This holds up very well. >>>>
We were talking about this a couple days ago on the Facebook. Somebody
pointed out that even though they don’t see the sun, they would still see >>> the moon. Which means we need vampires versus werewolves at the North Pole! >>>
30 Days of Night: Dark Days (blu-ray) 2010 sequel which picks up where >>>> the first movie ends with a survivor tracking down vampires to get her >>>> vengeance on. This is a pretty solid revenge flick with a vampire twist. >>>>
I was disappointed in this, but I think it’s mostly because I liked the >>> first movie so much.
You have to rate it on the direct to video scale.
Vampires (4K disc) 1998 movie directed by John Carpenter and starring
James Woods as the leader of a team of vampire hunters who work for the >>>> Church. Mostly background noise. I remember back in 98 watching
trailers for this and "Blade" and thinking this would be *the* vampire >>>> movie and "Blade" would be meh. And it turned out to be the exact opposite.
Considering all it has going for it, this movie has no right to be as
non-entertaining as it is.
+1
I was going to make a comment about liking the sequel, then I realized I
was thinking of Dracula II: Ascension. Or at least this scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-9eDJ4maak
I really like Dracula 2000 although it goes out of its way to be annoying. I’ve never seen a cut that’s the proper aspect ratio all the way through. And of course it makes me crazy that they got the millennia wrong and why aren’t some of the brides naked?
Lifeforce (4K disc) - 1985 movie directed by Tobe Hooper. So let me get >>>> this straight, the space shuttle is on a mission to study Halley's Comet >>>> when they come across an alien spaceship. They dock and board the
spaceship, where they find multiple batlike aliens and three aliens that >>>> appear to be human. They then bring the aliens back on the ship. They >>>> wrap one is a fishing net because quarantine, I guess. Anyway, safely >>>> wrapped up in the net they bring them back on board the spaceship and
who would have guessed it, but it turns out the aliens they found in
space weren't safe after all. The aliens are brought back to Earth, and >>>> I'm sure there's no need to quarantine them or anything because what
could go wrong? Once again one thing leads to another and now there are >>>> space vampires in Britain sucking the life force out of everyone.
I guess I should also mention the alien spaceship that parked itself
over London and was collecting the lifeforce of the population, but no >>>> one seemed to notice or care other than mentioning it was happening.
Maybe it's just me, but if I see space vampires sucking the life out of >>>> people causing a blue light to stream into space where a spaceship is
conveniently parked in orbit collecting the light, I might just think
there could be a connection between the two events. But that's just me. >>>> Did it not occur to *anyone* to blow the thing out of orbit? I guess >>>> not. Anyway, I'll just end with this has to be the most British vampire >>>> movie ever made that doesn't star Christopher Lee.
Ahem. Two words: Captain Kronos, vampire hunter.
Random thoughts about LIFEFORCE
I love this movie. It grossed less than half its budget worldwide. :-(
I assume your disk was Cinemascope wide screen. Almost every print of this >>> that shows up on TV has been center cut to 1.85.
The new 4K is 2.35:1. I didn't realize until I put the disc in to
watch, but the 4K version is the theatrical cut only with no extras.
The set also includes a blu-ray of the director's cut with two different
commentary options. I don't remember being so annoyed by the movie, so
I'm guessing there's stuff in the director's cut that makes it less
annoying.
Huh. I have no idea what’s different about the Director cut.
OK from IMDb
Tobe Hooper's Director's Cut was two hours and eight minutes, then the
movie was cut down to one hour and fifty-six minutes, the cuts being mostly scenes set on the spaceship Churchill. The original unedited European
version contains more violent and erotic footage, which Tri-Star Pictures
cut from the domestic U.S. version. It also contains the full Henry Mancini score, in place of the occasional Michael Kamen music cues placed at the
last minute for U.S. prints. This version is now available on video, and
runs one hour and fifty-six minutes.
And
The Churchill scenes at first, took up the first thirty-five minutes of the movie. Approximately twelve minutes of these were cut, plus some scenes
were moved to later in the movie, and turned into flashbacks. All this was done against Director Tobe Hooper's wishes.
Wonderful score which I attribute to Henry Mancini.
Patrick Stewart’s best movie although some will make the case for
Excalibur.
Long before TNG, I recognized Steward from this and Dune. I'm far less
familiar with his work in Excalibur.
Nothing special about it, but he just happens to be in a movie that a lot
of people like a lot.
We were horrified a few years ago to learn that the naked vampires in
stasis in the ship are actually beautifully made models about half scale. >>> Not people at all. I think a lot of yutes may have unknowingly been
jumpstarted into puberty by puppets.
Despite the wildly advanced shuttle technology, this 1985 movie must take >>> place in 1986 if they’re visiting Halley’s Comet. Either that or it’s in
2061 or something. Anyway, assuming the mid 1980s I don’t think we’d have a
way to blow a spaceship out of orbit. I’m not sure we would now unless Elon
Musk has something up his sleeve. And yes, I am using orbit wrong. Too
many years of watching Star Trek. “Hovering over London“ would be more >>> correct.
Doctor Who (Disney+) - "The Robot Revolution" - The new season kicks off >>>> with the doctor picking up a new companion. The Doctor has to save a
nurse from robots that have kidnapped her so she can be their new Queen, >>>> but there is a Timey-wimey twist. I picked up on some "Superman 3" and >>>> "Timecop" references that probably went over most younger viewers heads. >>>> But as someone who was scarred for life by a certain scene in Superman >>>> 3, I couldn't help but notice. Overall, it was an OK start. I like the >>>> dynamic with the new companion who does *not* want to be a companion. I >>>> liked that she immediately picked up on the Doctor is dangerous and
traveling with him can get her killed. She has no interest in being his >>>> next victim, I mean companion, and just wants to go home. I don't
recall a companion like that since maybe Tegan. If I recall correctly >>>> she also started out similarly saying to take her home because she
didn't want any of his nonsense.
I didn’t notice the references you mentioned,
I assure you, Superman 3 traumatized an entire generation of children.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuSsSwg9MXs
Thanks for the link. Yeah that sequence is also lifted very very
consciously from Demon Seed, especially since Robert Vaughn is the evil computer in the first movie.
This is the timecop reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D01mdGW9-Zg
Shades of the thing! He’s lucky they didn’t all go up in the biggest explosion since the last star in these parts went nova.
but I was too busy thinking
“what the hell this is demon seed“
I am on record as saying that this episode absolutely did not suck.
I had to read the whole thing though I couldn’t understand anything anyone
said.
And I didn’t catch what the old woman said when she broke the fourth wall >>> and talked to the audience.
I missed that!!! I have to track that down! When in the episode did
that happen?
OK at the six minute and 30 second mark
The robots spaceship takes off.
The doctor gets there a couple seconds too late and is shouting Belinda Belinda
The old woman starts to leave presumably to take shelter from the takeoff exhaust and stops and turns to the camera and says to us “you ain’t seen me“
I assume she’s the same old woman that was sitting on the steps when the doctor was running for the tardis last season when he picked up the
previous companion
Checks IMDb.
Yeah, she’s credited as Mrs. flood and this is her fifth appearance starting all the way back with episode zero and Ruby Sunday
On 4/13/2025 11:11 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/13/2025 8:44 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 4/13/2025 9:30 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 4/13/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
What did you watch?
I watched:
30 Days of Night (blu-ray) 2007 movie based on a comic book about a
small isolated town in Alaska that is overrun by vampires during a
month-long period when the sun doesn't rise. This holds up very well. >>>>>
We were talking about this a couple days ago on the Facebook. Somebody >>>> pointed out that even though they don’t see the sun, they would still see
the moon. Which means we need vampires versus werewolves at the North Pole!
30 Days of Night: Dark Days (blu-ray) 2010 sequel which picks up where >>>>> the first movie ends with a survivor tracking down vampires to get her >>>>> vengeance on. This is a pretty solid revenge flick with a vampire twist. >>>>>
I was disappointed in this, but I think it’s mostly because I liked the >>>> first movie so much.
You have to rate it on the direct to video scale.
Vampires (4K disc) 1998 movie directed by John Carpenter and starring >>>>> James Woods as the leader of a team of vampire hunters who work for the >>>>> Church. Mostly background noise. I remember back in 98 watching
trailers for this and "Blade" and thinking this would be *the* vampire >>>>> movie and "Blade" would be meh. And it turned out to be the exact opposite.
Considering all it has going for it, this movie has no right to be as
non-entertaining as it is.
+1
I was going to make a comment about liking the sequel, then I realized I >>> was thinking of Dracula II: Ascension. Or at least this scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-9eDJ4maak
I really like Dracula 2000 although it goes out of its way to be annoying. >> I’ve never seen a cut that’s the proper aspect ratio all the way through.
And of course it makes me crazy that they got the millennia wrong and why
aren’t some of the brides naked?
Lifeforce (4K disc) - 1985 movie directed by Tobe Hooper. So let me get >>>>> this straight, the space shuttle is on a mission to study Halley's Comet >>>>> when they come across an alien spaceship. They dock and board the
spaceship, where they find multiple batlike aliens and three aliens that >>>>> appear to be human. They then bring the aliens back on the ship. They >>>>> wrap one is a fishing net because quarantine, I guess. Anyway, safely >>>>> wrapped up in the net they bring them back on board the spaceship and >>>>> who would have guessed it, but it turns out the aliens they found in >>>>> space weren't safe after all. The aliens are brought back to Earth, and >>>>> I'm sure there's no need to quarantine them or anything because what >>>>> could go wrong? Once again one thing leads to another and now there are >>>>> space vampires in Britain sucking the life force out of everyone.
I guess I should also mention the alien spaceship that parked itself >>>>> over London and was collecting the lifeforce of the population, but no >>>>> one seemed to notice or care other than mentioning it was happening. >>>>> Maybe it's just me, but if I see space vampires sucking the life out of >>>>> people causing a blue light to stream into space where a spaceship is >>>>> conveniently parked in orbit collecting the light, I might just think >>>>> there could be a connection between the two events. But that's just me. >>>>> Did it not occur to *anyone* to blow the thing out of orbit? I guess >>>>> not. Anyway, I'll just end with this has to be the most British vampire >>>>> movie ever made that doesn't star Christopher Lee.
Ahem. Two words: Captain Kronos, vampire hunter.
Random thoughts about LIFEFORCE
I love this movie. It grossed less than half its budget worldwide. :-( >>>>
I assume your disk was Cinemascope wide screen. Almost every print of this >>>> that shows up on TV has been center cut to 1.85.
The new 4K is 2.35:1. I didn't realize until I put the disc in to
watch, but the 4K version is the theatrical cut only with no extras.
The set also includes a blu-ray of the director's cut with two different >>> commentary options. I don't remember being so annoyed by the movie, so
I'm guessing there's stuff in the director's cut that makes it less
annoying.
Huh. I have no idea what’s different about the Director cut.
OK from IMDb
Tobe Hooper's Director's Cut was two hours and eight minutes, then the
movie was cut down to one hour and fifty-six minutes, the cuts being mostly >> scenes set on the spaceship Churchill. The original unedited European
version contains more violent and erotic footage, which Tri-Star Pictures
cut from the domestic U.S. version. It also contains the full Henry Mancini >> score, in place of the occasional Michael Kamen music cues placed at the
last minute for U.S. prints. This version is now available on video, and
runs one hour and fifty-six minutes.
And
The Churchill scenes at first, took up the first thirty-five minutes of the >> movie. Approximately twelve minutes of these were cut, plus some scenes
were moved to later in the movie, and turned into flashbacks. All this was >> done against Director Tobe Hooper's wishes.
It sounds like the director's cut is a lot more coherent. In the
theatrical cut there's a very annoying jump between finding the alien
ship then being back on Earth with minimal explanation until the
exposition dump flashback scenes later in the movie.
Wonderful score which I attribute to Henry Mancini.
Patrick Stewart’s best movie although some will make the case for
Excalibur.
Long before TNG, I recognized Steward from this and Dune. I'm far less
familiar with his work in Excalibur.
Nothing special about it, but he just happens to be in a movie that a lot
of people like a lot.
We were horrified a few years ago to learn that the naked vampires in
stasis in the ship are actually beautifully made models about half scale. >>>> Not people at all. I think a lot of yutes may have unknowingly been
jumpstarted into puberty by puppets.
Despite the wildly advanced shuttle technology, this 1985 movie must take >>>> place in 1986 if they’re visiting Halley’s Comet. Either that or it’s in
2061 or something. Anyway, assuming the mid 1980s I don’t think we’d have a
way to blow a spaceship out of orbit. I’m not sure we would now unless Elon
Musk has something up his sleeve. And yes, I am using orbit wrong. Too >>>> many years of watching Star Trek. “Hovering over London“ would be more >>>> correct.
Doctor Who (Disney+) - "The Robot Revolution" - The new season kicks off >>>>> with the doctor picking up a new companion. The Doctor has to save a >>>>> nurse from robots that have kidnapped her so she can be their new Queen, >>>>> but there is a Timey-wimey twist. I picked up on some "Superman 3" and >>>>> "Timecop" references that probably went over most younger viewers heads. >>>>> But as someone who was scarred for life by a certain scene in Superman >>>>> 3, I couldn't help but notice. Overall, it was an OK start. I like the >>>>> dynamic with the new companion who does *not* want to be a companion. I >>>>> liked that she immediately picked up on the Doctor is dangerous and
traveling with him can get her killed. She has no interest in being his >>>>> next victim, I mean companion, and just wants to go home. I don't
recall a companion like that since maybe Tegan. If I recall correctly >>>>> she also started out similarly saying to take her home because she
didn't want any of his nonsense.
I didn’t notice the references you mentioned,
I assure you, Superman 3 traumatized an entire generation of children.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuSsSwg9MXs
Thanks for the link. Yeah that sequence is also lifted very very
consciously from Demon Seed, especially since Robert Vaughn is the evil
computer in the first movie.
This is the timecop reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D01mdGW9-Zg
Shades of the thing! He’s lucky they didn’t all go up in the biggest
explosion since the last star in these parts went nova.
but I was too busy thinking
“what the hell this is demon seed“
I am on record as saying that this episode absolutely did not suck.
I had to read the whole thing though I couldn’t understand anything anyone
said.
And I didn’t catch what the old woman said when she broke the fourth wall
and talked to the audience.
I missed that!!! I have to track that down! When in the episode did
that happen?
OK at the six minute and 30 second mark
The robots spaceship takes off.
The doctor gets there a couple seconds too late and is shouting Belinda
Belinda
The old woman starts to leave presumably to take shelter from the takeoff
exhaust and stops and turns to the camera and says to us “you ain’t seen >> me“
I assume she’s the same old woman that was sitting on the steps when the >> doctor was running for the tardis last season when he picked up the
previous companion
Checks IMDb.
Yeah, she’s credited as Mrs. flood and this is her fifth appearance
starting all the way back with episode zero and Ruby Sunday
Thank you! She's been breaking the 4th wall since last season. We
still don't know who exactly she is.
On 4/13/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
I watched:
FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS TO EXPLORE GENDER ROLES
https://ew.com/the-fantastic-four-fir...
https://youtu.be/CBkqIlMuIOE?si=zpNJg4y0KU2wKUM_
Your EW link doesn't work because it's unnecessarily truncated.
What did you watch?
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