• What Did You Watch? 2025-07-26 (Saturday)

    From Ubiquitous@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 27 04:30:41 2025
    I watched:

    NEW MINI-NERVE: THE ALARMING ABSENCE OF PRIORITIZING SAFETY OVER RATINGS IN THE SPHERE OF REALITY TV:
    Maureen shines a bright light on the glaring lack of ethics when it comes to reality TV. She zeros in on Bravo's spinoff show "The Valley" and how cast member Jax Taylor exhibited consistent violent and abusive behavior within
    his marriage, but was allowed to remain on the show with no recourse. Plus, Maureen points to other abusive relationships within the franchise with no evidence of intervention from executives at the network. https://youtu.be/Q_9ooHNIB3g?si=iuM2NZCmoQ6l5dNP

    THE VIEW IS LEFTIST PROPAGANDA | Proof For Your Liberal Friend:
    The View is full of leftist talking points and woke ideology. Show this video to your liberal friend as proof.
    #MattWalsh #TheMattWalshShow #News https://youtu.be/YPB2iziXons?si=Kn3lW7ZnLulBRetJ

    JOHNNY SOMALI GETS HUMILIATED IN SECRET LEAKED VIDEO:
    Today we will be taking a look at johnny Somali Humiliating himself for
    content
    https://youtu.be/K45hxOu62Kw?si=z2dZzKdMFQ5GPWcb

    WHAT IF WE REPLACED EVERY PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM WITH EARTH CLONES? - Universe Sandbox #space:
    https://youtu.be/uCtM5oTaDew?si=lA7CLDVwwGGYQuGi

    FBI CLOSING IN ON JACK DOHERTY'S LATEST MILLION-DOLLAR SCAM!:
    Jack Doherty is once again in hot water - but this time, it's not just
    another prank gone wrong. In this video, we dive deep into Jack Doherty's alleged crypto scam that's sparking major controversy across the internet.
    With rumors of an FBI investigation and accusations flying from fans and critics alike, this could be Jack Doherty's biggest downfall yet.

    From hosting wild parties to launching questionable crypto projects, Jack Doherty's latest scheme has raised serious red flags. Is it all just a misunderstanding, or is the FBI really preparing for a raid? We break down
    the full story, the crypto project he's pushing, and why social media is calling him out as a scammer.

    If you've been following Jack Doherty for a while, this is a video you don't want to miss.
    #JackDoherty #CryptoScam #FBIInvestigation #InfluencerNews https://youtu.be/kYQRaQpfRGI?si=Vh-CMiRa550ugZYo

    UGLY LEFTY CHICKS GET ALL THEIR INFO DUMPED IN APP MEANT TO ATTACK MEN:
    If you have the tea app downloaded or you're a user on it, listen up. If
    you're a user of that Tea app and you put in your driver's license number
    or uploaded a picture of it and then took a selfie and sent it in, you're fucked. Holy feminist lesbian backfire. https://youtu.be/sZ1Ct2vcYOw?si=QOrnuzqaWj01OGHs

    Karma's a bastard, bitches!

    DOCTOR WHO:
    "Warriors' Gate".
    A strange creature forces its way into the TARDIS, steering it to a white
    void occupied only by the ruins of an old building and a spaceship. This
    empty space is a gateway to the past and future. The creature responsible
    for taking them there is Biroc, a member of the enslaved race known as the Tharil. The gateway offers the only exit from E-Space, but the void is contracting. Are the Fourth Doctor and his friends fated to spend eternity
    in E-Space? What final shocking revelation awaits the Doctor?

    Another one I have seered in my memory.
    I liked it but it was a bit muddled.
    Anim8r will be happy to know this is R2's final ep.
    I wonder if it was emant to become a spinoff?

    What did you watch?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Ian J. Ball@21:1/5 to Ubiquitous on Sun Jul 27 14:22:41 2025
    On 7/27/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

    What did you watch?

    Over this past week, I've watched:

    soaps: Y&R - M-Th ep's. More wheel spinning regarding Cane Ashby and the
    murder of Damien. The upshot? Cane has Nick and Sharon put under "house
    arrest" - they eventually escape, but Nick gets stabbed(?). Meanwhile,
    Cane's creepy assistant (he has a name like "Harrison" or something) is
    trapped by Victor and Chance into admitting that he planted the murder
    weapon on Nick.
    B&B - "Live" most weekdays. I think it's clear now that the "Liam
    has a brain tumor, but it was miraculously "cured" at the last minute"
    thing was all a giant scam to bilk Bill Spencer out of a cool $mil -
    certainly John and Bridget seem to be figuring this out.
    DOOL - M-Th's ep's. Holly and Ari's kidnapping: Ari tries to escape
    their captivity through the air ducts, but apparently she inherited her
    mom's big butt! because Ari gets trapped in the air ducts. Then the
    warehouse falls on her or something! But she's all right. The kidnapper
    is nabbed by the cops, but won't talk. As agreed, Doug III is going to
    leave town (after being told off by Holly and esp. Ari). Johnny's trial
    is about to begin: EJ goes to Marlena for her to hypnotize EJ into "remembering" who shot him, but he can't remember the person's face -
    from what EJ did remember (and other hints), it's very clear that
    NuRachel (whom I don't like - OldRachel was much more believable as a
    dead-eyed child sociopath!) was the one who shot EJ.
    GH - M-Th's ep's. Jason spies Britt in the airport, but is unable to
    make contact - they show Britt heading to the same place in Europe the
    shady professor dude's contact does, so she's clearly bankrolling(?) the
    shady professor dude. (Has Britt taken over Faison's criminal
    enterprise?!)... Drew & Willow's wedding approaches: Separately, both
    Drew & Nina figure out that Willow was the one terrorizing Sasha (thru
    her baby) - Nina vows to tell Willow the truth. Meanwhile, Portia
    refuses to knuckle under to Drew's blackmail this time, and intends to
    resign from the hospital. But Curtis stops her, intending to throw Nina
    under the bus to Willow in order to save Portia. (Fri's ep should be
    good - I wonder if Willow is going to *snap* and go completely nuts and
    start murdering people at her wedding, now that she's gone all loony and
    "Dark Willow"!!)

    Secrets of an Influencer (LMN) - LMN's Friday night movie.
    Like Robin, I am a little confused about this flick's pedigree -
    IMDb claims it was released in Sept. 2024: it looks like it went to
    Lifetime Movie Club (streaming service) at this time(?). So, its U.S. TV premiere was Friday, July 25 (almost a year after it went to streaming!).
    At least now I know where the one scene of a pretty girl about to
    torch some tied up people from one of LMN's earlier "Sizzling Summer
    Night" TV ads came from!
    This flick was actually probably better than I was expecting (though
    I did think the ending, with the aforementioned firebug pretty girl, was
    a little weak).
    It stars Kyla Nova (now on her 3rd or 4th Lifetime flick!) - she
    plays Jess, a put-upon budding "marketing guru", moonlighting as a
    manager(?) at a struggling inn/B&B.
    Jess is obsessed with a social media "influencer" (pretty/sexy
    Ashley Brinkman). Jess' boyfriend (Allen Williamson) seems to play along
    with her obsession, even suggesting that Jess contact the influencer to
    offer her a free stay at the inn in return for some internet influencer "promotion" of the inn/venue.
    But the influencer seems to disappear near the end of her stay at
    the inn. Jess becomes obsessed with this, and think it's foul play!
    Wacky mystery shenanigans, including *murder*, ensue!
    I did enjoy this, and correctly guessed the ID of one of the
    villains. But the motive of the main 'Big Bad' mostly came out of left
    field, so I wasn't sold on the ending entirely.

    Before Your Father Finds Us (Lifetime) - All-grown up "Spy Kid" Alexa (Pena)Vega goes all Jason Bourne!!
    PenaVega stars as the skittish over-protective mom to a 14(?)-year
    old (Jaeda Lily Miller). But she has her reasons!
    You see, her ex (whom she's told everyone, including her own
    daughter! is "dead"), played by Tahmoh Penikett (he only seems to play
    baddies these days!), is actually a scary ex-special forces dude in
    lockup for various nasty crimes. (And, apparently, she herself is
    ex-military, though I was never 100% sure if PenaVega was supposed to be ex-special ops herself - she's *tiny*, so I am skeptical!!)
    When the ex-husband dude is denied parole, he goes ape-sh*t and
    decides to escape prison to forcibly "reunite" his family with him.
    After escaping jail, he visits the shocked daughter, and then
    PenaVega's character, and at this point she's had enough with the
    menacing from her ex, and grabs the daughter to hide out in a cabin the
    woods until the FBI (e.g. old Canuck stalwart Lochlyn Munro) and cops
    catch her escaped-con ex!
    Of course, you can't keep a good, or in this case *bad*, special
    forces dude down, and soon enough the ex is kidnapping boyfriends and
    tracking PenaVega and the daughter down!
    Looks like this is going to end with a soldier-vs-soldier showdown
    in the woods. But PenaVega has been preparing for this showdown for a
    decade!
    I'm making this sounds more exciting that it is - this is not an
    "action" movie a la Stone Cold Steve Austin or Scott Adkins! But, for a Lifetime flick, this was out of their usual oeuvre, so at least it has
    that going for it. And at least neither PenaVega nor the daughter are
    portrayed like the usual Lifetime numbskulls and are actually shown
    mostly playing it smart.

    I think that's it. I have had other movies and TV shows on as background
    noise this week, but I don't think any of that rates a mention.


    What did you watch?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From anim8rfsk@21:1/5 to Ubiquitous on Sun Jul 27 15:48:58 2025
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    I watched:

    NEW MINI-NERVE: THE ALARMING ABSENCE OF PRIORITIZING SAFETY OVER RATINGS
    IN THE SPHERE OF REALITY TV:
    Maureen shines a bright light on the glaring lack of ethics when it comes to reality TV. She zeros in on Bravo's spinoff show "The Valley" and how cast member Jax Taylor exhibited consistent violent and abusive behavior within his marriage, but was allowed to remain on the show with no recourse. Plus, Maureen points to other abusive relationships within the franchise with no evidence of intervention from executives at the network. https://youtu.be/Q_9ooHNIB3g?si=iuM2NZCmoQ6l5dNP

    THE VIEW IS LEFTIST PROPAGANDA | Proof For Your Liberal Friend:
    The View is full of leftist talking points and woke ideology. Show this video to your liberal friend as proof.
    #MattWalsh #TheMattWalshShow #News https://youtu.be/YPB2iziXons?si=Kn3lW7ZnLulBRetJ

    JOHNNY SOMALI GETS HUMILIATED IN SECRET LEAKED VIDEO:
    Today we will be taking a look at johnny Somali Humiliating himself for content
    https://youtu.be/K45hxOu62Kw?si=z2dZzKdMFQ5GPWcb

    WHAT IF WE REPLACED EVERY PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM WITH EARTH CLONES? - Universe Sandbox #space:
    https://youtu.be/uCtM5oTaDew?si=lA7CLDVwwGGYQuGi

    FBI CLOSING IN ON JACK DOHERTY'S LATEST MILLION-DOLLAR SCAM!:
    Jack Doherty is once again in hot water - but this time, it's not just another prank gone wrong. In this video, we dive deep into Jack Doherty's alleged crypto scam that's sparking major controversy across the internet. With rumors of an FBI investigation and accusations flying from fans and critics alike, this could be Jack Doherty's biggest downfall yet.

    From hosting wild parties to launching questionable crypto projects, Jack Doherty's latest scheme has raised serious red flags. Is it all just a misunderstanding, or is the FBI really preparing for a raid? We break down the full story, the crypto project he's pushing, and why social media is calling him out as a scammer.

    If you've been following Jack Doherty for a while, this is a video you don't want to miss.
    #JackDoherty #CryptoScam #FBIInvestigation #InfluencerNews https://youtu.be/kYQRaQpfRGI?si=Vh-CMiRa550ugZYo

    UGLY LEFTY CHICKS GET ALL THEIR INFO DUMPED IN APP MEANT TO ATTACK MEN:
    If you have the tea app downloaded or you're a user on it, listen up. If you're a user of that Tea app and you put in your driver's license number
    or uploaded a picture of it and then took a selfie and sent it in, you're fucked. Holy feminist lesbian backfire. https://youtu.be/sZ1Ct2vcYOw?si=QOrnuzqaWj01OGHs

    Karma's a bastard, bitches!

    DOCTOR WHO:
    "Warriors' Gate".
    A strange creature forces its way into the TARDIS, steering it to a white void occupied only by the ruins of an old building and a spaceship. This empty space is a gateway to the past and future. The creature responsible
    for taking them there is Biroc, a member of the enslaved race known as the Tharil. The gateway offers the only exit from E-Space, but the void is contracting. Are the Fourth Doctor and his friends fated to spend eternity
    in E-Space? What final shocking revelation awaits the Doctor?

    Another one I have seered in my memory.
    I liked it but it was a bit muddled.
    Anim8r will be happy to know this is R2's final ep.

    Yay!


    I wonder if it was emant to become a spinoff?

    What did you watch?






    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From anim8rfsk@21:1/5 to Ian J. Ball on Sun Jul 27 15:48:57 2025
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 7/27/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

    What did you watch?

    Over this past week, I've watched:

    soaps: Y&R - M-Th ep's. More wheel spinning regarding Cane Ashby and the murder of Damien. The upshot? Cane has Nick and Sharon put under "house arrest" - they eventually escape, but Nick gets stabbed(?). Meanwhile,
    Cane's creepy assistant (he has a name like "Harrison" or something) is trapped by Victor and Chance into admitting that he planted the murder
    weapon on Nick.
    B&B - "Live" most weekdays. I think it's clear now that the "Liam
    has a brain tumor, but it was miraculously "cured" at the last minute"
    thing was all a giant scam to bilk Bill Spencer out of a cool $mil - certainly John and Bridget seem to be figuring this out.
    DOOL - M-Th's ep's. Holly and Ari's kidnapping: Ari tries to escape
    their captivity through the air ducts, but apparently she inherited her
    mom's big butt! because Ari gets trapped in the air ducts. Then the
    warehouse falls on her or something! But she's all right. The kidnapper
    is nabbed by the cops, but won't talk. As agreed, Doug III is going to
    leave town (after being told off by Holly and esp. Ari). Johnny's trial
    is about to begin: EJ goes to Marlena for her to hypnotize EJ into "remembering" who shot him, but he can't remember the person's face -
    from what EJ did remember (and other hints), it's very clear that
    NuRachel (whom I don't like - OldRachel was much more believable as a dead-eyed child sociopath!) was the one who shot EJ.
    GH - M-Th's ep's. Jason spies Britt in the airport, but is unable to
    make contact - they show Britt heading to the same place in Europe the
    shady professor dude's contact does, so she's clearly bankrolling(?) the shady professor dude. (Has Britt taken over Faison's criminal enterprise?!)... Drew & Willow's wedding approaches: Separately, both
    Drew & Nina figure out that Willow was the one terrorizing Sasha (thru
    her baby) - Nina vows to tell Willow the truth. Meanwhile, Portia
    refuses to knuckle under to Drew's blackmail this time, and intends to
    resign from the hospital. But Curtis stops her, intending to throw Nina
    under the bus to Willow in order to save Portia. (Fri's ep should be
    good - I wonder if Willow is going to *snap* and go completely nuts and
    start murdering people at her wedding, now that she's gone all loony and "Dark Willow"!!)

    Secrets of an Influencer (LMN) - LMN's Friday night movie.
    Like Robin, I am a little confused about this flick's pedigree -
    IMDb claims it was released in Sept. 2024: it looks like it went to
    Lifetime Movie Club (streaming service) at this time(?). So, its U.S. TV premiere was Friday, July 25 (almost a year after it went to streaming!).
    At least now I know where the one scene of a pretty girl about to
    torch some tied up people from one of LMN's earlier "Sizzling Summer
    Night" TV ads came from!
    This flick was actually probably better than I was expecting (though
    I did think the ending, with the aforementioned firebug pretty girl, was
    a little weak).
    It stars Kyla Nova (now on her 3rd or 4th Lifetime flick!) - she
    plays Jess, a put-upon budding "marketing guru", moonlighting as a
    manager(?) at a struggling inn/B&B.
    Jess is obsessed with a social media "influencer" (pretty/sexy
    Ashley Brinkman). Jess' boyfriend (Allen Williamson) seems to play along
    with her obsession, even suggesting that Jess contact the influencer to
    offer her a free stay at the inn in return for some internet influencer "promotion" of the inn/venue.
    But the influencer seems to disappear near the end of her stay at
    the inn. Jess becomes obsessed with this, and think it's foul play!
    Wacky mystery shenanigans, including *murder*, ensue!
    I did enjoy this, and correctly guessed the ID of one of the
    villains. But the motive of the main 'Big Bad' mostly came out of left
    field, so I wasn't sold on the ending entirely.

    Before Your Father Finds Us (Lifetime) - All-grown up "Spy Kid" Alexa (Pena)Vega goes all Jason Bourne!!
    PenaVega stars as the skittish over-protective mom to a 14(?)-year
    old (Jaeda Lily Miller). But she has her reasons!
    You see, her ex (whom she's told everyone, including her own
    daughter! is "dead"), played by Tahmoh Penikett (he only seems to play baddies these days!), is actually a scary ex-special forces dude in
    lockup for various nasty crimes. (And, apparently, she herself is ex-military, though I was never 100% sure if PenaVega was supposed to be ex-special ops herself - she's *tiny*, so I am skeptical!!)
    When the ex-husband dude is denied parole, he goes ape-sh*t and
    decides to escape prison to forcibly "reunite" his family with him.
    After escaping jail, he visits the shocked daughter, and then
    PenaVega's character, and at this point she's had enough with the
    menacing from her ex, and grabs the daughter to hide out in a cabin the
    woods until the FBI (e.g. old Canuck stalwart Lochlyn Munro) and cops
    catch her escaped-con ex!
    Of course, you can't keep a good, or in this case *bad*, special
    forces dude down, and soon enough the ex is kidnapping boyfriends and tracking PenaVega and the daughter down!
    Looks like this is going to end with a soldier-vs-soldier showdown
    in the woods. But PenaVega has been preparing for this showdown for a
    decade!
    I'm making this sounds more exciting that it is - this is not an
    "action" movie a la Stone Cold Steve Austin or Scott Adkins! But, for a Lifetime flick, this was out of their usual oeuvre, so at least it has
    that going for it. And at least neither PenaVega nor the daughter are portrayed like the usual Lifetime numbskulls and are actually shown
    mostly playing it smart.

    I think that's it. I have had other movies and TV shows on as background noise this week, but I don't think any of that rates a mention.


    What did you watch?

    Hey, thanks for asking!

    I watched a 50 year-old To Tell the Truth episode where the guest was a
    woman who had six television sets so she could watch all the soap operas
    and send out a monthly newsletter for $7.50 a year to 100,000 subscribers telling them what happened.
    I thought of you all the way through.

    I also saw a horrifying selfie video of Gates McMuffin, who looks like a
    death head mushroom at this point talking about how she was getting an
    action figure of her having sex. She’s clearly senile enough she thinks she’s attractive for some reason, but I guess that was always true.
    I thought of you all the way through.



    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From BTR1701@21:1/5 to Melissa Hollingsworth on Sun Jul 27 23:24:03 2025
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    I also watched "What Was The Earth Like 1 Billion Years Ago?" by History
    of the Earth. I don't usually look back this far, but the algorithm
    suggested it, and why not.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTT8Z6fI7_8

    Barren rocks surrounded by black sludge. That was our Earth. Nobody
    writing time travel stories ever considers that the atmosphere then was unbreathable by modern life.

    The JURASSIC PARK franchise ignores this as well. The atmosphere was much
    more oxygenated back when those big animals were stomping around, which is
    one reason they were able to get so big. They'd likely suffocate if brought
    to life in our current atmosphere.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Ian J. Ball@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 27 17:14:22 2025
    On 7/27/25 4:24 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    I also watched "What Was The Earth Like 1 Billion Years Ago?" by History
    of the Earth. I don't usually look back this far, but the algorithm
    suggested it, and why not.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTT8Z6fI7_8

    Barren rocks surrounded by black sludge. That was our Earth. Nobody
    writing time travel stories ever considers that the atmosphere then was
    unbreathable by modern life.

    The JURASSIC PARK franchise ignores this as well. The atmosphere was much more oxygenated back when those big animals were stomping around, which is one reason they were able to get so big. They'd likely suffocate if brought to life in our current atmosphere.

    You're killing all of our fun!!1! [ha ha ha!]

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 28 00:33:34 2025
    Melissa Hollingsworth till going.

    I watched a classic Doctor Who, "Spearhead From Space."

    This is a pivotal episode, because it introduces both the autons (a
    recurring monster) and the Third Doctor himself. He is a Doctor unlike
    any other -- trapped on Earth, and an *action* hero as well as a
    cerebral one. We also meet Liz and get a lot more information on UNIT,
    but the episode's own plot is also pretty solid. It's jam-packed,
    really.

    I liked Liz (Caroline John), but she was just in just a few serials. In
    the next season, she's been replaced by the despicable Jo Grant (Katy
    Manning).

    . . .

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From anim8rfsk@21:1/5 to anim8rfsk@cox.net on Sun Jul 27 20:16:07 2025
    anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 7/27/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

    What did you watch?

    Over this past week, I've watched:

    soaps: Y&R - M-Th ep's. More wheel spinning regarding Cane Ashby and the
    murder of Damien. The upshot? Cane has Nick and Sharon put under "house
    arrest" - they eventually escape, but Nick gets stabbed(?). Meanwhile,
    Cane's creepy assistant (he has a name like "Harrison" or something) is
    trapped by Victor and Chance into admitting that he planted the murder
    weapon on Nick.
    B&B - "Live" most weekdays. I think it's clear now that the "Liam
    has a brain tumor, but it was miraculously "cured" at the last minute"
    thing was all a giant scam to bilk Bill Spencer out of a cool $mil -
    certainly John and Bridget seem to be figuring this out.
    DOOL - M-Th's ep's. Holly and Ari's kidnapping: Ari tries to escape
    their captivity through the air ducts, but apparently she inherited her
    mom's big butt! because Ari gets trapped in the air ducts. Then the
    warehouse falls on her or something! But she's all right. The kidnapper
    is nabbed by the cops, but won't talk. As agreed, Doug III is going to
    leave town (after being told off by Holly and esp. Ari). Johnny's trial
    is about to begin: EJ goes to Marlena for her to hypnotize EJ into
    "remembering" who shot him, but he can't remember the person's face -
    from what EJ did remember (and other hints), it's very clear that
    NuRachel (whom I don't like - OldRachel was much more believable as a
    dead-eyed child sociopath!) was the one who shot EJ.
    GH - M-Th's ep's. Jason spies Britt in the airport, but is unable to
    make contact - they show Britt heading to the same place in Europe the
    shady professor dude's contact does, so she's clearly bankrolling(?) the
    shady professor dude. (Has Britt taken over Faison's criminal
    enterprise?!)... Drew & Willow's wedding approaches: Separately, both
    Drew & Nina figure out that Willow was the one terrorizing Sasha (thru
    her baby) - Nina vows to tell Willow the truth. Meanwhile, Portia
    refuses to knuckle under to Drew's blackmail this time, and intends to
    resign from the hospital. But Curtis stops her, intending to throw Nina
    under the bus to Willow in order to save Portia. (Fri's ep should be
    good - I wonder if Willow is going to *snap* and go completely nuts and
    start murdering people at her wedding, now that she's gone all loony and
    "Dark Willow"!!)

    Secrets of an Influencer (LMN) - LMN's Friday night movie.
    Like Robin, I am a little confused about this flick's pedigree -
    IMDb claims it was released in Sept. 2024: it looks like it went to
    Lifetime Movie Club (streaming service) at this time(?). So, its U.S. TV
    premiere was Friday, July 25 (almost a year after it went to streaming!).
    At least now I know where the one scene of a pretty girl about to
    torch some tied up people from one of LMN's earlier "Sizzling Summer
    Night" TV ads came from!
    This flick was actually probably better than I was expecting (though
    I did think the ending, with the aforementioned firebug pretty girl, was
    a little weak).
    It stars Kyla Nova (now on her 3rd or 4th Lifetime flick!) - she
    plays Jess, a put-upon budding "marketing guru", moonlighting as a
    manager(?) at a struggling inn/B&B.
    Jess is obsessed with a social media "influencer" (pretty/sexy
    Ashley Brinkman). Jess' boyfriend (Allen Williamson) seems to play along
    with her obsession, even suggesting that Jess contact the influencer to
    offer her a free stay at the inn in return for some internet influencer
    "promotion" of the inn/venue.
    But the influencer seems to disappear near the end of her stay at
    the inn. Jess becomes obsessed with this, and think it's foul play!
    Wacky mystery shenanigans, including *murder*, ensue!
    I did enjoy this, and correctly guessed the ID of one of the
    villains. But the motive of the main 'Big Bad' mostly came out of left
    field, so I wasn't sold on the ending entirely.

    Before Your Father Finds Us (Lifetime) - All-grown up "Spy Kid" Alexa
    (Pena)Vega goes all Jason Bourne!!
    PenaVega stars as the skittish over-protective mom to a 14(?)-year
    old (Jaeda Lily Miller). But she has her reasons!
    You see, her ex (whom she's told everyone, including her own
    daughter! is "dead"), played by Tahmoh Penikett (he only seems to play
    baddies these days!), is actually a scary ex-special forces dude in
    lockup for various nasty crimes. (And, apparently, she herself is
    ex-military, though I was never 100% sure if PenaVega was supposed to be
    ex-special ops herself - she's *tiny*, so I am skeptical!!)
    When the ex-husband dude is denied parole, he goes ape-sh*t and
    decides to escape prison to forcibly "reunite" his family with him.
    After escaping jail, he visits the shocked daughter, and then
    PenaVega's character, and at this point she's had enough with the
    menacing from her ex, and grabs the daughter to hide out in a cabin the
    woods until the FBI (e.g. old Canuck stalwart Lochlyn Munro) and cops
    catch her escaped-con ex!
    Of course, you can't keep a good, or in this case *bad*, special
    forces dude down, and soon enough the ex is kidnapping boyfriends and
    tracking PenaVega and the daughter down!
    Looks like this is going to end with a soldier-vs-soldier showdown
    in the woods. But PenaVega has been preparing for this showdown for a
    decade!
    I'm making this sounds more exciting that it is - this is not an
    "action" movie a la Stone Cold Steve Austin or Scott Adkins! But, for a
    Lifetime flick, this was out of their usual oeuvre, so at least it has
    that going for it. And at least neither PenaVega nor the daughter are
    portrayed like the usual Lifetime numbskulls and are actually shown
    mostly playing it smart.

    I think that's it. I have had other movies and TV shows on as background
    noise this week, but I don't think any of that rates a mention.


    What did you watch?

    Hey, thanks for asking!

    I watched a 50 year-old To Tell the Truth episode where the guest was a
    woman who had six television sets so she could watch all the soap operas
    and send out a monthly newsletter for $7.50 a year to 100,000 subscribers

    Oops, that should have read 10,000

    telling them what happened.
    I thought of you all the way through.

    I also saw a horrifying selfie video of Gates McMuffin, who looks like a death head mushroom at this point talking about how she was getting an
    action figure of her having sex. She’s clearly senile enough she thinks she’s attractive for some reason, but I guess that was always true.
    I thought of you all the way through.






    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

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  • From Ubiquitous@21:1/5 to thetruemelissa@gmail.com on Mon Jul 28 04:30:42 2025
    thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
    Ubiquitous wrote:

    I watched:

    JOHNNY SOMALI GETS HUMILIATED IN SECRET LEAKED VIDEO:
    Today we will be taking a look at johnny Somali Humiliating himself for
    content
    https://youtu.be/K45hxOu62Kw?si=z2dZzKdMFQ5GPWcb

    I can't believe he's still going.

    #MeToo

    I think he's begining to fade into obscurity.

    Next came "This Ancient Pebble Could Rewrite Human History," a YouTube
    video by North 02.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPqdPaGGL5g

    His titles are getting a little clickbaitier, but the content remains
    solid. The pebble in question is probably an example of symbolic
    thinking, from much earlier than we thought previously. That does change
    a lot.

    Neat!

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  • From Ubiquitous@21:1/5 to anim8rfsk@cox.net on Mon Jul 28 04:30:43 2025
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    I watched:

    NEW MINI-NERVE: THE ALARMING ABSENCE OF PRIORITIZING SAFETY OVER RATINGS
    IN THE SPHERE OF REALITY TV:
    Maureen shines a bright light on the glaring lack of ethics when it comes to >> reality TV. She zeros in on Bravo's spinoff show "The Valley" and how cast >> member Jax Taylor exhibited consistent violent and abusive behavior within >> his marriage, but was allowed to remain on the show with no recourse. Plus, >> Maureen points to other abusive relationships within the franchise with no >> evidence of intervention from executives at the network.
    https://youtu.be/Q_9ooHNIB3g?si=iuM2NZCmoQ6l5dNP

    THE VIEW IS LEFTIST PROPAGANDA | Proof For Your Liberal Friend:
    The View is full of leftist talking points and woke ideology. Show this video
    to your liberal friend as proof.
    #MattWalsh #TheMattWalshShow #News
    https://youtu.be/YPB2iziXons?si=Kn3lW7ZnLulBRetJ

    JOHNNY SOMALI GETS HUMILIATED IN SECRET LEAKED VIDEO:
    Today we will be taking a look at johnny Somali Humiliating himself for
    content
    https://youtu.be/K45hxOu62Kw?si=z2dZzKdMFQ5GPWcb

    WHAT IF WE REPLACED EVERY PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM WITH EARTH CLONES? -
    Universe Sandbox #space:
    https://youtu.be/uCtM5oTaDew?si=lA7CLDVwwGGYQuGi

    FBI CLOSING IN ON JACK DOHERTY'S LATEST MILLION-DOLLAR SCAM!:
    Jack Doherty is once again in hot water - but this time, it's not just
    another prank gone wrong. In this video, we dive deep into Jack Doherty's
    alleged crypto scam that's sparking major controversy across the internet. >> With rumors of an FBI investigation and accusations flying from fans and
    critics alike, this could be Jack Doherty's biggest downfall yet.

    From hosting wild parties to launching questionable crypto projects, Jack
    Doherty's latest scheme has raised serious red flags. Is it all just a
    misunderstanding, or is the FBI really preparing for a raid? We break down >> the full story, the crypto project he's pushing, and why social media is
    calling him out as a scammer.

    If you've been following Jack Doherty for a while, this is a video you don't >> want to miss.
    #JackDoherty #CryptoScam #FBIInvestigation #InfluencerNews
    https://youtu.be/kYQRaQpfRGI?si=Vh-CMiRa550ugZYo

    UGLY LEFTY CHICKS GET ALL THEIR INFO DUMPED IN APP MEANT TO ATTACK MEN:
    If you have the tea app downloaded or you're a user on it, listen up. If
    you're a user of that Tea app and you put in your driver's license number
    or uploaded a picture of it and then took a selfie and sent it in, you're
    fucked. Holy feminist lesbian backfire.
    https://youtu.be/sZ1Ct2vcYOw?si=QOrnuzqaWj01OGHs

    Karma's a bastard, bitches!

    DOCTOR WHO:
    "Warriors' Gate".
    A strange creature forces its way into the TARDIS, steering it to a white
    void occupied only by the ruins of an old building and a spaceship. This
    empty space is a gateway to the past and future. The creature responsible
    for taking them there is Biroc, a member of the enslaved race known as the >> Tharil. The gateway offers the only exit from E-Space, but the void is
    contracting. Are the Fourth Doctor and his friends fated to spend eternity >> in E-Space? What final shocking revelation awaits the Doctor?

    Another one I have seered in my memory.
    I liked it but it was a bit muddled.
    Anim8r will be happy to know this is R2's final ep.

    Yay!

    It also means the Tom Baker eps are going to end soon. Boo!

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  • From Ian J. Ball@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 28 06:18:27 2025
    On 7/27/25 8:16 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

    anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

    What did you watch?

    Hey, thanks for asking!

    I watched a 50 year-old To Tell the Truth episode where the guest was a
    woman who had six television sets so she could watch all the soap operas
    and send out a monthly newsletter for $7.50 a year to 100,000 subscribers

    Oops, that should have read 10,000

    Yeah, 100,000 subscribers would have been really impressive.

    telling them what happened.
    I thought of you all the way through.

    I also saw a horrifying selfie video of Gates McMuffin, who looks like a
    death head mushroom at this point talking about how she was getting an
    action figure of her having sex. She’s clearly senile enough she thinks
    she’s attractive for some reason, but I guess that was always true.
    I thought of you all the way through.

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  • From Ubiquitous@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 28 12:43:52 2025
    BTR1701 wrote:
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    I also watched "What Was The Earth Like 1 Billion Years Ago?" by History
    of the Earth. I don't usually look back this far, but the algorithm
    suggested it, and why not.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTT8Z6fI7_8

    Barren rocks surrounded by black sludge. That was our Earth. Nobody
    writing time travel stories ever considers that the atmosphere then was
    unbreathable by modern life.

    The JURASSIC PARK franchise ignores this as well. The atmosphere was much >more oxygenated back when those big animals were stomping around, which is >one reason they were able to get so big. They'd likely suffocate if brought >to life in our current atmosphere.

    I know that was true for those monstrous prehistoric insects,
    but was it true for dinosaurs too?

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  • From Ubiquitous@21:1/5 to thetruemelissa@gmail.com on Mon Jul 28 12:46:08 2025
    thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
    did ahk@chinet.com did deliver unto us this message:
    Melissa Hollingsworth till going.

    I watched a classic Doctor Who, "Spearhead From Space."

    This is a pivotal episode, because it introduces both the autons (a >>>recurring monster) and the Third Doctor himself. He is a Doctor unlike >>>any other -- trapped on Earth, and an *action* hero as well as a
    cerebral one. We also meet Liz and get a lot more information on UNIT, >>>but the episode's own plot is also pretty solid. It's jam-packed,
    really.

    I liked Liz (Caroline John), but she was just in just a few serials. In
    the next season, she's been replaced by the despicable Jo Grant (Katy
    Manning).

    You don't care for Jo? She was pretty popular at the time, IIRC, though
    Sarah Jane later eclipsed her.

    Sarah Jane is my favorite of the three, but I don't dislike any of them.

    I forgot her name, but I hated the one who stood around and screamed
    all the time. I think she was a companion of Collin Baker's Doctor?

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to Melissa Hollingsworth on Mon Jul 28 23:15:05 2025
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <1068e79$3iv98$2@dont-email.me>, did
    weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:

    thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
    did ahk@chinet.com did deliver unto us this message:
    Melissa Hollingsworth till going.

    I watched a classic Doctor Who, "Spearhead From Space."

    This is a pivotal episode, because it introduces both the autons (a
    recurring monster) and the Third Doctor himself. He is a Doctor unlike
    any other -- trapped on Earth, and an *action* hero as well as a
    cerebral one. We also meet Liz and get a lot more information on UNIT,
    but the episode's own plot is also pretty solid. It's jam-packed,
    really.

    I liked Liz (Caroline John), but she was just in just a few serials. In >> >> the next season, she's been replaced by the despicable Jo Grant (Katy
    Manning).

    You don't care for Jo? She was pretty popular at the time, IIRC, though
    Sarah Jane later eclipsed her.

    Sarah Jane is my favorite of the three, but I don't dislike any of them.

    I forgot her name, but I hated the one who stood around and screamed
    all the time. I think she was a companion of Collin Baker's Doctor?

    LOL, that was most of them! There was a whole lot of screaming,
    especially in the early years. Twisted ankles, too.

    You may mean Peri. She traveled with both Five and Six, and she was
    mostly eye candy for the dads, so she screamed a lot for that late in
    the show's run.

    Of course she screemed a lot. She had to perform those horrid scripts.

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  • From Ubiquitous@21:1/5 to anim8rfsk@cox.net on Fri Aug 1 04:30:45 2025
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    no_email@invalid.invalid wrote:
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    I also watched "What Was The Earth Like 1 Billion Years Ago?" by History >>>> of the Earth. I don't usually look back this far, but the algorithm
    suggested it, and why not.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTT8Z6fI7_8

    Barren rocks surrounded by black sludge. That was our Earth. Nobody
    writing time travel stories ever considers that the atmosphere then was >>>> unbreathable by modern life.

    The JURASSIC PARK franchise ignores this as well. The atmosphere was much >>> more oxygenated back when those big animals were stomping around, which
    is one reason they were able to get so big. They'd likely suffocate if
    brought to life in our current atmosphere.

    I never got around to seeing that. Is the park in a dome or something,
    where (in theory) they could have altered the atmosphere?

    No, it starts out on an island off the coast of Costa Rica, and eventually >the dinosaurs get loose and roam the world. Wackiness ensues.

    Today, I learned that Jurrasic Park took place in the Carribean.

    --
    Not a joke! Don't jump!

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