On Friday the 13th, I watched:
JUSTINE BATEMAN DEFENDS ZACHARY LEVI IN A CANCELLING ATTEMPT | Film Threat Versus: Today on Versus, Chris Gore, Alan Ng along with special guests debate…
Justine Bateman Defends Zachary Levi
https://fandompulse.substack.com/p/ju...
Guests this week include…
The Angry Badger | / @theangrybadger3
Dante James from Verbal Riot Show | / @verbalriotshow
Script Doctor | / @scriptdoctor
Robert Meyer Burnett | / @theburnettwork
Stephanie from My Nerdy Home | / @mynerdyhome
https://youtu.be/0m_ADnqmXHQ?si=-Iy5xCVvDUAiOx5A
KRAVEN THE HUNTER | Film Threat Reviews:
Chris Gore and Alan Ng review "Kraven the Hunter," now playing in theaters. https://youtu.be/JXMLeowLDXY?si=Xi6z8nmyI_eqxQrL
SNUFFY: THE ELF WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS
From the creator of Lumpkin, Bobby Goldsboro, here comes his Christmas equivalent! Santa is always looking for Snuffy to slip up so he can retire him! https://youtu.be/hJB-rARbY30?si=YqGtSBLRblxQ2McN
THE WORST PSYCHIC REALITY SHOWS:
I cannot believe this many psychics have their own reality tv show, I
did not see it coming, despite being psychically gifted myself. In this video, I want to talk about the worst PSYCHIC reality shows, which are
most of them.
00:00 There Have Been Too Many TV Psychics-
02:45 AMERICA'S PSYCHIC CHALLENGE -
09:08 AD-
10:49 PSYCHIC KIDS -
16:38 The Long Island Medium & Other Celebrity Psychics -
22:27 The Seatbelt Psychic -
https://youtu.be/M07_WR5PRNE?si=H648PcnwoVH05YXb
TIKTOKERS FACING 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THIS "PRANK"..:
TikTokers Facing 10 Years in Prison For This "Prank".. https://youtu.be/AbYLvfYPJNs?si=PPv6JUkSWVFCA_rs
What did you watch?
What did you watch?
On Friday the 13th, I watched:
What did you watch?
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On 12/14/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
Finally full workday of the year. So when I got home, I was tired. All I
had in me was a soap, and a Tubi flick:
soaps: DOOL - Thur's ep. OK, so they don't actually kill Clyde off - but they put him in an "indefinite coma", so the character is on ice until if/when they decide to bring him back. This also puts the Abby storyline
on ice - she can stay "dead" forever, or later on they can reveal that
she really is still alive. Meanwhile, Cat's mom gets hauled off to
Canadian! jail for shooting Clyde! Nothing else important happened - it
was just lovey-dovey stuff with Steve and Kayla [blech!], and with
NuTate and the now-brunette Holly the Brat.
If I Go Missing (Tubi) - A 2024 Tubi Original flick!!
ÿÿ I actually quite liked this... until the ending.
ÿÿ This seems to be a recurring issue with Tubi films - whether good or bad, the endings almost always seem to disappoint. It definitely seems
like they're trying too hard - like they want their endings to have a "mega-twist!" or to have a real (if undeserved) "impact".
ÿÿ Well, in the case of this film, the incredibly downbeat ending
seemed tonally completely disconnected from the tone of the rest of the film, which really put me off.
ÿÿ But up to that point, this was good, and in some places actually fun/amusing:
ÿÿ The flick stars Emma Elle Paterson, an actress I've apparently never seen before (it seems like she might be based out of Montreal), though
she did appear in Tubi's previous "Terror Train" series that I've never gotten around to watching.
ÿÿ Anyway, Paterson stars as Sloane, the cutest, perkiest, most
determined, and most damaged "true crime" Tik-Tok-type you've ever seen! Since her best friend was brutally murdered 2 years prior, she's thrown herself into her "If I Go Missing" media stream, which is premised
around everyone needing to create a "If I Go Missing" scrapbook/logbook
to help the police find you if you go missing. (Of course, at that
point, it's too late!...)
ÿÿ Sloane's obvious PTSD and inability to properly process her grief
and guilt over her friend's murder drive her live-in cousin (Hannah Vandenbygaart) and aunt (Krista Bridges) nuts, and frustrate her mom (Christy Bruce) but the mom just kind tries to roll with it.
ÿÿ In general, Sloane is a mess - suspicious of all men around her
(anyone could be a serial killer!!), and bossing around her poor
hapless, scattered barista co-worker (Kelly J Seo) after having dropped
out of college.
ÿÿ Sloane immediately becomes suspicious of her slick new neighbor
(Robert Bazzocchi), despite the fact that the neighbor lad (Damon
McLean) she keeps defending from everybody is creepy and awkward.
ÿÿ But Sloane starts going batty when her cousin (Vandenbygaart) begins showing romantic interested in the slick neighbor dude.
ÿÿ Can Sloane save her cousin from serial killer doom?! Or is Sloane
just nuts?!
ÿÿ This movie appears to have some fun with this premise, esp. with Sloane's obsessions. And it does a good job at throwing two legitimate
red herrings our way.
ÿÿ But then the ending takes an incredibly dark turn that I don't think
the rest of the movie justified, and I felt this ruined the whole thing.
ÿÿ Which is too bad, as I actually quite liked the first 80-85% of this flick, and found it to be among the best Tubi Originals. But the ending
kind of torpedoed the good feelings built up before that.ÿ :(
What did you watch?
On 12/14/2024 9:07 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 12/14/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
What did you watch?
I watched:
The End (theatrical) New movie, in what I'm assuming is a new genre, "apocalyptic musical."
The End (theatrical) New movie, in what I'm assuming is a new genre, >"apocalyptic musical." The movie stars Tilda Swinton as "Mother" and >Michael Shannon as "Father" who along with their son, "son" (George
MacKay) and a few other people live in a massive underground shelter >following some unspecific global apocalypse. One day their world is >shattered when a young woman, "Girl" (Moses Ingram) makes her way into
their shelter, and then selfishly doesn't want to be thrown out to die. >Instead she insists she be allowed to stay in their shelter which has an >abundance of food and resources. Mother just can't have this sort of >nonsense, but Son realizing Girl may be the only other female left on
Earth, or at least that he will ever have access too, wants her to stay.
This movie takes a page out of another Tilda Swinton apocalyptic movie, >"Snowpiercer" and serves as an allegory for the class system. Mother
and Husband are portrayed as wealthy and out of touch with reality.
They are clinging on to a way of life that is long gone, and are trying
to maintain a class system with the other people in the shelter treated
more like employees than fellow survivors. And for whatever reason
everyone just accepts this way of life. Also the movie focuses on how >Father and mother are both desperate to literally rewrite history in the >eyes of Son.
That being said, I don't want to make this movie sound better than it >actually is. "Snowpiercer" is a great movie. "The End," not so much.
There is no reason for it to be a musical, and the songs, while OK, are
not memorable. I don't recall a single song from this movie, I watched
it last night! The overall movie just screams pretentious arthouse
film. Which *is* what it is. It's worth watching maybe once, perhaps >paired with Snowpiercer, but beyond that I don't see much replay value
in it.
If I ever did watch it again, it would *have* to be paired with
Snowpiercer, so I could at least see Swinton essentially playing the
same character in two different apocalyptic movies.
On 12/14/24 9:37 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
On 12/14/2024 9:07 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 12/14/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
What did you watch?
I watched:
The End (theatrical) New movie, in what I'm assuming is a new genre,
"apocalyptic musical."
This is not the first example of this - please see "Anna and the Apocalypse". It sounds like this flick might be ripping off the latter a little bit, at least in terms of genre.
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
The End (theatrical) New movie, in what I'm assuming is a new genre,
"apocalyptic musical." The movie stars Tilda Swinton as "Mother" and
Michael Shannon as "Father" who along with their son, "son" (George
MacKay) and a few other people live in a massive underground shelter
following some unspecific global apocalypse. One day their world is
shattered when a young woman, "Girl" (Moses Ingram) makes her way into
their shelter, and then selfishly doesn't want to be thrown out to die.
Instead she insists she be allowed to stay in their shelter which has an
abundance of food and resources. Mother just can't have this sort of
nonsense, but Son realizing Girl may be the only other female left on
Earth, or at least that he will ever have access too, wants her to stay.
This movie takes a page out of another Tilda Swinton apocalyptic movie,
"Snowpiercer" and serves as an allegory for the class system. Mother
and Husband are portrayed as wealthy and out of touch with reality.
They are clinging on to a way of life that is long gone, and are trying
to maintain a class system with the other people in the shelter treated
more like employees than fellow survivors. And for whatever reason
everyone just accepts this way of life. Also the movie focuses on how
Father and mother are both desperate to literally rewrite history in the
eyes of Son.
There's a reason why Hollywood writers are unqualified to teach
econmics. Unless the wealthy did something unjust to make others poor,
then Girl isn't entitled to share the wealth.
If workers are performing valuable work and being compensated in a
barter arrangement, that's called a "market". The shelter isn't a free
market but everyone should be entitled to share in what's produced via collective activity. No one is entitled to simply grab any wealth others brought into the shelter pre-apocolypse.
That being said, I don't want to make this movie sound better than it
actually is. "Snowpiercer" is a great movie. "The End," not so much.
There is no reason for it to be a musical, and the songs, while OK, are
not memorable. I don't recall a single song from this movie, I watched
it last night! The overall movie just screams pretentious arthouse
film. Which *is* what it is. It's worth watching maybe once, perhaps
paired with Snowpiercer, but beyond that I don't see much replay value
in it.
If I ever did watch it again, it would *have* to be paired with
Snowpiercer, so I could at least see Swinton essentially playing the
same character in two different apocalyptic movies.
Transfer it to nitrate film stock.
On 12/14/2024 11:07 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 12/14/24 9:37 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
On 12/14/2024 9:07 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 12/14/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
What did you watch?
I watched:
The End (theatrical) New movie, in what I'm assuming is a new genre,
"apocalyptic musical."
This is not the first example of this - please see "Anna and the
Apocalypse". It sounds like this flick might be ripping off the latter
a little bit, at least in terms of genre.
Yeah, I did remember the name, but I couldn't remember if it was an
actual apocalypse or not.ÿ Wasn't it just a regular zombie movie, but
set to music?ÿ Although I see your point.
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
On Friday the 13th, I watched:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking.
BLUE BLOODS, the senses shattering the season and series finale.
I couldn’t hear the audio because my roommate had some sort of true crime show turned all the way up so I followed as best I could with the tiny
close captioning.
With few exceptions it was just a regular episode.
Eddie‘s partner got killed so they could have a funeral. She of course immediately lept up out of her hospital bed and helped catch the killer.
Erin told her worthless ex she wants to try again.
Magnum struck another deal he wasn’t happy about but it helped Danny catch the guy who shot the mayor and in theory end the cycle of violence he’s been caught in.
It was an extra big family dinner for reasons I didn’t catch. All the regulars were there as well as Nicki and the other brother and Nicki‘s father and Joe. Eddie announced she’s pregnant.
And that was it.
On 12/14/2024 11:45 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
The End (theatrical) New movie, in what I'm assuming is a new genre,
"apocalyptic musical." The movie stars Tilda Swinton as "Mother" and
Michael Shannon as "Father" who along with their son, "son" (George
MacKay) and a few other people live in a massive underground shelter
following some unspecific global apocalypse. One day their world is
shattered when a young woman, "Girl" (Moses Ingram) makes her way into
their shelter, and then selfishly doesn't want to be thrown out to die.
Instead she insists she be allowed to stay in their shelter which has an >>> abundance of food and resources. Mother just can't have this sort of
nonsense, but Son realizing Girl may be the only other female left on
Earth, or at least that he will ever have access too, wants her to stay.
This movie takes a page out of another Tilda Swinton apocalyptic movie,
"Snowpiercer" and serves as an allegory for the class system. Mother
and Husband are portrayed as wealthy and out of touch with reality.
They are clinging on to a way of life that is long gone, and are trying
to maintain a class system with the other people in the shelter treated
more like employees than fellow survivors. And for whatever reason
everyone just accepts this way of life. Also the movie focuses on how
Father and mother are both desperate to literally rewrite history in the >>> eyes of Son.
There's a reason why Hollywood writers are unqualified to teach
econmics. Unless the wealthy did something unjust to make others poor,
then Girl isn't entitled to share the wealth.
If workers are performing valuable work and being compensated in a
barter arrangement, that's called a "market". The shelter isn't a free
market but everyone should be entitled to share in what's produced via
collective activity. No one is entitled to simply grab any wealth others
brought into the shelter pre-apocolypse.
This isn't Atlas Shrugged. There is no "market" and no divine right to
rule by birthright. And no wealth to grab. It's just people living in
an underground shelter. And now that I think about it, there's nothing
to indicate the rich people didn't just show up, murder the original >occupants and take the shelter for themselves. There were a few lines
of dialogue about the shelter explicitly being designed to house far
more people, but "Mother" and "Father" had long ago decided to keep
everyone else out so they could have the shelter for themselves.
That being said, I don't want to make this movie sound better than it
actually is. "Snowpiercer" is a great movie. "The End," not so much.
There is no reason for it to be a musical, and the songs, while OK, are
not memorable. I don't recall a single song from this movie, I watched
it last night! The overall movie just screams pretentious arthouse
film. Which *is* what it is. It's worth watching maybe once, perhaps
paired with Snowpiercer, but beyond that I don't see much replay value
in it.
If I ever did watch it again, it would *have* to be paired with
Snowpiercer, so I could at least see Swinton essentially playing the
same character in two different apocalyptic movies.
Transfer it to nitrate film stock.
On 2024-12-14 12:12 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
On Friday the 13th, I watched:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking.
BLUE BLOODS, the senses shattering the season and series finale.
I couldn’t hear the audio because my roommate had some sort of true crime >> show turned all the way up so I followed as best I could with the tiny
close captioning.
With few exceptions it was just a regular episode.
Eddie‘s partner got killed so they could have a funeral. She of course
immediately lept up out of her hospital bed and helped catch the killer.
Erin told her worthless ex she wants to try again.
Magnum struck another deal he wasn’t happy about but it helped Danny catch >> the guy who shot the mayor and in theory end the cycle of violence he’s
been caught in.
It was an extra big family dinner for reasons I didn’t catch. All the
regulars were there as well as Nicki and the other brother and Nicki‘s
father and Joe. Eddie announced she’s pregnant.
And that was it.
You missed one thing that I thought was fairly important. Gramps had a
word with Danny and suggested he think about finding someone to come
home to. Shortly after that, there was a scene where Danny asked Baez
about going out for pizza and he said it in a way that suggested it was about more than just eating; he even said he was thinking about
something his grandfather had said. She agreed to go out for pizza and
gave a look that implied she knew it was about more than eating too. We didn't see her at family dinner but it was easy to picture it happening somewhere down the line.
(She's only ever been to Family Dinner once, after she and Danny had
escaped a kidnapper who had held them for a couple of days.)
I was expecting that there might be further developments, like Frank retiring or Erin becoming DA, but those things didn't happen. (When I
saw a preview clip showing a funeral, my initial concern was that Henry
was going to be the deceased but the preview showed him among the
mourners so I was glad to see that.)
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2024-12-14 12:12 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
On Friday the 13th, I watched:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking.
BLUE BLOODS, the senses shattering the season and series finale.
I couldn’t hear the audio because my roommate had some sort of true crime >>> show turned all the way up so I followed as best I could with the tiny
close captioning.
With few exceptions it was just a regular episode.
Eddie‘s partner got killed so they could have a funeral. She of course >>> immediately lept up out of her hospital bed and helped catch the killer. >>>
Erin told her worthless ex she wants to try again.
Magnum struck another deal he wasn’t happy about but it helped Danny catch
the guy who shot the mayor and in theory end the cycle of violence he’s >>> been caught in.
It was an extra big family dinner for reasons I didn’t catch. All the
regulars were there as well as Nicki and the other brother and Nicki‘s >>> father and Joe. Eddie announced she’s pregnant.
And that was it.
You missed one thing that I thought was fairly important. Gramps had a
word with Danny and suggested he think about finding someone to come
home to. Shortly after that, there was a scene where Danny asked Baez
about going out for pizza and he said it in a way that suggested it was
about more than just eating; he even said he was thinking about
something his grandfather had said. She agreed to go out for pizza and
gave a look that implied she knew it was about more than eating too. We
didn't see her at family dinner but it was easy to picture it happening
somewhere down the line.
Thank you, I couldn’t read the dialogue in the squad room. I will probably watch this episode again when it comes up on Pluto. I don’t know what the delay time is.
(She's only ever been to Family Dinner once, after she and Danny had
escaped a kidnapper who had held them for a couple of days.)
I thought they might squeeze her in just cause this was the finale.
Did they say what the occasion was that they had everybody there?
I was expecting that there might be further developments, like Frank
retiring or Erin becoming DA, but those things didn't happen. (When I
saw a preview clip showing a funeral, my initial concern was that Henry
was going to be the deceased but the preview showed him among the
mourners so I was glad to see that.)
Ditto
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