I watched:

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| FANTASTIC 4 RUMORS!:
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What did you watch?



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Fringe S4E21 'Brave New World: Part 1'
IMDb sez: "A mysterious Fringe event, causing people to spontaneously
combust, forces Walter to revisit his painful past while the Fringe team
faces off against David Robert Jones to save the world - or worlds."

The glyphs for this episode spell out: POWERS
The character Dr. Benlo is played by Samantha Noble, real-life daughter
of John Noble who plays Dr. Walter Bishop.
The name of the episode comes from a quote from Shakespeare's "The
Tempest". It is also the name of a novel by Aldous Huxley
The music at the beginning of this episode (when the guy is getting
coffee and then going down the escalator) is the muzak version of Billy
Idol's "Eyes Without a Face."
This episode features the running joke where Walter can't quite
correctly recall Astrid's name. Here he calls her "Athos" as in one of
the three musketeers.
Continuing the series joke, Walter (John Noble) calls Astrid (Jasika
Nicole) "Alex."
Astrid Farnsworth's Agent's ID is JH112402.
Walter refers to the opposite side of the earth (the "antipode") as
being India. Actually the antipode of Boston is just to the southwest of Perth, Western Australia.

Jessica Holt: What are you?
Dr. Walter Bishop: I'm human. What are you? Is this some sort of alien invasion? Are you a part of a strike...?
Jessica Holt: No, I mean, what are doing here? Are you a doctor?

Dr. Walter Bishop: The escalator is infested with nanites.
Olivia Dunham: Nanites?
Astrid Farnsworth: They are microscopic self-replicating robotics.
There's a machine that's generating them.
Dr. Walter Bishop: Despite their itty-bitty size, each of them is
capable of storing a tremendous amount of energy, and it would seem they
can be overloaded by the bio-kinetic energy stored in the cells of
anyone infected.
Peter Bishop: [bemused] You mean, these people's movement is what's
activating the nanites?
Dr. Walter Bishop: [snippy] That's what I just said. And the longer they
are in the bloodstream, the more sensitive they become, so that the
slightest exertion can trigger the overload.



Fringe S4E22 'Brave New World: Part 2'
IMDb sez: "In the Season Four finale, the Fringe team is pushed to their breaking point as they desperately attempt to prevent a catastrophic
event threatening the lives of everyone." (Umm, DUH!)

The glyphs for this episode spell out: PURGE

This was Leonard Nimoy's final television acting role before his death
on February 27, 2015 at the age of 83. Subsequently, however, he
provided his voice in one animated film and in one animated video game,
as well as in the major motion picture, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013).
Bell's freighter is reportedly enroute to a destination known as Talos.
In The Menagerie: Part I (1966) Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and his former
commander Christopher Pike head for the planet Talos IV. Talos was also
the name of William Bell's cargo freighter ship.
At around 29 minutes, in the helicopter, listen to Nina's speech to
Olivia, about how she is special, and has the ability to move between
the two worlds. Although worded differently, it clearly has essentially
the same "tone, and message" as the speech given to the Wizard of Oz's Dorothy, in her final moments before using her Ruby slippers to go home.
(Oh My God! Abrams is ruining Oz for me!!!!)

Olivia Dunham: [to Peter] If you've lost your mind, now would be the
time to tell me!

Dr. Walter Bishop: Peter, this is no time for emotions. Time is of the essence. We have to move rapidly if we're going to save her.
Peter Bishop: Save her? She's dead.
Dr. Walter Bishop: You know very well that hasn't always stopped me.

Olivia Dunham: Well, what are we going to do about Walter? Our only
lead is dead.
Peter Bishop: Doesn't mean we can't still question her.



What Did You Watch?


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On 6/12/2025 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

Fringe S4E21 'Brave New World: Part 1'
IMDb sez: "A mysterious Fringe event, causing people to spontaneously combust, forces Walter to revisit his painful past while the Fringe team faces off against David Robert Jones to save the world - or worlds."

The glyphs for this episode spell out: POWERS
The character Dr. Benlo is played by Samantha Noble, real-life daughter
of John Noble who plays Dr. Walter Bishop.
The name of the episode comes from a quote from Shakespeare's "The
Tempest". It is also the name of a novel by Aldous Huxley
The music at the beginning of this episode (when the guy is getting
coffee and then going down the escalator) is the muzak version of Billy Idol's "Eyes Without a Face."
This episode features the running joke where Walter can't quite
correctly recall Astrid's name. Here he calls her "Athos" as in one of
the three musketeers.
Continuing the series joke, Walter (John Noble) calls Astrid (Jasika
Nicole) "Alex."
Astrid Farnsworth's Agent's ID is JH112402.
Walter refers to the opposite side of the earth (the "antipode") as
being India. Actually the antipode of Boston is just to the southwest of Perth, Western Australia.

Jessica Holt: What are you?
Dr. Walter Bishop: I'm human. What are you? Is this some sort of alien invasion? Are you a part of a strike...?
Jessica Holt: No, I mean, what are doing here? Are you a doctor?

Dr. Walter Bishop: The escalator is infested with nanites.
Olivia Dunham: Nanites?
Astrid Farnsworth: They are microscopic self-replicating robotics.
There's a machine that's generating them.
Dr. Walter Bishop: Despite their itty-bitty size, each of them is
capable of storing a tremendous amount of energy, and it would seem they
can be overloaded by the bio-kinetic energy stored in the cells of
anyone infected.
Peter Bishop: [bemused] You mean, these people's movement is what's activating the nanites?
Dr. Walter Bishop: [snippy] That's what I just said. And the longer they
are in the bloodstream, the more sensitive they become, so that the slightest exertion can trigger the overload.

Fringe S4E22 'Brave New World: Part 2'
IMDb sez: "In the Season Four finale, the Fringe team is pushed to their breaking point as they desperately attempt to prevent a catastrophic
event threatening the lives of everyone."� (Umm, DUH!)

The glyphs for this episode spell out: PURGE

This was Leonard Nimoy's final television acting role before his death
on February 27, 2015 at the age of 83. Subsequently, however, he
provided his voice in one animated film and in one animated video game,
as well as in the major motion picture, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). Bell's freighter is reportedly enroute to a destination known as Talos.
In The Menagerie: Part I (1966) Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and his former commander Christopher Pike head for the planet Talos IV. Talos was also
the name of William Bell's cargo freighter ship.
At around 29 minutes, in the helicopter, listen to Nina's speech to
Olivia, about how she is special, and has the ability to move between
the two worlds. Although worded differently, it clearly has essentially
the same "tone, and message" as the speech given to the Wizard of Oz's Dorothy, in her final moments before using her Ruby slippers to go home.
�(Oh My God!� Abrams is ruining Oz for me!!!!)

Olivia Dunham: [to Peter] If you've lost your mind, now would be the
time to tell me!

Dr. Walter Bishop: Peter, this is no time for emotions. Time is of the essence. We have to move rapidly if we're going to save her.
Peter Bishop: Save her? She's dead.
Dr. Walter Bishop: You know very well that hasn't always stopped me.

:-)

Olivia Dunham: Well, what are we going to do about Walter?� Our only
lead is dead.
Peter Bishop: Doesn't mean we can't still question her.

You've now watched all 4 seasons. I'm interested if when season 5 rolls around you still don't think they retconned the Observers or not.

What Did You Watch?

I watched:

Becky (Paramount+) 2020 movie starring Lulu Wilson as a 13-year-old
girl, with let's say, issues. Her father (Joel McHale) takes her out to
a secluded cabin to spend time with her future stepmother and
stepbrother. Becky wants nothing to do with any of them and while she
is off sulking a gang of neo-Nazis show up and hold the family hostage.
The Nazi's want a key that was hidden on the property. Becky has the
key, but instead of giving it to the Nazi's she hunts them down one by
one and painfully kills them.


The Wrath of Becky (Showtime) 2023 sequel which picks up with Becky
(Lulu Wilson) a few years after the events of the first movie. Becky encounters a completely different group of Neo-Nazis and this group
decides to follow her home from work, murder her friend, and dognap her
dog. Becky then decides to hunt them down and kill them with extreme prejudice. The first movie is pretty much played straight. This one is played with a little bit more tongue in check. They do things in this
one like having Becky break the fourth wall to talk to the audience and
show her fantasies on killing various bad guys. I think they were going
for more of a Deadpool vibe with this one. Although the Neo-Nazi group
(Lead by Sean William Scott) all play it totally straight. Becky is the
only one who realizes the absurdity of her situation. I had this
sitting on the DVR for a while. Based on the plot description, I wasn't
sure if I had seen it before or not, until I hit play and realized it
was a sequel to a movie I definitely had seen before. So, I hit pause, watched, "Becky" then came back to watch the sequel.


Aquaman (3D blu-ray) 2018 movie set in the DCEU starring Jason Momoa as
Lobo, I mean Aquaman. Momoa plays Lobo, I mean Aquaman as a loner who
just wants to do his own thing and be The Main Man. But his half
brother Orm (Patrick Wilson) sets out to unite the underwater kingdoms
by force so he can launch a war against the surface world. Mera (Amber
Heard) has to convince The Main Man to return to Atlantis, defeat his
brother, and save the day. But to do this The Main Man will have to
also do battle with Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II). This is one of
the better DCEU movies and it looks great in 3D.


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On 6/12/25 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

After morning errands, I played my video game all yesterday in a doomed
effort to win a tournament. [roll] But I did manage to get through:

soaps: DOOL - Part 3 of John's funeral. This was better as the kind
words about "John" were almost certainly directed more at late actor
Drake Hogestyn - Booster Brady's speech on "John's eyebrow" acting
antics alone was worth the price of admission. Meanwhile, barely
recovered from his coma, Bo (Peter Reckell) insists upon showing up at
John's funeral to give the final speech (which, again, seemed more
directed at Hogestyn than "John Black"). I'm guessing today's ep will be
the memorial reception after the funeral.
GH - Tue's ep. Willow holds her own on the stand against evol Diane
Miller the lawyer, and likely did enough to ensure she won't outright
lose the custody case. (I can't wait until Willow finds out that Drew
did what Michael accused him of!) Meanwhile, Brook Lynn tells Tracy that
she intends to take revenge! REVENGE!! on Lulu (hopefully this
spectacularly backfires on Brook Lynn). And evol Kristina hires Cody to
seduce Ava (and, disappointingly, Cody didn't tell her to "Shove it!").

Seduced by His Lies (recorded off Lifetime on Sunday night) - Lauren Lee
Smith stars in this as a (now older) "babe in the woods", so to speak!
She buys a town house but when she tries to move in, a dude (Christopher Russell) is already living there, claiming he bought the same townhouse too!
Now Christopher Russell usually plays dopey hunks on Hallmark-type
flicks, but his presence here is an obvious red flag that the dude, no
matter how hunky and friendly here, is up to no good.
But Lauren Lee Smith's character is a dope, so as she starts
investigating into the scam that was perpetrated, she tells the hunky
dude every step of her investigation along the way! (So dumb!! She
doesn't know this dude from Adam! She doesn't know if this dude is
involved in the scam or not! She should tell him nothing!!)
Anyway, of course it's not long before she's boffing this hunky
sketchy dude as only Lauren Lee Smith can!
You can pretty much tell where this is heading, especially when it
becomes clear that there's apparently an overall "crime boss" calling
the shots (conservation of characters makes it very clear who that has
to be if it's not Russell's character). So no real surprises here.
If this is enjoyable at all, it's because Smith and her character
are so plucky. But her character is such a moron that it's hard to find
the reward in this.

Then, before I went to bed, I tried to catch up on fixing the cast
listings on IMDb for Lifetime flicks that have premiered over the past
several months that I've been shirking my duties on! I was only able to
do about 2/3 of them - the other 1/3 are flicks that aired more than a
month ago, and have not shown up on LMN yet so I can't get the correct
cast lists from the Lifetime website's film library.


What did you watch?


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On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:48:00 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 6/12/25 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

After morning errands, I played my video game all yesterday in a doomed >effort to win a tournament. [roll] But I did manage to get through:

You may have said before but what video game are you playing?

What did you watch?

THE ACCOUNTANT 2: Buddy time


Seriously there was a good deal of brotherly bonding in this flick
that made it a bit lighter than the first one. Even though there was
plenty of violence and death. It also appears the accountant has quite
a reputation amongst the underworld.

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On 6/12/2025 9:48 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 6/12/25 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

After morning errands, I played my video game all yesterday in a doomed effort to win a tournament. [roll] But I did manage to get through:

soaps: DOOL - Part 3 of John's funeral. This was better as the kind
words about "John" were almost certainly directed more at late actor
Drake Hogestyn - Booster Brady's speech on "John's eyebrow" acting
antics alone was worth the price of admission. Meanwhile, barely
recovered from his coma, Bo (Peter Reckell) insists upon showing up at John's funeral to give the final speech (which, again, seemed more
directed at Hogestyn than "John Black"). I'm guessing today's ep will be
the memorial reception after the funeral.

In an interview, Eric Martsolf said that no one was acting in theses
scenes. They truly were a sendoff for Drake.


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On 6/12/25 10:21 AM, shawn wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:48:00 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 6/12/25 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

After morning errands, I played my video game all yesterday in a doomed
effort to win a tournament. [roll] But I did manage to get through:

You may have said before but what video game are you playing?

Hero Wars Alliance app (not to be confused with the web-based version of
the game, Hero Wars Dominion Era):
https://www.nexters.com/en/hero-wars

Do not succumb! The ads for this game are *highly misleading*, but the
game itself is highly addictive, and can drain your wallet if you are
not disciplined!!



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On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:44:03 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 6/12/25 10:21 AM, shawn wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:48:00 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 6/12/25 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

After morning errands, I played my video game all yesterday in a doomed
effort to win a tournament. [roll] But I did manage to get through:

You may have said before but what video game are you playing?

Hero Wars Alliance app (not to be confused with the web-based version of
the game, Hero Wars Dominion Era):
https://www.nexters.com/en/hero-wars

Do not succumb! The ads for this game are *highly misleading*, but the
game itself is highly addictive, and can drain your wallet if you are
not disciplined!!

Not a problem for me. I refuse to play any game that wants me to pay
to keep playing or progress. I may have missed out on some decent
games in the past but my bank account thanks me.

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On 6/12/2025 11:11 AM, shawn wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:44:03 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 6/12/25 10:21 AM, shawn wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:48:00 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 6/12/25 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

After morning errands, I played my video game all yesterday in a doomed >>>> effort to win a tournament. [roll] But I did manage to get through:

You may have said before but what video game are you playing?

Hero Wars Alliance app (not to be confused with the web-based version of
the game, Hero Wars Dominion Era):
https://www.nexters.com/en/hero-wars

Do not succumb! The ads for this game are *highly misleading*, but the
game itself is highly addictive, and can drain your wallet if you are
not disciplined!!

Not a problem for me. I refuse to play any game that wants me to pay
to keep playing or progress. I may have missed out on some decent
games in the past but my bank account thanks me.

About 8 or so years ago I got caught up playing one of those free online
games that you had to spend real money to on to actually win. It was
also a team cooperative game so that added peer pressure. I played for
a few years and spent way too much money on the add ins, but I
eventually stopped playing and my bank account thanked me as well.

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On 6/12/25 12:27 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 6/12/2025 11:11 AM, shawn wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:44:03 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 6/12/25 10:21 AM, shawn wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:48:00 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid> >>>> wrote:

On 6/12/25 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

After morning errands, I played my video game all yesterday in a
doomed effort to win a tournament. [roll] But I did manage to get through:

You may have said before but what video game are you playing?

Hero Wars Alliance app (not to be confused with the web-based version of >>> the game, Hero Wars Dominion Era):
https://www.nexters.com/en/hero-wars

Do not succumb! The ads for this game are *highly misleading*, but the
game itself is highly addictive, and can drain your wallet if you are
not disciplined!!

Not a problem for me. I refuse to play any game that wants me to pay
to keep playing or progress. I may have missed out on some decent
games in the past but my bank account thanks me.

About 8 or so years ago I got caught up playing one of those free online games that you had to spend real money to on to actually win.� It was
also a team cooperative game so that added peer pressure.� I played for
a few years and spent way too much money on the add ins, but I
eventually stopped playing and my bank account thanked me as well.

Yes, Hero Wars is very much like that - you *can* do F2P ("free to
play") and play the game that way. If you do, you can have fun, but
you'll likely never get past being "mid-tier" - if you're OK with that,
great! If you want to be a "top dog", however, you will have to spend
and spend and spend. I misplayed the game at the beginning, so I did
spend some to "fix" my mistakes. But I think I've stabilized things now,
so I am resisting the urge to spend any more ca$h. So far, it's working.



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shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:44:03 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 6/12/25 10:21 AM, shawn wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:48:00 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 6/12/25 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

After morning errands, I played my video game all yesterday in a doomed >>>> effort to win a tournament. [roll] But I did manage to get through:

You may have said before but what video game are you playing?

Hero Wars Alliance app (not to be confused with the web-based version of
the game, Hero Wars Dominion Era):
https://www.nexters.com/en/hero-wars

Do not succumb! The ads for this game are *highly misleading*, but the
game itself is highly addictive, and can drain your wallet if you are
not disciplined!!

Not a problem for me. I refuse to play any game that wants me to pay
to keep playing or progress. I may have missed out on some decent
games in the past but my bank account thanks me.

I came to a halt with a game I’ve been playing with a friend for years,
Words With FRiEnDs, this week, after it notified me it was my turn, but
when I opened the app, I got an intercept that said I had to allow them to
sell any information they wanted, and there is no choice to proceed, except
a click “allow”

--
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shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:48:00 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 6/12/25 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

After morning errands, I played my video game all yesterday in a doomed
effort to win a tournament. [roll] But I did manage to get through:

You may have said before but what video game are you playing?

What did you watch?

THE ACCOUNTANT 2: Buddy time

Seriously there was a good deal of brotherly bonding in this flick
that made it a bit lighter than the first one. Even though there was
plenty of violence and death. It also appears the accountant has quite
a reputation amongst the underworld.

The Plex tried to get me to watch that last night. I don’t know anything about it. Should I watch the first one first?

--
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Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

On 6/12/2025 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

I watched:

Aquaman (3D blu-ray) 2018 movie set in the DCEU starring Jason Momoa as Lobo, I mean Aquaman. Momoa plays Lobo, I mean Aquaman as a loner who
just wants to do his own thing and be The Main Man. But his half
brother Orm (Patrick Wilson) sets out to unite the underwater kingdoms
by force so he can launch a war against the surface world. Mera (Amber Heard) has to convince The Main Man to return to Atlantis, defeat his brother, and save the day. But to do this The Main Man will have to
also do battle with Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II). This is one of
the better DCEU movies and it looks great in 3D.

My problem was that this didn’t seem to have anything to do with the comic book Aquaman and was actually a prince namor the submariner movie.

And then when we actually got Prince Namor the submariner in a movie it had nothing to do with the character either except for the wings on his feet.

Maybe will actually get Namor in a fantastic four movie?

Meanwhile, Momoa is actually going to play Lobo.



--
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On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:33:36 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:48:00 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 6/12/25 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

After morning errands, I played my video game all yesterday in a doomed >>> effort to win a tournament. [roll] But I did manage to get through:

You may have said before but what video game are you playing?

What did you watch?

THE ACCOUNTANT 2: Buddy time


Seriously there was a good deal of brotherly bonding in this flick
that made it a bit lighter than the first one. Even though there was
plenty of violence and death. It also appears the accountant has quite
a reputation amongst the underworld.

The Plex tried to get me to watch that last night. I don’t know anything >about it. Should I watch the first one first?

You don't have to but it will be clearer what is going with 2 and why
some decisions are made with 2 if you watch 1 first. 1 has less
lighter moments but both are full of gritty moments as I said above.
So make it a double feature and watch both. ;)

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On 6/12/25 1:33 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:48:00 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 6/12/25 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

After morning errands, I played my video game all yesterday in a doomed
effort to win a tournament. [roll] But I did manage to get through:

You may have said before but what video game are you playing?

What did you watch?

THE ACCOUNTANT 2: Buddy time

Seriously there was a good deal of brotherly bonding in this flick
that made it a bit lighter than the first one. Even though there was
plenty of violence and death. It also appears the accountant has quite
a reputation amongst the underworld.

The Plex tried to get me to watch that last night. I don’t know anything about it. Should I watch the first one first?

The first one has incredibly cute Anna Kendrick. So, yes.



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On 6/12/2025 1:33 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

On 6/12/2025 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

I watched:



Aquaman (3D blu-ray) 2018 movie set in the DCEU starring Jason Momoa as
Lobo, I mean Aquaman. Momoa plays Lobo, I mean Aquaman as a loner who
just wants to do his own thing and be The Main Man. But his half
brother Orm (Patrick Wilson) sets out to unite the underwater kingdoms
by force so he can launch a war against the surface world. Mera (Amber
Heard) has to convince The Main Man to return to Atlantis, defeat his
brother, and save the day. But to do this The Main Man will have to
also do battle with Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II). This is one of
the better DCEU movies and it looks great in 3D.

My problem was that this didn’t seem to have anything to do with the comic book Aquaman and was actually a prince namor the submariner movie.

And then when we actually got Prince Namor the submariner in a movie it had nothing to do with the character either except for the wings on his feet.

Maybe will actually get Namor in a fantastic four movie?

Meanwhile, Momoa is actually going to play Lobo.

Which is who he should have been cast as the first time around.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Moviesinthemaking/comments/1jzznpe/set_photos_of_jason_momoa_as_lobo_on_the_set_of/


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"Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid> writes:

On 6/12/25 1:33 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:48:00 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 6/12/25 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

After morning errands, I played my video game all yesterday in a doomed >>>> effort to win a tournament. [roll] But I did manage to get through:

You may have said before but what video game are you playing?

What did you watch?

THE ACCOUNTANT 2: Buddy time

Seriously there was a good deal of brotherly bonding in this flick
that made it a bit lighter than the first one. Even though there was
plenty of violence and death. It also appears the accountant has quite
a reputation amongst the underworld.

The Plex tried to get me to watch that last night. I don’t know anything >> about it. Should I watch the first one first?

The first one has incredibly cute Anna Kendrick. So, yes.

The first one is a much better movie, and you won't appreciate the character interactions in the second nearly as well without having seen the first.


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arthur@alum.calberkeley.org wrote:

On 6/12/2025 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

Ubiquitous wrote:

Fringe S4E21 'Brave New World: Part 1'
Fringe S4E22 'Brave New World: Part 2'

You've now watched all 4 seasons. I'm interested if when season 5 rolls >around you still don't think they retconned the Observers or not.

There's no doubt about it, but I expected the wheels to fall off this
train, given it's from Jar Jar Abrams.




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shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:33:36 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:48:00 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 6/12/25 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

After morning errands, I played my video game all yesterday in a doomed >>>> effort to win a tournament. [roll] But I did manage to get through:

You may have said before but what video game are you playing?

What did you watch?

THE ACCOUNTANT 2: Buddy time


Seriously there was a good deal of brotherly bonding in this flick
that made it a bit lighter than the first one. Even though there was
plenty of violence and death. It also appears the accountant has quite
a reputation amongst the underworld.

The Plex tried to get me to watch that last night. I don’t know anything >> about it. Should I watch the first one first?

You don't have to but it will be clearer what is going with 2 and why
some decisions are made with 2 if you watch 1 first. 1 has less
lighter moments but both are full of gritty moments as I said above.
So make it a double feature and watch both. ;)

Thanks. I’ll see if one is available to me. :-)

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

On 6/12/25 1:33 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:48:00 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 6/12/25 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

After morning errands, I played my video game all yesterday in a doomed >>>> effort to win a tournament. [roll] But I did manage to get through:

You may have said before but what video game are you playing?

What did you watch?

THE ACCOUNTANT 2: Buddy time

Seriously there was a good deal of brotherly bonding in this flick
that made it a bit lighter than the first one. Even though there was
plenty of violence and death. It also appears the accountant has quite
a reputation amongst the underworld.

The Plex tried to get me to watch that last night. I don’t know anything >> about it. Should I watch the first one first?

The first one has incredibly cute Anna Kendrick. So, yes.

Heh

Both are free with commercials on the prime



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On 6/12/2025 1:33 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:48:00 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 6/12/25 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

After morning errands, I played my video game all yesterday in a doomed
effort to win a tournament. [roll] But I did manage to get through:

You may have said before but what video game are you playing?

What did you watch?

THE ACCOUNTANT 2: Buddy time


Seriously there was a good deal of brotherly bonding in this flick
that made it a bit lighter than the first one. Even though there was
plenty of violence and death. It also appears the accountant has quite
a reputation amongst the underworld.

The Plex tried to get me to watch that last night. I don’t know anything about it. Should I watch the first one first?

Yes. They are both good movies. The first movie establishes all the characters.

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Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

On 6/12/2025 1:33 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:48:00 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 6/12/25 8:34 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

What Did You Watch?

After morning errands, I played my video game all yesterday in a doomed >>>> effort to win a tournament. [roll] But I did manage to get through:

You may have said before but what video game are you playing?

What did you watch?

THE ACCOUNTANT 2: Buddy time


Seriously there was a good deal of brotherly bonding in this flick
that made it a bit lighter than the first one. Even though there was
plenty of violence and death. It also appears the accountant has quite
a reputation amongst the underworld.

The Plex tried to get me to watch that last night. I don’t know anything >> about it. Should I watch the first one first?

Yes. They are both good movies. The first movie establishes all the characters.

Both on my PRIME, watchlist, thank you



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