• What Did You Watch? 2026-09-14 (Monday)

    From Ubiquitous@3:633/10 to All on Tue Sep 15 04:30:41 2026
    After my workout, I watched:

    Lanterns Episode 5 REVIEW: Kentucky Fried John Stewart! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIizHA34xAg

    Lanterns Review - Evil WINS As The DCU LOSES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEy1X80ccVM

    [Gawd,this show is the _worst_ !]

    What did you watch?

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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Tue Sep 15 09:13:21 2026
    Ubiquitous wrote in article <UBI20260914@dont-email.me>:

    After my workout, I watched:

    Lanterns Episode 5 REVIEW: Kentucky Fried John Stewart! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIizHA34xAg

    Lanterns Review - Evil WINS As The DCU LOSES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEy1X80ccVM

    [Gawd,this show is the _worst_ !]

    Why do you keep tormenting yourself like this?

    Then again, I could ask myself the same question, because...


    What did you watch?

    I watched the latest Futurama, "Ocean's Three." This was not a
    satire of Ocean's Eleven but three linked satires of The Love
    Boat, Waterworld, and about two minutes of Gilligan's Island
    followed by a blend of Gilligan's Island and Waterworld. This
    wasn't good, but it was less terrible than the other recent
    Futuramas.

    I then turned on YouTube, which suggested The Hardy Boys Meet
    Dracula. How could I say no to such a classy, high-effort
    offering? This "movie" is actually a two-parter from the TV show.
    We watch as Frank and Joe and Nancy meet for the very first time
    after multiple prior meetings. Joe joins a band so Frank can get
    captured by Dracula, while Nancy and Bess poke around. George is
    not present, and Bess was not that beautiful in the books. I
    don't remember the TV show -- did Bess turn beautiful for that,
    or is this a new Bess? Eh, I don't care enough to check.

    The script's dumb, but I wasn't expecting anything else with a
    title like that. Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy are both okay
    as the Hardy brothers, at least insofar as the script allows it,
    but Pamela Sue Martin and whoever played Bess were both
    amateurish. I didn't notice as a kid.

    What did everyone else watch?



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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Tue Sep 15 10:07:08 2026
    On 2026-09-15 9:13 a.m., The True Melissa wrote:


    What did everyone else watch?


    Fauda, Season 5, Episodes 10 and 11:

    If the rumours are correct, these were the last two episodes of the
    final season ever. It was a weird season compared to the previous 4 in
    that the original team was down to just three field operatives, although
    much of the command structure from back at the base was still there.
    (The other earlier team members apparently survived the massive
    firefight that ended Season 4 but were all away on various missions.)
    There was more English and French spoken in this season since the first
    part of the season was set in Marseilles (although apparently actually
    filmed in Hungary). I can't say much about the plot without spoiling
    things but I will say that Season 5 did a good job of giving you a sense
    what it was to be in Israel for the last few years. Or maybe, since I've
    never been there, I should say it largely matches my understanding from
    a variety of documentaries and videos.

    They did not choose to kill off all the key characters - although not
    everyone survives - so if they change their minds and decide to make a
    sixth season, it seems like it should be possible.

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Tue Sep 15 15:24:40 2026
    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote:

    I then turned on YouTube, which suggested The Hardy Boys Meet
    Dracula. How could I say no to such a classy, high-effort
    offering? This "movie" is actually a two-parter from the TV show.
    We watch as Frank and Joe and Nancy meet for the very first time
    after multiple prior meetings.

    Hahahahaha

    I always take that as a running gag. The Odd Couple had multiple
    episodes with contradictory backstories of how Felix and Oscar first
    met. One accepted the discontinuity and went with the joke.

    Joe joins a band so Frank can get
    captured by Dracula, while Nancy and Bess poke around. George is
    not present, and Bess was not that beautiful in the books. I
    don't remember the TV show -- did Bess turn beautiful for that,
    or is this a new Bess? Eh, I don't care enough to check.

    The script's dumb, but I wasn't expecting anything else with a
    title like that. Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy are both okay
    as the Hardy brothers, at least insofar as the script allows it,
    but Pamela Sue Martin and whoever played Bess were both
    amateurish. I didn't notice as a kid.

    Who played Drac?

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Tue Sep 15 09:45:12 2026
    Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote:

    I then turned on YouTube, which suggested The Hardy Boys Meet
    Dracula. How could I say no to such a classy, high-effort
    offering? This "movie" is actually a two-parter from the TV show.
    We watch as Frank and Joe and Nancy meet for the very first time
    after multiple prior meetings.

    Hahahahaha

    I always take that as a running gag. The Odd Couple had multiple
    episodes with contradictory backstories of how Felix and Oscar first
    met. One accepted the discontinuity and went with the joke.

    Joe joins a band so Frank can get
    captured by Dracula, while Nancy and Bess poke around. George is
    not present, and Bess was not that beautiful in the books. I
    don't remember the TV show -- did Bess turn beautiful for that,
    or is this a new Bess? Eh, I don't care enough to check.

    The script's dumb, but I wasn't expecting anything else with a
    title like that. Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy are both okay
    as the Hardy brothers, at least insofar as the script allows it,
    but Pamela Sue Martin and whoever played Bess were both
    amateurish. I didn't notice as a kid.

    Who played Drac?


    Lorne Greene! The one from Bonanza, not the one from Angel.

    I remember it being the first time I ever heard anyone say Vlad Tepes
    aloud. I had been saying it wrong for years.

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Tue Sep 15 09:45:13 2026
    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote:
    Ubiquitous wrote in article <UBI20260914@dont-email.me>:

    After my workout, I watched:

    Lanterns Episode 5 REVIEW: Kentucky Fried John Stewart!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIizHA34xAg

    Lanterns Review - Evil WINS As The DCU LOSES
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEy1X80ccVM

    [Gawd,this show is the _worst_ !]

    Why do you keep tormenting yourself like this?

    Then again, I could ask myself the same question, because...


    What did you watch?


    I then turned on YouTube, which suggested The Hardy Boys Meet
    Dracula. How could I say no to such a classy, high-effort
    offering? This "movie" is actually a two-parter from the TV show.
    We watch as Frank and Joe and Nancy meet for the very first time
    after multiple prior meetings.

    Dracula is the first episode of the second season. In season one, the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew appeared in alternate episodes. This is in fact their
    first meeting.

    Joe joins a band so Frank can get
    captured by Dracula, while Nancy and Bess poke around. George is
    not present, and Bess was not that beautiful in the books. I
    don't remember the TV show -- did Bess turn beautiful for that,
    or is this a new Bess? Eh, I don't care enough to check.


    This is the only Bess, who never appeared in season one. This is the first
    of her three episodes. Different actresses played George in season one and season two.

    The script's dumb, but I wasn't expecting anything else with a
    title like that. Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy are both okay
    as the Hardy brothers, at least insofar as the script allows it,
    but Pamela Sue Martin and whoever played Bess

    Ruth Cox

    were both
    amateurish. I didn't notice as a kid.

    2/3 of the way through the season, Pamela Sue Martin would leave the show
    and be replaced by someone even more amateurish, Janet (Louise Johnson)
    Julian.


    What did everyone else watch?

    Hey, thanks for asking.

    The snARK
    Like Ubi, I continue to torture myself

    But like a blind squirrel, I found a delicious nut

    Coyote vs. ACME
    I just flat out loved this.






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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Tue Sep 15 13:18:29 2026
    anim8rfsk wrote in article <431398837.811181919.768505.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>:

    Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    Who played Drac?


    Lorne Greene! The one from Bonanza, not the one from Angel.

    I remember it being the first time I ever heard anyone say Vlad Tepes
    aloud. I had been saying it wrong for years.

    Yeah, and he was very obviously Dracula from the moment he
    appeared in the present day. He talked like Count von Count from
    Sesame Street.

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  • From Arthur Lipscomb@3:633/10 to All on Tue Sep 15 18:35:57 2026
    On 9/15/2026 6:13 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    snip

    I watched the latest Futurama, "Ocean's Three."

    I forgot they are making more of these.

    This was not a
    satire of Ocean's Eleven but three linked satires of The Love
    Boat, Waterworld, and about two minutes of Gilligan's Island
    followed by a blend of Gilligan's Island and Waterworld. This
    wasn't good, but it was less terrible than the other recent
    Futuramas.

    I then turned on YouTube, which suggested The Hardy Boys Meet
    Dracula. How could I say no to such a classy, high-effort
    offering? This "movie" is actually a two-parter from the TV show.

    I don't think I have ever watched an episode of The Hardy Boys before.
    Was meeting Dracula normal for the show or was it someone pretending to
    be Dracula?

    We watch as Frank and Joe and Nancy meet for the very first time
    after multiple prior meetings. Joe joins a band so Frank can get
    captured by Dracula, while Nancy and Bess poke around. George is
    not present, and Bess was not that beautiful in the books. I
    don't remember the TV show -- did Bess turn beautiful for that,
    or is this a new Bess? Eh, I don't care enough to check.

    The script's dumb, but I wasn't expecting anything else with a
    title like that. Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy are both okay
    as the Hardy brothers, at least insofar as the script allows it,
    but Pamela Sue Martin and whoever played Bess were both
    amateurish. I didn't notice as a kid.

    What did everyone else watch?




    On Monday I binged through a few episodes of season 3 of "The Ark"
    recorded on SyFy. I've been recording it for a while now and finally
    decided to dive into the backlog. It's been just under 2 years since
    the last episode so of course they didn't bother to do a proper recap.
    Anyway, season 3 picks up with the crew of the Ark settling on an alien planet, and the settlers are having difficulty getting along with each
    other. But they have bigger problems than each other because the planet appears to have intelligent alien life. And the aliens kidnapped two of
    the regulars. Or at least one of the regulars. After 2 years I don't
    know if the other guy was a regular or new this season. So The Ark's
    not exactly a good show. The writing is as bad as ever. And the effects
    were pretty good the first time I saw them on Lost in Space. But the
    actors have apparently decided they are now in on the joke and are just hamming it up. So the show has that going for it. And in spite of how
    bad it is, the show does manage to draw me in and keep me coming back
    for more. I'm invested now in finding out what's going to happen next.

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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Wed Sep 16 05:55:41 2026
    Arthur Lipscomb wrote in article <118crpv$2v2jq$1@dont-email.me>:

    On 9/15/2026 6:13 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    snip

    I watched the latest Futurama, "Ocean's Three."

    I forgot they are making more of these.

    You're not alone. They're really not worth watching, but they're
    okay as wallpaper while I'm rolling dice or knitting.

    If they'd ended on "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings," we're
    remember it as a magnificent little gem which was cancelled too
    soon. Instead they've revived it over and over to flog it for
    more cash, and the legacy is tainted by all the bad years.

    I guess it's not news that producers must often choose between
    commercialism and art.


    I then turned on YouTube, which suggested The Hardy Boys Meet
    Dracula. How could I say no to such a classy, high-effort
    offering? This "movie" is actually a two-parter from the TV show.

    I don't think I have ever watched an episode of The Hardy Boys before.
    Was meeting Dracula normal for the show or was it someone pretending to
    be Dracula?

    It was really Dracula, but almost everyone thought he was a fake.
    At the end, Joe alone noticed that Lorne Greene didn't appear in
    a mirror.

    The show wasn't very good. It started with normal mysteries,
    alternating Nancy and the Hardys, but it was such a bad show that
    even kids didn't want to watch it, so they started running random
    nonsense up the flagpole to see if anyone saluted.

    I'm not convinced this was their first meeting. I recall several
    different first meetings, each treated as if Nancy had never met
    the Hardys before. This may have been the first, but if it kept
    happening, does it even matter?


    So The Ark's
    not exactly a good show. The writing is as bad as ever. And the effects were pretty good the first time I saw them on Lost in Space. But the
    actors have apparently decided they are now in on the joke and are just hamming it up. So the show has that going for it. And in spite of how
    bad it is, the show does manage to draw me in and keep me coming back
    for more. I'm invested now in finding out what's going to happen next.

    Interesting. I don't have SyFy, or I'd check it out.

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Wed Sep 16 09:20:50 2026
    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote:
    Arthur Lipscomb wrote in article <118crpv$2v2jq$1@dont-email.me>:

    On 9/15/2026 6:13 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    snip

    I watched the latest Futurama, "Ocean's Three."

    I forgot they are making more of these.

    You're not alone. They're really not worth watching, but they're
    okay as wallpaper while I'm rolling dice or knitting.

    If they'd ended on "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings," we're
    remember it as a magnificent little gem which was cancelled too
    soon. Instead they've revived it over and over to flog it for
    more cash, and the legacy is tainted by all the bad years.

    I guess it's not news that producers must often choose between
    commercialism and art.


    I then turned on YouTube, which suggested The Hardy Boys Meet
    Dracula. How could I say no to such a classy, high-effort
    offering? This "movie" is actually a two-parter from the TV show.

    I don't think I have ever watched an episode of The Hardy Boys before.
    Was meeting Dracula normal for the show or was it someone pretending to
    be Dracula?

    It was really Dracula, but almost everyone thought he was a fake.
    At the end, Joe alone noticed that Lorne Greene didn't appear in
    a mirror.

    Thank you. I knew he was the real Dracula, but couldn?t remember what proof
    we were offered.

    There?s something wrong with the rights to this episode because years ago
    when I went to pick up the DVD set, it was not included.



    The show wasn't very good. It started with normal mysteries,
    alternating Nancy and the Hardys, but it was such a bad show that
    even kids didn't want to watch it, so they started running random
    nonsense up the flagpole to see if anyone saluted.

    I'm not convinced this was their first meeting. I recall several
    different first meetings, each treated as if Nancy had never met
    the Hardys before. This may have been the first, but if it kept
    happening, does it even matter?

    I double checked IMDb. All the first season Nancy episodes list Joe and
    Frank as ?Credit only? and all the first season Joe and Frank episodes list Nancy as ?Credit only?

    And the third season episodes don?t list Nancy at all.




    So The Ark's
    not exactly a good show. The writing is as bad as ever. And the effects
    were pretty good the first time I saw them on Lost in Space. But the
    actors have apparently decided they are now in on the joke and are just
    hamming it up. So the show has that going for it. And in spite of how
    bad it is, the show does manage to draw me in and keep me coming back
    for more. I'm invested now in finding out what's going to happen next.

    Interesting. I don't have SyFy, or I'd check it out.


    Then you could suffer with us.

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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Wed Sep 16 13:21:22 2026
    On 2026-09-16 5:55 a.m., The True Melissa wrote:
    Arthur Lipscomb wrote in article <118crpv$2v2jq$1@dont-email.me>:

    On 9/15/2026 6:13 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    snip

    I watched the latest Futurama, "Ocean's Three."

    I forgot they are making more of these.

    You're not alone. They're really not worth watching, but they're
    okay as wallpaper while I'm rolling dice or knitting.

    I thought one of the episodes in the latest batch was decent. I think it
    was the second.... Yeah, the one where they scam the scammers.


    If they'd ended on "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings," we're
    remember it as a magnificent little gem which was cancelled too
    soon. Instead they've revived it over and over to flog it for
    more cash, and the legacy is tainted by all the bad years.

    I guess it's not news that producers must often choose between
    commercialism and art.

    Overall though, I agree that the quality isn't what it once was.>
    I then turned on YouTube, which suggested The Hardy Boys Meet
    Dracula. How could I say no to such a classy, high-effort
    offering? This "movie" is actually a two-parter from the TV show.

    I don't think I have ever watched an episode of The Hardy Boys before.
    Was meeting Dracula normal for the show or was it someone pretending to
    be Dracula?

    It was really Dracula, but almost everyone thought he was a fake.
    At the end, Joe alone noticed that Lorne Greene didn't appear in
    a mirror.

    The show wasn't very good. It started with normal mysteries,
    alternating Nancy and the Hardys, but it was such a bad show that
    even kids didn't want to watch it, so they started running random
    nonsense up the flagpole to see if anyone saluted.

    I'm not convinced this was their first meeting. I recall several
    different first meetings, each treated as if Nancy had never met
    the Hardys before. This may have been the first, but if it kept
    happening, does it even matter?


    So The Ark's
    not exactly a good show. The writing is as bad as ever. And the effects
    were pretty good the first time I saw them on Lost in Space. But the
    actors have apparently decided they are now in on the joke and are just
    hamming it up. So the show has that going for it. And in spite of how
    bad it is, the show does manage to draw me in and keep me coming back
    for more. I'm invested now in finding out what's going to happen next.

    Interesting. I don't have SyFy, or I'd check it out.



    --
    Rhino

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