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Ubiquitous
Jul 19, 2015, 12:53:18 PM7/19/15
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I watched:
TOUR DE FRANCE
TMC UNDERGROUND:
"Equinox". Picnic plans are ruined for four friends when they stumble
onto an occult book. Hey, it's Herb Tarlick!
"Solar Babies". Three 10-year-olds, who were born simultaneously during
a lunar eclipse, go on a murderous rampage.
What did you watch?
--
"Obama is a damned narcissistic idiot who has just made the world a
much more dangerous place. Our children will curse his name."
http://www.jonmcnaughton.com/obama-foreign-policy/
TOUR DE FRANCE
TMC UNDERGROUND:
"Equinox". Picnic plans are ruined for four friends when they stumble
onto an occult book. Hey, it's Herb Tarlick!
"Solar Babies". Three 10-year-olds, who were born simultaneously during
a lunar eclipse, go on a murderous rampage.
What did you watch?
--
"Obama is a damned narcissistic idiot who has just made the world a
much more dangerous place. Our children will curse his name."
http://www.jonmcnaughton.com/obama-foreign-policy/
Obveeus
Jul 19, 2015, 12:58:44 PM7/19/15
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On 7/19/2015 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>
> What did you watch?
ANTMAN: The 2015 film starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas. Numerous
funny moments and a good pace, even if the whole plotline was a bit too
slick for its own good.
anim8rfsk
Jul 19, 2015, 1:26:02 PM7/19/15
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In article <UBI20...@dont-email.me>, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net>
wrote:
> I watched:
>
> TOUR DE FRANCE
>
> TMC UNDERGROUND:
> "Equinox". Picnic plans are ruined for four friends when they stumble
> onto an occult book. Hey, it's Herb Tarlick!
>
> "Solar Babies". Three 10-year-olds, who were born simultaneously during
> a lunar eclipse, go on a murderous rampage.
>
> What did you watch?
>
ROBOSHARK
Syfy's Shark Week begins with what could have been the best 'alien space
probe infects unsuspecting marine animal' flick yet, but it's
inexplicably played for laughs and the result is ... underwhelming. The
mother/daughter casting is believable, the father and Navy guy stuff is
just wretched, and the CGI people aren't trying at all. Most of the
time ROBOSHARK looks like a cartoon version of one of those radio
control shark blimp toys.
SHARKNADO (1) with SYFY SYNC!
Talk about underwhelming. Whoever they had program the colored lights
changing clearly was just following a set of rules and paying no
attention to the actual job. So "every time a shark appears by itself
on screen all lights go red" is annoying when most of the times when a
shark is by itself on screen, it's swimming underwater and the lights
should be, you know, blue, and "every time someone fires a gun on screen
all lights go red" is annoying when they're blowing the locks off doors
and such. Much less effective than the episode of 12 Monkeys I tested
the HUE system out on was.
Most of the sync was a couple seconds behind, as I'd been warned, but
some of it was dead on. Supposedly this works by listening to the
audio. I'm not sure exactly *what* listens, if it's the mePhone or the
HUE controller bridge or what. It's smart enough to stop INSTANTLY at
commercial breaks, and start right up again when they're over. I need
to do some testing on this.
Bottom line? HUE lights are cool enough that a friend of mine just
ordered them for his house. I'm hoping they'll have improved their
technique by the time we get to SHARKNADO 3 OH HELL NO. And I'm glad
Cassie Czerbo will be back!
--
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wrote:
> I watched:
>
> TOUR DE FRANCE
>
> TMC UNDERGROUND:
> "Equinox". Picnic plans are ruined for four friends when they stumble
> onto an occult book. Hey, it's Herb Tarlick!
>
> "Solar Babies". Three 10-year-olds, who were born simultaneously during
> a lunar eclipse, go on a murderous rampage.
>
> What did you watch?
>
Syfy's Shark Week begins with what could have been the best 'alien space
probe infects unsuspecting marine animal' flick yet, but it's
inexplicably played for laughs and the result is ... underwhelming. The
mother/daughter casting is believable, the father and Navy guy stuff is
just wretched, and the CGI people aren't trying at all. Most of the
time ROBOSHARK looks like a cartoon version of one of those radio
control shark blimp toys.
SHARKNADO (1) with SYFY SYNC!
Talk about underwhelming. Whoever they had program the colored lights
changing clearly was just following a set of rules and paying no
attention to the actual job. So "every time a shark appears by itself
on screen all lights go red" is annoying when most of the times when a
shark is by itself on screen, it's swimming underwater and the lights
should be, you know, blue, and "every time someone fires a gun on screen
all lights go red" is annoying when they're blowing the locks off doors
and such. Much less effective than the episode of 12 Monkeys I tested
the HUE system out on was.
Most of the sync was a couple seconds behind, as I'd been warned, but
some of it was dead on. Supposedly this works by listening to the
audio. I'm not sure exactly *what* listens, if it's the mePhone or the
HUE controller bridge or what. It's smart enough to stop INSTANTLY at
commercial breaks, and start right up again when they're over. I need
to do some testing on this.
Bottom line? HUE lights are cool enough that a friend of mine just
ordered them for his house. I'm hoping they'll have improved their
technique by the time we get to SHARKNADO 3 OH HELL NO. And I'm glad
Cassie Czerbo will be back!
--
SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEQUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuu......
Arthur Lipscomb
Jul 19, 2015, 1:29:42 PM7/19/15
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I watched:
Hannibal - "Digestivo" - Will, Hannibal and Mason spend some quality
time together. Next up Red Dragon.
Masters of Sex - "Parliament of Owls" - Season 3 ups the melodrama to
11. I'm just not really caring any more.
UnReal - "Savior" - Picks up with the aftermath of last week's suicide
by one of the contestants. I was reading in another thread people
prefer the comedy. I never really found this show funny. I actually am
more interest in this turn the show has taken.
Reactor - This is almost identical to the Wil Wheaton Project except
without Wil Wheaton and not as good.
Maggie (Netflix rental) - Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the father of a
daughter who is slowly turning into a zombie. The Zombie outbreak is
more or less under control with camps set up to house people who have
been bit. However Schwarzenegger doesn't want to send his daughter to
one of the inhumane camps. I kept reading how great this movie was but
I found it so-so at best.
Ian J. Ball
Jul 19, 2015, 2:19:46 PM7/19/15
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In article <anim8rfsk-620B5...@news.easynews.com>,
Break It"... with Casse Scerbo!! :)
Ian (I'm going to miss Aubrey Peeples in the third one, though, almost
as much as I missed Scerbo in the second... :( )
--
"Confirmed. Ass-kicking imminent." - ship's computer, in
"Bangarang" (ep. #1), "Killjoys" (06-19-2015)
anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
> Bottom line? HUE lights are cool enough that a friend of mine just
> ordered them for his house. I'm hoping they'll have improved their
> technique by the time we get to SHARKNADO 3 OH HELL NO. And I'm glad
> Cassie Czerbo will be back!
Your next mission, should you choose to accept it: Watch "Make It or
> Bottom line? HUE lights are cool enough that a friend of mine just
> ordered them for his house. I'm hoping they'll have improved their
> technique by the time we get to SHARKNADO 3 OH HELL NO. And I'm glad
> Cassie Czerbo will be back!
Break It"... with Casse Scerbo!! :)
Ian (I'm going to miss Aubrey Peeples in the third one, though, almost
as much as I missed Scerbo in the second... :( )
--
"Confirmed. Ass-kicking imminent." - ship's computer, in
"Bangarang" (ep. #1), "Killjoys" (06-19-2015)
Michael Black
Jul 19, 2015, 2:47:08 PM7/19/15
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On Sun, 19 Jul 2015, Ubiquitous wrote:
> I watched:
>
> TOUR DE FRANCE
>
> TMC UNDERGROUND:
> "Equinox". Picnic plans are ruined for four friends when they stumble
> onto an occult book. Hey, it's Herb Tarlick!
>
> "Solar Babies". Three 10-year-olds, who were born simultaneously during
> a lunar eclipse, go on a murderous rampage.
>
So this isn't the movie with Jamie Gertz and some other roller skaters on
> I watched:
>
> TOUR DE FRANCE
>
> TMC UNDERGROUND:
> "Equinox". Picnic plans are ruined for four friends when they stumble
> onto an occult book. Hey, it's Herb Tarlick!
>
> "Solar Babies". Three 10-year-olds, who were born simultaneously during
> a lunar eclipse, go on a murderous rampage.
>
a planet where some evil guy has grabbed all the water or something like
that?
> What did you watch?
Die Hard III. Back in January I got a set of the movies (the four of
them( for 9.99), and while the first two are sort of Christmas related,
this one is set in the summer, so I watched it again.
Then I watched some of "Krakatoa, East of Java". It turns out that one of
the pearl divers is played by someone who was in "Lt Robin Crusoe USN"
that I watched last week.
Yesterday the forecast was for rain all day, and then it barely rained
(though it did stay cloudy). Today thunderstorms are forecast, for the
full day, but there hasn't been any rain since early. On the other hand,
it's humid enough for thunderstorms, and it feels like one could hit any
minute. So both days are mostly a washout for going out, but I suspect
reception won't be good so I'll miss "Che!" with Omar Shariff on the
Movies! subchannel at 5:30 or so eastern.
Michael
Obveeus
Jul 19, 2015, 2:53:07 PM7/19/15
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On 7/19/2015 1:25 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> SHARKNADO (1) with SYFY SYNC!
> Talk about underwhelming. Whoever they had program the colored lights
> changing clearly was just following a set of rules and paying no
> attention to the actual job. So "every time a shark appears by itself
> on screen all lights go red" is annoying when most of the times when a
> shark is by itself on screen, it's swimming underwater and the lights
> should be, you know, blue, and "every time someone fires a gun on screen
> all lights go red" is annoying when they're blowing the locks off doors
> and such. Much less effective than the episode of 12 Monkeys I tested
> the HUE system out on was.
queues in the signal.
> Most of the sync was a couple seconds behind, as I'd been warned, but
> some of it was dead on. Supposedly this works by listening to the
> audio. I'm not sure exactly *what* listens, if it's the mePhone or the
> HUE controller bridge or what. It's smart enough to stop INSTANTLY at
> commercial breaks, and start right up again when they're over. I need
> to do some testing on this.
the same? Oh wait, they are probably programmed specifically not to.
Ian J. Ball
Jul 19, 2015, 3:08:39 PM7/19/15
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wrote:
> What did you watch?
My friend decamped from town yesterday morning, so I could start
> What did you watch?
tackling some of my DVR backlog (this actually covers Friday as
well...):
Melissa & Joey (recorded) - The July 8 "Mel & Joey wake up 100 years in
the future episode". I found this pretty amusing - their whole take on
the inevitable victory of Nanny State Totalitarianism was surprisingly
decent. :)
(Note: In this episode, Nick Robinson was credited, and Ryder was
mentioned, but did not appear on screen...)
Suits (recorded) - Disappointing - no follow up with Harvey and the
headshrinker played by Christina Cole.
In this one, Louis asks Harvey to handle the divorce of Louis' hott
sister (Amy Acker - is there a show she's *not on* right now?!).
Meanwhile, Mike and Robert Zane butt heads over their class action case.
In the end, Harvey finally says something nice to Donna (and Louis).
Extant (recorded) - Semi-decent episode in which Molly goes up against
her son, while Jeffrey Dean Morgan is starting to believe Molly and so
insists upon tagging along.
Wayward Pines (recorded) - Good episode in which Ethan has to try to
thread the needle between the "terrorist" and David Pilcher's creepy
'Hilter Youth'-esque "First Generation" fanatics. In the end, David
Pilcher shows himself to be even worse than anyone imagined...
Mistresses (recorded) - Meh. I really don't care about Karen's stupid
"polyamory" storyline. But I did enjoy the Calista storyline in which
she screwed over her scumbag of a husband.
The Messengers (recorded) - Hey! It's "Dominic" for "Person of Interest"
playing the seventh Messenger!!
Pretty good episode in which the gang has to break "Dominic" out of a
max-security gov't "black site". Meanwhile, Joshua has a vision that
leads him to the previous "Messengers'" "seer" (I love how she was
supposed to be, say, 20-ish in the 1940s, and yet looks no older than
about 70 currently! - she should by *90*!!), and they have a chat...
until the Devil "takes care" of her, permanently!!
Also, this episode hints that Erin's (Sofia Black-D'Elia) daughter
(Madison Dellamea) is the "Antichrist"!!
Devious Maids (recorded) - Displeasing - while this episode had lots of
Brett Cullen, it was the first episode of the season to have *no*
Brianna Brown... :\
Anyway, Adrian Powell's blackmailing of Carmen to "go rough" on him
ends up putting him in the hospital. And Rosie calls a "break" on
Spence, as she still has the "hots" for original husband, Ernesto
(Cristian de la Fuente). I'm not sure what else happened here - I don't
think the "meta" arc was moved at all in this episode.
Dark Matter (recorded) - Another good one!!
This episode finally furnishes some backstory on Four (he "didn't do
it", though his backstory I really don't care about, as he's by far the
least interesting character), Five (she didn't "kill" this other kid, as
they implied some episodes back, and she was a stowaway on the ship -
interestingly, Three was in the process of "spacing" her for being a
stowaway last we saw of her in "memory", so we have no idea how she got
out of that jam!!), and Six (he was apparently a "rebel" who was
betrayed by his leaders who were really more "terrorists" than "rebels",
so Six retaliated by wasting his whole unit).
After this, we still have minimal backstory one One, and *no*
backstory on either Two or Three - I wonder how long we're going to have
to wait to get it...
The Bride He Bought Online (Lifetime) - As I said elsewhere, the four
principals of this were unknown to me (apparently the "lead" girl (Anne
Winters) is on "Tyrant", which I don't watch).
Anyway, this was OK, but not great. Definitely heavy on the "message"
and "teen cautionary tale" aspects here - I liked how the ringleader
girl (Annalisa Cochrane) was sold off into human trafficking for her
hubris, never to be see again!!
Jamie Luner and Alexandra Paul both only got about 5 seconds of
screentime here...
Accidental Obsession (Lifetime) - This, OTOH, I thought was on the poor
side... Josie Davis plays a high-powered lawyer who suddenly ends up in
the sights of a deranged woman (Caroline Cave). Wackiness ensues.
The revelation of why the deranged woman targeted Josie Davis was a
letdown, and would have worked better if this 'twist' had somehow been
established much earlier.
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (recorded) - While this isn't good (pretty much
*every* character is unlikable here), I don't think it's too bad either
- I like the situation they're covering here, and there were a few
amusing bits along the way.
I'll be sticking with this, though mostly for, 1) Liz Gillies, 2)
John Corbett, and 3) to see if Kate Hodge sticks around and pops up in
more episodes later.
Recorded for later: The Astronaut's Wives Club, Rookie Blue, The
Soup(!), and Killjoys(!!).
Obveeus
Jul 19, 2015, 3:27:36 PM7/19/15
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On 7/19/2015 3:08 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> My friend decamped from town yesterday morning, so I could start
> tackling some of my DVR backlog (this actually covers Friday as
> well...):
>
> Melissa & Joey (recorded)
> Extant (recorded)
> Wayward Pines (recorded)
> Mistresses (recorded) - Meh.
> The Messengers (recorded)
> Devious Maids (recorded) - Displeasing
> Dark Matter (recorded)
> The Bride He Bought Online (Lifetime)
> Accidental Obsession (Lifetime)
> Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (recorded)
You should have sped up that DVR backlog clearing by deleting that stuff
unwatched.
> Recorded for later: The Astronaut's Wives Club, Rookie Blue, The
> Soup(!), and Killjoys(!!).
Ian J. Ball
Jul 19, 2015, 3:37:47 PM7/19/15
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On Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 12:27:36 PM UTC-7, Obveeus wrote:
> On 7/19/2015 3:08 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>
> > My friend decamped from town yesterday morning, so I could start
> > tackling some of my DVR backlog (this actually covers Friday as
> > well...):
> >
> > Melissa & Joey (recorded)
> > Suits (recorded) - Disappointing
> > Extant (recorded)
> > Wayward Pines (recorded)
> > Mistresses (recorded) - Meh.
> > The Messengers (recorded)
> > Devious Maids (recorded) - Displeasing
> > Dark Matter (recorded)
> > The Bride He Bought Online (Lifetime)
> > Accidental Obsession (Lifetime)
> > Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (recorded)
>
> You should have sped up that DVR backlog clearing by deleting that stuff
> unwatched.
You're missing a little gem with "Dark Matter", though maybe it's better for us that you dropped it, rather than whining and complaining about it every week!... :p
> On 7/19/2015 3:08 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>
> > My friend decamped from town yesterday morning, so I could start
> > tackling some of my DVR backlog (this actually covers Friday as
> > well...):
> >
> > Melissa & Joey (recorded)
> > Suits (recorded) - Disappointing
> > Extant (recorded)
> > Wayward Pines (recorded)
> > Mistresses (recorded) - Meh.
> > The Messengers (recorded)
> > Devious Maids (recorded) - Displeasing
> > Dark Matter (recorded)
> > The Bride He Bought Online (Lifetime)
> > Accidental Obsession (Lifetime)
> > Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (recorded)
>
> You should have sped up that DVR backlog clearing by deleting that stuff
> unwatched.
Hunter <>
Jul 19, 2015, 3:40:32 PM7/19/15
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On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 10:29:38 -0700, Arthur Lipscomb
<art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>On 7/19/2015 9:58 AM, Obveeus wrote:
>>
>> On 7/19/2015 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>
>>> What did you watch?
>
<art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>On 7/19/2015 9:58 AM, Obveeus wrote:
>>
>> On 7/19/2015 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>
>>> What did you watch?
>
>I watched:
>
>
>Hannibal - "Digestivo" - Will, Hannibal and Mason spend some quality
>time together. Next up Red Dragon.
-----
>
>
>Hannibal - "Digestivo" - Will, Hannibal and Mason spend some quality
>time together. Next up Red Dragon.
It could be that NBC canceled the show a bit too soon, now that it is
starting to move into familiar "Silence of the Lambs" territory.
>
>Masters of Sex - "Parliament of Owls" - Season 3 ups the melodrama to
>11. I'm just not really caring any more.
----------
>Masters of Sex - "Parliament of Owls" - Season 3 ups the melodrama to
>11. I'm just not really caring any more.
I swear they are slandering Masters & Johnson left and right.
------>Hunter
"No man in the wrong can stand up against
a fellow that's in the right and keeps on acomin'."
-----William J. McDonald
Captain, Texas Rangers from 1891 to 1907
Obveeus
Jul 19, 2015, 3:53:26 PM7/19/15
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On 7/19/2015 3:37 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> On Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 12:27:36 PM UTC-7, Obveeus wrote:
>
>> On 7/19/2015 3:08 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>>
>>> My friend decamped from town yesterday morning, so I could start
>>> tackling some of my DVR backlog (this actually covers Friday as
>>> well...):
>>>
>>> Melissa & Joey (recorded)
>>> Suits (recorded) - Disappointing
>>> Extant (recorded)
>>> Wayward Pines (recorded)
>>> Mistresses (recorded) - Meh.
>>> The Messengers (recorded)
>>> Devious Maids (recorded) - Displeasing
>>> Dark Matter (recorded)
>>> The Bride He Bought Online (Lifetime)
>>> Accidental Obsession (Lifetime)
>>> Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (recorded)
>>
>> You should have sped up that DVR backlog clearing by deleting that stuff
>> unwatched.
>
> You're missing a little gem with "Dark Matter", though maybe it's better for us that you dropped it, rather than whining and complaining about it every week!... :p
dangerous' it makes me giggle.
anim8rfsk
Jul 19, 2015, 4:21:50 PM7/19/15
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In article <mogkt6$64g$2...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
wrote:
And they're already declaring it a flop, despite SCORES HIGHER WITH
CRITICS THAN ULTRON because it's the lowest opening weekend since The
Hulk.
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wrote:
CRITICS THAN ULTRON because it's the lowest opening weekend since The
Hulk.
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anim8rfsk
Jul 19, 2015, 4:23:35 PM7/19/15
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In article <mogmna$d9o$1...@dont-email.me>,
And of course, they don't have it for streaming.
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Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
> Reactor - This is almost identical to the Wil Wheaton Project except
> without Wil Wheaton and not as good.
The ads totally convinced me I don't want to go anywhere near it.
> Reactor - This is almost identical to the Wil Wheaton Project except
> without Wil Wheaton and not as good.
>
>
> Maggie (Netflix rental) - Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the father of a
> daughter who is slowly turning into a zombie. The Zombie outbreak is
> more or less under control with camps set up to house people who have
> been bit. However Schwarzenegger doesn't want to send his daughter to
> one of the inhumane camps. I kept reading how great this movie was but
> I found it so-so at best.
Huh. I haven't even heard of this.
>
> Maggie (Netflix rental) - Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the father of a
> daughter who is slowly turning into a zombie. The Zombie outbreak is
> more or less under control with camps set up to house people who have
> been bit. However Schwarzenegger doesn't want to send his daughter to
> one of the inhumane camps. I kept reading how great this movie was but
> I found it so-so at best.
And of course, they don't have it for streaming.
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Obveeus
Jul 19, 2015, 4:46:12 PM7/19/15
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On 7/19/2015 4:21 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> In article <mogkt6$64g$2...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/19/2015 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>
>>> What did you watch?
>>
>> ANTMAN: The 2015 film starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas. Numerous
>> funny moments and a good pace, even if the whole plotline was a bit too
>> slick for its own good.
>
> And they're already declaring it a flop, despite SCORES HIGHER WITH
> CRITICS THAN ULTRON because it's the lowest opening weekend since The
> Hulk.
hero' is a much bigger battle than selling the viewer on 'huge radiated
human turned monster super hero'. I'm guessing that ANTMAN will do ok
once the overseas markets add to the box office total. After all, the
#1 movie this weekend in China was about a guy who's super power is
based upon Pancakes, so they are more receptive to the non-traditional
superhero route.
Ubiquitous
Jul 19, 2015, 5:18:13 PM7/19/15
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>> TMC UNDERGROUND:
>> "Equinox". Picnic plans are ruined for four friends when they stumble
>> onto an occult book. Hey, it's Herb Tarlick!
>>
>> "Solar Babies". Three 10-year-olds, who were born simultaneously during
>> a solar eclipse, go on a murderous rampage.
>> "Equinox". Picnic plans are ruined for four friends when they stumble
>> onto an occult book. Hey, it's Herb Tarlick!
>>
>> "Solar Babies". Three 10-year-olds, who were born simultaneously during
>
>So this isn't the movie with Jamie Gertz and some other roller skaters on
>a planet where some evil guy has grabbed all the water or something like
>that?
You're right; the title was "Bloody Birthday".
>So this isn't the movie with Jamie Gertz and some other roller skaters on
>a planet where some evil guy has grabbed all the water or something like
>that?
anim8rfsk
Jul 19, 2015, 6:01:34 PM7/19/15
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In article <moh27o$p1r$1...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
Ant-Man
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $58,040,000 50.7%
+ Foreign: $56,400,000 49.3%
= Worldwide: $114,440,000
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Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $58,040,000 50.7%
+ Foreign: $56,400,000 49.3%
= Worldwide: $114,440,000
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anim8rfsk
Jul 19, 2015, 6:05:04 PM7/19/15
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In article
<ijball-NO_SPAM-4FA...@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>,
that the lawyer didn't point out that Zane told him to bury stuff he was
legally obligated to disclose, and they immediately retconned him into
this up and up guy, when in fact he wasn't. I had to look up the blonde
to see that I recognized her from 12 Monkeys. And where's Zack Morris?
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<ijball-NO_SPAM-4FA...@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>,
"Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> Suits (recorded) - Disappointing - no follow up with Harvey and the
> headshrinker played by Christina Cole.
> In this one, Louis asks Harvey to handle the divorce of Louis' hott
> sister (Amy Acker - is there a show she's *not on* right now?!).
> Meanwhile, Mike and Robert Zane butt heads over their class action case.
> In the end, Harvey finally says something nice to Donna (and Louis).
I saw Acker so I watched this. It was ... okay. I was disappointed
> Suits (recorded) - Disappointing - no follow up with Harvey and the
> headshrinker played by Christina Cole.
> In this one, Louis asks Harvey to handle the divorce of Louis' hott
> sister (Amy Acker - is there a show she's *not on* right now?!).
> Meanwhile, Mike and Robert Zane butt heads over their class action case.
> In the end, Harvey finally says something nice to Donna (and Louis).
that the lawyer didn't point out that Zane told him to bury stuff he was
legally obligated to disclose, and they immediately retconned him into
this up and up guy, when in fact he wasn't. I had to look up the blonde
to see that I recognized her from 12 Monkeys. And where's Zack Morris?
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Jul 19, 2015, 6:09:49 PM7/19/15
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In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1...@darkstar.example.org>,
other version ...
Oh, here we go
"Bloody Birthday"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082084/
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Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Jul 2015, Ubiquitous wrote:
>
> > I watched:
> >
> > TOUR DE FRANCE
> >
> > TMC UNDERGROUND:
> > "Equinox". Picnic plans are ruined for four friends when they stumble
> > onto an occult book. Hey, it's Herb Tarlick!
> >
> > "Solar Babies". Three 10-year-olds, who were born simultaneously during
> > a lunar eclipse, go on a murderous rampage.
> >
> So this isn't the movie with Jamie Gertz and some other roller skaters on
> a planet where some evil guy has grabbed all the water or something like
> that?
It's "Solarbabies" (one word) and I can't find any reference to this
> On Sun, 19 Jul 2015, Ubiquitous wrote:
>
> > I watched:
> >
> > TOUR DE FRANCE
> >
> > TMC UNDERGROUND:
> > "Equinox". Picnic plans are ruined for four friends when they stumble
> > onto an occult book. Hey, it's Herb Tarlick!
> >
> > "Solar Babies". Three 10-year-olds, who were born simultaneously during
> > a lunar eclipse, go on a murderous rampage.
> >
> So this isn't the movie with Jamie Gertz and some other roller skaters on
> a planet where some evil guy has grabbed all the water or something like
> that?
other version ...
Oh, here we go
"Bloody Birthday"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082084/
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Jul 19, 2015, 6:10:29 PM7/19/15
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> Then I watched some of "Krakatoa, East of Java". It turns out that one of
> the pearl divers is played by someone who was in "Lt Robin Crusoe USN"
> that I watched last week.
I saw Krakatoa (which is in fact WEST of Java) in the theater. :)
> the pearl divers is played by someone who was in "Lt Robin Crusoe USN"
> that I watched last week.
Still need to fire up Robin Crusoe ...
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Jul 19, 2015, 6:16:22 PM7/19/15
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In article <mogrjn$p9$1...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
wrote:
> On 7/19/2015 1:25 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>
> > SHARKNADO (1) with SYFY SYNC!
> > Talk about underwhelming. Whoever they had program the colored lights
> > changing clearly was just following a set of rules and paying no
> > attention to the actual job. So "every time a shark appears by itself
> > on screen all lights go red" is annoying when most of the times when a
> > shark is by itself on screen, it's swimming underwater and the lights
> > should be, you know, blue, and "every time someone fires a gun on screen
> > all lights go red" is annoying when they're blowing the locks off doors
> > and such. Much less effective than the episode of 12 Monkeys I tested
> > the HUE system out on was.
>
> Sounds like it is listening to mood music rather than some embedded
> queues in the signal.
It claims it's listening to the soundtrack so it doesn't matter if it's
recorded or whatever. I don't know what happens if you fast forward ...
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> On 7/19/2015 1:25 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>
> > SHARKNADO (1) with SYFY SYNC!
> > Talk about underwhelming. Whoever they had program the colored lights
> > changing clearly was just following a set of rules and paying no
> > attention to the actual job. So "every time a shark appears by itself
> > on screen all lights go red" is annoying when most of the times when a
> > shark is by itself on screen, it's swimming underwater and the lights
> > should be, you know, blue, and "every time someone fires a gun on screen
> > all lights go red" is annoying when they're blowing the locks off doors
> > and such. Much less effective than the episode of 12 Monkeys I tested
> > the HUE system out on was.
>
> Sounds like it is listening to mood music rather than some embedded
> queues in the signal.
recorded or whatever. I don't know what happens if you fast forward ...
>
> > Most of the sync was a couple seconds behind, as I'd been warned, but
> > some of it was dead on. Supposedly this works by listening to the
> > audio. I'm not sure exactly *what* listens, if it's the mePhone or the
> > HUE controller bridge or what. It's smart enough to stop INSTANTLY at
> > commercial breaks, and start right up again when they're over. I need
> > to do some testing on this.
>
> If it can sense the commercial breaks, why cannot the DVRs manage to do
> the same? Oh wait, they are probably programmed specifically not to.
heh
> > Most of the sync was a couple seconds behind, as I'd been warned, but
> > some of it was dead on. Supposedly this works by listening to the
> > audio. I'm not sure exactly *what* listens, if it's the mePhone or the
> > HUE controller bridge or what. It's smart enough to stop INSTANTLY at
> > commercial breaks, and start right up again when they're over. I need
> > to do some testing on this.
>
> If it can sense the commercial breaks, why cannot the DVRs manage to do
> the same? Oh wait, they are probably programmed specifically not to.
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Jul 19, 2015, 6:16:43 PM7/19/15
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In article
<ijball-NO_SPAM-8D7...@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>,
<ijball-NO_SPAM-8D7...@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>,
"Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> In article <anim8rfsk-620B5...@news.easynews.com>,
> anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Bottom line? HUE lights are cool enough that a friend of mine just
> > ordered them for his house. I'm hoping they'll have improved their
> > technique by the time we get to SHARKNADO 3 OH HELL NO. And I'm glad
> > Cassie Czerbo will be back!
>
> Your next mission, should you choose to accept it: Watch "Make It or
> Break It"... with Casse Scerbo!! :)
lol
> anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Bottom line? HUE lights are cool enough that a friend of mine just
> > ordered them for his house. I'm hoping they'll have improved their
> > technique by the time we get to SHARKNADO 3 OH HELL NO. And I'm glad
> > Cassie Czerbo will be back!
>
> Your next mission, should you choose to accept it: Watch "Make It or
> Break It"... with Casse Scerbo!! :)
>
>
> Ian (I'm going to miss Aubrey Peeples in the third one, though, almost
> as much as I missed Scerbo in the second... :( )
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>
> Ian (I'm going to miss Aubrey Peeples in the third one, though, almost
> as much as I missed Scerbo in the second... :( )
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Michael Black
Jul 19, 2015, 6:48:14 PM7/19/15
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On Sun, 19 Jul 2015, anim8rfsk wrote:
> In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1...@darkstar.example.org>,
> Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
>
>> Then I watched some of "Krakatoa, East of Java". It turns out that one of
>> the pearl divers is played by someone who was in "Lt Robin Crusoe USN"
>> that I watched last week.
>
> I saw Krakatoa (which is in fact WEST of Java) in the theater. :)
>
I saw some of it in a theatre.
> In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1...@darkstar.example.org>,
> Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
>
>> Then I watched some of "Krakatoa, East of Java". It turns out that one of
>> the pearl divers is played by someone who was in "Lt Robin Crusoe USN"
>> that I watched last week.
>
> I saw Krakatoa (which is in fact WEST of Java) in the theater. :)
>
I was visiting a friend who'd moved to Toronto, and for some reason we
went to see the movie, but we had to leave early so I'd get my train back
to Montreal.
I'm not sure I saw it completely until I got it on DVD some years back. I
know it was on tv in the seventies, I definitely watched part of it then,
but I can't remember if I saw the ending then.
I like it, but some of that is because I saw it when it first came out,
when I was about nine. All that neat stuff, the deep sea diving suit, the
balloon. Even the prisoners, that seems to invoke some other film, even
if I'm not sure what. Though it's kind of hard to watch McCloud
immediately after watching Krakatoa, suddenly the bad guy is the chief of
police.
That reminds me. I watched QUincy Friday night, "The Shin bones Connected
to the Knee Bone" or whatever, one of the 90 minute episodes. And "the
boss" goes out into the field after Quincy, and wearing a hat, he suddenly
comes across as Peter B. Clifford in McCloud. SOmeone has observed
similarities between those Mystery Movies, so I wonder if this was
deliberate.
> Still need to fire up Robin Crusoe ...
>
I'm thinking when I order from Amazon next time, I'll get "Island on the
Top of the World".
Michael
Ian J. Ball
Jul 19, 2015, 6:48:30 PM7/19/15
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On Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 3:05:04 PM UTC-7, anim8rfsk wrote:
> In article
> <ijball-NO_SPAM-4FA...@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>,
> "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Suits (recorded) - Disappointing - no follow up with Harvey and the
> > headshrinker played by Christina Cole.
> > In this one, Louis asks Harvey to handle the divorce of Louis' hott
> > sister (Amy Acker - is there a show she's *not on* right now?!).
> > Meanwhile, Mike and Robert Zane butt heads over their class action case.
> > In the end, Harvey finally says something nice to Donna (and Louis).
>
> I saw Acker so I watched this. It was ... okay. I was disappointed
> that the lawyer didn't point out that Zane told him to bury stuff he was
> legally obligated to disclose, and they immediately retconned him into
> this up and up guy, when in fact he wasn't. I had to look up the blonde
> to see that I recognized her from 12 Monkeys.
I [heart] Amanda Schull... :)
> In article
> <ijball-NO_SPAM-4FA...@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>,
> "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Suits (recorded) - Disappointing - no follow up with Harvey and the
> > headshrinker played by Christina Cole.
> > In this one, Louis asks Harvey to handle the divorce of Louis' hott
> > sister (Amy Acker - is there a show she's *not on* right now?!).
> > Meanwhile, Mike and Robert Zane butt heads over their class action case.
> > In the end, Harvey finally says something nice to Donna (and Louis).
>
> I saw Acker so I watched this. It was ... okay. I was disappointed
> that the lawyer didn't point out that Zane told him to bury stuff he was
> legally obligated to disclose, and they immediately retconned him into
> this up and up guy, when in fact he wasn't. I had to look up the blonde
> to see that I recognized her from 12 Monkeys.
> And where's Zack Morris?
Michael Black
Jul 19, 2015, 6:51:46 PM7/19/15
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On Sun, 19 Jul 2015, Ubiquitous wrote:
> et...@ncf.ca wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 Jul 2015, Ubiquitous wrote:
>
>>> I watched:
>
>>> TMC UNDERGROUND:
>>> "Equinox". Picnic plans are ruined for four friends when they stumble
>>> onto an occult book. Hey, it's Herb Tarlick!
>>>
>>> "Solar Babies". Three 10-year-olds, who were born simultaneously during
>>> a solar eclipse, go on a murderous rampage.
>>
>> So this isn't the movie with Jamie Gertz and some other roller skaters on
>> a planet where some evil guy has grabbed all the water or something like
>> that?
>
> You're right; the title was "Bloody Birthday".
>
I assumed there were two movies with more or less the same title. I only
> et...@ncf.ca wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 Jul 2015, Ubiquitous wrote:
>
>>> I watched:
>
>>> TMC UNDERGROUND:
>>> "Equinox". Picnic plans are ruined for four friends when they stumble
>>> onto an occult book. Hey, it's Herb Tarlick!
>>>
>>> "Solar Babies". Three 10-year-olds, who were born simultaneously during
>>> a solar eclipse, go on a murderous rampage.
>>
>> So this isn't the movie with Jamie Gertz and some other roller skaters on
>> a planet where some evil guy has grabbed all the water or something like
>> that?
>
> You're right; the title was "Bloody Birthday".
>
know the Jamie Gertz one, but it seems topical what with the Tom Selleck
"scandal".
Michael
Obveeus
Jul 19, 2015, 7:08:27 PM7/19/15
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'failure' by any logical definition of the word.
anim8rfsk
Jul 19, 2015, 8:06:50 PM7/19/15
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In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1...@darkstar.example.org>,
Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Jul 2015, anim8rfsk wrote:
>
> > In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1...@darkstar.example.org>,
> > Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> Then I watched some of "Krakatoa, East of Java". It turns out that one of
> >> the pearl divers is played by someone who was in "Lt Robin Crusoe USN"
> >> that I watched last week.
> >
> > I saw Krakatoa (which is in fact WEST of Java) in the theater. :)
> >
> I saw some of it in a theatre.
My parents took me to it at the Bethany Home theater where they used to
Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Jul 2015, anim8rfsk wrote:
>
> > In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1...@darkstar.example.org>,
> > Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> Then I watched some of "Krakatoa, East of Java". It turns out that one of
> >> the pearl divers is played by someone who was in "Lt Robin Crusoe USN"
> >> that I watched last week.
> >
> > I saw Krakatoa (which is in fact WEST of Java) in the theater. :)
> >
> I saw some of it in a theatre.
leave me for the kiddie matinees.
>
> I was visiting a friend who'd moved to Toronto, and for some reason we
> went to see the movie, but we had to leave early so I'd get my train back
> to Montreal.
>
> I'm not sure I saw it completely until I got it on DVD some years back. I
> know it was on tv in the seventies, I definitely watched part of it then,
> but I can't remember if I saw the ending then.
>
> I like it, but some of that is because I saw it when it first came out,
> when I was about nine. All that neat stuff, the deep sea diving suit, the
Yep, cute Asian girls, balloons, ships, diving bells, volcanoes, it's
> I was visiting a friend who'd moved to Toronto, and for some reason we
> went to see the movie, but we had to leave early so I'd get my train back
> to Montreal.
>
> I'm not sure I saw it completely until I got it on DVD some years back. I
> know it was on tv in the seventies, I definitely watched part of it then,
> but I can't remember if I saw the ending then.
>
> I like it, but some of that is because I saw it when it first came out,
> when I was about nine. All that neat stuff, the deep sea diving suit, the
got everything a boy needs.
> balloon. Even the prisoners, that seems to invoke some other film, even
> if I'm not sure what. Though it's kind of hard to watch McCloud
> immediately after watching Krakatoa, suddenly the bad guy is the chief of
> police.
>
> That reminds me. I watched QUincy Friday night, "The Shin bones Connected
> to the Knee Bone" or whatever, one of the 90 minute episodes. And "the
> boss" goes out into the field after Quincy, and wearing a hat, he suddenly
> comes across as Peter B. Clifford in McCloud. SOmeone has observed
> similarities between those Mystery Movies, so I wonder if this was
> deliberate.
>
>
> > Still need to fire up Robin Crusoe ...
> >
> I'm sure it's not changing as it sits there.
>
> I'm thinking when I order from Amazon next time, I'll get "Island on the
> Top of the World".
>
> Michael
I have it on the Blu-ray because I was helping a friend get reference
>
> > Still need to fire up Robin Crusoe ...
> >
> I'm sure it's not changing as it sits there.
>
> I'm thinking when I order from Amazon next time, I'll get "Island on the
> Top of the World".
>
> Michael
for his Hyperion model. It's ... not very good, bordering on wretched.
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anim8rfsk
Jul 19, 2015, 8:07:39 PM7/19/15
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In article <mohaif$md6$3...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
And it's number one. And yet, gloom hangs over Marvel Studios like wet
chenille.
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anim8rfsk
Jul 19, 2015, 8:08:14 PM7/19/15
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In article <ba6887e9-16c5-4224...@googlegroups.com>,
It did feel like F&B with fewer deliberate laffs.
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Jul 19, 2015, 8:12:55 PM7/19/15
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Obveeus
Jul 19, 2015, 8:18:03 PM7/19/15
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anim8rfsk
Jul 19, 2015, 9:01:41 PM7/19/15
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In article <mohebb$2pi$2...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
wrote:
Hotter women too.
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Hunter <>
Jul 19, 2015, 10:39:49 PM7/19/15
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On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:08:35 -0700, "Ian J. Ball"
<ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>In article <UBI20...@dont-email.me>, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net>
>wrote:
>
>> What did you watch?
>
>My friend decamped from town yesterday morning, so I could start
>tackling some of my DVR backlog (this actually covers Friday as
>well...):
>
<ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>In article <UBI20...@dont-email.me>, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net>
>wrote:
>
>> What did you watch?
>
>My friend decamped from town yesterday morning, so I could start
>tackling some of my DVR backlog (this actually covers Friday as
>well...):
>
>Suits (recorded) - Disappointing - no follow up with Harvey and the
>headshrinker played by Christina Cole.
-----
>headshrinker played by Christina Cole.
I think he is truly over Donna by the end after he wished her for
giving him a great 12 years. Donna doesn't like it.
> In this one, Louis asks Harvey to handle the divorce of Louis' hott
>sister (Amy Acker - is there a show she's *not on* right now?!).
And she brightens up every one of them, even the one she plays "crazy"
in. :-)
>
>Meanwhile, Mike and Robert Zane butt heads over their class action case.
> In the end, Harvey finally says something nice to Donna (and Louis).
----
>Meanwhile, Mike and Robert Zane butt heads over their class action case.
> In the end, Harvey finally says something nice to Donna (and Louis).
And as mentioned above Donna doesn't like it because he really seems
to be moving on from her now and Donna realizes it, so it looks like
Gretchen's job is secure. To paraphrase "Be careful with what you say
you wish for" comes to mind about what Donna supposedly wanted..
>
>Extant (recorded) - Semi-decent episode in which Molly goes up against
>her son, while Jeffrey Dean Morgan is starting to believe Molly and so
>insists upon tagging along.
----
>Extant (recorded) - Semi-decent episode in which Molly goes up against
>her son, while Jeffrey Dean Morgan is starting to believe Molly and so
>insists upon tagging along.
And killed the Marine General instead by accident.
>
>Wayward Pines (recorded) - Good episode in which Ethan has to try to
>thread the needle between the "terrorist" and David Pilcher's creepy
>'Hilter Youth'-esque "First Generation" fanatics. In the end, David
>Pilcher shows himself to be even worse than anyone imagined...
----
>Wayward Pines (recorded) - Good episode in which Ethan has to try to
>thread the needle between the "terrorist" and David Pilcher's creepy
>'Hilter Youth'-esque "First Generation" fanatics. In the end, David
>Pilcher shows himself to be even worse than anyone imagined...
Pretty much makes what he said about WP 1.0 a probable lie.
>
>Dark Matter (recorded) - Another good one!!
> This episode finally furnishes some backstory on Four (he "didn't do
>it", though his backstory I really don't care about, as he's by far the
>least interesting character), Five (she didn't "kill" this other kid, as
>they implied some episodes back, and she was a stowaway on the ship -
>interestingly, Three was in the process of "spacing" her for being a
>stowaway last we saw of her in "memory", so we have no idea how she got
>out of that jam!!),
----
>Dark Matter (recorded) - Another good one!!
> This episode finally furnishes some backstory on Four (he "didn't do
>it", though his backstory I really don't care about, as he's by far the
>least interesting character), Five (she didn't "kill" this other kid, as
>they implied some episodes back, and she was a stowaway on the ship -
>interestingly, Three was in the process of "spacing" her for being a
>stowaway last we saw of her in "memory", so we have no idea how she got
>out of that jam!!),
If he was serious about that then he is truly evil and not merely a
Han Solo type that appears selfish and always looking out for No.1-or
in his case looking out for No.3-when push come to shove he will do
the right selfless thing. but because that is so evil thing to even
think about doing it clashes with what we have seen of his personality
so he was either bluffing or this could be a fake memory implanted
into the No.5. Why would whatever force did that put memories into
her? Maybe to make it look like she had the group's memories so when
they recovered them they would take it as genuine?
>
> and Six (he was apparently a "rebel" who was
>betrayed by his leaders who were really more "terrorists" than "rebels",
>so Six retaliated by wasting his whole unit).
----
> and Six (he was apparently a "rebel" who was
>betrayed by his leaders who were really more "terrorists" than "rebels",
>so Six retaliated by wasting his whole unit).
It looked like two of them didn't know about the plot either so he
killed his innocent comrades, but again I hold out the possibility
that they are fake memories for the above reasons mentioned.
>
> After this, we still have minimal backstory one One, and *no*
>backstory on either Two or Three - I wonder how long we're going to have
>to wait to get it...
-----
> After this, we still have minimal backstory one One, and *no*
>backstory on either Two or Three - I wonder how long we're going to have
>to wait to get it...
We do have something of the backstory of who No.1 was cloned after he
and number three were abducted by Jace. Right now the only clone we
know for sure is No.1 and likely No.2, although she could be a natural
born human but enhanced somehow.
anim8rfsk
Jul 19, 2015, 10:50:51 PM7/19/15
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In article <mohekv$411$1...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
I just hate that, when people set a goal, and if you fall short or
exceed it it's you that did something wrong, and not the goal that was
wrong to begin with.
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Jul 19, 2015, 10:53:49 PM7/19/15
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remember the movie when it came out. So maybe that's one to avoid, it
doesn't even have the "I liked it when I was young factor".
I should get "Mysterious Island" (the early one, not the remake), I saw it
once in a bin of DVDs, decided to get it later, and never found it again.
Michael
Obveeus
Jul 19, 2015, 11:18:19 PM7/19/15
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Obveeus
Jul 19, 2015, 11:20:25 PM7/19/15
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ANT-MAN, it really isn't logical to have expected the film to have a
huge opening.
anim8rfsk
Jul 19, 2015, 11:43:46 PM7/19/15
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> On Sun, 19 Jul 2015, anim8rfsk wrote:
>
>
> >> I'm thinking when I order from Amazon next time, I'll get "Island on the
> >> Top of the World".
> >>
> >> Michael
> >
> > I have it on the Blu-ray because I was helping a friend get reference
> > for his Hyperion model. It's ... not very good, bordering on wretched.
> >
> I read the book, which I found years later at a used bookstore. I don't
> remember the movie when it came out. So maybe that's one to avoid, it
> doesn't even have the "I liked it when I was young factor".
It has almost *nothing* to do with the book.
>
>
> >> I'm thinking when I order from Amazon next time, I'll get "Island on the
> >> Top of the World".
> >>
> >> Michael
> >
> > I have it on the Blu-ray because I was helping a friend get reference
> > for his Hyperion model. It's ... not very good, bordering on wretched.
> >
> I read the book, which I found years later at a used bookstore. I don't
> remember the movie when it came out. So maybe that's one to avoid, it
> doesn't even have the "I liked it when I was young factor".
Spoilers for both:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_at_the_Top_of_the_World#Backgrou
nd
>
> I should get "Mysterious Island" (the early one, not the remake), I saw it
> once in a bin of DVDs, decided to get it later, and never found it again.
>
The Harryhausen one? Yeah, that's a classic.
> I should get "Mysterious Island" (the early one, not the remake), I saw it
> once in a bin of DVDs, decided to get it later, and never found it again.
>
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In article <mohpat$u8r$4...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
Yep. A relatively minor character, that they left out of The Avengers
movies (even though in the comics he was a key player) with no big star
... and he's got the number one opening of the week, over $100m
worldwide, and it's circle the wagons time.
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movies (even though in the comics he was a key player) with no big star
... and he's got the number one opening of the week, over $100m
worldwide, and it's circle the wagons time.
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Jul 20, 2015, 12:25:14 AM7/20/15
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the plot topics may even show up on TV in the next season of AGENT CARTER.
Unrelated side note: I know you weren't eager to rush out and see the
latest Sherlock Holmes film, but it did well enough at the theater this
weekend to crack the Top10.
anim8rfsk
Jul 20, 2015, 2:04:23 AM7/20/15
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In article <moht4e$745$1...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
predictions down to a pretty good science, with formulas that can
predict the entire run based on Thursday night. I think 3x opening
weekend is what they expect for the whole run. The Avengers did $207m
opening weekend and $623m full run (scary accurate there, eh?). Ultron
did $200m opening, and it's at $450m now. Ant-Man probably will make
about a third of what Ultron did. But it also cost half what Ultron
did. It's silly to look at it as "a failure because it didn't
outperform the top film in the genre" as opposed to "it's the number one
film in the country" - but they are, and they may well cut advertising
for it and cause it to be the failure they're predicting it will be.
FOX did this with Titan A.E. They predicted abject failure after the
first show Friday night. They called people and told them not to come
in the next week on freaking Saturday morning. Can you think of a
better way to insure failure than to announce to the world that your
movie is so awful that you're shutting down the studio that made it, on
the morning of the second day of opening weekend? Of course, they were
*right* and anything out of that hellhole was doomed trash, but still.
And ... I just realized you meant "Avengers 3" and not "Ultron"
Hmm ... 3 has everybody coming back, right? Robert Downey Jr? It's the
only movie you'll see the Hulk in, and it's gonna have Spider-Man, Thor,
Ant-Man ... Joss Whedon ... if anything it's top heavy with characters,
but then The Avengers is known for that. Why do you think it will crash
and burn (and make no mistake about it, Avengers 3 underperforming
Ant-Man would a disaster of Biblical proportions)?
Now the thing I'm looking forward to watching flame out is Fantastic
Four. From all indications, this is a mess that should be a well
deserved career ender for everybody involved.
and some of
> the plot topics may even show up on TV in the next season of AGENT CARTER.
>
>
> Unrelated side note: I know you weren't eager to rush out and see the
> latest Sherlock Holmes film, but it did well enough at the theater this
> weekend to crack the Top10.
Cool, although it's not even in the top 5 of movies I'd go see if I were
headed to a theater this week.
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wrote:
> On 7/19/2015 11:49 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > In article <mohpat$u8r$4...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On 7/19/2015 10:50 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>
>
> >>> I just hate that, when people set a goal, and if you fall short or
> >>> exceed it it's you that did something wrong, and not the goal that was
> >>> wrong to begin with.
> >>
> >> Agreed. Given how little prior film/tv work there is devoted to
> >> ANT-MAN, it really isn't logical to have expected the film to have a
> >> huge opening.
> >
> > Yep. A relatively minor character, that they left out of The Avengers
> > movies (even though in the comics he was a key player) with no big star
> > ... and he's got the number one opening of the week, over $100m
> > worldwide, and it's circle the wagons time.
>
> FWIW, I expect ANT-MAN to show up the next AVENGERS film...
Oh, I don't. I thought it would be cool if it did, but they have the
> On 7/19/2015 11:49 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > In article <mohpat$u8r$4...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On 7/19/2015 10:50 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>
>
> >>> I just hate that, when people set a goal, and if you fall short or
> >>> exceed it it's you that did something wrong, and not the goal that was
> >>> wrong to begin with.
> >>
> >> Agreed. Given how little prior film/tv work there is devoted to
> >> ANT-MAN, it really isn't logical to have expected the film to have a
> >> huge opening.
> >
> > Yep. A relatively minor character, that they left out of The Avengers
> > movies (even though in the comics he was a key player) with no big star
> > ... and he's got the number one opening of the week, over $100m
> > worldwide, and it's circle the wagons time.
>
> FWIW, I expect ANT-MAN to show up the next AVENGERS film...
predictions down to a pretty good science, with formulas that can
predict the entire run based on Thursday night. I think 3x opening
weekend is what they expect for the whole run. The Avengers did $207m
opening weekend and $623m full run (scary accurate there, eh?). Ultron
did $200m opening, and it's at $450m now. Ant-Man probably will make
about a third of what Ultron did. But it also cost half what Ultron
did. It's silly to look at it as "a failure because it didn't
outperform the top film in the genre" as opposed to "it's the number one
film in the country" - but they are, and they may well cut advertising
for it and cause it to be the failure they're predicting it will be.
FOX did this with Titan A.E. They predicted abject failure after the
first show Friday night. They called people and told them not to come
in the next week on freaking Saturday morning. Can you think of a
better way to insure failure than to announce to the world that your
movie is so awful that you're shutting down the studio that made it, on
the morning of the second day of opening weekend? Of course, they were
*right* and anything out of that hellhole was doomed trash, but still.
And ... I just realized you meant "Avengers 3" and not "Ultron"
Hmm ... 3 has everybody coming back, right? Robert Downey Jr? It's the
only movie you'll see the Hulk in, and it's gonna have Spider-Man, Thor,
Ant-Man ... Joss Whedon ... if anything it's top heavy with characters,
but then The Avengers is known for that. Why do you think it will crash
and burn (and make no mistake about it, Avengers 3 underperforming
Ant-Man would a disaster of Biblical proportions)?
Now the thing I'm looking forward to watching flame out is Fantastic
Four. From all indications, this is a mess that should be a well
deserved career ender for everybody involved.
and some of
> the plot topics may even show up on TV in the next season of AGENT CARTER.
>
>
> Unrelated side note: I know you weren't eager to rush out and see the
> latest Sherlock Holmes film, but it did well enough at the theater this
> weekend to crack the Top10.
headed to a theater this week.
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Obveeus
Jul 20, 2015, 8:48:49 AM7/20/15
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compared with any of the previous Marvel films. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
was also an 'lesser known' entity, but they advertised that one like
crazy. With ANT-MAN, I think they have intentionally chosen not to
spend big bucks on advertising and to accept a smaller box office. The
money will be made because of the built in franchise segment of the
audience.
> And ... I just realized you meant "Avengers 3" and not "Ultron"
>
> Hmm ... 3 has everybody coming back, right? Robert Downey Jr? It's the
> only movie you'll see the Hulk in, and it's gonna have Spider-Man, Thor,
> Ant-Man ... Joss Whedon ... if anything it's top heavy with characters,
the mix other than that they are hoping to reboot that franchise...again.
> but then The Avengers is known for that. Why do you think it will crash
> and burn (and make no mistake about it, Avengers 3 underperforming
> Ant-Man would a disaster of Biblical proportions)?
think that anything Marvel puts out will crash and burn. I do think
that ANT-MAN was expected to be a smaller entry in the series and was
budgeted advertised accordingly.
> Now the thing I'm looking forward to watching flame out is Fantastic
> Four. From all indications, this is a mess that should be a well
> deserved career ender for everybody involved.
>> and some of
>> the plot topics may even show up on TV in the next season of AGENT CARTER.
>>
>>
>> Unrelated side note: I know you weren't eager to rush out and see the
>> latest Sherlock Holmes film, but it did well enough at the theater this
>> weekend to crack the Top10.
>
> Cool, although it's not even in the top 5 of movies I'd go see if I were
> headed to a theater this week.
anim8rfsk
Jul 20, 2015, 11:22:16 AM7/20/15
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In article <moiqkl$4h5$1...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
Yep.
worth converting to 3D.
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>
> > And ... I just realized you meant "Avengers 3" and not "Ultron"
> >
> > Hmm ... 3 has everybody coming back, right? Robert Downey Jr? It's the
> > only movie you'll see the Hulk in, and it's gonna have Spider-Man, Thor,
> > Ant-Man ... Joss Whedon ... if anything it's top heavy with characters,
>
> Yep...and I still haven't seen how/why Spiderman will make his way into
> the mix other than that they are hoping to reboot that franchise...again.
It's a way to get the spider into their own films I guess.
> > And ... I just realized you meant "Avengers 3" and not "Ultron"
> >
> > Hmm ... 3 has everybody coming back, right? Robert Downey Jr? It's the
> > only movie you'll see the Hulk in, and it's gonna have Spider-Man, Thor,
> > Ant-Man ... Joss Whedon ... if anything it's top heavy with characters,
>
> Yep...and I still haven't seen how/why Spiderman will make his way into
> the mix other than that they are hoping to reboot that franchise...again.
>
> > but then The Avengers is known for that. Why do you think it will crash
> > and burn (and make no mistake about it, Avengers 3 underperforming
> > Ant-Man would a disaster of Biblical proportions)?
>
> Um...wait...what? I don't think AVENGER3 will crash and burn. I don't
> think that anything Marvel puts out will crash and burn. I do think
> that ANT-MAN was expected to be a smaller entry in the series and was
> budgeted advertised accordingly.
ahh
> > but then The Avengers is known for that. Why do you think it will crash
> > and burn (and make no mistake about it, Avengers 3 underperforming
> > Ant-Man would a disaster of Biblical proportions)?
>
> Um...wait...what? I don't think AVENGER3 will crash and burn. I don't
> think that anything Marvel puts out will crash and burn. I do think
> that ANT-MAN was expected to be a smaller entry in the series and was
> budgeted advertised accordingly.
>
> > Now the thing I'm looking forward to watching flame out is Fantastic
> > Four. From all indications, this is a mess that should be a well
> > deserved career ender for everybody involved.
>
> Yep. I know I won't be wasting theater money on it.
I'm not even watching it for free. I love that they decided it wasn't
> > Now the thing I'm looking forward to watching flame out is Fantastic
> > Four. From all indications, this is a mess that should be a well
> > deserved career ender for everybody involved.
>
> Yep. I know I won't be wasting theater money on it.
worth converting to 3D.
>
> >> and some of
> >> the plot topics may even show up on TV in the next season of AGENT CARTER.
> >>
> >>
> >> Unrelated side note: I know you weren't eager to rush out and see the
> >> latest Sherlock Holmes film, but it did well enough at the theater this
> >> weekend to crack the Top10.
> >
> > Cool, although it's not even in the top 5 of movies I'd go see if I were
> > headed to a theater this week.
>
> Geriatric Holmes is not a draw? ;-)
Patrick Stewart as Watson might have been fun.
> >> and some of
> >> the plot topics may even show up on TV in the next season of AGENT CARTER.
> >>
> >>
> >> Unrelated side note: I know you weren't eager to rush out and see the
> >> latest Sherlock Holmes film, but it did well enough at the theater this
> >> weekend to crack the Top10.
> >
> > Cool, although it's not even in the top 5 of movies I'd go see if I were
> > headed to a theater this week.
>
> Geriatric Holmes is not a draw? ;-)
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Dimensional Traveler
Jul 20, 2015, 4:10:04 PM7/20/15
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On 7/19/2015 1:23 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> In article <mogmna$d9o$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>
>> Reactor - This is almost identical to the Wil Wheaton Project except
>> without Wil Wheaton and not as good.
>
> The ads totally convinced me I don't want to go anywhere near it.
>>
>>
>> Maggie (Netflix rental) - Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the father of a
>> daughter who is slowly turning into a zombie. The Zombie outbreak is
>> more or less under control with camps set up to house people who have
>> been bit. However Schwarzenegger doesn't want to send his daughter to
>> one of the inhumane camps. I kept reading how great this movie was but
>> I found it so-so at best.
>
> Huh. I haven't even heard of this.
> And of course, they don't have it for streaming.
>
It was a Day-and-Date release, so give it some time for it to stream.
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> In article <mogmna$d9o$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>
>> Reactor - This is almost identical to the Wil Wheaton Project except
>> without Wil Wheaton and not as good.
>
> The ads totally convinced me I don't want to go anywhere near it.
>>
>>
>> Maggie (Netflix rental) - Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the father of a
>> daughter who is slowly turning into a zombie. The Zombie outbreak is
>> more or less under control with camps set up to house people who have
>> been bit. However Schwarzenegger doesn't want to send his daughter to
>> one of the inhumane camps. I kept reading how great this movie was but
>> I found it so-so at best.
>
> Huh. I haven't even heard of this.
> And of course, they don't have it for streaming.
>
It was a Day-and-Date release, so give it some time for it to stream.
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Dimensional Traveler
Jul 20, 2015, 4:10:04 PM7/20/15
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On 7/19/2015 1:21 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> In article <mogkt6$64g$2...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
--
Veni, vidi, snarki.
> In article <mogkt6$64g$2...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/19/2015 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>
>>> What did you watch?
>>
>> ANTMAN: The 2015 film starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas. Numerous
>> funny moments and a good pace, even if the whole plotline was a bit too
>> slick for its own good.
>
> And they're already declaring it a flop, despite SCORES HIGHER WITH
> CRITICS THAN ULTRON because it's the lowest opening weekend since The
> Hulk.
>
"Oh my god, its a failure because the money only comes up to my waist!"
>
>> On 7/19/2015 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>
>>> What did you watch?
>>
>> ANTMAN: The 2015 film starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas. Numerous
>> funny moments and a good pace, even if the whole plotline was a bit too
>> slick for its own good.
>
> And they're already declaring it a flop, despite SCORES HIGHER WITH
> CRITICS THAN ULTRON because it's the lowest opening weekend since The
> Hulk.
>
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Adam H. Kerman
Jul 20, 2015, 4:24:05 PM7/20/15
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anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>>On 7/19/2015 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>What did you watch?
>>ANTMAN: The 2015 film starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas. Numerous
>>funny moments and a good pace, even if the whole plotline was a bit too
>>slick for its own good.
>And they're already declaring it a flop, despite SCORES HIGHER WITH
>CRITICS THAN ULTRON because it's the lowest opening weekend since The
>Hulk.
Yeah, I read that. Maybe The Hulk is the flop, because Ant Man wasn't
>Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>>On 7/19/2015 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>What did you watch?
>>ANTMAN: The 2015 film starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas. Numerous
>>funny moments and a good pace, even if the whole plotline was a bit too
>>slick for its own good.
>And they're already declaring it a flop, despite SCORES HIGHER WITH
>CRITICS THAN ULTRON because it's the lowest opening weekend since The
>Hulk.
all that well known, not to mention starring the guy from Clueless.
Isn't making massive profits good enough these days?
Jim G.
Jul 20, 2015, 4:58:44 PM7/20/15
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Ian J. Ball sent the following on 07/19/2015 at 02:37 PM:
> You're missing a little gem with "Dark Matter",
I gave up on this one back when it fell victim to The Eight Deadly
Words. Which, IIRC, was about halfway through the third episode.
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"I'm gonna be more normal now. Maybe Shayla could even be my girlfriend.
I'll go see those stupid Marvel movies with her. I'll join a gym. I'll
heart things on Instagram. I'll drink vanilla lattes. I'm gonna lead a
bug-free life from now on. Anything to protect my perfect maze." --
Elliot Alderson, MR. ROBOT
> You're missing a little gem with "Dark Matter",
I gave up on this one back when it fell victim to The Eight Deadly
Words. Which, IIRC, was about halfway through the third episode.
--
Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre
"I'm gonna be more normal now. Maybe Shayla could even be my girlfriend.
I'll go see those stupid Marvel movies with her. I'll join a gym. I'll
heart things on Instagram. I'll drink vanilla lattes. I'm gonna lead a
bug-free life from now on. Anything to protect my perfect maze." --
Elliot Alderson, MR. ROBOT
anim8rfsk
Jul 20, 2015, 5:13:06 PM7/20/15
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In article <mojld2$c89$3...@news.albasani.net>,
Nope. Making hundreds of millions of dollars doesn't count - hitting
the arbitrary goal does.
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anim8rfsk
Jul 20, 2015, 5:13:15 PM7/20/15
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In article <55ad54d5$0$29550$742e...@news.sonic.net>,
hee hee
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anim8rfsk
Jul 20, 2015, 5:13:28 PM7/20/15
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In article <55ad54a2$0$29550$742e...@news.sonic.net>,
ty
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shawn
Jul 20, 2015, 6:44:13 PM7/20/15
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On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:13:03 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net>
wrote:
I never udnerstood why businesses would do that. Yet it seems to be
quite common in the entertainment industry. Be happy that it's making
money and if you must worry about something just think about how you
could improve your next project to make even more profit.
It's like Square Enix declaring their "Tomb Raider" game a failure
because it didn't meet their projections. Never mind that they had
ridiculously high projections and that the game made a profit. It
didn't hit their projections and therefore was an abject failure. Of
course it did hit their projections eventually (took over a year) and
did well enough that they have made a second game but still the studio
told everone in story after story how disappointed they were in the
money that the game made.
wrote:
quite common in the entertainment industry. Be happy that it's making
money and if you must worry about something just think about how you
could improve your next project to make even more profit.
It's like Square Enix declaring their "Tomb Raider" game a failure
because it didn't meet their projections. Never mind that they had
ridiculously high projections and that the game made a profit. It
didn't hit their projections and therefore was an abject failure. Of
course it did hit their projections eventually (took over a year) and
did well enough that they have made a second game but still the studio
told everone in story after story how disappointed they were in the
money that the game made.
Dimensional Traveler
Jul 21, 2015, 9:15:04 PM7/21/15
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On 7/20/2015 3:44 PM, shawn wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:13:03 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>> In article <mojld2$c89$3...@news.albasani.net>,
>> "Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>>>> Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 7/19/2015 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> What did you watch?
>>>
>>>>> ANTMAN: The 2015 film starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas. Numerous
>>>>> funny moments and a good pace, even if the whole plotline was a bit too
>>>>> slick for its own good.
>>>
>>>> And they're already declaring it a flop, despite SCORES HIGHER WITH
>>>> CRITICS THAN ULTRON because it's the lowest opening weekend since The
>>>> Hulk.
>>>
>>> Yeah, I read that. Maybe The Hulk is the flop, because Ant Man wasn't
>>> all that well known, not to mention starring the guy from Clueless.
>>>
>>> Isn't making massive profits good enough these days?
>>
>> Nope. Making hundreds of millions of dollars doesn't count - hitting
>> the arbitrary goal does.
>
> I never udnerstood why businesses would do that. Yet it seems to be
> quite common in the entertainment industry. Be happy that it's making
> money and if you must worry about something just think about how you
> could improve your next project to make even more profit.
>
You are forgetting, no movie in Hollywood _EVER_ makes a profit. Just
> On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:13:03 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>> In article <mojld2$c89$3...@news.albasani.net>,
>> "Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>>>> Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 7/19/2015 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> What did you watch?
>>>
>>>>> ANTMAN: The 2015 film starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas. Numerous
>>>>> funny moments and a good pace, even if the whole plotline was a bit too
>>>>> slick for its own good.
>>>
>>>> And they're already declaring it a flop, despite SCORES HIGHER WITH
>>>> CRITICS THAN ULTRON because it's the lowest opening weekend since The
>>>> Hulk.
>>>
>>> Yeah, I read that. Maybe The Hulk is the flop, because Ant Man wasn't
>>> all that well known, not to mention starring the guy from Clueless.
>>>
>>> Isn't making massive profits good enough these days?
>>
>> Nope. Making hundreds of millions of dollars doesn't count - hitting
>> the arbitrary goal does.
>
> I never udnerstood why businesses would do that. Yet it seems to be
> quite common in the entertainment industry. Be happy that it's making
> money and if you must worry about something just think about how you
> could improve your next project to make even more profit.
>
ask any studio's accountant.
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anim8rfsk
Jul 21, 2015, 9:40:36 PM7/21/15
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In article <55aeec8e$0$36583$742e...@news.sonic.net>,
Or profit participants.
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Jul 22, 2015, 12:02:04 AM7/22/15
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In article <mogmna$d9o$1...@dont-email.me>,
art...@alum.calberkeley.org says...
SUITS: No Puedo Hacerlo
which the show translates as "not another nickel"
Pleased to see Amy Acker.
Also discussed elsewhere.
QI: Hypothetical
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David Barnett
art...@alum.calberkeley.org says...
>
> On 7/19/2015 9:58 AM, Obveeus wrote:
> >
> > On 7/19/2015 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> >>
> >> What did you watch?
On Fri Jul 17 I watched:
> On 7/19/2015 9:58 AM, Obveeus wrote:
> >
> > On 7/19/2015 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> >>
> >> What did you watch?
SUITS: No Puedo Hacerlo
which the show translates as "not another nickel"
Pleased to see Amy Acker.
Also discussed elsewhere.
QI: Hypothetical
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David Barnett
David Barnett
Jul 22, 2015, 12:10:39 AM7/22/15
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In article <mogmna$d9o$1...@dont-email.me>,
art...@alum.calberkeley.org says...
>
> On 7/19/2015 9:58 AM, Obveeus wrote:
> >
> > On 7/19/2015 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> >>
> >> What did you watch?
I meant to add:
art...@alum.calberkeley.org says...
>
> On 7/19/2015 9:58 AM, Obveeus wrote:
> >
> > On 7/19/2015 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> >>
> >> What did you watch?
On Sat Jul 18 I watched:
CRICKET: Ashes T2 Day 2
Unlike the first test, we played much better and are in a
commanding position.
I forgot to watch Day 1.
Arthur & George (Part 3 of3) (2015)
imdb says "could this be more boring", but the final part
was a bit better.
FATHER BROWN: The Standing Stones
I thought this episode was ridiculous.
Are some English people so stupid.
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David Barnett
David Barnett
Jul 22, 2015, 12:13:54 AM7/22/15
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In article <anim8rfsk-CABE07.15013119072015
@news.easynews.com>, anim...@cox.net says...
>
> In article <moh27o$p1r$1...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 7/19/2015 4:21 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > > In article <mogkt6$64g$2...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
What next?
Bee-Man, Cockroach-Man, Wasp-Man,...?
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David Barnett
@news.easynews.com>, anim...@cox.net says...
>
> In article <moh27o$p1r$1...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 7/19/2015 4:21 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > > In article <mogkt6$64g$2...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 7/19/2015 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> What did you watch?
> > >>
> > >
> > >> On 7/19/2015 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> What did you watch?
> > >>
> > >> ANTMAN: The 2015 film starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas. Numerous
> > >> funny moments and a good pace, even if the whole plotline was a bit too
> > >> slick for its own good.
> > >
> > > And they're already declaring it a flop, despite SCORES HIGHER WITH
> > > CRITICS THAN ULTRON because it's the lowest opening weekend since The
> > > Hulk.
> >
> > >> funny moments and a good pace, even if the whole plotline was a bit too
> > >> slick for its own good.
> > >
> > > And they're already declaring it a flop, despite SCORES HIGHER WITH
> > > CRITICS THAN ULTRON because it's the lowest opening weekend since The
> > > Hulk.
> >
> > I have to say, though, that selling the viewer on 'ant sixzed super
> > hero' is a much bigger battle than selling the viewer on 'huge radiated
> > human turned monster super hero'. I'm guessing that ANTMAN will do ok
> > once the overseas markets add to the box office total. After all, the
> > #1 movie this weekend in China was about a guy who's super power is
> > based upon Pancakes, so they are more receptive to the non-traditional
> > superhero route.
>
> Ant-Man
>
> Total Lifetime Grosses
> Domestic: $58,040,000 50.7%
> + Foreign: $56,400,000 49.3%
>
> = Worldwide: $114,440,000
>
Does not interest me.
> > hero' is a much bigger battle than selling the viewer on 'huge radiated
> > human turned monster super hero'. I'm guessing that ANTMAN will do ok
> > once the overseas markets add to the box office total. After all, the
> > #1 movie this weekend in China was about a guy who's super power is
> > based upon Pancakes, so they are more receptive to the non-traditional
> > superhero route.
>
> Ant-Man
>
> Total Lifetime Grosses
> Domestic: $58,040,000 50.7%
> + Foreign: $56,400,000 49.3%
>
> = Worldwide: $114,440,000
>
What next?
Bee-Man, Cockroach-Man, Wasp-Man,...?
--
David Barnett
anim8rfsk
Jul 22, 2015, 1:11:11 AM7/22/15
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In article <MPG.3019c38...@news.eternal-september.org>,
"The Wasp" is Ant-Man's girlfriend
no, really, she is
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no, really, she is
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SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEQUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuu......
Obveeus
Jul 22, 2015, 7:46:27 AM7/22/15
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On 7/22/2015 12:13 AM, David Barnett wrote:
> In article <anim8rfsk-CABE07.15013119072015
> @news.easynews.com>, anim...@cox.net says...
>> Ant-Man
>>
>> Total Lifetime Grosses
>> Domestic: $58,040,000 50.7%
>> + Foreign: $56,400,000 49.3%
>>
>> = Worldwide: $114,440,000
>>
>
> Does not interest me.
> What next?
> Bee-Man, Cockroach-Man, Wasp-Man,...?
The Wasp will be next, as hinted at in ANT-MAN.
>>
>> Total Lifetime Grosses
>> Domestic: $58,040,000 50.7%
>> + Foreign: $56,400,000 49.3%
>>
>> = Worldwide: $114,440,000
>>
>
> Does not interest me.
> What next?
> Bee-Man, Cockroach-Man, Wasp-Man,...?
Adam H. Kerman
Jul 22, 2015, 9:09:30 AM7/22/15
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David Barnett <dbar...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>FATHER BROWN: The Standing Stones
>I thought this episode was ridiculous.
>Are some English people so stupid.
I saw this a couple of weeks ago. Father Brown let a record-setting number
>FATHER BROWN: The Standing Stones
>I thought this episode was ridiculous.
>Are some English people so stupid.
of people get away with murder, and I sure don't understand how the one
man who didn't, the publican, was more guilty than the others. He didn't
even seem to be the instigator of it all.
Yeah, I get that polio outbreaks were hideous, but we've seen parents
react like that to their precious children picking up lice from a neighbor.
Adam H. Kerman
Jul 22, 2015, 9:10:41 AM7/22/15
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Michael Black
Jul 22, 2015, 3:24:32 PM7/22/15
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>>>>
>>>> =?Worldwide: $114,440,000
>>>> ?
>>>
>>> Does not interest me.
>>> What next?
>>> Bee-Man, Cockroach-Man, Wasp-Man,...?
>>
>> "The Wasp" is Ant-Man's girlfriend
>> no, really, she is
>
> Aren't wasps parasitic toward ants? This can't end well.
>
Likely they created all these superheroes when that sort of mingling
>>> Does not interest me.
>>> What next?
>>> Bee-Man, Cockroach-Man, Wasp-Man,...?
>>
>> "The Wasp" is Ant-Man's girlfriend
>> no, really, she is
>
> Aren't wasps parasitic toward ants? This can't end well.
>
wouldn't have been happening, so they didn't think about the consequences.
Now in our modern liberated world, men and women superheroes do hook
up, and then their animals clash.
Michael
Jim G.
Jul 22, 2015, 6:11:30 PM7/22/15
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Adam H. Kerman sent the following on 07/22/2015 at 08:10 AM:
> anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>> In article <MPG.3019c38...@news.eternal-september.org>,
>> David Barnett <dbar...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <anim8rfsk-CABE07.15013119072015
>>> @news.easynews.com>, anim...@cox.net says...
>>>>
>> In article <MPG.3019c38...@news.eternal-september.org>,
>> David Barnett <dbar...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <anim8rfsk-CABE07.15013119072015
>>> @news.easynews.com>, anim...@cox.net says...
>>>>
>>>> Ant-Man
>>>>
>>>> Total Lifetime Grosses
>>>> Domestic: $58,040,000 50.7%
>>>> + Foreign: $56,400,000 49.3%
>>>>
>>>> = Worldwide: $114,440,000
>>>>
>>>
>>> Does not interest me.
>>> What next?
>>> Bee-Man, Cockroach-Man, Wasp-Man,...?
>>
>> "The Wasp" is Ant-Man's girlfriend
>> no, really, she is
>
> Aren't wasps parasitic toward ants? This can't end well.
You always hurt the one you love.
>>>>
>>>> Total Lifetime Grosses
>>>> Domestic: $58,040,000 50.7%
>>>> + Foreign: $56,400,000 49.3%
>>>>
>>>> = Worldwide: $114,440,000
>>>>
>>>
>>> Does not interest me.
>>> What next?
>>> Bee-Man, Cockroach-Man, Wasp-Man,...?
>>
>> "The Wasp" is Ant-Man's girlfriend
>> no, really, she is
>
> Aren't wasps parasitic toward ants? This can't end well.
anim8rfsk
Jul 22, 2015, 6:55:53 PM7/22/15
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In article <mop4ef$peb$1...@news.albasani.net>,
--
SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEQUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuu......
"Jim G." <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> Adam H. Kerman sent the following on 07/22/2015 at 08:10 AM:
> > anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
> >> In article <MPG.3019c38...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> >> David Barnett <dbar...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> >>
> >>> In article <anim8rfsk-CABE07.15013119072015
> >>> @news.easynews.com>, anim...@cox.net says...
> >>>>
> >>>> Ant-Man
> >>>>
> >>>> Total Lifetime Grosses
> >>>> Domestic: $58,040,000 50.7%
> >>>> + Foreign: $56,400,000 49.3%
> >>>>
> >>>> = Worldwide: $114,440,000
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Does not interest me.
> >>> What next?
> >>> Bee-Man, Cockroach-Man, Wasp-Man,...?
> >>
> >> "The Wasp" is Ant-Man's girlfriend
> >> no, really, she is
> >
> > Aren't wasps parasitic toward ants? This can't end well.
>
> You always hurt the one you love.
Or in my case, vice versa
> Adam H. Kerman sent the following on 07/22/2015 at 08:10 AM:
> > anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
> >> In article <MPG.3019c38...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> >> David Barnett <dbar...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> >>
> >>> In article <anim8rfsk-CABE07.15013119072015
> >>> @news.easynews.com>, anim...@cox.net says...
> >>>>
> >>>> Ant-Man
> >>>>
> >>>> Total Lifetime Grosses
> >>>> Domestic: $58,040,000 50.7%
> >>>> + Foreign: $56,400,000 49.3%
> >>>>
> >>>> = Worldwide: $114,440,000
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Does not interest me.
> >>> What next?
> >>> Bee-Man, Cockroach-Man, Wasp-Man,...?
> >>
> >> "The Wasp" is Ant-Man's girlfriend
> >> no, really, she is
> >
> > Aren't wasps parasitic toward ants? This can't end well.
>
> You always hurt the one you love.
--
SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEQUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuu......
Jim G.
Jul 23, 2015, 1:55:12 PM7/23/15
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anim8rfsk sent the following on 07/22/2015 at 05:55 PM:
When she knows that it's True Love, she doesn't need to respect the
restraining order.
restraining order.
David Barnett
Jul 25, 2015, 12:14:22 AM7/25/15
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In article <moo4oe$vnq$2...@news.albasani.net>,
a...@chinet.com says...
Reminds me of the story of the Scorpion & The Frog.
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David Barnett
a...@chinet.com says...
--
David Barnett
David Barnett
Jul 25, 2015, 12:16:03 AM7/25/15
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@news.easynews.com>, anim...@cox.net says...
I've had that happen too, but in retrospect glad it did.
--
David Barnett
@news.easynews.com>, anim...@cox.net says...
--
David Barnett
David Barnett
Jul 26, 2015, 7:15:19 PM7/26/15
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a...@chinet.com says...
I liked the next episode "The Paradise of Thieves" much
better.
I missed the first few episodes of this season due to my
cruise, but the channel is repeating them this week.
Only my cataract operation is tomorrow, and I don't know
whether I'll be able to watch them for a while.
Also this may be my last day of posting for 2 weeks. which
is the convalescent period during which I will staying at
my daughter's place.
--
David Barnett
a...@chinet.com says...
better.
I missed the first few episodes of this season due to my
cruise, but the channel is repeating them this week.
Only my cataract operation is tomorrow, and I don't know
whether I'll be able to watch them for a while.
Also this may be my last day of posting for 2 weeks. which
is the convalescent period during which I will staying at
my daughter's place.
--
David Barnett
Adam H. Kerman
Jul 26, 2015, 7:40:24 PM7/26/15
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David Barnett <dbar...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>Also this may be my last day of posting for 2 weeks. which
>is the convalescent period during which I will staying at
>my daughter's place.
My goodness. What happened?
>Also this may be my last day of posting for 2 weeks. which
>is the convalescent period during which I will staying at
>my daughter's place.
anim8rfsk
Jul 26, 2015, 7:58:52 PM7/26/15
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Really? My mom rode home 20 minutes later gleefully reading the street
signs aloud without her glasses!
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signs aloud without her glasses!
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anim8rfsk
Jul 26, 2015, 8:23:34 PM7/26/15
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In article <mp3r56$u0r$1...@news.albasani.net>,
He's having cataract surgery.
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Ubiquitous
Jul 31, 2015, 2:57:07 PM7/31/15
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anim...@cox.net wrote:
> Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
>> Then I watched some of "Krakatoa, East of Java". It turns out that one of
>> the pearl divers is played by someone who was in "Lt Robin Crusoe USN"
>> that I watched last week.
>
>I saw Krakatoa (which is in fact WEST of Java) in the theater. :)
I saw it in person in a previous incarnartion. :-)
--
Is Obama the cause or a symptom of America's terminal illness?
> Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
>> Then I watched some of "Krakatoa, East of Java". It turns out that one of
>> the pearl divers is played by someone who was in "Lt Robin Crusoe USN"
>> that I watched last week.
>
>I saw Krakatoa (which is in fact WEST of Java) in the theater. :)
I saw it in person in a previous incarnartion. :-)
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David Barnett
Aug 15, 2015, 8:06:24 PM8/15/15
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@news.easynews.com>, anim...@cox.net says...
The patch over my R eye was not taken off until the next
day.
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@news.easynews.com>, anim...@cox.net says...
day.
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David Barnett
anim8rfsk
Aug 15, 2015, 9:38:18 PM8/15/15
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In article <MPG.303a7f0...@news.eternal-september.org>,
huh
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