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Ubiquitous
May 21, 2012, 5:59:40 AM5/21/12
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Today, I watched:
HAPPY DAYS:
"The New Arnold's". Al and Fonzie reopen Arnold's but cannot agree on
its new name. I always HATED the new Arnold's! The decor and layout are
just HIDEOUS!
HAPPY DAYS:
"The Hucksters". Howard hires a consultant to help him make a TV
commercial for his hardware store. "Joanie's been replaced by a DOG!"
LEXX:
"Mantrid". Kai gets possesed by remenants of His Divine Shadow and seeks
Mantrid, his former Bio-Vizier.
LEXX:
"Terminal". After Stanly accidentally gets killed by Kai, the gang takes
him to a medical satelite. The threat of the Lexx's power encourages the
medical staff to help, but it's revealed that they wish to take the Lexx
and use it for their own ends.
LEXX:
Lyekka". A plant-based organism called Lyekka arrives on the Lexx and
uses Stanley's dream image of a high school crush to take human form.
Meanwhile, three astronauts from the planet Potataho run into the Lexx.
Lyekka begins to eat them one at a time, allowing them to live out their
wildest fantasies before consuming them.
LEXX:
LuvLiner". After receiving a broadcast from a space brothel, the crew
convinces Schlemmi the manager to give them free services after
discovering they have no money by destroying a nearby planet. Schlemmi,
who has a robot fetish, takes advantage of 790 and calls a bounty
hunter, planning to take the Lexx for himself.
LEXX:
Lafftrak". The crew discovers an automated TV planet where one can
participate in various TV shows and, depending on how well one does, is
promoted or demoted to different shows, not realizing that if one fails,
he's decaptiated and becomes a permanant member of the studio audience.
LEXX:
Stan's Trial". After literally getting captured by a giant condom on
another space brothel, Stanly is put on trial for causing the
destruction of 100 rebel planets, not knowing that the chief prosecutor
has a death fetish.
BOB'S BURGERS:
"Beefsquatch". Gene upstages his father on a local news show's cooking
segment.
FAMILY GUY:
"Viewer Mail 2". Several stories basedon view mail. Ten years overdue.
FAMILY GUY:
I thought "Viewer Mail" was going to be a two-parter finally, but once I
realized it was a normal ep and they began ANOTHER lengthy chicken fight
segment, I bailed.
LEXX:
"Love Grows". A crew of sleazy space truckers, two sexist men and one
large manly woman, who are transporting a sex-changing and ultimately
fatal virus, contaminate themselves, the Lexx, and its crew. While the
disease does not affect the external appearance, it changes the genitals
and the voice and works on the mind, making men extremely demure and
making women into voracious sexual predators. Stanley Tweedle finally
fulfills his dream of having sex with Xev, although it is arguably more
of a rape and during the encounter their sex were reversed.
What did you watch?
--
"If Barack Obama isn't careful, he will become the Jimmy Carter of the
21st century."
HAPPY DAYS:
"The New Arnold's". Al and Fonzie reopen Arnold's but cannot agree on
its new name. I always HATED the new Arnold's! The decor and layout are
just HIDEOUS!
HAPPY DAYS:
"The Hucksters". Howard hires a consultant to help him make a TV
commercial for his hardware store. "Joanie's been replaced by a DOG!"
LEXX:
"Mantrid". Kai gets possesed by remenants of His Divine Shadow and seeks
Mantrid, his former Bio-Vizier.
LEXX:
"Terminal". After Stanly accidentally gets killed by Kai, the gang takes
him to a medical satelite. The threat of the Lexx's power encourages the
medical staff to help, but it's revealed that they wish to take the Lexx
and use it for their own ends.
LEXX:
Lyekka". A plant-based organism called Lyekka arrives on the Lexx and
uses Stanley's dream image of a high school crush to take human form.
Meanwhile, three astronauts from the planet Potataho run into the Lexx.
Lyekka begins to eat them one at a time, allowing them to live out their
wildest fantasies before consuming them.
LEXX:
LuvLiner". After receiving a broadcast from a space brothel, the crew
convinces Schlemmi the manager to give them free services after
discovering they have no money by destroying a nearby planet. Schlemmi,
who has a robot fetish, takes advantage of 790 and calls a bounty
hunter, planning to take the Lexx for himself.
LEXX:
Lafftrak". The crew discovers an automated TV planet where one can
participate in various TV shows and, depending on how well one does, is
promoted or demoted to different shows, not realizing that if one fails,
he's decaptiated and becomes a permanant member of the studio audience.
LEXX:
Stan's Trial". After literally getting captured by a giant condom on
another space brothel, Stanly is put on trial for causing the
destruction of 100 rebel planets, not knowing that the chief prosecutor
has a death fetish.
BOB'S BURGERS:
"Beefsquatch". Gene upstages his father on a local news show's cooking
segment.
FAMILY GUY:
"Viewer Mail 2". Several stories basedon view mail. Ten years overdue.
FAMILY GUY:
I thought "Viewer Mail" was going to be a two-parter finally, but once I
realized it was a normal ep and they began ANOTHER lengthy chicken fight
segment, I bailed.
LEXX:
"Love Grows". A crew of sleazy space truckers, two sexist men and one
large manly woman, who are transporting a sex-changing and ultimately
fatal virus, contaminate themselves, the Lexx, and its crew. While the
disease does not affect the external appearance, it changes the genitals
and the voice and works on the mind, making men extremely demure and
making women into voracious sexual predators. Stanley Tweedle finally
fulfills his dream of having sex with Xev, although it is arguably more
of a rape and during the encounter their sex were reversed.
What did you watch?
--
"If Barack Obama isn't careful, he will become the Jimmy Carter of the
21st century."
Obveeus
May 21, 2012, 6:27:45 AM5/21/12
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"Ubiquitous" <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
> What did you watch?
THE SIMPSONS: Season finale with Lady Gaga trying to cheer up Lisa. The
show made fun of all those internet losers that use multiple screennames,
but really, the best part of the episode was Homer singing 'Homer Face' at
the end credits.
Ubiquitous
May 21, 2012, 6:28:00 AM5/21/12
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In article <jpd5b2$elq$1...@dont-email.me>, Obv...@aol.com wrote:
>"Ubiquitous" <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>> What did you watch?
>
>THE SIMPSONS: Season finale with Lady Gaga trying to cheer up Lisa. The
>show made fun of all those internet losers that use multiple screennames,
Heh.
>"Ubiquitous" <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>> What did you watch?
>
>THE SIMPSONS: Season finale with Lady Gaga trying to cheer up Lisa. The
>show made fun of all those internet losers that use multiple screennames,
I had this on while waiting for Bob's Burgers but decided to get something to
eat at Taco Hell down the road for some bean burritos. By the time I returned,
Bob's Burgers had already started. Stoopid slow fast food!
Arthur Lipscomb
May 21, 2012, 11:41:33 AM5/21/12
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month.
Game of Thrones - Another solid episode. Tyrion and Arya once again
steal the show by being the cleverest person in the room. There's no
way they're going to wrap everything up in two episodes but then I guess
they don't need to. Still, I prefer 30-40 episodes per season.
Family Guy - A collection of mostly mediocre stories. This episode did
have what may have been the most epic battle between Peter and the
chicken yet. They literally fought through space and time for about 5
minutes straight. When they got off the DeLorean and fought their way
to the space shuttle I thought it was going to turn out to be the
Challenger.
Person of Interest (recorded) - Amy Acker is popping up everywhere.
Pretty good finale but the ending has me concerned they may be heading
for a retcon with how the machine works.
Private Practice (recorded) - I hope next season there aren't any more
storylines about sick babies.
The Borgias (recorded) - Last week's episode. The pope wasn't happy
that he sent his son off on a diplomatic mission and winds up starting a
war instead. Meanwhile the Pope's daughter is forced to pick from a
group of suitors but winds up fancying one of the suitors younger
brother instead.
Battle Royale (blu-ray) - The Japanese government rounds up a group of
students, puts them all on an island and forces them to kill each other
until only one is left. Watching this again after recently seeing The
Hunger Games (which I liked), it's clear Battle Royale is far better.
The Dictator (theatrical film) - Sacha Baron Cohen plays a brutal North
African dictator who's replaced by a double while on a trip to the UN.
While plotting to retake his dictatorship he ends up working (and
falling) for a ultra left wing grocery store manager played by Anna
Faris (who I would have sworn was Ginnifer Goodwin). It was pretty
funny. I don't know about replay value but there were several laugh out
loud scenes. I especially liked how he slowly took over the grocery
store and turned it into a dictatorship with himself as the "Supreme
Grocer" and Anna as a puppet figure head. Under his dictatorial regime
(where torture and kidnappings are commonplace) the store went from a
rundown shamble to prosperous example of efficiency. As they say,
Hitler made the trains run on time.
Ian J. Ball
May 21, 2012, 12:35:16 PM5/21/12
to
In article <jpd3pc$5h6$1...@dont-email.me>,
Wall-to-wall (Lifetime) movies!
Burden of Evil (LMN) - Natalie Zea (Justified, etc.) plays a dogged
homicide detective who is called in to rescue a kidnapped Senator's
daughter from the psycho (Ricky Mabe) who is conveniently the same guy
that killed her cop husband some years before. Ron Lea plays her boss.
Improbably, Michael Ironside plays the Senator - that's "crazy", as no
American state would ever elect a Canadian as Senator!!!1! Does anyone
doubt that Zea will play Raylan Givens here, and color the perp?!...
Do No Harm (LMN) - I hate my Tribune inspired on-air guide! - They had a
2009 TV movie listed for this, when in fact it was a 2012 TV movie
starring Deanna Russo! (Fred would have hated it!!)
Anyway, this one started really promisingly, and I thought it was
going to play against the usual 'Lifetime expectations' and skip all the
usual pyscho-stalker stuff, and just be a straight
character/psychological piece about a woman (Russo) overcoming a tragic
loss.
That only lasted about 30 minutes. :( Sure enough, the rest of the
movie is haunted by the ghost of Lauren Holly (say, remember when Lauren
Holly was a real person, and not a ghost??!!...), who plays Deanna
Russo's original shrink who has... shall we say an unhealthy attachment
to her patient (Russo). Wackiness ensues as Lauren Holly's ghost begins
stalking her, and Russo's boyfriend just thinks she's crazy!!
Deadly Hope (LMN) - Alana de la Garza and Sandrine Holt starred in this
one. de la Garza plays an ob/gyn whose partner ends up dead, murdered in
a very specific(ally medical) fashion. Holt plays the no-nonsense
detective on the case. Of course, the cops initially think de la Garza
did it, but soon multiple bodies turn up, and Sandrine Holt becomes
convinced that Alana de la Garza is actually being targeted by the
killer.
I enjoyed the leads of this one, but honestly I would have liked it a
lot more if there had been a 'twist' and de la Garza had turned out to
be the killer... :/
Murder on the 13th Floor (Lifetime) - This one was virtually Sci-Fi (I
kid you not!!)
Tessa Thompson plays the nanny to an extremely wealthy couple (Sean
Patrick Thomas, and a really really old looking Jordan Ladd - she's aged
about 30 years in the last 10!! :( ) who it just so happens live in
the penthouse of a new "smart" building (this is where the Sci-Fi comes
in! - the building is so "smart", its toilets can tell you when you're
pregnant!!).
Anyway, Ladd's character finds out that her husband (Thomas) has been
'dipping the wick' with the nanny (Thompson). So she foolishly hires a
couple of thugs to break in, "take over" the computer running the
'smart' building, and kill the nanny (without hurting Ladd's and Thomas'
son). It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Ladd's horrible plan
will go awry... and it does!! I did enjoy Thompson getting all "Death
Wish" in one scene.
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (CBS) - Jesse Stone's dilemma from the
last 'Jesse Stone' flick is miraculously resolved when the Paradise
Police Chief hired to replace him is miraculously "blowed up" (along
with a fellow officer, whom I wasn't sure at first was 'Suitcase' or
not, but turned out not to be...), and Stone gets his job back, and must
investigate whodunnit. I must admit - I got lost in who did the crime,
and why, at the end... :/
Recorded for later: Mad Men (I think I have a backlog of 3 of these
now... :/ ) .
--
"We're gonna need a lot of therapy." - the character Rachel in "Bunnyman"
(named 1 of the 5 Worst Horror Films of 2011 by 28DaysLaterAnalysis.com!!)
Wall-to-wall (Lifetime) movies!
Burden of Evil (LMN) - Natalie Zea (Justified, etc.) plays a dogged
homicide detective who is called in to rescue a kidnapped Senator's
daughter from the psycho (Ricky Mabe) who is conveniently the same guy
that killed her cop husband some years before. Ron Lea plays her boss.
Improbably, Michael Ironside plays the Senator - that's "crazy", as no
American state would ever elect a Canadian as Senator!!!1! Does anyone
doubt that Zea will play Raylan Givens here, and color the perp?!...
Do No Harm (LMN) - I hate my Tribune inspired on-air guide! - They had a
2009 TV movie listed for this, when in fact it was a 2012 TV movie
starring Deanna Russo! (Fred would have hated it!!)
Anyway, this one started really promisingly, and I thought it was
going to play against the usual 'Lifetime expectations' and skip all the
usual pyscho-stalker stuff, and just be a straight
character/psychological piece about a woman (Russo) overcoming a tragic
loss.
That only lasted about 30 minutes. :( Sure enough, the rest of the
movie is haunted by the ghost of Lauren Holly (say, remember when Lauren
Holly was a real person, and not a ghost??!!...), who plays Deanna
Russo's original shrink who has... shall we say an unhealthy attachment
to her patient (Russo). Wackiness ensues as Lauren Holly's ghost begins
stalking her, and Russo's boyfriend just thinks she's crazy!!
Deadly Hope (LMN) - Alana de la Garza and Sandrine Holt starred in this
one. de la Garza plays an ob/gyn whose partner ends up dead, murdered in
a very specific(ally medical) fashion. Holt plays the no-nonsense
detective on the case. Of course, the cops initially think de la Garza
did it, but soon multiple bodies turn up, and Sandrine Holt becomes
convinced that Alana de la Garza is actually being targeted by the
killer.
I enjoyed the leads of this one, but honestly I would have liked it a
lot more if there had been a 'twist' and de la Garza had turned out to
be the killer... :/
Murder on the 13th Floor (Lifetime) - This one was virtually Sci-Fi (I
kid you not!!)
Tessa Thompson plays the nanny to an extremely wealthy couple (Sean
Patrick Thomas, and a really really old looking Jordan Ladd - she's aged
about 30 years in the last 10!! :( ) who it just so happens live in
the penthouse of a new "smart" building (this is where the Sci-Fi comes
in! - the building is so "smart", its toilets can tell you when you're
pregnant!!).
Anyway, Ladd's character finds out that her husband (Thomas) has been
'dipping the wick' with the nanny (Thompson). So she foolishly hires a
couple of thugs to break in, "take over" the computer running the
'smart' building, and kill the nanny (without hurting Ladd's and Thomas'
son). It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Ladd's horrible plan
will go awry... and it does!! I did enjoy Thompson getting all "Death
Wish" in one scene.
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (CBS) - Jesse Stone's dilemma from the
last 'Jesse Stone' flick is miraculously resolved when the Paradise
Police Chief hired to replace him is miraculously "blowed up" (along
with a fellow officer, whom I wasn't sure at first was 'Suitcase' or
not, but turned out not to be...), and Stone gets his job back, and must
investigate whodunnit. I must admit - I got lost in who did the crime,
and why, at the end... :/
Recorded for later: Mad Men (I think I have a backlog of 3 of these
now... :/ ) .
--
"We're gonna need a lot of therapy." - the character Rachel in "Bunnyman"
(named 1 of the 5 Worst Horror Films of 2011 by 28DaysLaterAnalysis.com!!)
anim8rFSK
May 21, 2012, 3:30:34 PM5/21/12
to
In article
<ijball-NO_SPAM-DAF...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Anyway, this one started really promisingly, and I thought it was
> going to play against the usual 'Lifetime expectations' and skip all the
> usual pyscho-stalker stuff, and just be a straight
> character/psychological piece about a woman (Russo) overcoming a tragic
> loss.
> That only lasted about 30 minutes. :( Sure enough, the rest of the
> movie is haunted by the ghost of Lauren Holly (say, remember when Lauren
> Holly was a real person, and not a ghost??!!...), who plays Deanna
> Russo's original shrink who has... shall we say an unhealthy attachment
> to her patient (Russo). Wackiness ensues as Lauren Holly's ghost begins
> stalking her, and Russo's boyfriend just thinks she's crazy!!
Hey, did you catch the flick with the angry old woman that used to be
Sydney Penny?
> one. de la Garza plays an ob/gyn whose partner ends up dead, murdered in
> a very specific(ally medical) fashion. Holt plays the no-nonsense
Las Vegas
> detective on the case. Of course, the cops initially think de la Garza
> did it, but soon multiple bodies turn up, and Sandrine Holt becomes
> convinced that Alana de la Garza is actually being targeted by the
> killer.
> I enjoyed the leads of this one, but honestly I would have liked it a
> lot more if there had been a 'twist' and de la Garza had turned out to
> be the killer... :/
>
> Murder on the 13th Floor (Lifetime) - This one was virtually Sci-Fi (I
> kid you not!!)
> Tessa Thompson plays the nanny to an extremely wealthy couple (Sean
> Patrick Thomas, and a really really old looking Jordan Ladd - she's aged
> about 30 years in the last 10!! :(
Yeah, she's only about 10 years younger than Cheryl at this point
) who it just so happens live in
> the penthouse of a new "smart" building (this is where the Sci-Fi comes
> in! - the building is so "smart", its toilets can tell you when you're
> pregnant!!).
> Anyway, Ladd's character finds out that her husband (Thomas) has been
> 'dipping the wick' with the nanny (Thompson). So she foolishly hires a
> couple of thugs to break in, "take over" the computer running the
> 'smart' building, and kill the nanny (without hurting Ladd's and Thomas'
> son). It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Ladd's horrible plan
> will go awry... and it does!! I did enjoy Thompson getting all "Death
> Wish" in one scene.
>
> Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (CBS) - Jesse Stone's dilemma from the
> last 'Jesse Stone' flick is miraculously resolved when the Paradise
> Police Chief hired to replace him is miraculously "blowed up" (along
> with a fellow officer, whom I wasn't sure at first was 'Suitcase' or
> not, but turned out not to be...), and Stone gets his job back, and must
> investigate whodunnit. I must admit - I got lost in who did the crime,
> and why, at the end... :/
Lines lifted straight from Magnum P.I. said multiple times didn't keep
you awake?
The solution to the crime ... is a puzzler. It turns out that Artie
from W13 was always Fish's boss and just runs this used car dealership
as a front and went to jail in an earlier movie for a crime he didn't do
to keep Magnum from finding out about the crimes he really DID do, which
doesn't make a damn lick of sense given that he's the one responsible
for bringing Magnum out of retirement to investigate a murder he
apparently hired out himself; nor do I know if Artie planted the money
and drugs which led Magnum to catch him, which would be galactically
stupid.
I have no idea if the other police chief was on the take or not, nor why
he would keep the money in the trunk of the police cruiser if he was, or
if they just parked randomly on a mine (which the show seemed to
indicate early on) or if it was attached to the underside of the car
(which the end seemed to indicate), in which case there was no reason to
lure them out to the beach in the first place.
I have no idea if Thompson was really the bomber or not, or what he was
doing. But the bomb was apparently planted at Arti's car dealership,
which should make somebody suspicious; unfortunately that wasn't one of
the clews that led Magnum to figure out Arti did it.
I have no idea what Robert Carradine was doing or why at any point in
time. At first I thought he was the other half of the drug buy, but I
assume that's whoever helped Artie escape in the speedboat. Which must
make him a hired killer - a really bad one - looking to keep Magnum from
getting to the truth, a truth he wouldn't get near if they didn't keep
tossing him clews.
So the whole thing was apparently some drug buy, and if you knew the
police chief who may or may not have been dirty knew the time and place
of the drug buy, why wouldn't you just change the time or date of the
drug buy rather than blow the guy up? Or, you know, both ...
Apparently Healy knew what was going on the whole time, or at least
enough of it ... he knew who didn't do it, which is tough to manage
without knowing who did.
I was glad there were no phone calls from the ex-wife.
And Fish's new assistant Amanda is hot and I have no idea who played her.
--
So we're all agreed that Clod is as stupid as Charlie Sheen?
<ijball-NO_SPAM-DAF...@news.eternal-september.org>,
"Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> In article <jpd3pc$5h6$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
> > What did you watch?
>
> Wall-to-wall (Lifetime) movies!
>
> In article <jpd3pc$5h6$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
> > What did you watch?
>
> Wall-to-wall (Lifetime) movies!
>
> Do No Harm (LMN) - I hate my Tribune inspired on-air guide! - They had a
> 2009 TV movie listed for this, when in fact it was a 2012 TV movie
> starring Deanna Russo! (Fred would have hated it!!)
Who was the female lead?
> 2009 TV movie listed for this, when in fact it was a 2012 TV movie
> starring Deanna Russo! (Fred would have hated it!!)
> Anyway, this one started really promisingly, and I thought it was
> going to play against the usual 'Lifetime expectations' and skip all the
> usual pyscho-stalker stuff, and just be a straight
> character/psychological piece about a woman (Russo) overcoming a tragic
> loss.
> That only lasted about 30 minutes. :( Sure enough, the rest of the
> movie is haunted by the ghost of Lauren Holly (say, remember when Lauren
> Holly was a real person, and not a ghost??!!...), who plays Deanna
> Russo's original shrink who has... shall we say an unhealthy attachment
> to her patient (Russo). Wackiness ensues as Lauren Holly's ghost begins
> stalking her, and Russo's boyfriend just thinks she's crazy!!
Sydney Penny?
>
> Deadly Hope (LMN) - Alana de la Garza and Sandrine Holt starred in this
rowr
> Deadly Hope (LMN) - Alana de la Garza and Sandrine Holt starred in this
> one. de la Garza plays an ob/gyn whose partner ends up dead, murdered in
> a very specific(ally medical) fashion. Holt plays the no-nonsense
> detective on the case. Of course, the cops initially think de la Garza
> did it, but soon multiple bodies turn up, and Sandrine Holt becomes
> convinced that Alana de la Garza is actually being targeted by the
> killer.
> I enjoyed the leads of this one, but honestly I would have liked it a
> lot more if there had been a 'twist' and de la Garza had turned out to
> be the killer... :/
>
> Murder on the 13th Floor (Lifetime) - This one was virtually Sci-Fi (I
> kid you not!!)
> Tessa Thompson plays the nanny to an extremely wealthy couple (Sean
> Patrick Thomas, and a really really old looking Jordan Ladd - she's aged
> about 30 years in the last 10!! :(
) who it just so happens live in
> the penthouse of a new "smart" building (this is where the Sci-Fi comes
> in! - the building is so "smart", its toilets can tell you when you're
> pregnant!!).
> Anyway, Ladd's character finds out that her husband (Thomas) has been
> 'dipping the wick' with the nanny (Thompson). So she foolishly hires a
> couple of thugs to break in, "take over" the computer running the
> 'smart' building, and kill the nanny (without hurting Ladd's and Thomas'
> son). It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Ladd's horrible plan
> will go awry... and it does!! I did enjoy Thompson getting all "Death
> Wish" in one scene.
>
> Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (CBS) - Jesse Stone's dilemma from the
> last 'Jesse Stone' flick is miraculously resolved when the Paradise
> Police Chief hired to replace him is miraculously "blowed up" (along
> with a fellow officer, whom I wasn't sure at first was 'Suitcase' or
> not, but turned out not to be...), and Stone gets his job back, and must
> investigate whodunnit. I must admit - I got lost in who did the crime,
> and why, at the end... :/
you awake?
The solution to the crime ... is a puzzler. It turns out that Artie
from W13 was always Fish's boss and just runs this used car dealership
as a front and went to jail in an earlier movie for a crime he didn't do
to keep Magnum from finding out about the crimes he really DID do, which
doesn't make a damn lick of sense given that he's the one responsible
for bringing Magnum out of retirement to investigate a murder he
apparently hired out himself; nor do I know if Artie planted the money
and drugs which led Magnum to catch him, which would be galactically
stupid.
I have no idea if the other police chief was on the take or not, nor why
he would keep the money in the trunk of the police cruiser if he was, or
if they just parked randomly on a mine (which the show seemed to
indicate early on) or if it was attached to the underside of the car
(which the end seemed to indicate), in which case there was no reason to
lure them out to the beach in the first place.
I have no idea if Thompson was really the bomber or not, or what he was
doing. But the bomb was apparently planted at Arti's car dealership,
which should make somebody suspicious; unfortunately that wasn't one of
the clews that led Magnum to figure out Arti did it.
I have no idea what Robert Carradine was doing or why at any point in
time. At first I thought he was the other half of the drug buy, but I
assume that's whoever helped Artie escape in the speedboat. Which must
make him a hired killer - a really bad one - looking to keep Magnum from
getting to the truth, a truth he wouldn't get near if they didn't keep
tossing him clews.
So the whole thing was apparently some drug buy, and if you knew the
police chief who may or may not have been dirty knew the time and place
of the drug buy, why wouldn't you just change the time or date of the
drug buy rather than blow the guy up? Or, you know, both ...
Apparently Healy knew what was going on the whole time, or at least
enough of it ... he knew who didn't do it, which is tough to manage
without knowing who did.
I was glad there were no phone calls from the ex-wife.
And Fish's new assistant Amanda is hot and I have no idea who played her.
--
So we're all agreed that Clod is as stupid as Charlie Sheen?
Ian J. Ball
May 21, 2012, 4:44:59 PM5/21/12
to
On May 21, 12:30 pm, anim8rFSK <anim8r...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article
> <ijball-NO_SPAM-DAFE5A.09351621052...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-NO_S...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>
> > In article <jpd3pc$5h...@dont-email.me>,
I was actually daring my best friend (who *hates* television) to watch
that when he was cycling through his cable guide listings the other
day... ;)
> > Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (CBS) - Jesse Stone's dilemma from the
> > last 'Jesse Stone' flick is miraculously resolved when the Paradise
> > Police Chief hired to replace him is miraculously "blowed up" (along
> > with a fellow officer, whom I wasn't sure at first was 'Suitcase' or
> > not, but turned out not to be...), and Stone gets his job back, and must
> > investigate whodunnit. I must admit - I got lost in who did the crime,
> > and why, at the end... :/
>
> Lines lifted straight from Magnum P.I. said multiple times didn't keep
> you awake?
> [snip]
sure where...
I did forget to mention how much I dislike Gloria Reuben in my review,
though - she nearly ruined the whole movie for me, all by herself!!
> In article
> <ijball-NO_SPAM-DAFE5A.09351621052...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-NO_S...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>
> > In article <jpd3pc$5h...@dont-email.me>,
> > Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
> > > What did you watch?
>
> > Wall-to-wall (Lifetime) movies!
>
>
> > > What did you watch?
>
> > Wall-to-wall (Lifetime) movies!
>
> Hey, did you catch the flick with the angry old woman that used to be
> Sydney Penny?
Of course - saw it a couple of weeks ago!! ;p
> Sydney Penny?
I was actually daring my best friend (who *hates* television) to watch
that when he was cycling through his cable guide listings the other
day... ;)
> > Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (CBS) - Jesse Stone's dilemma from the
> > last 'Jesse Stone' flick is miraculously resolved when the Paradise
> > Police Chief hired to replace him is miraculously "blowed up" (along
> > with a fellow officer, whom I wasn't sure at first was 'Suitcase' or
> > not, but turned out not to be...), and Stone gets his job back, and must
> > investigate whodunnit. I must admit - I got lost in who did the crime,
> > and why, at the end... :/
>
> Lines lifted straight from Magnum P.I. said multiple times didn't keep
> you awake?
>
> And Fish's new assistant Amanda is hot and I have no idea who played her.
Yeah, I liked her a lot. I think I've seen her before, but I'm not
> And Fish's new assistant Amanda is hot and I have no idea who played her.
sure where...
I did forget to mention how much I dislike Gloria Reuben in my review,
though - she nearly ruined the whole movie for me, all by herself!!
Icebreaker
May 21, 2012, 6:23:45 PM5/21/12
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"Ian J. Ball" <ijb...@mac.com> wrote in message
news:b6a492a0-0d29-4141...@s9g2000pbc.googlegroups.com...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2139341/
Ubiquitous
May 21, 2012, 6:41:52 PM5/21/12
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art...@alum.calberkeley.org wrote:
>On 5/21/2012 3:27 AM, Obveeus wrote:
>> "Ubiquitous"<web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>>> What did you watch?
>>
>> THE SIMPSONS: Season finale with Lady Gaga trying to cheer up Lisa. The
>> show made fun of all those internet losers that use multiple screennames,
>> but really, the best part of the episode was Homer singing 'Homer Face' at
>> the end credits.
>
>It's on my watch list. Maybe I'll try to get it watched in less than a
>month.
From what I saw, I was not impressed.
>On 5/21/2012 3:27 AM, Obveeus wrote:
>> "Ubiquitous"<web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>>> What did you watch?
>>
>> THE SIMPSONS: Season finale with Lady Gaga trying to cheer up Lisa. The
>> show made fun of all those internet losers that use multiple screennames,
>> but really, the best part of the episode was Homer singing 'Homer Face' at
>> the end credits.
>
>It's on my watch list. Maybe I'll try to get it watched in less than a
>month.
>Family Guy - A collection of mostly mediocre stories. This episode did
>have what may have been the most epic battle between Peter and the
>chicken yet. They literally fought through space and time for about 5
>minutes straight. When they got off the DeLorean and fought their way
>to the space shuttle I thought it was going to turn out to be the
>Challenger.
I am so over the chicken fight I swicthed it immediately.
>The Dictator (theatrical film) - Sacha Baron Cohen plays a brutal North
>African dictator who's replaced by a double while on a trip to the UN.
>While plotting to retake his dictatorship he ends up working (and
>falling) for a ultra left wing grocery store manager played by Anna
>Faris (who I would have sworn was Ginnifer Goodwin). It was pretty
>funny. I don't know about replay value but there were several laugh out
>loud scenes. I especially liked how he slowly took over the grocery
>store and turned it into a dictatorship with himself as the "Supreme
>Grocer" and Anna as a puppet figure head. Under his dictatorial regime
>(where torture and kidnappings are commonplace) the store went from a
>rundown shamble to prosperous example of efficiency. As they say,
>Hitler made the trains run on time.
anim8rFSK
May 21, 2012, 8:09:14 PM5/21/12
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In article
<b6a492a0-0d29-4141...@s9g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>,
Got her
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2139341/
She was in the last Jesse Stone movie, and a couple eps of Dresden Files.
<b6a492a0-0d29-4141...@s9g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>,
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2139341/
She was in the last Jesse Stone movie, and a couple eps of Dresden Files.
anim8rFSK
May 21, 2012, 8:11:17 PM5/21/12
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In article <jpef9l$10a$1...@dont-email.me>,
Thanks; Gino Fish should make her dress like this:
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1008/1273139829_5f0cfc373f_z.jpg?zz=1
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1008/1273139829_5f0cfc373f_z.jpg?zz=1
Ian J. Ball
May 21, 2012, 8:19:36 PM5/21/12
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On May 21, 5:11 pm, anim8rFSK <anim8r...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <jpef9l$10...@dont-email.me>,
Holy crap! Is that her?! She looks great!!! :D
> In article <jpef9l$10...@dont-email.me>,
Ian J. Ball
May 21, 2012, 8:21:31 PM5/21/12
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> <b6a492a0-0d29-4141-ac9a-2dbd23fa7...@s9g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>,
Ironically, I probably know her from the last "Stone" movie, ABC's
short-lived "Beautiful People"... and that "Naturally Sadie" ep. :/
short-lived "Beautiful People"... and that "Naturally Sadie" ep. :/
David Barnett
May 21, 2012, 10:09:51 PM5/21/12
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In article <jpd3pc$5h6$1...@dont-email.me>,
web...@polaris.net says...
>
> What did you watch?
Yesterday, Monday, I watched:
CASTLE: Once Upon A Crime
THE MENTALIST: Pink Champagne on Ice
UNFORGETTABLE: Blind Alleys
GRIMM: The Thing with Feathers
This morning I watched GRIMM: Love Sick/ Cat and Mouse
No longer just cop procedurals, IMHO
and now I am watching REVENGE: Perception
--
David Barnett
web...@polaris.net says...
>
> What did you watch?
Yesterday, Monday, I watched:
CASTLE: Once Upon A Crime
THE MENTALIST: Pink Champagne on Ice
UNFORGETTABLE: Blind Alleys
GRIMM: The Thing with Feathers
This morning I watched GRIMM: Love Sick/ Cat and Mouse
No longer just cop procedurals, IMHO
and now I am watching REVENGE: Perception
--
David Barnett
anim8rFSK
May 22, 2012, 1:07:22 AM5/22/12
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Remysun
May 22, 2012, 6:18:09 AM5/22/12
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On May 21, 12:35 pm, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-NO_S...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (CBS) - Jesse Stone's dilemma from the
> last 'Jesse Stone' flick is miraculously resolved when the Paradise
> Police Chief hired to replace him is miraculously "blowed up" (along
> with a fellow officer, whom I wasn't sure at first was 'Suitcase' or
> not, but turned out not to be...), and Stone gets his job back, and must
> investigate whodunnit. I must admit - I got lost in who did the crime,
> and why, at the end... :/
Due to Desperate Housewivea, this was the first time I ever got to see
> Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (CBS) - Jesse Stone's dilemma from the
> last 'Jesse Stone' flick is miraculously resolved when the Paradise
> Police Chief hired to replace him is miraculously "blowed up" (along
> with a fellow officer, whom I wasn't sure at first was 'Suitcase' or
> not, but turned out not to be...), and Stone gets his job back, and must
> investigate whodunnit. I must admit - I got lost in who did the crime,
> and why, at the end... :/
a Jesse Stone TV movie. A remarkable lack of dialogue in many scenes.
tdciago
May 22, 2012, 10:09:18 AM5/22/12
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On May 21, 6:41 pm, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> I am so over the chicken fight I swicthed it immediately.
It was a relief when the British versions of Peter and the chicken (a
pheasant?) behaved in polite Brit fashion and we didn't have to suffer
through a fight.
> I rather liked the "viewer mail" ep. That was the best I've seen in ages.
The story told from Stewie's point of view was genius and hilarious.
> I am so over the chicken fight I swicthed it immediately.
pheasant?) behaved in polite Brit fashion and we didn't have to suffer
through a fight.
Arthur Lipscomb
May 22, 2012, 10:51:08 AM5/22/12
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On 5/22/2012 7:09 AM, tdciago wrote:
> On May 21, 6:41 pm, Ubiquitous<web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>> art...@alum.calberkeley.org wrote:
>>> Family Guy - A collection of mostly mediocre stories.
>> I rather liked the "viewer mail" ep. That was the best I've seen in ages.
They should have done more Q&A.
> On May 21, 6:41 pm, Ubiquitous<web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>> art...@alum.calberkeley.org wrote:
>>> Family Guy - A collection of mostly mediocre stories.
>> I rather liked the "viewer mail" ep. That was the best I've seen in ages.
Family Guy is based on a show called The Simpsons. :-)
>
> The story told from Stewie's point of view was genius and hilarious.
>
>> I am so over the chicken fight I swicthed it immediately.
Ubiquitous
May 22, 2012, 11:45:48 AM5/22/12
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In article <jpg94s$b2f$1...@dont-email.me>, art...@alum.calberkeley.org wrote:
>On 5/22/2012 7:09 AM, tdciago wrote:
>> On May 21, 6:41 pm, Ubiquitous<web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>>> art...@alum.calberkeley.org wrote:
>>>> Family Guy - A collection of mostly mediocre stories.
>>> I rather liked the "viewer mail" ep. That was the best I've seen in ages.
>
>They should have done more Q&A.
>
>Family Guy is based on a show called The Simpsons. :-)
Bwah! Yeah, that was a LOL moment.
>On 5/22/2012 7:09 AM, tdciago wrote:
>> On May 21, 6:41 pm, Ubiquitous<web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>>> art...@alum.calberkeley.org wrote:
>>>> Family Guy - A collection of mostly mediocre stories.
>>> I rather liked the "viewer mail" ep. That was the best I've seen in ages.
>
>They should have done more Q&A.
>
>Family Guy is based on a show called The Simpsons. :-)
>> The story told from Stewie's point of view was genius and hilarious.
>
>The chopping trees part was good.
Mason Barge
May 22, 2012, 12:00:15 PM5/22/12
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Jim G.
May 22, 2012, 9:14:07 PM5/22/12
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anim8rFSK sent the following on 5/21/2012 2:30 PM:
at it.
> The solution to the crime ... is a puzzler. It turns out that Artie
> from W13 was always Fish's boss and just runs this used car dealership
> as a front and went to jail in an earlier movie for a crime he didn't do
> to keep Magnum from finding out about the crimes he really DID do, which
> doesn't make a damn lick of sense given that he's the one responsible
> for bringing Magnum out of retirement to investigate a murder he
> apparently hired out himself;
Yep. The entire retcon was beyond stupid. I'm guessing that that was
Selleck's idea and no one had the stones to tell him, "You know what,
Tom? That's a really stupid idea, and here are the 4,183 reasons why."
> nor do I know if Artie planted the money
> and drugs which led Magnum to catch him, which would be galactically
> stupid.
Yep.
> I have no idea if the other police chief was on the take or not, nor why
> he would keep the money in the trunk of the police cruiser if he was, or
> if they just parked randomly on a mine (which the show seemed to
> indicate early on) or if it was attached to the underside of the car
> (which the end seemed to indicate), in which case there was no reason to
> lure them out to the beach in the first place.
Yep.
> I have no idea if Thompson was really the bomber or not, or what he was
> doing. But the bomb was apparently planted at Arti's car dealership,
> which should make somebody suspicious; unfortunately that wasn't one of
> the clews that led Magnum to figure out Arti did it.
It was Artie knowing about the bombing before he could have known about
it if he wasn't in on it. Seriously, how stupid can a person be? And
even if you *are* that stupid, how many times in books and shows and
movies have we seen people make this same mistake? Of course, if you're
stupid, you're less likely to learn from mistakes (your own or others'),
but then that just leads to the question of how someone as fundamentally
stupid as Artie could rise to the level where he was the boss of a Geno
Fish type.
> I have no idea what Robert Carradine was doing or why at any point in
> time. At first I thought he was the other half of the drug buy, but I
> assume that's whoever helped Artie escape in the speedboat. Which must
> make him a hired killer - a really bad one - looking to keep Magnum from
> getting to the truth, a truth he wouldn't get near if they didn't keep
> tossing him clews.
As if everything leading up to it wasn't bad enough, I literally LOL'ed
when Stone was able to get through that hatch without our ace assassin
shooting him dead. Dude, for real? You want to play in the big leagues
and you can't hit a fish in a barrel?
> So the whole thing was apparently some drug buy, and if you knew the
> police chief who may or may not have been dirty knew the time and place
> of the drug buy, why wouldn't you just change the time or date of the
> drug buy rather than blow the guy up? Or, you know, both ...
>
> Apparently Healy knew what was going on the whole time, or at least
> enough of it ... he knew who didn't do it, which is tough to manage
> without knowing who did.
>
> I was glad there were no phone calls from the ex-wife.
>
> And Fish's new assistant Amanda is hot and I have no idea who played her.
One of the few bright spots in the whole affair. She was stunning *in*
glasses and out of them.
I'm way behind in the WDYW stuff and may not catch up there, so I'll
just give this one a C- here and be done with it. If this had been the
first outing, it would have been okay for the evocative mood and tone
stuff, but that's not gonna carry the day when you're seven or so
outings into the thing.
--
Jim G. | Waukesha, WI
"I find it's best if you just ... go with it." -- Lincoln Lee, providing
us with FRINGE's "Every question just leads to more questions" moment
> In article
> <ijball-NO_SPAM-DAF...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> "Ian J. Ball"<ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (CBS) - Jesse Stone's dilemma from the
>> last 'Jesse Stone' flick is miraculously resolved when the Paradise
>> Police Chief hired to replace him is miraculously "blowed up" (along
>> with a fellow officer, whom I wasn't sure at first was 'Suitcase' or
>> not, but turned out not to be...), and Stone gets his job back, and must
>> investigate whodunnit. I must admit - I got lost in who did the crime,
>> and why, at the end... :/
>
> Lines lifted straight from Magnum P.I. said multiple times didn't keep
> you awake?
Selleck *really* needs to leave the scriptwriting to people who are good
> <ijball-NO_SPAM-DAF...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> "Ian J. Ball"<ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (CBS) - Jesse Stone's dilemma from the
>> last 'Jesse Stone' flick is miraculously resolved when the Paradise
>> Police Chief hired to replace him is miraculously "blowed up" (along
>> with a fellow officer, whom I wasn't sure at first was 'Suitcase' or
>> not, but turned out not to be...), and Stone gets his job back, and must
>> investigate whodunnit. I must admit - I got lost in who did the crime,
>> and why, at the end... :/
>
> Lines lifted straight from Magnum P.I. said multiple times didn't keep
> you awake?
at it.
> The solution to the crime ... is a puzzler. It turns out that Artie
> from W13 was always Fish's boss and just runs this used car dealership
> as a front and went to jail in an earlier movie for a crime he didn't do
> to keep Magnum from finding out about the crimes he really DID do, which
> doesn't make a damn lick of sense given that he's the one responsible
> for bringing Magnum out of retirement to investigate a murder he
> apparently hired out himself;
Selleck's idea and no one had the stones to tell him, "You know what,
Tom? That's a really stupid idea, and here are the 4,183 reasons why."
> nor do I know if Artie planted the money
> and drugs which led Magnum to catch him, which would be galactically
> stupid.
> I have no idea if the other police chief was on the take or not, nor why
> he would keep the money in the trunk of the police cruiser if he was, or
> if they just parked randomly on a mine (which the show seemed to
> indicate early on) or if it was attached to the underside of the car
> (which the end seemed to indicate), in which case there was no reason to
> lure them out to the beach in the first place.
> I have no idea if Thompson was really the bomber or not, or what he was
> doing. But the bomb was apparently planted at Arti's car dealership,
> which should make somebody suspicious; unfortunately that wasn't one of
> the clews that led Magnum to figure out Arti did it.
it if he wasn't in on it. Seriously, how stupid can a person be? And
even if you *are* that stupid, how many times in books and shows and
movies have we seen people make this same mistake? Of course, if you're
stupid, you're less likely to learn from mistakes (your own or others'),
but then that just leads to the question of how someone as fundamentally
stupid as Artie could rise to the level where he was the boss of a Geno
Fish type.
> I have no idea what Robert Carradine was doing or why at any point in
> time. At first I thought he was the other half of the drug buy, but I
> assume that's whoever helped Artie escape in the speedboat. Which must
> make him a hired killer - a really bad one - looking to keep Magnum from
> getting to the truth, a truth he wouldn't get near if they didn't keep
> tossing him clews.
when Stone was able to get through that hatch without our ace assassin
shooting him dead. Dude, for real? You want to play in the big leagues
and you can't hit a fish in a barrel?
> So the whole thing was apparently some drug buy, and if you knew the
> police chief who may or may not have been dirty knew the time and place
> of the drug buy, why wouldn't you just change the time or date of the
> drug buy rather than blow the guy up? Or, you know, both ...
>
> Apparently Healy knew what was going on the whole time, or at least
> enough of it ... he knew who didn't do it, which is tough to manage
> without knowing who did.
>
> I was glad there were no phone calls from the ex-wife.
>
> And Fish's new assistant Amanda is hot and I have no idea who played her.
glasses and out of them.
I'm way behind in the WDYW stuff and may not catch up there, so I'll
just give this one a C- here and be done with it. If this had been the
first outing, it would have been okay for the evocative mood and tone
stuff, but that's not gonna carry the day when you're seven or so
outings into the thing.
--
Jim G. | Waukesha, WI
"I find it's best if you just ... go with it." -- Lincoln Lee, providing
us with FRINGE's "Every question just leads to more questions" moment
Steve Newport
May 23, 2012, 8:12:06 AM5/23/12
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Friday's REAL TIME. The audience cheered first guest Dan Rather.
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Mason Barge
May 23, 2012, 12:31:10 PM5/23/12
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On Tue, 22 May 2012 20:14:07 -0500, "Jim G." <jimg...@geemail.com> wrote:
>anim8rFSK sent the following on 5/21/2012 2:30 PM:
>> In article
>> <ijball-NO_SPAM-DAF...@news.eternal-september.org>,
>> "Ian J. Ball"<ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (CBS) - Jesse Stone's dilemma from the
>>> last 'Jesse Stone' flick is miraculously resolved when the Paradise
>>> Police Chief hired to replace him is miraculously "blowed up" (along
>>> with a fellow officer, whom I wasn't sure at first was 'Suitcase' or
>>> not, but turned out not to be...), and Stone gets his job back, and must
>>> investigate whodunnit. I must admit - I got lost in who did the crime,
>>> and why, at the end... :/
>>
>> Lines lifted straight from Magnum P.I. said multiple times didn't keep
>> you awake?
>
>Selleck *really* needs to leave the scriptwriting to people who are good
>at it.
I'd say, "not to mention acting," but I liked Magnum P.I., despite
>anim8rFSK sent the following on 5/21/2012 2:30 PM:
>> In article
>> <ijball-NO_SPAM-DAF...@news.eternal-september.org>,
>> "Ian J. Ball"<ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (CBS) - Jesse Stone's dilemma from the
>>> last 'Jesse Stone' flick is miraculously resolved when the Paradise
>>> Police Chief hired to replace him is miraculously "blowed up" (along
>>> with a fellow officer, whom I wasn't sure at first was 'Suitcase' or
>>> not, but turned out not to be...), and Stone gets his job back, and must
>>> investigate whodunnit. I must admit - I got lost in who did the crime,
>>> and why, at the end... :/
>>
>> Lines lifted straight from Magnum P.I. said multiple times didn't keep
>> you awake?
>
>Selleck *really* needs to leave the scriptwriting to people who are good
>at it.
Sellek's continual forays into sissy sensitivity guy.
anim8rFSK
May 23, 2012, 4:21:52 PM5/23/12
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In article <g44qr7dd37lhkbcv2...@4ax.com>,
Yeah, Selleck is the reason we're there, although Parker is a big draw
for me as well.
for me as well.
Steve Newport
May 23, 2012, 5:11:03 PM5/23/12
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From: anim...@cox.net (anim8rFSK)
SN: But he can't act.
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Yeah, Selleck is the reason we're there
-----------------------------------------
SN: But he can't act.
*********************************
anim8rFSK
May 24, 2012, 9:03:23 AM5/24/12
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In article <jphdl6$8a9$1...@news.albasani.net>,
It actually might have worked in movie one, or with a different
character than Arti, a new one who didn't realize that bringing in Stone
was the worst possible thing to do ...
it wrong.
> even if you *are* that stupid, how many times in books and shows and
> movies have we seen people make this same mistake? Of course, if you're
> stupid, you're less likely to learn from mistakes (your own or others'),
If the old man DIDN'T get it wrong, then Arti, what, got a phone call
from the bomber telling him "it's done" and immediately started running
around telling people about it, instead of just rolling over and going
back to sleep!?!?
> but then that just leads to the question of how someone as fundamentally
> stupid as Artie could rise to the level where he was the boss of a Geno
> Fish type.
And lives and works in relative poverty compared to his employee?
shined his flashlight through it, and then noticed that Carradine was
standing on a lattice work floor that Stone could easily shoot through
(not ONE bullet sparked off the mesh).
character than Arti, a new one who didn't realize that bringing in Stone
was the worst possible thing to do ...
>
> > nor do I know if Artie planted the money
> > and drugs which led Magnum to catch him, which would be galactically
> > stupid.
>
> Yep.
>
> > I have no idea if the other police chief was on the take or not, nor why
> > he would keep the money in the trunk of the police cruiser if he was, or
> > if they just parked randomly on a mine (which the show seemed to
> > indicate early on) or if it was attached to the underside of the car
> > (which the end seemed to indicate), in which case there was no reason to
> > lure them out to the beach in the first place.
>
> Yep.
>
> > I have no idea if Thompson was really the bomber or not, or what he was
> > doing. But the bomb was apparently planted at Arti's car dealership,
> > which should make somebody suspicious; unfortunately that wasn't one of
> > the clews that led Magnum to figure out Arti did it.
>
> It was Artie knowing about the bombing before he could have known about
> it if he wasn't in on it. Seriously, how stupid can a person be? And
But he actually had a reasonable explanation for that - the old man got
> > nor do I know if Artie planted the money
> > and drugs which led Magnum to catch him, which would be galactically
> > stupid.
>
> Yep.
>
> > I have no idea if the other police chief was on the take or not, nor why
> > he would keep the money in the trunk of the police cruiser if he was, or
> > if they just parked randomly on a mine (which the show seemed to
> > indicate early on) or if it was attached to the underside of the car
> > (which the end seemed to indicate), in which case there was no reason to
> > lure them out to the beach in the first place.
>
> Yep.
>
> > I have no idea if Thompson was really the bomber or not, or what he was
> > doing. But the bomb was apparently planted at Arti's car dealership,
> > which should make somebody suspicious; unfortunately that wasn't one of
> > the clews that led Magnum to figure out Arti did it.
>
> It was Artie knowing about the bombing before he could have known about
> it if he wasn't in on it. Seriously, how stupid can a person be? And
it wrong.
> even if you *are* that stupid, how many times in books and shows and
> movies have we seen people make this same mistake? Of course, if you're
> stupid, you're less likely to learn from mistakes (your own or others'),
from the bomber telling him "it's done" and immediately started running
around telling people about it, instead of just rolling over and going
back to sleep!?!?
> but then that just leads to the question of how someone as fundamentally
> stupid as Artie could rise to the level where he was the boss of a Geno
> Fish type.
>
> > I have no idea what Robert Carradine was doing or why at any point in
> > time. At first I thought he was the other half of the drug buy, but I
> > assume that's whoever helped Artie escape in the speedboat. Which must
> > make him a hired killer - a really bad one - looking to keep Magnum from
> > getting to the truth, a truth he wouldn't get near if they didn't keep
> > tossing him clews.
>
> As if everything leading up to it wasn't bad enough, I literally LOL'ed
> when Stone was able to get through that hatch without our ace assassin
> shooting him dead. Dude, for real? You want to play in the big leagues
> and you can't hit a fish in a barrel?
It was badly staged, but Stone didn't go through the hatch, he just
> > I have no idea what Robert Carradine was doing or why at any point in
> > time. At first I thought he was the other half of the drug buy, but I
> > assume that's whoever helped Artie escape in the speedboat. Which must
> > make him a hired killer - a really bad one - looking to keep Magnum from
> > getting to the truth, a truth he wouldn't get near if they didn't keep
> > tossing him clews.
>
> As if everything leading up to it wasn't bad enough, I literally LOL'ed
> when Stone was able to get through that hatch without our ace assassin
> shooting him dead. Dude, for real? You want to play in the big leagues
> and you can't hit a fish in a barrel?
shined his flashlight through it, and then noticed that Carradine was
standing on a lattice work floor that Stone could easily shoot through
(not ONE bullet sparked off the mesh).
>
> > So the whole thing was apparently some drug buy, and if you knew the
> > police chief who may or may not have been dirty knew the time and place
> > of the drug buy, why wouldn't you just change the time or date of the
> > drug buy rather than blow the guy up? Or, you know, both ...
> >
> > Apparently Healy knew what was going on the whole time, or at least
> > enough of it ... he knew who didn't do it, which is tough to manage
> > without knowing who did.
> >
> > I was glad there were no phone calls from the ex-wife.
> >
> > And Fish's new assistant Amanda is hot and I have no idea who played her.
>
> One of the few bright spots in the whole affair. She was stunning *in*
> glasses and out of them.
Rowr
> > So the whole thing was apparently some drug buy, and if you knew the
> > police chief who may or may not have been dirty knew the time and place
> > of the drug buy, why wouldn't you just change the time or date of the
> > drug buy rather than blow the guy up? Or, you know, both ...
> >
> > Apparently Healy knew what was going on the whole time, or at least
> > enough of it ... he knew who didn't do it, which is tough to manage
> > without knowing who did.
> >
> > I was glad there were no phone calls from the ex-wife.
> >
> > And Fish's new assistant Amanda is hot and I have no idea who played her.
>
> One of the few bright spots in the whole affair. She was stunning *in*
> glasses and out of them.
>
> I'm way behind in the WDYW stuff and may not catch up there, so I'll
> just give this one a C- here and be done with it. If this had been the
> first outing, it would have been okay for the evocative mood and tone
> stuff, but that's not gonna carry the day when you're seven or so
> outings into the thing.
+1
> I'm way behind in the WDYW stuff and may not catch up there, so I'll
> just give this one a C- here and be done with it. If this had been the
> first outing, it would have been okay for the evocative mood and tone
> stuff, but that's not gonna carry the day when you're seven or so
> outings into the thing.
Steve Newport
May 25, 2012, 5:31:36 AM5/25/12
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MAD MEN-- Joan should marry the real father of her child.
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tdciago
May 25, 2012, 10:16:35 AM5/25/12
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On May 25, 5:31 am, NewportsRe...@webtv.net (Steve Newport) wrote:
> MAD MEN-- Joan should marry the real father of her child.
Ugh. Neither Roger nor Joan is marriage material. She should,
> MAD MEN-- Joan should marry the real father of her child.
however, accept Roger's offer of money for the baby, and end the
charade of claiming Greg is the father. She's got a lot of nerve
getting angry about Greg filing for divorce when she's the one who
ended things. She still wants his army paycheck despite the fact that
she doesn't want *him*, and she's lying about him being the baby's
father. Greg is a slimeball, but Joan was willing to stay married to
the rapist as long as he didn't go back to Vietnam. Which is worse:
opting for another stint in 'Nam, or having sex with an ex that
results in a child, and lying about the kid's paternity?
Jim G.
May 25, 2012, 1:10:58 PM5/25/12
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Mason Barge sent the following on 5/23/2012 11:31 AM:
Ivan asks, "Who are you calling sissy sensitive?" :)
Jim G.
May 25, 2012, 1:17:42 PM5/25/12
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anim8rFSK sent the following on 5/24/2012 8:03 AM:
But the old man didn't seem senile to me or (it seemed) to Stone.
>> even if you *are* that stupid, how many times in books and shows and
>> movies have we seen people make this same mistake? Of course, if you're
>> stupid, you're less likely to learn from mistakes (your own or others'),
>
> If the old man DIDN'T get it wrong, then Arti, what, got a phone call
> from the bomber telling him "it's done" and immediately started running
> around telling people about it, instead of just rolling over and going
> back to sleep!?!?
Yep. Just wait until someone *else* fills you in, and act as if it's all
news to you at that time.
>> but then that just leads to the question of how someone as fundamentally
>> stupid as Artie could rise to the level where he was the boss of a Geno
>> Fish type.
>
> And lives and works in relative poverty compared to his employee?
But he's got all of this cash stashed away! He just can't ever spend it.
And he has to live like a pauper as a cover. But he has all this money!
He just can't ever spend it. (Repeat ad infinitum.)
>>> I have no idea what Robert Carradine was doing or why at any point in
>>> time. At first I thought he was the other half of the drug buy, but I
>>> assume that's whoever helped Artie escape in the speedboat. Which must
>>> make him a hired killer - a really bad one - looking to keep Magnum from
>>> getting to the truth, a truth he wouldn't get near if they didn't keep
>>> tossing him clews.
>>
>> As if everything leading up to it wasn't bad enough, I literally LOL'ed
>> when Stone was able to get through that hatch without our ace assassin
>> shooting him dead. Dude, for real? You want to play in the big leagues
>> and you can't hit a fish in a barrel?
>
> It was badly staged, but Stone didn't go through the hatch, he just
> shined his flashlight through it, and then noticed that Carradine was
> standing on a lattice work floor that Stone could easily shoot through
> (not ONE bullet sparked off the mesh).
I'm referring to the hatch that gave them both access to the interior of
the ship in the first place. Stone had to dive through that one, didn't
he? And wasn't Carradine just waiting for him to do exactly that? The
mesh floor stuff in the interior of the ship came later.
>>> So the whole thing was apparently some drug buy, and if you knew the
>>> police chief who may or may not have been dirty knew the time and place
>>> of the drug buy, why wouldn't you just change the time or date of the
>>> drug buy rather than blow the guy up? Or, you know, both ...
>>>
>>> Apparently Healy knew what was going on the whole time, or at least
>>> enough of it ... he knew who didn't do it, which is tough to manage
>>> without knowing who did.
>>>
>>> I was glad there were no phone calls from the ex-wife.
>>>
>>> And Fish's new assistant Amanda is hot and I have no idea who played her.
>>
>> One of the few bright spots in the whole affair. She was stunning *in*
>> glasses and out of them.
>
> Rowr
I hope to see more of her in other shows in the future. A rare case in
which I think that "smoking" really applies.
>> I'm way behind in the WDYW stuff and may not catch up there, so I'll
>> just give this one a C- here and be done with it. If this had been the
>> first outing, it would have been okay for the evocative mood and tone
>> stuff, but that's not gonna carry the day when you're seven or so
>> outings into the thing.
>
> +1
I also felt cheated by the fact that we didn't even get a B plot in this
one.
>> even if you *are* that stupid, how many times in books and shows and
>> movies have we seen people make this same mistake? Of course, if you're
>> stupid, you're less likely to learn from mistakes (your own or others'),
>
> If the old man DIDN'T get it wrong, then Arti, what, got a phone call
> from the bomber telling him "it's done" and immediately started running
> around telling people about it, instead of just rolling over and going
> back to sleep!?!?
news to you at that time.
>> but then that just leads to the question of how someone as fundamentally
>> stupid as Artie could rise to the level where he was the boss of a Geno
>> Fish type.
>
> And lives and works in relative poverty compared to his employee?
And he has to live like a pauper as a cover. But he has all this money!
He just can't ever spend it. (Repeat ad infinitum.)
>>> I have no idea what Robert Carradine was doing or why at any point in
>>> time. At first I thought he was the other half of the drug buy, but I
>>> assume that's whoever helped Artie escape in the speedboat. Which must
>>> make him a hired killer - a really bad one - looking to keep Magnum from
>>> getting to the truth, a truth he wouldn't get near if they didn't keep
>>> tossing him clews.
>>
>> As if everything leading up to it wasn't bad enough, I literally LOL'ed
>> when Stone was able to get through that hatch without our ace assassin
>> shooting him dead. Dude, for real? You want to play in the big leagues
>> and you can't hit a fish in a barrel?
>
> It was badly staged, but Stone didn't go through the hatch, he just
> shined his flashlight through it, and then noticed that Carradine was
> standing on a lattice work floor that Stone could easily shoot through
> (not ONE bullet sparked off the mesh).
the ship in the first place. Stone had to dive through that one, didn't
he? And wasn't Carradine just waiting for him to do exactly that? The
mesh floor stuff in the interior of the ship came later.
>>> So the whole thing was apparently some drug buy, and if you knew the
>>> police chief who may or may not have been dirty knew the time and place
>>> of the drug buy, why wouldn't you just change the time or date of the
>>> drug buy rather than blow the guy up? Or, you know, both ...
>>>
>>> Apparently Healy knew what was going on the whole time, or at least
>>> enough of it ... he knew who didn't do it, which is tough to manage
>>> without knowing who did.
>>>
>>> I was glad there were no phone calls from the ex-wife.
>>>
>>> And Fish's new assistant Amanda is hot and I have no idea who played her.
>>
>> One of the few bright spots in the whole affair. She was stunning *in*
>> glasses and out of them.
>
> Rowr
which I think that "smoking" really applies.
>> I'm way behind in the WDYW stuff and may not catch up there, so I'll
>> just give this one a C- here and be done with it. If this had been the
>> first outing, it would have been okay for the evocative mood and tone
>> stuff, but that's not gonna carry the day when you're seven or so
>> outings into the thing.
>
> +1
one.
anim8rFSK
May 25, 2012, 3:28:38 PM5/25/12
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In article <jpoers$d4c$8...@news.albasani.net>,
No, but he was at best disoriented. His claim might have been enough to
get you to start investigating Artie, but to prove it?
on.
get you to start investigating Artie, but to prove it?
>
> >> even if you *are* that stupid, how many times in books and shows and
> >> movies have we seen people make this same mistake? Of course, if you're
> >> stupid, you're less likely to learn from mistakes (your own or others'),
> >
> > If the old man DIDN'T get it wrong, then Arti, what, got a phone call
> > from the bomber telling him "it's done" and immediately started running
> > around telling people about it, instead of just rolling over and going
> > back to sleep!?!?
>
> Yep. Just wait until someone *else* fills you in, and act as if it's all
> news to you at that time.
>
> >> but then that just leads to the question of how someone as fundamentally
> >> stupid as Artie could rise to the level where he was the boss of a Geno
> >> Fish type.
> >
> > And lives and works in relative poverty compared to his employee?
>
> But he's got all of this cash stashed away! He just can't ever spend it.
> And he has to live like a pauper as a cover. But he has all this money!
> He just can't ever spend it. (Repeat ad infinitum.)
And yet he needs to keep running new drugs to, what, keep Fish employed?
> >> even if you *are* that stupid, how many times in books and shows and
> >> movies have we seen people make this same mistake? Of course, if you're
> >> stupid, you're less likely to learn from mistakes (your own or others'),
> >
> > If the old man DIDN'T get it wrong, then Arti, what, got a phone call
> > from the bomber telling him "it's done" and immediately started running
> > around telling people about it, instead of just rolling over and going
> > back to sleep!?!?
>
> Yep. Just wait until someone *else* fills you in, and act as if it's all
> news to you at that time.
>
> >> but then that just leads to the question of how someone as fundamentally
> >> stupid as Artie could rise to the level where he was the boss of a Geno
> >> Fish type.
> >
> > And lives and works in relative poverty compared to his employee?
>
> But he's got all of this cash stashed away! He just can't ever spend it.
> And he has to live like a pauper as a cover. But he has all this money!
> He just can't ever spend it. (Repeat ad infinitum.)
>
> >>> I have no idea what Robert Carradine was doing or why at any point in
> >>> time. At first I thought he was the other half of the drug buy, but I
> >>> assume that's whoever helped Artie escape in the speedboat. Which must
> >>> make him a hired killer - a really bad one - looking to keep Magnum from
> >>> getting to the truth, a truth he wouldn't get near if they didn't keep
> >>> tossing him clews.
> >>
> >> As if everything leading up to it wasn't bad enough, I literally LOL'ed
> >> when Stone was able to get through that hatch without our ace assassin
> >> shooting him dead. Dude, for real? You want to play in the big leagues
> >> and you can't hit a fish in a barrel?
> >
> > It was badly staged, but Stone didn't go through the hatch, he just
> > shined his flashlight through it, and then noticed that Carradine was
> > standing on a lattice work floor that Stone could easily shoot through
> > (not ONE bullet sparked off the mesh).
>
> I'm referring to the hatch that gave them both access to the interior of
> the ship in the first place. Stone had to dive through that one, didn't
> he? And wasn't Carradine just waiting for him to do exactly that? The
> mesh floor stuff in the interior of the ship came later.
Oh. Yeah, Carradine had run away by then for some reason I was unclear
> >>> I have no idea what Robert Carradine was doing or why at any point in
> >>> time. At first I thought he was the other half of the drug buy, but I
> >>> assume that's whoever helped Artie escape in the speedboat. Which must
> >>> make him a hired killer - a really bad one - looking to keep Magnum from
> >>> getting to the truth, a truth he wouldn't get near if they didn't keep
> >>> tossing him clews.
> >>
> >> As if everything leading up to it wasn't bad enough, I literally LOL'ed
> >> when Stone was able to get through that hatch without our ace assassin
> >> shooting him dead. Dude, for real? You want to play in the big leagues
> >> and you can't hit a fish in a barrel?
> >
> > It was badly staged, but Stone didn't go through the hatch, he just
> > shined his flashlight through it, and then noticed that Carradine was
> > standing on a lattice work floor that Stone could easily shoot through
> > (not ONE bullet sparked off the mesh).
>
> I'm referring to the hatch that gave them both access to the interior of
> the ship in the first place. Stone had to dive through that one, didn't
> he? And wasn't Carradine just waiting for him to do exactly that? The
> mesh floor stuff in the interior of the ship came later.
on.
>
> >>> So the whole thing was apparently some drug buy, and if you knew the
> >>> police chief who may or may not have been dirty knew the time and place
> >>> of the drug buy, why wouldn't you just change the time or date of the
> >>> drug buy rather than blow the guy up? Or, you know, both ...
> >>>
> >>> Apparently Healy knew what was going on the whole time, or at least
> >>> enough of it ... he knew who didn't do it, which is tough to manage
> >>> without knowing who did.
> >>>
> >>> I was glad there were no phone calls from the ex-wife.
> >>>
> >>> And Fish's new assistant Amanda is hot and I have no idea who played her.
> >>
> >> One of the few bright spots in the whole affair. She was stunning *in*
> >> glasses and out of them.
> >
> > Rowr
>
> I hope to see more of her in other shows in the future. A rare case in
> which I think that "smoking" really applies.
rowr
> >>> So the whole thing was apparently some drug buy, and if you knew the
> >>> police chief who may or may not have been dirty knew the time and place
> >>> of the drug buy, why wouldn't you just change the time or date of the
> >>> drug buy rather than blow the guy up? Or, you know, both ...
> >>>
> >>> Apparently Healy knew what was going on the whole time, or at least
> >>> enough of it ... he knew who didn't do it, which is tough to manage
> >>> without knowing who did.
> >>>
> >>> I was glad there were no phone calls from the ex-wife.
> >>>
> >>> And Fish's new assistant Amanda is hot and I have no idea who played her.
> >>
> >> One of the few bright spots in the whole affair. She was stunning *in*
> >> glasses and out of them.
> >
> > Rowr
>
> I hope to see more of her in other shows in the future. A rare case in
> which I think that "smoking" really applies.
>
> >> I'm way behind in the WDYW stuff and may not catch up there, so I'll
> >> just give this one a C- here and be done with it. If this had been the
> >> first outing, it would have been okay for the evocative mood and tone
> >> stuff, but that's not gonna carry the day when you're seven or so
> >> outings into the thing.
> >
> > +1
>
> I also felt cheated by the fact that we didn't even get a B plot in this
> one.
Well, unless you want to count "can he rebuild his staff" as a b plot.
> >> I'm way behind in the WDYW stuff and may not catch up there, so I'll
> >> just give this one a C- here and be done with it. If this had been the
> >> first outing, it would have been okay for the evocative mood and tone
> >> stuff, but that's not gonna carry the day when you're seven or so
> >> outings into the thing.
> >
> > +1
>
> I also felt cheated by the fact that we didn't even get a B plot in this
> one.
anim8rFSK
May 25, 2012, 3:34:04 PM5/25/12
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In article <jpoef9$d4o$1...@news.albasani.net>,
"Jim G." <jimg...@geemail.com> wrote:
> Mason Barge sent the following on 5/23/2012 11:31 AM:
> > On Tue, 22 May 2012 20:14:07 -0500, "Jim G."<jimg...@geemail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> anim8rFSK sent the following on 5/21/2012 2:30 PM:
> >>> In article
> >>> <ijball-NO_SPAM-DAF...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> >>> "Ian J. Ball"<ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (CBS) - Jesse Stone's dilemma from the
> >>>> last 'Jesse Stone' flick is miraculously resolved when the Paradise
> >>>> Police Chief hired to replace him is miraculously "blowed up" (along
> >>>> with a fellow officer, whom I wasn't sure at first was 'Suitcase' or
> >>>> not, but turned out not to be...), and Stone gets his job back, and must
> >>>> investigate whodunnit. I must admit - I got lost in who did the crime,
> >>>> and why, at the end... :/
> >>>
> >>> Lines lifted straight from Magnum P.I. said multiple times didn't keep
> >>> you awake?
> >>
> >> Selleck *really* needs to leave the scriptwriting to people who are good
> >> at it.
> >
> > I'd say, "not to mention acting," but I liked Magnum P.I., despite
> > Sellek's continual forays into sissy sensitivity guy.
>
> Ivan asks, "Who are you calling sissy sensitive?" :)
Did You See The Sissy Sensitive Sunrise?
> Mason Barge sent the following on 5/23/2012 11:31 AM:
> > On Tue, 22 May 2012 20:14:07 -0500, "Jim G."<jimg...@geemail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> anim8rFSK sent the following on 5/21/2012 2:30 PM:
> >>> In article
> >>> <ijball-NO_SPAM-DAF...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> >>> "Ian J. Ball"<ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (CBS) - Jesse Stone's dilemma from the
> >>>> last 'Jesse Stone' flick is miraculously resolved when the Paradise
> >>>> Police Chief hired to replace him is miraculously "blowed up" (along
> >>>> with a fellow officer, whom I wasn't sure at first was 'Suitcase' or
> >>>> not, but turned out not to be...), and Stone gets his job back, and must
> >>>> investigate whodunnit. I must admit - I got lost in who did the crime,
> >>>> and why, at the end... :/
> >>>
> >>> Lines lifted straight from Magnum P.I. said multiple times didn't keep
> >>> you awake?
> >>
> >> Selleck *really* needs to leave the scriptwriting to people who are good
> >> at it.
> >
> > I'd say, "not to mention acting," but I liked Magnum P.I., despite
> > Sellek's continual forays into sissy sensitivity guy.
>
> Ivan asks, "Who are you calling sissy sensitive?" :)
Steve Newport
May 26, 2012, 3:00:42 AM5/26/12
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From: tdc...@aol.com (tdciago)
MAD MEN-- Neither Roger nor Joan is marriage material. She should,
SN: I can see them having an open marriage, with Roger enjoying raising
his own kid.
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MAD MEN-- Neither Roger nor Joan is marriage material. She should,
however, accept Roger's offer of money for the baby, and end the charade
of claiming Greg is the father.
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of claiming Greg is the father.
SN: I can see them having an open marriage, with Roger enjoying raising
his own kid.
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Jim G.
May 30, 2012, 3:44:05 PM5/30/12
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anim8rFSK sent the following on 5/25/2012 2:34 PM:
offer here at the moment.
:)
--
Jim G. | Waukesha, WI
If you are reading this, it means that I don't have anything better to
--
Jim G. | Waukesha, WI
offer here at the moment.
Jim G.
May 30, 2012, 3:48:00 PM5/30/12
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anim8rFSK sent the following on 5/25/2012 2:28 PM:
I agree that he seemed to be in shock at first, but by the time he and
Stone met again in the council chambers, he seemed to have recovered
enough that things could have been clarified at that point.
> His claim might have been enough to
> get you to start investigating Artie, but to prove it?
If I were Artie, I would avoid anything that would draw attention to
myself. Of course, if I were Artie, I would have farmed out the work via
Geno Fish and kept my own hands clean, and then played dumb once
informed of the explosion. But that's just me. :)
>>>> even if you *are* that stupid, how many times in books and shows and
>>>> movies have we seen people make this same mistake? Of course, if you're
>>>> stupid, you're less likely to learn from mistakes (your own or others'),
>>>
>>> If the old man DIDN'T get it wrong, then Arti, what, got a phone call
>>> from the bomber telling him "it's done" and immediately started running
>>> around telling people about it, instead of just rolling over and going
>>> back to sleep!?!?
>>
>> Yep. Just wait until someone *else* fills you in, and act as if it's all
>> news to you at that time.
>>
>>>> but then that just leads to the question of how someone as fundamentally
>>>> stupid as Artie could rise to the level where he was the boss of a Geno
>>>> Fish type.
>>>
>>> And lives and works in relative poverty compared to his employee?
>>
>> But he's got all of this cash stashed away! He just can't ever spend it.
>> And he has to live like a pauper as a cover. But he has all this money!
>> He just can't ever spend it. (Repeat ad infinitum.)
>
> And yet he needs to keep running new drugs to, what, keep Fish employed?
It's *so* hard to not screw up a retcon. I was reminded of this again
the other night when I rewatched STAR WARS in honor of the 35th
anniversary of its opening weekend. The usual two (for me) glaring
problems with Vader stood out, as always.
>>>>> I have no idea what Robert Carradine was doing or why at any point in
>>>>> time. At first I thought he was the other half of the drug buy, but I
>>>>> assume that's whoever helped Artie escape in the speedboat. Which must
>>>>> make him a hired killer - a really bad one - looking to keep Magnum from
>>>>> getting to the truth, a truth he wouldn't get near if they didn't keep
>>>>> tossing him clews.
>>>>
>>>> As if everything leading up to it wasn't bad enough, I literally LOL'ed
>>>> when Stone was able to get through that hatch without our ace assassin
>>>> shooting him dead. Dude, for real? You want to play in the big leagues
>>>> and you can't hit a fish in a barrel?
>>>
>>> It was badly staged, but Stone didn't go through the hatch, he just
>>> shined his flashlight through it, and then noticed that Carradine was
>>> standing on a lattice work floor that Stone could easily shoot through
>>> (not ONE bullet sparked off the mesh).
>>
>> I'm referring to the hatch that gave them both access to the interior of
>> the ship in the first place. Stone had to dive through that one, didn't
>> he? And wasn't Carradine just waiting for him to do exactly that? The
>> mesh floor stuff in the interior of the ship came later.
>
> Oh. Yeah, Carradine had run away by then for some reason I was unclear
> on.
Because he somehow managed to miss Stone when Stone barreled through the
hatch and into the interior of the ship, even though he would have
filled the majority of the hatch opening at the time. All Carradine
would have had to do was switch to a handgun and fire off a half-dozen
rounds and surely one of them would have hit Stone. Using the rifle in
that situation was beyond silly.
>>>>> So the whole thing was apparently some drug buy, and if you knew the
>>>>> police chief who may or may not have been dirty knew the time and place
>>>>> of the drug buy, why wouldn't you just change the time or date of the
>>>>> drug buy rather than blow the guy up? Or, you know, both ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Apparently Healy knew what was going on the whole time, or at least
>>>>> enough of it ... he knew who didn't do it, which is tough to manage
>>>>> without knowing who did.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was glad there were no phone calls from the ex-wife.
>>>>>
>>>>> And Fish's new assistant Amanda is hot and I have no idea who played her.
>>>>
>>>> One of the few bright spots in the whole affair. She was stunning *in*
>>>> glasses and out of them.
>>>
>>> Rowr
>>
>> I hope to see more of her in other shows in the future. A rare case in
>> which I think that "smoking" really applies.
>
> rowr
>>
>>>> I'm way behind in the WDYW stuff and may not catch up there, so I'll
>>>> just give this one a C- here and be done with it. If this had been the
>>>> first outing, it would have been okay for the evocative mood and tone
>>>> stuff, but that's not gonna carry the day when you're seven or so
>>>> outings into the thing.
>>>
>>> +1
>>
>> I also felt cheated by the fact that we didn't even get a B plot in this
>> one.
>
> Well, unless you want to count "can he rebuild his staff" as a b plot.
I was thinking more along the lines of a second mystery or case to go
along with the primary one. But you've reminded me that I was also
disappointed by how little time Rose and Suitcase were given.
Stone met again in the council chambers, he seemed to have recovered
enough that things could have been clarified at that point.
> His claim might have been enough to
> get you to start investigating Artie, but to prove it?
myself. Of course, if I were Artie, I would have farmed out the work via
Geno Fish and kept my own hands clean, and then played dumb once
informed of the explosion. But that's just me. :)
>>>> even if you *are* that stupid, how many times in books and shows and
>>>> movies have we seen people make this same mistake? Of course, if you're
>>>> stupid, you're less likely to learn from mistakes (your own or others'),
>>>
>>> If the old man DIDN'T get it wrong, then Arti, what, got a phone call
>>> from the bomber telling him "it's done" and immediately started running
>>> around telling people about it, instead of just rolling over and going
>>> back to sleep!?!?
>>
>> Yep. Just wait until someone *else* fills you in, and act as if it's all
>> news to you at that time.
>>
>>>> but then that just leads to the question of how someone as fundamentally
>>>> stupid as Artie could rise to the level where he was the boss of a Geno
>>>> Fish type.
>>>
>>> And lives and works in relative poverty compared to his employee?
>>
>> But he's got all of this cash stashed away! He just can't ever spend it.
>> And he has to live like a pauper as a cover. But he has all this money!
>> He just can't ever spend it. (Repeat ad infinitum.)
>
> And yet he needs to keep running new drugs to, what, keep Fish employed?
the other night when I rewatched STAR WARS in honor of the 35th
anniversary of its opening weekend. The usual two (for me) glaring
problems with Vader stood out, as always.
>>>>> I have no idea what Robert Carradine was doing or why at any point in
>>>>> time. At first I thought he was the other half of the drug buy, but I
>>>>> assume that's whoever helped Artie escape in the speedboat. Which must
>>>>> make him a hired killer - a really bad one - looking to keep Magnum from
>>>>> getting to the truth, a truth he wouldn't get near if they didn't keep
>>>>> tossing him clews.
>>>>
>>>> As if everything leading up to it wasn't bad enough, I literally LOL'ed
>>>> when Stone was able to get through that hatch without our ace assassin
>>>> shooting him dead. Dude, for real? You want to play in the big leagues
>>>> and you can't hit a fish in a barrel?
>>>
>>> It was badly staged, but Stone didn't go through the hatch, he just
>>> shined his flashlight through it, and then noticed that Carradine was
>>> standing on a lattice work floor that Stone could easily shoot through
>>> (not ONE bullet sparked off the mesh).
>>
>> I'm referring to the hatch that gave them both access to the interior of
>> the ship in the first place. Stone had to dive through that one, didn't
>> he? And wasn't Carradine just waiting for him to do exactly that? The
>> mesh floor stuff in the interior of the ship came later.
>
> Oh. Yeah, Carradine had run away by then for some reason I was unclear
> on.
hatch and into the interior of the ship, even though he would have
filled the majority of the hatch opening at the time. All Carradine
would have had to do was switch to a handgun and fire off a half-dozen
rounds and surely one of them would have hit Stone. Using the rifle in
that situation was beyond silly.
>>>>> So the whole thing was apparently some drug buy, and if you knew the
>>>>> police chief who may or may not have been dirty knew the time and place
>>>>> of the drug buy, why wouldn't you just change the time or date of the
>>>>> drug buy rather than blow the guy up? Or, you know, both ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Apparently Healy knew what was going on the whole time, or at least
>>>>> enough of it ... he knew who didn't do it, which is tough to manage
>>>>> without knowing who did.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was glad there were no phone calls from the ex-wife.
>>>>>
>>>>> And Fish's new assistant Amanda is hot and I have no idea who played her.
>>>>
>>>> One of the few bright spots in the whole affair. She was stunning *in*
>>>> glasses and out of them.
>>>
>>> Rowr
>>
>> I hope to see more of her in other shows in the future. A rare case in
>> which I think that "smoking" really applies.
>
> rowr
>>
>>>> I'm way behind in the WDYW stuff and may not catch up there, so I'll
>>>> just give this one a C- here and be done with it. If this had been the
>>>> first outing, it would have been okay for the evocative mood and tone
>>>> stuff, but that's not gonna carry the day when you're seven or so
>>>> outings into the thing.
>>>
>>> +1
>>
>> I also felt cheated by the fact that we didn't even get a B plot in this
>> one.
>
> Well, unless you want to count "can he rebuild his staff" as a b plot.
along with the primary one. But you've reminded me that I was also
disappointed by how little time Rose and Suitcase were given.
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