What Did You Watch? July 4 (Saturday)
David Johnston
Kings. Actually it kind of got better by this point. I mean it's
still a soap opera sandwich which uses religion like mayonaisse, but
Silas's hatred of David isn't as...arbitrary as it used to be, and
trying to turn the hero of the realm into a declared traitor has
intriguing potential. Honestly while the queen may not have liked the
earlier beard, she probably would have done better in the role with a
clear idea what she was getting into. Killing her was probably a
mistake. Why did the queen hate her so much anyway?
Eli Stone: Well, they had a happy ending, sort of. Still very much a
post-collapse episode, with the the story being "suing an executive
for his golden parachute". Eli once again wins a case
by...questionable means. But hey, they're justified by the ends,
right? Right?
Saturday Night Live: Tim McGraw's explanation of the subject matter
of country music was funny. The Jame Bond/Dwayne Bodine sketch worked
pretty well as well, Dwayne being a clueless participant in a high
stakes poker game between Bond and the villain. "Did you say your
name was Pussy Galore?"
What did you watch?
Audie Murphy's Ghost
<da...@block.net> wrote:
> What did you watch?
A Capitol Fourth. We'd been looking forward to this, but what a
disaster. I don't know whose fault it was, but the picture and sound
kept breaking up, and nobody seemed interested in fixing what was
wrong. We watched the show via DirecTV on WETA Channel 26 in
Washington, DC. (I looked at a repeat on an SD channel overnight, and
it looked fine. The HD repeat was as flawed as the live broadcast.)
In 2000 we'd had DirecTV for a few months, and they hadn't put our
locals up yet, so we tried to watch A Capitol Fourth on the PBS
national feed. We got maybe the first ten seconds of it before they
switched to an episode of Antiques Roadshow and stayed there. I guess
this year's effort was an improvement on that, but not by much.
Patty Winter
>of country music was funny.
I didn't see that, but of course David Allan Coe's rendition of
a song by Steve Goodman captured all the topics at once:
Well I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
And I went to pick her up in the rain
But before I could get to the station in a pickup truck
She got run'd over by a damned old train
>What did you watch?
"The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular"--at least CBS does the last
minute or so of the "1812 Overture" at the beginning of the show,
but I sure miss the old A&E broadcasts that aired the entire program
from the Esplanade. :-( I've always liked Neil Diamond's "America,"
so as soon as I found out that he was the guest, I knew he would do
that one.
And a little bit of the Tour de France. I'm not a cyclist, but they
sure go through some beautiful territory in this event. Yesterday
was just a time trial in Monaco; today, they're going through southern
France.
Patty
Patty Winter
In article <4a50d7bb$0$1582$742e...@news.sonic.net>,
Oh, and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"! The only TZ ep I watched
last night, although SciFi sure had a bunch of good ones on.
Patty
Ian J. Ball
>
> Oh, and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"! The only TZ ep I watched
> last night, although SciFi sure had a bunch of good ones on.
I recorded a number of yesterday's episodes, including this one.
And, right now, all I want to say is that they *hacked* "Time Enough
at Last" *badly* with commercial cuts...
:(
Ian (P.S. Does Shatner ever really say, "There's... something on the
*wing*! Some... *THING*!!" in the former, or did Jim Carrey just make
that bit up?... ;> )
Ian J. Ball
Bunches, and bunches, of movies!!
But first: Degrassi: TNG - The episode was "Jane Says". I'll avoid
discussion of the main storyline, as involves spoilers. And while the
second half's subplot with Clare Edwards coming out of her shell (and
threatening Alli) was good, the first half's subplot with Leia trying
to fit in with Danny's friends was a *mess*. Last I checked, Leia
hated Mia's guts. So now she's lying to try and seem cool to Mia &
Anya?! I'm sorry - I'm not buying it. The whole storyline made *zero*
sense to me - simply unbelievable.
I also flipped over throughout random parts of the day to catch come
of "The Twilight Zone" marathon...
Devil's Diary - I started the movies with this one I had recorded
overnight on LMN. In this one, "Instant Star's" Alexz Johnson and
(soon-to-be) "Caprica's" Magda Apanowicz discover an evil book with
magical powers, that *kills*!! Considering this was a TV horror movie
(so they can't go 'all out' with the gore), this wasn't bad. Or, at
least, the first act was pretty good. I found it got less and less
good as it went along. Still, the ending of this clearly left open the
possibility of a sequel, so I hope they call Johnson back into service
soon and put out a sequel to this one...
Ladies & Gentleman, The Fabulous Stains(!) - Wow. This was quite
something. I recorded this off TCM from the night before. It's from
1982, with about a 16 year-old Diane Lane (and a similarly aged Laura
Dern), and much, much younger Ray Winstone, Christine Lahti and David
Clennon. It was an interesting slice-of-life from the late 70s/early
80s, and an interesting look at life on tour for bands at the bottom
of the food chain (as well as being quite prophetic in predicting the
rise of the Madonna 'wannabe' craze of just 3-4 years later). The
ending was quite confusing (I had to check the IMDb so that I could
get a proper explanation of how it ended, and how it was originally
supposed to end), but this was a trip *well worth* taking.
I took a break here, and watched some golf. Then I switched over to
Lifetime. On Lifetime, I saw:
Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape - A modern cautionary tale with
Odette Yustman. I've seen this one before, but it's kind of worth
seeing again. The moral of the story is always the same: Never let
*anything* embarrassing be caught on tape or digital video!! EVER!!!
Deceit - This was a movie with Emmanuelle Chirqui that I've repeatedly
seen bits & pieces of, but never the whole thing, so I finally sat
down and watched through to the ending. And the ending was about what
you'd expect from a Cinemax-esque style cable flick. This one is *not*
worth seeing, BTW. (Unless, you are a huge fan of Chriqui, or Ashley
Scott for some reason!...)
Then I got serious again with:
Brick - Back when HBO offered their free weekend a few weeks back, I
grabbed this off one of the HBO stations and finally got around to
watching it this weekend. I can see why this, and "Donnie Darko", are
considered the two "seminal" 'teen' indie flicks. I liked "Brick" a
lot - it certainly *looks* great, and the story is pretty engrossing.
I am not sure I'm sold on the dialogue though (and I say that as
someone who's a fan of some of the 40s & 50s 'noir' that this dialogue
is an homage to). Suffice it to say, if "Dawson's Creek's" dialogue
can be objected to on the grounds that teenagers would never talk that
way, so can "Brick".
Aside from that, though, this movie is well worth checking out if
you haven't already - I'd give this (and "The Fabulous Stains") pretty
strong recommendations.
I ended back on Lifetime with a movie called "Intimate Stranger" with
Kari Matchett. Patty might get a kick out of this one - Peter
Outerbridge plays the psycho stalker!! Anyway, I think I've seen this
one before. It's OK, but nothing special.
Hey! - That's a lot of movies!! ;)
Patty Winter
In article <a9c6bf8f-30b1-43fb...@j9g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
Ian J. Ball <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
>
>I ended back on Lifetime with a movie called "Intimate Stranger" with
>Kari Matchett. Patty might get a kick out of this one - Peter
>Outerbridge plays the psycho stalker!!
Mmmmm....Peter Outerbridge...psycho....yummmm..... :-)
Patty
chicagofan
I didn't have any reception problems [on cable], but I was disappointed
in the entertainment. The Sesame St. characters were the only thing
that made it worth watching to me this year. I enjoy watching the
children's faces [and BIG eyes] in the audience when they see the
characters they recognize. You can see many of them singing along and
it's just so much fun to watch them.
Manilow and Aretha needed some oxygen... or something. ;) I can't sing
period, so I shouldn't pick on people who can, for bad performances.
bj
Zombie Elvis
wrote:
>I watched:
>
>Kings. Actually it kind of got better by this point. I mean it's
>still a soap opera sandwich which uses religion like mayonaisse, but
>Silas's hatred of David isn't as...arbitrary as it used to be, and
>trying to turn the hero of the realm into a declared traitor has
>intriguing potential. Honestly while the queen may not have liked the
>earlier beard, she probably would have done better in the role with a
>clear idea what she was getting into. Killing her was probably a
>mistake. Why did the queen hate her so much anyway?
I never remember to record show even though I've downloaded or watched
every episode on Hulu. I wonder how many viewers it would have had if
NBC had made any attempt at marketing it....
Titus. I saw a couple of the season two episodes on DVD. Not quite as
good as season one but still very funny.
Night Court. Rerun from season seven, Bull's cousin tries to convince
him to sue the city when he accidentally shoots himself in the foot
with Roz's new gun. The show is on something of a slow downward glide
at this point, more sentimental and less funny than in earlier
seasons.
McLaughlin Group. Sure John, the president's popularity is lower than
ever. He'll never survive that ambassador to France scandal. The
Republicans will be in back power before you know it.
>Saturday Night Live: Tim McGraw's explanation of the subject matter
>of country music was funny. The Jame Bond/Dwayne Bodine sketch worked
>pretty well as well, Dwayne being a clueless participant in a high
>stakes poker game between Bond and the villain. "Did you say your
>name was Pussy Galore?"
I enjoyed this skit and the one where the girl puts glue in her mouth
because she thinks she's filming a dental commercial. The down home
country prank calls were pretty good too.
--
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sucking chest wound, not a quick bandage job and a climactic
final confrontation with a criminal mastermind atop an unfinished
skyscraper."
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Roberto Castillo
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Zombie Elvis
wrote:
>What did you watch?
Almost forgot.
Z-Rock. Watched back to back episodes. Paulie thinks he's going to
hook up for a three way with a lesbian couple and gets more than he
bargained for, Frank Stallone guest stars as an insane/homeless
version of himself. Neil gets the boys thrown in jail and loses them a
gig with Bret Michaels when he goes tear through his home town. A very
under-ratedly funny show.
Ubiquitous
wrote:
>What did you watch?
TWILIGHT ZONE:
The last of the 1980's eps. Overall, not very satisfying.
Instead of "zingers", I was "zonked".
SEMI-HOMADE WITH SANDRA LEE:
There was a new ep to mock today, but to be honest, it was rather dull.
The ep was titled "Backyard grilling" but there was neither. It also
had NOTHING to do with Independence Day, unlike the rest of the lineup.
SLop's guess homemaker looked rather masculine and her recipe was lame:
crushed Oreo cookies and layers of chocolate, coffee, and vanilla ice
cream. We were treated to a scary extreme facial closeup while she was
squeeziung the puff pastry and far too eager to lick those ice cream
spoons. Repeatedly. Naturally, SLop's eyes lit up when the "It's
Cocktail Time!" segment came around.
CHEATERS:
A rather lame repat, but it was amusing watching the guy who was caught
cheating tried the old "My hands are register weapons" routine. Nice
to see there are people who watched The Karate Kid out there!
RED EYE:
Great ep! I loved when, while discussing Obama appointing Ashton Kutcher
to "sprwad the word about AIDS", they referred to Ashton as a "social
networking tool". :-D
--
It's now time for healing, and for fixing the damage the Democrats did
to America.
Ubiquitous
>Ladies & Gentleman, The Fabulous Stains(!) - Wow. This was quite
>something. I recorded this off TCM from the night before. It's from
>1982, with about a 16 year-old Diane Lane (and a similarly aged Laura
>Dern), and much, much younger Ray Winstone, Christine Lahti and David
>Clennon. It was an interesting slice-of-life from the late 70s/early
>80s, and an interesting look at life on tour for bands at the bottom
>of the food chain (as well as being quite prophetic in predicting the
>rise of the Madonna 'wannabe' craze of just 3-4 years later). The
>ending was quite confusing (I had to check the IMDb so that I could
>get a proper explanation of how it ended, and how it was originally
>supposed to end), but this was a trip *well worth* taking.
Fuckin'A, I missed it AGAIN!
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It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which
the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn
our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad
for them, it's failing.