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Ubiquitous
Jan 29, 2016, 5:41:20 AM1/29/16
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After an exhaustive workout, I watched:
MAMA'S FAMILY:
"Where There's a Will". Fran's will stipulates that Thelma not blow her
top for two weeks. Hilalrity ensues. How the hell would that work,
exactly?
MAMA'S FAMILY:
"Best Medicine". Mama is angry with Ellen until she discovers Ellen is
in the hospital.
THE GOP DEBATE:
Trump who?
What did you watch?
--
Hillary's staff admitted cutting and pasting classified emails, then
explained cutting & pasting to Hillary. Three times.
MAMA'S FAMILY:
"Where There's a Will". Fran's will stipulates that Thelma not blow her
top for two weeks. Hilalrity ensues. How the hell would that work,
exactly?
MAMA'S FAMILY:
"Best Medicine". Mama is angry with Ellen until she discovers Ellen is
in the hospital.
THE GOP DEBATE:
Trump who?
What did you watch?
--
Hillary's staff admitted cutting and pasting classified emails, then
explained cutting & pasting to Hillary. Three times.
Obveeus
Jan 29, 2016, 8:17:55 AM1/29/16
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On 1/29/2016 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> What did you watch?
WORLD OF TOMORROW: One of the 2015 films up for Best Animated Short at
this year's Oscars. It is available streaming on Netflix. It has a
very depressing view of how the technological revolution will effect
future society. Interesting short film, though.
YOU, ME, AND THE APOCALYPSE: The new NBC 'comedy' that I watched for a
whole hour waiting for it to be funny. Worse than that, I waited a
whole hour for them to get to the one punch line that I knew was coming.
As it looked at the end, the whole series is really going to be told
in flashbacks, like this season's TEEN WOLF. Outside the really cute
nun, there was nothing worth watching on this show and I won't bother
with it again.
ANGEL FROM HELL: Hey, they did a good TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL joke and a
call out to a fun 80s pop song. This week, our angel reforms the
medical office's computer system in a bid to let the audience know that
doctors can see an entire week's worth of patients in one afternoon
because they really do work just that hard. Meanwhile, the son dips a
toe back into the dating pool.
COLONY: The wife continues to lie to the husband and gets lots of
people killed in ways that make her seem quite vile. The resistance
thinks the husband is a threat because he is so good at his job, but in
reality he cannot do anything. All he did was go where he was told to
go...and his thought process afterwards is to suspect his female
coworker as a spy because she didn't go to the rebel base. His
conclusion isn't just stupid, it is entirely illogical and backwards.
Meanwhile, their kid is shown a secret tunnel to the other side, but the
other side is apparently empty. I'm very close to giving up on this show.
> What did you watch?
WORLD OF TOMORROW: One of the 2015 films up for Best Animated Short at
this year's Oscars. It is available streaming on Netflix. It has a
very depressing view of how the technological revolution will effect
future society. Interesting short film, though.
YOU, ME, AND THE APOCALYPSE: The new NBC 'comedy' that I watched for a
whole hour waiting for it to be funny. Worse than that, I waited a
whole hour for them to get to the one punch line that I knew was coming.
As it looked at the end, the whole series is really going to be told
in flashbacks, like this season's TEEN WOLF. Outside the really cute
nun, there was nothing worth watching on this show and I won't bother
with it again.
ANGEL FROM HELL: Hey, they did a good TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL joke and a
call out to a fun 80s pop song. This week, our angel reforms the
medical office's computer system in a bid to let the audience know that
doctors can see an entire week's worth of patients in one afternoon
because they really do work just that hard. Meanwhile, the son dips a
toe back into the dating pool.
COLONY: The wife continues to lie to the husband and gets lots of
people killed in ways that make her seem quite vile. The resistance
thinks the husband is a threat because he is so good at his job, but in
reality he cannot do anything. All he did was go where he was told to
go...and his thought process afterwards is to suspect his female
coworker as a spy because she didn't go to the rebel base. His
conclusion isn't just stupid, it is entirely illogical and backwards.
Meanwhile, their kid is shown a secret tunnel to the other side, but the
other side is apparently empty. I'm very close to giving up on this show.
anim8rfsk
Jan 29, 2016, 9:10:56 AM1/29/16
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In article <n8fokl$mhn$1...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
wrote:
> COLONY: The wife continues to lie to the husband and gets lots of
> people killed in ways that make her seem quite vile.
Is this the same vile wife from The Walking Dead?
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> COLONY: The wife continues to lie to the husband and gets lots of
> people killed in ways that make her seem quite vile.
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Arthur Lipscomb
Jan 29, 2016, 10:03:57 AM1/29/16
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On 1/29/2016 5:17 AM, Obveeus wrote:
> On 1/29/2016 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>
>> What did you watch?
>
> WORLD OF TOMORROW: One of the 2015 films up for Best Animated Short at
> this year's Oscars. It is available streaming on Netflix. It has a
> very depressing view of how the technological revolution will effect
> future society. Interesting short film, though.
>
I'll track this down.
> On 1/29/2016 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>
>> What did you watch?
>
> WORLD OF TOMORROW: One of the 2015 films up for Best Animated Short at
> this year's Oscars. It is available streaming on Netflix. It has a
> very depressing view of how the technological revolution will effect
> future society. Interesting short film, though.
>
> YOU, ME, AND THE APOCALYPSE: The new NBC 'comedy' that I watched for a
> whole hour waiting for it to be funny. Worse than that, I waited a
> whole hour for them to get to the one punch line that I knew was coming.
> As it looked at the end, the whole series is really going to be told
> in flashbacks, like this season's TEEN WOLF. Outside the really cute
> nun, there was nothing worth watching on this show and I won't bother
> with it again.
>
> ANGEL FROM HELL: Hey, they did a good TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL joke and a
> call out to a fun 80s pop song. This week, our angel reforms the
> medical office's computer system in a bid to let the audience know that
> doctors can see an entire week's worth of patients in one afternoon
> because they really do work just that hard. Meanwhile, the son dips a
> toe back into the dating pool.
>
> COLONY: The wife continues to lie to the husband and gets lots of
> people killed in ways that make her seem quite vile. The resistance
> thinks the husband is a threat because he is so good at his job, but in
> reality he cannot do anything. All he did was go where he was told to
> go...and his thought process afterwards is to suspect his female
> coworker as a spy because she didn't go to the rebel base. His
> conclusion isn't just stupid, it is entirely illogical and backwards.
Action Jackson and his other co-workers. Their new alien overlords
killed most competent military/law enforcement types when they arrived.
And those they didn't kill are in hiding like he was before his capture.
Also, in a previous episode they established that even if Action Jackson
did have actionable intel, he would hold off on using it so he could get
more rations (or he's secretly in the resistance). So even just taking
the obvious course of action *timely* can make a huge difference. Under
Action Jackson's leadership, they might have made the same connections
but if he'd waited a day or two before acting on it the resistance could
have cleaned things up first.
> Meanwhile, their kid is shown a secret tunnel to the other side, but the
> other side is apparently empty. I'm very close to giving up on this show.
side of the wall there was free Earth actively fighting the aliens. But
I read on imdb the other week that perhaps the aliens already conquered
the entire planet and everywhere is a colony. If that's the case that
side might be empty because the aliens killed everyone or sent them to
the factory. If that's the plan that could be why they are isolating
people so they can't learn of their ultimate fates.
I watched:
Shades of Blue - episode from last week. Just trying to keep from
falling to far behind. I was kind of hoping I wouldn't like it so I
could dump the series but it was actually an OK episode.
Legends of Tomorrow - Pilot, Part 2 - Like I said, they *really* should
have shown the pilot in one 2 hour block. What I don't get is when
Firestorm knocked Savage down, why didn't he make sure he *stayed* down
while the Hawks did their thing. Or have Cold freeze him while the
Hawks did their thing. Or why didn't Atom blow him into little pieces
but kept his head and torso alive, while the Hawks did their thing. Or
shoot with with a tranquilizer dart, tie him to a table while the Hawks
did their thing... Anyway, I still liked the wrap up.
The Blacklist - "The Behm" - I didn't give it my full attention but it
seemed to be a weird but otherwise OK episode.
Obveeus
Jan 29, 2016, 10:27:14 AM1/29/16
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On 1/29/2016 9:10 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> In article <n8fokl$mhn$1...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>> COLONY: The wife continues to lie to the husband and gets lots of
>> people killed in ways that make her seem quite vile.
>
> Is this the same vile wife from The Walking Dead?
Obveeus
Jan 29, 2016, 10:42:41 AM1/29/16
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On 1/29/2016 10:03 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
> On 1/29/2016 5:17 AM, Obveeus wrote:
>> COLONY: The wife continues to lie to the husband and gets lots of
>> people killed in ways that make her seem quite vile. The resistance
>> thinks the husband is a threat because he is so good at his job, but in
>> reality he cannot do anything. All he did was go where he was told to
>> go...and his thought process afterwards is to suspect his female
>> coworker as a spy because she didn't go to the rebel base. His
>> conclusion isn't just stupid, it is entirely illogical and backwards.
>
> Nevertheless, it's been established that he's better at his job than
> Action Jackson and his other co-workers. Their new alien overlords
> killed most competent military/law enforcement types when they arrived.
> And those they didn't kill are in hiding like he was before his capture.
San Francisco. Beyond that, the Homeland Security force all look like
keystone cops...idiots that have no idea what they are doing. Of
course, in this captive version of society it doesn't really matter
since the little flying robot cops get the job done before the Homeland
Security idiots ever arrive on the scene.
> Also, in a previous episode they established that even if Action Jackson
> did have actionable intel, he would hold off on using it so he could get
> more rations (or he's secretly in the resistance). So even just taking
> the obvious course of action *timely* can make a huge difference.
He is so stupid that he is willingly helping the enemy in the idiotic
and illogical hope that it will somehow save his son. There is not even
any reason to believe that his son needs 'saving' rather than that his
son is simply stuck on the other side of the wall.
> Under
> Action Jackson's leadership, they might have made the same connections
> but if he'd waited a day or two before acting on it the resistance could
> have cleaned things up first.
resistance kid was identified by a computer facial recognition scan
(which presumably should have been done on all the victims) and every
bit of the intel came from the boss and her super computer database.
Once they went to the warehouse/gymnasium, they got shot at without ever
accomplishing anything and our main protagonist failed to catch the
shooter. So, this week he offered up nothing of value even as the
resistance decided that he was a big threat to them.
>> Meanwhile, their kid is shown a secret tunnel to the other side, but the
>> other side is apparently empty. I'm very close to giving up on this
>> show.
>
> I have no idea what's going on with that. I had assumed on the other
> side of the wall there was free Earth actively fighting the aliens.
encampments.
> But
> I read on imdb the other week that perhaps the aliens already conquered
> the entire planet and everywhere is a colony.
would at least be hearing war or seeing overhead military battles or
something.
> If that's the case that
> side might be empty because the aliens killed everyone or sent them to
> the factory. If that's the plan that could be why they are isolating
> people so they can't learn of their ultimate fates.
will be interesting to see if his brother looks for him or just
scrounges for food and cassette tapes and telescope lenses. Of course,
what doesn't make sense is the convoys of trade going through the wall
(what got blown up in the pilot). Why would these aliens go to the
trouble of transporting beer from San Francisco and whiskey from
Kentucky if they had cleared out all the populations in between these
encampments and what was the guy from the pilot supposedly visiting on
his regular trips through the wall hiding in the truck? Basically, the
show doesn't know what it is doing.
Steve Bartman
Jan 29, 2016, 10:44:08 AM1/29/16
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On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 08:17:53 -0500, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>On 1/29/2016 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>
>YOU, ME, AND THE APOCALYPSE: The new NBC 'comedy' that I watched for a
>whole hour waiting for it to be funny. Worse than that, I waited a
>whole hour for them to get to the one punch line that I knew was coming.
> As it looked at the end, the whole series is really going to be told
>in flashbacks, like this season's TEEN WOLF. Outside the really cute
>nun, there was nothing worth watching on this show and I won't bother
>with it again.
I sort of liked it, but I wonder why TV, especially networks, have
>On 1/29/2016 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>
>YOU, ME, AND THE APOCALYPSE: The new NBC 'comedy' that I watched for a
>whole hour waiting for it to be funny. Worse than that, I waited a
>whole hour for them to get to the one punch line that I knew was coming.
> As it looked at the end, the whole series is really going to be told
>in flashbacks, like this season's TEEN WOLF. Outside the really cute
>nun, there was nothing worth watching on this show and I won't bother
>with it again.
decided to run so many end-of-the-world series the past few years.
Last Man, Revolution, Falling Skies, The 100, Colony (in a way),
probably more I have forgotten.
The nun was ho hum for me, but I liked Rob Lowe. Any show that teaches
Americans there really was a Devil's Advocate--and what he did--can't
be all bad.
I am getting really tired of nebbish characters who fall in love with
women out of their league and then ruin their lives pining for them
when they backstab. More of that on New Girl this week, but it's a
trend. It's been done to death.
The women's prison portion was also of zero interest.
I do wonder how they all end up underground in the UK.
Steve
Obveeus
Jan 29, 2016, 11:06:33 AM1/29/16
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On 1/29/2016 10:43 AM, Steve Bartman wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 08:17:53 -0500, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> On 1/29/2016 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>
>
>> YOU, ME, AND THE APOCALYPSE: The new NBC 'comedy' that I watched for a
>> whole hour waiting for it to be funny. Worse than that, I waited a
>> whole hour for them to get to the one punch line that I knew was coming.
>> As it looked at the end, the whole series is really going to be told
>> in flashbacks, like this season's TEEN WOLF. Outside the really cute
>> nun, there was nothing worth watching on this show and I won't bother
>> with it again.
>
> I sort of liked it, but I wonder why TV, especially networks, have
> decided to run so many end-of-the-world series the past few years.
> Last Man, Revolution, Falling Skies, The 100, Colony (in a way),
> probably more I have forgotten.
everyday lives because everyday life is boring.
> The nun was ho hum for me, but I liked Rob Lowe. Any show that teaches
> Americans there really was a Devil's Advocate--and what he did--can't
> be all bad.
character really any different than the one on GRINDER or even from
PARKS & RECREATION?
Beyond that, I really didn't like the premise that the 'Devil's
Advocate' will be hard at work for these last 39 days trying to debunk
false profits. Wouldn't the church be busy trying to console everyone
or giving them hope of an afterlife or whatnot rather than wasting the
last few days trying to disprove 'miracle workers' that won't matter
anyway because no one is going to be canonized in these last 39 days,
regardless?
> I am getting really tired of nebbish characters who fall in love with
> women out of their league and then ruin their lives pining for them
> when they backstab.
happy in the photo and it could be that she was taken against her will
after accidentally mistaking the twin for her husband at the airport.
> The women's prison portion was also of zero interest.
ruse. What if the hacker (Deus Ex Machina horse) idiots hacked the
Hubble space telescope data? Will this show drag to the end of the
season only to reveal that the world is not about to end?
Side note: Megan Mullally was all but unrecognizable as the woman with
the swastika on her forehead. ...and wasn't that a bad idea given that
some European countries don't allow that symbol to be shown on TV?
anim8rfsk
Jan 29, 2016, 11:06:51 AM1/29/16
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EGK
Jan 29, 2016, 11:11:27 AM1/29/16
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On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:06:47 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>In article <n8g076$j9k$2...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
>wrote:
>
>> On 1/29/2016 9:10 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> > In article <n8fokl$mhn$1...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> COLONY: The wife continues to lie to the husband and gets lots of
>> >> people killed in ways that make her seem quite vile.
>> >
>> > Is this the same vile wife from The Walking Dead?
>>
>> IMDB says yes.
>
>Ick
Yeah, but she's really REALLY good in this. The USA network blurps tell
>In article <n8g076$j9k$2...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
>wrote:
>
>> On 1/29/2016 9:10 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> > In article <n8fokl$mhn$1...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> COLONY: The wife continues to lie to the husband and gets lots of
>> >> people killed in ways that make her seem quite vile.
>> >
>> > Is this the same vile wife from The Walking Dead?
>>
>> IMDB says yes.
>
>Ick
you that.
anim8rfsk
Jan 29, 2016, 11:21:52 AM1/29/16
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In article <n8furh$e3o$1...@dont-email.me>,
Well
No, actually it's not.
ignore him" crap? Keep shooting at him. Chop a limb or two off. Treat
him like the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Also, we can't track these particles so we have to ask younger self?
Why? Did older self FORGET? Can the Waverider actually not do it?
Did I miss the med lab saying "It's okay to time jump now without
killing my patient" or did they just go 'oopsie, we're out of time,
let's wrap up the ep!'?
These fights ... are ridiculous. A bunch of thugs with 1975 weapons?
Our heroes should be able to obliterate them effortlessly.
How can Cold and Heat not be able to take out that cage?
But the big thing
ROT 13 POWERS ACTIVATE:
Fb Unjxzna vf qrnq. Ovt jubbc. Svefg, ng yrnfg ur pbhyq npg. Unjxtvey
znl or cerggl, ohg, qnza, gung'f gur rkgrag bs vg. Frpbaq ... Unjxzna
vf 4000 lrnef byq, naq unq 206 vapneangvbaf, nyy bs juvpu vaibyirq uvz
zrrgvat Fnintr, gur thl gung gurl'er genpxvat jvgu gurve gvzr fuvc (rira
gubhtu gurl unira'g svtherq bhg lrg gung genpxvat uvz gb rnpu bs gur 206
gvzrf ur xvyyrq gur Unjxf vf gur rnfvrfg jnl gb svaq uvz). Ubj qrnq pna
Unjxzna *cbffvoyl* or?
But it's like DA FLASH. Show is still fun despite the big stupid.
Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
> On 1/29/2016 5:17 AM, Obveeus wrote:
> > On 1/29/2016 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> >
> >> What did you watch?
> >
> > WORLD OF TOMORROW: One of the 2015 films up for Best Animated Short at
> > this year's Oscars. It is available streaming on Netflix. It has a
> > very depressing view of how the technological revolution will effect
> > future society. Interesting short film, though.
> >
>
> I'll track this down.
>
> > YOU, ME, AND THE APOCALYPSE: The new NBC 'comedy' that I watched for a
> > whole hour waiting for it to be funny. Worse than that, I waited a
> > whole hour for them to get to the one punch line that I knew was coming.
> > As it looked at the end, the whole series is really going to be told
> > in flashbacks, like this season's TEEN WOLF. Outside the really cute
> > nun, there was nothing worth watching on this show and I won't bother
> > with it again.
> >
>
> The previews make it look pretty bad but I *have* to watch it anyway.
>
It's better than LAST MAN ON EARTH.
> On 1/29/2016 5:17 AM, Obveeus wrote:
> > On 1/29/2016 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> >
> >> What did you watch?
> >
> > WORLD OF TOMORROW: One of the 2015 films up for Best Animated Short at
> > this year's Oscars. It is available streaming on Netflix. It has a
> > very depressing view of how the technological revolution will effect
> > future society. Interesting short film, though.
> >
>
> I'll track this down.
>
> > YOU, ME, AND THE APOCALYPSE: The new NBC 'comedy' that I watched for a
> > whole hour waiting for it to be funny. Worse than that, I waited a
> > whole hour for them to get to the one punch line that I knew was coming.
> > As it looked at the end, the whole series is really going to be told
> > in flashbacks, like this season's TEEN WOLF. Outside the really cute
> > nun, there was nothing worth watching on this show and I won't bother
> > with it again.
> >
>
> The previews make it look pretty bad but I *have* to watch it anyway.
>
Well
No, actually it's not.
>
>
> Legends of Tomorrow - Pilot, Part 2 - Like I said, they *really* should
> have shown the pilot in one 2 hour block. What I don't get is when
> Firestorm knocked Savage down, why didn't he make sure he *stayed* down
> while the Hawks did their thing. Or have Cold freeze him while the
> Hawks did their thing. Or why didn't Atom blow him into little pieces
> but kept his head and torso alive, while the Hawks did their thing. Or
> shoot with with a tranquilizer dart, tie him to a table while the Hawks
> did their thing... Anyway, I still liked the wrap up.
Yeah, what's this "we can't kill Savage so we should shove him down and
>
> Legends of Tomorrow - Pilot, Part 2 - Like I said, they *really* should
> have shown the pilot in one 2 hour block. What I don't get is when
> Firestorm knocked Savage down, why didn't he make sure he *stayed* down
> while the Hawks did their thing. Or have Cold freeze him while the
> Hawks did their thing. Or why didn't Atom blow him into little pieces
> but kept his head and torso alive, while the Hawks did their thing. Or
> shoot with with a tranquilizer dart, tie him to a table while the Hawks
> did their thing... Anyway, I still liked the wrap up.
ignore him" crap? Keep shooting at him. Chop a limb or two off. Treat
him like the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Also, we can't track these particles so we have to ask younger self?
Why? Did older self FORGET? Can the Waverider actually not do it?
Did I miss the med lab saying "It's okay to time jump now without
killing my patient" or did they just go 'oopsie, we're out of time,
let's wrap up the ep!'?
These fights ... are ridiculous. A bunch of thugs with 1975 weapons?
Our heroes should be able to obliterate them effortlessly.
How can Cold and Heat not be able to take out that cage?
But the big thing
ROT 13 POWERS ACTIVATE:
Fb Unjxzna vf qrnq. Ovt jubbc. Svefg, ng yrnfg ur pbhyq npg. Unjxtvey
znl or cerggl, ohg, qnza, gung'f gur rkgrag bs vg. Frpbaq ... Unjxzna
vf 4000 lrnef byq, naq unq 206 vapneangvbaf, nyy bs juvpu vaibyirq uvz
zrrgvat Fnintr, gur thl gung gurl'er genpxvat jvgu gurve gvzr fuvc (rira
gubhtu gurl unira'g svtherq bhg lrg gung genpxvat uvz gb rnpu bs gur 206
gvzrf ur xvyyrq gur Unjxf vf gur rnfvrfg jnl gb svaq uvz). Ubj qrnq pna
Unjxzna *cbffvoyl* or?
But it's like DA FLASH. Show is still fun despite the big stupid.
anim8rfsk
Jan 29, 2016, 11:46:10 AM1/29/16
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anim8rfsk
Jan 29, 2016, 11:48:51 AM1/29/16
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In article <n8g2gt$ss8$1...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
anything but Lowe these days.
squeeze in.
wrote:
> On 1/29/2016 10:43 AM, Steve Bartman wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 08:17:53 -0500, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 1/29/2016 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> >>
> >
> >> YOU, ME, AND THE APOCALYPSE: The new NBC 'comedy' that I watched for a
> >> whole hour waiting for it to be funny. Worse than that, I waited a
> >> whole hour for them to get to the one punch line that I knew was coming.
> >> As it looked at the end, the whole series is really going to be told
> >> in flashbacks, like this season's TEEN WOLF. Outside the really cute
> >> nun, there was nothing worth watching on this show and I won't bother
> >> with it again.
> >
> > I sort of liked it, but I wonder why TV, especially networks, have
> > decided to run so many end-of-the-world series the past few years.
> > Last Man, Revolution, Falling Skies, The 100, Colony (in a way),
> > probably more I have forgotten.
>
> I think it is simply a matter of creating a setting that isn't our
> everyday lives because everyday life is boring.
>
> > The nun was ho hum for me, but I liked Rob Lowe. Any show that teaches
> > Americans there really was a Devil's Advocate--and what he did--can't
> > be all bad.
>
> The problem is that Rob Lowe was simply being Rob Lowe. Was this
> character really any different than the one on GRINDER or even from
> PARKS & RECREATION?
He wasn't Sam Seaborn though, which may tell us that Lowe can't do
> On 1/29/2016 10:43 AM, Steve Bartman wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 08:17:53 -0500, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 1/29/2016 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> >>
> >
> >> YOU, ME, AND THE APOCALYPSE: The new NBC 'comedy' that I watched for a
> >> whole hour waiting for it to be funny. Worse than that, I waited a
> >> whole hour for them to get to the one punch line that I knew was coming.
> >> As it looked at the end, the whole series is really going to be told
> >> in flashbacks, like this season's TEEN WOLF. Outside the really cute
> >> nun, there was nothing worth watching on this show and I won't bother
> >> with it again.
> >
> > I sort of liked it, but I wonder why TV, especially networks, have
> > decided to run so many end-of-the-world series the past few years.
> > Last Man, Revolution, Falling Skies, The 100, Colony (in a way),
> > probably more I have forgotten.
>
> I think it is simply a matter of creating a setting that isn't our
> everyday lives because everyday life is boring.
>
> > The nun was ho hum for me, but I liked Rob Lowe. Any show that teaches
> > Americans there really was a Devil's Advocate--and what he did--can't
> > be all bad.
>
> The problem is that Rob Lowe was simply being Rob Lowe. Was this
> character really any different than the one on GRINDER or even from
> PARKS & RECREATION?
anything but Lowe these days.
>
> Beyond that, I really didn't like the premise that the 'Devil's
> Advocate' will be hard at work for these last 39 days trying to debunk
> false profits. Wouldn't the church be busy trying to console everyone
> or giving them hope of an afterlife or whatnot rather than wasting the
> last few days trying to disprove 'miracle workers' that won't matter
> anyway because no one is going to be canonized in these last 39 days,
> regardless?
I think the Church will be busy buggering as many children as they can
> Beyond that, I really didn't like the premise that the 'Devil's
> Advocate' will be hard at work for these last 39 days trying to debunk
> false profits. Wouldn't the church be busy trying to console everyone
> or giving them hope of an afterlife or whatnot rather than wasting the
> last few days trying to disprove 'miracle workers' that won't matter
> anyway because no one is going to be canonized in these last 39 days,
> regardless?
squeeze in.
>
> > I am getting really tired of nebbish characters who fall in love with
> > women out of their league and then ruin their lives pining for them
> > when they backstab.
>
> In this case, I'm not so sure the wife backstabbed him. She didn't look
> happy in the photo and it could be that she was taken against her will
> after accidentally mistaking the twin for her husband at the airport.
>
> > The women's prison portion was also of zero interest.
>
> The one thing that occurred to me is that the whole show could be a
> ruse. What if the hacker (Deus Ex Machina horse) idiots hacked the
> Hubble space telescope data? Will this show drag to the end of the
> season only to reveal that the world is not about to end?
>
> Side note: Megan Mullally was all but unrecognizable as the woman with
> the swastika on her forehead. ...and wasn't that a bad idea given that
> some European countries don't allow that symbol to be shown on TV?
Holy crap - that's who that was? Yeah, I didn't spot her at all.
> > I am getting really tired of nebbish characters who fall in love with
> > women out of their league and then ruin their lives pining for them
> > when they backstab.
>
> In this case, I'm not so sure the wife backstabbed him. She didn't look
> happy in the photo and it could be that she was taken against her will
> after accidentally mistaking the twin for her husband at the airport.
>
> > The women's prison portion was also of zero interest.
>
> The one thing that occurred to me is that the whole show could be a
> ruse. What if the hacker (Deus Ex Machina horse) idiots hacked the
> Hubble space telescope data? Will this show drag to the end of the
> season only to reveal that the world is not about to end?
>
> Side note: Megan Mullally was all but unrecognizable as the woman with
> the swastika on her forehead. ...and wasn't that a bad idea given that
> some European countries don't allow that symbol to be shown on TV?
Steve Bartman
Jan 29, 2016, 5:21:42 PM1/29/16
to
On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:06:35 -0500, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>On 1/29/2016 10:43 AM, Steve Bartman wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 08:17:53 -0500, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/29/2016 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>
>>
>>> YOU, ME, AND THE APOCALYPSE: The new NBC 'comedy' that I watched for a
>>> whole hour waiting for it to be funny. Worse than that, I waited a
>>> whole hour for them to get to the one punch line that I knew was coming.
>>> As it looked at the end, the whole series is really going to be told
>>> in flashbacks, like this season's TEEN WOLF. Outside the really cute
>>> nun, there was nothing worth watching on this show and I won't bother
>>> with it again.
>>
>> I sort of liked it, but I wonder why TV, especially networks, have
>> decided to run so many end-of-the-world series the past few years.
>> Last Man, Revolution, Falling Skies, The 100, Colony (in a way),
>> probably more I have forgotten.
>
>I think it is simply a matter of creating a setting that isn't our
>everyday lives because everyday life is boring.
Everyday life was boring in 1990 too, but not so many apocalypse
>
>
>On 1/29/2016 10:43 AM, Steve Bartman wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 08:17:53 -0500, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/29/2016 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>
>>
>>> YOU, ME, AND THE APOCALYPSE: The new NBC 'comedy' that I watched for a
>>> whole hour waiting for it to be funny. Worse than that, I waited a
>>> whole hour for them to get to the one punch line that I knew was coming.
>>> As it looked at the end, the whole series is really going to be told
>>> in flashbacks, like this season's TEEN WOLF. Outside the really cute
>>> nun, there was nothing worth watching on this show and I won't bother
>>> with it again.
>>
>> I sort of liked it, but I wonder why TV, especially networks, have
>> decided to run so many end-of-the-world series the past few years.
>> Last Man, Revolution, Falling Skies, The 100, Colony (in a way),
>> probably more I have forgotten.
>
>I think it is simply a matter of creating a setting that isn't our
>everyday lives because everyday life is boring.
shows. I forgot Walking Dead and a new 12 Monkeys.
Also a lot of movies (with help from IMDB; this is not a complete
list): Misericordia (sp?), Looking For a Friend For the End of the
World, that one about the last day on Earth that had a time in the
title I think, that James Franco abortion (The End?), World War Z,
Snowpiercer, Hunger Games trilogy, Maze Runner series, new Mad Max, 28
Days and 28 Days Later, all the Resident Evil movies now too numerous
to count, recent Terminators, the Insurgent series, Red Dawn remake,
Oblivion, New Planet of the Apes movies, The Road, Warm Bodies, The
Book of Eli, After Earth, The Colony.
>> The nun was ho hum for me, but I liked Rob Lowe. Any show that teaches
>> Americans there really was a Devil's Advocate--and what he did--can't
>> be all bad.
>
>The problem is that Rob Lowe was simply being Rob Lowe. Was this
>character really any different than the one on GRINDER or even from
>PARKS & RECREATION?
Wing pilot this week, so maybe that's part of it.
>Beyond that, I really didn't like the premise that the 'Devil's
>Advocate' will be hard at work for these last 39 days trying to debunk
>false profits.
Wouldn't the church be busy trying to console everyone
>or giving them hope of an afterlife or whatnot rather than wasting the
>last few days trying to disprove 'miracle workers' that won't matter
>anyway because no one is going to be canonized in these last 39 days,
>regardless?
plan. I was on the PC while it was playing.
>> I am getting really tired of nebbish characters who fall in love with
>> women out of their league and then ruin their lives pining for them
>> when they backstab.
>
>In this case, I'm not so sure the wife backstabbed him. She didn't look
>happy in the photo and it could be that she was taken against her will
>after accidentally mistaking the twin for her husband at the airport.
cancer-stricken husband.
>> The women's prison portion was also of zero interest.
>
>The one thing that occurred to me is that the whole show could be a
>ruse. What if the hacker (Deus Ex Machina horse) idiots hacked the
>Hubble space telescope data? Will this show drag to the end of the
>season only to reveal that the world is not about to end?
>Side note: Megan Mullally was all but unrecognizable as the woman with
>the swastika on her forehead. ...and wasn't that a bad idea given that
>some European countries don't allow that symbol to be shown on TV?
the most likely market.
Steve
Arthur Lipscomb
Jan 29, 2016, 10:57:20 PM1/29/16
to
regenerate but they try it anyway and watch him regenerate the limbs on
the spot. Then they drop him in Flash's secret illegal prison and wait
for him to die due to lack of food and the stench from the lack of
toilet facilities.
> Also, we can't track these particles so we have to ask younger self?
> Why? Did older self FORGET? Can the Waverider actually not do it?
>
> Did I miss the med lab saying "It's okay to time jump now without
> killing my patient" or did they just go 'oopsie, we're out of time,
> let's wrap up the ep!'?
>
> These fights ... are ridiculous. A bunch of thugs with 1975 weapons?
> Our heroes should be able to obliterate them effortlessly.
>
count the heroes must be creating. Especially the cold and hot gun...
> How can Cold and Heat not be able to take out that cage?
>
> But the big thing
>
> ROT 13 POWERS ACTIVATE:
>
> Fb Unjxzna vf qrnq. Ovt jubbc. Svefg, ng yrnfg ur pbhyq npg. Unjxtvey
> znl or cerggl, ohg, qnza, gung'f gur rkgrag bs vg. Frpbaq ... Unjxzna
> vf 4000 lrnef byq, naq unq 206 vapneangvbaf, nyy bs juvpu vaibyirq uvz
> zrrgvat Fnintr, gur thl gung gurl'er genpxvat jvgu gurve gvzr fuvc (rira
> gubhtu gurl unira'g svtherq bhg lrg gung genpxvat uvz gb rnpu bs gur 206
> gvzrf ur xvyyrq gur Unjxf vf gur rnfvrfg jnl gb svaq uvz). Ubj qrnq pna
> Unjxzna *cbffvoyl* or?
>
> But it's like DA FLASH. Show is still fun despite the big stupid.
>
anim8rfsk
Jan 29, 2016, 11:23:36 PM1/29/16
to
In article <n8hc5j$dnt$1...@dont-email.me>,
Yep. So they can't give him a 'final death' - disintegrating him sure
seems to slow him down for awhile.
seems to slow him down for awhile.
>
> > Also, we can't track these particles so we have to ask younger self?
> > Why? Did older self FORGET? Can the Waverider actually not do it?
> >
> That's easy enough to wank...no it can't. :-)
Yep, but as a wise man once said "At least have them discuss it"
> > Also, we can't track these particles so we have to ask younger self?
> > Why? Did older self FORGET? Can the Waverider actually not do it?
> >
> That's easy enough to wank...no it can't. :-)
>
> > Did I miss the med lab saying "It's okay to time jump now without
> > killing my patient" or did they just go 'oopsie, we're out of time,
> > let's wrap up the ep!'?
> >
> > These fights ... are ridiculous. A bunch of thugs with 1975 weapons?
> > Our heroes should be able to obliterate them effortlessly.
> >
>
> I was reading a lot of comments over on imdb about the obvious body
> count the heroes must be creating. Especially the cold and hot gun...
They might be able to throttle those down, but Firestorm??
> > Did I miss the med lab saying "It's okay to time jump now without
> > killing my patient" or did they just go 'oopsie, we're out of time,
> > let's wrap up the ep!'?
> >
> > These fights ... are ridiculous. A bunch of thugs with 1975 weapons?
> > Our heroes should be able to obliterate them effortlessly.
> >
>
> I was reading a lot of comments over on imdb about the obvious body
> count the heroes must be creating. Especially the cold and hot gun...
>
> > How can Cold and Heat not be able to take out that cage?
> >
> > But the big thing
> >
> > ROT 13 POWERS ACTIVATE:
> >
> > Fb Unjxzna vf qrnq. Ovt jubbc. Svefg, ng yrnfg ur pbhyq npg. Unjxtvey
> > znl or cerggl, ohg, qnza, gung'f gur rkgrag bs vg. Frpbaq ... Unjxzna
> > vf 4000 lrnef byq, naq unq 206 vapneangvbaf, nyy bs juvpu vaibyirq uvz
> > zrrgvat Fnintr, gur thl gung gurl'er genpxvat jvgu gurve gvzr fuvc (rira
> > gubhtu gurl unira'g svtherq bhg lrg gung genpxvat uvz gb rnpu bs gur 206
> > gvzrf ur xvyyrq gur Unjxf vf gur rnfvrfg jnl gb svaq uvz). Ubj qrnq pna
> > Unjxzna *cbffvoyl* or?
> >
>
> Ur'f nccneragyl ovyyrq va nyy gur rcvfbqrf...Ab fhecevfr ernyyl.
LOL, nope.
> > How can Cold and Heat not be able to take out that cage?
> >
> > But the big thing
> >
> > ROT 13 POWERS ACTIVATE:
> >
> > Fb Unjxzna vf qrnq. Ovt jubbc. Svefg, ng yrnfg ur pbhyq npg. Unjxtvey
> > znl or cerggl, ohg, qnza, gung'f gur rkgrag bs vg. Frpbaq ... Unjxzna
> > vf 4000 lrnef byq, naq unq 206 vapneangvbaf, nyy bs juvpu vaibyirq uvz
> > zrrgvat Fnintr, gur thl gung gurl'er genpxvat jvgu gurve gvzr fuvc (rira
> > gubhtu gurl unira'g svtherq bhg lrg gung genpxvat uvz gb rnpu bs gur 206
> > gvzrf ur xvyyrq gur Unjxf vf gur rnfvrfg jnl gb svaq uvz). Ubj qrnq pna
> > Unjxzna *cbffvoyl* or?
> >
>
> Ur'f nccneragyl ovyyrq va nyy gur rcvfbqrf...Ab fhecevfr ernyyl.
>
>
> > But it's like DA FLASH. Show is still fun despite the big stupid.
> >
>
> Nice Arrow villain cameo too.
Guess I missed that?
>
> > But it's like DA FLASH. Show is still fun despite the big stupid.
> >
>
> Nice Arrow villain cameo too.
Arthur Lipscomb
Jan 30, 2016, 11:18:22 AM1/30/16
to
On 1/29/2016 8:23 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> In article <n8hc5j$dnt$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>
>> On 1/29/2016 8:21 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> In article <n8furh$e3o$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>> Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 1/29/2016 5:17 AM, Obveeus wrote:
>>>>> On 1/29/2016 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> What did you watch?
>>>>>
>>>>> WORLD OF TOMORROW: One of the 2015 films up for Best Animated Short at
>>>>> this year's Oscars. It is available streaming on Netflix. It has a
>>>>> very depressing view of how the technological revolution will effect
>>>>> future society. Interesting short film, though.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'll track this down.
OK, I've watched this now. Yeah, it was interesting and I guess
> In article <n8hc5j$dnt$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>
>> On 1/29/2016 8:21 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> In article <n8furh$e3o$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>> Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 1/29/2016 5:17 AM, Obveeus wrote:
>>>>> On 1/29/2016 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> What did you watch?
>>>>>
>>>>> WORLD OF TOMORROW: One of the 2015 films up for Best Animated Short at
>>>>> this year's Oscars. It is available streaming on Netflix. It has a
>>>>> very depressing view of how the technological revolution will effect
>>>>> future society. Interesting short film, though.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'll track this down.
depressing too. Not at all what I was expecting.
but Firestorm??
>>
Whatever happened to his ability to alter the molecular structure of
stuff? Or combined with his ability to survive a nuke, would that make
him just too powerful.
>>> How can Cold and Heat not be able to take out that cage?
>>>
>>> But the big thing
>>>
>>> ROT 13 POWERS ACTIVATE:
>>>
>>> Fb Unjxzna vf qrnq. Ovt jubbc. Svefg, ng yrnfg ur pbhyq npg. Unjxtvey
>>> znl or cerggl, ohg, qnza, gung'f gur rkgrag bs vg. Frpbaq ... Unjxzna
>>> vf 4000 lrnef byq, naq unq 206 vapneangvbaf, nyy bs juvpu vaibyirq uvz
>>> zrrgvat Fnintr, gur thl gung gurl'er genpxvat jvgu gurve gvzr fuvc (rira
>>> gubhtu gurl unira'g svtherq bhg lrg gung genpxvat uvz gb rnpu bs gur 206
>>> gvzrf ur xvyyrq gur Unjxf vf gur rnfvrfg jnl gb svaq uvz). Ubj qrnq pna
>>> Unjxzna *cbffvoyl* or?
>>>
>>
>> Ur'f nccneragyl ovyyrq va nyy gur rcvfbqrf...Ab fhecevfr ernyyl.
>
> LOL, nope.
>>
>>
>>> But it's like DA FLASH. Show is still fun despite the big stupid.
>>>
>>
>> Nice Arrow villain cameo too.
>
> Guess I missed that?
>
nuke. I *think* he was the same age thanks to the Lazarus Pit.
anim8rfsk
Jan 30, 2016, 12:35:18 PM1/30/16
to
In article <n8inj2$859$1...@dont-email.me>,
Yep!
powers are. But clearly at the very least he has to be able to set
these people on fire.
I quit watching ARROW.
>
> but Firestorm??
> >>
>
> Whatever happened to his ability to alter the molecular structure of
> stuff? Or combined with his ability to survive a nuke, would that make
> him just too powerful.
I never read Firestorm, nor have I ever been clear on what this versions
> but Firestorm??
> >>
>
> Whatever happened to his ability to alter the molecular structure of
> stuff? Or combined with his ability to survive a nuke, would that make
> him just too powerful.
powers are. But clearly at the very least he has to be able to set
these people on fire.
>
>
> >>> How can Cold and Heat not be able to take out that cage?
> >>>
> >>> But the big thing
> >>>
> >>> ROT 13 POWERS ACTIVATE:
> >>>
> >>> Fb Unjxzna vf qrnq. Ovt jubbc. Svefg, ng yrnfg ur pbhyq npg. Unjxtvey
> >>> znl or cerggl, ohg, qnza, gung'f gur rkgrag bs vg. Frpbaq ... Unjxzna
> >>> vf 4000 lrnef byq, naq unq 206 vapneangvbaf, nyy bs juvpu vaibyirq uvz
> >>> zrrgvat Fnintr, gur thl gung gurl'er genpxvat jvgu gurve gvzr fuvc (rira
> >>> gubhtu gurl unira'g svtherq bhg lrg gung genpxvat uvz gb rnpu bs gur 206
> >>> gvzrf ur xvyyrq gur Unjxf vf gur rnfvrfg jnl gb svaq uvz). Ubj qrnq pna
> >>> Unjxzna *cbffvoyl* or?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Ur'f nccneragyl ovyyrq va nyy gur rcvfbqrf...Ab fhecevfr ernyyl.
> >
> > LOL, nope.
> >>
> >>
> >>> But it's like DA FLASH. Show is still fun despite the big stupid.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Nice Arrow villain cameo too.
> >
> > Guess I missed that?
> >
>
> Neal McDonough returned to play Damien Darhk. He was trying to buy the
> nuke. I *think* he was the same age thanks to the Lazarus Pit.
Oh, okay, thanks, I knew I recognized one of those guys, but he's after
>
> >>> How can Cold and Heat not be able to take out that cage?
> >>>
> >>> But the big thing
> >>>
> >>> ROT 13 POWERS ACTIVATE:
> >>>
> >>> Fb Unjxzna vf qrnq. Ovt jubbc. Svefg, ng yrnfg ur pbhyq npg. Unjxtvey
> >>> znl or cerggl, ohg, qnza, gung'f gur rkgrag bs vg. Frpbaq ... Unjxzna
> >>> vf 4000 lrnef byq, naq unq 206 vapneangvbaf, nyy bs juvpu vaibyirq uvz
> >>> zrrgvat Fnintr, gur thl gung gurl'er genpxvat jvgu gurve gvzr fuvc (rira
> >>> gubhtu gurl unira'g svtherq bhg lrg gung genpxvat uvz gb rnpu bs gur 206
> >>> gvzrf ur xvyyrq gur Unjxf vf gur rnfvrfg jnl gb svaq uvz). Ubj qrnq pna
> >>> Unjxzna *cbffvoyl* or?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Ur'f nccneragyl ovyyrq va nyy gur rcvfbqrf...Ab fhecevfr ernyyl.
> >
> > LOL, nope.
> >>
> >>
> >>> But it's like DA FLASH. Show is still fun despite the big stupid.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Nice Arrow villain cameo too.
> >
> > Guess I missed that?
> >
>
> Neal McDonough returned to play Damien Darhk. He was trying to buy the
> nuke. I *think* he was the same age thanks to the Lazarus Pit.
I quit watching ARROW.
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