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[Stephen]

I love Ms. Marvel, the last episode was a blast. The eating out of a plastic bag hit home for me. First time it happened to me here in Bangkok my mind was screaming, " where is the bowl?" And the whole " How spicy?" is something I deal with all the time. Thought living in Los Angeles my whole life prepared me for the spice game but I was wrong. And I never really gave any thought to the "partition" of India and Pakistan. Made it a bit more real.

[Rick]

Ms. Marvel is hitting its stride. I really wasn't into the first 2 eps since they felt very standard in terms of plot, especially ep 1 which was really quite by the numbers. A weakness of Marvel series lately is that they take too much time in setup. I do wish they were not doing the whole "Kamala not telling her Mom important info" thing as it's a mechanic that makes me roll my eyes in series (Things could be much simpler if only A told B some critical info but they don't for reasons).

But Vellani is a hell of an actress and the wedding (ep 3) was just joyous.

[Gary]

I watched Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney Plus. They released six episodes from May 27, 2022, to June 22, 2022. It was excellent and filled in many of the gaps between the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy. I’m hoping they will make a second season. I read that they originally planned to make a movie trilogy based on season one from the script for the unproduced first movie.
I am watching Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on Paramount Plus. They released ten episodes from May 5, 2022, to July 7, 2022. The show follows the adventures of the Enterprise before the original series when the spaceship was run by Captain Pike. Sounds interesting. It’s a spin-off from Star Trek: Discovery.
Next, I plan to watch Stranger Things Season 4 on Netflix. They released seven episodes on May 27, 2022, and two more episodes on July 1, 2022. I’ve watched the first three seasons. I like the 80s nostalgia which puts me back to the time I was in high school. They got that right. Looking forward to seeing what they did with this season.

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

I really enjoyed Season 4 of Stranger Things. It was the 2nd best season (after Season 1)

The last 3 episodes are, basically, movie length. The finale is 2½ hours long.

When it finished I was ready to go straight into the next episode. Season 5 is going to be the end of the show.

[John (Taloni)]

For the love of God, everyone just go watch Ep 10 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds! It's perfect. If you have ever enjoyed Star Trek you will love this one. My wife and I just sat there stunned as it unfolded.

[Silvana]

Finished with Umbrella Academy (cool season but some middle parts were kinda boring) and almost finished with anime series Spy x Family (cute, good palate cleanser).

[AndrewP]

Just watched three of the Universal Monster classics.
The Wolfman
Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman
Ghost of Frankenstein
Amazing how well they hold up considering they are almost 80 years old!

[Ian (RebelGeek)]

AndrewP wrote: "Just watched three of the Universal Monster classics.
The Wolfman
Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman
Ghost of Frankenstein
Amazing how well they hold up considering they are almost 80 years old!"

I need to watch these. I've only seen the Bela Lugosi Dracula & Lon Chaney Frankenstein of the classics. The sets & locations were so gorgeous especially in Dracula!

I'll leave you with my vampire haiku:

Forbidden nectar
Strength and ecstasy flowing
Crimson temptation

[Phil]

Saw the finale of Ms. Marvel last night and watched Thor: Love and Thunder today. Really enjoyed both and think Thor is my favorite of phase 4 so far.
The ending of Ms. Marvel (view spoiler)[ confirms mutants in the MCU and the post credit scene has major implications for the next Captain Marvel movie. It's seems to be a riff on the old Rick Jones/Captain Marvel swapping places situation. (hide spoiler)]

[Jennifer]

I am watching The Old Man.

[AndrewP]

Just watched 'Resident Evil:Welcome to Racoon City'. It's only okay as a stand alone movie, but if your a fan of the original games it's great. Includes all of the major characters and recreates many of the classic set scenes from the video game.

Also binge watched 'Reacher' on Amazon Prime. They adapted the first book 'Killing Floor' into a 8 part series and I think they really nailed it. Alan Ritchson is terrific as Reacher, he has the characterization down and also the physicality to pull it off (unlike Tom Cruise). If your a fan of the the books then don't miss this.

[Tamahome]

What do you think of Terminal List on Amazon?

[Ian (RebelGeek)]

I just finished watching Beavis & Butt-Head Do the Universe with the family. I don't know if we have done a good or bad thing for our 12 year old, but we had a lot of fun! ha ha ha

[John]

Tamahome wrote: "What do you think of Terminal List on Amazon?"

Take equal measures of - pure fantasy + conspiracy theory + nonsense and serve shaken, not stirred.

[Aaron]

I have been going over to a friend's house on Monday nights to watch Better Call Saul, which is a television experience I haven't had in years. The most recent episode had a great heist that built so much tension that my friend literally hid under a blanket because he couldn't stand to watch what was happening.

I was up fighting a migraine last night and decided to try watching a few episodes of Better Call Saul presents: Slippin' Jimmy. I was not impressed, but at least they were short. I see what they were trying to do playing with genres, but I don't think they added anything to the Breaking Bad universe, and they could have pretty much told the same story with unrelated characters.

[John (Nevets)]

So Prey came out this weekend. It is really good, looks beautiful, and has some very cool moments. But I do think it is very much of it's genre. I think of this as being both good and bad. Bad because I was hoping for a bit more from the creators, but good because it is a really good action horror film. One of the most unique parts is how much they incorporated the 1700's indigenous culture into the film. Including doing a dub of the film in Comanche.

It is very worth checking out if you have access to it.

[Jennifer]

John (Nevets) wrote: "So Prey came out this weekend. It is really good, looks beautiful, and has some very cool moments. But I do think it is very much of it's genre. I think of this as being both good and bad. Bad beca..."

I wan t so badly to see this. I wish it was a available to rent. I don't have Hulu and just don't want to hassle of signing up for a month. In fact, I really should cancel MY Apple TV . I just don't use it.

I did go see NOPE in the theater. I thought this was excellent and unexpected. I also started watching Resident Evil today. I am liking the series so far

[Tamahome]

Watching Sandman. I hear it's quite close to the source comics. A bit grewsome here and there.

[Iain]

Tamahome wrote: "Watching Sandman. I hear it's quite close to the source comics. A bit grewsome here and there."

"Quite Close" --- About as close as an adaptation should be from one medium to another. Some of the casting is eerily similar to the comics. Gloriously dark. It will lighten up in later seasons (and then descend into more gruesomeness).

[Molly]

Anyone else watching Paper Girls on Amazon Prime? My husband has read some of the comics, and we just finished the show over the weekend. Lots of fun. Stranger Things vibes but with time travel instead of monsters. Would definitely recommend.

[Tamahome]

Paper Girls is another Brian K. Vaughan comic (Saga, Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways...)

[John (Nevets)]

Molly wrote: "Anyone else watching Paper Girls on Amazon Prime? My husband has read some of the comics, and we just finished the show over the weekend. Lots of fun. Stranger Things vibes but with time travel ins..."

I'm watching it. And digging it as well. I'm watching it at a bit slower pace, so only about 1/2 way through. While I hadn't read the comic (maybe the first issue), I was very aware of it. And from what I've heard they are doing a really good job of adapting it. After "Y the Last Man" not doing so good, I'm glad to hear that another BKV written piece is getting a good one.

A completely different type of story, but if you are enjoying it. I would also recommend his more grand sci-fi/ fantasy story SAGA. It is also really well written, and I love the artist Fiona Staples take on it.

[Molly]

Lol, I got Paper Girls, Saga, and Y the Last Man for my husband for his birthday one year not even realizing it was all BKV. I’m not much of a comic reader, but I might steal them to try at some point.

[Chris K.]

Tamahome wrote: "Watching Sandman. I hear it's quite close to the source comics. A bit grewsome here and there."

Finished watching Sandman last night. It is an amazing adaptation. The casting was spot on and the changes they made from the comics worked very well. I think the show benefited greatly having Gaiman involved.

[Rob, Roberator]

I binged all of Paper Girls and really enjoyed it. I hope they do a second season.

[John (Taloni)]

I was a huge fan of Sandman as it came out. It was my turbulent 20s so didn't get every issue. I was out of comics for a while during grad school and when I got back in, the collections were available. I bought two at a time and read them all, then read them again with the companion volume. Bought every side project I could, all the way to Dead Boy Detectives.

I found my interest fading over time. Was not a fan of American Gods and found it derivative of Thor comics. Other works felt like stunting to show how enlightened he was. I drifted off.

Going from the trailer, Morpheus looks like an overgrown Goth kid with an ill-fitting wig. The whole thing is subtly off, like an uncanny-valley robot. Of all the characters, only The Corinthian looks right to me.

It still seems like a fair attempt at The Dreaming. I'll likely watch. Eventually. But without anything near the enthusiasm I approached the comics.

[Tamahome]

It's kind of like Rule 63 Sandman. I like Jane Constantine.

[Ian (RebelGeek)]

My lady & I are in the middle of Lisey's Story on Apple TV+ It's incredible!

[Stephen]

I watched Prey, easily the best Predator movie since the original Arnold movie. Will start Sandman and Paper Girls later in the week.

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

I have watched Ep. 1 Paper Girls and it is capturing the feel of the comic. I hope it keeps that up. I loved the Paper Girls Graphic Novels.

I have a logistical question for the Americans on the forum.

In Ep.1 a delivery van drops off the bundle of papers to the girl's houses for their paper route. Is this a normal thing for paper boys/girls (remembering this is 1988) to have their papers delivered to them in the US?

In Australia/New Zealand/Britain the paper boys/girls would have to ride their bike to a newsagent, pick up the papers then deliver them.

[Joseph]

Yeah, when I was a paperboy (back in the late 70s & early 80s) they'd be dropped off at my house for delivery.

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

Uh. 😕 That seemed so strange to me. It was weird that Erin (new girl) only met her fellow paper girls while on her route (well technically off her route 😉)

In Oz/NZ/UK she'd have met them all while picking up her papers at the newsagent.

[Joseph]

When I first started (the paper only came out six days per week), they'd deliver them to your house on Monday-Friday; then on Saturday you were expected to make your way to the local newspaper offices/printing plant to pick up the Saturday paper and to pay your bill for the previous week. (At that point, we were expected to go house-to-house on a weekly basis to collect payment from customers. For each subscriber, you'd collect (making up numbers here; this was a long time ago) $1.75/week and the paper would charge you $1.50/week, so the extra $0.25 per subscriber was your pay.)

[Joseph]

At some point, they switched the weekend edition from Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning and then they started just delivering them to the carriers all six days/week. We still had to go to the office to make our payments, though.

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

That is a strange financial arrangement.

Paper boys/girls here would be paid by the newsagent depending on how many papers they had to deliver.

The customers would pay the newsagent for their papers and delivery. Usually weekly or fortnightly.

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

John (Nevets) wrote: "So Prey came out this weekend. It is really good, looks beautiful, and has some very cool moments. But I do think it is very much of it's genre. I think of this as being both good and bad. Bad beca..."

I didn't realise Prey was on Disney+ here in Oz. I found it this morning while checking out what's new.

I loved it. My 2nd favourite Predator movie after the original.

I smiled when the classic Arnie line from the original movie was used.

"If it bleeds, we can kill it."

[Joseph]

These days I'm pretty sure nobody does it that way -- the newspaper bills the customers directly so the carriers never have to actually interact with them. It was ... not a great system. For one thing, it basically put the carriers (many of whom at that point were probably 10-12 years old at best) on the hook if they couldn't actually get money from the customers.

I did read at least a few issues of Paper Girls -- wasn't it up for a Hugo a few years back? -- and do need to watch the series sooner or later.

[Aaron]

It sounds like paper carriers were operating in the gig/contractor economy long before uber made it a disruptive technology.
Not sure if this was already firmly in the past when I was about that age in the 90s, or if I just didn't live in an area where that kind of delivery made sense.

[Joseph]

Also, I grew up in a relatively small town, which made that sort of thing more feasible.

[John (Taloni)]

Watched First Spaceship On Venus. It's fine for what it is, an exploitation movie done in 1960. Originally in German, dubbed. A recording of a Venusian logbook is found on Earth and partially translated, leading to an expedition to Venus where they find...stuff. There's actually a spoiler in the description which I won't share.

What this movie doesn't have, tho, is the entire reason I watched it. From my youth I have a recollection of a pivotal final scene. Astronauts are leaving a planet with no proof that life ever existed. I think it was Venus but wouldn't swear to it. One of the astronauts finds a mud-covered small object and wipes off the mud, revealing a curio with an engraved face. They conclude that life had existed, as they jam onto their spaceship to leave for some emergency.

Anyhoo, I was told that would be in First Spaceship On Venus. It wasn't. It could have been, that would fit into the overall movie. Well, except that I recall that scene happening during a rainstorm and this film didn't have any.

Not a big deal, it was an 80 minute movie and fairly decent on its own. Still don't know which movie it was that I was looking for tho. Le sigh.

[John (Taloni)]

Three movies today: Transformers 3, Scarface, and Princess Bride. Already posted on Discord, wouldn't mind chatting here if peeps wanted to.

....oh, I suppose a crosspost wouldn't hurt anything...

* Transformers 3. These things are silly stupid but fun. Enjoyed seeing Buzz Aldrin even if the moon mission made no sense at all. Also JFK and the 60s/70s sequences were cool.

* Say hello to my little friend! Finally watched Scarface. Was going to watch an hour at a time but it actually went fairly smoothly. More like a miniseries than a movie. I'm fasting today so I have about a solid 80% energy level but no meals to take up time and no post-eating energy dip.

* Inconceivable! Third movie of the day, The Princess Bride! I last saw it at least 30 years ago. So many great quotes.

Little story: I was working at Nelson Home Video which then was known for B to D level video releases. The Princess Bride was coming up and we all thought the title was strange and would sink like a stone. We joked that it would save our quarter, thinking it would do anything but. And then...it shipped some ungodly amount, IIRC a million units. Wasn't enough to save Nelson but definitely helped in the sale of the company.

[John (Nevets)]

I can't remember if I've seen Transformers 3, maybe? I got off of that hype train pretty early. I can put up with the big dumb fun with the Fast and Furious series, but for some reason it just never sat as well with me in Transformers.

I was actually late to Scarface, I only saw it a handful of years ago. I don't know why I hadn't caught it earlier, especially in college, but I hadn't. I thought it was interesting, and good, but I didn't fall in love with it like a lot of others have. I still have more of an affinity for the Godfather movies, Casino, and Good Fellas, that I would also call in that vain, but differant.

I rewatch Princess Bride every few years, and it always makes me smile. Ever since it came out on home video, I've really enjoyed it, and it never doesn't bring a smile to my face. It is almost a perfect action comedy for any age of human.

So when you mentioned Nelson Home Video, I was trying to remember if I knew there logo or not. So I went looking them up. Funny enough they don't list The Princess Bride as one of there releases on the Wikipedia page, but they do list the Bill and Ted ones. But on the Wikipedia page for The Princess Bride, it does mention Nelson as being the first distributor, before New Line bought them and reissued it in 1994.

[Ian (RebelGeek)]

If you haven't seen Bumblebee, it's worth checking out even if you quit the other Transformers live action movies. It's more like what they should've been doing all along with the look of the robots. The writing & acting is also much better than the other movies. It kinda reminded me of a Spielberg film.

[John (Taloni)]

Crossposting from Discord on my Doctor Who binge:

Been watching a lot of Third Doctor. Last night: The Silurians. I like the character of The Brigadier, but he's a right bastard in this one. Seems a lot like the Nick Fury of the era, taking action to protect his country even if those actions are morally wrong.

[Silvana]

In episode 5 of Sandman, I am addicted to this show. And kinda want to have a pet raven too.

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

Silvana wrote: "In episode 5 of Sandman, I am addicted to this show. And kinda want to have a pet raven too."

As long as it comes with Patton Oswald's voice and snark

[Silvana]

Tassie Dave wrote: "Silvana wrote: "In episode 5 of Sandman, I am addicted to this show. And kinda want to have a pet raven too."

As long as it comes with Patton Oswald's voice and snark"

Ha! Why of course ;p

I finished binging it, loved the series (especially the diner as well as Death episodes, very well done).

[John (Taloni)]

^^ Will likely see the rest of the Transformers, eventually. Bumblebee will be in there.

Crossposting from the Discord server:

TV (Doctor Who): More Pertwee with The Ambassadors of Death. This one felt like a four parter stretched to seven. Lots of misdirect and covert ops, a little overmuch for my tastes but not crazily so as there were good elements mixed in even with the more repetitive parts. Plenty of Jo Grant and she got respect for her skills, a recurring theme for this doctor as he did the same with Sarah Jane on Peladon (S11). I got a kick out of seeing the Brigadier in WHO 1, the only vehicle then available. Some repeat of themes as the aliens thrive on radiation, just as the Daleks did in their original serial. All in all not the best but still worth watching. I kept wishing our own space program were even half as good as portrayed in this storyline.


Movies: Stagecoach, what a blast. Stock Western characters each with a twist. Probably my fave (to hate) is the bank executive stealing the payroll. He goes on and on about what he's owed while he's running off with the bank's assets. Next fave the drunk doctor, endlessly tippling off a whiskey salesman's supplies, but when an emergency comes up he rises to the occasion. John Wayne is probably the only straight up stock character, a man out for revenge for the killing of his father and brother. It's also about class, real and perceived. Effects were hilarious, but it was 1939.

[John (Taloni)]

Oh hey, Resident Alien is back! Actually came back last week and we didn't notice. Anyhoo, watched the first one which is actually Ep9 of S2. Fairly decent, altho I needed the recap since the show had gotten so convoluted. TBH the premise is getting a little stale but I am cautiously optimistic after that episode. Linda Hamilton kills it.

Then three of the four episodes of the Pertwee Who, S8, Terror of the Autons. This is the introduction of The Master. Delgado is great: A giant of brooding menace packed into a small frame. Love the "Dr. Evil" jacket and the beard is *chef's kiss.* We were beat so didn't watch the last one, but will cheerfully boot it up tonight. It's the intro of Jo Grant as well.

[Phil]

Loved the first episode of She Hulk. The tone stays pretty close to the comics. I was surprised that (view spoiler)[ the Hulk was in it so much (hide spoiler)] The only sfx I didn't like was one of Titania doing a flying kick in slow motion. I thought it looked terrible.
If you watch the show don't forget there are mid-credit scenes for at least the first 4 episodes.