Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Arthur Lipscomb Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-05-04 (Saturday) Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 12:08:22 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 97 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 05 May 2024 21:08:49 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d4ec614108021826789455f05724e708"; logging-data="2129595"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19W2XUB2ss6Hj/USKk/j6DZt9VH3LDfYXI=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:VkwQp07AGEFyOXkWEdILtGAIpLQ= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 5901 On 5/5/2024 10:36 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote: > The Twilight Zone S4E09 'Printer's Devil' (DVR) > A desperate newspaper editor hires the devil (Burgess Meredith) to save > his failing business.  With Patricia Crowley.  (Comcast) > A man sells his soul to the Devil to save his failing newspaper and gets > more than he bargained for.  (IMDb) > I still have your last TZ post saved for later reading. I need to get around to reading it. > The Devil is in the Trivia > Referring to the title, a printer's devil was an apprentice in a > printing establishment who performed a number of tasks, such as mixing > tubs of ink and fetching type. > Mr. Smith makes the rhetorical argument 'that's like asking Paganini if > he plays the fiddle'. Niccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, > violist, guitarist, and composer. He was the most celebrated violin > virtuoso of the early 19th century, and left his mark as one of the > pillars of modern violin technique. In fact he was so skilled, it was > widely rumored he had sold his soul to the devil in order to possess > such 'unnatural' abilities (some of his techniques bordered on the > impossible, even by modern standards). > The special effect of Burgess Meredith creating a flame to light his > cigar merely by snapping his fingers was accomplished by having two > electric wires attached to a battery running up Meredith's coat and > concealed on his fingers. Meredith held his fingers in a can of ice > water until they were numb, and then a crew member put lighter fluid on > his fingers. Bringing the wires together created a spark that ignited > the fluid so he could light the cigar. > Burgess Meredith makes his fourth and final appearance in the Twilight > Zone. This is the only time out of the four in which he plays an > unsympathetic character.  (He was very good at creepy.) > In creating this tale, writer Charles Beaumont reused the central > premise of his earlier pulp fiction short story "The Devil, You Say?" > which had been published in the January 1950 issue of Amazing Stories > Magazine. The original story was much more over the top; it had the > Danville Courier displaying such outrageous headlines as "Mayor's Wife > Gives Birth To Baby Hippopotamus" and "S.S. Queen Mary Discovered On > Main Street." > > Narrator: [Opening Narration] Take away a man's dream, fill him with > whiskey and despair, send him to a lonely bridge, let him stand there > all by himself looking down at the black water and try to imagine the > thoughts that are in his mind. You can't, I can't. But there's someone > who can - and that someone is seated next to Douglas Winter right now. > The car is headed back toward town, but its real destination is the > Twilight Zone. > Narrator: [Closing Narration] Exit the infernal machine, and with it his > satanic majesty, Lucifer, prince of darkness - otherwise known as Mr. > Smith. He's gone, but not for good; that wouldn't be like him - he's > gone for bad. And he might be back, with another ticket - to the > Twilight Zone. > > > Eternals (DVR) > The Eternals, a race of immortal beings with superhuman powers who have > secretly lived on Earth for thousands of years, reunite to battle the > evil Deviants.  (Comcast) > The saga of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth > and shaped its history and civilizations.  (IMDb) > I really liked this movie. > Eternally Trivial > Makkari, portrayed by deaf actress Lauren Ridloff, is the first deaf > superhero in the MCU. > Due to Chloé Zhao's outspoken comments about mainland China, there is > currently no Chinese release date for Eternals as of now in theaters. > The film was announced to be banned in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman > due to the countries wanting to cut out scenes of Phastos and his > husband, which Disney refused to allow. It was also banned in Kuwait and > Qatar due to the countries being against depicting gods and prophets on > film. > (at around 10 mins) The dog that spots the Deviant monster in the water > couldn't stop wagging its tail during filming, and so the tail had to be > digitally altered in post-production. > According to Kevin Feige, Gemma Chan being cast as Sersi was done > because he deeply regretted that her talents were wasted in Captain > Marvel (2019), and wanted to work with Chan on a film once again. > It's the twenty-sixth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. > Set around eight months after the events depicted in Avengers: Endgame > (2019). > > Why is it that the creations of supremely powerful beings, who should be > able to make loyal servants, always eventually go rogue? > > Free will? > What Did You Watch? > >