Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: shawn Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-05-29 (Wednesday) Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 00:33:03 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 91 Message-ID: References: <1207696532.738763205.516216.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <2117198592.738808905.822584.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <7f9i5j5jj139b1kh82h9f4ll1kl1qhag40@4ax.com> <1828594915.738819533.324500.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 06:33:05 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4a8ab6cffa204c633007b67cdc178e10"; logging-data="2205365"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+nvzXoStzj2izJ4R/apizYlVyaMbPUtqo=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:fWFmW1i96dNaehxoCFLclmEEnCQ= Bytes: 5381 On Thu, 30 May 2024 20:40:09 -0700, anim8rfsk wrote: >shawn wrote: >> On Thu, 30 May 2024 17:44:57 -0700, anim8rfsk >> wrote: >> >>> shawn wrote: >>>> On Thu, 30 May 2024 10:40:00 -0700, Arthur Lipscomb >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 5/30/2024 6:07 AM, shawn wrote: >>>>>> On Thu, 30 May 2024 05:02:00 -0700, anim8rfsk >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Ubiquitous wrote: >>>>>>>> I watched: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You didn’t ask, which is OK because I didn’t watch anything. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Only thing I watched was TOP CHEF where Lara returned from the Last >>>>>> Chance Kitchen and kicked butt. As usual some of the chefs had trouble >>>>>> when they were asked to do something outside of their normal comfort >>>>>> zone without restrictions. Some chefs shine when given freedom to do >>>>>> what they will while others really like to have limitations placed on >>>>>> what they can do. Seems to be something that has been true since the >>>>>> very first season. >>>>>> >>>>>> What did you watch? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Over the past couple of days I watched: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ghosts - "Isaac's Wedding" - Season 3 finale Isaac plans to get married >>>>> but has second thoughts. Meanwhile a vengeance ghost from the past >>>>> makes a reappearance. >>>> >>>> If you are in the mood for a drama involving ghosts may I recommend >>>> GHOST WARS. Just finished re watching this and it really shines on >>>> this ultra wide monitor as it was shot in wide aspect like a film. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Inside Out (4K disc) 2015 Pixar movie that mostly takes place in a young >>>>> girls head following her emotions (Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and >>>>> Disgust). Joy (Amy Poehler) pretty much runs things and bullies the >>>>> other emotions into doing things her way. She especially bullies >>>>> Sadness (Phyllis Smith), to the point of at one point drawing a circle >>>>> on the floor and telling Sadness to not leave the circle. When the >>>>> girl's family moves to a new city the tension between Joy who insists on >>>>> forcing a positive spin on everything and Sadness reach a breaking point >>>>> with the two emotions accidentally being expelled from the girl's head >>>>> leaving Fear, Anger, and Disgust in charge while Joy and Sadness have to >>>>> make their way back to headquarters. The movie holds up very well. >>>> >>>> Pixar doing Pixar type things usually does well. Haven't seen this yet >>>> but it's on my list. Sad to think that we may never see the good films >>>> from them again if Iger has his way as Pixar is one of the places >>>> where he plans to cut a large number of the staff. They can still make >>>> some good stuff like the PIXAR POPCORN but the big films will be too >>>> much to tackle. >>> >>> The purge has been done. My friend there survived, but he says they lost a >>> lot of truly amazing people. >> >> That was round one. There is supposed to be another round of thousands >> of people released in September. (That is across the various Disney >> companies.) There is a fight going over the number among the board and >> Iger but it does look like they will be releasing more people in the >> fall. > >Ugh Ugh, indeed. >> >>> Somebody has to pay for the hundreds of millions of dollars that stinky >>> cheese Larson has cost them. >> >> I wonder if anyone will pay for that mistake. LOL, as if that ever >> happens. > >Not sure anybody will pay except for the audience and the stockholders. Sadly all too true. Even Charles Peltz has given up. He was the guy fighting Iger in a proxy battle and trying to get on the board the last couple of years. He and his company/group have sold all their Disney stock so it seems like they've given up the fight so there won't be anyone pushing Disney to change their ways in a big way.