Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-21 (Sunday) Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:55:33 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 130 Message-ID: References: <856732973.735495452.050756.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 02:55:31 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="af3baa0708e20dd757e9bf34d3b4908b"; logging-data="1317848"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18Ep3Z4Q2Y7n4qRyxVk9+yF" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:LLQBIiaUp4sSvsnHnfmQgSdpSGk= In-Reply-To: <856732973.735495452.050756.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 7002 On 4/22/2024 9:49 AM, anim8rfsk wrote: > Dimensional Traveler wrote: >> On 4/22/2024 6:27 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote: >>> >>> What did you watch? >>> >> Mr. Peabody & Sherman (Netflix disc rip) >> "Sherman, a young boy, misuses a time machine made by his scientist >> father Mr. Peabody and causes the world history to go haywire. It is now >> up to Mr. Peabody to rescue his son and the world." (IMDb) >> > > But was it any good? The Piper Perabo Rocky and Bullwinkle film was such a > disaster it cost me a lot of money. > Meh. It wasn't horrible but it also wasn't great. They tried real hard and came sorta close to the snarkiness of the original but fell a little short. Honestly I can't remember why I had it in my Netflix queue in the first place, but that's true of a number of titles I buzz-sawed my way thru in the final months of Netflix DVD. > >> Time Traveling Trivia! >> The stuffed animal with which Sherman sleeps is Dudley Do-Right's horse >> from another division of the Bullwinkleverse. >> WABAC stands for Wavelength Acceleration Bi-directional Asynchronous >> Controller. This is a nod to the early INIAC and UNIVAC computers. While >> obviously being a reworking of the term "way back", the fancier meaning >> was added when a viewer (being devoid of imagination) wanted to know >> what "WABAC" meant. This term has entered the common lexicon. One >> example is a WABAC-named website devoted to providing nostalgic content >> for baby boomers. >> Allison Janney, the voice of Ms. Grunion was born on 19 November 1959, >> the day when The Bullwinkle Show (1959) debuted on television. >> Much of the irreverence in this film is a direct reflection of the >> original irreverence that permeated the various sub-shows within The >> Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, which included Peabody episodes. The creator >> / producer Jay Ward would sometimes get in trouble because of this. For >> one example, Bullwinkle tells the viewers to make sure to tune in next >> time, advising them to make sure of this by gluing down the channel >> knobs on their TV sets. A number of TV sets were destroyed by kid due to >> this. >> Just before the end credits, as the Trojan Horse is being pulled >> off-screen, it is followed fittingly by the mustachioed little street >> cleaner from the "parade" title sequence of the first Peabody's >> Improbable History (1959) cartoons. >> The glass monitors on the hallway to the WABAC hangar (and some of the >> controls inside the WABAC) have symbols similar to the Gallifreyan >> symbols seen in Doctor Who (2005). >> >> Quotes: "Every dog should have a boy." >> >> >> Spider-Man: No Way Home (DVR) >> "With Spider-Man's identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for >> help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to >> appear, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man." >> (IMDb) >> >> Spider-Trivia! >> Benedict Cumberbatch admitted to not reading the full script, wanting to >> surprise himself with the final product. >> J.K. Simmons had enjoyed playing J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's >> Spider-Man Trilogy, and admitted to being heartbroken that he wouldn't >> be able to revisit the character in a fourth movie. Naturally, when >> Marvel approached him to reprise his role in Spider-Man: Far from Home >> (2019)'s stinger and this film, he jumped at the chance. Simmons also >> expressed excitement in adapting Jameson to the modern-day era, >> describing him more as a media blowhard than a newspaper editor. To make >> up for the fact that his character was now bald, Simmons insisted on >> keeping Jameson's cigar and mustache for this film, due to wanting to >> have some aspects from his portrayal in Sam Raimi's trilogy to carry >> over in the MCU. >> Tom Holland helped to save this movie from cancellation by forcing >> renegotiations between Sony and Disney. Under the terms of the new deal, >> not only does this movie still take place within the Marvel Cinematic >> Universe (MCU), but Spider-Man can also appear in future MCU movies, as >> well as Sony's own Spider-Man franchise. >> According to Zendaya and Tom Holland, Willem Dafoe's portrayal of the >> Green Goblin in this movie genuinely frightened everyone on-set, making >> the characters' reactions to the Goblin's appearance in the actual film >> all the more real. >> Willem Dafoe went to the premiere wearing a green face mask. (There's >> "method acting" and there's "METHOD acting". :P ) >> According to VFX Supervisor Kelly Port, there are only 80 shots that >> don't have any visual effects in the entire film. (Is this where >> someone compares Spider-Man to Jackie Chan? :P ) > > Theme music up! > > Jackie Chan > Jackie Chan > Does whatever a Jackie can > Spins a web. > Any size > Catches thieves > Eat those guys > Hey wait! > Don’t do that Jackie Chan. > > > > >> One of the film's working titles was "Serenity Now". >> Immediately after filming his scenes for this film in Atlanta, Benedict >> Cumberbatch returned to London to make Doctor Strange in the Multiverse >> of Madness (2022). (Which I also have on my DVR.) >> Some people wondered if the film would be shown in China. It was stated >> that in order for the film to be released in China, the scenes >> concerning Dr. Strange and magic had to be removed. Furthermore, China >> supposedly wanted the latter half of the film to take place solely on >> the Statue of Liberty. > > Because that’s a completely reasonable request > >> Sony refused, hence, the film was banned in the >> country. >> >> >> What Did You Watch? >> >> > > > -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.