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? 2024-04-05 (Friday) Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2024 12:42:39 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2024 19:42:49 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="419c56971ae034abe8c1cf343c8ee14c"; logging-data="2393228"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/7UFqRNSCbE1zB8Dyr9X00JacgSe1yQNA=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:lVr8VtJmTv3ghEMikWl7RgSwzoA= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3916 On 4/6/2024 9:51 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote: > On 4/6/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote: > >> What did you watch? > > Yesterday, I got through a soap, and a Tubi movie! > > soaps: GH - Thur's ep. Several good scenes in this one with Allie Mills > as Heather Webber (I think I now prefer Mills to Heather's long-time > portrayer Robin Mattson), who now seems to be "normal" thanks to the > treatment of her cobalt poisoning. But when Dr. Kevin consults with > Alexis about getting Heather's charges vacated due to previous unknown > unforeseen circumstances, Portia goes over the moon and makes a scene > with Kevin, Alexis and Laura all witnesses. Dr. Terry thinks Tracy is > depressed, so Tracy decides to go back to riding. Sasha and Cody > successfully make a dinner for Dante's homecoming when Olivia gets > distracted. Josslyn is shocked and put off balance when she discovers > that Dex is applying to be a cop - it looks to me like he's wearing her > down!! Curtis triumphantly walks into Kelly's/Bobby's with Trina and a > cane. > > Prey for the Bride (Tubi) - A 2024 "Tubi original"!! >    This was OK, though I found it sort of unpleasant, especially > earlier on. >    Really, based on the casting/premise, What's the premise? there really were only two > "twists" possible here, and unfortunately, they went for the more > obvious, less interesting one. >    I did kind of appreciate the ending here, as it was kind of the only > possible acceptable ending. >    This was filmed pretty well - much better than the average Lifetime > flick. Tubi is only 720p, but I expect this flick would have looked > quite good in 1080p, and maybe even in 4k. >    Aussie actress Megan Peta Hill is starting to look kind of old - she > seemed to me to look noticably older than the rest of the cast (except > maybe Jacky Lai). Even Google won't tell me Hill's age, but I've got to > think she's in her mid-30s by now, and looks it.  [shrug]. Still, I like > her, and wouldn't mind seeing some more of her over on this side of the > Pacific (it looks to me like she's mostly relocated to the Western > Hemisphere c. 2015 anyway...). > > I watched: The First Omen (theatrical) New horror movie that is a direct prequel to the 1976 "The Omen." It is set in Rome in 1971 and tells the backstory behind where "Damien" came from. While it seems a bit of a retcon I guess it can be said the movie is clarifying details that were only guessed or assumed before. But it does at least make it clear why/how priests and nuns had Damien in the first place at the start of the 1976 movie and they knew *exactly* what they had and what they were doing. I also have the recommend the movie's very effective trailer that doesn't spoil anything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4xk8yLiFwM