Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.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? 2024-05-05 (Sunday) Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 06:51:41 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 154 Message-ID: References: <472383985.736699315.944571.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <110592936.736712890.745753.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <731911153.736758170.067757.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 12:51:44 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a8c045675f0eaadfed56bd2d53e800d5"; logging-data="3380992"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/CbePpD/VXg+rFDagSQu/jQiQduP+fJmw=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:ou3HgQpeH/G/w5cZzhcvxXQl+6I= Bytes: 7500 On Tue, 7 May 2024 00:15:50 -0700, anim8rfsk wrote: >shawn wrote: >> On Mon, 6 May 2024 11:34:46 -0700, anim8rfsk >> wrote: >> >>> shawn wrote: >>>> On Mon, 6 May 2024 08:09:57 -0700, anim8rfsk >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ubiquitous wrote: >>>>>> On Cinco de Mayo, I watched: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> What did you watch? >>>>> >>>>> TRACKER “Beyond the Campus Walls“ >> >>> >>>> >>>>> Big stupid abounds. Sister texts tracker where and when for their dinner >>>>> and gets a confirmation reply from him and yet because he’s busy sitting in >>>>> his trailer waiting to hear about a clue he manages to completely forget >>>>> about it. >>>> >>>> Just shows how he ignores everything not involving his work. >>>>> >>> >>> I would feel better about it if he had not texted her back a confirmation. >>> >> >> Agreed. >> >>>>> The big bad who telegraphed himself in the very first scene at the college >>>>> doesn’t want to kill the missing kid, but the little bad does so the big >>>>> bad murders the little bad in cold blood to keep from having to kill >>>>> anybody and then drags the kid away because I have no fucking idea what his >>>>> plan was. >>>> >>>> At that point I don't think he was thinking clearly. Not sure he ever >>>> was. >>> >>> Fair point. He’s got a pretty good argument that he saved the kidnap >>> victim and tracker shot him for no good reason. >>> >>> You have to wonder how they prosecute any of these cases when trackers gone >>> by nightfall. >> >> True. Given that often the only actual evidence of the criminal acts >> would be the testimony by the Tracker. >> >>> >>>> >>>>> Siblings talk about their mother, but go back-and-forth between past and >>>>> present tense Like they aren’t sure if she’s alive or not, but apparently >>>>> they are both sure the other brother is alive so we’ll get more family >>>>> drama, which is the worst part of the show. >>>> >>>> Agreed. I'm not clear on if the mother is alive or not after that >>>> convo. Perhaps the writers aren't sure so they intentionally left it >>>> murky. >>> >>> Didn’t we see the mother in the first episode? Wasn’t she the woman he >>> visited that had the father‘s grave in her yard? >> >> Yes, that's right. I had forgotten about seeing Wendy Crewson in one >> of the episodes. So she must be alive but Tracker never sees her >> because he never revisits with anyone. > >IMDB says she was in the pilot and the second episode where tracker had to >rescue the guy being held by the cult. But I suspect she must’ve literally >phoned in the second appearance. And that seems to be the end of it. > > >> >>> >>>> >>>>> The black computer expert guy gets one unbelievably stupid scene where >>>>> tracker gets the little bad’s cute wife to give up their password so they >>>>> can send a text message to the big bad that says “I have the evidence meet >>>>> me” but instead of just letting her send it they have the computer expert >>>>> guy remotely forge her account and send it for her. Why? And then they >>>>> forget completely about her character at the end, even though she should be >>>>> doing a long stretch in prison. >>>> >>>> That felt like the computer guy needed to hit a certain number of >>>> lines or screen time so they gave him that filler scene. >>> >>> Yeah, I’m picturing the meeting where the one suit said to the other “we >>> have to pay this guy anyway“ >>> >>> >>>> >>>>> There’s another incredibly stupid scene where tracker asks the missing kid >>>>> how he’s doing even though it’s the same evening and tells him he’s about >>>>> to get good news and the kid gets an update from his mother about them >>>>> putting the big bad away forever, even though this is like an hour later, >>>>> and apparently the kid who is the witness and the only witness to the >>>>> murder Hasn’t even been talking to the police. His mother has instead. What >>>>> the hell? >>>> >>>> Time works differently in the world of the TRACKER. So the mom can >>>> know what is happening with the bad guy while still talking to the >>>> Tracker and her son about what happened that day. She lives in the >>>> future and the current day at the same time. >>> >>> That would explain it. >> >> >> It's the only way I could explain what was happening in that scene. >> You have to wonder what the writer was thinking. Or are we in another >> situation where we have multiple writers working on the same episode >> AND not bothering to read over the other's work. > >That’s why they were striking for writers rooms. > >IMDb lists a written by guy and a staff writer as well in addition to the >creator and the developer. > >Most of the episodes have one or two written by and one or two staff >writers. But the writing credits get shorter with each episode! They >dumped the story editor after episode three. I suspect the staff writer is >there just to keep track of the ongoing storyline and the written by does >the case of the week. Almost none of the written by people have done more >than one episode. > >I would like to point out that one of the writers is a real cutie pie > >https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2043307/mediaviewer/rm104070913?ref_=ext_shr_lnk > Agreed, but notice she only has one writing credit. I repeat, 1!!! writing credit. >>>> >>>> The greater Natalie Morales is still on GRAY'S ANATOMY and seems >>>> likely to be there going into next season. As she's the main surgeon >>>> on the show who works on kids in addition to Camilla Luddington's >>>> character. Dub Dub is still awaiting Fred's call. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> No, dub dub ghosted me. >> >> She's still waiting for you to find her and apologize for being male. >> > >Since she’s now switched teams and come out as gay I don’t know if she >wants that apology more or less than before. > >And, yes, I blame myself. Anim8rfsk turning women gay one woman at a time.