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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-05-28 (Wednesday)
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 02:43:09 -0000 (UTC)
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On May 29, 2025 at 1:50:35 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

> John Wick 4 (Peacock) - The most ridiculous "John Wick" yet!!
>     Whatever else you want to say, the "John Wick" films *look* great on 
> screen, esp. "2" thru "4". This one has lots of great shots of backlit 
> thugs standing around palaces and opera houses and churches and the 
> like, for your visual eye candy!
>     Hey - are those napalm(?) shotgun shots(?) a real thing, or not?! 
> That was another killer filmed sequence in this film - looking down on 
> John Wick as he wields the napalm(?) shotgun(?!) and exterminates loads 
> of thugs!

I envision that the High Table has some kind of warehouse staging area set up
somewhere. Inside are multiple teams, each made up of about a dozen armed
guys, who are sitting around playing cards, and drinking coffee, and watching
THE VIEW, and when Wick wipes out the team currently in the field, a red light
starts flashing and the next team jumps up and drives off to their doom.

Can you imagine the conversation over at the Ruthless Henchmen squad room? 

ADJUDICATOR: I need a two-dozen of you over at the Continental. Now!

TEAM #5 LEADER: Sir... er, Ma'am... er, They, what happened to the half-dozen
we sent out an hour ago?

ADJUDICATOR: Equipment malfunction. They'll be back soon.

TEAM #5 LEADER: And the half-dozen before that?

ADJUDICATOR: Lunch. Look, I don't need this kind of static. Shut up and follow
orders!

TEAM #5 LEADER: Look, Mr./Ms./Them Adjudicator, I like these nice guns you
gave us and all, but Home Depot was steady work with nice regular hours. None
of this midnight to whenever stuff. And I always made it home after my shift.
I'll only go if I can take the chopper.

ADJUDICATOR: You're kidding me, right?

TEAM #5 LEADER: But we never get to use the chopper.

ADJUDICATOR: All right. Just get the hell over there quickly!

TEAM #5 LEADER: Okay, boss! (to rest of team) Air assault on the Continental,
boys! We're goin' in hot!

A roomful of future corpses bursts into cheers and defiant yells.