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On 6/7/2025 9:35 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> Fringe S4E07 'Wallflower'
> 
> IMDb sez: "A manhunt begins for an invisible killer who steals human 
> pigmentation."
> Fox Publicity is a little more forthcoming: "When a man mysteriously 
> dies by an invisible force, his body rapidly begins turning ghostly 
> white. The Fringe team learns that this is not an isolated incident, and 
> there's evidence that links the predator to someone who passed away with 
> an unknown genetic disorder. Meanwhile, Olivia suffers from migraines."
> 
> The glyphs for this episode spell out: DAVID
> 
> Walter refers to the killing of albinos in east Africa and the using of 
> body parts in rituals. This is not imaginary. To the present day an 
> occasional news report from the region refers to the murder of an albino 
> for such reasons.
> 
> When Walter shows Olivia and Lincoln the octopus, he references the 
> Beatles song: Octopus's Garden.
> 
> Walter is using the same mouse maze that Faraday used in Lost. Both 
> shows were created by J.J. Abrams.
> 
> Dr. Bishop uses 'octopi' as a plural for octopus. Octopi is a plural 
> using Latin pluralization. Octopus is Greek in origin, the plural being 
> octopodes. English has its own pluralization rules, therefore, octopuses 
> is the correct form in the English language.
> 
> FBI Agent Tim: You're not my prisoner.
> Peter Bishop: So, what, then? You're my bodyguard?
> FBI Agent Tim: Maybe just imagine I'm a... friend.
> Peter Bishop: Yeah, 'cause every 32-year-old man needs a friend to 
> chaperone him while he's underwear shopping.
> 
> 
> 
> What Did You Watch?
> 
> 

This is a catch up post.  Over the last couple of days I watched:


Batman (4K disc) 1989 movie directed by Tim Burton and starring Mr. Mom 
as Batman and Jack Nicholson as The Joker.  Holds up great.

Batman Returns (4K disc) 1992 sequel directed by Tim Burton.  Mr. Mom 
returns to do battle with Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer) and The Penguin 
(Danny Devito).  Even better than the first one.

Batman Forever (4K disc) 1995 sequel directed by Joel Schumacher which 
finds Val Kilmer putting on the cape and cowl to do battle against Jim 
Carrey's Riddler and Tommy Lee Jones' Two-Face, with help from his 
sidekick Robin (Chris O'Donnell).

Batman and Robin (4K disc) 1997 sequel once again directed by Joel 
Schumacher and this time starring George Clooney as George Clooney.  I 
wish they could have found an actor to play Batman in this one, but 
whatever.  I was going to listen to the commentary track but after about 
40 seconds of Schumacher blathering on, I turned off the commentary and 
decided to just suffer through the movie's dialogue.


Brightburn (4K disc) 2019 movie produced by James Gunn, about a 
spaceship that crash lands on a farm where a couple find a baby inside 
the spaceship and raise the orphaned child as their own.  Once the alien 
child becomes a young boy he develops super powers like flight, 
invulnerability, and heat vision.  The young superpowered boy then uses 
his super powers to brutally murder everyone around him.  What did you 
think he was going to do?  It's a pretty good movie, but I watched with 
a horrible commentary track.  A few minutes in, I could tell the 
commentary wasn't any good, but I decided to stick with it hoping it 
would get better, but it never did.  The director and friends on the 
commentary kept cracking unfunny jokes which they thought were 
hilarious, but became annoying real fast.  Anyway, the movie itself is good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6eB0JT1DI4


Predator: Killer of Killers (Hulu) Animated movie set in the Predator 
universe directed by Dan Trachtenberg ("Prey" and the upcoming 
"Predator: Badlands).  The movie shows Predators coming to Earth during 
three distinct time periods in the past (ancient Vikings, feudal Japan, 
and WWII) to hunt the killer of killers.  I can't say more without 
getting into spoilers.  But overall, I liked it, and I especially liked 
the final shot.  I am now really looking forward to what's going to go 
down in Predator: Badlands.  Side note, Louis Ozawa Changchien, who 
played the Yakuza in "Predators" also voiced the main characters in the 
feudal Japan segment, playing his character's own ancestors.  And now 
that I think about it, it makes even more sense that the same people 
would be connected in those two movies.


Ballerina (theatrical) Latest movie in the John Wick franchise.  Ana de 
Armas stars as a young woman working for the same organization that 
raised and trained John Wick.  It fronts as a ballerina school run by 
Anjelica Huston, but they really train assassins.  Ana de Armas was 
brought to them as a young girl after by Winston (Ian McShane) following 
the murder of her parents.  Now an adult and trained killer herself she 
picks up the trail of the cult that murdered her father and sets out for 
revenge.  Is the movie any good?  Yes!!!   The movie is set during the 
events of John Wick 3 which allows for John Wick, Winston, and Charon 
(Lance Reddick in his final film role) to all make an appearance.  This 
movie is an absolute must for fans of the John Wick franchise, but Ana 
is not just a female John Wick.  She's her own character with her own 
motives.  Yes, she's a hit woman out for revenge, but I would not call 
her a John Wick clone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FSwsrFpkbw