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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-06-08 (Sunday)
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2025 17:43:35 -0700
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On 6/9/2025 8:51 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
> On 6/9/2025 7:28 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> Fringe S4E12 'Welcome to Westfield'
>> IMDb sez: "Peter, Olivia and Walter come face to face with a 
>> mysterious and terrifying Fringe event as they get trapped in a town 
>> that there's no escaping."
>>
>> The glyphs for this episode spell out: OLIVE
> 
> Are the glyphs just related the episode or is there an overall meaning 
> when you put them all together?
> 
I think they are just related to the specific episode but there have 
been a few that make me think "WTF?".

> snip
>>
>>
>> What Did You Watch?
>>
>>
> 
> I watched:
> 
> Wonder Woman (4K disc) 2017 movie directed by Patty Jenkins and starring 
> Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman.  Set during a World War, Wonder Woman is the 
> first Avenger, I mean Justice Leager.  She puts on a star-spangled 
> costume, wields a shield, and along with an American Captain (Chris 
> Pine), and the Howling Commandos, fights Germans. They must do battle 
> with one German in particular who has enhanced strength thanks to taking 
> a super soldier serum.  The movie ends with the American Captain saving 
> the day by capturing and flying off in an enemy airplane full of weapons 
> of mass destruction.  I just love original ideas in movies.
> 
> 
> Wonder Woman 1984 (4K disc) 2020 sequel set in 1984, directed by Patty 
> Jenkins, which has Wonder Woman trying to stop Maxwell Lord (Pedro 
> Pascal) from using a magic rock to grant everyone's wishes; wishes that 
> have a monkey's paw affect that Lord twists to his advantage.  Wonder 
> Woman must also do battle against Cheetah (Kristen Wiig) who thanks to a 
> wish is now able to go up against Wonder Woman.  The American Captain 
> also turns up again because reasons.
> 
> 
> Man of Steel (4K disc) 2013 movie written by Christopher Nolan and David 
> Goyer and directed by Zack Snyder.   Henry Cavill stars as the man of 
> Steel who after secretly living on Earth for 33 years discovers he's not 
> alone in the universe and his people, lead by General Zod (Michael 
> Shannon), plan to destroy the Earth so they can rebuild Krypton.
> 
> 
> Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (4K disc) 2016 sequel which picks up 
> where "Man of Steel" ended with Batman (Ben Affleck) out for revenge 
> against Superman (Henry Cavill)  for the destruction caused in the 
> previous movie.  Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) also shows up to lend a hand 
> when the two frenemies finally come to their senses and team up against 
> a greater threat.  This was the "R" rated extended version.  If I'm 
> going to watch Batman fight Superman, it might as well be an "R" rated 
> fight. I guess in general I do like the movie.  But there are so many 
> things about the movie that bug me to no end.  Setting aside Jesse 
> Eisenberg portraying the worst Luthor ever.  None of he characters in 
> this movie have *any* motivation to do half the things they do.  Why 
> exactly does Luthor want Batman and Superman to fight each other? What's 
> his end goal there?  When Superman does eventually confront Batman, he 
> *knows* it's a setup, yet for no reason I can figure out, Superman 
> proceeds to toss Batman around like a rag doll while halfheartedly 
> saying they need to talk.  Then he's surprised when Batman won't 
> listen.  Why would Batman listen to him we he's knocking him around?  At 
> least the action scenes are good.
> 


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