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On Sun, 2 Jun 2024 14:24:13 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

>Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>> On 6/2/2024 9:28 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>>> On 6/2/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I watched:
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Blumhouse's Fantasy Island (Hulu) - In glorious 4k!
>> 
>> Hulu has it in 4K?!?  The movie was released on disc only on blu-ray.  :-/
>> 
>
>OK, here’s the thing. The freestanding Hulu app has it, but doesn’t list 4K
>or any choice of resolution on the iPhone, which should support 4K.
>
>The Disney+ app doesn’t list it at all!
>
Hmm, I see a 2160p (4K) version showing up on the gray. Doesn't say it
is remastered as they usually do if someone is upscaling it so
presumably this came 4K from the source.

>>>    I think I liked this 2020 flick quite a bit more than Anim did. 
>>> Yeah, the ending was a little too all over the place, and "too cute". 
>>> And this was unfortunately "PG-13 horror" when I was expecting(/hoping 
>>> for) "hard R horror" out of this, 
>> 
>> Well...if you watched it on disc you could have watched the unrated 
>> version.  :-)
>> 
>> Here is a comparison of theatrical vs unrated cut:
>> https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=246728
>> 
>
>Thanks for the link. That’s the stupidest and most petty batch of
>censorship I’ve ever seen.
>

Yeah, many of those changes are completely unnecessary. Especially for
the theater.

>>> 
>>> Blacklight (Hulu) - Also in glorious 4k!
>>>    Honestly, it kind of blows me away that even relatively "low-budget" 
>>> flicks like this one (though, I guess USD$43 mil isn't exactly 
>>> "low-budget"...) are now getting 4k presentations on the streamers.
>>>    Anyway, this was just OK - it's kind of like "The Parallax View" but 
>
>Am I the only one that can’t tell Liam Neeson movies apart? I have no idea
>if I’ve seen this or not.

LOL. He found his niche and keeps remaking the same movie under a new
name every year or two.


>However, one of my streamers has been pushing me to watch the parallax
>view!
>
>
>
>> I watched:
>> 
>> 
>> Doctor Who (Disney+) - 	"Dot and Bubble" - The Doctor and Ruby land on a 
>> planet with a small colony of spoiled rich kids who are so self-absorbed 
>> they can't be bothered to leave their social bubble, both literally and 
>> figuratively.  Their refusal to see the world as it really is will lead 
>> to their deaths unless they listen to the Doctor.  Unfortunately for 
>> them the Doctor isn't in their social bubble.

At some point I'll actually watch this season of DOCTOR WHO. Not sure
when, but I know it will happen eventually. First time I've ever put
off watching episodes in ... forever.

>Here’s the thing. The point where they decided not to believe the doctor
>was when he said the tardis had technology that let it be bigger on the
>inside. They think he’s just talking nonsense and everybody dies because
>they don’t believe him.
>
>But… He’s standing right in front of the tardis! He’s pointing at the
>bloody tardis! Why the hell doesn’t he just open the door and show them?
>
>Two episodes in a row that were pretty good and didn’t have a lot of Dr in
>them, but we’re ruined completely by the stupid endings.
>
>
>
>> Confess, Fletch (Showtime) 2022 movie (which has been sitting on my DVR 
>> since 2022) starring John Hamm as "Fletch," who gets caught up in a 
>> convoluted plot involving a stolen painting and a murder.  Beyond that I 
>> really didn't follow the plot of this movie at all.  I've been working 
>> my way through this for the past few days and finally finished it.  The 
>> movie was just sort of on as I watched Fletch make wise cracks and annoy 
>> the police.  Maybe fans of the character will like it more, but I was 
>> just waiting for it to be over.
>
>Fletch movies just aren’t very good unfortunately. I saw the first one with
>Chevy Chase as my first viewing experience in the Cinerama dome in
>Hollywood - any movie seems wonderful there!