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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-05 (Friday)
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2024 12:42:39 -0700
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On 4/6/2024 9:51 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> On 4/6/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> 
>> What did you watch?
> 
> Yesterday, I got through a soap, and a Tubi movie!
> 
> soaps: GH - Thur's ep. Several good scenes in this one with Allie Mills 
> as Heather Webber (I think I now prefer Mills to Heather's long-time 
> portrayer Robin Mattson), who now seems to be "normal" thanks to the 
> treatment of her cobalt poisoning. But when Dr. Kevin consults with 
> Alexis about getting Heather's charges vacated due to previous unknown 
> unforeseen circumstances, Portia goes over the moon and makes a scene 
> with Kevin, Alexis and Laura all witnesses. Dr. Terry thinks Tracy is 
> depressed, so Tracy decides to go back to riding. Sasha and Cody 
> successfully make a dinner for Dante's homecoming when Olivia gets 
> distracted. Josslyn is shocked and put off balance when she discovers 
> that Dex is applying to be a cop - it looks to me like he's wearing her 
> down!! Curtis triumphantly walks into Kelly's/Bobby's with Trina and a 
> cane.
> 
> Prey for the Bride (Tubi) - A 2024 "Tubi original"!!
>     This was OK, though I found it sort of unpleasant, especially 
> earlier on.
>     Really, based on the casting/premise, 

What's the premise?

there really were only two
> "twists" possible here, and unfortunately, they went for the more 
> obvious, less interesting one.
>     I did kind of appreciate the ending here, as it was kind of the only 
> possible acceptable ending.
>     This was filmed pretty well - much better than the average Lifetime 
> flick. Tubi is only 720p, but I expect this flick would have looked 
> quite good in 1080p, and maybe even in 4k.
>     Aussie actress Megan Peta Hill is starting to look kind of old - she 
> seemed to me to look noticably older than the rest of the cast (except 
> maybe Jacky Lai). Even Google won't tell me Hill's age, but I've got to 
> think she's in her mid-30s by now, and looks it.  [shrug]. Still, I like 
> her, and wouldn't mind seeing some more of her over on this side of the 
> Pacific (it looks to me like she's mostly relocated to the Western 
> Hemisphere c. 2015 anyway...).
> 
> 


I watched:


The First Omen (theatrical) New horror movie that is a direct prequel to 
the 1976 "The Omen."  It is set in Rome in 1971 and tells the backstory 
behind where "Damien" came from.  While it seems a bit of a retcon I 
guess it can be said the movie is clarifying details that were only 
guessed or assumed before.  But it does at least make it clear why/how 
priests and nuns had Damien in the first place at the start of the 1976 
movie and they knew *exactly* what they had and what they were doing.  I 
also have the recommend the movie's very effective trailer that doesn't 
spoil anything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4xk8yLiFwM