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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-05-08 (Wednesday)
Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 10:06:08 -0700
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On 5/9/2024 5:49 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> My last "official" long workday until Fall. So I didn't get through much:
> 
> soaps: DOOL - [roll] Every few years, DOOL does the same thing with its 
> "teen scene" - they first introduce two main character teens, then soon 
> after they will add a couple of mostly minor "recurring" teen characters 
> as the main characters' besties. (So, no more than 4 teens total!) 
> Wackiness ensues. Well, we're getting same thing now with Holly and 
> NuTate - first they introduced Holly's bestie, who's hot for Tate. And 
> in this episode, they introduce Tate's bestie. Of course, in a massive 
> contrivance, Holly and Tate will now be taking the opposite's bestie to 
> the Prom, rather than going together. [roll]
>     Meanwhile, Sloan tells Melinda Trask about having to tell EJ the 
> truth about the baby's paternity after drunken Leo tipped off EJ in the 
> previous epie. EJ frantically tries to confirm the baby's paternity 
> (with an off-screen Dr. Rolf!) - have they just forgotten about the DNA 
> paternity test results that EJ shoved in the DiMera safe months ago?! 
> Ava successfully holds off Clyde's demands for the ledger, claiming she 
> still hasn't found it yet - but Clyde seems to have outsmarted Harris 
> and Ava, potentially foiling their plans to capture him.
> 
> It's Family Week on Wheel of Fortune, and the families in yesterday's 
> Wheel ep were particularly annoying.
> 
> Once again, I put "Chicago Med" on in the background, but paid it almost 
> no attention.
> 
> Chicago Fire - This was a dumb episode, that seemed like it belonged 
> much more on Chicago P.D. than on Chicago Fire. (Heck! They didn't even 
> fight a fire in the epie!!)
>     Severide sees armed men enter the firehouse. They come in to steal a 
> fire truck, but Severide sneaks aboard the truck before the men drive it 
> off. They drive the truck to Indiana, and then change the truck's 
> external decals so it looks like an Indiana fire truck. Of course, these 
> guys are a bunch of EVOL!!1! white supremacist terrorist types, and not 
> the much more likely terrorist types. Severide figures out a way to 
> clandestinely contact the firehouse, alerting Cruz and the others. 
> Somehow the cops - and these cops aren't even from the "P.D." show, and 
> are instead a couple of randos, including Ritter's current boyfriend - 
> and 51 figure out where the truck is and race to get to it. (Like the 
> cops would ever let firefighters tag along on a clearly police matter 
> like this!!) All the EVOL neo-nazi-type scum are taken down and Severide 
> is rescued.
>     Jocelyn Hudon was barely in this episode (it was said by Kidd and 
> Violet that they did talk her into signing on with 51 full-time). Also, 
> no Boden at all. And the new guy still has secrets, which causes the 
> cops to suspect him of being an "inside-man" for the terrorists - but we 
> still don't know the dude's secret yet!
> 
> 
> What did you watch?


This is a 2-day catch up.  I watched:


911 - "There Goes the Groom" - Chimney gets brain damage and starts to 
act weird and hallucinate.  Meh!


X-Men '97 - (Disney+) This time to avoid the twitter spoilers I started 
watching the episode first thing in the morning.  Then was promptly 
spoiled while scrolling through twitter!  I'm not following these 
people.  I'm not clicking on anything. It's just there, unavoidable 
spoiler clips from the episode.  :-/


Survivor - "My Messy, Sweet Little Friend" - This group of castaways is 
something else.  I love how Jeff has given up on them and is just 
sitting back and watching the train wreck.


Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (theatrical) - I caught an early 
screening of this.  I'm still processing it, but my gut reaction is 
"Wow!"  They knocked it out of the park with this one.  I reserve the 
right to change or adjust my opinion, but this may be the best one yet.

I'm going to try and recap without any spoilers.

Fourth in the Apes reboot franchise, this one picks up right at the end 
of the last movie then jumps ahead into the future where Apes rule the 
world and humans are seen as dumb beasts.  The story follows a young 
chimpanzee named Noa who is coming of age with his tribe.  He encounters 
a human who is "cleverer than most" that is being hunted by a rival 
group of apes.  These other apes are lead by Proimus Casar, who has 
taken on the name and plans to forcefully unite all the Apes under his 
rule.  I'll just leave it there.  This is a movie that may be best to go 
in knowing as little as possible about what's going to happen.

For fans of the Apes franchise there is much to love including many 
Easter eggs that only true fans would pick up on...
"Mama," "They are all called Nova."  And perhaps the best inside 
reference, "Fort Wayne Indiana."  This movie almost works as a far 
superior sequel to the 1968 movie.  With a few minor adjustments they 
could have turned this into a true sequel to the 1968 movie.  And that 
*might* be wear they are headed.  I think they have always been heading 
there, they just haven't got there yet...

There is a lot to digest with the last one, and I really, really, hope 
to see a sequel that picks up where this one left off.