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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-06-05 (Wednesday)
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 09:04:54 -0700
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On 6/6/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

> I watched:
> 
> IS "SHRIEK OF THE MUTILATED" A CULT CLASSIC?:
> On this episode of Weird Movies With Mark, I talk about Shriek of the
> Mutilated (1974)
> https://youtu.be/CSdh5yMhAhQ?si=orW2CqnNNEtvE7WC

Another IMDb entry where pretty much no one in the cast listing has a 
portrait pic on IMDb.

> What did you watch?

Another day of just soaps and "Shogun":

soaps: DOOL - Ava is a complete wuss, and let's Harris talk her out of 
eliminating Clyde (boo!!). But then Chad shows up, and I'm hoping he 
will actually finish the job!! Unfortunately, before Chad mans up, Clyde 
blurts out that Abby is still alive (I am really not looking forward to 
AnnaLynne McCord taking over this role!  :/  ). We don't even get to see 
cute but EVOL!!1! Goldman in this ep, as she had already been taken away 
by the cops (off-camera)... Meanwhile, Melinda seems to shut down/strike 
a deal with EJ. I think Eric is suspicious of EJ's role in all of 
this... Rafe tells Stefan that he thinks Clyde can clear (Nu)Gabi.
    GH - Pretty much a "throwaway" episode. Most of it was taken up with 
Gregory's memorial service, and most of the rest was NuKristina getting 
into it with NuNuNuMolly a bit. Then there was nonsense with Blaze and 
Booby Vista that I literally fast-forwarded through!

Shogun (Disney+ (by Hulu)) - Episodes #1.5-1.7.
    These ep's were pretty good. Lady Ochiba (the late Taikō's consort, 
and the only one to bear him a son; played by Fumi Nikaido) arrives in 
Osaka, and immediately takes over (I find this part to be a little 
unbelievable) directing the regents to take her revenge! REVENGE!! on 
Toranaga, and pushing them to speed up plans.
    Blackthorne continues to get stonewalled, by Toranaga, and then by 
Mariko, when Mariko's presumed-dead husband (whom, for the record, she 
despises!) turns up alive. The husband, of course, wants the "barbarian" 
dead! He also makes Mariko reveal her "shameful" family history to 
Blackthorne.
    An earthquake hits, and seems to knock much of Toranaga's army out.
    This forces Toranaga to try to forge an alliance with his estranged 
half-brother. Of course, the half-brother is a scuzzy, treacherous 
bastard who has already sold Toranaga out to Osaka. In the end, 
Toranaga's idiot son tries to take revenge! on the half-brother (his 
uncle), but only manages to get himself clumsily killed!!
    P.S. I'm still trying to figure out - if the novel "Shogun" was 
based on true historical events, why did James Clavell fictionalize 
names, etc.?!


What did you watch?