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From: "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
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Subject: What Did You Watch? 2024-06-18 (Tuesday)
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:39:12 -0700
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I have today (Juneteenth!) off, which means after work and errands 
yesterday, I planned to kick back and watch some movies (which I also 
intend to do today!).

So, I watched:

soaps: DOOL - Jack shows up forcing Chad and Julie to lie to him so as 
not to reveal that Clyde said that dumb Abby is still alive until they 
have proof; by the end, they are in Chicago seeking proof. The rest of 
it was either Xander admitting stuff to Maggie, or Alex and later Leo 
having therapy sessions with Marlena. NuTheresa runs across Leo, which 
allowed them to reference Gwen (whom I still miss!).
    GH - Good stuff, as this time Sam exposes what an awful person Carly 
is, when Sam goes to Carly to plead for help with Danny and Jason, and 
Carly obnoxiously rejects Sam claiming that Sam is really only doing 
this out of "revenge" rather than for the legitimate reason of trying to 
keep her son away from mob violence. Agent John "Jagger" Cates goes to 
Jason with his (dumb!) theory that Anna is the head of Pikeman, and 
Jason later informs Anna about what happened. Anna and Valentin have a 
"date". Sasha and Cody are finally about to "do it" but are stopped by 
Gio practicing his violin within eyeshot.
    Y&R - Ha! Tucker (whom I just read in the press in imminently 
leaving the show) *was* faking the "heart attack", as Audra correctly 
surmised!

Romi (Tubi) - A 2023 Tubi Original flick!
    This wasn't as bad as it could have been. But it also certainly 
wasn't as good as it could have been either.
    Alexa Barajas (best known from either "Yellowjackets" or for 
recurring as Allegra's (doomed?) sister on seasons #6-8 of "The Flash") 
starts as a messed up YOUT! In the film's open, she hit-and-runs 
somebody due to distracted driving. It turns out her mother is some 
cold-fish big wig, who covers up the crime and sends Barajas out of town 
to housesit.
    And she's not just house-sitting any old house, but a "smart house" 
run by an AI named "Romi". The house is owned by a creepy German dude 
(Pavel Kríz), and the AI is maintained by a way too familiar nerdy dude 
(Juan Riedinger).
    If that was all there was too this, it would have been fine. But of 
course they add on to this that the "smart house" is also *haunted*. 
This is not good for a young woman who is already on medication for PTSD 
(for running some poor innocent guy over!!).
    Anyway, this passed the time, but I figured out what was going on 
fairly early on, so the only real question was whether Barajas' 
character would survive this or not...

The Marvels (Disney+) - Actually, I didn't hate this.
    In fact, Stinky Cheese Larson is mostly tolerable in this one. (They 
obviously made a concerted effort to tone her awfulness *way down*!)
    I think Arthur remarked that he liked the first part of the movie 
better, where the three women keep switching places (upon using their 
powers), and I agree that that was the best part of the film.
    The movie stars dragging and becoming less engaging probably right 
after they visited the planet full of musical theater nerds.
    But, anyway, of the recent post-"Endgame" Marvel flicks, this one is 
in the middle of the pack - it's not awful like "Ant-Man 3" or "Love and 
Thunder" but neither is it good like GotG, Vol. 3. It's maybe roughly at 
the level of "Black Widow".
    I was pleased as punch to see Hailee Steinfeld at the end, which 
seems to be setting up a (Young?) Avengers flick with her and Ms. Marvel 
- and yet, there is no "Young Avengers" flick in the pipeline?! [shrug]
    The mid-credits scene clearly seems to be setting up "Deadpool & 
Wolverine". And this flick doesn't have a post-credits scene which I 
though was interesting.
    P.S. The CGI Beast in this looks really bad, way worse than Beast 
looked in the earlier "X-Men" flicks!!


What did you watch?