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On 9/29/2024 7:55 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>> After returning home, I watched:
>>
>>
>> What did you watch?
> 
> Hey, thanks for asking!
> 
> One of the very worst things I’ve ever seen:
> 
> SPACE STATION 76 (2014) on the TUBI
> 

I think I watched this, but I don't remember it.

> 
> 
> AVENUE 5
> 
> I watched a couple episodes of this 2020 comedy series 

The version you saw was funny?


set on a space
> cruise ship full of stupid and obnoxious and incompetent people.  Hugh
> Laurie is the stupid obnoxious incompetent captain.  Lenora Crichlow is an
> engineer who seems to be the only one who is not stupid and obnoxious and
> incompetent. Also, with a very old Neelix from Voyager.
> 
> 
> 
> MYTHBUSTERS
> 
> Several episodes from the first two seasons which showed up (incompletely)
> on the Plex.
> 
> 
> What did you watch?
> 
> 
>


I watched:


Frantic (blu-ray) 1988 movie directed by Roman Polanski and starring 
Harrison Ford as an American doctor visiting France with his wife.  They 
are there so Ford can speak at a medical conference.  Ford doesn't speak 
French or know his way around, but his wife does.  While he's in the 
shower the wife gets a phone call, she then gets dressed and walks out 
of the hotel room.  After several hours go by and she doesn't return he 
starts looking for her, and eventually runs into a man who says he saw 
her get forced into a car.  Ford then goes to the local police and then 
U.S. embassy, but no one takes him seriously forcing him to search for 
her himself.  Since this is a movie Ford eventually runs into a young 
attractive would be love interest to help him search for his wife.  I 
know saw this once or twice before, but I went into it having no idea 
what would happen other wife gets kidnapped in France.  It held up very 
well.  One thing I noticed was the score was done by Ennio Morricone and 
sounded a lot like the score from The Ninth Gate which Polanski also 
directed. I assumed Morricone did the score for both movies, but someone 
else did the score for The Ninth Gate.  Now I'm wondering why the scores 
sounded so similar.  Obviously Polanski must have had something to do 
with it.


The Fugitive (4K disc) 1993 movie starring Harrison Ford as a doctor who 
once again has trouble taking proper care of his wife. This time she's 
murdered and Ford gets the blame.  He's arrested, convicted of the 
murder, and sentenced to death, but thanks to luck he is able to escape 
and go on the hunt for the real killer.  But hot after him is Tommy Lee 
Jones and his team of U. S. Marshals (including Joe Pantoliano, Daniel 
Roebuck, Thomas Mills Wood, and Johnny Lee Davenport) who doesn't care 
if he's innocent or not.  I think this is probably the first time I've 
watched this since the mid 90s.  I watched with the commentary featuring 
the director and Tommy Lee Jones.  One detail I would not have picked up 
on is the director of this also directed "Under Siege" which also 
starred Tommy Lee Jones.  Another detail I wouldn't have picked up on is 
the guy who wrote this movie is the same guy who wrote and directed the 
Pitch Black movies.


U. S. Marshals (blu-ray) 1998 spin off of The Fugitive starring Tommy 
Lee Jones and his team of U. S. Marshals (including Joe Pantoliano, 
Daniel Roebuck, Thomas Mills Wood, and Johnny Lee Davenport) who are 
once again chasing an innocent Fugitive, this time played by Wesley 
Snipes.  But Snipes isn't your ordinary Fugitive, he has a particular 
set of skills, skills that make him a nightmare for U.S. Marshals. 
However, the U.S. Marshals are joined by Robert Downey Jr. who has a 
similar set of skills as Snipes.  I think this is probably my first time 
watching it since the original release.  It was pretty good.


Air Force One (4K disc) 1997 movie directed by Wolfgang Petersen.  When 
Air Force One comes Under Siege by terrorist, the President of the 
United States (Harrison Ford) must make an Executive Decision and 
personally make the terrorists Die Hard.  A lot of familiar names and 
faces in this, including Glen Close as the Vice President and Gary 
Oldman the villain.  It was better than I remembered.