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On May 9, 2024 at 10:06:08 AM PDT, "Arthur Lipscomb"
<arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

> 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.

Don't forget to watch the PLANET OF THE APES musical to round out your
viewing!


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