Path: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: suzeeq Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-01-02 (Thursday) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 11:58:42 -0800 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 19:58:43 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="1870124"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.2.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:iSJl33h3NQ3x9sNvCe822USZhNo= X-User-ID: eJwNycEBwCAIA8CVQAk14xiU/Uew9z3M9KwvEhlo9FjV4pWavBfQcR9gbypMOThlxj+TVmftBzHZEXg= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 8228 Lines: 130 On 1/3/2025 9:58 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote: > On 1/3/2025 8:32 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote: >> On 1/3/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote: >> >>> What did you watch? >> >> During the day, not much. In the afternoon, I watched some of the >> Sugar Bowl, where Notre Dame easily beat Georgia, to grab the last >> College Football Playoff semi-final spot. >> >> That night, I mostly caught up on "General Hospital" (it turns out I >> haven't missed many episodes over the holidays as ABC has preempted GH >> on multiple days over the past couple of weeks). >> >> GH - NuNuLulu > > I thought this was ROT13 at first. > > catches up with Charlotte in Prague, but fails to convince >> Charlotte to come back with her; then Valentin, and then Dante, show >> up - a sniper is about to take Valentin out... Brook Lynn is still not >> pregnant, so she and Chase are going to go to the doctor to get >> checked out... Robin's teen daughter Emma turns out to be a real piece >> of work - Anna discovers that Emma got herself expelled from college; >> then Emma seems to goad grieving Josslyn over their teen rivalry over >> Cameron and over Cameron's new girlfriend. (What a bitch!)... Ava is >> in desperate financial straits, after the Cassadine estate cancelled >> her divorce settlement... The hospital seems to be going after Lizzie, >> after a potential third victim is ID'ed, so Ric Lansing lawyers her >> up... Nina and Drew encourage Willow to go on the offensive about the >> custody of the kids, after Lucas irately berates Willow for taking the >> kids away from Michael. >> >> >> What did you watch? >> >> > > I watched: > > Creature Commandos (HBOMax) "Priyatel Skelet" - Episode 6 and I think > the penultimate episode.  This one has the backstory of  "Doctor > Phosphorus" while in the present the Suicide Squad, I mean Creature > Commandos, continue their mission while Frankenstein's monster continues > to stalk his reluctant bride.  Another good episode.  But I have to > mention this show is just so violent! One character punched their fist > through a man's heart pulled out his still beating heart and showed it > to him.  And what Doctor Phosphorus does to people every week can't even > be described.  But let's say it involves a lot of screams and melted off > flesh. > > > The Phantom of the Opera (4K disc) - I watched the 1943 classic > Universal Studios version.  When I put the disc in, I was expecting the > 1925 black and white, silent version, and was very pleasantly surprised > when this version (filmed in color) played instead. I bought a 4K box > set of the classic Universal horror movies a couple of years ago.  I'm > finally cracking it open to start to watch some of them.  With the > exception of "Dracula" and "Frankenstein," I've never seen any of the > classic Universal horror films. > > Going into this, I was only familiar with the Andrew Lloyd Webber > musical version.  In that version the identity of the phantom is > unknown.  And he's already the Phantom at the start.  In this version > Claude Rains plays a music composer who believes someone is stealing his > work and tries to murder the man.  The man's wife throws acid on his > face to stop him.  So, everyone knows who the Phantom is and his back > story.  He spends the movie trying to help a young woman in the opera > become a star. To my surprise, this version is practically a musical too. > > > The Wolf Man (4K disc) 1943 version of the Universal Studios classic > about a man who is bitten by a werewolf and turns into one himself.  On > the commentary they said the movie was a huge success.  I forget the > names, but when all the money came flowing in, one guy bought his wife a > diamond ring, another got a $50,000 bonus, and another asked for a $25 > raise, and to the guy who requested the $25 raise, Universal said, no. > > When I pulled out the box set, I had a general idea of which movies I > planned to watch, but not the order.  My first thought was to go to > Wikipedia, figure out the release order, and watch in that order.  But I > *wanted* to watch Phantom first, so that's what I went with.  Turns out, > Claude Rains stars in this movie too.  And he stars in "The Invisible > Man." Had I known that I would have started with "The Invisible Man" and > watched in release order.  In addition to Claude Rains this movie stars > Lon Chaney Jr. as The Wolf Man and Bela Lugosi as a different werewolf. > I was on the fence, but I decided to hold off on watching "The Invisible > Man" until the reboot's sequel is released. I'm holding off on watching > "Frankenstein" for similar reasons. > > > The Wolfman (4K disc) 2010 remake of the 1943 classic starring Bencio > del Toro as the Wolfman and Anthony Hopkins as his father.  I watched > with a new commentary.  The guy doing the commentary talked about how > much of a mess this movie was to make, in particular due to the director > being replaced along with other behind the scenes fighting. > Unfortunately there were often long gaps of silence, I suspect because > much of what he was saying being edited out.  That wouldn't have been > too bad but for whatever reason, they muted the movie audio, so whenever > he was speaking there was just dead silence. > > > The Creature From the Black Lagoon (4K disc) 1954 Universal Studios > classic about a group of scientists who go on an expedition to find a > strange fossil and find a living creature instead.  This was just above > background noise with the commentary, but it did generally hold my > interest whenever I looked up to watch.  On the commentary they said the > movie was originally going to be shot in color and 3D, but they crunched > the numbers and realized that they could save $100,000 if they shot it > in 3D black and white instead. They also mentioned they weren't going to > let the elaborate suit they constructed for this movie go to waste, so > they quickly cranked out a sequel.  My box set only includes the 4K > version, but a 3D version is also available too. > > > Abbott Elementary (Hulu) "Ava vs. Superintendent" Season2, episode 12. > Another "best" episode.  This one picks up with Principal, "Ava" after > she loses her blackmail leverage over the school superintendent.  She > has to go to the school board and make a presentation to keep her job > and funding for the school.  Some of the other teachers come up with a > scheme where they will do the presentation "with" her.  All she has to > do is stand there and smile while they do all the actual work.  It was > OK, I guess. > > > Silo (AppleTV+) - "The Book of Quinn" - I can't really say what happened > without getting into spoilers.  But there were some revelations and > confirmations this episode. The slow pace of this season is killing me, > but at least we are slowly getting answers and making limited progress. > Yeah, it's slow, though I still keep wondering if I missed an episode.