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Daytime TV...
I obsessed on YouTube for the last few weeks and needed a break, so I decided to see what's on TV. 10 Local channels are available with an indoor antenna and about 30 free ones are provided on cable. That is called CCTV in other countries.
I lean toward reruns of crime scene, detective shows with a splash of old science fiction movies like Outer Limits. The worst part is 6 minutes of advertisements 4 times an hour. I'm sure they chop bits and pieces of the original movies to squeeze so many commercials into an hour, but it's free. My complaints fall on deaf ears.
Not much more captures my attention. I'm resistant to activate the 'smart' part of my TV because it requires setup to a cellphone. I used to have an older phone and used an alternate Gmail account to drive my Amazon Echo Dot aka Alexa. Unfortunately, the app was updated and it no longer supports the phone. I consider it their loss and not mine!
I smelled something cooking that wasn't inviting and asked what is was. The response pork 'something' confirmed It wasn't for me. She suggested I close my eyes and she will feed some to me. My answer was "Thanks, but no."
My lunch was the other half of the frozen pizza doctored with a few spoonfulls of marina sauce.
I read that HBO will be offering free service on a few shows during the pandemic, but I haven't found any.
I lean toward reruns of crime scene, detective shows with a splash of old science fiction movies like Outer Limits. The worst part is 6 minutes of advertisements 4 times an hour. I'm sure they chop bits and pieces of the original movies to squeeze so many commercials into an hour, but it's free. My complaints fall on deaf ears.
Not much more captures my attention. I'm resistant to activate the 'smart' part of my TV because it requires setup to a cellphone. I used to have an older phone and used an alternate Gmail account to drive my Amazon Echo Dot aka Alexa. Unfortunately, the app was updated and it no longer supports the phone. I consider it their loss and not mine!
I smelled something cooking that wasn't inviting and asked what is was. The response pork 'something' confirmed It wasn't for me. She suggested I close my eyes and she will feed some to me. My answer was "Thanks, but no."
My lunch was the other half of the frozen pizza doctored with a few spoonfulls of marina sauce.
I read that HBO will be offering free service on a few shows during the pandemic, but I haven't found any.
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General Commander - a review!
Steven Seagal movies are always hit and miss. Some, like Under Siege and Exit Wounds, are fantastic, and others, well not so much. I remember watching Shadow Man, where he downed a helicopter by shooting it with a pistol. It's ridiculous, silly and just so out there, that you just can't help but love it. This time, the mighty Seagal is a GRS operative named Jake Alexander. Him and his team of young recruits go after the most dangerous and notorious criminals with the help of a Hong Kong billionaire. That's the premise, now is it any good?
Well, in short terms: No. It is bad. Like, shockingly bad! I REALLY need to look up the movie on IMDb, before buying it.
Apart from Seagal, Sonia Couling, Byron Gibson, Soraya Torrens, Megan Brown, Jai Day and Edoardo Costa fill out the rest of the main cast,
Edoardo plays Orsini, the crime boss and the main villain in this film. He's actually pretty good in this one. He's a CLASSIC Italian mafia guy: Luxury pads on Malta, wine and pasta. Did I say classic? I meant stereotypical. He's into artwork as well. It just doesn't get more cliché than that!
The thing that the movie DOES get plus points on, is the locations where they film. Hong Kong, Valetta and Manila. Exotic locations, that are extremely good looking on film!
The score of this "masterpiece" is 3-5 out of 10 on IMDb, and I feel like it's too generous. I have seen worse films than this one, but still, General Commander ranks VERY much at the bottom of the barrel.
1.5 out of 10. I never want to see this abomination again, for as long as I live. Even the explosions and the gunfights are lackluster.
Well, in short terms: No. It is bad. Like, shockingly bad! I REALLY need to look up the movie on IMDb, before buying it.
Apart from Seagal, Sonia Couling, Byron Gibson, Soraya Torrens, Megan Brown, Jai Day and Edoardo Costa fill out the rest of the main cast,
Edoardo plays Orsini, the crime boss and the main villain in this film. He's actually pretty good in this one. He's a CLASSIC Italian mafia guy: Luxury pads on Malta, wine and pasta. Did I say classic? I meant stereotypical. He's into artwork as well. It just doesn't get more cliché than that!
The thing that the movie DOES get plus points on, is the locations where they film. Hong Kong, Valetta and Manila. Exotic locations, that are extremely good looking on film!
The score of this "masterpiece" is 3-5 out of 10 on IMDb, and I feel like it's too generous. I have seen worse films than this one, but still, General Commander ranks VERY much at the bottom of the barrel.
1.5 out of 10. I never want to see this abomination again, for as long as I live. Even the explosions and the gunfights are lackluster.
Trackdown [ end of the world
This isn't about the SOTU.
Its about alpha waves, predictive programming & the Eagle in the White House. Thanks to technology, no one who reads this not-blog can feign ignorance of the subject.
..Those of you who still think Trump colluded with Putin to over awe the NY computers within the Electoral College
Need to pay closer attention to the TV
Namely:
Trackdown: end of the world ( 1958
[ hint: pay attn. to the Trump-- yeah, that's his name- character who wants to build a wall.]
Back to the Future...'84 ) no other motion picture has more Easter eggs
Per foot of film than this film & it's sequels. The Biff character is Trump-esque.
The Simpson's...in the year 2000, the Trump presidency is predicted, parodied, and unfinished ??...because
Lisa Simpson came to town & tamed or subdued the swamp creature.
Donnie Darko...? Didn't see it & don't recall the year..
But it predicts [ trump] will not complete his term of office..( this info was gleaned from a YouTube decode.
Thus this insane Mueller investigation is simply to paralyze half the country with alpha waves ( mindless TV.
Just yesterday CNN deliberately put a non-magical R next to the name of a governor who in fact-- parties with magic Dave. The reason they do this is because they are criminally insane...and are greasing the skids for regional ( read, beaster) government.
Its about alpha waves, predictive programming & the Eagle in the White House. Thanks to technology, no one who reads this not-blog can feign ignorance of the subject.
..Those of you who still think Trump colluded with Putin to over awe the NY computers within the Electoral College
Need to pay closer attention to the TV
Namely:
Trackdown: end of the world ( 1958
[ hint: pay attn. to the Trump-- yeah, that's his name- character who wants to build a wall.]
Back to the Future...'84 ) no other motion picture has more Easter eggs
Per foot of film than this film & it's sequels. The Biff character is Trump-esque.
The Simpson's...in the year 2000, the Trump presidency is predicted, parodied, and unfinished ??...because
Lisa Simpson came to town & tamed or subdued the swamp creature.
Donnie Darko...? Didn't see it & don't recall the year..
But it predicts [ trump] will not complete his term of office..( this info was gleaned from a YouTube decode.
Thus this insane Mueller investigation is simply to paralyze half the country with alpha waves ( mindless TV.
Just yesterday CNN deliberately put a non-magical R next to the name of a governor who in fact-- parties with magic Dave. The reason they do this is because they are criminally insane...and are greasing the skids for regional ( read, beaster) government.
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Getting just a little weak in the knees....
......American Public Broadcasting Systems. November looms large. Part of what the growing movement is doing to bring justice and real fairness to all forms of PBS, is making people aware of the historical facts surrounding this scam on the American People and the world, by these alt leftie Democrat supporting news outlets. And their evolution as well. Begun using taxpayers' money, half a century ago, as an alternative to the commercial broadcast media of that era. Fair enough, good idea. And for a while, the content provided was fairly fair and balanced, even though many stations were started at colleges and universities. Always bad prospects for openness and fair dialogue. But in time, a few things happened. The number of staffers recently graduating from their liberal tutelage of their commie professors began to rise, and in time, these ueber lefties were able to rise in the organizations. Of course, the few who were more fair minded, were not as fortunate. Don't take my word for it, ask any assistant professor with even modest right wing views. Part one of the royal scam. Next, a couple of decades ago, as legislators smelled the burn coffee, the obscene gift of taxpayers to fund these socialist propaganda outlets, began to decrease. At which time two other changes occured, while the left biases grew even stronger. The stations began fundraising drives---the shameless, tasteless BEGATHONS, and over time began giving away baubles to contributors. At first music CD's, coffee mugs and grocery bags, all with station logos. But don't take my word for it. Look at the most recent give aways. No, peoples, not subscriptions to the National Review, or to other such media, but yes, to online subscriptions for a year to, did you guess, the NEW YORK TIMES!!!!!. But recently, just this morning in fact, while listening to the enemy, following Lao Tsu, at the end of the usual mostly TD-HD Syndrome content, the announcer, wormishly, said the following. Paraphrased, it might be time for even tempered acceptance of all political viewpoints, and even TWEETS. I was overcome with joy. They know their shite is weak, especially with our movement to defund the lot, and create REAL media alternatives. President Trump should support such after November. Can't make this stuff up, folks. Tingles down the legs. Draining the swamp, step by step.
actor Kirk Douglas r.i.p.
Well, he made it to 103 years old. That's certainly more than most people do.
Today from the Los Angeles Times;
Today from the Los Angeles Times;
In response to:
By Dennis McLellan
Feb. 5, 2020
3:33 PM
Kirk Douglas, the dimple-chinned screen icon who was known for bringing an explosive, clenched-jawed intensity to a memorable array of heroes and heels in films such as “Spartacus” and “Champion” and for playing an off-screen role as a maverick independent producer who helped end the Hollywood blacklist, has died. He was 103.
Douglas, who continued to act occasionally after overcoming a stroke in 1996 that impaired his speech, died Wednesday in Los Angeles, surrounded by family, his son Michael said in a statement to The Times.
The stage-trained Douglas earned the first Oscar nomination of his long acting career playing one of the post-World War II era’s anti-heroes: the ruthlessly ambitious boxer in the 1949 drama “Champion.”
Douglas later received Oscar nominations for his performances as an opportunistic movie mogul in the 1952 drama “The Bad and the Beautiful” and as tormented artist Vincent van Gogh in the 1956 biographical drama “Lust for Life.”
“I have never felt any need to project a certain image as an actor,” Douglas wrote in “The Ragman’s Son,” his bestselling 1988 autobiography. “I like a role that is stimulating, challenging, interesting to play. That’s why I’m often attracted to characters that aren’t likable.”
Never a fan of the Hollywood studio system — he likened the standard seven-year studio contract to slavery — Douglas launched his own independent production company in 1955.
Named after Douglas’ immigrant mother, the Bryna Co. produced a number of films in which Douglas starred, including director Stanley Kubrick’s landmark anti-war film, “Paths of Glory,” “The Vikings” and “Spartacus.” Douglas’ Joel Productions, named after one of his sons, also produced “Seven Days in May” and “Lonely Are the Brave.”
As executive producer of “Spartacus,” Douglas helped end the Hollywood blacklist by giving blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo screen credit under his own name for his work on the 1960 Roman-Empire epic that starred Douglas as the gladiator-trained slave-revolt leader.
In acknowledgment of a career that spanned more than 60 years and more than 80 films, Douglas was honored late in life with numerous major awards: The American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award, a Kennedy Center Honor, a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award and an honorary Oscar for his “50 years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community.”
“He’s one of the legendary figures of his era,” said film historian Jeanine Basinger, chair of the Film Studies Department at Wesleyan University, who first saw Douglas on screen as a young movie-goer in the late 1940s.
“I immediately focused on him because he was different,” Basinger told The Times. “He wasn’t a traditional leading man, really, in looks, and yet he had an unmistakable charisma and power on screen — not just the glamour of the movie star, though he did have that, but real acting chops. So you knew he was going to be a star.”
Dougla s, she said, “embodied the anti-hero in movies” in films such as “Champion” and “Ace in the Hole,” in which he played an unscrupulous newspaper reporter who cynically exploits a tragedy to boost his career.
“He was a very modern American anti-hero type, but he could also play anything, really,” said Basinger.
By Dennis McLellan
Feb. 5, 2020
3:33 PM
Kirk Douglas, the dimple-chinned screen icon who was known for bringing an explosive, clenched-jawed intensity to a memorable array of heroes and heels in films such as “Spartacus” and “Champion” and for playing an off-screen role as a maverick independent producer who helped end the Hollywood blacklist, has died. He was 103.
Douglas, who continued to act occasionally after overcoming a stroke in 1996 that impaired his speech, died Wednesday in Los Angeles, surrounded by family, his son Michael said in a statement to The Times.
The stage-trained Douglas earned the first Oscar nomination of his long acting career playing one of the post-World War II era’s anti-heroes: the ruthlessly ambitious boxer in the 1949 drama “Champion.”
Douglas later received Oscar nominations for his performances as an opportunistic movie mogul in the 1952 drama “The Bad and the Beautiful” and as tormented artist Vincent van Gogh in the 1956 biographical drama “Lust for Life.”
“I have never felt any need to project a certain image as an actor,” Douglas wrote in “The Ragman’s Son,” his bestselling 1988 autobiography. “I like a role that is stimulating, challenging, interesting to play. That’s why I’m often attracted to characters that aren’t likable.”
Never a fan of the Hollywood studio system — he likened the standard seven-year studio contract to slavery — Douglas launched his own independent production company in 1955.
Named after Douglas’ immigrant mother, the Bryna Co. produced a number of films in which Douglas starred, including director Stanley Kubrick’s landmark anti-war film, “Paths of Glory,” “The Vikings” and “Spartacus.” Douglas’ Joel Productions, named after one of his sons, also produced “Seven Days in May” and “Lonely Are the Brave.”
As executive producer of “Spartacus,” Douglas helped end the Hollywood blacklist by giving blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo screen credit under his own name for his work on the 1960 Roman-Empire epic that starred Douglas as the gladiator-trained slave-revolt leader.
In acknowledgment of a career that spanned more than 60 years and more than 80 films, Douglas was honored late in life with numerous major awards: The American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award, a Kennedy Center Honor, a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award and an honorary Oscar for his “50 years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community.”
“He’s one of the legendary figures of his era,” said film historian Jeanine Basinger, chair of the Film Studies Department at Wesleyan University, who first saw Douglas on screen as a young movie-goer in the late 1940s.
“I immediately focused on him because he was different,” Basinger told The Times. “He wasn’t a traditional leading man, really, in looks, and yet he had an unmistakable charisma and power on screen — not just the glamour of the movie star, though he did have that, but real acting chops. So you knew he was going to be a star.”
Dougla s, she said, “embodied the anti-hero in movies” in films such as “Champion” and “Ace in the Hole,” in which he played an unscrupulous newspaper reporter who cynically exploits a tragedy to boost his career.
“He was a very modern American anti-hero type, but he could also play anything, really,” said Basinger.
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Bad Boys for Life - a review!
Earlier today, I went and saw the new Bad Boys film, which I was super excited about. But was it worth it? Was it fantastic, or was it a total stinker?
Let's rewind the clock back 17 years, way back to 2003. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence starred in an undoubtedly gruesome, gory and exciting sequel, to the 1995 film, that started it all. Bad Boys II was absolutely over the top, but I loved it. Now, 17 years later, we would finally get another adventure with Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett.
Marcus and Mike have to confront new issues (career changes and a midlife crisis), as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.
The film starts with a bang - and a very fast car. Enter Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett as we know them - bantering and cussing, as only the Bad Boys can. The entire opening sequence is fantastic! Precision driving, one-liners and great music as well.
Besides Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, pretty much every surviving character from Bad Boys II are in the movie. Marcus is still married to Theresa, Reggie is in the military and Syd.. Well, Syd isn't found anywhere. She's mentioned a few times, but she's otherwise missing. A shame, since I loved that character.
This movie has everything you could possibly want from a Bad Boys film: Flashy cars, flashy clothes, explosions, swearing, blood and a fantastic comedy element. I enjoyed myself a lot, which is why I am giving this movie a solid 9 out of 10.
K loved it too, which was a relief, since this was the first Bad Boys she has ever watched. At some point, K and I are gonna watch the first two on Netflix.
Let's rewind the clock back 17 years, way back to 2003. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence starred in an undoubtedly gruesome, gory and exciting sequel, to the 1995 film, that started it all. Bad Boys II was absolutely over the top, but I loved it. Now, 17 years later, we would finally get another adventure with Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett.
Marcus and Mike have to confront new issues (career changes and a midlife crisis), as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.
The film starts with a bang - and a very fast car. Enter Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett as we know them - bantering and cussing, as only the Bad Boys can. The entire opening sequence is fantastic! Precision driving, one-liners and great music as well.
Besides Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, pretty much every surviving character from Bad Boys II are in the movie. Marcus is still married to Theresa, Reggie is in the military and Syd.. Well, Syd isn't found anywhere. She's mentioned a few times, but she's otherwise missing. A shame, since I loved that character.
This movie has everything you could possibly want from a Bad Boys film: Flashy cars, flashy clothes, explosions, swearing, blood and a fantastic comedy element. I enjoyed myself a lot, which is why I am giving this movie a solid 9 out of 10.
K loved it too, which was a relief, since this was the first Bad Boys she has ever watched. At some point, K and I are gonna watch the first two on Netflix.
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New bingeworthy stuff!
The other day, I found myself watching WrestleMania 35 on YouTube.. Well, some of it.. The first 2 hours and 11 minutes, the rest was not in the video. The announcer in the video, said that new subscribers to the WWE Network, got their first month for free. So I signed up, hoping to find the full WrestleMania 35 on there, which I found. I picked up from where the YouTube video left off, and let me tell you: The athletes competing in WWE are some of the finest in the World. Always in great shape, displaying moves that I haven't seen in a long while, and super entertaining storylines.
Sidenote: I know wrestling is fake. That doesn't stop it from being super entertaining.
From WrestleMania 35, I watched the 2019 Royal Rumble, which was even more entertaining. There was one guy named Braun Strowman, a behemoth of a man! 6 foot 8, weighing 385 lbs. He is just unstoppable! Royal Rumble was extremely entertaining, so I was pleased. I then watched the newest NXT match, which was small scale, but it was so cool to see! NXT is where the new talent are competing, hoping to get "promoted" to the big leagues.
I then saw the most infamous match in all of WWE - Hell In A Cell. The main event was Seth Rollins vs. The Fiend. That event was absolutely fantastic! Probably my favorite event so far. The Fiend is just a mountain of terror. The match was held under red lights, which made The Fiend look even more menacing and terrifying.
I am definitely not regretting signing up!
Sidenote: I know wrestling is fake. That doesn't stop it from being super entertaining.
From WrestleMania 35, I watched the 2019 Royal Rumble, which was even more entertaining. There was one guy named Braun Strowman, a behemoth of a man! 6 foot 8, weighing 385 lbs. He is just unstoppable! Royal Rumble was extremely entertaining, so I was pleased. I then watched the newest NXT match, which was small scale, but it was so cool to see! NXT is where the new talent are competing, hoping to get "promoted" to the big leagues.
I then saw the most infamous match in all of WWE - Hell In A Cell. The main event was Seth Rollins vs. The Fiend. That event was absolutely fantastic! Probably my favorite event so far. The Fiend is just a mountain of terror. The match was held under red lights, which made The Fiend look even more menacing and terrifying.
I am definitely not regretting signing up!
A sad day in comedy - Monty Python member Terry Jones died last night at 77
Terry Jones was both a comedic director and actor for the British comedy group Monty Python.
The last few years he was affected by a rather rare form of dementia.
Thanks for the many laughs & R.I.P. Terry.
The last few years he was affected by a rather rare form of dementia.
Thanks for the many laughs & R.I.P. Terry.
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Music, and dance....
...I've always been all about rock, blues, jazz, etc. And a little Opera---VERY little. Always could rarely watch musicals, let alone most dance. Forget Ballet. Recently, going through the enormous DVD collection at public libraries. Second time around. Had done so skipping almost all of it, except for history, shoot-em-ups, and the like. Still rarely find anything funny about comedies. But today watched An American in Paris. Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, et al, to Gershwin tunes. Corny vintage complicated, but redemptive, love stories. Paris scenes. Glad I did so. Never stop learning about what we think we already really know. Hubris.
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