Is This Sci-Fi Crap Something?

Mostly sci-fi crap.

This one has some actors in it from Christopher Nolan movies so it tries to trick you into thinking it's a Christopher Nolan movie.

The visuals are nice but the plot is the typical blah blah blah New Shiny Thing Turned Into an Action Plot blah blah.

A plane hijacking movie starring Idris Elba. I don't know why, but I like every thriller set on a plane. Red Eye, Flightplan, Non-Stop. I might give this a try.

Speaking of science-fiction: a movie which attempts to lecture you about how Climate Change will affect your day-to-day life. We're just in the full WWII-style blatant propaganda phase now.

This has nice visual design -- the future, as imagined from the 1950s. I have no idea what it's actually about. It's an Apple TV show, not a movie.

Another War of the Worlds remake. Looks like this one is trying, sort of, to be faithful to the book. At least it's set in London. It's actually titled War of the Worlds: The Attack, which strongly suggests this is about the early invasion and will not be the full story. They'll try to stretch this bad boy out.

Oooh, stretching bad boys out is TIGHT!

If you care, the big self-published Kindle book of 2013 or whenever, Silo, was made into a movie. Link fixed.

Have you noticed "Lockdown Movies"? Movies shot during covid. Whenever you see a small cast mostly confined to a single location, it's probably a lockdown movie.

Also, if it looks like it was shot in Iceland or Hungary or somewhere they usually don't film movies, it's probably a lockdown movie.

This movie, LOLA, was shot in Ireland during the lockdowns. It's a WW2-set found footage movie about a couple of sisters who discover a technology to receive radio waves sent from -- get this -- the future. They attempt to use this information but they wind up screwing everything up.

An ordinary man is seized at gunpoint and forced to drive Nic Cage across the city.

I don't mean a character played by Nic Cage. I mean Nic Cage abducted this guy. Contact the police.

Posted by: Ace at 04:16 PM

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1 I wish I still enjoyed movies. The willing suspension of disbelief is not strong enough in me I guess. *shrug*

Posted by: Catherine at June 16, 2023 04:18 PM (ZSsrh)

2 I'm not going to turn this into a movie thread.

Instead, I will speak of the evils of Nickelback.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:18 PM (LvTSG)

3 A plane hijacking movie starring Idris Elba. I don't know why, but I like every thriller set on a plane. Red Eye, Flightplan, Non-Stop. I might give this a try.
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Airplane movies and submarine movies. Like 'em both, as a general thing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:18 PM (t0OGg)

4 I like Sci-fi movies but don't go to see any

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2023 04:19 PM (xhxe8)

5 Huh. gp called the new thread before grabbing the FIRST.

What a gent.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:19 PM (t0OGg)

6 Tripod warmachines

HMS Thunderchild

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2023 04:19 PM (YXg5Y)

7 Firstish

Posted by: fd at June 16, 2023 04:19 PM (iayUP)

8 Oooh, stretching bad boys out is TIGHT!
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Uhhh, is there something you're not telling us?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (t0OGg)

9 Oh, "Plane" was good too, although that wasn't on a plane for most of the run time.

Posted by: ace at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (KRtlO)

10 Passenger 57!

Posted by: InZona at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (apWcl)

11 i noodleded.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (B1FKF)

12 A plane hijacking movie starring Idris Elba. I don't know why, but I like every thriller set on a plane. Red Eye, Flightplan, Non-Stop. I might give this a try.

WHAT'S ON YOUR PLANE?!

Posted by: Samuel L. Jackson at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (aD39U)

13 Oooh, stretching bad boys out is TIGHT!
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Uhhh, is there something you're not telling us?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (t0OGg)

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Yeah, that was a really unfortunate choice of words.

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (DRSnL)

14 Justified was a tremendous show, glad we're getting more of it.

Posted by: Trich at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (7wCmd)

15 An ordinary man is seized at gunpoint and forced to drive Nic Cage across the city.

I don't mean a character played by Nic Cage. I mean Nic Cage abducted this guy. Contact the police.
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Look, Ace, a little casual kidnapping isn't going to stop me from watching a Nic Cage movie.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (t0OGg)

16 Red Eye, Flightplan, Non-Stop. I might give this a try.

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Red Eye is the kind of movie Wes Craven should have been making in the 70s. He didn't want to make horror movies, but he ended up just making horror movies because that's all he could get funding for.

"I have a thriller idea with horror elements," might have sold with a studio executive. Instead, it's one of the last small joys of a tired, depressing career.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (LvTSG)

17 I'll go see the Cage movie.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (t0OGg)

18 The mystery of MH370.

It's an airplane!

It's a submarine?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (YXg5Y)

19 Nobody even remembers me.

-kicks rock-

Posted by: Snakes on a Plane at June 16, 2023 04:21 PM (AD14M)

20 Yeah, that was a really unfortunate choice of words.
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (DRSnL)
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And entirely on purpose.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:21 PM (t0OGg)

21 Another War of the Worlds remake. Looks like this one is trying, sort of, to be faithful to the book. At least it's set in London.

The Tom Cruise one was pretty close to the book, although yeah it was set in the USA. Its tough to do the book straight because its done as a series of news reports so it doesn't flow well as a story.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2023 04:21 PM (0hOvj)

22 Ace, that Silo link isn't working.

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 04:21 PM (DRSnL)

23 Avatar 2 is on Max now, it seems.

I guess I won't even have to do a Redbox code thing to watch it now. Maybe sometime next week.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:21 PM (LvTSG)

24 19 Nobody even remembers me.

-kicks rock-
Posted by: Snakes on a Plane at June 16, 2023 04:21 PM (AD14M)

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I saw you in theaters.

You sucked.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:22 PM (LvTSG)

25 Yeah, WWII sub movies are usually good. Hiding in the dark, mostly blind, trying to get your shots in without dying in a race between crushing and drowning.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 16, 2023 04:22 PM (aD39U)

26 Nobody even remembers me.

-kicks rock-
Posted by: Snakes on a Plane at June 16, 2023 04:21 PM (AD14M)
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I do. Did exactly what it said on the tin.

https://youtu.be/A1wMyKQ6jUg

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:22 PM (t0OGg)

27 The mystery of MH370.

It's an airplane!

It's a submarine?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (YXg5Y)
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It's in a black hole!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:22 PM (t0OGg)

28 21
The Tom Cruise one was pretty close to the book, although yeah it was set in the USA. Its tough to do the book straight because its done as a series of news reports so it doesn't flow well as a story.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2023 04:21 PM (0hOvj)

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And Welles was an elitist commie, and his work shouldn't be treated as scripture.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:22 PM (LvTSG)

29 OK, I fixed the Silo link. thanks for letting me know.

Posted by: ace at June 16, 2023 04:23 PM (KRtlO)

30 I am meh on the Justified trailer. Its too jumbled to get a feel for it, but I hope its good. It should be wild watching how they make all the bad guys white people in Chocolate City.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2023 04:23 PM (0hOvj)

31 Oooh, stretching bad boys out is TIGHT!

Not if you're successful.
It's as loose as the prom queen.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 16, 2023 04:23 PM (nW4TA)

32 Things I will never comprehend:

1. How light can exist as a particle and a wave?
2. Why did Germany attack the Soviet Union before finishing off Great Britain?
3. Why is Nicholas Cage still in ANY movie?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at June 16, 2023 04:23 PM (lf83v)

33 "The mystery of MH370.
It's an airplane!
It's a submarine?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (YXg5Y)
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It's in a black hole!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) "

It's pretty clear at this point that the aliens got them.

Posted by: fd at June 16, 2023 04:23 PM (iayUP)

34 Timothy Olyphant just doesn't age, does he?

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 04:24 PM (DRSnL)

35 I saw you in theaters.

You sucked.

And you expected what?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 04:24 PM (eOEVl)

36 35 I saw you in theaters.

You sucked.

And you expected what?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 04:24 PM (eOEVl)

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It was the first meme movie. I expected wild, wacky entertainment. I was disappoint.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:24 PM (LvTSG)

37 Why is Nicholas Cage still in ANY movie?

Because sometimes he's actually really great and you get 100% effort from him every single role. Even if its awful or crazy, he's not phoning anything in.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2023 04:24 PM (0hOvj)

38 Yeah, WWII sub movies are usually good. Hiding in the dark, mostly blind, trying to get your shots in without dying in a race between crushing and drowning.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

Ahhhh. Malaysian Airlines Flight 370.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 16, 2023 04:24 PM (nW4TA)

39 Oooh, stretching bad boys out is TIGHT!

The king of those lines is "Oooh, everything's better down where it's wetter is TIGHT!".

Posted by: Ian S. at June 16, 2023 04:24 PM (ZGrMX)

40 Timothy Olyphant just doesn't age, does he?
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 04:24 PM (DRSnL)

He's pigeon-toed. Once you see it you can never unsee it.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 16, 2023 04:24 PM (aD39U)

41 Because sometimes he's actually really great and you get 100% effort from him every single role. Even if its awful or crazy, he's not phoning anything in.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2023 04:24 PM (0hOvj)
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Damn straight. He goes hard at everything he does.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:25 PM (t0OGg)

42 there is really no current movie in the last year that I've wanted to see except GotG 3. and I won't do that until it comes on a network or cable channel.

Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 04:25 PM (MNhXM)

43 He's pigeon-toed. Once you see it you can never unsee it.

Its a cowboy thing, dammit!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2023 04:25 PM (0hOvj)

44 BULL I really like this movie If you like High Plains Drifter you will like this movie
https://tinyurl.com/4v4h556z

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 16, 2023 04:25 PM (dKiJG)

45 this is what happens when you watch too many nic cage movies in a row

https://youtu.be/WqDX6wF3BLc?t=44

Posted by: ace at June 16, 2023 04:25 PM (KRtlO)

46 3. Why is Nicholas Cage still in ANY movie?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at June 16, 2023 04:23 PM (lf83v)

Because he spends his money like a drunken sailor on shore leave, apparently.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at June 16, 2023 04:25 PM (okGHj)

47 Isn't that Jack Smith in the SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL clip ?

Posted by: SMOD at June 16, 2023 04:25 PM (RHGPo)

48 I don't know why, but I like every thriller set on a plane. Red Eye, Flightplan, Non-Stop. I might give this a try.

I can't believe you forgot Money Plane.

Posted by: spindrift at June 16, 2023 04:26 PM (ivvNA)

49 I am waiting impatiently for Wes Anderson's Asteroid City to hit the theaters.

https://youtu.be/Gmmq7sVA0Jo

Posted by: Lost In Space at June 16, 2023 04:26 PM (qxLut)

50 there is really no current movie in the last year that I've wanted to see except GotG 3. and I won't do that until it comes on a network or cable channel.

I want to see Dune 2, especially for the delightful Zendaya, but it isn't out on Max, and I don't get HBO.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 04:26 PM (eOEVl)

51 Its a cowboy thing, dammit!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2023 04:25 PM (0hOvj)

He can pull it off because he has long skinny legs but it is damn near a swish.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 16, 2023 04:26 PM (aD39U)

52 90% of everything is shit.

- Some SF Guy

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2023 04:26 PM (ga8qR)

53 Because sometimes he's actually really great and you get 100% effort from him every single role. Even if its awful or crazy, he's not phoning anything in.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2023 04:24 PM (0hOvj)

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You know, I can't stand Nicholas Cage, but this is true.

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 04:26 PM (DRSnL)

54 50 there is really no current movie in the last year that I've wanted to see except GotG 3. and I won't do that until it comes on a network or cable channel.

I want to see Dune 2, especially for the delightful Zendaya, but it isn't out on Max, and I don't get HBO.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 04:26 PM (eOEVl)

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11/3/23

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:27 PM (LvTSG)

55 Justified was a tremendous show, glad we're getting more of it.
Posted by: Trich

But no Nick Searcy. 😢

Posted by: rickb223 at June 16, 2023 04:27 PM (nW4TA)

56 I was going to watch Renfield but the trailer looked really annoying. I think I'm going to pass.

Posted by: Mark1971 at June 16, 2023 04:27 PM (xPl2J)

57 How dare you omit Con-Air?

I can't even with you.

Posted by: eleven at June 16, 2023 04:27 PM (iziT8)

58 You may think the difference between Hippo and Zippo is just one letter, by in reality, one is very heavy, and the other is a little lighter.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 16, 2023 04:27 PM (a3Q+t)

59 Justified was a tremendous show, glad we're getting more of it.
Posted by: Trich

But no Nick Searcy. 😢
Posted by: rickb223 at June 16, 2023 04:27 PM (nW4TA)
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And by implication no more "Marshal stiffies." Art was hilarious.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 16, 2023 04:27 PM (YIVH2)

60 Raylin Givens is the best thing to come out of Kentucky since bourbon. Basher and his Tranny Troop are the worst. In fact the Sisters look creepier than a Rob Zombie cast party.

Posted by: Regular joe at June 16, 2023 04:28 PM (nnp+f)

61 I was going to watch Renfield but the trailer looked really annoying. I think I'm going to pass.
Posted by: Mark1971 at June 16, 2023 04:27 PM (xPl2J)

No, it's amusing. And Cage chews scenery like no one else, even when he doesn't get top billing.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 16, 2023 04:28 PM (aD39U)

62 57 How dare you omit Con-Air?

I can't even with you.
Posted by: eleven at June 16, 2023 04:27 PM (iziT

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Or Zero Hour!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:28 PM (LvTSG)

63 I watched The Price We Pay last night. The gore scenes were pretty graphic, lots of decapitated bodies spurting blood out of their necks. The worst thing was I only got a few glimpses of Gigi Zumbado's underwear.

Posted by: wth at June 16, 2023 04:28 PM (v0R5T)

64 I'm just waiting for the sequel to Fifth Element. It'll be Sixth Element or something equally creative. You know it's coming.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 04:28 PM (eOEVl)

65 >>>ow dare you omit Con-Air?

oh one of my legit favorites!

Posted by: ace at June 16, 2023 04:28 PM (KRtlO)

66 there is really no current movie in the last year that I've wanted to see except GotG 3. and I won't do that until it comes on a network or cable channel.

I want to see Dune 2, especially for the delightful Zendaya, but it isn't out on Max, and I don't get HBO.
Posted by: Archimedes

Jonesing for Reacher Season 2.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 16, 2023 04:28 PM (nW4TA)

67 You may think the difference between Hippo and Zippo is just one letter, by in reality, one is very heavy, and the other is a little lighter.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 16, 2023 04:27 PM (a3Q+t)

Hey-oh!

Posted by: Ed McMahon at June 16, 2023 04:28 PM (aD39U)

68 Speaking of sci-fi movies, my husband was watching the end of Back to the Future the other night, and it was really bugging me how they were all, "oh that Biff. What a character!" Like he totally didn't try to rape Lorraine at the school dance.

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 04:29 PM (DRSnL)

69 64 I'm just waiting for the sequel to Fifth Element. It'll be Sixth Element or something equally creative. You know it's coming.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 04:28 PM (eOEVl)

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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is the closest you're going to get.

The Fifth Element was heavily inspired by the Valerian comics.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:29 PM (LvTSG)

70 I might be the only person who kind of liked Hitman. I've watched it more than once.

Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 04:30 PM (MNhXM)

71 Nicolas Cage's agent:
https://youtu.be/eExfV_xKaiM

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:30 PM (t0OGg)

72 He's pigeon-toed. Once you see it you can never unsee it.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 16, 2023 04:24 PM

What's next, complaining about bow-legged women?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 16, 2023 04:30 PM (a3Q+t)

73 Hollyweird needs to do a sci-fi sequel to “Chuck & Buck”.

Chuck & Buck 2:Man Love In Outer Space Boogaloo…

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 16, 2023 04:30 PM (R/m4+)

74 Need to watch the original Justified series again. It's been a few years.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 16, 2023 04:31 PM (BdMk6)

75 Their was a book where Aliens showed up and saw how Humans aborted Their babies in the womb and they attack the company dropped his book and his contract, because the editor was triggered by the story

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 16, 2023 04:31 PM (dKiJG)

76 When I had Apple Tv, I tried Hello Tomorrow. I loved the immersive sci fi aspects. I quit after 3 episodes.

I could not watch a show where the lead character was an absolute sh&tbag, ripping off the depressed middle class's entire wealth on a con. Maybe this changes by the end of the season, but I tried to watch it b/c I loved so much about it, but it was an enthusiasm killer.

And it was about the only thing I watched on Apple TV in my free year from my phone...yes, I don't have that service anymore, and probably won't...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 16, 2023 04:31 PM (exHjb)

77 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is the closest you're going to get.

Bubble's dance was the best part of Valerian City of a Thousand Boring Stories.

https://ytube.io/3fZm

Posted by: Ed McMahon at June 16, 2023 04:31 PM (aD39U)

78 How dare you omit Con-Air?
I can't even with you.
Posted by: eleven at June 16, 2023 04:27 PM (iziT
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I don't see "Air Force One" on the list, either.

GET OFF MY PLANE!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:31 PM (t0OGg)

79
Tripod warmachines

https://youtu.be/r1grhmKJSKU

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 16, 2023 04:31 PM (63Dwl)

80 68 Speaking of sci-fi movies, my husband was watching the end of Back to the Future the other night, and it was really bugging me how they were all, "oh that Biff. What a character!" Like he totally didn't try to rape Lorraine at the school dance.

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 04:29 PM (DRSnL)

She came within a whisker of both banging her son and being raped.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 16, 2023 04:31 PM (KbCG3)

81 9 Oh, "Plane" was good too, although that wasn't on a plane for most of the run time.
Posted by: ace at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (KRtlO)

Plane was, surprising to me, actually good. A very throwback type movie...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 16, 2023 04:32 PM (exHjb)

82 I loved the silo books. Not sure if I'll watch the series.

Posted by: NCKate at June 16, 2023 04:32 PM (NwbpZ)

83 76 And it was about the only thing I watched on Apple TV in my free year from my phone...yes, I don't have that service anymore, and probably won't...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 16, 2023 04:31 PM (exHjb)

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They're producing both Ridley Scott's Napoleon and Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon.

It's unclear how wide their theatrical releases will be, but I may end up getting AppleTV+ for a month to check them both out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:32 PM (LvTSG)

84 How dare you omit Con-Air?
I can't even with you.
Posted by: eleven at June 16, 2023 04:27 PM (iziT
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I don't see "Air Force One" on the list, either.

GET OFF MY PLANE!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:31 PM (t0OGg)
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"I just want you to know. We're all counting on you."

Posted by: Dr. Rumack at June 16, 2023 04:32 PM (YIVH2)

85 I'm just waiting for the sequel to Fifth Element. It'll be Sixth Element or something equally creative. You know it's coming.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 04:28 PM (eOEVl)

Waiting for Dredd sequel. We are running out of time.

Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 04:33 PM (MNhXM)

86 @21 though the tripods did not emerge from giant cylinders that were sent to crash land on earth from Mars.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 16, 2023 04:33 PM (ssESX)

87 I *also* don't see Moneyplane on the list!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:33 PM (t0OGg)

88 1. How light can exist as a particle and a wave?

If it didn't, we wouldn't have Photon Torpedoes.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 16, 2023 04:34 PM (a3Q+t)

89 You like every thriller set on a plane? Even when Samuel L. Jackson got sick of all those MFing snakes on that MFing plane?

Posted by: tankdemon at June 16, 2023 04:34 PM (4TGJZ)

90 I saw blah blah New ShinyThing open for Jefferson Starship at Gateway Bridge Park and Homeless Hippy Camp and Port O Potty Emporium in 87'

Posted by: Rudder the Seal....formerly I'm Gumby Damn it! at June 16, 2023 04:34 PM (uYMKY)

91 Rob Schneider has a streaming special on Sunday.
Something about "Woke America".
It should be good. Rob has his head screwed on pretty good.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 16, 2023 04:34 PM (MeG8a)

92 was going to watch Renfield but the trailer looked really annoying. I think I'm going to pass.
Posted by: Mark1971 at June 16, 2023 04:27 PM (xPl2J)

No, it's amusing. And Cage chews scenery like no one else, even when he doesn't get top billing.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 16, 2023 04:28 PM (aD39U)

Watched it a few nights ago. It's a fun movie.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 16, 2023 04:34 PM (BdMk6)

93 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is the closest you're going to get.

I rewatched that recently, and thought it held up reasonably well, aside from the flaw of being completely miscast. Cara Delevingne's eyebrows were especially compelling.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 04:34 PM (eOEVl)

94 She came within a whisker of both banging her son and being raped.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 16, 2023 04:31 PM (KbCG3)
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Probably just as well neither of those things happened as it could lead to some very weird paradoxes...Is Marty his own father? Is Biff Marty's father?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 16, 2023 04:35 PM (YIVH2)

95 If it didn't, we wouldn't have Photon Torpedoes.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 16, 2023 04:34 PM (a3Q+t)

Posted by: Shut up, Wesley at June 16, 2023 04:35 PM (t0OGg)

96 I'm just waiting for the sequel to Fifth Element. It'll be Sixth Element or something equally creative. You know it's coming.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 04:28 PM (eOEVl)

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Well, Bruce Willis won't be in it, that's for sure.

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 04:35 PM (DRSnL)

97 And it was about the only thing I watched on Apple TV in my free year from my phone

They only do a free month or three now. I watched the first season of what’s-is-name the coach, Ted Lasso, and it was enjoyable. The second season dovetailed rapidly, and I think I only got three episodes in before giving up. Standard second season failure: “you know all that stuff that made the first season enjoyable? let’s change it up.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 16, 2023 04:35 PM (EXyHK)

98 There was a kid's trilogy years ago, that ended in The Pool of Fire. I think that would make a great movie.

Posted by: Nancy at 7000 ft at June 16, 2023 04:35 PM (0tmoY)

99 You may think the difference between Hippo and Zippo is just one letter, by in reality, one is very heavy, and the other is a little lighter.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

THAT'S a dad joke.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 16, 2023 04:36 PM (nW4TA)

100 85 I'm just waiting for the sequel to Fifth Element. It'll be Sixth Element or something equally creative. You know it's coming.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 04:28 PM (eOEVl)

Waiting for Dredd sequel. We are running out of time.
Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 04:33 PM (MNhXM)

Oh, you mean the Fifth Sense? Yeah, we already wrote that. Just waiting for Dolph Lundgren to sign on.

Posted by: Mac and Charlie at June 16, 2023 04:36 PM (KbCG3)

101 There was a kid's trilogy years ago, that ended in The Pool of Fire. I think that would make a great movie.
Posted by: Nancy at 7000 ft at June 16, 2023 04:35 PM (0tmoY)
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The Tripods series by John Christopher. It's heavily influenced by War of the Worlds. It's a pretty good series of young-adult books for boys.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 16, 2023 04:36 PM (YIVH2)

102 3. Why is Nicholas Cage still in ANY movie?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot
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Lord of War is a great movie. Might be Nic Cage's best role. He's actually 'normal' in it.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 16, 2023 04:37 PM (sAmhv)

103 Well, Bruce Willis won't be in it, that's for sure.

Yeah, that's very sad.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 04:37 PM (eOEVl)

104 I watched Bullet Train last month. It was better than I thought it would be.

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 04:37 PM (DRSnL)

105 49 I am waiting impatiently for Wes Anderson's Asteroid City to hit the theaters.

https://youtu.be/Gmmq7sVA0Jo
Posted by: Lost In Space at June 16, 2023 04:26 PM (qxLut)
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I can't tell the difference between that and one of any number of parody trailers that ace has linked to previously. lol

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 16, 2023 04:37 PM (ssESX)

106 I will watch Equalizer III
Denzel is cool

Posted by: DB - at June 16, 2023 04:37 PM (geLO8)

107 I did watch Spiderverse in theaters. WILDLY wonderful movie which just didn't know exactly where to end. One BLM sticker on a backpack, but pretty much clean other than that (and the "villain" is amazing - well, both villains, if you watch the movie)...

If you need to see something with kids to avoid all the Disney product right now (Guardians 3, Little Mermaid, The Boogeyman, AND Elementals) - give Sony the money b/c they don't 100% wish we didn't exist...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 16, 2023 04:37 PM (exHjb)

108 Idris Elba, a cute child and the fate of the world; a decent summertime movie. Like Joel Kinnarman paired with Nick Cage so maybe it could be another. And, Justified can't be bad.

Posted by: L - very tired at June 16, 2023 04:38 PM (GshMh)

109 AI movie = Updated version of Skynet.

Posted by: Archer at June 16, 2023 04:38 PM (gmo/4)

110 MH37p should be a Twilight Zone movie

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2023 04:38 PM (xhxe8)

111 Plane movies you say? I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue..

Lloyd Bridges

Posted by: Rudder the Seal....formerly I'm Gumby Damn it! at June 16, 2023 04:38 PM (uYMKY)

112 The justified crew are getting a little long in the tooth for an action series.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 16, 2023 04:38 PM (ncXxy)

113
This has nice visual design -- the future, as imagined from the 1950s. I have no idea what it's actually about. It's an Apple TV show, not a movie.

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Everyone wants to live in the moon bubble because it's so great, but once they get there, they find out that it's racist and the only way to fix the moon racism is to get moon gay with a bunch of moon dudes and get moonkeypox.

Fin.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2023 04:39 PM (oINRc)

114 You may think the difference between Hippo and Zippo is just one letter, by in reality, one is very heavy, and the other is a little lighter.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 16, 2023 04:27 PM (a3Q+t)
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I am in awe. This joke is perfect.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:39 PM (t0OGg)

115 Is the Walking Dead sequel going to work or is going to make the Wisperers big-bad episodes look great.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2023 04:40 PM (ga8qR)

116 That scifi trailer had me, right up to the reveal that it was a little kid with a misshapen skull running the con

eff that mess

the other movies made no sense to me
I attribute this to my advanced age

Posted by: DB - at June 16, 2023 04:40 PM (geLO8)

117 Oh, "Plane" was good too, although that wasn't on a plane for most of the run time.
Posted by: ace at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (KRtlO)
.......

i like the scene where the guy gets a sledgehammer in the face.

Posted by: wth at June 16, 2023 04:40 PM (v0R5T)

118 I re-watched Downfall last night.

Fantastic movie.

Posted by: Archer at June 16, 2023 04:40 PM (gmo/4)

119
Fetterman on the I-95 collapse

https://tinyurl.com/yvypvj39

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 16, 2023 04:41 PM (63Dwl)

120 Another War of the Worlds remake. Looks like this one is trying, sort of, to be faithful to the book. At least it's set in London.

In our modern remake, humans welcome the extraterrestrials, because all immigrants are welcome. We certainly don't call them "aliens"...it's dehumanizing.

Women, queer and minority folk join with the ETs to eradicate the REAL threat. White colonialist cis-het MEN!!!

Posted by: Woke Movie Maker at June 16, 2023 04:41 PM (NCgXW)

121 I'm just waiting for the sequel to Fifth Element. It'll be Sixth Element or something equally creative. You know it's coming.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 04:28 PM (eOEVl)

It was called Valerian: City of a Thousand Planets. Did you miss it?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 16, 2023 04:41 PM (xhaym)

122 Fetterman on the I-95 collapse

Fetterman collapsed I-95?

Posted by: Archer at June 16, 2023 04:42 PM (gmo/4)

123 City Primeval was a pretty entertaining book. I read it recently (OK, listened to the audiobook) while doing some work in Detroit, so it was interesting seeing all the places and streets mentioned.

Posted by: spindrift at June 16, 2023 04:42 PM (ivvNA)

124 I'm just waiting for the sequel to Fifth Element. It'll be Sixth Element or something equally creative. You know it's coming.

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I just watched Valerian and decided it's not that bad of a movie despite them trying to convince me an incel looking 5 foot high dorkhead is a futuristic megachad

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at June 16, 2023 04:42 PM (VTu1l)

125 Tonight we are watching Peggy sue got married.

Posted by: NCKate at June 16, 2023 04:42 PM (NwbpZ)

126 That 'Justified' piece reminds me of that Clint Eastwood movie, forget the title

western lawman goes to the big city
culture shock hijinks

Posted by: DB - at June 16, 2023 04:42 PM (geLO8)

127 Is the Walking Dead sequel going to work or is going to make the Wisperers big-bad episodes look great.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2023 04:40 PM (ga8qR)

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Which one? Aren't there at least 3? Rick/Michonne, Negan/Maggie, and a Daryl one?

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 04:42 PM (DRSnL)

128 It was called Valerian: City of a Thousand Planets. Did you miss it?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 16, 2023 04:41 PM (xhaym)
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Who is the skinny resting bitch face girl in that movie?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 16, 2023 04:43 PM (ssESX)

129 It was called Valerian: City of a Thousand Planets. Did you miss it?

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That's not a sequel, there's some similarities and easter eggs but it's not officially set in the same universe

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at June 16, 2023 04:43 PM (VTu1l)

130 Cage may have the worst Good / Bad movie ratio of any A list actor. Nevermind, I forgot about Clooney. Cage is in second place.

Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 04:43 PM (MNhXM)

131 If you go over to CFP and scroll down a bit there is a hilarious obituary for a Kentuckian. I tried to post a link to it but tiny url has banned it.
Never had that happen before.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 16, 2023 04:43 PM (MeG8a)

132 Fetterman on the I-95 collapse

https://tinyurl.com/yvypvj39
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 16, 2023 04:41 PM (63Dwl)
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Candidate quality, ladies and gentlemen.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:43 PM (t0OGg)

133 That 'Justified' piece reminds me of that Clint Eastwood movie, forget the title

western lawman goes to the big city
culture shock hijinks

Posted by: DB - at June 16, 2023 04:42 PM (geLO

Coogan's Bluff

Posted by: Archer at June 16, 2023 04:43 PM (gmo/4)

134 Who is the skinny resting bitch face girl in that movie?

Cara Delevingne.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 04:44 PM (eOEVl)

135
There was a kid's trilogy years ago, that ended in The Pool of Fire. I think that would make a great movie.
Posted by: Nancy at 7000 ft

They made the first two books into a TV series but then ran out of money.

https://tinyurl.com/3fzpmkej

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 16, 2023 04:45 PM (63Dwl)

136 Which one? Aren't there at least 3? Rick/Michonne, Negan/Maggie, and a Daryl one?
Posted by: Jordan61

Daryl somehow makes it to Fwance.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 16, 2023 04:45 PM (nW4TA)

137 That 'Justified' piece reminds me of that Clint Eastwood movie, forget the title

western lawman goes to the big city
culture shock hijinks
Posted by: DB - at June 16, 2023 04:42 PM (geLO

since its a TV series, how about McCloud?

Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 04:46 PM (MNhXM)

138 TY Arch

Posted by: DB - at June 16, 2023 04:46 PM (geLO8)

139 @136
The undead mimes were terrifying.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 16, 2023 04:46 PM (ssESX)

140 Biden told a Connecticut gun control group at the end of a speech 'God save the queen', before heading offstage to take pictures with participants.

The pool reporter chronicling the trip sent out a note to the press saying that he and the other reporters had 'no idea' why the president mentioned the queen, who has been dead since September.

Posted by: fd at June 16, 2023 04:46 PM (iayUP)

141 Cara Delevingne.

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Normally I'd drill the resting bitch face off her like Deep Water Horizon but then she hacked her hair off and got old

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at June 16, 2023 04:46 PM (VTu1l)

142 Silo is actually based on Wool, from 2012, by Hugh Howey, and several sequels. It has the delicious Rebecca Ferguson in it.

He also wrote an horrific zombie book where the zombies are fully self-aware and hate themselves for their disgusting cannonalistic ways, but of course they can't change, called: I, Zombie.

Posted by: Sharkman at June 16, 2023 04:46 PM (tTxmq)

143 >since its a TV series, how about McCloud?

Posted by: polynikes

that works too

Posted by: DB - at June 16, 2023 04:47 PM (geLO8)

144 That big, expensive, French Three Musketeers movie got a US distributor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvWLpi5J-NI

Should hit theaters, at least the first part, some time later this year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:47 PM (LvTSG)

145 The "Hello Tomorrow" show is based on Fallout, just before things go sideways. How am I the first one to point this out?

Posted by: BrianK at June 16, 2023 04:47 PM (lC4AN)

146 They need to get Fetterman out of there, he might get hurt.

On second thought, put him to work cleaning up debris

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2023 04:47 PM (W96q7)

147 Maybe he meant "queens".

Posted by: fd at June 16, 2023 04:47 PM (iayUP)

148 Which one? Aren't there at least 3? Rick/Michonne, Negan/Maggie, and a Daryl one?
Posted by: Jordan61

Heh. I don't do cable anymore and just heard they had a sequel come out.
Just saw the last season of TWD and thought they killed the series by running the last two seaons at once to bury the turd and that was it.

TWD burned out like That 70s Show.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2023 04:48 PM (ga8qR)

149 That 'Justified' piece reminds me of that Clint Eastwood movie, forget the title

western lawman goes to the big city
culture shock hijinks

Posted by: DB

McCloud - Dennis Weaver

Posted by: rickb223 at June 16, 2023 04:48 PM (nW4TA)

150 James T. Kirk's death in ST:Generations was the most fitting main character send off in any major franchise.

Fight me!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 16, 2023 04:48 PM (aD39U)

151 Cara Delevingne.

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Normally I'd drill the resting bitch face off her like Deep Water Horizon but then she hacked her hair off and got old

She's 30, dude. Who are you, Don Lemon?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 04:48 PM (eOEVl)

152 They need to get Fetterman out of there, he might get hurt.

On second thought, put him to work cleaning up debris
Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2023 04:47 PM (W96q7)

Make sure that there is no fire.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 16, 2023 04:48 PM (aD39U)

153 I'll give Apple TV this...they do make some different/quirky shows and movies. I guess thats what happens when there main revenue does not come from streaming.

Posted by: redchief at June 16, 2023 04:48 PM (E+ROh)

154 I enjoyed Wool, then the second book was pretty good, but then Dust, the third one started tediously and never finished it.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 16, 2023 04:49 PM (SG6D1)

155 That 'Justified' piece reminds me of that Clint Eastwood movie, forget the title

western lawman goes to the big city
culture shock hijinks

Posted by: DB

McCloud - Dennis Weaver

That wasn't Eastwood's. Just that it's been done before.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 16, 2023 04:49 PM (nW4TA)

156 She's 30, dude. Who are you, Don Lemon?

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Yep that makes her post wall for us 29-ers here

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at June 16, 2023 04:49 PM (VTu1l)

157 The book Silo was based on was called "Wool". It was meh.

And of course the protagonist has been gender'swapped.

Posted by: Dark Force Thirsting For Power at June 16, 2023 04:50 PM (QY+6a)

158 I enjoyed Wool, then the second book was pretty good, but then Dust, the third one started tediously and never finished it.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 16, 2023 04:49 PM (SG6D1)
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I thought Wool was OK with an interesting twist at the end. Didn't care enough about the series to finish it, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 16, 2023 04:50 PM (YIVH2)

159 Apple TV

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The problem with Apple TV shows is that half the characters are sodomites and the other half are black women (who are also lesbians)

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at June 16, 2023 04:50 PM (VTu1l)

160 Normally I'd drill the resting bitch face off her like Deep Water Horizon but then she hacked her hair off and got old
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at June 16, 2023 04:46 PM (VTu1l)
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So you'd explode prematurely and make a huge mess of some of her vital waterways?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:50 PM (t0OGg)

161 Why is Justified on Hulu? I refuse to buy another streaming service.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 16, 2023 04:50 PM (t/2Uw)

162 Women, queer and minority folk join with the ETs to eradicate the REAL threat. White colonialist cis-het MEN!!!

Posted by: Woke Movie Maker

That was the latest Predator movie "Prey", where the Mary Sioux and Predator combined to slaughter the evil French trappers before facing off in a duel to the death that the tiny female Indian chick somehow won.

Posted by: Sharkman at June 16, 2023 04:51 PM (tTxmq)

163 Also, "Plane" is reminiscent of Wesley Snipes' "Passenger 57"

unless I'm remembering it wrong

Posted by: DB - at June 16, 2023 04:51 PM (geLO8)

164 Sad commentary on the times:

‘Jeopardy!’ fans stunned after Lord’s Prayer question stumps all 3 contestants

The perturbing puzzle popped up during Tuesday night’s episode. The $200 clue — typically considered the easiest in its category — read, “Matthew 6:9 says, ‘Our Father, which art in heaven,’ This ‘be thy name.’”

What is "Hallowed" is the correct answer.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 16, 2023 04:51 PM (nW4TA)

165 So you'd explode prematurely and make a huge mess of some of her vital waterways?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:50 PM (t0OGg)

It happens to most guys at one time or another.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 16, 2023 04:51 PM (aD39U)

166 The "Hello Tomorrow" show is based on Fallout, just before things go sideways. How am I the first one to point this out?
Posted by: BrianK

Then I'll watch the last episode and the sequel.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2023 04:51 PM (ga8qR)

167 I will once again strongly recommend “Love and Monsters.” Apart from a small dose of grrrl power it could have been made on another era. Fabulous hero’s journey tale.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 16, 2023 04:51 PM (SG6D1)

168 Heh. I don't do cable anymore and just heard they had a sequel come out.
Just saw the last season of TWD and thought they killed the series by running the last two seaons at once to bury the turd and that was it.

TWD burned out like That 70s Show.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2023 04:48 PM (ga8qR)

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Hubs watched it till the bitter end, and now he's getting caught up with FTWD. That's why I know about all the sequels.

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 04:51 PM (DRSnL)

169 Sad commentary on the times:

‘Jeopardy!’ fans stunned after Lord’s Prayer question stumps all 3 contestants

The perturbing puzzle popped up during Tuesday night’s episode. The $200 clue — typically considered the easiest in its category — read, “Matthew 6:9 says, ‘Our Father, which art in heaven,’ This ‘be thy name.’”

What is "Hallowed" is the correct answer.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 16, 2023 04:51 PM (nW4TA)
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How? How did that stump them? I'm not even a Christian and I know that one just by osmosis because I grew up in America.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:52 PM (t0OGg)

170 I don't care if you are for Trump, DeSantis, or even cuck Suarez. We need more of this type of ground game.
I want to see a billion dollar vote collection army in the swing states during election month in 2024.

Inside Team DeSantis' training for "$100 million door-knocking army"
https://tinyurl.com/42fdv9m9
Never before has a presidential effort invested in doors in the way the DeSantis machine is doing. By Labor Day, Never Back Down aims to have about 2,600 trained canvassers in the 18 early nominating states, many with hotel rooms and rental cars, iPads and evolving scripts, not to mention a paycheck from working in a position that is now advertised on job boards as between $20 to $22 an hour. The work will continue through March, with staff redeployed as the election season proceeds.

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at June 16, 2023 04:52 PM (MFZ8i)

171 >>‘Our Father, which art in heaven,’ This ‘be thy name.’”

so it's not Howard?

Posted by: DB - at June 16, 2023 04:52 PM (geLO8)

172 Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to watch something other than Wagon Train, Tales Of Wells Fargo, Rifleman, Laramie, The Virginian and Gunsmoke. Then I say to myself 'Why should I do that?'.

Posted by: Eromero at June 16, 2023 04:53 PM (Uv0D2)

173 so it's not Howard?
Posted by: DB - at June 16, 2023 04:52 PM (geLO

++++
lol

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:53 PM (t0OGg)

174 More and more I think I'm living in a Sci-Fi movie...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 16, 2023 04:53 PM (bs+z0)

175 no wait
it's Harold

Posted by: DB - at June 16, 2023 04:53 PM (geLO8)

176 170 Inside Team DeSantis' training for "$100 million door-knocking army"
https://tinyurl.com/42fdv9m9
Never before has a presidential effort invested in doors in the way the DeSantis machine is doing. By Labor Day, Never Back Down aims to have about 2,600 trained canvassers in the 18 early nominating states, many with hotel rooms and rental cars, iPads and evolving scripts, not to mention a paycheck from working in a position that is now advertised on job boards as between $20 to $22 an hour. The work will continue through March, with staff redeployed as the election season proceeds.
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at June 16, 2023 04:52 PM (MFZ8i)

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*runs through same ballot 12000 times instead of 11000*
-Philadelphia election worker

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:53 PM (LvTSG)

177 How? How did that stump them? I'm not even a Christian and I know that one just by osmosis because I grew up in America.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

That is the most known prayer in the WORLD.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 16, 2023 04:53 PM (nW4TA)

178 You know who else is canonalistic?

Posted by: Pope Frankie at June 16, 2023 04:53 PM (a3Q+t)

179 177 How? How did that stump them? I'm not even a Christian and I know that one just by osmosis because I grew up in America.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

That is the most known prayer in the WORLD.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 16, 2023 04:53 PM (nW4TA)

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I thought that was, "Oh, God..."

Useful in many situations.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:54 PM (LvTSG)

180 Cara Delevingne is Lesbo. How dare they cast her as a straight person.

Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 04:54 PM (MNhXM)

181 Why is Justified on Hulu? I refuse to buy another streaming service.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 16, 2023 04:50 PM (t/2Uw)

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I think FX is Hulu. Like NBC is Peacock, CBS is Paramount, etc.

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 04:54 PM (DRSnL)

182 Cara Delevingne is Lesbo. How dare they cast her as a straight person.
Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 04:54 PM (MNhXM)
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That one's okay. Casting a straight person as a lesbian wouldn't be, but the other direction is fine.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:54 PM (t0OGg)

183 144 That big, expensive, French Three Musketeers movie got a US distributor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvWLpi5J-NI

Should hit theaters, at least the first part, some time later this year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:47 PM (LvTSG)

Yes please

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 16, 2023 04:54 PM (dKiJG)

184 I pretty much exclusively watch old movies these days. Just watched The Shootist for a second time and it was better than I remembered, and I loved it the first time.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 16, 2023 04:55 PM (KbCG3)

185 178 You know who else is canonalistic?
Posted by: Pope Frankie at June 16, 2023 04:53 PM (a3Q+t)

The War of 1812 Overture?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 16, 2023 04:55 PM (PiwSw)

186 They probably knew the answer but didn't want anybody to know that they did.

Posted by: Mark1971 at June 16, 2023 04:55 PM (xPl2J)

187 I don't know why, but I like every thriller set on a plane. Red Eye, Flightplan, Non-Stop. I might give this a try.

Hey Ace,

If you have Netflix, give "Blood Red Sky" a watch.

It's a surprisingly good, plane hijack, terrorist, vampire mash-up.

I don't want to oversell it, but you will be entertained.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 16, 2023 04:55 PM (fb7jX)

188 I think young actresses need to at least claim to be lesbian, for self protection.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 16, 2023 04:55 PM (aD39U)

189 *runs through same ballot 12000 times instead of 11000*
-Philadelphia election worker
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:53 PM (LvTSG)

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*snort*

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 04:55 PM (DRSnL)

190 You know who else is canonalistic?

Pachelbel?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 04:56 PM (eOEVl)

191
Angels named Harold usually don't sing. But on Christmas, enough harking might bring them around.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2023 04:56 PM (oINRc)

192 So you'd explode prematurely

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I'm pretty sure I can last a minute solid as long as I have a Red Bull beforehand

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at June 16, 2023 04:56 PM (VTu1l)

193 They probably knew the answer but didn't want anybody to know that they did.
Posted by: Mark1971 at June 16, 2023 04:55 PM (xPl2J)

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Yup.

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 04:56 PM (DRSnL)

194
the plot is the typical blah blah blah New Shiny Thing Turned Into an Action Plot blah blah.

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This is a fight. For our very exiss tence.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 16, 2023 04:56 PM (lCaJd)

195 170 I don't care if you are for Trump, DeSantis, or even cuck Suarez. We need more of this type of ground game.
I want to see a billion dollar vote collection army in the swing states during election month in 2024.

Inside Team DeSantis' training for "$100 million door-knocking army"
https://tinyurl.com/42fdv9m9
Never before has a presidential effort invested in doors in the way the DeSantis machine is doing. By Labor Day, Never Back Down aims to have about 2,600 trained canvassers in the 18 early nominating states, many with hotel rooms and rental cars, iPads and evolving scripts, not to mention a paycheck from working in a position that is now advertised on job boards as between $20 to $22 an hour. The work will continue through March, with staff redeployed as the election season proceeds.

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at June 16, 2023 04:52 PM (MFZ8i)

I'm in a small town in SC a bit outside of Columbia. There was a DeSantis door hanger on my door yesterday.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 16, 2023 04:56 PM (KbCG3)

196 Plane is more about what happens after the plane emergency lands on a tiny Philippines island run by a terrorist/warlord. Gerard Butler has found his niche, very 80’s action flick, and he skips all the lefty BS.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 16, 2023 04:56 PM (SG6D1)

197 >>> http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=404796#c38394304

He'd do better sitting in the basement and spending that $100m on the most diverse vote fraud organization evah!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2023 04:56 PM (ga8qR)

198 Is the Valerian movie worth watching?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 16, 2023 04:57 PM (t/2Uw)

199 This is a fight. For our very exiss tence.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 16, 2023 04:56 PM (lCaJd)
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Thankfully, we have The Girl Who Is The Key To Everything on our side!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:57 PM (t0OGg)

200 I watched a movie this week from Argentina called Wild Tales. It's about ten years old. An anthology of six stories with revenge as a common element. Pretty good.

Posted by: Mark1971 at June 16, 2023 04:57 PM (xPl2J)

201 I thought that was, "Oh, God..."

Useful in many situations.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:54 PM

Said to be a blessing when uttered just prior to the onset of le petite mort.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 16, 2023 04:57 PM (a3Q+t)

202 193 They probably knew the answer but didn't want anybody to know that they did.
Posted by: Mark1971 at June 16, 2023 04:55 PM (xPl2J)

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Yup.
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 04:56 PM (DRSnL)

Well, who asks such a hateful question in the first place? HATER!!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 16, 2023 04:57 PM (N3zMI)

203 Is the Valerian movie worth watching?

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Its a time killer especially if youre nostalgic for fifth element cheeeeese

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at June 16, 2023 04:57 PM (VTu1l)

204 That Justified trailer does not look like anything special. Wouyld you give it a look based on that trailer if it didn't already have the prior series behind it?

In particular, I've really grown tired of the tropes involving the unstoppable archcriminal going after the low-level law enforcement's loved ones. It's become a staple, and a boring one at that, for the cop's personal and professional lives to intersect in this way.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at June 16, 2023 04:58 PM (ppBhU)

205 Is the Valerian movie worth watching?

Yes, IMHO. It has real flaws, starting with the aforementioned hero, who makes Leonardo de Caprio look like Joe Rogan, but it's still worth a watch.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 04:58 PM (eOEVl)

206 Couldn't even get through the trailer of The Creator. What's with the stupid Aerosmith cover that sounds all explody? Any trailer with explody sounds to ratchet up fake tension will blow and suck simultaneously.

Posted by: Marcus gravey at June 16, 2023 04:58 PM (516e+)

207 200 I watched a movie this week from Argentina called Wild Tales. It's about ten years old. An anthology of six stories with revenge as a common element. Pretty good.
Posted by: Mark1971 at June 16, 2023 04:57 PM (xPl2J)

A movie about ten year olds? Yay...oh, ten years old. Pass.

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 16, 2023 04:58 PM (KbCG3)

208 198 Is the Valerian movie worth watching?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 16, 2023 04:57 PM (t/2Uw)

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It's a mess, but interesting from time to time.

I never want to watch it again, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:58 PM (LvTSG)

209 So is God's name Art or Howard?

Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 04:58 PM (MNhXM)

210 The content above kinda reminds of early cable in the 80's - when we suddenly had access to hundreds of movies - all enthusiastically described in four sentences and all worthless as all get out.

Posted by: Iris at June 16, 2023 04:58 PM (foa6+)

211 We cut the cord today. Eff You Comcast Universal.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 16, 2023 04:58 PM (RIvkX)

212 Its a time killer especially if youre nostalgic for fifth element cheeeeese
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at June 16, 2023 04:57 PM (VTu1l)

Dane deHaan needed a haircut.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 16, 2023 04:59 PM (PiwSw)

213 Is the Valerian movie worth watching?

I did not make it very far into it. Maybe 25 minutes.

The male lead has all the charisma of a pet rock. But that's not the only problem.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at June 16, 2023 04:59 PM (ppBhU)

214 have you noticed that game shows like Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune seem to keep having these screw-ups lately?

Posted by: DB - at June 16, 2023 04:59 PM (geLO8)

215 Up next in my Movie Roulette playlist:

Expendables 2
James Bond: Die Another Day
Terminator: Salvation

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 16, 2023 05:00 PM (YIVH2)

216 So is God's name Art or Howard?
Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 04:58 PM

Embrace the power of AND.

You're not new here.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 16, 2023 05:00 PM (a3Q+t)

217 I really want to see Kandahar with Gerard Butler really love all his movies,

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 16, 2023 05:00 PM (dKiJG)

218 Which requires more suspension of disbelief, a crazy sci-fi flick or the nightly news?

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at June 16, 2023 05:01 PM (tjZop)

219 Art Howard

Posted by: DB - at June 16, 2023 05:01 PM (geLO8)

220 LA gets Nuked in the first 30 seconds of that Creator thing.

What's not to like?

Endorsed!!!!!

Posted by: BIOG Portnoy at June 16, 2023 05:02 PM (+a3eO)

221
That big, expensive, French Three Musketeers movie got a US distributor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvWLpi5J-NI

Should hit theaters, at least the first part, some time later this year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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Low-saturation palette ranging from smoke to mud. Looks like even style-setter France is following Hollywood's colorphobia.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 16, 2023 05:02 PM (lCaJd)

222 Is the Valerian movie worth watching?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 16, 2023 04:57 PM (t/2Uw)

For free, it's better than a stick in the eye.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 16, 2023 05:02 PM (aD39U)

223 >>> Is the Valerian movie worth watching?

The wife caught a part of it, one of the early scenes, and wondered what was up with the 15 year olds dressed like that, what was this, a pedo thing?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2023 05:02 PM (ga8qR)

224 Is the Valerian movie worth watching?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 16, 2023 04:57 PM (t/2Uw)

For free, it's better than a stick in the eye.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 16, 2023 05:02 PM (aD39U)
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I do think it has a pretty neat intro sequence, though the rest of the movie is somewhat hit or miss.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 16, 2023 05:03 PM (YIVH2)

225 196 Plane is more about what happens after the plane emergency lands on a tiny Philippines island run by a terrorist/warlord. Gerard Butler has found his niche, very 80’s action flick, and he skips all the lefty BS.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 16, 2023 04:56 PM (SG6D1)

He's making another Fallen movie, the 3rd movie stunk but I really like, London as Fallen and Olympus has Fallen.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 16, 2023 05:04 PM (dKiJG)

226 8 Oooh, stretching bad boys out is TIGHT!
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Uhhh, is there something you're not telling us?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 16, 2023 04:20 PM (t0OGg)

I guess he's waxing eloquent about Garret again.

Posted by: kathysaysso at June 16, 2023 05:04 PM (PvVvQ)

227 Up next in my Movie Roulette playlist:

Expendables 2
James Bond: Die Another Day
Terminator: Salvation
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 16, 2023 05:00 PM (YIVH2)

I choose none of the above.

okay I lied. embarrassed that I liked terminator salvation

Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 05:04 PM (MNhXM)

228 If you watch it, you'll hate yourself after. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 16, 2023 05:04 PM (RIvkX)

229 I do think it has a pretty neat intro sequence, though the rest of the movie is somewhat hit or miss.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 16, 2023 05:03 PM (YIVH2)

The power pill shitting possum was an odd McGuffin.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 16, 2023 05:04 PM (aD39U)

230 Yes! Thunder starting to rumble. We need the rain.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 16, 2023 05:05 PM (N3zMI)

231
Thankfully, we have The Girl Who Is The Key To Everything on our side!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

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Whatth heaven? Awe you gowing thewe?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 16, 2023 05:05 PM (lCaJd)

232 I just watched Valerian and decided it's not that bad of a movie despite them trying to convince me an incel looking 5 foot high dorkhead is a futuristic megachad
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at June 16, 2023 04:42 PM (VTu1l)

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I might watch it because Clive Owen is hot. Or maybe I'll just go watch Shoot 'Em Up again.

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 05:05 PM (DRSnL)

233 I watched John Wick 4 last night. I actually got bored with all the fighting/shooting. The choreography was incredible. I can't imagine how they did some of the car scenes. I actually watched the credits. Seemed like thousands of people. But the movie was just Meh. For the record, I tend to like this type of movie. Somewhere along the line someone should have at least written a script.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 16, 2023 05:06 PM (t/2Uw)

234 Idris Elba bores the shit out of me

Posted by: Deceased Head Football Coach Howard Schnellenberger at June 16, 2023 05:07 PM (83AJj)

235 I officially recommend the 1996 movie, Big Night.

Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 05:07 PM (MNhXM)

236 Sisu
John Wick in WWII another foreign gem,

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 16, 2023 05:07 PM (dKiJG)

237 I do think it has a pretty neat intro sequence, though the rest of the movie is somewhat hit or miss.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 16, 2023 05:03 PM (YIVH2)

The power pill shitting possum was an odd McGuffin.

I missed it the first couple of times I watched it, but the three information brokers make Watto, the junk dealer in Phantom Menace, look positively Aryan.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 05:08 PM (eOEVl)

238 >>> 24 19 Nobody even remembers me.

-kicks rock-
Posted by: Snakes on a Plane at June 16, 2023 04:21 PM (AD14M)

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I saw you in theaters.

You sucked.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at June 16, 2023 04:22 PM (LvTSG)

I would love to purchase a TJM version of Your Movie Sucks.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 16, 2023 05:08 PM (llON8)

239 The ransomware attacks you are reading about lately exploit a vulnerability in Progress Software's "MOVEit" hairball, which was discovered on May 31. The mode of attack is a good old-fashioned SQL injection, ha ha ha. Deets here:
https://tinyurl.com/2p8ydv38

Posted by: The Kite Strings That Bind gp To Earth at June 16, 2023 05:08 PM (MvF+J)

240 235 I officially recommend the 1996 movie, Big Night.
Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 05:07 PM (MNhXM)

Yes, it's good, but Isabella Rossellini is surprisingly not all that attractive in it.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 16, 2023 05:09 PM (N3zMI)

241 That big, expensive, French Three Musketeers

Looks good enough to endure subtitles.

But on a French production they could not get some French beauty to play Milady? Instead, we get Eva Green. *Le sigh*

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at June 16, 2023 05:09 PM (ppBhU)

242 Idris Elba bores the shit out of me
Posted by: Deceased Head Football Coach Howard Schnellenberger at June 16, 2023 05:07 PM (83AJj)

His best acting was on The Office.

Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 05:09 PM (MNhXM)

243 That Apple TV ad may as well be for the globalist Utopia they're building in the Saudi desert.

Posted by: red speck at June 16, 2023 05:09 PM (Ny/Va)

244 I might watch it because Clive Owen is hot. Or maybe I'll just go watch Shoot 'Em Up again.
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 05:05 PM (DRSnL)

Have you seen Words and Pictures, with Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche? I haven't seen it but the trailer looked good.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 16, 2023 05:09 PM (PiwSw)

245 There was a book where Aliens showed up and saw how Humans aborted Their babies in the womb and they attack the company dropped his book and his contract, because the editor was triggered by the story

And apparently the author is pro-abortion, he just thought it made for a great story concept. Its like the book I read in which every alien species was theist, and were baffled that humans could possibly not be. It ended really dumb but the concept was something the author thought was interesting even though he's atheist.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2023 05:09 PM (0hOvj)

246 Idris Elba bores the shit out of me

I like Djimon Hounsou better.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 16, 2023 05:10 PM (aD39U)

247 Big Night was also when I began to realize what a hell of a lot of things Tony Shalhoub seems to turn up in.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 16, 2023 05:11 PM (N3zMI)

248 155 That 'Justified' piece reminds me of that Clint Eastwood movie, forget the title

western lawman goes to the big city
culture shock hijinks

Posted by: DB

***

Coogan’s Bluff

Posted by: Han Solo at June 16, 2023 05:11 PM (CCSxw)

249 His best acting was on The Office.
Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 05:09 PM (MNhXM)

Yes. That was a good casting move, one I never would have thought of.

Posted by: Marcus gravey at June 16, 2023 05:11 PM (516e+)

250 Idris Elba bores the shit out of me

I like Djimon Hounsou better.

He was in the new Shazam movie. Damn, was he bad in that. Of course, so was the movie.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 05:11 PM (eOEVl)

251 Idris Elba bores the shit out of me

He's overrated, but I like him in everything I have seen him in. If he was a white guy he'd just be another actor, not the guy everyone suggests for every role.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2023 05:12 PM (0hOvj)

252 Have you seen Words and Pictures, with Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche? I haven't seen it but the trailer looked good.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 16, 2023 05:09 PM (PiwSw)

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I have not. Might have to check that one out, too.

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 05:12 PM (DRSnL)

253 >>>Idris Elba bores the shit out of me

He was great in Prometheus!!

*hides under table*

Posted by: Frasier Crane at June 16, 2023 05:12 PM (bNf8H)

254 /off Aged Star Wars sock

Posted by: browndog on his cellphone at June 16, 2023 05:12 PM (CCSxw)

255 I began to realize what a hell of a lot of things Tony Shalhoub seems to turn up in.

If I made movies, he's on my list of guys I would try to cast in everything I made. He's always great.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2023 05:13 PM (0hOvj)

256 He was great in Prometheus!!

*hides under table*
Posted by: Frasier Crane at June 16, 2023 05:12 PM (bNf8H)
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He had a concertina!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 16, 2023 05:13 PM (fxrF8)

257 >>>Idris Elba bores the shit out of me

He was great in Prometheus!!

*hides under table*
Posted by: Frasier Crane at June 16, 2023 05:12 PM (bNf8H)

He was good at the end.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 16, 2023 05:14 PM (aD39U)

258 Dammit! Someone already did snakes on a plane ref.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 16, 2023 05:14 PM (/xaUq)

259 Idris Elba bores the shit out of me
Posted by: Deceased Head Football Coach Howard Schnellenberger at June 16, 2023 05:07 PM (83AJj)

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I tried to watch Luther. I usually really like British shows, especially British crime shows. But I couldn't make it past the first few episodes.

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 16, 2023 05:14 PM (DRSnL)

260 Idris Elba bores the shit out of me

I liked him in Luther.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 16, 2023 05:15 PM (nW4TA)

261 But I couldn't make it past the first few episodes.

Me either. He was unlikable, the show was slow and dull as a brit soap opera, and I found I just didn't care.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2023 05:15 PM (0hOvj)

262 I began to realize what a hell of a lot of things Tony Shalhoub seems to turn up in.

If I made movies, he's on my list of guys I would try to cast in everything I made. He's always great.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2023 05:13 PM (0hOvj)

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He is way underutilized IMO. He was funny as hell in Galaxy Quest. And Monk, of course. Never watched it regularly, but if I happened across it whilst channel surfing I would watch it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at June 16, 2023 05:16 PM (T/Lqj)

263 Denzel killed Idris in American Gangster

Posted by: DB - at June 16, 2023 05:16 PM (geLO8)

264 I began to realize what a hell of a lot of things Tony Shalhoub seems to turn up in.

If I made movies, he's on my list of guys I would try to cast in everything I made. He's always great.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

He has the autistic character down pat.
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 16, 2023 05:16 PM (nW4TA)

265 I like Elba in general. I liked him in The Wire in particular.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at June 16, 2023 05:16 PM (ppBhU)

266 Denzel killed Idris in American Gangster
Posted by: DB - at June 16, 2023 05:16 PM (geLO

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What, are we doing spoilers again?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 16, 2023 05:16 PM (fxrF8)

267 Denzel killed Idris in American Gangster

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What, are we doing spoilers again?

He got better.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2023 05:17 PM (eOEVl)

268 his clueless hardass manager / superior ass kissing character on The Office was spot on.

Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 05:17 PM (MNhXM)

269
By Labor Day, Never Back Down aims to have about 2,600 trained canvassers in the 18 early nominating states, many with hotel rooms and rental cars, iPads and evolving scripts, not to mention a paycheck from working in a position that is now advertised on job boards as between $20 to $22 an hour. The work will continue through March, with staff redeployed as the election season proceeds.

I first read that as 'Never Back Door' and thought it was an anti-anal sex organization.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 16, 2023 05:17 PM (enJYY)

270 I like Djimon Hounsou better.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

Gesundheidt !

Posted by: JT at June 16, 2023 05:18 PM (T4tVD)

271 He is way underutilized IMO. He was funny as hell in Galaxy Quest. And Monk, of course. Never watched it regularly, but if I happened across it whilst channel surfing I would watch it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at June 16, 2023 05:16 PM (T/Lqj)

'It's the little things in life you treasure.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 16, 2023 05:18 PM (/xaUq)

272 The "Hello Tomorrow" show is based on Fallout, just before things go sideways. How am I the first one to point this out?
Posted by: BrianK

Came here to say that. Did a search first. Yep. I love the Fallout aesthetic, but I'll never watch it because I won't ever get Apple TV. I hate this segmented time we live in. There can be no common cultural touchstones when every show and movie requires a whole separate subscription.

But I guess we all wanted a la carte cable back in the day. Now we got it, good and hard.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 16, 2023 05:18 PM (kjOVp)

273 I really, really, REALLY wish that someone would make a film version of "War of the Worlds" that was just like Wells wrote it: Set in Victorian England, with steampunk-level technology, telling the story that Wells wrote (or as much of it as would fit into a feature film). That would be *awesome*!

Posted by: Nemo at June 16, 2023 05:19 PM (S6ArX)

274 He is way underutilized IMO. He was funny as hell in Galaxy Quest. And Monk, of course. Never watched it regularly, but if I happened across it whilst channel surfing I would watch it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at June 16, 2023 05:16 PM (T/Lqj)

His Antonio on Wings was awesome.

Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 05:19 PM (MNhXM)

275 >>> 129 It was called Valerian: City of a Thousand Planets. Did you miss it?

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That's not a sequel, there's some similarities and easter eggs but it's not officially set in the same universe
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at June 16, 2023 04:43 PM (VTu1l)

Next you're probably going to tell us that Snowpiercer isn't the sequel to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 16, 2023 05:19 PM (llON8)

276 Is the Valerian movie worth watching?

I liked it better than most, but it's very episodic.

I think it was trying to be a sort of old French style serial but crammed into one movie.

you won't be bored but you may not be impressed either.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 16, 2023 05:19 PM (fb7jX)

277 I am really reluctant to watch the new Justified series. The original was nearly* perfect, and anything new just can't hold up.

*Michael Rappaport, fucking tool. Also Patton Oswalt (I recall seeing something that Oliphant said, that Oswalt was the one person in the cast that he did not like)

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at June 16, 2023 05:20 PM (T/Lqj)

278 Denzel killed Idris in American Gangster
Posted by: DB - at June 16, 2023 05:16 PM (geLO
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What, are we doing spoilers again?
Posted by: Captain Obvious

John Wayne dies in The Sands of Iwo Jima.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 16, 2023 05:20 PM (nW4TA)

279 Is the Valerian movie worth watching?

I liked it better than most, but it's very episodic.

I think it was trying to be a sort of old French style serial but crammed into one movie.

you won't be bored but you may not be impressed either.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 16, 2023 05:19 PM (fb7jX)
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Wanted to like it, couldn't.

Zero chemistry between the two leads.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 16, 2023 05:20 PM (fxrF8)

280 NOOD

anti-gainzzzzz

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 16, 2023 05:20 PM (llON8)

281 I watched quite a bit of Monk during its initial run.

Hearing Buffalo Bill's voice regularly took some getting used to.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at June 16, 2023 05:21 PM (ppBhU)

282 There was a book where Aliens showed up and saw how Humans aborted Their babies in the womb and they attack the company dropped his book and his contract, because the editor was triggered by the story

And apparently the author is pro-abortion, he just thought it made for a great story concept. Its like the book I read in which every alien species was theist, and were baffled that humans could possibly not be. It ended really dumb but the concept was something the author thought was interesting even though he's atheist.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2023 05:09 PM (0hOvj)

An interesting sci-fi movie idea: Akor the space alien talks with C.S. Lewis.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 16, 2023 05:21 PM (BdMk6)

283 His Antonio on Wings was awesome.
Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 05:19 PM (MNhXM)

Ah, yeah. I remember one episode where he got expensive Italina shoes and they were cutting off the circulation in his feet.

"but, damn, I look good!"

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at June 16, 2023 05:21 PM (T/Lqj)

284 I really, really, REALLY wish that someone would make a film version of "War of the Worlds" that was just like Wells wrote it: Set in Victorian England, with steampunk-level technology, telling the story that Wells wrote (or as much of it as would fit into a feature film). That would be *awesome*!
Posted by: Nemo at June 16, 2023 05:19 PM (S6ArX)

Close:

The Great Martian War (1913 - 1917)

https://ytube.io/3fZr

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 16, 2023 05:23 PM (aD39U)

285 His Antonio on Wings was awesome.
Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 05:19 PM (MNhXM)

Ah, yeah. I remember one episode where he got expensive Italina shoes and they were cutting off the circulation in his feet.

"but, damn, I look good!"
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at June 16, 2023 05:21 PM (T/Lqj)

the good cop / bad cop episode was my favorite Antonio

Posted by: polynikes at June 16, 2023 05:24 PM (MNhXM)

286 Sisu kicked ass. Saw it in the theater.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at June 16, 2023 05:31 PM (d37L6)

287 "He also wrote an horrific zombie book where the zombies are fully self-aware and hate themselves for their disgusting cannonalistic ways, but of course they can't change, called: I, Zombie."

That was a really well written book that I never, ever, want to read again.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 16, 2023 05:34 PM (ou9hh)

288 Climate ALWAYS changes so it already effects everyday life.

Posted by: German Democratic Republic at June 16, 2023 05:38 PM (odBp6)

289 I guess I’m getting too old, I don’t find much entertainment on today’s “entertainment”.

I watch some “people react to movies” videos on YouTube. Invariably I hit upon Robocop, Starship Troopers and Big Trouble In Little China.

Someone hit upon a good point about Robocop, “it ain’t about saving the world.” That little point hits on why it’s a masterpiece.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at June 16, 2023 05:38 PM (M8Bih)

290
That 'Justified' piece reminds me of that Clint Eastwood movie, forget the title

Every Which Way But Uptown

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot Egg-Fried: Did you clowns think that I was joking? at June 16, 2023 05:57 PM (5pZqO)

291 Is the Valerian movie worth watching?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 16, 2023 04:57 PM (t/2Uw)

Like most of Besson's work, it is masterful world building, luscious design, fantastic costumes and fitting, and has fairly cartoon characters and lots of plot holes.
It is not Ben Hur, but then again it has funnier moments too.

There is the banquet scene that is worth the price of watching it.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 16, 2023 05:58 PM (xhaym)

292 I can't watch a trailer like 'The Creator' without thinking of Auralnauts' 'How To Make A Blockbuster Movie Trailer.' Which dropped FIVE years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAOdjqyG37A

I mean, I guess it...works?

Posted by: Rork at June 16, 2023 05:59 PM (EgYu9)

293 I can't watch a trailer like 'The Creator' without thinking of Auralnauts' 'How To Make A Blockbuster Movie Trailer.' Which dropped FIVE years ago.

It is amazing how this fits to so many ads

https://youtu.be/MIcA3dt8Qe8

Posted by: Kindltot at June 16, 2023 06:23 PM (xhaym)

294 > I am waiting impatiently for Wes Anderson's Asteroid City to hit the theaters.

It was filmed during the pandemic in Spain.

Posted by: Bill Brown at June 16, 2023 06:59 PM (UD8Il)

295 "Oooh, stretching bad boys out is TIGHT!"
Well played, sir. Well played.

Posted by: rechill at June 17, 2023 07:54 AM (Cy/Q2)

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