CoLA

Finished it! One of the better game adaptations. Between this, Last of Us and Twisted Metal, video game series are on a roll!

Watched the first 5 episodes so far, I love it! I've only ever played Fallout 4, so that's all I have to go off of.

LOL, I read that long smile shot was because the director just waited a long time to call cut to the scene. But what a trooper holding it that long true or not! Also, her monologue at the table to her friend before that was also all done in one take, apparently. I saw X and then Pearl, since they were released in that order but it makes more sense to watch Pearl first now. Looking forward to this one!

Finally we get a follow up to Bariss' story! We never did see her again after CW season 5. Kinda funny they were going to execute Ahsoka but only imprisoned Bariss.

We're building up to the end! Not a lot for ep 10 other than Emerie is heading the project and they are using Force sensitive kids. Bonus appearance by Cad Bane! Ep 11 has more going on, Empire has finally tracked down Omega! I wonder if there was more to that plan about getting a tracker on the ship. Crosshairs missed but it feels like they may have had a contingency plan in place. I know they took the one off Omega but I feel like there is probably another they didn't find.

Finally we get Ventress! They didn't say or even infer anything from her book, so I guess that is for all the fans like me who didn't read it LOL. I'm starting to think I'd like a series focusing on her now.

And he's only stepping down as leader, he's still staying until at least 2027 LOL. What is it with some of these people staying in office until they're almost dead? And actually dead, in at least one case.

I guess I feel good that my new thread generated a lot of traffic! Rather light on discussion but I'll take what I can get.

So are the view numbers for threads accurate? I ask because I started a thread in the Superheroes section, Echo, and it has over 8K views already. Are multiple users going in and out of it frequently or what? There are threads here that are months old and only have a few hundred views.

Beverly Hills Cop! So I've never seen any of these and there is a new one coming out this summer, so I figured I would check the original ones out. First one is good! Murphy is pretty funny throughout, in fact you can't help but like him. One thing I really like about his character is he is always looking to be friends with the other cops, even when they are giving him crap. To him, they should all be buddies since they're fellow police officers. All in all, it's a pretty standard cop movie. Friend of cop is killed, cop breaks the rules to find and take the villains down. It's fun to see the trope of the rogue cop who the captain acknowledges is a good cop but is always screwing up. Oh, and this time is the last time, for reals! Next time it's your job! But probably not. There's a scene at the beginning that's pretty touching but I feel like it would be viewed a different way today. When Axel and his buddy are hanging out after not seeing each other for a long time, Axel asks why he came back and his friend is like "Because I love you, man" and there's a bit of a quiet moment between them. In the context, it's just two childhood buddies having a moment where they acknowledge they enjoy each other's company but I feel like today there would be the "What's this woke crap, oh are they insinuating some homosexuality in this movie?!" Which brings up, this movie had no love interest! There's just another of Axel's childhood friends but there is no romance there, just friendly bickering. I found that interesting since it's a fairly common thing for these types of movies. There is also a brief appearance from a young Damon Wayans, always nice to spot an actor before they became more well known.

Watched this on Disney+ over the last few days, it's only 5 episodes so it's a quick watch. I thought it was okay, mostly just dealing with the fallout for that character after the events of the Hawkeye series. It did bring Kingpin back, so that was a plus! Also, I kept wondering if this ties a bit into the Kahorri episode in the What If series. The symbols that she would see reminded me of them, although her heritage would have been a different tribe.

So what would be in the tanks or whatever they were showing Palpatine? Jedi bodies or clones, maybe?! Hey, maybe this is how Ventress comes back, she's a clone!

Mine is going to be 5 years old in a few months, so I'm starting to think about this, too. I built this one but now I'm too lazy to put another together LOL, I just want to unbox and log in.

No but I have Samurai Cop queued up on my Plex server to check out one of these days! I watched May this weekend. Not exactly old but not new, either. Kind of a weird movie about a very socially awkward woman who likes people for parts (not their whole) and becomes obsessed with a man for his perfect hands. I recognize the guy from the Clueless movie. Anyway, things get pretty weird as he ghosts her since she's very strange. While making out, she bites him and then smears some of his blood on herself, so I don't blame the guy for cutting out LOL. Anyways, she ends up going on a bit of a killing spree later but makes a new friend in the process!

But he survived to do a concert for the wildlife!

Someday he'll have the honor of being The Guy Formerly Known as Taylor's Boyfriend, at least going by her dating history.

AH had one scene I thought was funny, the "What's all this laying around?!" and then he storms out as if everyone is going to leave with him but they all just lay there, leaving him to shuffle back in LOL. It did have a really cute Karen Allen! I will say movies from this time are kind of funny because of how inappropriate some of the humor is. Like, in one scene Murray says "This is the 14 year old cabin, they have the equipment but none of the experience. And they better not get any from you guys...at least not this year".

So I watched Meatballs last night, I don't know if this is generally seen as a great 70s comedy but it was very...subpar to me? Like there weren't any scenes that got a real laugh out of me, the humor was all too silly slapstick stuff that later Bill Murray movies did better, like Caddyshack or Stripes. It almost feels like it was made for kids except for the abundance of sex jokes. I had the same impression when I watched Animal House, I heard it was really funny but I struggled to laugh at anything in it.

The two genuinely cute nerdy girls are Jordan from Real Genius and Ellie from My Science Project!

That interaction with the three of them made me realize what we missed out on, a good DC movie universe! Just imagine, if it had been successful, we could be building up to a Marvel/DC movie crossover by now.

They can't use Neil's America, it's all about immigrants coming here from all over. It would probably offend too many conservative types LOL.

So I just recently found out there is a series for this! Now, I've never played any of the games but this was a really fun show. Every episode is only about a half hour, so it's easy to blow through the whole season. Lots of violence and humor, very over the top but enjoyable. I recommend it if you're looking for some dumb fun.

So...so very many...too many... But here are some recommendations! Creature Features! Great channel if you like old, and some pretty bad, horror and sci fi movies. The Late Late Horror Show! If you like listening to old radio shows. The Protein Chef! Want some more protein in your diet? All kinds of recipes! Orbital Bacon! For when you want to relive Saturday mornings in the 80sa and 90s. Navajo Traditional Teachings - Just because I'm into that stuff. Nutty History - Lesser known things in history, can be both weird and/or gross. Vampire Robot - Want to see a day in the life back in the 80s or 90s?

There was a missed opportunity to have Owen be the father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate of Rey's father!

I mean, if a person can be cut in half and fall down a shaft of indeterminable height and survive, I think anything's possible!