What Did You Watch? 2024-11-03 (Sunday)

Post by Ubiquitous
What did you watch?

Three-day catch-up here.

On Friday, I took the train up for a weekend trip to L.A. to see my
brother who was in town for work, and my newlywed niece who lives up there.

So, obviously, the focus wasn't on watching TV. But I didn't manage to
get through two Lifetime movies this weekend, which both played to the
worst stereotypes of "Lifetime movies".

FRI:

By pure coincidence, we ran smack dab into the middle of the "World
Championship Dodgers" parade, which shut down the area around Union
Station, grossly complicating everything.

Honestly, I don't remember what we watched Friday, but it was nothing
"new" or important.

SAT:

We watched some college football - Oregon stomped Michigan pretty good,
which was enjoyable.

In the evening, in two separate batches, I managed to get through:

A Kidnapping in Amish Country (Lifetime) - I liked lead Jorja Cadence (a
redhead!), and her character started out interesting - she's an Amish
woman who went "bad" in the "English world" (I was never clear if she
was an *actual* "whore" or not, but if not she was close!), who then
maybe killed(?) a guy and stole a suitcase full of money(!!) and ran
back the Amish world to basically "hide out".
Well, it's 5 years later, and she's married to a very traditional
Amish dude (read: he's an asshole), and they have a 4(?)-year old
daughter. (It was never clear to me if the Amish dude was actually the
girl's father, or whether she ran back to Amish Land already
preggers...) Anyway, her past apparently catches up to her, and somebody
kidnaps her daughter and demands the money back. But when she gives the
money back, she doesn't get the daughter.
So, when the husband threatens to go to the cops, she runs back to
the "English world", and meets up with her former "bestie" (Elise
Bauman), a non-binary journalist and social media type who left the
Amish world for obvious reasons. Together, the two investigate the
daughter's kidnapping.
But, this being a prototypical Lifetime flick, I'll give you one
guess as to who was behind the kidnapping!
That development really sunk the movie for me, so the entire last
act failed to land IMO.

SUN:

In the morning, my brother had put on the "Night at the Museum" flicks,
which I had never seen. I saw most of the first one, and part of the
second.
As is usual for these, it looked to me like only the first one -
co-starring a younger Kim Raver as the "ex-wife" and Carla Gugino as the
potential love interest - was any good. Yeah, it was emotionally
manipulative, as movies like this nearly always are. But it was OK.
The second one dispenses with Raver and Gugino (but at least manages
to keep the son from the first film around), and also the original
film's location, and seems to do a 180 on Ben Stiller's character, none
of which makes for a better film.

football - Missed most of this on Sunday, as I was on the train back
home, so I missed the Chargers beating the Browns. I saw the end of the
Seahawks managing to come back, but then lose in overtime, to the Rams.
I put the Detroit-Green Bay evening game on as background noise while I
did some grading, etc.

I also got to:

soaps:
DOOL - Fri's ep. Meh. Xander suggests that Kristen murder NuPhilip
to close their deal - I was hoping that Xander was setting Kristen up
with this, but I think he's too dumb for it. Kristen demurs. Sophia did
f**k Tate's brains out! But afterwards, Tate sees the text from Holly
and agrees to meet with her. Johnny tries to keep his affair with Joy a
secret.
GH - Thur's and Fri's ep's. This was nearly all fallout from Sam's
death as more and more people find out - in the Fri ep., Dante, Sam's
kids (and others), find out. In the best sequence, a distraught Alexis
tells Sam's sisters about Sam dying, and Kristen Vaganos outacts Kate
Mansi by, like, a lot! though in Mansi's defense she's saddled with an
absolutely horrible character to play. Meanwhile, Cody again clashes
with Drew, and Drew acts like the total asshole Cody thinks he is!
Willow idiotically follows Drew's advice, and doesn't admit the second
kiss to Michael - for some weird reason, Michael goes along with it,
even though he knows about the second kiss - either he feels guilty
about boffing Sasha, or he's plotting his REVENGE!! against Willow (I'm
hoping for the latter!).

Secrets Between Sisters (Lifetime) - This suffered from the exact same
problem as "A Kidnapping in Amish Country" - it was too much a
"stereotypical Lifetime" flick in its resolution, but even more so than
"A Kidnapping in Amish Country" (which at least keeps you somewhat
guessing through the first two acts). With this one, I was pretty sure
right from the get-go who the "baddie" was, so there were no surprises,
even with them trying to throw the ex-husband in as a red herring.
Current Lifetime staple Jessica Morris stars as a wife (to "the"?
"a"? district attorney (Daniel Stine)) and mom to a daughter (Brianna
Abruzzo, playing *way* under her age here!) she has with the ex. She
also has two troubled younger siblings (Brey Noelle and William McKinney).
Well, after going to a mysterious "party", the sister ends up
strangled/murdered. Morris will stop at nothing to figure out who did
it? Was it the troubled brother? The creepy controlling boyfriend of the
sister? Maybe it was her own ex-husband?!
You get one guess as to who the culprit turns out to be. Hint: This
is a stereotypical Lifetime film.
This ended up not sharing as much in common, storywise, with "Secret
Life of a Sorority Girl", as I was expecting. As a result, I thought
"Secret Life of a Sorority Girl" was a much more entertaining flick (it
was way more over-the-top, for one thing!). "Secrets Between Sisters"
was very stereotypical "Lifetime", and so wasn't very interesting.

What did you watch?

suzeeq

2024-11-04 15:54:53 UTC

Post by Ubiquitous
What did you watch?

Not an affair, a one night stand.

Arthur Lipscomb

2024-11-04 16:36:05 UTC

Post by Ubiquitous
What did you watch?

Three-day catch-up here.

Post by Ian J. Ball
On Friday, I took the train up for a weekend trip to L.A. to see my
brother who was in town for work, and my newlywed niece who lives up there.
So, obviously, the focus wasn't on watching TV. But I didn't manage to
get through two Lifetime movies this weekend, which both played to the
worst stereotypes of "Lifetime movies".
By pure coincidence, we ran smack dab into the middle of the "World
Championship Dodgers" parade, which shut down the area around Union
Station, grossly complicating everything.
Honestly, I don't remember what we watched Friday, but it was nothing
"new" or important.

On Friday I watched:

Coraline (theatrical) 2009 stop motion movie based on a Neil Gaiman
story and directed by Henry Selick. The plot involves a young girl who
moves into a new house and finds a doorway that leads to an alternate
world where she meets her "Other Mother" as well as alternate versions
of everyone she knows. Things in the other world start out great then
becomes very sinister. The movie got a re-release for the 15th
anniversary, and was playing in 3D. Now that I have a home theater, I
don't go to a lot of re-releases any more for movies that I own, but I
heard this got remastered and I wanted to see it on the big screen.
First, the 3D was absolutely stunning! As for the movie, it holds up
great, but while watching I couldn't help but wonder who was it made
for? I saw it the first time as an adult, but because of the stop
motion and young girl protagonist you'd think it was a kid's flick, but
this is some dark stuff as well as other adult stuff in this movie. I
guess it doesn't matter. I grew up in the 80s where kids went to
R-rated movies then played with the toys of the R-rated characters. And
this movie somehow managed a PG. So who am I to talk.
On Saturday I watched:

House of Wax (3D blu-ray) 1953 horror movie starring Vincent Price as
the owner of a Wax Museum. His museum is burned down by an arsonist
looking for an insurance scam. Price is injured in the fire and then
sets out for revenge by murdering people and turning them into his new
wax exhibits.

I watched with a really good commentary that had lots of trivia. On the
commentary they said Vincent Price got caught up in the Mccarthy red
scare of the 50s and was put on a grey list which cost his movie offers
to dry up, so he turned to doing television. This movie was rushed out,
but other movie offers were pulled.

The movie also starred Carolyn Jones who would go on to play Morticia
Addams on the Addams Family TV show. She was a prominent award-winning
actress.

Charles Bronson played Price's henchman "Igor." I would never have
known that was Bronson if they hadn't pointed it out on the commentary.
They mentioned it was a lose remake of another movie. That movie is
included as an extra on the disc, but I didn't watch it.

I only watched the movie once before several years ago on TCM. The
scene that stood most out (and prompted me to buy the 3D blu-ray) was
the ping pong ball scene. It was pretty much the only thing I even
remembered about the movie. And it has nothing to do with the plot. On
the commentary they said the studio forced the director to put the scene
in the movie and the guy with the ping pong paddle was a very well-known
TV personality at the time. They said that scene was responsible for a
lot of repeat viewers. Hey, it got me to buy the disc!

House of Wax (blu-ray) 2005 horror movie with a who's who of early 2000s
young stars, including Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Paris
Hilton, and Jared Padalecki. They and a group of friends are on a road
trip when they find themselves in a very small town out in the middle of
nowhere where a psycho is murdering people and turning them into wax
figures to populate the town. I didn't care much for this when it first
came out, but over the years I've really come to like it.

Waxwork (blu-ray) (SPOILERS) 1988 horror movie directed by Anthony
Hickox. The plot involves a group of college students led by Zach
Galligan, who are invited to attend an exclusive opening night tour of a
waxwork that mysteriously showed up in the middle of their neighborhood.
David Warner plays the creepy owner of the museum. The museum
consists of different wax depictions of monsters and horrific events.
As the teens tour the museum one by one they either accidentally fall
into the exhibit or are deliberately pushed. Once on the other side of
the rope they find themselves in an alternate reality where the monster
is now real and trying to kill them. The movie ends with a reveal that
Galligan's family comes from a long line of monster hunters. His
grandfather (Patrick Macnee) leads a small army of monster hunters to
destroy it. Galligan and his girlfriend (Deborah Foreman) are the only
survivors. The final shot is an evil severed hand crawling off after
Galligan and his girlfriend.

This is a movie that I didn't care much for when it was originally
released but over the years, I have really grown to like it. On the
commentary they talked about the casting of the movie. The person who
did the casting was very well known in Hollywood and was able to bring
in a big name like David Warner. They said Warner was very nice, but
didn't particularly want to be there, and he was expensive. So, they
shot all of his scene in two days because they couldn't afford to have
him on set more than that.

Waxwork II: Lost in Time (blu-ray) 1992 sequel which picks up right
where the first movie ends. Once again directed by Anthony Hickox, Zach
Galligan returns but his girlfriend is mysteriously recast and is now
played by (Monika Schnarre). They got sort of weird on the commentary
about the recasting and wouldn't say why the actress was replaced.
Anyway, the severed hand from the end of the first movie follows the
girlfriend to her home and murders her stepfather. The girlfriend is
then put on trial for his murder. Her defense that a magical severed
hand from an evil waxwork isn't going over well with the jury. They
shoehorn Patrick Macnee into the sequel by having him record a message
to Galligan that Macnee has left to Galligan all of his magical devices
for fighting evil, prompting Galligan and Schnarre (who is out on bail)
to use one of the devices (a magic compas that allows them to travel
between dimensions) to get proof she's telling the truth. From there
the movie plays out a bit like the first one, by having Galligan and
Schnare basically travel from portal to portal and in each portal (like
in the first movie) they are in a self-contained universe that parodies
varies movies in the horror genre.

The Company of Wolves (4K disc) 1984 R-rated fantasy movie directed by
Neil Jordan. It's basically a series of adult fairytales involving
various wolf themes. Angela Landsbury is featured in some of the
stories and is most prominent as the grandmother in a version of "Little
Red Riding Hood." This is a movie I didn't really care for when it
first came out, but at the time I was young, and this movie might have
been a bit too British arthouse for me. But over the years I've grown
to like it. It's one of those movies that as a kid I didn't get;
probably because the movie is a dream that doesn't follow the
traditional plot structure. But as an adult I have no problem following
the dream logic, especially since it's perfectly clear to me the movie
is a young woman's dream. So, I don't question how a scene can be set
in the distant past and have a character encounter someone driving up in
a car. It's a dream. It doesn't have to make sense! Just sit back and
enjoy the ride.

Post by Ian J. Ball
In the morning, my brother had put on the "Night at the Museum" flicks,
which I had never seen. I saw most of the first one, and part of the
second.

I recently watched them. I had watched the first two, but it was my
first time getting around to the third one.

On Sunday I was able to do a lot of DVR clearing and watched:

Found - I binged through all 5 episodes. The first one was rough
getting through. It had been almost a full year since season 1 ended
and they didn't bother to do a recap. I headed to Wiki and there were
no episode summaries. :-/ But at the end of season 1, "Sir" escaped
his dungeon, attacked the agency staff and kidnapped Lacey. For most of
the episodes the agency was trying to locate Lacey while also still
doing cases of the week. But even though Sir was free and holding Lacey
hostage, he was *still* calling in to help them solve cases! Once you
get past that absurdity, the other that was high on my list was how
everyone, even the police, kept calling him "Sir." Anyway Lacey has
been rescued, most has been forgiven, Gabi so far isn't facing any legal
consequences for kidnapping a man and holding him prisoner in her
basement for years.

What We Do in the Shadows - I'm all caught up.

Matlock - "The Rabbit and the Hawk" - Team Matlock helps Dr. Phlox sue a
corporate slumlord.

The Penguin (HBOMax) "Top Hat" - Penultimate episode of "Sofia" I mean
The Penguin. This episode has some boring flashbacks to when Penguin
was a kid. But the good stuff is all set in the present as Penguin and
Sofia basically go head to head in a war for control of the city. With
this open gang war that's apparently raging in the heart of Gotham, and
the police not doing anything about it, some citizen should probably
step in to help. Maybe disguise his or herself as a flying rodent.

Ubiquitous

2024-11-05 09:30:43 UTC

Post by Ubiquitous
What did you watch?

Three-day catch-up here.

House of Wax (3D blu-ray) 1953 horror movie starring Vincent Price as
the owner of a Wax Museum. His museum is burned down by an arsonist
looking for an insurance scam. Price is injured in the fire and then
sets out for revenge by murdering people and turning them into his new
wax exhibits.
I watched with a really good commentary that had lots of trivia. On the
commentary they said Vincent Price got caught up in the Mccarthy red
scare of the 50s and was put on a grey list which cost his movie offers
to dry up, so he turned to doing television. This movie was rushed out,
but other movie offers were pulled.
The movie also starred Carolyn Jones who would go on to play Morticia
Addams on the Addams Family TV show. She was a prominent award-winning
actress.
Charles Bronson played Price's henchman "Igor." I would never have
known that was Bronson if they hadn't pointed it out on the commentary.
They mentioned it was a lose remake of another movie. That movie is
included as an extra on the disc, but I didn't watch it.

I've seen it a few times. If memory serves, the remake is better.

Post by Arthur Lipscomb
I only watched the movie once before several years ago on TCM. The
scene that stood most out (and prompted me to buy the 3D blu-ray) was
the ping pong ball scene. It was pretty much the only thing I even
remembered about the movie. And it has nothing to do with the plot.

This was originalloy a 3-D movie and they needed some 3D material.

Post by Arthur Lipscomb
On the commentary they said the studio forced the director to put the scene
in the movie and the guy with the ping pong paddle was a very well-known
TV personality at the time. They said that scene was responsible for a
lot of repeat viewers. Hey, it got me to buy the disc!
http://youtu.be/PmwUw-l0zpI

I did not know that!

Post by Arthur Lipscomb
Waxwork (blu-ray) (SPOILERS) 1988 horror movie directed by Anthony
Hickox. The plot involves a group of college students led by Zach
Galligan, who are invited to attend an exclusive opening night tour of a
waxwork that mysteriously showed up in the middle of their neighborhood.
David Warner plays the creepy owner of the museum. The museum
consists of different wax depictions of monsters and horrific events.
As the teens tour the museum one by one they either accidentally fall
into the exhibit or are deliberately pushed. Once on the other side of
the rope they find themselves in an alternate reality where the monster
is now real and trying to kill them. The movie ends with a reveal that
Galligan's family comes from a long line of monster hunters. His
grandfather (Patrick Macnee) leads a small army of monster hunters to
destroy it. Galligan and his girlfriend (Deborah Foreman) are the only
survivors. The final shot is an evil severed hand crawling off after
Galligan and his girlfriend.
This is a movie that I didn't care much for when it was originally
released but over the years, I have really grown to like it. On the
commentary they talked about the casting of the movie. The person who
did the casting was very well known in Hollywood and was able to bring
in a big name like David Warner. They said Warner was very nice, but
didn't particularly want to be there, and he was expensive. So, they
shot all of his scene in two days because they couldn't afford to have
him on set more than that.

I have vague memories of watching this film, but I do remember recognising
Macgee when he appeared.

Post by Ian J. Ball
In the morning, my brother had put on the "Night at the Museum" flicks,
which I had never seen. I saw most of the first one, and part of the
second.

I recently watched them. I had watched the first two, but it was my
first time getting around to the third one.
What We Do in the Shadows - I'm all caught up.

DANMN YOU JIMMY'S JOHNS!

--
When we cheat, we win!
DNC 2024

anim8rfsk

2024-11-06 14:54:45 UTC

Post by Ubiquitous

Post by Ubiquitous
What did you watch?

Three-day catch-up here.

I've seen it a few times. If memory serves, the remake is better.

This was originalloy a 3-D movie and they needed some 3D material.

I did not know that!

Did nobody mention the most fun fact about this movie? The Director was
blind in one eye!

--
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

Ubiquitous

2024-11-07 15:51:13 UTC

Post by anim8rfsk

Post by Ubiquitous

Post by Arthur Lipscomb
House of Wax (3D blu-ray) 1953 horror movie starring Vincent Price as
the owner of a Wax Museum. His museum is burned down by an arsonist
looking for an insurance scam. Price is injured in the fire and then
sets out for revenge by murdering people and turning them into his new
wax exhibits.
I watched with a really good commentary that had lots of trivia. On the
commentary they said Vincent Price got caught up in the Mccarthy red
scare of the 50s and was put on a grey list which cost his movie offers
to dry up, so he turned to doing television. This movie was rushed out,
but other movie offers were pulled.
The movie also starred Carolyn Jones who would go on to play Morticia
Addams on the Addams Family TV show. She was a prominent award-winning
actress.
Charles Bronson played Price's henchman "Igor." I would never have
known that was Bronson if they hadn't pointed it out on the commentary.
They mentioned it was a lose remake of another movie. That movie is
included as an extra on the disc, but I didn't watch it.

I've seen it a few times. If memory serves, the remake is better.

This was originalloy a 3-D movie and they needed some 3D material.

Post by Arthur Lipscomb
On the commentary they said the studio forced the director to put the
scene in the movie and the guy with the ping pong paddle was a very
well-known TV personality at the time. They said that scene was
responsible for a lot of repeat viewers. Hey, it got me to buy the disc!
http://youtu.be/PmwUw-l0zpI

I did not know that!

Did nobody mention the most fun fact about this movie? The Director was
blind in one eye!

Was it caused by a ping pong ball?

--
Let's go Brandon!

anim8rfsk

2024-11-07 18:01:02 UTC

I've seen it a few times. If memory serves, the remake is better.

This was originalloy a 3-D movie and they needed some 3D material.

Post by Arthur Lipscomb
On the commentary they said the studio forced the director to put the
scene in the movie and the guy with the ping pong paddle was a very
well-known TV personality at the time. They said that scene was
responsible for a lot of repeat viewers. Hey, it got me to buy the disc!
http://youtu.be/PmwUw-l0zpI

I did not know that!

Did nobody mention the most fun fact about this movie? The Director was
blind in one eye!

Was it caused by a ping pong ball?

He never saw it coming

Post by Ubiquitous
--
Let's go Brandon!

--
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

Arthur Lipscomb

2024-11-07 21:45:34 UTC

Post by anim8rfsk

Post by Ubiquitous

Post by Ubiquitous
What did you watch?

Three-day catch-up here.

I've seen it a few times. If memory serves, the remake is better.

This was originalloy a 3-D movie and they needed some 3D material.

I did not know that!

Did nobody mention the most fun fact about this movie? The Director was
blind in one eye!

Yes, they did talk a lot about that on the commentary. But there wasn't
much to say other than pointing it out every now and then. They did
talk about how he deliberately filmed and framed the movie not with a
focus on the 3D, but making it look good in general regardless of the 3D
aspects. They pointed out several scenes in the movie that just looked
good and had nothing to do with 3D because the director took this approach.

BTR1701

2024-11-04 16:33:20 UTC

Post by Ubiquitous
What did you watch?

The first three episodes of LIONESS, season 2. The first season was okay. This
season is fire. Just very well done, hyper-accurate spec ops action.

The season starts off with a group of covert operators breaking into the home
of a U.S. congresswoman, murdering her husband and little boy, and abducting
her. They take her over the border to Mexico. Secretary of State Morgan
Freeman calls in Nicole Kidman and her Lioness team to go get the
congresswoman back. They know where she is because she wears a necklace with a
GPS locator inside. The CIA susses out that this is not a cartel hit (too
sophisticated) and not a Mexican government op (they'd be nuts to do it), but
rather a probe from the Chinese, who want to see how the U.S. reacts (or
doesn't react) to such a serious violation of its sovereignty.

And it goes from there...

Recommended.

Arthur Lipscomb

2024-11-04 17:48:34 UTC

Post by Ubiquitous
What did you watch?

The first three episodes of LIONESS, season 2. The first season was okay. This
season is fire. Just very well done, hyper-accurate spec ops action.
The season starts off with a group of covert operators breaking into the home
of a U.S. congresswoman, murdering her husband and little boy, and abducting
her. They take her over the border to Mexico. Secretary of State Morgan
Freeman calls in Nicole Kidman and her Lioness team to go get the
congresswoman back. They know where she is because she wears a necklace with a
GPS locator inside. The CIA susses out that this is not a cartel hit (too
sophisticated) and not a Mexican government op (they'd be nuts to do it), but
rather a probe from the Chinese, who want to see how the U.S. reacts (or
doesn't react) to such a serious violation of its sovereignty.
And it goes from there...
Recommended.

I watched the first two episodes of season 1 then forgot the show
existed. Do you need to watch the first season to follow the second season?

BTR1701

2024-11-04 18:35:25 UTC

On Nov 4, 2024 at 9:48:34 AM PST, "Arthur Lipscomb"

Post by Ubiquitous
What did you watch?

The first three episodes of LIONESS, season 2. The first season was okay. This
season is fire. Just very well done, hyper-accurate spec ops action.
The season starts off with a group of covert operators breaking into the home
of a U.S. congresswoman, murdering her husband and little boy, and abducting
her. They take her over the border to Mexico. Secretary of State Morgan
Freeman calls in Nicole Kidman and her Lioness team to go get the
congresswoman back. They know where she is because she wears a necklace with a
GPS locator inside. The CIA susses out that this is not a cartel hit (too
sophisticated) and not a Mexican government op (they'd be nuts to do it), but
rather a probe from the Chinese, who want to see how the U.S. reacts (or
doesn't react) to such a serious violation of its sovereignty.
And it goes from there...
Recommended.

I watched the first two episodes of season 1 then forgot the show
existed. Do you need to watch the first season to follow the second season?

Not really. Two completely different stories. There is some crossover-- like
Zoe Saldana's family issues with her being gone all the time and not able to
talk about what she's doing-- but other than that, you won't be lost.

I do recommend the first season, though. It's not bad. It's worth watching,
but they seem to have stepped up their game this season, at least so far.

BTR1701

2024-11-07 21:53:37 UTC

On Nov 4, 2024 at 9:48:34 AM PST, "Arthur Lipscomb"

Post by Ubiquitous
What did you watch?

The first three episodes of LIONESS, season 2. The first season was okay. This
season is fire. Just very well done, hyper-accurate spec ops action.
The season starts off with a group of covert operators breaking into the home
of a U.S. congresswoman, murdering her husband and little boy, and abducting
her. They take her over the border to Mexico. Secretary of State Morgan
Freeman calls in Nicole Kidman and her Lioness team to go get the
congresswoman back. They know where she is because she wears a necklace with a
GPS locator inside. The CIA susses out that this is not a cartel hit (too
sophisticated) and not a Mexican government op (they'd be nuts to do it), but
rather a probe from the Chinese, who want to see how the U.S. reacts (or
doesn't react) to such a serious violation of its sovereignty.
And it goes from there...
Recommended.

I watched the first two episodes of season 1 then forgot the show
existed. Do you need to watch the first season to follow the second season?

I also forgot to mention the copious amount of not-safe-for-Ian nekkid nudity
in this. In particular, I’m very grateful for Zoe’s generous display of her
nekkid butt. She’s doing her country a great service.

Adam H. Kerman

2024-11-08 16:06:52 UTC

Post by BTR1701
The first three episodes of LIONESS, season 2. The first season was
okay. This season is fire. Just very well done, hyper-accurate spec
ops action.
The season starts off with a group of covert operators breaking into
the home of a U.S. congresswoman, murdering her husband and little
boy, and abducting her. They take her over the border to Mexico.
Secretary of State Morgan Freeman calls in Nicole Kidman and her
Lioness team to go get the congresswoman back. They know where she is
because she wears a necklace with a GPS locator inside. The CIA
susses out that this is not a cartel hit (too sophisticated) and not
a Mexican government op (they'd be nuts to do it), but rather a probe
from the Chinese, who want to see how the U.S. reacts (or doesn't
react) to such a serious violation of its sovereignty.
And it goes from there...
Recommended.

I watched the first two episodes of season 1 then forgot the show
existed. Do you need to watch the first season to follow the second season?

I also forgot to mention the copious amount of not-safe-for-Ian nekkid nudity
in this. In particular, I'm very grateful for Ze's generous display of her
nekkid butt. She's doing her country a great service.

She trained in ballet as a child. I thought you were telling us that
Nicole was still doing nude scenes, which I would happily watch too.

Ian J. Ball

2024-11-04 19:28:22 UTC

Post by Ubiquitous
What did you watch?

The first three episodes of LIONESS, season 2. The first season was okay. This
season is fire. Just very well done, hyper-accurate spec ops action.
[snip]
And it goes from there...
Recommended.

Damn. This is on my list. Season 2 of "Rings of Power" is on my list.
And a bunch of other stuff.

The streaming series are really starting to back up on me, but I don't
want to tackle any of them until I know I have enough time to get
through them in about a week.

And I don't think that will be this week... :(

Arthur Lipscomb

2024-11-04 21:05:13 UTC