Post by Ian J. BallPost by UbiquitousIn the most confusing episode of Baywatch Nights to date, Mitch and Ryan's
future spirits are sent through time by Native Americans to fight some slug
zombies.
http://youtu.be/pDt3kGj8k-E
It really is amazing that this show ever came to be!...
I must have given up on "Nights" long before this aired.
Post by Ian J. BallPost by UbiquitousWhat did you watch?
I had to give a final exam review session yesterday afternoon, so not
soaps: GH - Thur's & Fri's ep's. Thur's ep was mostly set up - the
payoff came at the end: Tracy accidentally exposes the Willow-Drew "sex
video" at the Quartermaine holiday party! While everyone is dumping on
Drew, bitch Willow storms out - helped/egged on by Nina, Willow tries to
get her kids off the Quartermaine's property (smart!), but at the end of
Friday's ep, they are stopped by bitch Carly! (Now Willow is finally
going to see what Nina has always known - that Carly is a total and
complete irredeemable bitch!)... Meanwhile, in a development that really
pisses me off (again!), Dex dies (i.e. is murdered) by heart attack at
GH. (This is really going to mess Josslyn up! - She's now had two
boyfriends die on her! She's cursed!!) And NuNuLulu and Dante talk after
Lulu breaks into Windemere(sp?) looking for clues as to Charlotte's (and
Valentin's) whereabouts.
Love Bomb (Tubi) - This was a weird little flick. Is it horror? Torture
porn? (Not really.) A psychodrama wrapped in a mystery?... Tubi's blurb
for this basically covers this overall: "A mysterious dating app
designed for one-night stands brings three strangers together with
deadly consequences for all those involved." It stars (former?!) porn
star Jessie Andrews (who has no problem with a little naked nudity), and
Zane Holtz and Josh Caras. It's mostly odd, and keeps you kind of
guessing, with an ending that's... well, unexpected, I guess.
I watched:
Sonic the Hedgehog (4K disc) 2020 live action movie based on the popular
video game. Ben Schwartz voices the CGI hedgehog who battles the evil
Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey). I'm not at all familiar with the original
video game, but according to the commentary they stuck close to it. I
don't know. I don't care. It was mostly background noise.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (4K disc) 2022 sequel which has the wacky hedgehog
once again battling Dr. Robotnik. This time Robotnik has help from
Knuckles the Echidna (Idris Elba). Even more background noise. I
barely pared attention, but I did look up at the end to notice Jim
Carrey piloting a giant robot, which I guess is from the game.
Super Mario Bros. (4K disc) 1993 live action movie based on the popular
video game. And yes, this is the 1993 version starring Bob Hoskins as
Mario, in 4K. A boutique label studio released this as a really good 4K
set loaded with a ridiculous amount of extras. Multiple commentary
tracks, deleted scenes, featurettes, even the full work print version of
the movie. I *will* be revisiting this multiple times.
But first up I watched with the screen writer commentary. Basically as
he walked through the making of the movie, he said what was already well
known, the movie was written and rewritten on the fly as they made it.
He also said multiple times that this was one of the very first video
game movies and at the time they had no idea how to translate a video
game into a movie. I do *not* buy that! They had the game. All they
had to do was put what was in the game in the movie. How hard is
that?!? The screenwriter said the first version of the script was
supposed to be a lighter more family friendly (and game accurate)
version of the movie. But then they cast Bob Hoskins and significantly
rewrote the script to be darker. But then after they made the movie
Disney decided to make the movie less dark. And the constantly clashing
of no one involved knowing what they wanted didn't help matters. He
said the directors while nice, gave the actors almost no direction at
all. Also well known, but the writer confirmed Hoskins had a horrible
time making this movie. It was like nightmare for him, and he turned to
drinking to cope. He said at one point the producers threw the screen
writer under the bus when they made a change that Dennis Hopper (Koopa)
didn't like and instead of admitting it, they told Hopper he made the
change and Hopper called him into a meeting and yelled at him. He also
questioned what was up with the movies score. He couldn't understand
why they didn't use any of the game's iconic music.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (4K disc) 2023 New CGI movie based on the
popular video game. Unlike the 1993 live action version, which only
barely resembled the game, this is pretty much the game come to life.
Although when you think about it, the plots of the 1993 live action and
this version aren't that far off. In both versions Mario and Luigi are
plumbers living in New York who get transported to the mushroom kingdom
where they have to stop Koopa and his war machine. It's just the new
version actually follows the game and has all the stuff from the game in
the movie. And it just works. One of the first things I noticed,
probably because they mentioned it on the live action version
commentary, is this version uses the game's iconic music throughout.
And that music really does help set the tone and sale the movie. Seeing
Mario wear the suits from the games put a smile on my face. I've
watched this before, but I think I enjoyed it a little more this time
around.
Secret Level (Amazon streaming) - This is a new animated anthology
series set in different video game worlds. The episodes are short,
about 15 minutes each. I had not originally plan on watching this, but
when I realized the series dropped the other day, I figured now would be
a good time. I binged through several episodes.
"Dungeons & Dragons: The Queen's Cradle" - Episode 1. Mostly background
noise. I really wasn't paying any attention. But it sure did look nice.
"Sifu: It Takes a Life" - I never played this game before. I have no
idea what was going on and didn't pay much attention.
"New World: The Once and Future King" - I never played this game before.
But Arnold Schwarzenegger voiced the King, so I paid attention.
Basically Schwarzenegger plays a spoiled king who shows up on an island
to conquer it, but finds conquering it a *lot* harder than he
anticipated. This one was OK.
"Unreal Tournament: Xan" - Mostly background noise. I really wasn't
paying any attention. But it sure did look nice.
"Warhammer 40,000: And They Shall Know No Fear" - Another game I've
never played. And I have no idea what was going on with this one!
"PAC-MAN: Circle" - The *only* reason I kept going was to make it to the
Pac-Man episode. And this was by far the worst episode! It was
painfully bad and had *nothing* to do with the game. They paid lip
service to the game by referencing eating, mazes, and ghosts, but
visually and storywise, they should be ashamed of themselves. Anyone
considering watching this series to see Pac-Man don't bother.
There are two more episodes already released, but I may or may not
bother to watch them. Although, I probably will resume once the Mega
Man episode drops. I am curious what they do with that.