Post by Ian J. BallPost by anim8rfskPost by UbiquitousWhat did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
Nothing.
To elaborate some, the little TV is on all day, but I can’t hear it over
the roommate who has his true crime channels turned all the way up.
Well, you could always murder him! (He'd probably like that!!)
Or watch the True Crime shows with him. Or are they audio podcasts
only? In which case, tell him to turn it down!
I watched:
Super Mario Bros. (blu-ray) This was the workprint version of the 1993
movie starring Bob Hoskins as Mario, John Leguizamo as Luigi, Samathna
Mathis as Princess Daisy and Dennis Hopper as Koopa. This was my first
time watching this version of the movie. It was a very interesting
experience. It's basically the same plot, with about 7 minutes of
footage put back in. I actually liked most of the restored footage.
But the quality of the entire workprint is VHS level and many of the
effects shots are incomplete. There are scenes where they are just
standing in front of blue screen or you can clearly see the wires
lifting people up. But what I was by far most surprised by was the temp
score that they left intact. That temp score used very recognizable
music. I don't see how in the world they secured the rights to release
this workprint with that music. I have a feeling sometime soon someone
is going to notice and this disc is going to get recalled. I remember
the same thing happened with "Little Shop of Horrors" they released it
with the alternate deleted ending then someone noticed they weren't
supposed to release that footage and recalled the disc. I of course
kept my copy.
I also watched an extra on the disc which was a cast and crew panel
after a screening of the theatrical cut of the movie. They basically
talked about how much of a nightmare the movie was to make and how
people kept on getting injured on set. And they had actors who didn't
know any better doing their own stunts and getting injured, but the
professional stunt people were getting hurt too. One of the panelists
said her agent called her early in the morning and told her she could
show up on set that same day and be in a movie which of course she
rushed to be in the movie. She said so many of them were just so happy
to be in a movie they weren't questioning things like safety. Then she
later learned the reason they needed her in such a hurry is a different
actress was so badly injured doing a stunt she couldn't continue.
Then I did a bunch of DVR clearing and watched:
Ghosts - "The Primary Source" - Sam wrote a book based on Isaac's life
and managed to find a publisher, but is then *shocked* when the
publisher wants to see her primary source. I can buy ghosts, but it was
hard for me to suspend my disbelief that it never occurred to anyone
that a publisher would want her to show her work.
"Sad Farnsby" - An annoying neighbor episode. It just wasn't funny.
And the ghosts didn't have much to do this episode.
Matlock - "Belly of the Beast" and "No, No Monsters" - I caught up on
the last two episodes.
The Equalizer - "The Fight for Life" and "Slay Ride" - I caught up on
the last two episodes.
What We do the Shadows - I binged through 3 episodes, and now just have
the penultimate episode to go.
Dune: Prophecy (HBOMax) - "In Blood, Truth" - Episode 5 and the
penultimate episode. This is getting ridiculous. How are they already
at the end of the season? This short season nonsense is getting way out
of hand! Anyway this was another good episode, but I don't see how they
wrap anything up by episode 6.