What are you watching?

Mr. Harrigon's Phone (2022)  Straight to Netflix adaptation of a Stephen King story.  Not terrible, but certainly not suspenseful enough for the type of story it tries to be.  Kind of a lame ending as well.  I thought the highlight of the film was the performance of Cyrus Arnold in the somewhat small (but important) role of high school bully.  He did a fantastic performance as the troubled and somewhat goofy (but very menacing) antagonist.  Of course Donald Sutherland was perfectly acceptable as the gruff aged business tycoon that somehow still has a soft spot for our lead character Craig.  The young actor who played Craig (Jaeden Martell) came across as completely vanilla and nearly emotionless.  His performance in Netflix's "Metal Lords" as the hesitant drummer of a young high school metal band was at least a bit better than this film.

Flash Gordon

V for Vendetta

Story behind these…
I got off work at 1pm and was a little tired. Normally I may lay down for about 30 minutes and get up fairly rejuvenated. I layed down at 3pm and woke up at 9pm. Figured it was too late to do much so I watched Flash Gordon. Went back to bed at 11pm and then got up at 5am. Too early to do much so decided to watch V for Vendetta.

alldatndensum wrote:

Hardkore wrote:

Star Trek Picard season 1
Finally was able to see this on dvd. Wow, that was incredible. Already seen season 2 so just have to wait for season 3 on dvd.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1
That was awesome! Very cool show pre-Kirk on the Enterprise. As soon as the library gets season 2 , I will be checking that out.

I like the cast of Strange New Worlds except for the reoccuring visiting James T. Kirk.  The actor they have playing him is way too old as Kirk was the youngest Starfleet Captain.  This guy is at least 10 years older than he needs to be when he should take the Enterprise in a few years.  Also, this actor has none of the swagger and bravado that Kirk should have.  This is a plain white vanilla Kirk.

The rest of season two is pretty cool except for episode 9.  It is a full on musical episode.  What a waste of my time!

I never thought it was James Kirk but just another Kirk. Turns out he is meant to be the older brother of James.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek:_Strange_New_Worlds_characters

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George Samuel "Sam" Kirk (portrayed by Dan Jeannotte) is a life sciences officer aboard the Enterprise and elder brother to future captain James T. Kirk. Myers said Sam and James were very different and the series would explore their complex relationship.^[31]

Maverick (Mel Gibson, James Garner)

Hardkore wrote:

Maverick (Mel Gibson, James Garner)

I had forgotten that Mel Gibson was in that.  Isn't Jodie Foster in that too?
I probably haven't seen that movie in nearly 20 years.

Staybrite wrote:

Hardkore wrote:

Maverick (Mel Gibson, James Garner)

I had forgotten that Mel Gibson was in that.  Isn't Jodie Foster in that too?
I probably haven't seen that movie in nearly 20 years.

Yes, she is.

20 years? You need to do something about that.

Hardkore wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

Hardkore wrote:

Maverick (Mel Gibson, James Garner)

I had forgotten that Mel Gibson was in that.  Isn't Jodie Foster in that too?
I probably haven't seen that movie in nearly 20 years.

Yes, she is.

20 years? You need to do something about that.

Ill try, but it is kind of rare for me to watch more than 1 or 2 movies in a week.

New Goosebumps have arrived on Disney+. Kids want to see it. Looks like most l of them are remakes of the older shows. We will probably start watching this weekend.

Mrs Staybrite made me rewatch a film we watched several years ago "In Time" It wasn't quite as good as I remembered it, but it was an interesting future dystopian society kind of flick (one of my favorite genres).  Worth watching if you've never seen it.... but it does star Justin Timberlake. 

Staybrite wrote:

Mrs Staybrite made me rewatch a film we watched several years ago "In Time" It wasn't quite as good as I remembered it, but it was an interesting future dystopian society kind of flick (one of my favorite genres).  Worth watching if you've never seen it.... but it does star Justin Timberlake. 

I remember that being mentioned one time, yet I haven’t seen it yet. I’ll have to put it on my list for the next time I go to the library.

Superman and Lois (TV seasons 1 and 2)

Clark and Lois face their greatest challenge yet, raising teenage sons in the midst of their day to day lives.

I have actually enjoyed it. I was a little let down as they teased one character only to end up with another in season 2. All in all it worked rather well.

Cooties (2014) - Goofy zombie film with a twist... it's only children who get infected with the zombie virus.  Several teachers and a janitor much fight for their lives to escape an elementary school. Staring Elijah Wood (yep the Hobbit Frodo) and Rainn Wilson.  It was an amusing 90 minute distraction.

Krypton season 2

It takes a little to get going but does get interesting. Sadly it ends with a cliffhanger and is not renewed for a season 3.

La Brea ( TV, seasons 1 & 2)

This actually reminds me of a show I used to love in my younger days, Land of the Lost. While it does have some prehistoric animals (Sabre tooth tigers, woolly mammoth, woolly rhino, giant sloth etc) it is primarily a human drama.

Triangle (2009) - Strange time-loop movie suspense thriller kind of thing. Good ending.  Total Kerrick kind of movie.

Black Sheet (2006) - Zombie sheep in New Zealand.  Just as goofy and terrifying as it sounds.

Fantastic Four (2015)

This was my first time seeing this one. I had heard negatives about it and decided to pass on it for the time being.Even though it flopped, it wasn’t entirely a bad movie . Yet, I can understand why it failed.

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