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   shawn to ahk@chinet.com   
   Re: What Did You Watch? 2026-01-01 (Thur   
   03 Jan 26 17:02:01   
   
   From: nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com   
      
   On Sat, 3 Jan 2026 20:57:15 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Arthur Lipscomb  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Soylent Green (blu-ray) 1973 movie starring Charlton Heston as a   
   >>detective, in the future year of 2022, who is investigating the murder   
   >>of a CEO who was murdered before he could reveal the secret behind the   
   >>world's main food supply.  I watched with a commentary by the movie's   
   >>director and female lead.   
      
   Good movie.   
      
   >This was Edward G. Robinson's final major role, and he goes out on a   
   >high note. This movie has memorable individual scenes but isn't a good   
   >movie as a whole. I don't find all of it entertaining.   
   >   
   >>Zardoz (blu-ray) 1974 movie starring Sean Connery as a...how to describe   
   >>him...savage killer living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.  He and his   
   >>tribe worship a floating head called Zardoz.  At the start of the movie   
   >>Connery sneaks into the head and kills the man behind the curtain, then   
   >>he is taken to a futuristic society run by immortals who keep Connery   
   >>around as an amusement.  However, this has all been part of a plan and   
   >>Connery is secretly plotting to kill them all.  I've watched this movie   
   >>a few times over the years, and generally found it mediocre, but I think   
   >>I liked it a lot more on this viewing.  I think the commentary which I   
   >>heard for the first time helped a lot.  While this is not the first time   
   >>I watched in the proper 2.35:1 aspect ratio and unedited, this time I   
   >>was paying closer attention thanks to the commentary and appreciated it   
   >>more as little details were pointed out.   
   >   
   >I find this movie unwatchable. I've never made it to the end.   
      
   I think I've tried to watch it but never got far.   
      
   >>A Boy and his dog (blu-ray) 1975 movie. . .   
   >   
   >I keep meaning to watch this but after all these decades I never have.   
      
   And  now you can watch it for free!   
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQRg11HvfJU   
      
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