From: arthur@alum.calberkeley.org   
      
   On 1/6/2026 6:04 AM, The True Melissa wrote:   
   > Verily, in article , did weberm@polaris.net   
   > deliver unto us this message:   
   >>   
   >> I watched:   
   >>   
   >> THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN:   
   >   
   > You must be enjoying this. Maybe I'll give it a shot, now that I finally   
   > have control of a TV again.   
   >   
   >> What did you watch?   
   >   
   > I watched three more episodes of The Neighborhood. It's not exactly edgy   
   > -- all the racial conflicts are stereotypical and minor -- and that   
   > works well for a staid sitcom. The Dave-Calvin interactions are the   
   > heart of the show, with Dave trying too hard and Calvin rolling his   
   > eyes. Gemma and Tina, their wives, can flex enough to get along better.   
   >   
   > Some of the best moments are when each father is interacting with the   
   > other's children. Calvin and Tina babysat Grover for Dave and Gemma's   
   > anniversary, and when Grover insisted he should get dessert despite   
   > having refused to eat catfish,   
      
   "If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! How can you   
   have any pudding if you don't eat your meat."   
      
      
   he sparked a short-lived rebellion from   
   > Calvin's sons. I'd like to find a more substantial show as well, but   
   > this one is great for mindless relaxation.   
   >   
   > What did everyone else watch?   
   >   
      
      
   I watched:   
      
   Barron's Cove (Showtime) 2024 movie starring Garrett Hedlund as a father   
   with a shady past whose young son is found dead under suspicious   
   circumstances.  Two other young boys were at the scene and questioned by   
   police with whole thing being ruled a suicide.  But after one of the   
   boys does a couple of things which clearly indicate otherwise, Hedlund   
   kidnaps the boy and plans to get the truth out of him.  We've all seen   
   these types of movies where someone kidnaps a criminal to torture the   
   truth out of them, but the twist here is the kidnapped criminal is a   
   very young child.  It wasn't exactly a good movie, but it had an   
   interesting premise that held my interest.  Stephen Lang also pops up   
   playing Hedlund's crime boss uncle.   
      
      
   Ghosts - "It's a Wonderful Christmas Carol" - I've slowly been making my   
   way through this series.  This was the season finale.  It was a take on   
   It's a Wonderful Life where Carol wishes she never had the ability to   
   see Ghost then gets to see how much worse things would be.  I don't buy   
   the premise that things would be worse.  Those ghosts have been   
   absolutely horrible this season.  I think that's one of the reasons I've   
   been so slow to watch.  The ghosts treat everyone like dirt then   
   wackiness ensues.  Finally in the last couple of episodes they sort of   
   addressed it.  But instead of doing "It's a Wonderful Life," I think a   
   better finale would have been the living getting fed up and just moving.   
     Then next season the ghosts can rethink their behavior and figure out   
   a way to beg them to come back.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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