From: suzeeq@imbris.com
On 1/6/2026 6:33 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
> 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.
I think that was just the 'winter finale', it'll be back at the end of
next month.
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