From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 1/31/2026 9:08 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:   
   > On 1/31/2026 3:52 AM, The True Melissa wrote:   
   >> I watched "The Polyamory Problem: Why Do People In Open Relationships   
   >> Always Look Like That?"   
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   > Look like what?  I think this may say more about the people who made the   
   > movie if they are traveling in circles where they know so many people   
   > who are in polyamory relationships that they can recognize a specific   
   > look.  And how big was their sample size anyway?   
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   >> What did everyone else watch?   
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   > I watched:   
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   > Hard Eight (Paramount+) 1996 movie written and directed by Paul Thomas   
   > Anderson.  I'm about to dive into the Paul Thomas Anderson movies in my   
   > collection, but first I watched one of the ones not in my collection.   
   > This was PTA's first movie and features a lot of the regular actors who   
   > would show up in his later movies.  This one stars Philip Baker Hall as   
   > an older professional gambler who takes under his wings two broken   
   > people, John C. Reilly, and Gwyneth Paltrow.  Samuel L. Jackson also   
   > pops up in a larger than expected role.  While not as good as PTA's   
   > later work, it's an interesting movie and still worth a watch.   
   > Especially to see where it all began.   
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   > Shelter (theatrical) New action movie starring Jason Statham.  Statham   
   > plays a tough guy hero who doesn't say much.  He's a government assassin   
   > who has retired from the business and now lives alone with his dog.  But   
   > when MI6 discovers his location they send a team to kill him, but end up   
   > killing his dog.  That was a mistake because now John Wick, I mean   
   > Statham, goes after the people who killed his dog.  That's close enough   
   > to the plot.  There is also a young girl in danger thrown into the mix   
   > that Statham has to save. Fortunately for the girl in danger Staham's   
   > character has a very particular set of skills. Skills that he acquired   
   > over a very long career. Skills that make him a nightmare for people   
   > like that.   
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   > Look, it's an action movie starring Jason Statham.  In the movie Statham   
   > shoots, stabs, and beats people to death with a chain wrapped around a   
   > pipe.  He kills the bad guys and saves the girl.  What more could you   
   > want?  The script practically writes itself.   
      
   Methinks you is getting a touch jaded Arthur.  :)   
      
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   dirty old man.   
      
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