Sunday, February 2, 2025

Star Trek: The Next Generation 3.05

The Bonding

Lieutenant Maria Aster, is killed during an away mission led by Worf. Lieutenant Aster was a widow and now her nine-year-son Jeremy (who lives aboard the Enterprise) and is an orphan. Worf feels responsible for what happened even though it was not his fault. Lieutenant Aster was killed by an explosive on a world that had long since been devoid of intelligent life. The explosive was not detected by any scans that the away team conducted.

Counselor Troi talks to Worf about what and how he is feeling. He expresses a desire to help Jeremy by sharing a Klingon ritual with the young boy. Troi expresses doubts about conducting such a ceremony.

Monkey Business (1952)

Monkey Business (1952)

starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe
directed by Howard Hawks

97 minutes

Barnaby Fulton (Cary Grant) believes that he has come up with a formula that makes people more youthful. He tries it on himself and starts acting much younger. He eventually recovers but doesn't realize that it is actually the water cooler in his office that caused him act younger. The water was spiked by a monkey that escaped from it's cage temporarily and was messing with chemicals. Mr. Oxly (Charles Coburn), Barnaby's boss is very excited to hear about the discovery.

Edwina Fulton (Ginger Rogers), Barnaby's wife, isn't as excited especially when she notes the lipstick on his face that came from Lois Laurel (Marilyn Monroe), Mr. Oxly's secretary. Edwina insists on trying the formula herself. She has a similar experience to Barnaby.

The hijinks continue after Barnaby and Edwina unknowingly each take another dose (after she has recovered from the first dose) via drinks from the water cooler.

Saturday, February 1, 2025

Star Trek (1966) 1.06

Mudd's Women

The Enterprise rescues Harcourt Fenton Mudd (aka Harry Mudd) and his three passengers (Eve, Ruth, Magda) from their ship just before it is destroyed in an asteroid field. The Enterprise is damaged in the process of the rescue effort and has to make for Rigel 12 where they can obtain replacements for the damaged Lithium Crystals.

Several male members of the crew (most notably Doctor McCoy and Mister Scott) fawn over Mudd's three passengers who are dressed in slinky, colorful dresses.

Harry radios ahead to the three miners on Rigel 12 and cuts a deal with them, without telling Captain Kirk. Mudd fails to tell the miners or the crew of the Enterprise that the women need the Venus drug to keep them looking beautiful. He has them hooked on it.

Adventure Time 4.05

Return to the Nightosphere

Finn and Jake wake up in the Nightosphere in a jail cell filled with bananas. They have no recollection as to how they got there. They learn from a video on Jake's phone that they stepped through a portal the night before but then Jake's phone runs out of juice.

Finn and Jake spend the rest of the episode looking for Hunson Abadeer, Marceline's father. They find him and fight with him. The fight ends with them discovering that he is Marceline in disguise.

Thoughts

It looks like Jake and Finn return to the Nightosphere in the next episode.

This was fun, gross, and weird. I liked it. 

Steven Universe 1.03

Cheeseburger Backpack

Steven travels to the Sea Spire with Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl. The spire is coming apart and they have to return a statue to the pinnacle of the spire. They encounter a number of obstacles. Steven loads up his cheeseburger backpack with items which prove to be very useful in dealing with some of the obstacles they encounter.

Thoughts

This was a fun episode. I'm still getting used to this show.

Friday, January 31, 2025

Fargo 5.03

The Paradox of Intermediate Transactions

Roy meets up with Gator at the gas station near Beulah. He gets the story from Gator and then tells him what to do with the body and what to do after that. Roy returns home to Karen, his wife, and eight-year-old twin daughters. He has a visitor waiting for him, a man by the name of Odin who is looking for more ammunition.

Dot goes out in the neighborhood at night and changes a bunch of the street signs. Dot and Wayne go to gun world the next day. They pick out a couple assault rifles and a pistol. Dot wants to take them home with them but there's a seven day waiting period so they can't get them for a week.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden
directed by Stanley Kubrick

95 minutes

US Air Force General Jack T. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) thinking that the Russians are about to launch an all out assault on the United States, issues orders for the bomber squadron under his command to strike military targets in the Soviet Union with nuclear bombs. RAF Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (Peter Sellers), Ripper's executive officer, shows the general evidence that the Russians aren't attacking but Ripper won't listen, has the base locked down, and cuts off all communication with the outside world and the bombers. The general has a new justification for the attack, the protection of the "vital fluids" of the the American public.