SETI
- a couple years have passed in the show since season 1 ended
- Cameron and Donna are still in business but it looks like something is getting ready to give; Mutiny, their company, is skating on thin ice; Cameron doesn't want to take charge; Donna is getting tired of cleaning up after other employees; things get a little contentious between the two of them until they bond over getting back at someone who scams them
- Gordon gets a big payout after Cardiff shuts down for good; later he gets a nosebleed which he shrugs off; I've got a feeling it is going to turn out to be something more serious than just a nosebleed
- Joe has moved on and moved to Austin; he isn't with Cameron anymore; he has met another woman, a reporter named Sara; he is expecting to get a similar payout to Gordon but doesn't because he pissed off the owner of Cardiff Electric one too many times; he was counting on that money to start a new company; I've got a feeling he's going to go back to Gordon and try and get him to invest in his idea for his new company
- John who went to jail at the end of season 1 gets out at the end of this episode; as I recall he took the fall for something that Cameron did; she's the one who meets him when he gets released
- it started a little slow but by the end of the episode I was eager to see more; it has been about 10-11 months since I watched season 1; I didn't remember all the details or all the names; there was no recap at the beginning of the episode but it didn't take me long to pick up the pieces
Monday, October 3, 2016
Sunday, October 2, 2016
Secret Diary of a Call Girl 1.04
- Belle tries something new for one of her clients; after getting some pointers from a professional domme she tries them out on her eager client; this part of the episode is more comical than anything else although it ends with her getting a little too rough with him
- in the other part of the episode Belle gets annoyed at Ben (her best friend) when he reveals that he's getting married; he doesn't know about her professional life but a comment he makes about how little she shares with him leads her to decide to share with more with him
- so what exactly is their friendship based on, it isn't clear from this episode and it has been a while since I watched the first 3 episodes and I can't remember how much backstory of Ben and Belle's relationship was provided in them
- a good mix of serious and silly
- in the other part of the episode Belle gets annoyed at Ben (her best friend) when he reveals that he's getting married; he doesn't know about her professional life but a comment he makes about how little she shares with him leads her to decide to share with more with him
- so what exactly is their friendship based on, it isn't clear from this episode and it has been a while since I watched the first 3 episodes and I can't remember how much backstory of Ben and Belle's relationship was provided in them
- a good mix of serious and silly
Rick and Morty 2.01
A Rickle in Time
- picks up right where the previous season ended with everyone frozen in time except Rick, Morty, and Summer; after they clean up the mess from the party, Rick restarts the time stream
- something is wrong and according to Rick it all has to do with uncertainty; because Morty and Summer are uncertain about things the universe has split in two; then later into four; Rick can't seem to set things straight so he starts making them worse, on purpose or so it seems
- a split screen effect is used to illustrate that the universe is split in two, then four, eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and finally sixty-four
- the resolution of the problem involves a visit from some alien who chides them for messing with the nature of the universe (or something like that);
- the B plot is all about Jerry and Beth trying to save the life of a deer that Jerry hit when they were driving home after getting ice cream
- a fun episode, makes me glad I decided to watch more of this show; by no means my favorite; some of the scientific stuff went right over my head, in one ear and out the other
- picks up right where the previous season ended with everyone frozen in time except Rick, Morty, and Summer; after they clean up the mess from the party, Rick restarts the time stream
- something is wrong and according to Rick it all has to do with uncertainty; because Morty and Summer are uncertain about things the universe has split in two; then later into four; Rick can't seem to set things straight so he starts making them worse, on purpose or so it seems
- a split screen effect is used to illustrate that the universe is split in two, then four, eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and finally sixty-four
- the resolution of the problem involves a visit from some alien who chides them for messing with the nature of the universe (or something like that);
- the B plot is all about Jerry and Beth trying to save the life of a deer that Jerry hit when they were driving home after getting ice cream
- a fun episode, makes me glad I decided to watch more of this show; by no means my favorite; some of the scientific stuff went right over my head, in one ear and out the other
Third Rock from the Sun 4.01
Dr. Solomon's Traveling Alien Show
- a good start to the 4th season; I had forgot about how the 3rd season ended; according to my records I finished watching the 3rd season about 7 months ago
- After being kidnapped by Vicki's ex (Phil Hartman), Harry has been sold to a circus for his "incoming transmission from the big giant head" act; Larry Miller plays the owner of the circus
- Sally, Tommy, and Vicki going looking for Harry; they get some help from a psychic in locating Harry but then still have to convince him to return home
- Dick's brain power is greatly diminished for most of the episode because the team's latest status report is late; it isn't until the end of the episode after Harry sends the report to the big giant head that Dick returns to normal
- Mrs. Dubcek, Don, Nina, and Mary are also in this epsiode
- on the whole a good but not great episode; lots of smiles and a few laughs; Jan Hooks is great as Vicki
- a good start to the 4th season; I had forgot about how the 3rd season ended; according to my records I finished watching the 3rd season about 7 months ago
- After being kidnapped by Vicki's ex (Phil Hartman), Harry has been sold to a circus for his "incoming transmission from the big giant head" act; Larry Miller plays the owner of the circus
- Sally, Tommy, and Vicki going looking for Harry; they get some help from a psychic in locating Harry but then still have to convince him to return home
- Dick's brain power is greatly diminished for most of the episode because the team's latest status report is late; it isn't until the end of the episode after Harry sends the report to the big giant head that Dick returns to normal
- Mrs. Dubcek, Don, Nina, and Mary are also in this epsiode
- on the whole a good but not great episode; lots of smiles and a few laughs; Jan Hooks is great as Vicki
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Mulholland Drive (2001)
- this is the second time I watched the movie and it was just as weird this time around as it was the first time; I decided to give it another try because I enjoyed watching Twin Peaks all the way through a few years back and because they covered it recently on the Bald Movies podcast
- I'm still not sure what it was all about; it kind of made sense for the first two hours but after they open that box it is like they've entered a parallel universe; this part might explain what happened to the original Diane Selwyn but it doesn't make sense to me
- definitely not everyone's cup of tea; it has it's moments but on the whole it is a head scratcher
- when I looked up the movie on IMDB earlier today I ran across something that gave me the impression that this was originally supposed to be a pilot for a television program; considering all the elements that were introduced it probably would have made more sense as the opening chapter of a tv show than as a stand alone movie
- I'm still not sure what it was all about; it kind of made sense for the first two hours but after they open that box it is like they've entered a parallel universe; this part might explain what happened to the original Diane Selwyn but it doesn't make sense to me
- definitely not everyone's cup of tea; it has it's moments but on the whole it is a head scratcher
- when I looked up the movie on IMDB earlier today I ran across something that gave me the impression that this was originally supposed to be a pilot for a television program; considering all the elements that were introduced it probably would have made more sense as the opening chapter of a tv show than as a stand alone movie
Samurai Jack 2.07
Jack and the Three Monks
- the episode opens with Jack fighting beetle robots who are defending a magic portal; Jack defeats the robots but the portal is destroyed by one of the robots before the fight is over
- Jack is frustrated and wanders off looking dejected
- a breeze comes along and sweeps his hat off his head and it goes sailing away; he chases it and eventually recovers it but not before meeting three monks who are headed up a nearby mountain
- Jack decides to join them on their quest to reach the mountain top; along the way he fights a group of goat men, a mountain ogre or troll or possibly a yeti, and the elements; sometimes he travels with the monks other times, usually when he is fighting, he is on his own
- eventually the weather gets to be too much and he slips and falls on to a ledge; once again he feels frustrated and dejected; he has a flashback of his parents and Aku, from when he was a boy; possibly these were scenes lifted directly from the three-part story that opened season one; he gets up and starts climbing again and reaches the top of the mountain only to discover that there are other taller mountains in the distance
- Jack screams at the top of his lungs that he is coming for Aku and that he will never give up
- this is a plot light episode; it is very much about Jack falling down and getting back up again; it is very much about showing that Jack is human and can be knocked down but that he doesn't allow setbacks to break him
- the monks for the most part seem to glide everywhere they go; the exception is one of the last time Jack sees them from a distance climbing the mountain ahead of him; it isn't clear what happens to the monks in the end but that doesn't bother me because the episode is really about Jack
- it took me three tries on three different nights to get through this episode; the first two times I was just too sleepy when I turned it on and ended up missing big portions of it
- the episode opens with Jack fighting beetle robots who are defending a magic portal; Jack defeats the robots but the portal is destroyed by one of the robots before the fight is over
- Jack is frustrated and wanders off looking dejected
- a breeze comes along and sweeps his hat off his head and it goes sailing away; he chases it and eventually recovers it but not before meeting three monks who are headed up a nearby mountain
- Jack decides to join them on their quest to reach the mountain top; along the way he fights a group of goat men, a mountain ogre or troll or possibly a yeti, and the elements; sometimes he travels with the monks other times, usually when he is fighting, he is on his own
- eventually the weather gets to be too much and he slips and falls on to a ledge; once again he feels frustrated and dejected; he has a flashback of his parents and Aku, from when he was a boy; possibly these were scenes lifted directly from the three-part story that opened season one; he gets up and starts climbing again and reaches the top of the mountain only to discover that there are other taller mountains in the distance
- Jack screams at the top of his lungs that he is coming for Aku and that he will never give up
- this is a plot light episode; it is very much about Jack falling down and getting back up again; it is very much about showing that Jack is human and can be knocked down but that he doesn't allow setbacks to break him
- the monks for the most part seem to glide everywhere they go; the exception is one of the last time Jack sees them from a distance climbing the mountain ahead of him; it isn't clear what happens to the monks in the end but that doesn't bother me because the episode is really about Jack
- it took me three tries on three different nights to get through this episode; the first two times I was just too sleepy when I turned it on and ended up missing big portions of it
Arrow 2.10
Blast Radius
- basically a villain of the week type episode with a little bit in it to advance the overall story of the season
- somebody is blowing buildings in Starling City using cell phones to detonate the bombs; why is he blowing these building up? I can't seem to remember why
- Ollie gets snippy with Felicity for losing the trace on the bomber while he was trying to catch him; later he apologizes for his behaviour after Diggle questions his actions
- Thea notices that Roy isn't quite the same any more when he easily saves Moira from being crushed by some scaffolding and in a separate moment heals faster than normal
- In the past Slade seems to have grown super-humanly strong after getting injected with the experimental drugs in an earlier episode
- Laurel investigates Sebastian Blood's background and finds his mother in a mental institution
- basically a villain of the week type episode with a little bit in it to advance the overall story of the season
- somebody is blowing buildings in Starling City using cell phones to detonate the bombs; why is he blowing these building up? I can't seem to remember why
- Ollie gets snippy with Felicity for losing the trace on the bomber while he was trying to catch him; later he apologizes for his behaviour after Diggle questions his actions
- Thea notices that Roy isn't quite the same any more when he easily saves Moira from being crushed by some scaffolding and in a separate moment heals faster than normal
- In the past Slade seems to have grown super-humanly strong after getting injected with the experimental drugs in an earlier episode
- Laurel investigates Sebastian Blood's background and finds his mother in a mental institution
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