Monday, February 14, 2022

Doctor Who (1963) 6.05.03

The Seeds of Death - Episode Three

It looks hopeless for the Doctor, Zoe, and Jamie but then they are contacted by Phipps. He tells them about what is going on and helps to guide them in and land on the Moon. The Doctor leaves Zoe and Jamie behind to look after the Rocket while he goes looking for Phipps.

Miss Kelly fixes T-Mat. The Ice Warriors reveal themselves. Miss Kelly's two assistants  try to run from the Ice Warriors and are killed. Miss Kelly agrees to do as they say.

The Doctor and Phipps go looking for the control room. They spot Miss Kelly being escorted by an Ice Warrior. The Ice Warrior comes after them. Miss Kelly escapes from it but the Doctor is captured and taken to the control room.

Zoe and Jamie get tired of waiting and go looking for the Doctor. They find Phipps and Miss Kelly. An Ice Warrior finds them in the Solar Storeroom. Phipps uses the device he used in the last episode and vaporizes the alien.

Saturday, February 12, 2022

True Romance (1993)

starring Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette
directed by Tony Scott
written by Quentin Tarantino

Clarence (Christian Slater) and Alabama (Patricia Arquette) meet and fall in love on his birthday at a triple feature of Sonny Chiba movies. They get married. He works at a comic book shop. She is a call girl. He decides, after talking to his imaginary mentor, Elvis Presley (Val Kilmer), that he needs to kill Drexl (Gary Oldman), her pimp. He grabs her belongings after killing Drexl but by accident Clarence leaves his driver's license behind and grabs a suitcase filled with cocaine instead of Alabama's clothes.

Clarence and Alabama and head to Los Angeles. They are unaware that the mob is on their tail and wants the cocaine back. The happy couple arranges a meeting with a Hollywood producer to whom they hope to sell the cocaine. Elliot (Bronson Pinchot), the producer's assistant, gets caught by the cops. He is afraid of serving time in prison for possession of cocaine so he tells the police about the planned meeting.

Clarence, Alabama, the producer, Elliott, the cops, and the mob all converge at the meeting. The deal does not go down as Clarence and Alabama wanted it to. Lots of shots are fired. Lots of people wind up dead.

Friday, February 11, 2022

Counterpart 1.07

The Sincerest Form of Flattery

1997. Young Clare is sent to a boarding school after her parents die from the flu epidemic. She is trained to be just like her counterpart. She has a friend named Spencer. They break Clare's legs after they learn that her counterpart's legs were recently broken in a skiing accident. Spencer disappears. Clare is told that Spencer was sent to live on the other side. She never sees him again.

Clare grows up at the school. She continues to study everything about her counterpart. When she gets old enough she becomes a teacher at the school. She stays there until one day in 2013 when they tell her that it is time. Clare Alpha is engaged to marry Peter Quayle. This is an excellent opportunity to place her. 

Present. Peter gets Clare to go out and buy him cigars before the party. He doesn't have any of the kind that her father likes. Actually he does but he hides them. Peter gets Howard Prime to come to the house while Clare is out. They search the house. They find a cyanide pill but nothing else incriminating.

Thursday, February 10, 2022

UFO Robo Grendizer 2.15

The Launching of the Marine Spazer

or Marine Spazer, Intervene!
or Le baptême du feu (The baptism of fire)

The Vegans (Gandal and Zuril) come up with a new plan. They get a deadly beast from the planet Gamo and transorm it into a saucer beast. They call it Gamo Gamo. They send it to Earth to attack Grendizer and drag it into the ocean where Grendizer's abilities are severely limited.

Professor Umon and his team are working on getting Marine Spazer ready for Hikaru. She is training with Duke Fleed. They are practicing the move in which Marine Spazer and Grendizer merge. Hikaru is very nervous and can't get it right. She winds up injuring Duke Fleed while they are training.

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Schitt's Creek 1.03

Don't Worry, It's His Sister

Johnny tries to get a sign removed. Roland's great-granfather is on the sign. Roland is insulted by Johnny's desire to get the sign removed. 

Moira is in the doldrums until Jocelyn invites her to help teach her high school class about acting. Moira takes the job very seriously, a little too seriously for Jocelyn.

Johnny insists that David find a job. He gets a job as a bag boy at the local supermarket but he loses it pretty quickly.

Alexis looks after her mother until she spots the bearded guy she kissed at the party.

Just Shoot Me 1.06

Lemon Wacky Hello

Jack put Maya in charge of assembling the contents of the next issue of Blush while he is on a trip to China. Jack returns from China with gifts for everyone including some candy which is called Lemon Wacky Hello. The candy causes everyone to see things that aren't there and act strangely. Maya hasn't finished assembling the next issue of Blush and makes a mess of the it.

Thoughts

I thought the situation was funny for about five minutes after they all started acting strange. It lost its charm after that. They went to the same well one too many times.

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 5.06

Taking Control

Adora, Catra, Glimmer, Bow, and Entrapta are headed for home but Darla, their ship isn't in the best of shape. Horde Prime sends some of his robot after them. They don't understand how it is that Horde Prime is tracking them until they realize that it must be through the chip on the back on Catra's neck.

Frosta, Micah, Netossa, Spineralla, and Swift Wind head to Elberon to help the people there. They arrive expecting trouble but there doesn't seem to be any sign of the forces of Horde Prime. They are invited in for a celebration but all the villagers are acting weird.

Adora asks Entrapta to remove the chip off Catra's neck. Catra bristles at the notion of letting Entrapta operate on her but she finally relents. Adora transforms into She-Ra and takes on the ships that are following them. She destroys them all. Entrapta removes the chip off of Catra.

Frosta and the others finally figure out that villagers are being controlled by Horde Prime. They don't want to harm the villagers. Swift Wind experiences a surge of energy and clears a path for them to escape. They return to their camp unaware that Spinnerella now has a chip on the back of her neck.