Captain Harlock (1978) 1.19

Queen Lafresia's Trap

The Arcadia gets closer and closer to the Horsehead Nebula. Tadashi becomes aware that there is an asteroid following them. It is Base No. 2 Deathshadow Island. Captain Harlock orders the crew to get some rest while they approach the nebula. 

Queen Lafresia is obsessed with learning about the enemy. She has Akias, one of her warriors, probe the Arcadia with electronic equipment. She wants to know who is the 42nd member of the crew.

Tadashi and Kei awake and go to the bridge where they find Miime. She tells them the truth about the ship and the computer that sometimes sleeps. 

The Arcadia penetrates the Horsehead Nebula. It eventually comes out the other side to a region of space that looks very different. The Arcadia gets pulled toward a world that is covered with volcanoes and seas of molten lava. The Mazone send a meteor to try and destroy the Arcadia and Deathshadow Island.

Captain Harlock foils the aliens' plans. A Mazone ship is destroyed when it crashes into the sea of lava. Queen Lafresia contacts Captain Harlock.

Schitt's Creek 1.11

Little Sister

Dee Dee, Moira's sister, comes to visit. Moira does not want to deal with Dee Dee. Moira and Johnny helped Dee Dee out when they had money but Moira doesn't want Dee Dee's help now. Moira tears up a check that Dee gives her.

Twyla is composing a song for Mutt. Alexis finds out that Mutt is tired of Twyla

Jocelyn asks David to talk to one of her students who is gay. David does but the teen doesn't want David's help.

Stevie shows some interest in Grant, the local handyman. David thinks that he and Stevie need to set some guidelines to their friends with benefits arrangement.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.10

Doberman's Sister

The families of the men in Bilko's platoon are coming to visit. Bilko wants all the men to pair up with the sisters of their fellow soldiers. No one wants Diane, Duane Doberman's sister. Bilko tricks Fielding Zimmerman into offering to take out Diane.

Bilko starts to have second thoughts about tricking Zimmerman into agreeing taking Diane out. Bilko wonders if she is really as beautiful as he made her seem. He convinces Zimmerman that he was wrong about Diane. Bilko cancels a date he had with Sgt Hogan and goes to meet Diane Doberman at the bus station, only to discover that she greatly resembles her brother.

Doctor Who (1963) 6.05 Extras (Part 2)

Sssowing the Ssseedsss (2003)

Musings on being an Ice Warrior

Three actors and the makeup supervisor talk about what it was like being an Ice Warrior and what it was like to help make them come to life. 

The people in this documentary feature are 

Alan Bennion - Slaar

Sonny Caldinez - Ice Warrior

Bernard Breslaw - Ice Warrior

Sylvia James - makeup supervisor

They talk about

• What it was like playing ice Warriors.
• The making of the Ice Warrior costumes.
• The makeup for the Ice Warriors
• Inability to see through the mask
• What it was like wearing the costume

Kirby at War: La Guerre de Kirby (2017)

directed by Marc Azéma and Jean Depelley

54 minutes

This French documentary examines the effects of Jack Kirby's experiences in World War II on his work in comic books. Roughly half of this documentary is focused on the time Kirby spent in the army. It looks at where he went, what battles he was involved in, and what happened to him. The story is told through his letters to his wife, interviews with people who have studied him, and uses Kirby's comic art in telling the story.

The documentary is made by a French company so presumably the original version was all in French or subtitled in French. The version that I saw is mostly in English. All the voice overs are in English. The only parts that are still in French (with English subtitles) are the parts where someone is talking in French on camera.

Thoughts

There are a few people in this documentary that I have seen on panels at either Baltimore Comic Con or Heroes Con: Mark Evanier, Jon Morrow, and Rand Hoppe.

I like this documentary for a couple reasons. First I like the presentation of Kirby's experiences in World War II. I had heard stories which weren't terribly specific and sometimes contradicted one another about where exactly he served. This seems to set the record straight on that score. Second, the documentary gives some context to the impact that Kirby's experiences had on his art and his storytelling.

Where's Poppa? (1970)

starring George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman, Trish Van Devere

directed by Carl Reiner

Gordon Hocheiser (George Segal), a lawyer, finds and then falls for a Louise (Trish Van Devere), a nurse whom he hires to take care of his aging mother (Ruth Gordon). His attempts to romance Louise are foiled by his mother who keeps asking the titular questions. Gordon's mother doesn't seem to realize that her husband is no longer alive.

Gordon turns to his brother Sidney (Ron Leibman) for help with their mother. Louise tries to be understanding but she seems to get scared off by Gordon's mother's behavior.

Flickers 1.03

Episode 3

Arnie and Maud get the studio built so the company can start to produce movies. They are short on cash. Arnie wants to turn to Cyril for money. Maud says no. Arnie wants to sell the house. Maud says no.

Max starts to shoot a movie that stars Corky Brown. Max gets into a fight with Corky. The fight is started by a stunt that Corky refuses to do. The double brought in to take the fall is much taller than Corky, who decides he's had enough and quits.

Casey, the camera man, and Clara, Lily the child star's older sister, flirt. Casey suggests that Max should put Clara in a movie. Max shoots down the idea, at first, but then asks Casey to take her picture.

Maud gets Arnie to dress more nicely. He goes to the bank to try and get a loan but that doesn't get them anywhere. Maud comes up with the idea of having Max direct a melodrama and letting Corky direct his own picture.