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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Last night we watched Hayride to Hell and the new Salem's Lot movie. The rest of the week was spent still trying to get thru Grimm.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I liked it! We listened to the book recently on a couple of road trips. The book is long and they couldn't fit everything in, but the movie otherwise stuck pretty closely to it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Yeah the book is one of his best

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Ooh, thank you. I've been wonderering what category of audiobooks to delve into next. King books should keep me busy!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

We just finished An American Werewolf in London tonight. I haven't watched it in probably 30+ years. Hubby had never seen it. It held up as entertaining!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Just finished the latest season of Rings of Power, honestly can't fault this season really, it's been to a pretty high standard all through

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can't sleep, which is normal, so I'm binge watching Bob Ross.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Which version?

My only gripe with those shows is they are hard to look away from which is counterproductive to sleep usually.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Mindhunter on Netflix. I'm hooked!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

About half way through the first season of Star Trek Discovery.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My head hurts just thinking about that

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Discovery is more about spectacle and fighting and violence and giving you a seizure with all the CGI effects. Just like the terrible Picard series. It's not really Star Trek

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m actually enjoying a little more adventure. I’ve pretty much been watching them in order (almost, but I went Voyager > Enterprise, and did not watch DS9). I like that things aren’t just “problem of the week” and episodes are a big part of the overarching story. I don’t like how everything is so dramatic all the time (seems like a theme of modern-era shows, not just Star Trek), but I do love getting to see epic starship battles in a much more dramatic way than they’ve shown them in the past. I like the idea of the captain being like “x take out their engines, y find us an opening, z get ready to go to warp” - these are bridge officers, so they know how to do it, as long as they know what to do. I guess Voyager had some of that, but it seemed better executed on here.

Also, I love the idea of a mycelium network going through space. It’s a cool idea and I like the departure from the simple warp drive cannon.

It’s interesting because of the departures they took, especially with the technology looking as it does but being pre-TOS (or was it pre-TNG?) and the Klingons being completely bald instead of amazing curly locks, but it’s a refreshing take and I’m enjoying it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

You skipped DS9? Why??

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Earlier this week I did 3 nights in a row where I watched a psychological horror film. I watched:

  • Longlegs - Creepiest role I’ve seen Nicolas Cage play
  • Midsommar - Absolute mindfuck that stuck with me
  • Us - Love Jordan Peele, so I found this one to be a lot of fun, even if the plot was a bit weird and not fully fleshed out (which might’ve been the point; Jordan Peele likes to leave some things vague)

Longlegs was probably my favorite among the 3. I love dark pagan thrillers and stuff in the realm of Se7en.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Futurama. Since the revival the episodes have been pretty hit and miss, but I really enjoyed the latest episode!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Watched Pink Floyd Pulse concert. Despicable me 4. Multiple episodes of Gilligan's Island. Multiple episodes of Thundarr the Barbarian.

Thunder had some next level writing for a cartoon.

After Thundarr dispatches multiple enemies attacking a town.... Townfolk ask.

"What matter of man are you?"

Thundarr answers

"FREE!"