I watched:
Jill Biden's "The View" Interview BACKFIRES as She Admits the Truth
About Not Being a ?Doctor?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdHo6-ORazA
What did you watch?
I watched "The Invasion of Time," a Doctor Who episode which is Leela's >last. It's pretty good. Some of the rewatchers complained about the
special effects, but I for one revel in it.
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
I watched "The Invasion of Time," a Doctor Who episode which is Leela's >last. It's pretty good. Some of the rewatchers complained about the >special effects, but I for one revel in it.
One of the worst companion write outs ever! Otherwise, I liked it but I
never thought there was enough material for a six-part serial. Should
have been four parts.
What did you watch?
The Shocking Truth Behind Storm's Mohawk
What will Betelgeuse's supernova appearance look like in our sky
Verily, in article <UBI20260606@dont-email.me>, did weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:
I watched:
Jill Biden's "The View" Interview BACKFIRES as She Admits the Truth
About Not Being a ?Doctor?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdHo6-ORazA
Eh? She doesn't pose as a medical doctor. She has always said that her doctorate is in education. It's pretentious, but she's not posing as a medical professional. There's nothing to admit.
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (Hulu) - I've been wanting to see this for a while, as it's a vastly different take on the video game
(story) than Paul W.S. Anderson's film series.
I am assuming this film hews much closer to the original video game (though I think I read on Reddit or something that this one still takes
lots of liberties - I'm guessing the origins of Albert Wesker is one of those?...).
While this film seems to be more grounded than Anderson's take,
which I preferred, there were some things about it I didn't like - like,
why bother to cast Hannah John-Kamen as Jill Valentine, if she's not
going to be a bad-ass "superhero" type a la Sienna Guillory's portrayal
in the Anderson RE sequel?! Instead, John-Kamen's version of Jill is
more of a wilting violet. (At least Kaya Scodelario's Claire Redfield
seems much more on point here.)
Anyway, overall I liked this flick, and appreciated Scodelario and
Avan Jogia (and to lesser extents Donal Logue and Neal McDonough, the
latter playing this film's villain).
But, it's all for naught - this film bombed at the box office, so
there will be no follow-ups to this version of RE. (Instead, YA another "reboot" of a RE film is scheduled to be released this Fall.)
Jun 7, 2026 at 9:44:30 AM PDT, The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com>: >>did weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:
Jill Biden's "The View" Interview BACKFIRES as She Admits the Truth >>>About Not Being a ?Doctor?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdHo6-ORazA
Eh? She doesn't pose as a medical doctor. She has always said that her >>doctorate is in education. It's pretentious, but she's not posing as a >>medical professional. There's nothing to admit.
I remember when he became Obama's VP and we were all briefed that when we >worked any detail involving the Bidens, we were never to refer to Jill as >anything other than 'Doctor Biden' or she'd blow a gasket.
I knew immediately what kind of ego bag we were dealing with.
I have a doctorate in law, but I would never demand people refer to me as >doctor.
It's not a form of address in the United States! Even if she taught at university, she'd be addressed as "professor" but that would be limited
to academic settings.
did ahk@chinet.com deliver unto us this message:
It's not a form of address in the United States! Even if she taught at >>university, she'd be addressed as "professor" but that would be limited
to academic settings.
We didn't use that style at my alma mater (Ohio University). We called
them Dr. Professorname. We were speaking to them in their professional >capacity, though. They presumably didn't style themselves "doctor" off- >campus.
On 6/7/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
Right now, I am (finally!) making my way through the "Paranormal
Activity" film series, but I would rather cover all 7 films at once, so it'll have to wait until tomorrow's WDYW? thread.
In the meantime, I have gotten through a couple of movies over the last
few days, and I finished out "Hijack" season #2:
Hijack (Apple TV) - Rest of season #2. Season #2 was engrossing enough,
but I didn't think it was as good as season #1, probably because I
thought it was even more contrived that season #1. But the cast was
probably stronger in season #2, and they did a pretty good job at slowly doling out what was going on.
ÿÿ If you want a well-plotted suspense series, "Hijack's" two seasons
are not a bad call.
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (Peacock) - I found this really disappointing. While the first movie was OK-to-decent, I found the sequel really
contrived, relying on elements that should have been mentioned or
covered in the first film, but "conveniently" weren't until now.
ÿÿ I also feel like they did Elizabeth Lail's character dirty here (especially the ending). And wasted Mckenna Grace's appearance.
ÿÿ I don't recommend this one.
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (Hulu) - I've been wanting to see this for a while, as it's a vastly different take on the video game
(story) than Paul W.S. Anderson's film series.
ÿÿ I am assuming this film hews much closer to the original video game (though I think I read on Reddit or something that this one still takes
lots of liberties - I'm guessing the origins of Albert Wesker is one of those?...).
ÿÿ While this film seems to be more grounded than Anderson's take,
which I preferred, there were some things about it I didn't like - like,
why bother to cast Hannah John-Kamen as Jill Valentine, if she's not
going to be a bad-ass "superhero" type a la Sienna Guillory's portrayal
in the Anderson RE sequel?! Instead, John-Kamen's version of Jill is
more of a wilting violet. (At least Kaya Scodelario's Claire Redfield
seems much more on point here.)
ÿÿ Anyway, overall I liked this flick, and appreciated Scodelario and
Avan Jogia (and to lesser extents Donal Logue and Neal McDonough, the
latter playing this film's villain).
ÿÿ But, it's all for naught - this film bombed at the box office, so
there will be no follow-ups to this version of RE. (Instead, YA another "reboot" of a RE film is scheduled to be released this Fall.)
What did you watch?
Verily, in article <1104aca$2lmdn$1@dont-email.me>, did ahk@chinet.com deliver unto us this message:
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
I watched "The Invasion of Time," a Doctor Who episode which is Leela's
last. It's pretty good. Some of the rewatchers complained about the
special effects, but I for one revel in it.
One of the worst companion write outs ever! Otherwise, I liked it but I
never thought there was enough material for a six-part serial. Should
have been four parts.
A lot of people say that. Oddly, they cut material from the beginning,
which is why we leap in more suddenly than in most DW episodes.
My theory is that Andred knocked Leela up.
she'd stay on Gallifrey with some dude she met an hour ago. I can't
think when they had time for a roll in the hay, but they certainly
didn't have time for an entire courtship.
My other theory is that Leela has a thing for wounded little birds. The
only time she shows any interest in Andred specifically is after he's
shot in the arm, when she inquires after him with great concern.
My real theory, of course, is that Leela's time was up and they pulled
this crap out of thin air to get rid of her.
I also object to ex-high ranking government officials retaining titles
like Ambassador or Secretary.
But why? Companions go all the time, surely they could have come up
with something better than stay on Gallifrey with a guy she just met.
Then again, it's better than how they wrote out Peri.
And what was up with K-9 Mark II? I never did understand why they wrote
out K-9 only to immediately replace him. Or where the replacement even
came from.
On 6/7/2026 11:08 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <1104aca$2lmdn$1@dont-email.me>, did ahk@chinet.com
deliver unto us this message:
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
I watched "The Invasion of Time," a Doctor Who episode which is Leela's >>>> last. It's pretty good. Some of the rewatchers complained about the
special effects, but I for one revel in it.
One of the worst companion write outs ever! Otherwise, I liked it but I
never thought there was enough material for a six-part serial. Should
have been four parts.
A lot of people say that. Oddly, they cut material from the beginning,
which is why we leap in more suddenly than in most DW episodes.
My theory is that Andred knocked Leela up.
I don't remember the episode all that well, but *when* would they have
had time to do that?!? LOL
I can't imagine why else
she'd stay on Gallifrey with some dude she met an hour ago. I can't
think when they had time for a roll in the hay, but they certainly
didn't have time for an entire courtship.
My other theory is that Leela has a thing for wounded little birds. The
only time she shows any interest in Andred specifically is after he's
shot in the arm, when she inquires after him with great concern.
My real theory, of course, is that Leela's time was up and they pulled
this crap out of thin air to get rid of her.
But why? Companions go all the time, surely they could have come up
with something better than stay on Gallifrey with a guy she just met.
Then again, it's better than how they wrote out Peri.
And what was up with K-9 Mark II? I never did understand why they wrote
out K-9 only to immediately replace him. Or where the replacement even
came from.
On Jun 7, 2026 at 11:40:10 AM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (Hulu) - I've been wanting to see
this for a while, as it's a vastly different take on the video game
(story) than Paul W.S. Anderson's film series.
I am assuming this film hews much closer to the original video game
(though I think I read on Reddit or something that this one still takes
lots of liberties - I'm guessing the origins of Albert Wesker is one of
those?...).
While this film seems to be more grounded than Anderson's take,
which I preferred, there were some things about it I didn't like - like,
why bother to cast Hannah John-Kamen as Jill Valentine, if she's not
going to be a bad-ass "superhero" type a la Sienna Guillory's portrayal
in the Anderson RE sequel?! Instead, John-Kamen's version of Jill is
more of a wilting violet. (At least Kaya Scodelario's Claire Redfield
seems much more on point here.)
Anyway, overall I liked this flick, and appreciated Scodelario and
Avan Jogia (and to lesser extents Donal Logue and Neal McDonough, the
latter playing this film's villain).
But, it's all for naught - this film bombed at the box office, so
there will be no follow-ups to this version of RE. (Instead, YA another
"reboot" of a RE film is scheduled to be released this Fall.)
I couldn't get over how the Raccoon City PD was the size of the LAPD headquarters but they had like only six cops on the force.
On 6/7/2026 11:40 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 6/7/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
Right now, I am (finally!) making my way through the "Paranormal
Activity" film series, but I would rather cover all 7 films at once,
so it'll have to wait until tomorrow's WDYW? thread.
I don't think I made it past the first one.
In the meantime, I have gotten through a couple of movies over the
last few days, and I finished out "Hijack" season #2:
Hijack (Apple TV) - Rest of season #2. Season #2 was engrossing
enough, but I didn't think it was as good as season #1, probably
because I thought it was even more contrived that season #1. But the
cast was probably stronger in season #2, and they did a pretty good
job at slowly doling out what was going on.
ÿÿÿ If you want a well-plotted suspense series, "Hijack's" two seasons
are not a bad call.
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (Peacock) - I found this really
disappointing. While the first movie was OK-to-decent, I found the
sequel really contrived, relying on elements that should have been
mentioned or covered in the first film, but "conveniently" weren't
until now.
ÿÿÿ I also feel like they did Elizabeth Lail's character dirty here
(especially the ending). And wasted Mckenna Grace's appearance.
ÿÿÿ I don't recommend this one.
I guess I liked this a little more than you did.ÿ Not saying it was
great or anything, but I thought it was sort of OK.
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (Hulu) - I've been wanting to
see this for a while, as it's a vastly different take on the video
game (story) than Paul W.S. Anderson's film series.
ÿÿÿ I am assuming this film hews much closer to the original video
game (though I think I read on Reddit or something that this one still
takes lots of liberties - I'm guessing the origins of Albert Wesker is
one of those?...).
ÿÿÿ While this film seems to be more grounded than Anderson's take,
which I preferred, there were some things about it I didn't like -
like, why bother to cast Hannah John-Kamen as Jill Valentine, if she's
not going to be a bad-ass "superhero" type a la Sienna Guillory's
portrayal in the Anderson RE sequel?! Instead, John-Kamen's version of
Jill is more of a wilting violet. (At least Kaya Scodelario's Claire
Redfield seems much more on point here.)
ÿÿÿ Anyway, overall I liked this flick, and appreciated Scodelario and
Avan Jogia (and to lesser extents Donal Logue and Neal McDonough, the
latter playing this film's villain).
ÿÿÿ But, it's all for naught - this film bombed at the box office, so
there will be no follow-ups to this version of RE. (Instead, YA
another "reboot" of a RE film is scheduled to be released this Fall.)
I caught this in the theater.ÿ I didn't like it and wiped it from my
memory.
On Jun 7, 2026 at 1:30:41 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
The Shocking Truth Behind Storm's Mohawk
Is it really, though? Shocking, I mean. A comic fan talking about how a >character's hairstyle has changed over the years might be interesting to >people who are into comics, but there's nothing shocking about it whatsoever.
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