I guess I will start today's off, as I want a thread so that I can go
over the "Paranormal Activity" series.
But first! to start things off! - Yesterday I watched a movie off
Shudder! (by way of AMC+), though I don't think this was a "Shudder >original" film:
Last Straw (AMC+/Shudder) - From the end credits, it looks like this was >originally going to be titled "The Late Shift"(?), which is actually a >better and more accurate title.
What did you watch?
After an arduous workout, I watched:
Nothing.
What did you watch?
On Tue, 9 Jun 2026 13:44:11 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:
I guess I will start today's off, as I want a thread so that I can go
over the "Paranormal Activity" series.
But first! to start things off! - Yesterday I watched a movie off
Shudder! (by way of AMC+), though I don't think this was a "Shudder
original" film:
Last Straw (AMC+/Shudder) - From the end credits, it looks like this wasoriginally going to be titled "The Late Shift"(?), which is actually a
better and more accurate title.
Snipped text
What did you watch?
I spent the weekend watching MARVEL'S HELSTROM.
deserved more attention than it got. The story revolves around a
family that ended up getting powers that seem to be demon related. The
dad was a serial killer and now the mom is locked away possessed by a
demon, while the kids deal with their experiences as it seems the dead
dad has somehow come back and is creating havoc.
Good performances by much of the cast. Well worth checking out.
What did you watch?
On 6/9/2026 2:03 PM, shawn wrote:
On Tue, 9 Jun 2026 13:44:11 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:
I guess I will start today's off, as I want a thread so that I can go
over the "Paranormal Activity" series.
But first! to start things off! - Yesterday I watched a movie off
Shudder! (by way of AMC+), though I don't think this was a "Shudder
original" film:
Last Straw (AMC+/Shudder) - From the end credits, it looks like this was >>> originally going to be titled "The Late Shift"(?), which is actually abetter and more accurate title.
Snipped text
What did you watch?
I spent the weekend watching MARVEL'S HELSTROM.
What channel is this on?
A good series that
deserved more attention than it got. The story revolves around a
family that ended up getting powers that seem to be demon related. The
dad was a serial killer and now the mom is locked away possessed by a
demon, while the kids deal with their experiences as it seems the dead
dad has somehow come back and is creating havoc.
Good performances by much of the cast. Well worth checking out.
What did you watch?
This is a multiday catch up. I watched some movies that helped disclose
the truth about aliens:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (4K disc) 1977 movie written and
directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie follows a group of aliens that >kidnap a child, traumatize the child's mother and drives a family man >insane.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (4K disc) 1982 movie directed by Steven >Spielberg. The movie follows the E.T. monster. A perverted space alien >that lands on Earth naked, ingratiates itself amongst several children,
gets one child drunk, and then thanks to biological experiments it was >probably conducting, causes a child to get sick and almost die. There
were some local law enforcement types that rightfully tried to shoot the >E.T. monster, but the E.T. monster used its' mind control powers to
trick the local kids into helping it escape. This movie was
scientifically designed to traumatize small children such as myself.
And I'm sure the E.T. monster followed me home from the theater and was >going to get me. That wasn't just the way the shape of the clothes in
the closet looked in the dark, that E.T. monster was hiding in my
closet. I know it was! And now that I think about it, I should sue my >parents for intentional infliction of emotional distress for taking me
to see this movie when I was kid. How was this a kid's movie? The E.T. >monster had a giant head that stretched, a see-through body with an
exposed heart, and I don't even want to think about what that finger was >for.
Super 8 (4K disc) 2011 movie written and directed by J. J. Abrams and >co-produced by Steven Spielberg. The movie follows a group of young
teens in 1979 who are trying to make a student film for a competition
when they witness a train crash and stumble upon a government conspiracy
to hide the existence of alien life. On the commentary track Abrams
said people accuse this movie of being a ripoff of E.T. but he seemed to >take that as a badge of honor.
Contact (blu-ray) 1997 movie directed by Robert Zemeckis based on the
Carl Sagan novel of the same name. The movie stars Jodie Foster as an >astronomer who detects an alien signal with instructions on how to build
a machine. The movie attempts to be a realistic depiction of how the
world would react to the circumstances and building the machine that no
one knows what it will do once built. I watched with the director >commentary. The movie holds up well enough.
Arrival (4K disc) 2016 movie starring Amy Adams as a linguist who is
brought in by the military to help decipher an alien language following
the sudden arrival of 12 alien spaceships that park themselves around
the world. Adams has to figure out what the aliens are trying to >communicate before the military misinterprets their presence and start
an interstellar war. The movie holds up well enough.
On 6/9/2026 2:03 PM, shawn wrote:
On Tue, 9 Jun 2026 13:44:11 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:
What did you watch?
I spent the weekend watching MARVEL'S HELSTROM.
What channel is this on?
A good series that
deserved more attention than it got. The story revolves around a
family that ended up getting powers that seem to be demon related. The
dad was a serial killer and now the mom is locked away possessed by a
demon, while the kids deal with their experiences as it seems the dead
dad has somehow come back and is creating havoc.
Good performances by much of the cast. Well worth checking out.
What did you watch?
This is a multiday catch up.ÿ I watched some movies that helped disclose
the truth about aliens:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (4K disc) 1977 movie written and
directed by Steven Spielberg.ÿ The movie follows a group of aliens that kidnap a child, traumatize the child's mother and drives a family man insane.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (4K disc) 1982 movie directed by Steven Spielberg.ÿ The movie follows the E.T. monster.ÿ A perverted space alien that lands on Earth naked, ingratiates itself amongst several children,
gets one child drunk, and then thanks to biological experiments it was probably conducting, causes a child to get sick and almost die. There
were some local law enforcement types that rightfully tried to shoot the E.T.ÿ monster, but the E.T. monster used its' mind control powers to
trick the local kids into helping it escape.ÿ This movie was
scientifically designed to traumatize small children such as myself. And
I'm sure the E.T. monster followed me home from the theater and was
going to get me.ÿ That wasn't just the way the shape of the clothes in
the closet looked in the dark, that E.T. monster was hiding in my
closet.ÿ I know it was!ÿ And now that I think about it, I should sue my parents for intentional infliction of emotional distress for taking me
to see this movie when I was kid.ÿ How was this a kid's movie?ÿ The E.T. monster had a giant head that stretched, a see-through body with an
exposed heart, and I don't even want to think about what that finger was for.
Super 8 (4K disc) 2011 movie written and directed by J. J. Abrams and co-produced by Steven Spielberg.ÿ The movie follows a group of young
teens in 1979 who are trying to make a student film for a competition
when they witness a train crash and stumble upon a government conspiracy
to hide the existence of alien life.ÿ On the commentary track Abrams
said people accuse this movie of being a ripoff of E.T. but he seemed to take that as a badge of honor.
Contact (blu-ray) 1997 movie directed by Robert Zemeckis based on the
Carl Sagan novel of the same name.ÿ The movie stars Jodie Foster as an astronomer who detects an alien signal with instructions on how to build
a machine.ÿ The movie attempts to be a realistic depiction of how the
world would react to the circumstances and building the machine that no
one knows what it will do once built.ÿ I watched with the director commentary. The movie holds up well enough.
Arrival (4K disc) 2016 movie starring Amy Adams as a linguist who is
brought in by the military to help decipher an alien language following
the sudden arrival of 12 alien spaceships that park themselves around
the world.ÿ Adams has to figure out what the aliens are trying to communicate before the military misinterprets their presence and start
an interstellar war.ÿ The movie holds up well enough.
On Tue, 9 Jun 2026 17:35:37 -0700, Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 6/9/2026 2:03 PM, shawn wrote:
On Tue, 9 Jun 2026 13:44:11 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:
I guess I will start today's off, as I want a thread so that I can go
over the "Paranormal Activity" series.
But first! to start things off! - Yesterday I watched a movie off
Shudder! (by way of AMC+), though I don't think this was a "Shudder
original" film:
Last Straw (AMC+/Shudder) - From the end credits, it looks like this was >>>> originally going to be titled "The Late Shift"(?), which is actually a >>>> better and more accurate title.
Snipped text
What did you watch?
I spent the weekend watching MARVEL'S HELSTROM.
What channel is this on?
I am watching from my hard drive as I recorded this a long time ago
and just got around to it. Looks like you can watch it on Hulu and
Disney+. Ah, so it was a Hulu original so no surprise it is available
there
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKeugS4qjag
Yeah, the trailer is from five years ago so it's been awhile.
A good series that
deserved more attention than it got. The story revolves around a
family that ended up getting powers that seem to be demon related. The
dad was a serial killer and now the mom is locked away possessed by a
demon, while the kids deal with their experiences as it seems the dead
dad has somehow come back and is creating havoc.
Good performances by much of the cast. Well worth checking out.
What did you watch?
This is a multiday catch up. I watched some movies that helped disclose
the truth about aliens:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (4K disc) 1977 movie written and
directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie follows a group of aliens that
kidnap a child, traumatize the child's mother and drives a family man
insane.
I've heard that is a decent movie. ;)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (4K disc) 1982 movie directed by Steven
Spielberg. The movie follows the E.T. monster. A perverted space alien
that lands on Earth naked, ingratiates itself amongst several children,
gets one child drunk, and then thanks to biological experiments it was
probably conducting, causes a child to get sick and almost die. There
were some local law enforcement types that rightfully tried to shoot the
E.T. monster, but the E.T. monster used its' mind control powers to
trick the local kids into helping it escape. This movie was
scientifically designed to traumatize small children such as myself.
And I'm sure the E.T. monster followed me home from the theater and was
going to get me. That wasn't just the way the shape of the clothes in
the closet looked in the dark, that E.T. monster was hiding in my
closet. I know it was! And now that I think about it, I should sue my
parents for intentional infliction of emotional distress for taking me
to see this movie when I was kid. How was this a kid's movie? The E.T.
monster had a giant head that stretched, a see-through body with an
exposed heart, and I don't even want to think about what that finger was
for.
This is one that I know all about it but never got around to watching
it. It's still on my list so one day.
Super 8 (4K disc) 2011 movie written and directed by J. J. Abrams and
co-produced by Steven Spielberg. The movie follows a group of young
teens in 1979 who are trying to make a student film for a competition
when they witness a train crash and stumble upon a government conspiracy
to hide the existence of alien life. On the commentary track Abrams
said people accuse this movie of being a ripoff of E.T. but he seemed to
take that as a badge of honor.
Not familiar with it other than the name.
Contact (blu-ray) 1997 movie directed by Robert Zemeckis based on the
Carl Sagan novel of the same name. The movie stars Jodie Foster as an
astronomer who detects an alien signal with instructions on how to build
a machine. The movie attempts to be a realistic depiction of how the
world would react to the circumstances and building the machine that no
one knows what it will do once built. I watched with the director
commentary. The movie holds up well enough.
Yep, I've watched this a few times over the years and caught clips of
it quite a few times.
Arrival (4K disc) 2016 movie starring Amy Adams as a linguist who is
brought in by the military to help decipher an alien language following
the sudden arrival of 12 alien spaceships that park themselves around
the world. Adams has to figure out what the aliens are trying to
communicate before the military misinterprets their presence and start
an interstellar war. The movie holds up well enough.
I enjoyed this one and the original THE ARRIVAL with Charlie Sheen.
Though they are very different movies. ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6aH8FV24Rc
On 6/9/2026 2:03 PM, shawn wrote:
On Tue, 9 Jun 2026 13:44:11 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:
I guess I will start today's off, as I want a thread so that I can go
over the "Paranormal Activity" series.
But first! to start things off! - Yesterday I watched a movie off
Shudder! (by way of AMC+), though I don't think this was a "Shudder
original" film:
Last Straw (AMC+/Shudder) - From the end credits, it looks like this was >>> originally going to be titled "The Late Shift"(?), which is actually abetter and more accurate title.
Snipped text
What did you watch?
I spent the weekend watching MARVEL'S HELSTROM.
What channel is this on?
A good series that
deserved more attention than it got. The story revolves around a
family that ended up getting powers that seem to be demon related. The
dad was a serial killer and now the mom is locked away possessed by a
demon, while the kids deal with their experiences as it seems the dead
dad has somehow come back and is creating havoc.
Good performances by much of the cast. Well worth checking out.
What did you watch?
This is a multiday catch up. I watched some movies that helped disclose
the truth about aliens:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (4K disc) 1977 movie written and
directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie follows a group of aliens that kidnap a child, traumatize the child's mother and drives a family man insane.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (4K disc) 1982 movie directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie follows the E.T. monster. A perverted space alien that lands on Earth naked, ingratiates itself amongst several children,
gets one child drunk, and then thanks to biological experiments it was probably conducting, causes a child to get sick and almost die. There
were some local law enforcement types that rightfully tried to shoot the E.T. monster, but the E.T. monster used its' mind control powers to
trick the local kids into helping it escape. This movie was
scientifically designed to traumatize small children such as myself.
And I'm sure the E.T. monster followed me home from the theater and was going to get me. That wasn't just the way the shape of the clothes in
the closet looked in the dark, that E.T. monster was hiding in my
closet. I know it was! And now that I think about it, I should sue my parents for intentional infliction of emotional distress for taking me
to see this movie when I was kid. How was this a kid's movie? The E.T. monster had a giant head that stretched, a see-through body with an
exposed heart, and I don't even want to think about what that finger was for.
Super 8 (4K disc) 2011 movie written and directed by J. J. Abrams and co-produced by Steven Spielberg. The movie follows a group of young
teens in 1979 who are trying to make a student film for a competition
when they witness a train crash and stumble upon a government conspiracy
to hide the existence of alien life. On the commentary track Abrams
said people accuse this movie of being a ripoff of E.T. but he seemed to take that as a badge of honor.
Contact (blu-ray) 1997 movie directed by Robert Zemeckis based on the
Carl Sagan novel of the same name. The movie stars Jodie Foster as an astronomer who detects an alien signal with instructions on how to build
a machine. The movie attempts to be a realistic depiction of how the
world would react to the circumstances and building the machine that no
one knows what it will do once built. I watched with the director commentary. The movie holds up well enough.
Arrival (4K disc) 2016 movie starring Amy Adams as a linguist who is
brought in by the military to help decipher an alien language following
the sudden arrival of 12 alien spaceships that park themselves around
the world. Adams has to figure out what the aliens are trying to communicate before the military misinterprets their presence and start
an interstellar war. The movie holds up well enough.
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (4K disc) 1982 movie directed by Steven
Spielberg. The movie follows the E.T. monster. A perverted space alien >> that lands on Earth naked, ingratiates itself amongst several children,
gets one child drunk, and then thanks to biological experiments it was
probably conducting, causes a child to get sick and almost die. There
were some local law enforcement types that rightfully tried to shoot the >> E.T. monster, but the E.T. monster used its' mind control powers to
trick the local kids into helping it escape. This movie was
scientifically designed to traumatize small children such as myself.
And I'm sure the E.T. monster followed me home from the theater and was
going to get me. That wasn't just the way the shape of the clothes in
the closet looked in the dark, that E.T. monster was hiding in my
closet. I know it was! And now that I think about it, I should sue my
parents for intentional infliction of emotional distress for taking me
to see this movie when I was kid. How was this a kid's movie? The E.T. >> monster had a giant head that stretched, a see-through body with an
exposed heart, and I don't even want to think about what that finger was >> for.
I hate this movie. Mom wanted to watch it and so I got it on laser disk and we viewed it on Halloween while waiting for trick-or-treaters. She was strangely quiescent afterwards and when we finally talked about it, she thought it was awful and neither of us wanted to admit it. It?s the first time I could clearly see Spielberg pulling the strings. The best I could
say about it is that the special edition is even worse
On Jun 12, 2026 at 8:53:02 PM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (4K disc) 1982 movie directed by Steven
Spielberg. The movie follows the E.T. monster. A perverted space alien >>> that lands on Earth naked, ingratiates itself amongst several children, >>> gets one child drunk, and then thanks to biological experiments it was
probably conducting, causes a child to get sick and almost die. There
were some local law enforcement types that rightfully tried to shoot the >>> E.T. monster, but the E.T. monster used its' mind control powers to
trick the local kids into helping it escape. This movie was
scientifically designed to traumatize small children such as myself.
And I'm sure the E.T. monster followed me home from the theater and was >>> going to get me. That wasn't just the way the shape of the clothes in
the closet looked in the dark, that E.T. monster was hiding in my
closet. I know it was! And now that I think about it, I should sue my >>> parents for intentional infliction of emotional distress for taking me
to see this movie when I was kid. How was this a kid's movie? The E.T. >>> monster had a giant head that stretched, a see-through body with an
exposed heart, and I don't even want to think about what that finger was >>> for.
I hate this movie. Mom wanted to watch it and so I got it on laser disk and >> we viewed it on Halloween while waiting for trick-or-treaters. She was
strangely quiescent afterwards and when we finally talked about it, she
thought it was awful and neither of us wanted to admit it. It?s the first
time I could clearly see Spielberg pulling the strings. The best I could
say about it is that the special edition is even worse
I can say that it's easily one of the great film scores of all time.
The chord cadence and resolution building up to the moment when the bikes take
off into the air still gives me chills.
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 6/9/2026 2:03 PM, shawn wrote:
On Tue, 9 Jun 2026 13:44:11 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:
I guess I will start today's off, as I want a thread so that I can go
over the "Paranormal Activity" series.
But first! to start things off! - Yesterday I watched a movie off
Shudder! (by way of AMC+), though I don't think this was a "Shudder
original" film:
Last Straw (AMC+/Shudder) - From the end credits, it looks like this was >>>> originally going to be titled "The Late Shift"(?), which is actually a >>>> better and more accurate title.
Snipped text
What did you watch?
I spent the weekend watching MARVEL'S HELSTROM.
What channel is this on?
A good series that
deserved more attention than it got. The story revolves around a
family that ended up getting powers that seem to be demon related. The
dad was a serial killer and now the mom is locked away possessed by a
demon, while the kids deal with their experiences as it seems the dead
dad has somehow come back and is creating havoc.
Good performances by much of the cast. Well worth checking out.
What did you watch?
This is a multiday catch up. I watched some movies that helped disclose
the truth about aliens:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (4K disc) 1977 movie written and
directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie follows a group of aliens that
kidnap a child, traumatize the child's mother and drives a family man
insane.
I loved the original version of this movie. It probably helps that I saw
with my great college love at the time.
I hate the special edition of this movie.
Spielberg must?ve been annoyed at paying Amy Irving $100 million in
alimony, and re cut it to make Terri Garr completely unlikable (you have to work hard to make that happen) and she leaves her husband for no reason
other than he took a shower with his clothes on after being visibly burned.
I like a couple of the new effect shots but that?s it.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (4K disc) 1982 movie directed by Steven
Spielberg. The movie follows the E.T. monster. A perverted space alien
that lands on Earth naked, ingratiates itself amongst several children,
gets one child drunk, and then thanks to biological experiments it was
probably conducting, causes a child to get sick and almost die. There
were some local law enforcement types that rightfully tried to shoot the
E.T. monster, but the E.T. monster used its' mind control powers to
trick the local kids into helping it escape. This movie was
scientifically designed to traumatize small children such as myself.
And I'm sure the E.T. monster followed me home from the theater and was
going to get me. That wasn't just the way the shape of the clothes in
the closet looked in the dark, that E.T. monster was hiding in my
closet. I know it was! And now that I think about it, I should sue my
parents for intentional infliction of emotional distress for taking me
to see this movie when I was kid. How was this a kid's movie? The E.T.
monster had a giant head that stretched, a see-through body with an
exposed heart, and I don't even want to think about what that finger was
for.
I hate this movie. Mom wanted to watch it and so I got it on laser disk and we viewed it on Halloween while waiting for trick-or-treaters. She was strangely quiescent afterwards and when we finally talked about it, she thought it was awful and neither of us wanted to admit it. It?s the first time I could clearly see Spielberg pulling the strings. The best I could
say about it is that the special edition is even worse
Super 8 (4K disc) 2011 movie written and directed by J. J. Abrams and
co-produced by Steven Spielberg. The movie follows a group of young
teens in 1979 who are trying to make a student film for a competition
when they witness a train crash and stumble upon a government conspiracy
to hide the existence of alien life. On the commentary track Abrams
said people accuse this movie of being a ripoff of E.T. but he seemed to
take that as a badge of honor.
Contact (blu-ray) 1997 movie directed by Robert Zemeckis based on the
Carl Sagan novel of the same name. The movie stars Jodie Foster as an
astronomer who detects an alien signal with instructions on how to build
a machine. The movie attempts to be a realistic depiction of how the
world would react to the circumstances and building the machine that no
one knows what it will do once built. I watched with the director
commentary. The movie holds up well enough.
I hate this movie too. Let?s follow the instructions for the spaceship precisely except we?ll stick in a chair. What could possibly go wrong?
Arrival (4K disc) 2016 movie starring Amy Adams as a linguist who is
brought in by the military to help decipher an alien language following
the sudden arrival of 12 alien spaceships that park themselves around
the world. Adams has to figure out what the aliens are trying to
communicate before the military misinterprets their presence and start
an interstellar war. The movie holds up well enough.
The fire stick offered me this to watch earlier today. I?m still undecided. Seen the Charlie Sheen version.
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