Terrafamilia

Maybe I'm weird but I was getting John Glover vibes from Tyler. Are we going to get Murphy Brown style serial receptionists? I hope that doesn't go on too long.

A&E has a new one, "Million Dollar Zombie Flips." It takes place in Seattle so houses that would sell at 250-400k around were I live command over a million out there. The second episode yesterday had me scratching my head. I admit that I didn't catch the whole thing but they converted an attached garage into a new living room but I didn't see where they replaced it with any other covered off-street parking. Still got over 1.5 million.

I enjoyed Mashle and hope they air season 2 but I was a little disappointed by the quality of the animation as it seemed a bit flat. I've heard that the studios over there have been cutting costs by using computer coloring. Maybe that explains some of it.

I think they would have had a better time moving stealthily and evading capture if they weren't being followed around by camera crews.

Even if I were 30 yrs younger and at my healthiest and fittest, and not hampered with bad feet, I would have seriously considered voluntarily removing myself once I found out about the no toilet paper. That is just cruel. 😧

For those so inclined, there is a more serious, though not necessarily better, treatment of the premise in a comic book series called Excellence, put out by Image Comics a few years ago. The protagonist is a young, angry, black man with daddy issues who, chaffing against the restrictions of the magical society of which he is a part – always bailing out and clearing the way for inept white guys, vows to bring the whole edifice down. It is not exactly subtle in its presentation. Those in control of the society are On top of that, the womenfolk of the Magical Negroes are forbidden to do magic – because they are so much better at it and TPTB are afraid of female power, or something. Trigger Warning: the N-word is peppered generously throughout, but that’s okay according to the creators, they are just keepin’ it real, and besides, they themselves are black (honest, trust us!) so they get a pass. The series seems to have either been cancelled or gone on hiatus after 12 issues so the story is unfinished.

This is why Silver Age Superman had Superman robots.

Chili with beans, no meat = TexMex baked beans.

So, we've gotten one heart transplant. I don't for a minute believe Clark's heart got stomped on. I'm sure it is awaiting a transplant as well - just not in Clark (at least not in Clark til closer to the end of the series).

I may have been mishearing it, but it sounded like they linked the comm system in with the FTL to boost it. So those at the colony would need to keep an FTL system in operation to use it and they probably put that on a back burner, especially when Maddox was in charge.

Not bad but everything was telegraphed. As soon as Ian came aboard I knew that either he or Spencer wouldn't survive. It was also fairly obvious that they should have kept a very close eye on the EF captain's second. You'd have thought they would have come up with some sort of liver dialysis by that time in the future. Or artificial kidneys. Spencer or Ian could have donated part of their liver (you don't need the whole thing as that remaining will grow to compensate) and Ian could have donated a kidney for Spence, assuming he still had both of his, so this outcome was pretty contrived.

Finally saw it over the weekend. I was wanting to yell at the screen near the climax when Logan was trying to bust down the big door to get to DP. Why was he doing that when he has razor-sharp adamantium claws that could treat that door like cheese?

Theme song for this episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1h38gC23bw

It would have been more interesting if Alt-Felix had hair - and a beard.

Was I dreaming or did I see Pris from Bladerunner in Wilken's house?

So, the White House operates like the Murder House on American Horror Story?

Someone, please buy that man a pair of jeans that aren't falling apart. 😛

To those who hate the judges actually judging who leaves, I remember years past when the folks on the forum would blast the people at home for making it a popularity contest and trying to game the voting system for whoever struck the tweens fancy rather than who was best. I guess you can't please everyone. I do hate how truncated the season is with two being eliminated at a time. BOOO! I can't get too worked up about the bottom 4 as the judges saw a lot more of the actual rehearsal/filming than we did and that seems to be playing into the assessment, not just the final product. Of those, I agreed with judges as to who was cut. But I'm not feeling the new "real world" format.

Anna being picked to bear the Kwisatz Haderach is basically all I got from this episode. Though that doesn't really explain why she has been treated so wretchedly by this group, such as pretty much being raped by Nurse Ivy earlier. Was that to get rid of the old baby to make way for a new, better (worse) one? Is a little coherence too much to ask for?

They didn't mention his stint as a Power Ranger.

Aw, I think Tiny Tim was an underrated national treasure. If Dot were smart she would have played her denial of the kidnapping as being a result of shock over the whole incident and she has no memory of it or any idea why it happened - surely it was just a case of mistaken identity. At least that would have been easier to sell than a walk to clear her head.

Hmmm...if only they could make a trade. Say, Susan for a slightly agoraphobic lady who is in need of new digs who wouldn't mind staying in for a loooong, loooong time.

So the super-traditional sheriff has nipple piercings. That's...interesting. I know where I'd aim the taser. I wondered how old the convenience store was when the clerk said there was no back exit. Not only would all deliveries of merchandise have to be through the front door but it would surely run afoul of fire codes. Would a setup like that get grandfathered in?

Joyeux Noel - Copy editor, who, just seconds before going on about the importance of grammar, had herself mixed up the proper usage of she and her. I would not have settled the writer's strike until my demand had been met - anyone wanting to be a member of the writer's guild would have to pass a basic English grammar test and be subject to periodic pop quizzes thereafter.

Let me guess, the Women in Black are agents of The Patriarchy® who are punishing women for being too ambitious and thinking they can have both a baby and a career. Anyway, I was a bit concerned that Dex was going to get physical with Anna in their argument, what with the talk about his father's behavior. Hope he manages to wise up regarding the weirdness going on.