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rmontro

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  1. I had forgotten that. That's one loose end tied up.
  2. I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to. It reminded me more than anything of Mary Poppins. I can see the point some have raised though, where's the character's weird, dark side? This must be the most "normal" portrayal of Wonka that we've seen. He seems a very typical, likeable movie hero.
  3. That always bugged me also. I never quite bought into that. I finished the series today, I guess that's the end of TNG, with all the included nostalgia most people could want. I enjoyed it, although I wish the writing had been a little stronger. I probably found the Worf character to be the most interesting, I liked the way they had advanced his character.
  4. Just watched this now, and the main thing that jumped out at me was the similarity with the door Picard was dealing with in season two. The writers must like using that analogy.
  5. Had to mention Helen Coghlan becoming a six time fooler on the show (record holder). Sometimes I'm a little suspicious that they give a pass to some of their more legenday performers, but I have no idea how she did that trick with the vinyl record either.
  6. I was trying to figure out what song this was, until I remembered it was the name of the episode where Laura had her toe stuck in the bathtub. I was thinking wow, I didn't know he was a songwriter too. Yes, it was. I read the memoirs DVD wrote, and he said he made a decision to only perform family-friendly material, and it's clear that's paid off for him in a big way, because he has become a timeless artist. Mary Poppins is such a classic. It was also nice how Dick mentioned the non surviving members of TDVDS, and how they would have enjoyed it. I thought it was a little strange they chose to finish the show with "Let's Go Fly a Kite" though, since I've never thought that song was really associated so much with DVD, even though he sings a verse. I think of it more as the father and the family singing it.
  7. Agreed, I've never been a big Mr. Hankey fan. Or Towelie either, for that matter. I do like these Paramount + South Park specials though. They've all been good, IMO. And aside from not really wanting to see Randy's junk so much, this was one of the better ones. It was funny that he thought more people would want to see him than his wife. The kids' storyline was your typical "what kids have to do to be cool" kind of fare, very solid.
  8. Adding to the list of sitcoms where someone shows up and they have to take care of them forever: Family Affair, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Jeffersons, The Flying Nun, Gomer Pyle, The Brady Bunch, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Mister Ed, Mork and Mindy, My Favorite Martian, WKRP in Cincinnati, My Mother the Car, Golden Girls, Chico and the Man, and Welcome Back Kotter. Apologies if i accidentally repeated any of the ones Peter mentioned.
  9. Obviously I got disappointed here. Looks like they were focusing on almost exclusively Christmas sketches. They had sent that character into space the last we saw of her, so they had given her an ending of sorts, but I was still hopeful. Oh well, maybe next time.
  10. I seriously hope Kate revisits her "close encounters" character tonight, those sketches are easily in my top five all time SNL.
  11. Rumors are Pedro Pascal will be playing Reed Richards. I really didn't care for this at first, and I'm still not sure I see it. But after thinking it over awhile, maybe it will be okay, as long as they treat the FF with the respect the team deserves for its historical place in Marvel. Richards should really take the place of Tony Stark as the central figure in the MCU, and Pascal has the star power to do that. Only thing is, when you looked at Robert Downey Junior, you SAW Tony Stark from the comics come to life. I'm not sure that's the case with Richards and Pascal.
  12. Crazy. Gordon did say it was rubbery and blistered. Is there anything worse on the planet than an overcooked hot dog?
  13. Wow, there's somebody else in here! This makes me wonder something. Penn is always talking about how he and Teller are not friends, just business partners. And that's how they have avoided the acrimony and bitterness other entertainment duos have suffered (Lennon and McCartney, Simon and Garfunkel, Martin and Lewis, etc). But they said Moxie calls Teller Uncle Teller, and that he has taught her magic through the years. One wonders how that happens if they really aren't friends. Does Teller just see her backstage now and then?
  14. I don't like that idea. The FF and the X-Men should be from the same universe as the other Marvel heroes. Sure, go ahead and bring in the Fox X-Men you want for the member berries, like Jackman's Wolverine and Kelsey Grammar's Beat. But when you get around to introducing the Marvel versions, they should be from "this" universe. Making the FF from another universe especially seems disrespectful. The FF was the first Marvel superhero comic, it was the first comic Stan Lee created when he started his genius run of writing. It was the foundation for everything to come. I liked the idea of the FF being from the past, but had been stuck in the quantum realm. It's not perfect by any means, but that way they could still pre-exist the other teams.
  15. I'm not against the multiverse as a concept. I used to love those old Earth 1/Earth 2 JLA vs. JSA stories where they brought the old heroes back. I just don't think they should base a whole series of movies on them over several years, it's too much.
  16. What surprised me is that they actually cared that they were exploiting her and about her well being. Well, except Stewie, I guess.
  17. I agree, I think the multiverse concept is hurting the superhero genre movies. It's cute in a way for a movie or two because it allows you to bring in older stars like Tobey McGuire as Spider-Man or Michael Keaton as Batman. But to base an entire phase, or worse, multiple phases on it just dilutes everything to no real stakes. If there are multiple realities, why should we care about a particular one? You can then threaten all the multiverses, but that's overkill. Build good characterization and tell good stories, that would be better.
  18. I've been reading comic books for over fifty years, so you can't say I've never read a Marvel comic. And the Lee/Kirby era was my favorite, and you're right, there was some politics in there. But there was never any sense that a point of view was being shoved down your throat. Of course Lee was very much against racism, but that isn't a controversial topic at all. Today the same issue would be more along the lines of should the police be defunded, and that is a HUGE difference from the more generic moral lessons Lee was writing about. The truth is Disney has an agenda, and they are pushing that agenda, at the cost of storytelling, and it shows.
  19. Yeah, it does seem like a lot of backstory is missing, and/or maybe they told us and I just missed it. I don't think they said it, but Kelly and Ray seemed to have some sort of relationship going on. Maybe Kelly had money to invest and depended on Ray to run the business, that was their partnership. She brought the money, he contributed the know-how. He just apparently didn't know quite as much as he thought, or he didn't care. Funny how he jumped back in when the restaurant started to become more successful (if we're to believe what we're told). I know Ray was cast as the villain in this, but I can empathize with him a little. Especially if he didn't agree to having the show come in. I know if I was trying to do my own thing, and Gordon Ramsey was coming in, I don't think I'd care for it either, unless I specifically wanted his help. Because you just know he isn't going to like anything you cook, and he's going to pick it apart like it's garbage.
  20. Well, he couldn't really have pushed out Kelly, because she was the one who had the money invested. That would have been a villainous move. Can't help but notice Gordon usually favors the ladies though. When he went out to talk to the female influencer food critic, "Introduce me to your dad". Lol, he said he was kidding, but I wonder how many times he's used that line.
  21. It's hard to believe they would choose this restaurant for an episode when the people running it didn't even agree about bringing Gordon in to help. I got the feeling Gordon was really trying to push Sam into getting into an argument with him, but he just wasn't having it. Didn't seem like he cared enough to argue. Him leaving was a great step, because that's what prompted the show to bring in all the professional help, and that made a huge difference. Sam returning at the end seemed like a step backward frankly, but according to the internet, the restaurant is still doing well. So good for them, I hope it keeps up.
  22. Yeah, fighting Nazis and terrorism are hardly political hot button issues. Although I guess there are more people in the US today who support terrorism than I would have thought. But whatever, some people want the politics in their movies. Got it. I do not.
  23. Two things about that: First, there is a matter of degree. The early Marvel movies did not give off the idea that they were pushing politics. Second, the political environment is especially toxic now, so jumping into that fray simply invites more toxicity.
  24. Those movies are confusingly named. Batman Forever was actually the third one, but it sounds like it should have been the fourth (Batman 4ever - the one with Schwarzenegger). Meanwhile, Batman & Robin was actually the fourth. You can, but I don't think that makes it a good idea. Marvel has several problems right now, and one of them is the perception that they don't really care about the core comic book fans. You never got that impression in the early days when they were putting out Iron Man and The Avengers. Other problems are, of course, superhero fatigue, inserting politics into the movies, and lazy writing (which includes ignoring the source material).
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