DoctorAtomic

I watched the movie on D+. I liked the concept, but I agree it was a little long. I did like he twist that Voller wanted to kill Hitler. It was fitting that they ended Indy's adventures with Nazi foes. And crazy chase sequences. They had a big German goon, a big plane with propellers and nothing? Come on. I thought they might have let Indy die, but I don't think leaving him in the past would have been a good idea.

I think Penn would be the best fit. All the other comedians have other things going on. Penn isn't really an active comic.

Did you mean Grimes singing a new song? Because that was from Wham! in the mid 80s. It's a real song. I think the plot took way too long to get to the Jingleverse and didn't spend enough time in there. We didn't need half the first act since it was all set up for the VHS tape. They really could have done a mad Family Guy chicken fight with Stan and Santa.

The Boston councilman has the best attitude. "Whatta ya gonna do? You don't want me to do to the pahty, I won't go to the pahty. Eh."

Are you sure? Past episodes don't seem to support that.

I think the drawback for me was they were in this cool lodge for xmas, and it didn't really amount to much. I would have liked to see Bob cooking. There just wasn't too much going on for having the plot be just the family.

Pam and Archer going off into the unknown together to wreck shop is the best ending in the history of television. Somehow, there needs to be a Leverage-Archer&Pam job. Archer is really kind of the best at the spy game. Brilliant to use Slater's ego against himself and knowing Slater would turn the chopper around. Monk just had a movie and that show has been off the air for ages. They could easily do a one off adventure here in a couple of years. I did like the philosophical discussion about whether returning to the Cold War would be better. I actually brought up the discussion in class. Someone had remarked, "nowadays everything is an existential threat so no one can do anything about anything." It was kind of easier to just point to the Soviets and say, 'those are the bad guys.' Lana's rant in the gun library might have been the best monologue delivery of the series. The CIA-MI6 could use Lana for a ton of off book missions; not just tracking Archer.

"Well, you're not mating with me, Sunshine!" "Oh no. *A* mate!"

Why is Fox so ride or die with Krapopolis? Is it that good? I can't imagine Family Guy isn't pulling in steady ratings for the last 20 years to move it.

I certainly like my streaming services, but I find it ironic that we're watching the show live on Fox. I actually don't have a tv. I take my hdmi and plug it into the tivo and watch through my monitor. It's 27", which is also ironic, because in the 70s, a 27" tv was super fancy but massive and mine fits on my desk. Road couch. Big Wonder was a deep cut. The Librarian was in crowd! I miss her.

I think my statement stands.

Tina sounded like she was "in" on Santa when she was calming down Louise, but before, she's still believed in Santa. I know Linda is Linda, but come on. It's a snowstorm, and you got a giant lodge for nothing. She could have just drove back and brought Bob to help with the tree. I know Linda is wacky, but sometimes she can be too much. They easily could have got another tree from the million in the forest. Smart Tina shutting up about the big bed too. I liked that Bob was impressed that they covered up the rabbit. That wasn't really a popping xmas episode though.

Bumblebee Man was on the bottom of the list. I only know Taika Waititi from Our Flag Means Death and the Smartless podcast. I don't really know why people don't like him because I have a job.

I like that they got Thirteen into the pickleball. Taika was wonderfully so over the top. I liked that they kept saying his full name. Freeze on Lisa's tablet - Otto, CBG stole his CBD. I liked that the Simpsons were wearing all different outfits than normal. And the vegemite was the smoking gun! I loved that CBG had the right graphics on his R2D2.

I don't think another movie should have Monk be miserable. Not completely adjusted, but you want to take the recognition at the end of this movie that Monk can appreciate he has a purpose and can affect people's lives for the better.

I wonder in general how long it takes to find Ben. Addison has time to go home and sleep and make breakfast. I like a good Cold War plot; I was predisposed to like this episode. I actually liked that Ben wasn't so good at spycraft, although I still would have taken pictures too. Thanks to Hannah inventing 'Karen' 45 years ahead of time. I don't know why she put on a huge southern accent. I'm not as down as Addison as the prevailing opinion, though I get the criticisms, but I could have done without her scene with Magic. I did like her and Ben's conversation in the next scene. Her jumping in closing her eyes later was just funny. I've been to plenty of conferences, but none held in Cairo. I mean, I had a really good time in Indianapolis, but, no pyramids. I'm not sure why they thought Ben couldn't leap. In the original, the spy never met with Nomad, so she didn't defect. I don't get why because they thought she was dead that he was stuck there. The point of the leap could have just been to get the leak in the embassy. I'm not sure why no one floated that. That would have been an actually interesting dark turn to the leaps.

tbh, the woman stuck on the tracks looked like she was in a car on the level of a Camry. She could have just put it in neutral and pushed it back. It's not like she was in an F150.

Wow, that episode was tight and packed with gags. Every plot point got picked up with a rare Frannie/Hayley plot coinciding with Stan. The show is still genuinely good, but this script was something else. They riffed off the theme. Roger didn't have anything for a costume, so he just put on garbage; the photographer even called him garbage lady. Frannie and Hayley get tarted up with a wild montage; Stan's montage was even wilder. The captions were brilliant - One was for the cast of Goonies with Stan just in an office presentation. Even at the end Frannie knew Stan was 'all over the internet'. Then there was the running gag of all the ways to say money, and Frannie just mispronounced a bunch of words for no reason. Perfect song that fits both plots! And the chimp joke pays off at the end! The name of the drug was perfect, and the commercial was dead on. That was like a Saturday Night Live commercial. Porn pogs doesn't actually sound like a bad idea. I wouldn't sink my money in it, and you'd probably want to trade them digitally, not real objects.

I just meant in general. You can't fly regular direct anywhere in my state. You can charter something small if it makes sense for the amount of people.

I don't think run of the mill government employees should be on private planes either. However, there's a lot of charter planes that are small like 8 people, and totally bare bones. So I can see where it would be all right. We're all talking about the swanky private planes, but there's the others.

From my understanding it's *all* the footage. I would think there's some that hasn't been broadcast yet. As to blurring the footage, Johnson said it was because of possible retaliation. I would think a prosecutor could get a court order for the unblurred video, since the footage has been used for that. In my city, someone was found on the footage and was fired from his job before he even got back. Not for nothing, a lot of people were live streaming and posting from their phones, so it's not hard to identify anyone, I would think. I think the more important question is should it be released? Any reasonably savvy editor could further cut the footage to make it look quite different than what really happened. Also, wouldn't it be a security concern? If I was into conspiracies, I would suggest Johnson is doing it to protect friends and colleagues.

The next time I fly private, I'll report back.

I actually assign the piece on OSHA and North Dakota fracking in class. One of the main reasons I'm not worried about retaliation from Jan 6 and need my face blurred was because I wasn't there. So maybe they could have tried that.

I'd like the Master to be someone new just because Fifteen is new.

That's what I meant by you have to still get in line. With the commercial airlines on an actual schedule, I would think they have to fit you in. I'm sure everyone has been on the plan when the pilot says 'we're cleared for takeoff and third'. So the private plane would have to get in on that. And a flight plan too. Because you don't want to be getting in the way up there. Or sometimes, you can go on a different flight path. You can't actually fly direct commercially to any cities in my state, but if you charter private you can. One of my friends did that and it was not swanky in the least. I was disappointed. If I'm flying private, it better be like the 60s. Not the sexual harassment, but light flirting.