I watched:

FANTASTIC FOUR TEASER TRAILER REVIEW | ARE FF FANS GETTING SHAFTED AGAIN?: Marvel has released their new teaser trailer for The Fantastic Four, and I guess the central question here is: are Fantastic Four fans going to get screwed again? Are the Fantastic Four going to get short changed in a lousy movie adaptation once more? I think we have an answer my friends - here is
my review. #disney #marvel #mcu

https://youtu.be/jObwuoAajh0?si=Q_DvmN29uNOdDQEK

FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS TRAILER: MY THOUGHTS https://youtu.be/xqMLqpopPuI?si=otXIyclsuLngv9rn

TikTok Nurse Facing 20 Years Prison For Dancing on Patients..
TikTok Nurse Facing 20 Years Prison For Dancing on Patients..

https://youtu.be/KQ6-LZbn3jo?si=80Xw-k7CEOFLdx4X

DANA LOESCH REACTS TO THE 2025 GRAMMY'S WOKEST MOMENTS
ana Loesch recaps the Grammy's wokest moments including a DEI shoutout from Alicia Keys and jokes made by Host Trevor Noah about Trump's deportation plans. https://youtu.be/v4mNMQ58IaU?si=oi-FaE02uCtfZEOV

DANK DEMOSS DENIED LYFT RIDE DUE TO SIZE? | Double Toasted Bites
DANK DEMOSS DENIED LYFT RIDE DUE TO SIZE? | Double Toasted Bites - A lyft driver recently denied Dank Demoss a ride because of her weight and while
she may be known for a video where she falls off stage, or also known for
her music video releases and songs and lyrics for Round After Rounds (so
many Rounds!), So What and more - we can't help but think that she's going
to be known for THIS moving forward. https://youtu.be/wYO8Wt_5QAI?si=V6FpiFiC59dExVfZ

TRY NOT TO CRINGE WHILE WATCHING THESE AWKWARD CLIPS FROM THE DNC
The DNC met over the weekend to elect their new leadership. It was an unintentionally hilarious circus
that proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the Democrats learned nothing from their embarrassing
defeat.
https://youtu.be/INZi9nS5Pk4?si=HcjjgCqJ_1NqQ7XE

THE CRAZIEST MOMENTS FROM THE 2025 GRAMMY AWARDS
THE CRAZIEST MOMENTS FROM THE 2025 GRAMMY AWARDS - Today at Double Toasted
we talk about some of the crazy moments from the Grammy Awards including moments with Kanye West, Jaden Smith, and yes, we discuss that Babyface interview. What moments did we miss out on? Let us know in the comment
section below.
https://youtu.be/QMZQRu32GuA?si=j7m-ohVDogSadXbS

MAMA FALLS DOWN THE STAIRS | The Carol Burnett Show Clip
When mama takes a fall, she has to stay with her daughter and son-in-law
and drives them crazy in the meantime. Sketch from season 8, episode 19
of The Carol Burnett Show.
#CarolBurnett #TheCarolBurnettShow #Mother

https://youtu.be/I34_7GjodPI?si=6BBmPNp7pyECLiF6

NJ GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY DARES TOM HOMAN TO TRY TO DEPORT HOUSEGUEST, W/ DAVE ARONBERG AND MIKE DAVIS
Megyn Kelly is joined by legal experts Dave Aronberg and Mike Davis to
discuss New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy admitting he's harboring an illegal immigrant above his garage, his attempt to walk back the story now, why you shouldn't mess with Tom Homan and his team, and more.

https://youtu.be/2k8rWVqArYc?si=1BbJhJYjlQuX4HRf

DNC LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE SHOWS WOKE DEMOCRATS HAVE LEARNED ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, WITH STU BURGUIERE
Megyn Kelly is joined by Stu Burguiere, host of BlazeTV's "Stu Does America," to discuss the DNC leadership conference's most embarrassing moments, how Democrats have clearly learned nothing, why identity politics are still not working for them, and more.

https://youtu.be/6R0sZDmuqHw?si=MFknvZhNfrlnurkL

UPS EMPLOYEE GETS FIRED AND THROWS TANTRUM | Double Toasted Bites
UPS EMPLOYEE GETS FIRED AND THROWS TANTRUM | Double Toasted Bites - We've
seen some post office clips in the past on our show like employees stealing packages, or someone unemployed committing theft, or people getting arrested for stealing packages off other people's porch, but we are kicking off
February with one of the craziest freakouts we think we're gonna' see this year. Was this public freakout necessary? Y'all be the judge!
#podcasts #funnynewsheadlines #funnynews #podcasts

https://youtu.be/j0wn7Z0VQaQ?si=PuphuDbzSTeORxIf

WHAT ACTUAL ALIENS MIGHT LOOK LIKE
Humans assume aliens look human. But why would they?
Let's explore what life might actually look like in strange, distant worlds.

https://youtu.be/dCiMUWw1BBc?si=4IdF6sBTu1F5AQ1Q

VANDERPUMP RULES:
"Notes on a Scandal". In the season 11 premiere, Ariana puts on a brave face and attempts to rebuild her life after Tom's infidelity, despite sharing a house with her ex-boyfriend. Tom Schwartz tries to make peace with his
friends, but discovers he's still excommunicated from the group. James
settles into his new life of domestic bliss with Ally. Scheana opens up about her postpartum OCD diagnosis. Lala confides in Lisa Vanderpump about her regrettable treatment of a one-time nemesis, making a grand gesture that threatens to rock the boat with her friends.

TBH, I watched this last week and pretty much immediately forgot what
happened. I was bored and had no interest in them beating the dead horse
called "Scandoval".

VANDERPUMP RULES:
"The Ultimate Betrayal". Tom Sandoval returns to Los Angeles just in time for his birthday, however, his plans hit a snag when Ariana learns he wants to throw a party in their shared home.

Ariana and Sandoval need to grow up. Their living situation in the house reminds me of something from an old sitcom including recruiting someone to
pass messages between them. Speaking of which, is Ann profoundly stupid? For that matter, why the hell does he even need a personal assistant in the first place? Naturally, Arianna is going to be petty and refuse to allow him to
have a birthday party, even though it turns out she wasn't even going to
there! Oh, look! It's Billie the Thirsty Famewhore trying to horn in on every scene at the party! [eyeroll] Meanwhile, successful businesswoman Lisa Vanderbucks celebrates(?) the closing of Pump. On the other side of the
hills, DJ Muppet Baby considers dropping by Sandoval's party. What could possibly go wrong?

What did you watch?

--
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On 2/5/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

Just soaps before going to bed early:

soaps: GH - Mon's ep. First let me say that I'm extremely disappointed
to read in Deadline that Charles Measure (who plays Jack Brennan) is
leaving GH - he is literally the best thing they've got going right now
(though "Babe" as Lulu is turning out better than I would have expected)
- and even worse, they're going to replace Measure with the guy who
played Joey Buchanan on OLTL: IOW, they're going to replace an Aussie
with a straight-up American! Puh-TEWIE!!... Anyway, not much happened in
this ep. NuNuLulu talks about Sam with Dante. Alexis vents about Sam's
murder to Sonny, and then Laura comes over to ask Alexis about Jenz
Sidwell. Earlier Laura tells Lucky that Sidwell is in town, and Lizzie
probes Lucky's real feelings about his captivity by Sidwell. Maxie
pushes Sasha about the rumor that Jason is her fetus's father, but Sasha refuses to discuss the baby's father. Curtis talks to the football
player about recovering from his injury.
DOOL - Tue's ep. The "secret" stalker of the soap-within-a-soap
sends fake scripts to all of the cast, and Johnny, Leo and Abe, and of
course the sctipts all have some contact poison on them, so everybody
falls ill (or dies?!). Stephanie quits being the soap's PR person, so
she can be with Alex, and then tells Alex - Alex tells her that all of a
sudden Joy wants to take things to the "next level", and he doesn't, so
now Alex knows he needs to dump Joy. But then he gets sick! Chanel seems
to reconcile with Johnny (she's a dummy!!), but then he gets sick!

And that was it. I was tired in the evening yesterday, and just went to
bed early.

What did you watch?

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On 2025-02-05 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

I watched:

Completely different things than Ubi.

I watched:

NIGHT COURT S3E08

A new city initiative has users of the court system rate their
experience as positive, neutral or negative. A feisty client causes Dan
to get a whole lot of negative reviews and Dan gets singled out for some blatantly ageist treatment by the guy monitoring the program. Hilarity
ensues as they deal with him and clear Dan.

THE ROOKIE S7E05

Much of the plot centers on tracking down Bailey's whacko ex-husband.
She is sufficiently scared that she enlists help from El Movado without
telling her current husband. Jenna Dewan goes seriously badass when
Jason knocks her over with a car, then ties her hands with a cable tie
and takes off with her in his car.

WILL TRENT S3E05

Will's partner Faith gets an unexpected visit from her mother who needs
a supervised place to recover from a leg injury. While there, Mom sees something suspicious going on in a neighbour's window and calls 911
after previously being dressed down for an inappropriate call for help
from Faith. When Faith hears about the 911 call, she rushes home only to
find her mother missing. Faith, Will, and Amanda, with some help from
Angie, start trying to solve the mystery of where Mom is.

PARADISE S1E04

This show keeps getting more and more intriguing. In this episode, we
learn much more about Billy Pace, Xavier's fellow Presidential bodyguard
and close friend, and Billy's dark past. We also learn that Billy is a
hatchet man for Sinatra and has been outside of the mountain and has
seen that life is possible, if difficult, out there.

Since no radiation precautions were seen in those scenes, I'm beginning
to think that we can rule out a nuclear war as the cause of the
catastrophe. I think the isotopes used in most nukes tend to be very
long lasting ones - think thousands of years of toxicity - so those
would not be safe after just six months. I have yet to hear a single
word of dialog that says whether the scope of the catastrophe was just
the USA or the entire world. I find myself wondering if other countries
are carrying on pretty much unchanged. That might explain why the US,
knowing this catastrophe was coming, didn't make any effort to rescue
top people from foreign countries who might be useful in rebuilding civilization, if that is indeed what Paradise is designed to do.



--
Rhino

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On 2/5/2025 5:46 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 2/5/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

Just soaps before going to bed early:

soaps: GH - Mon's ep. First let me say that I'm extremely disappointed
to read in Deadline that Charles Measure (who plays Jack Brennan) is
leaving GH - he is literally the best thing they've got going right now (though "Babe" as Lulu is turning out better than I would have expected)
- and even worse, they're going to replace Measure with the guy who
played Joey Buchanan on OLTL: IOW, they're going to replace an Aussie
with a straight-up American! Puh-TEWIE!!... Anyway, not much happened in
this ep. NuNuLulu talks about Sam with Dante. Alexis vents about Sam's
murder to Sonny, and then Laura comes over to ask Alexis about Jenz
Sidwell. Earlier Laura tells Lucky that Sidwell is in town, and Lizzie
probes Lucky's real feelings about his captivity by Sidwell. Maxie
pushes Sasha about the rumor that Jason is her fetus's father, but Sasha refuses to discuss the baby's father. Curtis talks to the football
player about recovering from his injury.
   DOOL - Tue's ep. The "secret" stalker of the soap-within-a-soap
sends fake scripts to all of the cast, and Johnny, Leo and Abe, and of
course the sctipts all have some contact poison on them, so everybody
falls ill (or dies?!). Stephanie quits being the soap's PR person, so
she can be with Alex, and then tells Alex - Alex tells her that all of a sudden Joy wants to take things to the "next level", and he doesn't, so
now Alex knows he needs to dump Joy. But then he gets sick! Chanel seems
to reconcile with Johnny (she's a dummy!!), but then he gets sick!

And that was it. I was tired in the evening yesterday, and just went to
bed early.

What did you watch?

I watched:

Babylon 5 (blu-ray) - Still making my way through season 4. "Epiphanies" Garilbadi quits. Meanwhile Bester shows up asking for help. The whole relationship between B5, Earth, and Psychor/Bester is really murky,
especially given B5 left Earth. I guess best not to think about such
things.

"The Illusion of Truth" - I mostly fast forwarded through this one,
stopping to watch the ISN news propaganda parts. But those propaganda
parts were about half the episode. I was expecting a brief segment at
the end and got wrapped up into watching it. According to this episode
the lunar colony foundation was laid in 2018. I had no idea we already
had a colony on the moon.

"Atonement" - This episode fills in Delen's backstory and involvement in
the Earth Minbari war. It's a little weird watching this episode now
this far into the series after already seeing the backstory play out in
the TV movie. This episode isn't even on my watch list and was easily skippable, but I've pretty much thrown out the watch list at this point
and I'm just watching them. I'll have to try harder to skip the
skippable ones.

"Racing Mars" - Franklin and Marcus smuggle themselves to Mars and learn
thanks to the news embargo no one knows there was a Shadow war.
Meanwhile Garabaldi has a falling out with Sheradan. Speaking of
Sheradan, he goes through some, let's say interesting, courting rituals
with Delenn. They mentioned Garibaldi's hair falling out. I've been
keeping an eye out for that and was surprised it lasted so long, then
when it finally happened, I didn't notice. Technically, he still has
some hair on his head.

"Lines of Communication" Delenn confronts the Drakh who are shaping up
to be the latest big bad.

"Conflicts of Interest" - Sheridan builds up his resistance forces and establishes a counter propaganda network.

"Rumors, Bargains and Lies" - By this point I was half asleep and just
barely paying attention. But when my eyes were open, I saw Delenn
dealing with a civil war back home.

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Arthur Lipscomb <[email protected]> wrote:

"Atonement" - This episode fills in Delen's backstory and involvement in
the Earth Minbari war. It's a little weird watching this episode now
this far into the series after already seeing the backstory play out in
the TV movie. This episode isn't even on my watch list and was easily >skippable, but I've pretty much thrown out the watch list at this point
and I'm just watching them. I'll have to try harder to skip the
skippable ones.

This is why the tv movie "In the Beginning" is such a mistake. Delenn's
guilt is a huge revelation.

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Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 2/5/2025 5:46 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 2/5/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

Just soaps before going to bed early:

soaps: GH - Mon's ep. First let me say that I'm extremely
disappointed to read in Deadline that Charles Measure
(who plays Jack Brennan) is leaving GH - he is literally
the best thing they've got going right now (though "Babe"
as Lulu is turning out better than I would have expected)
- and even worse, they're going to replace Measure with
the guy who played Joey Buchanan on OLTL: IOW, they're
going to replace an Aussie with a straight-up American!
Puh-TEWIE!!... Anyway, not much happened in this ep.
NuNuLulu talks about Sam with Dante. Alexis vents about
Sam's murder to Sonny, and then Laura comes over to ask
Alexis about Jenz Sidwell. Earlier Laura tells Lucky that
Sidwell is in town, and Lizzie probes Lucky's real
feelings about his captivity by Sidwell. Maxie pushes
Sasha about the rumor that Jason is her fetus's father,
but Sasha refuses to discuss the baby's father. Curtis
talks to the football player about recovering from his
injury.
DOOL - Tue's ep. The "secret" stalker of the
soap-within-a-soap
sends fake scripts to all of the cast, and Johnny, Leo
and Abe, and of course the sctipts all have some contact
poison on them, so everybody falls ill (or dies?!).
Stephanie quits being the soap's PR person, so she can be
with Alex, and then tells Alex - Alex tells her that all
of a sudden Joy wants to take things to the "next level",
and he doesn't, so now Alex knows he needs to dump Joy.
But then he gets sick! Chanel seems to reconcile with
Johnny (she's a dummy!!), but then he gets sick!

And that was it. I was tired in the evening yesterday,
and just went to bed early.

What did you watch?

I watched:

Babylon 5 (blu-ray) - Still making my way through season
4. "Epiphanies"
Garilbadi quits. Meanwhile Bester shows up asking for
help. The whole relationship between B5, Earth, and
Psychor/Bester is really murky,
especially given B5 left Earth. I guess best not to think
about such things.

"The Illusion of Truth" - I mostly fast forwarded
through this one,
stopping to watch the ISN news propaganda parts. But
those propaganda
parts were about half the episode. I was expecting a
brief segment at
the end and got wrapped up into watching it. According to
this episode
the lunar colony foundation was laid in 2018. I had no
idea we already had a colony on the moon.

"Atonement" - This episode fills in Delen's backstory and
involvement in
the Earth Minbari war. It's a little weird watching this
episode now this far into the series after already seeing
the backstory play out in
the TV movie. This episode isn't even on my watch list
and was easily skippable, but I've pretty much thrown out
the watch list at this point
and I'm just watching them. I'll have to try harder to
skip the skippable ones.

"Racing Mars" - Franklin and Marcus smuggle themselves to
Mars and learn thanks to the news embargo no one knows
there was a Shadow war.
Meanwhile Garabaldi has a falling out with Sheradan.
Speaking of Sheradan, he goes through some, let's say
interesting, courting rituals
with Delenn. They mentioned Garibaldi's hair falling out.
I've been keeping an eye out for that and was surprised
it lasted so long, then
when it finally happened, I didn't notice. Technically,
he still has some hair on his head.

"Lines of Communication" Delenn confronts the Drakh who
are shaping up to be the latest big bad.

"Conflicts of Interest" - Sheridan builds up his
resistance forces and establishes a counter propaganda
network.

"Rumors, Bargains and Lies" - By this point I was half
asleep and just
barely paying attention. But when my eyes were open, I
saw Delenn dealing with a civil war back home.

I'm really enjoying these summaries, Arthur. They're pushing
me in the direction of breaking out my set of B5 DVDs and
actually getting around to (finally) watching them. :)

With the NHL going dark for two weeks for this silly
exhibition tournament (The Four Nations). I'll be needing
something to fill in the dark nights, so B5 might just
be it.

Or maybe I'll finally get around to watching the last two
seasons of Breaking Bad. :/

Nyssa, who is ahead on her reading, but behind on her
watching

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Nyssa wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

I watched:

Babylon 5 (blu-ray) - Still making my way through season
4.

[Snip]

I'm really enjoying these summaries, Arthur. They're pushing
me in the direction of breaking out my set of B5 DVDs and
actually getting around to (finally) watching them. :)

Nobody should need an excuse to watch some Babylon 5!

With the NHL going dark for two weeks for this silly
exhibition tournament (The Four Nations). I'll be needing
something to fill in the dark nights, so B5 might just
be it.

I find that 'tournament' interesting... much better than the
usual ASG fare anyway. I think it could be fun.

Although scheduling it mid-season probably wasn't the best
idea...

Or maybe I'll finally get around to watching the last two
seasons of Breaking Bad. :/

Finally? You mean, you haven't seen them? Wow!

At least you've got something good to look forward to anyway.

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Blueshirt wrote:

Nyssa wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

I watched:

Babylon 5 (blu-ray) - Still making my way through
season 4.

[Snip]

I'm really enjoying these summaries, Arthur. They're
pushing me in the direction of breaking out my set of B5
DVDs and actually getting around to (finally) watching
them. :)

Nobody should need an excuse to watch some Babylon 5!

I bought a bundle of all five seasons plus the set of
movies ages ago and they're still on the shelf awaiting
my attention.

I had a movie and some of the episodes on VHS that I
watched, but it's been so long ago it will be like watching
a "new" show when I finally break open the shrink wrap
on the DVDs.

With the NHL going dark for two weeks for this silly
exhibition tournament (The Four Nations). I'll be needing
something to fill in the dark nights, so B5 might just
be it.

I find that 'tournament' interesting... much better than
the usual ASG fare anyway. I think it could be fun.

Although scheduling it mid-season probably wasn't the best
idea...

I started ignoring the All Star Game when they changed the
format to 3-on-3 instead of playing a real game. :P

At least the ASG only shut down the regular season for
a long weekend instead of two weeks!

Or maybe I'll finally get around to watching the last two
seasons of Breaking Bad. :/

Finally? You mean, you haven't seen them? Wow!

Yeah, I've watched the first three seasons, but never
got around to watching the last one. The DVD sets split
the last season into two sets, so I always think of it
as being two seasons to go.

At least you've got something good to look forward to
anyway.

Yep, unless something else comes up to get my attention
during the NHL Dark Nights.

Nyssa, who always seems to have something interrupt her
plans these days

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On 2/7/2025 10:02 AM, Nyssa wrote:

Blueshirt wrote:

Nyssa wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

I watched:

Babylon 5 (blu-ray) - Still making my way through
season 4.

[Snip]

I'm really enjoying these summaries, Arthur. They're
pushing me in the direction of breaking out my set of B5
DVDs and actually getting around to (finally) watching
them. :)

Nobody should need an excuse to watch some Babylon 5!

I bought a bundle of all five seasons plus the set of
movies ages ago and they're still on the shelf awaiting
my attention.

I had a movie and some of the episodes on VHS that I
watched, but it's been so long ago it will be like watching
a "new" show when I finally break open the shrink wrap
on the DVDs.

I have so many TV shows collecting dust still in the shrinkwrap. I
finally forced myself to put a few of them on the watch schedule. But I
still have lots of shows that I *need* to find time to watch.

With the NHL going dark for two weeks for this silly
exhibition tournament (The Four Nations). I'll be needing
something to fill in the dark nights, so B5 might just
be it.

I find that 'tournament' interesting... much better than
the usual ASG fare anyway. I think it could be fun.

Although scheduling it mid-season probably wasn't the best
idea...

I started ignoring the All Star Game when they changed the
format to 3-on-3 instead of playing a real game. :P

At least the ASG only shut down the regular season for
a long weekend instead of two weeks!

Or maybe I'll finally get around to watching the last two
seasons of Breaking Bad. :/

Finally? You mean, you haven't seen them? Wow!

Yeah, I've watched the first three seasons, but never
got around to watching the last one. The DVD sets split
the last season into two sets, so I always think of it
as being two seasons to go.

At least you've got something good to look forward to
anyway.

Yep, unless something else comes up to get my attention
during the NHL Dark Nights.

Nyssa, who always seems to have something interrupt her
plans these days

Add "Better Call Saul" to your plans for when you finish "Breaking Bad."

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Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 2/7/2025 10:02 AM, Nyssa wrote:

Blueshirt wrote:

Nyssa wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

I watched:

Babylon 5 (blu-ray) - Still making my way through
season 4.

[Snip]

I'm really enjoying these summaries, Arthur. They're
pushing me in the direction of breaking out my set of
B5 DVDs and actually getting around to (finally)
watching them. :)

Nobody should need an excuse to watch some Babylon 5!

I bought a bundle of all five seasons plus the set of
movies ages ago and they're still on the shelf awaiting
my attention.

I had a movie and some of the episodes on VHS that I
watched, but it's been so long ago it will be like
watching a "new" show when I finally break open the
shrink wrap on the DVDs.

I have so many TV shows collecting dust still in the
shrinkwrap. I
finally forced myself to put a few of them on the watch
schedule. But I still have lots of shows that I *need* to
find time to watch.

With the NHL going dark for two weeks for this silly
exhibition tournament (The Four Nations). I'll be
needing something to fill in the dark nights, so B5
might just be it.

I find that 'tournament' interesting... much better than
the usual ASG fare anyway. I think it could be fun.

Although scheduling it mid-season probably wasn't the
best idea...

I started ignoring the All Star Game when they changed
the format to 3-on-3 instead of playing a real game. :P

At least the ASG only shut down the regular season for
a long weekend instead of two weeks!

Or maybe I'll finally get around to watching the last
two seasons of Breaking Bad. :/

Finally? You mean, you haven't seen them? Wow!

Yeah, I've watched the first three seasons, but never
got around to watching the last one. The DVD sets split
the last season into two sets, so I always think of it
as being two seasons to go.

At least you've got something good to look forward to
anyway.

Yep, unless something else comes up to get my attention
during the NHL Dark Nights.

Nyssa, who always seems to have something interrupt her
plans these days

Add "Better Call Saul" to your plans for when you finish
"Breaking Bad."

AAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!

At one time, I had this on my wishlist, but with the number
of sets that are already languishing on my shelves, I scratched
those off.

I *will* be strong!!

Meanwhile, I checked the BB sets, and I was mistaken. It's
the fifth season that was split into two sets. I've decided
if I can squeeze in something during the NHL Dark Nights,
it will be BB Season 4, which I *think* may be managable.
I've got too many on-going projects that need to be worked
on right now to fit in anything longer.

Nyssa, who seems to have over-scheduled next week already

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On Feb 8, 2025 at 8:35:38 AM PST, "Nyssa" <[email protected]> wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 2/7/2025 10:02 AM, Nyssa wrote:

Blueshirt wrote:

Nyssa wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

I watched:

Babylon 5 (blu-ray) - Still making my way through
season 4.

[Snip]

I'm really enjoying these summaries, Arthur. They're
pushing me in the direction of breaking out my set of
B5 DVDs and actually getting around to (finally)
watching them. :)

Nobody should need an excuse to watch some Babylon 5!

I bought a bundle of all five seasons plus the set of
movies ages ago and they're still on the shelf awaiting
my attention.

I had a movie and some of the episodes on VHS that I
watched, but it's been so long ago it will be like
watching a "new" show when I finally break open the
shrink wrap on the DVDs.

I have so many TV shows collecting dust still in the
shrinkwrap. I
finally forced myself to put a few of them on the watch
schedule. But I still have lots of shows that I *need* to
find time to watch.

With the NHL going dark for two weeks for this silly
exhibition tournament (The Four Nations). I'll be
needing something to fill in the dark nights, so B5
might just be it.

I find that 'tournament' interesting... much better than
the usual ASG fare anyway. I think it could be fun.

Although scheduling it mid-season probably wasn't the
best idea...

I started ignoring the All Star Game when they changed
the format to 3-on-3 instead of playing a real game. :P

At least the ASG only shut down the regular season for
a long weekend instead of two weeks!

Or maybe I'll finally get around to watching the last
two seasons of Breaking Bad. :/

Finally? You mean, you haven't seen them? Wow!

Yeah, I've watched the first three seasons, but never
got around to watching the last one. The DVD sets split
the last season into two sets, so I always think of it
as being two seasons to go.

At least you've got something good to look forward to
anyway.

Yep, unless something else comes up to get my attention
during the NHL Dark Nights.

Nyssa, who always seems to have something interrupt her
plans these days

Add "Better Call Saul" to your plans for when you finish
"Breaking Bad."

AAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!

At one time, I had this on my wishlist, but with the number
of sets that are already languishing on my shelves, I scratched
those off.

I never watched it because the Saul character was the one thing about BREAKING BAD that I didn't like. I certainly wasn't going to watch a whole show about him.

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On 2/8/2025 11:19 AM, BTR1701 wrote:

On Feb 8, 2025 at 8:35:38 AM PST, "Nyssa" <[email protected]> wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 2/7/2025 10:02 AM, Nyssa wrote:

Blueshirt wrote:

Nyssa wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

I watched:

Babylon 5 (blu-ray) - Still making my way through
season 4.

[Snip]

I'm really enjoying these summaries, Arthur. They're
pushing me in the direction of breaking out my set of
B5 DVDs and actually getting around to (finally)
watching them. :)

Nobody should need an excuse to watch some Babylon 5!

I bought a bundle of all five seasons plus the set of
movies ages ago and they're still on the shelf awaiting
my attention.

I had a movie and some of the episodes on VHS that I
watched, but it's been so long ago it will be like
watching a "new" show when I finally break open the
shrink wrap on the DVDs.

I have so many TV shows collecting dust still in the
shrinkwrap. I
finally forced myself to put a few of them on the watch
schedule. But I still have lots of shows that I *need* to
find time to watch.

With the NHL going dark for two weeks for this silly
exhibition tournament (The Four Nations). I'll be
needing something to fill in the dark nights, so B5
might just be it.

I find that 'tournament' interesting... much better than
the usual ASG fare anyway. I think it could be fun.

Although scheduling it mid-season probably wasn't the
best idea...

I started ignoring the All Star Game when they changed
the format to 3-on-3 instead of playing a real game. :P

At least the ASG only shut down the regular season for
a long weekend instead of two weeks!

Or maybe I'll finally get around to watching the last
two seasons of Breaking Bad. :/

Finally? You mean, you haven't seen them? Wow!

Yeah, I've watched the first three seasons, but never
got around to watching the last one. The DVD sets split
the last season into two sets, so I always think of it
as being two seasons to go.

At least you've got something good to look forward to
anyway.

Yep, unless something else comes up to get my attention
during the NHL Dark Nights.

Nyssa, who always seems to have something interrupt her
plans these days

Add "Better Call Saul" to your plans for when you finish
"Breaking Bad."

AAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!

At one time, I had this on my wishlist, but with the number
of sets that are already languishing on my shelves, I scratched
those off.

I never watched it because the Saul character was the one thing about BREAKING
BAD that I didn't like. I certainly wasn't going to watch a whole show about him.

I wasn't a fan of his Breaking Bad character either. His character is
not written as a hero of the show. He is a *deeply* flawed individual,
and if anything I'd say he's clearly the villain of the series. The
only thing that keeps him from being the most vile character on the
show, is he's surrounded by drug dealers and murderers. And even then,
his character is pretty evil in ways that you never saw in Breaking Bad.
Keep in mind when you saw him in Breaking Bad he was *already* in with
the murderers and drug dealers. This is how he got there.

If it helps, the series is only about 50%-60% his character. The rest
is the backstory on Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) and other Breaking
Bad characters like Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks). It's worth
watching for the Gus backstory even if you don't like Saul. And even if
you're thinking you don't want to watch if it's 50-60% Saul, that 50-60%
is split between his supporting characters which includes Michael McKean
as his brother. I won't spoil the relationship, but it's some good
stuff. So even if you don't like Saul, McKean's Emmy nominated
performance is worth watching.

(Spoiler scene showcasing McKean)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL8ypfpOmIQ

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