On 4/20/2025 9:39 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
As I played my video game most of the day, and then did actual work-work
in the afternoon and evening, all I got through was golf, and some soaps:
golf - Day 3 at The Heritage at Hilton Head, SC. It sucks to be Justin
Thomas - he lead after Day 2, and started Day 3 in the lead. But as been
his pattern for the last 3 years, he faded throughout the day, falling
to third place at one point before crawling back into a tie for second
place. Still, I would place Thomas's odds of pulling this out and
winning now as pretty low. The guy to beat is Si Woo Kim.
soaps: Both Thur's ep's.
DOOL - Vivian does tell Xander the truth, while Sarah admit what
she's done to mom Maggie, and Stephanie hints to mom Kayla that's she
keeping a "big secret" that she's roped Alex into keeping as well. Alex blasts Philip, before Vivian reveals to Philip that she tattled on him
to Xander! Meanwhile, more nonsense in the search for John, with Marlena
and Patch "tricking" Orpheus (well, not really).
GH - Molly gets closer to getting her f*** from a cowboy! as Cody literally takes her on a horse ride to a party. Nothing else important happened this ep.
What did you watch?
I watched:
John Wick (4K disc) 2014 movie starring Keanu Reeves as an unstoppable
hitman who had retired from killing following the death of his wife.
But after a Russian gangster steals his car and kills his dog, John goes
on a vengeance fueled killing spree.
John Wick: Chapter 2 (4K disc) 2017 sequel which picks up where the
first one ended. John got all the people responsible for shooting the
dog, but the stolen car was a left-over thread he couldn't forget. One
of the assassins attacking John Wick let John Wick get hold of a pencil.
That man *clearly* wanted to die! Although I feel a little cheated
because Wick only killed two men with that pencil, when legend has it,
he once killed three. I forgot Laurence Fishburne shows up in this
movie to chew the scenery. "Somebody please, get this man a gun!"
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (4K disc) - 2019 sequel which Picks up
where part 2 ended. John Wick is now on the run with a $7 million
contract on him for what he did in the last movie. This movie also adds
a new wrinkle by including an Adjudicator who shows up and starts
causing trouble for Wick's friends for helping him in the last movie,
giving them "7 days" to get their affairs in order. And Halle Berry
storms into the movie as an assassin friend of John who helps him kill
people. This time around it's John Wick and his friends vs. The High
Table. But it's John Wick, so my money's on him. At one point, John
didn't have a pencil handy, so he had to beat a man to death with a
book. But he was nice enough to put the book back on the shelf when he
was done. Hey there's a ballerina school. I wonder what the back story
is on those ballerinas? "What do you need?" "Guns. Lots of guns."
This one ends on a bit of a cliffhanger.
John Wick: Chapter 4 (4K disc) 2023 sequel which picks up where the last
one ended. After being nursed back to health by Morpheus, I mean
Laurence Fishburne, John Wick is out for blood, hunting down the leaders
of The High Table. Bill Skarsgård shows up as the face of the High
Table and he's serious about finally ending Wick's life. To do this he recruits Wick's old friend, a blind assassin played by Donnie Yen, to
finally get the job done. However, not only does Wick have to face off
against Yen, he also must do battle with a flight of stairs. If you've
seen the movie, you know those stairs weren't messing around! But what
was with the ballerinas in this movie? Someone really should make a
movie to explain them.
And not only should this movie have received an academy award nomination
for best cinematography, it should have won!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkxVhFg81fs&t=102s
Doctor Who (Disney+) - "Lux" - The Doctor can't get his new companion
home, so he makes a stop in 1950s America where they encounter a 2
dimensional villain. This was a very good one. I liked that the
companion was once again telling the Doctor to just get her home instead
of looking into every weird thing that he encounters and comparing him
to Scooby Doo. You know, I think this episode might have broken the 4th
wall. "What's your favorite episode? Blink. Not the one with the
goblins? Blink! Not the one where I'm standing on a mine?!? BLINK!!!"
And I did notice Ms. Flood at the end to demolish what was left of
that 4th wall. :-) The more I think about it, the more I really liked
this one.
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