I watched:
What did you watch?
Ubiquitous <[email protected]> wrote:
I watched:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
I all but finished up my DVR clearing in anticipation of taking it in >tomorrow (the billing cycle ends over the weekend) and then I found out
that they had actually charged my card for the next month a week ago so if
I take it in now, I’ll just lose $300.
So the stuff that I watched or downloaded a copy of or just dumped
includes:
THE SEA CHASE (TCM) John Wayne technicolor Cinemascope submarines
CAPTAIN SINDBAD (not only is that how it’s spelled but spiel Chuck likes >that spelling) starring Guy Williams
BANDOLERO! Another cinema scope feature with Jimmy Stewart, and Dean Martin >and Raquel Welch. Note that spiel Chuck has forgotten how to spell >Cinemascope.
Half a dozen (each) favorite episodes of THE TIME TUNNEL and THE INVADERS, >both of which series I have on disc anyway.
A few straggling episodes of the “documentary“ series SECRETS IN THE ICE.
And finally, the big one
John Wayne and Vincent Price together again for the first time in:
THE CONQUEROR WORM!
Just kidding. It was the Cinemascope technicolor classic starring John
Wayne and Susan Hayward THE CONQUEROR, the radioactive film that killed
damn everybody in its cast. Not that they wouldn’t have died of humiliation >anyway. I enjoy John Wayne, but boy Howdy whoever thought this was a good
fit for him, probably ended up hiding in a hotel room, saving his
fingernail clippings.
On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:42:14 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]>
wrote:
Ubiquitous <[email protected]> wrote:
I watched:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
I all but finished up my DVR clearing in anticipation of taking it in
tomorrow (the billing cycle ends over the weekend) and then I found out
that they had actually charged my card for the next month a week ago so if >> I take it in now, I’ll just lose $300.
So the stuff that I watched or downloaded a copy of or just dumped
includes:
THE SEA CHASE (TCM) John Wayne technicolor Cinemascope submarines
CAPTAIN SINDBAD (not only is that how it’s spelled but spiel Chuck likes >> that spelling) starring Guy Williams
BANDOLERO! Another cinema scope feature with Jimmy Stewart, and Dean Martin >> and Raquel Welch. Note that spiel Chuck has forgotten how to spell
Cinemascope.
Half a dozen (each) favorite episodes of THE TIME TUNNEL and THE INVADERS, >> both of which series I have on disc anyway.
A few straggling episodes of the “documentary“ series SECRETS IN THE ICE.
And finally, the big one
John Wayne and Vincent Price together again for the first time in:
THE CONQUEROR WORM!
Just kidding. It was the Cinemascope technicolor classic starring John
Wayne and Susan Hayward THE CONQUEROR, the radioactive film that killed
damn everybody in its cast. Not that they wouldn’t have died of humiliation
anyway. I enjoy John Wayne, but boy Howdy whoever thought this was a good
fit for him, probably ended up hiding in a hotel room, saving his
fingernail clippings.
Sheesh.. I had no idea it was that bad. From the Wikipedia:
Of the 220 crew members, 91 (comprising 41% of the crew) developed
cancer by 1980, while 46 (or 21%) died from it. When this was learned,
many suspected that filming in Utah and surrounding locations, near
nuclear test sites, was to blame.
91 people developing cancer out of 220 after just 24 years. Yeah,
that's pretty damning evidence of a connection to the film sites.
I watched:
"I'VE HAD IT" PODCASTERS GO VIRAL FOR SAYING TRUMP VOTERS SHOULD BE BANNED FROM MEXICAN RESTAURANTS:
Link Lauren RIPS "I've Had It" podcast host for claiming Trump supporters should be banned from Mexican, Chinese and Indian restaurants and only be allowed at Cracker Barrel.
On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:42:14 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]>
wrote:
Ubiquitous <[email protected]> wrote:
I watched:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
I all but finished up my DVR clearing in anticipation of taking it in
tomorrow (the billing cycle ends over the weekend) and then I found out
that they had actually charged my card for the next month a week ago so if >> I take it in now, I’ll just lose $300.
So the stuff that I watched or downloaded a copy of or just dumped
includes:
THE SEA CHASE (TCM) John Wayne technicolor Cinemascope submarines
CAPTAIN SINDBAD (not only is that how it’s spelled but spiel Chuck likes >> that spelling) starring Guy Williams
BANDOLERO! Another cinema scope feature with Jimmy Stewart, and Dean Martin >> and Raquel Welch. Note that spiel Chuck has forgotten how to spell
Cinemascope.
Half a dozen (each) favorite episodes of THE TIME TUNNEL and THE INVADERS, >> both of which series I have on disc anyway.
A few straggling episodes of the “documentary“ series SECRETS IN THE ICE.
And finally, the big one
John Wayne and Vincent Price together again for the first time in:
THE CONQUEROR WORM!
Just kidding. It was the Cinemascope technicolor classic starring John
Wayne and Susan Hayward THE CONQUEROR, the radioactive film that killed
damn everybody in its cast. Not that they wouldn’t have died of humiliation
anyway. I enjoy John Wayne, but boy Howdy whoever thought this was a good
fit for him, probably ended up hiding in a hotel room, saving his
fingernail clippings.
Sheesh.. I had no idea it was that bad. From the Wikipedia:
Of the 220 crew members, 91 (comprising 41% of the crew) developed
cancer by 1980, while 46 (or 21%) died from it. When this was learned,
many suspected that filming in Utah and surrounding locations, near
nuclear test sites, was to blame.
91 people developing cancer out of 220 after just 24 years. Yeah,
that's pretty damning evidence of a connection to the film sites.
"Ubiquitous" <[email protected]> wrote:
I watched:
"I'VE HAD IT" PODCASTERS GO VIRAL FOR SAYING TRUMP VOTERS SHOULD BE BANNED >> FROM MEXICAN RESTAURANTS:
Link Lauren RIPS "I've Had It" podcast host for claiming Trump supporters
should be banned from Mexican, Chinese and Indian restaurants and only be
allowed at Cracker Barrel.
You see this kind of shit all the time and it makes no sense. How does the >manager of the local Mexican food place know who his customers voted for? >Unless a guy walks in wearing a red MAGA hat, how would a Trump voter be >banned from anywhere?
Ubiquitous wrote:
"I'VE HAD IT" PODCASTERS GO VIRAL FOR SAYING TRUMP VOTERS SHOULD BE BANNED FROM MEXICAN RESTAURANTS:
Link Lauren RIPS "I've Had It" podcast host for claiming Trump supporters
should be banned from Mexican, Chinese and Indian restaurants and only be
allowed at Cracker Barrel.
https://youtu.be/_E3dgxwLhW8?si=LCrzzA8DFrL3KV9L
People say stupid things in the hope that someone will tune in. I saw a
TV ad for this "I've Had It" podcast, and it looked like two women >complaining about everything and nothing. They'd go away if we all
ignored them, but we won't.
Out of nostalgia, I also watched some Star Trek: The Animated Series.
It's cheesy, but it's still earnest. Shows had more heart in those days. >DeForest Kelly seemed a little uncomfortable with voice acting in the
first episodes, but he got the hang of it.
shawn <[email protected]> wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:42:14 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]>
wrote:
Ubiquitous <[email protected]> wrote:
I watched:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
I all but finished up my DVR clearing in anticipation of taking it in
tomorrow (the billing cycle ends over the weekend) and then I found out
that they had actually charged my card for the next month a week ago so if >>> I take it in now, I’ll just lose $300.
So the stuff that I watched or downloaded a copy of or just dumped
includes:
THE SEA CHASE (TCM) John Wayne technicolor Cinemascope submarines
CAPTAIN SINDBAD (not only is that how it’s spelled but spiel Chuck likes >>> that spelling) starring Guy Williams
BANDOLERO! Another cinema scope feature with Jimmy Stewart, and Dean Martin >>> and Raquel Welch. Note that spiel Chuck has forgotten how to spell
Cinemascope.
Half a dozen (each) favorite episodes of THE TIME TUNNEL and THE INVADERS, >>> both of which series I have on disc anyway.
A few straggling episodes of the “documentary“ series SECRETS IN THE ICE.
And finally, the big one
John Wayne and Vincent Price together again for the first time in:
THE CONQUEROR WORM!
Just kidding. It was the Cinemascope technicolor classic starring John
Wayne and Susan Hayward THE CONQUEROR, the radioactive film that killed
damn everybody in its cast. Not that they wouldn’t have died of humiliation
anyway. I enjoy John Wayne, but boy Howdy whoever thought this was a good >>> fit for him, probably ended up hiding in a hotel room, saving his
fingernail clippings.
Sheesh.. I had no idea it was that bad. From the Wikipedia:
Of the 220 crew members, 91 (comprising 41% of the crew) developed
cancer by 1980, while 46 (or 21%) died from it. When this was learned,
many suspected that filming in Utah and surrounding locations, near
nuclear test sites, was to blame.
91 people developing cancer out of 220 after just 24 years. Yeah,
that's pretty damning evidence of a connection to the film sites.
Not sure if you read the worst part, but after they were done filming on >location, they gathered up tons of possibly radioactive sand and trucked it >back to Los Angeles, so that the soundstage floors would match the
location.
On Aug 14, 2025 at 8:57:49 AM PDT, "shawn" <[email protected]> >wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:42:14 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]>
wrote:
Ubiquitous <[email protected]> wrote:
I watched:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
I all but finished up my DVR clearing in anticipation of taking it in
tomorrow (the billing cycle ends over the weekend) and then I found out
that they had actually charged my card for the next month a week ago so if >>> I take it in now, I’ll just lose $300.
So the stuff that I watched or downloaded a copy of or just dumped
includes:
THE SEA CHASE (TCM) John Wayne technicolor Cinemascope submarines
CAPTAIN SINDBAD (not only is that how it’s spelled but spiel Chuck likes >>> that spelling) starring Guy Williams
BANDOLERO! Another cinema scope feature with Jimmy Stewart, and Dean Martin >>> and Raquel Welch. Note that spiel Chuck has forgotten how to spell
Cinemascope.
Half a dozen (each) favorite episodes of THE TIME TUNNEL and THE INVADERS, >>> both of which series I have on disc anyway.
A few straggling episodes of the “documentary“ series SECRETS IN THE ICE.
And finally, the big one
John Wayne and Vincent Price together again for the first time in:
THE CONQUEROR WORM!
Just kidding. It was the Cinemascope technicolor classic starring John
Wayne and Susan Hayward THE CONQUEROR, the radioactive film that killed
damn everybody in its cast. Not that they wouldn’t have died of humiliation
anyway. I enjoy John Wayne, but boy Howdy whoever thought this was a good >>> fit for him, probably ended up hiding in a hotel room, saving his
fingernail clippings.
Sheesh.. I had no idea it was that bad. From the Wikipedia:
Of the 220 crew members, 91 (comprising 41% of the crew) developed
cancer by 1980, while 46 (or 21%) died from it. When this was learned,
many suspected that filming in Utah and surrounding locations, near
nuclear test sites, was to blame.
91 people developing cancer out of 220 after just 24 years. Yeah,
that's pretty damning evidence of a connection to the film sites.
Not as bad as my grandfather, who was one of the troops they sent out to >Nevada after the war to develop battlefield strategies incorporating nukes. >They'd set off a nuke, have the troops hunker down in trenches until the blast >wave and the firestorm passed over them, then tell them to charge toward the >'enemy', which meant charging toward the mushroom cloud. Grandpa who never >smoked a day in his life, died of a particularly aggressive form of lung >cancer.
BTR1701 <[email protected]> writes:
"shawn" <[email protected]> wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:42:14 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]>
Ubiquitous <[email protected]> wrote:
What did you watch?
THE CONQUEROR WORM!
Just kidding. It was the Cinemascope technicolor classic starring John >>>> Wayne and Susan Hayward THE CONQUEROR, the radioactive film that killed >>>> damn everybody in its cast. Not that they wouldn’t have died of
humiliation anyway. I enjoy John Wayne, but boy Howdy whoever thought
this was a good fit for him, probably ended up hiding in a hotel room, >>>> saving his fingernail clippings.
Sheesh.. I had no idea it was that bad. From the Wikipedia:
Of the 220 crew members, 91 (comprising 41% of the crew) developed
cancer by 1980, while 46 (or 21%) died from it. When this was learned,
many suspected that filming in Utah and surrounding locations, near
nuclear test sites, was to blame.
91 people developing cancer out of 220 after just 24 years. Yeah,
that's pretty damning evidence of a connection to the film sites.
Not as bad as my grandfather, who was one of the troops they sent out to >>Nevada after the war to develop battlefield strategies incorporating nukes. >>They'd set off a nuke, have the troops hunker down in trenches until the >>blast wave and the firestorm passed over them, then tell them to charge >>toward the 'enemy', which meant charging toward the mushroom cloud. Grandpa >>who never smoked a day in his life, died of a particularly aggressive form >>of lung cancer.
obRAT: A prtty decent, and all too realistic, tv movie
treatment of this horror:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightbreaker_(film)
(hmm, had forgotten Lea Thompson was in it)
Ubiquitous wrote:
[email protected] wrote:
Ubiquitous wrote:
"I'VE HAD IT" PODCASTERS GO VIRAL FOR SAYING TRUMP VOTERS SHOULD BE BANNED FROM MEXICAN RESTAURANTS:
Link Lauren RIPS "I've Had It" podcast host for claiming Trump supporters >>>> should be banned from Mexican, Chinese and Indian restaurants and only be >>>> allowed at Cracker Barrel.
https://youtu.be/_E3dgxwLhW8?si=LCrzzA8DFrL3KV9L
People say stupid things in the hope that someone will tune in. I saw a
TV ad for this "I've Had It" podcast, and it looked like two women
complaining about everything and nothing. They'd go away if we all
ignored them, but we won't.
I saw the commercials a LOT on Pluto TV until recently (Hmmm)
and it looked vaguely interesting until I looked it up and
nearly all eps were TDS rants. No thanks!
That was where I saw it. I suppose ad time on Pluto is pretty cheap.
Out of nostalgia, I also watched some Star Trek: The Animated Series.
It's cheesy, but it's still earnest. Shows had more heart in those days. >>> DeForest Kelly seemed a little uncomfortable with voice acting in the
first episodes, but he got the hang of it.
The producers of that cartoon cut a lot of corners!
LOL, yes, yes they did.
ST:TAS deserves a special place because it's the basis for all those
fan-made Star Trek episodes on YouTube. I watched one, and it wasn't
bad. At this point, I suppose any new content would be from people who
care about it.
Not as bad as my grandfather, who was one of the troops they sent out to >>>Nevada after the war to develop battlefield strategies incorporating nukes. >>>They'd set off a nuke, have the troops hunker down in trenches until the >>>blast wave and the firestorm passed over them, then tell them to charge >>>toward the 'enemy', which meant charging toward the mushroom cloud. Grandpa >>>who never smoked a day in his life, died of a particularly aggressive form >>>of lung cancer.
obRAT: A prtty decent, and all too realistic, tv movie
treatment of this horror:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightbreaker_(film)
(hmm, had forgotten Lea Thompson was in it)
That leads to a band entry. Did you mean this? >https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097977/
| Sysop: | Keyop |
|---|---|
| Location: | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
| Users: | 715 |
| Nodes: | 16 (2 / 14) |
| Uptime: | 34:40:15 |
| Calls: | 12,109 |
| Files: | 15,006 |
| Messages: | 6,518,342 |