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#11
Games / Re: Movie Title Chains
Last post by Rev. Powell - October 22, 2026, 01:34:17 PMDoraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (2013)
#12
Games / Re: Answer the question with a...
Last post by Rev. Powell - October 22, 2026, 01:32:18 PM
Who's your favorite tough guy?
#13
Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by Rev. Powell - October 22, 2026, 12:54:49 PMQuote from: Allhallowsday on October 21, 2026, 01:07:17 PMQuote from: Rev. Powell on October 05, 2026, 09:41:47 AMMaybe their best...
Includes rehearsal recordings that are fun because the Beatles are so playful, and also feature alternate versions of some songs. Not my favorite Beatles album, but interesting and important because it's here they start transitioning from teen idols into full-time serious songwriters.
You could make a case for any album from Rubber Soul on as being the "best." In terms of memorable melodic pop tunes, this probably IS the best. But I like the experimental side more, and so I'd rank them Abbey Road > The White Album > Revolver > Sgt. Pepper's > Rubber Soul.
#15
Television / Re: What TV Shows Are you Watc...
Last post by M.10rda - October 22, 2026, 11:47:10 AMI had no plans to watch "Severance" as I tend to dislike Adam Scott. Then Madame 10rda started to binge it and told me Christopher Walken was in it. So I joined her. We finished the last episode of S2 (#20) last night.
The good: I don't think Walken's ever played a role like this - he's Walken, but... well, check it out. This is a show that requires no specific spoilers. ALL the acting is good - even Scott. John Turturro does great supporting work. One of the primary antagonists is played by an actor I'd never heard of named Trammell Tillman, who won a Best Supporting Actor Emmy last year - and earns it w/ his virtuoso performance. The show is beautiful to look at, thought-provoking, and highly intense. Fans of TWIN PEAKS or THE PRISONER should love this. I think I mostly love it, myself.
The bad: Shows like HANDMAID'S TALE and THE BOYS have psychologically manipulated viewers like Madame and I into getting excited as we approach the season finale, thinking that it must be, unexpectedly, the series finale, as the major conflicts appear to be reaching a definitive head. Then, ten minutes from the end of the season finale, you realize, no, they're gonna' stretch it out more.
HANDMAID'S TALE was so profligate about this that we watched the penultimate episode of the definitely final season, thought it was the finale, shrugged and went to bed... and then were surprised the next week when there was one more (unnecessary) episode.
Well... we'd both somehow thought SEVERANCE would get a third season, even as we started Episode 20. But then, increasingly, it occurred to us that... no, this episode is addressing and resolving every major plot point... not to say that it answered every question raised in the first two seasons (which neither of us needed answered anyway)... but by the final freeze-frame, #20 reaches a definitive, provocative, yet rather lovely ending. This is the end of SEVERANCE!
.......Except, no, it really is getting three more seasons.
That seems like........ a mistake?
So, I recommend SEVERANCE S1 + S2 - however I might skip any future seasons.
The good: I don't think Walken's ever played a role like this - he's Walken, but... well, check it out. This is a show that requires no specific spoilers. ALL the acting is good - even Scott. John Turturro does great supporting work. One of the primary antagonists is played by an actor I'd never heard of named Trammell Tillman, who won a Best Supporting Actor Emmy last year - and earns it w/ his virtuoso performance. The show is beautiful to look at, thought-provoking, and highly intense. Fans of TWIN PEAKS or THE PRISONER should love this. I think I mostly love it, myself.
The bad: Shows like HANDMAID'S TALE and THE BOYS have psychologically manipulated viewers like Madame and I into getting excited as we approach the season finale, thinking that it must be, unexpectedly, the series finale, as the major conflicts appear to be reaching a definitive head. Then, ten minutes from the end of the season finale, you realize, no, they're gonna' stretch it out more.
HANDMAID'S TALE was so profligate about this that we watched the penultimate episode of the definitely final season, thought it was the finale, shrugged and went to bed... and then were surprised the next week when there was one more (unnecessary) episode. Well... we'd both somehow thought SEVERANCE would get a third season, even as we started Episode 20. But then, increasingly, it occurred to us that... no, this episode is addressing and resolving every major plot point... not to say that it answered every question raised in the first two seasons (which neither of us needed answered anyway)... but by the final freeze-frame, #20 reaches a definitive, provocative, yet rather lovely ending. This is the end of SEVERANCE!
.......Except, no, it really is getting three more seasons.
That seems like........ a mistake? So, I recommend SEVERANCE S1 + S2 - however I might skip any future seasons.
#16
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - October 22, 2026, 11:28:04 AMTHE MAN FROM BEYOND (1922):
The elevator pitch and first 10 minutes of this one give powerful vibes of Carpenter's THE THING or Frankenstein's Arctic framing sequence. Two explorers find an old iced-in shipwreck and discover onboard a man in a block of ice. Like Captain America in the comics, he's been perfectly preserved. When they thaw him out and bring him back to civilization, the movie unfortunately becomes another non-spooky romantic melodrama/adventure. I guess it's more exciting than ICEMAN from the 80s but only a bit.
Harry Houdini (yes, again) plays the former popsicle "Howard Hillary"... not a reference to Everest-climbing Edmund Hillary, who was only 3 when THE MAN FROM BEYOND was released. As in TERROR ISLAND, short and boxy Houdini reminds one at best of Harvey Keitel (who played him in FAIRY TALE: A TRUE STORY), though most of the time he looks more like Stuart Pankin or Grandpa Al Lewis. Logically therefore, the entire film revolves around Houdini's timeless love affair w/ the great-granddaughter of the woman whose affections got him put on ice 100 years earlier. The great-granddaughter naturally looks identical to Harry's original love (shades of Dracula mythos) and even has the same name, "Felice". There's a sinister conspiracy to keep them separated, which leads to Harry being put in a straitjacket and thrown in a padded cell. You can do the math on how that one works out!
THE MAN FROM BEYOND is never as fun as one would like but it's better than it could have been. A major character is named "Doctor Strange", which is often good for a chuckle. It's also funny how long it takes for "Howard Hillary" to figure out that it's 1921 instead of 1821. Finally "Felice" shows him a newspaper w/ the date on it, and I almost fell out of my chair when I saw it was a copy of the Courier - the second daily newspaper from Buffalo, NY, until it closed in 1982. (The Buffalo News is barely hangin' in there these days.) Wait, MAN FROM BEYOND was shot and/or takes place in Buffalo??? Sure enough, the climax of the film is a footchase along the Niagara River which culminates in an icy swim near the very edge of the American Falls.
For hometown pride alone, 3/5!
The elevator pitch and first 10 minutes of this one give powerful vibes of Carpenter's THE THING or Frankenstein's Arctic framing sequence. Two explorers find an old iced-in shipwreck and discover onboard a man in a block of ice. Like Captain America in the comics, he's been perfectly preserved. When they thaw him out and bring him back to civilization, the movie unfortunately becomes another non-spooky romantic melodrama/adventure. I guess it's more exciting than ICEMAN from the 80s but only a bit.
Harry Houdini (yes, again) plays the former popsicle "Howard Hillary"... not a reference to Everest-climbing Edmund Hillary, who was only 3 when THE MAN FROM BEYOND was released. As in TERROR ISLAND, short and boxy Houdini reminds one at best of Harvey Keitel (who played him in FAIRY TALE: A TRUE STORY), though most of the time he looks more like Stuart Pankin or Grandpa Al Lewis. Logically therefore, the entire film revolves around Houdini's timeless love affair w/ the great-granddaughter of the woman whose affections got him put on ice 100 years earlier. The great-granddaughter naturally looks identical to Harry's original love (shades of Dracula mythos) and even has the same name, "Felice". There's a sinister conspiracy to keep them separated, which leads to Harry being put in a straitjacket and thrown in a padded cell. You can do the math on how that one works out!
THE MAN FROM BEYOND is never as fun as one would like but it's better than it could have been. A major character is named "Doctor Strange", which is often good for a chuckle. It's also funny how long it takes for "Howard Hillary" to figure out that it's 1921 instead of 1821. Finally "Felice" shows him a newspaper w/ the date on it, and I almost fell out of my chair when I saw it was a copy of the Courier - the second daily newspaper from Buffalo, NY, until it closed in 1982. (The Buffalo News is barely hangin' in there these days.) Wait, MAN FROM BEYOND was shot and/or takes place in Buffalo??? Sure enough, the climax of the film is a footchase along the Niagara River which culminates in an icy swim near the very edge of the American Falls.
For hometown pride alone, 3/5!
#17
Television / Re: Britain’s Worst Teeth
Last post by M.10rda - October 22, 2026, 11:08:40 AMDoctor's/Dentist's receptionists are such a treat, right? 
#18
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by Rev. Powell - October 22, 2026, 10:07:30 AMBOUCHRA (2026): A Moroccan immigrant making a film about her experience tries to understand her mother's reaction to her coming out as lesbian; all the characters are CGI-animated as different animals, leading to oddities like a jackal-cow sex scene. The animal-animation gimmick and a soupcon of meta-confusion adds a novelty to what is otherwise an ordinary outsider drama. 2.5/5.
#19
Humorous Captions / We need beer
Last post by sprite75 - October 22, 2026, 09:32:39 AM
We need beer.
