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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 5h

River is being done no favors in the adaptation and compression of two books into one narrative. And they're not making it particularly clear that Sidonie is off her game because she was SHOT IN THE HEAD. Books River is clearly a solid analyst who is a bit rash when taking action.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 17h

So like the War of the Worlds radio broadcast but an original story, not adapted from a book. Cool.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 17h

So is "scripted podcast" what they call "radio dramas" these days? I guess so. Understandable considering the state of radio these days...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 20h

With apologies to the National Lampoon (and referring to something only those over 50 have a chance at getting): She appears to have all the intellectual agility of a small soap dish...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 21h

I know it's not the best analogy, but there's a reason I avoid ads at almost all costs (even to the point of using ad blockers). I believe I'm smart enough not to be affected by ads, but being inundated by them at every turn definitely affects me, whether I think so or not...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 21h

I haven't read the Fletch books in 30 years, but the moment the Contessa pronounced his name as "Flesh" I suddenly remembered all the details (and spirit) the film was taking right from the book.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The transformation of uber laid back USC scholarship swim team member Timothy Olyphant into the go-to actor to portray Law Enforcement Officers is one of the more amusing actor-related things I've witnessed.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Chalk up another win for a comeback era Ray Davies composition...Give the People What They Want indeed...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

News to who? Not to me. Canceled my sub two days ago. My comment was more along the lines of "Make it PPV! Throw red meat to our base AND make tons of $$$ at the same time!". HBO seemed more like a PPV destination to me rather than streaming it for "free" on now sister channel Paramount+

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Somebody, somewhere is kicking themselves for not making it a PPV event on HBO...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Even worse when you've read the books and he goes out like a badass (albeit "off screen") taking out one or two gun toting guys to rescue a civilian...armed with only his trusty knife...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm so old I remember when Robbie Ray was a good pitcher for the Diamondbacks...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

True that. But her regional accent in Lanterns (and No Country...) is so good that I'm cool with it. Now her attempt at a Louisiana/Cajun accent in In the Electric Mist...not so good.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Barely tolerable in AZ. Anyplace with more humidity is...no bueno.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I almost always REALLY dislike fart jokes in movies & TV. But for some reason, Slow Horses is the exception...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Or the ridiculous number of clutch hits he's gotten over the years. A baseball version of Robert Horry.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I suspect no small amount of these "AI finger-pointers" are actually "AI artists" themselves. Trying to muddy the waters and drag everyone down into the muck with them...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Being an inveterate Cheap Trick fan, the Nielsen connection would be far more tempting than the 5-neck aspect. I would possibly sell my soul for "Uncle Dick".

A two neck guitar designed as a cartoon image of Rick Nielsen of the band Cheap Trick.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I was attending school and living on campus while they were shooting this. Weird temporary "Adams Atoms" signs kept popping up in various places. Never saw it in the theater as the ads gave big "lame Animal House ripoff" vibes. Saw it years later on video to confirm...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I don't know a bunch about the NBA, but I seriously doubt there have been many "only one game on the schedule tonight" regular season nights. Yet this dipsh*t (and his staff) believed that would fly...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

But unlike The Beast (which is just a little too large), you might actually be able to get up on stage and play the 5-neck...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Don't worry little RS writer. While I've never heard of Langley or "Choosin' Texas", I also couldn't identify 99.9% of Taylor Swift songs as being from Swift. So Langley's in good (or at least popular) company?

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You're not fooling me. He is an ex-parrot.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's interesting to me that when LLM-based "AI" "escapes containment" it behaves remarkably like a computer virus. I wonder how much of the programming that went into these models was based on code used in computer viruses...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

At that point he was a weird combination of unknown up and comer but with a very familiar face/mannerisms (for TV viewers anyway). He had been the main pitchman for youth oriented ads for Subaru for several years. Sort of like a younger version of David Leisure with the Isuzu ads.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The only film that noted prolific actors Gene Hackman and Michael Caine were in together. Only present in the same scene together in the final scene on the balcony.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Vin was on track to become a pretty good actor all the way through Pitch Black. But then he started settling for a certain type of role and lost almost all of his momentum in that regard.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I think I like it a little more than you but it's a little too dour for my tastes. No surprise since the show runner is Chris Mundy...who also did Ozark. Hanna Christine Shetler reminded me a little of Julia Garner as well (or maybe Emily Alyn Lind from Doctor Sleep).

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

(dusts self off...cause I'm old) My senior year in high school I interned at Compuserve via the Professional Internship Program. I spent way too much time there playing two games on their mainframe: Zork Empire Both before they were available as ports to the new home PC market. Hooked 4 life.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The whole grift with the dog Toby to sell a car is pretty great as well.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Kudos to that stunt driver for making it look very natural...and of course for not murderating Gerrit.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Well, he sure nailed that penultimate fight...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The "local character" in Tucson who ran several times in the '80s was bar owner Jim Anderson. First owned Someplace Else and the The Meet Rack. He had a thing for...branding (among other things). ZZ Top used to hang at Someplace Else when they came through town.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm too old to get this (never seen the film) and I STILL got it. It's obvious that today you woke up and chose violence...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Never saw the movie, but know the character name. The second most famous race car driver named Trickle. The first being (of course) Dick Trickle, the winningest short track driver ever.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Has it been confirmed that Newt was an inspiration there? Ronnie Raygun's first or second most famous role was in "Knute Rockne All American". For my money (and given the era from which most of Lucas' inspirations come from), Nute Gunray was all Ronnie...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I saw JR Richard make a start in Tucson (AAA) when he was trying to come back from his stroke.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

He doesn't care. He's run the Kyrsten Sinema playbook to perfection. Get in, get the connections, get the cash, get out...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Aside from The Terminator (and maybe The Villain), it's my favorite early Schwarzenegger. And yes, I'm including Predator in that group...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

There's the difference between professional sports journalists and random talking heads on YouTube. The randos would have completely forgotten that Jim Plunkett already did this AND won a 2nd SB AND won the Heisman while still in college...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I'm not sure, but I've heard him speak several times and he SOUNDS exactly like Bill Simmons. But he doesn't talk about sports so, I'm at a loss...

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

You say "motion smoothing", I say "AI upscale to 4K". Honestly, whichever it is, I can't tell the difference between the two. Except maybe the "4k" upscale done by "AI" tends to make the people in it look like plastic.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Odyssey? Isn't "goodbye eardrums" the default Nolan theatrical experience these days? (Along with "I can't discern the dialogue from the soundtrack")

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

So, just like Gadot: Protect the actors, f*ck anyone else whose jobs "AI" takes... Got it.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

There must be a few who recurred with Woody Strode but the only one I could find with a quick look was Claudia Cardinale (The Professionals/Once Upon a Time in the West). He made sooooo many Italian films that there's probably many more though.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

+1 for actually listing two ACTION films.

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snowman882.bsky.social @snowman882.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Yesterday I suggested the Jeff Sneider account posting that garbage was possibly a Jeffrey Wells sock account. Has anyone ever seen the two of them in the same room?

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