Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-06-18 (Wednesday)

On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 20:08:14 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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On Jun 19, 2025 at 12:13:31 PM PDT, "Ian J. Ball" <IJBall@mac.invalid> wrote:
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On 2025-06-19 08:30:41 +0000, Ubiquitous said:
 

 What did you watch?

 
Just soaps - I've missed a day or two of GH, so watched Wed's ep, and
then watched the CBS soaps - Y&R, B&B and BtB. Not really worth
commenting on, except on GH Lizzie let Kristina know that she knows,
and that seemed to put Kristina in her place!
 
What did you watch?

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I watched CLEANER on the Max.
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Basically a warmed-over retread of DIE HARD. Eco-terrorist take over the board
meeting after-party at a big energy company and force them to confess their
'crimes' before strapping explosive vests on them all and setting a countdown
timer to red goo.
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Daisy Ridley stars as a plucky window cleaner who unluckily happens to be late
finishing her daily window quota and is caught outside when the building
takeover occurs. From there, she transforms into John McClane and we're off to
the races.
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It was okay as an action movie but it doesn't come anywhere close to matching
DIE HARD for sheer entertainment value. Put it this way: in 40 years, no one's
going to be making pop culture references to CLEANER or quoting its lines.
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Was it at all believable with Ridley in the role? That was the big
thing I thought when I first saw the description of the movie. I
thought it might have worked with someone like Statham in the role but
not Daisy Ridley.