Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-21 (Sunday)

On 4/22/2024 7:45 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 4/22/2024 6:27 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

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What did you watch?
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Mr. Peabody & Sherman (Netflix disc rip)
"Sherman, a young boy, misuses a time machine made by his scientist father Mr. Peabody and causes the world history to go haywire. It is now up to Mr. Peabody to rescue his son and the world."  (IMDb)
 

I wonder, have I ever watched a full episode of this from beginning to end.  If this was part of "Underdog," then yes.  If this was it's own separate show, then probably not.

Time Traveling Trivia!
The stuffed animal with which Sherman sleeps is Dudley Do-Right's horse from another division of the Bullwinkleverse.

This was Bullwinkle, not Underdog?  Then I probably did see a full episode.

WABAC stands for Wavelength Acceleration Bi-directional Asynchronous Controller. This is a nod to the early INIAC and UNIVAC computers. While obviously being a reworking of the term "way back", the fancier meaning was added when a viewer (being devoid of imagination) wanted to know what "WABAC" meant.  This term has entered the common lexicon. One example is a WABAC-named website devoted to providing nostalgic content for baby boomers.
Allison Janney, the voice of Ms. Grunion was born on 19 November 1959, the day when The Bullwinkle Show (1959) debuted on television.
Much of the irreverence in this film is a direct reflection of the original irreverence that permeated the various sub-shows within The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, which included Peabody episodes. The creator / producer Jay Ward would sometimes get in trouble because of this. For one example, Bullwinkle tells the viewers to make sure to tune in next time, advising them to make sure of this by gluing down the channel knobs on their TV sets. A number of TV sets were destroyed by kid due to this.
Just before the end credits, as the Trojan Horse is being pulled off-screen, it is followed fittingly by the mustachioed little street cleaner from the "parade" title sequence of the first Peabody's Improbable History (1959) cartoons.
The glass monitors on the hallway to the WABAC hangar (and some of the controls inside the WABAC) have symbols similar to the Gallifreyan symbols seen in Doctor Who (2005).
 Quotes: "Every dog should have a boy."
 

I think I've heard that before.

Spider-Man: No Way Home (DVR)
"With Spider-Man's identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to appear, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man."   (IMDb)
 Spider-Trivia!
Benedict Cumberbatch admitted to not reading the full script, wanting to surprise himself with the final product.

This movie was supposed to have come out *after* the Doctor Strange sequel, which would have introduced the multiverse concept first.  In that case, the multiversal portals would have been opened by the character from that movie whose power is opening portals to the multiverse.  Which would have made more sense then how they did it in this movie.

J.K. Simmons had enjoyed playing J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy, and admitted to being heartbroken that he wouldn't be able to revisit the character in a fourth movie. Naturally, when Marvel approached him to reprise his role in Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)'s stinger and this film, he jumped at the chance. Simmons also expressed excitement in adapting Jameson to the modern-day era, describing him more as a media blowhard than a newspaper editor. To make up for the fact that his character was now bald, Simmons insisted on keeping Jameson's cigar and mustache for this film, due to wanting to have some aspects from his portrayal in Sam Raimi's trilogy to carry over in the MCU.
Tom Holland helped to save this movie from cancellation by forcing renegotiations between Sony and Disney. Under the terms of the new deal, not only does this movie still take place within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), but Spider-Man can also appear in future MCU movies, as well as Sony's own Spider-Man franchise.

I was at the D23 Expo, I'm guessing it must have been 2019, when the Sony / Marvel deal was very publicly falling apart.  And word had come out that there may be no more Tom Holland in the MCU, like maybe the day before.  And Tom Holland had to come out on stage.  He must have been promoting, "Spies in Disguise" which he made for Fox, but Disney had just purchased and was releasing.  He did not look happy, and obviously he couldn't say anything but everyone in the audience knew what was going on. It was a very awkward situation.

According to Zendaya and Tom Holland, Willem Dafoe's portrayal of the Green Goblin in this movie genuinely frightened everyone on-set, making the characters' reactions to the Goblin's appearance in the actual film all the more real.
Willem Dafoe went to the premiere wearing a green face mask.  (There's "method acting" and there's "METHOD acting".  :P )
According to VFX Supervisor Kelly Port, there are only 80 shots that don't have any visual effects in the entire film.  (Is this where someone compares Spider-Man to Jackie Chan?  :P )
One of the film's working titles was "Serenity Now".
Immediately after filming his scenes for this film in Atlanta, Benedict Cumberbatch returned to London to make Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022).  (Which I also have on my DVR.)
Some people wondered if the film would be shown in China. It was stated that in order for the film to be released in China, the scenes concerning Dr. Strange and magic had to be removed. Furthermore, China supposedly wanted the latter half of the film to take place solely on the Statue of Liberty. Sony refused, hence, the film was banned in the country.
  What Did You Watch?
 

I was going to respond to Ian's post.  But my horrible newsreader with all of its' weird errors won't let me.  I can't even open it to read it anymore.  Now when I click on it some other random post appears.  :-/
Anyway, I did a lot of DVR clearing and watched:
Law & Order: Organized Crime - "Crossroads" - I didn't follow this episode.
Chucky - "Panic Room" - Episode 6 which picking up after last episode, Chucky has murdered the President and is trying to launch nukes.  The White House chief of staff is actually pretty good at his job.  He knows something supernatural is at play and has brought in a double until they can come up with a more palatable way to explain the President's death. Meanwhile Chucky has made his way to the bunker with plans to order a nuke strike unless the kids can somehow stop him.  I'll admit I like the show and the over the top nature of everything.  But I just couldn't suspend my disbelief with the total lack of any real security on the bunker room or the ease at which Chucky was able to order a nuke strike. And how many people has Chucky brutally murdered inside the White House with no one ever hearing anything?  Come on!!!  I'm not even going to bring up how the kids were able to also get into the White House and into the bunker too!!!  I did get a chuckle out of Chucky being so petty he wanted to nuke the north pole so all the kids would know there is no Santa Clause.
A Gentleman in Moscow (Showtime) "The Last Rostov" - Episode from last week.  I'm about done with this show.
Parish (AMC) - "Sanctuary" - Episode from last week.  I guess it's OK so far.
Ghosts - I caught up on the last three episodes.
"Hello, Brother" - Trevor's brother shows up at the manor to basically scam free services.  Meh.
"The Polterguest" - Alberta falls for a poltergeist who is attached to people instead of places.  This was pretty good.
"Holes Are Bad" - This was a really good one and saw the return of Flower, who was stuck in a well.  Since ghosts can stand on ground, but not touch walls, getting her out is difficult especially with the two living people out of town.  I always wondered about how/why they wrote out Flower.  But with her sudden return, I'm guessing this was strictly an actress issue.  My guess is she was either pregnant or shooting a movie.