Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-06-08 (Sunday)

On 6/9/2025 8:51 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 6/9/2025 7:28 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

Fringe S4E12 'Welcome to Westfield'
IMDb sez: "Peter, Olivia and Walter come face to face with a mysterious and terrifying Fringe event as they get trapped in a town that there's no escaping."
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The glyphs for this episode spell out: OLIVE

 Are the glyphs just related the episode or is there an overall meaning when you put them all together?
 

I think they are just related to the specific episode but there have been a few that make me think "WTF?".

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What Did You Watch?
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 I watched:
 Wonder Woman (4K disc) 2017 movie directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman.  Set during a World War, Wonder Woman is the first Avenger, I mean Justice Leager.  She puts on a star-spangled costume, wields a shield, and along with an American Captain (Chris Pine), and the Howling Commandos, fights Germans. They must do battle with one German in particular who has enhanced strength thanks to taking a super soldier serum.  The movie ends with the American Captain saving the day by capturing and flying off in an enemy airplane full of weapons of mass destruction.  I just love original ideas in movies.
  Wonder Woman 1984 (4K disc) 2020 sequel set in 1984, directed by Patty Jenkins, which has Wonder Woman trying to stop Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal) from using a magic rock to grant everyone's wishes; wishes that have a monkey's paw affect that Lord twists to his advantage.  Wonder Woman must also do battle against Cheetah (Kristen Wiig) who thanks to a wish is now able to go up against Wonder Woman.  The American Captain also turns up again because reasons.
  Man of Steel (4K disc) 2013 movie written by Christopher Nolan and David Goyer and directed by Zack Snyder.   Henry Cavill stars as the man of Steel who after secretly living on Earth for 33 years discovers he's not alone in the universe and his people, lead by General Zod (Michael Shannon), plan to destroy the Earth so they can rebuild Krypton.
  Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (4K disc) 2016 sequel which picks up where "Man of Steel" ended with Batman (Ben Affleck) out for revenge against Superman (Henry Cavill)  for the destruction caused in the previous movie.  Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) also shows up to lend a hand when the two frenemies finally come to their senses and team up against a greater threat.  This was the "R" rated extended version.  If I'm going to watch Batman fight Superman, it might as well be an "R" rated fight. I guess in general I do like the movie.  But there are so many things about the movie that bug me to no end.  Setting aside Jesse Eisenberg portraying the worst Luthor ever.  None of he characters in this movie have *any* motivation to do half the things they do.  Why exactly does Luthor want Batman and Superman to fight each other? What's his end goal there?  When Superman does eventually confront Batman, he *knows* it's a setup, yet for no reason I can figure out, Superman proceeds to toss Batman around like a rag doll while halfheartedly saying they need to talk.  Then he's surprised when Batman won't listen.  Why would Batman listen to him we he's knocking him around?  At least the action scenes are good.
 

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