Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-06-09 (Monday)

On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 06:47:45 -0700, Arthur Lipscomb
<arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

On 6/10/2025 4:12 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

Fringe S4E17 'Everything in Its Right Place'
IMDb sez: "Lincoln travels to the other side to join forces with
Faulivia and his own alternate, as they search for a vigilante with a
surprising connection to the shapeshifters."
 
The glyphs for this episode spell out: DREAM
Another noticeable difference between the universes is pointed out when
Lincoln mentions Batman to AltLicoln and AltOlivia who tell him that
their version of the billionaire crime fighter is Mantis. Despite the
cover of The Dark Knight comic that was previously displayed in Peter's
New York apartment.
In the parking lot attack scene in the alternate universe, there is a
sign that says "USSR." In our universe, the USSR was officially
dissolved in 1991, adding to the list of things which are different
"over there."
This is listed as a "Revealing Mistake": "In this episode, on the other
side, they don't know who Batman is, and instead Batman is known as
Mantis.

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Kids today probably have *no* idea who MANTIS is.  Did the character
ever get a comic book?

To me the MANTIS foremost comes to mind as:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.A.N.T.I.S.

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But in the season finale of Season 2, when Olivia, and William

Bell are shooting at the Fringe Division from the other side, right
before they switch Olivia's, there is a movie theater across the street
with a lot of different movie titles, one of which is titled 'Superman
VS Batman 2'."

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But which versions of "Suicide Squad" and "Justice League" do they
have?!?  ;-)

The good one.

But the movie was in an earlier timeline.  When Peter linked the two and
disappeared new timelines were created in both universes, so The Mantis
could have replaced Batman in the new timeline.  (Confused yet?)
 
 
Fringe S4E18 'The Consultant'
IMDb sez: "Deaths appear to be happening simultaneously between
universes - violent deaths in one universe cause the same violent deaths
of the victims' alternates in the other. The two universes work together
to solve the case: in light of recent events, Lincoln has opted to
remain in the alternate universe with Fauxlivia for the present, and
Walter joins them to assist in the investigation on that side as Peter
and Olivia investigate in their universe. Astrid and Alt-Astrid bond
while working together at their impromptu communications hub. Meanwhile,
Fauxlivia continues her mole hunt with renewed vigor."
 
The glyphs for this episode spell out: SIMON
While listening to the satellite transmissions from the plane. JFK
Airport is still known as Idlewild.
Domesticated badgers are a common pet in the RED universe. Walter
delights in that fact when he sees "badger food" as a common pet food in
a grocery store.
Another difference between the two universes, Sherlock Holmes is unknown
or at least not widely known in the USA.
 
MP: Are you on any medications?
Dr. Walter Bishop: Several. Mostly recreational.
 
Dr. Walter Bishop: Domesticated badgers, really? As pets?
 
 
What Did You Watch?
 
 

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I watched:
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Welcome to Wrexham - "Anything's Possible" - They've given up even
pretending the team isn't on a winning streak.
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Sherlock & Daughter - "The Great Fleece" - Penultimate episode.  Lots of
exposition dumps as they began to wrap everything up.
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Suicide Squad (blu-ray) 2016 movie written and directed by David Ayer.
Picking up where "Batman v Superman" ends, Amanda Waller (Viola Davis)
decides to assemble a team of Thunderbolts, I mean a Suicide Squad made
of super villains to step in where heroes fear to tread.  This was the
extended version which adds a bit more footage but is still basically
the theatrical cut as far as plot structure.  Ayer has been very vocal
about how the studio took the movie from him and reedited it, saying his
director's cut is a totally different movie.  I *really* hope to see
that director's cut one day.

Would be nice if we always got that. So we could see what the director
wanted to show us versus what the studio thought was best.