Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-06-16 (Monday)

On 6/17/2025 5:42 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 6/17/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
 

What did you watch?

 Yesterday was my last day to run errands and do chores before a little vacation time, so, not much:
 soaps: All Mon's ep's.
    GH - By being a jerk, Jason blows it, as Drew never makes his offer to walk away from Willow and instead vows to stick it to all of them, telling Martin Gray as much afterwards. Martin rejects Tracy Q's offer to compromise with Drew, as Martin wants revenge!! on Tracy. Brook Lynn and Lulu have a massive fight which ends with Brook Lynn slapping Lulu, and then hiring Marco to track down information on Britt!! (the actress is coming back to the show! I wonder if they'll bring Obrecht back too...) to get at Lulu. (Sidenote: It occurs to me that this show is sick with lawyers right now - I think there are now half-a-dozen of them on GH currently!!) The one thing Lulu got out of the fight is that she needs to apologize to Gio, so she goes to Gio to do that... Emma reads Gio in on her plan to take down the professor dude. Josslyn and her handler continue to try to gather evidence on the professor dude - when they are caught together by Emma, the handler improvises by planting one on Joss!! NuJack Brennan is seemingly made uncomfortable when Carly thanks him for "saving her family" (he stole Carly's daughter away and recruited her as a spy!!). Anna locks Dante and Chase together until they make peace.
    I also had B&B, Y&R and Beyond the Gates (BtG) on CBS (OTA!) on as background noise while I did chores - the only one I paid any attention to was Y&R, which is all set up as Victor and the Newmans, and then Billy & Sally, board the train in France to meet with "Aristotle Dumas". Victor claims he know who "Dumas" really is, but refuses to tell anyone.
 And that was essentially it. Otherwise, the TV was on as background noise while I did chores, etc.
 What did you watch?
  

I watched:
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (4K disc) 2020 DCEU movie.  This one follows Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) who after breaking up with The Joker finds herself being hunted by everyone she's every wronged, and that's pretty much the entire Gotham underworld.  Ewan McGregor costars as "Black Mask" who is also out to kill Harley, but offers her protection in exchange for Haley retrieving a stolen diamond.  And along the way, the Birds of Prey are tossed into the mix.  It's an OK to turn your brain off and enjoy the ride flick.  I was surprised this was "R" rating, but the "R" rating definitely helps by giving an edge to what otherwise would have been too campy.
The Suicide Squad (4K disc) 2021 DCEU movie written and directed by James Gunn.  Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) assembles a new team of super villains to save the planet.  Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) and Rick Flagg (Joel Kinnaman) return and are joined by a new team including Bloodsport (Idris Elba) Peacemaker (John Cena).  Overall, great movie, even better than the first one.  And it's loaded with ultra-violence.  I watched with a James Gunn commentary.  It's a great commentary where he points out all the cameos and Easter Eggs.  One interesting thing he mentioned was the day execs from Marvel studios showed up on set and watched him film.
The Squad walks into a village and straight up murders everyone they see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnyHRjHX_QA