Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-12-07 (Saturday)

On 12/8/2024 12:01 PM, shawn wrote:

On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 11:45:06 -0800, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
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On 12/8/24 11:22 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
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On 12/8/2024 10:06 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 12/8/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
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What did you watch?

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What did you watch?

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Another day of vegging out.  I watched:
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (4K disc) 1956 sci-fi movie based on the
1954 novel by Jack Finney
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (4K disc) 1978 sci-fi movie based on the
1954 novel by Jack Finney
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Seedpeople (Amazon streaming) 1992 direct to video movie written by
Charles Band about alien pods that come to Earth and take over by
copying people.
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Body Snatchers (blu-ray) 1993 sci-fi movie based on the 1954 novel by
Jack Finney about alien pods that come to Earth and take over by copying
people.  This version moves the action to an army base which means there
are plenty of weapons and people trained to use them to fight back. This
is a very underrated movie with a great cast that includes Meg Tilly, R.
Lee Ermey, and Forest Whitaker.

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And Gabrielle Anwar!!
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She has steady work, but didn't really hit it big after this movie.  I should also mention Christine Elise from Child's Play 2.  I knew she looked familiar but I couldn't place her while watching.

The Invasion (4K disc) 2007 sci-fi movie based on the 1954 novel by Jack
Finney about alien virus that come to Earth and take over by, I have no
idea what.

  For some reason Youtube keeps trying to get me to watch one of their
Shorts from this movie.
 

The Puppet Masters (1994) sci-fi movie based on the 1951 novel by Robert
A. Heinlein about aliens that come to Earth and take over by controlling
people.

 One I both watched and read the original book many years ago. The book
is sitting in a pile with other books about 15 feet from me.
 

I watched with a commentary track that talked a lot about the book. They mentioned the original story was set in the then future, but all the futuristic plot elements were removed from the movie for a more contemporary setting.

You missed "Assimilate" in this little lineup.
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I don't think I've heard of this before.  Added to the watch list.
The only movie I know would follow this formula is "The Faculty" and I plan to watch that one soon.  Maybe I'll pair it with "Assimilate."