Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-05-28 (Wednesday)

On May 29, 2025 at 1:50:35 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

John Wick 4 (Peacock) - The most ridiculous "John Wick" yet!!
    Whatever else you want to say, the "John Wick" films *look* great on
screen, esp. "2" thru "4". This one has lots of great shots of backlit
thugs standing around palaces and opera houses and churches and the
like, for your visual eye candy!
    Hey - are those napalm(?) shotgun shots(?) a real thing, or not?!
That was another killer filmed sequence in this film - looking down on
John Wick as he wields the napalm(?) shotgun(?!) and exterminates loads
of thugs!

I envision that the High Table has some kind of warehouse staging area set up
somewhere. Inside are multiple teams, each made up of about a dozen armed
guys, who are sitting around playing cards, and drinking coffee, and watching
THE VIEW, and when Wick wipes out the team currently in the field, a red light
starts flashing and the next team jumps up and drives off to their doom.

Can you imagine the conversation over at the Ruthless Henchmen squad room?

ADJUDICATOR: I need a two-dozen of you over at the Continental. Now!

TEAM #5 LEADER: Sir... er, Ma'am... er, They, what happened to the half-dozen
we sent out an hour ago?

ADJUDICATOR: Equipment malfunction. They'll be back soon.

TEAM #5 LEADER: And the half-dozen before that?

ADJUDICATOR: Lunch. Look, I don't need this kind of static. Shut up and follow
orders!

TEAM #5 LEADER: Look, Mr./Ms./Them Adjudicator, I like these nice guns you
gave us and all, but Home Depot was steady work with nice regular hours. None
of this midnight to whenever stuff. And I always made it home after my shift.
I'll only go if I can take the chopper.

ADJUDICATOR: You're kidding me, right?

TEAM #5 LEADER: But we never get to use the chopper.

ADJUDICATOR: All right. Just get the hell over there quickly!

TEAM #5 LEADER: Okay, boss! (to rest of team) Air assault on the Continental,
boys! We're goin' in hot!

A roomful of future corpses bursts into cheers and defiant yells.