I watched:

WE ARE THE 80'S

WE ARE THE 80'S

WE ARE THE 80'S

THIS OLD CHILDREN'S MOVIE MAKES ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE:
"The Incredible Mr. Limpet" is a children's movie from the 1960s that my mom made us watch when we were younger. Looking back, it was a very bizarre premise. As with a lot of movies it was based on a book, so I guess we can blame the author for this masterpiece / trainwreck. If I didn't think it was
a classic before, I definitely do now. Hit me up to be in the remake. https://youtu.be/l3fnrwBudTQ?si=2bDHOahrI2TRLQPd

BEST OF THE WORST: HOLLYWOOD COP:
In the first "Spotlight Series" episode of Best of the Worst, the gang takes
a look at Hollywood Cop! From the director of Samurai Cop! https://youtu.be/9PILodU2wXw?si=UM7ucdnDyKgtQ9yb

BEST OF THE WORST: THE LAST VAMPIRE ON EARTH:
Mike, Jay and Rich Evans are joined by Colin from Canada to discuss the
unsung bad movie masterpiece The Last Vampire on Earth, which is in no way "inspired" by Twilight.
https://youtu.be/y43vWEPkceM?si=RVLvydMrDU74s1Sw

BEST OF THE WORST SPOTLIGHT: WISH UPON:
In this latest installment of the popular series "Best of the Worst" the
boys delve into the 2017 hit film "Wish Upon. But what exactly is a wish?
Well, put simply, a wish is something you really want, but can't make a
reality yourself. Something that just will never ever happen without an external force, often a mystical or supernatural one. An example would be:
you wish you had superpowers or win the lottery or that there would be a
Half in the Bag on The Batman. These are things you cannot make happen
yourself or will never ever happen under any circumstance. You don't say, "I wish I could go out and get Taco Bell". That you can make happen. That is
not a wish (although afterwards you will wish you didn't (excessive bathroom problems). The film "Wish Upon" asks the question, "What would happen if a dimwitted high school girl found a magical Chinese wish pot?" What would she do? A normal adult would wish for Rich Evans to sit on their face. But our hero, Clare, wishes for things a dumb kid would wish for. She asks for the popular girl to rot, a hot boyfriend to not have sex with her ever, her slippery gay uncle's fortune, her garbage-picking father to be "Clinton
cool", and to be the most popular girl at school. I'd personally wish for laser eyes and a clear line of sight on mother's ex-husband's penis. Or to
not have to wear a diaper when I walk the runway (I'm an obese male model).
So Mike, Jay and Rich watch Wish Upon. Rich has never seen this film before. Mike and Jay have. In fact, they've seen it numerous times, but still get
many details wrong. This film is as lame as a Hollywood film can get. A pathetic script was the key to all of this. Lame kills, bizarre choices, no real stakes or consequence or rules. Failed tension. And cringe like you've never cringed before. Even when you ate that lemon you thought was an apple. This movie is the store brand mac and cheese of movies. The Walmart brand
mac and cheese. With a 14 million dollar budget and a gross of 20-something million I'm sure the movie squeaked out a profit of a few hundred bucks,
but at what cost? The reputation of Hollywood star Joey King? A blemish on
the spotless resume of John Leonetti? What about the millions of teens or mentally ill adults who went to see this film? They wasted their time. They were hoodwinked by a traveling carnival barker! "Get your horror film! See
the greatest horror film, right here folks! Step right up!" only to sell
them a big bowl of bitch sauce and then leave town the next morning. That's
NOT siracha hot. And what about hunky monkey Ryan Phillips? His stardom went
up like the Challenger. Off to space he goes� oh� Wish Upon. But certainly
an actor with a decent resume can survive a hit like this, but what about
them teens in the film? Without making the obvious "wish I didn't act in
that film" joke, I bet they regret acting in this film. So many agents got fired they are now agents� AT A RENTAL CAR COMPANY!!! How many of Jean Luc Picard's mothers hung themselves after this fat wet fart of a film. How many more Wish Upon's does the world need? I remember the days of the
Renaissance�, when artists were artists. If you sucked, you swept the
streets, baked bread, or just went off and died. There can only be so many Michelangelo's in this world. Now, any clown can write a junk script with a whack concept that looks good to teenagers and make a film of it. We need to get the clowns out of Hollyweird. We need less creeps and pedos and more
real filmmakers not peddling this trashcan of grumpy bitch sauce. However,
to speak of the positives. Rich Evans was semi-thrilled at the concept of watching this film. We forced him to watch this and he got a kick out of it.
In fact, his pants became so filled with human eggs he needed to change his chastity diaper. The real deal breaker though was the fact that I used his precious Nanoo in the video as an example. Now Rich's grandma Nanno (1919 - 2000) has been in a grave for a very long time, however, this is a sore spot for Rich. While he loved his sweet stinky grandma, Rich secretly wished for
her passing. Her care became a burden. Prescription refills, trips to the doctor, sponge baths, etc� One night Rich found an old magic 8 ball and
while you typically ask a magic 8 ball questions, Rich had made a wish that fateful night. He said, "I love my dear Nanoo, but alas I wish she'd fucking die already". The very next day Nanoo continued to live for another 12
years. Rich was furious. So, of course, he thinks this movie and it's
premise is total fucking bullshit. https://youtu.be/7TVUTgoG1yI?si=u-HSEJgODMj6f271

CHEVY CHASE: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE'S CRUELEST HOST: https://youtu.be/zJPHLC0YvlU?si=1Spd76ddDgGyIpx2

LOVE BOAT:
� "Super Mom". Bud and Margaret's kids disrupt their parents' second
honeymoon with constant needs.
� "I'll See You Again". World War 2 veteran Frank and USO entertainer Eve reunite after thirty-five years.
� "April's Returns". April Lopez returns as a lounge singer

LIFE, LIBERTY, & LEVIN

RICK AND MORTY:
"Rickfending Your Mort". Rick hires an Observer to verify Morty's homemade punch cards, but the cosmic all-seeing entity won't stop playing clips from their lives out of spite.

What did you watch?

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On 2/5/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

I made real progress with the household chores yesterday, finally
putting away some work/class papers that I haven't managed to put away
since COVID! (Of course, that will mean throwing out some even older
work/class papers!) But at least I made real progress!!

And with Day 4 of Pebble Beach postponed, it means I didn't get through
much TV...:

Night Court (2023) (Peacock) - "Form Fetish" (ep. #2.3). I think this
will be the last episode with Flobert (Gary Anthony Williams) before the
"new" clerk shows up, which kind of sucks as I like Flobert...
I thought this episode was actually kind of funny. The court is
being hit by budget cuts - Abby specifically states that budget cuts are
why she can't hire a "new clerk", though the words "Neil" are never
uttered, so I think Neil's absence has never been referenced or
explained at all in season #2. And I guess Flobert is being acknowledged
as being a temp clerk. Anyway, the budget cuts get so bad that Abby goes
to some government office to appeal the budget cuts, but is sadistically slapped down by a merciless, officious bureaucrat (Jackie Hoffman). Dan
gets tired of the cuts too, and goes to the same office after Abby
fails, and cuts a deal with the bureaucrat to hire her son (John
Gemberling) as the new court clerk. But Dan hates him, because he's a
needy nerd! Meanwhile, Olivia and Gergs take up a side-hustle selling a
store of cans of a discontinued, highly-caffeine soda called
"Joltron"(!!), with predictably wacky results!... Like I said, I found
the bureaucrat parts of this episode amusing. But the show still doesn't
have enough of the "wacky" court cases.

soaps: DOOL - Fri's ep. Well, that was disappointingly predictable -
Stefan and Ava get completely smashed drunk, and end up "doing it!" (and
now it is *really impossible* to like Stefan at all - in fact, I pretty
much despite the character by this point). In the same vein, Stephanie predictably crumbles and gets back together - and *does it*! - with
Everett. (Is the Stephanie character's love life *always* supposed to a disaster?! Is this some kind of running gag?!...) NuTheresa is
disappointingly still pining after Brady, and worse I think she's
starting to wear him down. :| And Maggie foolishly brings Evol!
Constantine to Xander's and Sarah's for dinner - Xander and Constantine predictably clash, and Maggie boots Constantine out! Constantine seems
to want to retaliate by intending to "re-activate" John as a mindless
assassin!

Otherwise, I left LMN (or "Wheel of Fortune" eps off Pluto) on in the background while I did my household chores, and later in the evening
when I started getting some grading done.

What did you watch, I guess... ?

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On 2/5/2024 5:51 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

What did you watch, I guess... ?

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne S1E01 In the Beginning (2000)
DVD-r disc
All set up introducing the characters without yet having them team up.
The Big Bad tries to suck the future from Jules Verne's brain with
electrical steampunk.


What Did You Watch?


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On 2/5/2024 5:51 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 2/5/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

I made real progress with the household chores yesterday, finally
putting away some work/class papers that I haven't managed to put away
since COVID! (Of course, that will mean throwing out some even older work/class papers!) But at least I made real progress!!

And with Day 4 of Pebble Beach postponed, it means I didn't get through
much TV...:

Night Court (2023) (Peacock) - "Form Fetish" (ep. #2.3). I think this
will be the last episode with Flobert (Gary Anthony Williams) before the "new" clerk shows up, which kind of sucks as I like Flobert...
   I thought this episode was actually kind of funny. The court is
being hit by budget cuts - Abby specifically states that budget cuts are
why she can't hire a "new clerk", though the words "Neil" are never
uttered, so I think Neil's absence has never been referenced or
explained at all in season #2.

Didn't you recap episode 2.2? I thought you talked about it in that
episode recap. His absence was ignored in the first episode which was
also a Christmas episode, but his absence was explained in the second
episode of the season. I don't recall the full explanation, but
basically there was a throw away line about him moving away.


And I guess Flobert is being acknowledged

as being a temp clerk. Anyway, the budget cuts get so bad that Abby goes
to some government office to appeal the budget cuts, but is sadistically slapped down by a merciless, officious bureaucrat (Jackie Hoffman). Dan
gets tired of the cuts too, and goes to the same office after Abby
fails, and cuts a deal with the bureaucrat to hire her son (John
Gemberling) as the new court clerk. But Dan hates him, because he's a
needy nerd! Meanwhile, Olivia and Gergs take up a side-hustle selling a
store of cans of a discontinued, highly-caffeine soda called
"Joltron"(!!), with predictably wacky results!... Like I said, I found
the bureaucrat parts of this episode amusing. But the show still doesn't
have enough of the "wacky" court cases.

soaps: DOOL - Fri's ep. Well, that was disappointingly predictable -
Stefan and Ava get completely smashed drunk, and end up "doing it!" (and
now it is *really impossible* to like Stefan at all - in fact, I pretty
much despite the character by this point). In the same vein, Stephanie predictably crumbles and gets back together - and *does it*! - with
Everett. (Is the Stephanie character's love life *always* supposed to a disaster?! Is this some kind of running gag?!...) NuTheresa is disappointingly still pining after Brady, and worse I think she's
starting to wear him down.  :|  And Maggie foolishly brings Evol! Constantine to Xander's and Sarah's for dinner - Xander and Constantine predictably clash, and Maggie boots Constantine out! Constantine seems
to want to retaliate by intending to "re-activate" John as a mindless assassin!

Otherwise, I left LMN (or "Wheel of Fortune" eps off Pluto) on in the background while I did my household chores, and later in the evening
when I started getting some grading done.

What did you watch, I guess... ?

I watched:


Super Fuzz (blu-ray) 1980 superhero movie. I think this is maybe
technically an Italian movie. It has an Italian writer, director, and
star. But it takes place in Miami. It was one of those movies that was
on *constant* rotation on HBO when I was a kid. I must have watched it
a zillion times. I *really* wanted to see it again, and since there was
no U.S. blu-ray release I had to import it from Europe. The plot
involves a rookie cop (Terence Hill) who is accidentally exposed to a
nuclear explosion but survives and gains super powers as a result. He's
sort of similar to "The Greatest American Hero" except he can't fly,
doesn't need a suit, and the color red causes him to lose his powers.
His training partner is Ernest Borgnine who doesn't believe he has
powers at first. I guess the movie holds up well enough. If you were a
kid in the 80s, it's still fun. Otherwise it's probably a little too
goofy and best to avoid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngvYJtpXkM4


Mayor of Kingstown (SHowtime) - "The Pool" - Season 2, episode 4.
Pretty good one with a shocking reveal at the end which explained the
episodes title.


The Grammys - Not a bad show. I actually recognized some of the
nominated songs for a change.

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On 2/5/24 8:19 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 2/5/2024 5:51 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

What did you watch, I guess... ?

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne S1E01 In the Beginning (2000)
DVD-r disc
All set up introducing the characters without yet having them team up.
The Big Bad tries to suck the future from Jules Verne's brain with
electrical steampunk.

Fun fact - as I understand it, this was one of the first TV shows to be
filmed in HD. It may be legitimately the *first syndicated* scripted
series to filmed in HD! (Filming was back in 1999, IIRC.)

FTR, I have never seen this show, and am not even sure I knew it existed
at the time.

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On 2/5/24 9:08 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 2/5/2024 5:51 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 2/5/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

I made real progress with the household chores yesterday, finally
putting away some work/class papers that I haven't managed to put away
since COVID! (Of course, that will mean throwing out some even older
work/class papers!) But at least I made real progress!!

And with Day 4 of Pebble Beach postponed, it means I didn't get
through much TV...:

Night Court (2023) (Peacock) - "Form Fetish" (ep. #2.3). I think this
will be the last episode with Flobert (Gary Anthony Williams) before
the "new" clerk shows up, which kind of sucks as I like Flobert...
    I thought this episode was actually kind of funny. The court is
being hit by budget cuts - Abby specifically states that budget cuts
are why she can't hire a "new clerk", though the words "Neil" are
never uttered, so I think Neil's absence has never been referenced or
explained at all in season #2.

Didn't you recap episode 2.2?  I thought you talked about it in that
episode recap.  His absence was ignored in the first episode which was
also a Christmas episode, but his absence was explained in the second
episode of the season.  I don't recall the full explanation, but
basically there was a throw away line about him moving away.

I saw #2.2. But if they said anything about it, I completely missed it
(and I was even looking for it!!)

And I guess Flobert is being acknowledged
as being a temp clerk. Anyway, the budget cuts get so bad that Abby
goes to some government office to appeal the budget cuts, but is
sadistically slapped down by a merciless, officious bureaucrat (Jackie
Hoffman). Dan gets tired of the cuts too, and goes to the same office
after Abby fails, and cuts a deal with the bureaucrat to hire her son
(John Gemberling) as the new court clerk. But Dan hates him, because
he's a needy nerd! Meanwhile, Olivia and Gergs take up a side-hustle
selling a store of cans of a discontinued, highly-caffeine soda called
"Joltron"(!!), with predictably wacky results!... Like I said, I found
the bureaucrat parts of this episode amusing. But the show still
doesn't have enough of the "wacky" court cases.

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On 2/5/2024 10:17 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 2/5/24 8:19 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 2/5/2024 5:51 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

What did you watch, I guess... ?

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne S1E01 In the Beginning (2000)
DVD-r disc
All set up introducing the characters without yet having them team up.
The Big Bad tries to suck the future from Jules Verne's brain with
electrical steampunk.

Fun fact - as I understand it, this was one of the first TV shows to be filmed in HD. It may be legitimately the *first syndicated* scripted
series to filmed in HD! (Filming was back in 1999, IIRC.)

FTR, I have never seen this show, and am not even sure I knew it existed
at the time.

Well, what I have is a low quality SD version. From an online "store"
that is probably very dark grey.

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dirty old man.

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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 2/5/2024 5:51 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

What did you watch, I guess... ?

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne S1E01 In the Beginning (2000)
DVD-r disc
All set up introducing the characters without yet having them team up.
The Big Bad tries to suck the future from Jules Verne's brain with
electrical steampunk.

I like that show. The first TV series to be shot in 16:9! But I’ve never
seen a copy that didn’t look like VHS being projected through a sock.

What Did You Watch?

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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 2/5/24 8:19 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 2/5/2024 5:51 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

What did you watch, I guess... ?

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne S1E01 In the Beginning (2000)
DVD-r disc
All set up introducing the characters without yet having them team up.
The Big Bad tries to suck the future from Jules Verne's brain with
electrical steampunk.

Fun fact - as I understand it, this was one of the first TV shows to be filmed in HD. It may be legitimately the *first syndicated* scripted
series to filmed in HD! (Filming was back in 1999, IIRC.)

Fine. I owe you ice cream.

FTR, I have never seen this show, and am not even sure I knew it existed
at the time.

You’ve got to see Patrick Ewing as Dracula!



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On 2/5/24 4:15 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 2/5/2024 5:51 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

What did you watch, I guess... ?

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne S1E01 In the Beginning (2000)
DVD-r disc
All set up introducing the characters without yet having them team up.
The Big Bad tries to suck the future from Jules Verne's brain with
electrical steampunk.

I like that show. The first TV series to be shot in 16:9! But I’ve never seen a copy that didn’t look like VHS being projected through a sock.

I was never able to confirm that it was "the first" when I researched
the topic. But it was definitely *one* of the first TV shows to film in HD.

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On 2/5/24 4:15 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 2/5/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

What did you watch, I guess... ?

Hey, thanks for asking, I guess…?

MONSIEUR SPADE episode four of six
I don’t know what the hell is going on. They keep switching back-and-forth between people who speak English, people who speak English with accents
that are impenetrable, people who don’t speak English and are sometimes but not reliably subtitled, the 1940s and 1960s and I think the 1950s, real countries and metric countries and metric shit hole countries and sometimes they label it when they switch between them but sometimes they just tell
you what city, and characters played by different actors, sometimes to be younger and older, and sometimes the same actor, just making them up,
usually unsuccessfully to be a different age and referring to people sometimes by the name you know them by and sometimes by a nickname. And I
am pretty sure the painter’s mother is a guy in drag; she’s no more convincing than the boys from Monty Python. And I’m pretty sure the Muslims are going to turn out to be the good guys.

DEATH IN PARADISE, the senses shattering 100th very special episode! With a mystery that makes no sense whatsoever that they solve by sheer guess work, and have no evidence whatsoever, and they actually acknowledge that in the dialogue.

Be sure to watch for

Lenora Critchlow as Lily! The whole reason I started watching the show!

Sarah Martens as Camille!

Josephine Jobert as Florence! Neville Pines for her fjords.

Ben Miller as DI, Richard Poole!

I didn’t spot Danny or Jack or the worst of the inspectors, but there was a mention of Ruby.

And maybe I blinked and missed him, but even though they were at the beach house, I didn’t see Harry. :-(

Also, maybe I’ll get it straightened out but at this point I can no longer recommend the Amazon Firestick. I’m about to throw it out and try a Roku.

There's another potential alternative. But it may not be available to
you for a few months... (Blame taxes!)

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On 2/5/2024 4:15 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 2/5/2024 5:51 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

What did you watch, I guess... ?

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne S1E01 In the Beginning (2000)
DVD-r disc
All set up introducing the characters without yet having them team up.
The Big Bad tries to suck the future from Jules Verne's brain with
electrical steampunk.

I like that show. The first TV series to be shot in 16:9! But I’ve never seen a copy that didn’t look like VHS being projected through a sock.

I think mine are a little better than that, they might have forgotten
the sock.

--
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dirty old man.

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On 2/5/2024 4:15 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 2/5/2024 10:17 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 2/5/24 8:19 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 2/5/2024 5:51 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

What did you watch, I guess... ?

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne S1E01 In the Beginning (2000)
DVD-r disc
All set up introducing the characters without yet having them team up. >>>> The Big Bad tries to suck the future from Jules Verne's brain with
electrical steampunk.

Fun fact - as I understand it, this was one of the first TV shows to be
filmed in HD. It may be legitimately the *first syndicated* scripted
series to filmed in HD! (Filming was back in 1999, IIRC.)

FTR, I have never seen this show, and am not even sure I knew it existed >>> at the time.

Well, what I have is a low quality SD version. From an online "store"
that is probably very dark grey.

Probably the same copies you see on the YouTube.

Haven't seen what YouTube has but these include the "SYFY" bug and
programming "notes" like "Krull the Conqueror at 9pm!".

--
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dirty old man.

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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 2/5/2024 4:15 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 2/5/2024 10:17 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 2/5/24 8:19 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 2/5/2024 5:51 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

What did you watch, I guess... ?

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne S1E01 In the Beginning (2000)
DVD-r disc
All set up introducing the characters without yet having them team up. >>>>> The Big Bad tries to suck the future from Jules Verne's brain with
electrical steampunk.

Fun fact - as I understand it, this was one of the first TV shows to be >>>> filmed in HD. It may be legitimately the *first syndicated* scripted
series to filmed in HD! (Filming was back in 1999, IIRC.)

FTR, I have never seen this show, and am not even sure I knew it existed >>>> at the time.

Well, what I have is a low quality SD version. From an online "store"
that is probably very dark grey.

Probably the same copies you see on the YouTube.

Haven't seen what YouTube has but these include the "SYFY" bug and programming "notes" like "Krull the Conqueror at 9pm!".

Yeah, the YouTube ones have the sci-fi bug.

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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 2/5/24 4:15 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 2/5/2024 5:51 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

What did you watch, I guess... ?

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne S1E01 In the Beginning (2000)
DVD-r disc
All set up introducing the characters without yet having them team up.
The Big Bad tries to suck the future from Jules Verne's brain with
electrical steampunk.

I like that show. The first TV series to be shot in 16:9! But I’ve never >> seen a copy that didn’t look like VHS being projected through a sock.

I was never able to confirm that it was "the first" when I researched
the topic. But it was definitely *one* of the first TV shows to film in HD.

I got it from you! You say so right in the beginning of your Wikipedia
article

“The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne was the first television series to be filmed in high-definition video, which made the series expensive to
produce.”



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On 2/5/24 7:19 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 2/5/24 4:15 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 2/5/2024 5:51 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

What did you watch, I guess... ?

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne S1E01 In the Beginning (2000)
DVD-r disc
All set up introducing the characters without yet having them team up. >>>> The Big Bad tries to suck the future from Jules Verne's brain with
electrical steampunk.

I like that show. The first TV series to be shot in 16:9! But I’ve never >>> seen a copy that didn’t look like VHS being projected through a sock.

I was never able to confirm that it was "the first" when I researched
the topic. But it was definitely *one* of the first TV shows to film in HD.

I got it from you! You say so right in the beginning of your Wikipedia article

“The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne was the first television series to be filmed in high-definition video, which made the series expensive to produce.”

*When* I was editing that seriously, I believe I looked up sourcing to
back that claim up, but never found anything. It definitely was *one of*
the first to film HD. But I think only Wiki is claiming it is *the*
first, and I don't think they have anything to back up this claim...

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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 2/5/24 8:19 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne S1E01 In the Beginning (2000)
DVD-r disc
All set up introducing the characters without yet having them team up.
The Big Bad tries to suck the future from Jules Verne's brain with >>electrical steampunk.

Fun fact - as I understand it, this was one of the first TV shows to be >filmed in HD.

The brand-new hideously-expensive HDTV video process. I was trying to
look up exactly which process it was. Found it: Sony's HDCAM digital
camera. It was recorded onto videocassettes. One cassette size was
compatible with Betamax.

How was it edited? I cannot find an explanation.

It wasn't entirely successful. The series was quite dark.

As I recall, it was 16:9 but IMDb sez 4:3. Was it a common top line
thing or a center cut thing or something else? I thought I recall that
SciFi Channel ran it letterboxed but it's hard to remember.

I certainly remember that episode order was randomized and we saw the
pilot in the second or third week.

It may be legitimately the *first syndicated* scripted
series to filmed in HD! (Filming was back in 1999, IIRC.)

Not filmed at all, otherwise it could have been brighter! Also, not
syndicated. CBC, sold as foreign programming to Sci Fi channel.

As I recall, Sci Fi channel sat on it for a year which was a real
problem. By the time it aired in America, it was known to have been
cancelled. If it had aired at the same time Canadians saw it, maybe it
would have found an audience justifying another season.

The performances were decent. It was overly serious at times and jokey
at other times, and the plots left something to be desired.

FTR, I have never seen this show, and am not even sure I knew it existed
at the time.

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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 2/5/24 7:19 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 2/5/24 4:15 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 2/5/2024 5:51 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

What did you watch, I guess... ?

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne S1E01 In the Beginning (2000)
DVD-r disc
All set up introducing the characters without yet having them team up. >>>>> The Big Bad tries to suck the future from Jules Verne's brain with
electrical steampunk.

I like that show. The first TV series to be shot in 16:9! But I’ve never >>>> seen a copy that didn’t look like VHS being projected through a sock. >>>

I was never able to confirm that it was "the first" when I researched
the topic. But it was definitely *one* of the first TV shows to film in HD. >>

I got it from you! You say so right in the beginning of your Wikipedia
article

“The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne was the first television series to be
filmed in high-definition video, which made the series expensive to
produce.”

*When* I was editing that seriously, I believe I looked up sourcing to
back that claim up, but never found anything. It definitely was *one of*
the first to film HD. But I think only Wiki is claiming it is *the*
first, and I don't think they have anything to back up this claim...

I can find it in both 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratios.

The resolutions are tiny though. Way smaller than SD.



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Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 2/5/24 8:19 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne S1E01 In the Beginning (2000)
DVD-r disc
All set up introducing the characters without yet having them team up.
The Big Bad tries to suck the future from Jules Verne's brain with
electrical steampunk.

Fun fact - as I understand it, this was one of the first TV shows to be
filmed in HD.

The brand-new hideously-expensive HDTV video process. I was trying to
look up exactly which process it was. Found it: Sony's HDCAM digital
camera. It was recorded onto videocassettes. One cassette size was
compatible with Betamax.

How was it edited? I cannot find an explanation.

It wasn't entirely successful. The series was quite dark.

As I recall, it was 16:9 but IMDb sez 4:3. Was it a common top line
thing or a center cut thing or something else? I thought I recall that
SciFi Channel ran it letterboxed but it's hard to remember.

I’ve found it in both 4:3 and 16:9, both with the SYFY bug. I’ll see if I can find the same episode in both versions, and see if they chopped off the sides or the top and bottom.

I certainly remember that episode order was randomized and we saw the
pilot in the second or third week.

It may be legitimately the *first syndicated* scripted
series to filmed in HD! (Filming was back in 1999, IIRC.)

Not filmed at all, otherwise it could have been brighter! Also, not syndicated. CBC, sold as foreign programming to Sci Fi channel.

As I recall, Sci Fi channel sat on it for a year which was a real
problem. By the time it aired in America, it was known to have been cancelled. If it had aired at the same time Canadians saw it, maybe it
would have found an audience justifying another season.

The performances were decent. It was overly serious at times and jokey
at other times, and the plots left something to be desired.

FTR, I have never seen this show, and am not even sure I knew it existed
at the time.

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anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 2/5/24 8:19 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne S1E01 In the Beginning (2000)
DVD-r disc
All set up introducing the characters without yet having them team up. >>>> The Big Bad tries to suck the future from Jules Verne's brain with
electrical steampunk.

Fun fact - as I understand it, this was one of the first TV shows to be
filmed in HD.

The brand-new hideously-expensive HDTV video process. I was trying to
look up exactly which process it was. Found it: Sony's HDCAM digital
camera. It was recorded onto videocassettes. One cassette size was
compatible with Betamax.

How was it edited? I cannot find an explanation.

It wasn't entirely successful. The series was quite dark.

As I recall, it was 16:9 but IMDb sez 4:3. Was it a common top line
thing or a center cut thing or something else? I thought I recall that
SciFi Channel ran it letterboxed but it's hard to remember.

I’ve found it in both 4:3 and 16:9, both with the SYFY bug. I’ll see if I can find the same episode in both versions, and see if they chopped off the sides or the top and bottom.

I certainly remember that episode order was randomized and we saw the
pilot in the second or third week.

It may be legitimately the *first syndicated* scripted
series to filmed in HD! (Filming was back in 1999, IIRC.)

Not filmed at all, otherwise it could have been brighter! Also, not
syndicated. CBC, sold as foreign programming to Sci Fi channel.

As I recall, Sci Fi channel sat on it for a year which was a real
problem. By the time it aired in America, it was known to have been
cancelled. If it had aired at the same time Canadians saw it, maybe it
would have found an audience justifying another season.

The performances were decent. It was overly serious at times and jokey
at other times, and the plots left something to be desired.

FTR, I have never seen this show, and am not even sure I knew it existed >>> at the time.

OK, so I found it several different ways all with the SYFY logo.

I found it 4:3 letterbox

I found it 4: 3 without the black bars, top and bottom, but they had
stretched the whole image vertically.

I found it 16:9 without the black bars.

I found it 16:9 with the black bars, but squished vertically.

When the image is distorted, the sci-fi burn is distorted as well.

In every case the SYFY burn is in the lower right corner, and is almost to
the bottom of the image, the logo is never clipped off, and the logo never appears in the black bars.

I would say this means that the only way sci-fi ever showed it was in 16:9 somehow.

By the way, spiel, Chuck is playing Mary Hell, with the name of the
channel, so let me make it clear. This is the logo that appears:

https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/projects/404/18250083.548da75bdcbc5.jpg



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In article <upr8n0$d6cc$1@dont-email.me>, ijball@mac.invalid wrote:

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne S1E01 In the Beginning (2000)
DVD-r disc
All set up introducing the characters without yet having them team up.
The Big Bad tries to suck the future from Jules Verne's brain with
electrical steampunk.

Fun fact - as I understand it, this was one of the first TV shows to be >filmed in HD. It may be legitimately the *first syndicated* scripted
series to filmed in HD! (Filming was back in 1999, IIRC.)

FTR, I have never seen this show, and am not even sure I knew it existed
at the time.

I remember it playing on the Sci Fi Channel, but am not sure if I watched it.

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In article <upr4ma$ckig$1@dont-email.me>, arthur@alum.calberkeley.org wrote:

Super Fuzz (blu-ray) 1980 superhero movie. I think this is maybe
technically an Italian movie. It has an Italian writer, director, and
star. But it takes place in Miami. It was one of those movies that was
on *constant* rotation on HBO when I was a kid. I must have watched it
a zillion times. I *really* wanted to see it again, and since there was
no U.S. blu-ray release I had to import it from Europe. The plot
involves a rookie cop (Terence Hill) who is accidentally exposed to a
nuclear explosion but survives and gains super powers as a result. He's
sort of similar to "The Greatest American Hero" except he can't fly,
doesn't need a suit, and the color red causes him to lose his powers.

Must be tough when driving!

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