Things of Interest...before Bed
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shadowkat1. For fans of Claudia Black and Farscape, also Dune: This whole Twitter Thread
2. #GoodOmens season 2 is now officially in production
neilhimself
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/good-omens-season-2/
Or go HERE for details - from Neil Gaiman's Journal.
3. The Liberal PJack-o-lanternet Balloon liked
Kelly D
kellda
I live in a big city. There are NO EMPTY SHELVES. Stop pushing this narrative, media.
ME: "Replying to
kellda
I live in NYC and yes there are empty shelves at Wallgreens. I saw them today - they took all the ice cream, Russell Stovers Halloween Candies, and the toilet bowl cleaner. Plus all the single paper towels."
4. God (on Twitter): What makes you instantly gain respect for someone?
Me: Random acts of kindness?
5. connectpoliticditto.
cpoliticditto "The worst movie I’ve ever paid to see in a movie theater: Waterworld. "
Can anyone top that?
ME: Either Batman and Robin or Speed 2.
Anyone else?? [Please try not to pick one I love, because that would be annoying - here I'll help: Ladyhawk, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Must Love Dogs are off the menu.]
6. Possibly the only pun that's made me laugh...
"Mechanical armWinter SoldierMechanical arm Water waveFlag of IrelandFlag of Scotland
tm_manu_forti
·
3h
My daughter asked me who my favorite vampire was. I said "The guy from Sesame Street". She said, "He doesn't count". I said, "I can assure you he can"
7. Horror movies that traumatized you as a child?
Poltergiest - it did not help that I had a walk in closet and a weeping Willow tree that hit my window constantly.
Mother took us to see it in the movie theater - she doesn't find horror films scary and was kind of making fun of it.
I have not been able to get through Alien, The Fly (either version), or
Altered States.
Exorcist on the other hand didn't bother me that much at all. The Shining traumatized me in college - mainly because I saw it in a huge dorm, during a Winter Break in Colorado, where no one was on my floor but me, and the carpet was the same color as the hotels, as were the halls. The other film that traumatized me was Nightmare on Elm Street.
People on Twitter apparently had problems with..."Event Horizon" - which is a film I never made it through. It was gory and weird, and about a spaceship that goes to hell and came back. (I don't like gore.) They also had issues with The Descent.
8. And THIS clip from the Munsters.
9. Statue of Thomas Jefferson will be removed from City Council Chambers finally and moved to the NY Historical Society on a Long-Term Loan
10. Apparently British media blowhard and Simon Cowell wannabee, Piers Morgan, was upset that the Rolling Stones chose to drop Brown Sugar from their current tour. They dropped it because of its questionable and offensive lyrics that promoted the horrors of slavery.
I didn't remember the lyrics...at all. Except the refrain, "just around midnight." So I looked it up...
Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver, know he's doing alright
Hear him whip the women just around midnight
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good?
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should, uh huh
Drums beating, cold English blood runs hot
Lady of the house wond'ring where it's gonna stop
House boy knows that he's doing alright
You shoulda heard him just around midnight
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good, now?
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should, now?
Oh dear god. I'd say those are extremely offensive and cringe-inducing lyrics, wouldn't you? Jeeze.
What's amazing is I never noticed them before now.
Okay maybe not that amazing - I just listened to it again - and the only lyrics I can make out are "You should have heard, Just Around Midnight" and "Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good? Just Like a Young Girl Should" - that's it. I never could make out half of the Rolling Stones lyrics, they always got lost in the sound of the instrumentation.
Crap.
11. US Military may get a dog-like robot armed with a sniper rifle
Just what we need. Seriously, doesn't anyone watch science fiction films?
2. #GoodOmens season 2 is now officially in production
neilhimselfhttps://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/good-omens-season-2/
Or go HERE for details - from Neil Gaiman's Journal.
3. The Liberal PJack-o-lanternet Balloon liked
Kelly D
kelldaI live in a big city. There are NO EMPTY SHELVES. Stop pushing this narrative, media.
ME: "Replying to
kelldaI live in NYC and yes there are empty shelves at Wallgreens. I saw them today - they took all the ice cream, Russell Stovers Halloween Candies, and the toilet bowl cleaner. Plus all the single paper towels."
4. God (on Twitter): What makes you instantly gain respect for someone?
Me: Random acts of kindness?
5. connectpoliticditto.
cpoliticditto "The worst movie I’ve ever paid to see in a movie theater: Waterworld. "Can anyone top that?
ME: Either Batman and Robin or Speed 2.
Anyone else?? [Please try not to pick one I love, because that would be annoying - here I'll help: Ladyhawk, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Must Love Dogs are off the menu.]
6. Possibly the only pun that's made me laugh...
"Mechanical armWinter SoldierMechanical arm Water waveFlag of IrelandFlag of Scotland
tm_manu_forti·
3h
My daughter asked me who my favorite vampire was. I said "The guy from Sesame Street". She said, "He doesn't count". I said, "I can assure you he can"
7. Horror movies that traumatized you as a child?
Poltergiest - it did not help that I had a walk in closet and a weeping Willow tree that hit my window constantly.
Mother took us to see it in the movie theater - she doesn't find horror films scary and was kind of making fun of it.
I have not been able to get through Alien, The Fly (either version), or
Altered States.
Exorcist on the other hand didn't bother me that much at all. The Shining traumatized me in college - mainly because I saw it in a huge dorm, during a Winter Break in Colorado, where no one was on my floor but me, and the carpet was the same color as the hotels, as were the halls. The other film that traumatized me was Nightmare on Elm Street.
People on Twitter apparently had problems with..."Event Horizon" - which is a film I never made it through. It was gory and weird, and about a spaceship that goes to hell and came back. (I don't like gore.) They also had issues with The Descent.
8. And THIS clip from the Munsters.
9. Statue of Thomas Jefferson will be removed from City Council Chambers finally and moved to the NY Historical Society on a Long-Term Loan
10. Apparently British media blowhard and Simon Cowell wannabee, Piers Morgan, was upset that the Rolling Stones chose to drop Brown Sugar from their current tour. They dropped it because of its questionable and offensive lyrics that promoted the horrors of slavery.
I didn't remember the lyrics...at all. Except the refrain, "just around midnight." So I looked it up...
Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver, know he's doing alright
Hear him whip the women just around midnight
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good?
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should, uh huh
Drums beating, cold English blood runs hot
Lady of the house wond'ring where it's gonna stop
House boy knows that he's doing alright
You shoulda heard him just around midnight
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good, now?
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should, now?
Oh dear god. I'd say those are extremely offensive and cringe-inducing lyrics, wouldn't you? Jeeze.
What's amazing is I never noticed them before now.
Okay maybe not that amazing - I just listened to it again - and the only lyrics I can make out are "You should have heard, Just Around Midnight" and "Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good? Just Like a Young Girl Should" - that's it. I never could make out half of the Rolling Stones lyrics, they always got lost in the sound of the instrumentation.
Crap.
11. US Military may get a dog-like robot armed with a sniper rifle
Just what we need. Seriously, doesn't anyone watch science fiction films?