This has nothing to do with Batman or football. It's just Mr. Spock out standing in his field.

Live long and prosper.

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CamMoscatiello Posted Sep. 20, 2024 at 04:14:29 PM
EXCELLENT!!

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If you had two Batmen and I gave you eight more, how many would you have?

Afterwards, if I gave you nine more Batmen, how many would you end up with?

I skipped ahead a bit last time and presented movies watched out of order to get to the Olympics documentaries. So let's step back and start catching up with movies watched in July before the sports came to town.

88. (1947.) The Heiress (1949)
Yeah... no. I didn't care for this. It's got an 8.2/10 rating on imdb, but that's really because it has a truly great ending. The rest is a very slow-moving train wreck of a painfully one-sided love story. So you have my permission: watch a few minutes to figure out where it's going (that won't take long, I promise), then start fast forwarding to the final scene.

89. (1948.) Catlow (1971)
Ok, so while I don't like The Heiress, at least I respect it. This, not so much. I mean, they put Yul Brynner, Richard Crenna, and Leonard Nimoy in a Louis L'Amour Western, and none of the parts come together at all. Brynner hams it up in every scene, which isn't even his fault, as they've given him no character to play. I don't know if it's Brynner's worst picture, but it's certainly the worst I've seen.

90. (1949.) The Front Runner (2018)
Did Gary Hart sleep with Donna Rice? This film says yes without ever actually saying "yes," which really muddies the water of its central conceit. It's hard to lambast the invasive mainstream media for ruining politicians by reporting they cheat on their wives... when those politicians really are cheating on their wives. Otherwise, it's a well acted, good looking movie. I enjoyed it.

Yes, there were more conspicuous Coke products in this movie, but the important thing is that clock!

91. (1950.) Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)
I also enjoyed this third entry in the Hildegarde Withers mystery series contains a few silly clues and a genuine twist I really didn't see coming, but that didn't change who I suspected of being the murderer or why. And I was right, though I think that has a bit more to do with my ability to recognize the patterns in the format than any skill as a detective.

92. (1951.) The Post (2017)
As a rule, I don't watch Steven Spielberg movies, but I'm a sucker for pop history, I caught this at the beginning, and, frankly, I forgot he directed it. Ol' Steven is up to all his usual emotion-jerking tricks in this one, but it's got a cracking story chock full'o righteous newspaper reporters undermining evil politicians. It's a story that would have been right at home in a '30s RKO B-movie.

Is all the political intrigue making you thirsty? Reach for the Pause that Refreshes!

More to come.

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Someone should have told me that David Hasselhoff was getting a "reality" show on A&E called, appropriately enough, The Hasselhoffs. The series premiered with the episode "Hoff the Record" yesterday, and showcases David shepherding his daughters into the music business. I'm sure that the show will be a big hit. In Germany.

So now that it is clear that my childhood Hollywood icons are selling out their "lives" for another shot at televised fame, who else should I expect to open the doors to their wacky family foibles? Hulk Hogan, Mr. T, Scott Baio, Stephen Segal, and now David Hasselhoff have fallen for the sirens' call. Who's next?

• Harry Anderson (Night Court) in Harry on the Outside?
• Catherine Bache (Dukes of Hazzard) in Baby Got Bache?
• Dave Coulier (Full House) in Coulier Than You?
• Ted Dansen (Cheers) in Dansen with the Stars?
• Emilio Estevez (Breakfast Club) in A Polished Sheen?
• Lou Ferrigno (Incredible Hulk) in Should I Stay or Should I Ferrigno?
• Richard Grieco (Booker) in It's All Grieco to Me?
• Pamela Hensley (Buck Rogers) in Fox in the Hensley House?
• Kathy Ireland (Sports Illustrated) in Ireland Eyes are Smiling?
• Don Johnson (Miami Vice) in Sonny Side Up?
• William Katt (Greatest American Hero) in The Katt in the Hat?
• Joey Lawrence (Gimme a Break!) in Laying Down the Lawrence?
• Ralph Macchio (Karate Kid) in Maccio, Macchio, Man?
• Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek) in Leonard Long and Prosper?
• Jerry O'Connell (My Secret Identity) in Oh, Jerry Art Thou?
• Bronson Pinchot (Perfect Strangers) in A Little Pinchot Goes a Long Way?
• Randy Quaid (National Lampoon's Vacation) in Quaid-y as a Fox?
• Judge Reinhold (Fast Times at Ridgemont High) in Lest Ye Be Judge'd?
• Ricky Schroeder (Silver Spoons) in Schroeder the Load?
• Alan Thicke (Growing Pains) in In the Thicke of It?
• Blair Underwood (L.A. Law) in Fresh Blair?
• Dick Van Patten (Eight is Enough) in Van Patten Down the Hatches?
• Lisa Whelchel (Facts of Life) in Any Whelchel Way but Lisa?
• Xuxa (Xuxa, pronounced "shue-sha") in Shopping for Xuxa?
• Tina Yothers (Family Ties) in Yothers and Sisters?
• Stephanie Zimbalist (Remington Steele) in Last but not Zimbalist?

Never mind. I don't want to know. I won't watch anyway.

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I've been watching a lot of Star Trek, and I've decided 2 things:

1. Leonard Nimoy is spectacular.

We all know him as Mr. Spock, a distinguished role among many on TV and movies. He is also an accomplished director of both media. Even more astonishing, he is a singer with nearly a dozen albums to his credit. ("The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" gets all of the glory, but if you've never heard Nimoy sing "If I Had a Hammer," you haven't lived. It brings me to tears every time I hear it.) And I've just recently discovered that he is a photographer specializing in nude female photographs. Damn, Leonard, do you have to make all of the rest of us look like such spectacularly lazy bastards?

2. Captain Picard is a shitty captain.

Sure, he strikes a distinctive pose, all regal and bald, but he has no idea what his ship or his crew are ever capable of. When confronted with any new situation, he is as confused as an old man presented with a new children's cereal box. Worse still, after he acquires even a little information about his new situation, he jumps to some immediate, outlandish solution that could only possibly be correct on a syndicated science fiction television show. (Better to be lucky than good, eh, Jean-Luc?)

To disguise his foolhardy blustering, many Picard defenders point out that Picard is simply a more calm and rational man than his forebearer (the great and mighty Captain Kirk). This could hardly be further from the truth. To jump to a faulty conclusion at the drop of his last hair is neither rational nor commendable. Picard's outrageous temper tantrums, seen frequently in outbursts against his crew (especially including that impetuous young Ensign Crusher) but rarely discussed, are further evidence of his instability and inability to lead. The fact that the crew follows the old man (who leads from the rear *tsk, tsk, tsk*) demonstrates only that they are just as sick of him and desperate for escape from his tyranny as I am.

At least he's still better than Captain Janeway.

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