I still think of things after 2000 as "recent", but that was over a quarter-century ago... :muppets_statler:

Anyway, I just started watching this new TV series called "The 4400". At least, I'm watching disc 1.

...2004..?

Really?! 22 freaking years ago..? Seems like I saw ads for it just "a couple of years ago". But no. That was probably more like 15 or 20 years ago, wasn't it? OMG.

Appropriately, the show is about a whole lot of people experiencing that. At least, based on the pilot episode. 🤷‍♂️

Accusing people they don't like of being part of an organization that does not in fact exist, is great for an authoritarian regime.

Because it's extremely difficult to prove you are not a member of an organization when it is entirely fictional to begin with.

You wind up having to prove that the organization doesn't exist. Which is proving a negative -- an almost impossible thing to do convincingly.

That goose meme just keeps on laying eggs.

Denial is very different from ignorance. Denial is knowing that something is true, but pretending very hard that it is not.

The amusingly-named "rabid wolf spider" on my bathroom wall. Had to show this creature the great outdoors after this. They'll probably be back, though.

About 3-in across the legs. Body maybe 1-in long. Had to find a largish bowl and card to safely move it. Don't want to hurt their legs. But you can't be slow -- these critters can move fast.

"Retroactive" (1997)
That sort of sci-fi time travel story that is about being clever and violent and repetitive, but doesn't really respect the science.

Possibly Jim Belushi's least likable character ever.

A little too clever, not enough fun, and honestly kind of traumatizing.

#SFFilm #SciFi90s

Maggie Haberman described Donald Trump as "sui generis" (I realized after) in an interview, but what I heard was "sewage onerous".

It seemed a little bit stronger phrase, considering how mild she's being about criticizing the people in the Trump Cabinet.

It had never occurred to me that the phrase might be misheard this way. 🤭

It was very dusty, so I cleaned it with alcohol. Unfortunately, I may have ruined some kind of coating that I didn't realize it had. Seems to work without it, though and it was very cloudy, so it looks better without it.

Either that, or the dust and condensates from the air made a patina on it that is now peeling off.

Oh well, hopefully this will not interfere with its powers over time!

Found my time controller!
Maybe I can finally do something about this timeline..?

#Monsterdon
#TheEndOfTheWorld1977

Okay. I'm not saying that was a great classic movie. But I think some of y'all have maligned it more than it deserved. It was slow, creepy horror, with an alien conspiracy mystery, and had that underlit noir quality, typical of the genre.

I think it was a decent movie-of-the-week, honestly.

Or maybe I was just so traumatized by last weeks..?

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And the Earth blows up in the explosive conclusion.

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Nicely hypocritical parting words from smug alien jerk.

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I can't say I approve of these aliens' agenda.

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Hmm. I'm watching a 108 min version of this movie. Somebody said 87 min? No wonder y'all seem ahead.

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I don't think they did get a good night's sleep.

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It IS slow paced and dated, but this movie is not really that bad, IMHO.

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Okay zombie nuns with high tech equipment communing with aliens.

THIS is the cheese I signed up for!

My catholic upbringing informs me that it is not very normal to find a priest in a convent. I mean they can visit. But they do not normally live or work in one.

Priest live elsewhere.

#Monsterdon #TheEndOfTheWorld

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Oh yes, you can hear that sound effect much more clearly, though it does sound remixed.

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To be fair, real 70s computer rooms generally WERE a lot frumpier than in the movies.