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Poker Face S2 E4

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“The Taste of Human Blood”

Killer alligator!!!

I am not a fan. So this week’s Poker Face hit me in a different manner.

The best line of the episode was “This is Florida.” 100% accurate.

Charlie finds herself at a cop convention where a jealous officer, Fran (Gaby Hoffmann), who was tired of losing the cop of the year award to Gator Joe (Kumail Nanjiani), wanted to embarrass him at the awards. Unfortunately, her attempt led to his death.

So to cover up the inadvertent murder, Fran gave Daisy, Gator Joe’s pet alligator, meth and had her eat her owner up.

Like I said… killer alligator.

Of course, Charlie was able to help the, technically, innocent gator from the trigger happy cops at the convention who kept claiming that Daisy had to die because she had the taste of human blood.

Weird episode. Fit right in with Florida.

The Studio S1 E9

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“Cinemacon”

The Studio is on its way to Cinemacon to present a high stakes presentation for their slate of movies coming in that year. Matt and crew were extremely confident that the movies they had for Continental were amazing and that they were going to dominate Cinemacon.

So Matt threw an “Old-School” Hollywood party.

Mistake #1.

It was a dream of his to throw a party like this… it represented to him that he had made it. However, a miscommunication with his mushroom dealer lead to him having chocolates with a massive amount of ‘shrooms in them.

This sent the entire party into chaos just as Matt found out that Amazon was in negotiations to purchase Continental Studios out from under them.

Bryan Cranston reprised his role as studio CEO Griffin Mill, who was totally stoned after eating way too many drugs.

As always, there are plenty of cameos in The Studio. In this one, Dave Franco is here in full party-boy motif while Zoë Kravitz unsuspectingly consumed too many of the spiked chocolates. Rhea Perlman was here too as Matt’s mother.

Watching the crew run around the hotel, avoiding the entertainment reporters (such as Matt Belloni) while trying to keep their people from ruining the presentation was hilarious.

The episode ended with a TO BE CONTINUED message, which will lead to the finale(?) next week entitled “The Presentation.” This has been hectic and chaotic and really funny.

Andor S2 E10, E11, E12

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I wondered how this series would close, considering it is basically a prequel to the movie Rogue One. Little did I know that there was a twist coming.

At the very end of the show, we see Bix on the planet Mina-Rau holding a baby.

This piece of information was such a shock as it recontextualizes the entire Bix/Cassian story and their final meeting is given an entirely new perspective.

While this gives hope for the legacy of Andor, it adds even more to the tragic nature of Rogue One. Not only does Cassian Andor die during the film, he dies without the knowledge that he was a father.

I am pleased that Bix did not get killed off in this series, because there were definitely questions about why she had never appeared in Rogue One. Her survival and subsequent mothering of this baby was an exceptional end for the series as our characters head off towards Rogue One.

The death of Luthen was not unexpected, but that it came in episode 10 was a bit of a surprise. Taking his own life as a way of preventing the Empire from torturing him for information seemed to be the exact manner in which he would die, even though it took more than his own knife to get the final job done. Stellan Skarsgård has been outstanding from day one as the mastermind/puppet master of the rebellion.

Cassian Andor is one of my favorite Star Wars characters and I wish there was more to his story. Andor showed how good a Star Wars TV show could be and how it could be directed to adults as well.

Sunday Morning Sidewalk #17

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“The Doll’s House”

This felt like a heavy set-up episode for the next arc of the show. Very little Morpheus and a lot of info on other characters, such as Rose Walker, the Vortex.

We also get more on the Corinthian as he is wooed by a group of “collectors” for a convention of sorts.

Matthew is sent to observe and report on Rose and her family. Her brother Jed is missing and they can not even find him in the Dreaming.

Another piece of info dropped here was the still missing entities: Gault the shapeshifter, The Corinthian and the supposedly reliable Fiddler’s Green.

Stephen Fry showed up to aid Rose in an alleyway, as she was about to be mugged. As we learned, though, she did not really need his help.

I struggled through this episode as I was not connected to much of the story. I did find it fascinating as Rose strolled confidently up to Morpheus in the Dreaming to ask him about her brother’s whereabouts. I am sure things will pick up again as we move toward the final 4 episodes of this show.

Doctor Who S2 E6

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“The Interstellar Song Contest”

We are just a week away from the May 24, 2025 date that has been causing trouble for The Doctor and Belinda this entire season. In the latest episode of the show, we learn (from a hologram of Graham Norton, of all things) that May 24, 2025 is the day that the earth is destroyed.

We saw a side to the Doctor that we have never seen before. Ice inside his heart… causing him to be vindictive toward Kid, our antagonist of this episode whose plan would see the deaths of 3 trillion people across the universe. While one could understand the anger directed toward such a terrorist, hearing those vicious words of violence and vengeance come out of the Doctor’s mouth was difficult to hear.

It shook Belinda as she heard him make his threats. It scared her and it scared the Doctor too.

There are some really fun moments in this episode, including a creative use of a confetti canon as well as two extraordinary skilled men in Gary and Mike.

Hey there Mrs. Flood, what’s up……????? Um, are you Bi-generating? Are there two of you now? “The definite article, you might say.” I guess she is coming for The Doctor now.

Was that Susan? The Doctor’s long missing, long mentioned granddaughter? Will she play a role in what is to come? I expect so.

We are heading into the two-part finale coming up of season two. I will say this every week, but I absolutely love Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor.

Final Destination: Bloodlines

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I never knew that Rube Goldberg was such a sicko.

The series of horror movies in the Final Destination franchise are films that I have not see before. It just did not feel like the type of film that was going to appeal to me. So I was not anxious to see the Final Destination: Bloodlines film out this weekend.

I have to say, I liked this way more than i ever believed I would.

According to IMDB, “A teenage girl has recurring nightmares of a tower collapse in the 1960s. She discovers that these nightmares are a premonition she inherited from her grandmother. The grandmother predicted the collapse of the building and saved a group of people from death. Decades later, the granddaughter begins to have visions of her family members dying. She realizes that there is a sequence and must fight to prevent Death from reclaiming her family’s bloodline.”

I really enjoyed the set up for the movie. The opening did a great job of baiting the hook for the audience and it left a huge question in my mind immediately. The set piece with the collapsing restaurant was thrilling and extremely suspenseful. I loved the mystery aspect of the film as our characters tried their best to prevent Death from claiming their family.

The tone of this film worked really well even though it felt like it was all over the place. The kills were, at the same time, grisly and funny. I’m not sure how it could work that I was laughing while I was repelling in disgust. The intricate ways that the victims died made me think of the old Rube Goldberg drawing of complicated inventions to do simple things. In this case, the simple thing was driving something threw someone’s head (or other various body parts).

The film looked great and, as I said, the kills were excellent. I was invested in the group finding a way to prevent their own deaths and thus cheat Death.

Kaitlyn Santa Juana was our lead protagonist, Stefani, and I thought she did a wonderful job. The whole film, I felt as if I had seen her before, but I just could not place it. However, looking on IMDB after the film, I could not find a credit on her list that I would have known her from. She was on the CW series The Flash, but only two episodes and I did not watch that series much any way. I did thin she was a compelling lead so I was impressed with her performance, even if I thought I knew her.

I thought the film does an exceptional job developing characters connected to Stefani. They were more than just the typical horror movie canon fodder characters. They had depth to them and they had emotional beats that work very well in making them be characters that we want to see escape, not just get killed off.

There is also a small cameo from the late Tony Todd. I am not sure if this is his final film, but if it is, he has a strong one to end on.

Perhaps I have to add some of the Final Destination movies to my list of films for the October 13 this year as I enjoyed this one a lot and if this represents what the franchise is about, I am up for some more.

4.1 stars

Mars

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Mars 

Moments are memorable.

But so is Mars.

Moving to Mars.

May  be hard. 

It may be hard because it’s so far.

So far. 

So far it’s been hard .

 the different phoneFar far away.

Far from my home far from everything I Used to Know.

We have arrived somewhere nobody knows.

We are here to stay OK.

PART 2

I keep looking around.

 and there’s new things in the ground. 

In the ground As I look around.

 there’s people around.

 They keep looking down.

 as I  frown.

It’s about to go down.

Because I got in town.

Space Exploration

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 Space Exploration 

The ship is on its course to Mars

It is a long journey 

All the food is in jars

Our captain is on a gurney

I sit in the seat

Outside its cold

What we do is a feat

What we do is bold

We reach Mars in a few days time

I stand on the red ground

I feel in my prime

            Part two 

I saw a light

I look up

Looking out is a sight

I am the youngest called the pup

I hear a noise and check it out 

I see figure out in the dust

I go out to figure it out 

The ground the color of rust

The figure starts walking 

I freeze to hide 

  I am almost stalking

I hear the figure sigh

My people are small

We blend very well

The figure falls

I let out a small yell

I rush forward to help

When I get there i see they are up

The figure lets out a yelp

I help them and backup

The figure waves 

I say hello

I had help and saved

The figure says his name is Joe

I figure he is a Earthling

He asks what I am 

I say I am a Martian 

I say my name is Tam

We will be friends

That I am sure

I say to the ends

He says he is sure

I’m a Elemend

Time for an Adventure

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 Time for an Adventure 

My name is clare anet , today I got an 

Opportunity to go to 

Sateran and I was on me way to the

 Rocketship 4 hours after I got the news. 

Now it’s time for an adventure

On Sateran. When we got to 

Sateran I jumped up and down. 

After I jumped down from the ship I seen 

An alien. When I saw the alien I screamed.

When I screamed the alien ran, when the alien ran I 

Could hear it yelling to the other aliens “omg there 

Are humans here RUNNNNNNNNN!” After I heard them 

Screamed and run I ran after them and said ”wait I won’t hurt 

I just want to get to know you.” Now we are our good friends

And are leaving for Earth in three days. When  I told the alien 

It jumped up and down non stop. When we got to Earth the alien 

Screamed “omg I’m on Earth this is so CRAZYYYY!” 

Now in Three weeks some crew members 

and I are going back to Sateren And the alien is 

going back. When we landed the alien started to cry

And begged us to let him stay in the U.S. with us. 

Now from the alien’s point of view. Part 2

Today was a normal alien day then all of the sudden 

We saw a weirdly shaped object in the distance. 

When we saw it we all screamed “RUNNNNNNN!!!” 

They landed and Bob went to see what it was. 

Bob said this is cool and they jumped out and we all ran. 

After that they chased us and we all stopped. After a few days 

They took Bob home with them and returned him back a month later.

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Journey to Kepler-69c

During our journey to Kepler-69c we came across a hole in the shuttle

We lost a few passengers before we closed the hole

Giving us a smaller chance of survival on Kepler-69c

While our journey we had another problem

 A food shortage

We went to a nearby station to restock up on food

Then we continued are journey

As we finally landed on Kepler-69c

The passengers all went their own way

After we dropped them off

The Strange Otherworlders

A year ago a satellite with a message

From a distant planet

Requesting us to accept

Them living on our planet

Present day a airship came to our planet

While we were tending our farms

They landed in our fields

My family and friends were curious

So we approached the ship

We realized their tech

Was not as developed as our tech

They offered to build their own camp and tend our farms

All to let them live on our planet

As long as they dont come in town

 Stay on the border of the city

The little ones are the only ones that can

Come into the city borders for school

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Here we go 

Here we fly away from Earth 

We need to get out of here cuz of a war

We need to fly 

We left are home planet to survive 

Time to find a new place to live

Find a new planet to call home

We found a new planet to call home but there are weird phenomenons going on 

We met martins and we need to live her for a little bit 

And we need to leave in three day to find a new home 

We landed on a weird planet that had dust in it and we can breathe without a mast or anything on. We see skulls of people and we freaked out and we left

We found a new planet we never saw in history 

We found out where the dinos went and they talked like humans 

We said hi and if we can stay there for the rest of our lives. 

Mission to Mars

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Mission to Mars

By Brock Lee

Part 1

 Blasting off into the sky

Past the clouds, I’m flying high.

My rocket roars, the ground grows small.

I’m headed for the bright ball.

Through the stars. I glide so fast,

To Mars, where red dust winds will blast.

A planet dry with canyons deep,

Where secrets of old life might sleep.

Trouble on Mars

Part 2

they crawl from caves with glowing eyes,

Their skin is blue, like twilight skies.

With jelly arms and spikey toes,

They sniff the air with bumps that glow.

They chatter loud in buzzing tones,

And guard their piles of shining stones

They’re mad we landed near their land,

They wave sharp sticks with squishy hands.

We backed away and said we’re sorry,

They didn’t care and looked really worried.

But then one smiled. A creepy grin,

And let us leave with all our skin

We flew back home through stars and black,

Glad we made it safely back

Now I tell all who dream of flight-

Some plants aren;t worth the night

Going to Venus

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By Billy Bob Joe

Part 1

 I went to space it was a delight but when I got there it was a fright 

I landed on venus plucked some grapes ate them up and maybe some tape

I went to explore and was very adored 

I saw some kids playing with toys and made me think of little boys 

They were playing with a seesaw and it made me beatbox 

My partner antonio tried to go to romio 

These words can’t describe the delight but a one word could be fright 

Antonio and I saw some things it was very weird 

He wanted to go to jupiter but if he went he’d get stupider we stayed on venus and he became the meanest 

My grace was taken just like brace taken off I no longer want to be here but I won’t be sent off

On venus here I am to this day and i’m starting to want to stay i’ve seen some things it was pretty scary but antonio started looking hairy 

Antonio said come on brad go find your dad 


Part 2 

These weird people came to my planet and I know they aint it 

I need to find away for them to stay before the vanish away 

They won’t be here much longer so we need to make venus stronger 

You may pay to live another day 

I will steal your rocket key for you to find peace 

Me as an alien I’ve found a way to make these ugly people stay 

I went on the rocket took some food chewed it up like pizza hut 

It would be crude to not be nude 

I plucked some grapes and planting tape

I needed some help so I went to yelp 

I saw this guy named Mr. Fuss and he definitely wasn’t a bus 

He came off the rocket but antonio had to block him

These people were walking around and exploring but 

that one astronaut was adoring 

These people are weird and they need to stay i wouldn’t want them to vanish away

They are starting to like my planet venus it is i like it to don’t be rude i’ll tell you to 

This weird man named antonio looked very hairy 

There’s a code blue and I’m a slug alien too!

Going to Mars

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Going to Mars

Part 1

Mars oh, it seems so far

 Thought I could only wish upon a star

Though every night it seems we get closer

  I am starting to lose closure 

Now it is time for packing

No time for slacking 

What should I bring 

Maybe my wedding ring 

As my husband fights on earth 

I move on to new turf 

Now i’m on getting on the rocket 

Hope I don’t throw my shoulder out of socket

Hope I make without losing my locket

I will try to keep it in my pocket

Hope is the only thing I have 

There is no one to pave my path

Day 127 almost their

I can almost smell the martian air

Hope we land safely 

I think about it daily 

I am starting to feel hazy

4 more days till arrival

This spaceship is starting to feel like my rival

I can see it in the distance

Just have to have patience

Hold tight for impact 

We hit the ground and we are still intact

I hope it is safe 

Just have to have faith

I step off the ship 

Bite my lower lip

It’s everything I could of hoped of

Part 2

What do I see 

I think we found our key

We have found our escape 

It has been a long wait

But how do we get them to stay

We need them to see how wonderful it is here

Little do they know that soon they might disappear

“Hello beings of earth, now your on our turf”

“This place is even better than earth”

Look at our food

Ready to be chewed

It would be just crude 

Not to move

Leave your ship

Promise we won’t dip

I will even bet my poker chip

We will help you get settled

Let me just take your big piece of metal

“Here is your house”

Little do they know soon mars will be quiet as a mouse

Ok aliens time to get moving  

This is our time for proving 

Lets move to saturn

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