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Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 (2016)
January 23
I found another Academy Award winning film to watch today for the Genre-ary. This won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short in 2018. The title had caught my attention at first as did some of the artwork that went with the promotion for Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405.
The short told the story of Mindy Alper, a 56-year old artist, who had spent years suffering from a variety of mental illnesses including acute anxiety, mental disorder and depression. She had been committed to mental institutions, spending around 10 years institutionalized. During that time, Mindy would receive electro shock therapy in an attempt to get past the mental states she was in.
She spent much of the time unable to speak and scared about everything in life. Much of the struggles could be traced back to a combative relationship with her father. The film does not come out and say it, but there are some implications about the relationship that might be the reason for many of the problems.
The doc short showed the progress Mindy had made and how her struggles with mental illness was something she would have to overcome on a daily basis. It showed how she used her art to really get some of the emotions out, giving them a place to go.
Some of the papier mache statues she had made, in particular one of her favorite psychiatrist, were absolutely stunning. I could not take my eyes off of these pieces of art. Her drawings were used to illustrate much of the doc as well. This art truly told a powerful story.
Mindy was a complete inspiration and, despite her life’s downfalls, she has found something that has allowed her to express her feelings.
I can see the reason why this was an Oscar winner.
FYC: Oscar Nominations Reaction
EYG Favorite Comic Covers of the Week
January 23
A day late, but not a dollar short (Todd took away my four dollars, but that is a long story). So I did not have to go to Comic World twice this week, I waited for Thursday instead of Wednesday. It also helped that there was some snow in the weather. I definitely made the correct decision.
This week’s medalists:
Bronze Medalist
Mark Spears Monsters #1 (3rd Printing)
Cover art by Mark Spears
Mark Spears is hotter than anything right now. I bought a 3rd printing of the first issue because of the cover. This cover is the scene from Monster Squad too. “He’s gonna kill your son!” Cool cover once more.
Silver Medalist
The Tin Can Society #5
Cover art by Francesco Mobili & Chris Chuckry
So much happening on this cover. I love the reflection in the glasses as the other images around the cover stand out. The color of the cover is awesome too. Very stylish.
Gold Medalist
Mystique #4
Cover Art by Declan Shalvey
This is the one that stood out to me with the Mystique face on Nick Fury’s coat and the fire and smoke in the background. This is a truly awesome mash-up cover. Completely stunning.
Alex is Trying to Find Her Father
Alex is Trying to Find her Father
Alex is a 14 year old girl trying to find her father that’s been missing for 2 years.
“Oh my god, I need to find my dad. He’s been gone for two years. I miss him.”
She looks around her town, but doesn’t find him, and she’s starting to give up, but she keeps going for him.
After two hours this young boy.
“Hi my name’s Max, why do you look so stressed?” he asked.
Alex says, “I’m trying to find my dad and I’m Alex”
Max says, “I can help you Alex”
Alex’s eyes light up, “You will!!!”
Max laughs, “Yea, I will. Let’s go look”
Alex says, “Ok!!!”
They start looking around the town and they walk all day through night talking.
Alex says “I’ll never find him.”
Max says, “Don’t give up. By the way, if you don’t mind, how’d he go missing?” he asks looking confused
Alex says “I was sleeping and I woke up after I heard a scream. It was my dad and I went out of my room and saw him get dragged out of the house and I tried to help but I wasn’t fast enough since I was in shock and he was already in the trunk of the car.”
Max listens intently, really wanting to know and Alex feels safe around Max even if they only met a day ago. They care deeply about each other; they act like sibilings.
Three days later
Alex and Max are still looking around. Alex is starting to lose hope. She really wants to find her dad but she doesn’t think she will
Max says, “Don’t worry, we will find him. I know it, just keep your head up.”
Alex finds a little bit of hope in her heart
Alex says, “Thanks Max even though we’ve only known each other a few days, I feel like you’re my best friend.”
Max smiles and they continue their search. They search day and night. They don’t stop searching and Alex is determined to find her dad. Max really wants to help her find her dad so he sticks by his side.
Max says “I know we will find him Alex”
Alex hugs him tightly and Max hugs her back just as tight to give her a sense of comfort
Alex says “I’m so glad I found you”
Max says “Im glad too”
They stop hugging and start walking through the town trying to find Alex’s dad they keep going Alex and Max continue searching they aren’t gonna go down without a fight they continue going around the town going in abandoned building, houses, hospitals that kinda thing to see if he was tied up somewhere so they searched and searched but nothing was found
Alex says, “I quit”
Max says, “No you aren’t; you got this, I believe in you”
Max tells Alex encouraging words to give her a little hope of finding her dad. They don’t stop. They just keep searching
Alex says with a slight smile “Ok I believe you Max.”
Max looks happy that she believes him so they keep walking and they don’t look back.
Alex says, “You are the best Max. I’m happy that you helped me try to find my dad. You’re the best person in my life”
Max smiles widely at Alex’s words as they keep walking trying to find her dad and eventually they take a break and sit on a bench there legs cramping.
Alex says, “Oh my god my legs hurt so bad right now”
Max says, “Mine too
Alex eventually falls asleep and her head falls onto Max’s shoulder. Max lets her sleep; he falls asleep to his head gently resting on her head in the morning
Max wakes up first and he gently shakes Alex and Alex wakes up.
Max says, “Good morning sleepyhead.”
Alex’s smiles and says, “Good morning Max”
And then they get up and stretch and then they continue their journey to find Alex dad.
They walk into this certain building that was abandoned 100 years ago and they hear someone breathing and they walk towards the noise and its ALEX’S DAD.
Alex screams “DADDDDDD”
Max looks at Alex run to her dad and he walks up to her dad and unties the ropes and takes the gag out
Alex’s dad says “I’ve missed you so much sweetie,”
Alex hugs her dad and Max smiles at them
Alex says “I’ve missed you so much dad”
Two years later
Max and Alex started dating and Alex’s dad is healthy and happy.
The end
Jack the Football Player
Jack the Football Player
Football
I was playing football with my little brother at 5 years old. He was about 3 years old 2 years passed. He is now 5 years old and is fast but I’m still faster than him.
Another 2 years pass by. He is 7 now and faster than me but I’m better at catching and tackling than him. I can still score more too.
Five years go by, I’m 14 and he is 12 years old. I got accepted to the New York high school football team. I already made friends with all of the team. My little brother got accepted to the New York middle school football team.
“Practice” wake up you got football practice today come on get up i made breakfast. For you your favorite pancakes and syrup and extra butter just the way you like. So get up, your coffee is going to be cold.
I wake up to the heavenly smell of pancakes and just the way I like them extra butter and syrup and sausages so I must be in heaven.
I see that my little brother is awake, he is almost done eating and ready to go to football practice. “I see that you’re awake” he said then said good morning buddy and good morning to momthey said good morning back.
Get your guy’s stuff ready we are about to leave “mom said”
So we got our stuff ready for practice and on the way we got some energy drinks. At practice the coach made us do our normal drills like run around the football field, then practice catching and throwing the ball,tackling,push ups and then we went to the gym. Once we were done at the gym we went and did 1v1s to warm up the 2v2s then 3v3s and then on and on. After practice we went outside and did four more after the Four Mile Run we ate and then went home the next day. The football game we had a football game today and when as soon as we got into the match we shook hands at the opponent team trying As humble as we can More to the middle of the game we start to get hit with big bangs the opponent teams we already got one person out sit on the bench so we start to actually show we show them why we why we are the best football team in the state of Texas. End game ended 63 to 43. We won by 20 points. We shook hands at the end of the game and walked off on the activity bus. We all were very excited and tired . At night it’s 3:00 a.m. In the morning when I get home I’m tired and can’t feel anything in my body. As soon as I get to my bed I stay home and fall on to my bed. The next day I wake up again I’m on the floor because I fell off my bed at in the middle of the night it woke me up I go downstairs to eat breakfast my little brother is up today is his game day so we start to leave to go to his practice when we get to his practice he sees his coach and all his friends he gets his gear on and runs to coach We’re on the bleachers watching them as he practices getting ready for his game. It’s noon at Night the game is going to be set up. Everyone is doing up in the parking lot getting ready, getting in the spots looking for the kids and friends. The game I started the oil shaking each other’s hands the middle of the game the score is 20 to 16 with losing by four points I need to step out game up everyone is shouting from the beaches come on pass the ball come on you got it and of the game we won by two points coach’s happy he’s surprises us with a pizza party. Everyone was happy . We went home. We had a party of Our Own we celebrated with ice cream and pizza and root beer shakes. We all were very happy for him to win his first game.
The X-Files S7 E17, E18
Spoilers
“All Things”
“Brand X”
As we move on through season seven of the X-Files, there were two episodes in a row that I watched tonight that I did not remember from the show’s original run, and that were both overall pretty weak.
“All Things” was written and directed by Gillian Anderson herself and, while I was hoping to love her episode, this was not very good. It was a weird, fantasy-like episode with Scully facing a love from her past and some Buddhist philosophy. I found this one pretty boring and I did not find much to it.
“Brand X” was a cigarette company killing people by accident. Some gross scenes with tobacco beetles were kind of interesting, and Mulder got exposed to the dangers of second hand smoke, quite literally. I don’t know why Skinner broke into that apartment without some kind of mask on. I mean, he knew that Mulder had been infected and that this was transmitted via the smoke. Seemed logical to wear a mask as protection.
Neither episode stood out. Both of them showed that season seven, while it had some highlights, was reaching a creative plateau for the show.
Four remaining episodes of season seven.
MoviePass, MovieCrash (2024)
January 22
Today’s Genre-ary documentary was found on MAX called MoviePass, MovieCrash, which looks upon the rise and collapse of the movie subscription service MoviePass.
According to IMDB, MoviePass, MovieCrash is…”Exploring the company founding and the implosion of the business by outside investors who took over the company, left it bankrupt and under investigation.”
Stacy Spikes, the founder of MoviePass, took his idea and made it a phenom. For a limited fee monthly, you could go to a movie a day at any theater. It was a revolutionary concept that helped movie theaters. Hamet Watt was a board member of the company and was a co-founder with Spikes.
As they were trying to build their business, two other men came into the orbit of MoviePass. Mitch Lowe, who became CEO of MoviePass, and Ted Farnsworth, Helios and Matheson’s CEO. Helios and Matheson purchased the company in 2017. In 2018, Spikes and Watt were fired from the company that they had founded.
It was at this point where the company started to pull shady deals because they were hemorrhaging money and they were trying to find a way to bring down costs. The problem was they did not keep the consumer, their customers, in the loop.
They worked it so one of the massive movie releases of the summer, Mission Impossible: Fallout, would be unavailable for their users to go to, despite still taking their money. More and more error messages would come up when attempting to use the MoviePass card and the business was being driven into the ground. Finally the company had to declare bankruptcy.
There is an air of racial tint to this story as well. Spikes and Watt were both African American and, at the time that they were forced out of MoviePass, the rest of the board was all white. The doc touched upon this aspect, which was some of the more fascinating pieces of the story. One would wonder how it would have gone if Spikes and Watts were white.
The story of MoviePass is a remarkable one, a company that took off like a rocket, creating a huge success in the business of theaters only to be brought down by a couple of con artists looking for an easy score. It is an amazing story.
The Fight of Wolf Soccer
The Fight of Wolf Soccer
By Demon
All the kids came to see the new wolf soccer.
The wolf-mountain team players have been best friends since preschool.
Hey there fella my name is Dragow and I’ll name you tom and Bobby will name his Junior.
“Hey Bobby, you want to play wolf soccer.”
“Sure,” Bobby said, “Where is your pet wolf?”
Boom, boom, boom aah, aah, aah, aah it’s pouring down rain, get in the truck.
“Whimper, whimper, whimper.
howl, howl howl,” the wolf whined.
“Let’s go home Tom.”
ruff, ruff, ruff. Let’s go home and play ball at home. Ruff, ruff, ruff.
Bobby says to Junior, “Let’s go home. Junior growled at Bobby.
I know I don’t want to go home either in the stupid weather.
The weather is dumb.
Raf, raf, raf Junior barked. yes I’m fine now Bobby said to Junior. Now let’s go home and play some ball.
Now the sun is shining, let’s play, let’s go outside!! Let’s go to the park and play wolf soccer!
We could invite some friends to come play with us.
Bobby said to dragow.
I’ll be waiting for you to arrive so we can play wolf soccer and I brought a couple of friends with me so we can have a team.
“Alright I did it so we can make more friends and let’s get this game started “ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, and ruff”Junior and Tom barked.
Let the games begin. Let’s do this, let’s beat the team.
and they are off running and playing wolf soccer.
Wolf soccer is the best game ever.
The teams rounded up to make a plan to beat the other team.
ok let’s beat the other team and win this game
We are going to finish this game.
sure you are “ha!” “ha” “ha” Dragow said.
Bobby said stop laughing Dragow kept laughing
we are going to beat you fair and square Dragow said no you aren’t Bobby said
Yes we are.
No you’re not Bobby and Dragow argued back and forth
“You are just jealous that we are going to kick your butt.
”Bobby said
Is someone jealous of our team?
“I am not jealous,” Dragow yelled
“yes you are,”
“no i’m not.”
“I’m done arguing about this stupid conversation
“Of course you are but I’m done arguing because you know I am right,” Bobby said.”
I’m done with you, said dragow.
no!! I quit this game. Bobby said
Fine, I don’t care.
Okay fine, fine.
that person is a dummy anyway
yes he is a “big” “fat” “dummy!”
We are going to win this game, win, win, win.
Let’s do this game.
Come on, “let’s finish this.
yes sure are you ready to rumble ah let’s finish this bump, bump, bumm.
Bobby couldn’t Construct because he felt bad about what he said to Dragow
okay let’s do this okay i’m ready so am I other teammates said
Let’s beAT them okay let’s PUT OURSELVES IN game mode.
They are so bad that they can be KNOWN AS THE worst team ever. They can never beAT us IN A GAME SO LET’S NOT LOSE ONE NOW.
“Your team needs to practice more ANYWAY DRAGOW TEAMMATE SAID.
BOBBY RAN OFF TO SEE IF HE COULD FIND DRAGOW.
eVERYONE GOT MAD BECAUSE THE TWO LEADERS LEFT THE GAME.
bOBBY WAS WORRIED THAT dRAGOW WASN’T HIS FRIENDS ANYMORE
jUNIOR AND TOM WAS AT THE FIELD STILL AND WAITING FOR THEIR OWNERS TO RETURN.
dRAGOW RAN INTO A FOREST SO NOBODY COULD FIND HIM.
hE GOT LOST HOPING SOMEONE CAN FIND HIM. bOBBY SEARCHED FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND STILL COULDN’T FIND HIS BEST FRIEND. dRAGOW KEPT CALLING OUT FOR HELP TRYING TO SEE IF ANYONE CAN HELP HIM. aNOTHER HOUR PASSED AND bOBBY FOUND dRAGOW oUT OF NOWHERE THEY HEARD ROAR.
dRAGOW AND bOBBY WAS SO SCARED THEY STARTED TO RUN OFF AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO ESCAPE THE FOREST. BUT THEY RAN INTO THE WILD BLACK BEAR.
tHEY BOTH SCREAMED LIKE LITTLE GIRLS EVEN THOUGH THEIR NOT LITTLE GIRls. Tom and Junior heard their owners screaming for help.
The wolf ran as fast as they could. Dragow and Bobby were shaking in a corner because they were trapped in no way to escape the bear.
Then their pet wolf jumps on the bear’s back and attacks the black bear. The wolves got the bear down and scared the bear away.
So after the wolves scared the bear away they all exited the forest.
Dragow and Bobby were happy their pets saved them and after that they promised never to fight again in the end.
Battlestar Galactica S4 E19-E21
Spoilers
“Daybreak Part One, Two & Three”
As I finished the last write up for Battlestar Galactica S4 E13-18, I had planned on watching the three-part finale as a big movie. I was starting to figure out how long it would take and when I could fit it into my schedule when I realized that I had the time tonight. So I turned to Amazon Prime and continued with the final three episodes of Battlestar Galactica.
I must say I feel as if the show came to an end in quite a lovely way.
The big battle at the Cylon colony was an incredible firefight, and, as I expected, it turned into a “opera house” type situation. I liked the way that resolved itself, putting the people involved in the proper places.
I did find the flashback sections of these episodes to be perhaps more than was needed. It did add some good background to some of the characters, especially Gaius and his father, but some felt superfluous.
The whole Galen Tyrol discovery of Cally’s murder by Tory was shocking , but it was just the way Galen had been portrayed over the series. Hotheaded, angry and reactive, Galen snapped Tory’s neck, which messed up the entire deal between Adama and Cavil. I’m not sure Cavil taking his own life made sense in this situation, but it did bring a resolution to the conflict.
I figured most of the final episode would be falling action, wrapping up the stories and giving us closure for the characters. Laura Roslin’s death was sad and yet beautiful. I was afraid that Adama would do something drastic since he had said that he “couldn’t live without her” earlier this season.
Kara’s return was revealed that she was an angel of some sort, and her just disappearance after a goodbye with Lee was really melancholic. I liked that they did not go into a great detail to explain what was going on with her and this made all the sense in the world.
I am not sure how I feel about the prologue at the end with Head Gaius and Head Six walking around in present day on this new earth. I had guessed that they were in the past of a planet when they arrived, but not sure why these “head” characters were in the present day timeline.
Overall, I was satisfied with the conclusion of the show. It was a fantastic sci-fi show with a lot of faith built into it. I did like how it presented us with the conclusions for the characters, even if some of them were not very happy (Adama, Lee etc.) There may be a question or two that the finale opens that may not make a lot of sense (giving up technology is one…), but there is nothing that ruins the show for me.
Battlestar Galactica S4 E13-E18
Spoilers
“The Oath”
“Blood on the Scales”
“No Exit”
“Deadlock”
“Someone to Watch Over Me”
“Islanded in a Stream of Stars”
I watched six episodes in the final season of Battlestar Galactica today, completely enthralled by the experience. This has been such a journey, with some of the best characters on TV and an almost impossible storyline to predict.
Admiral Adama has been so up and down over this stretch of time. So much of his shakiness has been because of his drinking. I do not think the show has intended to dive into his drinking, but it is clear that the alcohol has been a problem. It turns Adama into someone that is so different, so angry. He is usually a balanced individual, but when he is drinking, he is anything but.
Of course, he had to survive the coup attempt by Tom Zarek and Gaeta. I gasped when Zarek ordered the assassination of the Council, and it being carried out. It seemed like an impossible situation, but Lee, Kara and the others fought brutally to stop the coup and prevent Gaeta from executing Adama. It was close, but they succeeded. The scene at the end of that episode with a firing squad executing Gaeta and Zarek was rough.
How many times over these episodes did Adama remove his Admiral medals? I do not think this was a strong season for Adama overall.
Galactica is falling apart, and the pain it is causing Adama is adding to his own stress. Adding some Cylon living goop to fix the cracks in the structures was not helping matters and only caused more strife among the people on the ship.
Ellen returned. After she had been poisoned by Sol on Caprica, she was reborn in a Cylon resurrection chamber. She was one of the Final Five, and we learned that they were the five that created the current Cylons. Her arrival became a huge point of contention for Sol. Sam was shot in the head during the battle and wound up hooked up to machines, much like the Hybrid was.
Sol and Caprica lost their baby. He was going to name him Liam. It was a real painful moment and only went to highlight how vital Hera was to the Cylons. Boomer wound up manipulating Tyrol into helping her escape from the brig and she ends up taking Hera and escaping Galactica upon a viper, pretending to be Athena. Not before fracking Helo (still pretending to be Athena) with Athena tied up in the very room watching it happen. The possible retrieval of Hera feels like a major part of the final three episodes.
Kara struggled with her discovery from earth of her own dead body. She had no idea how it happened or what was going on. She was not a Cylon as all the models had been revealed (I guess except for Daniel, the mysterious Number 7). She had some connection to a song that her father used to play on the piano for her as a girl, the same song that Hera had written the notes to and that played to trigger the Final Five. How this song works in this story is still a huge question.
Oh, and what a dick move by Baltar to reveal to everybody that Kara had found her own body on earth. He claimed it was proof of life after death. Kara slapped him for revealing the truth as he did, but that seemed out of character. I expected Kara to give him a full on right cross. I had been finding more positives about Baltar over this stretch of episodes, but this made me remember what a jerk he was.
I really liked the alliance formed with the Cylons and the humans, and I also liked how there were plenty of people who found this to be against what they believed.
Adama’s decision to finally abandon ship and give Galactica a goodbye was long overdue as the ship had been dying for much of this season. The moment of Adama and Tigh accepting the loss together was a powerful way to end episode 18.
The final three episodes of the series are a three-part run, and I plan on watching them all together at some time this week. It is entitled “Daybreak” and I can honestly say that I have no real idea how it will conclude, which is awesome. I assume there will be some variation of the vision with Hera playing out at the new Cylon colony, and I have to guess that Cavil will get his comeuppance. I do hope we discover exactly what is going on with Starbuck, and what it means when the Hybrid and Sam referred to her as the “Harbinger of Death.” I do not want Laura to die from her cancer and I would love a happy ending for her and Adama. I do not think that is going to happen, unfortunately.
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
January 21
The Genre-ary for today is the oldest of the documentaries I watched for this DailyView so far. It was from 1988 and it was called The Thin Blue Line. It documented the case of wrongfully convicted cop killer Randall Adams, who had always claimed that he was innocent. After the release of this documentary, the case against Adams was reexamined and he was set free.
Randall Adams had run out of gas and had been picked up by a 16-year old runaway named David Harris. Adams and Harris hung out for the night, drinking, smoking marijuana and going to the movies. Adams claimed that he then returned to his motel and went to sleep. Harris claimed that they went out again and were pulled over by the police and that Adams shot the cop and drove off, leaving the officer to die in the street.
Apparently, the prosecutors and investigators targeted Adams as their killer, even going as far as to give Harris immunity to be their eyewitness. There were other eyewitnesses whom had driven past the pull over before it turned deadly. These witnesses claimed to have seen Adams too. However, these witnesses were dubious to say the least.
The documentary interviewed both Adams and Harris in an effort to tell the story that had happened. There were also interviews from the defense attorneys, the judge, and several of the police involved before and after.
Another thing that this doc did was to use recreations to show the events of the night through a variety of POVs. At the time, most documentary films did not use this technique in its story telling methods and it gave The Thin Blue Line a different feel. In 2025, some of these recreations were cheesy, but I did get used to them as the film went on. The film also used a soundtrack, scored by Phillip Glass, that was very memorable and created a mood for the film.
This was extremely influential in the world of the documentary. Many true crime style docs take concepts and storytelling techniques from The Thin Blue Line. It was a compelling story at the heart of the doc, with interviews with everyone involved.
Battlestar Galactica S4 E10, E11, E12
Spoilers
“Revelations”
“Sometimes a Great Notion”
“A Disquiet Follows My Soul”
So much is happening.
In Revelations, there is a tense showdown between the Cylons and the Humans. D’anna wants the four of the five Cylons brought to them and Lee wants the Cylons to release their hostages.
The four were revealed to everyone and it led to some major frustration for Adama.
Starbuck, on a tip from Tyrol and Anders, figured out that a specific Viper had a destination programmed into it and she guessed that it was to earth.
The Galactica and the Cylons, in an alliance, found earth only to discover that it was a nuclear wasteland.
In Sometimes a Great Notion, the crew explored the ruined earth.
They discovered that the 13 Tribe was a tribe of Cylons.
Starbuck recovered her own corpse in her own ship, crashed on the earth. What does that mean? What does that make Kara who is living right now? She burned her corpse.
Roslin and Adama both wound up in a downward spiral from the failure of earth. Adama boozing it up and Roslin rejecting her medical care.
Adama, drunk and angry, stormed to Tigh’s room and tried to get him to kill him. It was a tense scene that felt out of place. Adama has been fairly inconsistent during this time. Not sure how this worked.
Dualla goes out and has a great date night with Lee and then kills herself with a gunshot to the head. Wha????
Then we find out that Ellen Tigh was the fifth Cylon. That revelation was fairly flat for me.
Finally, in “A Disquiet Follows My Soul,” more craziness with Adama and Roslin. They end up in bed together at the end of the episode. Hopefully a good Frack will straighten these two up because they are really needed to get back into their roles.
Tom Zarek is back to his machinations and he is teaming up with the angry and vengeful Gaeta. This was after Gaeta had a bitter throwdown with Kara, with neither of them holding back.
Tyrol’s son has a kidney problem and Tyrol rushed him to the doctor. This was where he learned that the little boy was not his son. Cally was unsure who the father was and, after the wedding, it was not Tyrol. I’m not sure why that was done, unless it was just to screw with Tyrol more.
Turns out the father was Hot Dog and Tyrol beat him up at Baltar’s speech that was so much negative and darkness.
Darkness is a good description for these last two episodes.
The Greatest American Hero S2 E7
Spoilers
“The Lost Diablo”
It has been awhile since I watched an episode of The Greatest American Hero. The second season has been up and down, with some really good episodes and some episodes that I could leave. Episode seven is right in the middle.
Ralph, Bill and Pan took the kids on camping trip. However, Bill has a different idea. He had a map for a hidden treasure called the Lost Diablo and he wanted help gathering it up.
There were some silly moments in this episode, including a group of thieves setting themselves up to steal the claim out from under them.
Some of the action inside the cave where the gold was hidden was fairly dumb. There was one bobby trap and the mine was constantly threatening to collapse.
I was a little sad because I always like my heroes to be heroes and when the entire band of bad guys got crushed in the mine collapsing, I really wanted Ralph to be able to save them. Instead, he just left with Bill saying that none of them could have survived.
Not sure what this episode was really about, but it was okay, but not in the upper list of the show.
The X-Files S7 E16
Spoilers
“Chimera”
We had an episode of The X-Files where Mulder and Scully spent no time together and we actually involved in different cases. Scully’s was just a stakeout that the show returned to for a few scenes, so I would assume that Gillian Anderson had something going on that required a limited film schedule at this point.
However, Scully did provide some great comedic moments in the episode with the boredom and the lewdness of what she had to watch. Mulder, on the other hand, was facing a different type of evil in a neighborhood where one would not expect it.
I did not remember much about this episode but I had things figured out fairly soon into it. At least, pieces at a time. This worked a fairly common thread for The X-Files and the pattern of the episode followed a consistent beat. Those local law enforcement agents always have some secret going on.
There were a lot of things left unanswered (of course, this is the X-Files), but the result of the case still worked well. I would have liked to know how this transformation took place or where it came from…something like that.
Nothing too bad on the episode. It is watchable. It just will. most likely, not stand out in my memory as many other X-Files episodes have done.
EYG- Embrace Your Geekness 