IdahoBert

The new SISU film was disappointing, for me. My son loved it, but I was merely glad to have seen it, but I can’t see any point in rewatching it as I did the first film. I don’t think a film has to be worthy of repeated viewings to be OK, but the first film set the bar pretty high and that’s something difficult to repeat. There is none of the surprise the previous film displayed. We already know he can’t be killed, so that tension is gone. The film isolates one aspect of its precursor, the violence, but in the absence of many of the other elements in the original it’s repetitive, only bigger. If that’s what you’re looking for you’ll get it. There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with that. But there’s not a single woman in this entire film. There’s none of the stoic solidarity and heroism on the part of the women that was integral - even uplifting- with the first film. it’s worth seeing, at least once.

You are really a “man of the cloth“ with this series. I grok where you’re coming from. My whole family is following this series from wherever it is we’re scattered which is in Boise, Idaho, West Hollywood, and Portland, Oregon.

My son and I are going to see Sisu: Road to Revenge tonight. It’s basically a comedy where a lot of bad people are dismembered in an entertaining manner. In the first film, he was killing Nazis and in the second film he’s killing Stalinists. Count me in! I like seeing films where the agents of repressive regimes are brought to heel. It’s also just under an hour and a half, which is just about right for something that isn’t too deep.

I’m sure there’s a true crime website where they have us beat.

Well, he’s the real mayor. Ha! I never assumed they were that clever, but they are. You know you need a lot of help putting together one of these episodes which I understand cost $15 million apiece and having friends in high places is good. I loved the episode. It’s amazing how in just the short conversation with the pirate lady, she and Carol disclosed an immense degree of the logic behind the entire series and the deep structure of the relationship between the hive and the handful of remaining true humans.

I just double checked and Pluribus becomes available at 2 AM GMT which is 9 PM Thursday night EST.

I am really really really looking forward to the fourth episode of Apple TVs Vince Gilligan series, Pluribus. It technically becomes available I think around 1 AM GMT Friday which means it becomes available sometime this evening for the rest of us in North America this Thursday night tonight. I believe this was the case with other Apple TV series, such as Foundation and Studio.

You are right. Especially about the way he’s retooled player development. Although I’ve never had data to support my assumption, I always assumed that a lot of the staff in the minor leagues who were allegedly “developing“ talent were predominantly “old school“ to the extreme and that somehow the Tigers should’ve gotten more juice out of the grapes that their elderly winery maidens were squeezing between their toes. The Tigers now have new wine in new wine skins, and we are now on the verge of reaping that harvest.

I’m tired of all this optimism about the team! WAH! Everybody should be fired! Fire Bob Scheffing, Chuck Dressen, Bob Swift, Mayo Smith, Ralph Houk, Sparky Anderson, Buddy Bell, Tram, Jim Leyland, Brad Ausmus, Ron Gardenhire, and A.J. Hinch! Fire Fetzer! Fire both Briggs Sr. and Jr! Fire Jim Campbell! Fire Bo Schembechler! Fire John McHale Jr. Fire DD, AA and especially Scott Harris! Grrr!

I ruptured my right bicep years ago so I have what’s called a “Popeye bicep” which is a little unsightly, but the doctor I went to was a sports doctor and he said even Brett Favre didn’t have his repaired so I didn’t need to. He did say he had surgically repaired one for a woman who was very thin and she had stopped wearing tops that showed her biceps because with her it was pretty ugly.

Sort of baseball related, but not really, yet right now on FS1 Jason Benetti is the announcer for the #4 Arizona Wildcats vs. #3 UConn in NCAA men’s basketball. I’ve never really heard him announce a non-baseball related game.

This is not particularly encouraging. Does this include the Kansas City Athletics and the Kansas City Royals?

It feels good to be so well understood. I’d walk a mile for everybody on this site. Well most everybody.

I’m glad Gleyber accepted the QO. Ever since I saw him as a 17-year-old playing among 21-year-olds in the Northwest League in Boise, and obviously being the best player on the field, he has held a special place in my heart and mind. And I don’t care if his 3.9LSTMFT+ stats were deficient when he was playing through an injury towards the end of the season.

I’m not sure what’s going on here, because a lot of this is over my head, but since I’m an attention whore, I’m glad to be mentioned in any post.