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Just finished the commentary to "Image of the Fendahl." It was a hoot! A lot of it was probably pretend, but everybody in it was way too horny and Tom Baker was in full Austin Power-mode. A nice counterpoint to what you saw as a kid. Besides obvious technological advances, it holds up quite nicely. But, I don't know what's scarier, the Fedahleen in a dark corner or Tom Baker, alone, in the same corner. Pretty cool, to see Benedict Cumberbunch's real-life mother in her prime, playing Thea.

Isn't more of a mighty leap that Superman does?

Blasphemy!

Watch her in "The Witch" (my opinion, the best movie of 2015,) "Morgan" (a kind of Blade Runner-lite,) and "The Miniaturist." At one point, before all the X-Men stuff, I had her pegged as the next J-Law.

Well, that stinks.

He'll probably be replaced by Tommy Lee Jones.

They had the same problem with "The Creature from the Pit" from what I heard.

Won "Image of the Fendhal" this morning. Can't wait to get it. I remember that Tom Baker one scaring me. Watched a little "Talons of Weng-Chiang" again last night. Still a masterpiece, even if the giant rat looked too cuddly. A great final Phillip Hinchcliffe production. The "special edition" is full of stuff!

Whoa, whoa, whooooaaa. Nobody can possibly be a worse Doctor than McCoy. If he was a good Doctor, we would have never noticed how bad the set pieces/production, directing, writing and companions were. I held out during the C. Baker era, occasionally getting a "Trial of a Time Lord" or "Mark of the Rani" episode, but tuned out with McCoy right off.

It'll probably wind up being uneven, like the Superman II: Donner Cut, because stuff he couldn't reshoot and had to use Whedon's stuff. I preferred the Theatrical Cut to Superman II than that one. My

Truth. But, if Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers can get a director's cut, anything is possible.

'Tit was me. I had a few drinks. It wasn't a very demanding nite on the telly. I liked The Predator too. (somewhat though ) I actually had zero expectations for both. Frankly, I blame not liking some of the middling movies on here because of the hype they get in threads.

Rosamund Pike.

Just finished it. I liked Rogue Nation and Ghost Protocol better. Granted, I enjoyed this one as a solid action movie, but the current filmmaker's formula has become overly familiar now, no matter how far they push the 2nd unit stunts. ...and I'm not saying kill the team and have Hunt assemble a new one and start fresh, but possibly bring in new filmmakers in to shake things up a bit. That was the original intention for the first two. To me this felt like "Thunderball" to Rogue Nation's "Goldfinger." I just don't want to see a "You Only Live Twice" next. Three out of Four Stars.

Oddly, I got a Doctor Who book in a bunch of folklore books, I just bought. Day of the Daleks. But, it smelled like poop, so I threw it away.

I have never watched that one for some reason. Our family voted to go to Goofy Golf instead.

I'll check these out. Thank you!

Best whale movie ever, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home?

She was perfect in this. I'm sure Lynch was "directing" her to be rather subdued and not as crazy as some of the actors were in the 2nd part of Season 2. I could see her becoming like "Coop" in eccentricity down the road, especially with no "Albert" to ground her. My favorite new character, would be Candie, the actress's name escapes me, but I felt everyone of her scenes fit the Lynch universe of quirkiness. I hope she can return in some capacity down the road.

I've had that one for a while now, might take that out of the shrinkwrap tomorrow. I've only opened the Mulholland Drive Criterion to watch (very disappointed with the extras,) but a great movie.

Definitely, not wanting to pile on Mr. Jaydog, and I sincerely mean it, but yeah there should be future revenues added to the equation as theatrical box-office really doesn't cut it anymore. This thing should be adjusted for streaming, 4K, Blu Ray & DVD (I know... ) sales, cable airings, not too mention it will always be part of the DC shared universe of movies (free advertising as it will automatically appear on endcaps) for whatever viewing means as it's a licensed property of WB. Morbid curiosity, has anyone ever tried to figure that stuff out on a movie? That stuff actually sounds just as fascinating.

I know I’m late for the party, but I finally caught up with the 2017 season. Wow, just wow. I was a huge Twin Peaks fan in high school, so this was like a welcome return to form for the series that lost its way through the mid-2nd season. The visuals and narrative of the original series pretty much invented Modern day television. After The Killing came out, I always hoped for this, but realistically never thought it would ever happen. Which would have been fine, I guess, as part of the OS's legacy and charm was that it didn't conform to TV. Personally, I never thought I would watch something with James Belushi in it and like it. The thing I did notice was it lacked the female sex-appeal of the OS. It seemed like Sherllynn Fenn, Madchen Amick, Sheryl Lee, Laura Flynn Boyle and so many others gave reason for so much of the insanity in the first place. Granted, its great to Madchen again, but that was also an aspect that we all talked about the next day, like when Fenn tied the cherry stem in a knot with her tongue, something probably considered tame by today's standards, but just as shocking as seeing "girl next door" Laura Palmer wrapped up in plastic. The only other flaw I saw was the casting of Michael Cera. His scene really went way too long. But that ending. I'm dying to see Carrie Page's story now. I guess, I'm glad don't have to wait as long as you guys have since it came out. Hopefully they'll be some production movement in a couple years.

Strangely, I only read the Peter Davison ones.

This is just a list of ones of Tom Baker ones that I have seen recently. By no means is this a complete list, as I haven't seen Hand of Fear, Planet of Fear, something of the Fendahl, Revenge of the Cybermen, etc, yet. After watching The Power of Kroll and The Pirate Planet (which I thought were awesome as a kid,) I am being more selective with episodes now (meaning no Robot, etc. first.) I'm more out to see ones like Terror of the Zygons. ...and I'm going to be sporadically doing these viewings, as long as they stay fun to do. The best! The Talons of Weng-Chiang Genesis of the Daleks Pyramids of Mars The Deadly Assassin City of Death The Brain of Morbius The Horror of Fang Rock Robots of Death Seeds of Doom Face of Evil The Stones of Blood Pretty good still, actually better than I remember them as being. The Masque of the Mandragora The Androids of Tara The Invisible Enemy The Android Invasion The Ribos Operation The Sunmakers The Leisure Hive Destiny of the Daleks Shada Time hasn’t been so kind. The Armageddon Factor The Pirate Planet The Power of Kroll

Wait!!! This thing has a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes? Now, I have to see it.