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Ranking of "STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW" (2024) Episodes

Below is my ranking of the episodes from the Disney Plus/Lucasfilm streaming series, "STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW". Created by Jon Watts and Christopher Ford, the series starred Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kyriana Kratter, Robert Timothy Smith and Jude Law:

RANKING OF "STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW" (2024) EPISODES

(1.05) "You Have a Lot to Learn About Pirates" - The four lost young heroes from At Attim - Wim, Fern, KB and Neel - and their dubious guide, Jod Na Nawood, arrive at the luxury planet Lanupa in search of famed pirate Tak Rennod's former base and the coordinates back to the kids' home planet.

2. (1.03) "Very Interesting as an Astrogation Problem" - After meeting the kids in the previous episode, Jod offers to help them escape from the brig at a pirates outpost; and serve as a guide and protector in their search for the coordinates home.

3. (1.06) "Zero Friends Again" - Following their escape from their treacherous guide, the kids have a fallout before separating into two groups. Wim and KB follow a group of seemingly benevolent trash crabs in hopes the latter will lead to more help. Fern and Neel attempt to ascend a mountain in order to recover their ship, the Oxyn Cinder. And Jod finds himself captured by his former pirates crew.

4. (1.08) "The Real Good Guys" - In the finale, the kids and their parents deal with the onslaught of invading pirates, who are after the mint inside the planet's vaults.

5. (1.01) "This Could Be a Real Adventure" - In the series premiere; Wim, Neel, Fern and KB stumble across what the former believes is a Jedi temple. The latter turns out to be a long-abandoned starship that conveys the kids away from At Attim after Wim accidentally activates it.

6. (1.06) "Can't Say I Remember No At Attin" - Jod and the kids arrive on the war-ravaged planet, At Achrann, that bears some similarities to At Attin. The crew finds themselves in the midst of a feud between two factions.

7. (1.07) "We're Gonna Be in So Much Trouble" - The kids finally arrive at At Attim, only to find themselves captured again by pirates, now bent upon getting their hands on the planet's mint.

8. (1.02) "Way, Way Out Past the Barrier" - Thanks to the starship's aging droid, SM-33, the kids find themselves on an outpost for pirates. After being imprisoned inside the outpost's brig, they meet the mysterious Jod, who offers to help the kids escape in return for allowing him to join them.

[mrbensonmum]

TV Shows - Bull V

You blink for just a moment, and suddenly you're in the fourth season. Bull and Izzy are expecting a child, Danny has knocked Jason down with a really nasty right hook, and Crunch has a daughter with her own worries.

Sometimes the cases are very extraordinary, sometimes quite impressive, and some have an extraordinary impact, even though I'm not always completely satisfied with the outcome (S4E9 as an example).

This is nitpicking at a very high level, and yes, I still think it's very good that so far all the cases have had a good ending for Bull and his team, but sometimes I wish for a different outcome. Not in the form of a loss for the team; no, they should keep winning nicely. It's more about some cases that allegorically represent certain situations in society, like the episode mentioned above. But there are also other cases where a little wake-up call would have been good instead of signaling that you can just keep going as before, someone will come and fix it, you don't have to take responsibility.

But I don't want to rule out that maybe this is also due to the American legal system, where everything and everyone can be sued into the ground, but I don't know enough about that.

And of course, almost tradition by now, my usual complaint that I miss the Jason Bull from the first season, and yes, that includes the blue suits. But also this much more analytical approach and involving the team, which feels like it's diminishing more and more.

Nevertheless, Bull is still a good series, even though after these four seasons, I'm done for now because seasons five and six are not included in any of my streaming subscriptions. But since today is May 4th, the rest of the evening will naturally be spent with Star Wars!

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You can’t watch season 3 episode 1 of Bull and doubt that Jason Bull loved Marissa Morgan. And if you can do that, come chat with me and I’ll present my powerpoint.

[oceanusborealis]

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew: The Real Good Guys and Full Season Review

TL;DR – A riot of fun from start to finish. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4.5 out of 5. Disclosure – I paid for the Disney+ service that viewed this series. Skeleton Crew Review – Well, it is season finale time for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew and I am kind of not ready for it. This has been such a blast of a season that I wish we had gotten more of it. But all good things must come to an end, so today, we will…

[hannahwatcheshorror]

AVA'S POSSESSIONS (2015)

💁‍♀️Strong Female Lead

Great opening sequence as well as lighting and cinematography during the film. This is an AFTER the possession movie, which is a really stellar concept and I was hooked from the beginning. There are issues with the general concept of possession, like the makeup done to those possessed, but overall it was an interesting movie with an unexpected climax and the ending (which is technically a twist though it is heavily hinted at) gave you information without giving the entire thing away. Would watch this movie again and recommend it to friends. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Girl wakes up after having been possessed. Her family is weird towards her and she has to start “picking up the pieces” of her life. She starts to go to a Possessed Persons Anonymous and meets The Captain and the girl who wants to screw her demon (which is a word they don't say). Ava learns a lot about this whole thing and goes to confront those that she hurt while possessed. (This movie features Carol Kane from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as the witch doctor and the stuck up prison warden from Orange is the New Black as a prostitute!)

Ava finds out some fucked up stuff and surprise! Her sister's fiancé is a piece of human waste and wants to fuck her demon. Just kidding though because she is too strong for that shit. She graduated and works at the DA Demon Anonymous and finds out her mom was possessed first. So it runs in the family. Hereditary possessions! Also then Nosferatu or whatever her demon is shows up and she yells at him. Trippy end sequence. Also the protagonist is very attractive and is almost always wearing something pretty sexual (last scene she's at work wearing a bright red bra and a tank pulled too far down. I love it.)

[janamonji]

'Jury Duty,' 'Bull' and '12 Angry Men'

After my brief one-day as a potential juror, I thought I should review some jury duty-related TV shows and movies. By itself, the classic feature film “12 Angry Men” isn’t available to stream, but the “Courtroom Double Feature” of “Twelve Angry Men” as the original teleplay for Studio One and “The Defender” is included in Prime. 12 Angry Men (1954) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ By today’s standards, the black and…

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September 2024 Reads & Reviews 📚 🍂

Filthy Rich Fae by Geneva Lee 3.5/5 ⭐️ This book follows a lot of romantasy tropes of fairy variety and was a bit predictable. But I liked that it took place in NOLA and it was a fun, engaging read! Good spice just wish it had started sooner in the story.

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros 4/5 ⭐️ I really like the Fourth Wing series but this was wasn't my favorite so far. The book was very long, and I felt like majority of the story was filler for conflict at the end. I felt some of it would benefit from being cut out. The ending was really good through but also equally heartbreaking. I love Violet and Xaden's relationship and their partnership to do what's right for the whole continent. I'm really looking forward to Onyx Storm!

Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes 4/5 ⭐️ Really entertaining and often times funny story! This book definitely highlights the hypocrisy and lack of self-awareness the men had regarding the women they interacted with. It also highlights the Greek gods great strengths and weaknesses- specifically their lack of foresight and ability to empathize with others. Their weaknesses often get in the way of their powerfulness and the irony is not lost upon me!

Where He Can't Find You by Darcy Coates 3.5/5 ⭐️ This was actually a really creepy book, especially for YA horror. I enjoyed the lore of The Stitcher and the back stories of the characters. I just wish they would have explained what animated him, as well the impacts he had on technology and the animals behavior - I felt missing that was a bit of an oversight.

Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez 5/5 ⭐️ Wow, this was such a great coming on age memoir! Rodriguez had all the cards of success, empathy and healing stacked against him but he used all that hurt to make positive changes in his life and the lives of the members of his community. His bravery to speak up and promote peace, growth and equal opportunity for everyone in his community is incredible!

Opioid, Indiana by Brian Allen Carr 1/5 ⭐️ This was a pretty strange book that was mostly the inner musing of the main character. I felt the story was inconsistent and ended without resolution but the main character has some takes on things that happen from his past and present situations that I appreciated his perspective on. I can't say I'd recommend this book but it was entertaining.

[oldbaton]

Tbh generally for the last 5-6 years the Tony for leading actress in an play has gone to the correct person which is refreshing. (I do think Chastain was better than Comer but Comer was still excellent and deserving). Because 15 and 16 (when I first moved to New York)…. Did not.

[broadwaydivastournament]

Met Opera Opening Night Gala 2024

The Divas were out in droves last night for the Met Opera's Opening Night Gala and the premiere of Grounded, a new opera with music and direction by Jeanine Tesori and libretto by George Brant. Pictured: Christine Baranski, Ann Ziff, Renee Fleming, Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Patricia Clarkson, Amy Ryan, Geneva Carr, Ellyn Burstein, Ana Gasteyer, Jeanine Tesori, Camryn Manheim, and Renee Elise Goldsberry. [September 23, 2024]

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so i wanna start reading about elisabeth and i saw someone recommend Martyrdom of an Empress. Do you think It's a good book??

Hello! No, I don't think it's good at all. It's honestly baffling that's even recommended in this day.

The Martyrdom of an Empress was a book published in 1899 in London by an anonymous author who claimed to have been a close confidant of Elisabeth; years later the author was identified as being Marguerite Cunliffe-Owen (a person who was not part of the empress' entourage). It's technically one of the first "biographies" of Elisabeth, but it's so fictionalized that I don't even think it counts as one. I've tried to read it fully before just to be able to track down which myths about Elisabeth originated here, but I just get so exasperated by the amount of false information it contains that I can't make it pass the first chapter.

Again, I don't understand why would anyone even consider this book as a good source to learn about Elisabeth. That it was mostly gossip with fiction was well known and harshly pointed as soon as the book was out, as this fragment of a review by W. T. Stead, published in the The Review of Reviews in August 15 of 1899, show:

She [the author] represents herself as having been the friend and confidante of the Empress, and as having been her companion when she sojourned in Brittany. On that occasion the Empress, she says, was lodged in the ruined chateau of X. on the Breton coast— a chateau which belonged to her own family. But notwithstanding all this intimacy with the Empress— an intimacy so great as to allow her to address the Crown Prince Rudolf as "Master Rudie"—she has not hesitated to print for the amusement of a somewhat cynical world all the scandalous chronicles of the Austrian Court. It is also somewhat curious that most, if not all, of her revelations have been the common property of Viennese gossips for the last twenty years. The book is interesting reading to those to whom the subject is entirely new, but it is something of a tax upon our credulity to be asked to believe that all the familiar anecdotes of the Court were personally retailed to the sympathetic ear of this confidante, who was so little worthy of her trust as to pour them forth to minister to the curiosity of the world.

I think the worst (and saddest) thing about this book is that, while the author goes above and beyond to paint Elisabeth as a saint who lived devotedly to serve others, she also makes this claim with no shame:

Baroness Adolph Rothschild, whose beautiful villa of Pregny is one of the most exquisite spots on the banks of the lake of Geneva, had once been very kind to the Empress's favorite sister, the ex-Queen of Naples (...). Elizabeth never forgot this, and although she had a well-defined dislike for Israelites—with the exception of the poet Heine, whom she admired greatly—yet when she found herself so close to Pregny she decided to go and call upon Baroness Rothschild (p. 251).

Elisabeth knew Julie Rothschild through her sister, that much is true. She however was not antisemitic, but it seems that for Cunliffe-Owen it was just unacceptable that her perfect Christian heroine was in good terms with a Jewish woman, so just in case she feels the need to clarify she disliked all of them (except Heine. Make it make sense).

Btw we actually know what Baroness Rothschild thought of this book, thanks to a letter written by Harriet Hosmer, American sculptor who was also friends with Elisabeth's sister Queen Marie:

TO MRS. CARR. Watertown, Aug. 28, 1898? [sic, this letter must be from 1899, the year of the book's publication]

Dear C: I have a letter from the Baroness Adolphe, which I want to show you. She says of the "Martyrdom of an Empress" exactly what I thought she would, that it is a romance, containing certain well-known facts, and the rest fiction. The Baroness was a great friend of the Empress. She says that Countess Trani, the Empress' sister, told her that she knew of no friend of her sister's who entertained her in Brittany or who was with her as described in the book. (1912, p. 348)

While this letter is very much a "she says that she says that", I still find it way more trustworthy that anything that's written in The Martyrdom of an Empress.

If you wanna know which books I do recommend to learn about Elisabeth, I answered that here!

Sources:

Carr, Cornelia [ed.] (1912). Harriet Hosmer, letters and memories

Cunliffe-Owen, Marguerite (1899). The Martyrdom of an Empress

Stead, W.T (1899, August 15). "The Martyrdom of an Empress": Austrian History a la "Family Herald", The Review of Reviews for Australasia

[mrbensonmum]

TV Shows - Bull IV

We're approaching the end of the second season, or even the beginning of the last episode, and we're immediately confronted with a shock that turns out to be just a dream.

But it doesn't get better because even though the destruction of Bull's ex-wife's wedding turns out to be just a dream, the case he vigorously defended in the last episode has failed for him. His client was found guilty! Of course, this is no reason for Bull to give up now; his fighting spirit is ignited, and he's really ramping up. Will it work out?

You can tell that the Bull from the first season is becoming less and less present, and by now, we also recognize why. It's not just about Izzy's wedding; it's the cases that continue to wear Bull down. Especially the recent cases show this very clearly, and this goes hand in hand with the development of the various characters. The series chooses interesting paths because there's absolutely no balance.

That's not a bad thing; it's just very unusual. Normally, there are two possibilities: Either the characters' development is handled episode by episode, or there's a change over a whole season in small doses. Here, however, the developments are always thrown in between the individual cases, except for Bull's own development, which is clear if we look at the title of the series. But apart from Cable, there are also no episodes that focus solely on one character, especially in relation to Chunk or Marissa. Chunk's fatherhood is always mentioned in passing, even though there's the case with the reporter, but even there, the daughter and he play a subordinate role. With Marissa, it's the fraud, and even there, we only get glimpses of it, even though her therapy is now coming to the forefront towards the end.

As I said, just an observation. I find it interesting that despite the lack of balance, they still manage to always find the right point to tell what about whom, without it feeling out of place. It always fits very well, and you can process the information well because it's so abstract compared to the respective case that it stays in your memory.

I think this storytelling style is also the reason why the series has six seasons, although I don't know what will happen next.

However, what I miss are still the sessions with Chunk, the selection of jurors, or dealing with the processes, and how Bull analyzes them. I really like those analyses and those little comments he makes; it always reminds me of my sociology seminars. You could do something similar and have at least as much fun as Bull.

I'm very curious about what will change in the third season, how the team will come together, and, of course, how it will continue with Dr. Jason Bull because as it stands now, it looks pretty bleak. I really miss his blue suits and slightly longer hair, but his team also says they miss it.

[whatdoesshedotothem]

1834 Oct[obe]r Tues[day] 7

8 5/..

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No kiss fine morn[in]g – n[ea]r an h[ou]r look[in]g at the panorama of the lake of Geneva etc. bef[ore]

dress[in]g – br[eak]f[a]st at 10 – Game fr[om] IN- [Isabella Norcliffe] Langton kill[e]d on the 4th a brace of pheas[an]ts, and d[itt]o of

partridges – ord[erin]g ab[ou]t n[or]th chamb[e]r and enlarg[in]g new c[oa]ch h[ou]se – the wind[ow] int[o] joiners’ shop

finish[e]d exc[ept] glaz[in]g – 2 of Mallins[o]n men and 2 lads here – Ch[arle]s and Ja[me]s How[ar]th at n[or]th ch[ambe]r ward-

-robe and the latt[e]r cas[in]g tent r[oo]m wind[ow] – Pickels shift[in]g stones fr[om] Hall Green – my fath[e]r

and Mar[ia]n w[e]nt ab[ou]t 11 in th[ei]r op[e]n carr[ia]ge to call at Cliff hill and A- [Adney] and I walk[e]d aft[er]w[ar]ds and g[o]t th[e]re

at 1 – ver[y] well rec[eive]d and sat th[e]re an h[ou]r say[in]g our call w[a]s on Miss Rawson (Mary of

Millh[ou]se) as well as on Miss Walker – look[e]d ab[ou]t the plantat[io]ns – so[me] ti[me] at Lidgate –

Mr. Hirds’ foreman spo[ke] to me ab[ou]t Stump X Inn – w[oul]d be gl[a]d to ta[ke] it – s[ai]d I th[ou]ght of

lett[in]g it by ticket – Mr. Hird hims[elf] ca[me] whi[le] we were th[e]re, b[u]t we d[i]d n[o]t see h[i]m to

sp[ea]k to, as we w[e]nt out by the f[iel]ds int[o] Bramley Lane - ho[me] (thro’ Hipperh[olme] and the end

of Comm[o]n wood) at 4 3/4 – f[ou]nd Throps’ son, as we w[e]nt, in the walk gett[in]g Sycamore

seed w[i]th my leave giv[e]n so[me] ti[me] ago – out w[i]th the workm[e]n and walk[in]g ab[ou]t in the new

app[roa]ch r[oa]d in Tr[ough] of Boll[an]d wood till aft[e]r 6 – din[ner] at 6 1/2 – coff[ee] – h[a]d Pickels – set

to prepare for plant[in]g ivy along the wall at the top of Wellroyde low[e]r wood – w[i]th

my fath[e]r and Mar[ia]n a lit[tle] – 50 min[ute]s w[i]th my a[un]t till 9 1/2 – wr[ote] the ab[ov]e of today till 10

p.m. at w[hi]ch h[ou]r F[ahrenheit] 62° fine day – writ[in]g cop[ie]s of let[ter]s to Mess[ieu]rs Hammersleys, Hutton, Milbourne,

till ver[y] near 11 –

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 "Breaking The Story" is written by Alexis Scheer and its premise is about journalists in war areas around the world. The ninety minute play at the Tony Kiser Theater goes back and forth from war torn countries to Marina's (Maggie Siff) newly purchased home in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

 Like "Bad Cinderella",( in which Scheer adapted the book), the plot runs thin and narrow. The audience never gets a full, clear picture of what is trying to be portrayed here. The plot also goes in many directions which are questionable...Marina's daughter, Cruz (Gabrielle Policano) who is a rock star of some sort, is an on again-off again young woman about to begin her freshman year at college. Cruz throws out many thoughts which never land any relevance in regards to the play; she is young and acts like someone much younger than her actual age. Policano never brings much to the table during her performance. In fact, many of the actors seem to be going through the motions and that falls directly on director Jo Bonney. Both Bonney and Scheer never bring this play to where the possibilities could be endless, or at least to it being more interesting.

 The play does have some good things working in it, however. Maggie Siff Julie Halston as Siff's mother, Geneva Carr as Sonia and Tala Ashe as Nikki are all very good in the play, but their excellence is not supported by the rest of the cast, rather, they are dragged under by the lack of talent by the other cast members. Louis Ozawa as Bear is the love interest of Marina. He never rises to the level of believability and isn't in Siff"s league as an actor. As the two interact we never feel the warmth of a relationship. As Fed (Matthew Saldivar) never really portrays any depth throughout the evening. 

 As the show vacillates from good to not-so-good, the lighting too went in and out. Jeff Croiter has very inconsistent lighting: at times it was difficult to focus on the actors, at other times even seeing the actors on stage and other times his lighting was right on the mark. It was almost fitting for a play that was at times out of focus and at other times on point.  

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Birthdays 5.6

Beer Birthdays

Bernard "Toots" Shor; saloonkeeper (1903)

Five Favorite Birthdays

George Clooney; actor (1961)

John Flansburgh; pop musician, "TMBG" (1960)

Willie Mays; San Francisco Giants CF (1931)

Anne Parillaud; actor (1960)

Orson Welles; film director, actor (1915)

Famous Birthdays

Paul Alverdes; German writer (1897)

Nestor Basterretxea; Spanish artist (1924)

Charles Batteux; French philosopher (1713)

Raymond Bailey; actor (1904)

Tom Bergeron; television host (1955)

Tony Blair; British politician (1953)

Susan Brown; English actor (1946)

Geneva Carr; actor (1971)

Jeffery Deaver; writer (1950)

Willem de Sitter; Dutch scientist (1872)

Robert H. Dicke; physicist and astronomer (1916)

Ariel Dorfman; Argentinian writer (1942)

Roma Downey; actor (1960)

Sigmund Freud; psychiatrist (1856)

Jimmie Dale Gilmore; country singer (1945)

Stewart Granger; English-American actor (1906)

Dana Hill; actor (1964)

Amy Hunter; actor and model (1966)

Ross Hunter; actor (1926)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner; German-Swiss artist (1880)

Paul Lauterbur; chemist (1929)

Kal Mann; songwriter (1917)

Harry Martinson; Swedish writer (1904)

Lars Mikkelsen; Danish actor (1964)

Christian Morgenstern; German writer (1871)

Motilal Nehru; Indian politician (1861)

Martha Nussbaum; philosopher (1947)

Michael O'Hare; actor (1952)

Adrianne Palicki; actor (1983)

Robert Peary; arctic explorer (1856)

Marguerite Piazza; actor (1920)

Gina Riley; Australian actor (1961)

Maximilian Robespierre; French revolutionary (1758)

Tony Scalzo; pop singer (1964)

Bob Seger; rock musician (1945)

Rolf Maximilian Sievert; Swedish physicist (1906)

Randall Stout; architect (1958)

Jean-Baptiste Stuck; Italian-French composer (1680)

Rabindranath Tagore; Indian writer (1861)

James Turrell; artist (1943)

Rudolph Valentino; actor (1895)

Adrienne Warren; actor (1987)

Andre Weil; French mathematician (1906)

Theodore H. White; historian and writer (1915)

Lynn Whitfield; actor (1953)

Wally Wingert; actor (1961)

Jaime Winstone; English actor (1985)

Denny Wright; English guitarist (1924)

Raquel Zimmermann; Brazilian model (1983)

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Makilala TV Ep 128 | ‘Asian Persuasion’ and the Rise of Asian Cinema

GUEST PANELISTS

Jhett Tolentino Director and Producer

Mike Ang Writer

Dante Basco Actor

Paolo Montalban Actor

Geneva Carr Actor

HOSTS Rachelle Ocampo , EdM (lead) Public Health Professional

Cristina Pastor Community Journalist

GUEST CO-HOST Marivir Montebon Editor, OSM! online magazine

Produced by Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) Zenaida Mendez, Director, Executive Producer Fredy Pinto, Production & Studio Manager

Cablecast Schedule: Manhattan Neighborhood Network - THURSDAY 2023 December 7 & 21

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