Saturday, February 28, 2026
Friday, February 27, 2026
#show #yellowstone
10 days ago
The Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7, 1864) was the opening clash of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Virginia. Fought in thick, tangled woods, the brutal, often hand-to-hand, three-day battle resulted in over 28,000 combined casualties and ended in a tactical stalemate.
This Minute Speech is Better Than Entire Sci-Fi Shows
One of the highlights of Babylon 5.
Ambassador G'Kar and Ambassador Mollari were bitter enemies, as were their peoples, but years later aligned with each other for a common purpose and to achieve peace.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
The Woodstone Bed-and-Breakfast welcomed its first guest
I started watching the whole episode last night. I only got as far as 22 seconds into this video, but it really cracked me up.
From the show "Ghosts". The house is haunted. The lady is the only one who can see the ghosts. I think that she resembles Sarah Michelle Geller as Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
The person who says, "Hold up..." is a ghost.
Sunday, February 22, 2026
Ghosts TV show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYObl5HDsLo
YouTube has shown me so many videos of this show, I'm going to check it out.
Friday, February 20, 2026
Rose Marie: Al Capone's Lunch: A Kid's Unforgettable Mob Encounter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMHDvTRomUs
Rose Marie is most famous for her role on the Dick Van Dyke show. She started as a child performer in Vaudeville, and reportedly in places that had some associations with gangsters.
Thursday, February 19, 2026
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Saturday, February 14, 2026
BSG
I've tried a couple of times over the last few months to restart watching Battlestar Galactica. I didn't get very far, partly because I felt obligated to watch the streaming services I'm currently paying for. I also hesitated to watch it again because, over the last 22 years, I've watched the entire series three times. I've seen the pilot miniseries and season 1, episode 1 several times, and they are both fantastic. Because of that, I figured I must have the show memorized by now.
Another concern was that the series is more of a soap opera than I remember it being.
However, I watched the first half of the miniseries last night and fell in love with the show all over again. The acting and the drama are outstanding. Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell have screen presences that are truly remarkable. The entire supporting cast is excellent as well, especially Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, Aaron Douglas, Michael Hogan, and James Callis.
The special effects are starting to look dated, but they were movie quality at the time of the release.
I'd like to watch one episode per night until I make it all the way through the series.
Katee Sackhoff Watches Battlestar Galactica for the FIRST Time
@SerilaBuck
9 days ago
"i' played starbuck 25 years ago" don't do this to me. it was 10 years ago, right?
@Confederation1867
9 days ago
All this has happened before, and all this will happen again
@GinSnakken
7 days ago
@Confederation1867 So say we all!
Friday, February 13, 2026
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?
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As a parody of a Budweiser Clydesdale commercial, I thought it was cute. It seems like enough to make casual fans curious.
Unfortunately, it sends the message that the next Star Wars movie is more of a comedy and less of a science-fiction fantasy adventure. Still, die-hard fans like me are going to watch it.
I hold out hope that the movie is good, and if it is, then word will get out, and people will want to see it.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Monday, February 9, 2026
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Friday, February 6, 2026
Good Omens
Good Omens is a show that I found interesting, and it is available to watch for free on Plex.
The Vast of Night
The Vast of Night was released to drive-in theaters and on Amazon Prime in May of 2020.
When I was reviewing the movie "The Signal", I said that the trouble with low budget science fiction movies is that these types of films might have one good idea, whereas a movie like "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" is loaded with many good ideas. The Signal kept you in suspense for the whole film, making you think that this story was leading up to something wonderful. There was a payoff in the end, but that payoff was so short that if you had closed your eyes for a couple of seconds then you would have missed it. Literally. Everything I said about "The Signal" is also true for "The Vast of the Night", except the ending is a little longer. However, both movies are an exercise in prolonged tension to arrive at similar endings.
The Vast of Night feels like a master class in low budget filmmaking. It does a great job with its long camera shots and its unknown actors who give stellar performances. The movie starts by showing an old fashioned television screen like it is playing an episode of the old Twilight Zone. The camera zooms into the screen and now we are following characters in a 1950's small Texas town on the night of a high school basketball game. It spends a long 20 minutes introducing its settings and characters, after which the local switchboard operator starts noticing weird things happening. She teams up with her friend, a disk jockey at a one-man radio station to investigate what is going on.
Many of the scenes drag on a bit, mostly with conservation. But there is a frantic tension that builds toward the conclusion. Fortunately, the actors really sell this story. We get a sense that these are ordinary people caught up in something big they don't understand.
The minimalist style of this film could be called experimental, but for 85 minutes it works really well.
Rating: B+.
A reviewer on youtube gave the film an A-.
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Watch The Event (2010) Online for Free
When a random memory pops into my head, I sometimes investigate it. I remembered being fascinated by this series back in 2010 and wondered what had become of it.
The problem is that it's largely a soap opera masquerading as a sci-fi show. Some IMDb reviewers absolutely love it, but the first episode is packed with fragmented mystery boxes and frenetic jumps across the timeline.
I can see why the show appealed to me in 2010. Still, the mystery-box, time-jumping soap-opera approach feels dated by today's standards. It's not surprising, then, that it was not renewed for a second season.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
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Saturday, January 24, 2026
Variations on the Kanon by Pachelbel - George Winston
I saw this piece of music on Facebook with no title. I am no expert on music, but I really enjoyed this piece. I wanted to know what it is called. I found it on YouTube with the title "Variations on the Kanon by Pachelbel".
So, being the curious person I am, I wanted to know what the "Kanon by Pachelbel" meant. So I found it...
The first version on this page, "Arranged for violins, harps, and bass", is a piece of music that I have heard many times, as it has been used in TV shows and movies. Mentally, I hadn't made the connection between the piano solo and this version, but I had previously been curious about where this music came from. Some of the other versions of this page are interesting.
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