Sadly, the local television stations themselves want to end it. They make a lot more money if you watch them on cable or YTTV, etc. About $25-30 of monthly cable bills are retransmission fees that go to the stations. They're pushing ATSC 3.0, which would leave most people unable to pick up signals.
When I posted the Earth shot from Space Cowboys I couldn't see the photo (I can now). Aside from that it's been OK. Maybe some residual weirdness from the other day? 🤷♂️
Corporate interests are doing everything they can to kill free over-the-air television and force everyone to pay up.
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4/22
Planet Earth
Space Cowboys (2000)
Astronaut William "Hawk" Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones) views the planet Earth in the sky after crash landing on the moon.
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Richard Nixon!
Just saw this on my start page. Haven't actually read it yet, but I assume there's some info on the Evil Dead thing here.
www.denofgeek.com/movies/evil-...
I guess there's a lot of audience overlap. 😂
Hopefully it will get good reviews. I recall Campea saying he didn't like the Final Destination movies but he really liked the one last year. So you never know.
#AprilMovieChallenge
4/22
Environmentalist or conservationist in a movie
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Dr. Gillian Taylor (Catherine Hicks), a 20th Century cetologist, enlists the help of Kirk and Spock in saving two humpback whales named George and Gracie.
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4/21
Grocery store in a movie
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
Bob Hope and Lana Turner shop at the Hughes Market then located at 14620 Parthenia Street in Panorama City.
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4/21
Administrative assistant
9 to 5 (1980)
Dolly Parton starred as Doralee Rhodes, sexually harassed administrative assistant to Franklin Hart Jr. (Dabney Coleman).
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This is a dance-off. If you see this, repost with a dance or get eliminated.
I always got a kick out of Gamera, especially at the end when kids would wave and yell "Gamera! Gamera!" And, of course, his gymnastics career. 😂
We'll see when the movie comes out this summer. 😂
Kaiju (but make it haiku)
Giant turtle fly
Protector of all children
Gamera his name
Is that an ACME walker?
These dumbasses are entertaining. I just wish they could entertain without destroying everything.
Hasta el final.
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¡Hasta la victoria siempre!
Virtually all 1950s science fiction is a lot of fun.
Never having been a big fan of Michael Jackson's music, I haven't been planning to see this. But I'll probably catch it on streaming for the performances.
I find Michael's life very sad. He was robbed of a childhood by his father. I figure that led to whatever the truth about the later allegations.
It's a shame that most young people only know the Ben Stiller remake of The Heartbreak Kid. Grodin was absolutely outstanding in the original. A truly wonderful black comedy. But it's nearly impossible to watch because of a frickin' pharmaceutical company.
I might go with either The Stratton Story or the original Angels in the Outfield as my favorite, but the best baseball movie ever made is Bang the Drum Slowly.
In a way, Conquest of Space was a prediction of the 21st Century. Religious fanaticism sabotaged the mission. Now it has sabotaged the entire country.
Claudia Cardinale!
I had not seen Shin Godzilla until its theatrical re-release last year. It was totally a film about bureaucracy!
Yeah, Spielberg would have grown up with the Burr film. On the other hand, so did I (and you know how much I love Perry Mason and thus Raymond Burr). But Gojira is much better!
Seemed a bit odd that he would pick that instead of the original Gojira, but I guess there must be something to it. I need to remember to look for something about that. 🤷♂️
