Mandaris

My youngest daughter told me that this is her favorite horror movie. I think it's a great movie that has really stood the test of time.

Speaking of time, I feel that it’s probably the scariest part of this movie. I remember watching this movie when I was younger and being introduced to the idea of living forever and not liking it. I was lucky enough to only know death as taking those that I didn’t know or interact with on a regular basis. The idea that someone close to me wasn’t a possibility at the time. I was understanding of my own mortality but not of my friends and family. To have them gone and for me to go on and on. That was scary.

Anyway, back to the film.

I’m happy that Maryl Streep and Goldie Hawn were in it. They had charisma and power that never made me doubt that they could have THE Bruce Willis wrapped around their fingers. Bruce does a great job of being the undesirable object of desire for Maryl and Goldie.

Overview

Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.

As I was about to post, I thought about how it compares to The Substance…

This was a good season of TV that concluded with a finale that just left me with questions.

One of the things I’ve appreciated about the show is that it focuses the story about the people more than science fiction. I love what the actors have done, year-over-year and tune in just to see what’s going to happen next. That being said, I don’t know where this series is going to go from here. They’ve had so many questions not so many answers. I’ve never really felt that with the show when we first started, I knew that there was an overarching plan, but I didn’t really care too much about the details.

So I don’t know if I’ll sign up or be around for the fourth season but it’ll be interesting to see.

Overview

152 years after the events of season two, The Foundation has become increasingly established far beyond its humble beginnings while the Cleonic Dynasty's Empire has dwindled. As both of these galactic powers forge an uneasy alliance, a threat to the entire galaxy appears in the fearsome form of a warlord known as "The Mule," whose sights are set on ruling the universe by use of physical and military force as well as mind control. It’s anyone's guess who will win, who will lose, who will live and who will die as Hari Seldon, Gaal Dornick, the Cleons and Demerzel play a potentially deadly game of intergalactic chess.

Watched: Casablanca 🍿

I think knowing too much of what was going to happen at the end may have affected the way that I felt about this movie. I knew that there was going to be a plane and it was just a question of how we would get there.

Honestly, I can see a lot of troupes that we would see in other films later on and I have to say thank you for that. But, I don’t think I would watch this again.

"Harder To Breathe" by Maroon 5

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A song from college or early adulthood.

I distinctly remember having an opportunity to see these guys in concert for free.

I chose to hang out with some friends and those plans fell through.

I kick myself on a regular basis because of it.

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"Somebody's Watching Me (Single Version)" by Rockwell

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A song from the 1980s that you like or means something to you.

Tis the season! I like this song more because I know some of the history behind it. Rockwellwas actually the son of Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown and used this name to get signed.

Michael Jackson sings the chorus but isn't credited and I like to think of it as the Halloween Michael Jackson song that isn't Michael Jackson.

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