Saturday, March 21, 2020

595 - "Indiana Jones & The Vacation Of Doom", Tauntauns Wampas & Bad Plans, South Detroit Denialists, and Auto Insurance Doesn't Cover Witchcraft

Mr. Brown

"Fatal Beauty" is what I’m watching

Whoopie Goldberg movie

i just realized she has this thing about playing cops lol

Sam Elliot is pretty good
Mr. Silver
Temple of Doom for us...the worst of the Indiana movies.
Mr. Brown

monkey brains
Mr. Silver
Honestly some of the effects are quite shameful compared to 1 and 3
(leaving 4 out as CGI period)
Mr. Blue

i like ToD.. i think it’s definitely better than 4
Mr. Silver
Oh it's definitely fun.
Enjoyed it thoroughly. (just finished)
I like them all
I observe it's definitely the "shortest" of them.
Weirdly so. heh
Obi Wan Club to plane...
Plane on 2 leg trip to probably mid afternoon next day...
Night in village...
One night camp elephant trip to afternoon at palace...
Dinner...
Thuggee shenanigans til next morning...
Win...
Walk back a couple days...
Roll credits
6 1/2 days, start to finish
Heh
That's all inclusive travel time.
The entire "action" was a 5 minute bar fight, a 5 minute car chase, 2 minutes falling from the plane and sledding, and one evening-morning in the temple.
(Mrs. Silver) "I'd be SO tired."

 (Later - Mr. Silver) 

It's like the Star Wars bit:
(Armament Systems Specialist) "This droid of yours seems a little beat up. You want a new one?"
(Luke) "Not on your life. This little droid and I have been through a lot together!"
No they haven't...
Like, at all.
They directly interacted for about...20 minutes?
He told it to hurry to the garage
He cleaned it about 1 minute before a Leia tape played
He listened to an approaching creature alert
He watched the video with Obi Wan
He got on a freighter with it
He got a prisoner report from it
That's it.
And this instilled such loyalty in Luke towards his little antique droid that he turned down a state of the art military astromech which would have given him his best chance on a suicide mission.

Mr. Brown

still don’t understand how the cold kills the tuan taun
Mr. Silver
Says in the beginning it was too cold for the tauntauns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSj5tnNEcg0
Your Tauntaun will freeze before you reach the first marker!
Han Solo - Then I'll See You in Hell
Mr. Brown

right but they are from there
Mr. Silver
(reads)
What a ridiculous idea.
They were still setting up the base, yet had time to capture and train wild beasts and figure out proper tack and riding techniques
Mr. Brown

that too

hehe
Mr. Blue

i assumed it died of exhaustion from Han riding it so hard
Mr. Brown

possibility
Mr. Blue

a nod to true grit
Mr. Brown

another thing is how did the yeti or what ever its called put Luke's feet in ice
Mr. Silver
In the blistering cold, the sentient slave species groans out "At least we're smart enough to go inside at night you moron" before falling over into torpor to wait for sunrise to revive...
Only to be cut open by a light saber
Mr. Blue

lol

imagine it waking up the next morning w a human inside it
Mr. Silver
As for Luke frozen to the ceiling...uh...
Mr. Brown

the beast licks his feet?
Mr. Silver
The only warm liquid to later freeze would be pee. So...
"Here...you hold him up this time."
"Don't miss, I beg of you."
"That happened ONCE."
Mr. Brown

Going outside in the asteroid cave, they would have needed more than air
Mr. Silver
Oh, in the asteroid field?
Mr. Brown

yes
Mr. Silver
Flash Gordon space rules
Boba Fett's rocket pack wouldn't work either
Mr. Brown

in general?
Mr. Silver
My favorite is Han killing everyone by releasing from the Star Destroyer before it jumped into hyperspace.
(Han) "The FTL drive doesn't work...let's see where we can get to on regular engines. OH! Lando."
(Leia) "How long will it take to get there?"
(Han) "Twentyyyyy...nine million years."
Mr. Brown
C3PO talking to the Falcon “They're F’d “
Mr. Silver
(C3PO) "Sirs, I have the highest durability after the ship, and I'll still be reduced to dust by stellar radiation before we get there."
(Han) "Never tell me I'm stupid!"
(C3PO) "No sir.  I wouldn't dream of the necessity, sir."
...that being said, they could have called Bespin for a pick-up.
Mr. Blue

lol



Mr. Silver
Ever run across a whole pile of documented facts that are pretty much garbage when you go look?
From "99 Jawdropping Facts That blah blah blah"
"Despite its mention in the Journey mega-hit "Don't Stop Believin'," there is no such place as "South Detroit." Heading due south from Detroit puts you first into the Detroit River, then in Windsor, Ontario, Canada."
So
Followup research...
Now despite the...very easy habitual English language habit of saying the part to the south is 'The South' and South Detroit is just as legit as "South Butler'...
Let's just have exhibit #3, shall we?
The weirdness of claiming there is no south Detroit in a metropolitan area that has one of their areas actually named using the word "South" in it strikes me as just a tiny bit anal.
Both "South" AND "Detroit"...sorry
If I was Perry, I probably would have said "everyone knows where I mean and "west" didn't flow."
Mr. Blue

I've heard that claim about South Detroit not being real.

Places with directions in the name aren’t always accurate anyway...

See Braddock and North Braddock in Pittsburgh
Mr. Silver
The probably named it North Braddock because they were referencing typical chaotic Pittsburgh road signs
(PennDot guy) "I'm just saying it looks to the east on this map."
(PennDot foreman) "Well SOMEONE decided its north of here and put up these signs."
(PennDot guy) "But...these are the hills...THIS area on the map should be North Braddock. So...this must be Braddock Hills, and-"
(PennDot foreman) "Look! It ain't our job to be messin' with this stuff, just put up the new signage!"
(PennDot guy) "You're the boss."



6:34 PM
Mr. Silver
Story time?
"The Day My Sweetie Killed A Car"
By Mr. Silver
Based on this afternoon.
We were at the McDonald's near Walmart in (town), having decided to stop in for a drink and relax.
All was nice and clear out.
But there was power in the air...
Whoosh! Suddenly it is pouring rain, hard. There was a big lightning strike. All the power failed just for a moment.
As McDonald's rebooted, we finished and headed out to the car.
Vroom!
Whipping around the curve at high speed, straight at my sweetie, is a white Toyota MR2 from the 80s - all sporty and angular!
A quick maneuver and she was missed and on he sped.
"Slow down you ASSHOLE! You almost HIT ME! Nice SPEEDING! You IDIOT! SLOW DOWN!"
If he heard this through the open driver side window, we don't know, but if so, he was unfazed.
His CA license and rear end got to the exit turn and went out of sight to the right.
We saw the car whip around right again to go right past us.
And at this point...
His rear end started a graceful sliiiiide clockwise.
The driver - apparently a true idiot as accused - tried to ride out the spin-out under power.
Meaning as soon as his tires gripped, he shot forward, into and over the curb and onto the lawn.
CRACK!
*GrrrIIIND!!!!
Hooting with pleasure I looked down towards the car as the guy got out to see what was wrong.
"Serves you right ASS HOLE! You coulda KILLED somebody!"
"Shhh...he's stupid and might have a gun."
"True."
"Well look at that. Damn."
A simple matter of backing up?
Nay.
The entire left rear wheel had BROKEN OFF.
"Nice work, Sweetie."
"I didn't..."
"Oh course you did. He nearly killed you and you hit back. I wish you'd remember to shout some more practical wish when you get that mad."
"Think it'll be expensive?"
"Oh God, yes. That thing was vintage. It'll probably cost a fortune."
And so we took our time driving around the other way to admire the show, and then went on our way.
The End
Mr. Brown

singing - "I killed a car and I liked it"

594 - Maybe ATOMIC MUTANT Crickets, Conan-Fit, and "Skinadu"

[12:36 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
Crickets could be behind the Cuba 'sonic attack' mystery, scientists say”
[12:36 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
interesting that you bring that up
it was one of the other Legend Hunter episodes i watched on mind control
lol
[12:37 PM]  Mr. Blue:
but seems like more than just some speculation.. they recorded the actual sounds and compared to the actual crickets
imagine having supposed neurological and hearing damage from... crickets
sounds like a mass hysteria or psychosis.. in 2018
[12:39 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
there are devices that can send sonic sound directly at you but they are normally really loud and walls stop it
[12:39 PM] 
Crickets...
Um...no
Now a directed sonic weapon using cricket recordings?  Hmmm
[12:40 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
that was a thought i had also
taking cricket recordings and using them
frequency could be altered
sounds failure but hurts like hell
[12:42 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
It does say it has not yet been peer-reviewed
21 personnel who sought medical attention and found that a majority of them reported problems with memory, concentration, balance, eyesight, hearing, sleeping or headaches that lasted more than three months.
Maybe the cricket noise, when indoors or bouncing off objects, reaches a particular pitch or frequency that can cause damage over a long period of time
or maybe the sound was unrelated and they're just having migraines from stress or overwork, and they incorrectly correlated the symptoms to the noise
[12:45 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
yes
[12:45 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
it seems like mass hysteria though
one or two people get a migraine.. which is normal... blame it on the sound
others:  "yeah I've heard that too."  "yeah me too."  "you know, I'm starting to not feel so good."  "me either!"
[12:45 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
one instance was the guy got up, sound went away, laid down sound came back
[12:46 PM] 
"The crickets instinctively choose non-Cubans who are also politically important foreigners.  Scientists still unsure how." 
[12:47 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
I think some Cubans were affected too
[12:47 PM] 
Here's the point
Unless there is a new species of cricket
It's not real
Otherwise we would have been hearing about this since the 1500s
[12:47 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
yeah it's probably not the cricket causing the symptoms
[12:47 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
could have a bunch of them making noise
window open
but unless something magnifies the sound it would not be loud enough
[12:48 PM] 
Say the Castros developed a weaponized cricket. 
How do you control that?
[12:52 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
well in the Legend Hunter episode he talked to a CIA guy about this stuff, and that guy said “if its too sexy don't fall in love with it”
He said it had to be the stress of being there
[12:49 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
It's a hysteria like dancing plagues
or even just a normal amount of people reporting migraine-like symptoms. I'm not sure how big these offices are
[12:50 PM] 
and
[12:51 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
you ever get a cricket inside.. or even like, just outside your door or window.. it's annoying.  i can't do anything until i find it and move it
[12:52 PM] 
And if you get in 10' they go quiet
had a tiny green bastard pull that crap for days before I spotted him
[12:58 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
there is an invention that can direct voices directly at you
but nobody else can hear them
walls stop it but its cool
they don't use sound waves
I forget what waves they use
but it ends up making sound in the air
[12:59 PM] 
"Este grillo puede subir hasta las once"



[10:43 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
There are YT channels of dudes that *just* do grip training and nothing else
and there are official record holders and everything
[10:44 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
your arms get rather big doing just grip
it works a lot of other stuff
[10:48 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
yeah
it's a weird niche of a sport.. some of them don't even train both arms.. just one
[10:50 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
I'm going to do both
lol
I don't think though you can end up with one bigger than the other but much
other side of body equalizes just might not be as strong
[10:52 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
there's a term for that.. symmetrical reciprocity or something.. they did a study where they had people do bicep curls in 1 arm only for a few weeks and measured both arms and both bicep muscles got bigger
the one they didn't train didn't get *as* big but it grew
[10:52 AM] 
[10:52 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
right so it will look normal but not be same strength
that's a good one Mr. Silver
[10:52 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
at least it wouldn't be noticeably asymmetric
but everyone has one arm bigger than the other
[10:54 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
yes
since the body is technically one it makes sense it would equalize for survival
[10:54 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
unless you have a medical condition like that German arm wrestler
he has some kind of issue though.. forget what
[10:55 AM] 
(remembers conversation about Conan growing up always drifting to the left with his arms stretched out in front of him.)
[10:56 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
heh
[10:57 AM] 
(Chronicler voiceover) "For many days did my master circle counterclockwise through the wilderness, pushing away all that stood in his path."
[10:57 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
"until he came upon his starting point.."
ah
[10:58 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
yeah we had that discussion
hehe
only the strong survive the wheel
[10:59 AM] 
"There he waited until a passing wagoneer picked him up and took him to a point outside Taythok -  City of Dark Perfumes.  There he misjudged his path and missed the gate, and so...he circled to try again."
[11:01 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
"and so Conan started a business as a moat maker, walking an ever deepening path days and nights around towns that needed protection"
[11:02 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
Really the wheel of pain would only develop his legs, torso, and abs
He'd need to alternate to something else for upper body mass
"The Rower of Pain"
we should come up with Conan-fit workouts
tie a bunch of yuppy corporate wage slaves to a wheel and see who survives
[11:08 AM] 
"When I die, I will go before Crom, and he will ask me the riddle of steel abs and glutes.  And if I cannot answer, he will revoke my gym membership to Valhalla and laugh at me."
[11:16 AM]  Mr. Blue: 

[11:16 AM] 
Nice pic
[11:17 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
The Conan Fitness TV show
Bunch of Conan challenges
OK you have to escape these wolves and climb a tower of rock.”
In this challenge you will fight each other to the death in a pit...FAKE death. It's not real don't worry but the metal weapons will hurt”
[11:33 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
heh
[11:33 AM]



4:10 PM
Mr. Brown
i still say Xanadu remade as a physiological thrill film would be cool
Mr. Silver
Umm...
A physiological thrill film? Like Olivia Newton John naked...or...
Mr. Brown
Thriller
hehe
Mr. Silver
Psychological, sir...psychological
Mr. Brown
oh did not notice the spell correct
hehe
yes that would have been a different film
Mr. Silver
ONJ stars in "Skinadu"
The old showman and the young artist look at their New Wave bordello with pride.
"It's everything we DREAMED. We made it HAPPEN! Kira! Stay with us and perform!"
"O-kaaaay!"
(Zeus lightning bolts hit the pair)
"Girl! Go Home!"
"What about you daddy?"
"You've read my stories...now get home."
(Zeus manifests and enters front door) "HE-lloooo ladies!"

Sunday, March 15, 2020

593 - Sex Drugs N Symphonic Poems, Read The Snack Fine Print!, Shirking Is 9/10 Of Posession, and "Looks 10 Homicide 3"

[8:51 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
[8:59 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
Wow! He was a rock star
[9:07 AM] 
"Female admirers would often have their maids disrobe them entirely during concerts so that they could throw their bloomers, shifts, corsets and skirt frames into the orchestra."
[9:07 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
lol
[9:14 AM] 
"The hits kept coming for Liszt.  After the success of "I Want to Kiss Your Hand" came "Adore Me Do" and then "Bebe, You May Assist Carrying My Sedan Chair"
[9:16 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
but then it took a turn for the worse
his fame was getting to him
he started doing snuff and drinking heavily
[9:22 AM] 
"Then in an interview he declaimed he was "More popular than Emperor Ferdinand".  And though it was stated with a nod and wink, nevertheless it was a scandal at court.  Many who actually had copies burned examples of his sheet music as a result."
[9:23 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
His music was beginning to change
[9:36 AM] 
"Gone were the days when Liszt would process through the streets, pursued by throngs of female admirers shamelessly cooing and calling out terms of endearment.  But things were to change."
[9:36 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
Actually he is a mad scientist that figured out the proper order of notes to drive people to do his bidding
hehe
[9:36 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
I think i remember listening to some of his music and not really digging it.. but classical is pretty hit or miss for me
[9:36 AM] 
He retired to become a cupcake
nice pic
Perhaps you had to be there Mr. Blue, for things like him kicking over music stands or setting fire to his piano
[9:38 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
Biting the head off a bat
[9:39 AM] 
Was working up to that one...heh
[9:40 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
Arrested in Rostock for "public indecency" going on stage without a vest.
[9:40 AM] 
"Suddenly - mid-performance - a pair of restaurant waiters produced a table, cloth, crystal, goldware, a pair of candles, charger, and produced a plate bearing a live bat."
"What happened next sent ripples through the musical society..."
"Liazt ordered a bottle of pinot grigio to accompany his bat head... the pairing of a white with a red meat shocked the audience to silence."



[9:23 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
Mr. Blue did you read the book yet
[9:23 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
which?
[9:23 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
Peter and Wendy
[9:23 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
no
[9:23 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
I borrowed it from Mr. Silver and read it
It was a way different story than the Disney version lol
And he had scary teeth
[9:24 AM] 
Oh yes
I suppose you could call his teeth scary. 
They certainly had an effect on women
(baby teeth...baby smile.  He could conquer them with a grin)
I'd have loved to read a conversation between Twain and Barrie on the subject of little boys as wild animals.  They seemed to share some POV.  Heh
[9:34 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
yes
[9:35 AM] 
Tom Sawyer was a complete bastard
[9:35 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
Throw in H.P Lovecraft
Twain well i think that boys by natural design are a little animal in nature.
Yes i agree says Barrie.
H.P. Do they have tentacles?
[9:36 AM] 
(both) "What?"
"Metaphorically"
(both) "... Yeah."



[10:35 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
I saved 1 mochi for each of you to try if you want.. at my desk
have to sign a waiver in case you choke on them
[10:35 AM] 
oo OOO ooooo
:)
[10:35 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
COOOOL
small bites, chew well
[10:39 AM] 
"Local Man Dies Trying To Swallow Sticky Rice Paste Blob"
[10:39 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
Just the same as dying eating cockroaches
[10:40 AM] 
I'm dying thinking about eating cockroaches
[10:40 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
I'm gonna Cool Hand Luke these mochi
[10:42 AM] 
So that's why you were in so late?  Tardy for Japanese food?
[10:42 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
nah
[10:42 AM] 
(explains to supe)  "Excused."
[10:42 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
It came in the snack box
[10:45 AM] 
Oh
[10:45 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
Death snack box
[10:46 AM] 
(pictures an egg-carton of mochis and 10 gone...Mr. Blue groaning under kitchen table)
[10:49 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
[reading warnings] "May cause blindness and paralysis?"
[10:51 AM] 
"Delicious non-edible polymer"
[10:52 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
"Display purposes only"
[10:52 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
hehe
That would be the best
Like eating a wax display fruit
[10:53 AM] 
"Sim-Mochi!  The toy that looks, feels, chews, and tastes like the real thing!  Warning: do not consume Sim-Mochi."
[10:56 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
like the Pet Chow rat poison
[11:19 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
That almost makes me want to start smashing rice. Try to make it myself
[11:44 AM] 
"...and you can add warm water and stir to make a hearty rat-poison gravy that rats can't resist!  No!  Down Shep.  You don't want that - it's rat poison."
[11:46 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
And the dog *clearly* takes a bite of it
It even shows his dog on the picture that shows different scales of animals that the rat poison will kill
Rat, cat, his dog Shep, horse
[11:50 AM]  Mr. Brown: 
Yeah, that is a funny skit!
[11:50 AM]  Mr. Blue:



[11:56 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
I've noticed there's a lot of possession films
"the possession of so-and-so"
Usually set in the 70s, odd green lighting, some lady in a nightgown twisting and contorting with cheap special effects
[11:56 AM] 
Hadn't noticed
[11:57 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
one in theaters now is called “The Possession of Hannah Grace”
terrible reviews
Then there's Emily Rose, Michael King, Molly Hartley...
[12:15 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
As long as peeps be possessed there will be movies
[12:16 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
Probably cheap to make and easily turn a profit
[12:16 PM]  Mr. Brown: 
there is a fear to it too
They normally will scare most people
I say with that kind of stuff as long as it scares people, who cares about the review because that is what it was made to do
[12:30 PM] 
A good modern parent wouldn't have to worry about possession
"Hey Ablagog. So you're a powerful spirit inside Alice?”
Yessssss!”
Make her clean her room and do her homework."
What? I refuse!”
"Alice is failing at math.  Here's her algebra homework. Impress me."
"I refuse because I'm EVIL" 
"You refuse because you're Alice and didn't do your homework and don't know how to do it and you have a test you're trying to get out of Friday."
"NO!  I'm a DEMON!" 
"Prove it. You and your powerful demon friends do the math and get everything correct then force her to clean up this pig sty. Then I'll believe you aren't Alice trying to get grounded all Summer."
"(Grumble)..."
"And take a shower and wash the vomit off that nightgown."



[1:27 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
You know what I'm about to say
[1:32 PM] 
You're hot for another cutie killer
[1:32 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
heh
[1:33 PM] 
Funny how only a single photo seems to exist
(There still is - more than a year later - yet I can't prove it's a hoax - Mr. Silver)