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Mini Movie Reviews: I Spy...

Today's theme is espionage featuring films by James Cameron, Sidney J. Furie, Tony Scott, Alfred Hitchcock, Sydney Pollack, Martin Ritt, and Daniel Mann.

Outlander: Blessed Are the Merciful

"It is a wise man indeed who listens to his wife."

Wise, indeed.

Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (Discworld 33)

“There is always a choice."
"You mean I could choose certain death?"
"A choice nevertheless, or perhaps an alternative. You see, I believe in freedom. Not many people do, although they will of course protest otherwise. And no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all the others are based."

The thirty-third book of the Disc starts off with a rather interesting protagonist. It’s not often our main character is hanged in the first few pages, after all…

This Week: Archie Just Got Mauled by a Bear

An Honest Fangirl: These last few weeks have been very hectic for me, and I’m behind on a lot of my shows. I did manage to see Ready or Not 2, though, and it was a ton of fun. It was great to see Sarah Michelle Gellar in something again.

What’s everyone else watching/reading/playing?

Billions: The Good Life

"Don’t tell him part of the story until you know the whole story."

Chuck and his team draw in the net around Dollar Bill in the hopes of getting him to flip on Axe.

Axe, however, isn't terribly bothered, as he's currently either having a massive existential crisis or orchestrating an incredibly complicated power play for shadowy reasons of his own. Could go either way.

Outlander: Send for the Devil

"I think it will be an evil night."

Well, it was a dark and stormy night, at the very least. They don't usually go for such obvious symbolism, but this time they really went for it. There were also many references to prayer, good and evil, God and the Devil. Everyone thinks God is on their side in a battle, don't they?

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars

Scorpius: "This is insane, Crichton."
John: "Four years on and you're finally gettin' that?"

While filming of this two-part finale began in December of 2003, just nine months after the show was cancelled (March 10, 2003), we didn’t find out about Peacekeeper Wars until the following May and had to wait another five months (October 17, 2004) for it to premiere. We had to stew with nothing but rumors for over a year that we wouldn’t be left with that miserable ending.

Fallout: The Other Player

“I’ve been Wastelandin’ 200 years. Whatever it is I got to do, I do it alone…”

The last episode was very well-done, but didn’t feel like it had a lot of forward momentum. There’s a bit more going on in this one, narratively speaking.

Outlander: Muskets, Liberty, and Sauerkraut

"Monsieur Beauchamp told me what every orphan wants to hear, that I'm the son of a great man. But I'm already the son of a great man."

That is one of my favorite lines from the books. Can we all go "awwwwww" together?

Resident Alien: Ties That Bind

Asta: Harry, tell her she can't go.
Harry: You can go.
D’arcy: Uh?
Harry: Because you are courageous, and you are not afraid to die.

Episode description: “Harry and D'arcy travel to an unexpected place to recover an alien device left behind by his people.”

Peaky Blinders Movie: The Immortal Man

“Once I got nearly everything. It wasn’t enough.”

As a reviewer, I try to avoid going easy on myself when I call a movie bad. Is it so bad that we can enjoy its terribleness? Is it just not doing what I wanted it to do? Is it failing to live up to previous iterations? Or is there truly something here that isn’t working? To duck that question, I’ll just repeat what I emailed Billie after I watched this: The Immortal Man is so bad that it’s weird. Let’s examine why.