Coming Auld Lang Syne
FRESH START! How are we feeling? I’m not quite at the motivated, goal setting/vision board part of the process of the new year quite yet. I’m just barely starting to feel better and only took down Christmas today. Late Bloomer year already. I did make my bed today and ordered some highlighters so count it! Winning!
Who tuned in last night for our quick little first monthly PIB pick a flick? Very exciting, very clicky spinning wheel, it was great! The first winner had submitted Gone Girl, which I have actually already seen, but we’re gonna give him another pick! But I re-spun and am watching The Intouchables! I’m very happy with this pick and am actually going to watch it this week! I’m also watching Superman Returns because the trailer got me pumped, and Gladiator with Carly so we can watch the second one next week!
Speaking of Pick-A-Flick! Here is the Pick-A-Flick post. Remember you need to re-submit your pick every month and just one! The next drawing will be in the first few days of February!
I also will be posting three polls this week! I’m going to do three seperate drawings from our requests app. #1 poll will be 8 drawings from requests 1-50. #2 Poll will be 8 random drawings from requests 51-100 and #3 Poll will be 8 random drawings from requests numbers 101-200! Won’t that be fun? It’s going to be fun. GUYS WE’RE HAVING FUN OK?!
I think we will forgo this quarters trivia pop quiz because the 4th (holy crap 4th?!) ANNUAL POPPIES AWARDS SHOW will be late Feb or early March! What? That went so fast! Can’t wait!
What else? Anyone watching/reading/listening anything great lately?
Hope you all had a great week and your vision boards are visioning!
Love,
Cassie
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I know you won't read this Cassie I hope someone does just know Superman returns is the third movie behind Superman and Superman 2 with Christopher Reeve. The director made this after Superman 2. Superman leaves Earth to go see if more persons from Krypton lived. Since zod showed up he had to make sure nobody else survived. So Superman returns is about him coming back to Earth not finding anybody. So you know there is a Superman 3 and 4 those are not a part of this movie. I hope you read on it or somebody tells you or you can somehow read what I just mentioned. Awesome thanks You're doing a great job. PiB4Life.
IMDb 7.4, Metacritic 82%, RT 93% (audience 86%) - Superman (1978) IMDb 6.8, Metacritic 83%, RT 83% (audience 76%) - Superman 2 (1980) IMDb 5.0, Metacritic 44%, RT 29% (audience 23%) - Superman 3 (1983) IMDb 3.7, Metacritic 24%, RT 10% (audience 16%) -- Superman 4 (1987)
Praying for our SoCal communities that have been scorched and destroyed from these historic wildfires that exploded yesterday with a new fire just starting in Hollywood Hills. L.A. county has been changed forever. Our brave LEOs and Fire crews - heroic and courageous work trying to save as many lives and property as humanly possible considering the massive budget cuts to their funding. 755+ firefighters on scene and 0% containment with dry hydrants and grounded aircraft. High wind warning tonight.
Carly watching Gladiator is like the emotional equivalent of cordon bleu.
Got to say it again. Triston and Isolde, and Rob Roy are 2 of the most under-rated movies all time! Along the lines of Gladiator and Legend of the Fall!
Cassie, don't forget to pick your top ten favorite movies from the channel for The Poppies! The best part.
I appreciate you giving the original winner a second chance! It's supposed to be fun and I know if that happened to me and I lost my pick I'd be sad about it. Mistakes happen and it's easy to miss something on Letterboxd. Some people might not realize it ignores "The" and "A" in titles and puts the movie in the first letter of the second word (For example, The Family Man is under F and A Star is Born is under S). Other movies might be missing (such as Twisters). If it happens again maybe adding a "backup movie" field to the form would be helpful. I hope Pick-A-Flick remains a constant monthly event!
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Gladiator (2000). Joaquin Phoenix's performance is stunning. The Intouchables (2012). Never seen but wanted to. Superman Returns (2006). Never seen but curious.
I’m waiting to see if Cassie watches wicked on the channel. It’s been an exciting year and wonderful movies on PIB.
Looks like Shogun won some awards at The Golden Globes the other night. Has anyone seen it?
Yes. It sucks. 2/10 as an adaptation, maybe 5/10 if it was named anything else.
I hope Cassie makes Carly watch Band of Brothers this year. I hope Carly likes it as much as I think she will. I hope.
Ditto
I remember on the original Gladiator (2000) DVD extras, they included a full day-to-day production diary written by actor Spencer Treat Clark who played Lucius. I don't know of any other DVD/Blu-Ray of any other movie that included an actor's production diary. Are there any that I don't know of?
That was one of the first DVD's I ever rented with the special features and it was amazing. Set the standard pretty high.
1. Sorry, I forgot this post. 2. I strongly approve of the Requests polls. Thanks. 3. "Won’t that be fun? It’s going to be fun. GUYS WE’RE HAVING FUN OK?!" [In my most blasé voice:] Yes, Mom. 4. Carly... do you like movies about gladiators? :-P :-)
Sounds like something Clark W. Griswold would say. "WE'RE HAVING [bleeping] FUN, OK?"
I've been listening to Shogun again. I've probably listened to it a dozen times now. I listen to about 10 hours of podcasts a day and around the holidays was pretty dead for new podcast episodes, so a 50 hour audiobook it is.
I'm curious as to what Cassie's reactions would be to Christopher Reeve's remaining Superman films, Superman III and IV. I wonder if she will ever watch those? I'm also curious as to whether she will watch the Richard Donner cut of Superman 2?
I’m thinking her reaction to those two movies would be pretty much similar to her reaction to Batman Returns (1992). Not a very enthusiastic response to say the least. Then again, she does have a soft spot for Christopher Reeve.
It’s going to be interesting to see how much of Gladiator Cassie remembers. It’s nearly 4 years ago she reacted to it. I’m expecting a lot of looking away from Carly. 🍿
Carly's going to watch that whole movie through her fingers. lol
Can’t wait to see what Cassie makes of Superman Returns. I think she’s going to really enjoy it. The graphics are a big step up from Superman 1 & 2. I really hope this means Cassie is going to watch the Henry Cavill Superman movies too at some point (Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Zack Snyder’s Justice League). The Snyder Cut may be 4 hours long and have a 4:3 aspect ratio but let’s face it, the 2017 Justice League is unwatchable. Joss Whedon really screwed the pooch on that one!
Another vote for the Snyder-Verse !!! Can't believe Whedon screwed up the Justice League THAT bad
Superman Returns 😮 Oh, does that mean you're jumping past the rest of the original films now then, so no Superman III 😭
That’s a good thing. No need to watch bad movies.
Does anyone know the full "Joe Rogan Flu Protocol”. (I remember that it included, HCQ and Ivermectin.)
Probably ice baths...for some reason. And mico dose DMT.
Currently watching STAR WARS: Skeleton Crew, 2 episodes left, and it's got a few younger characters you'd absolutely love.
SuperMan Returns is a great movie and a worthy sequel to Superman II. Thank you so much Cassie. Wishing you a very happy ‘25. ❤️🍿
Hoping Horror of Dracula gets on a classic horror poll sometime soon as I switched my pick-a-flick choice to The Final Programme. Because TFP has much less of a chance of ever being reacted to. It is streaming on Amazon, however.
Yay, Superman, although I'm sure even in 2006 the trailers showed EVERY SINGLE MOMENT, which is a shame
I was sick too, so I watched a lot of shows. “Cross” on Amazon Prime was a little over the top, but a great job by lead actor Aldis Hodge. I really enjoyed the “Icons Unearthed” documentaries on Amazon Prime. It’s 6 or so episodes on a topic like “Star Wars”, “James Bond”, “Batman”, “Lord of the Rings”. The Star Wars one was really interesting, since the main interview was with Marcia Lucas. George’s former wife and the Oscar winning editor who stressed story for the first trilogy. Her insights are amazing. Looking forward to this week. We will be entertained! ⚔️
Thanks for the heads up on Icons Unearthed. I’m gonna watch all of these.
I just watched Waterloo with Christopher Plummer, and that was quite the movie to watch. The movie was made with soldiers doing real Napoleonic tactics.
Does anyone know: How does the "requests app" that Cassie mentioned above work?
Basically all patrons may go to the site and request movies for Cassie to watch. It tallies up the votes and ranks the requests from most requested to least.
Gladiator rewatch (w/Carly first watch) will be interesting. Looking forward to it. Gladiator was the eleventh movie you reacted to -- posted Patreon March 12, 2021 -- almost 4 years ago. You watched the movie on your laptop, as you did in the early weeks of the channel.
I anticipate a lot of covering of eyes with exclamations of “OH FETCH!”
Omar Sy is so great in The Intouchables, and I haven't seen it since I first saw it years ago. Curious whether you're watching it dubbed or with subtitles, but I'm looking forward to the reaction either way.
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Now that Cassie is watching "Superman Returns" in debut of the upcoming new Superman movie. I hope she watches "Man of Steel" and the "Snyder-verse" as well. It has Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner (one of her favorites), Amy Adams and of course, as the Man of Steel himself, Henry Cavill. Henry, if you remember, played the young Albert Mondego in "The Count of Monte Cristo".
She had a poll during a live once not too long ago asking if she should watch it and most people voted YES. So I hope she does!
'We're having fun, right? 😃 *RIGHT??!! 🤨* " "🫡 MA'AM, YES, MA'AM!! " (🤣)
Yeah, the Superman Returns teaser trailer was magnificent, with the John Williams "Krypton" theme, and that voiceover from Marlon Brando as Jor-El. I don't really remember the movie well, but I often revisit that teaser from time to time.
Yeah, that teaser trailer was amazing. Must have watched that a few dozen times waiting for the movie to come out.
Brandon Routh did great as Superman, looking forward to this!
He did a very good job. I thought Kevin Spacey as Luthor was good as well. Not a fan of the character who played Lois Lane, though
If Cassie’s gonna do another swords and sandals movie, I’d far rather it was “Spartacus” (1960) than re-treading “Gladiator.” Spartacus is the OG gladiator movie and deserves a reaction. Although I quite like “Gladiator”, a rewatch reaction doesn’t interest me.
YES on Spartacus. Also, Excalibur is must watch and Conan the Barbarian. Arnold's first real big role. It's worth watching just for the score of Basil Poledouris !!!!
Darnit! I was hoping PiB would do the Donner Cut!
Cassie, don’t worry! I’ve still not got my dec’s down yet! I’m so behind with everything! CASSIE!…ok, now I have your attention😆 I’m starting to get worried about Australia Day! You have only briefly mentioned Crocodile Dundee 2, but with no guarantees! I SOOO need you to watch this. I know you and Carly will enjoy it. Its a guarantee for some movie fun and I know it will put a smile on your face. Ignore the nay sayers! You’re going to love it! 🐍🐊🐃🤠 Come on! You know you want to know what happens next for Mick and Sue?!!!
NAY, Cassie! You should NOT watch anything but Croc Dundee 2 on Australia Day! Just naysaying.
Hi Cassie, since it was a LIVE prom prom (haha), can you schedule "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1978) soon? Really want to see your reaction.
The 1978 version is a classic, but the one in the 1990s with Meg Tilly, R. Lee Ermey and Gabrielle Anwar was terrifying! I wonder, though, if Cassie would ever be curious about watching some cosmic horror films. Colour Out of Space and Event Horizon are great ones, and Event Horizon is a cult classic and a fan-lauded unofficial prequel to Warhammer 40K.
1. Superman Returns is one of my FAVORITE representations of that superhero. It didn’t do well at the Box Office - and it has some flaws - but I personally think Brandon Routh made an EXCELLENT Superman. 2. Bring Carly a BIG PILLOW for Gladiator. (I mean - you know - the film is called “Gladiator” and… sweet, little wholesome Carly, lol) 🙂
This is fun right? We're having fun Right??? Right???!!! 😂 Errrm yes ma'am 👀 Only you Cassie can get away with this 😂👍
Eh, could be better ;-)
Patreon pick is a quality lineup
Hope Cassie also watches "Man of Steel" soon. Very happy for the upcoming polls, please keep doing these every month.
I think auld lang syne means 'times gone by' or something like that.
Someone posted the lyrics and I still couldn't tell what it was getting at.
Superman is a boring Mary Sue
I read comics as a kid but was never a Superman fan for that very reason. When you’ve created a character that’s stronger than everyone else, invulnerable (except for kryptonite), faster than the Flash, etc … well that’s boring. To be fair, I was much more of a Marvel guy anyway. Although I did love Batman (sans Robin). But Superman? Booooooooriiiiiiiing. And, frankly, I don’t think the casting of Brandon Routh in the role helped any with this movie. He’s so vanilla and bland. Gone is the charm of the Reeves version of the character.
My issue with Superman Returns is Kevin Spacey. I usually manage to separate the actors personal life from their characters, but Spacey (and Bill Cosby) are two performers I used to really enjoy watching, but cannot get past their personal scandals. The issue with Spacey’s sexual misconduct allegations were so egregious that Ridley Scott recast his role in “All the Money in the World” after Spacey had already filmed all his scenes. All his material was reshot with Christopher Plummer in the role of J. Paul Getty.
Spacey was found not guilty in criminal court, and in a civil trial with a much lower burden of proof. Having said that, I wouldn't fall asleep around him...
Glad to hear you’re finally on the mend from whatever had you down and out over the holidays! Me…I’m healthy, so that’s plus. But now it’s a matter of mentally preparing myself for the slog that is January, February, and March and hoping that I just open my eyes one morning and Spring is already upon us. I’m not one to set goals and make resolutions for every new year. I just take each day as it comes to me and do my best to make every situation more positive. And as always, my mantra is a line from one of one of my favorite Jimmy Buffet songs…Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On. Very excited for this week’s line up and the upcoming polls! Will there be a live stream of you picking the movies that will be included in the polls? I’m so looking forward to The 4th Annual Poppies, and another amazing year with PiB! I know I and everyone else here has said it ad nauseum, but thank you for everything you do as a reactor, and thank you for being…just you. 🙏
I'm having fun! I'm looking forward to both of your reactions to Gladiator. You what, saw it once about 3 years ago on your laptop? I think you'll like it even more this time.
What a film Gladiator is, although Carly is in for a shock with how brutal it is. Great range of movies this week.
Yeah, Carly’s reaction is sure going to be interesting!
Probably being a bit dense but did Cassie watch the new upcoming superman movie trailer and think that movie and superman returns are one and the same. Or did she watch the superman returns trailer and really liked it enough for her to watch the movie. I am confusion 😂
She saw the trailer for the new one, and is going to watch this one to scratch the itch basically.
I seen a movie called "The Apartment" over the holidays from around 1960. Jack Lemmon, Shirley McClain, I hadn't seen it before, very good! I highly recommend it. Looking forward to this year's movies.
The full reaction is on this channel as a Patreon exclusive, so there is no edit on YouTube for the movie. If you can watch the full reactions, it was posted in December, 2021.
So Gladiator is going to be the next movie Cassie watches with Carly (after the unexpected trauma of Officer)? If your sister had pigtails, Cassie, you'd be pulling them right now. 😄
I remember the tougher Carly who watched war films and such, lol.
Superman, and Gladiators, and Intouchables, oh my! The only thing that could be better would be to have my Pick-A-Flick Pick (1940's The Philadelphia Story) be picked for next month! Grant! Hepburn! Stewart! I changed my pick from a less popular one to P. Story, a film that won't win a poll, but would be loved if only watched!
Me too, Mike. After Officer and a Gent, I changed my pick this month from The Champ to puppies sleeping with a baby.
I discovered audiobooks of the LOTR read by Andy Serkis. He evidently does 132 different voices. I'm just getting to Helm's Deep, and it's been great so far. He does a good Pippen.
I wrote a Sword and Sandals novel back in the 90's, Brent (not a good one, never published, but it was fun to do). During Covid, I decided to rewrite it, in the hopes of maybe sending it off for publishing. Halfway through, I started listening to Lord of the Rings on audiobook. BIG mistake, because it showed me just how inadequate I was as a writer. It's hard to imagine anyone being as good with the English language as Tolkien.
Would have much rather preferred Man of Steel over Superman Returns. MoS of course has Costner in it, plus it goes over more of Clark Kent’s childhood and upbringing, which I know you like seeing backstories of characters.
Aaron, I would imagine “Man of Steel” will be Cassie’s next port of call for superman movies. I’m guessing she hasn’t seen MOS yet?!
Thanks for this, Cassie. Happy New Year to you and the family! As for New Year's resolutions et al, if you want to punt this for a bit and not feel guilty, I always do these on my Birthday because, well, that's technically a new year! DaveLogic™ 😁 FWIW!
You have got me watching Mission Impossible movies. I had only seen Ghost protocol and fallout before but have been watching from the start and watched Rogue Nation tonight. Only a few more to go.
I could certainly understand why, but did you skip Superman 3 & 4 with Christopher Reeve?
Because they’re not great films. Same reason why Jaws 2,3, and 4 were skipped. And also Terminator 3, 4, 5, and 6.
gladiator 2 is a piece of crap dont bother
Can you watch some bollywood movies?
Looking forward to those polls, might I suggest that perhaps you could watch the No.1 requested film on the app each month? Just an idea.
Hoping you’ll also get to the Henry Cavill Superman films, ‘Man of Steel’, ‘Batman vs Superman’, and I guess ‘The Justice League Snyder Cut’ would have to follow as well. Those movies aren’t great by any stretch but I think they get too bad of a rep. Henry Cavill is really good too. My Superman.
Yes to Man of Steel, much better film than Superman Returns.
Awesome Cassie !!! Checked out a cute little movies called Penguin lessons
You should do a rewatch of “Last of the Mohicans” with Carly
Ooh, I think you're going to like Gladiator 😉 Happy New Year!
Showing Carly Gladiator? This should be interesting.... 0.o
Failing that, Byrd....The Way We Were (1973).
'Wild Robot' is such a joy to watch. Please consider a reaction. Happy New Year. 🖖
