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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 13:47:43 JST clacke

   omg all my favorite shows are spawning new seasons all at once

   #FoundationS3
   #StrangeNewWorldsS3
   already in the middle of #ResidentAlienS4

   It is a good thing that I am going on leave soon. There is so much good stuff out there, and that's not even counting my existing to-watch list.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 11:54:31 JST clacke

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     Haha, and now I'm watching SNW S03E02, and the guest character is played by Rhys Darby, also from the 2017 Jumanji.
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 11:54:32 JST clacke

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     We've watched the rebooted Jumanji movie before, but barely remembered it. Now we watched it again.

     Hey, that's Karen Gillan! We know her now, from several seasons of Dr. Who! Here she's Ruby Roundhouse and The Rock is Doctor Xander Bravestone.

     Halfway into the movie, the main antagonist:

     "Hello, Doctor."

     Hmmmmm. 🙃

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 11:54:33 JST clacke

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     I saw Christina Chong in her first or one of her first TV appearances just the other day, in her Dr Who episode. Now I'm looking at her latest.

     What is one of the first things she says in this episode? "Always start with the doctor."

     Coincidence? 😇

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 11:54:34 JST clacke

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     Oh wow, I had forgotten that SNWS2 ended on a cliffhanger, we're right in the middle of the action.
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 13:21:03 JST clacke

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     Foundation has all of the interesting concepts from the books, and adds a few of its own, also very interesting. The storytelling model is also very interesting. The world-building and epic plotline is captivating.

     But the visuals, by Seldon's beard, the visuals. Every scene is like a painting, not the kind of painting that has broad strokes, but the kind where every little bit has an obsessive level of detail and little surprises.

     I'm watching it for story now, and may go back and watch it again, slower, just to admire the spectacle of every scene.