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Reacher (2022)
Hardy Boys for grown-ups
I read a lot of 10 Hardy Boys mysteries when I was a kid. I'm now almost 75 and about to enjoy the denouement of "The Killing Floor" on Amazon Prime. Lee Child and "Franklin Dixon" (the pseudonym for the various authors of the Hardy Boys series) both push all the same buttons -- over and over again. (36 Hardy Boys novels were produced in the 29 years from 1927 to 1956 - I read most of them - and Lee Child is on track to beat that, having produced 27 Reacher novels in the 15 years since 1997.
I haven't actually read any of the Reacher novels. I've just watched the Tom Cruise, and now Alan Ritchson, movies.
The Killing Floor is ridiculous - and perfect for the 10 year-old still inside me.
I'm looking forward to the next one.
Professor T. (2015)
Great show.
Random reactions:
Amazing number of Belgian young people interested in criminology.
Character actor heaven - they all take turns stealing scenes from one another.
Feel sorry for Connie - and Adelinde's dog.
Sad when Donckers and Daan left, but John and Saskia soon captured our hearts.
Jasper has a lively imagination.
Paul has killer sideburns.
Flemish appears to be a mixture of Dutch, French, German, and English.
Dean Walter is a nice guy. Well, OK then.
Project Blue Book (2019)
Swamp Gas
The X-Files were really fun, but never explained anything. Neither does this show. It is fun to watch Aidan Quinn, though, playing Dr. Hynek, lose it when he can't get a straight answer from anybody about what the hell is going on. It's also fun to see some of the background that Steven Spielberg probably got from Professor Hynek on the strange ways people who've had 'close encounters' sometimes behave.
The truth is still out there - but the commercials are real buzz killers.
Note: IMDB uses chyrons to tell you how many mores seconds of commercials you have to endure before the show comes back on. It doesn't help.