• Re: What Did You Watch? 2026-05-07 (Thursday)

    From Arthur Lipscomb@arthur@alum.calberkeley.org to rec.arts.tv on Sat May 9 08:12:54 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 5/8/2026 5:27 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
    On 5/8/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

    What did you watch?

    I watched a weird little movie on LMN that I'm not sure was "new", or if
    it was one that previous aired on Lifetime that I just missed before
    (IMDb seems to confirm that it premiered yesterday and thus was "new"):

    Dating App Nightmare - This stars Nicky Whalen and Charisma Carpenter.

    Haven't heard from Carpenter in a while. Might be worth checking out
    for her.


    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Arthur Lipscomb@arthur@alum.calberkeley.org to rec.arts.tv on Sat May 9 08:29:07 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 5/8/2026 5:27 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
    On 5/8/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

    What did you watch?

    I watched a weird little movie on LMN that I'm not sure was "new", or if
    it was one that previous aired on Lifetime that I just missed before
    (IMDb seems to confirm that it premiered yesterday and thus was "new"):

    Dating App Nightmare - This stars Nicky Whalen and Charisma Carpenter.

    Haven't heard from Carpenter in a while. Might be worth checking out
    for her.


    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Sat May 9 10:34:50 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
    On 5/8/2026 5:27 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
    On 5/8/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

    What did you watch?

    I watched a weird little movie on LMN that I'm not sure was "new", or if
    it was one that previous aired on Lifetime that I just missed before
    (IMDb seems to confirm that it premiered yesterday and thus was "new"):

    Dating App Nightmare - This stars Nicky Whalen and Charisma Carpenter.

    Haven't heard from Carpenter in a while. Might be worth checking out
    for her.

    She’s on Facebook constantly telling us all she wasn’t invited back to Buffy and interviewing other people that weren’t invited back to Buffy
    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From The True Melissa@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.arts.tv on Sat May 9 13:53:36 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Verily, in article <454880288.800039351.355559.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

    Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
    On 5/8/2026 5:27 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
    On 5/8/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

    What did you watch?

    I watched a weird little movie on LMN that I'm not sure was "new", or if >> it was one that previous aired on Lifetime that I just missed before
    (IMDb seems to confirm that it premiered yesterday and thus was "new"):

    Dating App Nightmare - This stars Nicky Whalen and Charisma Carpenter.

    Haven't heard from Carpenter in a while. Might be worth checking out
    for her.

    She?s on Facebook constantly telling us all she wasn?t invited back to
    Buffy and interviewing other people that weren?t invited back to Buffy

    She must be happy it's been cancelled.
    --
    The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
    United States of America - North America - Earth
    Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
    Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Sat May 9 13:01:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <454880288.800039351.355559.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

    Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
    On 5/8/2026 5:27 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
    On 5/8/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

    What did you watch?

    I watched a weird little movie on LMN that I'm not sure was "new", or if >>>> it was one that previous aired on Lifetime that I just missed before
    (IMDb seems to confirm that it premiered yesterday and thus was "new"): >>>>
    Dating App Nightmare - This stars Nicky Whalen and Charisma Carpenter. >>>
    Haven't heard from Carpenter in a while. Might be worth checking out
    for her.

    She?s on Facebook constantly telling us all she wasn?t invited back to
    Buffy and interviewing other people that weren?t invited back to Buffy

    She must be happy it's been cancelled.


    I certainly am
    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Sat May 9 13:01:22 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 5/8/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

    What did you watch?

    I watched a weird little movie on LMN that I'm not sure was "new", or if
    it was one that previous aired on Lifetime that I just missed before
    (IMDb seems to confirm that it premiered yesterday and thus was "new"):

    Dating App Nightmare - This stars Nicky Whalen and Charisma Carpenter.

    This would be the one Robin told us about

    It co-stars former GH'er Haley Pullos (who now looks pretty
    unrecognizable to me thanks to the "work" she's had done), who was fired from GH and pretty much blackballed for years due to a pretty horrific
    car wreck that Pullos perpetrated when DUI (you can look it up!).
    I found this movie problematic for a couple of reasons. First - I'm
    not sure, but I think Pullos was supposed to be playing a teenager/high schooler, which she was last seen doing a *decade* ago (IOW, she's way
    too old for this now!).
    The other problem was that there was no tension here - Pullos plays Whalen's daughter who goes missing after a dating app date, and so the
    rest of the movie is Whalen trying to track her daughter down. But once
    it's clear that this is more than a "cameo" role from Charisma
    Carpenter, 1) you know who the perp is!, and 2) it's pretty clear what
    her motive is, which the movie even has Carpenter EXPLICITLY TELL US
    less than halfway through the movie. So the rest of the movie is waiting
    to see how long it takes Whalen's dummy character to clue in to what's
    going on here with her missing daughter.
    At least I enjoyed seeing Charisma do a recent LMN flick in which
    she's more than a secondary character. And Whalen is OK in this.

    I also watched DOOL yesterday - but what really shocked me is when I stumbled across news on the internet that *both* Johnny/Chanel and Holly/Tate are going to be written off the show by the end of the year!
    Well that sucks!!

    What did you watch?



    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Arthur Lipscomb@arthur@alum.calberkeley.org to rec.arts.tv on Sun May 10 08:32:48 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 5/9/2026 10:53 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <454880288.800039351.355559.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

    Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
    On 5/8/2026 5:27 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
    On 5/8/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

    What did you watch?

    I watched a weird little movie on LMN that I'm not sure was "new", or if >>>> it was one that previous aired on Lifetime that I just missed before
    (IMDb seems to confirm that it premiered yesterday and thus was "new"): >>>>
    Dating App Nightmare - This stars Nicky Whalen and Charisma Carpenter.

    Haven't heard from Carpenter in a while. Might be worth checking out
    for her.

    She?s on Facebook constantly telling us all she wasn?t invited back to
    Buffy and interviewing other people that weren?t invited back to Buffy


    Considering her character is dead, I wouldn't expect her to show in the
    pilot.


    She must be happy it's been cancelled.


    Well now not even her ghost is going to show up.
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From The True Melissa@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.arts.tv on Sun May 10 12:38:24 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Verily, in article <10tq8f0$fm0q$1@dont-email.me>, did arthur@alum.calberkeley.org deliver unto us this message:
    Considering her character is dead, I wouldn't expect her to show in the pilot.


    Her character already returned from Heaven once (turned out it was a
    trick). I'm sure they could have come up with something if they wanted Cordelia, but it doesn't sound like they did. Buffy herself was present
    at the end in one scene, but most of the new pilot was about the new characters.
    --
    The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
    United States of America - North America - Earth
    Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
    Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Wed May 13 07:01:16 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
    On 5/9/2026 10:53 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <454880288.800039351.355559.anim8rfsk-
    cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this
    message:

    Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
    On 5/8/2026 5:27 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
    On 5/8/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

    What did you watch?

    I watched a weird little movie on LMN that I'm not sure was "new", or if >>>>> it was one that previous aired on Lifetime that I just missed before >>>>> (IMDb seems to confirm that it premiered yesterday and thus was "new"): >>>>>
    Dating App Nightmare - This stars Nicky Whalen and Charisma Carpenter. >>>>
    Haven't heard from Carpenter in a while. Might be worth checking out
    for her.

    She?s on Facebook constantly telling us all she wasn?t invited back to
    Buffy and interviewing other people that weren?t invited back to Buffy


    Considering her character is dead, I wouldn't expect her to show in the pilot.

    Come on now, Buffy is like dark shadows. Name a major character on either
    show that’s not dead. Either the character on screen or the actor off
    screen.




    She must be happy it's been cancelled.


    Well now not even her ghost is going to show up.

    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From The True Melissa@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.arts.tv on Wed May 13 11:03:13 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Verily, in article <1069348992.800167858.689592.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

    Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
    On 5/9/2026 10:53 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <454880288.800039351.355559.anim8rfsk-
    cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this
    message:

    Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
    On 5/8/2026 5:27 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
    On 5/8/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

    What did you watch?

    I watched a weird little movie on LMN that I'm not sure was "new", or if
    it was one that previous aired on Lifetime that I just missed before >>>>> (IMDb seems to confirm that it premiered yesterday and thus was "new"): >>>>>
    Dating App Nightmare - This stars Nicky Whalen and Charisma Carpenter. >>>>
    Haven't heard from Carpenter in a while. Might be worth checking out >>>> for her.

    She?s on Facebook constantly telling us all she wasn?t invited back to >>> Buffy and interviewing other people that weren?t invited back to Buffy


    Considering her character is dead, I wouldn't expect her to show in the pilot.

    Come on now, Buffy is like dark shadows. Name a major character on either show that?s not dead. Either the character on screen or the actor off
    screen.

    Yeah, she died once before. It slowed her down for a while, but she
    recovered completely.

    Did she re-die at the end? I don't even remember that. In my memory,
    they activated the potential slayers and tooled off to live their lives. Didn't Giles say something about "another hellmouth in Chicago," to
    general laughter? I think she's currently alive as far as we know.
    --
    The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
    United States of America - North America - Earth
    Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
    Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2