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On 10/6/2026 3:45 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
Ubiquitous wrote in article <UBI20261005@dont-email.me>:
After my workout, I watched:
Why the Monk and Assassin Never Quite Fit D&D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnFBGJqraRk
Yep.
What did you watch?
I watched a bunch of videos on dungeon mastering and a couple on
prehistory.
I also tried WandaVision. I watched several episodes, on Hulu. It
was okay, but most of the fun was the premise. They didn't seem
to know what to do from there, so I'm not surprised it wasn't
renewed.
But it was renewed. Not as "WandaVision," but "Agatha All Along" which
picks up where WandaVidion ended with the return of the some of the same characters to see what happens next. "Agatha All Along" resolves some WandaVision hanging thread and continues the story of Wanda's family.
Call it a spin off if you like, but it's part of a trilogy of
interrelated shows that's telling one continuous story. The final
chapter, "Vision Quest" debuts on October 14.
Agatha All Along trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARulRbzM7Jw
VisionQuest trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXKnmgmbkoE&t=1s
This is a multiday catch up. Over the past couple of days I watched:
Lanterns (HBOMax) "Dirt and Stars" - Season finale. I was kind of
hoping for some budget busting battles, but I think they put those in
episode 5 and the rest of the series was was an epilogue.
Monkey Shines (4K disc) 1988 horror movie written and directed by George
A. Romero (based on a book of the same name). The movie follows a man
who is parallelized after being hit by a car. His best friend just
happens to be a mad scientist and gives him a monkey to help around the
house. What the mad scientist doesn't tell his friend is he's been experimenting on the monkey to make it smarter. The monkey also becomes homicidal. And for reasons that are never properly explained it also
develops a psychic bond with it's new owner prompting the monkey to kill
for the paralyzed man. I haven't watched this since it came out in the
late 80s. It was much better than I remembered. And my first time
watching it in the proper aspect ratio. There was also a pretty good director's commentary track with Romero detailing the insane stories of getting this movie made.
WandaVision (4K disc) - Picking up after the events of Avengers: Endgame
Wanda is grieving the loss of the love of her life. She uses her powers
to create the perfect world with a husband and kids but at the expense
of causing a small town full of people to suffer a never ending torment.
This was one of my favorite Marvel TV series. This benefits from
repeat viewings seeing what a particular character is doing from a
different perspective.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (4K disc) Picking up after
the events of "WandaVision," Wanda is desperate to bring back the happy
family life she had during "WandaVision" even if she has to kill someone
to do it. It's up to Doctor Strange to stop her, if he can. This is
one of my favorite MCU movies. It was directed by Sam Raimi and he
filmed it like one of his horror movies.
Agatha All Along (Disney+) Picking up after the events of "WandaVision"
and "Multiverse of Madness" Agatha has been freed from Wanda's spell
thanks to help from a mysterious teenager. Agatha forms a coven of
witches and along with the mysterious teenage boy they walk the witch's
road in a Quest for power and Vision, I mean answers. This was pretty
good and on a second viewing, there's an added layer knowing the double meaning behind a lot of things.
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