I thought this was the recent Reacher flop. This one. 

(07-15-2026, 03:33 PM)Greg Wrote: Runner. Now with more Owen Wilson and Alan Ritchson, who is everywhere. September. (To be honest, I don't know if this film is called Angel or Runner)

From FB:

Quote:95-year-old Star Trek legend William Shatner covered Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica and Motörhead at his first-ever heavy metal shows over the weekend at a rain-lashed Riot Fest in Chicago.


Flanked by his band The *uckers, which includes guitarist and musical director Marcus Nand, bassist Phil Soussan, guitarist Britt Lightning, and drummer Fred Aching, Shatner performed a 35-minute, six-song set on Saturday night (19th September) at the Riot Fest aftershow at indoor venue Park West.

With Shatner delivering the lyrics in his trademark spoken word style, he and The *uckers performed six songs including covers of Metallica's 'Enter Sandman', Ozzy Osbourne’s 'Crazy Train', and Motörhead's 'Ace of Spades'.

Original tracks from Shatner's upcoming debut heavy metal album 'What the F--- is Heavy Metal?' on the setlist included 'Sky', 'Rage' and set closer 'One Fear'.

Less than 24 hours later, Shatner took to the outdoor Rebel Stage to perform his main 35-minute set, which featured an on-screen introduction from intergalactic barbarian horde, GWAR.

Before launching into set opener 'Crazy Train', Shatner told the soggy audience: "Oh boy! The rain and the wind is perfect. I'm so glad you're here, folks. Braved the elements to see us and braved the fire girls."

He continued: "So, a little while ago, Cleopatra Records’ Brian Perera said to me, ‘why don’t you do a heavy metal album?’, because I’d done five albums with them, and I said, ‘What the f--- is heavy metal?!’

"And that’s the name of the album that will come out in the wintertime and it’s called 'What The F--- is Heavy Metal?' and I want to present to you The *uckers!”
Shatner then proceeded to tear through a second set.

I didn't know him very well but we worked together for JAH Med for a few years. 

Quote:Ronnie Franklin, the Road Construction Worker Struck by a Suspected Drunk Driver Last Week, Has Died

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Ronnie Franklin. | Submitted photo.

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• Last Night on Broadway in Eureka, a Suspected Drunk Driver Struck a Road Worker in an Active Construction Zone, Causing Major Injuries, CHP Says
  
• COURT ROUNDUP: Suspected Drunk Driver, Accused of Seriously Injuring Road Worker Wednesday, Was on DUI Probation
  

Ronnie Franklin, the 20-year-old McKinleyville man who was struck by a suspected drunk driver on Wednesday night while working in a Caltrans construction zone in Eureka, died Saturday afternoon at U.C. Davis Medical Center due to complications from emergency surgery.
Many members of Franklin’s family and friends made the trip to Sacramento to be near him as he underwent multiple surgeries. A pair of fundraisers, here and here, were established to support the family financially. After a series of medical ups and downs, Franklin suffered a setback and went into a coma before passing away, according to his aunt, Melissa Hall.
The driver who allegedly struck Franklin, 26-year-old Selah Town of Carlotta, was on probation for a recent DUI conviction, according to court records. Criminal charges for Wednesday’s incident had not yet been filed by Friday. She was released on a $25,000 bail, according to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility.
Franklin’s family submitted the following statement:

Quote:All the prayers have been felt from near and far — Ronnie’s MULTIPLE care teams have been diligently attending, watching and caring for him. 
Unfortunately, due to complications from further necessary surgeries to maintain the stability of multiple life-threatening injuries sustained from being crushed by this drunk driver, Ronnie has succumbed to his injuries. 
Ronnie was surrounded by his  entire family that love him dearly: his loving girlfriend who meant the world to him and never left his side;  her wonderful family who thought the world of him; his amazing circle of best buddies; and the love and prayers being sent from near and far when he passed. Please continue to keep them all in your prayers. 
DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE 
Ronnie Joe was a “stargazer” from the moment he entered this world. There is a new star in the sky that will forever be looking down and reminding us to say “I LOVE YOU.” 
To Infinite and Beyond — Son we love you. Thank you for ALWAYS making sure we knew you loved US.

--tg

Adult animation comedy about three Asian siblings in NY. It feels fairly formulaic for adult animation with an Amerasian accent that sometimes works. I’m 2 eps in and it got me to giggle, mostly at the drug humor. They’re like 25 min eps, maybe 8 of them. I’ll likely watch a few more but it’s not D00M recommended at all.

Mark was one of the old Kung Fu brothers of mine and the cf's. I hadn't seen him in many years. We bumped into each other randomly like 20 some odd years ago, but we only had the chance to say 'hi' and weren't able to catch up. He was a handsome guy, always well groomed, drove nice sports cars, a dedicated practitioner, and is one of the KF bros that went MAGA. I read where he died of cancer this morning.

TT played at the Crow’s nest just now. My Tai Chi dog park friends said she and her husband were going. I TT is a local Garcia tribute band that I’ve not seen yet. Only an $8 cover but then the feckin crows nest charged my $20 for a shot of Red Breast. At least I finally offloaded that old $be in that didn’t have hologram strips so I couldn’t exchange it for yen when I was in Japan.

DM has been mmed free since a week before he went to Japan so it hit well. Infants crowd, many deadheads from the Cruz scene, a lot from China Cats, included a gf/manager of the band, who danced with DM with an expression of recognition. Dm has chatted with her previously but nothing memorable and he didn’t realize she was China cats royalty at the time. DM’s friend shows up in a black party dress, so different than her dog park incarnation. Her husband wasn’t into dancing so dm and her deadhead danced beside each other. It was a small crowd, maybe 2 dozen on the floor at best and most of the bales in the back seem occupied (DM hugged the rail so he never saw the back of the house) maybe 50 deadheads tops, nice old hippies- a century old hippie witch winked at DM on thedancefloor as an wild ecstatic hippie chick dancer flailed exotically,

TT was good. The lead Jim can do a serviceable Jerry and the organ goes for that church organ Hammond sound. Bass & drums are steady and they have two lovely female vocalists. One took on SotM, my wedding song which few attempt anymore. She dia delightful rendition. No song consistantly hit me like a hammer like SotM. 

Right and Miracle reminded dm of past loves and it struck him how sexy that JGB sound was. Didn’t realize it so much at the time but it figured into many of DMs relationships. Head trippin, man.

I’ll check out Tiger’s Tale again. Always grateful to hear that music played live again.

I got some Ghidorah schwag at the Godzilla store in Japan. Ghidorah has always been my favorite Kaiju. But as I started donning my Ghidorah shirt, I began to wonder about the original films. I figured I’d better check in with them again, just in case time has made them cringeworthy.

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
This was the first Ghidorah film and upon watching it, I’m not sure I’ve seen it before. I think the film that I thought was first was actually the second one. Ghidorah is a bad ass, emerging from a meteorite egg. There’s a princess from some imaginary country that gets possessed by a Venusian after a failed assassination attempt and warns earthlings that Ghidorah will destroy earth just like it destroyed Venus. Mothra, still in caterpillar form, appears thru the mini-twins on a variety TV show, the Rodan pops out of a volcano and Godzilla comes up from the sea. It takes all three of them to defeat Ghidorah. 

It’s got some of the goofiest kaiju fights. Godzilla is clumsy and keeps falling on his back then struggling to get back up. Rodan pecks him on the head a lot. Mothra talks both of them into joining forces against Ghidorah after a long discussion in Kaiju-ese. Godzilla’s breath doesn’t affect any of the other kaiju so he throws a lot of rocks. Rodan makes a jet engine sound when he flies and doesn’t alway flap his wings, but both Rodan & Ghidorah have wings, so there’s flying fights guest feel very pro-wrasslin. Mothra just spews spider web but that really annoys the other Kaiju because Godzilla’s arms are too short to wipe it off and Rodan & Ghidorah don’t have arms; they have wings.

Ghidorah does what he does best - wreak havoc with his three epileptic heads shooting lightning bolts everywhere as he straffs Japan. 

Thr best park was there were scenes in Ueno park and Shibuya where I was when I was in Japan. Ueno was unrecognizable - it’s a big park - but Shibuya was at a distinctive intersection that I recognized for the architecture. Now that area is completely covered in neon and giant TV screens. 

I’m planning to watch more Ghidorah films chronologically if I can find them on my streamers. He appears in 11 films now with the 12th on its way this year for Godzilla Minus 0.

Adam Scott goes back to his dead wife's home town to start over with his only sun. But there is a serial killer in town who is following the pattern of another serial killer who has been in jail for 25 years. That serial killer was put away by Adam Scott's estranged father by played by Robert Deniro. When Scott's son goes missing Scott calls on Deniro to help with the case. But not in a nice, let's reconnect sort of way. 

It's a pretty good police procedural. Everyone is solid in their roles. The best scene in the film is when Deniro goes to the prison and confronts Frank the serial killer, played really well by Michael Keaton, about who the copycat killer might be.

My favorite part about the film is this subtle weirdness that happens again and again in the film. No spoilers but you'll see it. It was one of those things where the filmmakers decided not underestimate the intelligence of their audience.

Vancity Reynolds crashes in the middle of the Soviet Union while on a spy mission. Henry V rescues him. A road trip buddy adventure begins as they escape to the west. And along the way we learn the real meaning of friendship. It's been a long time since Vancity hasn't done his Deadpool stick which he does again here. It's a bit tiresome at this point although he does dial down the macho. Kenneth Brannagh isn't bad as the ex-KGB agent, but unlike old man action star Bob Odenkirk, I didn't really buy the fight scenes. They were all very slow.

On top of that, a lot of the effects are painfully bad, the worst sort of AI slop that you might see on ticktock. There is a pretty good chase seen towards the end. The getting shot down seen did have a good moment. But a lot of it was meh.

The plot was very predictable. Except for one scene in the Dacha that did make me laugh.