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NBC Promo Pics for Episode 10.07 (Part 2 of 3)

“THE BLACKLIST”

“THE FREELANCER: PART 2”

ORIGINAL

04/09/2023 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Sunday)    : The return of The Freelancer unveils a conspiracy involving a local photographer. Ressler hits a personal milestone.  

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Christmas haul 2022!

Marie and Oliver earrings!

Herbie and Toothless decals for my VW bug Herbie named Toothless. :D

A cozy Chosen hat that kept my ears very warm on this very cold day.

A FIRST EDITION C.S. Lewis book about my second favorite book of the Bible- the Psalms! This was my Christmas Eve gift so I read a little of it already and it was really good! Very thought provoking.

A Yoditio! He’s an animatronic one so he moves and makes noise and interacts with props! He’s really cool!

WINGFEATHER SAGA HOODIE. This is the softest sweater I have ever owned in my life and it is so lovely- pictures do not do it justice.

Speaking of The Wingfeather Saga- my dad gave me this THAGS Journal which I was thrilled about and then my uncle, completely unrelated, gave me this quill pen and ink?! They even match?!?! So, uh, I know what I’m going to be writing in the THAGS journal with. And finally, introducing, in all his full color, dragon glory, ALMITAK!

This is the space dragon from my sci fi book series, The SOS Chronicles! I painstakingly drew a reference picture of him and gave it to my mom so she could try to custom order him for a Christmas present. It wasn’t easy, but she actually managed to work it out and I am THRILLED with the result. Pictures do not do the colors justice; the blues and purples are all swirled together in with glitter to give him a galaxy look. The gold is a little more on the wings than I drew, but it’s fine, it’s a minor thing. Also he moves and is very posable- his wings even swivel and open and close! He is super amazing and detailed and absolutely awesomeatic.

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Haft ett och annat problem med att välja film, men en liten skörd nytt och gammalt kan jag servera även denna månad.

Battle Beyond the Sun / Nebo Zovyot (1962) [👎] Ursprungligen en sovjetisk science fiction-film här omklippt av en (då) aspirerande Francis Ford Coppola och påslängd nya scener och amerikansk dubb. Spåren av ursprungsversionen visar på en film med fantastiska produktionsvärden, någon fantastisk film är dock inte den här amerikanska versionen.

Bubble, the (2022) [👎] Kul idé på pappret. Men metafilmen som produceras i filmen är mer intressant än filmen själv. Skall vara en komedi, kommer inte lastad med några skratt eller fniss.

Dr Gannon och hans Robotar / Return from Witch Mountain (1978) [👍🔁] Uppföljaren till klassikern "Escape to Witch Mountain", bra story och produktionsvärden. Gillar nästan den här filmen mer än originalet.

Falkenbergsrevyn: Dubbeldosen (2022) [👍🎭📺🆓] Falkenbergsrevyn sammanfattar 2020 och 2021 med sin vanliga blandning av skoj och ploj. Skulle inte ha något emot att se dem live.

Gasen i botten, Herbie! / Love Bug, the (1968) [👍🔁] Klassisk liten komedi om hur en man och en liten folka-bubbla finner varandra.

Hjalmars revychock (2003-04) [🎭] Har sina roliga sidor. Främst Hjalmar -- men en del inslag tycker nog ensemblen själva är roliga än mig som tittar. (Den finns på tuben för den som känner sig vågad).

Konga (1961) [👎] King Kong rippoff med en stabil story men som tappar stort på den oinspirerade huvudrollen. Får bonus för att man vågar låta den storvulna forskaren inte bara ha drömmar om världsherravälde utan även vara ett kräk av rang som ger sig på kvinnor han vill ha med våld.

La Venere dei Pirati / Queen of the Pirates, the (1960) [👍] Kul och underhållande piratfilm. Ett av förra månadens YouTube-fynd. Inte i klass produktionsmässigt med PotC, men var klart bättre än väntat av en budget italienare.

Princess, the (2022) [__] En okej actionfilm signerad Disney. Bygger på den nya moderna prinsessan. Bygger stadigt upp mitt intresse under filmens gång och mot slutet klockar den in som riktigt skaplig.

Race to Witch Mountain (2009) [🔁] Mindes den inte med någon stor värme (eller större omfattning av detaljer) men måste erkänna att den var bättre än jag mindes den som.

Rymdens Demoner / This Island Earth (1955) [👍] Ännu en SF-film från genrens guldålder. Kommer inte helt utan problem men är avgjort en riktigt bra film.

They Came from Beyond Space (1967) [👍] Brittisk SF, bra story och klassisk "framtiden i playwood"-estetik.

Personligen vill jag se om "Battle Beyond the Sun / Nebo Zovyot" men då i originalform. Annars rekomenderar jag att man passar på att se falkenbergsrevyns senaste. Den var riktigt bra.

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Herbie!   (1946)

"Herbie" is cartoonist Bing Coughlin"s composite character representing the average Canadian foot soldier of World War Two.  This "Herbie!" book - first published in 1946 with accompanying text by J.D.M. - contains a compilation of 177 single panel comics presented in such harmonic balance with the text it might almost be considered an early graphic novel.  It reads like the field report of a seasoned journalist who knew all the ins/outs, schemes, pitfalls, joys, dreads associated with being a common soldier.

This original pressing was a little battered about the spine and hardcover edges, but still all there and intact.  

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The Pointer Sisters featuring Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters :: 'Chainey Do' (1975, from the album Steppin')

This song could teach the sun a thing or two about hotness. (h/t)

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Oh, nothing much. Just, you know, Quincy Jones and Herbie Hancock in the studio, geeking out over some emerging technology circa 1984. In other words, only the greatest YouTube clip of all time. 

Quincy, on synthesizers: "You're taking a pure, electric signal and sculpting it into something of beauty."

Herbie: "These instruments were designed for people to use -- for PEOPLE to use. It's just a tool, another tool. The way an axe can be a tool to cut wood, to build a house -- or can be a tool to slaughter your neighbor. The same thing: a synthesizer can be a tool to really hurt people's ears, or interfere with their lives, or can be a tool make a really nice-sounding instrument that can really affect people in a positive way. And it all depends on the person that's using 'em. People blame machines very often for: 'Ah, it's the machine's fault.' How can it be the machine's fault?! We have to plug it in! The machine doesn't do anything till we plug it in. It doesn't plug itself in. It doesn't program itself. Yet."