Cast Update 8-16-2021

I have not really been doing many if any of my blogs justice recently. I don’t have as much time to give to them as I would like, yet still do. I should do myself a favor and just stop all of these blogs, but unless extenuating circumstances present themselves, I will not be stopping any of these blogs later in the future unless or until I see some way out of this in the future. I can only hope that I can keep doing these updates in the meantime.

 

Jonny Lee Miller: It seems that he currently has only one project that I know of in the work. It is a movie called Nine Lives. I’ll keep track of anything else that I see him doing in the future. He also appears to be in a movie called Settlers. Another movie that he will appear in is Alice. Something else he will appear in is Great British Theatre. He will also be in the newest season of The Crown.

 

Nine Lives: This doesn’t have a release date or a trailer just yet. Despite its name, it has nothing to do with cats. It’s a science fiction movie about a team of humans having to work with clones (I think) all in outer space somewhere for some reason.

 

Settlers: This is out now. I’m not entirely sure that this isn’t the same movie as the previous one and imdb is confused. I will keep this as separate for now as I’m not sure what’s happening with this just yet at this point in time. That seems to happen at lot when I’m doing cast updates. There is a trailer for this now:

 

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rVrDKLEf64

 

Thoughts on trailer: I’m still not entirely sure what to make of the plot after seeing the trailer for it now. But it seems like there is the typical family must stay isolated away from other threats in possible science fiction like ways or something like that movie. It could be good or instead make little to no sense and not really work as a result. I’m hoping that it will be good in the end. Or it could be somewhere in between. Who knows for sure without seeing it? It is not out yet in a way that I can see it so I will keep it in these updates until it is out in a way I can see it.

 

Alice: This has an unknown release date right now. This could be a horror film or might be based on reality. A slave escapes only to find a shocking discovery nearby. I’d have to see a trailer to know for sure what genre this might be. Only there’s none yet and it could reveal more to this film that I’d want to know. Guess that I’ll have to wait for now.

 

Great British Theatre: This is a TV miniseries. There is no trailer yet. It is set for release in 2021. It is basically a series of theatre performances that are filmed live and shown on TV. It could just be like PBS’s Great Performances.

 

The Crown: This is a Netflix series. I doubt that I’ll be able to watch it ever or any time soon. It is available now. Jonny will be in the fifth season or series if you will. He will play the role of John Major.

 

Lucy Liu: I saw based on promos that she is in a show known as Why Women Kill. It turns out that she will also be in other projects. One is called The Last Weekend in May. I have no idea when that last project would be set for. Another thing that she will be in is called (at least for now) Untitled Workplace Comedy that I hope gets a name soon in the future. She is also set to be in Shazam! Fury of the gods. Yet another thing she is doing in the future is The Invisibles.

 

Why Women Kill: This is a CBS all access series that is available already. I can pretty much guess based on the title what this might be about. I probably won’t be able to watch it unless I can see it for free at some point in the future.

 

The Last Weekend in May: There is no release date for this yet. There also isn’t a trailer or even a plot. If I had to guess, a significant point of this movie relates to the end of the month of May. That might even be a good time to release this movie if they wanted to. If June 1^st is a Sunday, then which weekend would the last one in May be? I don’t see this on imdb anymore.

 

Untitled Workplace Comedy: This is set to air on ABC. The release date is currently unknown as of this time. I don’t quite understand the plot as currently written on imdb as it seems poorly phrased in some places. Best I can understand, a diva boss changes who she is after an adoption with her assistant becoming a mentor. I just hope that this doesn’t burn off during the summer. We’ll see what becomes of it later as things move along.

 

Shazam! Fury of the gods: This is set for release on June 2, 2023. It is a sequel to the film Shazam and part of the DCEU. There is not a plot for this just yet. We’ll find out more about this in the future. I just hope that I’m able to see the first one if I like this.

 

The Invisibles: There is no release date for this yet. There also is no trailer either. But there is a plot for it. A man in a failing marriage starts to disappear and finds a new world of people who have disappeared like him as well. If I had to guess, he would overcome this problem, but maybe this won’t be the case after all? It might be nice to see for just that reason and if the movie’s ending is good.

 

Aidan Quinn: I thought that given his limited role in the final season of Elementary that we might be seeing less of him. Well, it turns out that I was wrong. He will be doing different things. For one, he will be part of the movie Butterfly in the Typewriter that Desmond Harrington will also be in. He will also be in a miniseries called The American Guest. He’ll also be in The Gettysburg Address, which I find unlikely since that already happened in the 1860s. He’ll also be in Spiked.

 

Butterfly in the Typewriter: From what I understand of the plot, an author struggles to bring a story to life in this movie. I don’t know yet if it is based on a true story. It could be very Meta if you know what that means. It has no release date yet.

 

The American Guest: This is a miniseries that will air sometime in 2019. It might be international, which means that I might not be able to see it as a result. The plot is unknown as this time, but a potential spoiler about it relates to the role Aidan plays in it: that of Teddy Roosevelt. I have no idea if this is out now somehow or not.

 

The Gettysburg Address: Apparently they are going to milk the whole address into a movie. This seems like a weird choice since Lincoln himself in the address said that people will little remember what they say today. There is no release date yet for this.

 

Spiked: This has an unknown DVD release timeframe as of now. The plot is about issues relating to a small town murder and the feud between a police chief and journalist in that town. It could be interesting, but cliché. This will be on the USA Network. It could be good if I see it. It is based on a true story. Here’s a trailer for it:

 

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isJPFwQ1aYU

 

Thoughts on trailer: It is hard to gather as much from the trailer as I would like, but it does seem to be an interesting looking movie. I look forward to potentially seeing this and can only hope that this is interesting despite the trailer not being that detailed.

 

Jon Michael Hill: While he might do something after the show in good time, there is nothing that I see him doing right now as of yet. I will keep this section phrased like this until he does something that is worth putting down in here.

 

John Noble: He has a lot of projects in the work, so I might as well get to mentioning all of them. One is called Silencio. Another is called Nameless. A different one is called Stream. Yet another is called Guardians of Luna. I wonder if they’ll all get made. He’s also in something new called Call Waiting. I wonder what all he’ll show up in randomly. Two more things that he is doing are The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It and Twilight of the Gods.

 

Silencio: This was in Mexican and not American theaters. It has a plot mentioned of someone looking for a powerful stone. It has a DVD release time frame of November 2021. I hope to review it when it is out on DVD. It might only be on blu ray and not DVD.

 

Nameless: This could be interesting. It has no release date or trailer just yet. The plot relates to lost souls facing struggles with their past. It seems like it could be a good film, but it is hard to tell or know yet for sure. It seems like it could be good.

 

Stream: In this movie, telepathy is made possible, but it could have unforeseen outcomes. This seems like a possible basic premise for Downsizing with a different element of sci-fi used instead. There is not yet a trailer and there’s no release date yet. It only lists his role as rumored, so the movie could wind up happening, but not have him in it.

 

Guardians of Luna: This plot might be hard to keep track of. So there are werewolves that are part of a cursed town and there’s a war on humans potentially. It has no release date yet nor a trailer. But it does sound pretty interesting.

 

Call Waiting: This is has no plot listed yet. It’s year of release is unknown at the time. I guess that we will find out later what will happen with this and what the plot of this short might be. Until then, I guess we’ll just wait and see what will happen with it.

 

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It: This is in theaters now. It is set for release on DVD in October 2021. This is supposedly based off of a true story like all horror stories are for some unbelievable reason. This is the third movie in the franchise thus far. There is a trailer for it:

 

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Q4zZS2v1k

 

Thoughts on trailer: I have no idea why so many horror films say that they are based off of or inspired by true events. Do they really need that gimmick in there? I have no idea just how many liberties that they would have to take as a result. But I will see what all could have happened with it if I’m able to see this movie in the future. As for the trailer, it looks like your typical horror movie and I have no idea how it would relate to the other films in the franchise so I think that I’m good on my own without seeing the other films in the franchise first, but we’ll see.

 

Catch up on The Conjuring by watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIIU2Y20dkE

 

Catch up on The Conjuring 2 by watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbQL3YMG1c0

 

Catch up on Annabelle: Creation by watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE14kOEN1IA

 

Catch up on Annabelle by watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBNsQ7uJWyc

 

Catch up on Annabelle Comes Home by watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZEBGEuKXTE

 

Twilight of the Gods: There is no known plot for this at this point in time. It is set to be a TV series of some sort. The current release date is unknown. There is no trailer yet, either. So what else is worth keeping track of here for now? Not much.

 

Desmond Harrington: He is set to appear in a movie called Butterfly in the Typewriter, which I’ll explain in the next paragraph. There’s not much else that he is known to be doing right now. Maybe he’ll do more in the future. I’ll wait to see what it could be.

 

Butterfly in the Typewriter: I can’t tell yet if this is based off of a true story or not. I do know that it is about the struggles of an author to bring a comedy story to life. It has an unknown release date at this time. I guess we’ll see what comes of it later.

 

James Frain: While he has done a lot and could potentially have more of a role in previous things that he has done, what is worth noting now is that he will be in a movie called The Jester from Transylvania. I still don’t quite understand what Transylvania is. He is also set to be in Escape Room 2. That could be something that I want to see in the future. Another thing that he’ll be doing is Showtrial.

 

The Jester from Transylvania: This has a release year of 2020. It says Italy so might not be in this country. It also doesn’t have a plot mentioned, but it is likely about a jester from Transylvania. Who this jester is and what he or she does that’s important does not seem to be known about the movie yet at this point in time. Maybe I will at some point. This does not appear to be out yet, but for some reason is still mentioned as coming out last year. I will keep this in the updates for now until I know more for sure what is happening with it.

 

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions: This is a sequel to a previous movie. It is in theaters now. I have not yet seen the first movie, but will probably wait to see it until after I have seen this one. It may sound odd, but that’s the current plan. I won’t say any more about this just yet as there can be more revealed in due time. I might like this. We’ll see. There is a trailer for this now:

 

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlfUbZJVInA

 

Thoughts on trailer: This could be interesting, although it does look cliché in some places. I hope that I’m able to see this before too long. I won’t know how much free time I’ll have in the future for movies and if I’ll be able to see movies in theaters even if they are in that format in the future. I hope to see it soon as it could be a fun movie. I have not been able to see this yet. I’ll keep this in the updates until I’m able to see it in the future.

 

Catch up on the original Escape Room by watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=700REaVlgBA

 

Showtrial: This has an unknown release date at this point in time. The plot relates to a possible media circus like trial captivating a bunch of people. There is no trailer for this yet. I think that this is a TV show like a mini-series.

 

Robert Doherty: He is working on something, but I can’t quite understand the name of it right now. It is called Alive II. Maybe I’ll understand more of it once more info on it comes out in the future. He does not seem to have any other projects in the works right now.

 

Alive II: This is a TV movie. Its airdate is currently unknown. Someone is resurrected mysteriously and this man or woman is a cop. I guess that we’ll see what happens with this project later. Also note that Alive II might be the title and make more sense regarding the bringing someone back from the dead angle. Doesn’t this sound a lot like FOX’s Second Chance from not too long ago?

 

Emily Procter: She hasn’t done much since CSI: Miami ended. She is a mom so I don’t know if that means she’d be acting less. Maybe she’ll do something at some point. But I don’t see anything that she’s doing just yet. Maybe I’ll see more later.

 

Khandi Alexander: While she still acts some, as recently as 2019, I couldn’t find anything of hers that was major that she’s doing right now. The most recent thing that she did was a two parter on SEAL Team. I hope to see more of her in the future.

 

Schedule

 

On Paramount+: Why Women Kill

 

On Netflix: The Crown (unknown season 5 premiere date)

 

Possibly out somehow- The American Guest, The Jester from Transylvania, Settlers

 

In theaters- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions

 

Unknown October 2021- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (potential DVD release date)

 

Unknown November 2021- Silencio (potential DVD release date)

 

Unknown 2021- Great British Theatre (unknown time on unknown network)

 

June 2, 2023- Shazam! Fury of the gods

 

Unknown year- Nameless, Stream, Guardians of Luna, Butterfly in the Typewriter, Nine Lives, The Last Weekend in May, The Gettysburg Address, Alive II, Alice, Untitled Workplace Comedy, Call Waiting, Spiked (DVD release date), Showtrial, The Invisibles, Twilight of the Gods

Cast Update 7-5-2021

A lot of my free time has been slipping away, but I’m hoping that I’ll have time to go to see a movie in theaters for the first time since before the pandemic. It hasn’t happened yet, but that doesn’t mean that it won’t. I just hope the best for myself as I have a condition that could cause problems for myself and others if they don’t like it or believe me. But let’s hope that it doesn’t happen at all in the future. I am hoping that I can see at least two of the newer films in theaters for this blog and another one as I’ve already missed my chance to see some other ones that were in theaters. Maybe I’ll be able to go on a weekday versus a weekend. But we’ll see just how busy I keep wind up being.

Jonny Lee Miller: It seems that he currently has only one project that I know of in the work. It is a movie called Nine Lives. I’ll keep track of anything else that I see him doing in the future. He also appears to be in a movie called Settlers. Another movie that he will appear in is Alice. Something else he will appear in is Great British Theatre.

Nine Lives: This doesn’t have a release date or a trailer just yet. Despite its name, it has nothing to do with cats. It’s a science fiction movie about a team of humans having to work with clones (I think) all in outer space somewhere for some reason.

Settlers: This is set for release on July 23, 2021. I’m not entirely sure that this isn’t the same movie as the previous one and imdb is confused. I will keep this as separate for now as I’m not sure what’s happening with this just yet at this point in time. I have no idea what is going on with this project right now as I can’t tell if it is out yet or not. There is a trailer for this now:

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rVrDKLEf64

Thoughts on trailer: I’m still not entirely sure what to make of the plot after seeing the trailer for it now. But it seems like there is the typical family must stay isolated away from other threats in possible science fiction like ways or something like that movie. It could be good or instead make little to no sense and not really work as a result. I’m hoping that it will be good in the end. Or it could be somewhere in between. 

Alice: This has an unknown release date right now. This could be a horror film or might be based on reality. A slave escapes only to find a shocking discovery nearby. I’d have to see a trailer to know for sure what genre this might be. Only there’s none yet and it could reveal more to this film that I’d want to know. Guess that I’ll have to wait for now.

Great British Theatre: This is a TV miniseries. There is no trailer yet. It is set for release in 2021. It is basically a series of theatre performances that are filmed live and shown on TV. It could just be like PBS’s Great Performances.

Lucy Liu: I saw based on promos that she is in a show known as Why Women Kill. It turns out that she will also be in other projects. One is called The Last Weekend in May. I have no idea when that last project would be set for. Another thing that she will be in is called (at least for now) Untitled Workplace Comedy that I hope gets a name soon in the future. She is also set to be in Shazam! Fury of the gods. Yet another thing she is doing in the future is The Invisibles.

Why Women Kill: This is a CBS all access series that is available already. I can pretty much guess based on the title what this might be about. I probably won’t be able to watch it unless I can see it for free at some point in the future.

The Last Weekend in May: There is no release date for this yet. There also isn’t a trailer or even a plot. If I had to guess, a significant point of this movie relates to the end of the month of May. That might even be a good time to release this movie if they wanted to. If June 1^st is a Sunday, then which weekend would the last one in May be? I don’t see this on imdb anymore.

Untitled Workplace Comedy: This is set to air on ABC. The release date is currently unknown as of this time. I don’t quite understand the plot as currently written on imdb as it seems poorly phrased in some places. Best I can understand, a diva boss changes who she is after an adoption with her assistant becoming a mentor. I just hope that this doesn’t burn off during the summer. We’ll see what becomes of it later as things move along.

Shazam! Fury of the gods: This is set for release on June 2, 2023. It is a sequel to the film Shazam and part of the DCEU. There is not a plot for this just yet. We’ll find out more about this in the future. I just hope that I’m able to see the first one if I like this.

The Invisibles: There is no release date for this yet. There also is no trailer either. But there is a plot for it. A man in a failing marriage starts to disappear and finds a new world of people who have disappeared like him as well. If I had to guess, he would overcome this problem, but maybe this won’t be the case after all?

Aidan Quinn: I thought that given his limited role in the final season of Elementary that we might be seeing less of him. Well, it turns out that I was wrong. He will be doing different things. For one, he will be part of the movie Butterfly in the Typewriter that Desmond Harrington will also be in. He will also be in a miniseries called The American Guest. He’ll also be in The Gettysburg Address, which I find unlikely since that already happened in the 1860s. He’ll also be in Spiked.

Butterfly in the Typewriter: From what I understand of the plot, an author struggles to bring a story to life in this movie. I don’t know yet if it is based on a true story. It could be very Meta if you know what that means. It has no release date yet.

The American Guest: This is a miniseries that will air sometime in 2019. It might be international, which means that I might not be able to see it as a result. The plot is unknown as this time, but a potential spoiler about it relates to the role Aidan plays in it: that of Teddy Roosevelt. I have no idea if this is out now somehow or not.

The Gettysburg Address: Apparently they are going to milk the whole address into a movie. This seems like a weird choice since Lincoln himself in the address said that people will little remember what they say today. There is no release date yet for this.

Spiked: This has an unknown DVD release timeframe as of now. The plot is about issues relating to a small town murder and the feud between a police chief and journalist in that town. It could be interesting, but cliché. This will be on the USA Network. It could be good if I see it. It is based on a true story. Here’s a trailer for it:

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isJPFwQ1aYU

Thoughts on trailer: It is hard to gather as much from the trailer as I would like, but it does seem to be an interesting looking movie. I look forward to potentially seeing this and can only hope that this is interesting despite the trailer not being that detailed. 

Jon Michael Hill: While he might do something after the show in good time, there is nothing that I see him doing right now as of yet. I will keep this section phrased like this until he does something that is worth putting down in here.

John Noble: He has a lot of projects in the work, so I might as well get to mentioning all of them. One is called Silencio. Another is called Nameless. A different one is called Stream. Yet another is called Guardians of Luna. I wonder if they’ll all get made. He’s also in something new called Call Waiting. Yet another thing he appears to be in is Home Invasion. I wonder what all he’ll show up in randomly. Two more things that he is doing are The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It and Twilight of the Gods.

Silencio: This was in Mexican and not American theaters. It has a plot mentioned of someone looking for a powerful stone. It has a DVD release time frame of November 2021. I hope to review it when it is out on DVD. It might only be on blu ray and not DVD.

Nameless: This could be interesting. It has no release date or trailer just yet. The plot relates to lost souls facing struggles with their past. It seems like it could be a good film, but it is hard to tell or know yet for sure. It seems like it could be good.

Stream: In this movie, telepathy is made possible, but it could have unforeseen outcomes. This seems like a possible basic premise for Downsizing with a different element of sci-fi used instead. There is not yet a trailer and there’s no release date yet. It only lists his role as rumored, so the movie could wind up happening, but not have him in it.

Guardians of Luna: This plot might be hard to keep track of. So there are werewolves that are part of a cursed town and there’s a war on humans potentially. It has no release date yet nor a trailer. But it does sound pretty interesting.

Call Waiting: This is has no plot listed yet. It’s year of release is unknown at the time. I guess that we will find out later what will happen with this and what the plot of this short might be. Until then, I guess we’ll just wait and see what will happen with it.

Home Invasion: This TV series has little that imdb is revealing thus far. I don’t know what network it would be on. I just know that it will have at least six episodes. It is available right now. Check out my facebook group, Firefly: Where are They Now? This might have more updates on this in question since Morena Baccarin is in this as well. I have decided to remove this from the updates as it seems to be available and not in a way in which I will be able to watch it in the future.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It: This is in theaters now. It is set for release on DVD in October 2021. This is supposedly based off of a true story like all horror stories are for some unbelievable reason. This is the third movie in the franchise thus far. There is a trailer for it:

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Q4zZS2v1k

Thoughts on trailer: I have no idea why so many horror films say that they are based off of or inspired by true events. Do they really need that gimmick in there? I have no idea just how many liberties that they would have to take as a result. But I will see what all could have happened with it if I’m able to see this movie in the future. As for the trailer, it looks like your typical horror movie and I have no idea how it would relate to the other films in the franchise so I think that I’m good on my own without seeing the other films in the franchise first, but we’ll see. 

Catch up on The Conjuring by watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIIU2Y20dkE

Catch up on The Conjuring 2 by watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbQL3YMG1c0

Twilight of the Gods: There is no known plot for this at this point in time. It is set to be a TV series of some sort. The current release date is unknown. There is no trailer yet, either. So what else is worth keeping track of here for now? Not much. 

Desmond Harrington: He is set to appear in a movie called Butterfly in the Typewriter, which I’ll explain in the next paragraph. There’s not much else that he is known to be doing right now. Maybe he’ll do more in the future. I’ll wait to see what it could be.

Butterfly in the Typewriter: I can’t tell yet if this is based off of a true story or not. I do know that it is about the struggles of an author to bring a comedy story to life. It has an unknown release date at this time. I guess we’ll see what comes of it later.

James Frain: While he has done a lot and could potentially have more of a role in previous things that he has done, what is worth noting now is that he will be in a movie called The Jester from Transylvania. I still don’t quite understand what Transylvania is. He is also set to be in Escape Room 2. That could be something that I want to see in the future. Another thing that he’ll be doing is Showtrial.

The Jester from Transylvania: This has a release year of 2020. It says Italy so might not be in this country. It also doesn’t have a plot mentioned, but it is likely about a jester from Transylvania. Who this jester is and what he or she does that’s important does not seem to be known about the movie yet at this point in time. Maybe I will at some point. This does not appear to be out yet, but for some reason is still mentioned as coming out last year. I will keep this in the updates for now until I know more for sure what is happening with it.

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions: This is a sequel to a previous movie. It is set to be out on July 16, 2022. I have not yet seen the first movie, but will probably wait to see it until after I have seen this one. It may sound odd, but that’s the current plan. I won’t say any more about this just yet as there can be more revealed in due time. I might like this. We’ll see. There is a trailer for this now:

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlfUbZJVInA

Thoughts on trailer: This could be interesting, although it does look cliché in some places. I hope that I’m able to see this before too long. I won’t know how much free time I’ll have in the future for movies and if I’ll be able to see movies in theaters even if they are in that format in the future. I hope to see it soon as it could be a fun movie. 

Showtrial: This has an unknown release date at this point in time. The plot relates to a possible media circus like trial captivating a bunch of people. There is no trailer for this yet. I think that this is a TV show like a mini-series.

Robert Doherty: He is working on something, but I can’t quite understand the name of it right now. It is called Alive II. Maybe I’ll understand more of it once more info on it comes out in the future. He does not seem to have any other projects in the works right now.

Alive II: This is a TV movie. Its airdate is currently unknown. Someone is resurrected mysteriously and this man or woman is a cop. I guess that we’ll see what happens with this project later. Also note that Alive II might be the title and make more sense regarding the bringing someone back from the dead angle. Doesn’t this sound a lot like FOX’s Second Chance from not too long ago?

Emily Procter: She hasn’t done much since CSI: Miami ended. She is a mom so I don’t know if that means she’d be acting less. Maybe she’ll do something at some point. But I don’t see anything that she’s doing just yet. Maybe I’ll see more later.

Khandi Alexander: While she still acts some, as recently as 2019, I couldn’t find anything of hers that was major that she’s doing right now. The most recent thing that she did was a two parter on SEAL Team. I hope to see more of her in the future.

Schedule

On CBS all access: Why Women Kill

Possibly out somehow- The American Guest, The Jester from Transylvania, Home Invasion (on some streaming service)

In theaters- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 

July 16, 2021- Escape Room: Tournament of Champions

July 23, 2021- Settlers

Unknown October 2021- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (potential DVD release date)

Unknown November 2021- Silencio (potential DVD release date)

Unknown 2021- Great British Theatre (unknown time on unknown network)

June 2, 2023- Shazam! Fury of the gods

Unknown year- Nameless, Stream, Guardians of Luna, Butterfly in the Typewriter, Nine Lives, The Last Weekend in May, The Gettysburg Address, Alive II, Alice, Untitled Workplace Comedy, Call Waiting, Spiked (DVD release date), Showtrial, The Invisibles, Twilight of the Gods

Elementary season 4 review

Well, I have less than an hour to write this whole post, but it shouldn’t take me too long. I will have to say that whoever does the Elementary episodes on Wikipedia needs to edit them down to something more manageable in the future that will be easier to read for these posts.

Season 4 overview: The main important part of this season was that Morland was introduced after only being stated that dad never shows by one of his sons, namely Sherlock Holmes. He was part of the main cast as was the only main character introduced in one season outside of the first to appear in others. A lot happened relating to Morland’s organization and the plots generally went various places all at once when this show happened.

How this season was different from others: The main different thing about this was that Morland was now on the show. I was surprised based on all this talk in other seasons that this would be a person that we would see on the show at all in the end.

What made it good: Without a main, centralized plot, the show didn’t have to go any set places as we got to see Morland in a way that made sense and saw other plots throughout the season the I think also worked out pretty well as well.

What made it bad: With too much of this proceeding without much of a point, it was hard to stay a bit focused in the whole season since there wasn’t much of a central focus to it. This might be the only season I can think of (outside of maybe others before it) that just didn’t have as much to it in terms of a long term plan.

More thoughts on it: I think that I missed a lot of this season as it aired which might have cause some issues for me here and there with how it affects me since it could have been a better season in my mind now if I hadn’t missed so much of it then. I did like the twist where it was revealed that Joan Watson has a sister. This was the last season that I didn’t blog any about until now.

That’s it for this blog post and I really shouldn’t have any blogs posted this late in the day ever. I am hoping that I will be able to do another, random post of this blog sometime before the year is over in order to affect this blog in 2023. But other things could benefit it as well. I wouldn’t expect you or anyone other than me to understand my OCD ways. Hopefully no one from the cast will die. Stay tuned for posts of this blog on Mondays for the near future until maybe sometime in 2022. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.

Cast Update 6-7-2021

There will be some changes in this blog after this month’s post. I will be doing a random update of it next week on Monday. The posts of this blog will then be on the Monday after the first CSI: Cyber blog post of the year. Any potential random posts will be on Mondays for the foreseeable future until sometime next year. I am hoping that there will be a good reason to update this blog one other random time after next week’s post. Know that the cheats that I have used for this blog will now be moving to another blog of mine, but I don’t know which one it will be yet. Here are the known cheats to be used in the future: 8-9-2021 (Monday), 8-25-2021 (Wednesday), 10-11-2021 (Monday), 11-14-2021 (Sunday), 11-22-2021 (Monday), 2-14-2022 (Monday), and 4-25-2022 (Monday).

 

Jonny Lee Miller: It seems that he currently has only one project that I know of in the work. It is a movie called Nine Lives. I’ll keep track of anything else that I see him doing in the future. He also appears to be in a movie called Settlers. Another movie that he will appear in is Alice.

 

Nine Lives: This doesn’t have a release date or a trailer just yet. Despite its name, it has nothing to do with cats. It’s a science fiction movie about a team of humans having to work with clones (I think) all in outer space somewhere for some reason.

 

Settlers: This is set for release on July 23, 2021. I’m not entirely sure that this isn’t the same movie as the previous one and imdb is confused. I will keep this as separate for now as I’m not sure what’s happening with this just yet at this point in time. I have no idea what is going on with this project right now as I can’t tell if it is out yet or not.

 

Alice: This has an unknown release date right now. This could be a horror film or might be based on reality. A slave escapes only to find a shocking discovery nearby. I’d have to see a trailer to know for sure what genre this might be. Only there’s none yet and it could reveal more to this film that I’d want to know. Guess that I’ll have to wait for now.

 

Lucy Liu: I saw based on promos that she is in a show known as Why Women Kill. It turns out that she will also be in other projects. One is called The Last Weekend in May. I have no idea when that last project would be set for. Another thing that she will be in is called (at least for now) Untitled Workplace Comedy that I hope gets a name soon in the future. She is also set to be in Shazam! Fury of the gods.

 

Why Women Kill: This is a CBS all access series that is available already. I can pretty much guess based on the title what this might be about. I probably won’t be able to watch it unless I can see it for free at some point in the future.

 

The Last Weekend in May: There is no release date for this yet. There also isn’t a trailer or even a plot. If I had to guess, a significant point of this movie relates to the end of the month of May. That might even be a good time to release this movie if they wanted to. If June 1^st is a Sunday, then which weekend would the last one in May be? I don’t see this on imdb anymore.

 

Untitled Workplace Comedy: This is set to air on ABC. The release date is currently unknown as of this time. I don’t quite understand the plot as currently written on imdb as it seems poorly phrased in some places. Best I can understand, a diva boss changes who she is after an adoption with her assistant becoming a mentor. I just hope that this doesn’t burn off during the summer. We’ll see what becomes of it later as things move along.

 

Shazam! Fury of the gods: This is set for release on June 2, 2023. It is a sequel to the film Shazam and part of the DCEU. There is not a plot for this just yet. We’ll find out more about this in the future.

 

Aidan Quinn: I thought that given his limited role in the final season of Elementary that we might be seeing less of him. Well, it turns out that I was wrong. He will be doing different things. For one, he will be part of the movie Butterfly in the Typewriter that Desmond Harrington will also be in. He will also be in a miniseries called The American Guest. He’ll also be in The Gettysburg Address, which I find unlikely since that already happened in the 1860s. He’ll also be in Spiked.

 

Butterfly in the Typewriter: From what I understand of the plot, an author struggles to bring a story to life in this movie. I don’t know yet if it is based on a true story. It could be very Meta if you know what that means. It has no release date yet.

 

The American Guest: This is a miniseries that will air sometime in 2019. It might be international, which means that I might not be able to see it as a result. The plot is unknown as this time, but a potential spoiler about it relates to the role Aidan plays in it: that of Teddy Roosevelt. I have no idea if this is out now somehow or not.

 

The Gettysburg Address: Apparently they are going to milk the whole address into a movie. This seems like a weird choice since Lincoln himself in the address said that people will little remember what they say today. There is no release date yet for this.

 

Spiked: This has an unknown DVD release timeframe as of now.. The plot is about issues relating to a small town murder and the feud between a police chief and journalist in that town. It could be interesting, but cliché. This will be on the USA Network. It could be good if I see it. It is based on a true story. Here’s a trailer for it:

 

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isJPFwQ1aYU

 

Thoughts on trailer: It is hard to gather as much from the trailer as I would like, but it does seem to be an interesting looking movie. I look forward to potentially seeing this and can only hope that this is interesting despite the trailer not being that detailed.

 

Jon Michael Hill: While he might do something after the show in good time, there is nothing that I see him doing right now as of yet. I will keep this section phrased like this until he does something that is worth putting down in here.

 

John Noble: He has a lot of projects in the work, so I might as well get to mentioning all of them. One is called Silencio. Another is called Nameless. A different one is called Stream. Yet another is called Guardians of Luna. I wonder if they’ll all get made. He’s also in something new called Call Waiting. Yet another thing he appears to be in is Home Invasion. I wonder what all he’ll show up in randomly.

 

Silencio: This was in Mexican and not American theaters. It has a plot mentioned of someone looking for a powerful stone. It has a DVD release time frame of November 2021. I hope to review it when it is out on DVD. It might only be on blu ray and not DVD.

 

Nameless: This could be interesting. It has no release date or trailer just yet. The plot relates to lost souls facing struggles with their past. It seems like it could be a good film, but it is hard to tell or know yet for sure. It seems like it could be good.

 

Stream: In this movie, telepathy is made possible, but it could have unforeseen outcomes. This seems like a possible basic premise for Downsizing with a different element of sci-fi used instead. There is not yet a trailer and there’s no release date yet. It only lists his role as rumored, so the movie could wind up happening, but not have him in it.

 

Guardians of Luna: This plot might be hard to keep track of. So there are werewolves that are part of a cursed town and there’s a war on humans potentially. It has no release date yet nor a trailer. But it does sound pretty interesting.

 

Call Waiting: This is has no plot listed yet. It’s year of release is unknown at the time. I guess that we will find out later what will happen with this and what the plot of this short might be. Until then, I guess we’ll just wait and see what will happen with it.

 

Home Invasion: This TV series has little that imdb is revealing thus far. I don’t know what network it would be on. I just know that it will have at least six episodes. It has no release date right now. I must not know a potential plot yet. Check out my facebook group, Firefly: Where are They Now? This might have more updates on this in question since Morena Baccarin is in this as well. Hopefully, something will come of this.

 

Desmond Harrington: He is set to appear in a movie called Butterfly in the Typewriter, which I’ll explain in the next paragraph. There’s not much else that he is known to be doing right now. Maybe he’ll do more in the future. I’ll wait to see what it could be.

 

Butterfly in the Typewriter: I can’t tell yet if this is based off of a true story or not. I do know that it is about the struggles of an author to bring a comedy story to life. It has an unknown release date at this time. I guess we’ll see what comes of it later.

 

James Frain: While he has done a lot and could potentially have more of a role in previous things that he has done, what is worth noting now is that he will be in a movie called The Jester from Transylvania. I still don’t quite understand what Transylvania is. He is also set to be in Escape Room 2. That could be something that I want to see in the future. Another thing that he’ll be doing is Showtrial.

 

The Jester from Transylvania: This has a release year of 2020. It says Italy so might not be in this country. It also doesn’t have a plot mentioned, but it is likely about a jester from Transylvania. Who this jester is and what he or she does that’s important does not seem to be known about the movie yet at this point in time. Maybe I will at some point. This does not appear to be out yet, but for some reason is still mentioned as coming out last year. I will keep this in the updates for now until I know more for sure what is happening with it.

 

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions: This is a sequel to a previous movie. It is set to be out on July 16, 2022. I have not yet seen the first movie, but will probably wait to see it until after I have seen this one. It may sound odd, but that’s the current plan. I won’t say any more about this just yet as there can be more revealed in due time. I might like this. We’ll see. There is a trailer for this now:

 

Trailer link: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2211430425?playlistId=tt9844522&ref_=tt_ov_vi

 

Thoughts on trailer: This could be interesting, although it does look cliché in some places. I hope that I’m able to see this before too long. I won’t know how much free time I’ll have in the future for movies and if I’ll be able to see movies in theaters even if they are in that format in the future. I hope to see it soon.

 

Showtrial: This has an unknown release date at this point in time. The plot relates to a possible media circus like trial captivating a bunch of people. There is no trailer for this yet. I think that this is a TV show like a mini-series.

 

Robert Doherty: He is working on something, but I can’t quite understand the name of it right now. It is called Alive II. Maybe I’ll understand more of it once more info on it comes out in the future. He does not seem to have any other projects in the works right now.

 

Alive II: This is a TV movie. Its airdate is currently unknown. Someone is resurrected mysteriously and this man or woman is a cop. I guess that we’ll see what happens with this project later. Also note that Alive II might be the title and make more sense regarding the bringing someone back from the dead angle. Doesn’t this sound a lot like FOX’s Second Chance from not too long ago?

 

Emily Procter: She hasn’t done much since CSI: Miami ended. She is a mom so I don’t know if that means she’d be acting less. Maybe she’ll do something at some point. But I don’t see anything that she’s doing just yet. Maybe I’ll see more later.

 

Khandi Alexander: While she still acts some, as recently as 2019, I couldn’t find anything of hers that was major that she’s doing right now. The most recent thing that she did was a two parter on SEAL Team. I hope to see more of her in the future.

 

Schedule

 

On CBS all access: Why Women Kill

 

Possibly out somehow- The American Guest, The Jester from Transylvania

 

Unknown November 2021- Silencio (potential DVD release date)

 

July 16, 2021- Escape Room: Tournament of Champions

 

July 23, 2021- Settlers

 

June 2, 2023- Shazam! Fury of the gods

 

Unknown year- Nameless, Stream, Guardians of Luna, Butterfly in the Typewriter, Nine Lives, The Last Weekend in May, The Gettysburg Address, Home Invasion, Alive II, Alice, Untitled Workplace Comedy, Call Waiting, Spiked (DVD release date), Showtrial

Elementary season 3 review

Let’s get to another random post of this blog as you can expect one more for sure this year and maybe nothing else besides that. I will be talking about and reviewing the third season of the show Elementary. Let’s get to the review. 

Season 3 overview: On the surface, it seems that not much might have happened in this season. But what was known for sure is that Kitty was introduced and she had a big influence on the first half of this season, only to not be relevant for the rest of it. She did appear in future seasons.

How this season was different from others: This did have the airing delay of Thursday Night Football pushing its premiere to later. I do not believe that we saw many reruns of the show as a result. But as for what actually happened on the show, we saw more of an important side character in Kitty while also delving a bit more into other back stories in the show.

What made it good: The show dealt a lot with more serious issues at times throughout this season. We saw a lot regarding substance abuse in this and it also dealt with the serious topic of rape as well. There is not much else that can be said there.

What made it bad: This season didn’t have much of a point during its second half as it just went around from place to place without much purpose or point to it in the end. Some of what happened was quite unethical and Sherlock knew it, but didn’t prevent it from happening.

More thoughts on it: It was long enough ago to not remember as well what all might have happened as it aired versus what I can read about it later online. It might be a better season than I might be giving it credit for, but it is hard to tell for sure. At least the first half was good to watch. This was the last season to go without a major new character in the cast.

That’s all worth mentioning for this post. I wouldn’t know what else is worth saying about it in the end. But I do know that this show is good and worth blogging about. We’ll see if I ever get this on DVD, but with all that I have to catch up on and do for other blogs and even vlogs on my YouTube channel, then it doesn’t make as much sense to do much regarding this now. We’ll see what I might be able to do with it in the future. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King review

I’m just going to start this review by stating that this is my favorite part of the trilogy. For those who think that The Two Towers is the best, then don’t be disappointed. A lot of the book, The Two Towers, is covered in this movie. I’ll get to more of that at the end of this review. But let’s get to this movie and we’ll get to why it is important for this blog.

Watch this as alternative to reading post (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSZsyPFJxUU

(Part 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnVCXYakexo 

We begin rather simply with two people fishing in a boat. Well, two hobbits, really. One of them is Semagol. The other one finds the ring in the stream after a fish takes him out of the boat. Both of them become ensnared by the ring and they start to fight over it. Ultimately, Semagol kills the other one other this and slowly loses his humanity or hobbitity as I should say. He took it into a cave. 

Back in the present, Frodo takes out the ring that is a huge burden on his neck. Semagol tells Frodo and Sam that they must go at once. The others in the company see Merry and Pippin there. They talk to Treebeard and talk some about Sarumon who they say is locked in the tower and powerless. Pippin sees something in the water and Gandalf takes it from him. It is the seeing stone.

The company returns to Ederas in Rohan. They celebrate their victory. Gandalf is convinced that Frodo is alive, although there is still no word officially. Gollum talks to himself and reveals his plan to the others about sending them up the stairs and having an unknown she take control. He doesn’t like to eat orcs as they don’t taste very nice, although I’m not sure how or why Gollum would know that. Were they dead at the time? Sam notices Gollum talking to himself saying that he wants the hobbits dead. But Frodo wants to use Gollum still and doesn’t believe that Gollum is evil.

Back in Ederas, Legolas and Aragorn talk outside while Pippin takes the seeing stone from Gandalf, much to the chagrin of Merry. Sauron sees Pippin with Legolas, Aragorn, and Gandalf all alerted to this right away. Aragorn briefly holds the stone before Gandalf covers it. In fear, Pippin tells Gandalf what had happened and revealed nothing of the ring or Frodo. He also saw a glimpse of Sauron’s plan.

Gandalf gathers some of the company with King Theodon and now knows that Sauron plans to strike the city of Minis Terith. Theodon is reluctant to help. Aragorn wants to go right away, but is told by Gandalf to go through a different route. Gandalf rides out with Pippin, but Merry stays behind.

Arwen was still heading to the Undying Lands until she sees a vision of a son that she has with Aragorn and she returns to her father Elrond in Rivendale. He says that this future is almost gone, but since it is not lost, she has a hope for it. She wants the sword that Isedor had to be remade.

Gandalf and Pippin arrive at Minis Terith. Gandalf tells Pippin about a lot of things not to talk about and just settles on him not speaking at all. But this plan is dashed when this steward of Gondor, Denathor, holds the horn of his dead son Boramir. Pippin decides to pledge his loyalty to this man in payment of the sacrifice that Boramir made for them. There are some tense words as Denathor doesn’t want to defend the city like he’s supposed to. He also doesn’t want Aragorn to return to the throne that he belongs to. Gandalf is worried that if things don’t go their way, it will be the end of Gondor as we know it. I feel fine. It’s time I find myself alone.

Continuing to talk about what is currently going on, Gandalf reveals that the witch king (who?) is the deadliest servant of Sauron and was the ringwrath that stabbed Frodo back in the first movie. He says that Osgiliath could fall which would then open up the city they are in now for attack. This will be the great battle of their time.

While he is talking, Frodo, Sam, and Gollum approach Minis Morgol and the draw of the ring winds up almost sucking Frodo into this place. The others pull him back and a bunch of orcs start to march from this place. Gollum leads them up the stairs.

We then return to Osgiliath and the attack by the orcs that are taking place. They come two if by sea. Faramir and various others start fighting back against the orcs. Wasn’t there still a battle going on in this when we last left these people in The Two Towers? Is it the one that is still going on? Is this another wave of orcs that are coming then?

Gandalf convinces Pippin to light the beacons and all of the people who just happened to live in all of the various places that they need to with not one of them missing a link in the chain thankfully light all of the signals throughout the day and night and next day it seems? Aragorn notices this and goes to run into the hall where he tells Theodon about this with a bunch of other people around. I’ve always felt that this is kind of a dick move like a public proposal where he is now being pressured to say yes. And Theodon does say that Rohan will answer with their aid. I do wonder if the timeline makes sense. If this is supposed to be the same day, why were shots of the beacons being lit shown at night then? Is there some jumping around in the timeline?

With Osgiliath being overrun by orcs, the men are told to leave for Minis Terith and thus retreat. The nazgul show up to join the attack, although I’m not sure where they were this whole time. It does make sense if this battle were still ongoing from the last movie since the ringwraths would have been among those occupied by the fighting and not the ring itself escaping. While the nazgul seek to follow the men who are returning to Minis Territh, Gandalf uses his powers to prevent them from following. Pippin is on this ride as well as they never filmed a version with just Gandalf riding out when they moved the arrival of the pair to earlier in the story. But it is good that Faramir saw Pippin as he reveals more of what had gone on with Frodo and Sam since these are other hobbits that he saw recently.

Lots of things happen in the meantime. Frodo, Sam, and Gollum continue up the stairs as the orcs continue marching towards battle. The distrust between Sam and Gollum grows stronger while Frodo might soon turn on Sam. The orc leader talks to the witch king about taking out Gandalf. Pippin pledges his loyalty to Denathor while Denathor wants his son to retake the lost city with other men too.

Gollum frames Sam for eating the rest of the bread, putting crumbs on his shoulder and throwing the rest of it to the bottom. This leads to a huge fight. Sam offers to take the ring for a while, something that Gollum had warned Frodo that Sam would do. Did Gollum know that such a thing would happen if he played his cards right? Frodo tells Sam to go home. Frodo and Gollum continue up on their own without Sam joining them yet.

Gandalf doesn’t want Faramir and the others going off into this battle, but Faramir wants to do this in order to earn his father’s respect since Denathor wishes that Faramir had died instead of Boramir. The steward seems disinterested in everything, eating food while Pippin sings to him as the men that go out to reclaim Osgiliath are quickly slaughtered with Faramir’s fate currently unknown.

The people from Rohan encamp near a mountain. The path into it isn’t a place that people return from as the mountain is evil and none who enter it ever returns. I feel like any time this happens, you are basically telling the audience that someone in the story will go there and then return. Eowen wants to train Merry who wants to fight, but others doubt that he can provide much help.

Aragorn wakes up and sees Elrond here. Arwen is dying somehow. But the hour is come. Elrond reveals that ships will be coming from the south to attack Gondor. Elrond wants Aragorn to go to the people in the mountain to bring them to their side since no force would be able to withstand them. Elrond also reveals that the sword was remade, meaning that he can summon them.

Eowen doesn’t want them to leave on the eve of battle. Aragorn is joined in his task by Legolas and Gimli. They think that he is leaving because there is no hope. Theodon admits that there might not be any hope, but they are still to meet their enemy in battle nonetheless. He wants Eowen to lead in the event that he is to die. But she still feels that there is more she can do.

Legolas goes through the story of how Isealdor cursed the men who didn’t fight for Gondor and that is how they are cursed. Aragorn does not fear death so he goes through the doorway even though the way is shut since the dead made it and keep it. Legolas quickly follows and Gimli reluctantly joins not wanting to be known as a dwarf who wouldn’t go underground when an elf would.

Meanwhile, Merry is almost left behind, but Eowen in disguise (a fact that was secret in the book for a while) takes him with them and the rest of them. Aragorn and the others arrive in the city of the dead. It doesn’t appear at first that he is getting help from them. The company is surrounded and has no way of fighting them. That is until Aragorn reveals that he is the king of Gondor and he wants them to join him in their fight to hold their oaths fulfilled. The scene ends here with any answer as to whether or not these men will fight yet unknown.

Sure enough, it seems that all of the men from the fight at Osgiliath died, but Pippin notices that Faramir is still alive. Denathor is convinced that his line is dead. Upon seeing the hoard of orcs that are starting to fight the battle and thinking that Rohan betrayed them, Denathor tells people to flee. But Gandalf takes charge and orders the citizens to fight. The men of Rohan catapult parts of their own city against the orcs as the orcs attack the people as well. Pippin tries to fight too, but is told to leave by Gandalf.

Frodo is sent into a tunnel since the only other option was to turn back. It is a scary place that he is now at with Gollum not taking him far from it. He uses the light he got from Galadriel to see a big spider in this area that he’s at. While this is going on, Sam notices the bread from earlier and turns around to go help Frodo. Gollum reveals his true colors, trying to take the ring from Frodo.

When Frodo gets the edge in the fight, Gollum says that it was the ring that made him attack Frodo. This is when Frodo reveals that the ring must be destroyed, which causes Gollum to attack Frodo and then fall. But I know enough from watching these movies that just because a character falls, doesn’t mean that they are dead. Also, this did not happen in the book. Frodo seems to have lost his will to continue for a bit until he sees a vision of Galadriel there and continues.

Back in Gondor, Pippin sees that they are preparing to burn the body of Faramir. Gandalf continues to lead the fight against the orcs who have breached the wall. Frodo continues on his path forward and the giant spider is able to sting Frodo before quickly wrapping him in a web. Sam shows up, wanting Frodo to be let go. I’m glad that Frodo wasn’t being held above something high when Sam said this. The two of them fight some until the spider retreats at his magical light. Sam looks at Frodo but he doesn’t seem to be alive anymore. Sam notices the sword glow blue, meaning orcs are around. Sam leaves Frodo alone and the orcs take Frodo away. But Frodo is revealed to be alive. What happened to the ring?

Pippin tries to convince Denathor that his son isn’t dead. Denathor releases Pippin from his service. He then seeks to find Gandalf. The orcs have set fire to the city. Gandalf tells them to retreat to the second level. This is when the company from Rohan shows up. The orcs notice this and prepare to fight. King Theodon rallies the troops by giving an inspiring speech. The orcs fire and them while the men charge. I don’t know why the orcs just stood there the whole time. Maybe they went to the Power Rangers villain school of fighting others.

Pippin finds Gandalf and they seek to go to where Denathor is. Denathor seeks to kill himself as well. Pippin is able to save Faramir. Denathor sees that his son is alive and catches fire. He is able to run all the way from the room he was in while on fire all the way to the top of the building which he jumped off. Now the fighting continues down on the ground with the men from Rohan having made quite an advantage when more of the villains show up to fight includes lots of oliphants.

Back in the battlefield, Gandalf talks about how death is just the beginning of a new adventure. The witch king attacks Theodon which causes his horse to fall on top of him. Eowen fights against this person as she cuts off the head of the fellbeast. She battles with this nazgul in the meantime.

The ships arrive in the meantime and it is Aragorn who shows up with Legolas, Gimli, and the entire ghost army joining the fight. Merry assists Eowen. She is told that no man can kill him. She’s not a man and she stabs him in the face, taking him out. Legolas takes out an Oliphant and the people who were riding on it. Gimli is not that impressed by it. Theodon talks to Eowen some before he dies. The ghost army was able to win the battle at hand. Gimli wants to use them further, but Aragorn still decides to hold their oaths fulfilled and they all fade away. Pippin sees Merry in the battlefield.

We then return to where Frodo is, bound and held captive by the orcs. They fight over a shirt. Frodo notices that the ring is missing. This does lead to infighting among the orcs here. Sam is then seen there approaching where Frodo is at. He sees others already beaten. He fights against others. Sam arrives to save Frodo and untie him. This is when we learn that Sam has the ring. Indeed, in the book, he was known to have taken the ring and even used it while Sauron was distracted by the battle at Minis Terith. Sam seems reluctant to give the ring back, having possibly been ensnared by it in the short amount of time that he has had it. But Frodo takes it back.

Needing clothes for Frodo, both he and Sam wind up dressed like orcs to blend in. Gandalf admits that he cannot see Frodo. Gandalf thinks that Frodo could be sent to his death. Aragorn suggests that he and the others should go to the black gate to fight against Sauron as a distraction against what is going on. But he still wants to do this to obtain victory for Frodo. The orcs move to the black gates as do Aragorn and his company of fighters. Frodo and Sam move, having magically changed clothes at some point in time. The eye seeks to find Frodo and the ring before focusing back on the ensuing battle.

It seems like the heroes are getting surrounded by the orcs. Why would they willingly do that? And we also see Frodo and Sam continuing to make their way to Mount Doom. Sam carries Frodo since he can’t carry the ring for Frodo. Frodo sees a vision of darkness that Sam seeks to get rid of. The big group of heroes fights for Frodo. Gollum reappears and fights against Frodo and Sam. The ringwraths appear in the fight while the eagles finally return to the story. What is this? Eagle ex machina? Frodo is able to potentially destroy the ring, but resists the urge to do so. Instead, he puts the ring on. This alerts the eye and the ringwraths to what is going on.

Gollum comes out and takes out Sam some. He tussles with the invisible Frodo for the ring, biting off part of Frodo’s finger for it. Gollum winds up with the ring. Frodo fights for it back leading the two of them to go over the edge. Only Gollum and the ring fall into the fire with Frodo hanging off the cliff above the lava below. The ring takes a while to be destroyed, leaving the eye to fall and explode with the tower instantly crumbling beneath it. The nazgul die as the volcano erupts. Frodo and Sam quickly get out of the area, but seem like they might die before too long. Frodo talks about how the ring is gone. The orc army winds up defeated in the meantime through an earthquake like event as the ground winds up crumbling beneath them.

Gandalf is somehow able to get on an eagle as they rescue Frodo and Sam. The rest of the company is able to reunite. We then see a crowd of people gather for the crowning of Aragorn as king of Gondor. Gandalf is able to do this although I don’t know how he had this authority. Aragorn reunites with Arwen as they kiss. The four hobbits are told that they bow to no one. They return to Hobbiton.

Unlike the book, this Hobbiton doesn’t know anything about the fight that happened as the longer ending to the story isn’t in the movie. Indeed, we never find out what happens to Sarumon unless we watch the extended editions which I plan to cover later. Sam winds up marrying Rosie. Frodo writes the story about what happened to him and the others in a book. He adds it to what Bilbo wrote. Sam sees the book and says that there is room for more in the book. Frodo says that his wound from Weathertop never truly healed. There is one last journey for Bilbo. Bilbo even mentions the ring that he doesn’t know was destroyed, possibly being overcome with a type of dementia.

At the harbor, Biblo says that he is ready for another adventure as the elves seek to take him to the Undying Lands. Gandalf is with them, as is Galadriel and Elrond. The four hobbits are there as well to see them off. Frodo is revealed to be leaving the others behind. Frodo gives Sam the book, saying that the last pages are for him. The other hobbits tearfully say goodbye to Frodo. After they sail off to the Undying Lands, Sam returns to his family at the Shire. His part of the story will go on as he’s back. And that is how the story ends.

As stated before, this is my favorite of the Lord of the Rings films. In fact, if I were given 24 hours to live, I would watch this film again during that time. I love the ending. I may get sad at the end because the movie is over, but it doesn’t matter too much as I can and will just watch the movie again. Besides, some of us know that sad is happy for deep people.

This one has a lot changed from the book, although the biggest change is what was delayed from the second book to this one. Shelob, the giant spider, is the end of The Two Towers book from Frodo’s perspective with Sam’s story continuing on from there starting his half of the book. It does take place during this same time frame as stated in the book as the battle at Minis Territh was going on at the time that Sam was going after the captured Frodo. Gandalf’s and Pippin’s arrival at Minis Territh was also the start of The Return of the King book with other details seen in this movie having been delayed until later as well. But I think that Peter Jackson is right and it works better this way.

There is a reason that this film swept the Oscars. I do feel a bit bad for all of the films that competed against it as only the films that weren’t in the competition against this film won Oscars. I feel that this film more than deserves what all that it got and I encourage everyone to watch these films if they have not seen them already. I also hope that people like it who read the books as there still might be a bit of animosity between these purists and the changes that the movies made (although it did much better in some ways then The Hobbit did). But I love this film and recommend that everyone sees it at some point in their life. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.