Holy crap, I barely got a post done this week. Work heated up into a white-hot sun this past two weeks. Also I talked to a half-dozen contractors and settled on one to redo my backyard, adding a pool and outdoor structure to Stately R.J. Manor. There will be a brass plaque in the pool bar reserving a seat for any wandering Glib who may stop by. My human wife’s birthday is coming up too, so I am prepping all the usual ceremonies you people reserve for such occasions. Because of all this, I did not get a chance to preview Mark of the Werebeard.
This means we may be in for a ride! Overall this gets good reviews, so I hope for the best. I imagine you are wondering what it is about! I pulled this off of IMDB:
A talented young barber must fight to save his town, mother, and love life from a creepy beard cult, a mad scientist, and ancient evil human-sized beards with martial arts prowess.
There you go. This gets a stunning 6.5/10 on IMDB, so it must have done something right. The director (Nathan Barbour) is also the star, and this is his one full-length film. This is the first credit for our writer (Spencer Patterson) tonight as well. Holee cow! And these two pulled off a 6.5 out of 10 on their first film effort! There are 19 reviews, so it can’t just be the director and his friends making IMDB reviews. Or can it?
So watch! Or don’t! Everything is voluntary! NEXT WEEK WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL SHOWING OF SASQUATCH SUNSET! Yes, the film that went into limbo for a year and a half is finally streaming. It’s on Pluto, which is dicey. But I will take the risk to show the film that turned hundreds of stomachs at film festivals, and so perfectly encapsulated what life as a sasquatch must be like. EVEN BETTER! This is a crossover episode with UnCivil’s Unwatched! Yes! He will review Sasquatch Sunset on Sunday! It’s a Glib Crossover! Be there or… Well, everything is voluntary so be there if you want. But it will be epic!
*STEVE SMITH insisted in announcing this in all caps.
If everything is voluntary we might all be discussing that M1 Garand video from the last post real soon.
Never fired one. My dad had one but he flipped it.
The Candrsenal vid?
The M1 Garand seemed to me like a K-31 with a gas system and operating rod. I watched the Candrsenal videos on the M1 history, and saw that John Garand used the Mondragon as inspiration. I wasn’t that far off.
I’d put an M1 in my mouth now if I had it. This movie is crap.
It’s… something.
Yeah. Wow.
It feels like some of the student work friends and I have participated in with my buddy who was in film school at the time.
“adding a pool and outdoor structure to Stately R.J. Manor”
Classy!
Is Mrs. RJ getting a pool boy for her birthday?
I said classy. That’s “cabana boy”.
No more servants. She has to make do with the orphan. I am getting the orphan some pool maintenance books.
You let your orphans learn to read?!
How magnanimous.
Those manuals are a form of pictographs. No reading necessary.
Smart.
Also I talked to a half-dozen contractors and settled on one to redo my backyard, adding a pool and outdoor structure to Stately R.J. Manor. There will be a brass plaque in the pool bar reserving a seat for any wandering Glib who may stop by. My human wife’s birthday is coming up too, so I am prepping all the usual ceremonies you people reserve for such occasions
Your life is going great. Happy Birthday to your wife!
Diving in!
Half dozen contractors.
Jealous.
I redid my patio two years ago. Had two guys make bids, one backed out without telling me, three contractors couldn’t be bothered to call me back.
We had:
1 respond, with a basic idea that did not incorporate anything we wanted and discussed with him for an hour, even though we gave him and everyone else a spreadsheet of requirements and pictures.
1 knock it out of the park, exactly what we wanted, just within the target price.
1 respond at almost twice the price as the guy who knocked it out of the park. Ouch.
2 ask for more time, they were busy.
1 not ever call back.
My standard is get three quotes when doing this stuff.
So not bad overall.
My project dragged on for four years before I got any return calls.
My guess is that it wasent large enough for any of them to bother to as much open the email with my plans much less come out and look at the site. I ended up adding another slab to it and doing all the dirt work.
There are Californians to fleece first
Plinker, I think that is Knox Concrete’s motto, “your project is too small for us, we have Californians and taxpayers to fleece.”
Is there a problem with some robot invasion? All these checks are getting much. Not sure what issue would be since only people registered can post. Who cares if a robot reads it?
Is this happening here? I have never been asked for Captcha here. And I use janky old Brave.
Some suggest it’s a VPN thing. I don’t use one so I’ve never seen any of that here.
There’s speculation it happens to people using certain VPNs.
I don’t use a VPN to visit Glibs, so I wouldn’t know.
I don’t get asked either.
Safari.
You summoned the meme!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mswaPXFTcNE
Whah?!?! I bet you run your nuclear drive without shields (a la Reavers) as well.
Me? I’m a safety guy.
*presses play*
I apologize in advance
LOL
“It’s on Pluto, which is dicey.”
Yes, Pluto sucks ass.
I am going to check daily to see if it goes down. If you so feel inclined, you might use your magic potato powers to find a streaming version other than Pluto, just in case.
Maybe. I’ll try.
“Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Keough”
That’s some cast!
Looks like it’s on Amazon Prime, but that’s no good. It’s a bit too new for the usual suspects.
This is a movie that was on Swiss’s wish list. I waited almost two years to find a version. It got trapped in some licensing hell, and was only available through this odd school library service.
I like Pluto for having all the good Trek series. I dislike their channel guide, it blows compared to say Roku.
Totally blows. Also I can’t see that they ever tell you a movie is about to be pulled. TUBI isn’t perfect about it either, but I usually get a month advance notice there.
Syracuse. I’ve driven past it on I-90 but never stopped. I expect I haven’t missed much.
Same. It does look like any upstate NY town so far. Could be real for all we know.
IMDb says filmed in Syracuse with a budget of $6,000.
What did they spend it on?
That abandoned-looking house in the middle of nowhere?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkAyrjSPaZ8
LOLOL
Ever watch/listen Theo Vaughn? Every clip I’ve seen funny.
I watched most of his Rogan interview. Honestly, I found it a bit uninteresting.
Catchy theme. 🎶
Gollum vibes from the mom who is played by a young actress with a gray wig.
It might be tolerable without whatever is going on with that character.
Well, this is a musical now.
I’ve hit the musical part. Oh boy
Same.
W
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“There are 19 reviews, so it can’t just be the director and his friends making IMDB reviews. Or can it?”
It can. So far the writing, acting, casting, set design, and photography, are all bad.
Theme song was the best part.
It’s just awful. I go to the box now, and feel shame.
Meh, don’t be so hard on yourself, you provide an invaluable service to the Thursday night Glibs. They can’t all be “Evil Roy Slade”.
I demand my money back!
A new cheesy GIF. Ironic, tonight is Detroit style pizza night. With extra cheese. Cheese on the salad as well.
What the fuck is a Detroit style pizza? All the toppings have left like the population?
Pan style pizza with a shitload of cheese. Sauce is garlicky and slightly sweet, and put on top of the cheese in ribbons, so it doesn’t cover the whole thing.
Well, doesn’t that just sound wrong?
Old Man and I make it a couple of times when I’m in NY. It was originally baked in parts pans for auto factories. It has its place. It’s not like it’s deep dish. Think a cross between focaccia and pizza.
Another LoTR ripoff with this background of the werebeard.
Why is a bald guy getting a haircut?
STEVE SMITH LIKE TESTONICS.
I think mom is a weresquatch.
🤔
My half of the crossover is still Pending. Well, there is a week before it needs to be up.
I will finish my half Saturday, it’s half-written. And then let Neph know to GO FORTH AND POST!
😀👍
sounds good.
I did get a break tonight. But I did not write. I should have.
The lady who needed a couple of flatscreens and a chandelier installed at her house did not get all the parts delivered. So I will mount everything tomorrow. And remember my ladder tomorrow. She had no ladder and I had to stand on a chair Wednesday.
I can’t wait to see your thoughts on it. I compared it to Caveman with Ringo Starr, another movie about a primitive culture with limited dialogue and massive amounts of feces.
Never saw that.
I’m going to be honest, Limited or Absent dialog isn’t my favorite.
that won’t barricade that door at all.
The faux girlfriend/cult member is kinda cute.
and now she has a melted hand.
It’s Stockholm syndrome, DEG! Snap out of it!
*taps out*
Good move. Next week will be a stellar show of sasquatch sex, drugs and feces.
I got about 15 minutes left. I’m going to finish it. Sunk cost fallacy.
*Plays Taps
And now I get ‘Murica style car advertisements in Spanish.
I hope our hero feeds that mustache guy to one of the beards. JFC that guy is obnoxious.
And we’re in a video game now.
OK then.
Your avatar appropriately reflects your actual shock at this movie.
She got her hand back….
All done.
That was…. something.
I’m heading to bed. Thanks RJ!
Sometimes we need a new yardstick to measure the worth of films. And we got one tonight.
We sure did.
They make negative value rulers?
From the dead thread, I want to order the 99 tax protest tips campaign book, but they want to charge me sales tax, that just seems wrong.
Well. I laid down at 7 and intended to nap before getting food for dinner w leftovers for lunch tomorrow. That was a pretty good plan. Well. I just woke up. So that didn’t work. At least I didn’t order the food and ‘forget’ to pick it up. That would’ve been bad.
*looks through cupboard* Well. A couple granola bars and some PopTarts’ll have to do… No gas stn hot dog as a backup, which is likely good.
Ugh gross and muggy already. Can we have a spring this year pls thx?