I.S.S.

I went to see this movie today, January 23rd, 2024, an All Day Bargain Tuesday, at the Regal Edwards Fairfield & I-Max. The price of admission was $5.00; and I bought a medium sized bag of Popcorn at the concessions counter for $4.90. I brought a 20 oz ( 591 ml ) bottle of Aquafina Water mixed with a stick of Wyler's Light Grape. 

SYNOPSIS: When World War 3 finally happens on Earth, the US Astronauts and the Russian Cosmonauts are each given an imperative order by their own governments: Take control of the International Space Station At All Costs!

R, 1h & 35 m

Auditorium 16, C-10

"Knock 3 Times" sounds like the Russians have been listening to Tony Orlando songs.  😁

Shortly after they docked on the space station, you could hear the message, "We are under attack!" But none of the 6 space crew members seemed to care!  😕

The punch sent one of them doing backflips in the zero gravity fight but the puncher didn't get pushed back by the blow. 🤦‍♂️ And remember that they were both floating around so that neither one of them could have delivered a Power Punch❗Since the foot, leg, hip, arm and fist have to be positioned in such a way that would generate a hard, solid punch!

During the fight, one of the combatants was stabbed with a rod or screw 🪛 driver which was not withdrawn but Blood globules floated around. Such a stab wound would form a tight seal around the injured site and it wouldn't bleed out for as long as you keep the object in place.

Don't tell me that they left the mice at the station!

With all of the nuclear explosions 💥 going on in at least half of the world, the sky didn't get covered in smoke and there were no volcanic 🌋 eruptions at all. One would think that nuclear bomb explosions occuring near simultaneously would trigger additional volcanoes to erupt. I say additional volcanoes because, on average, up to 10 volcanoes erupt each day!

If this movie was made in Russia, they would escape in a US shuttle and be wearing Russian Cosmonaut suits! 🤷‍♂️

NOTE: As worrisome as this movie is, what the Astronauts & Cosmonauts saw happening on Earth was just the aftermath of a far deadlier weapon used to attack the USA! Keep in mind that Bunker Busters, Atomic Bombs, Hydrogen Bombs, Thermonuclear Bombs, and even the Tsar Bomba itself ARE ALL ANTIQUATED/OBSOLETE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION❗None of these bombs can kill over 90% of a country's total population!

FYI: The militaries, strategic locations, higher levels of governments and certain very rich people have contingencies to address such a doomsday scenario. All of those 💥 explosions 💥 seen on Earth are the result of offensive and counter-offensive Acts of Mutual Destruction❗

Russia has invented the deadliest bomb that can not just decimate but can almost annihilate any big country's entire population. In the case of the USA, there are 340 million people living here, not even counting the ILLEGALS ❗ If Russia's newest bomb were to be detonated over this country, more than 306 million people would be wiped out within 2 month's time❗❗ Don't be fooled into thinking that Ukraine can beat Russia ❗❗❗Putin is hesitating until after the 2024 US Presidential Election is over with before he decides what he must do because of the implied consequences of executing such a drastic measure! If we get Trump or any other hard-line Republican as President, we will be safe!! Because Trump or any other hard-line Republican will put an immediate stop to the US tax dollar funding for Ukraine's war efforts!!! Haley is a RINO ( Republican In Name Only ), therefore can't be trusted. But if we get a DEMON-crat "president" again, Putin might be forced to use his new bomb on us, the H.E.M.P. bomb. And, NO, it's not gonna rain down reefers on us all!

👉 https://youtu.be/B_HR22ocgc4?si=-FsIXaeH5169PxnA

The H.E.M.P. ( Hypersonic Electro Magnetic Pulse ) bomb ( someone in the space station mentioned an EMP attack but didn't elaborate on it ) is an unstoppable bomb❗No Patriot Missile can intercept it and no Iron Dome can defend against it ❗❗ Because It Travels 5 Times Faster Than The Speed Of Sound ❗❗❗When it detonates over its target, everything electronic will be disabled or destroyed, i.e. Cellphones & Towers, Computers, Electric Vehicles, Commercial Equipments, Aircrafts, Boats, Hospital/Hospice/Nursing Home Equipments, Pacemakers, Emergency Communications, Water Treatment Facilities, Electricity, Heaters, Banks, Stock Markets, Gas Stations, Grocery Stores, etc. What the H.E.M.P. bomb won't kill right away will be killed by roving gangs of desperate and hungry people in around 2 month's time. Your off-grid survival skills and homesteads will not save you from the bomb explosion's aftermath! Your one reliable vehicle will be just a non-electric bicycle 🚲! And good luck trying to escape from the gangs of starving ( cannibalistic? ) people on that thing--you'll be Dead-Meat 🍽️ soon enough ❗

Remember that the Berlin Wall was torn down because Reagan promised Gorbachev that there will be no more NATO expansion around the USSR. But brandon reneged on this promise and invited Ukraine to apply for NATO membership. In effect, isolating and surrounding Russia with NATO countries! And to make matters even worse, DOTARD brandon claimed that he will destroy Nord Stream 2

👉 https://youtube.com/shorts/FVbEoZXhCrM?si=K0y96ugv--WVsqzh

which led to brandon gouging Germany for its winter LNG ( Liquefied Natural Gas ) supply at more than twice what Putin was selling LNG to Germany for❗😡❗🤬❗

If Putin decides to use his new bomb on us, it will be for 2 reasons: To get back at brandon by attacking us at our most vulnerable time, Winter;

👉 https://www.newsweek.com/russia-nuclear-warning-mikhail-popov-biden-austin-health-1869784

and to use the USA ( just like brandon is using Ukraine against Russia ) as a proxy to destroy China ( China is a paper tiger, In REALITY )! Because Russia has a bone to pick with China regarding territories that were stolen by China!

All of the above can be found on the Internet. Let's all Hope and Pray that there won't be such an Apocalyptic War EVER❗❗❗

Pres. Trump's Space Force can serve as a strong Deterrent against such a drastic measure! 

👉 https://www.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/About-Space-Force/History/

TIDBITS:

I wanted to catch the 2:10 p.m. showing of this movie but I had to get $8.00 worth of gas ⛽ first. And there was just no way that I could get to the cineplex in time!

On a different subject, my Saturn's stealth antenna works--kind of. 😕 The stubby little antenna is actually designed for rooftop mounting. My radio was getting a good reception until the freeway dipped into the valley between Vallejo and Fairfield. Then, there was static until I reached Fairfield. But the static wasn't as bad as before because I could still hear music coming from my radio. I'll eventually have to replace it with an OEM ( Original Equipment Manufacturer ) style aftermarket replacement. For now, I'll just keep it on.

The OEM style aftermarket replacement antenna for my Hyundai Accent's ETA ( Estimated Time of Arrival ) is next Monday, January 29th. I'll have to Crazy Glue that antenna into place at the base! 

There's a new restaurant in the Westfield Shopping Mall:

It occupies the space that was once a

Red Robin Restaurant. I don't know

if it's already open for business. 

Unfortunately, when I walked around the 2 floors of the mall, I saw about 6 stores/restaurants that went out of business! 🙁

And the winner of today's 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's Race is, drumroll 🥁 please ...

Singapore❗ Congratulations. 👏

🎊🎆🥇🎇🎉

🇸🇬🏆🇸🇬

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China is in 2nd place.

🇨🇳🥈🇨🇳

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The US is in 3rd place.

🇺🇲🥉🇺🇸

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And an honorable mention

goes to India.

🇮🇳🏅🇮🇳

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GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE, PG-13 ( 1 hr & 36 min )

where:  CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when:  Sunday, February 19th, 2012
show:  12:15 p.m. ( Extra Dollar Off First Show Matinee )
costs:  $6.50 Ticket + $4.75 Pretzel Bites + $4.50 24 oz medium Diet/Zero ( w/ Barq's Root Beer & Cherry flavors ) Coke = $15.75
auditorium:  8
seat:  5th row, 8ht column

2nd Time

where:  EDWARDS FAIRFIELD STADIUM 16 & 1-MAX in Fairfield, CA
when:  Monday, February 20th, 2012
show:  6:30 p.m.
costs:  $15.00 Ticket + $2.00 4.0 oz Reeses Pieces Candy ( Two Dollar Candy Monday with a movie watcher card ) + $0.00 small 30.0 oz Diet Coke + $13.72 dinner @ Hometown Buffet after the movie ( + $2.00 Tip ) = $32.72
auditorium:  9, with a 3-D screen
seat:  4th row, 7th column


synopsis/overview:   Johnny Blaze ( Nicolas Cage ) hides out somewhere in Eastern Europe to get away from it all.  But a secret order of priests tracks him down because they need his help in saving a boy, Danny ( Fergus Riordan ), from the clutches of the Devil.


noteworthy scenes:  1.) Castle raid; 2.) Car chase; 3.) "Bare-ass 360"; 4.) Deal with the Devil; 5.) "Intervention of God"; 6.) Deal; 7.) Pickpocket; 8.) "I'm the people who are after you"; 9.)  Emergency room; 10.) "I want more"; 11.) Firewall; 12.) "Boyfriend/girlfriend"; 13.) "Devil's baby momma"; 14.) "Power of the Deal"; 15.) Crash; 16.) Happy camper; 17.) "Hey, I got what you need for your 'shakes"'; 18.) Illegal arms dealer; 19.) "Enough.  Let her go"; 20.) Truck stop; 21.) "Power of Decay"; 22.) "Second flame thrower"; 23.) "I hope you are finished shooting at me"; 24.) Twinkie; 25.) "Happy place"; 26.) "Spirit of Justice"; 27.) Confession; 28.) "You've been carrying this bread around for a while"; 29.) "You lied to me"; 30.) "Pretty neat, huh"; 31.) The rite; 32.) "What's the matter with your face"; 33.) "Guns and wine"; 34.) "Think of a flame thrower"; 35.) The new king; 36.) Antichrist; 37.) "That felt good"; 38.) "That's gross"; 39.) "The apple doesn't rot far from the tree"; 40.) Rescue chase; 41.) Roadkill; 42.) "You're the worst f--king deal I ever made"; 43.) "I can feel him"; and 44.) "Hell, yes!"

audience reaction:  The audience liked it.  But it didn't get a "Hands Clapper" ending.  The woman seated in the 10th column of the 6th row had a particularly fun time watching this movie.  And the young couple seated in the 6th row, too, to the left of me liked this movie enough that, after watching it, the girl called someone on her cellphone to tell that person how much she enjoyed watching this movie.

2nd audience reaction:  This particular crowd has no good ear for quips and has no good eye for sight gags at all: The very same lines of dialogue and the very same scenes that the Vallejo crowd found funny, the Fairfield crowd didn't "get" at all--it was "lost" to them.  On more than one occasion, I found myself the only one laughing at the quips and sight gags.

recommendation:  I liked it, too.  It was more fun to watch than the first one. What made this movie appealing is that it established itself early on as a Horror Comedy type of movie.  Hell, even the son of the Devil had three funny scenes in this movie!  Go see this movie if you're into Horror Comedy movies.

spoiler alert!  If he wanted to get the kid out of the car, all the bad guy had to do was smash the window to open the locked door, instead of hitting the door with his rifle butt.  Ghost Rider's jacket was made out of leather, so why did it bubble all over instead of just give-off smoke?  Ghost Rider's body couldn't have possibly done such an extensive damage on the SUV when his skeletal body was slammed hard against it.  When you're taken to the emergency room of a hospital for surgery, they usually take-off all of your clothes first.  An RPG could knock him out but a Bunker Buster couldn't ...?  If the bad guy had the Power of Decay, why didn't the ambulance he was driving get rusted?  If anything he touches decays, how was he able to capture the boy unharmed and alive in the first place?  Why didn't the rest of the posted guards hear the automatic rifle fire right away? The bad guy could have attack Johnny during the transference of Ghost Rider power.  When the bad guy landed on her vehicle's hood, why didn't Nadya ( Violante Placido ) slam on the brakes?  The vehicle didn't bounce hard when it ran over the body.  When Ghost Rider was carrying the unconscious Danny back to his mom, his head was next to Ghost Rider's head yet his hair didn't get singed.

fyi:  If you want to experience a close-approximate of what it is like to urinate a stream of  flames like the Ghost Rider does, simply get yourself infected with Gonorrhea and/or Chlamydia!

By the way, you can get Gonorrhea simply from performing Oral Sex on your infected partner.  And you could get your eyes infected by it, too!  So, be careful having sex; practice Safe Sex by wearing a Condom, a ( water-proof--good luck with that one ) Surgical Mask, and a pair of Swimming Goggles--you'll look stupid, funny and weird but you'll be safe, sexually-speaking!  LMAO

Oh, by the way, Gonorrhea is also called, "The Clap".

"If you'd been naughty and you got IT, clap your hands!
If you'd been naughty and you got IT, clap your hands!
If you'd been naughty and you got IT but you really don't want to spread IT,
If you'd been naughty and you got IT, clap your hands!"  LOL

Disclaimer:  I didn't mention this get-yourself-infected ... in my word of advice so that you can't go around blaming me for your sexually-transmitted infection, should you happen to get one.  Bwa, ha, ha, ha, ha---Snort!

The scene in which the bad guy with the Power of Decay tried to eat a sandwich which just decayed in his hand, then tried to eat an apple which also decayed in his hand, and finally got to eat a Twinkie is an inside joke:  There's this belief that a Twinkie, laden as it is with too many preservatives, will last a thousand years without decaying if it is properly stored!  I'll let you know in a thousand years whether this is true or not.

Lord knows, the Twinkie will probably  be the "Manna" that we will all be eating during Jesus Christ's Millennial Reign here on Earth!  Ha, ha, ha.

But I didn't know that they have Hostess Twinkies in Eastern Europe.

word of advice:  Don't make a pact with the Devil.

tidbits:  I went to Best Buy first thing this morning to have a security car alarm installed in my Hyundai Accent. I got there at around 9:30 a.m.  And there was already another guy waiting at the install bay parking area. To while the time away, I walked around the perimeter and did my Zhunti Mantra.

The bay opened for business at 10:00 a.m.  And the installer told me that it would take him three hours to work on my car.  Well, that just ruined my plan to see this movie in 3-D at either the 11:30 a.m. or the 1:10 p.m. show at the Edwards Fairfield Stadium 16 & I-Max.

I walked across the street to the Century 14 Vallejo to check the show times for this movie.  But it was still around 10:30 a.m. when I got there and the theatre was not yet opened.

I walked back to Best Buy and saw that the installer was already at work on my car. So, I went inside the store to use the men's room and to browse around in the DVD and Software sections.  Then, I went to check on my car again.  It was still being worked on.

I walked back to the theatre and saw that this movie had a 2-D showtime for 12:15 p.m.  Well, I might as well see this movie to pass the time away while my car is being worked on, I said to myself.  But I still want to see this movie again in 3-D, just because ....

The movie let out at around 2:10 p.m.  I checked my cellphone and found out that the installer just finished with my car less than twenty minutes earlier.  That was almost four hours just for a security car alarm installation!

As I walked back to Best Buy, I spotted a Hobo hide-out behind the Pep-Boys building nearby, complete with a cardboard mat and a stick of wood for the hobo's personal security and/or safety.  The hide-out is located under the rear cement staircase.

Anyway, the installation is not completely finished, as of yet.  The installer discovered that the right side door doesn't have an actuator in it.  I will need to take it back on Tuesday, at 1:00 p.m., to have him finish the job.  But the security alarm is now operational, except for the passenger side door.

Then, I went to the post office to drop off a mail-order.

And I went to Selecta Pilipino Buffet for lunch, and to buy some lottery tickets.

Finally, before heading on home, I walked to the 99 Cent Only Store next door to buy a three litre bottle of Strawberry Kiwi Fusion soda, a trail mix, some batteries, and a few dessert cups.  Of course, Brett might argue that I could have bought most of these things--except for the soda--at Safeway.  But his manager pissed me off so much last night that I'm boycotting that particular Safeway store for the foreseeable future!

2nd tidbits:  I was the last dining patron left at Hometown Buffet.  And I wanted to have a frozen yogurt swirl to cap my dining experience before leaving the premises.  So, I went to the frozen yogurt dispensing machine to get a bowl of Vanilla & Chocolate Swirl.  When I pulled down on the center lever, the machine didn't squirt out a swirl; instead, with a loud noise, it BLASTED-OUT a clump of swirl into my cup!  Not to mention, my upper body was splattered with it, too. What a way to cap my dining experience!

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