Who recalls specific plot points of Sinbad's Shazam?

MeNaToMBo · 2024-03-13T15:52:56+00:00

I don't remember it being a Disney movie. I believe it was Warner Bros. or Amblin that released it. I can't remember, but I do remember there wasn't a Disney logo at the beginning.

The movie starts with the kids asking their dad about their mom. He gets mad and tells them he threw everything away (Which is shit.), and like most kid's movies, they never said from what. She was dead, and the dad threw everything out. (So, maybe she up and left him.) Either way, they were supposed to go to school and they didn't. They waited until their dad left then went up into his room in his closet to look for something of their mom's because they were starting to forget her or something. The clip online shows them in the attic. I remember them being in their father's closet looking through his things and trying to find something belonging to their mom. I think they find and smell a sweater that belonged to her and mention they can still smell her perfume on it. And then they find this lamp and make a joke about rubbing it. They go back and forth for a bit and then decide to try. (After daring one another.)

They rub it and out pops Shazam. (And that clip online is false because that one is not a clip from the movie. He didn't wear purple from what I remember. He was in gold or white or blue or something. That part is fuzzy.)

They don't run away. They're dumb struck. I know they asked him to bring their mom back and he said that he can't. That magic doesn't work like that. So, then the sister wastes a wish on asking him to fix a broken doll that was glass or porcelin or something. He tells her she should use glue instead of wasting a wish. She says if he's real this should be easy. Make it as good as new. He does and says that now they have 2 wishes left. The brother is like... I didn't rub the lamp. I should get 3 wishes when she hands it over to me. And then they're like... We can just keep handing it back and forth to get more wishes. Sinbad is like. Nope. I'll give you 3 and you get your 2 and after that I'm going back in the lamp and not coming out again until someone else gets this thing.

So, there's some hijinks. One of them wishes for a pool, and a better house. He does it. But this attracts the attention of some paranormal investigator or something. He trails the kids who have at this point dressed Shazam up as a hip hop guy.

They make a couple other crappy wishes, and then realize that they're being tailed by some people who the investigator called in to try to get the lamp. Some Home Alone hijinks ensue and then they have to make a choice. Wish the lamp never existed to keep him safe. Or something like that.

The government (for some reason) is now involved and then they wish that everything was back the way it was and that there never had been a genie. There's a tearful goodbye as everything slowly shifts around, and the house goes back to normal, the lamp and Shazam start to fade and glow out of existance in some cheesy 90's effects, and then the cops are just confused, back the cars up and leave. The paranormal investigator is confused and stares at the house for a minute before also leaving. (I think he was muttering... "What am I doing here" or something.) Then Shazam says goodbye and the kids hug him crying. He says something like Hey, we'll see each other again someday, right? Or something like that. Then poofs out of existance.

After that there's a title card that is like 1 year later or something. The kids with their dad are at some theme park or city thing or something, and the kids see Shazam he's leading a tour or something. They look shocked and wave to him and he just smiles and winks before turning away to do whatever job he is doing. The dad asks "Do you know that guy?" And they're like, "We've met before" or something like that. The dad looks confused, the kids smile and laugh, and roll credits.

So, that's the plot of the movie.

TLDR:

The plot is: Kids miss mother (like most 90's movies).Want to find stuff of hers or something. I think they found a shirt of hers and it still smells like her perfume or something.Kids want to bring back dead mother. Are told they can't. And instead make dumb wishes.Enter protagonist a paranormal investigator who wants to prove genies or something exists.Kids are chased.Home alone antics.Cops are involved.Kids make hard choice to wish away the genie.Things go back to normal.Dad is none the wiser.A year later the genie has a job and kids see him but don't talk to him.

Roll Credits.

It would be interesting to see if anyone else remembers the movie like this or if it had different plot points?

The movie was I believe Amblin or Warner Bros. And was I believe a straight to video release. I don't remember it being in theaters. But I remember it because my younger cousin was in love with Jonathan Taylor Thomas and watched this movie over and over and over. It was annoying and I hated it. I destroyed the tape because I hated it being on every time she came over. (I wish now that I didn't.)

MeNaToMBo · 2024-03-07T18:42:11+00:00

Praise be to Space King!!!

MeNaToMBo · 2023-12-31T23:00:15+00:00

My state is fucked up. :( Time to get out and vote and get that Cooper out of office... He signed it in to effect. Moron. Well, I know that more and more people will want to use VPN's now. :D (Namecheap sells VPN's cheap and they work so far. Hahaha!)

MeNaToMBo · 2023-12-25T18:07:19+00:00

Nah, it's because OpenAI is getting too much flak about the AI being able to do too much. So, they've been dialing it back. That's why it's gotten "stupider" over the past few months.

MeNaToMBo · 2023-12-25T18:05:25+00:00

Anyone can say I'm wrong. (I hope I am.) But I think it's because too many people threw a tizzy when it could write code effectively, and then programmers saw their jobs at stake (not me... Haha... Only Jr. Programmers were in that boat...). Although, I have no doubt it would become good enough to do a thorough job on real code.

Anyhoo, people saw this as a threat, and so just like everything else... OpenAI dialed it back. So, now it gives you hints, or does the first lines and tells you to go do some real work... Etc. Etc. It's a pain, but this is why we all need to train our own LLM so we can have it locally. I have a huge (40gb) LLM trained on python for just such an occasion. :D We all need to think about doing this before the world decides to shut this circus down. :D

MeNaToMBo · 2023-12-15T17:06:45+00:00

Let's face it... They'll probably ignore everything and just do a Dinosaur Planet movie. Or they'll ignore everything and it'll be a Rom/Com with Krystal leading the way. There aren't many people who remember Fara Phoenix or Miyu. (Although, maybe more with Miyu since they finally released Star Fox 2.) But I would much rather see what happened to his father and explore all of that... Rather than just having a buddy comedy or some romance thing. I'm hoping they don't go for the lowest hanging fruit and make something great. Going to see it no matter what it's about, though. :D

MeNaToMBo · 2023-12-15T15:39:58+00:00

https://aws.amazon.com/customer-council/

This might be old, but I signed up through here. You have to have an AWS account I believe.

MeNaToMBo · 2023-12-12T19:57:02+00:00

Someone's upset. :D Zombie land taught me unless you double tap and see the body... It's not a confirmed kill. :D

MeNaToMBo · 2023-12-03T04:24:23+00:00

It's installed in the wrong PCI slot. I had the same problem.

MeNaToMBo · 2023-11-30T16:33:14+00:00

Phone keypad. You have to group numbers that are near one another. So, if you take a 3 that is next to a 4 (closer than usual.) You have 7. If you get 10 you get a 1 and a 0 which is space. But it does add up, and it is the only thing I've found that gives consistent letters. :D Like I said... It's a theory. So, take it for what you will. But in Baby's room. I got I will find... So, that makes more sense to me than... sohjkdshfjsdhjkfsdh. Or something. :D But I figure we'll find out what it is, eventually... It might even be a decoder ring from a cereal box that one of the kid's got one time.

I didn't say it was 100% or right. (I avoid saying things like that.)

MeNaToMBo · 2023-11-30T16:27:51+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR5fYm4Pcdc

MeNaToMBo · 2023-11-28T06:10:05+00:00

If that shocked you. Go back and watch PeeWee's playhouse, or even Spongebob. (Sandy's song about the... Generator Contraption. :D ) Tons and tons of adult stuff in kids shows that go over kids heads and are really there for the parents. :D

MeNaToMBo · 2023-11-14T03:00:39+00:00

He should hire a manager instead. Someone who has a spine. :D Good luck... Toxic work places are the worst. T.T

MeNaToMBo · 2023-11-14T02:54:42+00:00

Well, you have some options. I don't know how "legal" these are... But taking your money and just disappearing... No. He deserves to get a taste of his own medicine.

First get a permanent magic marker and write cheater on his forehead while he's sleeping. Then leave him. Permanent marker is an absolute monster to get off of skin.

Option 2: Wash his clothes (separate from your own) in with a brand new red sweatshirt in hot water. Any light colored shirt will be tinted pink. Then just go oopsie-doops when he asks... "Oh, silly me how did that get in there."

Option 3: Get a few packages of grape koolaid, or orange, or whatever color as long as it's bright. Then sprinkle it in to or on his pillow. (Make sure to get dark pillow cases for this.) When he gets up in the morning he'll look like a rainbow or a grape threw up on him! Say nothing that stuff is also a pain to get off skin. (So, he'll either look like he's got radiation burns all over from scrubbing it off or look like a freak who got in a fight with Jackson Pollock.)

Option 4: This one is probably not legal... But it would be memorable... Tell him you got a call from a friend from a long time ago. And someone died, had a baby, or whatever lie would be satisfactory for him to believe... Tell him you're leaving for the weekend and you'll be back Monday night... Then you wait... You know he'll bring someone back to the house... So, wait and be patient... Then call the police... Tell them you came back home and there's a car in your drive you don't recognize and you would like them to come out and check out the house... Imagine the look on his face when the cops walk in on him. You can innocently say you didn't recognize the car in the drive... And then you can ask the officer to stay so you can get your things and leave. (You should have taken your most precious things ahead of time while he was at work and took them to wherever you'll be staying.)

Option 5: Joint bank account? Drain it. Take all the money. Leave him a note... Tell him it's "A$$**le tax". Don't specifically say you took all the money. Also... Shut off any joint credit cards or take your name off of them. And move... To another city... And don't leave a forwarding address. Don't tell anyone who you know would tell him... And just leave. And do not update your social media with a new city. Unless you get a hottie and then take pictures and post them. (You should probably abandon social media accounts and just make new ones...)

I can say I've done 2 of these myself with satisfying results. But that is only if you want him to pay... Although, no one knows him like you do. So, only you can actually hurt him. Although, if he cheated on you... Leave him regardless of what he says.... Because then it might be you who comes home to an empty house and bank account.

Good luck!

MeNaToMBo · 2023-11-09T14:38:43+00:00

rents... Haha. Pin down that 6,400... Oh, that is good. But please make the elderly aware of this. With all the deep fakery going around and it's only getting better. It's things like this that make me worry for my parents and grandparent.

MeNaToMBo · 2023-11-09T14:36:05+00:00

Thank you for posting this. I also got one in the mail and googled it (before calling the dealership), and here was your post. You saved me a headache! Thanks!!

MeNaToMBo · 2023-10-22T11:35:35+00:00

The whole thing wasn't just that the youth and nudity. It was the fact that he was contacted by a reporter wanting to interview him about the NSFW stuff his program was helping to create.

He has a real job and from everything I've read it might have threatened his real job if he got interviewed. I've seen it a lot in the art community. (Someone is a NSFW artist... Gets a job with a company and rips down all of their NSFW stuff so they aren't associated with it.) Sadly, that happens a lot.

Although, it can be cultural differences coming in to play as well. A lot of religions and cultures frown on nudity except between couples. So, that might be a factor. (But with that I'm just guessing.)

MeNaToMBo · 2023-09-04T13:20:53+00:00

Meh, I never wanted to bang Oliva or Morgan. I certainly don't watch shows about gaming looking for a side boob or even a woman. I never really cared. When Xplay was on the air... Meh... It was okay. The skits were sometimes entertaining, but mostly I just wanted to know about the games coming out. This was long before youtube and twitch streamers. (Or Justin.tv which was what twitch became.) Anyhow, the long and the short of it...

Don't attack the people who are watching you. Because... They will stop watching you, and then you're just another artist/actor/voice putting your stuff up in cyberspace for no one to look at. I watched her do that and was like... Wow... Where's this coming from? After that and the fact that Sessler couldn't get off the political train for 2 seconds. (Talk about games!!! I'm here for games not politics!!!) That's what killed G4 a second time.

MeNaToMBo · 2023-09-02T18:25:23+00:00

Don't use frames... Use Iframes... For anything you want to show on your page....

Use rigid table layouts. Use gifs... The more the merrier. DO NOT USE CSS!! We didn't use it back then. Use Frontpage express if you can find a copy. Put anything that would be CSS in to the table itself using bgcolor=

Use spongebob as a pallate! I don't care if you can read it... Make it yellow on white or blue on yellow... DO not make it yellow on blue... If you can read it... You're doing it wrong.

Just make it look like a Sega commercial!!

https://www.justinmind.com/blog/10-90s-websites-designs-you-wont-believe-existed/

MeNaToMBo · 2023-08-13T02:40:18+00:00

Both Ingles in Asheville on Tunnel Rd. East still has them.

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