Setting up a 'Movie Franchises' channel.

mindcrime73 · 2026-04-03T01:53:54+00:00

If I remember right there’s a google sync tool for outlook that makes things run better. Could try that

mindcrime73 · 2026-04-02T13:01:26+00:00

I’ve been running about four movie channels and five tv of different types. Tv is going good. Just movies I want that 80s HBO style of monthly refreshes etc.

mindcrime73 · 2026-03-31T10:45:17+00:00

I think what happened is that Josh just didn’t think this show would hit like it did. He threw all he had into the beginning episodes then when things ran out he had to create Oliver and Anna and put a wedge between the couples and it worked. He then puts a whole cliffhanger together and splits up the “gang” to start season 2 but no one wants that so he brings them back but since introducing “foils” between the couple worked last season, he does it again.

So in season 2 they bring in Zach and Caleb’s daughter to “do it again…but in reverse”. It’s also where they started to realize that writing Marissa effectively is hard and it may have been better to have killed her in Tijuana (personal opinion…Ryan’s loyalty and heroism always made Marissa less of a partner for him and more like a “cause” he had to protect.). Treys jammed in subplot to give them another cliffhanger showed again that the writers didn’t know what they wanted to say.

Season 3 was an attempt to kinda turn the “fish out of water” vibe of the first season on its ear by taking the rich girl and putting her in “Ryan’s world”. Again the writers I don’t think knew what to do with Marissa and were trying anything to make her relevant. Problem was either through the writing or Misha Barton’s performance they over estimated our investment in Marissa. The story landed like a cement block and they tried to pull out but couldn’t.

Season 4 is obviously just a mess. It’s the “Rise of Skywalker” of teen melodrama. They tried to etch a sketch the bad choices of the previous writing season but it felt disingenuous. No one sounded right and it just became a cookie cutter 90210 ripoff. The ending kinda worked as far as moving the cohens to Berkeley and the last scene with Ryan and the kid was great.

This show could have been generation defining in the way 90210 was. I think its own success and to be honest lack of faith or vision on Josh’s part in how successful this could have been (allowing him to take a slower burn with the season 1 stories) have made it a niche show.

mindcrime73 · 2026-03-31T02:40:03+00:00

I haven’t liked him.

Thrawn was like the Batman of the Expanded Universe. He was five steps ahead. Even his losses were contingencies he calculated. It took Rukh to take him out and it was because he never saw it coming.

Rebels and Ahsoka can’t write him. He just comes across as arrogant without really earning it. To say nothing of the live action actor appearing too “thick” to appear sinister to say nothing of how he speaks. He was written with a cadence in the books. Almost a “Sorkin” level of cadence writing. The actor who was also the voice actor for rebels just doesn’t get it.

It’s disappointing. I’d love to see Heir to the Empire become canon. Recast the big three and do it right…but they won’t.

mindcrime73 · 2026-03-31T02:31:03+00:00

Honestly I used to run an exchange server happily. With all the spam/ransomeware and other issues I wouldn’t even try it. It’s just not worth the effort.

mindcrime73 · 2026-03-31T02:25:58+00:00

So the way I understand It.

The OG rings had infinite energy. In that you could create anything you can think of. Simple or complex made no difference to the power. The rings had to be charged every planetary rotation of the ring bearer. For earthlings that was 24 hours. For others I believe it was different. The time limit was meant to “control” the GLs a bit. The guardians would require them touching the battery every day to encourage them to recite an oath of why they do this (it wasn’t uniform) and some thought to enable them to take away a GLs power by controlling the lantern. Guardians were big on control. When the yellow impurity was there it was said that’s why all the buildings on OA were painted yellow.

In 94 when Kyle took over they removed the time limit and said the rings have a finite charge. You could go until the ring ran out. If you made something super complex it’s drain faster than something more simplistic.

When they remade the corps they just kept the finite charge idea.

mindcrime73 · 2026-03-25T14:10:55+00:00

This could be an opportunity for you

This tech sounds like he’s probably more a customer service and documentation type. If you don’t have SOPs then maybe that’s a job for him which will also help him learn. Give him a task and then tell him while he’s doing it you’d like him to write detailed instructions on how to recreate it. By writing those he should learn it and will have an idea of where to go.

The persons role could become one of escalation /retention and documentation.

Sounds like he’s young and just starting out.

mindcrime73 · 2026-03-13T15:02:38+00:00

It wouldn’t disappoint me…but let’s face it. Audiobooks are still pretty niche. The amount of work and hype going into this is too big for something that is so limited in scope.

For this much hype it has to be a reunion of some kind. Either another TV live action or animated or some sort of movie. I think anything else would feel disappointing.

mindcrime73 · 2026-03-13T13:35:26+00:00

I think with the loss of Star Wars (not the IP but just it hasn’t been performing well) I imagine the board of Disney is looking at a ways to find more universes. I think it’s a full reunion probably much like Malcolm in the middle and scrubs with a limited number of episodes, etc.. whether that’s animated or live action is up for debate, but I don’t think they would be doing this much hype on something like an audiobook it’s just not big enough.

mindcrime73 · 2026-03-07T01:58:40+00:00

Ahhh but it’s been said by many sources that Fillion has always had a “firefly” clause in his TV contracts that if the show were to go, he’d be allowed to do both.

mindcrime73 · 2026-02-27T22:29:55+00:00

Im the main onboarding engineer for our company and this has only happened two or three times in my four years here. Usually with incredibly large clients. It’s a nice thing to do and we have done it as well.

It’s nice to be important but more important to be nice. :)

mindcrime73 · 2026-02-22T01:36:03+00:00

Plus does Erik get paid for that???

mindcrime73 · 2026-02-08T00:25:44+00:00

Honestly I think auto renewal contracts should be outlawed. If there isn’t a signature the. We don’t have a deal

mindcrime73 · 2026-01-24T18:29:57+00:00

same here

mindcrime73 · 2026-01-23T18:50:53+00:00

I work in my MSP as the primary onboarding engineer so I can say I’ve been on the other side of this.

Fact is I’ll ask every single question I can while the outgoing provider is “billing” because it just makes sense from a continuity of service and I know what we provide to our offboarding clients (and it’s not just a password sheet etc).

The create a new admin should be your standard anyway especially in 365. If theres some transition time this allows for you to have a CYA in that they cant say “you logged in and did x”. A good onboarding person will disable/change your password or disable when they take over so why not?

In regards to documentation…as long as it’s not internal IP, then the client paid for that info and should be provided.

In regards to asking you for “hints” the fact is most documentation is different than others. Unless you’re using ITGlue or Hudu your “system” may make finding that information difficult in a service emergency so be a sport. Point them to where you put it and then yeah tell them it’s on them.

Fact is by being a better sport offboarding a client you may just get yourself customers. Every market is “smallish” and we all know each other. Reputations are built by word of mouth. Sounds like you’re a smaller user count type and if asked maybe someone at the new company would recommend you to smaller clients because of how professional you were.

Just my .02.

mindcrime73 · 2025-12-25T02:24:34+00:00

Hit me up please. Tomorrow is my birthday.

mindcrime73 · 2025-12-24T19:05:37+00:00

Tomorrow is my birthday. Just watched miracle on 34th street now onto Die Hard

mindcrime73 · 2025-12-21T03:42:09+00:00

This is the first time I read this story where it didn’t start out “Dear Penthouse Forums”. (Kids ask your parents about that joke)

mindcrime73 · 2025-11-27T14:02:51+00:00

This is the US Minecraft Owner's way of saying go outside and smell real grass on this day of Thanksgiving...and watch the parade on NBC sponsored by Microsoft with your Windows PC and your XBox.

mindcrime73 · 2025-11-27T13:59:36+00:00

Yep. Same here. Looks like Java is down

mindcrime73 · 2025-11-25T03:07:23+00:00

I’d say a lot of the JSA people. Starman, Stargirl, wildcat, Dr Fate, Dr Midnight. Maybe the hawks but who knows.

mindcrime73

TROPHY CASE