The End of the World As We Know It

This R.E.M. song was featured in the new Looney Tunes movie The Day the Earth Blew Up, so it's been stuck in my head. It's appropriate for the times too. I would have avoided the movie because I hate Warner Brothers lately, but articles say that WB didn't want to release the movie. Instead they allowed an independent distributor to buy it, so watching the movie can be an act of protest against WB, even if it's not the same as getting the Batgirl movie or the Coyote Vs Acme movies that they shelved. The movie itself is a zany comedy and I liked what they did with Petunia Pig and Farmer Jim. But still, fuck Zaslav.

Anyway, the Ides of March came and went without the government shutdown after all. Schumer claimed that keeping the government open was important for the court cases to continue, but does that matter if Trump's just going to defy court orders? Any power we have to stop the lawlessness needs to be exercised. At least the Tesla protests are working.

But speaking of movies, after the Amazon boycott ended, I went on Prime to watch the Murder She Wrote TV movies, which I haven't seen before. I've only had time for 3 out of 4 so far, so I'll finish tonight. I enjoyed seeing these additional mysteries with Jessica. The first film on the train reminded me a little of Murder on the Orient Express, but had interesting twists too. I did guess that the Macguffin would be in the Gameboy, though. The second film is set at a high-end speaker's conference, with an ex-KGB head getting killed; I never really liked espionage plots on the TV show, but this one at least had some good clues. Some characters even suggested that Jessica solved murders as publicity stunts for her books. The third film The Last Free Man tells a cold case story set during slavery in the South. Angela Lansbury plays Jessica's ancestor Sarah McCullough in the 1860 scenes as Sarah investigates when her slave Samuel Pinckney is framed for a murder. I was surprised to recognize Taraji P. Henson in a minor role, before she got famous. I liked that Sarah knew that solving the murder should be set aside for Sam's more urgent need to escape the lynchmob. I hope the new rumored Murder She Wrote reboot movie will be good, with whichever actress they cast to play Jessica. I miss my JB Fletcher.