Open-Ended

So apparently the Texas governor is okay with movie theaters reopening in May at 25% capacity, but I doubt a lot of theaters will open yet. Maybe just small independent theaters and drive-ins that have old movies they can show. The big chains like AMC are going to wait until maybe June, July, when new movies will be available.

I do miss going out to the theaters, but have been trying to watch the free stuff available on TV. I was able to finally rewatch Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase on HBO NOW. I couldn't get it to load on the app, but I could watch it in a browser on my laptop. Though there is a scary scene in the "haunted house", the movie actually has real detective work, not just stumbling around getting clues from ghosts. I wish they would make a sequel to that. On my day off, I'll try to watch Thousand Pieces of Gold on the "virtual screening" website. Some arthouse theaters are doing this kind of thing so they can sell tickets but show the films online. You just pick whichever theater you want to buy from.

Also, God Friended Me just ended on Sunday. The episode was clearly cobbled together from old footage, glossing over how Miles and Cara got back together. I don't really mind, because all the love-triangle drama and the God Account coming in between them this season was really tiresome and frustrating. I liked that they brought Jaya back too. They left the ending ambiguous so you could either imagine that the "she" was God, or the ghost of Miles's mother, or even simply a mortal female programmer/hacker capable of of stealing that code and starting the account. I was a bit surprised when the creators said that they had already shot that footage of Miles on the mountain during the pilot episode, and just have been holding it back all this time for the series finale. That's cool.