Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Quick Thoughts #8! - The Good, the Forgotten, and the Steep Descent into Mediocre

I don’t get a lot of time to watch things on my own these days. What I do watch is usually geared toward little kids. All I know is Pete the Cat is one groovy dude, Marshall from Paw Patrol needs to be fired for insubordination, and that I want to slap the person who created the Minions with one of those foam hands. At least the boys like cool stuff like Mario and Sonic. We just recently gotten them to watch some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and that’s always fun. I am trying to understand how we’ve gotten so many animated TMNT versions over the years. To somewhat quote the Shredder, “Those Turtles just won’t die!”

What TV time I’ve had to myself has been used watching these three picks below. First off is the recent Disney+ show, Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord. The boys haven’t gotten to Star Wars yet, and I doubt Andy will like seeing a horned nutjob slice people. Next is Phantom 2040, a long-forgotten show I have been slowly watching on Amazon Prime. Finally, there’s Under the Dome, a TV adaptation of a Stephen King book. Me and Liz were binging this, but it took quite a while to do so with all the crying and sleepy kids.