Random Non-Political Thoughts

So, McDonald’s now his it’s own $5 meal, with a small drink, small fries, 4 piece nuggets, and either a McDouble or McChicken. But, how does this stack up to the Wendy’s meals? To get the same for the burger you need to get the $6 biggie bag.

• Fries: when they’re done right, McDonald’s is the best. But, they’re cooking is off and on, while Wendy’s fries are damned good, too, and seem to be way more consistent. Lean Wendy’s
• Nuggets: Wendy’s straight up beats McDonald’s, since McD’s changed their formula a few years ago, and just aren’t that good anymore
• Drink: even
• Burgers: usually a McDouble is good. Lately, it seems all their burgers are rather dry and overcooked. Usually a McDouble is a greaseburger. Last two times, not pleasant (from 2 different stores. Also had this with a quarter pounder). The Wendy’s Doubestack always seems to be on point. When it comes to the chicken sandwich, I’d rather have Wendy’s. Large advantage Wendy’s.

I’d rather pay $1 more for the Wendy’s deal than McDonald’s. Even if you get the $5 biggie bag with the Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, still better.

Now, on to the movie Pearl. It came on free for Amazon Prime last month. I started watching it then, but, gave up around 40 minutes in. I tried to watch it this morning, and gave up with 46 minutes left. It’s supposed to be horror/suspense/comedy. It’s not funny at all. There is zero suspense. Horror? Where? Maybe she goes on a killing spree at the end? That would make it a slasher. What it is is really just drama, and bad drama at that. It’s dull, especially when it is not original. How many movies are about a young girl living on a farm wanting to escape and do something? Big aspirations? In this case, be an actress. Fights with her parents. There was nothing that made it stand out. Oh, except for when she takes a scarecrow down and pretends to have intercourse with it. That was weird.

I have no idea why Pearl is rated 7.0 by IMDB and 83% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. The cast has zero chemistry. The scenery isn’t even that good, though, it is period specific. Reading the Wikipedia explanation of what happens after I gave up makes me glad I gave up. Not even a good slasher. And entirely predictable.

Then there’s Manifest. I’ve made it up to season 1 episode 14, but, I’m not sure. It really doesn’t seem to be going very far. Just something something happened, being perused by some secret agency, there’s some The Major lady. And it is overly dramatic, something I hate in so many of today’s drama shows. No one smiles. No one really has fun. There’s always something deep to talk about. You can have two people having a nice dinner or sex or something and it MUST go to something Deep, something that happened in the past that was Bad, drove them from love, something. There needs to be a break.

Finally, the 2004 Battlestar Galactica. I watch it originally back when it was on, thought I’d give it a shot. I liked the latter seasons better this time, though, the ending still was silly. How do somewhere between 40K-50K humans populate the world, even with all the humans that were on the planet at the time, if they all spread out? What did Starbuck become? Why was she called the harbinger of death? How about fake-Number 6 and fake-Gaius? The ones only Caprica and Gaius could see? Angels? The problem with the show in the latter seasons is it got all into religion and stuff, but, still was worth watching again.

I am giving Evil a shot. The first episode was great. We’ll see how that goes. Also working my way through Burn Notice, up to season 5, where I originally started watching it.

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