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Hello there, my crowd! Welcome to my Weekly Musings: Orange Edition. 

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Happy Holidays, my crowd!  For once, this is late on purpose. And we all know why... The holiday! Bet lets review the week past.

 Everything was slow until the main event.. Christmas! I got to spend it with my family, like always.  Sunday was the big gift-giving day. Monday, Christmas Day, was when my mother and I opened our gifts to each other; followed by brunch made by one of my uncles. We didn't go to my other uncle's house to set up the firepit, unfortunately. It did get cold enough, but my cousin never came in, so maybe my other uncle just didn't feel like it or wasn't ready for that. Also, earlier in the week, my mother and I went to a local burger place that we usually go to. ... Yeah, we're discontinuing that tradition. The food is kind of lousy.

 And now to share my holiday haul:

• A prop lantern (looks like a box of Chinese take out) and a Farside book from one of my uncles.
• A very awesome sweater shirt, sweets, and a candle from my other uncle.
• Sonic Superstars (Nintendo Switch), a space shuttle model kit, a food chopper, a popsocket, and a real lamp from my mother.
• A USB microphone/headphone set from @Stone Cold Steve Jobs.
• A mystery gift from @ShadOBabe (hasn't come in yet).

I didn't get myself any gifts, but I do want to go shopping for clothes. Might even go see a movie in theaters. Who knows. Still, what I got is awesome. 

 It's been confirmed that the next Sentai will be called Bakuage Sentai BoonBoonger (Potentail translation: Kaboom Squadron BoomBoomger). I was REALLY hoping they'd drop the name for something else. Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network are in negotiations for a merger; did not see that coming. And the biggest news of all... Sharivan is getting an official release! It's a tokusatsu Christmas miracle!

 [ 1 / 2 ] MOVIE TIME!  I recently saw MGM's Christmas Carol The Movie (2001). The crime of this adaptation is that it's remarkably dull. It takes time to add new details, change the order of events for other details, and retcon some other details. However, for all it's changes, none of them come together in a meaningful way. They don't justify whatever parts of the story were cut out. What should have been a series of profound, touching, and soul-wrenching moments were left feeling hollow. This adaptation had all the elements to be something great. They tried to show us the poor houses, but held back from showing why they are bad. They showed us Fred, but Scrooge never reunited with him at the end. They gave Scrooge a moment to reunite with Belle, but it was so underwhelming that even the Flintstones did it better. All this and more established a pattern of behavior. The material they gave us had so much potential, they just didn't take it as far as possible, nor did they stick the landing.

 [ 2 / 2 ] ANOTHER MOVIE!  I also saw An All Dogs Christmas Carol. I saw this once, and only once. Seeing it again, I am not sure what to say. It's not following the Dickens story note-for-note since these are original characters from their own universe. Still, it takes a few layers to get to this. If you liked the sequel to the original Don Bluth movie "All Dogs Go To Heaven", and you enjoyed the All Dogs TV series, then you might just enjoy this tie-in movie. It's a little all over the place. It's one part Dickens-inspired story, one part apocalyptic story. Sadly, despite doing its best to redeem Carface, he still admits that it's only a one-time thing. Kind of sad to go through all that for almost nothing, but I get it. It's part of a TV series; they have to reset everything back to status quo so that it fits in with the continuity. If you must see this, and not because you're all ready a fan of the franchise, then see it for the jazzy musical numbers. The first song was very generic Christmas song, but the rest were way better.

 I could not finish David S. Womack's movie “Carol's Christmas.” There were many creative changes made here, but the audio editing is so terrible, that I simply could not sit through it. Maybe next year, I'll give it a 2nd chance. For now, there are other adaptations that deserve my time. 

 Also, NO TOKUSATSU THIS WEEK! Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays, my crowd. It'll return next week. 

 I found a store that sells G Fuel Peach Rings flavor. (Yes, the Sonic the Hedgehog flavor). It was good! Didn't get a ton of energy off it. It was closer to a candy drink, really. But the peach flavor was real, and I'd gladly go back for more.

That's all for now, my crowd.  Take care, and seasons greetings.

I think the title of this video explains why I was interested, and hopefully you'll agree. This is "How People In 1899 Imagined The Year 2000." by Very Nearly Interesting.