Reviews, Health, and Other Stuff: Jane Russell

Welcome

Welcome to my ever-evolving blog. It started out as a blog on Beachbody workouts and products, mainly when I was a Beachbody coach. I no longer coach, not because I don't believe in Beachbody's programs (I subscribe to Beachbody on Demand and use their workouts every day), I am just not a salesperson and hated that aspect of it. I am more than willing to answer questions about my experiences with their products and the various workouts, and I feel freer to do so without the appearance of giving a biased review of something.

I have also started adding reviews for various things I have purchased like movies, books, CDs, and other products. This was brought about by a fight with Amazon in which all of my reviews were removed over a completely bullshit allegation that I posted a review that violated their terms of service. After going back and forth with the morons in the community-reviews department (even after they admitted that my posts did not violate their guidelines) they restored my account (which took them six months to do), but I have been posting my reviews on my blog to have them preserved in case something like that happens again. And here, I will post uncensored reviews so I will swear from time to time and post reviews that may be longer than Amazon's character limit. Everything I post here on any topic or product is my personal opinion, and I take no compensation for any product reviews I post. I am a member of Amazon's vine program and because I get those products for free, I keep those reviews on Amazon only, but everything I have purchased with my own money, whether from Amazon or some other store/website/outlet, I will post here.

I also plan to do some longer blog posts on various topics, such as how to learn physics, how to get through calculus, and longer reviews of workout programs as I do them. Basically, whatever strikes me as interesting at the time. As you can see if you navigate around the blog, I had many years in between postings. During that time I was going back to school to get an engineering degree, and learning material that I avoided my first time through college was a different experience and one that gave me a lot of insight into how to do well in those classes, which I will try to impart here for those who are looking to get a science or engineering degree.

Saturday, July 30, 2022

DVD/Movie Review: The Outlaw

The Outlaw is a 1943 western directed by Howard Hughes and starring Jane Russell, Jack Buetel, Walter Huston, and Thomas Mitchell. The movie is what passes for a comedy in the 1940s. It is a fictional story involving the character of Billy The Kid, played by Jack Buetel. He is being pursued by lawman Pat Garrett, played by Thomas Mitchell, and Doc Holliday (played by Huston) but ends up shacking up with Garrett's girlfriend, Rio, played by Jane Russell. Russell, who grew up in the Midwest (in a very small town in Minnesota), was passed off as being Mexican in the movie. The comedy (I guess) comes in when pretty much all the male characters are much more interested in a horse than they are in Jane Russell. Of course, the movie starred Russell in her heyday, and the movie was, in its time, a bit controversial in the outfits that they put her in to show off how insanely hot she was back then. Of course, by today's standards, it is nothing, but back in 1943, it was a bit risque (although they never showed as much of her in the actual movie as they did on the posters for the movie).

Overall, it was probably a decent movie for its time, but it definitely does not hold up well nearly 80 years later. There are several versions of the movie on DVD and even a Blu-Ray copy. The one I have just has the black-and-white version with no extras. There are colorized versions out there, as well as some that have a commentary track by Russell, so you have to pay attention to what version you are getting if you are looking for the extras.