Meedyah Morsels #177.
This is a couple weeks old, but I'm catching up.
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Saturday, November 30, 2019
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Thanksgiving the 10th.
Previous years-
- The 1st! (2010)
- The 2nd!! (2011)
- The 3rd!! (2012)
- The 4th! (2013)
- The 5th! (2014)
- The 6th! (2015)
- The 7th. (2016)
- The 8th! (2017)
- The 9th. (2018)
New tradition, I've brought back the food category from 2012 by making it year round as "Munchies and Crunchies", and I'll compile them on Thanksgivings, so here's this year's batch.
- Munchies & Crunchies!! (MC #1)
- Ghosts of tummy-aches past. (MC #2)
- Chicken shit!! (MC #3)
- Maine stuff. (MC #4)
- Not-Maine stuff. (MC #5)
- Pumpkin spice season: Part 1. (MC #6)
- Pumpkin spice season: Part 2. (MC #7)
- Pumpkin spice season: Part 2.5. (MC #7.5)
- Pumpkin spice season: Part 3. (MC #8)
- KFC recipe. (MC #9)
- Playing with your food: Ipso! (MC #10)
- School lunches. (MC #11-12)
- More 90's food. (MC #13)
- Condiments, sauces, and spreads. (MC #14)
And, I'm thankful for all of that.
And my sense of humor that got me through the rough years.
Yep.
EDIT-
And speaking of "rough years", I'm thankful that I constructed this post weeks ahead of time, because after Wembley just died, there's no fucking way I'd bother doing it from scratch.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Asshole during Justice League.
Meedyah Morsels #176.
-and-
Stuff from Facebook #24
A late addendum to my Justice League review.
Cuz I didn't wanna be a downer at the time, cuz there was enough bullshit negative energy from critics.
Original post.
November 18, 2017
Heading out to "Justice League", in about 40 minutes. Hope they aren't mobbed at the theater. Going extra early, but you never know. Although, I squeezed in to "Force Awakens", opening day, so....
Update.
November 18, 2019
Oh, they weren't mobbed, they were damned near empty.
Except for this asshole and his son who decided to sit right in front of me, even though they could have sat anywhere.
The dad proceeded to loudly explain to the son how he's so very VERY important at his job, and he needs to stay in contact at all times (meaning his fucking phone might ring during the movie, and fuck anyone who didn't like it), and he'll understand someday when he has a job.
I could tell he was really explaining it to ME, and using the kid as a shield.
I had the fantasy of telling the kid "if your daddy's phone rings, I'll kill him right in front of you, and you can be Batman", but I held my tongue.
Luckily, the phone didn't ring.
I should have put this in my review at the time.
Dunno why I still remember it.
The rude arrogance of it got under my skin, I guess.
He wasn't some bigshot banker or anything either, he was the overseer of unloading dry goods off of train cars or something. "Omigawd, Jake! The Keeblers and the Ritz are all mixing together! Save us, Jake! We NEED you!!".
Fuck off.
Delusional narcissistic prick.
He was still better than the brand of dickheads you get at the Westbrook theater.
Especially the miserable soul-dead little turds during my first viewing of Infinity War.
Anyhoo, I'll retro-link this to the JL review.
Previously with MM-
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) (MM #175)
Previously with SFF-
When the rich are done fucking us.... (SFF #23)
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-and-
Stuff from Facebook #24
A late addendum to my Justice League review.
Cuz I didn't wanna be a downer at the time, cuz there was enough bullshit negative energy from critics.
Original post.
November 18, 2017
Heading out to "Justice League", in about 40 minutes. Hope they aren't mobbed at the theater. Going extra early, but you never know. Although, I squeezed in to "Force Awakens", opening day, so....
Update.
November 18, 2019
Oh, they weren't mobbed, they were damned near empty.
Except for this asshole and his son who decided to sit right in front of me, even though they could have sat anywhere.
The dad proceeded to loudly explain to the son how he's so very VERY important at his job, and he needs to stay in contact at all times (meaning his fucking phone might ring during the movie, and fuck anyone who didn't like it), and he'll understand someday when he has a job.
I could tell he was really explaining it to ME, and using the kid as a shield.
I had the fantasy of telling the kid "if your daddy's phone rings, I'll kill him right in front of you, and you can be Batman", but I held my tongue.
Luckily, the phone didn't ring.
I should have put this in my review at the time.
Dunno why I still remember it.
The rude arrogance of it got under my skin, I guess.
He wasn't some bigshot banker or anything either, he was the overseer of unloading dry goods off of train cars or something. "Omigawd, Jake! The Keeblers and the Ritz are all mixing together! Save us, Jake! We NEED you!!".
Fuck off.
Delusional narcissistic prick.
He was still better than the brand of dickheads you get at the Westbrook theater.
Especially the miserable soul-dead little turds during my first viewing of Infinity War.
Anyhoo, I'll retro-link this to the JL review.
Previously with MM-
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) (MM #175)
Previously with SFF-
When the rich are done fucking us.... (SFF #23)
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Meedyah Morsels #175.
I finally got to see it!
I've wanted to see this for a couple reasons.
1. While it's not Scorsese's first film, it's the one that broke him through to the big time.
2. I wanted to see it as the origin of the sitcom "Alice".
Couldn't find it anywhere, Youtube wasn't coughing it up, it wasn't playing on cable, and wasn't anywhere in the deepest guts of the free Spectrum DVR library.
Well, out of the blue, it was suddenly there in the DVR in free movies to watch under TCM!
So, I jumped on it, and watched it.
Ehhh, it's all right.
Curiosity satisfied.
The mom from "Exorcist", is Alice instead of Linda Lavin.
Her husband dies in a car accident (and we see the bloody body!) so she heads out on the road with her kid, Tommy, to live her dream of becoming a singer.
When she's on the road, it's the same exact green station wagon scene from the opening credits of the show.
Halfway in her journey, she gets a boyfriend who turns out to be both married, and a violent maniac.
So, her and Tommy bolt, and we end up at the diner from the show.
Except in this version, she becomes a singer, and settles down with Kris Kristofferson.
Oh, and just before that, Tommy gets drunk with Jodie Foster, and she's all foulmouthed and Jodie Foster-y.
The End.
So, now the show...
Alice (1976-1985)
So, here's why I watched it.
1. My mom watched it back in the day, and it was on from when I was 1 to when I was 10, and that's like a century in kid time, and yet, its been so long, I didn't remember anything about it, and wanted the memory refresh.
2. I was bored, had no book ideas going at the time, and there it was on Logo in bigass marathons.
For killing time, for a long stretch, it was this, and MASH.
Back in the day, those were the big (prime-time) shows my family watched.
Alice for Ma, MASH for Dad, All In The Family for Ma and Dad, Incredible Hulk for me.
I've collected Hulk, I've seen every All In The Family to death, and now, I think I've seen all the Alice's. I'm 99% certain.
I keep checking in, and it's always one I've seen.
After 5 goddamned years, I still catch MASHes I haven't seen though.
Now, the differences between movie and show.
Mel's played by the same actor in both, but in the movie, the diner's called Mel & Ruby's Cafe.
Ruby being Mel's dead wife.
In the show, it's just Mel's Diner, and Mel's never been married.
Movie Flo is legally married, but her husband ran out, and she has a daughter with fucked up teeth she can't afford to have fixed.
TV Flo is fully divorced, swinging single, and never had or wanted kids.
Movie Flo has a foul mouth, TV Flo says "kiss my grits".
Movie Alice dislikes movie Flo at first, and then they gradually become friends.
TV Alice and Flo become fiends immediately.
Movie Flo is a shoulder to cry on, and gives Alice advice in the bathroom behind the diner.
TV Flo gave advice behind the diner in the first season or so, but Linda Lavin made Alice the smart one all the time, and Flo just became a cartoon character of herself.
Both Alice's are identical on paper, but Ellen Burstyn plays her more quiet, and beaten down, while Linda Lavin...think female David Lee Roth.
Okay, not THAT over the top, but get her singing, and....Jesus Christ.
Tommy's a bratty little punk in the movie, TV Tommy is a boring little zombie in comparison.
TV Vera is a lovable scatterbrained dingbat, movie Vera is creepy.
Like, Addam's Family creepy.
Her behavior can't be explained, must see to appreciate.
TV Vera is 100% on her own, movie Vera lives with her dad who drives her home from work on his motorcycle.
There's definitely no Jodie Foster analog.
Her character is Thanos dusted.
Kris Kristofferson is kind of Thanos dusted, but in the final season of the show, Alice hooks up with a country singer with a beard, and he's kinda analogous to Kris Kristofferson, but not really.
And finally, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", is a nice self contained little story, "Alice", lasted 9 years, and crossed over with fuckin' "Dukes Of Hazzard", via a guest appearance by Boss Hog in an episode you could tell everyone really hated doing.
So, y'know, typical network TV shark jumping.
And, that's all that.
I've bore witness to the entire Alice Hyatt saga.
Now what?
I'll think of something....
Previously with MM-
Crisis On Infinite Earths update #10. (MM #174)
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I finally got to see it!
I've wanted to see this for a couple reasons.
1. While it's not Scorsese's first film, it's the one that broke him through to the big time.
2. I wanted to see it as the origin of the sitcom "Alice".
Couldn't find it anywhere, Youtube wasn't coughing it up, it wasn't playing on cable, and wasn't anywhere in the deepest guts of the free Spectrum DVR library.
Well, out of the blue, it was suddenly there in the DVR in free movies to watch under TCM!
So, I jumped on it, and watched it.
Ehhh, it's all right.
Curiosity satisfied.
The mom from "Exorcist", is Alice instead of Linda Lavin.
Her husband dies in a car accident (and we see the bloody body!) so she heads out on the road with her kid, Tommy, to live her dream of becoming a singer.
When she's on the road, it's the same exact green station wagon scene from the opening credits of the show.
Halfway in her journey, she gets a boyfriend who turns out to be both married, and a violent maniac.
So, her and Tommy bolt, and we end up at the diner from the show.
Except in this version, she becomes a singer, and settles down with Kris Kristofferson.
Oh, and just before that, Tommy gets drunk with Jodie Foster, and she's all foulmouthed and Jodie Foster-y.
The End.
So, now the show...
Alice (1976-1985)
So, here's why I watched it.
1. My mom watched it back in the day, and it was on from when I was 1 to when I was 10, and that's like a century in kid time, and yet, its been so long, I didn't remember anything about it, and wanted the memory refresh.
2. I was bored, had no book ideas going at the time, and there it was on Logo in bigass marathons.
For killing time, for a long stretch, it was this, and MASH.
Back in the day, those were the big (prime-time) shows my family watched.
Alice for Ma, MASH for Dad, All In The Family for Ma and Dad, Incredible Hulk for me.
I've collected Hulk, I've seen every All In The Family to death, and now, I think I've seen all the Alice's. I'm 99% certain.
I keep checking in, and it's always one I've seen.
After 5 goddamned years, I still catch MASHes I haven't seen though.
Now, the differences between movie and show.
Mel's played by the same actor in both, but in the movie, the diner's called Mel & Ruby's Cafe.
Ruby being Mel's dead wife.
In the show, it's just Mel's Diner, and Mel's never been married.
Movie Flo is legally married, but her husband ran out, and she has a daughter with fucked up teeth she can't afford to have fixed.
TV Flo is fully divorced, swinging single, and never had or wanted kids.
Movie Flo has a foul mouth, TV Flo says "kiss my grits".
Movie Alice dislikes movie Flo at first, and then they gradually become friends.
TV Alice and Flo become fiends immediately.
Movie Flo is a shoulder to cry on, and gives Alice advice in the bathroom behind the diner.
TV Flo gave advice behind the diner in the first season or so, but Linda Lavin made Alice the smart one all the time, and Flo just became a cartoon character of herself.
Both Alice's are identical on paper, but Ellen Burstyn plays her more quiet, and beaten down, while Linda Lavin...think female David Lee Roth.
Okay, not THAT over the top, but get her singing, and....Jesus Christ.
Tommy's a bratty little punk in the movie, TV Tommy is a boring little zombie in comparison.
TV Vera is a lovable scatterbrained dingbat, movie Vera is creepy.
Like, Addam's Family creepy.
Her behavior can't be explained, must see to appreciate.
TV Vera is 100% on her own, movie Vera lives with her dad who drives her home from work on his motorcycle.
There's definitely no Jodie Foster analog.
Her character is Thanos dusted.
Kris Kristofferson is kind of Thanos dusted, but in the final season of the show, Alice hooks up with a country singer with a beard, and he's kinda analogous to Kris Kristofferson, but not really.
And finally, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", is a nice self contained little story, "Alice", lasted 9 years, and crossed over with fuckin' "Dukes Of Hazzard", via a guest appearance by Boss Hog in an episode you could tell everyone really hated doing.
So, y'know, typical network TV shark jumping.
And, that's all that.
I've bore witness to the entire Alice Hyatt saga.
Now what?
I'll think of something....
Previously with MM-
Crisis On Infinite Earths update #10. (MM #174)
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Friday, November 22, 2019
Buildup to Crisis On Infinite Earths. (Compilation)
Yeah, let's get this all together for when I review it!
- Kingdom Come Superman/Robin '66/Smallville Superman (no Lynda Carter).
- Black Lightning.
- Kevin Conroy Batman.
- Batman, Batwoman, and the whole gay thing.
- 90's Flash/Jonah Hex.
- Smallville Superman.
- Smallville Lois.
- Huntress/Kingdom Come Superman.
- The three Supermen.
- Harbinger/Robin '66/Batman '89/Lucifer/Titans/etc.
- Batman/Stargirl.
- Poster reveal.
I'll stop doing updates until the review.
...unless Lynda Carter is confirmed!
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Crisis On Infinite Earths update #10.
Meedyah Morsels #174.
Well, shit, that was timely!
Almost the second I dropped the last one, this thing dropped!
Crisis On Infinite Earth poster!!!!!
This thing is coming in just a couple weeks and some change!
Previously with MM/Crisis-
Crisis On Infinite Earths update #9. (MM #173)
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Well, shit, that was timely!
Almost the second I dropped the last one, this thing dropped!
Crisis On Infinite Earth poster!!!!!
This thing is coming in just a couple weeks and some change!
Previously with MM/Crisis-
Crisis On Infinite Earths update #9. (MM #173)
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Crisis On Infinite Earths update #9.
Meedyah Morsels #173
A two-fer!
First up, here's a pic of Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne/Batman.
He's wearing the back braces from Kingdom Come.
Which (presumably) puts him in the same universe as Kingdom Come Superman.
Who's "Superman Returns", Superman.
Who's Christopher Reeve Superman.
SO, that would mean, in the Christopher Reeve Superman universe, Kevin Conroy was live-action Batman, then he got his back broken by Bane, then he patched himself up, then Kingdom Come happened, or is about to happen.
Stargirl is going to show up in Crisis before her standalone series premieres on DC Universe.
But, every episode is going to rerun on CW afterward, so the unwashed masses like us will be able to see it too!
Stargirl is the inheritor of the mantle of Starman, and Starman is pretty much Green Lantern and Thor rolled into one.
That thing she's holding is The Cosmic Rod, and it's pretty much a Green Lantern ring and Mjolnir rolled together.
Starman built it, and passed it to his son, who passed it to Stargirl.
So, unlike Thor and Green Lantern, Starman built his powers like Iron Man.
I mentioned Starman before in "More Crossovers Part 3".
Specifically "Batman/Hellboy/Starman".
Still no Lynda Carter.
Previously with Crisis-
Crisis On Infinite Earths update #8. (MM #157)
Previously with MM-
AHS: 1984 (2019) (MM #172)
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A two-fer!
First up, here's a pic of Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne/Batman.
He's wearing the back braces from Kingdom Come.
Which (presumably) puts him in the same universe as Kingdom Come Superman.
Who's "Superman Returns", Superman.
Who's Christopher Reeve Superman.
SO, that would mean, in the Christopher Reeve Superman universe, Kevin Conroy was live-action Batman, then he got his back broken by Bane, then he patched himself up, then Kingdom Come happened, or is about to happen.
Stargirl is going to show up in Crisis before her standalone series premieres on DC Universe.
But, every episode is going to rerun on CW afterward, so the unwashed masses like us will be able to see it too!
Stargirl is the inheritor of the mantle of Starman, and Starman is pretty much Green Lantern and Thor rolled into one.
That thing she's holding is The Cosmic Rod, and it's pretty much a Green Lantern ring and Mjolnir rolled together.
Starman built it, and passed it to his son, who passed it to Stargirl.
So, unlike Thor and Green Lantern, Starman built his powers like Iron Man.
I mentioned Starman before in "More Crossovers Part 3".
Specifically "Batman/Hellboy/Starman".
Still no Lynda Carter.
Previously with Crisis-
Crisis On Infinite Earths update #8. (MM #157)
Previously with MM-
AHS: 1984 (2019) (MM #172)
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Saturday, November 16, 2019
When the rich are done fucking us....
Stuff from Facebook #23
...utopia will bloom, I'm sure.
Said no poor person ever.
November 1st, 2018
I'm kind of morbidly curious. What do the super-rich plan on doing once they've killed all us dirty stinky poors with program slashing, pollution, wars, and working us to death for free in corporate prisons? Are they gonna dig tunnels under the ground, and inbreed with their own children until they become mole-rat people with eyeballs on their backs? Or is something supernatural supposed to bail them out?
They think the 19th century was good, worth returning to, and sustainable forever, and ever, and ever.
So, yes, their beliefs are absolutely supernatural.
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Bootstrap this! (SFF #22)
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...utopia will bloom, I'm sure.
Said no poor person ever.
November 1st, 2018
I'm kind of morbidly curious. What do the super-rich plan on doing once they've killed all us dirty stinky poors with program slashing, pollution, wars, and working us to death for free in corporate prisons? Are they gonna dig tunnels under the ground, and inbreed with their own children until they become mole-rat people with eyeballs on their backs? Or is something supernatural supposed to bail them out?
They think the 19th century was good, worth returning to, and sustainable forever, and ever, and ever.
So, yes, their beliefs are absolutely supernatural.
Previously with SFF-
Bootstrap this! (SFF #22)
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Bootstrap this!
Stuff from Facebook #22
It's a con!
It's a sham!
It's a ploy!
Oh boy!
November 13th, 2019
Y'know what's fun to listen to?
Dick flexing, muscle flexing, and bootstrapper speeches from boomer conservatives, after they gleefully and joyously elected the fattest, laziest, pampered, privileged, little-dick motherfucker ever as president.
It's comedy gold, and not at all in the way they intend
Yep, you never have to countenance this shit again.
Trump's existence is your permission slip forever.
Fuck these people.
Previously with SFF-
Rudolph & Santa! (SFF #21)
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It's a con!
It's a sham!
It's a ploy!
Oh boy!
November 13th, 2019
Y'know what's fun to listen to?
Dick flexing, muscle flexing, and bootstrapper speeches from boomer conservatives, after they gleefully and joyously elected the fattest, laziest, pampered, privileged, little-dick motherfucker ever as president.
It's comedy gold, and not at all in the way they intend
Yep, you never have to countenance this shit again.
Trump's existence is your permission slip forever.
Fuck these people.
Previously with SFF-
Rudolph & Santa! (SFF #21)
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Thursday, November 14, 2019
AHS: 1984 (2019)
Meedyah Morsels #172
Gonna have to retro-link this to Halloween.
Thanks for the bad scheduling, this, and "Doctor Sleep".
Anyhoozlebees...
So, it finally finished last night, and damn, this whole thing was awesome.
It's a 9 hour Jason movie that's better than the entire fucking Jason franchise.
It's the R rated blood and cussing answer to Stranger Things you didn't know you wanted.
Better characters than Jason, better actors, better writing, better everything.
And yet it pulls everything from the Jason mythology.
With a teensy weensy sprinkle of Freddy myth in there.
I mean, not literally, it's not canon, but the rules of how everything works are shit that would happen in those films.
Even really crazy shit that makes you go "no! That breaks the rules!", no, stop, think about it, even that seemingly foolish thing they did is in the canon, they just pull it out more, and deal with the consequences.
It's all there in the films, and all fair game.
Also, they get to use real copyrighted 80's music instead of the cheap filler actual 80's horror movies were stuck using.
And all the hits are there, and the track selections are genius, and fit every moment.
It's fucking glorious.
Billy Lourd is delicious as a villain chick straight out of Toxic Avenger.
She pretty much steals the show.
There's one slightly potentially problematic ingredient, they use Richard Ramirez, The Night Stalker, as a character.
And they overlap his real crimes and capture with the story.
His final fate kind of pulls a Quentin Tarantino altern-iverse deal though.
But....trashy true-crime TV movies with real killers were an 80's thing too.
So, that only ads to the nostalgia, and the accuracy.
And they kind of meta-goof on that in the story with a serial killers death tours franchise.
So, what could potentially be cringe becomes brilliant.
And Zach Villa's portrayal of him is spot-fucking-on.
Can't wait for it to come out on disk, it'll make a great marathon along with "Final Girls", "Behind The Mask", and "Cabin In The Woods".
But, until then, Spectrum has it on free VOD.
So, I'll be binge-ing this again.
Will I be checking out the other AHS seasons?
...naaahhh.
Thanks for this one though, AHS.
From the bottom of my little 80's heart!
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Previously with MM-
She-Hulk and others coming to MCU movies. (MM #171)
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Gonna have to retro-link this to Halloween.
Thanks for the bad scheduling, this, and "Doctor Sleep".
Anyhoozlebees...
So, it finally finished last night, and damn, this whole thing was awesome.
It's a 9 hour Jason movie that's better than the entire fucking Jason franchise.
It's the R rated blood and cussing answer to Stranger Things you didn't know you wanted.
Better characters than Jason, better actors, better writing, better everything.
And yet it pulls everything from the Jason mythology.
With a teensy weensy sprinkle of Freddy myth in there.
I mean, not literally, it's not canon, but the rules of how everything works are shit that would happen in those films.
Even really crazy shit that makes you go "no! That breaks the rules!", no, stop, think about it, even that seemingly foolish thing they did is in the canon, they just pull it out more, and deal with the consequences.
It's all there in the films, and all fair game.
Also, they get to use real copyrighted 80's music instead of the cheap filler actual 80's horror movies were stuck using.
And all the hits are there, and the track selections are genius, and fit every moment.
It's fucking glorious.
Billy Lourd is delicious as a villain chick straight out of Toxic Avenger.
She pretty much steals the show.
There's one slightly potentially problematic ingredient, they use Richard Ramirez, The Night Stalker, as a character.
And they overlap his real crimes and capture with the story.
His final fate kind of pulls a Quentin Tarantino altern-iverse deal though.
But....trashy true-crime TV movies with real killers were an 80's thing too.
So, that only ads to the nostalgia, and the accuracy.
And they kind of meta-goof on that in the story with a serial killers death tours franchise.
So, what could potentially be cringe becomes brilliant.
And Zach Villa's portrayal of him is spot-fucking-on.
Can't wait for it to come out on disk, it'll make a great marathon along with "Final Girls", "Behind The Mask", and "Cabin In The Woods".
But, until then, Spectrum has it on free VOD.
So, I'll be binge-ing this again.
Will I be checking out the other AHS seasons?
...naaahhh.
Thanks for this one though, AHS.
From the bottom of my little 80's heart!
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She-Hulk and others coming to MCU movies. (MM #171)
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Rudolph & Santa!
Stuff from Facebook #21
A thematic duology that gets a jump on the ho-ho-holidays!
Rudolph.
October 30th, 2018
Do you think Trump voters watch "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer", and when they get to the Island Of Misfit Toys, they shout out "you STAY on that island!! You're defective!! God hates you!! You're mistakes!! No one could ever love you!! Stay outta my country!!"? Or, do you think they feel sorry for the Misfit Toys while the irony sails over their heads?
Santa.
November 13th, 2013
You know what you never see? You never see a bunch of kids gang up and murder another kid because his deeds offended the eyes of Santa. I wonder why adult superstitions suddenly take on such deadly severity.
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Marketplace, advertising, and selling out. (SFF #20)
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A thematic duology that gets a jump on the ho-ho-holidays!
Rudolph.
October 30th, 2018
Do you think Trump voters watch "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer", and when they get to the Island Of Misfit Toys, they shout out "you STAY on that island!! You're defective!! God hates you!! You're mistakes!! No one could ever love you!! Stay outta my country!!"? Or, do you think they feel sorry for the Misfit Toys while the irony sails over their heads?
Santa.
November 13th, 2013
You know what you never see? You never see a bunch of kids gang up and murder another kid because his deeds offended the eyes of Santa. I wonder why adult superstitions suddenly take on such deadly severity.
Previously with SFF-
Marketplace, advertising, and selling out. (SFF #20)
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Marketplace, advertising, and selling out.
Stuff from Facebook #20
A thematic trilogy!
Marketplace of ideas.
March 23rd, 2018
Here's another phrase Libertarians can go shove up their ass.
"Competing in the marketplace of ideas".
Sounds noble and democratic, but it's really a cute euphemism for "we shut up who we don't like, because it's heroic when we do it".
It's a pretty sounding phrase, until you realize, the marketplace that sells orange juice, and soda, and hamburgers allows a lot of dirty tricks and lies.
And if your lawyers are clever enough, you can even get away with poisoning some kids.
Truth ought not be run like a marketplace.
I prefer this thing we already have called debate.
It works just fine at exposing the stupid.
The stupid hate that.
That's why they want their bullshit to be sold like orange juice.
"Wahhh! Let me cheat! Let me cheat!!".
Fuck off.
80's advertising.
November 6th, 2016
Been watching shitloads of 80's commercials. Both nostalgic and horrifying at the same time.
Big change I've noticed in advertising today from the old days, is they just get in and out and tell you about the product now.
80's ads were full of manipulative heart-string shit.
Trying to get you to associate their junk with either familial love, romantic love, or patriotism.
Babies taking naps on piles of Kleenexe to show how soft it is, and a mother welling up all soggy eyed with motherly joy while wiping her eyes with the same Kleenexe.
Shit like that.
The transition away from that horseshit was so gradual, I didn't notice it going away, but good riddance.
How utterly vile.
Just watched one where a first grade class sings a song about their hard-nosed teacher who helped them learn, so they take her to MickyDees (gee, thanks...) and one little boy finishes the lyrics to the song with a choked up "we're sure gonna miss ya".
It's just fuckin' burgers!
BURGERS!!!
Fuck you, you sick bastards.
Madison Avenue has a lot to answer for for just the "Mad Men", days alone, but I'd forgotten how residue of the twisted manipulation lingered on well into the 80's and 90's.
Come to think of it, there must have been legislation against that kind of stuff, because it never goes away on its own.
Here's that ad.
Hardnose Mrs. Hatcher.
*Dry heave*
Selling out.
Novemebr 13th, 2013
I've never heard of anyone being on their death bed, and wishing that they'd sold out more, conformed more, been more of a phony, been more of a bootlicking asskisser. Funny that.
*Stands over Mrs Hatcher's death bed as the heart monitor goes flat*
We're sure gonna miss ya!
*Presses a button, and she goes down a chute into a hamburger grinder*
Previously with SFF-
Parenting tips. (SFF #19)
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A thematic trilogy!
Marketplace of ideas.
March 23rd, 2018
Here's another phrase Libertarians can go shove up their ass.
"Competing in the marketplace of ideas".
Sounds noble and democratic, but it's really a cute euphemism for "we shut up who we don't like, because it's heroic when we do it".
It's a pretty sounding phrase, until you realize, the marketplace that sells orange juice, and soda, and hamburgers allows a lot of dirty tricks and lies.
And if your lawyers are clever enough, you can even get away with poisoning some kids.
Truth ought not be run like a marketplace.
I prefer this thing we already have called debate.
It works just fine at exposing the stupid.
The stupid hate that.
That's why they want their bullshit to be sold like orange juice.
"Wahhh! Let me cheat! Let me cheat!!".
Fuck off.
80's advertising.
November 6th, 2016
Been watching shitloads of 80's commercials. Both nostalgic and horrifying at the same time.
Big change I've noticed in advertising today from the old days, is they just get in and out and tell you about the product now.
80's ads were full of manipulative heart-string shit.
Trying to get you to associate their junk with either familial love, romantic love, or patriotism.
Babies taking naps on piles of Kleenexe to show how soft it is, and a mother welling up all soggy eyed with motherly joy while wiping her eyes with the same Kleenexe.
Shit like that.
The transition away from that horseshit was so gradual, I didn't notice it going away, but good riddance.
How utterly vile.
Just watched one where a first grade class sings a song about their hard-nosed teacher who helped them learn, so they take her to MickyDees (gee, thanks...) and one little boy finishes the lyrics to the song with a choked up "we're sure gonna miss ya".
It's just fuckin' burgers!
BURGERS!!!
Fuck you, you sick bastards.
Madison Avenue has a lot to answer for for just the "Mad Men", days alone, but I'd forgotten how residue of the twisted manipulation lingered on well into the 80's and 90's.
Come to think of it, there must have been legislation against that kind of stuff, because it never goes away on its own.
Here's that ad.
Hardnose Mrs. Hatcher.
*Dry heave*
Selling out.
Novemebr 13th, 2013
I've never heard of anyone being on their death bed, and wishing that they'd sold out more, conformed more, been more of a phony, been more of a bootlicking asskisser. Funny that.
*Stands over Mrs Hatcher's death bed as the heart monitor goes flat*
We're sure gonna miss ya!
*Presses a button, and she goes down a chute into a hamburger grinder*
Previously with SFF-
Parenting tips. (SFF #19)
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Parenting tips.
Stuff from Facebook #19
I'm not a parent, but I've absorbed things I've witnessed.
Here's what I've boiled it all down to...
Novemebr 12th, 2013.
Here's the best way to parent.
Don't just be upset with naughty things your children say or do. Get MORALLY outraged.
Make it a big crime, like they're an adult doing it.
In fact, react as you would to a street criminal.
Make a really big deal.
Turn molehills into Mount Everest.
And make every hill the one you're willing to die on.
Don't just raise your voice, shriek. Really lose your shit.
In fact, never control your emotions. Make everything a big drama.
Make a big theatrical production out of it.
Imagine everything horrible that ever happened in your life, and seek to destroy it, and focus that destructive force on your child.
Remember, don't control your emotions at all.
Being an adult means there's no one around to tell you what to do anymore.
You're the boss, applesauce.
Just let it pour out.
Don't just hit, say hateful things that cut to the bone.
Leave trauma.
Destroying a child makes you a winner.
You're strong. You should get a trophy.
Be proud of yourself. You're the champ.
Likewise, if the child gets in a good dig, get your ego involved.
Completely, and utterly.
Never let it be "kids being kids", when YOU'RE involved.
Take it personally, and deeply.
Then, convert the pain into more anger.
Recycle old arguments for next time.
Turn old insults back on the child.
Better yet, engineer elaborate torments based on things you didn't like out of your child's mouth.
Be petty. It's all about winning, and all about you.
If everyone did this, I'm sure our country would improve immediately.
Look at the wonders its done so far.
We've got flying cars, teleporters, and lightsabers.
What, no?
Huh....
Previously with SFF-
Culture snobbery. (SFF #18)
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I'm not a parent, but I've absorbed things I've witnessed.
Here's what I've boiled it all down to...
Novemebr 12th, 2013.
Here's the best way to parent.
Don't just be upset with naughty things your children say or do. Get MORALLY outraged.
Make it a big crime, like they're an adult doing it.
In fact, react as you would to a street criminal.
Make a really big deal.
Turn molehills into Mount Everest.
And make every hill the one you're willing to die on.
Don't just raise your voice, shriek. Really lose your shit.
In fact, never control your emotions. Make everything a big drama.
Make a big theatrical production out of it.
Imagine everything horrible that ever happened in your life, and seek to destroy it, and focus that destructive force on your child.
Remember, don't control your emotions at all.
Being an adult means there's no one around to tell you what to do anymore.
You're the boss, applesauce.
Just let it pour out.
Don't just hit, say hateful things that cut to the bone.
Leave trauma.
Destroying a child makes you a winner.
You're strong. You should get a trophy.
Be proud of yourself. You're the champ.
Likewise, if the child gets in a good dig, get your ego involved.
Completely, and utterly.
Never let it be "kids being kids", when YOU'RE involved.
Take it personally, and deeply.
Then, convert the pain into more anger.
Recycle old arguments for next time.
Turn old insults back on the child.
Better yet, engineer elaborate torments based on things you didn't like out of your child's mouth.
Be petty. It's all about winning, and all about you.
If everyone did this, I'm sure our country would improve immediately.
Look at the wonders its done so far.
We've got flying cars, teleporters, and lightsabers.
What, no?
Huh....
Previously with SFF-
Culture snobbery. (SFF #18)
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Monday, November 11, 2019
She-Hulk and others coming to MCU movies.
Meedyah Morsels #171
This is one of those "good news, bad news", kinda deals.
She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel, and Moon Knight are going to pop up in the movie universe, but only after having their origins on the Disney+ shows to try to force you to watch the shows.
That....that's dirty pool.
Making the shows mandatory.
Y'know what?
Fuck you, Disney.
I'll read Wikipedia, and/or watch Youtube reaction videos, then I'll just go to the movies.
Cram your shows.
I'm getting really fed up with corporate extortion.
Previously with MM-
Ghostbusters Afterlife (?) (MM #170)
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This is one of those "good news, bad news", kinda deals.
She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel, and Moon Knight are going to pop up in the movie universe, but only after having their origins on the Disney+ shows to try to force you to watch the shows.
That....that's dirty pool.
Making the shows mandatory.
Y'know what?
Fuck you, Disney.
I'll read Wikipedia, and/or watch Youtube reaction videos, then I'll just go to the movies.
Cram your shows.
I'm getting really fed up with corporate extortion.
Previously with MM-
Ghostbusters Afterlife (?) (MM #170)
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Marvel,
news,
pop-culture
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Ghostbusters Afterlife (?)
Meedyah Morsels #170
That's what the rumored final title for Ghostbusters 2020/Ghostbusters 3 is.
According to this site.
I've never heard of it, but allegedly "its been a reliable source in the past".
According to them, Sony is going to reveal it in a few weeks, but their inside source leaked it out to them.
Assuming it's true...we had to wait this long for that?
It's so generic.
I don't see anyone big running with it though.
Like Hollywood Reporter, or Variety, or The Wrap, or someone like that.
But, it's really early, no one's woken up.
The Ghostbusters news sites have jumped on it though.
Well, if it turns out to be bullshit, I'll correct it with whatever the real title is, and if it's real, I got it early.
Previously with MM/GB2020-
GB2020 casting confirmation. (MM #169)
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That's what the rumored final title for Ghostbusters 2020/Ghostbusters 3 is.
According to this site.
I've never heard of it, but allegedly "its been a reliable source in the past".
According to them, Sony is going to reveal it in a few weeks, but their inside source leaked it out to them.
Assuming it's true...we had to wait this long for that?
It's so generic.
I don't see anyone big running with it though.
Like Hollywood Reporter, or Variety, or The Wrap, or someone like that.
But, it's really early, no one's woken up.
The Ghostbusters news sites have jumped on it though.
Well, if it turns out to be bullshit, I'll correct it with whatever the real title is, and if it's real, I got it early.
Previously with MM/GB2020-
GB2020 casting confirmation. (MM #169)
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Labels:
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Ghostbusters,
news,
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Saturday, November 9, 2019
Culture snobbery.
Stuff from Facebook #18
Lest you think I think all smart people are automatically much better....
November 3rd, 2018.
I've torn into why I find food snobbery ridiculous (short version, it all ends up as poop anyway), but here's my bit on culture snobbery. Way I look at it, the things I'm into, horror movies, profane standup, porn, these are just modern versions of an ancient tradition that has always been a thorn in the side of puritans and tyrants.
Meanwhile, "high art", and "high culture", have typically been subsidized by emperors, dictators, and the church.
Rebellion against tyranny versus snuggling up to it.
Gee, I think I see which side has the better moral leg to stand on.
And if "classy", isn't about morality, then the sum of human goodness becomes about wearing nice clothes, and speaking well, and that attitude has led to nothing in history but catastrophe.
One need go no further than the antebellum American south to see its worst manifestation.
Also, I don't happen to think all the beautiful things of the world have been found, captured, and put on museum walls.
There's treasure left to be found, and a lot of it is hidden in the trash.
Yeah, the Mona Lisa is nifty, but I've seen it already.
What about that movie about the killer tire over there?
What's going on with that?
Let's check that out.
YEAH, Paula Kirby!!
*Smug arm cross*
Previously with SFF-
Stupid people really do suck. (SFF #17)
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Lest you think I think all smart people are automatically much better....
November 3rd, 2018.
I've torn into why I find food snobbery ridiculous (short version, it all ends up as poop anyway), but here's my bit on culture snobbery. Way I look at it, the things I'm into, horror movies, profane standup, porn, these are just modern versions of an ancient tradition that has always been a thorn in the side of puritans and tyrants.
Meanwhile, "high art", and "high culture", have typically been subsidized by emperors, dictators, and the church.
Rebellion against tyranny versus snuggling up to it.
Gee, I think I see which side has the better moral leg to stand on.
And if "classy", isn't about morality, then the sum of human goodness becomes about wearing nice clothes, and speaking well, and that attitude has led to nothing in history but catastrophe.
One need go no further than the antebellum American south to see its worst manifestation.
Also, I don't happen to think all the beautiful things of the world have been found, captured, and put on museum walls.
There's treasure left to be found, and a lot of it is hidden in the trash.
Yeah, the Mona Lisa is nifty, but I've seen it already.
What about that movie about the killer tire over there?
What's going on with that?
Let's check that out.
YEAH, Paula Kirby!!
*Smug arm cross*
Previously with SFF-
Stupid people really do suck. (SFF #17)
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Stupid people really do suck.
Stuff from Facebook #17
In every single way there is to suck, stupid people find a way to suck it.
November 2nd, 2013
Fuck, as much as it gets me down that I'm surrounded by stupid people sometimes, I'm SO glad I'm not fucking stupid.
That cheers me right he fuck up most times.
You would think, you would THINK that being stupid would make you happy.
You would think, being stupid, and everyone else being stupid, the world would be your oyster.
You'd "fit in", wherever you go, everyone would would agree with you, you'd all like the same stupid mediocre shit, and you would think that state of affairs would make you fucking happy.
You would think it would be bliss.
You would think that.
But they're not happy.
On top of being stupid, they're all empty, unfulfilled, miserable fucking people.
The proof of it, is the divorce statistics, and the sales figures on alcohol, and anti-depressants, and the ubiquity of the advertising these awful corporations can afford, and how crowded our fucking jails are, and on and on.
The cold-blooded facts attest to how full of loathing these scabrous wretches are.
The stupid people own the world, they decide what useless meaningless products get shoved down our throats, everything's catered to them, everyone kisses their asses, their dollar decides what shitty movies we all see, their votes pick our horrible, HORRIBLE politicians, the LEAST these knuckle-dragging motherfuckers could be, is HAPPY about it.
But, nope, on top of all that, they're miserable ingrates.
And, they're even too stupid to know why they're miserable.
But they are, and they're dragging the rest of us down.
Here's a bargain, if this garish, ugly, fascist, striving, conformist, consumerist nightmare of a world doesn't make you assholes happy, can we please be rid of it, and try something else?
No?
Okay, fuck you then.
Previously with SFF-
Erec-Shawn. (SFF #16)
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In every single way there is to suck, stupid people find a way to suck it.
November 2nd, 2013
Fuck, as much as it gets me down that I'm surrounded by stupid people sometimes, I'm SO glad I'm not fucking stupid.
That cheers me right he fuck up most times.
You would think, you would THINK that being stupid would make you happy.
You would think, being stupid, and everyone else being stupid, the world would be your oyster.
You'd "fit in", wherever you go, everyone would would agree with you, you'd all like the same stupid mediocre shit, and you would think that state of affairs would make you fucking happy.
You would think it would be bliss.
You would think that.
But they're not happy.
On top of being stupid, they're all empty, unfulfilled, miserable fucking people.
The proof of it, is the divorce statistics, and the sales figures on alcohol, and anti-depressants, and the ubiquity of the advertising these awful corporations can afford, and how crowded our fucking jails are, and on and on.
The cold-blooded facts attest to how full of loathing these scabrous wretches are.
The stupid people own the world, they decide what useless meaningless products get shoved down our throats, everything's catered to them, everyone kisses their asses, their dollar decides what shitty movies we all see, their votes pick our horrible, HORRIBLE politicians, the LEAST these knuckle-dragging motherfuckers could be, is HAPPY about it.
But, nope, on top of all that, they're miserable ingrates.
And, they're even too stupid to know why they're miserable.
But they are, and they're dragging the rest of us down.
Here's a bargain, if this garish, ugly, fascist, striving, conformist, consumerist nightmare of a world doesn't make you assholes happy, can we please be rid of it, and try something else?
No?
Okay, fuck you then.
Previously with SFF-
Erec-Shawn. (SFF #16)
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Erec-Shawn.
Stuff from Facebook #16
I have few regrets, but this is one....
May 15th, 2019
In 5th grade, we had this guy who wore sweat pants, then would think dirty thoughts, and pop visible boners in front of everyone. His name was Shawn. I should have nicknamed him erec-Shawn. Dammit, that would have made me all time nicknamer trophy winner. Whelp, add it to my vast time travel to-do list.
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In defense of Terminator Salvation. (SFF #15)
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I have few regrets, but this is one....
May 15th, 2019
In 5th grade, we had this guy who wore sweat pants, then would think dirty thoughts, and pop visible boners in front of everyone. His name was Shawn. I should have nicknamed him erec-Shawn. Dammit, that would have made me all time nicknamer trophy winner. Whelp, add it to my vast time travel to-do list.
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In defense of Terminator Salvation. (SFF #15)
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GB2020 casting confirmation.
Meedyah Morsels #169
Bill Murray confirmed!!
They shot his scenes!!
He said in an interview he'd be back, but he's Bill Murray, you never know if he's going to show up, or when he does show up, he shows up really late to make you worry he's not going to show up, you have to talk to his voicemail, or his agent, so you can't get an answer straight out of him, so...yeah, getting commitment out of Murray for anything is a whole thing.
But nope, they got him.
Dan Aykroyd says they shot Murry, him, Sigourney, and Annie Potts.
He forgot Ernie Hudson, but safe to assume he's in there.
And he says they acknowledge Harold Ramis somehow.
Listen to the audio in this tweet for more details.
So, there, Bill's footage is safe in the containment unit.
Breathe easy.
Previously with GB2020-
GB2020 wraps! ...again...sorta... (MM #160)
Previously with MM-
"The Batman", casting #5-6. (MM #168)
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Bill Murray confirmed!!
They shot his scenes!!
He said in an interview he'd be back, but he's Bill Murray, you never know if he's going to show up, or when he does show up, he shows up really late to make you worry he's not going to show up, you have to talk to his voicemail, or his agent, so you can't get an answer straight out of him, so...yeah, getting commitment out of Murray for anything is a whole thing.
But nope, they got him.
Dan Aykroyd says they shot Murry, him, Sigourney, and Annie Potts.
He forgot Ernie Hudson, but safe to assume he's in there.
And he says they acknowledge Harold Ramis somehow.
Listen to the audio in this tweet for more details.
So, there, Bill's footage is safe in the containment unit.
Breathe easy.
Previously with GB2020-
GB2020 wraps! ...again...sorta... (MM #160)
Previously with MM-
"The Batman", casting #5-6. (MM #168)
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Ghostbusters,
news,
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Friday, November 8, 2019
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Big 2019 Movies Part 14.
Previously-
Previously from Stephen King-
Previously with Shining/Dr Sleep-
Loved it.
Not as good as "The Shining", but pretty damned good.
Not as good as the book in a lot of ways, better in other ways.
I didn't miss the AA bullshit.
There's a little of it, but the book really lingers on it like an infomercial for it.
I can't dig too far into stuff they added and leave out without spoilers, so when I do the 2019 spoiler reviews, I'll dig into it all the way there.
Stay tuned for that.
I liked everything they added, I didn't miss most of what they cut, except for a couple things, but they didn't spoil anything for me.
As a sequel to Kubrick's Shining, excellent.
Stephen King, who hates Kubrick's, says this movie redeems it for him.
High praise!
And finally, closure to that whole drama.
Rebecca Ferguson nails Rose The Hat.
I'd put her up there with Joker and Darth Vader for movie villains, she's fucking awesome.
I agree with Perri Nemiroff, I'd watch a prequel of just her.
Long, but it's all good, no boring parts, or at least when it is slow, it's still feeding you vital info you're paying attention to, so you're never checking your watch (or cellphone I guess it would be nowadays (don't do that, btw, it's rude)).
Kyliegh Curran is great as Abra.
She'll be a Marvel superhero someday, mark my words.
Ewan McGregor is excellent as Danny, but of course he is, he's Ewan McGregor.
A feast of callbacks to the first film.
I'd rank the flicks of the King renaissance.....
1. IT: Chapter 1
2. Doctor Sleep (by a molecule)
3. IT: Chapter 2
4. Pet Sematary (by a huge dropoff)
5. Dark Tower (ditto)
And, I'd put Doctor Sleep up in my top 5 of this whole year.
I dunno where yet, but it's up high.
Shining fans rejoice, they fucking did it.
Go see it.
Next time, The Rise Of Skywalker!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Previously-
Previously from Stephen King-
Previously with Shining/Dr Sleep-
- Shining review.
- Shining update (Dr Sleep mentioned)
- Dr Sleep book review
- Dr Sleep update (I fix the crappy parts of the first review, Dr Sleep movie mentioned)
Loved it.
Not as good as "The Shining", but pretty damned good.
Not as good as the book in a lot of ways, better in other ways.
I didn't miss the AA bullshit.
There's a little of it, but the book really lingers on it like an infomercial for it.
I can't dig too far into stuff they added and leave out without spoilers, so when I do the 2019 spoiler reviews, I'll dig into it all the way there.
Stay tuned for that.
I liked everything they added, I didn't miss most of what they cut, except for a couple things, but they didn't spoil anything for me.
As a sequel to Kubrick's Shining, excellent.
Stephen King, who hates Kubrick's, says this movie redeems it for him.
High praise!
And finally, closure to that whole drama.
Rebecca Ferguson nails Rose The Hat.
I'd put her up there with Joker and Darth Vader for movie villains, she's fucking awesome.
I agree with Perri Nemiroff, I'd watch a prequel of just her.
Long, but it's all good, no boring parts, or at least when it is slow, it's still feeding you vital info you're paying attention to, so you're never checking your watch (or cellphone I guess it would be nowadays (don't do that, btw, it's rude)).
Kyliegh Curran is great as Abra.
She'll be a Marvel superhero someday, mark my words.
Ewan McGregor is excellent as Danny, but of course he is, he's Ewan McGregor.
A feast of callbacks to the first film.
I'd rank the flicks of the King renaissance.....
1. IT: Chapter 1
2. Doctor Sleep (by a molecule)
3. IT: Chapter 2
4. Pet Sematary (by a huge dropoff)
5. Dark Tower (ditto)
And, I'd put Doctor Sleep up in my top 5 of this whole year.
I dunno where yet, but it's up high.
Shining fans rejoice, they fucking did it.
Go see it.
Next time, The Rise Of Skywalker!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tuesday, November 5, 2019
"The Batman", casting #5-6.
Meedyah Morsels #168
Finally, Alfred! And Penguin!
Andy Serkis is in talks for Alfred.
And Collin Farrell is in talks for Penguin.
The cooler this cast gets, the more I salivate for the flick to to become real.
So, that completes both the main trio of villains, and Batman's backup band.
I mean, yeah, it's "in talks", but they always get confirmed.
I'm going with it.
After "Joker", I should think every big star would want in on the Bat-verse.
Previously with "The Batman"-
Previously with MM-
In defense of Terminator Salvation. (MM #167)
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Finally, Alfred! And Penguin!
Andy Serkis is in talks for Alfred.
And Collin Farrell is in talks for Penguin.
The cooler this cast gets, the more I salivate for the flick to to become real.
So, that completes both the main trio of villains, and Batman's backup band.
I mean, yeah, it's "in talks", but they always get confirmed.
I'm going with it.
After "Joker", I should think every big star would want in on the Bat-verse.
Previously with "The Batman"-
Previously with MM-
In defense of Terminator Salvation. (MM #167)
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news,
pop-culture,
Reeves-Batman
Sunday, November 3, 2019
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
Big 2019 Movies Part 13.
Previously-
Previously with this franchise-
Blows 3, 4, & 5 away easily.
Yeah, you don't need fan theories to get this to work with 3-5, just go ahead, and ignore 3-5.
They never happened.
They were rough drafts.
Still not as good as 1 & 2.
Nothing can recapture that magic short of giving Cameron a youth potion.
Linda Hamilton is both badass, and comic relief.
Ditto Arnold.
Grace and Dani handle all the dark depressing stuff.
There needs to be a whole comic book series or something about Grace, she's a goddamned superhero.
Rev-9 is the scariest villain we've had in the series.
We're back to full T1 level horror-scary with him.
We get tender moments with all of our good guy leads, but we never seem to get enough of it.
At least for my tastes.
I dunno, maybe if I got out a stopwatch, there's as much or more than we got from Sarah and Kyle in T1, and Sarah and John in T2, but I didn't feel it enough.
YMMV.
Mixed bag in the character development vs action departments, but enjoyable overall.
Biggest flaw?
We end on another goddamned cliffhanger!
Augh!
Tim Miller made the best Terminator movie a non-Cameron human being could possibly make, IMHO.
Re-capturing the Cameron magic is hard enough, doing it almost 30 years after T2 is damned near fatally impossible.
That he came this close and lived to tell the tale, it ought to earn him a fucking medal.
Yeah, go check it out.
You should be entertained.
Next time, Doctor Sleep!
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Previously-
Previously with this franchise-
Blows 3, 4, & 5 away easily.
Yeah, you don't need fan theories to get this to work with 3-5, just go ahead, and ignore 3-5.
They never happened.
They were rough drafts.
Still not as good as 1 & 2.
Nothing can recapture that magic short of giving Cameron a youth potion.
Linda Hamilton is both badass, and comic relief.
Ditto Arnold.
Grace and Dani handle all the dark depressing stuff.
There needs to be a whole comic book series or something about Grace, she's a goddamned superhero.
Rev-9 is the scariest villain we've had in the series.
We're back to full T1 level horror-scary with him.
We get tender moments with all of our good guy leads, but we never seem to get enough of it.
At least for my tastes.
I dunno, maybe if I got out a stopwatch, there's as much or more than we got from Sarah and Kyle in T1, and Sarah and John in T2, but I didn't feel it enough.
YMMV.
Mixed bag in the character development vs action departments, but enjoyable overall.
Biggest flaw?
We end on another goddamned cliffhanger!
Augh!
Tim Miller made the best Terminator movie a non-Cameron human being could possibly make, IMHO.
Re-capturing the Cameron magic is hard enough, doing it almost 30 years after T2 is damned near fatally impossible.
That he came this close and lived to tell the tale, it ought to earn him a fucking medal.
Yeah, go check it out.
You should be entertained.
Next time, Doctor Sleep!
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In defense of Terminator Salvation.
Stuff from Facebook #15
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Meedyah Morsels #167
Notice, I didn't bother to re-watch and defend Genisys before Dark Fate.
October 30, 2014 ·
Just rewatched "Terminator: Salvation", to refresh myself for "Terminator: Genisys". I like it. Better than the first time I saw it. I can't remember what I didn't like about it. I think it bugged me it focused on the Marcus character so much. I get the point of him now. He's the audience link to this future world, by having him Rip Van Winkled to the future without being psychologically changed by events of Judgement Day. He's like our reverse-Reese. And young-Kyle is the reverse-T2-John. So, the whole thing is reverse-T2. Cracking that made me appreciate it more. What they were going for was actually a neat idea. Overall, it's got great action pieces, it looks pretty, its chock full of continuity porn from the first 3, it has a comic book-y coolness to it. ...eh, it just lacks the emotional heart of the first 2. They try hard to get that element in there, but the future war setting is just too grim to pull it off. Better than T3, still not as good as T1 & T2.
Thought that would be neat to drop before Dark Fate.
I was heading into Genisys on that post.
I kinda dug Genisys on the first watch, but since its been on cable, it hasn't held up at all.
The critics are mostly saying DF is the best since T2.
We'll see if they're right.
Previously with SFF-
My thing on country music. (SFF #14)
Previously with MM-
Star Wars: B & W trilogy was KOTOR. (MM #166)
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Meedyah Morsels #167
Notice, I didn't bother to re-watch and defend Genisys before Dark Fate.
October 30, 2014 ·
Just rewatched "Terminator: Salvation", to refresh myself for "Terminator: Genisys". I like it. Better than the first time I saw it. I can't remember what I didn't like about it. I think it bugged me it focused on the Marcus character so much. I get the point of him now. He's the audience link to this future world, by having him Rip Van Winkled to the future without being psychologically changed by events of Judgement Day. He's like our reverse-Reese. And young-Kyle is the reverse-T2-John. So, the whole thing is reverse-T2. Cracking that made me appreciate it more. What they were going for was actually a neat idea. Overall, it's got great action pieces, it looks pretty, its chock full of continuity porn from the first 3, it has a comic book-y coolness to it. ...eh, it just lacks the emotional heart of the first 2. They try hard to get that element in there, but the future war setting is just too grim to pull it off. Better than T3, still not as good as T1 & T2.
Thought that would be neat to drop before Dark Fate.
I was heading into Genisys on that post.
I kinda dug Genisys on the first watch, but since its been on cable, it hasn't held up at all.
The critics are mostly saying DF is the best since T2.
We'll see if they're right.
Previously with SFF-
My thing on country music. (SFF #14)
Previously with MM-
Star Wars: B & W trilogy was KOTOR. (MM #166)
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Friday, November 1, 2019
Star Wars: B & W trilogy was KOTOR.
Meedyah Morsels #166
Yep, Benioff & Weiss was Knights Of The Old Republic.
Well, actually, they were going all the way back to the origin of the Jedi, but that's well within the KOTOR time frame.
So, that's over.
Bummer.
That whittles it down to Rian Johnson or Kevin Feige.
OR, no movies for awhile, and just Disney+.
Previously with MM-
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Yep, Benioff & Weiss was Knights Of The Old Republic.
Well, actually, they were going all the way back to the origin of the Jedi, but that's well within the KOTOR time frame.
So, that's over.
Bummer.
That whittles it down to Rian Johnson or Kevin Feige.
OR, no movies for awhile, and just Disney+.
Previously with MM-
Read More......
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