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09/07/2004: Ninja Turtles Bike Safety PSA.

I mentioned this ad in an old article, but figured a lot of you would enjoy seeing it for yourself. It’s an early 90s PSA starring Michaelangelo of the Ninja Turtles, who was absolutely shocked…SHOCKED! Shocked…by the level of bike-related negligence spewed forth by his legions of wish-they-had-a-shell fans. Yes folks, it’s the Ninja Turtles on bike safety.

I can’t tell if the original voice actor was used, but if not, the new guy did his homework. Mikey retains his slimy charm and penchant for calling everything awesome, but speaks in a noticeably subdued manner. His words are uncharacteristically spaced; he even looks a bit apprehensive. The message is simple enough — wear your bike helmet or suffer an unimaginable fate. Click here to watch the magic. Please take note of Michaelangelo’s indisputably apologetic “cowabunga” thrown in at the end of the spot. He knew he wasn’t supposed to do things like this.

New Survey Yay: Recommend a movie you don’t believe many people have seen / would have bothered to see. I’ll start: Mother, starring Albert Brooks. Groan all you want. Where else can you see Debbie Reynolds coin the phrase “bullshit jam?”


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Ghosted by BettieBoo @ 09/10/2004 3:54 PM EDT

i would like to add:

sfw: stephen dorf & reese witherspoon get held up in a store and survive. pretty dark and cool movie. if i remember correctly… gary culman has a cameo.

the ref: dennis leary & kevin spacey. i loved this movie!

also loved empire records but that was mentioned.

and melissa y – i saw tourist trap when i was young… it was a freaky movie. didn’t know anyone else that saw it either!

Ghosted by jessica_76 @ 09/10/2004 5:02 PM EDT

Here are three that I have not seen listed yet. And Matt, I highly reccomend these.

Bugs, an old 70’s movie where an earthquake causes insects that can create fire out of there asses to come up to the surface world and cause all sorts of death and destruction

The girl,the gold watch and dynamite. A cheesy early 80’s movie where a guy had a watch that could stop time for a little while.

And then part2, the girl, the gold watch, and everything.

Anybody rember these? Kingklash?

Ghosted by Gozer @ 09/10/2004 5:47 PM EDT

All about the benjamins

Ghosted by jayar @ 09/10/2004 6:06 PM EDT

Hey Matt, thought you would be interested in this….

http://www.hasbro.com/gijoe/experience/pl/page.movie/dn/default.cfm

Ghosted by gamersource @ 09/10/2004 6:30 PM EDT

Beyond the Mat
Iichi The Killer
Toxic Avenger 4: Citizen Toxie

Ghosted by The REAL Dude @ 09/10/2004 6:50 PM EDT

I just remembered another one. Girl w/ Domonique Swain, Jay. R Ferguson (Ponyboy from The Outsiders, The Series), Christopher Masterson (Francis from Malcolm in the Middle) and Sean Patrick Flannery. I keep hearing that the book was better, but the movie was pretty good. I’d recomend it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138467/

Ghosted by trajeal @ 09/10/2004 7:24 PM EDT

I forgot to add that it reminded me of My So Called Life, so if anyone liked that show, you’ll like this movie.

Ghosted by trajeal @ 09/10/2004 7:25 PM EDT

I thought you guys could help me out, little kid, aliens(?) and the important old penny he uses…

"Let’s see if anyone can figure this one out, it has something to do with aliens, I think the kid is dreaming, but the important part is he has to use an old penny for some reason….is that too vague or what?"

Ghosted by whitemale_98/competent soldier @ 09/10/2004 8:12 PM EDT

Man, I’m jonesin’ for a good, bloody movie review.

Ghosted by trajeal @ 09/10/2004 9:15 PM EDT

One with lots of animated GIFs and salsa. Ahhhh…

Ghosted by trajeal @ 09/10/2004 9:16 PM EDT

Hmmmm…a kid who’s dreaming about aliens, and a penny he uses…I don’t know but that sounds like Invaders From Mars to me, the 80’s version.

Ghosted by Number 5 @ 09/10/2004 11:27 PM EDT

More Notice of Ninja Turtles Visit now:
http://www.panamaparties.com/

Ghosted by Ninja Turtles Best @ 09/11/2004 12:32 PM EDT

Ooh! Someone mentioned Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust! One of my absolute favorites, I actually got a professor to teach it in one of his classes. As for a movie, Drop Dead Gorgeous. It is sooo funny. Kirsten Dunst and Denise Richards as beauty pageant contestants in a small Minnasota town.

Ghosted by Mina @ 09/11/2004 12:37 PM EDT

Here’s a few you may not have seen:

Maniac – best death scene ever!
Weekend at Bernies – "Betta than ever!"
Jack Frost – not the Michael Keaton one
Night of the Creeps – mind controlling slugs!
The Unnammable and Spookies – crappy yet compelling horror flicks from old USA network rotation
The Hunger – lesbian vampires, oh my!
Critters – Dee Wallace Stone – just wanted an excuse to type that name…

Ghosted by jayce @ 09/11/2004 1:43 AM EDT

There’s a "best death scene moment" over at I-Mockery for the movie Maniac.
Night of the Creeps is definitely one I agree w/. I mentioned it here awhile ago. I loved that cop. What the heck was his catch phrase?

Ghosted by trajeal @ 09/11/2004 6:57 AM EDT

I didn’t see it mentioned, but my all-time favorite movie no one has seen is "Assault on Devil’s Island" (sometimes called "Shadow Warriors" on video). It has Hulk Hogan (with hairpiece), Carl Weathers, Shannon Tweed, and the evil dojo master from The Karate Kid as secret agents who try to rescue the USA Women’s Gymnastics Team from a group of terrorists, including Billy Blanks and Kano from the Mortal Kombat movie. This film is every bit as good as it sounds. The sequel is out there, and easier to find, but this one is definitely better.

Ghosted by Big Livin Shane Ubermensch @ 09/11/2004 9:01 AM EDT

Thanks Number 5, I’ve been reading reviews of it and even though it doesn’t specifically mention the penny(maybe its less important than I remember), I’m pretty sure this is the movie I’m talking about…anyway, reading the reviews of it, apparently it wasn’t very good….ah nostalgia makes anything crappy better.

Ghosted by whitemale_98/competent soldier @ 09/11/2004 12:42 PM EDT

Some of these have been said maybe?

>The wrong guy

>Little Monsters(most of my friends never saw it, and if you have seen it watch it again, you’ll love it!

>Duel, it was a made for tv movie, its about a dude that gets chased by a transport truck, and you never get to see the driver!

>And you gotta love TMNTs, but how long has it been since youve seen the 3rd one? Thats what I thought!

Ghosted by strong mabasa @ 09/11/2004 1:41 PM EDT

w00t! I just watched Jaws 4: The Revenge last night. It was every bit as bad as I was expecting!! Great movie!!

Trajeal: I am so gald someone else has seen Freeway!! It is one of my mostest favoritest movies ever!!! "The cat drinks….milk! Milk!" "My dick may not function, but at least I have not lost my smile." "I getchoo another one, bendayho. I getchoo a beeper, a cellphone…I get ahold ayo ass."

So many good movies, so hard to add one to the list…but I will.

The Corey Haim Video Diary!!! Since I actually own a copy of this, I can watch it as many times as I want!! Yowza!

Ghosted by kidneyboy @ 09/11/2004 1:42 PM EDT

Of course I remember The Gold Watch movies. For a while in the late 70’s, there was a huuge glut of first-run-syndication-made-for-TV movies. Usually seen as part of your regular afternoon movie shows on the affiliate stations, or Prime Time fare on your independant channnels. *activate geezer mode* When I was a kid, we only had three networks! And PBS! Why, in the Bay Area, Channel 2 was what we called independant. It was a like a UHF channel, which were also independant, but on VHF! Yup, I watched many episodes of Benny Hill on that there KTVU. Uh, is that my mush? And tell those kids to stay out of my yard! Young punks, anyway…. *geezer mode off*

Ghosted by kingklash @ 09/11/2004 2:10 PM EDT

ohh, Death to Smoochie!!! great great movie

"I’m Rainbow fucking Randolph!"

Ghosted by strong mabasa @ 09/11/2004 3:48 PM EDT

"My dick may not function, but at least I have not lost my smile."

Ooh! Now I have to go watch Freeway now. $5.88 bin at Walmart, baby!

Ghosted by trajeal @ 09/11/2004 5:56 PM EDT

The B.R.A.T. patrol

young teens save america from russian invasion. awesome. AWESOME.
also horribly out of print.

Ghosted by dave @ 09/11/2004 6:46 PM EDT

B.R.A.T. Patrol, great movie! They talked by blinking Morse Code to eachother, if I remember correctly. Also starring Sean Astin, woohoo!

Ghosted by trajeal @ 09/11/2004 7:54 PM EDT

Good to see people mentioning Peter Jackons’ pre LOTR offering Meet The Feebles- here’s some more of his films: Not sure if these are all avaliable in America but worth checking out!

Bad Taste (1988): Aliens land in New Zealand and start kidnapping people so they can kill them and use the bodies at their fast food restaurant back home (sounds a bit like V!). A government force called `The Boys’ is called in to kick alien arse. Very gory but in a funny way (eg one of the good guys aims for an alien, misses and blows up a sheep!)

Brain Dead (1992) New Zealand’s answer to Dawn of the Dead- set in the 1950’s a grannie gets bit by a rabid monkey at a zoo, next thing you know she’s a zombie. Mayhem ensuses…. you also get to see zombies having sex and a new use for a push lawn mower… (very gory too)

Heavenley Creatures (1994): This film got Peter Jackson his first Oscar nomination and was based on a true story. It’s also set in the 1950’s in New Zealand and was Kate Winslet’s(Titanic) first major role. She plays one of two friends who have an unusual (read almost lesiban)relationship and decide to do away with one of the girl’s mothers. Another good movie and yes, the ending is rather bloody.

The Frightners (1996): Starring Michael J Fox this was Jackson’s first `Hollywood’ film (Released by Universal). Fox plays a physic investigator researching a series of murders. He finds out the murderer is a ghost, so has to go `flatline’ to go after the serial killer ghost. This has some good scares (and laughs) but the ending is a big let down.

Love your site Matt, Cheers from New Zealand (look on your world map- hint: we’re next to Australia!)

Ghosted by Icebreaker @ 09/11/2004 7:58 PM EDT

Yzziefrog, Stay Tuned RULES! It was my favorite movie as a kid and I got it on DVD a year or two ago.
Although I know how Jeffery J-Jo Jones screwed up (Pulled a Jacko), I still like Mr. Spike and his flaming red hair!

Ghosted by AngeFaitore @ 09/11/2004 9:18 PM EDT

Obscure movies rule. I picked up a lil gem by the name of Trick or Treat in the Wal-Mart $5 DVD bin. Sadly, IMDB doesn’t have the cover art… which is what enticed me to buy it, then come to find out just because Gene Simmons AND Ozzy are on the cover doesn’t necessarily mean they have more than a minute of combined screen time. It’s worth watching just to see Ozzy play a crazy televangelist…

Ghosted by WhiteTrash @ 09/11/2004 9:36 PM EDT

Found a pic of the cover art… awesome. Trick or Treat

Ghosted by WhiteTrash @ 09/11/2004 9:39 PM EDT

There’s a movie Roland Emmerich did in the mid-80’s called "Joey" which was a big hit in Germany, and was edited and brought to the US as "Making Contact". This movie sticks out in my mind because this film featured a very creepy ventriliquist’s dummy that comes to life and goes after a young boy who has telekenetic powers, and can bring his toys to life. I saw a few minutes of it on Cinemax once as a kid, and it creeped me out.

Ghosted by Number 5 @ 09/11/2004 11:32 PM EDT

Icebreaker, I love the movie you call "Brain Dead", but I know it as "Dead Alive". Maybe they gave it a different name in The States. Either way, it’s one of my favorites.
I didn’t notice anyone mention "RAD!", the 80’s BMX classic starring Aunt Becky from Full House. If you haven’t seen it, be sure to do so.
Also, I really doubt that many people saw "Birthday Girl" with Nicole Kidman (who is somehow hotter in her late 30’s than she was in her early 20’s). I vaguely remember seeing the TV spots a couple years back and having no idea what to expect but then I saw it on some obscure movie channel and it was really good. excellent "date movie".

Ghosted by lmnop @ 09/12/2004 4:04 AM EDT

One of my favorites is Brain Donors. Very funny movie

Ghosted by Yank @ 09/12/2004 12:53 PM EDT

Secret Admirer is another 80’s classic. Stars C. Thomas "Soul Man" Howell, Lori "Summerland" Loughlin, Kelly "I married John Travolta" Preston, Dee "Critters" Wallace Stone, Cliff "Carnosaur 2" D. Young, Fred "Earl from Trmors" Ward, Casey "Three O’Clock High" Siemaszko, Courtney "You shit on my house!" Gains, and, as little brother, Corey Haim. Do you even need to know what its about? Probably not, but here goes anyway. C. Tommy gets an unsigned love letter on the last day of school, and as it passes between people, no one knows who wrote it but has no problem making up their own answers. Comedy ensues.

Ghosted by trajeal @ 09/12/2004 2:35 PM EDT

Yank, how could I have forgotten "Brain Donors?" That’s a big favorite of mine, too – picked it up for about $5.99 at the grocery store I worked at. It was the Zucker Brothers’ attempt at ressurrecting the "Marx Brothers" trio-acts-crazy-while-helping-lovers formula, and it’s worth seeing just for John Tuttorro’s hilarious performance as Mr. Flakfitzer, the sleazy, Groucho-esque lawyer.

And if you like those, I heartily recommend all of the original "Marx Brothers" movies, too, especially the ones you may not have seen (like their first sound film, "The Coconuts," and the spy spoof "A Night In Casablanca").

Ghosted by starwenn @ 09/12/2004 9:24 PM EDT

hmmm…. Monster Squad??? man it’s been awhile since I’ve seen that one.

Ghosted by Azriel Sin @ 09/13/2004 5:27 PM EDT

"Harold and Maude": Weirdest love story ever. Set to the music of Cat Stevens. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067185/

"Cannibal: The Musical": Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s first effort at filmmaking. Hilarious, though poorly filmed. http://www.cannibalthemusical.net/

"Dead Pit": my favorite cheesy 80’s zombie movie. Cheryl Lawson, yum yum. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dead_pit/

Ghosted by freakachu420 @ 09/14/2004 5:00 PM EDT

my "cheesy horror" reccomendations: Brainscan, Idle Hands.

my "quirky indie movie that everyone should see" reccomendation: Six String Samurai

Ghosted by allisonaxe @ 09/15/2004 3:47 PM EDT

krang is the coolest villian ever. i mean, a brain in the belly in a glass box? pure genius.

Ghosted by 1215 @ 09/15/2004 4:16 PM EDT

i don’t believe i saw this mentioned on here

Little Monsters.
it simultaneously helped/ruined Howie Mandell’s and Fred Savage’s carreers.

not to mention it was on abc last night. why i have no idea, but it used to be one of my fav movies.guess it’s just that much closer to halloween.
:)

Ghosted by Randy @ 09/15/2004 4:35 PM EDT

anyone else also remember Flight of The Navigator. from disney in the early 80’s. it’s out on dvd, that was one of my fav movies as well.

Ghosted by Randy @ 09/15/2004 4:39 PM EDT

Yeah Randy, I mentioned Flight of The Navigator earlier in this blog. I have the DVD as well.

Ghosted by Number 5 @ 09/15/2004 6:25 PM EDT

I’m surprised to see that no one has mentioned Freaks. It’s hella old (1932) but it features actual circus preformers.
anyways some of my favorite cult movies are (in no particular order) Princess Bride, Labyrinth, Legend, Empire Records, Goonies, UHF, and of course RHPS. And I’m going to have to agree Matt, you need to review UHF for us.

Ghosted by gimpy421 @ 09/17/2004 12:34 PM EDT

THE STUPIDS!

THE MOST UNNDERRATED MOVIE OF ALL TIME!

Ghosted by Alex WIlkins @ 09/21/2004 5:31 PM EDT

I can’t believe nobody has mentioned (or , apparently, seen) The Night Of The Comet. Cheesy post-apocalypse style with some comet that somehow (I can’t remember exactly) just by passing by Earth kills everybody who wasn’t lucky enough to be stuck inside a metal box of some kind. Crappy horror movie (my favorite kind) ensues.

Oh yeah, and ZOMBIES!

(I think… I haven’t seen a copy of it for about 15 years)

Anyway, my nurse is coming to give me my meds and make me "leave those poor people alone".

Ghosted by Rod @ 09/21/2004 10:14 PM EDT

–>> ..i have a helmet i wear.. JUST LIKE THAT !! GRAAH !!

Ghosted by ~tOkK @ 10/08/2004 5:25 AM EDT

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