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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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Calling Bobcat

It’s the story of some guy and his two freinds driving around Middlesex/Bound Brook, NJ looking for his grilfreind to find out why she dumped him. They’re also drinking olive oil, trying to keep the main guy’s drunk dad at home, and breaking into a potato chip warehouse.

I found the DVD for like 3 bucks at Cost Cutters, so I don’t know how hard it’d be to find, but if you do it’s worth it.

Ghosted by Lim @ 09/08/2004 11:51 AM EDT

God. Worst Commute EVER this morning. Holy God Christ.

Anyway. Couple o’more:

The Grinch: A lot of people hate this movie. I’ve never understood why – and believe me, I was totally prepared to hate it. I hated it for a good two years without ever seeing it. Seriously though, it’s good stuff. Especially for X-Mas lovers. The scene with Carrey eating glass out of frustration is worth putting up with however many annoying scenes there were.

Honeymoon In Vegas: Worth seeing for Mr. Myakakakgison and Peter Boyle. Everything in this movie clicked despite itself.

Ghosted by Matt @ 09/08/2004 12:18 PM EDT

Matt, I hear ya, man. Terrible freakin’ commute. No goddam uptown B, D, F or V makes Pedro go crazy . . .

Ghosted by Pedro @ 09/08/2004 12:29 PM EDT

Peter Boyle was in Honeymoon in Vegas? No kidding. Makes me want to see it again.

Ghosted by trajeal @ 09/08/2004 12:41 PM EDT

Flesh gordon

http://imdb.com/title/tt0068595/

btw thats not the original Mikey voice actor but that guy did do his homework like you said

Ghosted by gamersource @ 09/08/2004 12:46 PM EDT

Hmm..well one I haven’t seen until this year was Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and its quite old. I loved it.
Ni!

Ghosted by Sarah @ 09/08/2004 12:51 PM EDT

Matt & Pedro – it took me 2 hours to get to work this morning. I wanted to turn around and go home.

My recommendation – Twin Falls Idaho. Independent film about conjoined twin brothers (played by actual non-conjoined twins, the Polish brothers). I highly recommend it, but it is a bit of a downer.

Ghosted by Alison @ 09/08/2004 12:59 PM EDT

I was on the bus at 7:20. Didn’t get to the office until 10:30. And, the bus was leaking all over the place — I was absoluely soaked just from taking the ride. Awful. Had to stay awake the whole time holding tissues up to the water drip holes. Ugh. Then I had to walk an extra 10 blocks than the norm, because swear to God, my damn bus HIT A VAN. Best morning ever.

Ghosted by Matt @ 09/08/2004 1:02 PM EDT

Bubba Ho-Tep please. Nothing beats Bruce Campbell… as ELVIS nonetheless. Speaking of Elvis, Quentin Tarantino was on Golden Girls last night as an Elvis impersonator in the episode where Sophia marries that old Max guy. I saw the weird dancing and the pointy chin and checked IMDB… and sure enough, there was the GG’s episode right at the bottom.

Ghosted by phillip @ 09/08/2004 1:02 PM EDT

True Stories- I really like this one. Contains one of Spaulding Grey’s best perfomances. and Pops Staples as a VooDoo practicianer.

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust- A monster hunter movie that makes sense. The sound of one hand yapping, indeed.

I’ll drop some more as they come to me.

Ghosted by kingklash @ 09/08/2004 1:04 PM EDT

I’ve just been thrown out of an unauthorized Elvis fan club! I’ll try to pick up the pieces and move on with my life. I mean, there must be a support group for people like me.

Ghosted by Dorothy @ 09/08/2004 1:05 PM EDT

Transformers the movie is the greatest movie I’ve ever seen. No question.

Ghosted by Greg @ 09/08/2004 1:05 PM EDT

I’d say "Oscar" with Sylvester Stallone and Marisa Tomei. Damn thing makes me laugh every time I see it!

Ghosted by Mechugena @ 09/08/2004 1:23 PM EDT

I enjoy many movies that I know a) many people have either never seen or b) generally hate them. Examples you say? How many of you have seen Tourist Trap? Matt, this would be a GREAT movie to review for X-E. It stars Chuck Connors and…I guess he’s the only "name" in the film. I don’t really like this movie, it’s just so bizarre though and everytime I mention it to people they’re like "Huh?" I also love bad movies with Olivia Newton-John like Xanadu and Two of a Kind.

Ghosted by Melissa Y. @ 09/08/2004 1:25 PM EDT

Major Payne is one of the funniest movies ever made, yet it’s almost forgotten.

Tombstone, meanwhile, is my favorite movie.

Ghosted by Josh @ 09/08/2004 1:39 PM EDT

My brothers and I spent our youthful summers watching Ninja Turtles movies and the Wrong Guys. Wrong Guys is a great obscure (I think) movie starring Louie Anderson as a guy who still lives with his mom but wants to relive his days as a Boy Scout. So he gathers all his friends together to go camping in the mountains. They run into a crazed killer, played by John Goodman, who is hilariously deranged.

Ghosted by purplegirl247 @ 09/08/2004 2:17 PM EDT

Mike I feel your pain, "dry hair is for squids" is the same quote I think of when I think of trancers. It may not be obscure to some but if you have not seen Forbidden Planet, you should check it out. Its a sci-fi movie from the 50s starring Leslie Neilson in a serious role.

Ghosted by Gozer @ 09/08/2004 2:43 PM EDT

Here’s a few:

Santa With Muscles – Hulk Hogan saves an orphanage, and kicks the crap out of bad guys, all while wearing a Santa costume.

Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot – Sylvester Stallone and Estelle Getty solve crime as mother and son detectives.

Monster Squad – A group of kids fend off every stereotypical monster from Dracula to the Wolfman.

The Stoned Age – A couple of stoners on a quest to find a couple of hot chicks. Beer, hot chicks and a wicked puke scene!

Strange Brew – Rick Moranis in a movie about beer, independent film and love. One great scene involves Rick pissing out a 4 alarm fire after drinking a tank filled with beer.

Ghosted by Hypnotix @ 09/08/2004 2:43 PM EDT

I recommend extremely similarly titled movie "The Wrong Guy," starring Dave Foley from the Kids in the Hall and a cameo by Kevin McDonald.
Also, "Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy."
Why do I actually like "Spice World"? I don’t know, but I do!
"The Last Unicorn"
"The Impostors"
and "Dumbo." Can’t explain this one either, but it’s good.

Ghosted by DeathFrogurt @ 09/08/2004 2:49 PM EDT

Hell Comes to Frogtown

The movie stars Rowdy Roddy Piper as the last remaining virile man on Earth. He is sent to battle mutant frogs who have kidnapped fertile women. Fantastic movie.

Ghosted by Al @ 09/08/2004 3:14 PM EDT

Okay, I caught it on Oxygen, but it was a really good movie: Molly. Stars Elisabeth Shue as an autistic woman who benefits from a treatment that allows her to become "normal". It’s way better than it sounds.

But it can’t beat the greatest film I’ve seen in some time, "The Borrower". Oh boy. I caught it really late at night on some channel (maybe TNT) after all the real programming had finished running. It’s about an alien who is sentenced to be left on Earth and "de-evolved" into a human form. Even thought the aliens are "more advanced", the de-evolved alien immediately beats the crap out of one of the aliens before it can leave (in one of the funniest scenes I’ve ever watched), and then proceeds to kill people by ripping thier heads off. He also has the inexplicable ability to then "borrow" and use said heads to become a copy of the person he killed (somehow the skin all over his body also changes). Terrible acting, gaping plot holes, bad special effects, an awful villian- this movie has it all.

Other memorable scenes:

* The Borrower, seconds after going through the trouble to assimilate a head, kills a dog and decides to take the dog’s head. The rest of his body does NOT change. (Believe me folks, it’s not as gruesome as it sounds, but it IS amusing in an "I-can-see-the-zipper" sort of way.)

* The Borrower walks down the sidewalk covered in blood, right past SEVERAL people and a cop (who says nothing), and then a homeless man takes him aside and warns him to clean up unless he wants to be picked up by the police.

Ghosted by Night_Trekker @ 09/08/2004 3:26 PM EDT

2 Movies that Changed My LIFE:

1) Airplane!

2) Blazing Saddles

Both of those movies are hilarious EVERY time I watch them. I have missed dates with girls b/c they’ve been on television… possibly girls who could have become my wife (though I love my actual wife very dearly) if it weren’t for those 2 movies.

"Joey, do you like movies about Gladiators?"

"Joey, have you ever been to a Turkish Prison?"

"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking!"

"Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue!"

"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines!"

I could go on and on…
(mmmmmmmmmmmmm, happy.)

Oh, and Today’s my birthday! 27!

Ghosted by Barry J. Deeper @ 09/08/2004 4:26 PM EDT

"There is no reason to be alarmed. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?"

Ah HA! I couldn’t resist!

Ghosted by Barry J. Deeper @ 09/08/2004 4:34 PM EDT

Well, I’ve been watching these movies for so long they probably don’t qualify for cult status…
-Bubba Ho Tep(thought I’d be the first with that one, but no, number 3!)
-Big Lebowski(I am the Jesus)
-Kingpin(A bowling movie, not a Mob one)
-Raising Arizona
-Snatch(What’s a dag?…Ya know, a dag.)
-Bad Santa
(Little Boy: Where are your reindeer?
Billy Bob Thornton:….What, I don’t know, they’re fucking stabled).
Office Space of course….
Super Troopers(You have a good day Meow)

Haven’t seen Club Dread maybe if anyone else posts they could give me a heads up…

Also for cartoons you can’t go wrong with Family Guy or Invader Zim…

Ghosted by whitemale_98/competent soldier @ 09/08/2004 4:36 PM EDT

I would add the following:

-Ronin. Didn’t make a big splash at the box office, but the plot is great. One of the best spy/caper/etc movie ever. The cast includes Robert de Niro, Jean Reno and Sean Bean.

- Sneakers, another techno-spy movie a la Mission Impossible, but a million times better. Besides, any movie pairing Robert Redford and Dan Akroyd is worth your time.

- The Decline of the American Empire, This is a Canadian film whose sequel, The Barbarian Invasions, won the Oscar for Best Foreign Feature Film for 2003. In the first movie, a group of yuppie friends gather at a cottage for dinner, talking about sex and philosophy. Raunchy and talky, it’s amazingly good. But then again, I’m biased!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090985/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338135/

Ghosted by Yzziefrog @ 09/08/2004 5:19 PM EDT

Holy shit, Pedro, i thought i was the only person on earth who’s seen my life as a dog. i remember my brother and i watching it and being hooked once he got his dick stuck in the bottle. gotta love pbs.

I loved Rock & Rule. it was an anitmated movie about a post-apocalyptic earth. new york was nuke york, rodents had evolved into people-esque beings, and there were apaprently no more humans. this guy Mock who’s a combination of iggy pop and mick jagger (and a rat) tries to raise a demon through some sort of magical song. it’s a cool assed movie, and damn near impossible to find nowadays. if you happen to see it, grab it. last i heard you could buy a "new" copy for as cheap as 80 bucks.

Ghosted by The Other White Meat @ 09/08/2004 5:20 PM EDT

A movie that i believe should be reviewed here, definatly "Six String Samuri". It’s the best post apocolyptic, rock and roll kung-fu movie ever. It has buddy holly in a guitar fight with death, that scene alone is worth seeing it, but it’s freakin hilarious. I also believe someone should try to get that sticker from the comercial

Ghosted by Scuba @ 09/08/2004 5:58 PM EDT

While flipping the channels the other morning I was at first frightened, but then realized that "LazyTown" will probably be the next big thing with kids.
Video: http://www.lazytown.com/video/welcome.mov

Ghosted by ME @ 09/08/2004 6:02 PM EDT

I would have been able to say this one about 2 weeks ago, Shaun of the Dead..
I downloaded it when it was on Usenet because I was sure we’d never get it here in the good ol’ Western Hemisphere and I loved it then and I love it now.

Instead I’ll say Where the Buffalo Roam,
starring Bill Murray as Hunter S. Thompson.
(the character in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)

If you liked that movie then I highly recommend this one because it is better.
(Because I said so of course) :P

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081748/

Ghosted by Cyanyde @ 09/08/2004 6:13 PM EDT

See Playing By Heart. Its kind of a chick flick but it has a whole bunch of cool actors in it like Sean Connerey, Angelina Jolie, Gillian Anderson. It is one of my favourite movies.

Ghosted by happygirl @ 09/08/2004 6:29 PM EDT

Twilight of the Cockroaches: In this japanese film, combining animation with live action, a city of cockroaches, located in lazy slob’s house, is forever changed when a roach arrives from a neat freak’s house across the yard. Expect one of those typical deep messages, but also be on the watch-out for the clay animated talking pile of dog doo doo. How can you resist that?

Also, I can’t really reccomend it because I’ve haven’t seen it yet, but be sure to check out the clip for "Crippled Kungfu" at http://www.stupidvideo.com. That alone should get anyone interested. I’ve seen it in Suncoast’s bargain bin a while ago.

Ghosted by cheaptrick @ 09/08/2004 6:35 PM EDT

Mutant League-Unnaturally bloody children’s toon that features pretty much any kid of limb removal

And that’s about all the indie movies I know of that arn’t pornos.

Ghosted by Grandmaster Useless @ 09/08/2004 7:06 PM EDT

Cheaptrick: I’ve always wanted to see Twilight of the Cockroaches. It just sounds too weird to pass up. Sadly, I can’t find it at any store. Maybe some day on eBay.

Anyway, I recommend Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Much truer to the cartoons and funnier than Space Jam, great effects, animation and actors, and a genuinely good movie), Rat Race (Surprisingly funny nutty comedy with a good premise), and Laputa: Castle in the Sky (My favorite Miyazaki film. A must-see.).

Ghosted by Behonkiss @ 09/08/2004 7:51 PM EDT

Happiness Of the Katakuris, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304262/ Its a fantasticly weird japanese movie. Its about a family who runs a hotel in the middle of nowhere and all the guests end up dying. Some become zombies, some stay dead. Random musical numbers happen for no reason, it is excellent. Few other great films from the land of the rising sun are Versus, Audition and Naked Blood, check em all out if you have the chance.

Ghosted by The Dude @ 09/08/2004 8:08 PM EDT

SLC Punk and High Fidelity are 2 more of my top 5 of all time. Though I thought HF was rather well known. Maybe cause I hang out with a GIANT Cusack fan just about everyday of my life–love ya K! BTW Pikachulover, I am a guy. Sorry if the fact that I love JPC sounds freaky now. Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve been called out for it =P

Ghosted by Knegative @ 09/08/2004 8:33 PM EDT

BIKE HELMETS ARE TOTALLY AWESOME!!111111111111

Ghosted by Teirusu @ 09/08/2004 9:24 PM EDT

Two words: Prime Time…or was it one word. Anyway funniest movie youll ever see ever

Ghosted by kurtlyone @ 09/08/2004 9:35 PM EDT

Amazon Women on the Moon: A sketch film like Kentucky Fried Movie,but just as funny. Worth checking out just to see David Alan Grier as the black singer with no soul.

Over The Edge: A late-70’s drama about small-town juvenile deliqients,who vadalize and do drugs,led by Matt Dillon in his first film role. All the kids in town have nowhere to go except a rec center,but when that gets closed down becuase of a kid with pot,it only drives the wedge between parents and children wider,and wider still after Matt Dillion’s character is killed after stealing a car. It all leads up to a violent showdown that has to be seen to be believed.

Ghosted by Overlord @ 09/08/2004 9:35 PM EDT

I’ll say it before and I’ll say it again: UHF!!!!

Go review it!

Ghosted by Invader Norbert @ 09/08/2004 10:32 PM EDT

Watch the FMV of ***** getting killed by ********* in FF7.

Ghosted by RPharazon @ 09/08/2004 11:59 PM EDT

Watch the FMV of ***** getting killed by ********* in FF7.

Ghosted by RPharazon @ 09/09/2004 12:00 PM EDT

Double Take
Anti-Trust
Barberella

and the greatest indy movie ever…

Run Lola Run

Ghosted by Axerogh @ 09/09/2004 12:18 PM EDT

HYPNOTIX – MONSTER SQUAD! How could I ever forget that great film masterpiece – love it from beginning to end – I need to get it on DVD!

~WOLFMAN’s got NARDS?!

Ghosted by Bang-droppin' MUGZY. . . @ 09/09/2004 12:30 PM EDT

I love Carebears in Wonderland. It’s definately the weirdest Carebears movie out there. Everyones favorite fuzzy cheersquad heads to yep, you guessed it, Wonderland. They have to help Alice impersonate the missing Princess of Wonderland to keep the bad guy off the throne. Watch out for the Cheshire Cat’s old school rap skillz.

Ghosted by Gabbylicious @ 09/09/2004 12:45 PM EDT

Sorry, I forgot. I also love Strike. I think it’s from sometime in the late 90s. It’s got Kirsten Dunst, pre-Spiderman of course, and a few other girls breaking the rules at boarding school. No, not in the porno way.

Ghosted by Gabbylicious @ 09/09/2004 12:46 PM EDT

Amelie (though a lot of people have seen that). Or Monkeybone, which isn’t quite as much of a classic.

Ghosted by Andy @ 09/09/2004 1:12 AM EDT

A few come to mind, but I wouldn’t say they are too obscure… maybe just forgotten?

Drop Dead Fred
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Professional
Men at Work
The Horseman on the Roof

Ok, that last one might be a little obscure. It’s french.

Ghosted by Ryane @ 09/09/2004 2:21 AM EDT

Vendetta: A christmas story. Admitadly it’s only two shorts, but I still love it. Click on the homepage to find it.

Ghosted by Betrayer @ 09/09/2004 7:29 AM EDT

I don’t think too many people (my age anyway) have seen 1984’s Starman, with Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen. It’s a very interesting story about an alien who takes the form of a woman’s dead husband, and has her take him to a rendezvous point in the dessert.

It seems like an adult version of ET at first, but it’s been revealed that the script for starman may have been written before ET’s was, and was just on the shelf longer. Anyway check it out for it’s good performances. Jeff Bridges as the alien is particularly stunning.

Ghosted by Number 5 @ 09/09/2004 7:55 AM EDT

Bang-droppin Mugzy, that’s the most memorable line of that movie. I almost added it to the comment above.
"Kick ‘em in the nards!"
"Wolfman doesn’t have nards!"
"Kick ‘em in the nards!"
(WHOMP!) Wolfman hunches over in pain.
"Wolfman’s got nards…"

Other movies that just came to me:
Witches – Two kids uncover a plot where old women are really witches, planning on taking over a hotel. Oh yeah, and the boys get turned into mice.

Winners Take All – Weird dirtbike racing movie. 80’s cheesiness abound.

Stupid Movies – Find it at Blockbuster. Its just some old man filming himself with an old VHS camcorder, doing dumb things.

Evil Toons – I saw it on late-night Cinemax. Its about four girls who find a cursed book with this weird evil cartoon in it. After saying a chant, the evil cartoon character jumps out of the book and posesses the girl’s bodies, making them do evil things. Its basically softcore porn with cheesy cartoon effects. A must-see!

I Spit On Your Grave – A bloody tale of a woman who takes revenge on the men who raped her. Very graphic, including a scene where a man gets his nuts sliced off in the bathtub after his victim seduces him with a massage.

Ghosted by Hypnotix @ 09/09/2004 8:15 AM EDT

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