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02/28/2005: Mini Movie Reviews.

Another Miniature Movie Review: Finally caught the third Harry Potter flick.  Though all three were amaaazing movies that have probably shaped more childhoods that they’re given credit for (Let’s face it, not everyone reads books.), I still think the second was the best of the lot.   The third, I dunno…kinda feels like this particular story read better than it played out onscreen.  Don’t want to nitpick since they’re all great movies, and anything that makes me see Robbie Coltrane for more than his cameo role in the Haim-driven Oh, What I Night is a gooood thing.

Another Miniature Movie Review:  I take it back: Friday the 13th Part V wasn’t that bad.  Definitely not the worst in the series, at least.  The Michael Jackson wannabe sharing a duet with his girlfriend while shitting in the outhouse is worth the price of admission alone.  “Damn those enchiladas?”  Plus, I’m pretty sure that said wannabe’s younger brother was played by none other than “Dudley” of Diff’rent Strokes fame.  I’m sure he’d love to be referred to only as “Dudley.”  There’s even a Tina Yothers look-a-like with punkish black streaks in her hair who robot dances for like six hours straight before the fake Jason finally wanders in and kills her.  These are strong points for a film even devoted F13 fans seem to hate by and large.

Another Miniature Movie Review:  The more foreign-based Trekkies 2 wasn’t nearly as fun as the original, but revisiting some of the chief fanatics from the first documentary makes it a worthy watch.  Gabe, the mulleted kid from the original, turned out a-okay and was probably an uplifting object for thousands of other nerdy-types wondering if they’d ever get their freak off.


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This is going to sound made up but it is absolutely true: The "Oooo Baby" song/exchange from FRIDAY THE 13th Part 5 was on my answering machine in college. Very confusing when strangers called.
P.S. that guy is also in RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD as "the black guy." HI-LARIOUS!
I don’t know man, it is pretty bad. I like it when the girl is dancing for 5 minutes for no reason or when Reggie screams like a girl.

Ghosted by The Manimal @ 02/28/2005 10:09 PM EST

Forgot to mention the HARRY POTTER stuff. Not that it needs saying but that particular movie was a pale shadow of the book (I know, what book isn’t). But that movie left out some KEY points that make absolutely no sense if they are just seen in the movie. Examples: 1. Who are Padfoot, Mooney, Prongs, and Wormtail.
2. What is the significance of Harry’s patronus being a stag. It’s in the book but not even mentioned in the movie. Shoddy.

Ghosted by The Manimal @ 02/28/2005 10:13 PM EST

Ouch. I did misuse some punctuation there myself (no question mark for the Harry Potter question). Hopefully, I won’t feel your wrath….
How are things at Nick?

Ghosted by The Manimal @ 02/28/2005 10:28 PM EST

Excellent, actually — if watching this week, keep an eye out for a giveaway that gives away yo-yos. Really.

Ghosted by Matt @ 02/28/2005 10:33 PM EST

Nice.
(make sure you delete all of this stuff, especially this next one because it is extra gay): Thanks for keeping the site up even though you are working now.
Did you ever finish that tape I sent you 40 years ago?
Also, you will appreciate this, Dusty Rhodes is doing a ton of commericals for a local car dealership down here. Quality all the way.

Ghosted by The Manimal @ 02/28/2005 10:37 PM EST

I feel kinda weird sitting here. Its like I’m staring at 2 people have a conversation and then they catch me and i run away screaming like a girl.

Ghosted by Fignutsion @ 02/28/2005 10:44 PM EST

Oh yeah. Manimal thats not gay. I wish I had the drive to keep up a website and hold down a full-time job.

Ghosted by Fignutsion @ 02/28/2005 10:45 PM EST

See, that’s why I get upset when people get bitchy about the Christmas stuff still up…Matt has a FULL-TIME job, and besides, you’re still getting updates, aren’t you? Yeah, that’s what I thought!

Any-what…I just got moved into a house, def. a big step up from my former shit-hole apt. Now my cats can get lost in the basement, and I won’t see them for a week! Rock!

I just d/l’d a comic book adaptation of Army of Darkness, a 3-parter that was released right before the movie, by Dark Horse comics. It’s awesome!

Matt, did you ever get those MOTU comics I sent in?

And to the poster the other day asking for another review of the Corey Haim video diary: Man, you don’t need another review. Matt had it down in the first two he wrote. All that’s left for you now is to find that bitch and watch it up…on smack! That’s what it makes me want to do every time I watch it! :)

TRAJEAL New King Book Alert!! "The Colorado Kid" due in Oct. 2005!! Yeah, I’m shitting my pants…and, for an added bonus, I can actually read this one! Yeah, I’m still dragging my heels on that last book. Besides the fact that I just moved and I couldn’t find it right now if I wanted to!

Ghosted by kidneyboy @ 02/28/2005 11:04 PM EST

Oh yeah. Manimal thats not gay. I wish I had the drive to keep up a website and hold down a full-time job.
Posted by Fignutsion @ 02/28/2005 10:45 PM EST

No, but me thanking him is a little too sweet maybe. Also, the "that is so gay" has recently slipped back into my vocabulary (been absent since 10th grade) because of the CLERKS animated series. Everyone, please don’t think me un-Enlightened.

Ghosted by The Manimal @ 02/28/2005 11:19 PM EST

The Harry Potter films are pretty darn cool.. although I’m looking forward to Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe a lot more in terms of "book" movies.

Ghosted by Review the World @ 02/28/2005 11:59 PM EST

Yeah, "Azkaban" was a weak film, IMO. The tone is so different, though, that is just didn’t feel like the other movies. None of the movies have captured what I imagine the world of the books to be like, IMO.

I’m waiting for the fourth film. It better be at least 3 hours long, or 2 different films. Way too much to cover. It should start getting REALLY dark, too. I don’t want to spoil anything, but the ending of Book four is pretty messed up.

Ghosted by Cameron T. @ 03/01/2005 1:46 AM EST

I’ll admit I don’t know the full details, but I think Matt has said in the past that someone else does the main page layouts for him, and he just uploads them….so Matt isn’t the one to blame. It’s that other guy. Fire that other guy!

Ghosted by Mars @ 03/01/2005 2:12 AM EST

Harry Potter is a little shit, and I don’t feel like writing about him.

Bang drop, yo!

Ghosted by Bang Droppin', Potter Hatin' Nate @ 03/01/2005 4:17 AM EST

I tried to avoid the Harry Potter movies as much as I could, but there’s this crappy thing called fate that make us face what we always were supposed to.

So I checked the movies and I thought they weren’t as bad as I hoped for, but still it’s not my kind of stuff. Plus Hermione sounds and feels like Hemorroid to me…

Ghosted by melonian @ 03/01/2005 6:59 AM EST

Wow! Im surprised how few people are posting lately. Just picture how silly they’re all gonna feel when they realise that they’ve been missing entries for so long.. reminds me of when I first found the site and didn’t know you posted in the blog, even when no new articles were up.
Well, at least you can see who actually visits the site on a regular basis, updates or not. ;) I still haven’t gotten through all the old posts yet. (and probably never will, there’s too many!)

Here’s to keeping your priorities straight, Matt, not many people can!

Ghosted by Cyanyde @ 03/01/2005 8:54 AM EST

I only post when I have something to say. Like now. See I…well, wanted to say I only post when I have something to say. There.

Ghosted by jhnnywalkr @ 03/01/2005 9:11 AM EST

I noticed that too, Cynaide. It seems like the ones have the most comments usually have a poll that’s totally unrelated to the article he posted. I always found that kind of undermined whatever Matt posted.

Ghosted by JLAJRC @ 03/01/2005 9:20 AM EST

That was a pretty odd Jason movie. Loved that scene with the guy on the toilet. Almost as good as Sleepaway Camp. I am so sick of that Harry Potter movie though. I work at Wal-Mart in electronics and must have seen it three or four times a shift when it first came out. Ugh!

Ghosted by Czar Matthew @ 03/01/2005 12:43 PM EST

For more Harry Potter fun go to http://www.illegal-art.org/video/wizard.html

This is classic! Definitely worth the d/l

"Wizard People, Dear Reader is an unauthorized re-envisioning of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, by Brad Neely. To experience it, viewers need to get a copy of the first Harry Potter movie (known as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in Europe) and watch it with the sound off, replacing Neely’s narration with the original soundtrack.

After spreading rapidly among Neely’s friends in Austin, Wizard People made its theatrical debut at the New York Underground Film Festival, to rapturous applause. We think Neely has crafted an as-of-yet-unnamed new art form, one everyone should experience for themselves. (Wizard People has no affiliation with Warner Brothers or the creators of Harry Potter.)"

Ghosted by Doc @ 03/01/2005 1:07 PM EST

Doc, if you know of anyone that lives near the Boston area, Coollidge Corner Theatre is showing Wizard People: Dear Readers again this weekend:
http://coolidge.org/s_ser_mid.html

Ghosted by ME @ 03/01/2005 3:54 PM EST

I meant "Coolidge" above.

Ghosted by ME @ 03/01/2005 3:55 PM EST

Haven’t seen the other two, but I did finally catch up with the third Harry Potter movie a couple of months ago and actually enjoyed it. I’ve read the books but am not a HUGE Potter fan. Even so, I found the movie to be enjoyable…but you still may need to read at least some of the book to fully understand the plot.

And Hermoine is my favorite character, an intelligent and strong girl amid boys who are sometimes the above, sometimes not.

Ghosted by starwenn @ 03/01/2005 7:39 PM EST

On Hermione, I luv that SNL sketch in which Lindsay Lohan plays Hermione, and apparently Hermione’s gone through puberty. Now excuse me while I go beat my Bludger.

Ghosted by Nate @ 03/01/2005 7:59 PM EST

I love the Harry Potter books, but never could watch the movies. The kids are too ugly, creepy for me to watch for 2+ hours. Especially the Ron Weasly one. Not to be mean or anything, but still.

Ghosted by Stacey @ 03/01/2005 9:43 PM EST

First two Harry Potter movies probably suck and blow simultaneously, so being different helps. If I ever have to watch a HP movie I’d watch the 3rd.

It was Dudley, who looks eerily (n. Indiana) like a young Mekhi Pfifer.

The sex scene also has the 2nd best pair of boobies in the Ft13th franchise.

Ghosted by Paul @ 03/01/2005 10:06 PM EST

J.K. says that number 3 is her favorite of the movies so far, which kind of surprised me. I think as a stand alone movie it is far better than the first two, in terms of SFX, direction and acting, but as an adaptation…not so much. I think Cuaron did a really good job of capturing all the teen hormones and angst but I think he went a little too far and prematurely aged the characters. (Speaking of prematurely aging, somebody get me the number for Lohan’s plastic surgeon. Hee!) I also think Chamber (2) is the best overall.
As a die hard fan, I go in expecting a lot of details to be trimmed, but some of the omissions were just too big to ignore (as per Manimal’s post). I can let the little fannish nitpicks go (What’s with the giant clock tower we’ve never seen before? Why isn’t anybody EVER wearing their robes? Pebbles in the pumpkin patch?) but when you completely omit and/or warp important storylines it is very annoying.
Bad news, Cameron T. Apparently Cuaron’s biggest contribution to the next movie (which is being directed by someone else) was convincing them to cut it down to one movie, since they were originally going to make two. I’m look forward to more time-elapse montages and minimal screen time for the Baubaxton’s kids.
Haven’t caught the yo-yo ad yet, but I’m dying to win that Spongebob prize pack. I don’t even care about the big screen (okay, I do) but I want that DVD collection.

Ghosted by squee4242 @ 03/01/2005 10:28 PM EST

Mmm-mm, them’s a whole lot of bite sized updates. Yes, I’m hungry. When you’re hungry, everything is bite-sized to some degree.
In actually related news, I haven’t seen HP3, though the book remains my favourite so far. Not that I’m much of a fan or anything. I’ve read the books several times over and still don’t understand how they got to be so popular. Meh.

I need a t-shirt that says "I liked Spongebob when he was underground." ‘Cause that’d rock.

Ghosted by onslaught86 @ 03/01/2005 11:56 PM EST

I agree with Manimal and squee4242- The plot omissions from HP3 were too big…I went with friends who hadn’t read the book, and they were seriously confused…and we’re in our 20’s= what about the poor KIDS who haven’t read the book? That being said, I still liked the tone of the movie and the flick overall. Can’t wait for the 4th one, as Goblet of Fire is my favorite HP book, and it should start to get darker and more adult. That movie better be a loooong one though, to fit everything in!

Matt- Don’t feel bad about the Xmas stuff on the site. Here in Korea, half – hell, OVER half, of the businesses still have their Xmas decorations up- lights, trees, the whole she-bang. I kinda like passing Xmas trees on my way to work every morning!… And nothing would deter my love for your site :)

Ghosted by Muppet Baby @ 03/02/2005 9:22 AM EST

I agree with everyone here. HP 3 was one of my favorite books ever, and I read a lot. I sat through the movie and kept on thinking, "They’re at this part already! But they skipped completely over…" Especially all the background stuff explaining Harry’s father’s days at school and Snape’s animosity towards Harry.

Ghosted by Y2JB78 @ 03/02/2005 10:08 AM EST

I think that the third HP movie was actually my favorite, though they’re all damn good. So far the fourth book in the series has been my favorite, so I can’t wait to see that movie. Or til the 6th book finally comes out this summer!

And not to be nitpicky, but since it’s March now and XE still has a Christmas theme, I say make it Christmas year-round. Why the hell not?

Ghosted by Rosella @ 03/02/2005 11:32 AM EST

If it makes anyone feel any better, my Christmas Tree is STILL standing, and it’s REAL. Seriously.

But, the longer the site design stagnates, the more I know the "next shift" needs to be good. I have some excellent, DIFFERENT stuff planned — wouldn’t call it a whole new X-E, but I’ll say this: there will be a reason to check out daily again, soon. Actually, there will be more than one reason. :)

That said, new article or two this weekend — a few shorties.

Ghosted by Matt @ 03/02/2005 11:55 AM EST

Wasn’t Duddly the kid that got molested by the WKRP guy on Different Strokes?

Ghosted by becka-boo @ 03/02/2005 1:15 PM EST

Oooo. Matt’s teasing his audience again. Is the tree still alive or is it all brown and dried up? I wouldn’t mind seeing a picture.

Ghosted by jhnnywalkr @ 03/02/2005 1:42 PM EST

Prisoner of Azkaban (HP3), so far, has been my favorite of the five books. I also can’t wait for the 6th book this summer. Matt, of the five books, which one is your favorite?

Ghosted by J-Dog @ 03/02/2005 4:11 PM EST

Are you KIDDING ME?! I thought the second one was absolutely PATHETIC. It was so terrible. Bleck! Ah, well, I still think you’re awesome.

Ghosted by Devin @ 03/02/2005 6:34 PM EST

I’m excited for the "new" X-E!

And I too would like to see a pic of your Christmas tree, Matt! Does your cat try and get all up in that? Mine always do, so now we don’t have trees anymore.

Ghosted by kidneyboy @ 03/02/2005 7:01 PM EST

matt..dude its march. take down your’e christmas lights…lazy

Ghosted by zombone @ 03/02/2005 7:43 PM EST

FYI-
Shavar Ross who played Dudley on Diff’rent Strokes was indeed in Friday the 13th Part V. Sorry Manimal, but he was not in Return of the Living Dead. He was in "What’s Love Got to Do with It" as Michael Turner.

Ghosted by Roo @ 03/03/2005 9:41 AM EST

I had no idea Dudley had such a rich and storied career.

Ghosted by jhnnywalkr @ 03/03/2005 10:31 AM EST

http://chud.com/interviews/1764
"It was the Nickelodeon awards and she, at the time Pokemon was really happening. And she had this concept where she wanted to dance with Pikachu. It was all about her dancing with Pokemon. But Nickelodeon isn’t Pokemon, they are Rugrats. So they were saying, ‘No, you have to dance with Rugrats.’ So I talked to my DP or whatever and I walked over and there’s Jennifer literally sitting in the director’s chair with her legs up, arms open, [drunk voice] ‘No fucking way am I dancing with a fucking Rugrat. I wanna dance with Pikachu. I dance with Pikachu or I dance with no one.’ And that is God’s truth. And I literally was like ‘J-Lo.’"

Ghosted by ME @ 03/03/2005 11:56 AM EST

I liked Friday the 13th V a lot…I think people need to give it a break.

Ghosted by eyeless @ 03/03/2005 12:29 PM EST

Just to let Matt know. On 3/20 the CBS Sunday Movie will be Spring Break Shark Arrack. Sharks appear to invade spring break or something. Looks to be funny in a bad way.

Ghosted by aodfan @ 03/03/2005 2:01 PM EST

Sorry spelled "Attack" wrong.
Spring Break Shark Attack.

Ghosted by aodfan @ 03/03/2005 2:03 PM EST

OK…so I hate to shill for myself…well, I don’t but I have to say that in order to look like I don’t want to be a shill for myself…what?

Anyways, let me start at the beginning. At my work, we have a pool based on Survivor where people have a character…and blah blah blah. So I started writing these recaps and they got a pretty good response. So I am on this freelance writer’s board where they are posting jobs for writers who are also fans of the show for this start-up fansite. Anyways, I submitted and now they are paying me for this stuff…

Anyways, I am posting it here, because, well, I have run out of things to say about Gremlins colorforms and I know you guys have pretty good (or at least good in the sense that mine is also good) taste….

So, the more people that read my recaps, the better the chance of me continually getting paid…So take a look..
http://www.survivorpw.pw/

My article is the "SURVIVOR PALAU: EPISODE II: RATS! THIS SHOW IS STILL ON THE AIR?" article…chock full of sardonic wit.

Appreciated,
Goody

Ghosted by Goody @ 03/03/2005 2:16 PM EST

Also,
I definitely feel Prisoner of Azkaban was the best of the HP movies so far. I agree a lot has been left out of the books so with each movie – the second being the one that left out the least. But the second one, I feel, didn’t work because it just moved at a weird pace for me. I liked it, but definitely not as much as one or two.

Ghosted by Goody @ 03/03/2005 2:22 PM EST

Hey Matt, Why don’t you put a section where we can post links sort of like fark.com or milk and cookies? If you had a way of auto-posting them then there would be another reason to check out the page every day. It would be great for when you get "a little" busy now and then.
Just an idea.. what do you guys think?

Ghosted by Cyanyde @ 03/03/2005 2:31 PM EST

mmmmmm, milk and cookies

Ghosted by Goody @ 03/03/2005 2:33 PM EST

ROO,

Slight miscommunication. I was not referring to Dudley/Reggie aka Shavar Ross.
I was referring to the black guy in the outhouse, Demon. His real name is Migel A. Nunez Jr. He was in both Friday the 13th part 5 and RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD.
http://www.fridaythe13thfilms.com/saga/part5/miguelnunez.html

Ghosted by The Manimal @ 03/03/2005 3:15 PM EST

Hello peoples! Sorry it’s been a long time in the void, but a couple or more Thursdays ago, the iMac at work decided to sink slowly in the west and had to be sent upstate for rehab. It’s back in town, but the ‘net folks are needing to run a few more checks and such before the gumdrop can be ok’d. I’m just sending a quick yelp from the local library to let you know I’m suffering from X-withdrawal. Next post when it happens! Spiders on my brain……

Ghosted by kingklash is working without a internet. @ 03/03/2005 3:38 PM EST

King is back! All hail the return of the King! The new XE got me so excited I peed myself. In fact thinking about it now almost made me do it again … dang it ! Stupid power of suggestion.

Ghosted by Gozer @ 03/03/2005 8:30 PM EST

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