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09/03/2005: Saturday Thread, Duh.

I’ve only got a quick sec before a friend stops by to help me with a computer hardware issue in exchange for free Japanese food, SO HERE’S YER SATURDAY THREAD! All day, all night, all right.

Our official movie of the night: A Nightmare on Elm Street: Part II, airing on Encore at 10:35 PM. (And for others, at different times, and for others, at no time at all. Buy the damn DVD.) The Monday after next marks the start of X-E’s 2005 Halloween Countdown - yay!

Edit: It’s Sunday. Keep posting.

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Discussion Thread: 166 comments

"And there was much rejoicing through out the land".

Posted by Heathtown @ 09/03/2005 2:49 PM EDT

My saturday nights usually suck. Oh how I envy people with social lives…

Posted by Chilipeppers @ 09/03/2005 3:19 PM EDT

So, to kick off the halloween related shit, what do you guys without social lives plan to do fer halloween? Thankfully I haven’t exhausted my money beforehand, so I am in the middle of constructing a Cthulhu costume. The wings and tentacles are a bitch, though.

Posted by TRUKK NOT MUNKY @ 09/03/2005 3:23 PM EDT

Matt! I enjoyed your contribution to Progressive Boink! Hooray!

Posted by Evin @ 09/03/2005 3:24 PM EDT

The reason I don’t nowadays is because all my friends are pretty much gone since we all graduated this june.

I may try to do something cool this Halloween, like take my girlfriend to some of the scary things they plan in my town, like the haunted corn maze. That’s usually pretty badass.

Posted by Chilipeppers @ 09/03/2005 3:25 PM EDT

Now that I’ve graduated from college (and am, by extension, an old, old man) I plan on sitting around at home on Halloween, scaring children who happen by. You know, more than usual. Although I do plan on putting something spooky on the door of my apartment. Like a cardboard spider. Or perhaps a pumpkin. Or a severed head.

Posted by Jedoc @ 09/03/2005 3:33 PM EDT

I’m stuck at work all night…which means I’ll be in and out of here all night. Whoot! I never saw NoES II, but I did watch a movie called "Freaked" the other night. Interesting, to say the least…anyone else ever seen it? Oh, and feel free to click on my name.

Posted by Kyle @ 09/03/2005 3:35 PM EDT

Freaked is a classic, and Alex Winter is a GENIUS.

Who’s pulling for Bill and Ted 3?

Posted by AJ @ 09/03/2005 3:44 PM EDT

In regards to Halloween plans: I have been put in charge of decorating the office, which means that this children’s toy company is going to emanate the stench of death for the entire month of October. I’m looking for a skeleton or two. Luckily my friend Chris, who drives a hearse, just got a job here, so that should help with the ambiance. Outside of work, I’m not sure what I’ll be doing…but the girl I’ve been seeing lately has a bunch of ideas, so we’ll see. All I know is that if I don’t eat at least two handfuls of candy corn and candy pumpkins, it’ll be a wasted Halloween.

Posted by Kyle @ 09/03/2005 3:50 PM EDT

Oh yes - Bill and Ted 3 would be the greatest thing since…uh…Bill and Ted 2. Which I’ve never seen. But I loved the first one.

Posted by Kyle @ 09/03/2005 3:52 PM EDT

Dang! There’s a showing of Godzilla:Final Wars tonight at 8pm in my town. No way I’ll make it back in time for the group film-a-thon!

Posted by Jenno @ 09/03/2005 3:53 PM EDT

No Encore on my cable system, damn me. Maybe I’ll buy a Freddy mask and that Pizza Slice costume from Wally-world and run around town tonight. "Freddy’s your hand-tossed now, baby!"

Posted by kingklash @ 09/03/2005 3:54 PM EDT

I have no idea what I’ll be doing for Halloween this year. Since I’m not currently taking college courses I’ll probably have time to do something this year… but what?

I’ll probably end up on candy distribution duty again this year. That’s fine with me–it guarantees me an assload of free candy and gives me the option to dress up if I want to.

I’m so unmotivated though, about pretty much everything. Maybe something will pop up to spark my Halloween passion this year. I hope so.

Posted by Night_Trekker @ 09/03/2005 5:02 PM EDT

I think I’m going to take a break from X-E. I hate Halloween and Christmas (indifferent to thanksgiving). Sorry to be a downer.

Posted by dohopoki @ 09/03/2005 5:15 PM EDT

*GASP!* You don’t mean that! Do you, dohopoki?

(sound of kingklash running off to stick his head in a bucket of candy corn until the numbness passes)

Posted by kingklash @ 09/03/2005 5:23 PM EDT

Well, seeing as I have no power and no cable due to Katrina (I am currently at work soaking up AC and internet) I will not be watching any TV tonight. However as a Nightmare fan, I can say that 2 is my least favorite. That’s how many times I’ve seen it. 2.

Posted by violetdied @ 09/03/2005 5:27 PM EDT

See I always liked the idea of 2. That being said, I would have liked it more if 2 was the last one. Then it’d be more acceptable. With that, too, being said. I like all the others better.

The one thing I always wanted to see though would be Freddy just watching people’s dreams to find out their fears. That would be creepier to me than him outright killing you. Just knowing he is watching would give me quite the case of the willies.

Posted by AJ @ 09/03/2005 5:52 PM EDT

(from the depths of the bucket)
Especially if you realize he’s also watching your sexy dreams!

Posted by kingklash with a nose-full of candy corn and one of those pumpkin-shaped candies @ 09/03/2005 5:56 PM EDT

I don’t think all that candy’s good for your sinuses, but then again, I’m not a doctor.

Posted by violetdied @ 09/03/2005 6:00 PM EDT

I wonder if he stole people’s women from their sexy dreams to keep himself satisfied. That’s what I’d do.

Posted by AJ @ 09/03/2005 6:01 PM EDT

My grandparents lived on an Elm Street when I was a kid, right next door to a big, scary house. Having said that, you can imagine why I never got into those movies… But it does beg the question, what was the scariest dream you ever had?

Posted by Mr. Boligarky @ 09/03/2005 6:15 PM EDT

I dreamt I was married to Kathy Griffin and she just didn’t stop talking. Ever. And then my head exploded.

Scariest dream ever. And 100% not a lie, either.

Posted by AJ @ 09/03/2005 6:26 PM EDT

Well, for halloween this year I’m thinking of going out trick or treating in a crazy elaborate costume that hides my true age. Seeing as how I’m well over trick or treating age, I want to fool people into thinking I’m some crazy kid. Plus, free candy, boo ya! I’m also seriously considering going to this http://www.valleyoffear.com . It’s some huge haunted house/hayride/corn maze in bucks county PA and it has a pretty good website.

I had this one dream one time that I was chasing these little kids from robbing a gap store. I chased them through these caverns and stuff and eventually we got to a field. On the other side of the field was a wooded area and as I saw the kids approach the wooded area from the other side, I saw a couple of the trees getting knocked over and the kids looking at what was coming with awe. It was this jacked mother on a huge crane wearing kickass sunglasses and a bulletproof vest that had painted on the front "The Suburban". He then proceded to ruin thier shit by hitting them with the crane. By the way, did I mention this was the most badass dream I ever had?

Posted by Tenacious Tate @ 09/03/2005 6:39 PM EDT

Had a dream with Freddy in it once. It wasn’t scary. It was kind of ridiculous. I was driving him down my street in a blue hatchback.

Posted by violetdied @ 09/03/2005 6:46 PM EDT

Once dreamt of a toy from M.A.S.K. and when I awoke I ran to the pantry, where in my dream I’d left it, and was extremely disappointed to not find it waiting for me.

Posted by Kyle @ 09/03/2005 7:30 PM EDT

Watched GHOULIES I and II this morning thanks to the double feature from Netflix. I think the sequel was better (which is rare as we all know).
Getting into the HALLOWEEN spirit myself. Bought some cheap whatnots at the Dollar Store yesterday and watched TREEHOUSE OF HORROR 2 and 3 earlier this week.
I like how on the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET collector’s DVD it states that part 2 is essentially (albeit unintentionally) a metaphor for homosexuality. Once one thinks of the movie in those terms, it makes a lot more sense. Watch it and you will see it. Either that or you can wonder why everything bursts into flames in that movie (???).

Posted by The Manimal @ 09/03/2005 7:36 PM EDT

Right now, I’m so tired, I’m not thinking of what I’m doing tomorrow, much less next month. I’m trying to find a job doing something I enjoy more and gives me steadier hours than working in a grocery store in a town that people think only exists in the summer. The grocery store I currently work at is going to be torn down in about three weeks. Yes, it does need to be replaced and it’s supposed to be done in May, but it’s going to be a pain transferring to an off-island store (I can’t afford a car) and trying to haul all my groceries home on my bike or the bus this winter. If I’m going to leave this store, I might as well get out all together. I’m just having a hard time finding a job as a writer or an editor or a receptionist or a secretary - seems people have friends and reletives to do those jobs.

Posted by starwenn @ 09/03/2005 7:46 PM EDT

Yup, part 2 is homosexual as can be - but in a hilarious way - a must see if you haven’t seen it.

Posted by d @ 09/03/2005 8:13 PM EDT

I never really thought about it like that. Though I did notice how the X-Men movies were pretty much a big homosexual reference. I mean in X2 where Iceman "comes out" to his parents.

Sooo gay.

Posted by AJ @ 09/03/2005 8:20 PM EDT

I’m too old for Halloween as evidenced by the fact that my costumes were getting lazier and lazeir. The last time I went trick-or-treating me and my friend drew goatees on with brown marker and went as our evil twins.

Posted by Wyatt @ 09/03/2005 9:18 PM EDT

I don’t get Encore, but Dirty Dancing just started, and Uncle buck too! Crappy Cable.

When I was like 4 or 5 I had a dream that the Incredible Hulk picked up my house, laid down and put it on his stomach then waited for us to walk outside so he could grab us. I probably should have skipped watching that show.

Posted by kb @ 09/03/2005 9:28 PM EDT

Probably. I do find it weird that I find Lou Ferrigno more frightening than the CG Hulk from the movie, which I did really really like. Also, the Return of the Incredible Hulk is the greatest movie ever. I mean, come on, THOR was in it!

Posted by AJ @ 09/03/2005 9:31 PM EDT

Hmmmm, just checking in and I guess it’s going to be a sleeper tonight.
MATT and whoever else, I forgot to mention that I found a 1990 DICK TRACY magnetic facial hair toy at the local Dollar Store. It is from 1990 and is Disney authorized and everything. Not bad for a dollar but the original asking price was 2.19. No wonder it took 15 years to sell. I also got the Halloween stuff. Are you guys familiar with the toy MUTANT FREAKS? Looks like good stuff. If you want to see pics (for whatever reason), click the name.

Posted by The Manimal @ 09/03/2005 10:51 PM EDT

What about John Carpenter? That whole bleak, falls eason light all his movies are shot in in Halloween to me. I have to watch some Season of The Witch now…"2 More Months Till Halloween…SILVER SHAMROCK!!!!!"

Posted by Another Matt @ 09/03/2005 11:10 PM EDT

What about John Carpenter? That whole bleak, fall season light all his movies are shot in in Halloween to me. I have to watch some Season of The Witch now…"2 More Months Till Halloween…SILVER SHAMROCK!!!!!"

Posted by Another Matt @ 09/03/2005 11:10 PM EDT

Manimal - Great Dick Tracy find! My all time favorite merchandise was the official Dick Tracy badge.

Did we make a Nightmare 2 timeslot mistake?

Posted by Carri @ 09/03/2005 11:22 PM EDT

For me it’s on at 11:35

As in starting right now.

Also, I always liked the watch. Everyone had the Dick Tracy watch though.

Posted by AJ @ 09/03/2005 11:36 PM EDT

It’s on now for me too.

Posted by Carri @ 09/03/2005 11:38 PM EDT

Dammit. I’m actually doing stuff for once and miss an attempt to have a Bill & Ted discussion. I am seriously disappointed with myself. Again, happy belated B-day to the man himself. Kyle, you cannot call yourself a Bill & Ted fan without having seen Bogus Journey.

STATION!

See, if you’d seen it you would have totally got that. The box set’s first printings apparently had a phone sex number mixed into the box art. For once, already owning something has cost me. I could have had one of those fine pieces of rare Keanu merchandise. But no, I’ve owned B & T for years and haven’t bought it yet. Grrr.

I recall Keanu saying he was willing to do 3. Trilogy here we come. Not like Alex is doing anything. Wait, he’s doing a biopic on somebody, right?

Posted by Knegative @ 09/03/2005 11:46 PM EDT

And Keanu and Alex Winter do still talk about it. The plan is to wait til they are both 50ish and do "old Bill and Ted"

And yes, I so own the box set. Haven’t found that phone sex number, though.

So how about that random rake for no reason in Freddy’s basement?

Posted by AJ @ 09/03/2005 11:50 PM EDT

Was it the Napster dude? Help me out AJ. You seem like the Alex devotee. And I’m too lazy to check imdb right now

Posted by Knegative @ 09/03/2005 11:51 PM EDT

I can’t remember, all I know is it is called The Best Man, and that made me happy. Because Alex, is, indeed, the best man.

Posted by AJ @ 09/03/2005 11:54 PM EDT

I can’t remember, all I know is it is called The Best Man, and that made me happy. Because Alex, is, indeed, the best man.

Posted by AJ @ 09/03/2005 11:54 PM EDT

Oh yeah, he IS also doing the Napster Bio-pic too. Wow. that’s TWO projects. Thank you IMDB.

Posted by AJ @ 09/03/2005 11:59 PM EDT

Deep? I don’t know about that. I was just trying to accurately describe what I dreamed about. It would be a lot less complicated to just see it, obviously.

Posted by Night_Trekker @ 09/04/2005 1:08 AM EDT

Well now, that’s a given.

Posted by AJ @ 09/04/2005 1:08 AM EDT

Hmm… maybe Matt should just make an XE chatroom. Look at the amount of time between these posts!

But chat rooms just don’t feel the same as forums. I don’t know exactly what it is. What do you guys/gals think?

Posted by Night_Trekker @ 09/04/2005 1:12 AM EDT

odd, the video for We Are the World was on just before Weird Science. hmmmm…

is it hot in here?

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/04/2005 1:13 AM EDT

I have no idea what’s going on here, but I’m totally pissed about the whole Something Awful / Paypal / Redcross thing, $20,000 dollars going who-knows-where. Seriously, nice to my and countless others’ money are probably going to fill Paypal’s wallets.

Posted by Radio @ 09/04/2005 1:15 AM EDT

An X-E chatroom wouldn’t be as much fun as this, in my opinion. Though I’d still rock it every chance I got. And yes, it IS hot in here.

Posted by AJ @ 09/04/2005 1:16 AM EDT

Yeah, I don’t think I’ve ever read a more pissed-off post by Lowtax.

The problem will probably be fixed shortly… but the point is the people in New Orleans need the money NOW.

Posted by Night_Trekker @ 09/04/2005 1:17 AM EDT

Exactly. It’s funny how charity gets messed up when enough money is given to it.

Posted by AJ @ 09/04/2005 1:26 AM EDT

They were showing Nightmare 1, 2 and 3, back-to-back, on Movie Greats a day or two ago…How convenient.

Anyway, I never noticed before, nor got, what was up with those ‘whale songs’ in the background in 2. Maybe some people think ‘whale’ when they think Freddy…I dunno. I can definitely remember it being used during the ‘final battle’ where whatsername (Meryl Streep? Heh) kisses Freddy/Jesse (Fresse? Jeddy? I prefer Jeddy).

Do they talk about the music at all on the DVD?

I had to make sure I didn’t dream that up, so if you go here, and click on 12 (Sjports Attack/Threatening Angela), you can hear some whale action. The whales kick in around 12secs.

Enough about whales though, I love when Jeddy busts out of the door and disappears just before the pool massacre, and you see all those dudes kinda crab-crouching towards the broken glass and stuff. It’s hilarious…especially this one dude’s face. You don’t see a lot of crab-crouching in movies these days and I think that’s a real shame.

And one last thing - I think the best character in that movie was the ‘Pool Negotiator’. I hope he got a medal of honour or something. At least mentioned in the local newspaper? I smell spin-off series for that guy, even if he’s dead.

Posted by mickeychelle @ 09/04/2005 1:28 AM EDT

ya, that chick did look like Meryl Streep!! Crazy!

the Pool Guy was such a nice guy!! *sniff* he deserved better…i tell ya! *sobs*

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/04/2005 1:33 AM EDT

Yay Saturday night thread! My first ever contribution! People don’t put enough effort into Halloween anymore. Last year the weather was great and there were almost no kids trick-or-treating outside. They were all trick-or-treating in the mall. Talk about lame and/or lazy parents.

Posted by Gabbylicious @ 09/04/2005 1:39 AM EDT

Was it Greg Proops on his Comedy Central Presents…? It’s not an insult to real mexican food or people of said heritage, because I’ve had real mexican food and its much more than that and much better.

I beleive Jim Gaffigan had a bit about that too on his Comedy Central Presents

*after explaining to a customer he was waiting on that tacos, and tostatas are made of bread, meat and vegetables*

"Look, just say a spanish word, and I’ll bring you something!"

My weirdest dream had me working on an ice cream truck, but it sold Italian Ices. And for some reason, Bill Clinton (the Darrell Hammond version on SNL, not the real thing) always wanted the blue ones, but not by ordering them, he tried to buy them while in several disguises, like the Trix Rabbit.

Oh, and something about William Rhenquist dying on saturday night at age 80…

Posted by Invader Norbert @ 09/04/2005 1:58 AM EDT

I had my worst nightmare in elementary school. A California Raisin came out of the TV and attacked me. When I pushed him back, he flopped on the ground and made a dreadful noise that sounded like a horse mixed with one of the nasally-voiced coaches from Mutant League Football (for Sega Genesis).

Posted by RewolfJ @ 09/04/2005 2:19 AM EDT

USA Network made a show out of Weird Science–dunno what it was like, but it lasted longer than any other movie-based show they tried. And an episode of THAT inspired the movie "Scream." Interesting, eh?

Posted by Mars @ 09/04/2005 2:20 AM EDT

Oh, the Weird Science show was great. Well, not really, but you got to see Abe Vigoda in drag and Bruce Campbell singing.

Posted by AJ @ 09/04/2005 2:27 AM EDT

The Weird Science tv show inspired Scream? O_o

That show was good for one thing: Vanessa Angel. God that woman is beautiful.

Recently I saw her in Puppetmaster Vs. Demonic Toys. Oh, how the mighty have fallen… -_-

Posted by Night_Trekker @ 09/04/2005 2:45 AM EDT

I always mixed up Weird Science the TV show with Parker Lewis Can’t Lose. I’m not sure why, they didn’t have too much in common other than two high school guys as stars.

Posted by Carri @ 09/04/2005 2:51 AM EDT

I’m watching Back to the Future for the second time today and probably the 1000th time in my life. I just now noticed that Lorraine’s little brother with the Davy Crocket hat is none other than Kevin Arnold’s older brother Wayne from the Wonder Years.

Posted by Carri @ 09/04/2005 2:53 AM EDT

God is George Burns!!

And he spoke to John Denver!!@

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/04/2005 2:57 AM EDT

Well, good night everyone!

Great Saturday Night Thread!!

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/04/2005 3:44 AM EDT

I had a dream once where… well… you see… I’m not really sure if I was dreaming, because I suffer from extreme insomnia and some sleep walking, so I could’ve been just half awake. I cannot remember all of it, but I woke up in a dingy basement (that looked nothing like my own) with what seemed to be a pile of human limbs in a pile on a wheelchair, a half dead man in chains on a wall, and I noticed my legs had a shitload of what looked like cat scratches (I did have cats, and they weren’t declawed). The the walls began to shake, and I heared a voice repeating "This is not the true answer" in a satanic tone. Yeah, fucking freaky.

Posted by TRUKK NOT MUNKY @ 09/04/2005 3:52 AM EDT

I must have some mental block for X-E on Saturday nights. I was sooo bored and had nothing to do - do you think I remembered the Saturday Night Thread? Hell no.

Well, since the movie seemed to come on at 11:30, I had a new Inuyasha to watch anyhow.

I had a dream about Freddy once. It was pretty screwy. Started out I was outside at some funeral - it looked like something out of the "November Rain" GNR video, dunno why. Anyhow, Freddy jumps up out of this casket and starts chasing me. I make it back inside, to the kitchen, grab me a big ol’ butcher knife and when he comes tearing in, I stab him repeatedly in the chest. The dream skipped a little, and I was thinking, "Ok cool, I killed him, don’t have to worry about him anymore." and that’s all I remember.

Posted by Ryane @ 09/04/2005 10:17 AM EDT

I love how the record melts on Jesse’s nightstand but the cassette tapes don’t. That just show’s the pure 80s power of the cassette once again triumphing over vinyl.

Posted by Carri @ 09/04/2005 12:00 PM EDT

In the spirit of comraderie, I’m going to let that one slide But you know what I want to say. I own Hardball, Little Buddha, and Johnny Mnemonic. Hardcore!!!

Posted by Knegative @ 09/04/2005 12:01 PM EDT

Yeah, but he’s writing that. Way to not read.

Posted by theed @ 09/04/2005 12:01 PM EDT

oh maybe I shouldn’t have unwrapped that damn glove!!

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/04/2005 12:01 PM EDT

Well of course, Carri, I mean how can vinyl match the sheer awesomeness of casette power? It’s funny though that in just a few more years there’d be CDs. And yes, you are the most hardcore Keanu fan ever.

Oh and theed, you are write. Winter writes the Napster biopic and STARS in a movie called The Best Man. Hardcore.

I need to learn to not be impatient and click the post 3243243 times.

Posted by AJ @ 09/04/2005 12:03 PM EDT

I think Dick Tracy and Bill & Ted should be on our movie of the month lists.

Posted by Carri @ 09/04/2005 12:06 PM EDT

anyone catch Weird Science earlier? I just now thought it *weird* that A.M. Hall and RRRober Downer Jr. were in this movie *and* on SNL at the same time! Hmmm….

I don’t really have a favorite Nightmare…I always seem to catch bits and pieces of them at odd times, either on cable, or just before passing out at a friends house. So I kind of get them all mixed up, and really need to sit down and watch them all again.

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/04/2005 12:08 PM EDT

oooh the shower scene!

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/04/2005 12:09 PM EDT

Don’t you wish your teacher went to leather bars too?

And for Halloween, I wouldn’t really put Dick Tracy or Bill and Ted on the list. However, something that SHOULD be on the list: God Told Me To.

Posted by AJ @ 09/04/2005 12:10 PM EDT

Thank you, thank you. I wish Kyle was still around. It would be so much more fun to harrass him about Bogus Journey than for us to strut our stuff over the dynamic duo for the millionth time (well for me anyway :P) How can you not have seen Journey.

Do you find it interesting that the scene appearing in the trailer about the rat in the bucket of chicken, didn’t find its way onto the free version of it that Pizza Hut was giving out–given their triumvirate partners in the restaurant chain game?

Posted by Knegative @ 09/04/2005 12:10 PM EDT

dudes this is getting more gay by the minute!!

Keanu should do B&T 3, that would rock!!

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/04/2005 12:12 PM EDT

It’s not gay enough. LOWER THE TOWEL BABY.

And I never had a Pizza Hut around me that delivered. I was deprived as a child.

Posted by AJ @ 09/04/2005 12:14 PM EDT

We have all the combination stores of KFC/Taco Bell/Pizza Hut in my neck of the world. KFC/Taco Bell, KFC/Pizza Hut, All 3, and the holy grail: Pizza Hut/Taco Bell. I live closest to a KFC/Taco Bell and they drive me up the wall because they don’t have the full menu and sometimes don’t get new items. Look, its the same ingredients, take the extra 5 seconds and make the "New" Meat/Lettuce/Cheese sandwhich!!!

I credit whatever comedian said that, can’t recall who it was though

Posted by Knegative @ 09/04/2005 12:20 PM EDT

I forget too, but he wasn’t Spanish, and that’s all I remember. We have those stores too, but they aren’t anywhere near my house for some reason. I live like 5 miles from Philadelphia too. You’d expect luxuries, damnit.

Posted by AJ @ 09/04/2005 12:21 PM EDT

I hate how Lisa refers to Freddy as Fred. It’s so wrong.

Posted by Carri @ 09/04/2005 12:22 PM EDT

Yeah. Lisa needs to be smacked with a claw glove upside the face for that. But at least the awesome pool party scene is on.

Posted by AJ @ 09/04/2005 12:25 PM EDT

hot pink chef’s hat?

fabulous

.
they’re coming to take me away, haha!

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/04/2005 12:27 PM EDT

AJ: Also, I always liked the watch. Everyone had the Dick Tracy watch though.

I wanted that watch so much, but never actually got it! I vaguely remember some sort of TV promotion where you had to put clues together and send the answer in to win one of the watches. It might have revolved around the Disney Afternoon as well, but I could be wrong. Anybody else remember this and can fill in the missing pieces for me?

Posted by Gozer @ 09/04/2005 12:28 PM EDT

Bowling for Soup said it best "besides the Mexican food sucks north of here anyway"

Posted by Knegative @ 09/04/2005 12:29 PM EDT

I feel like such a failure compared to that kid! Damn….

Posted by Gene Simmons @ 09/04/2005 12:29 PM EDT

Hey, doesn’t Jesse’s friend have the same bedroom set as DJ from Full House!

Posted by Carri @ 09/04/2005 12:30 PM EDT

Hey, is that my bed? The red one?

Posted by D.J. Tanner @ 09/04/2005 12:31 PM EDT

Kneg: It was Greg Proops!!! And yeah, that so looks like DJ’s bed.

And I dislike Bowling For Soup. With immense passion. In fact, you could say I hate them.

I wish Sleepaway Camp II was on.

Posted by AJ @ 09/04/2005 12:36 PM EDT

oh man, i’m so glad i accidentally turned on the radio. the crappy rock station (92.3 x-treme radio)in cleveland decided to resurrect the music and djs from my favorite radio station from the mid 90’s!!! I have been glued to the radio to hear all of my fave alternative songs from back in the day. Its nice to hear good rock on the radio again, well at least for this weekend. Long live 107.9 THE END!!!

Posted by phunqsauce @ 09/04/2005 12:45 PM EDT

The worst nightmare I ever had (that I can recall) was from when I was in grade school.

I was with someone (I don’t know who) checking out a huge, beautiful empty house. It wasn’t old or ruined or anything like that, it was incredibly clean, like it was newly-built. It was made of wood and was unpainted on the inside, but it still had furniture (all unpainted wooden furniture). We had to go in through a front, ground floor window to the left of the front door, presumably because the door was locked. I wasn’t supposed to be there, I remember that.

As soon as I got through the window, a nearby phone rang. I answered it but I don’t really remember what the voice on the other end said. I think it might have been telling me to go to a certain parade that I witnessed later.

All at some point later in the dream (I remember it now as an immediate jump from the house to the parade but there was probably something in between) I was watching a parade and one of the floats had a person on it, burning alive. Well, it was either a skeleton to begin with or the person was so burnt they had no flesh left, but s/he was alive somehow, was being consumed by flames and was screaming in agony.

Either nobody else seemed disturbed by what was happening or this singular image was such an intense focus of my dream that everyone else had disappeared.

That is the worst nightmare (that I can rememeber) I’ve ever had.

Posted by Night_Trekker @ 09/04/2005 12:47 PM EDT

Sleepless in Seatttle is on. Rosie Odonnel wore a skirt.

Posted by kb @ 09/04/2005 12:50 PM EDT

Way to be deep Night_Trekker. My nightmares never are that elaborate. As for a skirt on Rosie O Donnel, that is just wrong. Sleepaway Camp II stars the sister of Bruce Springsteen as a transsexual killer. I mean COME ON. that has to rock.

Posted by AJ @ 09/04/2005 12:52 PM EDT

I love celebrity siblings in B movies.

Posted by Carri @ 09/04/2005 12:55 PM EDT

Who doesn’t?

Nazis that’s who. Celebrity siblings need to do an all-star movie like Meatballs or The Cannonball Run.

Posted by AJ @ 09/04/2005 12:57 PM EDT

And don’t forget their own "We are the world" type song recording.

Posted by Carri @ 09/04/2005 12:59 PM EDT

Hey Matt,

I agree with what you had to say about the whole genie ordeal in Cereal Prize Project Group 14. I actually met Mark Waid (a well-known comic book writer from LA) yesterday (Saturday), and we were discussing how ideas are most successful when they aren’t so concerned with exactly what the audience wants. And that includes not taking concepts that others have thought of and coming up with our own version thereof. He used the example of TMNT. Eastman and Laird’s idea was rather experimental, but it was successful. And sure enough, there were those who tried to ride on that success with their own TMNT-like ideas, but who the Hell remembers them. I vaguely remember the likes of Biker Mice From Mars (and I do actually have a VHS from this series), but it is certainlynot as memorable as TMNT. Anyway, I find that I’m learning a lot about writing and the ideas that work, as well as the ones that don’t work, from your writing, Matt. Thank you.

Posted by Nate @ 09/04/2005 3:09 PM EDT

Nate has learned one of the godforsaken truths about advertising and/or popular characters: If it’s worth doing, then it’s worth others overdoing. TMNT begat a bevy of fighting animals, MMPR set loose a legion of martial artists in spandex shows. The original Star Wars gave us cute robots, robots with british accents, "laser" swords, and scenes with crowds of weird aliens. Harry Potter is big right now, and look how many "Magic" shows are being made for kids right now, including a Super Sentai show in Japan! Just wait until X-E becomes popular and well-known around the world. Kids will want to be like Matt, Squee, Gabby, Gozer, Manimal, or, heaven forbid, yours truly! Time to stick my head back in the bucket again….

Posted by kingklash @ 09/04/2005 5:20 PM EDT

Hahahaha I wonder who people would ship as their OTPs
I figure most everybody has tomorrow off, right? Perhaps it’ll keep bumping like a Saturday all night. Don’t know of any horror flicks airing, but I’m sure a few others will be watching the Entourage finale with me.
(If anybody wants to see a new batch of puppy pics, click my name. Also, ALMOST HUNDRETH POST!)

Posted by squee4242 @ 09/04/2005 5:38 PM EDT

Dammit, I got sent home from work early and missed an opportunity to be made fun of. Shit.

Posted by Kyle @ 09/04/2005 5:38 PM EDT

Yeah this was a pretty good one, let’s keep it goin.

Also, to Dopo: Sorry to hear that. Hope you’ll have a change of heart.

Posted by Matt @ 09/04/2005 5:51 PM EDT

Kingklash,
Sounds like someone is thinking merchandising…Although I must admit, I think the X-E action figures would be on every Christmas list but overlooked by parents opting instead for "traditional" toys such as Lincoln Logs, EZ bake ovens, etc. I for one look forward to joining the ranks of the "CLEARANCE" shelf.
The local WAL-MART has the Halloween candy out but that’s it. Other stores had SOME stuff out but nothing major.

Posted by The Manimal @ 09/04/2005 6:12 PM EDT

My favorite thing about the Halloween season is the stockpiling of shitty horror DVDs at WalMart, Target, Meijer, etc. Last year I picked up "The Backlot Murders" featuring Corey Haim. It was terrible as expected. Can’t wait to see what comes out this year!

Matt - maybe you should post something indicating that this blog is still going. Is that possible?

Also, I’d just like to thank the 10 of you from last night who clicked through to my page. Muchos gracias.

Posted by Kyle @ 09/04/2005 7:27 PM EDT

Oh you know it. This time I will NOT pass up on that DVD of Trick or Treat…

Oh Gene Simmons, what WON’T you do for money?

Posted by AJ @ 09/04/2005 7:30 PM EDT

I love 3 day weekends, I don’t dread tomorrow. So today is a good day AND I went and bought fall themed decorations yesterday and put them outside my front door. They’re sitting right next to my flowers in full bloom.
Also, From Justin to kelly is on tonight. It’s not horror, but I bet it’s scary.

Posted by kb @ 09/04/2005 7:47 PM EDT

Apparently it IS possible.

So yeah - I’m at work, once again, as always. Verrrrrrrrry slow tonight. The catalog business dies on holidays, so I guess I’ll be around tonight. Knegative, come and get me…I’m waiting. And I’ve even got a half-assed excuse.

Posted by Kyle @ 09/04/2005 7:52 PM EDT

damn, Encore has some good shit on!! Christine just got done, now I’m trying to tune out We Are the World, waiting for Revenge of the Nerds II, and then, the showcase!! Wait for it……

REAL FUCKIN’ GENIUS!!!

Oh yeah, I am stoked!1

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/04/2005 7:58 PM EDT

In the history of having Mondays off, I don’t think I’ve ever been more thrilled to have Monday off. Thank God.

Posted by Matt @ 09/04/2005 8:04 PM EDT

In my own personal history of working every fucking day, I’ll be at work tomorrow. Ugh.

Matt - out of curiousity, did you ever get my email? And if so, thumbs up or thumbs down? And I won’t be offended if you find it necessary to delete this post.

Posted by Kyle @ 09/04/2005 8:06 PM EDT

Kyle — let me check, if I see I’ll write back, if I don’t, I don’t have it.

Posted by Matt @ 09/04/2005 8:08 PM EDT

well, I don’t have tmrw off, but I only work for 6 hours, so I got that goin’ for me.

Totally MAD…It’s a Gas!!

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/04/2005 8:24 PM EDT

In the history of having Mondays off, I don’t think I’ve ever been more thrilled to have Monday off. Thank God. Posted by Matt @ 09/04/2005 08:04 PM EST

Reminds me of some PRIMUS lyrics: "Funny thing about weekends when you’re unemployed, they don’t mean quite so much except you get to hang out with your working friends."
While it’s been awhile since I could truly identify with that sentiment, I will say that it is weekends don’t mean as much when one is a teacher with papers to grade.

Posted by The Manimal @ 09/04/2005 9:19 PM EDT

Manimal, what grade do you teach?

Posted by Kyle @ 09/04/2005 9:24 PM EDT

Oooh hope nobody’s eating dinner and watching Rome. I was just kidding when I said it’s as good as Carnivale, but it is pretty fun to watch.

Posted by squee4242 @ 09/04/2005 9:38 PM EDT

Are the accents ridiculous enough in Rome? IE: bad English accents = Latin?

Posted by AJ @ 09/04/2005 9:55 PM EDT

Okay, I’m back.

AJ: I know not too many people are fans of BFS. But they’re my fat boys in arms. Powerpop/Emo and I’m all over it. Erik is one of my bass heroes

Kyle:Sorry to make that sound malicious last night. "How can you not have seen Bogus Journey?" is the meanest thing I’m prepared to throw. Just giving these guys a respite from my Keanu posturing. So, what’s the excuse? I’m honestly curious.

Posted by Knegative @ 09/04/2005 10:00 PM EDT

Here goes:

Did you ever see that episode of "The Simpsons" when the Itchy & Scratchy movie came out, and Bart did something bad, and as a result wasn’t allowed to see it? Then at the end of the credits, they show in the future, Bart is a priest, and he and Homer are walking down the street and see that the movie is playing, and decide to see it, and it turns out to not even be all that good?

It’s sort of like that.

My dad was promising, promising, promising me that he’d take me to see it. I mean, this was my life. But I didn’t get in trouble. My dad, at the time somewhat of a holy roller, and especially protective of his kids, read a review of the movie. "They make a deal with the devil? There’s no way I’m taking you to see this now." And so it was. I’ve had the opportunity to see it a million times - and every time someone finds out that I haven’t seen it, they flip the fuck out like I just ran over their dog or something.

So why haven’t I seen it? I guess I’m just afraid that it won’t live up to my expectations. In my mind, this movie is like Citizen Kane - absolutely perfect in every way. And there’s no way I’m going to watch it and fuck that up. I mean, maybe eventually, but I’ll wait a little longer.

Now, if they decide to make a 3rd, I guess I’ll have to.

Posted by Kyle @ 09/04/2005 10:20 PM EDT

Matt, I’m not sure if you got it and read it or just never got it, so I’m going to re-send it in a minute, unless you tell me otherwise.

Posted by Kyle @ 09/04/2005 10:26 PM EDT

Interesting. I can respect that. Say 3 Hail Neo’s and remedy the situation. It’s not the greatest movie ever, but , for me anyway, it’s way better than Excellent Adventure.

Oh and 1.) they don’t make a deal with the devil and 2.) I’m not disrespecting your father’s faith and/or yours.

Just please tell me you’ve seen Reloaded and Revolutions

And no wiseacre comments from anyone else about those sequels. I’ve heard it all before

Posted by Knegative @ 09/04/2005 10:36 PM EDT

AJ, you’re right on. Though in this episode they dropped a couple of phrases I’m assuming were actually Latin.

Posted by squee4242 @ 09/04/2005 10:40 PM EDT

Maybe I should check it out then. I actually took Latin my last year in college.

Amor Fati

Posted by Knegative @ 09/04/2005 10:46 PM EDT

Yeah, I’ve been told that they don’t actually do that…but I won’t let anyone tell me what actually happens. Someone said something about Death once, but I cut them off.

And of course I’ve seen the sequels. Don’t be silly.

Posted by Kyle @ 09/04/2005 10:50 PM EDT

Why do I get the feeling A Sound Of Thunder will be my new favorite movie ever?

Posted by Matt @ 09/04/2005 10:53 PM EDT

I’ve never seen the sequels…sorry ;)

This is God, Kent!

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/04/2005 10:55 PM EDT

Because you haven’t seen Pulsebeat.

Posted by Kyle @ 09/04/2005 10:55 PM EDT

Good. I’m kinda glad Squee gave me an opening. If any one wants to know what I said means, you have to play Enter the Matrix or watch Reloaded Revisited. This of course allows me to remind everyone about Path of Neo Nov. 15th. New ending for those who didn’t like the original. Can’t wait to see what it is. Maybe it’s my turn to be annoyed. I loved the original ending.

Posted by Knegative @ 09/04/2005 10:56 PM EDT

Knegative -

No faith to disrespect, so no offense.

Posted by Kyle @ 09/04/2005 10:57 PM EDT

I saw the trailer for Sound of Thunder before Bros. Grimm and was abashedly enthusiastic.

Posted by squee4242 @ 09/04/2005 10:59 PM EDT

Okay folks, my time’s up and I’m a’goin’ home. Thanks for giving me a reason to click "refresh" every 30 seconds in-between taking calls here at work. Talk to you all next week (or whenever the next blog is posted).

Posted by Kyle @ 09/04/2005 11:01 PM EDT

Matt and Squee
I agree, it will be nice to see something with a bit of originality for a change. There’s few movies I go to the theater for, but that will be one of them.

Posted by kb @ 09/04/2005 11:09 PM EDT

later Kyle!

Ev-ry-bo-dy Wants to Rule the World!!

Kneg, I’m almost dreading asking this…but what is Path of Neo? new movie or new DVD?

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/04/2005 11:12 PM EDT

Calm down Kidney. It’s not that level of blasphemy. It’s a videogame. PS2 & XBOX. The ending had to be changed because well, letting Smith overtake you wouldn’t be a very satisfying video game experience (I know alot of people didn’t think it was a satisfying movie going experience either :P)

You can change Neo’s Path (e.g. you can go up to the roof of MetaCortex instead of letting yourself be taken in by the agents.) and the Wachowskis have written every alternate path and, obviously, the alternate ending.

Posted by Knegative @ 09/04/2005 11:20 PM EDT

Thanks Kneg!

You lost me after XBOX. I really don’t know anything about the Matrix. I watched the first one all messed up on something or other, and never saw the other two. Saw one section of the Animatrix, but again, I must have blanked out all the details.

But thanks for the answers!

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/04/2005 11:29 PM EDT

Always glad to spread the gospel

It’s finally giving me an excuse to get a PS2. And hey I can pick up Enter the Matrix and Constantine for like 12 bucks apiece. Rock!

So, personal distaste for sci-fi, specific hatred of Matrix or Keanu, or just not interested? Much like Star Wars geeks, Redpills always wonder why people don’t care for what they believe to be the greatest thing ever.

"Why don’t you like us? [puppydog eyes]"

Posted by Knegative @ 09/04/2005 11:37 PM EDT

I like sci-fi, I like Keanu…I don’t know. I think it has to do with all the hype surrounding the franchise, and that, before I even saw it, I had heard that you have to watch the movie at least twice to understand what’s going on. It’s like it was implied that wyou wouldn’t know what the story was until you watched it again, kind of like that.

So the storyline never quite became clear to me, and thus I never watched the sequels.

And, no offense, people do seem to kind of obsess about it. Much like the Lord of the Rings movies. In fact, I’ve never seen any of those either…so maybe that drives me away from the Matrix as well.

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/04/2005 11:53 PM EDT

Holy Shit! Robert Downer Jr. is in Back to School, which is on right now. Earlier, he was on in The Pick-Up Artist, and yesterday, he was in Weird Science. I guess, according to Encore, Robert Downer Jr. represents the ’80’s.

And the son in Back to School was Arnie in Christine, which was on earlier today. Weird I know!

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/04/2005 11:56 PM EDT

Ah, Matt!!!! You’re sporting Thumbsucker ads!!!! Alright, I’m out for the night.

Dr. Perry Lyman!

Posted by Knegative @ 09/04/2005 11:57 PM EDT

I really need to learn to come back here more often to read as things go on. As for the Matrix, I absolutely loved the first movie, and I thought that Revolutions would have been a great film if it WASN’T part of the series, but Reloaded was just so God awful that I wept throughout it. Then again, I spent my time counting light bulbs on the ceiling during Revolutions…

That’s beside the point, though, as I have no point to make. I just wish Twin Peaks season 2 was out already. I just started re-watching season 1 and I forgot all about the uber-cliff hanger of doom finale.

Also, this movie I just got Kibakichi is the most ridiculously hilariously bad movie ever. It’s like Samurai Teen Wolf.

Posted by AJ @ 09/05/2005 1:02 AM EDT

I thought about bringing that X-E chat room up a little while ago. Sure it wouldn’t be the same as the good old blog comment threads but I’d love to have a chatroom to talk to you all in conversations tend to go more smoothly when you don’t have hit the damn refresh button every couple minutes.

I’ve gotten kind of sick of NoES II it’s been played to death in various rotations of the entire Starz/Encore channel line up the last few months. Its funny tho every time I do see it I get flashbacks of the first time I watched it.

I was maybe 7 or 8 at the time being babysat by my older sister who was 13 at the time and she had her best friend over. Those 2 were positively OBSESSED with the nightmare flicks (and ironically enough since someone brought it up the sleepaway camp flicks too lol)

They decided to pop NoES II into the VCR. I being 7 got scared and her friend let me sit in her lap….well at some point she got the bright idea to try to scare the shit out of me so she starts doing her best imitation of Jesse during his freddy transformation. She wraps one arm around me and put her right hand to my face. The bitch even had just enough dirt under her nails to convince me of the possibility that she was gonna sprout claws. She then muttered something in the best freddyesque voice that a 13 year old chick could muster at which point I screamed, bit her forearm so she’d let me go.

I ran through my rents bedroom locked the door behind me then into their adjacent bathroom and locked that too. I stayed in there for hours till my rents finally came home and my dad jimmied both door open with a flathead screwdriver.

My sister got grounded for a month as a result and her friend was forbidden to come over for months up until they both apologized to me for it.

Posted by The Krypt Angel @ 09/05/2005 1:39 AM EDT

a Samurai Teen Wolf?

"I need…a keg…of beer…hai-yah!"

Everybody was surfin…surfin’ Samurai!!

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/05/2005 1:41 AM EDT

kidneyboy:

Do yourself a favor and see the LotR movies. Get the Extended Editions, sit down, and watch all three. Over 10 hours, but well worth it. They are great films…

As for the Matrix..loved the first one. Reloaded: OK. Certainly not as good. I like Revolutions better. Everyone else said the ending sucked…I thought it was brilliant. Then again, I am a philosophy minor, and I really enjoyed the Matrix films for the philosophical aspects–not the action ones.

And boo to all you people that have tomorrow off. I still have classes at college. The Law School doesn’t have classes, but of course the lowly undergrads do. Dammit…

Posted by Cameron T. @ 09/05/2005 1:55 AM EDT

Is Matt looking forward to A Sound of Thunder because he heard it’s bad and he loves bad films?

Late August is a dumping point for bad films, and this was released as late in August as possible, with no advance screening for critics. Its Rotten Tomatoes rating isn’t very good either.
Kind of a drag…unlike all other movies about the consequences of time travel that stem from it, this was based on the Ray Bradbury original. Bradbury even had a hand in the film. And it turned out bad.

Posted by Mars @ 09/05/2005 2:11 AM EDT

How odd it is that I am anywhere near the X-E blog at 3:44 AM Labor Day Eve. This is what we call teething. When she’s teething, I sit up with her and read comments about movies I haven’t seen and work on Jamestown powerpoints. Teething takes us all back to her newborn days.
It is quite an existence.
KYLE-I teach U.S. History this year which is mainly consisted of 11th graders. Last year was U.S. and World (10th and 11th) and the year before that was 7th grade (yuck) geography of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Very scary comments posted above for me personally since I watched that SIMPSONS episode about the Itchy and Scratchy movie AND I started watching CITIZEN KANE tonight (I feel asleep). Fear has gripped me…

Posted by The Manimal @ 09/05/2005 3:49 AM EDT

I got a SUPER SWEET Halloween job this year. Security for the Dallas Scaregrounds. Basically the job entails wearing a black shirt/black jeans and standing inside a haunted house until 2am. The orientation included such instructions as "if anyone smokes: rip the cigarette out of their mouth, throw it on the ground, crush it under your foot, and tell em to keep moving." They actually pay you to do this stuff! So pumped up!!

Posted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 09/05/2005 4:23 AM EDT

The original Matrix is phenominal. Nothing could have followed that up and lived up to it. That said, I liked Reloaded a lot, but I was also disappointed in Revolutions. Half of it (the Zion half) I loved, and the other half felt really flat. This is going to sound odd, because the whole thing was 3 movies long, but overall Revolutions feels… very rushed. The Animatrix was great.

Enter the Matrix is worth about $10, if that. The extra back story is cool but the game itself is obviously really rushed and ultra bland after about 10 minutes of play. The driving levels are among the very worst I’ve ever played. But I’m glad I played through it with both characters.

I’m not sure I like that we’re going to be able to play as Neo. That just seems like a little much. I’ll probably play the game when it comes out, but I don’t really like the idea. Changing the end kind of bothers me too, but I can see why they would have to do it.

Posted by Night_Trekker @ 09/05/2005 6:07 AM EDT

I usually don’t post here alot but on the ba dreams discussion, I had a fucking weird one last night. After being up for 48 hours straight, I passed out around midnight.

Enter the Cryptkeeper and Elfman’s specatacular theme. Did anyone ever see the episode with Ewan McGregor, where him and his woman are zombies? Well it was that episode. Nuff said.

Posted by The Juggalo @ 09/05/2005 6:18 AM EDT

Were they zombies? I remember that they were undead, but that’s the only ep of that show I ever watched and I’m getting it all mixed up with Bordello of Blood and From Dusk Til Dawn.
I refused to watch Matrix for a long time, but I enjoyed Reloaded and the Animatrix (which is way better than anything they came up with in the movies IMHO) had me convinced that they were really gonna bring it together for a big payoff at the end of it all. I don’t think they quite managed it, though.

Posted by squee4242 @ 09/05/2005 11:41 AM EDT

What if every thing you just posted was all a dream? Maybe somene is just dreaming me at work, posting. I like the "Sleep Deprivation" episode of M*A*S*H, especially the part where Father Mulcahy was listening to the soldier’s confession. As the Padre would begin to nod off, the kid’s words would begin to make no sense, snapping back to normal as he would jump awake. Next time you catch the ep, check it out. It was years before I caught on to the trick.

Posted by kingklash is under your bed, ready to bite your ankle @ 09/05/2005 12:13 PM EDT

I’m at work as well…boo! People are getting pissy about their kid’s costumes. I just want to scream at most of them.

Anyone got any big plans for today?

Posted by Kyle @ 09/05/2005 12:16 PM EDT

Wow, look what happened while I was gone

I was/am philosophy & religious studies minor too, Cam. I know I’m the minority but the trilogy gets better as it goes.

Dirty Little Secret: I saw the original in theatres, but didn’t even become obsessed or think about it until I was dragged to Reloaded. I was only dragged the first time. The other 2 times I initiated the outing

Posted by Knegative @ 09/05/2005 12:30 PM EDT

I work tomorrow, but not until one, and holiday pay makes my crappy wage seem a little better. I’m just now preparing for an illegally downloaded South Park mini-marathon. I’ve downloaded ep 814 and 901 - 907. I’m very excited. And I wish I was an action figure.

Posted by Gabbylicious @ 09/05/2005 12:31 PM EDT

Speaking of Back to School, it was filmed here in good ol’ Madison, WI on campus. It’s kind of funny to watch it and see places that I used to go every week. Of course, I don’t live or work in NYC like Matt does, so since about 95% of all movies are set in NYC it’s probably not the same for them.
Plus, it’s a pretty funny movie all-around too. Obviously not as good as Caddyshack (another classic with Rodney Dangerfield), but it has its moments.

Posted by Gozer @ 09/05/2005 12:49 PM EDT

Gozer, I actually just found that out! That’s pretty damn cool. Did they do any outside shots that you recognized, besides the campus buildings?

This is a great movie, I forgot how many cool people are in it!!

Rodney
Robert Downer
Archie
Hot Lips
Burt Young
fuckin’ Sam Kinison!!
Kurt Vonnegut
Brother Wayne Jason Hervey
Ned "squeal like a pig, Mr. Conner" Beaty!
Oingo Boingo! Danny Elfman rocks, and I totally forgot they play Dead Man’s Party!

Posted by kidneyboy @ 09/05/2005 12:58 PM EDT

Gremlins 2 is on HBO Family right now. The gremmies are just busting out of their cocoons.

Posted by squee4242 @ 09/05/2005 1:13 PM EDT

This movie makes me beg the question: would you actually take stock advice from a gremlin?

Posted by AJ @ 09/05/2005 1:34 PM EDT

Oooh I’ve never seen this version before (the Hulk Hogan one)…now I know that the correct phrase is gremsters. What’s the story with the DVD set, which version does it have?

Posted by squee4242 @ 09/05/2005 1:42 PM EDT

Don’t know which version is on the DVD set, but I sure enjoy Hulk making a mess with the popcorn and soda better than John Wayne shooting the Gremlins.

And for the record, canned food and shotguns are a great stock tip… no matter what the source.

Posted by Mr. Boligarky @ 09/05/2005 1:52 PM EDT

Mr.Boligarky is right. There’s always gonna be nutty survivalists.

Posted by The Juggalo @ 09/05/2005 4:26 PM EDT

The Gremlins DVD has BOTH versions of the scene! One in the film (the theatrical version) and the other version is included as a supliment.

Posted by Paul @ 09/05/2005 5:13 PM EDT

Damn this site is awesome. I was wondering if you’ve ever covered The Barbarian Brothers! Those guys were awesome. I remember them making a movie where they were truck drivers and were superstitious. Classic 80s. I don’t know if you’ve seen the article by Rob Bloom or not but he’s written a funny tribute to the Barbarians at http://www.robbloom.com/creative/barbarian.htm

Posted by Evan @ 09/06/2005 8:18 PM EDT

Speaking of Nightmare, Amazon just released the boxed set for $42! The cheapest I’ve seen it in a retail store is in the neighborhood of $75+. Just in time for Halloween, enjoy!!

Posted by WhiteTrash @ 09/08/2005 9:50 AM EDT

Pellegrino! Rocks, twist!

JOHN GLOVER FUCKING RULES!

Posted by Gronk @ 09/08/2005 3:27 PM EDT

Starwenn, you live in Rio Grande, right? I live almost an hour from there in Little Egg Harbor, Ocean County (NOT Egg Harbor, Atlantic County!). I’m looking for job too. Communications is hard to crack when you live in the Philadelphia area. Seems I don’t wanna go work in New York (2 hour commute on NJ Transit bus). I’d rather commute 70-90 minutes to Center City to work.

And yes, people have family to those kind of jobs you explained.

I feel your pain.

Posted by Allison @ 09/08/2005 6:52 PM EDT

Oh yeah. My *Bad Dream*.

I wound up in an episode of Quantum Leap I watched on October 29,2001. The reason I remember the date was that the Halloween episode aired on October 30, and no ep aired on Halloween.

The episode was "Shock Theater" (last ep of the 3rd season). Sam loses his memory of everything and starts re-living prevous leaps as the people he replaced in those leaps. He talked like them, acted like them, and even walked like them. Creepy as anything. Problem was, because he mesons and neurons were whacked out, he began losing contact of Al. Al starts fading until he’s pretty much gone. Figure out for yourself how it ends. Trust me, it went on for 2 more seasons, so the ending couldn’t have been horrible.

Anyway, the dream. Instead of it being Sam, it was ME. Problem was, I just was suffering from a worse case of amnesia after the shock treatment than Sam suffered in the pilot episode. Couldn’t recall a thing. At least Sam knew his first name. Anyway, Al kept disappearing on me. I kept freaking out. I even started crying like Sam did in the episode–except I was REALLY crying!!!!!!! This turmultuous nightmare lasted a good 2 hours before I woke up scared to death. It felt like it really happened, except it could NEVER have happened. The situation never even existed.

Moral of the story–DO NOT watch "Shock Theater" with all the lights out at midnight. If you do watch it at midnight, KEEP THE FRICKIN’ LIGHTS ON!!!!!!!!

By the way, I have watched it since. In broad daylight. It is a really superb episode.

Posted by Allison @ 09/08/2005 7:02 PM EDT

I maded a casette audio tape of a mordern day verson of SilentNight,
DeadlyNight on my radio casette player in December , 2001 !
Storyline is about terrorist destroying Christmas in the 21st century ! Rickie and Billy Chapman
save the world by destroying terrorist with a
car and shotting , beheading on casette tape !
Terrorist take over old and Abanded
St Mary ’s Orphantage for Children as a compound in Utah , Salt Lake City ! Granpa Chapman dies of a heart attack in Utah Salt Lake City !
Paula get excuted by Elf Group excution !ELF Disgussing as santa claus to kill Americans !
Andy is ahead of American Tailban since 1984 and Dies in the beginng of the tape casette audio by Rickie and Billy Chapman !
The movie thearte get bombed and wipe out in Utah by Terrorist !
Terrorist wipeout and bombed everything in Utah !
Santa Claus Is realy pissed off in the 21st century after the World trade Center explored !
Billy Chapman run over a terrorist by a car on the highway !
Rickie Chapman shotspalestine boy in the head over the mountain !
Billy Chapman behead sucide bomber
female outside the clinc !

Posted by Elizabeth Lapicola @ 09/09/2005 12:12 PM EDT

Elm Street 2 sure aint the best of the series…I love Halloween, it’s the best time of the year!

Posted by Mark the Movie Madman @ 09/09/2005 6:10 PM EDT

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