I love Arachnophobia! Saw it in the theater and everything. It’s kind of a sleeper, for sure, but there’s some serious spiderness to come later. Plus, John Goodman gets a good ol’ boy theme whenever he walks onscreen.
Arachnophobia, ruined me with spiders. The beginning where the painted up, tribal guys are telling them not to go into the jungle, but they do and that guy dies! If naked men in white face paint tell you do something, you better do it.
Has anyone seen the preview for the new Aliens Vs Predator movie? It actually looks purdy good. And it’s rated R. Wasn’t the last one PG-13?
In keeping with the random nature of this thread, I saw a new bunch of flavors for Jones Soda announced. Sorry if anyone has already mentioned these. However, it’s Sunday, and these are FOOTBALL themed sodas. Sweet Victory, Sports Cream, and Natural Field Turf are offered. Also, they have what’s sure to be everybody’s favorite salty soda- Perspiration.
Now, I’m pretty sure Matt’s not a football fan. But as a connoisseur of weird beverages, I still think he should review this crap. In fact, I’m BEGGING for a review. Click my name for a link.
Yeah, that trailer does look good. I’m really jazzed to see the Alien/Predator hybrid (I think they’re calling it the Predalien). They’ve been doing that kind of thing in the comics for years, with loads of hybrids and messing around with the Alien genetics and everything, but it’ll be nice to finally see it in a movie. I’m all for an R rating.
Arachnaphobia was great. And yeah, I agree, there’s not anything on this earth much scarier than a jungle guy with white face paint threatening you. Throw in some tribal drums ominously beating in the distance, and I’m haulin’ ass.
Also, I figured out how to pronounce “akkaksakskaka”. If said properly 3 times, naked people in white face paint appear out of thin air and tell you not to go into the jungle.
Ghosted by spaz307 @ 09/30/2007 3:58 PM EDT
Accidental Martyr – I hope you are an Alpaca farmer who is looking to get rid of some roving.
anyone else play World of Warcraft? I’m addicted. I need a ten step group to get me off. It’s worse b/c my addictions, for some reason kick up when the leaves start falling. Good thing Heroin was so last year… j/k
Yep, it looks like the Showtime Free Preview runs through tomorrow night (10/1). Thanks for bringing it to my attention. My fiancee has been watching the edited first season of Dexter that Directv has been showing for free, and now she’s excited that she can watch the season premiere.
I, too, saw Arachnophobia in the theater. My family was on vacation, we spent 2 weeks at our cabin, I remember we drove into the nearest big town (45 minutes away) to see it.
The theater had the sound so loud it was actually impossible to hear the talking over the sound effects. It actually burst two peoples’ eardrums before the theater listened and turned the sound down.
That’s really all I remember about the movie… I keep meaning to watch it when it’s on cable (which is all the time), and I get a headache just thinking about it; and I know that at home I could control the volume!
I also saw those new Jones soda flavors, and the thought of drinking anything named ‘Perspiration’ makes me gag.
Feel better, Matt!
Ghosted by Raechel @ 09/30/2007 4:20 PM EDT
Once it got going I liked it a lot, I was just dying until Goodman showed up. All good from then out
I think Accidental Martyr is a Colbert Report (or was
it Daily Show?) fan.
Thanks Big McLarge! I’m excited now…friends that have watched the first two episodes already said they were excellent, so looking forward to that.
Ghosted by squee4242 @ 09/30/2007 4:53 PM EDT
You sound like some of the people over at Shrine, Shaun Pokeshriner will never die!
Just be lucky we don’t have avas and sigs here. Actually, I wish we did, my set is da bomb. May Heart Manaphy is the them of it My name is May there.
Ghosted by Knegative @ 09/30/2007 5:19 PM EDT
Mets are out.
Rough shit…
Ghosted by Tutsuro @ 09/30/2007 5:21 PM EDT
Hey kids. I dunno how many people’ll be able to catch it, but… Travel Channel is running an all-day marathon of paranormal shows.
I can’t wait for the Most Haunted Live on October 19. They’re gonna be at the Winchester Mansion for like 7 hours live. I don’t care much for the show (it’s fun and camp) but I ADORE the Winchester Mansion. It’s just always seemed creepy as shit to me.
Right now, a show on UFOs is on the channel, though. Pretty standard fare, but fun nonetheless. I’ll probably load up both Grudge movies tonight, see how that works out.
Ghosted by ChibiSoma @ 09/30/2007 5:22 PM EDT
I’ve been watching Showtime all day today. So far I’ve seen Suicide Kings, The Bad News Bears remake, and Yours, Mine and Ours. Later on I plan to watch Failure to Launch, Hustle and Flow, and The Devils Rejects.
Not to mention, the season premieres of Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters is on tonite.
Ghosted by JLAJRC @ 09/30/2007 5:40 PM EDT
So, I’m kind of required to work my full shift today even though there’s nothing to do, and I mean NOTHING to do here. For the last few hours we’ve all just sat around and read or played on the net. I have to be here for the next 2 hours and I’ve been spending my time reading past Countdown articles. I just read the one about the Halloween episode of Perfect Strangers and with my headphones strapped on I’m about to watch the accompanied video clips. I’m settling back for some good times. “Don’t be redeeculous.” (said in dodgy Balki voice)
JLAJRC Thanks for the reminder. My two guilty TV pleasures are Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy. I’m turn into a total girl (I’m normally not one btw) about Grey’s Anatomy and all the bizarre twists and turns. This whole George/Izzy/Kali thing has just got me tied up in nots.
The Goosbumps TV Show was actually around from 1995-1998 lasting 4 seasons
and I guess doing some research on it, it was the top children’s TV show for 3 years! Interesting
Ghosted by Thew @ 09/30/2007 6:59 PM EDT
First!
Ghosted by Nizz @ 09/30/2007 7:53 PM EDT
First at what, Nizz?
Ghosted by Knegative @ 09/30/2007 7:56 PM EDT
I have been thinking about ARACHNOPHOBIA a lot lately since the outside of my house is still under invasion (brown widows and who knows what else). I haven’t started carry around a nail gun yet but it’s coming.
On another note, I watched JAWS: THE REVENGE today. It wasn’t as bad as I thought (hoped) it was going to be.
Yeah, there were flashbacks to things she wasn’t present for. Yeah, sharks don’t roar. Yeah, the shark could never swim that far that fast. It was ultimately just a very unnecessary movie that was very lame.
The ending really was bad though. Why did he explode (from multiple angles)??
Ghosted by The Manimal @ 09/30/2007 10:16 PM EDT
Oh boy, Manimal. Jaws IV is legendary in my circle. Like you said, it’s just the most unnecessary movie ever, with such an abnormal and strange plot for the fourth film the series. The film does give me a soft spot for Lorraine G., though. There’s just something about her in this film that’s hard not to like.
The ending was edited six ways from Sunday, and the final result was terrible. I can’t recall the specifics, but clearly, how they killed the shark was not the way they originally filmed it. As it stands in the final cut, the shark just about explodes for no reason at all.
Even goofier was Van Peebles surviving — another late-in-the-day reshoot. It’s just hysterical to see him survive mostly unscathed after a giant great white chomps on him and drags him down, blood spilling everywhere.
Jaws IV the Revenge. Oh my. You know, you’d probably want revenge too if you had been killed three times.
Ghosted by James Smith @ 09/30/2007 11:20 PM EDT
God, Jaws IV is so terribly good…emphasis on the terribly. Definetly a so-bad-it’s-good movie. It’s just so ridiculous and over the top and yet tries to take itself so seriously. I think there was a period of time there shortly after I first saw it that I really thought that sharks could roar if they stuck their head out of the water. As if I wasn’t absolutely freaked out by sharks enough already….I mean, I won’t even wade into the ocean waste deep. Seriously.
I couldn’t believe he exploded.
NOW, I COULD BE WRONG BUT I THOUGHT I THERE WAS A DIFFERENT ENDING. I saw it on AMC last year, I think. (I had never seen it unedited, all the way through until yesterday).
**Back from checking the surprisingly well-citied Wikipedia article. CLICK MY NAME**. I was right, there are different endings. I think the other version is better than the DVD one. Read and learn.
Another person hoping we get a review of the new Jones flavors (especially if you can dupe your coworkers into taking part again). They sound so wonderfully disgusting.
Ghosted by Molly @ 10/01/2007 6:09 AM EDT
Because I love, here is the “AMC/T.V. version”. You have to log in to watch it but I knew I was right!!
On the negative side, it’s 6:13 on a Monday morning and I am looking up JAWS IV clips…
DJ D: Fun fact: the majority of shark attacks take place in ~3 feet of water. Okay, so it’s not so much fun as it is entirely horrifying and unnecessary. But I do what I can.
Ghosted by Jedoc @ 10/01/2007 7:46 AM EDT
October marks the 30th birthday of the Atari 2600, just so you know.
I also love Greys, but not a big fan of the liz/george/callie thing. That just seem to come out of nowhere. Plus, I think george/liz have a better chemistry as friends (they even remind me more of a bro/sis relationship than lovers).
Ghosted by JLAJRC @ 10/01/2007 10:22 AM EDT
Wow, a lot of peoples had got the crud lately. I just finally purged the weevils and nano-monkeys out of my system, and am just barely back up to cruising speed.
I love the ads for Goosebumps that CN is running. Very 70’s cheap Drive-In matinee style, with verrry creepy voice-over work to complete the vibe. That is how all ads for Grindhouse should have looked like.
Ghosted by kingklash @ 10/01/2007 12:15 PM EDT
I’m considering printing out some papercraft hats for my geckos. They always look so festive with hats on. Can anyone provide such a resource?
Ghosted by Rich @ 10/01/2007 12:30 PM EDT
DJ J: Sorry, I’m an educator. It’s in my blood. Overly optimistic worst case scenarios, the factual status of Santa Claus, the sexual propensities of peoples’ moms…when I see a wrong, I just have to right it.
Ghosted by Jedoc @ 10/01/2007 12:43 PM EDT
I love the cheese factor in Jaws IV, hilarious!And Speaking of cheese, I Bought ‘The Jackhammer Massacre’ on Friday, Hilariously Bad(Good)!
Anybody else see this masterpiece???
Ghosted by JoshC @ 10/01/2007 1:04 PM EDT
It’s October!! Halloween season is officially official!
What’s everyone going to be this year? I wanted to be Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop but can’t find the costume.
Ghosted by Joker @ 10/01/2007 1:14 PM EDT
Joker
I’ve been Faye Valentine for a couple years in college, not too many people ever knew who I was.
This year, I’m not yet too sure… may just have to go back to the old-standby of Columbia from RHPS. More people can place her than some of my other choices.
Ghosted by Raechel @ 10/01/2007 1:48 PM EDT
Joker – You could get everything from a thrift store – blue suit, yellow dress shirt, skinny tie…the only things you can’t buy are the fro and the 5′ long legs.
I’ll be Sally from Nightmare Before X-mas. But…I need a Jack.. and someone to paint me white and draw stitches on me….hmmm
Raechel: you should mix it up and go as Rocky!! all you need is some golden undies and some body grease!
Ghosted by citygirl @ 10/01/2007 3:14 PM EDT
I’m looking for a huge cape (with extension sticks) to go with my bat bow-tie to that I can be The Grand Wizard (from the Worst Witch). Has anybody seen my tambourine?
Ghosted by Nizz @ 10/01/2007 3:47 PM EDT
Heh kingklash the narrator in those Goosebumps ads totally reminds me of the Thanksgiving trailer.
I think I might actually dress up this year, I’ve been looking for a cloak/robe for the whole Hogwarts thing. As for Spike, the only advice I have is that based on cosplay pics I’ve seen I think teased natural hair looks better than giant green afros.
Ghosted by squee4242 @ 10/01/2007 4:02 PM EDT
This is a bit late, but…here’s that one slightly risque chicken bit from The Real Ghostbusters involving Egon and a lonely librarian. What do YOU think?
Ghosted by The Real Andrew @ 10/02/2007 1:02 AM EDT
El Loco Gordo
Thanks for the response! The dolls were apparently called Razzcals, and were made by Matchbox in the late 80s. There isn’t much info available online about ‘em, but there are some for sale on eBay. This had been driving me nuts for years, but now I know, and knowing is 50% of the battle!
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Pokeshriner will never die!
I love Arachnophobia! Saw it in the theater and everything. It’s kind of a sleeper, for sure, but there’s some serious spiderness to come later. Plus, John Goodman gets a good ol’ boy theme whenever he walks onscreen.