Watched The Abominable Dr. Phibes for Gutter Trash, which will be up soon.
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So cable wasn’t working for me, so I rented some movies.
Dark Shadows. Just stop it, Tim Burton. You and Johnny Depp need to stop hanging out. Or better yet, just hang out ALL the time, but don’t make movies together anymore. Also for someone who is supposed to be a “visionary” artist and an “original”, he hasn’t made a movie that wasn’t a remake or an adaptation since…? Corpse Bride? Before that? Ed Wood? Only kinda?
Killing Them Softly. Brad Pitt movie about the mafia and hitmen, but mostly it’s about the American economy and way of life and how we’re all fucked. It’s slow and talky, but very good.
The Collection. Sequel to the film “The Collector”, a severely underrated horror movie from the writers of the “Feast” movies. They also did this one, and John Gulagher has a cameo. “The Collection” is fine, pretty much its biggest fault is that it’s not the original – which I recommend. A lot. And yeah, like I said, “The Collection” is fine. Oh, and Bubbles from “The Wire” is in it.
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I’m house-sitting/cat-sitting. This is the first time I’ve stayed here since Max (the most awesome cat in the world) died. I miss him. These other two cats are just turds. It’s not the only reason I miss him, but still…
Also, cable television gets worse and worse every time I watch it. Y’know, except for the good stuff. I just watched two episodes of the resurrected “Teen Titans Go”. Who is this for? I get that it’s for kids, but really? Looking back, the superhero cartoons (all the action/adventure cartoons, really) of my childhood are pretty terrible, but they are also still faithful representations of those characters. Stuff like this and “Ultimate Spider-Man” are such dumbed-down drivel, it makes “Superfriends” and “Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends” seem like the audience was being written up to. At least “Teen Titans Go” has some awesome looking Dan Hipp designs going for it.
“Batman: Brave and the Bold” got it absolutely right when it could have gone absolutely so wrong.
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Crotch touch.
I watched V/H/S again last night. I don’t know if I remember mentioning it here on the blog. It’s a found footage horror anthology. I think there are six stories plus a framing tale. Like most anthologies, there are some great stories and some bad ones. The first time I watched it, I felt that the bad outweighed the good and didn’t come off caring for it too much. I watched it with my friend last night, I figured she might enjoy it and we were looking for something interesting, and I was looking forward to seeing the really good segments again. I actually came away this time enjoying the movie more as a whole and think it’s a lot stronger than the initial viewing led me to believe. There’s a sequel out with a new set of directors, and I look forward to it being on Netflix.
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I have a stack of cardboard. It’s neat to draw on occasionally. This is my favorite Legionnaire.
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The Dictator. Funny. I liked it, lots of fun comedy people are in it.
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I am sick, but I am starving and am afraid to eat.
Watched the very first episode of the classic Transformers cartoon yesterday. Last year, I watched every episode of G.I. Joe. I hadn’t seen any of this stuff since I was a kid. G.I. Joe holds up pretty well. It’s certainly got its goofy charms, but it’s kinda solid. Transformers… wow. So bad. At least it’s laughably bad. I might watch a few more, but I don’t know if I can sit through every ep.
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I watched That Guy… Who Was in That Thing, a documentary about character actors who are instantly recognizable, but not exactly “famous”. It was fun, but not particuarly in depth. Perfect for watching while doing other stuff, like drawing. Which is what I do.