Pam & Tommy

I'm not a fan of Motley Crue, but I am a fan of titties, so I binged it. Pretty interesting series of events. Rand (Seth Rogen) is a carpenter who Tommy Lee (Sebastian Stan) gives the runaround and refuses to pay him for his work, which really screws him over financially. In "compentory" retaliation, Rand steals the sex tape...

You want him to get revenge because Tommy is such an entitled dick. Rock star in the worst way, which is to say Stan played him well. The performances are great. Lily James has a fantastic likeness to Pam, and the whole series is about how she was screwed over the most, and how Rand has a crisis and tries to right the wrong, but it ends up being too late.


As much of an asshole as Tommy is, they portrayed the relationship as mostly genuine, even though they rushed into it pretty damn quick. Married after knowing each other for a couple days... Still, Pam Anderson claims to have not watched the series due to still being butthurt, but she would probably like Lily's performance, because it paints her in the positive/victimized light.


It's a fun trip to the 90s, particularly in the 90s computer scene. That shit was so slow to load and unassuming that it was a perfect market for bootleg sex tapes. Of course, I get pretty fascinated by the outdated "state-of-the-art" technologies of yesterday, and as a period-piece biopic, it works.

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Cool episode of The Bionic Woman

This was a pretty interesting episode, from 1976. They could have gotten a whole movie out of it. In fact, it may have influenced some horror movies that came after it aired... see what you think.



I shouldn't say too much about it, but I'll just say that it draws partly upon the tradition of ideas from Forbidden Planet, and from Carrie, and it MIGHT have laid some of the groundwork for The Legacy, NOES, Poltergeist, and Halloween 2.

I'll just say that it has the Bionic Woman being sent to be a governess for a father and daughter, who have been experiencing possible paranormal phenomena. The father is supposed to be some kind of scientist working on important stuff for the US government, but that isn't really too important to the plot... It is worth watching just for Lindsay Wagner, OF COURSE, but it also has the guy who played Alejandro Sosa in Scarface, and Kristy McNichol. But getting back to Lindsay Wagner, she was probably 26 years old when they filmed this, and, Good Lord.

Anyway, it is interesting and spooky, and very 70s, and you might enjoy checking iit out. Hmmmm, wait a sec, I am experiencing massive deja vu, have I mentioned this episode here before?!? If so... well, I won't say I'm sorry, it's a great episode either way.

Happy Friday the 13th

I made a habit of watching F13 movies on actual Friday the 13ths, but I've slowed down on that. I think I was getting a little burned out on Jason after all these years. Don't get me wrong, I do love the series, and I'll eat up whatever follow-up they shit out, because it's a fascinating series. I've been thinking about Paramount and I think it's funny. Funny and almost out of place. A gamble on the studio that earned them half a billion dollars in the box office, which back in the day was a lot.

Jumping into Part VII now. A movie raped by producers. Characters & kills omitted entirely. I guess Paramount didn't have the balls to go that graphic. Ratings exist for the reason of letting the viewer decide if they themselves have the balls to watch a mere film. If a movie is rated R for radical, then let the movie be radical. There was no need to dumb it down.

Best French Horrors

Give your top 10

Litan (1982)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981)
Diabolique (1955)
Maléfique (2002)
And Soon the Darkness (1970)
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Possession (1981)
Night of Death (1980)
Baby Blood (1990)

Blood and Roses (1960)

Idea for music for Fantasia (1940)

I was just thinking, if anybody here has video editing ability, ELO's Fire on High could make pretty interesting music to accompany the famous Night on Bald Mountain segment, from Fantasia. Actually, this is not really an original thought. Somebody left a comment under the YouTube video for Firee on High saying this: " In my imagination the "gothic" intro was like a misty eerie predawn fog and the instrumentals got "sunnier" and more epic as a new day just began. Like someone emerging from the trials and tribulations of a treacherous night to bask in the glory of the rising sun!!!" And, that reminded me of Night on Bald Mountain.

Look at the video for Night on Bald Mountain, and see if you agree. Someone would have to break it down, and edit it back together so it matched the music.

Here is Fire on High:




Here is Night on Bald Mountain:




By the way, it looks like they probably stole the style of the flying demons in the credits for Night of the Demons (1988) from the Night on Bald Mountain segment.

Mission Impossible Series

I'm all caught up now.

MI1 - I remember a lot of hype for this when it came out. Not really worth that hype, but I guess it's not as boring as some other spy movies. At this point, Brian De Palma started to decline.

MI2 - I did watch it. I swear. But I wasn't paying attention because it was boring me and thus I forgot it entirely. Some motorcycle... some Metallica song...

MI3 - Finally, a more engaging entry. This is where JJ Abrams stepped in, and it starts out with a bang. Literally. Philip Seymour Hoffman played a good villain, even though I've never found him actually intimidating, but I definitely hated him, that's for sure. This one also brings in Simon Pegg, and he's always great. This is perhaps the only film in the series that felt like it had real stakes, but ironically, the scene that made those stakes feel real was negated at the end, but that doesn't matter. Still a pretty decent flick.

MI4 Ghost Protocol - Jeremy Renner came in on this one, and I always remember ads featuring that suction/window stunt. That's probably the most memorable part in that movie, but it wasn't bad.

MI5 Rogue Nation - I started zoning out again by this movie. I mostly remember that water scene, but I do appreciate that TC likes to do his own stunts. It's very cool. He held his breath for 6 minutes or so during actual production? I can hold my breath for a few seconds...

MI6 Fallout - This one was pretty cool. I think Henry Cavill is to contribute to that, but the setting and nuke plot was also pretty good. Cool action scenes and whatnot. Plus, they finally brought in our seemingly written out character of Julia. And no Renner this time.

So overall, the series was better than I was expecting. The first two are still pretty mediocre, but thank God^scientology for 3rd chances. My faves would be III and VI:Fallout. Will I be anxious to see the next one in theaters? Probably not.

1923, that western show

I gave this a whirl, but I'm not caught up on the other shows. Never saw Yellowstone, and I didn't even know there was another prequel show "1883". It's pretty decent so far. What a weird time, though. It's set after the first World War, but there are still new frontiers to conquer.

There are a few threads going on. The main one has Harrison Ford running his land in regard to resources and boundaries, another has a war vet hunting animals in Afirca, and then you have a sadistic catholic school girl situation going on. Wow.

Thoughts on this? Thoughts on the other two shows?

Tulsa King

Paramount+ premiered the first episode today. Stallone's never done a tv show, so this is quite interesting. His crew sends him to take over Tulsa, and there's a bit of culture shock to a guy who spent a quarter of a century in the big house.

I visited Tulsa once. I stayed at some hotel and looked out the window at the downtown big buildings and all that, but man... what a ghost town. There was nobody on the streets, no cars... seemed like something you'd see in a zombie apocalypse. And that's where Stallone's got to set up shop? He actually sees a lot more people there than I did, otherwise the show would be really boring.

Fortunately for my lack of time to binge things, they only put out one episode at a time, but Stallone never disappoints. I can tell he's having fun playing a gangster, and it makes you wonder why he never played one before. Well, he was in John Landis's Oscar, which was pretty funny, therefore not a real gangster story. I'll stay tuned for sure.

Upcoming Movies of 2023

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (February) - How are we going to handle Kang?! He's obviously the main reason to be interested, because he'll be so integral to the upcoming slate.

Cocaine Bear (February) - Ray Liotta's final film. The premise sounds GREAT. Will that type of animal horror subgenre make a triumphant return?

Creed III (March) - My guess is that Rocky will be deceased at this point, because why wouldn't the character make an appearance otherwise? Did Stallone get written out of his own series?

John Wick: Chapter 4 (March) - Because why the hell not? Plot doesn't matter in this one bit. I do hate the greater council type storylines, and the fact that every single person in these movies is an assassin, but as long as he kills a LOT of people, I can forgive any shitty plot. Keanu rules.

Evil Dead Rise (April) - Ash is not included. I'm guessing it'll be closer in tone to the "remake" and aim to be scarier rather than splatter flick fun. With that said, I don't have great expecations, but I'll give it a whirl anyway.

Renfield (April) - Not sure about this one, but to see Nic Cage as Dracula sounds magnificent. The logo is also a throwback to the Universal title cards.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (May) - I didn't even see the Holiday Special, but these are still decent films in an otherwise inconsistent library. I'm sure Disney is still anxious to cut ties with a Troma veteran.

Scream VI (March) - Ghostface Takes Manhattan. It's a change-up for sure, and supposedly the goriest of the franchise. There aren't a lot of slashers set in city. Maniac was a prominent one.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods (March) - Still not sure at all how the Synderverse and spin-off movies will (or wont) be assimilated into the chaotic-seeming new plan of the DC shit-show, but I didn't hate the first one. It'll probably be a mildly amusing romp. It can't be any worse than Black Adam.

The Flash (June) - Fuck Ezra Miller. I'm only there for Keaton. WB still has no idea what they're doing, because they canceled Keaton's Batman Beyond movie, as well as the entire Batgirl movie he was in. It's an insult, I say. But they haven't canceled this movie. Yet.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (June) - Because why the hell not? Harrison Ford is pretty good in 1923 so far, and it'll be amusing to see such an old action hero acting like he's still got it. It can't be any worse than Crystal Skull, and guess what? I don't mind that movie. I think it is okay.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (June) - The first was good, and this is supposed to include a lot more versions of the character. "The Spot" as a villain can be a visual extravaganza. I'm not sure how you can defeat a character like that, but I'll find out.

The Expendables 4 (September) - Why did it take almost a decade to shit out another one of these movies? Give us another throwaway plot and we'll be happy seeing our guys kill whoever gets in the way. When will Stallone run out of steam?

The Exorcist (October) - I loved DGG's Halloween trilogy. I thought there was a lot of effort and attention to detail that went into each and every one of them that I can give him the benefit of the doubt on this one. I don't hold the franchise in high regard, only the first movie. That's the same treatment we're getting with Exorcist, having the other movies not count. Continuity? Who needs it! I'm hoping for the best.

Kraven the Hunter (October) - Sony's track record is awful. You'd think they'd have a clue by now, and they keep announcing stupid offshoot projects that nobody wants, like movies with Bad Bunny and a hypno-hustler. But Kraven is an interesting character that's been omitted from every live-action effort thus far, and he's got potential to be great. I still don't have much faith in it being good, but I am curious.

Saw 10 (October) - Another one, huh? I still haven't seen Spiral, but I probably will by the time this comes out. Maybe.

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