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The newest episode is probably the darkest, grossest one of the series. It’s more satire about the modern world’s inherent dilemmas regarding ethical consumption than it is laugh-out-loud funny. It’s also perhaps trying a bit too hard to achieve the balance of shock value and poignancy from the early seasons, but it’s definitely unique among the recent episodes, and I didn’t remember there were new voice actors until this very moment. Also considering the subject matter, I’m glad they
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We were probably robbed of at least a couple Candy/Martin reteams in the vein of the 90s Lemmon and Mattheau movies.
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Hawks and Wayne reused the central premise of Rio Bravo in El Dorado and Rio Lobo, to the extent those movies are considered remakes, so Carpenter was working with a very established western trope in Precinct 13.
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Stephen King totally ripped off the ending of The Dark Tower series from the Mighty Max series finale.
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I always think of Moll as Slan the Cat, the Kurgan Lite antagonist from The Highlander series pilot. and he was an all-time children’s action comedy movie goon.
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AEW TV - 10/25 - 10/31/2023 - A Lethal Lottery
(BP) replied to Dolfan in NYC's topic in ALL ELITE WRESTLING
I want an OG United Artists faction; Toni teams up with Serpentico doing a Douglas Fairbanks/Erroll Flynn swashbuckler gimmick where he’s swinging around on random ropes into walls. -
October 2023 Wrestling Discussion
(BP) replied to Dolfan in NYC's topic in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
When they changed names in 2002, there was a popular tribute video going around called WWF As We Know It that used Blurry. WWE managed to nearly copyright strike it out of existence, but it left an impression during early torrenting and YouTube. https://archive.org/details/rip-wwf-first-and-original-version- Edit: @Elsalvajeloco beat me to it, by like a lot. -
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Guilty by Suspicion (it was on HBO constantly for years) but Scorsese has a significant supporting role as a friend of De Niro’s character.
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I remember Milos Forman popping up as Jack Nicholson’s friend in Heartburn and being confused. Honestly, if Polanski had stayed out of trouble he would have probably been in a lot of movies. M. Night was definitely filled with false confidence because of Tarantino and Kevin Smith’s 90s runs as directors who cast themselves.
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I know Scorsese is a fish in Shark Tale, but if he hasn’t voiced an owl in something that seems like a missed opportunity.
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One of the other things I love about it is how realistic the dialogue is for a ghost story. Every line is someone pointing out something strange or eerie, but for most of the runtime no one actually can bring themselves to say anything about the supernatural out loud. When someone even broaches it the other person ignores it and talks past them.
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That’s tricky. He definitely loves booze and women the same way, but Halloween is a movie in the world of Season of the Witch.
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AEW TV - 10/25 - 10/31/2023 - A Lethal Lottery
(BP) replied to Dolfan in NYC's topic in ALL ELITE WRESTLING
The first time Juice said that, I thought he said pubic zirconium, and I was disappointed that it wasn’t a running bit. -
It’s the closest answer to the question, “What if Val Lewton made a Scooby Doo movie?” Also
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AEW TV - 10/25 - 10/31/2023 - A Lethal Lottery
(BP) replied to Dolfan in NYC's topic in ALL ELITE WRESTLING
Juice going over makes booking sense, and he deserves it for sticking his neck out to execute Max’s dumbass idea a couple of weeks ago. -
I watched The Fog for the first time in forever, and it was like seeing it for the first time. I could go on about it forever, but I’m preaching to the converted on here. The one observation I can’t let go of is that the relationship between Janet Leigh as the mayor and Nancy Loomis as her aide is 100% the prototype for Leslie Knope and April in Parks and Rec.
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When I think of Roundtree, Seven always comes to mind, but I had no recollection of him being the Vice Principal in Brick. He had a great later career being cast in authority figure roles by people who grew up on Shaft.
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Until our trip to Spirit Halloween yesterday for the kids’ costumes I hadn’t realized there was a Killer Klowns from Outer Space merchandising bonanza going on this year. Very weird to see those silly scamps now being represented as much as Freddy, Jason, Michael, and Chucky. There was also quite a bit of Mars Attacks merch.
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I hope there’s a Christmas Truce supper with the Predator.
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October 2023 Wrestling Discussion
(BP) replied to Dolfan in NYC's topic in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
DPW getting its roster pruned by WWE? Oh hell yeah. They’re a real promotion now. -
October 2023 Wrestling Discussion
(BP) replied to Dolfan in NYC's topic in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
Yeah, he sells Immortal Hulkamaniac THC vape pens online. -
From a cursory read on Wikipedia, I got the sense that the production of Manhattan Baby broke Fulci’s spirit and he became disillusioned with filmmaking. The budget was halved during shooting and he never worked with the producer, whom he’d often collaborated with, again. I tried to watch New York Ripper again last year, and it was too grotesque and miserable for me. I definitely don’t have the same tolerance for that level of sleaze and violence that I did in my early 20s when I first saw it. It’s remarkable that the same person who made that directed Don’t Torture a Duckling, which is the most empathetic and earnest giallo I’ve seen. Whenever New York Ripper comes up I must mention the season 6 giallo episode of Smallville where Lana is being stalked. At this point the show was routinely doing filler episodes based loosely on movies (there’s a zombie episode around then too) and the stalker is doing the Donald Duck voice when he calls her. It’s unreal.