I rarely turn on the TV for anything but video games - unless I am having trouble sleeping. The only exception is when my son is in a war zone, I spend an inordinate amount of time watching the news (and cursing the idiot newscasters - like Geraldo, who embeds himself with a platoon leading the charge into Bagdad and when told THREE times he is not allowed to give out any information as to their position - tries to draw a map in the sand with a stick to show it).

I cannot state with truth that I don't watch program television. There are several shows that I enjoy. The Closer, Law & Order, House M.D., and my latest fav...The Walking Dead on AMC. My better half got me hooked on the aforementioned cooking shows...and...yes...she even has me watching American Idol. Any Sci-Fi/Fantasy show will get a view from me as well. I have always been a huge Star Trek fan, and always will be. The revamped Battlestar Galactica from SyFy was great, and now that I have Netflix, I plan on watching the entire series again.

I spewed my Mt Dew...nice call back to the earlier post...

FREDDY !!!

One of the best lead singers in the history of rock. Let us hope he is entertaining the angels with his phenomenal voice in Heaven now.

Yes, and may I do whatever it takes to get where-ever he ends up so I can hear him once more !!!

Dinocroc vs Supergator, is a unique experience. It did *exactly* what it said on the tin and made two hours of a sunday evening disappear in a haze of bad effects and plodding plot. Still it was one of those films which is so bad it's good, and begging to have a drinking game made of it.

Netflix has Dinocroc, which I take is the first installment in the franchise? But no Dinocroc vs. Supergator. Needless to say I saved Dinocroc to my queue. Too bad it is not available yet.

I saw I Am Number Four last night. T'was decent. I found it comparable to Jumper, which I liked. So yeah, it was alright. Easy entertainment. Of course, Timothy Olyphant makes any movie good though. Such intense stares. Murderously angry.

I saw a couple interesting ones lately.

1. Shutter Island. That was amazing. Everything kept me guessing until close to the end. Some of the scenes were pretty sad, though -sniff-

2. Cinderella. Its a Korean horror movie. It was really good, though very gory And like Shutter Island, it has lots of twists and turns.

3. A Haunting in Connecticut. Wasn't scary, really. And to me it was a lot like other haunting stories. -shrug-

I keep trying to watch Teeth, but I'm outnumbered by three revolted males who are too freaked out to even think of such a scenario

The future MrsOtherRick and I are now halfway through Season 2 of Dexter on Netflix, and we are so hooked. I watched Doomsday yesterday. It was sort of like Mad Max meets Resident Evil meets Underworld. I wasn't overly impressed. I got sucked in because I like the "end-of-the-world" genre of sci-fi movies. And then of course, NASCAR was on yesterday, which chewed up 3 hours of my day.

I keep thinking of Teeth as well. It sounds like a great idea to me!

I have been doing a John Wayne Western marathon with Netflix for the last week. I started with Rio Bravo, which was simply magnificent. The characterization really stands out in this movie, along with the dialogue. The actors all really deliver here. Angie Dickinson especially blew me away, and her scenes with the Duke were just magnificent. The plot was decent too, but I really could have cared less what the characters were doing, it was great fun just to watch them all on the screen! IMHO, this is probably the best Western John Wayne ever did.

El Dorado was pretty much a copy of Rio Bravo. Literally, it has most of the same basic characters, replacing Dean Martin with Robert Mitchum, and a very young James Caan in place of Ricky Nelson. The plot is basically the same, with a few things moved around is all. Not a bad movie, but when you watch it a few days after Rio Bravo, you really notice the similarities.

The rest have been kind of so-so. Rio Lobo was decent, although the broken English of the male co-star did not help things. The Train Robbers was again alright. The ending was fantastic though! I nearly laughed myself out of my chair, it was so brilliant. It was fun to see the Duke/Kirk Douglas team-up in The War Wagon. Chisum was good. But it kept making me think of Young Guns, which I had to say did the entire story better, especially the characterization of Billy the Kid. Whenever I think of William Bonney now, it is as Emilo Estevez: "Reap the whirlwind Sheriff Brady!"

Next up, Rooster Cogburn and True Grit. Neither of which I have seen for a very long time, but both are ones I have fond memories of. Especially Kate Hepburn's turn in Rooster.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Mar 7 2011, 06:26 PM

CLASSICS! Definitely my favorite Duke flicks

Slightly off the beaten path here, but I've been heartily enjoying this guy's LP of a rather horrible game known as Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (which is yet another generic UE 3 FPS). His commentary will have you rolling.

Also, despite his pseudonym (Evil Tim), his humor is actually quite tasteful.

This post has been edited by Thomas Kaira: Mar 9 2011, 06:44 AM

An OLD Kathleen Turner/Nicholas Cage film (you know it was well done with those two in it) - set in the 50's with a lot of the songs of that era - Peggy Sue Got Married ... or will she? - I loved it, it fit right in with the type of movies I like best = love stories that transcend time/death/species/etc.

Examples:

Cat People - man falls in love with girl that turns into leopard after mating - the Kinski one only

AI - child robot falls in love with human mother, goes through all kinds of hell to get her back

Swamp thing - woman's husband turns into swamp monster, she still loves him

The Fly - same exact scenario as above, substitute giant fly for swamp monster

Chances Are - Husband dies, soul jumps into baby being born - finds her when he is 20 years old - remembers their life together when he sees her.

Peggy Sue Got Married - Woman time travels back to just before her 18th birthday and has the chance to redo her future, and reshape others.

Ghost - man dies, his ghost comes back to save woman he loves

Yeah, yeah, I know. I have juvenile taste in movies, lol. But it is what I like.

Sensing a pattern here. What would Dr. Freud or Dr. Phil say about this...hmmmmm.

Oh, me too! A couple more that I like:
Somewhere in time
Beauty and the Beast

GAAAAH !!! I like both of them too! I was afraid to mention Beauty and the Beast, afraid someone would tie a bib on me.





Dr. Freud: "I see she is fixated on a father figure..."
Dr. Phil: "Gooolly! Uh-huh! Uh-yuk! What do you think, Oprah?"


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This post has been edited by mALX: Mar 10 2011, 04:36 PM

To use a mALX-ism...SPEW! (coffee finds keyboard) You slay me sometimes Ms. mALXie.