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#91
Press Releases and Film News / Re: RIP Screaming Mad George
Last post by Jim H - August 31, 2026, 08:51:33 PM
Quote from: HappyGilmore on August 27, 2026, 01:26:44 PMI'm only familiar, I believe, with his work on the movie Freaked.

I'm not sure I've seen other works.

RIP though.

I'd wager you've seen other stuff he did that wasn't like primarily him, but he worked on - like Big Trouble in Little China (the inflating guy is his, and in his signature style, you can really see it in the face, plus the little flying head Beholder guy he did too), Predator, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 and 4. 

He also directed and did creature work on the live action Guyver film, which I feel like everyone our age has seen on cable or on regular TV in the 90s.  Man that film was on TV all the time for some reason, probably saw it a half dozen times.

Society is maybe his most impressive work, that climax is a real doozy.  Guy was a make-up genius. 

RIP.
#92
Entertainment / NFL doing away with Pro Bowl G...
Last post by sprite75 - August 31, 2026, 08:46:16 PM
The NFL decided to eliminate the Pro Bowl, although it will still name players as Pro Bowlers

QuoteBeginning with the 2026 season, 88 players will be named to the Pro Bowl class in late December, with no replacement selections.

"It's OK to be the first league to walk away from a competitive all-star game," NFL executive vice president Peter O'Reilly said.

While no AFC vs. NFC game will be held, players selected as Pro Bowlers will be invited to attend an in-person celebration in Los Angeles during the traditional weekend the Pro Bowl Games took place.

"This direction came directly from our continued conversations with players and what they value most about the Pro Bowl," NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent said in a statement. "Being selected by your peers, coaches and fans as one of the very best at your position carries tremendous meaning. We heard clearly that the distinction matters, and our focus is on making the recognition that comes with it worthy of what these players accomplished on the field."

I don't think I've ever watched a complete game.  Even when I did watch it seemed like they were more focused on interviews and other entertainment and the game was played in the background.
#93
1980. Good year. That bad Popeye movie by Robert Altman. I was going to say Raging Bull but that is Boxing not ballet. Although it seems like Robert De Niro's character goes insane in that movie too. Which I believe was made in 1980. 1980 must have been the year when actors and their characters go insane (I kind of do this weird thing with years in movies where I notice so many movies constantly do something of the same theme or node but only in that year. Like 1987 was the year apparently where you had to see some kind of strange machine that uses a grappling hook. 1988 was the year where you are seeing big blue tubes or vials or containers with Blue liquid. 1986 was the year when Atheists could break off of Christians and become mainstream and prominent people.)

I have a deep reserve for aliens and any movie that has George Carlin. Hey I am glad that we are talking about this and not breeding a new Jean Claude Van Damme that can do the splits or talking about Jamie Foxx to see if he came back as a clone after he got sick. So Lilcerebus is this a good movie? I am glad that you came up with the right one. Wasn't Heart of Darkness about a descent into madness? Was this like Heart of Darkness but applied to a Ballet Dancer?
I can't say that I have ever been into ballet to the extent that I would want to know. But I appreciate this forum for letting me back in to the subtleties of film and other film styles or tropes. This does not exactly sound like a new trope though. Something already out there as per Heart of Darkness or Ben Shapiro's podcasts (my guess is that guy's insane jealousy that he can't be a ballet dancer. A Brachiosaurs 30 foot neck would have three times as much dead space or 15 pints. Again something that Ben Shapiro would be jealous of.)
#94
Bad Movies / Re: 100 Movie titles that are ...
Last post by HappyGilmore - August 31, 2026, 07:16:30 PM
46.) Ed Wood
#95
Games / Re: Answer the question with a...
Last post by bob - August 31, 2026, 06:11:59 PM
ummm.....


Why are you talking to a cat?
#96
Bad Movies / Re: 100 Movie titles that are ...
Last post by bob - August 31, 2026, 06:10:44 PM
45

#97
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by indianasmith - August 31, 2026, 05:43:40 PM
CURSE OF THE SIN EATER (2024) - Rick is a down on his luck construction worker who lost his mom to suicide a few years before.  Hired to work on a elderly rich man's estate, he receives an offer he can't refuse:
If he will eat one meal off of the old man's body after he dies, he inherits everything - the house, the multimillion dollar fortune, the servants, all of it.
Little does he know that when he snarfs down that meal, he is eating the old man's sins . . . . and inheriting the ghosts that haunt him!
Marvelous, very creepy film!   4/5
#98
Humorous Captions / Chuck Yeager in Split Personal...
Last post by Dalmatian Bobby Samaritan - August 31, 2026, 05:19:10 PM



Ah, Chuck you are boring me. Let's go to the Bolongo Beach Hotel. I heard Darren Drysdale has quit football and taken up forensic science. He just busted one of those steroided up football players who beat up on his girlfriend. Ah, Funny Chuck. By "steroid-ed" you mean soccer player right? Funny..eh could be Chuck. But on a side note, do you think that me (and you too) standing on this Jeep will help increase Chinese tourism. Like to Cape Canaveral?

We're in Cape Canaveral. I thought we were in the back parking lot of Hooters??
Chuck, I gotta tell you. You need to get your mind out of the gutter!
#99
Yeah I have been petting every dog that I have seen today that I see people walking. Hoping that one of the "dogs" could give me a tip on it. Come to think of it, was there ever a movie where a dog was named Tipper? I thought there was. I will have to do a new thread for that. You could be right on Big Jake. I have never seen that. I could have swore this was an older movie than Big Jake. Like from the 1950s. Maybe I have to think in Anagrams or something.

Big Jake is probably what it is. Although when I did an internet search on this yesterday it came up with Big Jake and also Searchers. I have seen The Searchers like four times and I don't really remember a scene in there where they are talking to someone and that person says that their dog is named Dog. It is possible that this is in a few other movies though. Oh well. Big Jake. If that's not it though I am going to go Nuclear on someone.
#100
Weird News Stories / Re: Pabst Blue Ribbon Wants it...
Last post by Trevor - August 31, 2026, 04:59:55 PM
Quote from: sprite75 on August 31, 2026, 01:12:37 PMA lot of Pabst Blue Ribbon was stolen recently.

QuoteThe Pabst Brewing Company is asking the public for help after more than 40,000 pounds of beer was stolen in what may be one of the largest beer heists in history.

Montclair Police said Friday they are investigating two cargo thefts from the Anheuser-Busch distribution center in Montclair, California, at least one of which involved a truckload of Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Pabst said it would give the thieves 18 days and 44 minutes to return the beer in its Aug. 21 post – so the clock is ticking. The company is also offering a reward for help solving the theft.

You gotta be really desperate to steal that much Pabst beer. 


😀😅🍺

This was probably the same thief who stole all those Kit Kat chocs a while back 😏🐢