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Bad Movies / Re: 100 Movie titles that are ...
Last post by HappyGilmore - September 04, 2026, 08:57:23 PM88.) Roxanne
The Steve Martin flick
The Steve Martin flick
#22
Humorous Captions / Re: Oh no. He comes to Greece ...
Last post by sprite75 - September 04, 2026, 08:32:51 PMAlong with many of the Greek canines.
#23
Off Topic Discussion / Re: What are you cooking?
Last post by sprite75 - September 04, 2026, 08:29:36 PMWell, yesterday I was going to make a BLT sandwich for lunch. I even made extra bacon for my dad so he could have bacon with his salad. All was going well until I got out the bread, which was all nice and moldy. Ugh. So then I had the bacon, sliced tomatoes, and egg for lunch minus the bread. Lately we seem to have such a problem with bread becoming moldy. I've been looking on line to see if there's anything we can do to eliminate the problem. And as I said before, ugh.
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by sprite75 - September 04, 2026, 08:26:49 PMWell my brother is planning to bring bacon cheeseburger pizza over tomorrow for dinner. I'm hoping that he'll at least listen after I asked for either a pepperoni or a taco pizza. It's all kind of dependent on what my nieces want for dinner. He said he was going to get three pizzas for tomorrow. One bacon cheeseburger, one pepperoni, and one cheese. I hope he'll swap out the pepperoni or cheese for a taco pizza. I'm thinking that if he doesn't I'll just sit out dinner tomorrow evening.
#25
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - September 04, 2026, 07:43:48 PMFREAKS OF NATURE (2015):
Humans, vampires, and zombies all cohabitate in an uneasy and inequitable truce in a small suburban town run by Trump-like megalomaniac bully Denis Leary - until extraterrestrials show up, first turning the town's inhabitants against each other in (all-out, splattery) class warfare, then uniting them at last against a common foe. For about 40 minutes FREAKS OF NATURE fires on all cylinders and appears to be a really sharp-witted, mean, weird sci-fi/horror satire like they used to make 'em in the 80s. The benchmark is set about 5 minutes in by Keegan-Michael Key delivering a truly hilarious extended set-piece as a vampire English teacher who's deeply disgruntled after 91 years on the job. There are a bunch of laughs after that, too, and then things get bloody, and then, roughly midway through, the movie decides its a heartfelt romance/character drama
and then in the final stretch it just takes several quite dumb turns. 
Besides Leary and Key, there are plenty of good actors onscreen, including star Nicholas Braun from "Succession", who makes a reasonable male lead in spite of his distracting height; Mackenzie Davis (from BLACK MIRROR: SAN JUNIPERO) as a lithe and charming love interest; Josh Fadem (TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN) as an abused nerd w/ a chip on his shoulder; Joan Cusack (looking great) and Bob Odenkirk (funny as always) as Braun's parents; Mae Whitman playing a zombie girl as a young person with developmental disabilities; Vanessa Hudgens trying to shake off her Disney roots as a filthy slut; Rachael Harris, oddly brunette as the nerd's mom; Ed Westwick from "Gossip Girl", who is kind of a crap actor but does his part by looking exactly like Pattinson in the "Twilight" movies; priceless Patton Oswalt for about 3 very funny minutes midway through; and, incredibly, Werner Herzog in a surprise cameo at the end. I mention Herzog even though his appearance is kind of a spoiler, as there's no other good reason to endure FREAKS OF NATURE until the ending except to enjoy his one-of-a-kind delivery. All the actors deserve better.
My biggest gripe w/ FON is that it pulls no punches when it comes to the bad guys' cruel abuse of the protagonists early on, but then at the end those vile characters either get somewhat punished but then redeemed (the nerd's father and brother) or get let entirely off the hook (Leary). The movie isn't making any point about injustice or lack of accountability - it seems to just be pulling some lame eleventh-hour Dickensian change-of-heart bull$#!t. I wish FREAKS OF NATURE was a lot smarter than it ends up being. 3/5 But it does have some real laughs in the early going.
Humans, vampires, and zombies all cohabitate in an uneasy and inequitable truce in a small suburban town run by Trump-like megalomaniac bully Denis Leary - until extraterrestrials show up, first turning the town's inhabitants against each other in (all-out, splattery) class warfare, then uniting them at last against a common foe. For about 40 minutes FREAKS OF NATURE fires on all cylinders and appears to be a really sharp-witted, mean, weird sci-fi/horror satire like they used to make 'em in the 80s. The benchmark is set about 5 minutes in by Keegan-Michael Key delivering a truly hilarious extended set-piece as a vampire English teacher who's deeply disgruntled after 91 years on the job. There are a bunch of laughs after that, too, and then things get bloody, and then, roughly midway through, the movie decides its a heartfelt romance/character drama
and then in the final stretch it just takes several quite dumb turns. Besides Leary and Key, there are plenty of good actors onscreen, including star Nicholas Braun from "Succession", who makes a reasonable male lead in spite of his distracting height; Mackenzie Davis (from BLACK MIRROR: SAN JUNIPERO) as a lithe and charming love interest; Josh Fadem (TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN) as an abused nerd w/ a chip on his shoulder; Joan Cusack (looking great) and Bob Odenkirk (funny as always) as Braun's parents; Mae Whitman playing a zombie girl as a young person with developmental disabilities; Vanessa Hudgens trying to shake off her Disney roots as a filthy slut; Rachael Harris, oddly brunette as the nerd's mom; Ed Westwick from "Gossip Girl", who is kind of a crap actor but does his part by looking exactly like Pattinson in the "Twilight" movies; priceless Patton Oswalt for about 3 very funny minutes midway through; and, incredibly, Werner Herzog in a surprise cameo at the end. I mention Herzog even though his appearance is kind of a spoiler, as there's no other good reason to endure FREAKS OF NATURE until the ending except to enjoy his one-of-a-kind delivery. All the actors deserve better.
My biggest gripe w/ FON is that it pulls no punches when it comes to the bad guys' cruel abuse of the protagonists early on, but then at the end those vile characters either get somewhat punished but then redeemed (the nerd's father and brother) or get let entirely off the hook (Leary). The movie isn't making any point about injustice or lack of accountability - it seems to just be pulling some lame eleventh-hour Dickensian change-of-heart bull$#!t. I wish FREAKS OF NATURE was a lot smarter than it ends up being. 3/5 But it does have some real laughs in the early going.
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - September 04, 2026, 07:24:30 PMAny onscreen cat-death? 
#27
Bad Movies / Re: 100 Movie titles that are ...
Last post by LilCerberus - September 04, 2026, 05:53:47 PM87) Stroker Ace
#28
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Alex's even longer post th...
Last post by Alex - September 04, 2026, 04:19:21 PMOne of the guys I work with is going for a job with Boeing. He is familiar with the computer system they operate (called Gold), and it's a wage twice what we are currently on, but it's also a regular-hours office job with much less time off. I can't blame him for wanting to move on, although I suspect in a year's time he'll be bored again and wanting to move on. Damned if I'll do that myself. I like my time off too much. I did point out to him he'd be working beside 2 ex-RAF people who he previously hated, including one whose cycle we tracked closer than she did just because of her mood swings.
So Argentina must be having a hard time economically, or their president is low in the opinion polls. Every time that happens, they try the distraction technique of bringing up the Falkland Islands. I guess with them about to start extracting the oil from the waters around there, it becomes a higher priority. I have no idea where the Argentinian military stands, training-wise, compared to its 80's version, but I do know they lack the equipment required to launch a full-blown seaborne invasion force and that the aircraft that are stationed down there are more than capable of downing anything the Argentinian air force could pit against them so an actual invasion is unlikely. Not impossible, but very, very unlikely. It is interesting that a legal recourse to settle the ownership of the islands is available, but that neither country has ever decided to take things down that route. I suspect because neither nation is 100% convinced their case would succeed.
Be a damn shame if more people were to die to settle the issue, but I guess that is outside of my control. Trump threatening to change the US's position on the issue doesn't really change anything or put pressure on the UK. Even if it did there is a serious chance he is shortly to become irrelevant, and even if not he has what 2 years left? Nothing would be settled in that time frame anyway. I have never met a people who hate another people as much as those islanders hate the Argentinians. Under the UN stuff on people's rights, they are very unlikely to want to be part of that nation be that for the better, or worse.
Had several phone calls, emails and a meeting with a social worker. The result is lots of sympathy, lots of advvice, but no concrete help offered. Some of the advice is useful though. Decided on having the chat I've been dreading with Ash on Sunday. He has a birthday party to go to tomorrow and I want to let him enjoy the day.
So Argentina must be having a hard time economically, or their president is low in the opinion polls. Every time that happens, they try the distraction technique of bringing up the Falkland Islands. I guess with them about to start extracting the oil from the waters around there, it becomes a higher priority. I have no idea where the Argentinian military stands, training-wise, compared to its 80's version, but I do know they lack the equipment required to launch a full-blown seaborne invasion force and that the aircraft that are stationed down there are more than capable of downing anything the Argentinian air force could pit against them so an actual invasion is unlikely. Not impossible, but very, very unlikely. It is interesting that a legal recourse to settle the ownership of the islands is available, but that neither country has ever decided to take things down that route. I suspect because neither nation is 100% convinced their case would succeed.
Be a damn shame if more people were to die to settle the issue, but I guess that is outside of my control. Trump threatening to change the US's position on the issue doesn't really change anything or put pressure on the UK. Even if it did there is a serious chance he is shortly to become irrelevant, and even if not he has what 2 years left? Nothing would be settled in that time frame anyway. I have never met a people who hate another people as much as those islanders hate the Argentinians. Under the UN stuff on people's rights, they are very unlikely to want to be part of that nation be that for the better, or worse.
Had several phone calls, emails and a meeting with a social worker. The result is lots of sympathy, lots of advvice, but no concrete help offered. Some of the advice is useful though. Decided on having the chat I've been dreading with Ash on Sunday. He has a birthday party to go to tomorrow and I want to let him enjoy the day.
#29
Bad Movies / Re: 100 Movie titles that are ...
Last post by zombie no.one - September 04, 2026, 02:23:07 PM86. NORMA RAE (1979)
#30
Bad Movies / Re: 100 Movie titles that are ...
Last post by Dr. Whom - September 04, 2026, 02:22:21 PM85 Robin Hood (either the 1973 Disney, the 2010 Russell Crowe or the 2018 Taron Egerton)