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Who Ya Gonna Call? Why, Only The Original X-Files Investigator, Carl Kolchak Himself
I've been watching Kolchak: The Night Stalker and maybe you should too.
Before the series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, there were two made-for-TV movies, both of which earned huge ratings. The first was The Night Stalker, the sequel -- which I like more -- is The Night Strangler. Dan Curtis of Dark Shadows produced both and directed the second; Richard Matheson -- I Am Legend, "Terror at 20,000 Feet," The Legend of Hell House, too many horror stories to mention -- wrote the screenplay of the first based on an unpublished novel by Jeff Rice, and then the full story and screenplay for the second. Both movies got huge ratings. The first, the original Night Stalker got an almost-inconceivable 54 rating -- which means that 54% of all Nielson households that were viewing televisions that night were watching Kolchak. Until last week, I had never seen either movie. The rights to the movies are, I'm certain, separate from the rights package for the series, because while I've routinely seen this or that Kolchak episode on TV, I've never seen either movie. But thanks to the magic of YouTube and spottily enforced copyright laws, you can see them now: The Night Stalker. The Night Strangler. Update:Just watched The Night Strangler last week. It's free on Movieland TV channel on Roku. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.Never heard of that app. I'll have to add it. As for the series, most shows are also available on YouTube, but it's easy enough to see them On The Legal by signing up for the free NBC app or SyFy app. They have the full Kolchack series. But not the movies, obviously. The Night Stalker is about a vampire loose in Las Vegas. The movie is good-ish. It suffers from the fact that vampires are just played out. It doubly suffers from the fact that vampires are a terrible choice of monster in a mystery format-- the audience is miles ahead of the hero the whole story screaming, "It's a vampire, stupid. Duh, it's a vampire." Kolchak does figure out it's a vampire sooner than anyone else, but he's way behind the audience.
Also, in any vampire movie, it's necessary to have That Scene where they "do research" to figure out how to kill a vampire, as if this knowledge is not readily obtainable by asking literally any 6 to 14 year old boy, or just flipping through Bram Stoker's Dracula. They consult some large dusty tome for this information, claiming that the methods of killing a vampire like driving a stake through its heart or exposing it to sunlight come from legend, but in fact they just really come from Bram Stoker's Dracula, I'm pretty sure. I think he looked through old legends and picked and chose his favorite bits for his vampire.
Kolchak is an interesting hero, suuuper pushy, super smarmy, a know-it-all, snarky, funny, socially fearless or maybe just shameless, and apparently a physical coward. He says "Gaaah!" and runs a lot. But even though he has all the physical tells of a coward, damn, does this guy go where angels fear to tread when he needs to Take Care of Business. It's never explained how a mere reported with no military service (I don't think) has picked up this level of Plot Convenience Courage from. I don't think there really is any possible explanation, so maybe it's better left unexplained. Just accept, in the third act, Carl Kolchak will reveal that he is a Secret Badass and can Kill Anything. One great thing about Kolchak: He's a reporter. Like, an actual reporter. He asks questions, he refuses to accept the first or second answers he's given, he pushes people and gets into the faces of cops and DAs and accepts social stigma and repeated firings and even jailtime and beatings to get the truth. He's a little self-righteous about it, but mostly deservedly so -- he thinks he's the only guy trying to get to the truth because he really is the only guy. It's kind of a trip watching him wondering, "Was there ever any time when reporters were actually this heroic? Were they ever actually worth rooting for?" The show makes terrific use of narration, which are, in the universe of the show, the notes Kolchak reads into his tape recorder in preparation for the articles he will eventually write. The narration provides characterization for him, as it's him describing the the events, so we're not just learning about the events, but about the man who is choosing these words. We learn that he's a bit sensationalist, fancies himself a bit of a Hemingway type, etc. We also learn he's a pretty competent writer. The other good thing about the narration is that it allows the stories to be told swiftly. When a victim you've never seen before is about to be killed, the show doesn't have to spend two minutes establishing this character as a person. Instead, we just hear Kolchak's narration say, "Sarah Quinn's job as an ambulance technician forced her to work strange hours. But nothing prepared her for the strange hours she was about to endure." And then you see a hand with a chloroform rag go over her mouth. It moves things along and it reinforces the premise of the show that this is all from Kolchak's private tapes. (The original title of the novel, and the movie, was The Kolchak Tapes.) The second film, The Night Strangler, is better. Partly just because the type of beastie that slaughtering women in Seattle is unknown, and also not at all obvious to the viewer, making this mystery actually a little mysterious; we're not ahead of Kolchack for most of the film. Also the movie ends with a more fantastical third act, in the Seattle underground, which is dressed up to look like some sci-fi apocalypse. (Actually I think it's a tarted-up Bradbury Building interior standing in for the underground. I recognize this place from Blade Runner.) I'm only six episodes into the show itself, though, over the years, I've seen a lot of them here and there. For some reason I've seen the one about the Headless Motorcycle Rider like four times. It's generally good, but, like all shows, has its clunkers. I saw someone criticize the show as being very, very repetitive: Kolchak suspects a monster, he fights with his editor about whether monsters exist, cops tell him that he better not say that there are monsters because it would cause "mass panic," he reads some books about how to kill monsters, he finds the monster, he kills the monster. That criticism is 100% true, so this isn't a good show to binge. Another problem is violence, or the relative lack thereof. It's usually pretty bloodless for a horror show. When violence is being described verbally after the fact, as in the Ripper murder case (the first episode of the TV show) or in The Night Strangler, the violence described can be suitably nasty. But what they can show is practically nothing. So when they show a monster "killing" people, as in the weak "Werewolf on Cruise Ship" episode (yes, that's right), the werewolf is seen using its horrible fangs and claws to... throw people around like the Bionic Man Steve Austin. People are "killed," but there's no blood, and nothing to indicate they're not just unconscious after being thrown hard into a wall, except for the ship's doctor's say-so. It's just something you have to accept. The show is better when it cuts away from violence and just implies it. Network TV just won't let you show anything nasty. Even the weaker shows have some strong stuff in them. "Zombie" was kinda lame through most of its runtime but hooboy, that ending! And Darren McGavin is always fun to watch as Kolchak, even if the monster is dumb. So, The Non-Drinker Recommends. Check it out if it interests you. If you don't care about Carl Kolchak, obviously this is an open thread. You can talk about how excited you are for the Strong Empowered Female Replacement Character in the "Indiana Jones" movie, as well as the stunning, top-of-the-line, totally-not-done-in-a-crunch floor-to-ceiling CGI. Hey, remember when Indiana Jones' calling card was practical effects and real stunts and a gritty do-it-on-the-day style of filmmaking? Well those days are back, baby!The Critical Drinker talks about how excited he is to Consume Next Product. I've mentioned this, but the rumor is -- Before getting to that, the rumor was that this movie would be about Old Indy going into the past with his grand-niece or whatever to meet the Young Indiana Jones, and that's now all confirmed. So this other rumor might also be true. This was rumored at the same time as the rumor about the time travel plot. The rumor is that the movie ends not just with Old Indiana Jones dying, but with Young Indiana Jones sacrificing himself in the past, and thus also dying, and thus also vanishing from the timeline, with the time-transported Phoebe Waller-Bridge (who hails from 1969) now taking Indiana Jones' place in the past and going on all of his adventures, including Raiders. The rumor claims that there is a closing montage showing key moments from the Indiana Jones trilogy, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge now wearing the hat and leather jacket and doing the things that Indy did in the movies. Supposedly, they have screened alternate endings besides that one. But rumors claim that this is the ending that Kathleen Kennedy really, really wants, and she was fighting with Chapek about it before he was fired. Chapek said "No way," she insisted she was going to replace another (spit) male character with a brunette self-insert character or she'd make trouble. Per rumors. Director James Mangold denied the rumor that Indiana Jones gets replaced on twitter but 1, he said something like "There's no replacing Indiana Jones" and that could just mean "There's no replacing him in terms of cultural impact, or his place in our hearts," or 2, it could mean, at the time he denied it, the Kathleen-Kennedy-Self-Insert-Female-Replacement-Replaces-Indy ending had been rejected by Chapek. But now, who knows. Like herpes, it could be back. As wise men say, there are only three Indiana Jones films.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 03:45 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 02, 2022 03:46 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 02, 2022 03:46 PM (qoGsy)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 02, 2022 03:46 PM (Zz0t1)
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Matheson was a regular writer for The Twilight Zone. His stories tended to be good episodes.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 03:46 PM (t0OGg)
Only if you watch all of "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" first. Let me know.
Posted by: Ride The Non-Operating Reefer With gp at December 02, 2022 03:47 PM (24fqN)
Posted by: runner at December 02, 2022 03:47 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 02, 2022 03:47 PM (lTGtQ)
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I look forward to an origin-story reboot where we find out that it is because he learned to always think about the courage required of his trans-woman of color mentor who protected him from schoolyard bullies.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 03:47 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: runner at December 02, 2022 03:47 PM (V13WU)
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I always figured it was more like Bridge got a hat and went on adventures without erasing Jones, maybe back in time.
If the whole thing above is true, I shall laugh heartily. It's the exact kind of bullshit I should expect, but I keep underestimating these people.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 03:48 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 02, 2022 03:48 PM (u4CEu)
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Posted by: bonhomme at December 02, 2022 03:48 PM (eyxn4)
Posted by: runner at December 02, 2022 03:47 PM (V13WU)
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It'd be fun, but I really don't think she's going anywhere. Maybe Chapek was going to fire her, but I find it hard to believe that Iger would do it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 03:49 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Kojak at December 02, 2022 03:49 PM (flINI)
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The only thing better than a ret-con is a ret-con that literally destroys the entire existing canon and recasts everything to date as being done by other people rather than the heroes of the franchise to date.
Doctor Who did this, too, but if this rumor is true then Indiana Jones is going balls-to-the-wall on destroying its own legacy to wokify the entire timeline.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 03:49 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2022 03:49 PM (vH/6k)
One reason why "Lost Boys" was better than most. The kids were a walking reference book on how to kill the vampires.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 02, 2022 03:50 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 03:49 PM (t0OGg)
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But it will also make the next movies in the franchise (if they happen, which they shouldn't) much easier. They just have to remake the original three movies with a different lead character and a bit more heavy-handed social justice messaging and CGI. It will still end up being better than Hollywood's typical offering.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 03:50 PM (t0OGg)
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Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 03:50 PM (LvTSG)
Doc Emmett Brown voice, "e-RASED...from existence!"
Posted by: bonhomme at December 02, 2022 03:51 PM (eyxn4)
To bad for them that we still have the originals to watch and enjoy, especially if you have them on physical media.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 03:51 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Kojak at December 02, 2022 03:51 PM (flINI)
My favorite episode is the one with the rakshasa.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 02, 2022 03:52 PM (Az2It)
Elon Musk didn't kill himself.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 02, 2022 03:52 PM (KCOCK)
Posted by: NR Pax at December 02, 2022 03:52 PM (4olE8)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 03:49 PM (LvTSG)
I DON'T GET IT !
*meaning , she sank the best franchises with her woke BS..or maybe she is just a clever administrator and lets the creatives (who are uber woke, like Taika Waititi) run the show ?
Posted by: runner at December 02, 2022 03:52 PM (V13WU)
So, not only does this kill the character, but it kills the stories that actually made the character famous, as they never happened. Smart.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 02, 2022 03:52 PM (lTGtQ)
*meaning , she sank the best franchises with her woke BS..or maybe she is just a clever administrator and lets the creatives (who are uber woke, like Taika Waititi) run the show ?
Posted by: runner at December 02, 2022 03:52 PM (V13WU)
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I think Iger just likes her. In Hollywood, it's who you know.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 03:53 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 03:49 PM (t0OGg)
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I hate to even say this, but at least Doctor Who has canonical support for this to occur. The Doctor's timeline has always been fluid to some extent. The worst thing they did was to explain the greatest mystery in the universe: Who is The Doctor?
It's still a stupid way to treat the IP.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 03:53 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 02, 2022 03:50 PM (H8QX
Underrated 80s movie. And soundtrack.
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at December 02, 2022 03:53 PM (Gu48G)
Seriously - it's obvious that the 2020 elections involved the Democratic Party working hand in glove with the FBI, DOJ, and the social media companies to rig the elections.
They can't tolerate all that coming out.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 02, 2022 03:54 PM (KCOCK)
*meaning , she sank the best franchises with her woke BS..or maybe she is just a clever administrator and lets the creatives (who are uber woke, like Taika Waititi) run the show ?
Posted by: runner at December 02, 2022 03:52 PM (V13WU)
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I think Iger just likes her. In Hollywood, it's who you know.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 03:53 PM (LvTSG)
Maybe they're banging.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 02, 2022 03:54 PM (eYoxG)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 03:49 PM (t0OGg
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Are you talking about Clara going back in time to insert herself throughout the Doctor's history or something with the female doctor? Wasn't there something about a black woman being the first doctor or something?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 03:54 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Ride The Non-Operating Reefer With gp at December 02, 2022 03:54 PM (24fqN)
I know she's done a lot of screenwriting, and starred in "Fleabag" that some people are just gaga over, but as far as I could tell, it's just "Sex and the City," only British and more self-centered (if that were possible).
Even if you decided it's a good idea to gender-swap Indiana Jones--which, I can't stress enough, it isn't--this is who you're going with?
Posted by: Dr. T at December 02, 2022 03:54 PM (tp+tP)
Posted by: Hairpin Corner Concrete Truck Collision Take Me Now at December 02, 2022 03:55 PM (l6sfw)
Posted by: XTC at December 02, 2022 03:55 PM (UnA8+)
I know she's done a lot of screenwriting, and starred in "Fleabag" that some people are just gaga over, but as far as I could tell, it's just "Sex and the City," only British and more self-centered (if that were possible).
Even if you decided it's a good idea to gender-swap Indiana Jones--which, I can't stress enough, it isn't--this is who you're going with?
Posted by: Dr. T at December 02, 2022 03:54 PM (tp+tP)
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Kathleen Kennedy probably thought Fleabag was amazing, and decided that she just HAD to work with her. So, looking ahead, she decided that Bridge would be perfect for Indy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 03:55 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 02, 2022 03:52 PM (KCOCK)
I've been praying for the safety of Elon Musk.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2022 03:55 PM (vH/6k)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 02, 2022 03:55 PM (uNylN)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 02, 2022 03:56 PM (Az2It)
Posted by: Kolchack at December 02, 2022 03:56 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: ChockyChockyChip at December 02, 2022 03:56 PM (ufJfM)
Posted by: runner at December 02, 2022 03:56 PM (V13WU)
I want to get to that one. I have vague memories of it.
Posted by: ace at December 02, 2022 03:56 PM (C1Zwz)
Been watching Tulsa King on paramount +
Kinda funny. Stallone is a mafia guy just released from 18 years of prison, then exiled to Tulsa. Hijinks ensue,.
A bit like Lillyhammer
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 02, 2022 03:56 PM (KQWBu)
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Darren McGavin. Hadn't been known for doing comedy prior to Christmas Story.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 02, 2022 03:56 PM (AuTCi)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 03:54 PM (LvTSG)
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Supposedly the "true" First Doctor stole regeneration from a dimensional traveler that took the form of a little black girl. She was tortured repeatedly until the Doctor unlocked the secret of regeneration.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 03:57 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: runner at December 02, 2022 03:57 PM (V13WU)
"Kolchak 2: Astroglide Boogaloo" is about a shemale reporter investigating the anal prolapse of a former Florida democrat candidate for governor from a mysterious body builder monster who drinks the bodily fluids such an episode produces to stay young and healthy.
Staring Rosie O'Donnell as Kolchak and Andrew Gillum with guest appearances by Arnold Schwarzenegger and his former house maid/baby mama.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 02, 2022 03:57 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 03:54 PM (LvTSG)
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They did a Doctor origin story where it was all child abuse and torture and everyone involved was a woman. I think one of them was black. I forget which one. It doesn't matter. They fouled up the canon something fierce.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 03:57 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: runner at December 02, 2022 03:56 PM (V13WU)
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I think the female Bond rumors were more just hopeful speculation from leftist movie writers. Barbara Broccoli has been consistent on saying that Bond is a man. In fact, she produced a film called The Rhythm Section that was supposed to be a starting point for a female Bond series (it bombed horribly).
She has had a stiffy for Idris Elba to play the role for a while, but he's just too old by now.
Apparently the new front runner is Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick Ass guy), now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 03:58 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December
I purchased a few hundred DVDs over the years, in anticipation of them not being available due to woke, copyright, or unacceptable streaming rules/disappearing titles. I haven't seen a "new" movie since Branaugh's Cinderella and Atlas Shrugged part 3.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 02, 2022 03:58 PM (lTGtQ)
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I see they're making a new Indiana videogame. It looks a lot like a stronk, empowered male Laura Croft.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TCKQSv6zOcc
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 02, 2022 03:58 PM (FVME7)
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Darren McGavin. Hadn't been known for doing comedy prior to Christmas Story.
Posted by: Captain Obvious
"It's a major award!"
Posted by: Tonypete at December 02, 2022 03:58 PM (qoGsy)
Oh, and The Legend of Hell House, which I also have, is a very spooky film. Falls apart at the end with the story line, but it's quite creepy and atmospheric.
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 02, 2022 03:58 PM (sVtYq)
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 02, 2022 03:50 PM (H8QX
Underrated 80s movie. And soundtrack.
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at December 02, 2022 03:53 PM (Gu48G)
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Agreed! Just a fun little vampire movie...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 03:58 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 02, 2022 03:58 PM (Az2It)
Posted by: runner at December 02, 2022 03:56 PM (V13WU)
Maybe they shouldn't have made the supposed female replacement butch and ugly as sin. Then it might have worked.
Posted by: Dr. T at December 02, 2022 03:58 PM (tp+tP)
I located the movies and episodes years ago and all three of my sons watched them growing up. We still watch one or two sometimes when everybody's home when we're having a big movie night watching old sci-fi or monster movies.
I seem to recall the actor, can't remember his name at the moment, who played his boss on the show passing away a while back.
Posted by: Azathoth at December 02, 2022 03:58 PM (wb1YC)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 03:57 PM (BpYfr)
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Sounds a little dark for a children's series.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 02, 2022 03:58 PM (AuTCi)
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 02, 2022 03:50 PM
An excellent 80s movie.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 02, 2022 03:59 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2022 03:49 PM (vH/6k)
I think I saw parts of both movies as a kid, and a lot of the series. Even at the time, they are right that the "Murder She Wrote" effect that he kept tripping over these strange things in normal work was pretty thin, because they knew that selling that from a serious paper was crazy and wouldn't fly.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 03:59 PM (eoQWY)
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Posted by: m at December 02, 2022 03:59 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 03:57 PM (t0OGg)
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Yeah, I stopped watching Doctor Who halfway through the Peter Capaldi era because I realized it was a kid's show that was trying to be scary, and it wasn't scary at all.
Matt Smith's first season is still something that Dolley and I occasionally go through, though. That's just fun storytelling, right there.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 03:59 PM (LvTSG)
https://bit.ly/3gT1cXB
Posted by: bonhomme at December 02, 2022 03:59 PM (eyxn4)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 03:46 PM (t0OGg)
Just checked out his episodes. Nick of Time (Shatner) was great. Obviously Nightmare at 20,000 feet.
Young Man's Fancy was also pretty good, underrated.
Little Girl Lost is one I've always found to be kind of funny. Was seemingly so bogus. Even the girl's voice was silly sounding.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 02, 2022 03:59 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Azathoth at December 02, 2022 03:58 PM (wb1YC)
Simon Oakland was the actor who played the editor. A good character actor.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 03:59 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: That Deplorable SOB Van Owen at December 02, 2022 03:59 PM (B0rQx)
I think the actor that played Kolchak also played the dad in A Christmas Story. I
Darren McGavin. A great actor... he was in lots of stuff besides those. Also did quite a bit of Broadway.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 02, 2022 04:00 PM (bW8dp)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dBKJIDj00Os&t=864s
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 02, 2022 04:00 PM (FVME7)
That was an attempted spin-off from X-files. The 3 misfits that were trying to help Mulder. In the 1st, and maybe the only show... The Evil Conspiracy remotely hijack a 767 out of Boston to crash it into the Twin Towers. Why does that sound familiar?
Posted by: Paladin at December 02, 2022 04:00 PM (3YWub)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 03:57 PM (BpYfr)
I thought regeneration was something all Time Lords or Gallifreyans or whatever could do? Because they have two hearts, or something?
Posted by: Dr. T at December 02, 2022 04:00 PM (tp+tP)
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 02, 2022 04:00 PM (5TmO/)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 02, 2022 04:00 PM (KCOCK)
Nolan called this correctly to not have young Bruce be an avid comic-book collector. He invented rather than purloined. Unfortunately those movies also have cable news to get all the characters abreast of the developing situation.
Posted by: Bourbonchicken at December 02, 2022 04:00 PM (44ww/)
Posted by: Javems at December 02, 2022 04:00 PM (FQBnU)
So, not only does this kill the character, but it kills the stories that actually made the character famous, as they never happened. Smart.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
Good.
GOOD!!!
Let Indy vanish from our minds, so we do not have to ever see his final degradation.
Posted by: rd at December 02, 2022 04:00 PM (Z32m1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 02, 2022 04:00 PM (3gJpt)
Posted by: Darth Randall at December 02, 2022 04:01 PM (cK0Dq)
Matt Smith's first season is still something that Dolley and I occasionally go through, though. That's just fun storytelling, right there.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 03:59 PM (LvTSG)
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There are some decent Capaldi episodes. He did an OK job as the Doctor, though some of his scripts were terrible. I do think the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors were the peak Doctor Who, though (in that order, of course)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 04:01 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Mad Max in VA
Wait, you're saying you like Sexy Sax guy? GHEY~!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 02, 2022 04:01 PM (IyrhE)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 02, 2022 04:01 PM (geVLo)
Posted by: runner at December 02, 2022 04:01 PM (V13WU)
Yeah, they were thin on the ground back then. Another exception: Night Gallery with Rod Serling.
I think The Exorcist set off the horror movie renaissance.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 02, 2022 04:01 PM (bW8dp)
You say that like it's a bad thing,
Posted by: Leonard "Bones" McCoy at December 02, 2022 04:01 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 04:01 PM (BpYfr)
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I always hated how Tennant breathed through his teeth when he was mad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:02 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 02, 2022 04:02 PM (0rQxu)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at December 02, 2022 04:02 PM (ppBhU)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 02, 2022 03:56 PM (AuTCi)
I remember him as the dude with the weird eye in The Natural.
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 02, 2022 04:02 PM (DRSnL)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 02, 2022 04:02 PM (Az2It)
Posted by: bonhomme at December 02, 2022 04:02 PM (eyxn4)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 02, 2022 03:59 PM (KbCG3)
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"Little Girl Lost" was weak.
Charles Beaumont was another good Twilight Zone writer.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 04:02 PM (t0OGg)
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Oh so this is a fictional movie
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Supporting Endangered Boobies And Gainzzz at December 02, 2022 04:02 PM (VTu1l)
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It's mostly faithful to the book but they had to turn some of the weirder sexual stuff about the owner of the house and that's why the ending was a little let down in the movie, I think.
I'm a big fan of Bloch. I've got all of his books and I've been collecting a lot of his short stories going back to the pulp days when he used to communicate with Lovecraft and they would write back and forth.
Posted by: Azathoth at December 02, 2022 04:02 PM (wb1YC)
"Kolchak 2: Astroglide Boogaloo" is about a shemale reporter investigating the anal prolapse of a former Florida democrat candidate for governor from a mysterious body builder monster who drinks the bodily fluids such an episode produces to stay young and healthy.
Staring Rosie O'Donnell as Kolchak and Andrew Gillum with guest appearances by Arnold Schwarzenegger and his former house maid/baby mama.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 02, 2022 03:57 PM (R/m4+)
Nobody would believe a modern "reporter" would find anything except on a Twitter feed. I except from this the half dozen or so we have left.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:02 PM (eoQWY)
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I'm on it.
Posted by: Kathleen Kennedy, destroyer of Franchises at December 02, 2022 04:03 PM (fs1hN)
yeah. watched a bit of max headroom recently. was amused at the idea that reporters finding things out and publicizing things will make things better.
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda, in the pocket of zik zak at December 02, 2022 04:03 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 04:01 PM (BpYfr)
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I was always partial to the first of the new Doctors, Chris Eccleston. He was often deeply unsettling but did that role really well. He left after one season.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 04:03 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: Azathoth at December 02, 2022 04:03 PM (wb1YC)
Kolchak would be a transgendered furry autist who freelances for an Antifa website.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 02, 2022 04:03 PM (bW8dp)
tinyurl.com/5dbzh9vt
Posted by: pookysgirl, always with the webcomic references at December 02, 2022 04:03 PM (XKZwp)
Posted by: SMOD at December 02, 2022 04:03 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Azathoth at December 02, 2022 04:02 PM (wb1YC)
have you read the one where Bloch killed off Lovecraft and then Lovecraft wrote a sequel that killed him?
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:03 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: Skip's phone at December 02, 2022 04:03 PM (xhxe8)
Posted by: t-bird at December 02, 2022 04:04 PM (CaJIi)
it's good stuff. also, all the jawboning with police. His annoying-ness is amusing. He's not being a dick *just* to be a dick.
Posted by: ace at December 02, 2022 04:04 PM (C1Zwz)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 04:01 PM (BpYfr)
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I always hated how Tennant breathed through his teeth when he was mad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:02 PM (LvTSG)
4th is peak
Posted by: banana Dream at December 02, 2022 04:04 PM (0rQxu)
It's just something you have to accept. The show is better when it cuts away from violence and just implies it. Network TV just won't let you show anything nasty.
We were just talking about that. All tv shows used to be that way. Matt Dillon shot a ton of people on Gunsmoke, but you rarely ever saw blood. You never saw a blood pack explode.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 02, 2022 04:04 PM (9uCBG)
https://bit.ly/3VJe4ya
Posted by: bonhomme
Ace, T-minus one hour!
Remember those Friday Night Plans you had?
Keyword: HAD
Posted by: rd at December 02, 2022 04:04 PM (Z32m1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
The Eleventh Hour is probably the best Dr Who story of all time. Just ahead of Silence in the Library or Blink.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 02, 2022 04:04 PM (lTGtQ)
I mostly liked it, but the repetitions of, "THOU SHALT NOT KIIIIIIIIIL" bugged me.
Posted by: bonhomme at December 02, 2022 04:04 PM (eyxn4)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 04:01 PM (BpYfr)
I've never seen any Capaldi episodes. After Tennant and Smith, Capaldi just looked too austere and depressing for me to think of it as the same show at all.
Now if they had gotten Craig Ferguson for the role as some were talking about, that I would have watched.
Posted by: Dr. T at December 02, 2022 04:04 PM (tp+tP)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 04:03 PM (t0OGg)
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I think he has some kind of mental problem that made him working long-term on a television series kind of impossible. He grated against BBC management (I suppose that's not unreasonable), but the way he talks about it himself, it sounds like it was a mental issue.
I like him, too, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:04 PM (LvTSG)
Musk said the Hunter Biden files will be published Friday at 5 PM ET.
Posted by: SMOD at December 02, 2022 04:04 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 02, 2022 04:04 PM (Az2It)
One of the greatest "Hey, it's that guy!" character actors of all time.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 02, 2022 04:04 PM (bW8dp)
Posted by: SMOD at December 02, 2022 04:03 PM (RHGPo)
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Sounds like a good way to get an automated and fairly consistent dragnet.
Also the Nevada brothels will hate this. No way truckers are going to stop by when the cops can find out at any time.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 04:05 PM (t0OGg)
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I'm on it.
Posted by: Kathleen Kennedy, destroyer of Franchises at December 02, 2022 04:03 PM (fs1hN)
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"Baywatch Nights" has already been done, Kathy...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 04:05 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: bonhomme at December 02, 2022 04:04 PM (eyxn4)
Cry Little Sister was full of disturbing lyrics...
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at December 02, 2022 04:05 PM (Gu48G)
Posted by: runner at December 02, 2022 04:01 PM (V13WU)
Time travel is likely just a way to avoid writing a new script, they can just steal the original movies.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:05 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:03 PM (eoQWY)
Shining Trapezohedron FTW.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 02, 2022 04:06 PM (bW8dp)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 02, 2022 04:04 PM (lTGtQ)
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Steven Moffat had it going on for a surprisingly long time. By the second season of Sherlock, though, it was obvious that something was slipping.
Coupling is probably the one thing Dolley and I have watched most together.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:06 PM (LvTSG)
>>Musk said the Hunter Biden files will be published Friday at 5 PM ET.
If this doesn't get Trump back tweeting I can't imagine what would.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 02, 2022 04:06 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 03:58 PM (LvTSG)
I've heard. He was in Bullet Train recently.
Posted by: runner at December 02, 2022 04:06 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 04:02 PM (t0OGg)
Yeah, he had some classics. Not sure if it's my favorite but his Living Doll with Telly Savalas is one I always get excited about when it pops up during the NYE marathon.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 02, 2022 04:06 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 02, 2022 04:04 PM (9uCBG)
Gangs of London has blood splashing all over the place...
Posted by: CZ=FNG, Free Republic of Florida at December 02, 2022 04:06 PM (MkuC5)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 03:58 PM (LvTSG)
I've heard. He was in Bullet Train recently.
Posted by: runner at December 02, 2022 04:06 PM (V13WU)
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He's in a surprising amount. I like him. He was good in a small role in The King's Man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:07 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 02, 2022 04:07 PM (JTztk)
All that public BR hate just to build some street cred. And after the episode of ace riding a Vespa while wearing a messenger bag, badly needed street cred.
(I'm joking ace don't ban me, please)
******
Next up, my review of Quigley Down Under.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 02, 2022 04:07 PM (JOtiF)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 02, 2022 04:04 PM (9uCBG)
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You wouldn't really expect 60s network television to have blood squibs, would you?
Sam Peckinpah made television in that era, and the violence was tame.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:08 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Infidel at December 02, 2022 04:08 PM (ZEa+g)
Kolchak could have benefited from some universe-building like that, to give a bit of plausibility to the notion that Carl is continually running into Things from Your Nightmares. But this was long before TV shows began to make a big thing about strong continuity and Getting the Details Right. Trek did well at that, and a few others, but in the '70s, not so much.
Chris Carter is on record as saying that Kolchak was a big influence on him in creating The X-Files, and honored McGavin by casting him as an ex-FBI agent who had run into some of the same kids of horrors as Mulder and Scully were.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:08 PM (J2vNu)
Personal info? Wtf are they fishing for?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 02, 2022 04:08 PM (yFgCz)
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 02, 2022 03:50 PM (H8QX
Underrated 80s movie. And soundtrack.
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at December 02, 2022 03:53 PM (Gu48G)
Enjoyable movie. Only cringe element is that Jaime Gertz is a spittin' image of my first wife.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 02, 2022 04:08 PM (BdMk6)
>>Musk said the Hunter Biden files will be published Friday at 5 PM ET.
If this doesn't get Trump back tweeting I can't imagine what would.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 02, 2022 04:06 PM (ZLI7S)
Ha!
Posted by: m at December 02, 2022 04:08 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2022 04:08 PM (vH/6k)
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 02, 2022 04:09 PM (5TmO/)
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Oh yeah.
The Shambler From The Stars and The Haunter of the Dark.
Posted by: Azathoth at December 02, 2022 04:09 PM (wb1YC)
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Now that's unfortunate
Posted by: Unmasked Ranger Says Elon Musk Did Not Kill Himself at December 02, 2022 04:09 PM (VTu1l)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 02, 2022 04:04 PM (lTGtQ)
Blink is my favorite of the episodes that I've seen. Though Midnight (I think?) is pretty good too; creepy in a more psychological way.
Posted by: Dr. T at December 02, 2022 04:09 PM (tp+tP)
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I can't wait !!
Posted by: runner at December 02, 2022 04:10 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: SMOD at December 02, 2022 04:03 PM (RHGPo)
Yep, the Blue Freightliner left the Apple Warehouse at 1500 yesterday, and headed west on I-10. How could the criminals pick it out to highjack in just three hours?
Posted by: rd at December 02, 2022 04:10 PM (Z32m1)
Posted by: Minuteman at December 02, 2022 04:10 PM (LaNzR)
Posted by: Dr. T at December 02, 2022 04:09 PM (tp+tP)
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Midnight is the one truly good episode that Russel T. Davies ever wrote.
That the BBC is returning to him to right the Doctor Who ship is kind of sad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:10 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:10 PM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Dr. T at December 02, 2022 04:09 PM (tp+tP)
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I always enjoyed Human Nature/Family of Blood. Really showed a human side to the Doctor and the terrible choices he sometimes has to make, because he's *that guy*
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 04:11 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Dr. T at December 02, 2022 04:09 PM (tp+tP)
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Blink was a great episode. One of my favorites.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 04:11 PM (t0OGg)
Personal info? Wtf are they fishing for?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 02, 2022 04:08 PM (yFgCz)
So they can harrass and shut down bank accounts of truckers in the US as Trudeau fils did in Canada if there's unrest after another Covid lockdown.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2022 04:11 PM (vH/6k)
i think that's the raksasha one, which i saw like five times as a kid.
Posted by: ace at December 02, 2022 04:11 PM (C1Zwz)
The protagonist is the ultimate guy's version of a mary sue. Regular guy that just always happens to kick every monster's ass and woo the ladies.
I think it would be enjoyable and something hollywood would never even touch.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 02, 2022 04:11 PM (0rQxu)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 03:58 PM (LvTSG)
I've heard. He was in Bullet Train recently.
Posted by: runner at December 02, 2022 04:06 PM (V13WU)
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He's in a surprising amount. I like him. He was good in a small role in The King's Man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:07 PM (LvTSG)
I like him. He was the gruff military leader in Tenet, as well.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 02, 2022 04:12 PM (9miN6)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 02, 2022 04:12 PM (XvPQV)
me, too. there was one disk that i just couldn't get to work. so i can't watch the episode where the rave operator hides his loan shark beneath the dance floor/fish tank. the rest of them were fine.
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at December 02, 2022 04:12 PM (v3pYe)
A strong woman character? Different by a lot but Nadja (vampire) on What We Do in the Shadows.
Posted by: Lola at December 02, 2022 04:12 PM (NIYa7)
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Now that's unfortunate
Posted by: Unmasked Ranger Says Elon Musk Did Not Kill Himself at December 02, 2022 04:09 PM (VTu1l)
Jaime Gertz did very well in her post-acting life. She married a billionaire.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 02, 2022 04:12 PM (9miN6)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 02, 2022 04:13 PM (JTztk)
The dude married a woman who is old enough to be his mother. And he hyphenated his name when he married her.
Talk about a cuck with Mommy issues - not exactly Bond material.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 04:13 PM (lDmlV)
I think it would be enjoyable and something hollywood would never even touch.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 02, 2022 04:11 PM (0rQxu)
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NOPE! This series is FAR too "right wing" for their taste. Although it does feature women who kick some serious ass.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 04:13 PM (BpYfr)
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Uh huh.
Dude, I'm way ahead of you.
Kolchak kicks ass.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 02, 2022 04:13 PM (oINRc)
I know she's done a lot of screenwriting, and starred in "Fleabag" that some people are just gaga over, but as far as I could tell, it's just "Sex and the City," only British and more self-centered (if that were possible).
Even if you decided it's a good idea to gender-swap Indiana Jones--which, I can't stress enough, it isn't--this is who you're going with?
Posted by: Dr. T at December 02, 2022 03:54 PM (tp+tP)
She was instrumental in "Killing Eve". Producer and writer I believe. It was an uneven, but critically acclaimed series on BBC America, as I recall. I liked it. Girl power series but I liked it.
Posted by: Javems at December 02, 2022 04:13 PM (FQBnU)
https://is.gd/cKaQfR
Posted by: Ciampino - Why I am not surprised at December 02, 2022 04:13 PM (qfLjt)
so I don't want to do a spoiler but...
spoiler
in the series, there's a sequel to the vampire movie, where he has to hunt down a female vampire spawn the first vampire created, and when the cops roll up on him at the end, he's standing over a dead woman pounding a fucking stake into her heart, and he just looks at them like, "Look, sometimes you just gotta stake a bitch, yannow?"
It was hilarious. Like: Yeah, what DO you tell the cops after you "staked a vampire"? How do you prove that?
Posted by: ace at December 02, 2022 04:13 PM (C1Zwz)
Yeah, good show. Too good, too early.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 02, 2022 04:12 PM (XvPQV)
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The series and original movie are part of the Kino Lorber Winter Wonderland sale...going on through December 21.
https://tinyurl.com/j75bzwh6
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:13 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:14 PM (J2vNu)
Talk about a cuck with Mommy issues - not exactly Bond material.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 04:13 PM (lDmlV)
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Daniel Craig is probably gay.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:14 PM (LvTSG)
To bad for them that we still have the originals to watch and enjoy, especially if you have them on physical media.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 03:51 PM (BpYfr)
There is a classic SF story "The Men who Murdered Mohammed" where time travellers each go back and try and change the past, while finding it doesn't change the present. So they keep doing more ... while not noticing they become more and more insubstantial. They aren't affecting anything but their own presence by destroying the past, just their own.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:14 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: ... at December 02, 2022 04:15 PM (IuS79)
But...he kills her anyway.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 02, 2022
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The entity, right? Not the little old lady herself?
In either case, though, that shows us something about him too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:15 PM (J2vNu)
That the BBC is returning to him to right the Doctor Who ship is kind of sad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
Of the top ten episodes ever, by almost anyone's measures, at least five were written by Moffat. When he took over the show, it soared. Then, the BBC started pushing their woke LQGB crap, and he bailed out, mentally and then physically.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 02, 2022 04:15 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 02, 2022 04:15 PM (JTztk)
I think the key is in the early comment by Ace, that the Vampire theme is played out.
But you have to consider it in the context of the times and what was available on TV then.
Suspense movies were pretty lame at the the time. Anyone remember "Wide World Mystery" that came on
seemingly random nights in the mid 70s. They were really lame and cheaply produced. Remember Double Chiller on the late 60'sat 11:30 on Satyrday nights? aginst that competition, Kolchak was a whole new twist and for its day, pretty well done.
The vampire theme wasn't really "played out" in the early mid 70's when The Night Stalker came out IIRC, Vampires exploded in the late 70's with Frank Langella and successors. Instread of being scary, they became almost sexy (lots of comments from lady friends about how hot Langella was in that movie at the time), or campy to an extent. Add to that, they did get overplayed over time. The Night Stalker was pretty much an original take.
Special effects weren't nearly as good back then, and consequently less expected.
Reporters were viewed then, maybe not as heroes by conservatives, but certainly by liberals.
Posted by: RM at December 02, 2022 04:16 PM (0eYOS)
There WAS a reboot of it in the 2000's starring the guy who played Lestat in the Ayala (sp?) vampire movie. He also played Dorian Gray in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - it was actually good, but short lived.
Posted by: Big Star at December 02, 2022 04:16 PM (Modkf)
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Sounds like my honeymoon.
Posted by: ... at December 02, 2022 04:16 PM (IuS79)
Posted by: DB at December 02, 2022 04:16 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 02, 2022 04:16 PM (0rQxu)
Posted by: ace at December 02, 2022 04:13 PM (C1Zwz)
Traditionally the vampire would be so old they would crumble to dust so there's no body to explain. Buffy had all of them did that, other stories had it be an effect of age and a recent vampire would be less affected
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:16 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:16 PM (J2vNu)
'The entity, right? Not the little old lady herself?'
The entity as I recall. Maybe he killed both of them just to be sure.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 02, 2022 04:17 PM (JTztk)
Per Yoda:
Always two there are, no more, no less. A master and an apprentice.
Posted by: Next2Nothing at December 02, 2022 04:17 PM (tA1/w)
that didn't happen here. He's just there murdering a woman, with a look that says, "Ya gotta believe me, fellas, I swear she told me she's a vamp."
Posted by: ace at December 02, 2022 04:18 PM (C1Zwz)
I used to watch Kolchak religiously when I was a kid. I always loved the horror stuff. But frankly, I only remember a few images of the movie, and the headless biker TV episode.
I have both movies on my hard drive, so I may do a re-watch this weekend.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 02, 2022 04:18 PM (n+4am)
Per Yoda:
Always two there are, no more, no less. A master and an apprentice.
Posted by: Next2Nothing at December 02, 2022 04:17 PM (tA1/w)
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*sulks in the corner*
-The Intern
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:18 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: RM at December 02, 2022 04:16 PM (0eYOS)
Reporters were blue collar back then, liberals didn't really get on the reporter as hero train until Watergate.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:18 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: Wally at December 02, 2022 04:18 PM (VoIup)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 02, 2022 04:18 PM (k9deN)
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Lol. That scene was always one of our favorites with the kids. Kolchak didn't fuck around. He would have beaten Tater's ass until he was a pile of polyester and piss.
Posted by: Azathoth at December 02, 2022 04:18 PM (wb1YC)
It will have to be centralized and standardized. It would also be yet another capital expense as independents will have to put the crap into their vehicles and register with either the Fe'ral government or the rent seeking company that managed to get this rule pushed through so that they could be the broker.
It stinks of cronyism, and the bureaucrat shepherding this through there most likely has a well compensated sinecure waiting him at the company that wins this forced product.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 04:18 PM (lDmlV)
Posted by: Wally at December 02, 2022 04:18 PM (VoIup)
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"Okey-dokey Dr. Jones, hold onto your potatoes!"
-Short Round
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:19 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Wally at December 02, 2022 04:18 PM (VoIup)
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Hadn't considered that angle, but because it's Hollywood ("everyone is gay once in a while") you are probably right...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 04:19 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 02, 2022 04:19 PM (63Dwl)
Yes, I'm 29.
Posted by: Infidel
What a coincidence! #Metoo! LOL
Posted by: Tonypete at December 02, 2022 04:19 PM (qoGsy)
There should be a new Night Stalker, where Kolchak is prowling around, sniffing out a story about a crazed maniac terrorizing quiet city Chicago, when he discovers the perpetrator is actually a grotesque mutant that escaped from a laboratory concealed beneath Soldier Field. And also the mayor.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 02, 2022 04:19 PM (oINRc)
A bit dated, sure, but pretty eerie. Twilight Zone used to be great.
Posted by: RM at December 02, 2022 04:20 PM (0eYOS)
oh really? I don't even know what Movieland is. I'll look for that.
Posted by: ace at December 02, 2022 04:20 PM (C1Zwz)
Isn't Timothy Dalton too?
It's very hard to tell whether someone is gay or just English. I mean, I've never heard Roger Moore was gay. But it seems like he ought to get an honorary degree or something.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at December 02, 2022 04:20 PM (ppBhU)
You call him Mister Jones!!
Posted by: Short Round at December 02, 2022 04:20 PM (k9deN)
*********
Now that's unfortunate
Posted by: Unmasked Ranger Says Elon Musk Did Not Kill Himself at December 02, 2022
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I've got that problem with WKRP. Jan Smithers looked a LOT like the young Mrs. Wolfus No. 2.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:20 PM (J2vNu)
Always two there are, no more, no less. A master and an apprentice.
Posted by: Next2Nothing at December 02, 2022 04:17 PM (tA1/w)
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*sulks in the corner*
-The Intern
I'm standing right here.
Posted by: The Journeyman at December 02, 2022 04:20 PM (lDmlV)
Posted by: Wally at December 02, 2022 04:18 PM (VoIup)
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Make it both at the same time and the movie would be an instant classic.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at December 02, 2022 04:21 PM (tCijU)
You semi-had me in the first half, ngl.
Seriously got a LOL though
Posted by: ... at December 02, 2022 04:21 PM (IuS79)
Always two there are, no more, no less. A master and an apprentice.
Posted by: Next2Nothing at December 02, 2022 04:17 PM (tA1/w)
Sexes, not Siths, meant Yoda did. Weenie you have, or vagina you must. No other is there.
Posted by: Yoda at December 02, 2022 04:21 PM (VoIup)
Posted by: Wally at December 02, 2022 04:18 PM (VoIup)
You know, now that you mention it, I think this might work out pretty well.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 02, 2022 04:21 PM (0rQxu)
and his rig. If I had lived in the Old West, I'd want his gear. And his principles. Worth living for, and possibly dying for. Plus he tells the Brit soldiers to go fuck themselves, but laconically. Excellent script and dialogue. Plus Alan Rickman falling and dying near the end; feels like Christmas.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 02, 2022 04:21 PM (JOtiF)
In the series vampire episode, the cops are there immediately after and find Kolchak mallet in hand standing over a woman's body with a stake in it.
Kolchak looks like, "Yeah, they're never going to believe this story."
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 02, 2022 04:21 PM (JTztk)
Posted by: bear
That has been a running joke in my family for many years.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 02, 2022 04:21 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Vincenzo! at December 02, 2022 04:22 PM (ZSK0i)
>>>In the series vampire episode, the cops are there immediately after and find Kolchak mallet in hand standing over a woman's body with a stake in it.
Kolchak looks like, "Yeah, they're never going to believe this story."
I was just saying that. it's great. He's like, "It is what it is, fellas."
Posted by: ace at December 02, 2022 04:22 PM (C1Zwz)
Posted by: Minuteman at December 02, 2022 04:10 PM (LaNzR)
After the Indy movie, an article in a magazine about the Role playing game "Call of Cthulu" used as an example investigator Ohio Jones. It evoked a very large family of Jones named after 50 states.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:22 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:22 PM (J2vNu)
This is great. Got sucked right back in. I'd forgotten how much I liked that show.
Posted by: t-bird at December 02, 2022 04:23 PM (CaJIi)
Posted by: GnuBreed
The more I watch that one, the more I like it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 02, 2022 04:23 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Wally at December 02, 2022 04:18 PM (VoIup)
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Make it both at the same time and the movie would be an instant classic.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at December 02, 2022 04:21 PM (tCijU)
And always play indy's theme music up to the scene's "climax". dah duh dah DAHHHHH dah duh DAAAAHHHHHH!
Posted by: banana Dream at December 02, 2022 04:23 PM (0rQxu)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 02, 2022 04:19 PM (oINRc)
Ironically enough, there was a reboot of Kolchak in 2005-6 with Stuart Townsend, Gabrielle Union, etc.
It sucked.
Posted by: Vincenzo! at December 02, 2022 04:23 PM (ZSK0i)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 02, 2022 04:24 PM (ZSK0i)
Sam Peckinpah made television in that era, and the violence was tame.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022
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Peckinpah was instrumental in the creation of The Rifleman w/ Chuck Connors. He wrote at least 1 early episode and directed 1 or 2. Lucas shot a lot of people who were trying to kill him; bloodless violence.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:24 PM (J2vNu)
Lesbians never turn out the way straight men wish. Look at them in comics: tubby, misshapen blue-haired weirdoes. Indiana Jones and the Merkin of Mischief will not be the film you're hoping for.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at December 02, 2022 04:24 PM (ppBhU)
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Sounds like my honeymoon.
Posted by: ...
Okay, I'll bite.
Which end of the chloroform rag were you on?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 02, 2022 04:24 PM (qoGsy)
Try to shoehorn a stronk, brave woman in to role of Indiana Jones. This will crash and burn really fast and hard.
Wait 5 years..... They will find a male actor who is not specifically identified with some other character. They will "reboot" the franchise with movies that show Indy's other adventures in the 1930-1940 time range. Without any woke shit.
That will be successful.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 02, 2022 04:24 PM (Wy1BU)
oh right I came across that when I was searching. they gave him the Obligatory Haunted Backstory with the dead wife or whatever. So played out.
Posted by: ace at December 02, 2022 04:24 PM (C1Zwz)
I liked best the Kolchak episode where he won a Major Award and he acceded to his eldest young son's desire to receive a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 02, 2022 04:24 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: RM at December 02, 2022 04:20 PM (0eYOS)
++++
It is one of the Blu-Ray sets that is actually worth owning. The picture looks great (except the videotaped episodes - there is no way to make those look good), but the work they did with the sound is second to none. The remastered audio is spectacular and makes watching it quite a bit more enjoyable.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 02, 2022 04:25 PM (t0OGg)
The joke my girlfriend and I had up in the heavily-touristed City, SF, was, "German? or gay..."
Posted by: t-bird at December 02, 2022 04:25 PM (CaJIi)
with the Creepy Santa? Frightening.
Posted by: ace at December 02, 2022 04:25 PM (C1Zwz)
Posted by: ace at December 02, 2022 04:24 PM (C1Zwz)
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"They haven't tried dead child lover! It's just naturally part of the story!"
-Willow writer, probably
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:26 PM (LvTSG)
Amusingly, there's no evidence at all that Dracula is based on Vlad the Impaler.
Posted by: moviegique at December 02, 2022 04:26 PM (asXVI)
Posted by: Kolchack at December 02, 2022 04:26 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 02, 2022 04:26 PM (fv27Y)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 04:26 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:14 PM (LvTSG)
Yeah, but where are you going to find a Badass Operator with legit credibility in 2022?
Posted by: XTC at December 02, 2022 04:27 PM (UnA8+)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 02, 2022
They already made that movie. It was called "The Relic". The book was far better and launched a book series that has 20+ books now.
Posted by: Beartooth - DC delenda est at December 02, 2022 04:27 PM (kts79)
Posted by: GnuBreed
I firmly believe that Alan Rickman was the best at dying on film actor ever. I mean he was good in anything, even if his character didn't die, but when the character died Rickman was top notch.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 02, 2022 04:27 PM (Wy1BU)
That will be successful.
indiana jones and the eagle scout project
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at December 02, 2022 04:28 PM (v3pYe)
If I was a vampire hunter, I'd be just like Kolchak. He's annoying, preachy, stepping on everybody's toes, strong sense of justice, can't drop the case, non-existent dating life, and fascinated with the occult mixing it up with the modern nihilistic world.
Posted by: Sapwolf at December 02, 2022 04:28 PM (g4MLt)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 04:26 PM (BpYfr)
They make good eating if my cats growing up were any example. We used to go find them, or grasshoppers and give them to the cats lounging around, which is kinda backwards.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:28 PM (eoQWY)
Amusingly, there's no evidence at all that Dracula is based on Vlad the Impaler.
Posted by: moviegique at December 02, 2022 04:26 PM (asXVI)
"Hey Vern! I vant to suck your blood, know what I mean?"
Posted by: XTC at December 02, 2022 04:28 PM (UnA8+)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 02, 2022 04:28 PM (lTGtQ)
Akshually they give him a strong case of the Not-Gays in the first movie. It was weird seeing him hooking up with a girl.
Posted by: ace at December 02, 2022 04:29 PM (C1Zwz)
My oaks turned this week, after the frost started. From green to warm red to an orange-brown. Gorgeous.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 02, 2022 04:28 PM (lTGtQ)
You must be further South than me - ours turned about a month ago. Gorgeous is right.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 02, 2022 04:30 PM (oINRc)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 02, 2022 04:30 PM (9uCBG)
Posted by: Minuteman at December 02, 2022 04:10 PM (LaNzR)
Saggy Mams Rule!
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi, Old Whore at December 02, 2022 04:30 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 02, 2022 04:30 PM (ZSK0i)
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X Files had a create episode opening scene. Mulder chases a full fledged, cape wearing vampire through the woods, takes him down, then examines the body and the fake vampire teeth fall out.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 02, 2022 04:30 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 02, 2022 03:50 PM (H8QX
Underrated 80s movie. And soundtrack.
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at December 02, 2022
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I recall the tag line on the promos:
"Sleep all day. Party all night. Never get old.
"It's fun to be a vampire."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:31 PM (J2vNu)
The joke my girlfriend and I had up in the heavily-touristed City, SF, was, "German? or gay..."
Posted by: t-bird at December 02, 2022 04:25 PM -
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Yes.
Posted by: Klaus Nomi at December 02, 2022 04:31 PM (SchQD)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 02, 2022 04:30 PM (ZSK0i)
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And on sale at kinolorber.com right now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:31 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Beartooth
The rest of the series is much better than the first book. If you haven't read a book unrelated to the series by Preston and Child called The Ice Limit, I highly recommend it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 02, 2022 04:31 PM (lTGtQ)
' a reboot of Kolchak in 2005-6 with Stuart Townsend, Gabrielle Union, etc.'
Yeah but I didn't blame the actors for that. The first run captured lightning in a bottle. Difficult to do that twice.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 02, 2022 04:31 PM (JTztk)
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at December 02, 2022 04:28 PM (v3pYe)
Indiana Jones and the 5 years excavating pot shards out of a Mideast Dig Site.
He finds something that has some ritual purpose.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:32 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: t-bird at December 02, 2022 04:25 PM (CaJIi)
Explains all the feces.
Posted by: XTC at December 02, 2022 04:32 PM (UnA8+)
Cash stuffing is a technique that encourages people to pay for things with cash, and as a result, they should end up saving more of their money. _yahoooooo
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 02, 2022 04:32 PM (5TmO/)
"Sleep all day. Party all night. Never get old.
"It's fun to be a vampire."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:31 PM (J2vNu)
That was a funny bit in one of the early Buffys, maybe the first one. She picks the Vamp out of the crowd instantly in the night club because his haircut and clothes are several years out of style.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:33 PM (eoQWY)
Cash stuffing is a technique that encourages people to pay for things with cash, and as a result, they should end up saving more of their money. _yahoooooo
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 02, 2022 04:32 PM (5TmO/)
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I mean...I know that every generation thinks they invented sex, but is Gen Z the first to think they invented money?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:33 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: eleven at December 02, 2022 04:33 PM (iziT8)
Posted by: irright at December 02, 2022 04:34 PM (SchQD)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi, Old Whore at December 02, 2022 04:30 PM (R/m4+)
I saw Saggy Mams open for Hole at Monsters of Rock back in '98.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 02, 2022 04:34 PM (bW8dp)
Posted by: Beartooth - DC delenda est at December 02, 2022 04:27 PM (kts79)
The movie was still pretty good though.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 02, 2022 04:34 PM (BdMk6)
Posted by: NOPE at December 02, 2022 04:34 PM (MTcmR)
I never saw a vast expanse of oak-forest before a few years ago. It's really, really cool.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 02, 2022 04:34 PM (oINRc)
Posted by: moviegique at December 02, 2022
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I think in the novel the count tells Harker about his family's history, and it's implied that they fought the Turk in much the same way as Vlad did. Plus, the guy's nickname was "Vlad Dracul," Vlad the Dragon, and "Dracul" was probably Stoker's inspiration for the name.
In Fred Saberhagen's Dracula Tape he goes full out and says that the count was Vlad the Impaler -- thus giving him a human history and back story.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:35 PM (J2vNu)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:33 PM (LvTSG)
It's amazing that the generation with access to instant information would come out knowing less about everything.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:35 PM (eoQWY)
She was super, super, super hot back then. I remember she did a stint as cohost on one of the revivals of Candid Camera.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 02, 2022 04:35 PM (bW8dp)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 02, 2022 04:35 PM (9uCBG)
If they do kill off young Jones and replace him with his niece, we might actually hear the sound of Disney's stock flushing down the toilet as the movie is playing. I kind of want it to be true because I'd love for Kathleen Kennedy to be the reason that Iger's career craters.
Posted by: Nutsy at December 02, 2022 04:35 PM (OfVjg)
Posted by: Eromero at December 02, 2022 04:35 PM (/knpl)
https://tinyurl.com/j75bzwh6
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:13 PM (LvTSG)
Let's see ... first item ... The 3-D Nudie Cuties Collection ...
*adds to cart*
Posted by: spindrift at December 02, 2022 04:35 PM (h5TKJ)
Acorn has some different properties across the Anglosphere rather than just Great Britain.
Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 04:35 PM (JyBVX)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 02, 2022 04:35 PM (9uCBG)
Hold on while my old lady rolls 'em up!
Posted by: Creepy Old Biker Dude at December 02, 2022 04:36 PM (ZSK0i)
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022
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When Faith was introduced, we don't know she's a Slayer. We see her dancing with this guy, and Buffy's vamp-dar picks him out, probably because of the details you mention.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:36 PM (J2vNu)
We have been forced to finance our compulsory transition away from reliable and affordable personal transportation. If this was any other industry, the Left would be screaming bloody murder at the cronyism, corruption, profiteering, and staggering environmental damage.
The environmental promises of electric cars are a total sham as well. It takes a very long time for an EV to reach the same net "environmental footprint" as a modern automobile, especially if we're not allowed to use nuclear power to charge them, and the cost/mile is staggering.
Posted by: SMOD at December 02, 2022 04:36 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: fd at December 02, 2022 04:37 PM (sn5EN)
And every episode had a police commissioner that disliked Kolchak. That time it was the guy who played the sarcastic doctor on St. Elsewhere.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 02, 2022 04:37 PM (JTztk)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Yes, I have several acres of them. Best part of my week is when I am in the middle of them and out of cell phone range.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 02, 2022 04:37 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 04:37 PM (JyBVX)
Posted by: Lieutenant Duh at December 02, 2022 04:37 PM (Ebr2D)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 02, 2022
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Lt. Dish in the movie of M*A*S*H.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:37 PM (J2vNu)
I bet who people come from vast expanses of oaks look at where I grew up (vast expanses of coniferous trees) and are also get blown away by it, but it's humdrum to me.
Deciduous forests are super beautiful.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 02, 2022 04:38 PM (oINRc)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 02, 2022 04:31
Agree. I've most of Preston & Child's books either in the Pendergast series or their own series. I like that they sometimes plug each others books in some of the stories and have some of their characters show for an occasional cameo.
Posted by: Beartooth - DC delenda est at December 02, 2022 04:38 PM (kts79)
Movieland TV channel on ROKU
https://tinyurl.com/c8u8ue85
Their copy of Night Strangler is not of the best video quality compared to what you might be used to.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 02, 2022 04:38 PM (63Dwl)
Except, I guess, in China.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 02, 2022 04:38 PM (bW8dp)
Posted by: SMOD at December 02, 2022 04:38 PM (RHGPo)
btw...I just looked it up...written by Robert Zemeckis of Back to the Future fame (among other credits).
Posted by: Orson at December 02, 2022 04:38 PM (hd/uY)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:36 PM (J2vNu)
This was well before that, she was not-really-listening to Giles who was trying to get her to sign up to the need for a Watcher - Slayer. He was chastising her because a trained slayer should be able to do it with spider senses he could deliver and she does it with dumb teen fashion sense.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:39 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: Azathoth at December 02, 2022 04:39 PM (wb1YC)
Posted by: brak at December 02, 2022 04:39 PM (lO5WT)
Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2022 04:39 PM (xhxe8)
'If I was a vampire hunter, I'd be just like Kolchak.'
If I was, I'd want to stay far away from the vampire, probably make some holy water grenades. If that didn't work I'd GTFO because it just wasn't meant to be.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 02, 2022 04:39 PM (JTztk)
the two movies are not included on the Kolchak series Blu-Ray. It mentions those movies, saying the series is a continuation of the movies, but they're not on the discs.
Posted by: ace at December 02, 2022 04:39 PM (C1Zwz)
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at December 02, 2022 04:28 PM (v3pYe)
Indiana Jones and the 5 years excavating pot shards out of a Mideast Dig Site.
He finds something that has some ritual purpose.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:32 PM
Indiana Jones and the Secret Files of Oak Island.
Posted by: Beartooth - DC delenda est at December 02, 2022 04:39 PM (kts79)
Posted by: jeannebodine at December 02, 2022 04:40 PM (ddFzi)
That will be successful.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 02, 2022
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Chris Pratt. Though he may be too old to do it believably by then.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:40 PM (J2vNu)
the two movies are not included on the Kolchak series Blu-Ray. It mentions those movies, saying the series is a continuation of the movies, but they're not on the discs.
Posted by: ace at December 02, 2022 04:39 PM (C1Zwz)
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One of the movies is available independently as well for $9.99.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:40 PM (LvTSG)
Great show, and pretty much the best TV theme song ever.
James Garner... back when a non-violent asshole (but still clearly heterosexual and masculine) actor could still get parts.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 02, 2022 04:40 PM (bW8dp)
Posted by: Valiant at December 02, 2022 04:40 PM (cy2xC)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:41 PM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Azathoth
gracias!
Posted by: Chuy quien es un fan de Producer Guy at December 02, 2022 04:41 PM (C1Zwz)
Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 04:41 PM (JyBVX)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 02, 2022 04:41 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Broseidon at December 02, 2022 04:41 PM (P4U8r)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 02, 2022 04:42 PM (scHOf)
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022
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Oh, okay. That was in the first or second episode, the opening 2-parter.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:42 PM (J2vNu)
Great show, and pretty much the best TV theme song ever
*****
Theme is my ring tone. Gets your attention.
Posted by: jeannebodine at December 02, 2022 04:42 PM (ddFzi)
Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2022 04:42 PM (xhxe8)
thanks, I have a post ready. I'm leaving this post up until shortly before 5, then I'll put that post up.
Posted by: ace at December 02, 2022 04:42 PM (C1Zwz)
I have absolutely no idea what the hell is going on in Disney's deformed little brain. When Disney bought Lucas Films, I was excited thinking that Disney would put a fresh perspective on Star Wars, breathe new life into it. Dear god, was I ever wrong.
I watched the Indy trailer a couple times yesterday. This is going to be worse than all the Star Wars movies put together.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at December 02, 2022 04:42 PM (z7W9M)
Wikipedia tells me that he got married in 1956 and stayed married to the same woman for the rest of his life.
Also got two Purple Hearts in the Korean War.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 02, 2022 04:43 PM (bW8dp)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 02, 2022 04:44 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: spindrift at December 02, 2022 04:44 PM (h5TKJ)
Posted by: jeannebodine at December 02, 2022 04:42 PM (ddFzi)
Good idea. I think I'm going to steal it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 02, 2022 04:44 PM (bW8dp)
Didn't know he played in the NFL.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I think I have a skeleton inside me at December 02, 2022 04:45 PM (UQUAY)
I could stand to see Gator a second time.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 02, 2022 04:45 PM (oINRc)
Posted by: Elon Musk at December 02, 2022 04:46 PM (scHOf)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 02, 2022 04:19 PM (oINRc)
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More likely? The story will be about a group of redneck white supremacists that murdering poor innocent black men in Englewood and Garfield Park. The police se them leaving every crime scene, but immediately discount them as suspects, because Wypipo. The sub plot will be they are terrorizing the neighbors and witnesses into silence, until the Brave Lesbian Transgender Black Teacher speaks up, and their students and their own life is threatened.
Posted by: rd at December 02, 2022 04:46 PM (Z32m1)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at December 02, 2022 04:42 PM (z7W9M)
I doubt it, because you don't have the trust in them any more to feel violated. It just is stupid and pointless.
Look at Rinz of Powah. As a Tolkien guy, it didn't bother me at all except to wonder where the missing billion dollars went. I've seen better work in high school plays in costuming, sets and acting.
And watching YTers rip holes in it is better entertainment than most things these days.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:46 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: eleven at December 02, 2022 04:46 PM (iziT8)
Posted by: ace at December 02, 2022
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Yeah, I'm tired of that. Somehow Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin didn't need Motivating Backstories. You can have backstories for the characters, as Kirk and Spock did, but it doesn't have to make for Tortured Hero.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:46 PM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Azathoth at December 02, 2022 04:47 PM (wb1YC)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 02, 2022 04:44 PM (ptqGC)
I assume he has good security
Posted by: It's me donna at December 02, 2022 04:47 PM (bs+z0)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 02, 2022 04:45 PM (oINRc)
"We are comin' to get ya Gator!" with 1000 police cars with lights spinning on top.
Never saw it but remember the ad for it on TV.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:47 PM (eoQWY)
Of course, I haven't seen the show to compare.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:47 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Skip
That's all fine and good but what is really needed is an audit. Two completely different animals.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 02, 2022 04:48 PM (qoGsy)
Posted by: fd at December 02, 2022 04:48 PM (sn5EN)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 02, 2022 04:47 PM (bs+z0)
Gurkhas, if he's as smart as I think he is.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 02, 2022 04:48 PM (bW8dp)
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 02, 2022 03:50 PM (H8QX
Underrated 80s movie. And soundtrack.
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at December 02, 2022
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I recall the tag line on the promos:
"Sleep all day. Party all night. Never get old.
"It's fun to be a vampire."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
"But you must feed..."
'Lost Boys' is one of my favorites. Great soundtrack, fun movie, solid acting, a Bohemian Jaimie Gertz (Yummy!).
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 02, 2022 04:48 PM (4eKPg)
Posted by: jeannebodine at December 02, 2022
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I of course have the Man From U.N.C.L.E. communicator sound. That cuts through almost anything!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:48 PM (J2vNu)
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Posted by: DB at December 02, 2022 04:49 PM (geLO8)
________
Critical Drinker was surprised to find out that Andor is pretty good.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 02, 2022 04:49 PM (fs1hN)
Posted by: rd at December 02, 2022 04:46 PM (Z32m1)
We're going to sue because we didn't think of it first!
Posted by: Screen Writers Guild at December 02, 2022 04:49 PM (kts79)
I bought the series on DVD last year but have yet to watch it because MeTV is still showing it. Commercial interruptions don't bother me.
When it goes off the rotation, I'll still have it.
And yes, it's nice to see heroic reporters.
Posted by: Weak Geek at December 02, 2022 04:49 PM (qCEMw)
fkn lol
Posted by: eleven at December 02, 2022 04:46 PM (iziT
Well she would have, but Sauron was on a raft in the way.
Why was Sauron on a raft with a half dozen other people?
Never explained.
Then Numenorians find them. Its like Grand Central Station out there.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:49 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I think I have a skeleton inside me at December 02, 2022 04:50 PM (UQUAY)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 02, 2022 04:50 PM (FVME7)
Then Numenorians find them. Its like Grand Central Station out there.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:49 PM (eoQWY)
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That show seems to be extremely poorly written.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:50 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 02, 2022 04:50 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 02, 2022 04:50 PM (Wy1BU)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 02, 2022 04:49 PM (fs1hN)
Apparently its too late because despite that, nobody was watching it. You can kill the goose that lays golden eggs.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:50 PM (eoQWY)
****
That was literally her intention.
Because she's a Stronk woman who don't need no man. Oh, and she's an elf which is shorthand for "we can hand wave away anything the character does that looks like complete bullshit" like hurling guys around four times her size and weight and killing things the size of a Best Western after it's killed everybody else.
Posted by: Azathoth at December 02, 2022 04:51 PM (wb1YC)
"You're eating maggots, Michael.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I think I have a skeleton inside me at December 02, 2022 04:50 PM (UQUAY)
One of my favorites... Grandpa
amn vampiresPosted by: It's me donna at December 02, 2022 04:51 PM (bs+z0)
It's all coincidence, I tell you! No wait, it's all Russian disinformation!! SAFE AND EFFECTIVE!!!!
Posted by: Dr. T at December 02, 2022 04:51 PM (tp+tP)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 02, 2022 03:56 PM (Az2It)
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Would Jussie land a part for an early morning winter scene? A subway somewhere close by, ....
Posted by: Ciampino - Trees, nooses and bleach at December 02, 2022 04:51 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at December 02, 2022 04:51 PM (z7W9M)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:50 PM (LvTSG)
I watched about 20 minutes of it before giving up in disgust.
The only thing that would have made it plausible at that point would have been for Special Forces Galadriel to get fragged by her own troops.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 02, 2022 04:51 PM (bW8dp)
Great show, and pretty much the best TV theme song ever
*****
Theme is my ring tone. Gets your attention.
Posted by: jeannebodine at December 02, 2022 04:42 PM (ddFzi)
That is super cool.
Posted by: m at December 02, 2022 04:52 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: REDACTED at December 02, 2022 04:52 PM (us2H3)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:50 PM (LvTSG)
Ace's chat threads have better writers, even if you leave out the professional writers.
Hope they don't spend their billion all at once.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:52 PM (eoQWY)
https://bit.ly/3FnpUZB
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 02, 2022 04:50 PM (FVME7
Very nice.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I think I have a skeleton inside me at December 02, 2022 04:52 PM (UQUAY)
Old news! And only an excuse to put DONALD TRUMP back on Twitter! And this helps Pootin!
Posted by: Alcoholic Hag Who Will Never Be President at December 02, 2022 04:53 PM (5FPX4)
Hope it's good
Posted by: It's me donna at December 02, 2022 04:53 PM (bs+z0)
Posted by: brak at December 02, 2022 04:39 PM (lO5WT
When the lead character cuts her tits off, it tends to take away the popular glow.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 02, 2022 04:53 PM (BdMk6)
Of course, I haven't seen the show to compare.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:47 PM (LvTSG)
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Nothing the Pitch Guy says is an exaggeration of what happens in the show. It's 100% accurate.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 04:54 PM (BpYfr)
****
It would be extremely poorly written if it was in fact being written. But it's not. It's just a room full of ugly women farting out random bits of "this happens and then this happens" because it sounds cool or they saw something like it on TV one night when they were pulling preventive maintenance on their vibrator collection.
The entire story is about as organized as a oil rig fire.
Posted by: Azathoth at December 02, 2022 04:54 PM (wb1YC)
The only thing that would have made it plausible at that point would have been for Special Forces Galadriel to get fragged by her own troops.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 02, 2022 04:51 PM (bW8dp)
Trust the woke to tear down the legendary woman Galadriel men wrote to make her a very low quality squad leader male. And then to think they were improving her!
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:55 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2022 04:54 PM (BpYfr)
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I have no doubt.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 04:55 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Eromero at December 02, 2022 04:55 PM (/knpl)
****
Good choice.
Posted by: jeannebodine at December 02, 2022 04:55 PM (ddFzi)
Posted by: Lola at December 02, 2022 04:55 PM (NIYa7)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 02, 2022 04:55 PM (geVLo)
the slap that will smith gave chris rock was a love tap compared to the death blow he delivered in that abysmal w.w.w. movie-remake.....may have been one of the opening shots of the woke age on tv...
that movie was appalling..
Posted by: uncouth jay marks at December 02, 2022 04:56 PM (GT8Ln)
The entire story is about as organized as a oil rig fire.
Posted by: Azathoth at December 02, 2022 04:54 PM (wb1YC)
Most of the time when something seems well done, its a crib of something from Peter Jackson in disguise.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:56 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: ace at December 02, 2022 04:56 PM (C1Zwz)
You know .. the one that would trip you then beat you to the floor.
Posted by: SMOD at December 02, 2022 04:57 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Eromero at December 02, 2022 04:55 PM (/knpl)
Freemasons now? When I was a kid 50 years ago when I read about Oak Island it was pirates.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 04:57 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: Zek at December 02, 2022 04:57 PM (5FPX4)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at December 02, 2022 04:57 PM (ppBhU)
Posted by: jeannebodine at December 02, 2022 04:42 PM (ddFzi)
Good idea. I think I'm going to steal it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 02, 2022 04:44 PM (bW8dp)
Done.
https://tinyurl.com/4rz5z7zj
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 02, 2022 04:58 PM (oINRc)
Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2022 04:39 PM (xhxe
.......
I thought she was white.
Posted by: wth at December 02, 2022 04:58 PM (v0R5T)
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Oh yeah. You can tell they ran out of ideas for dialogue when they start inserting random bits of paraphrased dialogue from the movies. Apparently no one told them that that dialogue fits in with an entire trilogy worth of books and just sounds stupid when it's uttered by someone completely out of context. Especially when the person saying it has the acting chops of an end table.
Posted by: Azathoth at December 02, 2022 04:58 PM (wb1YC)
I liked it! Good for him! Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2022 04:59 PM (vH/6k)
Posted by: exdem13 at December 02, 2022 04:59 PM (W+kMI)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at December 02, 2022 04:59 PM (z7W9M)
“We cannot, and will not, support any appropriations package for FY2023 unless you immediately take action to strengthen and restore the integrity of the southern border and protect the American people, especially our children, from deadly fentanyl,” the Republicans wrote.
Posted by: SMOD at December 02, 2022 04:59 PM (RHGPo)
Until the Vampire Hunters ran out of holy water.
In 19th century Paris.
With a church on every corner.
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at December 02, 2022 04:59 PM (wE246)
Posted by: Weak Geek at December 02, 2022 04:59 PM (qCEMw)
5 minutes
Posted by: Lola at December 02, 2022 04:55 PM (NIYa7)
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Elon Didn't Kill Himself.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at December 02, 2022 05:00 PM (S3x6T)
With my luck, Amazon will pay the show runners of Rings of Power to do the series.
Posted by: WarEagle82 at December 02, 2022 05:00 PM (RIfux)
Posted by: Weak Geek at December 02, 2022 04:59 PM (qCEMw)
Oh wow, I forgot about that one. The guy had Kolchak's characteristic fedora and the cheesy blue-striped sport coat.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 02, 2022 05:02 PM (ZSK0i)
Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2022 04:39 PM (xhxe
.......
I thought she was white.
Posted by: wth at December 02, 2022 04:58 PM (v0R5T)
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I heard she was Greene ... oh wait, that's the other one.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at December 02, 2022 05:05 PM (+Tr7w)
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Yeah, that was the difference between the Eighties and what came before in terms of genre entertainment. In the eighties the fans finally got to be creators, and they delivered superior stories more often than not. Kolchak TV is pretty much formulaic Monster of the Week, like doctor Who, but if you're into it, that's fun. The two TV movies are better, but that's because they could have a longer story and handled the f/x budget better. And for modern urban supernatural stories they are pretty good.
Posted by: exdem13 at December 02, 2022 05:05 PM (W+kMI)
The rumor claims that there is a closing montage showing key moments from the Indiana Jones trilogy, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge now wearing the hat and leather jacket and doing the things that Indy did in the movies.
And this is why I now only buy used DVD/BluRays. YHGTBFKM. FYKK.
Posted by: Chuck C at December 02, 2022 05:18 PM (xttsV)
For some shows, the entire concept of season/show-lifetime continuity was completely absent. I think The Odd Couple had five or six different versions of how Felix and Oscar knew each other.
Posted by: Chuck C at December 02, 2022 05:21 PM (xttsV)
Which means somewhere on the Interwebz is a fan theory that the Odd Couple is set in a multiverse.
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The standalones make for better repeat viewing.
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