TODAY I WATCHED (TV-series, Movies, Cinema Playlists) 2012

Fat Freddy wrote:

"Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964)



An insane U.S. general directs his bombers to attack the Soviet Union in Stanley Kubrick's cold-war black comedy, and the U.S. president (Peter Sellers, in one of three roles) and his generals have to figure out how to stop Doomsday before it's too late.

As usual for Kubrick, it's weird and quirky on purpose but a fun watch. Sellers is great, as is George C. Scott as a Commie-hatin' general and Slim Pickens as a redneck pilot.

Tesla's video for "Modern Day Cowboy" uses a ton of clips from this movie!!

One of my all-time favorite comedies, I've probably seen it 20 times over the years.

Slim Pickens reading the contents of the survival kit is just brilliant. "A guy could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all this stuff!"

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Slim Pickens reading the contents of the survival kit is just brilliant. "A guy could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all this stuff!"

According to Wikipedia, the original line was "a good weekend in Dallas," but it was dubbed over with "Vegas" in post-production after the assassination of JFK. In fact the film's first preview screening for critics had been scheduled for Nov. 22, 1963 (the day of the assassination), but the release was postponed for obvious reasons till early '64.

Doctor Who - Rose

This.

Night Court
WWE Raw

First Blood

V for Vendetta

Wurthless wrote:

nice!

Modern Family

The Haunting (1963)

I'm rewatching Arrested Development in excitement for the new season & movie. Man, I love that show.

Leatherface wrote:

V for Vendetta

Love that movie!

Robot Jox
Stone Cold
Haywire

Today I watched the classic cage match between Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka vs "Magnificent" Don Muraco.

This is the one where Muraco won but Snuka dragged him back into the cage and did a splash on him from the top of the cage. Comments from Tommy Dreamer, Mick Foley and Spike Dudley (who were all there that night in '83) say that match is what prompted them to choose pro wrestling as a career.

"This Means War" - silly romantic triangle/spy caper comedy, I chuckled a few times but overall completely predictable and uninspired.

"Wrath Of The Titans" - more video game than film, some okay monsters, about as intelligent as a sponge.

nevermore wrote:

First Blood

One of my favorites!

How I Met Your Mother (Season 1)

Wurthless wrote:

How I Met Your Mother (Season 1)

That show gets better as it goes along.

I was honestly surprised by how much I liked it, I'm already 6 or 7 episodes in.

"The Fantastic Four" (1994)


Roger Corman's ultra-cheap film version of the Marvel Comics series follows Reed, Johnny, Ben and Sue as they gain their super powers during a failed space mission, then battle the evil Doctor Doom and a subterranean villain called "The Jeweler."

This flick was made on a shoestring budget and then was shelved permanently, merely so that the producers could maintain their film rights to the property. It's never been officially released and I've been wanting to see it for years, but I never had the chance till some lovely person uploaded the whole movie to YouTube. (God, I love the Internet...) It's pretty awful, but loads of fun in a Saturday morning cartoon sort of way. The Thing looks like a gorilla with a bad skin condition!!

Worth a look as long as you think of it as an elaborate "fan film" and don't even try to compare it to the mega-budget FF movies from the '00s.

Crazy!

Last night I watched Wipeout

Fat Freddy wrote:

"Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964)

I need to see that one again. It's been years. I remember first watching it as a teen and not getting it, then again when I was older and thinking it was brilliant. That was easily 10 years ago, if not longer.