TODAY I WATCHED (Movies, TV Shows) 2016

"Danger: Diabolik" (1968)


Mario Bava directed this campy, colorful action flick (based on a popular Italian comic series) which is kinda like a blend of James Bond and the '60s "Batman" TV show. A high-tech master thief known only as "Diabolik" has a Batcave full of cool gadgets and a smokin' hot girlfriend/accomplice. Due to his talent for pulling off seemingly-impossible heists, Diabolik isn't just wanted by the good guys at Interpol, but also by the European crime syndicate, who are tired of him stealing their thunder. Very Sixties, very groovy!

Deadwood - Season 1 Episode 1

Hell On Wheels - Season 1 Episodes 1&2

X-Files - Season 1 , episodes 9,10,11 and 12

An interesting hockey documentary about enforcers in hockey, mainly focusing on Chris Nilan. I met Chris Nilan very briefly several years ago.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
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Room

Spy, with Melissa McCarthy. I was just tired and buzzed enough last night to find this quite amusing.

The Walking Dead

Spin City
Night Court

Gotham

As usual, things didn't end up as they looked like they would.  Damn, I love this show!

Better Call Saul

Agents Of SHIELD

Better Call Saul
Walking Dead
Downton Abbey
The Shield

WF, I'd like to see your wife review the series finale of Downton. It was gag-inducing.

corplhicks wrote:

Better Call Saul
Walking Dead
Downton Abbey
The Shield

WF, I'd like to see your wife review the series finale of Downton. It was gag-inducing.

Ha! That was her opinion as well. I guess everybody had a happy ending and found a job/love, right?

Witchfinder wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Better Call Saul
Walking Dead
Downton Abbey
The Shield

WF, I'd like to see your wife review the series finale of Downton. It was gag-inducing.

Ha!  That was her opinion as well.  I guess everybody had a happy ending and found a job/love, right?

In the most predictable, sappy, and coincidental way--and everything happens on New Years Eve (even a baby being born!). Awwwww.

Not the same show I started years ago, that's for sure.

"The Beastmaster" (1982)


Don "Phantasm" Coscarelli's cult swords-and-sorcery classic about a musclebound barbarian (Marc Singer, later of "V") who has a knack for communicating with animals. This talent comes in handy frequently as he sets out on a mission to take down the tyrant (Rip Torn) who destroyed his village.

This silly but still-watchable fantasy flick features cool creature makeup, lots of butt kicking action, cute critters, and perhaps most importantly when I first saw this movie at the age of 13, Tanya Roberts' boobs.

"Beastmaster" played so frequently on early '80s cable that Dennis Miller once joked that "HBO" must have stood for "Hey, Beastmaster's On!"

Wow, now there's a blast from the past! Tanya Roberts? OH HELL YEA!!

The Middle
The Goldbergs
Modern Family

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Wow, now there's a blast from the past! Tanya Roberts? OH HELL YEA!!

I stumbled across it in Dollar General while shopping w/my wife yesterday - it was on a cheap-as-hell "Fantasy Film Collection" compilation DVD packaged in a cardboard sleeve, with three other random swords & dragons movies, for three bucks. I was like "Holy sh*t, Beastmaster's on here!" cuz if memory serves that flick is fairly hard to come by on DVD. Even my wife was like "Wow, I loved that movie when I was little, I haven't seen it in ages!" So naturally we couldn't pass it up! Haha

The picture quality wasn't great (it looks like it was dubbed off an old VHS tape) but hell, for three bucks I'm not gonna complain.

Fat Freddy wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Wow, now there's a blast from the past! Tanya Roberts? OH HELL YEA!!

I stumbled across it in Dollar General while shopping w/my wife yesterday - it was on a cheap-as-hell "Fantasy Film Collection" compilation DVD packaged in a cardboard sleeve, with three other random swords & dragons movies, for three bucks. I was like "Holy sh*t, Beastmaster's on here!" cuz if memory serves that flick is fairly hard to come by on DVD. Even my wife was like "Wow, I loved that movie when I was little, I haven't seen it in ages!" So naturally we couldn't pass it up! Haha

The picture quality wasn't great (it looks like it was dubbed off an old VHS tape) but hell, for three bucks I'm not gonna complain.

I remember that being a "go-to" rental all the time when I was a kid. For reasons much more clear to me now, my dad never seemed to complain. "You want to rent this again. Well, ok."

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I remember that being a "go-to" rental all the time when I was a kid. For reasons much more clear to me now, my dad never seemed to complain.

Haha, yep. Kinda like how my Dad used to watch "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" with me when I was a kid, even tho he usually hated science fiction stuff. It wasn't till years later when I caught a rerun that it suddenly hit me. "Damn, Erin Gray was frickin hot... ohhhh, NOW I get it, Dad."

"We Are Twisted F***ing Sister!" (2014)


This insanely entertaining documentary focuses on Twisted Sister's ten year struggle to land a record deal and escape from the endless grind of the suburban New York club circuit. (Their subsequent shot to the top and equally swift fall from grace could easily be a whole 'nother film!) Dee Snider and Jay Jay French get most of the camera time and have all the best stories, unsurprisingly, but many other T.S. members and associates past and present get to have their say as well. Even if you're a long time die hard fan who thinks you know everything about Twisted Sister, you're bound to learn some new bits of trivia from this doc. Required viewing for all SMF's!!

The Big Bang Theory

'Better Call Saul' followed by 'Man Seeking Woman'.