TODAY I WATCHED (Movies, TV Shows) 2016

Got caught up on Timeless And Agents Of SHIELD

Good episode of Gotham last night; best one of the season so far. I like when the focus is on the dynamic between Penguin and Riddler.

tohostudios wrote:

That was the lamest Treehouse of Horror yet IMO.  They've been getting worse every year but I thought this one was really dumb.  Hell, the final story was some sort of Bond spoof; it wasn't even horror.

I think it was meant as a parody of spy movies in general, not just Bond. Homer as Blofeld was straight out of 007 but Bart being inducted into the secret spy fraternity was a takeoff on "Kingsmen: The Secret Service."

Be that as it may, I agree that the sketch had no place in a "Treehouse of Horror." It was not a great episode overall.

I think they've been pretty much "mailing in" the Treehouse of Horror episodes for a while now. It's a shame because there were some classic parodies in those episodes in the past. Besides "The Shinning" there was also the parody of the Twilight Zone episode with the gremlin thing on the bus instead of the airplane wing. Lots of good Poe parodies too.

I found this on Youtube. This illustrates how good the parodies on Treehouse used to be.

"Cathy's Curse" (1977)


A man moves back into his old family homestead with his wife and daughter. Soon little "Cathy" is possessed by a vengeful spirit through an old doll she finds in the attic and bodies start piling up.
This no-budget Canadian "Exorcist" wanna be fails in pretty much every department - the story, pacing, acting, dialogue and special effects all suck. Adding insult to injury, the picture & sound quality of the copy Amazon is streaming is positively abysmal.
AVOID!!

Scream Queens

MetalGuy71 wrote:

I'm giving the new HBO reboot of the 70's sci-fi western 'Westworld' a shot. The first episode was ok. I'll stick with it to see where it goes for now.

Anyone else watching this? I might be giving up. I've fallen asleep during the last 2 episodes, which isn't a good sign. If I need to put forced effort into watching a series, it probably isn't for me.

ROH

MetalGuy71 wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

I'm giving the new HBO reboot of the 70's sci-fi western 'Westworld' a shot. The first episode was ok. I'll stick with it to see where it goes for now.

Anyone else watching this? I might be giving up. I've fallen asleep during the last 2 episodes, which isn't a good sign. If I need to put forced effort into watching a series, it probably isn't for me.

I'd like to see it but as for now it's unavailable to me.

"Class of 1999 II: The Substitute" (1994)


There's still one of those pesky, homicidal military teacher-droids left from the first "Class of 99" movie...and it's set up shop in a new crime-ridden high school and declared open season on gang bangers. As an added twist, it also becomes fixated on a pretty female teacher-in-distress.
A cheap, by the numbers direct to video sequel to a movie that didn't really need a sequel. Watchable, but just barely.

"The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini" (1966)


...c'mon, how could you possibly pass up a title like that on a rainy Saturday afternoon?

A group of pool-partying teens, some crooked lawyers, a gorilla (?) and a biker gang all converge on the home of a deceased millionaire to search for his hidden stash of cash. Fortunately the old boy's ghost (Boris Karloff!) and his spectral gal pal are still hanging around to help guide the "right" people to the prize.

This flick was released at the tail end of the "beach party movie" craze of the mid '60s and it's loaded with silly, slapstick supernatural gags (think "Scooby-Doo"), lots of pretty girls in bikinis, and some absolutely terrible rock n' roll songs (one of which is performed by Nancy Sinatra in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo). It's dumb as a box of rocks but I can't deny that it was strangely entertaining!!

C'mon FF, where's the review of "Meet The Feebles"?  I'm waiting with bated breath to see what you think of it because apparently it's a "love it or hate it" flick.

tohostudios wrote:

C'mon FF, where's the review of "Meet The Feebles"?  I'm waiting with bated breath to see what you think of it because apparently it's a "love it or hate it" flick.

What, a movie with Boris Karloff, Nancy Sinatra AND a ghost chick in an invisible bikini isn't enough weirdness for one day?

Fear not, "Feebles" is definitely on my short list, I'll get to it sometime in the near future...

By special request from tohostudios..

"Meet the Feebles" (1989)


Peter Jackson followed up "Bad Taste" with this all-puppet exploitation flick centered around a Muppets-style troop of performing animals. As they prep for the broadcast of a live TV special, these critters swear, drink, vomit, have sex, deal and use drugs, eat crap, and basically do lotsa stuff that we don't usually see puppets doing.
I thought "Mr. No Legs" was gonna be the most WTF movie I'd see this year, but "Feebles" takes the frickin cake, folks. Everything in this movie is bound to offend somebody, from the 'Nam flashbacks of a heroin-addicted frog (which nods to "The Deer Hunter!") to a rat that films rape porn to a fox's show-stopping musical number about sodomy. "Feebles" is a hilariously tasteless, ultra sleazy one-of-a-kind viewing experience. You may feel like you need a shower when it's over.

The fox's musical number is hilarious!  Besides the song lyrics, did you notice the set?  So many great gags in that movie.  It's definitely in a category all its own.

I was just looking at the Wiki entry for Feebles.  

Quote :

The film was marketed in some countries with the tagline: "From the creators of Bad Taste, comes a film with no taste at all!"

Quote :

During a limited theatrical release in North America in 2002, critic James Berardinelli touched on aspects of the film which likely helped ensure it limited release in cinemas. "The stories of these ... characters are told in a disgustingly graphic, obscenely offbeat, and caustically funny manner. Meet the Feebles is for those with a strong stomach and a seriously warped sense of humor. The film is so off the beaten track that it makes Monty Python seem mainstream."[5]

BTW, it's also an educational film. This is where I first heard of "ambergris".

Watched the Walking Dead season premiere. Man, that was a trip !

The last movie I watched was Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.

The last TV show I watched was the new episode of Family Guy.

Agents Of SHIELD

Fat Freddy mentioned this one a few pages back and I finally got around to watching Dark Night Of The Scarecrow. This was a very effective tv thriller. I really liked it.

ROH

American Horror Story

Agents of SHIELD
Modern Family
South Park

Last night with the girlfriend:

The Forest

A decent, if quite predictable, psychological thriller/horror flick that is supposed to take place in Japan's infamous Aokigahara Forest.