TODAY I WATCHED... (Movies, TV) 2017

Babylon 5 - S3,E12

Bob's Burgers
The Simpsons
The Walking Dead

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

"Sausage Party" (2016)

In Seth Rogen's definitely-not-for-kiddies cartoon, food products think that life beyond the grocery store doors will be paradise... until one brave sausage learns the horrific truth and battles to save his friends from the inevitable.
Yes, it's dumb as a box of rocks but "Sausage Party" is also funny as hell. How can you not love a movie where Salma Hayek voices a lesbian taco and the villain is (literally) a douche? Just turn your brain off for 90 minutes and have a blast.

I started this last night but fell asleep. I'll try and finish it tonight. My wife was thoroughly offended though and went upstairs after about 5 minutes. So it was totally worth it for that.

I finished this last night. It wasn't as funny as I thought it would be. I think I built it up a little too much in my mind. The religious story-line was unexpected. Still worth a viewing though.

Binge watching "Peaky Blinders"

The Hunt for Red October

Witchfinder wrote:

How was that? I've had it in my Netflix queue for what seems like forever, but haven't watched it.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Witchfinder wrote:

How was that? I've had it in my Netflix queue for what seems like forever, but haven't watched it.

It's very well done and only about an hour and twenty minutes long.  

The term apophenia definitely applies to most of the people featured.

007 wrote:

Bob's Burgers

It's amazing how much my attitude toward that show has changed.

When it first started I thought the drawings were dumb, the characters were annoying and the stories stupid.

Now I love it; it's my favorite show during "Animation Domination".  And I like how every episode ends with a different song that stems from the preceding 29 minutes while the credits roll. 

Trivia:  Do you know that the actress who voices the kid with the rabbit ears is also the actress who plays "Carol" in "The Last Man On Earth"?

tohostudios wrote:

007 wrote:

Bob's Burgers

Trivia:  Do you know that the actress who voices the kid with the rabbit ears is also the actress who plays "Carol" in "The Last Man On Earth"?

I did. Her voice is instantly recognizable. And I felt the same way about it too. Very clever writing on this show. My favorite episode is the parody of the Goonies.

Witchfinder wrote:

It's very well done and only about an hour and twenty minutes long.  

The term apophenia definitely applies to most of the people featured.

Apophenia /æpoʊˈfiːniə/ is the human tendency to perceive meaningful patterns within random data. The first use of the term is attributed to Klaus Conrad by Peter Brugger, who defined it as the "unmotivated seeing of connections" accompanied by a "specific experience of an abnormal meaningfulness".

007 wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

007 wrote:

Bob's Burgers

Trivia:  Do you know that the actress who voices the kid with the rabbit ears is also the actress who plays "Carol" in "The Last Man On Earth"?

I did. Her voice is instantly recognizable. And I felt the same way about it too. Very clever writing on this show. My favorite episode is the parody of the Goonies.

She shows up quite a bit as a voice actress in other cartoons as well. She's got a very distinctive voice, yet it's pretty much the same in every character she does. She doesn't change it up hardly at all.

I've come around quite a bit on 'Bob's Burgers' too. I didn't think much of it that first season, but it's grown on me during some binge-watching sessions on Netflix.

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I finished this last night. It wasn't as funny as I thought it would be. I think I built it up a little too much in my mind. The religious story-line was unexpected.

Yeah, the religious allegory was about as subtle as a sledge hammer... I was realllllly rolling my eyes at it after a while. OK, Seth Rogen, we get it. You don't like Church types. Sheesh. 

Still a good goofy flick though.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Witchfinder wrote:

It's very well done and only about an hour and twenty minutes long.  

The term apophenia definitely applies to most of the people featured.

Apophenia /æpoʊˈfiːniə/ is the human tendency to perceive meaningful patterns within random data. The first use of the term is attributed to Klaus Conrad by Peter Brugger, who defined it as the "unmotivated seeing of connections" accompanied by a "specific experience of an abnormal meaningfulness".

Had to look that one up. Ain't used to them big, fancy lawyerin' words, ya know.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

007 wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

007 wrote:

Bob's Burgers

Trivia:  Do you know that the actress who voices the kid with the rabbit ears is also the actress who plays "Carol" in "The Last Man On Earth"?

I did. Her voice is instantly recognizable. And I felt the same way about it too. Very clever writing on this show. My favorite episode is the parody of the Goonies.

She shows up quite a bit as a voice actress in other cartoons as well. She's got a very distinctive voice, yet it's pretty much the same in every character she does. She doesn't change it up hardly at all.

I've come around quite a bit on 'Bob's Burgers' too. I didn't think much of it that first season, but it's grown on me during some binge-watching sessions on Netflix.

So that's 3 of us who've changed our opinions of Bob's Burgers.  Either it's improved a lot over time or (more likely) you just have to get used to the dry humor and the understated writing.  Bob especially is really played in a subtle manner most of the time.  So is his older daughter and son usually. 

I was just looking up the voice credits.  I had no idea that Kristen Schaal is the only female voice lead; Linda and Tina are both voiced by men.

Big Bang Theory

tohostudios wrote:

So that's 3 of us who've changed our opinions of Bob's Burgers.  Either it's improved a lot over time or (more likely) you just have to get used to the dry humor and the understated writing. 

I have 2 co-workers that would go on and on about it and they finally wore me down enough to give it another chance. I like that it's on Netflix. It's an easy 23 minute time filler when I have nothing else to watch.

In other viewing news, I got caught up on my 2 current favorites last night:

Man Seeking Woman
Baskets

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Had to look that one up. Ain't used to them big, fancy lawyerin' words, ya know.

Hahaha!

"Alien 3000" (aka "Unseen Evil 2," 2004)


Treasure hunters uncover a hidden cave full of gold - and encounter the murderous extraterrestrial something or other that guards it. Hilarity does not ensue.
If you've ever wondered what a remake of "Predator" would look like if it were shot by retards with Handycams, here you go. This flick makes even the worst of The Asylum's output look competent.
AVOID.

ROH

"Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films" (2014)


The director of "Machete Maidens Unleashed" and "Not Quite Hollywood" details the rise and fall of Cannon Films, the '80s B-Movie studio run by two Israeli cousins who tried their damnedest to take Hollywood by storm - and almost made it thanks to a steady stream of movies featuring Charles Bronson, Chuck Norris, breakdancers and ninjas. Loaded with classic clips from the Cannon library, this documentary is tons of fun.

Night Of The Devils (1972)

A man is found battered bruised and dishevelled in the woods. After suffering strange hallucinations the man is committed and sedated. Through flashbacks, we see how he comes to this state while getting stranded near a family cursed with an ancient evil. This is a rather effective film (although it drags in places) with decent gore (for the time). Highly reminiscent of the Wurdulak story from Bava's Black Sabbath film.

"Idiocracy" (2006)

An Army slacker (Luke Wilson) takes part in a cryogenics experiment that goes terribly wrong and puts him to sleep for 500 years. When he wakes up in the future, human intelligence has decreased to the point that he is now the smartest man in America.
This slapsticky sci-fi satire from Mike Judge of "King Of The Hill/Office Space" fame is silly on the outside, but it can also be seen as a cautionary tale of where humanity is headed unless we start using our brains a little more often!!