October 2004

NetFlix Mania: Got No Time for No Retards

I am still a total slacker with my Netflix. The baseball playoffs, and Bigfoot's time crunch, is eating away at my movie watching time. In the past few weeks, I've tried to be a bit more vigilant about getting discs watched, but I'm still way behind.

It's pathetic, really.

Anyway, here's my list of recently returned discs.

Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Vol. 1, Disc 1
This disc is a special treat. While I think I've seen a ton of SGCTC in my time, apparently I don't remember seeing any from the first season. Good for me. Good for Bigfoot. I could watch SG all day long.

David Cross: Let American Laugh
Who wouldn't want to watch a behind-the-scenes tour documentary about David Cross? I liked it so much that I watched it twice.

Futurama, Vol. 1, Disc 1
This is the saddest DVD ever sent to my home. Sure, it's hella funny, and I wish I owned it, but I cannot help but thing about how Fox screwed this show during it's run. Fox not only buried Futurama in the oft-interrupted 7-8PM slot in Sundays, but it also paired it with "King of the Hill", which sucks. It's a minor miracle that Futurama lasted as long as it did.

My favorite line from Episode 2, "You, me…that jerk!" I love Bender.

Kelly's Heroes
Bunch of GI's are sick of getting jerked around by the Army during WWII PLUS Clint Eastwood, as cool as can be, conceives a gold-heist PLUS tons of Germans get killed in the pursuit of money PLUS tons of the funny EQUALS great movie. Don Rickels, Tele Savales, and Donald Sutherland, too. Kelly's Heroes is to WWII what M*A*S*H is to the Korean War.

If you don't want to be a giant ass anymore, you need to see this! If for no other reason than to hear Sutherland's dog imitations.

Door to Door
I don't know how this made-for-tee-vee-movie got into our queue, but I'm against it. With me not having a ton of time to watch the DVD's these days, I have no time for a feel-good movie about a disabled dude who warms my heart. No thank you. Never.

Well, if the director's cut has some nasty sex scenes in it, I might could be convinced.

Coming up: Apocalypse Now. That is, if we can find two-and-a-half hours to watch a movie together. That's a big IF.