In space, everyone can read your opinions.
How would you know if someone stole your mind?
Time has passed enough, so now we come back to the grand experiment. It occurs to me afterwards that this was perhaps not the best one to do - but at the same time, maybe it ends up being the perfect one because of that? Only time will tell as I get to it in a few, but for now, get ready to see a lot of red as you get your ass to mars, it’s time for the Arnold Total Recall.
Read MoreWhat is real?
Today begins an experiment, or rather is an excuse for an experiment. The idea of playing with memories is a bit tangential to the overall thought of the experiment, and so tonight’s movie is oddly fitting. I found myself asking a question at one point while watching movies with prequels and remakes, and perhaps through experimentation with a small groups size we can come up with a bit of a working hypothesis. How much are our tastes dependent on which thing - be it original, reboot, or sequel - we see first? Does nostalgia of time play more a role than the actual quality of a movie? Tonight we begin to try and unravel this simple and honestly stupid question, as I try to remember things I forgot. Keep a grasp on reality, tonight we look at the reboot of Total Recall.
Read MoreWho needs heroes when you have thieves?
I originally watched this forever ago but why not watch it again now? You wouldn’t know that I set it up as a layup from the last movie choice that also happened to have thieves in the title - probably because i didn’t - but if I didn’t tell you that right there you’d probably assume I was some kind of thematical mastermind or something. Although I do enjoy making me a plan, and usually a backup plan when that plan inevitably fails, I can claim nothing but just dumb chance on that, so for tonight’s mouthful of a movie we are going to go and re-watch something I haven’t done on here yet, as well as something that I’ve played and read for some good time. You ready to be all nerdy? Tonight we are watching Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
Read MoreRage with the machines.
I’ve been seeing an absolute ton of headlines just trashing a recent movie lately, so of course I’m automatically interested in it. Since it’s out on Netfilx, it also means there is no barrier to entry for me watching it, since I already have that subscription. Is this thing as bad as it would seem, or is it another case of people experimenting with “negative opinions get more clicks?” I can’t say for sure, because I didn’t click a single one of those headlines - but I sure can check the movie out. Grab your nostalgia pants and plug in your extension cord, tonight we watch The Electric State.
Read MoreA boy who needs a friend finds a world that needs a hero in a land beyond imagination!
Turn around, see a movie from way back. Yeah, I wrote one sentence with a sing-song thought in mind but it’s over already. Anyways, we going back to a movie that’s probably caused an entire movie some trauma, and yet somehow still ends up feeling remarkably potent in relevance despite it’s age. We got costumes and props and all sorts of kid actors, in a true book of unending potential. Tonight, we pull out The NeverEnding Story.
Read MoreShinjo has a demon. problem
Brand brand brand new movie today. How new? Just dropped today as far as I know - at least in my region. I was debating what I was gonna do, but this made it easy - an action romp that feels like an anime? Yeah, we’ll postpone all the joke stuff until next week when I’m probably less energetic - tonight we walk into a city of human monsters, tonight we watch Demon City.
Read MoreBe afraid. Be kind of afraid.
Blast from the past time, because we like doing that as old people. Who am I calling old? Me and this movie really, but how bad is that really? The cartoon a bunch of us grew up, turned into a live action movie that was good enough to get some sequel action. In a funny twist, it’s one of the few things that came back and tried to “grow with it’s original audience” that still felt largely like what it was - but was that a good or bad thing? Grab your snacks and hide from ghosts, tonight we visit Scooby-Doo.
Read MoreThere can be only one.
Many choices are available at all times to watch when it comes to movies. Old ones, new ones, grungy ones, family friendly ones, and ones with and without fart jokes. The variety of options has never in fact been better to date, and until some media armageddon happens which causes the loss of all media, that statement will technically always be true regardless of when it’s read. You could say that statement itself is immortal. Yeah, there’s the segue, for there in fact can only be one - tonight we watch Highlander.
Read MoreShe’s everything. He’s just ken.
Hey look, my name is in the tagline of the movie! I’m famous! I’m just joking of course, but as a dude who wakes up to Ken’s theme from Street Fighter, me making such a stupid quip should be expected. I decided that I need a burst of color and bubble for the day after spending most of it feeling just plain tired (I’m starting to think science is lying about that whole only needing 7 hours of sleep thing) - so I found the most brightly colored thing stored in my “To Watch” list. Yeah, that’s right, tonight is fantastic because life is plastic, we’re going to check out Barbie.
Read MoreCan’t stop the signal.
It’s a brand new year - is it a brand new you? If you’ve been around enough, you may remember me mentioning that I do some charity streaming and like to theme it - last year was giant robots, on of those things that I love but not everyone sees the draw to, making it kind of hard to find fitting movies. This year, I was going to be running through some of the Mass Effect games - but I could have done the animated movie for that but it’d be a bit on the nose so I decided to do something that’s a little last year and a little this year instead. Let’s combine my constant memory-loss ridden feature of having thought I already did a movie with a science fiction blast that has bad guys that start with an R. Yeah, buckle up space cowboys, tonight we are going back and re-watching (we both know we’ve all seen it plenty) Serenity.
Read MoreMissing cosmic force of hope and holiday cheer.
Although if I had to list my favorite spirits Christmas wouldn’t be the most fitting one for me, I feel like it’s getting close enough that I can pop a winter movie here or there and snot suffer too much. I mean, some of them are actually really good movies even if you didn’t like the holiday itself - and then some of them are cookie cutter flicks that you can’t tell apart, as with anything else in cinema really right? Well then, here’s one of Amazon’s newest pitches for the week - one that I was suprised to see streaming on Prime without me needing to do any rental or purchase option, as I had thought it was still in theaters or just got to be in theaters - sometimes I love it when there’s options! Anyways, like the gift of letting me watch a movie from home, let’s unwrap this present and mystery as to whose stealing Santa for Christmas in Red One.
Read MoreThey're coming back to wipe us out!
I could pick a nice winter themed movie since it’s winter, but instead I picked something with bugs. Why? Honestly, because I watched it forever ago so in theory it makes the review part a lot quicker to do. Well, that and who knows, maybe it’ snot as bad as I remember it being. Everyone remembers the first movie, some of us have read the book and wondered how the two could end up being so functionally different - and a bunch of us must have watched the second movie because they gave us a third - and movie companies don’t do that if they don’t think they’ll make money. Funny part is, you never hear anyone talking about two or three - so heck with it, tonight we jump back into the front and watch Starship Troopers 2.
Read More1997. New York City is now a maximum security prison. Breaking out is impossible. Breaking in is insane.
On tonight’s edition of “I’m surprised I haven’t done that,” we’ll be hitting up a movie as old as I am with one of my favorite actors in it. Also with a director I really enjoy. Who happens to be a musician I like as well. Yeah, there’s a lot of me liking this - but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be all peachy clean and impressive stands right? Guess you’ll have to read or listen on to find out as tonight we visit what I think is the best thing to start with the words escape from - get your best edgy hero on, tonight it’s time to Escape from New York.
Read MorePostwar Japan. From zero to minus.
Like a good number of folks who end up liking monsters and science fiction, it’s no surprise that I enjoy the Godzilla franchise. Whether it’s dipping my toes into the original Goijra and reading my little eyes out or revisiting my favorite Hesei arc or the absurdity of Final Wars I’m here for it. Heck, you can find my thoughts on a good deal of them here already. I was pretty happy when Netflix ended up finally getting the normal version of tonight’s choice up for watching - so much so I didn’t even wait to do it for here. Now though, they even have the fancy black and white version - so what better excuse do I have to get my thoughts out on this one? Yeah, that’s right, tonight we dive into Godzilla Minus One, Minus Color.
Read MoreThe ultimate battle.
Games haven’t gotten the best rap for being live action movies in the past. There’s a few that are great examples of it, including tonights. Now, I would like to point out that sometimes a movie can be a bad adaptation but still really enjoyable. Some movies, like Jurassic Park, might even be more enjoyable then the book you know? So, as a person whose played a bunch of games, maybe this time around I can have a little extra zazz to throw on the write up since I can point stuff out. Then again, it might be a case where it’s a better scenario for me to ask “why bother?” Check out the movie for a game that my wake up alarm is from, let’s get ready for Street Fighter.
Read MoreWe've always believed we weren't alone. On July 4th, we'll wish we were.
Would you believe me if I said that there’s a perfect movie for tonight, and yet I haven’t done it? Of course you would, I’ve not done obvious movies a ton and heaven knows how many movies I thought I did and never actually did. In this case, I’ve even done the sequel and not the original, so just further shame to the pile I suppose. Anyways, let’s correct it and go back to a classic I’ve seen dozens of times already but wouldn’t mind watching again, because today is Independence Day.
Read MoreThe future of humanity is in her hands.
Got a fresh new one for everyone tonight. This year’s charity stuff is themed around mechs - you know, those wonderful giant robots piloted by folks made famous by such known franchises as Gundam and Mechwarrior. Given that fact, it only makes sense to me that when a new giant robot movie comes out I have to get up on it quick. This one seems to be a bit of a wiffle-waffle at the bat when it comes to reviews, so let’s see what I think about it. Tonight we find out if the world is on it’s shoulders, tonight we watch Atlas.
Read MoreDon’t you know who he is?
As our typical fashion goes, I put together a collection of trailers and put them out to the crowd, and the crowd has chosen. Action comedy was the winner for tonight, and it’s a name that I recognize. No, not because of the source material - because there was a Jackie Chan movie of the same name that happened to include a scene where characters were getting transformed into Street FIghter characters and it was just as wacky as it sounds. How will this much newer version hold up? One can find out only one way really - time to take a stroll with City Hunter.
Read MoreDesperate not to lose custody, a mixed martial arts fighter makes dangerous enemies when he ditches a matchup to race to his daughter's birthday party
Chase movies are always fun, but not always in cars. There’s something about a movie taking you on an entire trip across it’s span (even if it’s not trying to be a one cut thing) that has a charm. It’s enticing right? Is the person going to make it? What challenges will they face across the path? Well, tonight we’ll take a peak at how Germany does one thanks to our paid for friend Netflix - he’s in a race against time, and that time is Sixty Minutes.
Read MoreHumanity evolves.
Working my way through my backlog list, one step at a time - this time with the intelligence to do it while it’s on a streaming service I already pay for so I don’t have to buy it separate to do a review! I’ve already seen a good bit of different scenes of this one, mostly on account of blowing up all that effects work - so despite some mild worries about the movie being preachy, I’m sold to have a good time at least in one department. Could be another situation of preaching to the choir this time - but the only way to find out is to watch. Plug in and make sure you aren’t set to standby, tonight we watch The Creator.
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