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Sougouk said:

RIP Martin Landau & George Romero.

moviefreakedmind said:

No one mentioned Chester Bennington of Linkin Park? I can’t say I’ve ever heard one of their songs, but it’s sad news.

FanFiltration said:

Today I lost a friend and extended family member, the multi-talented June Foray past away at 99 years old. My uncle was with her and said that she was at peace when her spirit left her body.

June was best known as the voice of such animated characters as Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Lucifer from Disney’s Cinderella, Cindy Lou Who, Jokey Smurf, Granny from the Warner Bros. cartoons directed by Friz Freleng, Grammi Gummi from Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears series, and Magica De Spell, among many others. Her career has encompassed radio, theatrical shorts, feature films, television, record albums (particularly with Stan Freberg), video games, talking toys, and other media. Foray was also one of the early members of ASIFA-Hollywood, the society devoted to promoting and encouraging animation. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring her voice work in television.

This all saddens me, but I pray they’ve gone on to their next lives. Godspeed to them all.

TV’s Frink said:

Mark’s Down On Your Syntax said:

She’s still got it 😍

Duracell sock confirmed.

Nah. A sock of mine would be dissatisfied with how short her hair’s gotten since last decade.

ray_afraid said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

• Night of the Living Dead (1990) – 6/10

I scoffed at this at first, then read the year again.
I pretty much agree. Might give it a 7/10.

If only Patricia Tallman’s Barbara was in the original NOTLD. Then we’d have the absolutely best version of this film possible.

I’m drunk and listening to Tom’s Petty’s Full Moon Fever. At this moment, I couldn’t be happier.

BRUCE COVILLE’S BOOK OF NIGHTMARES

I reckon I last read this in 2007. At the time, I enjoyed enough of the stories to decide to hang onto the book. My opinion’s changed since then. A small amount of the stories present are still pretty good/weird, but most are on the meh spectrum. This one’s getting weeded.

6/10

GENE RODDENBERRY’S ANDROMEDA: THE BROKEN PLACES – ETHLIE ANN VARE & DANIEL MORRIS

As I mentioned in my last post made in the “Last TV Show Seen” thread, I recently finished rewatching the television series Andromeda, and as I mentioned in that post, I am a fan of the first season and a half of the series. After the events in the episode “Ouroboros” unfolded, I feel the series all but jumped the shark and turned into a pile of shit. Well, I’m happy to say I quite enjoyed this novel. For fans of the show who pay close attention to the show’s continuity, it’s clear this novel takes place post-“Ouroboros”, but ignores the stupid changes that episode brought forward, essentially placing this novel in an alternate universe where my two favourite characters weren’t neutered. Even all that aside, the story is good on its own, providing good character development en par with what was delivered in the series at its creative peak. With a little plot restructuring, this novel would’ve made an excellent two-parter for the series proper.

8/10

CHILDREN OF DUNE – FRANK HERBERT

This is my first time reading this novel. My opinion: This is the weakest novel of the Dune series I’ve read yet; the characters, characterization, philosophy, and general plot just isn’t as poignant this this time around. Still, for those who’ve read the first two books in the series, this is still a worthwhile read. Hear’s to hoping God Emperor of Dune is an above-average follow-up.

8/10

BENEATH STILL WATERS – MATTHEW J. COSTELLO

Somewhat derivative of Stephen King – what with the special psychic child and cribbing from the Cthulhu Mythos and all – but it’s still a quite good, eerie read. I highly recommend it.

8/10

Dek Rollins said:

I also tried reading Jurassic park before that but didn’t make it past 75 pages before I simply lost interest. Michael Crichton wrote that book as an impossibly boring slog. When something is actually happening and meaningful it’s super interesting and well written, and I’m excited for what’s going to happen next, but then that’s all bogged down by three pages of unnecessary technical explanations for things I don’t care about. It’s like he can’t just get to the point. It took all the fun out of what was otherwise an exremely fun read. I might pick it up again sometime and try to finish it, but I can’t see myself spending any time on it soon.

This mirrors my experience with Crichton. The Lost World and Timeline both had intriguing plots, but all the passages spent on technical details simply killed my enjoyment; I abandoned both books before I got halfway through either and haven’t picked up a Crichton novel since.

So I checked out The Dark Tower trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjwfqXTebIY

Looks like another mediocre adaptation-in-name-only, complete with craptastic CG “action”. I’ll pass.

It’s sunny, hot, and hasn’t rained since June.

I hate Central Okanagan summers.

• Night of the Living Dead (1990) – 6/10
• Forrest Gump (1994) – 7/10
• Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989) – 5/10
• The House Next Door (2006) – 4/10
• At the Midnight Hour (1995) – 6/10
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) – 9/10
• True Grit (2010) – 8/10
• Night of the Twisters (1996) – 5/10
• Rogue One (2016) – 8/10
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) – 7/10
• Monsters (2010) – 8/10
• Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) – 8/10
• The Last of the Mohicans (1992) – 8/10
• Violet & Daisy (2011) – 7/10
• I Am Michael (2015) – 8/10
• The Jewel of the Nile (1985) – 5/10
• Planet of the Vampires (1965) – 5/10
• Lakeview Terrace (2008) – 7/10
• The Electric Horseman (1979) – 6/10
• Tag (2015) – 3/10
• Cross (2012) – 6/10
• The Sixth Sense (1999) – 9/10
• The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) – 7/10
• Dune (1984) – 7/10
• The Saddest Music in the World (2003) – 9/10
• A Trip to the Orphanage (2004) – 8/10
• Sombra dolorosa (2004) – 8/10
• Ancient Aliens Debunked (2012) – 8/10

Heather Langenkamp turned 53 on the 17th of this month.

I wanted to make this post on the 17th, but forces beyond my control prevented that, alas.

Jeebus said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

I hate it when Chrome turns to shit, forcing me to uninstall and reinstall it. This happens to me every couple months; it’s a goddamn pain in the ass.

Turns to shit in what way?

Most often it refuses to open.

I hate it when Chrome turns to shit, forcing me to uninstall and reinstall it. This happens to me every couple months; it’s a goddamn pain in the ass.

dahmage said:

Sougouk said:

NeverarGreat said:

Looks like a scene from Guardians of the Galaxy.

I thought that too.

Yeah, except the colars would be fixed.

WYSHS

Then you’ve been lied to.

A ruptured blister on the inside of your toe is never any fun.

Latest additions:

• The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

They became cool after I strangled them to death with my own two hands and dumped their bodies down a well. They became very cool.

…

I hear the police sirens now. Gotta go. . . .

THE MOTELS: LITTLE ROBBERS

ALBUM: 9/10

ALBUM COVER: 7/10

ray_afraid said:

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Never heard of that one. What’s it about?

ADDED

• Amazing Fantasy, Vol. 1, #16 (by Kurt Busiek)
• Star Trek: Log One/Log Two/Log Three (by Alan Dean Foster)
• Star Trek: Log Seven/Log Eight/Log Nine (by Alan Dean Foster)
• Spider-Man Unlimited, Vol. 1, #12 (by Evan Skolnick)
• Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda: The Broken Places (by Ethlie Ann Vare & Daniel Morris)

WEEDED

• Stargate (by Pauline Gedge)

Dr. Goldfoot and the Carbonite Machine

I posted that pic twice, so the ban should most definitely be permanent.