Stavros

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  1. So our local bad film club is showing a double bill of the ewoks films tonight. Chris and I are going with some friends. 

    This is the first time I've seen them since before I started school (seriously, I was about 4). All to remember is a crashed ship with a trigger happy human and the attack at the start of the second film that gave me nightmares.

  2. ...But I'm seeing a lot of familiar stuff. The boat scene is egregious. The quipping feels very Andrew Garfield (that may be more a compliment to ASM than a dig here).

    the boat bothers me too, it's your classic Peter saves public transport except impractically set. A boat splitting in two just would tear him apart, it's just madness.

  3. So I  Married an Axe Murderer because it's the closest thing he gives to a naturalistic comedy performance. 

    If you have to pick an Austin Powers film then it should be The Spy Who Shagged Me  as that's the best one.  

    I agree athough there are people who think it's the Temple of Doom of that trilogy.

    I would love to hear the colective Wilson sibling exasperation at Fat Bastard though. 

    Personally its Waynes World, Austin Powers 2 and The Love Guru. Very much the rise and fall of Myers as a franchise comedian. Plus John Olivery is in The Love Guru so I feel someone should watch it.

  4. Oh god. 

    Firstly, Doink makeup isn't hard. Of all the disappointing things about that doink I think that's the worst, the laziness if using a mask.

    Secondly, so I assume Jon is now working a gimmick where he's a blend of great IC champions each night. This week- What if Jeff Jarrett was the Mountie. Next week, what if The One Billy Gunn was the Honky Tonk man. Actually that might work.

  5. My official list

    3. Booker T- Gave a platform for him to have a main event heel run and a well remembered character. Probably the best of the dumb actual king gimmicks.

    2. Stone Cold Steve Austin- First major accomplishment and a statement made. Little initial traction but without it who knows if he faces Bret at Survivor Series?

    1. Owen Hart- A key accomplishment that Owen held up to prove he was every bit as good as Bret. Back when the prestige was still high winning this was a big deal and solidified Owen as the dark mirror of Bret heading into Summerslam.

    Hon mentions

    William Regal was on track to be the best before he failed his test. Dude took the classic King gimmick to wonderful dark power crazed places.

    Kurt Angle- underrated amongst his other accolades. He actually got his first main event at Summerslam coming off this.

     

  6. The latest episode of DS9 I watched was great. It offered characterization of Ragebunny Kira, made Sisko look like a leader and featured Mike from Breaking Bad as the leader of a sectarian group of penal colony Mad Max ripoffs who were unable to die so they committed endless war. Fantastic.

    Must have seen that ep a dozen times but this year was the first time I saw it since Breaking Bad. Love revisiting stuff and finding the hidden guest star.

    Rewatched Waltz and Duet this week. Goddamn, this is why DS9 is the best Star Trek.

  7. It's like the prop dept was given a Macro discount card and that was their range.

    The Vancouver woods show that annoyed me most was still Stargate. So the first planet they visited was a desert world that totally fitted Eygptology theme of the show but every one since then has been the lush forests of Canada? Y'know Canada, where Osiris and Ra were known to spend a lot if time. Like was there a morman style sect of people who think the Egyptian gods came to the new world and thus this makes thematic sense that I don't get? 

  8. Rewatching the film. It must have been a very long time since I saw it because I remember liking Dale more than Aura. That is not the case anymore. Ornella Muti is stunning.

    I also know that I saw this film for the first time before I had a real concept of what a movie was vs a TV show or anything else. Specifically I remember being quite traumatised by the execution of Flash. I must have been about 3-4 years old.