Dr. Frank's What's-it

I can't getr passed the fact that THEY'RE PUPPETS!!!! I'm not old enough to have been a Thunderbirds fan, so I don't get the whole superhero marionnette thing. Now Muppets, I can comprehend. Anyhow, I'm continuing my ban of the $9 movie theaters with their $4 sodas and bottles of water. I'll check it out when I can get it from Blockbuster or Hollywood for a thrifty $3.99 and drink my $0.35 beverage.

matinee.

i don't know...i can't really say because i haven't seen it,but it doesn't sound that interesting. i mean,i don't know if it's the same style but i know it's done by the South Park guys,which is kinda so five years ago for me.

i already tire of them.

i'm looking forward to the The Incredibles myself.
Pixar has recreated the Fantastic Four. Yeah!!!

Dunno if you saw the reviews quoted here, or my comments.

Oh, right.

Here: http://amygdalagf.blogspot.com/2004/10/i-blame-canada.html

That's spelled *Weltanschauung," thanks very much.

Don't know whether to blame you or Slate, but my money is on Slate.

Yeah, Larry: spelling /sic/, as they say.

I checked out the comments at IMDB, and many of the commenters were saying, in effect, "Dude, they're making fun of *liberals*! What's up with that? Making fun of progressives can't be funny! What were they thinking?"

I always had mixed reactions to the Thunderbirds. The puppets weren't very convincing, so that really put me off the stories. But the sets and props were *great*, and I sometimes wished they'd stop distracting me with that stupid "plot" thing, and just let me look at it.

i don't know,i prefer plot over eye candy and one-liners anyday. that's what i liked south park for
when i did. if it's even a bit much like that,i just don't think i care anymore. although i'm on ebert's side,it doesn't piss me off it just seems kind of pointless. yesh i know,you guys like pointless,however i do not. it makes me care even less when they try to make add some kind of point to it to beef up the true lack of depth and character. therefore i'm not going to waste almost 10 bucks on it.

My own favorite Gerry Anderson was "Captain Scarlet," but I strongly suspect most Gerry Anderson preferences are strongly linked to precisely which series came out when one was the Perfect Age, which was probably 7 or 8 or so.

on that last update...i don't know...maybe its
almost valid as satire,but dated satire just isn't my thing. i like a movie that'll matter ten years from now. i'm telling you,this one won't.

Damn, just, that's a pretty high standard.

I thought it was great, very clever. Just look at how they walk, just that will crack you up.

and almost all of them quality films...

I would add Close Encounters of The Third Kind,The Dark Crystal,Nightmare Before Christmas
Edward Scissorhands,Say Anything...really don't get me started. The list goes on,and then of course the old black and white classics or old Disney movies which anyways I understand not everyone likes so I'm not even counting that stuff. Yes it is a high standard,I admit that,but such is my background with which i agree.

One of my favorite steals was that i found the Grease soundtrack in a little dollar box at this one music store. Two bucks,just because it didn't have the liner notes.

Matter, shmatter, I don't remember ever laughing as hard at a moive as when the Uncle-Fucker song came on in the South Park movie. Maybe it'll be hard to catch me that off-gaurd this time, but its worth 9 buck to finds out.

one of the funniest movies ever made.
The left-wing sites seem the most offended, though I suppose a few right-wing sites may have listed their objections and I just haven't seen them.
As for mattering in ten years, I think it's actually got a shot. As Gary mentions, they take the preeminent public policy debate of the past 15 years and wrap it into a hilarious satire of action movies. If people have forgotten about it in ten years, then that says more about us then the movie. "Oh, debates about the proper role of military power in a unipolar world? Nah, I'm kinda over that. I want to see a movie about how fat we've all become."

Another movie that has mattered 10 years later and probably forever: Indiana Jones (my 2nd fav. of all time next to the Star Wars movies, well excluding that Phontom Menace POS).

oh yuck,my parents got me that movie thinking i
would like it. its just TOO cheesy for me,much as
there are movies i can appreciate for bad's sake.
MST3k stuff and such you know,nonetheless that movies was promptly given away.

that said i'm a little more partial to the bowling song myself.

i think its a special kind of person that loves
anything Tim Burton too.

indiana jones indeed!!!how can you forget!

well...i'm not that bad. i just have the soundtrack and the movie. though last halloween i tried to watch them in sync,almost worked too.

Close Encounters of The Third Kind,The Dark Crystal,Nightmare Before Christmas
Edward Scissorhands,Say Anything..

how could you enjoy 'close encounters' on the same level as all the dreck you listed afterward?
sweet crap those are bad...

i'm my own dork that's how...

*snif*...making me sad...

i don't like movies that make people sad,is
that so wrong? *snif*

okay,that was exagerrating a bit...

my point is this,if they really want to make a point they should write a book for peoplpe to learn from,that's how its been done for hundreds of years. A good movie(in my opinion)need not be fiction but should be epic and long standing and
worth putting in the theater. I don't want there
to be a movie that a "wait for video" kinda film.
That's my high standard and I'm sticking to it.

i'm down with that, just. back in the early -mid seventies the top release films were what now are considered "art" films. five easy peices, taxi driver, the last detail, mean streets . these were major productions back then. now they would be playing at one theatre in each city. today we have hollywood feeding us "spy kids" and the accompanying drink cup to go with it. pah-tet- ic

ah yes,the time when i was born,and but a child.
i think those are before my time. though i know enough to have heard of them,i've never seen them.

p.s. yes i know i mistyped people after saying i never mispell,just in case you're keeping track.
you start talking movies,i get a little excited.
i've never been a film student(one class maybe)
but it quickly becomes more and more my token interest these days.

well you should see those movies. everyone should. shake off your MTV malaise, people! No-one cares where your car is , DUDE!

Anyway, i saw "Team America" it was funny in parts, overall just more gross out jokes. Not very witty, really. I think Waynes World is much more effective form of satire. Anyway, i think Team America is an example of self indulgence, with some humorous payoffs. Most notably the washington dc sequence ("what would yow dow..")

yes indeedy,the only mtv movie(other than wayne's world,which was technically SNL)i will admit to seeing and loving was joe's apartment.

you gotta admit that was great,gross but great.
i still have a indulgent hope that it was my idea
and someone went through trash on that one.

not bloody likely to be true,but i wrote a horrible poem about singing roaches a long time ago. all that said,glad i was right,self-indulgence is not an excuse for making movies!

i wonder what franz kafka would have thought of joe's apartment? that's heavy.... yeah.
hey you should send me your singing roach poem!

alas,i realized it was stupid many years ago and
it is trashed. however if you still desire something equally fun and not so stupid,i can send you my poem about a sock revolution.

revolutional socks? bring it on!!