This week, Engineer Corwyn is wearing sunglasses and somehow that makes everything he says more compelling. Huh.
In other news, Matt has forgotten the name of his imaginary pig, but did invent a new imaginary product. Salsa witnessed some truck trouble and solicits opinions about the tendency to only say nice things about the dead.
Eventually, we discuss our favorite non-Star Wars/Star Trek space movies and get mad at Salsa for not liking the Powerpuff Girls.
9:00 – If that accent is Australian, my face is handsome!
10:00 I thought the name of your imaginary pig is “Fitz”.
Ah, good, and Jena’s broken!
31:00 I am convinced Corwin is evil incarnate
Truck Story #2 was mentioned on “Fucked Up News” in the VilTen podcast, recently, too. Small world.
OK, if you want the most awesome visual version of Starship Troopers, go with a series called Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles. It’s turn of the century CG, so it’s a bit hoakey, but as far as storyline is concerned, I think it captures more of Heinlein’s original ideals. Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s streaming on Netflix anymore but I do believe it’s available in their DVD collection.
1:23 – Dave Arneson was a friend of mine, and his scenes were CUT from the Dungeons and Dragons movie. I have a DVD signed by Dave which includes outtakes of Dave’s cut scenes. They’re hilarious, because they indicate Dave among a group of mages with a giant blinking arrow floating over his head that reads, not Dave Arneson, but “D&D CREATOR”
Name dropper…
Ice Pirates: Salsa is wrong, this movie is utter shit. Not in a fun way, but in a boring, want to stab your eyes out way. Complete waste of time.
Don’t hold back, tell us how you really feel…
I completely agree that the movie is terrible. That’s why it’s great. And, it’s worth seeing for a young Ron Perlman and young Anjelica Huston.
I’ll not argue with you at all, though. Yes, it’s terrible. Yes, it makes you want to stab your eyes out. I feel that if I saw it for the first time today, I would hate it too. Part of the allure for ME, though, is how campy it is, and it never fails to put me in a weird mood whenever I see it. The important thing, though, is to start the movie KNOWING that it’s terrible. If you have ANY expectations, you will hate it, but if you enter with NO expectations, it can be fun.
Brian says he wants to get an imaginary guinea pig and name it Jena. For additional information, ask Mr Shakespeare.