Really? I went to college with him. He acted in my one act play.

Holy shit! He reminds me, a LOT (mostly in his Whit Stillman roles, but also Kicking and Screaming, and that sitcom), of one of my closest friends, both in looks (the first time I met him, I was racking my brain who he reminded me of until I remembered CE) and his onscreen personality (he's a Republican, but at this point he's so disgusted with the party and the current adminstration he's an Obama man this year). Any reminiscences on what he was like?

Any reminiscences on what he was like?

I didn't know him real well. He was close friends with my friend Lars. I sent the one-act to Lars who was doing summer theater in Williamstown with Chris, and they did it for scene-study.

Tonight was a double feature: Videodrome and They Live.

Videodrome was...very strange and full of WTF. But I really liked the special effects. Except now I'm scared of my television.

They Live ended up being a pretty appropriate companion piece, although it was half-boring, much like Escape from New York. And that fight went on way too long, holy crap.

Videodrome was...very strange and full of WTF. But I really liked the special effects. Except now I'm scared of my television.

Early Cronenberg. Good stuff.

They Live ended up being a pretty appropriate companion piece, although it was half-boring, much like Escape from New York. And that fight went on way too long, holy crap.

I love that fight.

Aww. Videodrome. Good times, good times. Seriously, I can't even remember the movie, it's been that long. I just remember kind of digging it.

When the fuck did I get old enough to not remember the movie?

ANYHOW.

Chad Michael Murray IS Riff Raff!

Riff, or Rocky? I mean, with The Chad as Rocky, we get the GOLD SPEEDO.

And you KNOW you want The Chad in that.

I'm kind of wanting to watch a lot of movies I loved when I was younger, like Romeo is Bleeding and all the Hal Hartley films, but I'm afraid that seeing them as a mid-30s person, they might, umm. Suck.

I love that fight.

I love that it remains so damn...friendly.

Seriously, I can't even remember the movie, it's been that long. I just remember kind of digging it.

It's diggable. And it's even freakier when you're sort of sleepy.

And that fight went on way too long, holy crap.

I love that fight.

I'm also with The Fight love. I larfed and larfed and larfed.

Videodrome was...very strange and full of WTF. But I really liked the special effects. Except now I'm scared of my television.

Another film that improves with additional viewings. So many nifty little details. Plus it's the ultimate play on "Watching to much television is bad for you!"

I'm also with The Fight love. I larfed and larfed and larfed.

To paraphrase the scene:

"You WILL put on the glasses!"

"I will NOT put on the glasses!"

*Biff!* *Bam!* *Pow!*

"You WILL put on the glasses!"

"I will NOT put on the glasses!"

*Biff!* *Bam!* *Crunch!*

Rinse, lather, repeat for an hour.

And how can you not love a movie with the line (and I'm probably going to get it backwards): "I have come to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum!"

The fight in They Live is awesome because it goes on too long.

I'm kind of wanting to watch a lot of movies I loved when I was younger, like Romeo is Bleeding and all the Hal Hartley films, but I'm afraid that seeing them as a mid-30s person, they might, umm. Suck.

Romeo is Bleeding is still great! I mean, Lena Olin's still in it, so there you go.

I think my hobby today will be reading scathing reviews of Henry Poole is Here:

If ever there was a cinematic impetus to give up all hope for humanity and free expression, it is this patronizing, condescending, and vacuous waste of celluloid that looks like it was made for a hundred bucks.

Wow!

And how can you not love a movie with the line (and I'm probably going to get it backwards): "I have come to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum!"

I'd forgotten that line was in the movie, so it took me by surprise, and I was kind of disappointed because it sort of came out of nowhere and fell really flat for me. It was like, "Wait, suddenly you want to be a movie with action hero catchphrases? Where have you been for the last forty-five minutes?"

The fight in They Live is awesome because it goes on too long.

That reasoning is sound.