Sunday, May 30, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Movie Night
Since moving back to Valley, most Saturday nights have become movie nights in the Batcave. Sometimes I fly solo, but most times I watch with my movie sidekick, and fellow bad horror movie lover, Threels. Most of the time the choices are random, ranging from the likes of Gamer and 30 Days of Night on blu, to Homesick (which will go down in history as one of the greatest movie nights of all time).
That being said, everything changed a couple of weeks ago, we started noticing what simply couldn't be coincidental themes emerging. Not planned mind you, it was almost as if the Universe stepped in and demanded we start paying attention to these little occurrences. Case in point, themes from that particular night we picked up on included the word "inexplicably" and Max von Sydow. Don't ask, just trust me.
So with that, we decided that it might be fun to actually apply themes to movie nights. It could be something as simple as "bad horror" or something as specific as "horror-comedies starring Bruce Campbell as an elderly Elvis who lives in a nursing home which is being terrorized by an ancient mummy who sucks old people's souls out of their asses". Anyway, here lately I've been in werewolf mode, what with the excitement of the new Wolfman hitting dvd/blu on Tuesday, so guess what the first official themed movie night is going to be? That's right, after I put the kids to bed, movie night is going to get hairy! Ok that was admittedly pretty bad.
American Werewolf in London Full Moon Edition Blu - Nothing really needs to be said about this one. It's one of the greatest werewolf movies of all time, and pretty much anybody will tell you that. It also has the greatest transformation sequence of all time. I grabbed the Full Moon Edition blu last week but haven't watched it yet, so I'm looking forward to this one. Time permitting I'd also like to check out the "Beware the Moon" and "I walked with a Werewolf" featurettes as I understand they're both fantastic.
Bad Moon - FINALLY got around to grabbing this on dvd yesterday. It's been a while since I watched Bad Moon, although I really like it, the only copy I had was on vhs and I have a vcr....somewhere. Now I can watch whenever I want though! The absolute best part of this one is the practical effect work, especially the werewolf, which looks phenomenal. The absolute worst part is the almost comical CG tranformation sequence, though it's not really Bad Moon's fault as this movie came out when CG was still "learning how to walk" in the early 90's. Really, really excited about watching this one tonight, werewolf nostalgia ftw.
Depending on how these two go, I assure you I have no shortage of other Lycanthropic misadventures we could get ourselves into, and before you ask, none of them have the word "Twilight" anywhere in the title. I may scratch my Katharine Isabelle itch with some Ginger Snaps though...
That being said, everything changed a couple of weeks ago, we started noticing what simply couldn't be coincidental themes emerging. Not planned mind you, it was almost as if the Universe stepped in and demanded we start paying attention to these little occurrences. Case in point, themes from that particular night we picked up on included the word "inexplicably" and Max von Sydow. Don't ask, just trust me.
So with that, we decided that it might be fun to actually apply themes to movie nights. It could be something as simple as "bad horror" or something as specific as "horror-comedies starring Bruce Campbell as an elderly Elvis who lives in a nursing home which is being terrorized by an ancient mummy who sucks old people's souls out of their asses". Anyway, here lately I've been in werewolf mode, what with the excitement of the new Wolfman hitting dvd/blu on Tuesday, so guess what the first official themed movie night is going to be? That's right, after I put the kids to bed, movie night is going to get hairy! Ok that was admittedly pretty bad.
American Werewolf in London Full Moon Edition Blu - Nothing really needs to be said about this one. It's one of the greatest werewolf movies of all time, and pretty much anybody will tell you that. It also has the greatest transformation sequence of all time. I grabbed the Full Moon Edition blu last week but haven't watched it yet, so I'm looking forward to this one. Time permitting I'd also like to check out the "Beware the Moon" and "I walked with a Werewolf" featurettes as I understand they're both fantastic.
Bad Moon - FINALLY got around to grabbing this on dvd yesterday. It's been a while since I watched Bad Moon, although I really like it, the only copy I had was on vhs and I have a vcr....somewhere. Now I can watch whenever I want though! The absolute best part of this one is the practical effect work, especially the werewolf, which looks phenomenal. The absolute worst part is the almost comical CG tranformation sequence, though it's not really Bad Moon's fault as this movie came out when CG was still "learning how to walk" in the early 90's. Really, really excited about watching this one tonight, werewolf nostalgia ftw.Depending on how these two go, I assure you I have no shortage of other Lycanthropic misadventures we could get ourselves into, and before you ask, none of them have the word "Twilight" anywhere in the title. I may scratch my Katharine Isabelle itch with some Ginger Snaps though...
Thursday, May 27, 2010
A tale of modern consumerism....
MB (Mister Bones) - I'd like to see the NECA Friday the 13th replica Jason Voorhees mask please.
NECA (NECA) - Oh really?
MB - Yes.
NECA - Again?
MB - Yes.
*MB stares longingly for minutes, clearly in trance-like indecision*
NECA - Excuse me, Bones, can I put the replica back now please?
MB - Not today my good man, I'm feeling saucy....I think I'm gonna buy it...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Zombie Ninja Pirate
I have a new t-shirt obsession, and it is called Tee Fury. Lately Woot! has been seriously lacking in the "awesome" department, however (and unfortunately for my bank account), Tee Fury has been more than taking up the slack for them.
Here's my latest grab, Zombie Ninja Pirate....
I simply had to have it because it mixes two of my most very favorite things, zombies and ninjas, with yet another thing that I just like a little bit, pirates. But when you mix all 3, the end result is awesome.
Here's my latest grab, Zombie Ninja Pirate....
I simply had to have it because it mixes two of my most very favorite things, zombies and ninjas, with yet another thing that I just like a little bit, pirates. But when you mix all 3, the end result is awesome.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Mister Bones' Top 5
The Stanley Cup playoffs are in full swing, and I don't know if you've noticed or not, but I has the hockey fever. My Flyers are having their best season...well pretty much since I started watching hockey way back in the early 90's. Just 6 wins away from hoisting the cup! Anyway, as such I thought I'd do another hockey related Top 5, and I'm drawing inspiration from Barry Melrose's claim that the Chicago Blackhawks have the best logo/jersey in all of sports. As per usual, I disagree with Mr. Melrose, so here are my picks for the top 5 current NHL team logos.
5. Chicago Blackhawks - Barry's pick, and definitely a classic logo. This was also my first hockey jersey, so it hold some sentimental attachment for me. But why is this Indian so happy? He's a hockey player, he's not supposed to be happy.
4. San Jose Sharks - It's a shark biting a hockey stick in half. Nothing else needs to be said, other than I think I liked the original design just a little better.
3. Atlanta Thrashers - Call me biased if you want, but my "home" team sports one badass logo. I'm not entirely sure why the city of Atlanta always picks some sort of bird for their team mascots, but the Thrashers definitely have the best looking logo of the bunch. Plus, Thrash has dreads and that is awesome.
2. Nashville Predators - Another that just speaks for itself. Nashville loses a few points for calling their team the Predators and not having an actual Predator on their jerseys, but this is an almost acceptable substitute, so I can't be too mad at them.
1. Philadelphia Flyers - Go ahead, call me biased, but there isn't a logo in all of sports that gets me as hype as this one. It's classic, it's iconic, it's the logo that was on the jersey that Ron Hextall wore! Hands down the greatest logo in the NHL, and is tied only with certain university's "AU" logo as the best in sports.
Here are also a couple of my old faves, which for some reason aren't being used anymore, and have been replaced with much, much worse logos. The Buffalo Sabres jerseys from 96-06, the original Anaheim Ducks jerseys, and who could forget the Flames before they moved to Calgary from Atlanta.
Top 5 NHL Logos
5. Chicago Blackhawks - Barry's pick, and definitely a classic logo. This was also my first hockey jersey, so it hold some sentimental attachment for me. But why is this Indian so happy? He's a hockey player, he's not supposed to be happy.
4. San Jose Sharks - It's a shark biting a hockey stick in half. Nothing else needs to be said, other than I think I liked the original design just a little better.
3. Atlanta Thrashers - Call me biased if you want, but my "home" team sports one badass logo. I'm not entirely sure why the city of Atlanta always picks some sort of bird for their team mascots, but the Thrashers definitely have the best looking logo of the bunch. Plus, Thrash has dreads and that is awesome.
2. Nashville Predators - Another that just speaks for itself. Nashville loses a few points for calling their team the Predators and not having an actual Predator on their jerseys, but this is an almost acceptable substitute, so I can't be too mad at them.
1. Philadelphia Flyers - Go ahead, call me biased, but there isn't a logo in all of sports that gets me as hype as this one. It's classic, it's iconic, it's the logo that was on the jersey that Ron Hextall wore! Hands down the greatest logo in the NHL, and is tied only with certain university's "AU" logo as the best in sports.Here are also a couple of my old faves, which for some reason aren't being used anymore, and have been replaced with much, much worse logos. The Buffalo Sabres jerseys from 96-06, the original Anaheim Ducks jerseys, and who could forget the Flames before they moved to Calgary from Atlanta.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Infinite Playlist - Apologize
It's not often that you can say these additions to Mister Bones' Infinite Playlist are anything more than just songs that I dig, they're hardly ever relevant to anything actually going on with me at the moment. This may be an exception.
Here's Silverstein's cover of "Apologize", enjoy.
Here's Silverstein's cover of "Apologize", enjoy.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
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