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Post by Mr. Atari on Sept 25, 2012 0:19:12 GMT -5
I love it. Anything that undermines the totalitarian dictatorship of Goodell that passes for "protecting the shield" is great fun to watch. He's been the judge, jury, and executioner for too long and it's nice to see him with egg all over his face.
Trent Dilfer hit it out of the park in his post-game comments when he said the NFL is "insulting our intelligence when they tell us it's not a problem" and fine anyone who points out the glaringly obvious. I hope the replacement refs work for 6 more weeks. The worse it gets, the more the NFL brass is exposed for the hypocritical bullies they are.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Sept 16, 2012 18:34:29 GMT -5
So I went back and watched all 3 seasons over the last 2 weeks. By the time I was done, it got a little dusty in the room during the theme song montage at the end of the final episode.
I still think the quality diminishes slightly each season, but I enjoyed season 3 more than before this time through. Also, watching them quickly in order brought out more recurring gags that I had missed when only watching one a week as they aired. For example, there's a jazz song that appears in Abed's horror story (from season 3's Halloween episode). Troy is seen humming that song repeatedly in successive episodes. During the pillow/blanket fort war episode, Fat Neil plays the same song on the campus radio station.
Another one I noticed is that the Dean never leaves the study room without touching Jeff. I hadn't noticed that before, but EVERY time he talks to the group, he gropes Jeff before he's done.
The episode I laughed at the most this time through was the "Journey to Hawkthorne" video game episode from season 3. The line I laughed at the hardest was this exchange:
Jeff- "Death is no big deal. By the time I finish this sentence, 100 people will have died in China." Troy- "WHYYYYYY.....did you stop talking?!?"
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Post by Mr. Atari on Sept 16, 2012 17:03:23 GMT -5
I don't know what Best Brains' schwag budget is like these days, but a reissue of the ACEG, including Seasons 7-10, would be really sweet. They did a version of seasons 7-10 that was released online way back when. Board member Bob3k awesomely and painstakingly reproduced it as a .pdf and posted it here. Enjoy it, won't we?
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Post by Mr. Atari on Sept 15, 2012 10:54:09 GMT -5
It's a pretty common tale that the binding on the ACEGs falls apart quickly. That's the case with mine.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Sept 14, 2012 23:37:43 GMT -5
Wow!
Your Amazing Colossal Episode Guide is in really good condition.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Sept 10, 2012 17:16:44 GMT -5
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Post by Mr. Atari on Sept 9, 2012 19:24:08 GMT -5
From the Amazing Colossal Episode Guide:
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Post by Mr. Atari on Sept 4, 2012 16:53:11 GMT -5
I know you've mentioned that you're not a big Pretenders fan, but I can't imagine any list of Women Who Rock without a mention of Chrissy Hynde.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Aug 27, 2012 16:22:32 GMT -5
Don't forget Merritt Stone in The Rebel Set.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Aug 27, 2012 12:43:45 GMT -5
I believe Mr. Atari wrote a thread where he summarized every episode with one word. Yep. Here's the thread for the interested and/or bored. My contributions: 901/ The Projected Man: Lembach 613/ The Sinister Urge: Kline!
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Post by Mr. Atari on Aug 26, 2012 10:46:34 GMT -5
It's been a long time since I brought this up, but for the uninitiated...
Ice Cream Man tops my list of films I want to see riffed. It stars Clint Howard as a deranged ice cream man who may or may not be killing animals and/or children and mixing them with his recipes. They couldn't decide whether they were making a kids movie or a horror movie. So it's neither. They also have a child actor wearing a sofa cushion under his shirt so he can be "the fat kid".
It features Olivia Hussey, David Naughton, David Warner, Steve Garvey (yes, that Steve Garvey), Jan-Michael Vincent, Doug Llewellyn from The People's Court, Sandahl Bergman, and Lee Majors Jr. (yes, Junior).
Oh, it was also financed by Converse shoes, so there are many lingering shots on kids' Chuck Taylors.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Aug 25, 2012 14:51:33 GMT -5
BOO! I can count on one hand the people I consider my true heroes. Neil was one. Always a class act. Today is a sad day in the Atari house.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Aug 17, 2012 14:21:41 GMT -5
"Why don't you use your vampire powers to get that washing machine off our lawn?" "Why don't you get your werewolf to do it? Yeah, I went there!"
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Post by Mr. Atari on Aug 16, 2012 23:09:43 GMT -5
My theater was 90% full and laughed the hardest at the prune juice commercial.
It was a very fun experience and the guys did a great job creating new jokes for an old standard. I brought a MST virgin with me, and he loved it. Another convert for the cause!
However, I'm bummed that Mrs. Atari wouldn't come with us. In her words: "I've watched that movie once. I'm NEVER going to sit through it again."
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Post by Mr. Atari on Aug 15, 2012 16:21:07 GMT -5
I'm going. The plan was to go to the Century 16 theaters here in Aurora, but well...you know.
So now the plan is to head to the other side of Denver with a couple friends.
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