Aeronautic Primates and Other Delights

Still living that Mass Effect life. Working through ME3 as Shepard Shepard, Earthborn Sole Survivor Infiltrator (although I never, ever use Tactical Cloak). I'm determined to unlock Synthesis (although maybe I'll pick Control, as I've literally never done that before because f**k you Illusive Man).

Movies I've seen before are in italics

To Catch a Thief (1955)
Gilda (1946)
The Sparks Brothers (2021)

I forgot how utterly middling To Catch a Thief is.

I love love love Gilda, except for the ending, which is utterly unearned. But leaving that aside, every sentence in this film has at least two meanings and just working through the layers of subtext is delicious.

I'd never heard of Sparks, but I do know Edgar Wright, so I checked out this documentary. In the end, the band seems very cool but I don't think I'd ever be into them. Quite an array of talking heads in this one.

Movies in italics I've seen before.

Rifftrax: Star Wars Holiday Special
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop
Rifftrax: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)

I watched a lot of Rifftrax this week. I still don't rate them as being at the same level as MST3K, but they do find some seriously demented stuff sometimes (let me tell you all about Fun in Balloonland).

I knew Dog Day Afternoon by reputation, but nobody told me it would be so funny. The whole thing is laced with a sort of desperate humor that really works. Also, it has a young Lance Henriksen (who still looks like he's in his 40s).

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet was my first movie night in several months. Don't worry, it was all done socially distanced. We all got onto Discord while I streamed the movie over Twitch. The pre-roll unfortunately glitched out, but the movie itself was smooth. There were some hiccups because everybody was slightly out-of-sync, but overall it worked out well. I'm looking forward to doing it again.

Hello friends! It's a Happy New Year! I spent a lot of time watching TV this last week. sol_se and I finished Batman (1966) Season 1, Skin Wars Season 2, and Lovecraft Country. We're also in the midst of Steven Universe.

Movies I've seen before are in italics.

Blazing Saddles (1974)
MST3K: Mr. B's Lost Shorts
Death to 2020 (2020)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)