Howard the Duck (Tubi) - I... Was not expecting to see duck boobs. Seriously, this is definitely pretty bad, but so much so that it's pretty hilarious (felt pretty decently high budget for a comedy as well. This was definitely a blunder). Still, ignoring the alien demon invasion aspect in the latter half, it could have maybe been salvageable if it stuck to Howard being a duck out of water in our world for more of it's runtime. This is the kind of project that should be a D+ MCU TV series (given the character is a tertiary peripheral existence in the GotG films). Tangently related to the overall brand, but not to the point where it's particularly important to film continuity.
Showdown in Little Tokyo (Blu-Ray) - Dolph Lundgren plays an L.A. supercop who has it out for the Yakuza, who are trying to get a foothold in the US (and whose leader killed his parents). Big on action, it's short, to the point, & pretty fun. I had actually caught this late night on HBO as a kid but never remembered the name or any of the actors, so I went about 2 decades without seeing it until now when I relearned of it. These old 80's/90's Hollywood flicks that deal with the topic/fear of Japan's growing economic/cultural relevance (at the time) might not always be the best representation, but as someone who was a Japan obsessed kid before widespread Internet adoption they were pretty much all we had outside of the occasional Godzilla marathon or whatever anime was airing on Cartoon Network at the time, so I have a bit of a nostalgic connection to them. Hope I can get around to seeing Rising Sun, Gung Ho, & Mr. Baseball in the future as well (& maybe discovering some I don't know of).
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Watched TMNT Mutant Mayhem and I was little disappointed. The animation style was really cool. The story was ok. Splinters "wife" was disgusting and April was extremely ugly. I have no idea why they decided to make her so unappealing and in 2 moments disgusting. Maybe to be funny but it was not for me.
With that said I will watch the sequel because I am a TMNT fan.
Space Jam: A New Legacy on Netflix tonight. Color me surprised, I thought this one was really good. A bit slow to start, but once Bugs Bunny came into the picture, the movie picked up and I ended up enjoying this one a lot. I'm also someone who watched the original Space Jam as a kid, so pleasantly surprised the sequel/reboot was good.
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Too bad, not every Looney Tunes characters were included in second movie of Space Jam, compared from the first movie.
Pepe le Pew was absent. 😕
I still prefer the first Space Jam movie with 2 Unlimited song Get Ready For This, so 90's.
Thinkin' about watching that sci-fi parody, the Lost Skeleton of Cadavra. basically a parody of those sci-fi b-movies from the 50's to the 60's...I think. Too bad it ain't on Blu-ray. But getting it on DVD isn't a issue for me anyways.
I remember watching the previews on one of Sony's Godzilla DVD's. Recently bought Kiki's Delivery Service & it still reminds me of why it's so good.
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Watched TMNT Mutant Mayhem and I was little disappointed. The animation style was really cool. The story was ok. Splinters "wife" was disgusting and April was extremely ugly. I have no idea why they decided to make her so unappealing and in 2 moments disgusting. Maybe to be funny but it was not for me.
With that said I will watch the sequel because I am a TMNT fan.
Yeah, it really played to the young "farts and boogers" crowd.
At least that "No Diggity" needle drop fight was hilarious though.
The model quality of the turtles however is SO much better than ALL of the other models and it is distracting. Like the only areas where the animators put any effort were the environments and the 4 turtles
And at the end seeing them without their iconic mask wraps playing in the school was so damn weird! I was NOT a fan of it!
When we were kids, and as a family watching a movie at home that had a steamy "couple in bed" scene, and we all got silent and uncomfortable, my dad would immediately say: "They're just wrestling!" or "They're playing checkers!" or some such joke, and we'd all laugh and release the tension in the room.
The Abyss (4K UHD Blu-Ray) - Watched the Director's Cut version.
After a nuclear sub goes down after running across an unknown craft, a nearby deep sea oil rig crew is contracted to go on a rescue/research mission before a hurricane moves in, but what they find will change their (& our) world forever.
Tense, gripping, mesmerizing, & beautiful are all feelings that come to mind. James Cameron is clearly a master of his craft when it comes to VFX, and despite a few moments showing their age, this was pretty much just as immersive as any modern special effects showcase (like the new Dune movies), that didn't feel nearly as long as it's 3 hour run time would suggest.
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Despicable Me 4 had a new trailer come out today. Honestly, kinda looking forward to this one. I enjoyed the other Despicable Me movies, and even the Minions spin-off grew on me. They're good movies IMHO, I'm looking forward to this one now.
Maybe I'll make it my next animated movie I go to. I wanted to see Garfield and Inside Out 2, but realized I might be unable to. There's no Trolls 4 announcement or anything, so I think I'll make it my next animated movie trip if nothing comes up in July.
watched Return of the Living Dead 3 on Tubi last night. Not bad for a sequel of the Return of the Living Dead movie series. So Melinda Clarke was in that movie long before she started in the OC show huh?
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-Roast of William Shatner. saw it once on Comedy Central a few years back. Im not fond of the Roast shows due to crap stand up comedians but Gilbert Godfrey is funnier than the others
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