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LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES: Sasquatch - The Legend Of Bigfoot

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Sasquatch- The Legend of Bigfoot is a craptastic docudrama that isn't so much as "good" as it is "weirdly watchable" and I only recommend it for nostalgic reasons. I absolutely loved this film when I was a young'un because 1) It was about Bigfoot and if you grew up in the Pacific Northwest in the 70s you were enamored with it and 2) The film was shot in the Three Sisters region of Oregon, near Bend, where my family camped almost every summer (and it was kind of cool thinking that we could all be killed inside our tent by a huge man-beast...I was a weird kid).

Unlike some of the other Bigfoot movies of the 70s (Legend of Boggy Creek, Curse of Bigfoot), this one at least tried to make the search for Bigfoot interesting (although not by much) and featured scenes of COMPUTERS that knew where the Bigfoot creatures were (because COMPUTERS know everything) and animal attacks that scared the shit out of me.

I won't tell you that you will like this film (because there is a very good chance that you won't) but you will kind of enjoy it because you're bored.

Yep, that's about as much praise as I can muster.

Movie after the break.

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It's Better Than Cash, or Me and The Comic Book Speculation Boom

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When I was first getting into comics way back when, and I mean, really getting into them (long boxes, bags and boards, Wizard Magazine), I went into fits trying to figure out which books my meager allowance should go to.

Of course books like X-Men made the grade, but what else should young Chris buy?

As fate would have, this expansion in my collectors mentality happened to coincide with The Great Comic Book Speculation Boom of the 90s. Like me, a bunch of other folks were deciding to throw themselves into comics, but, unlike me who was having a love affair with the one-of-a-kind stories I was being exposed to, many of these other people trying to treat comics like stocks and bonds. They weren’t at the comic shop every week for kick ass tales of derring-do, they were there get rich.

So they began to speculate.

Being a comic collector at that time became increasingly less about which comic was a must read and more about which comic was a must investment. Every week, new faces turned up at the comic shop and almost all the talk was on which comics would be the next “big money maker.”


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Reflections of SDCC 2014, or I Was Right All Along

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Sometimes it really sucks when people discover you are right about something.

What was that I said? Why would it be a bad thing for others to know that you've been right all along?   What’s wrong with them getting on board and embracing what you and a select group of others do?

Well… In some ways I don’t even know how to put it into words. But I will try.

I’ve attended San Diego Comic Con for years now, in many different functions and in many different ways. My first SDCC was a casual drive down from LA on a Friday, I showed up, got my badge, walked the floor, bought what I came for and drove back . Something so easy and casual doesn’t sound like SDCC does it?

Trust me, it was a different time.

A couple years after that, I had made my first comic.

I was so proud. And after seeing the convention years before I was positive with just the sheer number of attendees I was gonna sell a ton!

I had never stayed in San Diego for the con, I booked a hotel in the Gaslamp, spent just as much money being in San Diego as I did publishing the comic and that was okay, this was our launch, I was gonna kill it, selling tons of this single issue for a mere three dollars!

That was my first taste of the mass size and brutality, which can be Comic-Con.

The artist alley is a graveyard in the middle of a Manhattan.

Yes, tons of traffic passes by, but nobody stops to smell the roses… or buy heartfelt handmade entry-level comics.

In four heartbreaking days I sold maybe 4 or 5 books and two t-shirts.

That was over a thousand spent to be there and about 30 bucks recouped.

We couldn’t sleep because the frat-party noise on the streets below our horribly small hotel room, I was crestfallen by the lack of interest in my book, we were stuck in traffic for nine hours trying to get home (to LA four hours away).

That was SDCC then.

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Help Get A 'JAWS' LEGO Set Made Just In Time For Its 40th Anniversary

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Next year is Jaws' 40th Anniversary and what better way to say "I haven't set foot in briny water in almost 4 decades" than by helping to get a LEGO Jaws set created.


All it takes to make this a reality is 10,000 supporters so head over to the LEGO Ideas site, sign up (or in) and hit the "Support" button, that's it (no financial obligation is needed to back the project). Once it hits the magic number, LEGO may produce it as an anniversary set (They recently produced the Back To The Future Delorean and donated funds to the Michael J. Fox foundation).


Easy-Peasy people, so let's all help and get this set made. After-all, doesn't a new generation need to have the trill of ocean swimming scared out of them?

MUSIC VIDEO MONDAY: Turning Japanese- The Vapors

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I can't tell you how many hours were lost to playing this song on a turn table while screaming the lyrics "I'm-turning-Japanese-I-Think-I'm-Turning-Japanese-I-Really-Think-So" as loudly as possible because my friends and I believed that the song was about a guy pulling his pud.

Somehow the slightly racist image of a dude squinting his eyes shut just as he was about to blow his load seemed hilarious to us, and, over the years, whenever I heard the beginning strains of the song, it always brought a smile to my face. Although now, thanks to the internet, I know that songwriter and lead vocalist of The Vapors, David Fenton, never intended it to be about masturbation, saying "Turning Japanese is all the clichés about angst and youth and turning into something you didn't expect to" [Songfacts], which, if you ask me, is sort of sad considering how awesome a song becomes to a young kid when they think it's all about taking yourself to pleasure town.

Sometimes the internet and all of her magical knowledge can be a cruel mistress.

Video after the break.

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The Rubiks Cube Fridge...Because Being Hungry Can Make You Puzzled

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How lazy am I? Well, I always wanted a small refrigerator to double as a nightstand so that I wouldn't have to leave my bed for sustenance...is that lazy enough for you? The only drawback to this plan? The fact that a minifridge isn't decorative and would stick out like a sore thumb, thus making it obvious to anyone who entered my bedroom that I am a slug of a human being who can't even be bothered to walk down a hallway to retrieve a cold Ding Dong from the kitchen.

But lo and behold someone seemed to sense my need for a fridge that could be camouflaged by pop culture making it perfect for a bedroom filled with the accoutrements of childhood (and loaded with beer and Hostess baked goods).


The Rubiks Cube Fridge does not necessarily need to be used just inside either, it also comes with a 12V DC power cord for traveling (you can plug it into your car people...your CAR)  meaning you can name it Charley and drive around the country, recording your thoughts and adventures with the fridge and then sell the memoir as an ebook homage to John Steinbeck...how fun!

Now, while the fridge is completely awesome, I don't recommend it for people with OCD (the cube will forever remain unsolved causing a conniption fit for anyone who cannot handle it) but it is perfect for someone who is heading off to college, has a room dedicated to their obsessions, or like me, someone for whom getting out of bed means that they are not truly living life to the fullest.

So order one today and then stock it full of food that would make a nutritionist cry...because that's why you get a freaking minifridge anyway...to put horrible shit in it that will eventually kill you.

Source: Foodiggity

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'RIFFTRAX LIVE: GODZILLA' Brings Monstrous Laughs to Cinemas This August

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Fathom Events, RiffTrax and IGN Present the Hilarious “RiffTrax Live: Godzilla”
in Select Cinemas for Only Two Nights on August 14 and 19

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The Pull List: LOW #1, RED SONJA #0, EVIL EMPIRE #3 & More!

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Check out what I checked out this week.

Whether the comics are inspiring or disappointing, I read them all.

Welcome to The Pull List.

And, as always...Spoilers ahead!


Evil Empire #3
Writer: Max Bemis
Artist: Ransom Getty, Andrea Mutti
Colorist: Chris Blythe
Letters: Ed Dukeshire
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Price: $3.99

Max Bemis’ work on his debut series Polarity was trip down the rabbit hole of depression with a superhero spin to it.

His writing spoke to me on so many levels because I felt the authenticity in his words which stems from his battle with bipolar disorder.

Bemis brings the same genuineness to Evil Empire as he touches on the state of our society as a whole and the perceived BS that seemingly holds it all together.

Rapper Reese Greenwood’s lyrics inadvertently influenced presidential candidate Kenneth Laramy to murder his wife and brag about it in the name of real freedom.

His message is spreading like wildfire as people follow in his murderous footsteps. Reese feels she needs to stop this at the source and arranges a secret meeting between her and Laramy. One of the many great things about this series is how you think things are going to go one way, and then the direction takes a sharp 180 degree turn.

The artwork is great and chocked full of awesome character work but it’s the coloring of Chris Blythe that makes the illustrations pop. You can tell that Max Bemis is a musician because everything in Evil Empire is executed with a cadence at is perfectly timed on all fronts.

Score: 5 out of 5


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BBC AMERICA Announces DOCTOR WHO Specials and Theatrical Events

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BBC AMERICA ANNOUNCES SPECIAL PROGRAMMING AND NATIONWIDE THEATRICAL
EVENTS TO LAUNCH DOCTOR WHO’S FIRST SEASON STARRING PETER CAPALDI

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ANIMATION GEEK: Bothered By Christina Skyles

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Two former classmates get reacquainted on a subway. One seems perfectly nice, the other, suffers from anxiety attacks that scare the shit out of people.

I wonder how this is going to end.

Deliriously awesome animation after the break.

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WARM UP WITH TRACI LORDS: An Exercise Program That Releases More Than Tension

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I'm not sure how much this 1990 work-out video by former under-age porn star Traci Lords will work on toning your body, but it will certainly get you sweating. Featuring a plethora of exercises that seem more suited to the activities of consensual couples (with more than a couple of moves that I would assume require proof of age) Warm Up With Traci Lords is a wonderful ode to the celebrity "Get Fit" craze that swept through this fat-ass nation of ours during the last decade of the 20th century.

And the best part?

The entire thing is narrated by a spoken word/white person rap that sounds as if it could have been a rejected song by the band The Waitresses.

So get ready to work out the knots in your body (and your pants) after the break.

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How To Give An Epic Eulogy

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Everybody dies. Seriously, all your friends and family will someday kick the bucket and it will be up to you to send them off into the darkness with a eulogy that will kick all other eulogies asses. I know that's a lot of pressure, I mean, you're already sad and now you have to get up in front of a crowd who just wants to get this funeral over with so they can head over to the grieving family's house for some ham (and to see if they can steal some stuff out of the dead person's drawers) but someone has to deliver the speech that reminds people how much the dead person will be missed.

So embrace this chance to say all the things you want (including a few that you shouldn't) and to help you write that Epic Good-Bye is Mr. Forthright, with advice that will help you create a speech that will transcend the sadness and leave the audience gasping at your brilliance.

You might want to grab a pen and paper kiddos, 'cause you never know when that one drunk friend of yours will finally fall down the stairs.

Video after the break.

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THE TRIP TO ITALY (review)

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Review by Sharon Knolle
Produced by, Andrew Eaton, Josh Hyams, 
Stefano Negri, Melissa Parmenter, Giulia Salvadori
Written and Directed by Michael Winterbottom
Starring Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon


Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon take their bickering comedy duo on the road again in The Trip to Italy, where they sample the finest Italian cuisine, stay in luxury resorts and continue their dead-on celebrity impersonations.

Whether or not you've seen the first film (which had them touring England's Lake District) or you even know who these two scoundrels are, they're hilarious.

The food and the beautiful settings are really just an occasion for them to launch into comedic riffs, as in the scene in which they both channel Michael Caine as Batman's butler, “Alfred” at their first restaurant.

I haven't laughed harder at a movie all year.



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It’s Good to Be Bad—How Cullen Bunn’s Magneto is Hitting All the Right Notes

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It’s confession time, though I’m sure this comes as no surprise to those who know me: I love me some comic book villains.

Maybe it’s the complexity of the characters that’s often present that makes you think about the true natures of good and evil.

Perhaps it’s got something to do with how they never seem to give up no matter how many times Spider-Man thwips them upside the head, or Wolverine snikts them right in the face.

Heck, it might just be because I’ve been asking Santa for a death ray to put in my secret underground lair every Christmas since I was four and that fat bastard has welched every single year and I’m acting out.

Whatever the reason, give me a well written book about a character who flaunts conventional laws and isn’t afraid to do what he needs to and that challenges notions of right and wrong and I will read the hell out of it.

Who are we kidding?  Of course it’s this guy’s fault…

Luckily for me, Cullen Bunn (of Oni Press’s Sixth Gun fame, among others) has me covered with a Sinestro book for DC Comics and a Magneto book for Marvel.

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Win DRAGONWOLF on Blu-ray!

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The Devil's Cauldron - a city of depravity and violence, where only the lethal survive. Two hit men rule these streets, feared by all but loyal to one another. When a beautiful woman seduces them both, they turn on each other, igniting an epic battle that may bring the city to the brink of destruction.


And we're giving away three copies!

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The Green Turtle Joins The Amazing Heroes Kickstarter

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Obscure Golden Age superhero The Green Turtle, newly invigorated from the graphic novel The Shadow Hero, joins the Amazing Heroes Kickstarter line as his own action figure. If funded, this limited edition retro style action figure will become the first ever of this hero. He joins a line that includes Captain Action, the Black Terror, Golden Age Dare-Devil, and Stardust the Super-Wizard.

Created during wartime by Chinese American artist Chu Hing in 1944, The Green Turtle was the first Asian superhero, briefly appearing in Blazing Comics. The character was revisited by Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese) and Sonny Liew (My Faith in Frankie) in their acclaimed graphic novel The Shadow Hero (First Second Books). Due to the period’s racism, Hing cleverly kept his hero in the shadows—his face obscured to hide his nationality. Now, in the 21st century, The Green Turtle is allowed to openly add to the diversity of today’s ever-progressing comic book medium.

“With your help, The Green Turtle—arguably the first Asian American superhero—can finally get his own action figure!” Gene Luen Yang says. “As a fan of The Green Turtle, I couldn't be more thrilled!

“If you are a fan of superheroes in general, you have to check out the entire Amazing Heroes line. The colors, the capes, the superpowers—they all got their start in the 1940s.”

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SCIENCE GEEK: Everything You Need to Know About Planet Earth- An Animation

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America's science scores are slipping into moron territory and since teachers are forced to only teach things that are on a test rather than critical thinking skills that would enable children to become curious about the world, we, the people, need to take it upon ourselves to pass along information that will not only make the younger generation a bit smarter, but will be helpful during trivia nights at the local bar.

And thanks to Kurzgesagt (a design collective that is passionate about science and stuff) we can easily understand how this planet came into existence and how the hell it is possible for us to wander around on top of it...which is kind of amazing considering that underneath us is enough energy to kill us all anytime it wants.

So sit back and enjoy an animation that will beef up your earth science brain nodules...god knows you need it.

Video after the break.

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DAN HARMON Wants You To Embrace Your Laziness...Well, That'll Be Easy

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Dan Harmon (creator of Community) is by all appearances, a successful human being who you would think would be giving speeches about perseverance, determination and hard work (you know, crap that every successful person talks about) but Harmon believes in traveling down a different path, one that is paved with a strong desire to nap or watch TV.

In this inspirational video (which is only about a minute long) Harmon talks about embracing your inner laziness, because within that determination to not do anything is a yearning to find one's purpose.

Yeah, I can get behind that.

Get inspired after the break...and then go back to binge watching The Killing.

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Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' Gets The Kitten Treatment...And It's Adorable

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Richard Linklater's film Boyhood might have taken twelve years to complete, but in this adorable ode to that movie, you only have to follow the story of a kitten growing into a cat (which is about 12 weeks).

Get ready to squeal with delight...I did.

Video after the break.

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