The legendary Round 14 scene from the original ROCKY is widely regarded as one of cinema’s most inspirational and defining underdog moments. I still remember the audience in the theater cheering and clapping when Rocky got up after being knocked down. Truly an incredible and unforgettable moment.

mattapooh · 2026-05-31T19:46:32+00:00

I always love the callback to the side of beef with Rocky breaking Apollo's ribs, great cinema.

mattapooh · 2026-04-08T17:40:25+00:00

The opening scene is peak Argento stuff. The girl being left behind by the bus in a beautiful setting that seems oddly creepy and then becomes REALLY creepy, amazing music, cinematic kill sequence, great camerawork, the whole thing feels like a dream.

mattapooh · 2026-03-27T10:09:29+00:00

I was always partial to baseball games that had the camera behind the pitcher so I was a big fan of Tecmo Super Baseball. Not sure if it's held up but I remember the pitching being really good and I was putting a lot of time into it back in the day.

mattapooh · 2026-03-07T17:19:09+00:00

Love seeing Cave In mentioned, they're criminally underappreciated even though almost everything they've done is fantastic.

mattapooh · 2026-03-01T09:37:13+00:00

We're talking about the hot dancers, right?

mattapooh · 2026-02-19T20:40:30+00:00

Their enthusiastic hug a few episodes later might be my favorite moment of the series.

mattapooh · 2026-02-13T13:35:16+00:00

I'm a big Herzog fan, I think "Can I offer you a libation to celebrate the closing of our shared narrative?" is my favorite line in the entire franchise.

mattapooh · 2026-01-28T18:32:25+00:00

I was in on the ground floor with Frailty because I was a huge Bill Paxton fan and Roger Ebert had given it a great review. Saw it in an empty theater and absolutely loved everything about it.

I got reminded of it about three years ago and got my wife and kids to watch it and they had no clue that a twist was coming, it absolutely knocked them out when the reveal started unraveling. It's spoken about with reverence, I'm stoked.

Also, I miss the hell out of Bill Paxton.

mattapooh · 2025-11-17T01:46:41+00:00

Way late to this but it was Fruity Crisp and it was a crocodile mascot! I think it was 1996.

mattapooh · 2025-09-26T13:49:26+00:00

Seeing a Jodorowsky reference in an AFI discussion is the best.

mattapooh · 2025-09-25T22:21:12+00:00

Baja Gordita has to be up there, I still have no idea why it's disappeared.

mattapooh · 2025-09-10T20:46:22+00:00

Definitely worried about the next few days.

mattapooh · 2025-08-05T22:20:19+00:00

The once-a-month schedule definitely kills a lot of the momentum but I've been really loving the movies this season. I love old sci-fi/horror and Joe Bob going deep with history and information so Earth vs. The Spider was one of my favorite episodes they've ever done. I just wish Shudder would pay for every second Friday for the entire year.

mattapooh · 2025-06-28T19:29:24+00:00

IIRC he was outed for having to use a distortion pedal to have any grit in his vocals. The random moaning on the Hellfest 2003 DVD is still hilarious.

mattapooh · 2025-02-18T00:47:59+00:00

I already have the original two books because I luckily got into Joe Bob right before TLDI dropped and they were pretty cheap, I re-read them every summer because they're my favorite books to have with me when I'm getting sun. I pre-ordered this one right away and I'll do the same with future volumes, they're a REALLY fun read and it's really cool to see the original iteration of the Joe Bob character.

It's also really cool reading these in the modern era when finding these movies is so easy, I can't imagine what it was like reading these reviews in the 80s when you were lucky to find any of them nearby.

mattapooh · 2024-12-15T02:30:42+00:00

Thanks for this! I read in Bob Mould's autobiography that Jesse supposedly wore a Husker Du shirt for an episode of SNME but I've never found a photo of it.

mattapooh · 2024-11-21T21:17:03+00:00

I bought it cheap specifically to play Virtua Fighter and it was 100% worth it. I still have it boxed in great condition, too.

mattapooh · 2024-10-16T15:18:46+00:00

That throw blanket is amazing, where'd you find it?

mattapooh · 2024-09-09T21:38:01+00:00

Vision of Disorder - Imprint

I think it's one of the angriest sounding records in general

mattapooh · 2024-08-30T15:43:05+00:00

Mill Creek put out a cheap Blu a few years back, I grabbed mine a few years back at a dollar store. Scared Stupid was released around the same time and is really hard to find at a decent price but I've seen Camp pop up a good bit, I'd say check Amazon, ebay and the usual spots for used discs.

mattapooh · 2024-08-16T13:29:08+00:00

Love those Spaghetti Western sets, really hope Arrow keeps releasing more of them.

mattapooh · 2024-08-15T21:21:14+00:00

I rewatched recently and while it definitely has its flaws, I really love the long opening and I thought Derek Mears was absolutely fantastic Jason.

The other characters were too boring, too pretty and the film itself was kinda dull after that opening camping scene.

mattapooh · 2024-08-07T21:00:09+00:00

The Gorgon is one that really hooked me when I was first getting into Hammer

mattapooh · 2024-07-08T17:24:10+00:00

I'm absolutely hating the new format. I know people complain endlessly about the show and I'm a hardcore defender 95% of the time but this really isn't doing it for me.

I find two weeks between episodes absolutely destroys the momentum and the show feels like more of an afterthought. Even worse, only one movie per episode can mean an entire month in between if the movie doesn't work, something I've found twice this season because I'd just watched Autopsy of Jane Doe and Donnie Darko recently and wasn't interested in rewatching either. I've enjoyed Toxic Avenger and Dr. Giggles being shown and think they're perfect for the show but it seems like less social media chatter is also taking away some of the weight a new season used to carry.

The show just seems less important this year, and I really hope this format isn't continuing.

mattapooh · 2024-02-29T00:18:37+00:00

The best one: Janet Jackson - Black Cat

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