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Hidey ho neighbors,
Welcome to November! I love a good November once in a while! Hope you had a good Halloween-ours was wonderful with a hustling and bustling neighborhood and not too cold. I also made Ben wear fur horse pants so that was a win. I sure did miss Canadian mini chocolate bars though. The best, in my opinion America has to offer are 100 Grands and an Almond Joy.
This week we have GOT, The Manchurian Candidate (OG) but I will watch the remake as well since that was technically won the DVD pull. Also-the winner of the Inspire Me Poll! It ends tonight-pretty close! Still to come this month is The Expendables, 2001, my PPOTM and more!
On YT it will be Sinners, Duel and GOT!
Pick a Flick October officially closed on the 31st. The drawing will be tomorrow at 1pm Mountain time LIVE! Details to come. Can't even wait! IF you didn't or forgot to enter in October, you can now enter November's drawing right here!
I also wanted to let you know there will be a YT LIVE and packages and Christmas coziness the first part of December and an Extra Butter LIVE is up in the air on when-we are trying to figure out our Thanksgiving plans. I will keep you updated.
Thanks for this and that and everything else!
Love,
Cassie
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I'm just sad about Worlds Fastest Indian :( C'est la vie
Right there with you. Unless one of us wins the pick a flick drawing, it’ll probably never get a reaction and Cassie will never know what she missed.
Cassie responded to my question in a recent YT premiere about watching some horror outside of October. She said, "Yes, I think I need too so I don't struggle so bad in October". So there you have it, horror is not off the table in other months. Just treat horror the same as any other genre. Some ideas for her consideration: 1. Don't exclude horror films from polls (including PR random polls). 2. Maybe one horror film could be scheduled monthly or bi-monthly. 3. Short series like "Midnight Mass" could be watched. 4. Save just a few heavy-hitters for October.
One week in October would work for me, as long as we’re guaranteed at the very least 1 or 2 horror reactions a quarter.
This documentary trailer looks interesting. https://youtube.com/@whydinosaurs?si=kQlFmPJ_M6862XQ5
Some of that stop motion footage looked pretty alright.
Can we still download full reactions? "Download this reaction" is just text, not a link.
If I want to download full reactions with no download link, I click on youtube to see the full reaction in youtube, and then use ClipGrab (https://clipgrab.org/) to download the youtube video as mp4. Free, relatively easy to use, and no limit on quality. Been using it for over a year. Upfront, you have to install ClipGrab once (but that quick and easy to do), and then use it going forward.
Is the Pick-A-Flick delayed?
yes-COMING
Can I request Traffic with Micheal Douglas plz 🙏
+1 for Traffic
I'm also curious about Cassie watching the MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE remake because it means that perhaps she will finally be able to place Liev Schreiber having now seen him in SPOTLIGHT, THE SUM OF ALL FEARS, X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, RANSOM and SCREAM 2.
IKR?? It's like he's destined to forever remain "Oh that one guy.,," in her mind.
My guesses on the surprise reaction with Carly would be: Fantastic Four First Steps or Mission Impossible Final Reckoning
I didn't know there is a surprise reaction with Carly.
"Dawn of the Planet of the Rewatches", lol. YT views are back on the menu boys!
She said that? Where?
Please watch Sherlock Holmes movie w RDJ Hope Floats w Carly Walk The Line Wanka w Timothee C
For what it's worth, "Good Night and Good Luck" would provide some useful context for the original "Manchurian Candidate"!
Good Night, and Good Luck is awesome.
Looking forward to Game of Thrones and Forrest Gump. Almond Joy is a favorite of mine. YT Live Poll gave us Howard the Duck, and now The Expendables (2010). Ouch.
I'm a huge Stallone fan so Expendables is on my list. I can understand why people wouldn't want it, though. It's pretty much a mindless shoot-em-up. Also, I've just remembered that Expendables beat out Cannonball Run in the YT poll. Therefore, it's a stupid film that sucks suspiciously-shaped lollipops.
love the Manchurian candidate both versions are awesome and delivered excellently
Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t. Almond Joy’s got nuts, Mounds don’t. Catchy song, horrible candy. But 100 Grand is one of the best. Top two candy bar.
Woah that just unlocked some memories. Had forgotten about those ads.
OMG, Cassie - there is an ice cream place I've been to that serves homemade (or, at least, they make it there) "Almond Joy" ice cream and it is just like a cold, creamy Almond Joy! You would love!
Cassie gets it. Almond Joys are elite.
Fun fact- Mounds (Almond Joy without the almonds) was a great spy asset in WW2. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/the-mounds-chocolate-bar-helped-american-espionage-efforts-during-world-war-ii.html
Trying to imagine what fur horse pants are and why, but I'm having trouble. 100 Grand bar FTW! So good. Also really addicted to those Laffy Taffy bite size. I haven't seen the original Manchurian Candidate, but the remake with Meryl Streep and Liev Schreiber was pretty good. Happy November!
Technically, it's not a remake but an *alternate adaptation,* since the original source material is a novel. 🤓
"The Manchurian Candidate" (1962) is IMO Sinatra's best acting performance. Although he's fun to watch in musicals, he always seemed like Sinatra the singer doing a show. His acting in "Ocean's 11" was terrible (an unpopular opinion, but that's how I see it) In this film Sinatra works at the acting craft and portrays Ben Marco convincingly. It's the film that makes me say without qualification that Sinatra could act when he put his mind to it. Looking forward to the reaction.
He's also good in FROM HERE TO ETERNITY.
I genuinely hated Angela Lansbury in Manchurian Candidate. Best worst on screen mother ever. Right up there with Piper Laurie from Carrie, Mary Tyler Moore from Ordinary People, and Rachel Griffiths in Blow.
Shhhh… we’re almost there.
"Updatealuffagus"?? My recommendation: Ultramarines - A Warhammer 40K Movie, Helsreach by Graham McNeill (the YouTube adaptation of the Second War for Armageddon - GREAT narration and animation), Event Horizon 1997 (said to be the unofficial prequel to Warhammer 40K), Alien Romulus, The Witcher Seasons 1-3 (forget Season 4 with Liam Hemsworth as Henry Cavill left the series over the producers' decision to deviate from the source material), Star Trek Picard (all seasons but ESPECIALLY Season 3), Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek Strange New Worlds.
Glad you had a fun halloween! Saw your costumes on IG, they were great lol 💪 . Love 100 grand btw. Underrated. Excited for mail and more. Good slate of flicks coming. I've never seen the original manchurian candidate so that should be interesting especially. Ready for the holidays!
Very much looking forward to Manchurian Candidate and grateful that Cassie’s watching the original BEFORE the remake. I liked the remake fine but, as usual, prefer the OG.
Same.
Your comment about "horse pants" reminded me of Stefan from SNL and his Halloween hot spots commentary. "This place has everything! MTV's Dan Cortese,.....the two guys from Wham! in a horse costume.... (spoiler alert, they're both in the back!)."......
Nah, Utah's hottest club is CREASE. It has everything. Lights, psychos, Furbies, screaming babies in Mozart wigs, sunburned drifters with soap sud beards. And Teddy Graham people, of course.
Good evening to Cassie, Carly and the whole PIB Crew and distinguished PIB viewers, About Last Week: Two movies we didn't expect but thoroughly enjoyed. Can you expect anything less from Cassie? We are getting into GOT with her my picture to the left I look mad probably because of the Steelers lose. Giving 21 fourth quarter points ughhh😡😡. However we think Cassie and her whole team godsends. So what a great week. Looking ahead: I have a very interesting story about the director from The Manchurian Candidate. Stay tuned. Forrest Gump looks like the winner. Plus more GOT looks like a great week. My friends are totally into Kat watches Horror. They have already paid me for the month. So I love to end things with a song a lot of songs got vetoed for Tender for November. Wicked game by Chris Isaak got vetoed for being too sexy. That's I want to jump rn sexy. Everybody hurts by REM would have been great tender for November. However we decided to go with Elton John Something About The Way You Look Tonight. Super tender. Love song https://youtu.be/B93Tir6l5FA?si=9UDQp-h7VQfh9_VC I bid you good day!
I wonder if Kat is, or is allowed to, post the joint reaction on her channel too?
Will In the Name of the Father be getting a YT Edit?
yes! next week!
I hope you haven't forgotten about "In the Name of the Father " (1993)
Just left the same comment. 👍
I for one is looking forward to another YT packages live. I think I got something in mind…😎😉 This Friday, I will be heading to a MSU hockey game against Penn State where I will see the next year’s NHL Draft projected #1 overall pick Gavin McKenna play. I will post pictures in Extra Butter of it… The Forrest Gump reaction with Carly should be interesting…
Well I already place a request for Christmas movies: Meet Me In Stain Louis The Bishop's Wife It Happened on 5th Avenue The Year Without a Santa Clause and Rent I remembered a few more movies for Christmas so here goes. "Christmas in Connecticut" (1945) and "Holliday Inn" (1942) still a good movie even with the Black Face scene. Just give a little disclaimer and move on. Hard to believe I almost forgot them as they both are set here in the Nutmeg State.
The Sound of Music
Did anybody else happen to catch Jen Murray's reaction to the Birds? Not only does she compare Cassie's looks to Tippi Hedren, she also calls Cassie the Queen of Reactions, and you know what she's right!
No but I will now!
🐴👖s?
Si, Ranchero.
The Inspired Poll Winner looks similar to a painting my mom did for the Temecula Balloon and WIne Festival in the 90s.
One of these days I'm gonna see one of Midnight Run, Hardball, or Joe Dirt on one of these updates and I don't know what I'll do, but I hope it isn't in public
Not a fan of HARDBALL and haven't seen JOE DIRT (nor do I really have any plans to), but MIDNIGHT RUN is one of my all-time favorite films. It was the first Blu-ray I ever sent Cassie and I actually included it as one of my five picks when I won trivia night. I usually submit it for my pick a flick, but since I think that it's on her radar now and actually has a chance to be a PPOTM, I have started submitting CITIZEN KANE instead.
I saw The Manchurian Candidate in a theater last year and boy oh boy talk about a taut political thriller
And prescient.
I used to have a list of things I would always stock up on when we made trips south, but Almond Joy’s are pretty much the only things left that we don’t have. I have since added Dot’s Cinnamon Sugar pretzels to the list in the last few years.😋
Always been kind of partial to York patties, myself!
Yes to the 100 Grand bars! Almond Joys though…😉
Novembers are always good, Cassie! Really looking forward to 2001 later this month, and tomorrow's pick-a-flick drawing. Will there be a second Tender November poll? Best wishes my friend.
Me too. I sincerely hope she watches it in her theater space.
I voted for DEAD POETS SOCIETY, so I am disappointed that It looks like FORREST GUMP is going to win the poll because I am not a fan of that movie (and I won't go into the details of why ere, maybe later). Nevertheless, I acknowledge it's cultural and historical importance so regardless of my disdain for it, it ought to be watched at least once by any serious movie lover and the fact that Carly hasn't seen it means that she should. The movie I'm really excited about this week is MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. It is a political thriller of the highest caliber and was quite prescient about many things. You're going to get to see some excellent performances by Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, John McGiver, Laurence Harvey and Angela Lansbury and some first class direction by John Frankenheimer. For my money, it's better than the remake, but the remake is also pretty good. I appreciate you being willing to watch both of these since the actual version that was voted on in the poll was unclear. I suspect you will end up liking them both, but probably the new one more. Also, with Stanley Kubrick's science fiction masterpiece 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY Right around the corner, let me reiterate my suggestion that you watch it in the theater space because of all of the movies that you have ever reacted to on this channe, this one really should be experienced on the big screen. As much as I enjoyed scary, but not too scary, October, I am actually looking forward to this month because I do appreciate a wide variety of films, including tender, sweet and romantic dramedies. Keep up the good work. :-)
You don't need to go into detail. You're entitled to your opinion, but no one cares, least of all when it comes to Forrest Gump. I don't mean that in a mean way, I'm just saying it's irrelevant
"I love a good November once in a while!" Whereas the rest of the time you prefer it to be lousy??? :-P :-) "I also made Ben wear fur horse pants" Look, I realize that one tends to push boundaries on Halloween, and that you're in Utah, but I must protest your yellowfacing Ben! :-) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049092/
Is that a Mongolian thing or something?
Oh Cassie good god girl I could make myself sick on 100 Grand bars. So effing good
Hi Cassie, I was just heading off to bed as I was feeling sleepy and it’s nearly 11 pm here. But now I’m excited and awake again! YT edit for Duel! Thank you. I do like my YT edits to my favourites, so I can watch again and again. 😃 What are fur horse pants? That sounds like something Tom Hanks was wearing in the movie “Dragnet” not sure if you have seen that one? It’s got Dan Aykroyd in it as well. I do like November, apart from Work! Which is still crazy busy at the mo! 😓 Looking forward to some GoT as I’m starting to get the GoT bug now too. I think it’s going be Forrest Gump, so might be interesting to see what Carly’s thinks of it. Pick a flick, come on! Touching the Void🫰 Anywho, must get some sleep 😴 Busy day tomorrow. Take care. You are the best ❤️
Anthony Edwards (Goose from Top Gun) also wore them in El Diablo (1990)
Yes, Manchurian Candidate! I like the remake too, but the original is the better version, IMO.
Same.
Ooh, the Manchurian Candidate is a good one, the remake. The first good one in the past couple weeks, besides GOT
GoT followed by most probably Gump, fantastic!
The. O. G. Manchurian Candidate!!! BooYah!!!!
"The best, in my opinion America has to offer are 100 Grands and an Almond Joy" Well, in my opinion, the best the UK has to offer is Cadbury's Orange Mini Eggs, annoyingly only available from January to June of each year! As soon as they become available again, I will definitely post you more bags of those to you for the January package opening, Cassie!
Cadbury pretty hard to beat. I didn't know it was English.
The Birdcage
So...is Wednesday the new Tuesday, or are we still off schedule?
Thinking of the PIB week as Wed-Tue makes more sense
Looks like it's going to be a great month here on Popcorn in Bed!
Sure does!
"fur horse pants" ??? Horse pants??? ... Chaps? Or like part of a horse costume?
I'm trying to figure that one out too. Cassie has a bizarre language.
Enjoy The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Cassie. I'm sure you get sent so many gifts but I'll say it anyway; In the BBC Scene By Scene book that I sent you, there is a transcribed interview with actress, Janet Leigh, talking about working with Frank Sinatra on The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
My sadness at Terms of Endearment doing so poorly is immeasurable. I get it. Gump and/or Dead Poets were *always* gonna win, but ToE deserves a better showing than 5%. It was so beloved once upon a time and now it feels like it's being forgotten and that just makes me sad.
It's a good movie and Cassie would love it.
Hope we watch Fantastic Four this month. It actually works for tender November.
1994?
Duel? Very nice.
The full reaction was up September 28 or so. She waited to post it because it's not technically horror or Halloween.
Who the blazes convinced you to watch the Expendables????
Yea that series doesn’t really have any merit.
Enjoy the Fall and have a great rest of the week !!
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