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It is a MONSTER MASH!
Hey friends. How are you this fine Monday? I am not going to lie things have been NUTS and a HALF! Ben's brother got married this week and for whatever reason the bride wanted me to do her hair and makeup and I was STRESSED and then helping cook desserts for the wedding and then took Carly's maternity photos and kids going back to school and company staying with us and coaching soccer and a million hockey practices and throwing Carly a baby shower. I feel like I haven't sat down in a week! Except when I watch movies of course, which has been the nicest reprieve actually!
Kat's Trivia was SO SO fun, except the number 5 is still haunting me. Omg I wish I could have shown you my actual crashout before I went on trying to figure out cameras and mics and discord while Ben was out of town. He was literally at a live otter show or something at a science museum with my son (they were at a hockey tournament in Boston) and I was literally losing my mind over a heaven forsaken computer MOUSE. He was trying to whisper and I was crying and he had no internet and it was almost my downfall. Alas, it worked out and was a blast.
TONIGHT IS OUR ROGUE ONE WATCHALONG LIVE ON YT-actually in like 1 hour. Can't wait! I miss Cass already.
We are in our Monster Movie week and we will have King Kong 1976, Godzilla 1998 and Shin Godzilla. Then I'll start the monsterverse 2014 one at a time throughout the next bit!
I am going to post two polls this week. Choof, our trivia winners very own poll and a black and white movie poll (or two).
Pick a Flick has 7 days left to enter if you haven't already. Remember picks do not roll over anymore unless you are extra butter!
Ok actually the Rogue One Live is now in 4 minutes-see you in a sec!
Cassie
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Damn. Peter Cullen too. Add Transformers: The Movie (1986) to this weeks "it needs a watch now" list. *That scene* is going to hit harder now. Till all are one...
Hi all. New here. Is King Kong 1976 up yet?
Not yet. Sometime this coming week (probably) is likely the best answer you can get right now.
Your update posts make me second hand exhausted. Took a nap after reading in solidarity.
I'm happy to see King Kong ‘76 up there.
A Rocky Horror Picture Show reaction to honor the late, great Tim Curry would be a fine thing
Or the preciously promised Legend.
Godzilla 98 is utter toilet. I'd rather watch a Chewits advert on repeat (UK people of a certain age remember those).
I guess Cassie is starting to think about scary October (poor thing, lol). Two films I would like to see this year are "The Fog" (1980) and "Horror of Dracula" (1958). As for newer stuff, hoping for the 7-episode series "Midnight Mass" (2021), really good show.
I've not seen Midnight Mass but the last Mike Flanagan show we had on the channel was fantastic so i'd be up for that, I'd also like to see any of the first 3 George A. Romero Night Of The Living Dead series.
I realize that KING KONG '76 is going to have a lot of haters, but I have always liked it. It was the Kong that I grew up with... and compared to the 1998 GODZILLA, it's a freaking masterpiece.
What is it about this “98 version of Godzilla? I’ve heard people say they don’t like a film before, but I’m not sure there’s been one that so many people think is a waste of life to watch.
Hi Cassie, boy! You really do take on a lot. I couldn’t cope with all that, it would send me anxiety into overdrive! So, well done for managing all that, you are a miracle worker. Good week ahead with some monster magic. Godzilla 98 will attract a lot of hate and quite abit will be fare if you are a true monster head. But for me it’s just another movie. Kong 76 is a classic and I haven’t seen Shin G, so looking forward to that. Ok, I’m going to be a bit of a pest over the next 4-5 weeks, sorry. But there is a horror movie high up in your requests that needs to be finally watched this Halloween and I may mention it a lot to you as I’m never quite sure if you have read my message (well, unless there is a ❤️) “Horror of Dracula” 1958 with two icons of the movie world which you will be familiar with and a movie which many horror fans describe as a horror classic. It’s got a best part of 90% on RT and is currently 41 on your requests. So please make my friend Richards day by watching this must see Horror special at Halloween. You are the best ❤️
Not Horror of Dracula. Can’t be Horror of Dracula. Ok, it’s the definitive movie version of the neck-munching Count, Christopher Lee is perfect and Peter Cushing is perfecter, but it’s only Scary But Not Too Scary, so it probably doesn’t belong in October. Cassie should probably just watch it now.
Hope you enjoyed the Rogue One (2016) watchalong everybody. Here is a clip of lead actress Felicity Jones promoting it on The Graham Norton show back in 2016. The film had not even been released yet and there were already fan tattoos being made of her! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa690j2L0js EDIT: Also the same full Graham Norton Show episode has also been officially uploaded by the BBC, it also features an interview with the late, great Sir Michael Parkinson talking about interviewing Muhammad Ali https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zPz2y2J04o
I wonder if Cassie will ever watch the notorious Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)! Mark Hamill once said of the special "You know all these years later, I still have people from LucasFilm saying to me, 'Mark, we shouldn't be talking about that!'" and the late Carrie Fisher said of the special "It is so bad it's NOT good, really it's dental work!"
I think there is a curious part of me that would be interested to see what Cassie thinks of it! 😆
Good luck to Cassie selecting the films for the B&W polls. Pre-70 and post-70 polls would be my guess. Maybe 16 films per poll?
1970 is a good dividing line for the two polls. My guess is she will do less than 16 films per poll. My suggestions for the post-1970 B/W poll: Dead Man (1995) [Jim Jarmusch] (starring Johnny Depp) The Last Picture Show (1971) Paper Moon (1973) Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) [1h 33m] Nebraska (2013) Belfast (2021) (starring Caitríona Balfe from the Outlander series).
Wow! Cassie you seem stressed? Just not enough hours in the day huh? Baby showers, kids going back to school, wow? That's a lot to handle. I thought having three dogs to take care of is going to be stressful. We were looking forward to Ladyhawke because we put together a little 80's treat for you. We can wait. We had fun watching you in the contest. In the final round the only one we didn't get right was the Total Recall one. Which you did. So the 2000 version of Godzilla is often referred to as Zilla because it wasn't actually Godzilla. Yeah I don't know who makes up these rules? That used to have a killer soundtrack with P. Diddy remixing a old Led Zeppelin song Kashmir with Jimmy Page. They called it Come With Me. Of course we don't like P. Diddy anymore so nevermind. Looks like a great week ahead. Looking forward to it. One more thing, did Sharon Tate place an add for a nanny just before she died? Hmmm I am convinced https://www.instagram.com/reel/DblXYy0sp21/?igsi=MWF3eDlicjFhdTF3ag== Have a great week
The phrase "coming up this week" has slowly turned into " U-P- and now sit on the keyboard they get it" "Ain't nobody got time for dat" 😂🤣 Lol. Thx to you and your team for still being awesome...
And i know it a play on words I get it, it was just my first reaction before I went "oh, ok "... so dont hate me in the comments for not knowing the joke...hate me for other reasons if you have to i guess, but I'm getting out in front of that comment now...
Does anybody know did Patreon disable commenting from non-paying subscribers. As there's a lot fewer comments this week then in the past?
The creator of the channel would do that, not patreon. Personally, I don't like freeloaders commenting.
Some B&W suggestions: The Most Dangerous Game (1932) Sunset Boulevard (1950) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) On The Waterfront (1954) The Killing (1955) Paths of Glory (1957) The Seventh Seal (1957) Night of The Living Dead (1968) Eraserhead (1977) Raging Bull (1980) The Lighthouse (2019)
very cool... five five, oh heh he. I was hoping that you would win of course but it was close enough!
She hasn't seen the worst Godzilla movie? Not sure how I feel about Shin Godzilla ending
Shin Godzilla is one of the best Godzilla films ever, even winning the Japanese equivalent of the best picture Oscar. The ending was supposed to lead into a sequel but there were creative differences with original writer/ director Hideaki Anno. A sequel is being worked on now with a new creative team.
And here are two suggestions for your B&W movie poll: Paths of Glory (1957) Inherit the Wind (1960) Both movies could also work in a war or courtroom movie poll, and you should watch them sometime anyway, if time allows ;-)
+1 for Paths of Glory (1957)
I'm having the same kind of month, to the point where I have quite a backlog of reactions to watch. I'll get back into it eventually (soon, I hope), but for now I'm a bit tunnel-visioned. I hope you get that moment soon, Cassie, where you're swimming against the tide and suddenly, it shifts in the direction you're trying to go. There's nothing like the exhale that happens when you realise it.
Take it easy buddy. Tunnel vision is tough, although it could be worse! You could be a gynecologist with Tunnel vision! 😂
Godzilla 98 let's go, I know its not the best Godzilla film but its such a childhood favorite of mine
That sounds like a lot Cassie, hopefully between the Wedding, the sports, movies and the maternity photos there were at least good snacks.
I'd rather see Kong: Skull Island than Kong 76. Or Kong vs Godzilla.
Kong Skull Island is part of the Monsterverse so it will be coming.
Just a thought, should Cassie consider reacting to Lanterns while it's such a hot commodity? I know she's a big fan of Kyle Chandler since she's referenced Friday Night Lights several times.
Is it popular? I’ve found it a little slow so far.
¡Black and White Film Suggestions Repost! Yes!! Please do 2 polls for Black and White Films if you must include modern films. Yes Please!! Here are 11 films that are some of my favorites, each from a single year, to consider for inclusion in the Classic Film Poll. The Thin Man (1934) Captain Blood (1935) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) The Awful Truth (1937) You Can’t Take It with You (1938) Only Angels Have Wings (1939) The Lady Eve (1941) To Be or Not to Be (1942) The More the Merrier (1943) Out of the Past (1947) Twelve O’Clock High (1949) Here is a more extensive list of Black and White films from 1930 - 1968, that I Highly Recommend… if you’re interested. One film per year. There are MORE. ;-) Animal Crackers (1930) City Lights (1931) Trouble in Paradise (1932) Duck Soup (1933) The Thin Man (1934) Captain Blood (1935) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) The Awful Truth (1937) You Can’t Take It with You (1938) Only Angels Have Wings (1939) His Girl Friday (1940) The Lady Eve (1941) To Be or Not to Be (1942) The More the Merrier (1943) Double Indemnity (1944) Dead of Night (1945) The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) Out of the Past (1947) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Twelve O’Clock High (1949) Sunset Boulevard (1950) Strangers on a Train (1951) The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) The Big Heat (1953) On the Waterfront (1954) The Night of the Hunter (1955) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) No Time for Sergeants (1958) House on Haunted Hill (1959) Village of the Damned (1960) The Hustler (1961) Cape Fear (1962) The Haunting (1963) Seven Days in May (1964) Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) The Fortune Cookie (1966) In Cold Blood (1967) Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Yaaaaaay, finally, 'King Kong' (1976) and 'Godzilla' the Roland Emmerich version
Suggestions for Black and White movie poll: Dead Man (1995) [Jim Jarmusch] (starring Johnny Depp) The Last Picture Show (1971) Paper Moon (1973) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) High Noon (1952) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) His Girl Friday (1940) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
His Girl Friday and High Noon are two great movies, but I think you over looked Inherit The Wind 1960
Why even bother having a Black and White movie poll when we know The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) will win?
Yes, any other film in that poll would just be a martyr to the cause.
B&W movie poll...The Bad Seed (1956)
Wonder how that, or The Good Son could ever make it to the channel.
Not GINO!
For those not aware, Godzilla’98 is often referred to as GINO = Godzilla In Name Only.
Godzilla ‘98 came out the same summer as Armageddon with Bruce Willis - they were expected to go head-to-head for summer supremacy. That’s why at the beginning of Armageddon when bits of the comet came down in New York City they focused on a dog attacking a bunch of Godzilla toys being sold by a street vendor (the type of street vendor who typically dealt in knock-offs/counterfeits or stolen goods - nice touch, right?). It was all pretty anticlimactic as Godzilla quickly went down in flames and presented no competition whatsoever. Its hopes forever documented by the opening scene of Armageddon. Ironically, Deep Impact (also involving a comet striking Earth) also came out for the summer of 1998 to compete with Armageddon but Armageddon paid it no mind. But Deep Impact included a sequence where the impact tidal wave knocked-out a deep sea oil rig.
I wouldn’t say Armageddon was a whole lot less cheesy though, ha ha
At least Ben wasn't crying also...lol. An UPDATE on Monday, enjoy while it lasts folks.
The only one I am interested in is Shin Godzilla. Yet, I will watch all 3 reactions. King Kong ‘76 to see Jessica Lange. Godzilla 98 to see why it is supposedly so bad.
Jessica Lange in Everybody's All American....😍😍
Not watched Kong 76 in a very long time, so kinda looking forward to that. Shin Godzilla is one of those movies I keep putting off due to my eye condition and most of the time find it difficult to keep up with the subtitles. The 90s Godzilla well I’m kinda looking forward to what you think about it. Personally I think it would have made a half decent movie if they had changed a few things and just made it into a dinosaur film and called it something else. Because it’s a bad Godzilla movie imo. Regarding the Black & White poll, it doesn’t really interest me personally unless you have a Universal Monster movie on the list, on old war movie or Clerks and you can dip your toe into Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse.
King Kong ‘76 was my first Kong, and I still love it. (and Jessica Lange. Wow she was cute.) Godzilla ‘98 was my first Zilla. It still has a special place in my 90s nostalgia comfort whatever, and I still love it. (and Maria Pitillo. Woo she was cute. Whatever happened to her?) Shin Godzilla will be a new first watch. I’ve heard great things. (Anybody cute in this one? ;-)
She was on an episode of Friends, but otherwise I’ve never seen her in anything else. She is very cute, totally agree.
Should be fun, even films which aren't too good that I haven't seen in a long time.
Looking forward to all three of these, especially love Shin Godzilla and King Kong '76.
For what it's worth, my recommendations for a black & white movie poll: FRANTZ (2017) - When it comes to black and white post-WW1 set mystery romances in both German and French languages, this one is my favorite. The Thing From Another World (1951). The original film version of The Thing, I've always had a liking for it. His Girl Friday (1940) - my favorite Cary Grant movie, with some of the fastest dialogue around. The Thin Man (1934). William Powell and Myrna Loy were one of the great screen couples.
+1 for His Girl Friday (1940)
Monster week is going to be great! I've liked the 1950's King Kong vs Godzilla and other monster movies since I was a kid back in the early 70s and these are light years better!
Gee, you sure got your hands full lol, good luck🤞 King Kong 76, nice👌 Godzilla 98, BOOOO!!!!! IMPOSTER👎 Shin Godzilla, never seen it, but have been thinking about it lol! Sorry, can't make it for the watch along, working hard tonight! Love and support, love to Carly and her baby, you and Carly are the best, see ya later, and God bless y'all and the family 🥰😇🙏🤗😉✌️🌹
Of these i've only seen the 98 Godzilla, from what I remember it was decent the soundtrack which I bought was probably the best of it.
sounds like you need a vacation—perhaps Bruges is nice this time of year? 😉
Probably depends on how far it is from Disneyland Paris.
Have fun with the live guys! I’m watching a game live in Detroit. Go Tigers! And I turned 34 yesterday so not too shabby lol
Have a Tullamore Dew for me at Nancy Whiskey 🥃👍🏼
Arrgh, info overload... a movie quiz, Rogue One rewatch, and Upcoming all at the same time...;-)
Finally, Shin Godzilla! King Kong 76 is okay. Godzilla ‘98 is……a movie, I guess. They can’t all be winners.
Richard, I was not expecting Cassie to watch Shin Godzilla! What a surprise! The King Kong & Godzilla movies are BLECH! Oh well, they can't all be winners.
You’re doing amazing Cassie! Also I’m really curious about 98 Godzilla….it was such a big deal in school
Godzilla(1998) I have only seen once and will never watch it again. It isn’t deserving of the Godzilla name.
Please include Citizen Kane on your B&W poll(s) EVERYBODY needs to watch it at least once in their life (not just film connoisseurs)
It would be a good idea for Cassie to rewatch Star Wars Episode IV. It will just hit differently after Andor and the Rogue One rewatch. I am soooo excited abut the black and white polls. Right up my alley.
I was thinking the EXACT same thing. She would DEFINITELY get a kick out of it now!
Anyone else watch the 15 minutes of andor season 2 episode 12 or is that just me LOL I know it's not just me LOL.
So many monsters! It's like a pre-Halloween already! You must explain this otter show thing...
IDK it seems cute to me
Getting the worse ones outta the way on monster week lol
Oh well played!