Anti-Netflixing or Unmotivated Movie-Watching

Last Friday, I wanted to watch a movie, but I didn't feel like watching any of my Netflix stuff.
I was compelled to watch something old, something...
Comfortable...

So I dug in my laserdisc collection and watched "Flash Gordon", the Dino De Laurentis cheesefest.
And it was FUN!!!
Earlier that day, I had read the summer movies preview issue of Entertainment Weekly
(aka EW, which is how I usually feel about that rag. Crappy writing, smarmy as all get out. Bleargh!)
and noticed that someone named Deep Roy was going to play ALL the Oompa Loompas in the Tim Burton
version of "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory". That's right, they're dressing up this one guy as
an Oompa Loompa and digitally replicating him to fill out the ranks of the Oompa Loompa Army.
Less work for midgets! Yea!!
Right, so what does this have to do with "Flash Gordon"?
The very last name listed in the cast credits is "Deep Roy".
For those who have seen the film, he plays "Fellini", Princess Aura's pet midget on a leash.
Wowzers! Nice to see he's still getting work!



Last night, I felt myself being overtaken by another bout of Anti-Netflixing.
I had "House Of Flying Daggers" on tap, but I didn't feel like watching it.
Once more, I reached into my laserdisc collection and pulled out...
"Ed Wood", which, in my brother's opinion, is Tim Burton's greatest and best film.
It won two Oscars (best supporting: Martin Landau - best make-up: Rick Baker) so somebody must agree!
I missed it in the theaters but borrowed Spino's LD version back in 2000 and enjoyed it a lot.
I cut open the shrink-wrap (I bought the LD on eBay about 2 years ago and hadn't watched it yet)
and popped Disc 1 in the player. Hmmmmmmmm, black and white goodness...

Anybody reading this who hasn't seen the movie should run out and rent it at once!
Martin Landau plays the aging Bela Lugosi to such perfection that you totally forget it's not Bela.
It's positively terrifying!! You'll scream and scream again! Like a little girl! Okay, maybe not.
The movie is funnier if you've seen any of Ed Wood's movies, or if you've seen "It Came From Hollywood",
which was my first introduction to Ed Wood's work. Then I saw the movies themselves on MST3K.



So anyway, hurray for laserdisc collections!

Television station KZIN now concludes its broadcast day.
(cue stock footage of F-86 Saber jets flying around, powerful warships at sea, and inspiring music)