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  1. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    SINNERS is the finest vampire movie in at least 33 years

    And I'm not exaggerating simply because I'd see Hailee Steinfeld in anything. (She's mostly saved until the midpoint buildup, and for the four of you who might have seen her in THE KEEPING ROOM, there may be visual deja vu.) Ryan Coogler shouldn't be passed up for Best Director or Screenplay...
  2. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    Retitling three or more TOS episodes, syndrome-style

    Good morning, Jim. All Captains and TOS thread posters are now officially requested to supply the 'BS division with three TOS episode ''Syndrome'' titles. Two of the three titles (you are encouraged to go higher if you wish) must substitute the words ''Immunity'' and ''Paradise'' with your...
  3. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    TOS Challenge: Full Starfleet Wacky

    I, MUDD was about as wacky as TOS episodes can be. Thanks to the tactics Kirky and Company use to defeat the androids, there is a minimal sense of menace, if it exists at all. THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES and A PIECE OF THE ACTION are also dramedies with microscopic drama. So, in the spirit of this...
  4. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    Does anyone remember the final TOS episode you saw after 77 others?

    For the older Trekkers among us, this answer is likely to be TURNABOUT INTRUDER. For others, due to syndication differences, random watching and assorted factors, this might be difficult to verify. In my particular case, I saw MUDD'S WOMEN last of them all-----''saw'' being watching...
  5. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    Creative double-featuring for Election Day (films and TV-films only, no series)

    Every Tuesday I walk down the street (all right, a street) and I bring over two feature films or classic TV movies for my significant other. This is our 70th week or so, always on Tuesday. As election day is also this Tuesday, I looked over the bin of upcoming flicks and wondered which two...
  6. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    Creative double-featuring for Election Day (films and TV-films only, no series)

    Every Tuesday I walk down the street (all right, a street) and I bring over two feature films or classic TV movies for my significant other. This is our 70th week or so, always on Tuesday. As election day is also this Tuesday, I looked over the bin of upcoming flicks and wondered which two...
  7. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    For whoever has seen ''The last of S H E I L A''......

    ............do you like, love or hate it? If it's the third, why? Anyone who sees it only once may find it head-scratching, but for double-viewers, there are numerous payoffs. I've graduated from like to love.
  8. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    Judas Priest! The James B. Sikking appreciation thread

    Long overdue, yet better late than never. He passed away last Saturday at the age of 90. My brother and I are rerunning a few of the key Howard Hunter HILL STREET BLUES moments in his honor. A favorite actor of Peter Hyams, their last collaboration was NARROW MARGIN. Ironically, Sikking's...
  9. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    O. J. Simpson has died

    And I still enjoy watching CAPRICORN ONE, THE TOWERING INFERNO and even THE CASSANDRA CROSSING from time to time. I'll hand it over to the rest of you for now....
  10. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    ''You can call me Bill''

    This new William Shatner documentary, directed by Alexandre Phillippe, has been kicking around a few art house theaters since the 22nd of March. I saw it this morning in Virginia. It seems to cover every theatical film Shatner ever did, except for ''Big Bad Mama.'' Among his TV works, ''Prey...
  11. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    How much should Kirk and company make each year?

    Specifically, if we use today's 2024 American dollars for the key TOS occupations, how much should we pay the Enterprise crew every week or year? I'd be interested in hearing your pay grades for the 23rd century captains, execs, science officers, doctors, chief engineers, nurses, helmspeople...
  12. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    The corniest film you inexplicably love

    Some MIGHT sat 1997's TITANIC. Many would likely choose LONE WOLF McQUADE, which was my current runner-up after I succumbed to the high-octane idiocy. I'm going to have to go with ARMAGEDDON, probably Michael Bay's finest hour.* And here's just one of many reasons why: Buscemi in space. I'll...
  13. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    MIRROR, MIRROR: WAYSTAR ROYCO

    Horrible thought: another parallel universe, another mass switcheroo. But this time seven TOS senior officers (Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Uhura, Scotty, Sulu and Chekov) are inexplicably switched with the seven lead characters from SUCCESSION: Logan, Shiv, Kendall, Roman and Connor Roy, plus Greg and...
  14. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    Norman Lear, showrunner for the ages, has died

    He made it to 101. Not only did ALL IN THE FAMILY get spinoffs. Many of those spinoffs did too. There were so many that MAD magazine created a few more for Bentley, JJ and others. RIP
  15. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    What's the most explosive laughter you've ever heard in a movie theater?

    For me, it was 1980.....THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, when R2D2 made Admiral Piett look like a dead duck at the conclusion. It was definitely explosive, even though it was only one guy laughing! The runner-up was in 1981. SUPERMAN 2......the exact second we returned to the bully in the bar. Maybe...
  16. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    Recall a practical joke you played in your youth

    Here's mine. During the '70s and '80s I tended to be a ''70-percent'' TREK fan, with the remaining 30 percent going to STAR WARS. My youngest brother was and still is 100-percent STAR WARS, maybe due to the fact the only two TREKs he saw in the theater revolved around probes. So it was only...
  17. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    Alicia Witt, Fairuza Balk, Helena Bonham Carter and Christina Ricci

    It's high time those four made a film together, even if it's a retro recasting.* Old franchises or new concepts would be equally welcome. I invite all serious responses on projects as long as all four are mentioned. Of course, the most serious response I can think of at the moment is a RESERVOIR...
  18. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    RIP Frances Sternhagen

    You did good. And not just in OUTLAND, THE MIST and MISERY.
  19. Rowdy Roddy McDowall

    IT'S BENNINGS!!!!

    Bennings was RIGHT THERE, Mac, I swear to GOD it got a hold on him!!!!!
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