A few weeks ago we were discussing spy films, and the Matt Helm series was brought up. Yes, those are influential and amazing. They are also well-known. As are the Derek Flint films. But how many people in the group tonight have seen this? This film has very little information available on it. Unfairly, I’d say. What a stylish, cool film! When I watched it, I felt like only me and Mike Myers had watched this since 1995.
If you are wondering, this is a sequel to a first film I was unable to obtain for this evening. Sad! The good news is you don’t necessarily need that film to enjoy this one. So please enjoy overly elaborate thefts, incredible mod girl fashion, audacious stunts, and palatial bad guy houses! In other good news, this is dubbed, so no captions for you tonight! In case you could not tell when you started it, this is Italian. Very Italian. Enjoy the car watching, bird watching, and looking at everything else. In you like the style of this film seek out more directed by Marco Vicario. He only directed 11 films, all of which are probably worth seeking out.
So watch! Or don’t! Everything is voluntary until the government captures you and cajoles you into kidnapping a dictator! Next week, I am playing an almost new film: Plaga Zombie: American Invasion!
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*hits play*
That’s a man, baby.
Or “That’s a man-baby” if discussing AOC’s boyfriend.
I think I’ve only seen one picture.
Not many exist.
https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a25844313/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-boyfriend-riley-roberts/
He looks like an asshole.
If you ever meet the ghost of Hervé Villechaize, you can say “That’s a baby man!”
Lol! Bullseye!
RJ, I didn’t get to comment last week, so I will tell you now that I enjoyed A Scanner Darkly. It was a good choice.
I’m going to enjoy this one, I know.
*judo chops play button*
The crazy haircuts alone are worth the price of admission.
I refer to those hair styles as helmet hair as they remind me of motorcycle helmets.
Masculine womans. Very modern.
Laborers in the salt mines. Very Libertarian.
The female lead has more wigs than Sammy Davis Jr. had outfit changes in a set.
Are there t0ts? I was told there would be t0ts…
Not tonight. I did however make a BRAND NEW graphic for when we have a sausage party and show blue films. Can’t wait to roll it out.
I’ll mark my calendar.
Intrigued! Looked it and Rossana Podestà up and came across something glorious: Cover art for Marco Vicario’s “The Sensual Man,” whom Giancarlo Giannini IS. A calm, suited and mustachiod man looks at the camera as he unscrews his head. Rather, sensual women rise forth through his collar.
It’s remarkable, predictable and fairly uneventful. Still, upsetting Hollywood/etc can’t/won’t/don’t put out more *good* art. I’m fairly sure the above flick ain’t nuttin’ to write home about, but it certainly left an impression. I’m also aware the market is shifting radically to streaming. I even have Netflix/Prime, but I’ve only checked out a couple new shows on ’em. Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm are fantastic, but not fiction. I know that’s a big failing of mine. I haven’t even caught up on Curb. I STILL haven’t watched Veep.
I believe I have solved my own problem, yet again. The trick then is getting myself to actually *do* something and explore that realm again. Hrm.
The Sensual Man’s plot starts hot and then…uh…I won’t be enjoying any of this film’s attempt at a message: “A Sicilian baron, Paolo Castorini has spent his life (beginning before puberty) dealing with girls, and later, women, usually in matters of the flesh. But later in life he begins to search for a deeper meaning to life. When his father is brought to his deathbed, Paolo (after making a pass at the dying man’s nurse) is surprised to learn that the apparently staid, upright father had been unfaithful as a young man, as also Paolo’s grandfather, and that such unfaithfulness had brought consequences both moral and medical.”
That’s no fun. *Frump*
There is so much out there. Netflix irritates me, I do enjoy Amazon to some degree. Tubi has steadfastly remained a good option with perhaps the largest library of films. Very hard to explore unless you know what you are looking for. Pluto is great for a cable-like experience and their View on Demand section (also free, and requires no sign-in) is getting better every quarter.
I fear I’m turning into Dad/most folk, where they watch the same ol’ shit. I HAVE watched Columbo’s and classics. Plenty of docs. I hardly ever actually *watch* anything, though. I have never sat still well. Ain’t how my body functions. I actually miss going to movies with folk. I am rather busy now though, which is good for me.
I should check out the nearby Regal soon. They sometimes kinda mix it up. ODDLY, they were showing Inception again, but in “Telugu.” Had to look that up, Indian language on the eastern coast. Also found: “Telugu is one of the six languages designated as a classical language by the Government of India.” Yikes. Thankfully in Singapore, everything is in English. Til ‘everyone’ goes home. Makes shit quiiiite nice.
The great thing about going to the movies in Singapore is that *every* flick has subtitles. I never did watch any Indian theatrical flicks while I was there but that held true for HK, Korean, Japanese flicks – and according to the advert in the local paper that would have been the same for Indian flicks too.
Thank you for turning me on to Tubi. It really is great.
“I want seven million dollars.”
As always, one must ask, why the number seven? Why not six, or eight? Why not ten million and one cent? These numbers are just so arbitrary. Throws off my maths.
I just heard Dr. Evil when he said that.
“Ten…. ”
*Looks over at minions
“BILLION dollars!”
I think it was so each member of the Golden 7 could have a million. Took me a minute.
Well, at least the professor asked for an evil island and evil minions. So far, he’s not so bad.
These guys are world class klutzes.
I’m reminded of the scene in The Manchurian Candidate where Sen. Iselin can’t remember how many Communists there are in the Defense Department.
I hope Georgia is a fembot.
Did you notice she somehow had three different wigs so far in her catsuit?
Yes. I wonder where she hid them…
They double as merkins.
OMG. The boxing glove cannon.
Total class.
All these evil widgets are unnecessarily complicated. It’s glorious.
Are you at the part where they steal the gold from the ship yet?
Operation Snore has just commenced.
Fine
I’m going to make anchovy spaghetti.
Scratch that. No anchovies. Fried chicken with pan sauce it is.
Speaking of MM. Watching his new series on Netflix and enjoying it.
MM? Magic Mike?
*clunk*
The sound of something falling flat on its ass.
I thought the sound of falling on one’s ass was more of a “woompf”.
I suppose it depends on the ass.
How can anyone Lampoon the Biden Presidency when the Hot Shots movies exist? You can’t out do something that presages so much.
Looks like history will repeat itself and the Bruins will get the boot in the first round of the playoffs after having had a 3-1 lead in the series.
JFC.
Feel good. My team went 0 and 12 on the PP and from #1/2 in PK all year to a nice 50% kill rate. The Kings deserved to lose in the first round.
Yay! Friday!
🚣🌄☕
Why a boat? I dunno, you figure it out.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LplPi2CxNHI
I watched the new Motley Crue this morning. It’s shit and I can’t link that for you people in good conscience. This tune still rocks though. 🎶🎶
I hear that all the proceeds from the new Crue album goes towards getting their lead singer a private room at the old folks home (hat tip to The Dead Milkmen).
suh’ fam
yo whats goody
/still in Cleveland
Good morning, homey, Sean, and Grumble!
It’s only 6:30 a.m., and it’s already 70 degrees here in SW OH! It’s going to rain soon, though, so with any luck that will keep it from getting too hot. 🥵
Morning.
Good morning, U! Is your new fan due to arrive today?
Yes. It’s going to be delivered while I’m at the office. Hope no one steals it (I have not had issues with package theft despite my neighborly troubles)
🙂🤞
Last night was the championship game for my bowling league this year. Normally this sort of thing would go by without me giving it much notice, but by some fluke, my team managed to qualify.
Now, I say without hyperbole that I am the worst bowler in my league, so I am unaccustomed to making any sort of championship or tournament (except the high-low, where I get teamed up with the best bowler in the league since that is the format). The anchor players on each team (nominally the best of each from a statistical perspective) had a miserable night, scoring below average every game. The rest of us really pushed it though. Scoring was simplified to total points all players after three games. The first game, I had a decent showing for me, landing eleven above average, but my teammates crushed it, netting us a ninety point lead going into game two.
Game two, the other team rallied and not only erased that lead but overtook us, despite me managing to set a new personal best single game score for myself. At the time, I did not believe people when they said I’d managed to keep my team in the game with that, but fifty-six over agerage is nothing to scoff at. Even if my personal best is a bad game for anyone else on those lanes that night.
Third game was a real nail-biter. I ran out of steam and bowled five points under average while one of my teammates turned into a strike machine and practically carried us with his two sixty four. (One unfortunate early open frame is the only thing preventing him from having a perfect three hundred for that game). The other team, however, did not let up, and we traded a single digit lead throughout the game. It literally could have gone either way up to and including on the last frame. Our anchor player (who had been out with injuries most of the season) managed to find his groove and landed a solid last frame while theirs had an open frame, losing the chance to retake the lead.
Final scoure 2116 – 2081.
A thirty-five point margin is laughable. We barely squeaked by.
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Sounds like fun!
I like bowling, but I very rarely get the chance. Three of the elder tax deductions go bowling with friends every so often.
When it comes to bowling, I have a literal handicap – club thumbs that tend to get stuck in the thumb hole of any ball light enough for me to lift. 😕👍🎳
Sounds like you need your own ball drilled to fit.
That would be ideal, but it’s been years since I’ve gone bowling.
And here I was thinking of suggesting it for the next time I was in your neck of the woods.
I joined the league to make sure I got some physical activity and got out of the house on the regular for something other than work.
SaraSpa is having a classifer match next week if you decide to pick up a PCC.
I’m still in a moratorium on spending. 😕 April wrecked my cash reserves.
Congrats!
😁👍