“Great minds think alike.”
That and coincidence are the reasons why in 1984, This Is Spinal Tap had a counterpart from the UK, Bad News.
“Great minds think alike.”
That and coincidence are the reasons why in 1984, This Is Spinal Tap had a counterpart from the UK, Bad News.
Comments Off on Bad News, Worse Timing
Filed under Bad Influences, Faint Signals, Idiot's Delight, Late To The Party, Movies You Missed, Nostalgic Obsessions, Saturday Movie Matinee, Thousand Listen Club, Worst Of All
Tagged as 1980s, 1984, 1987, Absolutely Fabulous, Adrian Edmondson, Alexei Sayle, Bad News, Britain, Christopher Ryan, comedy, Comic Strip Presents..., Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, laughter, metal, movies, MTV, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Rik Mayall, The Young Ones, This Is Spinal Tap, Vyvyan Basterd
(This article originally appeared in a less edited form on Mike The Pod, 7/11/11. Please note that since then, there has been a fourth Transformers, which grossed over a billion dollars, and there’s a fifth on the way in 2017. There is a schedule of yearly releases stretching a decade into the future, the same as Marvel, and Disney’s Star Wars.)
SPOILERS covers all three movies in the Michael Bay Transformers trilogy (until it becomes a quadrilogy, or quintology, which I wouldn’t complain about).
If this article becomes too insular for you, dear reader, may I heartily recommend you to tfwiki.com. Mostly because I’ll be goddamned if I’m going to link every whatsit on this page. If you’re a repeat visitor that doesn’t like it when I go off about robots, this is going to make you hate my guts. Continue reading →
Comments Off on What Bay Got Right
Filed under Bad Influences, Faint Signals, Idiot's Delight, Movies You Missed, Nostalgic Obsessions, Robot Toy Fetish, Saturday Movie Matinee, Unfairly Maligned
Tagged as #tbt, 1980s, 1986, 2007, 2009, 2011, Apocalypse Now, corporate crap, Die Hard, Don Murphy, George Lucas, Gremlins, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, metal, Michael Bay, Mike the Pod, movies, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Roger Ebert, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, The Transformers: The Movie, toys, Transformers, Uwe Boll, vintage toys
Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015) was an English musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, principal songwriter and the founding and sole constant member of the heavy metal band Motörhead as well as being a former member of Hawkwind. He was also known for his appearance, including his friendly mutton chops, prominent facial moles, and gravelly voice. (Wikipedia)
Comments Off on God Is Dead: Lemmy Kilmister 1945-2015
Filed under Bad Influences, Thousand Listen Club
Tagged as 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Hawkwind, Lemmy Kilmister, metal, Motörhead, music
If you’re reading this on Christmas afternoon because your family is driving you nuts, and you have the technology, I suggest that you legally download The Iron Giant, from 1999. Gather everyone around, and watch it with them. It will make your holidays extra wonderful.
Comments Off on Animation Analysis: The Iron Giant
Filed under Animation Analysis, Movies You Missed, Robot Toy Fetish, Saturday Movie Matinee
Tagged as #fbf, 1990s, 1999, A113, Amazing Stories, animation, Brad Bird, CalArts, CGI, Christmas, Christopher MacDonald, Chuck Jones, Cloris Leachman, Eli Marienthal, giant robots, Happy Gilmore, Harry Connick Jr., Jennifer Aniston, John Mahoney, metal, movies, Old Yeller, Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen, Richard Matheson, Steven Spielberg, Ted Hughes, The Iron Giant, The Simpsons, Vin Diesel
Comments Off on Def Leppard
Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Faint Signals, Nostalgic Obsessions, Thousand Listen Club
Tagged as #tbt, 1970s, 1979, 1980, 1980s, 1981, 1983, 1987, Bands I Useta Like, Bernard Gudynas, comic, Def Leppard, Hipgnosis, Joe Elliott, metal, music, New Jersey, pyromania, RIAA, Rick Allen, Thomas Dolby, Tipper Gore
Comments Off on Suicidal Tendencies
Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Faint Signals, Nostalgic Obsessions, Thousand Listen Club
Tagged as 1980s, 1981, alternative music, Bands I Useta Like, comic, Darby Crash, depression, despair, Foo Fighters, metal, Mike Muir, music, necrophilia, Pat Smear, Pepsi, punk, strips, suburban rage, Suicidal Tendencies, suicide, T.S.O.L., The Germs
Comments Off on Faith No More
Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Thousand Listen Club
Tagged as 1980s, 1989, 1990s, 1991, 1995, 1999, alternative music, Bands I Useta Like, Christian Weston Chandler, comic, Dan Sweetman, Dillinger Escape Plan, Faith No More, Flea, Grammy winner, John Zorn, Maori, metal, Mike Patton, mixtapes, Mr. Bungle, music, parental advisory labels, rap-metal, Red Hot Chili Peppers, strips, suicide, Trevor Dunn, Trey Spruance, underground
Comments Off on Meat Shits
Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Faint Signals, Idiot's Delight, Magazine Rack, Thousand Listen Club, Worst Of All
Tagged as #fbf, 1980s, 1988, 1990s, 1991, 2 Live Crew, alternative music, Bands I Useta Like, comix, corporate crap, Eazy-E, El Duce, Gardy Loo, Green Jelly, Gwar, industrial, Meat Shits, Mentors, metal, Ministry, Naked City, New Jersey, parental, political correctness, porn-rock, pornogrind, Predator 2, sellouts
Comments Off on Fishbone
Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Faint Signals, Nostalgic Obsessions
Tagged as #fbf, 1980s, 1990s, 1991, 1993, alternative music, Bands I Useta Like, comic, Fishbone, Funkadelic, metal, music, parental advisory labels, Parliament, ska, strips
Comments Off on Anthrax
Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Nostalgic Obsessions
Tagged as #fbf, 1980s, 1987, 1990s, 9-11-01, Anthrax, Bands I Useta Like, metal, metalheads, music, parental advisory labels, strips
All material on this site is © by Matthew “Matty Boy” Anderson, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. This site is the work of an independent creator, and is for entertainment purposes only. This site uses cookies. For more info, see our Cookies Policy and Privacy Policy. Everything on this site was written as though a full-grown adult would read it. If you feel the need to complain because something on this site offended you, you shouldn’t be using the Internet at all.
You must be logged in to post a comment.