tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305776492009-04-14T21:01:43.948-07:00robertorberry@retrocrush.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30577649.post-50372982570356734522008-12-18T23:27:00.000-08:002008-12-18T23:30:21.618-08:00

It seems that every time a Batman movie comes out on DVD, I'm just not gonna like it. It took FOREVER to get a special edition of Tim Burton's 1989 Batman to be released, and it looks like we're going to have to wait a while to get a decent version of The Dark Knight as well. Don't get me wrong, it's an incredible movie that's totally worth watching and owning, but considering the magnitude of

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I can see why Fred Claus looked good on paper, with Paul Giamatti, Vince Vaughn, and Kevin Spacey in the lead roles. How do you screw up a movie like this? Oh yeah...you get a a really shitty script and shove it down our throats with eye candy. It's watchable, but this could have been a really funny movie. There's not a single laugh in the whole movie. This is a sentiment shared by friends who

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I'm not a big fan of TV shows turned in to movies, but Get Smart really works. Though Don Adams is always the Maxwell Smart I'll love the most, Steve Carrell is a great replacement. His natural nerdy demeanor with his ability to handle physical comedy works out great. And Anne Hathaway is insanely hot as Agent 86. It's a nice updating of the concept that doesn't shit on the original either. In

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It's a quiet Sunday morning in Sacramento. Our friends just bought a great looking new house that is about 40% of the price it was going for 2 years ago. It's bigger than a small family would need, but it's got a lot of great swinging funky features that you'd expect to see in an early 70s built home. A built in brick barbecue in the backyard, lots of paved over rocky surfaces in the yard, and a

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I always thought it was funny to see the image of a guy who was so poor that they were wearing a barrel with straps on it. I mean how broke do you have to get where you have to get rid of all your clothes and put on a wine barrel instead? I've purchased half wine barrel planters for my garden and they're not exactly cheap. Secretly, these guys aren't poor at all, they just have a barrel wearing

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Less you know about it the better. Enjoy!

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If you like Star Wars Lego, you can vote on one of 3 new sets they'll produce, all of which are actually pretty cool. One of them is "The Arrest Of Palpatine" scene from Episode III, followed by a cool Slave I on a landing platform, or the ol Ackbar cruiser set from Return of the Jedi.CLICK HERE TO VOTE, SUCKA

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Why did God have to flood the world anyway? Couldn't he have just snapped his fingers and made all the bad people disappear? It's not like he had to teach the people he killed a lesson. It would have saved the innocent slaughter of millions of animals, and destruction of the world's trees. Just think of how many old growth trees we would have had if they didn't have to grow from scratch again?

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I like going to used book stores every so often and pick up some stuff on the cheap. I saw Stephen King's "The Long Walk" while visiting my wife's family in Eureka a few weeks back and couldn't resist. He wrote it back in 1967, and it was rejected. He later published it as Richard Bachman, and it was reprinted in the '80s compendium "The Bachman Books" which contained The Running Man, Roadwork,

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I always knew Cool Hand Luke was a good movie, just never got around to watching it. When I saw it was coming up on American Movie Classics, I figured it was worth saving on my DVR and giving it a look. All I knew about it was that Paul Newman cuts off the tops of parking meters, eats a bunch of eggs in a contest, and some chain gain boss says that famous "failure to communicate" quote. An

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I turned 39 this year, and the reality that there's a ton of movies that I'm ashamed to have not watched yet hit me. I'm sure we all have a few that you mention to a friend and they say, "I can't believe you haven't seen that yet." As "The Pop Culture Guy" its even more embarassing. I remember a guy in high school that hadn't seen Star Wars and he was teased with the same fervor as someone who

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I've been thinking a lot about Casper lately and what a bad deal he's got. First of all, he's a ghost of a kid, which means he didn't get to live much of a life, probably dying before he turned 6. Instead of going to Heaven and playing around in the clouds, he has to live in a shack with 3 bastard uncles who want him to be mean. And nearly all of his attempts at friendship are met with people

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Happy 4th of July!

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I saw this old video on FARK the other day and thought it was too cool not to share here. Everything about it is so fantastic. From the sweet announcer with the missing teeth, to the set with the oil lamp and brass bed. Willie was one of the great R&B guys, who's influence is felt in about every rock act out there.

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This was kind of sad at a Target in Eureka, CA. The entire action figure aisle was empty 2 days after Christmas, save these 2 girl figures from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle line.

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Talk about lame accessories. Why the hell does The Silver Surfer need a motorcycle?

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This town is struggling with a massive swinger party that features Naked Twister. Man, they're lucky, all we have going on in Sacramento is a monthly Erotic Parcheesi Night.Civil Rights legend Andrew Young just slammed Obama because Bill Clinton has been with more black chicks.I'm addicted to this syrupy sweet night time radio show called Radio Delilah. She's a nationally syndicated DJ that

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Here's some clips and footage (some of which may not make the final cut, hopefully) of me filming some stuff and the now defunct Goblin's Closet in Benicia in Jace Whitman's film Whispers and Shadows, where I play the ultimate fan/geek, Billy. It was a helluva lot of fun and I can't wait to see the finished product. Jace let me improvise a lot of the characters lines and I think it came out

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Found this on the Something Awful forums and it was too good not to share. It's oddly addictive.

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A charitable auction, benefiting The Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Foundation, launches on eBay today at 3pm PST. The auction lot includes the Beatles’ Help! flag, bearing the classic artwork of The Beatles’ 1965 movie, a luxurious trip for two to London, England and a deluxe, limited edition Help! DVD boxed set. Beatles fans around the world can place bids now until 3pm PST on November 16,

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Here's the trailer for a super cool movie that's coming out in January that I have a fun little part in. This is produced by Darin Wood, Christy Savage, and Amy S. of Trash Film Orgy fame. How can you not love a movie about a giant sea monster that kills go go dancers? If you don't blink, you can see me get shot at the 59 second mark.

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Here's a group I wouldn't mind seeing doing a reunion tour. Of course only if lead singer Peter Wolf was fronting the band again. I really dug his solo album with the song "Come As You Are", too.

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Most remember The Divinyls for their silly and overplayed "I Touch Myself" song from the '80s, but their first big single "Boys In Town" is a lot of fun. Lead singer Chrissie Amphlett was pretty damn hot and a nice mix of Pat Benatar, Chrissie Hynde, and something strange and new. According to Wikipedia the band reformed last month and is planning a new album in 2008. I'll be there!

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Cool live performance from 1979

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