Yup, I’m behind already. I’ll try and make some headway in my reading but the series of cogs that power my brain seem to be chugging along quite slowly this morning. December is now officially the month I will be posting about why I’m not posting. On a side note I managed to squeeze in an episode of Dollhouse last night and was pleasantly surprised by the new episode. The show seems to lack the spark that made previous Whedon ventures so enjoyable and the humor, when it surfaces, seems to fall a bit flat amongst the darker tone of the series. It is still a fascinating concept and the episode I saw finally moves towards exploring the greater continuity of the Dollhouse world; which is a shame since we are a season and a half in and this the first time we’re really seeing that kind of stuff. Anyway I’m still somewhat glad Whedon is going to be moving onto new things.
I also saw the 1986 film You’re Never Too Young To Die on Saturday night. This gem of a film was a John Stamos vehicle prior to his appearance in Full House (which debuted in 1987) and after leaving General Hospital. John Stamos is Lance Stargrove a college gymnast who must take up his fathers mostly unexplained to job to stop the evil transgendered Velvet von Ragnar from poisoning the water supply with radioactive waste. Velvet is played by Gene Simmons. It is exactly as terrible as you’d expect it to be…and then some. In the climatic final fight there is a point when Stargrove bites Ragnar’s breast…it was both hilarious and horrifying. If you’re desperate to know the details about the movie I recommend Something Awful’s summary. Having watched Crossroads right before this (with Rifftrax on) I can’t even tell you which movie was worse. No seriously I can’t. At least the company was good and it was a much needed bit of relaxation after work.
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