I finally saw this after a trip to Colorado and losing power during Irma, and while it was fun it wasn’t extraordinary. I give pilots a lot of leeway because most of the time they just aren’t very good. The Orville was… okay with occasional flashes of better than expected.

If you can, watch the first six episodes of each (I don’t know if SyFy has put them on their website) then make a decision. Dark Matter seemed to lurch around but eventually (probably too late) solidified and became a modern-day Blake’s 7. Killjoys was at least fun from the beginning.

Remember, this is a channel where the greatest ratings are in wrestling and which shows fantasy movies such as Gladiator, Braveheart, and Need For Speed.

I hadn’t heard about Dark Matter being cancelled until now. It was a good show and ended on a nice cliffhanger, but it also seemed to bounce around with little direction until this season. I did like how just about everyone was expendable, or at least wasn’t guaranteed to survive or stay on the ship. Maybe we’ll get a…

I saw an online ad today that began “Trump’s On A Roll”.

One I’d love to find is Ladybug, Ladybug, a Frank Perry film from 1963. Isolated communities would have a war alert system consisting of colored lights, and when the red light goes off at a country school, everyone’s on edge thinking the nukes are minutes away. It’s more psychological than plot-based, but it always…

Yes, Testament is worth it. Jane Alexander is awesome in every minute of it, but it will make you weep.

Same, 19 in 1983, and it was the complete catastrophic fall of civilization that would last for centuries that scared me. The above-mentioned talk by the FEMA guy who tells the farmers to scrape off the topsoil, and the farmers’ responses (“HOW?!?!”) just sold how fucked we would be.

Add Without Warning (not nukes, but aliens attempting first contact) and you’ve got the mother of all depressing matinees.

Special Bulletin scared the crap out of me; I was watching it along during an out-of-town trip in a mediocre hotel, which did not help my mood any for the next few days.

Nothing tops last year’s scene where she’s defining the meaning of Shonen Knife to Gordon’s date. No wonder we haven’t seen the date so far.

I got the Kids In The Hall reference (and laughed for the next three minutes), but somehow missed the They Might Be Giants reference. Care to elaborate?

Airplane! was goofy scattershot fun that revitalized the sight gag (and for some reason I thought that maybe the writers from Cracked magazine had put it together). Top Secret! has great focus while mixing two genres. At least, that’s my take.

I think this list is confusing a comedy that’s a great movie with being a great comedy. There will be some overlap, sure, but some of these are great movies that aren’t as funny as others but are higher rated. Groundhog Day is a great movie while I’ve laughed more at movies ranked lower in this list.

A Day at The Races for me, just for the line:

Spinal Tap’s energy goes down when they hit the Air Force base, but I think that’s because we the audience have been drained watching this band go through the wringer, and Nigel’s quitting during the show is pretty shocking. But the last concert - and the band’s immediate future - brings the energy back.

As much as I love Dr. Strangelove, it’s not that funny. Top twenty for sure, but number 2? And I at least respect this list for the older films - I laughed during Bringing Up Baby until it hurt.

Works in Firefox, not in Safari.

There are a few songs that I use it on for a trippy sound or a slightly eerie sound. I can just turn on the flanger part and get some good stuff out of it, but it has to be the right song. I usually set it once and leave it, but some more experimentation is in order.

I'll say that while you don't (and shouldn't) have a fuckton of pedals on bass, it's nice to have chorus or wah when the song calls for it, and my DI box has given me a great blast of sound at times. You are right about dialing the tone and letting it sit.