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The Third Duckman
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Me: "I'll watch it on Netflix!"
Them: "Nah."
Me: "I'll watch it on All Access!"
Them: "Nah."
Me: "I guess I'll pirate it."
Them: [threatening letter]
Me: "Would it be all right with you if I just laid down in the street and died?"
Them: "Yes, that would acceptable."

Yeah, I'm a lot more comfortable with late-MST3K at its most acerbic than I am with Rifftrax at its most curmudgeonly. It seems a lot less playful, and a lot more "get off my lawn." I think they forget to embrace the weirdness sometimes — the Matrix movies, whatever their quality, are supremely strange (when they're

I like Rifftrax, but occasionally they get…"mean" for lack of a better euphemism, whereas I always liked MST3K because its humour often depended on letting the movie be in on the joke. You could always tell when they liked a bad film. Sometimes Rifftrax gets too much of the hate-on, "everything sucksism", at least

As a theatre kid, fuckin' truth.

I'm partial to early stuff, like The Brefect Kiss.

Sadly, no. It's actually just one woman cop, who looks like she's dressed in a mild version of a sexy police officer Halloween costume.

Yeah, the second one's with Jon Snew.

I reaaaaaaaally, REALLY hate the Silent Hill movie (the second one isn't even worth acknowledging). I've never played a Silent Hill, so it's not a question of bias, either, for what it's worth. I just think it's one of the most brainless, convoluted movies I've ever seen, seemingly obsessed with cleavage and cops in

Low men, in yellow coats.

REAL HOLOGRAPHIC SIMULATED EVIL LINCOLN IS BACK!!!!

The Tzimisce sewer level in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. I've played that game at least 10 times, and I've only ever played through that level legitimately once. I haaaaate it.

Not Donkey Kong!

No no, that's fair, and by all accounts this particular one was extremely necessary. I just mean that general impulse turns me off, not this specifically.

Yeah, I find that form of everything sucksism quite wearying, too. As said, there's a place for it, but it can be so relentlessly boring after the 100th "epic take down of whatever pop culture flavour of the month that some people like and others don't".

I know cousin Merle has had his trouble with the revenuers,
but he's hardly a master cri— oh, you're referring to me.

Definitely not captivating in the same way season 1 was, but I found the military politics/bureaucracy fascinating (le Carre is a good comparison). It also helps that I've known a few "Bergdahls" in my time; people whose reach tragically exceeds their grasp. So the idea that this really intelligent, sensitive guy

For a real deep cut, see if you can find Twitch City.

Oh fuck yes. This could be the big budget, utter travesty the Atlas Shrugged "trilogy" could never hope to be. Please, please, please make this, Mr. Snyder. A greater hate watch I could not ask for.

Ah, the porno names. If you think those are bad, this is the opening of the novel:

The comments are too long for me to search, so did anyone else notice how "trust me" kept coming up?