They (Finally) Live
24 10 2006So, now I’m using Blogger Beta. The entry window looks the same, so I’m confused. It seems like it will still lose my entry if Blogger or my Internet connection get screwed before I click on “Publish Post”. Once they figure out how to incorporate the Gmail interface, THEN I’ll be impressed. Until then, Blogger is still a lazy man’s alternative to writing something custom that works much better.
Before you point it out, I’m aware of the hypocrasy of writing that in a Blogger entry.
I finally saw “They Live” yesterday. Pretty standard John Carpenter fare, but I have been looking forward to watching this movie for most of my life. I grew up a WWF fan then lost interest by the time I hit high school. Before high school, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper was one of my favourite wrestlers. Even though I was regularly visiting video stores through most of my adolecence (and well into adulthood) I rarely saw the rather unpopular video on the shelves.
Back in 2001 I found a Rogers Video that had a lot of old VHS stock for rent. I was very pleased because I was living on my own, had an income, and was obviously old enough to rent R-rated movies. Through the mix of films I watched, I never got to see “They Live”; either because it wasn’t in stock or because something else caught my eye.
(Side note: I’ve fallen into the same trap my brother did with “The Untouchables”. He rented the movie six times before finally finishing it. I’ve rented it twice and it still hasn’t darkened the inside of my entertainment system)
One of the attractions to Rogers Video Direct (DVD rentals by mail) is the extensive catalog. I’ve knocked a few hard-to-find movies off my list. When video stores started replacing VHS stock with DVDs, I worried. I didn’t think that small, crappy movies that I had never had the chance to see would be updated to the DVD format. Why would you waste time and resources on the dime-a-dozen horror flicks from the 80’s just to sell a few discs?
The moment I saw “The Stuff” at an HMV for sale, I knew that my biggest fear about the new defacto video format had been quelled. But I’m still waiting for “Blood Beach” to come out on DVD.
So, how was “They Live”? Like I said at the beginning, standard John Carpenter fare. Certainly not his worst, but again, that’s not why I wanted to rent it. It’s more a matter of closure.
Next on the list, “Shocker“.
