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I JUST SAW THE FIRST OF THE FEW NEW FARSCAPE EPISODES TONIGHT!!!!!!!!  IT WAS SO FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  A REALLY, REALLY GOOD EPISODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  CHIANA FANS WILL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I AM SO GONNA MISS THIS SHOW ONCE IT ENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay ladies and gentlemen, the question for the night is "What would you consider the absolute WORST film ever put on the screen?"

My personal vote:  I Spit On Your Grave.

WARNING:  SPOILERS AHEAD!!!





I'M NOT KIDDING: SPOILERS ARE COMING!!!!!





FOR REAL, DUDE, SPOILERS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!!!!





YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!





I have it on good authority that in the upcoming Hulk film, Bruce Banner isn't actually the Hulk.  Rather, it is Bruce's dad who is the Hulk and Banner is trying to reach his dad as he rampages across the country to transform him back to normal before the military gets to him first and tries to blow him away.  Can anybody out there confirm or disconfirm this?  Has anybody seen any pics of the actual Hulk yet?  I'm dying to see what he looks like.

 DVDs these days are just incredible, what with all of the special stuff that is being added to them.  The one that has me taking notice right now is the 20th anniversary edition of Tron that was recently released.  Not only is the film digitally remastered and a true joy to see on the screen, but it comes with a very cool scene originally deleted from the movie, has like a bajillion production sketches of the development of all of the characters, and comes with a teaser for a supposed TRON 2.0 which may or may not be in development.  Even if you don't want to add this one to your collection, make sure to rent it.

Also, please rent City of Lost Children.  It's a little French film made in the mid-90's; a surreal urban fantasy starring Ron "No, it's not prosthetics; I really do look like this" Perlman.  This movie is just too freaky-deaky to pass up.

Sooo, what are some other DVDs worth noting?

I tried to change my posting quote and ended up deleting my entire profile.  Is there any way to restore it, or have I removed myself totally from the space-time continuum???

Okay, I'm here to tell you that it is safe to see Treasure Planet.  I wasn't certain way back when I saw the initial trailers, but I took my kids the other day and they just ate it up.  And it was cool for us adults, too.  The computer animation is simply gorgeous at every turn, but especially when showing us scenes of stardocks and ancient galleons sailing through space (there is no wind in space, but so what, it still looked cool).  It had a lot of action and last-second escapes, but still nothing that caused my kids to hide under the seat (we're talking age 6 here).  The characters are fun to watch, especially the stiff-upper-lip proper British ship's captain (who happens to be a cat woman) and Silver the cyborg, with his multi-purpose robotic arm that can go from slicking veggies to brandishing a bazooka at a whim (with the voice actor obviously channeling Robert Newton,  Arrrr, matey).

While there is really nothing that is going to make this movie an all-time classic, it is still impressive to look at and genuinely fun.  If you are looking for a flick that you and your kids can watch together, this is the one.  Plus you can use it to motivate them to read Robert Louis Stevenson!

On a side note, they showed a trailer for the next Disney film: Jungle Book 2, the further adventures of Mowgli and Baloo.  I don't know about the rest of you, but I just hate it when they make a sequel to a classic Disney yarn that just doesn't need it, solely for the purpose of making more money.  the Peter Pan sequel, while not terrible in itself, has forever dampened my enthusiasm for what was once an incredible Disney film.  The additonal Little Mermaid and Aladdin films weren't needed either.  When will Disney just stop the insanity?

There are a LOT of games out there, many of which are very well made but come from small-press publishers or are just so old that they have been forgotten.  This is a list of games that are not major names in the industry, but ones that, at some point over the years, I have greatly enjoyed.  Some are old and long out of print, while others are available now but languish in RPG anonyminity:

Arduin
Obsidian
Twerps
Legendary Lives
Dying Earth
SLA Industries
Starships & Spacemen
Supermegatopia
UNsanctioned
Flashing Blades
Lace & Steel
Villains & Vigilantes
Teenagers From Outer Space
Little Fears
Timelord
FemForce
Everway
Hunter Planet
Nightlife

How about the rest of you?  What are some games that you either play now or have in the past that have nothing to do with White Wolf or WotC, yet you still had a blast playing?  Does anybody remember any of the names on my list?