Blog Profile / The Metal Misfit
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| Archived Since: | June 29, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Cereals From Beyond VII
Part 7! Klondike Pete’s Crunchy Nuggets (1972, Nabisco) Who the heck is Klondike Pete? Well, according to Mr. Breakfast: Klondike Pete’s Crunchy Nuggets came in both a “wheat cereal” and “rice cereal” variety. The cereal’s mascot, Klondike Pete, was a bearded prospector who searched for gold with a mule named Thorndike. The cereals began as Ranger [...]
G.I. Joe: Retaliation [Movie Review]
G.I. Joe: Retaliation 2013, Paramount Pictures [WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!] As a lifelong Joe fan, I was very excited to see the first live-action Joe movie, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, in 2009. After the initial buzz wore off during the movie, I realized it wasn’t the Joe movie I wanted to see. With a poor [...]
Universal Horrors: The Studio’s Classic Films, 1931-1946 [Book Review]
Universal Horrors: The Studio’s Classic Films, 1931-1946 By Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas, John Brunas 1990, McFarland & Co. I thought about saving this entry for the 2013 edition of Halloween Scream (even though I took a break in 2012…) but I figured I better talk about this book while it’s fresh on my mind. I [...]
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Series 2) – Season 2 [DVD Review]
G.I. Joe, Series 2: Season 2 2012, Shout! Factory Originally Aired: September 23, 1991 – January 20, 1992 “This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.” - T.S. Eliot So I’ve finally wrapped up watching Series 2 of G.I. Joe and I’m happy for it to be over. DIC’s [...]
The Day I Watched Four Movies (Unknown, The Last Stand, The Best of RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space, Bullet to the Head)!
Granted, I’ve probably done this before on a lazy day off or on a day that I’ve called in “sick” to work, but I watched three of these films in a movie theater all in the same day and that’s a personal record. I don’t know if that makes me some type of cool movie [...]
Two more Christmas album reviews
http://metalexcess.com/2012/12/09/john-travolta-olivia-newton-john-this-christmas-review/ http://metalexcess.com/2012/12/09/rod-stewart-merry-christmas-baby-review/
My review of Richard Marx’s Christmas album at Metal Excess
http://metalexcess.com/2012/11/27/richard-marx-christmas-spirit-review/ Check out my review at my music blog, Metal Excess!
The Bob Hope Collection – Volume 2 DVD Review
The Bob Hope Collection – Volume 2 2011, Shout! Factory Since I’ve made if my life mission to own every Bob Hope movie, Shout! Factory’s second volume of The Bob Hope Collection was a great addition to my own collection. Six movies and five of them I had never seen (I already owned (Son of Paleface on DVD). [...]
Here Come the Girls (1953) Review
Here Come the Girls (1953, Paramount Pictures) Yet another Bob Hope vehicle that has fallen into obscurity. As if you can’t tell by the poster, Here Come the Girls is a comedy-musical. The emphasis is on the musical. There are lots of numbers in this one because most of the movie takes place at a theater during [...]
Bob Hope & Mickey Rooney in… OFF LIMITS (1953)
Off Limits (1953, Paramount Studios) Off Limits (released outside the U.S. as the blandly titled Military Policemen) is one of those obscure Bob Hope films that somehow has ended up online at a ridiculous price that I’m sure I’ll eventually pay. I don’t believe this is a public domain film so that would explain why it [...]
College Swing & Big Broadcast of 1938 Bob Hope Double Feature DVD Review!
College Swing / The Big Broadcast of 1938 (2002, Universal Studios) Another Bob Hope Double Feature DVD Review! I was pretty excited to check this disc out as it features Bob’s first two feature films. He previously appeared on screen in two shorts from 1934: “Going Spanish” and “Paree, Paree”. College Swing (1938, Paramount Pictures) [...]
The Transformers – Seasons Three and Four [25th Anniversary Edition] DVD Review
The Transformers – Seasons Three and Four [25th Anniversary Edition] 2010, Shout! Factory Originally Aired: September 15, 1986 – November 11, 1987 Bonus Features “The Autobots, The Decepticons & The Fans” – A look at the loyal fans of The Transformers From the Files of Teletraan-2 Rare PSAs Archival Hasbro Toy Commercials Art Gallery Picking up a few months (years?) [...]
Masters of the Universe (The Live Action Motion Picture) DVD Review
Masters of the Universe 2009, Warner Home Video Original Release: 1987, Cannon Films Special Features Feature-Length Commentary by Director Gary Goddard Theatrical Trailer Do you remember walking through the movie theater in 1987 and seeing this… ? I do! YES! A live-action version of Masters of the Universe! But wait… That’s gotta be He-Man but why [...]
Caught In the Draft & Give Me A Sailor… Bob Hope Double Feature DVD Review!
Caught In The Draft / Give Me A Sailor 2002, Universal Studios Home Video This double feature DVD was “lost” in my collection for about a year or so. I felt like I owned it but I didn’t even have it checked off in my “Bob Hope DVD” Word document! Luckily, I found it a [...]
Transformers: The Movie [20th Anniversary Special Edition] DVD Review
Transformers: The Movie [20th Anniversary Special Edition] (2006, Sony & BMG Music Home Entertainment) Like every kid back in the ’80s, I was really hyped for this movie when it came out. It was released theatrically on August 8, 1986 but I’m not sure if I actually saw it in the theater. What I do [...]
The Transformers – Season Two, Volume Two [25th Anniversary Edition] DVD Review
The Transformers – Season Two, Volume Two [25th Anniversary Edition] (2009, Shout! Factory) Originally Aired: November 6, 1985 – January 9, 1986 Special Features: “The Combiner: Forming The Transformers Animated Series” Rare PSAs Archival Hasbro Toy Commericals Concept Art Ah… So HERE we have the special features. Looks like Shout Factory was saving them for [...]
Eddie Van Halen’s “Donut City” song from ‘The Wild Life’ soundtrack
Young Edward scored the soundtrack for this forgotten (gem?) 1984 movie but this is the only music of his that made it to the soundtrack. Pieces of the songs can be heard later on the Van Hagar albums. The Wild Life was written/produced by Cameron Crowe (Fast Times at Ridgemont High). Though not a sequel, [...]
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
My Favorite Brunette (1947, Paramount Studios) My Favorite Brunette is another Bob Hope movie that has unfortunately found itself in the public domain. That means there are TONS & TONS of DVD (and VHS) copies of this movie available from various super low-budget distributors and the print is rarely any good. There’s even some releases [...]
Don’t Shoot, It’s Only Me by Bob Hope
Don’t Shoot, It’s Only Me By Bob Hope with Melville Shavelson (1990, Putnam Books) I’ve read a couple of Bob Hope books (about him and by him) over the years and had this one on my Amazon wishlist for awhile (it’s only a PENNY for a used copy) but then I came across it at [...]
Star Spangled Rhythm (1943) Review
Star Spangled Rhythm (1943, Paramount Studios) I bought this movie as a part of a Bob Hope Tribute Collection Double Feature DVD with My Favorite Blonde but just recently got around to watching Star Spangled Rhythm (though I must’ve watched the first 10 or 15 minutes at some point because I remembered those scenes). Star Spangled Rhythm is a big time Hollywood comedy-musical [...]