Blatant Geekery

Friday favorite is a bit unusual. I love snacks. A bit too much sometimes but, whatevs. One of my favorite? Cheez-Its. I die for Cheez-Its. And while I haven't ever, I feel like I could eat an entire box. What's better? Spider-Man Cheez-Its! The perfect snack for fangirls. What's your favorite snack for gaming? Movies? Cons?

No, this week's TBT is not a horror flick. This just happens to be one of the most hilarious lines from a little known made for tv movie called Camp Cucamonga. For some reason, it's always been a family favorite. We were all able to get together this past weekend to celebrate my mother's birthday and there were several references, including part of the rap from the movie. Yup...that's just the kind of family we are.   The movie was released for television in September of 1990 basically just to display a plethora of popular television actors of the time, but ended up being a quality product despite some of the cheese. The title was briefly changed to How I Spent My Summer, but now can be found again under the original title. The all-star cast included Candace Cameron (Full House) and Jaleel White (Family Matters), which covered our TGIF days. Then we have Josh Saviano and Danica McKellar from The Wonder Years. We also get to see heartthrob Chad Allen from My Two Da...

This morning I was jamming to my Big Band music and Bobby Darin came on singing Beyond the Sea. I instantly knew what I needed to write about: Finding Nemo. This is such a fantastic movie. I watched it in the theatre twice when it came out. Disney animation has been a big deal in my life, but it forever changed when Pixar was added to the equation. There really have only been a couple of their movies of which I haven't been an enormous fan. I feel strongly that they took a huge leap forward with Finding Nemo. The vibrancy of the movie is seen instantly and if you were to take out the fish, seahorses and turtles, the scene you'd be left with could almost convince you that you're underwater.   This movie has the saddest beginning 5 minutes...that is until they created Up. After that, it's a hilarious lesson on life and family. I swear these movies are really for adults. We're all just big kids who never really grew up. You probably don't even realize wh...

Today's post will be quick since I'm a bit under the weather. I require a nap. So, with that...and a question...Any of you remember when Kurt Russell was Disney's Golden Boy? Before he became a big action star?  I'm pretty sure Big Trouble in Little China was one of the movies that kicked off his career as an action hero. Released in 1986 and directed by John Carpenter.  Kurt Russell plays Jack Burton, a truck driver who makes a stop in San Francisco's Chinatown when things get interesting. Kim Catrall plays Jack's fiesty love interest, Gracie Law. (I heart when she walks in the door and announces, "Don't panic, it's only me, Gracie Law!" Really?) The evil Lo Pan is played by James Hong, who's been making appearances at the Wizard World conventions recently. Jack takes his friend Wang to the airport to pick up his fiancee Miao Yin, when a gang kidnaps her. They chase after the gang, but get stuck in the middle of a gang war that...