Monster of the Day #4015
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Monster of the Day #4015

Beanie and Cecil gone horribly, horribly wrong. Or right.From the Third Doctor (you heard me) / Jo Grant arc Carnival of Monsters. Hot in Chicagoland again. Blech.
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Monster of the Day #4014
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Monster of the Day #4014

The Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker years of Doctor Who were surprisingly friendly to giant monsters. These where generally brought to life with lovably clunky puppets. I'm sure kids snort with derision when they see the effects work, but they warm my heart in a way that the CGI beasties of, say, Dinosaurs on…
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Akira in theaters one day only, Sep 4th
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Akira in theaters one day only, Sep 4th

I know most of you don't care about anime, but I think Akira is a title that transcend that medium. It's an authentic cinema / sci-fi classic. It's like how I'd recommdend Metropolis to someone who doesn't like silent movies.Sep 4 is the Friday before Labor Day Monday. The film will play in both…
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Monster of the Day #4010
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Monster of the Day #4010

Friday's Discord Watch Party feature was 1979's superhero epic Supersonic Man. People seemed pretty pleased with it, it's exactly the right kind of stupid. There's one short stretch of scene that features SM picking up a *cough* bulldozer that's clearly made of balsa wood; they didn't paint it well enough to cover the grain…
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Not Monster (?) of the Day #12
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Not Monster (?) of the Day #12

Slang used by Fred Flanders', Ned's far sleazier Orgy Guy brother. If I could find a copy of this I'd read it just to learn what the heck a "Sex-A-Renno" is. It's not the band name, that seems to be (I assume) The Sexapes. Maybe?
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