Oh, I'm thinkin' about it. Oh yes. I'm thinkin' Brolin burned me pretty bad with that lousy Amityville flick... but admitedly that didn't have THE CAR in it.

As far as I can tell? Sam & Max always go there.
Phill | Email | Homepage | 04.08.08 - 1:02 am | #

You mention the all-star cast of "The Shadow" and leave out Tim Curry as a mildly evil scientist? IIRC a giant ball crushes him...

You know what would make a "good" Saturday movie night? Baldwin in "The Shadow" and Billy Zane in "The Phantom"...
LurkerWithout | Email | Homepage | 04.08.08 - 1:27 am | #

Is there an online retailer selling the Sam & Max DVD? If only there were any easy way to find such a business...
Nate | Email | 04.08.08 - 3:30 am | #

James Brolin. THE CAR.

Cinematic masterpiece.
Gordon | Email | Homepage | 04.08.08 - 4:36 am | #

Damn you and your Billy Zane in The Phantom.

But throw in a Dark Man (just one) and you've got a deal...
Juisarian | Email | 04.08.08 - 5:14 am | #

I wanted to like that Shadow movie so much, but the script was just putrid, with the Mon in Block cracking jokes Ahnold would have rejected.

Still, it was a nice looking movie, and the cast was top notch except for the mugging of Curry...
Johnny Bacardi | Email | Homepage | 04.08.08 - 5:35 am | #

Another very good thing about "The Shadow" is Penelope Ann Miller in period clothing. Strangely, I don't remember anything she says other than the scene when she's recounting her dream on the beach, though.


I also reviewed the Sam & Max DVD someplace else, and provided a useful numbered list of things you'll need to say while you're watching the DVD. Already a leading contender for best DVD boxed set of the year. Also got to chat with Purcell via e-mail about the show, where he reveals the strangest thing Broadcast Standards & Practices asked him to do.
Edward Liu | Email | Homepage | 04.08.08 - 6:37 am | #

Wow, guys. I'm almost positive Mike asked for no spoilers.
Ken Lowery | Email | Homepage | 04.08.08 - 8:30 am | #

Is that the were-car from Futurama?

I saw The Shadow in theatres and remember being less than thrilled, but then I was comapring it to the Helfer/Baker series that I couldn't get enough of. Haven't seen it since.
Michael | Email | Homepage | 04.08.08 - 9:18 am | #

The Shadow is worth another look - I find I enjoyed it the second time I watched it. It isn't perfect, but like most comic movies, if you can shelve your pre-conceptions and just take the movie as it is, it isn't half-bad. Ditto for the Phantom. Not so much for Darkman - which was just bad.

I'm currently watching Constantine for the first time - I deliberately watched it before I started reading the series (I know, I've got over 100 issues to read) and have been enjoying it....
Adam Barnett | Email | Homepage | 04.08.08 - 11:18 am | #

brolin and bladwin in one fell swoop. dang! what a post mike!
Emp. Aaron | Email | 04.08.08 - 11:42 am | #

NEELIX YES.
HydrogenGuy | Email | 04.08.08 - 12:43 pm | #

Damn you! Now I have to rent BOTH the Shadow & The Car (I saw the Car in the theater and it was awesome & terrible)
Dwayne "the canoe guy" | Email | Homepage | 04.08.08 - 1:47 pm | #

The Shadow is the type of flick best watched when you really have developed no pre-concieved notion of the character.
*
In my case, I listened to the Shadow radio shows on tape (MP What?) in High School, read the Chaykin Shadow run when it first came out ( you, know where he was packing the mac-10's) and the series as picked up by Helfer/Baker (which may have gone of the rails a bit toward the end). I also read and liked Mike Kaluta's "Hitler's Astrologer" graphic novel (which came out around then and was set in the original pulp time period).
**
Anyway - Shadow cred established - I remember just not liking the movie because it just was not as dark/serious as I was expecting. Part of the problem was compounded by the fact Hollywood did not make as many big budget comic book movies in my young adulthood, so I probably set myself up for disappointment in expecting something to be better than it possibly could be.
***
When I saw Darkman, I didn't have any pre-conceptions and it was out of the blue a cool comic book type movie(which again, was not that prevelent back in the dark ages), so I was sort of "this is great." I kind of felt the same way about the Rocketeer, because I had not read the comic at all, so it really was "new."
****
Of course, I also remember renting The Return of Captain Invincible and being "wow, this is fantastic", and my friends thinking I really needed some type of psychiatric interention, so what the hell to I know.
boredlawyer | 04.08.08 - 3:00 pm | #

"You've dismissed me dryly for the last time, Mr. Vulcan!"
Roadblock | Homepage | 04.08.08 - 5:01 pm | #

I saw The Shadow in the theater. It was quite as awesome as I wanted it to be, but I remember finding it pretty entertaining all the same.
Bill D. | Email | Homepage | 04.08.08 - 5:33 pm | #

Don't forget to buy some Blue Coal!
John | 04.08.08 - 6:22 pm | #

Listening to old Shadow serials?
Man, and I thought I was old-school.
I tip my hat to you (which is a nice one at that, Detroit Red Wings)
poser, the | 04.08.08 - 8:22 pm | #

I agree, full frame is poopy.

I rented El Topo from Netflix and it was full screen! You can't even get a frickin' art house movie in widescreen? At least it will be a treat to see it again one day in all it's splendor...
Fnord Serious | Email | 04.08.08 - 8:50 pm | #

THE SHADOW, seen again recently on TV, is definitely one of my favorite superhero films even though it was recently named the Worst Ever in some poll! I don't get that. Cool music, some great sets, great scenes and it doesn't take itself too seriously! Of course, I thought THE PHANTOM was enjoyable for all the same reasons!Still, having seen everything from the FLASH GORDON serials to the Fleischer SUPERMAN cartoons, Japanese, Turkish, Indian superhero films, INFRA-MAN, TOXIC AVENGER, MAN-THING, BATMAN AND ROBIN, SUPERMAN RETURNS, BUCKAROO BANZAI and yes, DARKMAN, I like to think I DO have some expertise in this area, y'know?
booksteve | Email | Homepage | 04.09.08 - 2:55 am | #

Oh dear boredlawyer... The Return of Captain Invincible... oh dear... That movie confused me. I just couldn't get my head around the fact that it was a supehero parody and yet... it stank.
Juisarian | Email | 04.09.08 - 4:02 am | #