I was putting together my blog review for Halloween III after watching it and Friday the 13th was on. AMC Fear Fest with a slogan "Gore Matters Here". I could only laugh to myself because that slogan is such bull shit. All the gore scenes are cut, and it is 1 am in the morning for chrissakes. It doesn't particularly matter to me because I have the movie on dvd, but I just couldn't help but comment on how stupid a channel can be for claiming such a moniker, doing so with a sense of pride even, only to feature a line up where their movies have all the gore excised.
4th of July 2025 Marathoning
McDowell and Comi prepare to leave for Mars. Aliens visiting the UN, dropping off their cook book, providing goodies for humans on Earth, easing them into trusting them, spiriting them away to be food for them on their home planet. To Serve Man is nearly 60 years ago. I've been watching Twilight Zone since I was a teenager in the mid 90s thanks to Sci Fi Channel. Many of my family have passed since (for instance, my mother's siblings are all about gone except one last sister), and it wouldn't be right to avoid a marathon during the 4th if just for nostalgic reasons. Syfy didn't see the value of TZ on Independence Day, except last year, so even though I cannot watch episodes like I do during New Year's Eve and Day, it is nice to try and sneak in a block of episodes whenever possible. I started with Death Ship from the fourth season, continuing with Stopover in a Quiet Town and The Gift . To Serve Man would feel like a later afternoon watch but SYFY showed it at 3:...
It's the same hilarious lack of self-awareness that leads them to advertise THE WALKING DEAD with the slogan "AMC: We Know Drama."
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