Having plans to watch the fourth film in the Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise, since I had no intentions of watching The Toy Maker this December, I decided to have it on while taking care of my write-up for an X Files episode. It is amazing the left turn this franchise took with the fourth and fifth films. Abandoning the "crazed Santa brothers" plot of the first and second (and somewhat of the third) films, The Toy Maker went with a robot son, booze swilling toy creating genius played intensely by Rooney (as if he could burst blood vessels at any moment), and killer toys. Sex and violence and toys doing very bad things at Christmas time.
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:...
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