Covid has kept us from in-person live shows for more than two years, but last weekend we made our triumphant return at The Bell House in Brooklyn, and we hope to line up more soonish (in addition to keeping the odd streaming show)! What could possibly live up to that event status? Uh… how about a LIVING VAMPIRE? We discuss Morbius! Fangs to all who came out in person!
Movie Summary[]
Final Judgments[]
“There's part of me that likes the first half of this movie that feels like an old '90s superhero movie where people didn't think superhero movies were gonna be successful.” —Bad-Bad Movie (Dan) @49:45
“It's fairly boring; it has some good moments. ” —Bad-Bad Movie (Stuart) @50:25
“It's the thing where a movie that is bad, you see it when it's in theatres and you're like, 'that was dumb.' And then 30 years later you're like, 'I'm kind of affectionate for that dumb stuff.' And then you see something that's like it and you're like, 'This is dumb. But, you know what? It reminds me of this other dumb thing that I didn't like at the time, but now I'm inexplicably nostalgic for.' ” —Bad-Bad Movie (Elliott) @50:35
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) by Dan Trachtenberg 58:10
The New York Dolls @1:13:45
Quotes[]
“There is no, maybe no greater spitting in the eye of God than seeing Morbius twice, with the limited time that He has given you on this Earth. 'Each man gets three score and ten? I don't think so. I'm seeing Morbius a second time!'” —Elliott @06:55
“We were watching the movie this afternoon, and Dan got up to go to the bathroom and he made me pause it.” —Stuart @07:10
“I bet you don't even know what 'AR' stands for in 'AR-15', Dan. Debate me!” —Elliott @16:25
“He should have said: 'You wouldn't like me when I'm hangry.'” —Elliott @30:40
Elliott:
Do not — really fight the urge to jump in front of that train and fly home. Because it is not. gonna. work. out. well. for. you. You will go home, but only in the way that sailors drowning say it feels like going home.
Dan:
Sure. Like a spiritual speak of talk — "going home."
Elliott:
Yeah, you'll go home to the Creator, you won't go home to your apartment. And your cat'll be like, "where is this guy?"
Stuart:
Yeah, yeah.
Elliott:
"I was gonna — "
Dan:
"He should have the decency to die in my — in this home, so I can eat him!"
Elliott:
Dan... you beat me to it. You beat me to it by half a second!
"Would this movie be any better if the main character was Milo as someone who's misnamed by someone named 'Michael Morbius', and he gets revenge by having the best dance moves?" @1:15:30
Oscar Wilde
Interview with the Vampire
Society @1:17:15
"Would you prefer to watch a film that is a straightlaced murder mystery a la Death on the Nile except for all the characters are the characters from Cats, or would you prefer to watch a murder mystery with human characters except it is in the style of a musical revue a la Cats?" @1:18:00
"Are there any horror-thrillers or Halloween-themed movies you guys can recommend that aren't torture porn or rely on jumpscares?" @1:20:35
Hocus Pocus @1:20:25
Ernest Scared Stupid @1:20:30
Night of the Demons (Stuart) @1:20:50
Trick 'r Treat (Dan)
Cries and Whispers
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Persona
The Haunting (Elliott)
"What do you think that Matthew Smith has done to deserve this?" @1:22:30
"Where did Milo get all his money?" @1:24:30
Milo and Otis
"What is goth, and is Dr. Michael Morbius goth?" @1:26:25
Robert Smith
Death from the Sandman comics
Stinger[]
Dan:
As a —
Stuart:
So what are we gonna —
Elliott:
(singing to the tune of "Jack & Diane" by John Cougar Mellencamp) So here's a story about Jurassic Park! Just a little park full of dinosaurs. Oh yeah! They were extinct!
Dan:
Giving up on the idea of rhyming.
Elliott:
(singing) Thanks to DNA, they brought 'em all back. (Thank you, it's a very easy song to parody.)
Dan:
Thank you for explaining the plot to Jurassic Park.
Elliott:
I only — well that's only the premise. (singing) So there's a paleontologist named Alan Grant!
