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.45chel · Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 3093 Location: Chambersburg

I've been watching the Chiller Network since it's creation.

Mostly really bad television shows and cheesy 80's horror. (Anyone remember the series Freddy's Nightmares, based on Nightmare on Elm Street?)
They do show Hitchcock tho' and thus, they are forgiven.

The channel recently started showing the Millennium series and I was reminded that I like it (watching the tivo'd keeps me from being American Idol's Biggest Loser---Gah bless anything that keeps me away from primetime!)

So the Millennium episode that aired Monday (at 7 pm eastern) was titled 'Kingdom Come' and dealt with the sorrow of a 'good christian man' who had lost his family, felt betrayed by God and goes around killing priests and ministers in accordance with the standards of the Spanish Inquisition, then plans to kill himself because he could not kill God.
Yeah, I know the story has been done before, but I thought, maybe due to all that is going on in RL, that this episode was quite thought provoking, as Frank Black, whose faith, in his words, had strayed, struggled with talking to his own young daughter about death and God, all the while persuing a man that was lashing out at a God that had allowed his life to crumble.
...and I'm verging on rambling if not over the edge. I lost my point in the typing somewhere. If someone finds it, kindly put it back on target.
Thank you.
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cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 2289 Location: shippensburg

cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 2289 Location: shippensburg

Coppy · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 2663 Location: Chambersburg

Hi, I'm Troy McClure. You kids might remember me from such educational films as "Lead Paint: Delicious but Deadly" and "Here Comes the Metric System."

cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 2289 Location: shippensburg

yummm...lead paint!!

i loved those movies...lol..

speaking of...i found a funny one...

are you popular?

if not, this film will clue us all in!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_FDRcqXNulQ&feature=related

AnonyMouse · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 536

Hi, I'm Troy McClure. You might remember me from such self-help videos as "Smoke Yourself Thin", and "Get Confident, Stupid.".

That's always been my favorite - Get confident, stupid! Awsome. Very Happy

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cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 2289 Location: shippensburg

Coppy · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 2663 Location: Chambersburg

I watched the cheesier, early 90's version of Land of the Lost.

"Put that down, Stink!"

Doctor Kird Ape · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:35 pm Post subject:

The Match Game PM might have been the greatest game show...ever. (Other tthanJackie Rodgers Junior $100,000 Jacpot Wad)
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Torgo · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject:

I watched the 70s version of 'Land of the Lost.'

*sob
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cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 2289 Location: shippensburg

Torgo · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:21 pm Post subject:

Doctor Kird Ape · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject:

I would prefer game shows that punish.

I once saw a show on cable that was not in English, called Hey Hey Hey Music champ. I believe it is from Japan.

There were two people facing each other and kneeling. On one side was a helmet. (Like the Beastie Boys wore in the Intergalactic video) On the other was a folded up fan or newspaper. The contestants would play rock, paper, scissors. Who ever won would grab for the fan, the loser would grab for the helmet. The winner would try to hit the loser over the head before they could get the helmet on.

That is quality.
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The Anti-Life Equation= Loneliness + Alienation + Fear + Despair + Self-worth / Mockery / Condemnation / Misunderstanding x Guiltx Shame x Failure x Judgment; N=Y Where Y=Hope and N=Folly, Love = Lies, Life = Death, Self = Dark Side

QueenofHearts · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 386 Location: On the Computer