Posted by Josh on July 10, 2008
Ernest Goes To Camp
Hall of Fame Category: Movies (Non-Animated)
While its technically not the original Ernest movie (The first one was “Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam” but lets not talk about that) many people consider it to be the original. Sure, the Ernest P. Worrell character got started in a plethora of commercials, mostly for dairy products. But going to camp is what made Ernest popular in the first place. Jim Varney took his Ernest character on to several other movies. Some good (Ernest Goes To Jail, Ernest Scared Stupid), some bad (Ernest Goes To Africa, Ernest in the Army). It was, however, quite impressive that the bad guy in EGTC couldn’t kill Ernest with several shots from a rifle, or maybe Ernest just can’t be killed by bullets. Nonetheless, with Jim Varney’s death in 2000, we never got to see the 2001 scheduled release of “Ernest the Pirate” which I’m sure would have been gold. But one good thing about Jim Varney’s death, is that he didn’t get to the washed up, desperate for cash stage of his life where “Ernest Goes Hardcore” would have sounded like a good idea. Know what I mean, Vern?
Ernest Goes To Camp Links
- On Wikipedia
- On IMDB
- The “release Ernest the Pirate” Petition
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Posted by Josh on May 18, 2008
Short Circuit
Hall of Fame Category: Movies (Non-Animated)
Long before people were seriously scared of robots and computers becoming self aware, one did, Number 5. Short Circuit was for robot nerds what E.T. was for sci-fi geeks. The best part of this movie is that on the box it looked like a kids movie. “Oh, a cute little robot becomes friends with a girl, cool.” But the movie itself was laced with swearing, drug & sexual references and a robot checking out a naked babe. It also may have been the originator of computer geek pick up lines “Attractive! Nice Software.” Needless to say, Number 5 beat C3PO, R2D2, Asimo, and the T-1000 as the cutest robot ever (even though he looked like a big metal grasshopper). To prove its nostalgia, there’s a remake of Short Circuit coming out in ‘08 or ‘09. If someone remade you, you’re nostalgic, that’s the rule of thumb. Sadly, like all remakes, its more than likely gonna suck, hard. But for the Pete of Sake, to all kids of the 80’s, everyone who saw Short Circuit, and to nostalgists everywhere, Number 5 is alive.
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