Is anyone familiar with the movie "Nazis at the Center of the Earth"? It is not listed in IMDB or Allmovie as Sci-Fi or Fantasy but is it safe to use as a wild card? And secondly, can you use a wild card on the checklist? ADDITION: the movie's synopsis, copied from the IMDB website states that "Researchers in Antarctica are abducted by a team of masked storm troopers. They are dragged deep underground to a hidden continent in the center of the earth. Here Nazi survivors, their bodies a horrifying patchwork of decaying and regenerated flesh, are planning for the revival of the Third Reich". It sounds close to fantasy and/or sci-fi to me.

Given that it's highly likely I'll be going back shortly to rewatch The Dark Knight Rises, do rewatches of the same movie in the same challenge count?

I'm not. Not sure. Yes. I agree but then again, plots and titles sometimes mislead.

Not unless you're doing something like watching it sans commentary and then rewatch with commentary or a different version.

IMO I would say it totally works for this challenge and hits the takes place under the earth check list point.

And maybe alternate history?

Pretty sure theaters aren't going to be showing it with Christopher Nolan commentary.

How about IMAX vs. non-IMAX version?

I imagine you could count a repeat viewing as a wildcard?

Whoo hoo! I finished the checklist! I'm only missing the optional X/NC-17 rating check.

My last one was Illustrated Man which fulfilled the Ray Bradbury one. It was a bit odd, but worth the watch.

All this recent talk about Star Wars got me in the mood to watch some last night, so instead of Star Trek III, I popped A New Hope into my dvd player when I was ready for bed last night.

you got to upgrade to bluray - the lossless audio is insanely good!

True.

That's hitting the borderline but I don't have a problem allowing it.

The video quality on the OT is also insanely good.

I'm planning on finishing the last 5 chapters of Captain Marvel. Glad to say that it's holding up well, so far. I've watched lots of serials where about halfway through, everything just sort of falls apart.

Any objections to me using wild cards to watch the Gingerdead Man trilogy? I got a prop from the second movie in the mail today, so I'm itching to see it in action. If wildcards are ok for things like Nightmare on Elm Street, I can't imagine it wouldn't count towards a gingerbread cookie that comes to life and kills people, along with some time travel to the 1970s in part 3.

With Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) I completed the checklist and all optional items! I'd planned to use Predator 2 for the NC-17 item and spent a bit of time looking for it in my library (which is somewhat disorganized). I finally broke down and looked in my database to see when it was entered as that would give me a better idea of the section in which I'd find the copy. I discovered *I do not own a copy*! I'd have sworn I purchased this a couple of years ago and had watched it on DVD! Oh well...

'Bram Stoker's Dracula' also got a NC-17 rating due to the karma sutra book that Lucy and Mina look at.

I've read mixed reports about that with most indicating it *almost* got a NC-17 but Coppola did some editing and it got a R. My database shows NC-17 and it pulls that data from IMDB during initial entry. While IMDB currently doesn't show it to have ever received a NC-17 it apparently *did* at some time. That's why I used it for the NC-17 checklist item. I'd wanted to watch something *besides* A Clockwork Orange this year. I'm still a but bummed about not having a copy of Predator 2. I'm actually debating finding and using another film for NC-17 since BSD technically doesn't appear to qualify.

I have to say that Children of Men may be one of my favorite films of the past decade. Just finished watching and I truly want to watch it again. Very moving film.

asnt it mentioned if netflix has a title listed under sci fi or fantasy it would be allowed? believe i read that in this thread. GB3 is on netflix under sci fi

Been noticing Les Tremayne in quite a few of the movies I've watched this month. He might be a good addition to the starring in a film category next year.

Pic?

It's Knob Goblin's head. His head gets shot off near the end and lands in a pool of blood. At one point it had a pointy gnome hat, you can still see the hot glue and there's a tiny bit of the fabric stuck to his head, but the guy I got it from didn't have it.

Today I watched Cyclops (2008), a originally "made for sy-fy" movie (didn't know that when I purchased a copy) that was co-produced by Roger Corman. It wasn't *too* bad, especially considering its original venue but I could never tell if I were watching a Fantasy film about a Cyclops or a Gladiator film that just happened to have a Cyclops as a character. There were *several* scripted moments where the acting and/or lines were so bad it was laugh-out-loud funny.

I followed that one with Conan the Barbarian (2011). I didn't have very high hopes after reading reviews and it met those low expectations. It was *very* cliched and predictable with the unfortunately now typical CGI type action sequence every 10-15 minutes. Typical "summer blockbuster" type fare. What a bore! What's so hard about delivering an actual *story* for once? Why didn't the writers at least attempt to adapt a Robert E. Howard story? Why is it the current cropy of makers of this type film seem to think all viewers want is a bunch of action sequences strung together with witless dialog? The sad part is this was a big budget film that truly wasn't much better than the made-for-sy-fy film Cyclops. Frankly, Cyclops was a bit more "fun".

Harry Potter marathon has been derailed by out-of-town guests who, ironically, are big HP fans but the little kid has read the books but is too scared to watch the later movies.

Held off on renting John Carter til this month and liked it. I'm a big fan of the character, though.

Also held off on Prometheus till this month and liked that too, though had some problems with it. Have gotten through 29 pages 700 posts of the reviews thread.

I hit #100 tonight with Gorgo (1961). I don't know how I've gone all these years and have never seen this one, especially considering it came out while I was a kid. I'd have thought it would have run on the local "creature feature" program. If it did, I missed it. Yes, it's a "rubber suit" monster but it benefits from a fairly good script and very good effects and miniature work.

I find it interesting that the 2 better films I've watched today came from 1957 and 1961 (The Brain from Planet Arous & Gorgo) with the lesser ones being from 2007-2011. Of course this plays to my preferences which run towards those 1950s/1960s "B" films.

And Gorgo makes the 2nd film I've seen in a few days in which Big Ben was destroyed. V for Vendetta was the other. Both were first time viewings as well.

Good job! I was on track to hit 100 and then I started slowing down and now I'm too far behind. Looking back, I was doing better when I had a mix of TV shows and movies.

Did you know they're renaming Big Ben to Elizabeth Tower? Maybe they already did. Either way, I think it's stupid.

What the fuck?

It's because it is Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee.

Wasn't going to watch Lord of the Rings for the challenge, but broke down and started to. I have a mishmash of versions of the 3 films. When it came out, I was nowhere near the collector I was now, and while I liked the movies, I didn't care how I watched them so I picked up the 2 disc Fullscreen (I know!) edition of all 3 movies. Over the years I've picked up better copies for the first 2, but not the 3rd. But for the first one, Fellowship of the Ring, I have the special edition 4-discer (6 bucks last fall at a pawn store). The 2nd one, I have the special edition (red thinner box one). I've been looking for the Return of the King, at least in ws, but haven't found it in my price range yet.

So anyway, it was the first time I'd watched the extended version. I didn't notice the extra footage. It fit in well and it's been long enough since I've seen the basic films, I didn't notice the differences. Thought it went by pretty fast. I'm going to try to watch the next one tomorrow.

I had a patience-stretching double-feature last night: Tobor, the Great (an extremely misleading title) and Stranger from Venus. The latter was basically a remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, but with all action, special effects, and compelling characters removed. Everyone sits around small, shabby rooms for 75 minutes droning on pointlessly. It may possibly be the most boring and uninvolving sci-fi film I've ever seen, despite the presence of Patricia Neal, who is surrounded by, in the words of Guy Woodhouse, a bunch of Charlie Nobodies. Tobor plays like a clunky, unconvincing serial unwisely stretched to feature length, although I was momentarily interested by the involvement of the young boy from Night of the Hunter. Unfortunately, he is saddled with some truly awful dialogue, including the breathless declaration, "Gee Tobor, you're beautiful!", when he first sets eyes on the rinky-dink robot.