Berlynn Wohl

Happy Friday, everyone! I usually post new a new vid every Sunday, but I’m posting this one a smidge early, just in time for...Independence Day!

I saw this film the weekend it came out, and it remains one of the most exhilarating film experiences of my life – the special effects, the star-studded cast, the non-stop mayhem, and the only-slightly-corny humor made this movie a massive cultural phenomenon when it was in theaters, and I remember everyone cheering and applauding throughout the end sequences, when America (naturally) saved the day. It’s harder to imagine Americans getting so fired up in a patriotic way, these days.

Anyway, this may not be the 250th birthday we thought America would have, but it’s the 250th birthday we got, so let’s try to have a little fun, huh? – I’d like to think I’m doing my part with this vid.

Making vids for almost-forgotten '70s psychological crime dramas? Tommy Lee Jones does not sanction this buffoonery.

This vid is the part of a series of what I call “bar TV movies.” This term was inspired by a podcast I was listening to about the movie 1941 – the basic idea is that some movies, if you were at a bar and the movie was on the TV, and you just glanced at the TV for like two seconds every few minutes, you might be intrigued by what you were seeing, but if you were to actually sit down and lock in and watch the whole film, let’s just say you might be a little disappointed.

Eyes of Laura Mars has some spectacular costumes and sets, the movie is the reason why George Lucas hired Irving Kershner to direct The Empire Strikes Back, and also Odo is there?…but the superlative cast and amazing production design can’t hold up the flimsy everything else.

I heard it's Make A Terrible Comic Day

Happy Sunday, everyone! As you may already know, Indiana Jones is a handsome yet goofy nerd who will kill a Nazi every chance he gets, which makes him the most based fictional character ever. Here’s a vid about that.