Fishing in the Discount Bin - Transformers: Age of Extinction

Welcome to Fishing in the Discount Bin, where I ramble about a movie I own.  I made a very important discovery when I watched Transformers: Age of Extinction:  I'll forgive just about anything if you give me a Dinobot.  This is in my notes at October 19, 2014.

Netflix Nonsense - Battle Royale

So I told a friend of mine I was going through the Hunger Games franchise on Netflix to see what all the fuss was about, and he immediately responded with, "So...did you ever see Battle Royale?"  To which I replied, "Next on my Netflix queue." 

Fishing in the Discount Bin - Ghostbusters II

Here we are again, with Fishing in the Discount Bin, as I bloggity blog about some movie I own.  It's time for another classic from my childhood.  While I don't think it's as awesome as when I first saw it, I still think it's better than most people give it credit for:  Ghostbusters II.  This appears in my notes at September 28, 2014.

Netflix Nonsense - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I

Well, if there's one thing I hate to do, it's leave a franchise unfinished, so let's return to Netflix to finish catching up on the global phenomenon that is The Hunger Games with the second-last film, Mockingjay Part I. 

All That Disney and Star Wars Stuff

So,  your Facebook feed has probably been lighting up with the news that Toy Story 4 is happening or that a massive Star Wars Land will be coming to Disneyland.  All this news is breaking because D23 -- the official DisneyCon -- happened this weekend, and as such, Disney made all kinds of announcements about what they've got coming up.  Rather than share each and every story on my Facebook page, or tweet my thoughts on it, I thought I'd just sit down and ramble on the ol' blog.

Fishing in the Discount Bin - Godzilla (2014)

Here we go again with Fishing in the Discount Bin, my weekly blog about one of the movies I own because, really, I've got nothing better to do.  Today, the king of the monsters returns!  Godzilla, the 2014 American-made reboot.  This was originally in my notes at September 28, 2014.

Netflix Nonsense - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Well, I'm continuing my journey through the global phenomenon that is The Hunger Games to see what all the fuss is about.  I found the first one to be quite good, so lets see if that momentum continues into the second film, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

Fishing in the Discount Bin - Now and Again: The Complete Series

Here we are again on Fishing in the Discount Bin, my weekly blog about something in my movie collecting that I've watched.  This time out, we get to one of my favourite "Brilliant-but-cancelled" TV shows, Now and Again.  This originally appeared in my notes at September 26, 2014.

Get Out and Do Something

I'm fighting a cold.  Just when I thought I was over it, it came back.  I just went into the city last week and spent too much money.  I fully planned to just spend my long weekend on the couch, doing nothing, binging on The Hunger Games franchise on Netflix.  Facebook has their new "On This Day" app, where they show you your postings from a few years ago.  On Monday morning, I clicked that app, and I saw I posted this about three years ago.

"I really want to get out and do something this long weekend, because I just realized that this is my last free weekend until about the middle of September."

I'm pretty much in the same boat again.  I think Labour Day is going to be my next free weekend.  So I took a shot of Buckley's for the cold, payday has come and gone so there's a little bit of money in the bank.  And Mockingjay - Part I isn't leaving Netflix anytime soon.  I put some gas in ol' Bessie-Lou and I was off to the city.

Netflix Nonsense - The Hunger Games

As you've probably noticed, for the past few months, I've taken advantage of the streaming video services to fill in some notable gaps in my personal film viewing history, and binge on certain franchises I'd never watched.  Back in November, I poured through every Rocky film.  Coming home from Mad Max: Fury Road, I figured it was finally time to go through the Mad Max franchise.  And so, when I recently noticed that the first three Hunger Games films are on Netflix, I decided it was finally time to see what all the fuss was about.

Final Targ of the Season!

My season finale!  August is shaping up to be a busy month, so it’s time to take a step back and focus on what’s going on in the real world.  But before I walk away, I pump out one last one, Episode 8.17: Kinda Sorta.  So what’s on the agenda for this one?

• Well, my PVR glitched out, and I lost the Toy Story Christmas special, Toy Story That Time Forgot.  So it’s time to do a much-delayed review!
  
• Beijing was awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics.  I have a rant about that.
  
• I found this article on the official Star Wars website, giving the history of the Spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi action figure, leading me to reminisce about mine.
  
• Another installment of Mark Tastes Random Things, where I sip on Sparkmouth Ginger Ale.
  
• And just wondering what to do with my long weekend.

I hope this’ll keep you satisfied until September rolls around, and I can start pumping things out on regular basis.  So listen, and enjoy!

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