quote: As an aside, I once read a very creepy story about an evil Santa Claus. Some kid's abusive father told it, in the context of the story. I don't remember many of the details though, other than that the evil Santa Claus drove around on a sleigh pulled by goats, and he was murderously violent. In the end I think the father is killed by said creature.
I have the faint inkling of a feeling that this was a Donald Westlake short story. Lessee... Not yer regular Dortmunder book, no. Not one of them hard boiled versions, no. Ahh, yesss... Here: "Nackles", it's called. In a collection labeled "Tomorrow's Crimes", aka Westlake tackles sci-fi (Or rather, gets tackled by it. Not his cup of Earl Grey, apparently.).
Only two Santa stories in Futurama? Aww. I was so looking forward to seeing a trilogy completed. (They're showing reruns here right now, and I mean right now. Gotta go.)
quote: "Silent Night, Deadly Night" is one of the most bizarre movies I've ever seen. For the most part, I really don't like this film. But for some odd reason, I don't hate it. This movie has sort of grown on me a bit. This movie caused a big controversy back in 1984 when it was released (many movie theaters refused to release this and the theaters that did release it were picketed) because of it's portrayl of a killer Santa Claus. I remember hearing on the news that TV stations refused to show commercials of this on TV because they feared that it would frighten young children. That was a wise move because this movie is definitely not for children! I've never seen this movie air on a TV or cable station, and it's been over 15 years since this film was made! But really, what were these filmmakers thinking of when they made this? "Silent Night, Deadly Night" is a movie where just about every murder scene made me cringe. However, some of the murder sequences in the film were strangely fascinating. I don't know why. Another asset is that the movie is never boring. It entertained me inspite of itself. But it's not up there with my slasher favorites "Halloween", "Friday the 13th", and "Scream". "Silent Night, Deadly Night" has lackluster performances, wooden direction, and an incredibly absurd script. And it features without question the meanest Mother Superior in movie history!
There's nothing more fascinating than killing people on X-mas.
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Watch the part where the Klown comes out of the toilet: for a moment, you can see the guy's arm inside it as he overextends it out of the prop toilet.
The movie that made me re-think eating cotton candy at fairs.
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Daniel Butler
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Just my two cents...I always considered the mirror universe to be a sort of...slave to our universe, with things being the opposite (in a certain way)... this comes from my heavy belief in duality: m/am, male/female, hot/cold, matter/energy....althought that last one is an illusion..well..then...the rest are too aren't they?
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I had a thought.. THE MIRROR UNIVERSE has been demonstrated to be a different timeline that diverged at some point, so as a result, things are opposite that they are in the general Star Trek Universe. I'm thinking that the Mirror Universe that we see in TOS may not be the same alternate timeline as in DS9 or ENTERPRISE. Granted, they're very similar, but hey, they could be splits of splits... indeed, the whole TCW might be between timelines, instead of between points on the same timeline, trying to patch force certain branches to happen or close.
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