They Live (1988)

As long as I live, I will never tire of watching this movie. It has aliens, an invasion, an ordinary guy that fights back, and the good guy wins in the end. What's not to like about it?

This is one of John Carpenter's better films. The guy who plays "Frank" looked familiar to me and I looked it up. He's also in "The Thing", another film by John Carpenter.

One of the scenes that always cracks me up, and it's probably because I'm a Duke Nukem fan, is the scene where he starts shooting up the bank. If you're familiar with Duke Nukem, and you watch the clip I'm providing below, you'll know exactly what I mean.

It stars Roddy Piper, Keith David, and Meg Foster. Check it out:

The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)

"The Amazing Colossal Man" is a B movie in every sense of the phrase. It has cheesy special effects, a horrible story, and insults our intelligence all at once. I thought it was fun to watch when I was a young boy and I still think it's fun. The amazing thing is, after months of searching, I now have a copy of the original unedited black and white version of it.

The most hilarious scene is when the doctor stabs his foot with a 6-foot hypodermic needle and the giant throws it back at him and spears him with it. Can you imagine how difficult that would have been, even under controlled conditions?

It stars Glenn Langan and Cathy Downs (as well as some other people I could care less about). I couldn't find a suitable video, but I found a video that has a few scenes in it. I have no idea what the music dubbed in is, but here it is:

Underdog (2007)

If you're too young to remember the 1960s cartoon "Underdog", this movie might not be your cup of tea. It takes characters and situations out of the old cartoon series and puts them on the big screen for the first time as a live-action movie.

I watched it when I was a kid. It was one of the few cartoons I could laugh at without feeling stupid. The movie made me feel almost the same, especially when seeing how Underdog takes a bite out of crime on the big screen for the first time. Some of the characters are different (like Riff Raff) and some are so close to the original cartoon characters I just had to watch this movie all the way through.

I'm surprised at the low ratings on IMDB. Perhaps it's because it was aimed at kids and not adults. Heck, I'm just a big kid at heart. That character Cad was hilarious with his thesaurus and everything. He annoyed the heck out of Dr. Barsinister. You don't have to be a kid to enjoy watching that!

It stars Jason Lee as the voice of Underdog, Peter Dinklage as Dr. Simon Barsinister, James Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Alex Neuberger and more. Here's the trailer:

Rocky and His Friends (1959-1961) and The Bullwinkle Show (1961-1964)

Both of the titles refer to the same animated television series. The name was changed when the series was moved from the ABC network to the NBC network in 1961.

I could write an exhaustive article on this, but it's already been done! Take a look at Hokey Smoke! Rocky and Bullwinkle for the complete history of the series.

Here's a video I found which gives you an overview of the series, which is now broadcast regularly on "The Cartoon Network" cable channel:

The Time Tunnel (1966-1967)

I admit it; I'm old. I remember this TV series from my childhood and it's now available on DVD. Only 30 episodes (1 season) were ever produced. It was one of the many series created and produced by Irwin Allen and I'll be featuring more of them as I find them.

In this series, Scientists Tony Newman and Doug Phillips are the young heads of Project Tic-Toc. While testing the tunnel, Newman and Phillips became trapped in time. This is a series begging for a remake.

Starring James Darren and Robert Colbert. Here's a video that includes the opening and closing title theme: