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She was in rare form this episode, admittedly.

Speed Racer "The Most Dangerous Race Pt. 2" Speed catches up with the other racers while his flashback catches us up with the story so far. We are also introduced to the idea that Speed realizes something is wrong with his breaks. Sparky also realizes this and he and Spritle and Chim Chim drive to help. Trixie is with Pops (recovering in the hospital) and Mom Racer, when Pops reveals the problem with the breaks and Trixie take to the helicopter knowing Speed's breaks won't last in the mountains. Trixie has to rescue a broken down Sparky, Chim-Chim and Spritle while Speed's breaks give way and we're treated to the longest slide down a mountain helplessly pumping breaks from Speed ever committed to anime. Trixie arrives and Sparky lasso's the Mach 5 just in time to use the helicopter to keep it from going over a cliff. Speed and Sparky make up over their pointless argument in episode 1, Spritle tries to eat the box lunch Trixie brought for Speed leading to a lengthy argument between the pair. Speed and Sparky fix the breaks and Speed catches up with the group which has been delayed due to the weather destroying part of the track. The racers draw lots on the order for jumping the destroyed path and Speed gets last place. Of the five racers ahead of Speed, only Snake Oiler and Racer X make it across. Naturally Speed's run seems to fail for the cliffhanger and we end on the good luck charm Spritle gave Speed in the snow. Fun episode, lots of wacky animation bits and a nice cliffhanger. Spritle blames Sparky for their predicament Trixie hears Speed is in trouble! Trixie rushes to help! Trixie smugly to the rescue! Repairs will take awhile, so Trixie gets Speed all to herself... Trixie vs Spritle begins when Spritle tries to steal the box lunch Trixie brought Speed Trixie gets the upper-hand! Trixie resorts to violence! Spritle returns violence in kind! Body blow! The chase is on! Trixie tries to rope Speed into it! Speed puts Spritle and Trixie both in time-out.

Didn't mind the aliens either. It was very Chariots of the Gods.

I don't really get the hate for Crystal Skull. I think its easily 4th best out of the bunch, but the refrigerator bit was no more impossible an escape than the raft down the mountain in Temple of Doom which, in reality, would have left them all dead IIRC some physics break downs. The idea that the explosion is survivable by 'Indy luck" and the fact that the fridge (as they were back then) being lead lined protected him from the worst of the explosion and radiation is literally the kind of cliffhanger resolution that the old cliffhanger would have used.* *Actually, if I'm honest, a fair number of serials would have just resolved it by having the hero shrug it off. I'm looking at you Universal and Columbia serial makers from the 40s and 50s. I'm looking at you.

Cocaine Bear vs 2-Headed Shark

I watched NEMESIS 2 over the weekend. Had heard his health had taken a turn for the worse. Clarence Gillyard. JR. (Walker, Texas Ranger, Die Hard) passed away at 66 Aline Kominsky-Crumb, influential underground cartoonist and wife of Robert Crumb passed away at 74.

So pick Wheel of Time, Shannara or Davis' nose? ... ... I'll get me coat...

Gold coin proves 'fake' Roman emperor was real

Would love to see it, but I don't believe that article as proof that its happening. I'll wait for Lionsgate to throw out a press release.

Speed Racer - The Most Dangerous Race (Part 1) Speed finally meets Snake Oiler and the gang of stunt racers (of evil) before the deadliest race ever (think Ice Road Truckers, but with cars and jumping from mountaintop to mountain top and stuff). Racer X warns Speed about how to be careful, Spritle and Chim-Chim do reconnaissance, Speed angrily roughs up Sparky for no reason and Trixie has to deal with floozies throwing themselves at Speed. Spritle and Chim-Chim bring information about a mod that will help Speed compete with the trick racers, but Pops collapses before he can complete it, leaving Speed to complete it alone and rush to the starting line... Above, Speed obliviously signs autographs, while below Trixie reacts. Chim-Chim and Spritle, when scouting, disguise themselves and use a jalopy...for reasons...

UNMASKING THE IDOL (1986) - what happens when you cross James Bond with 80s Ninja-mania and add in a ninja baboon. Ludicrous, but fun film if you like ludicrous 80s action ninja bond cheese with baboons. and some of my Halloween watching - HUMAN LANTERNS (Ren pi deng long - 1982) - Run Run Shaw's attempt to meld their martial arts film factory with the 80s slasher films from the US and Italy. There's a really striking sequence showing the killer using the martial arts abilities typical of the genre to infiltrate and kidnap a woman at night that is effectively creepy. ALONE IN THE DARK (1982) - Not the Uwe Boll adaption of the video game, but an odd 1982 entry into slasher films. Dwight Schultz plays a psychiatrist hired to help Donald Pleasance with his psychiatric hospital. Schultz just moves into his house with his wife and daughter in time for a black-out to allow the escape of the 4 most dangerous inmates (Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Erland Van Lidth, and Phillip Clark) from Pleasance's hospital. The big names all do well, but there's a basic plot problem RAWHEAD REX (1986) - a doofus unleashes an ancient creature / diety; a shifty priest goes full maniac to earn a golden shower and a historian fights to kill the monster / diety. There are some moments that shine, but the film has a basic problem of not really deciding if Rex is a mindless monster or a creature with a definitive goal and a cunning strategy. This leads to some contradictory elements in the film that never really reconcile.

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I'm not sure why they started with introducing themselves, that was weird. But they should be playing characters (Field is 76 and Moreno is 90, FWIW).

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Others from this episode - Trixie is shocked, Speed is angry. Or determined. Maybe both. Neither Speed nor Trixie like being buzzed by a plane. Derp.

To be honest, I don't know if they're following a guide, or if Erica has explained to Dave the story so far and leapt in with it to get his impression. Or even if she was watching it and he just wandered through and offered the criticism without having seen anything else. No real context given really. I see people with opinions on Sailor Moon...I just got to know what you guys think of those opinions. As an aside, Erica Henderson is an Eisner winning comic artist and animator, so not a completely random Twitterererer. Even if it was a Tweetered Tweet on the Twittersphere of Twitterdom. For my part, I finally picked back up SPEED RACER and watched the final episode of THE RACE AGAINST THE MAMMOTH CAR. They only had one scene with the car broken up (when refueling), I really thought it was a more important thing from my childhood memories. So either my memory cheats, or I've mix-mastered multiple episodes in my memory. Some good Spritle and Chim-Chim action (maybe Hanna-Barbera should have looked at how they play against the heroes for Scrappy Doo ideas?).