{"id":275,"date":"2006-03-29T02:16:18","date_gmt":"2006-03-29T07:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/index.php\/the-specials"},"modified":"2006-03-29T02:40:34","modified_gmt":"2006-03-29T07:40:34","slug":"the-specials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/the-specials\/","title":{"rendered":"The Specials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0001ZX0HY\/rpglibrary\/\" title='The Specials'><img src='http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/B0001ZX0HY.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg' alt='The Specials' style=\"border: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px 4px; float: right;\" \/><\/a>I watch a lot of movies. I love movies. Good movies, bad movies&#8230; as long as they aren&#8217;t  dull movies. I recently re-watched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0001ZX0HY\/rpglibrary\/\">The Specials<\/a>. I had forgotten just how funny this movie is. The Specials are the 6th or 7th most powerful group of superheroes on Earth. This movie is a day in the life of The Specials where they deal with the everyday trials of just being who they are, on the eve of the release of their new line of action figures (the Oscar of superheroes). If you liked <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000AP04L0\/rpglibrary\/\">Office Space<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00000IQC8\/rpglibrary\/\">Clerks<\/a>, you&#8217;ll love this movie.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike most &#8212; make that practically all &#8212; superhero movies, the dialog in The Specials is brilliant. The same writer (James Gunn) is behind the soon-to-be released <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0348181\/\">Slither<\/a>, so I will definitely be checking that out.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of movies, I recently joined the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shatnerdvdclub.com\/html\/\">William Shatner DVD Club<\/a>. I have high hopes for this (ever the optimist, I). The first movie Bill sent, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0000A1HSS\/rpglibrary\/\">Ginger Snaps<\/a>, came with a free bonus: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0000CBY0X\/rpglibrary\/\">Wolves Of Wall Street<\/a>. I&#8217;ve not watched Ginger Snaps yet, but I watched Wolves Of Wall Street earlier today. Wow, was that bad. Bad dialog, extraordinarily repetitive dialog, and a whole lot of padding (mostly scenes of the main character walking around in a kicky beret, alternated with shots of the Wall Street street sign and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commkey.net\/daniel\/flatiron.htm\">Flatiron Building<\/a>). Whoo-wee, what a stinker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watch a lot of movies. I love movies. Good movies, bad movies&#8230; as long as they aren&#8217;t dull movies. I recently re-watched The Specials. I had forgotten just how funny this movie is. 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