Written by Musgo Del Jefe
MUSGO's TOP 100 FEATURE OF THE WEEK:
No. 45 - Dazed and Confused (ENC) (SUN)
Do I over-value this film? Maybe. But there are films that completely catch you off guard and remind you why you love watching movies. Seeing this film at the end of my time living in California and then again on video (and laser disc!) when my comic book store Gen X opened, the movie served as an important transition. It's debut on video, the week that Gen X opened should be a sign right there. Heck, if you think I'm reaching to place it at No. 45, no other than Quentin Tarantino places it in his twelve greatest films of all time. It's possible that it won't even be the highest ranked "High School" movie on my list. I was in Elementary school in 1976, but the Austin, Texas of the film seemed so close to Mattawan, Michigan of the mid-80s that it was scary/funny. I'd write more, but I don't want to "jeopardize the goal of a championship season in '76".
Ratings around this movie:
44 - Aliens
50 - Terminator 2
54 - Alien
58 - Dracula (1931)
SUNDAY:
Stalking Jihad (HIST) The History Channel is great at finding these moments to feature. It's merely weeks before the 9-11 attacks and al-Qaida kidnaps dozens of people in the Philippines. Author, Mark Bowden, shows the connections to 9-11 and the pirate like showdown between US agents and terrorists on the high seas.
Nature Of The Beast (FAM) Finch from American Pie plays a werewolf trying to be cured before his wedding. It's probably as awful as that sentence makes it sound. But actor Eddie Kaye Thomas has been in Freddy Got Fingered and The Rage: Carrie 2 - this has to be scarier than those two put together.
MONDAY:
Heroes (NBC) This show is off to a rocky start to say the least. Can Veronica Mars figure out what's going on? Maybe Buffy and the Scooby Gang can figure it out next week.
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