The Good The Bad And The Ugly!

 

There's some things in life that are bad. You know they're bad, everybody knows they're bad, but you don't care. Then there's things in life that are good, even great, and you do really care. Then there's things in life that are ugly and they just won't stop.

Over the weekend the alleged end of the Halloween series opened in theaters and not being a streaming guy I had to go, in Imax. I knew it was gonna suck, I expected it to suck, and it didn't disappoint. Oh yeah it sucks. But it sucks on a whole new level.

Look I've loved the Halloween series since the first one back in 1977? It was a new take on horror movies. I mean nothing could beat the Exorcist or The Omen but Halloween was right there to me. It was real. There was no supernatural goings on just a psycho murderer terrorizing teens. Michael Myers made a name for himself in that movie. But so did Laurie Strode. Michael Myers vs Laurie Strode forever man. I'd be there everytime. And it thrilled me to see Jamie Lee Curtis in her 60's with the gray hair and the unworked on face. She was the bomb as a kid and still is. Michael Myers may be the greatest horror villain ever. But this movie......has a bit of Laurie Strode and even less of Michael Myers. Its not about either of them, its about an incel and Lauries granddaughter getting involved for gawd knows why. He's a wimpy mechanic who'd accidentally killed a child, she's a nurse who takes one look at him and pursues him like hes freakin Timothy Chalomet. Its unreal and just dumb. Finally Michael Myers appears, then disappears again and the wimpy incel starts whacking people as he has Michaels "eyes".....I dont know...eventually incel guy overpowers Michael (really?) and steal his mask, starts killing everyone and eventually gets to Laurie. But Michael is pissed his mask got stolen by such a wuss and goes to get it back and then hilarity ensues at the Strode house. Good lord, I get the money grab here, and I get Jamie Lee Curtis wanting to end this bullshit, but this movie is a deception. If you think you're getting the Halloween movie that ends the series well you are, but you have to sit through an hour and a half to get there. Stream it on Peacock and fast forward 90 minutes into it and then start watching.  Or better yet forget it.

The good? Aint Too Proud To Beg opened here last night and if you love Motown and the Temptations and even the Supremes run to this show. Its the musical story of the Temptations. Its not a concert, its a story with music, familial music and a story you probably don't know full of egos, tragedy, drug abuse, racism, alcoholism. And of course the music.

Told from the perspective of founding member Otis Williams, the narrator is Otis, who tells how the Temptations came to be in Detroit, sang for pennies, developed a style of song and dance, and hooked up with Berry Gordy where the hits began. Along the way we learn about the women, the booze, the racism, the fame, the egos and the songs. Peppered with Motown songs from the Temps and the Supremes who are their main rivals, it moves at a fast pace and tells a great story at the same time. The second act is much more tragic as people leave the group, come back, get into drugs and die of illnesses , accidents, drug abuse, and suicide . The story of Papa Was a Rolling Stone is my favorite and I wont ruin it but the whole success of the song was a surprise lets say.

The show is a must. The opening night crowd was few and far between but we made a damn lot of noise because you couldn't help but cheer these great performers. Support this show, you wont be sorry.

The ugly is the political ad from some shadow group called Citizens For Sanity. This is THE ugliest political ad I may have ever seen. Its basically a call out to the Great Replacement Theory. Joe Biden is letting people over the border who the Democrats want to "replace you" and "take what you've earned" and rape your daughters. I am not exaggerating. This is as blatant of a racist ad as you can get. Scenes of riots and marauding brown people and scary headlines of "illegal immigrants" killing and raping children "one of whom was 3 years old". 

But then with a little research you CAN find who is responsible for the ad and its not the aforementioned Citizens For Sanity but one Stephen Miller, the greasy little Goebbels character from the prior administration. The rat faced little hate filled 30 something who looks 50 something. Its all him. Citizens For Sanity is an environmental group based in Florida . This group is Stephen Miller, a Nazi white supremacist fucker based out of hell. 

This election season cant end fast enough.