Movie Thought and Tangents Aplenty!

I am about to take a brief vacation...Yes, we just did have some time off, but I will be off again. Perhaps I am preparing for my jet set lifestyle...Getting ready for those tawdry parties no doubt.

Anyway, while this is not a great movie moment, I do want to mention a thought. Pulse. Joey Lawrence. Pre Blossom and Post Gimme a Break. The sky was the limit, so he did the natural thing in 1988: sign on for a sci fi thriller with Cliff De Young. Time for two quick asides.

First: Has there been a bigger let down than the Olsen twins turning 18? I mean Joey Lawrence transitioned better. This was an Andretti at Indy type of meltdown. Right before the big debut, one of them gets an eating disorder? Just when they get to shed the after school special genre, they start living one.

Actually, I was one person who felt they started to get a bit creepy a few years ago when they were always seen holding each other, and they were always drinking coffee in their shows when they were 14. Yikes. I don't hold people I have dated as much as they would cuddle in public, and I was not slogging down the joe before puberty. Needless to say, I was ready for the meltdown of this duo.

Second: Whatever happened to Cliff De Young. I mean people do not even talk about him as a Judd Nelson or Lorenzo Lamas. This guy was in everything for a while. Why can't we have an A.P. or masters degree Kevin Bacon game with Cliff De young. Let's make this happen. I will go first: Sean Connery and Cliff De Young (Easy, I can do that in two actually...)

Back to it. Pulse. Wonderful. Electricity has a mind of its own and it is trying to kill everyone who is building a McMansion in Southern California. The classic scene is when this Obi Wan like old man appears and explains that he knows about the pulse which is why he has only keroscene lamps. The best part is when he tells them "I heard a man on TV say paranoia is another word for heightened awareness." I will bust that line out to receive blank stares of bewilderment. Much like the face that many of you are making who have actually read to the end.

"Keroscene lamps give off a warm glow..."

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[The Misspent Life]

I have decided to end my comment boycott. I therefore have this to say:

I have nothing to say about this post except "whoa" and not Cliff De Young, but William Forsythe.

I may resume my comment boycott at will.