Attack on Titan!
So, my deal with Attack on Titan is that I was obsessed with it for about a week. I can’t remember exactly where I left off, but the show never seemed to top its first few episodes.
…and here’s the very first of them, from 2013. (English dub. Sorry, purists.)
In a nutshell: The sad remains of society hide behind walls because there’s a horde of giant, scary monster people who will stop at nothing to eat them. (Literally eat them, I mean.)
It’s such an amazing premise. I wish I could tell you that the rest of the series was exactly like this, but it’s not. (Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, mind you. Certainly Attack on Titan has more fans now than ever!)
Before anyone asks: No, I haven’t read the books. I never read the books. I just latch onto shows three years too late, plow through a box of Triscuits while filling in the gaps on a random wiki, and then move onto the next thing.
Terror in the Aisles!
Wow, I really screwed the pooch on After Dark, huh? Days became weeks, weeks became more weeks, and eventually it got to the point where not updating After Dark became the new normal.
Well, whatever, I’m still all-in on the idea of there being nightly threads with random videos, so let’s give this another go. Here’s Terror in the Aisles, from 1984:
(Thanks to Terry, who suggested this one in the previous thread.)
Terror in the Aisles is a documentary about horror movies, hosted by Donald “Dr. Loomis” Pleasence. It’s admirably restrained, offering a not-so-cheesy and fairly serious look at the horror genre while trying to decipher its appeal.
It screams “TV special” but was actually released in theaters, though I suppose that shouldn’t be surprising considering the number of R-rated clips peppered throughout. (IIRC, there are some pretty heavy scenes in this one. You’ve been warned.)
Fun fact: I’ve managed to keep Terror in the Aisles on my DVR since July of 2011. At this point it’s an obsession. I never watch it. I just like having it there. I imagine that it will someday win me an obscure longevity award.
RGB’s Saint Patrick’s Day Episode!
Tonight’s video was another suggestion by Brew Berry, and it’s perfectly timed:
Yep, The Real Ghostbusters kinda sorta had a Saint Patrick’s Day special!
Watch it. For luck.
The Garbage Pail Kids Cartoon!
Here’s the first episode of the Garbage Pail Kids cartoon series, which I swear was a real thing that existed:
The 1987 series never aired in the United States, thanks to a buncha grumpy adults who complained loudly enough. I picked up the whole series on DVD a while back, and then promptly buried it at the back of a mostly-inaccessible shelf. So yeah, this’ll be my first time seeing it.
Given that it was conceived as a Saturday morning series, I can’t imagine that it will be nearly as disgusting as the stickers or the terrible movie were. Let’s find out!
