Wow, well spotted.

So in prep for this weekend's viewing of The Blob I watched it last night.  Reminds me a lot of Slither, only minus the funny.

I believe the unwritten consensus on what qualifies as "classic" is at least 15 years, so yeah, those meet the criteria.

I wish I'd thought to check back here in time. I would have loved to catch the live record for The Blob. That is one of my favorite films. I have the score (by Michael Hoenig & J. Peter Robinson, who also collaborated together on The Gate, which I also have). It's delightfully eerie and synth-based. I like to collect 80s' film scores.

I remember hearing from Joss Whedon that he had a picture from The Blob of Shawnee Smith with a machine gun, which was part of the initial inspiration for Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He apparently wrote that script with that photo next to his typewriter, which at the time he affectionately called the Mutant Enemy. That name of course would eventually become his production company.

I may be reaching at this point, but I find it interesting that the male lead in The Blob is named Flagg, which could possibly be a shout out to Stephen King's The Stand, given that one of the writers, Frank Darabont would go on to adapt several of King's stories. I'm probably reading way too much into that, but it's something to think about.

That and "I like it".

I don't think it's actually necessarily a stretch. As Trey mentions offhand at one point, the melted hobo was also dubbed "Can Man". Trash Can Man was Randall Flagg's most devoted follower, and Can Man shares nearly all his scenes with Brian Flagg.

Also, we're dealing with a biological weapon accidentally unleashed, and which the government officials try to cover up under the guise of a highly-contagious disease. The Darabont-King-STAND connection is clearly there. But I failed to mention it on the ep, because I just realized it now.

The fact that his name is Flagg actually put it into my head that he was going to be a bad guy -- probably intentional as a little extra fun on Darabont's part. Although he did name him Brian Flagg, when it might more appropriately have been Ryan.

Nah, Joss Whedon's idea of porn is nothing but different angles and close-ups of Summer Glau's feet.

Well it works for me.

*shrug* We see you when you don't see us, what's puzzling?

THEN WHO WAS CHAT?

Great chat room today, guys, thanks for coming out. Saw some new faces in there. It was a party kind of.

Wait a minute....that moth burned down 20 YEARS AGO!!!

what comes next?

FYI, you can still rent Monsters on iTunes for $9.99.

I assume it'll be the 1978 Dawn of the Dead, but which cut, theatrical or extended?