I watched New York Minute last night. Oh my god. OH MY GOD. The latest Crayon Haiku says it all, and see the attendant SC blog entry for a mini- review of the film. Oh my god.

In other news, my Dr. Who DVD box set finally arrived yesterday! So far I've watched Dr. Who and the Daleks, which isn't terribly interesting or exciting despite the presence of everyone's favorite salt shaker-shaped cyborgs. Part of the problem stems from the fact that it's adapted from and adheres far too closely to the second "Doctor Who" serial (which itself was fairly boring, the introduction of the Daleks notwithstanding), so there's nothing new here except the draw of seeing Daleks in color. I guess that alone made the movie worth seeing back in the 60s, but considering that one can not only see Daleks in color but see them in color and molesting naked women the thrill is all but gone at this point. I do like Peter Cushing, though, and the lengthy text bio of him in the DVD extras was a rather nifty read.

However, because the film does have Daleks, I now have an excuse to finally add images of them to my random DVD screencap script. Hurrah!

I added a bunch of others as well... click the following link (or just scroll down if you've already done so) to see 'em. See if you can guess what DVDs I snagged them from! Some are pretty easy; some are not.

The above two are from different films -- in fact, the second one's from an extra on the DVD, which makes it pretty tough. Apparently I wasn't compelled to take any screencaps from the movie itself, but I thought this shot was wicked cool. 🙂

If you recognize the character at the bottom, this should be fairly easy. 🙂

You have no excuse whatsoever for not getting this one.

Or this one, for that matter.

But you get a whole bunch of bonus points if you can place this film! (Hint: It's the only movie that I know of in which a demonic baby thing gnaws the holy hell out of his mother's breasts, after which the camera cuts to the floor to show a stream of milk dribbling into a big red splash of blood. Ugh.) Pat yourself on the back if you even recognize the actor in the first cap.

All for now, then -- until next time! 🙂