Addams Family Values

I really love this movie, so I thought it would be nice to show you the trailer:

The Simpsons: the Ride

Have a look at this ad promoting the (then) upcoming new attraction at Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood theme parks: The Simpsons: the Ride:





Incidentally, this attraction replaced another called Back to the Future: the Ride, and this video makes reference to it:

100 movie spoilers in 5 minutes

The title says it all.

Lookalikes (4)

Similarly:



I love this series!


Hey, someone just had the same idea as me!




Haha, I loved Fievel's cartoons.






(This is the gargoyle from Ghostbusters.)


Brilliant finding!


I'm not the only one thinking that.


So, Darth Ratzi is the lookalike of both Uncle Fester and Palpatine?

Chuck Norris in French

I just wanted to show you some of the best (witty?) quotes by Chuck Norris and introduce you to the great work of Bernard Tiphaine to dub him in the French version:



Epic. Note that Little John is dubbed by Pierre Hatet, (un)known for dubbing Christopher Lloyd among others.





No line in the following excerpt, but this is just to show you how to open the door safely:

"You built a time machine out of a car!"

Goldentusk, who made the Indiana Jones theme song which I featured some days ago, made several other theme songs. Today, I'd like to show you this one about the Back to the Future theme composed by Alan Silvestry. You might want to listen to the original version first:



And now, the parody:



Please (re)watch this Back to the Future rap which I featured last year:

Alternate Endings: the Return!

I've already shown you several alternate endings for the Back to the Future movies, but I've just found another that's worth the detour:



What if it had really happened…?

And I found a new one for Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back:



And another:



All too easy…

And yet another:



Soooo silly indeed!

The Top 11 Scariest Movies of All Time

Welcome to the Halloween Theme Week! It means that this week, I plan to post videos relating to Halloween.

Today's video was made by thatguywiththeglasses (my favourite YouTuber) for his channel thenostalgiacritic (which had also been deleted by YouTube). He analyses the "top eleven scariest nostalic moments of all time. Why top 11? Because I like to go one step behind".



# 11: The Wizard of Oz

I definitely have to see this movie: it's a reference for many parodies. It's a little bit too kitschy for me, though.


# 10: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (old version: 1971)

Never seen this one too, but just a couple extracts. Too kitschy as well.

"So, what's the deal, Wonka*?" [*pronounced as "wanker", I think…]

# 9: Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland

In French, I think it had the ridiculous name of "Bizounours"…


# 8: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (animated version)


# 7: The snake from Beetlejuice (by Tim Burton)


# 6: Ghostbusters

I was scared the shit out of myself by that ghost librarian when I was young!!

"… a spiritual nanny played by Peter MacNicol. Peter MacNicol is already really scary… Now imagine him in drag trying to play a Mary Poppinsish pedophile from hell and you got yourself a pretty nasty image."

# 5: The child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Never seen, but I heard of it, especially as a musical.


# 4: Large Marge from Pee Wee's Big Adventure (again by Burton)

I saw this movie a couple of years ago, and I regret it… It's one of the dumbest (in the bad sense of the term) films ever. On the other hand, I rather like Big Top Pee Wee (shame on me).


# 3: Judge Doom from Who framed Roger Rabbit

This film stands in the my Top 10 Best Movies ever. I love Christopher Lloyd playing this part. He never blinks in the whole film… And the French version is great, too.

"The vilain is tall, is dark, is Christopher Lloyd…"

"… and you can count the bricks we shit after seeing this scene."

I just love this kind of expressions.

By the way, do you know why the title is written without a question mark? It's due to a superstition in Hollywood saying that you can never put such a sign in a title. Basically.


# 2: the clown from Poltergeist

I still have to see it. Another source of parodies.


# 1: the banshee from Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Don't know that one… But it looks scary… I mean back then it probably was.



Anyway, this is a great list, even though there are other monsters and creepy creaters that'd deserved to be on that list. I'm thinking about the wrath of God at the end of Indiana Jones and the Lost Ark, for instance.

Brokeback… to the Future

The other day, J.K. Rowling stated that the character of Professor Dumbledore was in fact gay. I don't know what she decided to mention that—it's going to give strenghten the anger of those who criticize the books for being anti-christian (even if there are lots of Christian elements in the them, like Christmas celebrations…). So then, Dumbledore is gay, but if we take a closer look on the films, there might be several other "gay" characters:



Remus and Sirius too:



Well, it's just silly. But this shows you how you can make a totally different film just by putting the pieces in another order.

As long as we're in the middle of a series of Brokeback Montain related parodies, I was also stunned by this secret relationship in Back to the Future:



Brilliant montage!

In the Lord of the Rings, too:



Lloyd and Harry from Dumb and Dumber:

Yet Another Alternate Ending…

Here's another alternate ending for Back to the Future:



Of course, the film would have been about 20 minutes long, and the trilogy wouldn't have existed… But this is the point of a joke.

I also found this rap song summarizing the first movie brilliantly:



Fantastic! If you have never seen the movie, I hope you'll wanna watch it.

A funny thing is the transition from the first episode of BTTF to the second one. At the end of the first, there was a scene where Marty (Michael J. Fox) meets his girlfriend, Jennifer. Then Doc shows up: something has gotta be done about their (future) kids in the future. Then the DeLorean goes away flying.

The fact is that when they started shooting BTTF II in 1989, the actress playing Jennifer in BTTF I (Claudia Wells) wasn't available. So they had to replace her by Elizbeth Shue. This is why we have two versions of the same scene at the end of BTTF I and at the beginning of BTTF II:



This kind of thing had never been done before, and I think it hasn't been done again since then.

Shame on Him! Quinquies: Michel Doomst

Have you ever heard of the little village (or, as they say in Flanders: gemeente) of Gooik, in the Province of Flemish Brabant? I admit I hadn't till I saw its mayor on television. But I'm sure you're wondering why the heck I'm talking about some obscure bloke from the Flemish rural catholic countryside: "What the hell is funny about a casual mayor?". I'm going to explain myself, of course, as I always does. (If not, drop a comment for my lack of cohesion.)

If I come to talk about people in this blog, that's either because I like them, either because I don't like them, either because they make me laugh (precisely because I like them or not).

(Do you still copy? See what I mean? If not, so be it.)

Well, what was I saying anyway? Oh yes, that mayor (or burgemeester) from Gooik. Well, guess what?
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This is just a blank to give you time to have a think about it. I'm sure you can guess from the title: I've already written several articles that go in the same direction, making fun of a certain category of people. … No, it's not about rednecks, French "Jackys", Walloon barakîs and other Flemish Johnny's en Marina's.
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And now? Did you have enough time to think about it? Or do you need one more minute, or one more clue? … No, it would be too easy. But anyway, I'm gonna put an end to this long wait now, because I'm sure you've already looked at the picture below, haven't you yet? See, I told you!

Yeah, as you can see, this guy is part of the large community of man who are too scared of showing bald flesh on their skulls… His name is Michel Doomst. He's thus the mayor of Gooik, as I said above. He's also a member of Parliament. His party is the CD&V, the leading party in Flanders. The first time I saw him, it was of course on TV. The first thing that came across my mind was yelling: "COMBOVER!" Indeed, as you can see several threads of hair were combed towards his fronthead, giving him that ridiculous appearance. If I were living in this remote village of Gooik, I surely wouldn't vote for this man. If you drop an "o" in his name and add an "e" at the end of it, you have the word "domste", which means "silliest". Quod erat demonstrandum. (Or if you just drop "st", you're left alone with someone called "Doom". A Doom that's not even a judge… What a pity. [Explanation for ignorants (if any): I'm cleverly referring, as an Easter Egg, to the brillant "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" with Christopher Lloyd playing a certain Judge Doom.])

I know this is a shallow reason not to vote for him, but people voted for instance for the "beauty" (read: legs) of Freya Vandenbossche, who was in charge of Treasury. Later, she stated in a newspaper that she was hopeless in maths and that she didn't understand anything to economics… That's a true story. We're governed by a bunch of incapable people – who have to rely on capable advisors. (Most of them work for the ministry of Education of the Communauté française. The so-called programmes they came up with are too silly to be taken seriously.)

By the way, and before I go, this Michel Doomst appeared on TV because he was (and still is) an eager advocate of the so-called splitsing van de kieskring Brussel-Halle-Vilvoorde. If you don't know what this awkward thing is, don't try to find out what it is: it's a symbollical division of a voting district around Brussels that is demanded by Flemish politicians. It appears that this division would cost several Flemish seats in the Parliament, but they don't seem to have noticed that… Anyway, that's an issue that they absolutely want to discuss as soon as the government is set. And for the record, the elections weren't taking place last sunday, but… nearly 90 days ago, on 10 July!!! … "At snail's pace", as they say.

PS. If you look at different pictures of Michel Doomst, you'll see that his combover's size changes from time to time. (And this reminds me of one of my former professors…)

The DeLorean: "Live the Dream"

I told you last Wednesday that I was going to go to Brussels in order to meet Christopher Lloyd at the BIFFF. I did. I met one of my favourite actors. But I haven't uploaded the pictures yet, so that I can write a post about it. Meanwhile, I will briefly give a preview of what you're going to read in one week's time or so.

I went to Brussels with my parents on Thursday 12 April. We went eating crisps at the Atomium's fritkot, and then we went to Tour & Taxi, where the event took place. It was 6 o'clock, and Mr. Lloyd was to arrive at 8 pm. Round 7.30, a DeLorean arrived!!! My favourite car!!! The one that, precisely, we see in the Back to the Future trilogy!!!

That was the preview.

Now a little bit more about DeLoreans, or, more precisely, the DeLorean DMC-12. Here's a fine video that explains the main lines of the phenomenon.



I'd like to have one of them. Ok, I first have to have the money. So, I have to get a good job. That's why I'm working hard. Unfortunately, they're scarce in Europe, and their importation is nearly impossible, due to bureaucratic fuss — don't worry, I'll tell you about it.

There are only 21 DeLoreans in Belgium. Here's another, broadcast on VRT (Flemish television) in the summer of 2006. It's a shame I discovered it two days ago…



As an exercise, I decided to transcribe it… The fact is that they talk a bit too fast, but I could pause and transcribe what they were saying. But when who have a speaker who hesitates and overuses "online planning" device in order to "fill in the air" just the time he's thinking about what he's gonna say, then you're in trouble if Flemish is not your mother tongue… That guy named Andy is hardly understandable. Hence the "???" for the words that I don't understand or that I can't even deduce from context. Please help me, if you do understand it!!! Or if you find mistakes, I'd be glad to correct them.

Terug naar de toekomst

Andy:"Ik moest erkennen … tijdreizen … eigenlijk wat dacht er rooslicht is erg, denk ik heel zo belangrijk, denk ik, ik vind het meer belangrijkere van…van euh… vooruit te kunnen gaan en stilstaan en …??, ja."

Zondag is Poperinge the place to be voor de trotse eigenaars van een oldtimer. Frederik, Andy en Benny hebben er een van een heel speciale soort: een DeLorean van 1981 wa namelijk de ster in de film Back to the Future.

Frederik: "Het was allemaal begonnen toen ik was klein manneke toen ik voor de eerste keer Back to the Future zag. Het was al spectaculair op zich. Ik dacht dat de auto eigenlijk speciaal voor de film was gebouwd voor de film zelf. Maar dat bleek niet het geval te zijn."

Andy: "DeLorean heb ik leren kennen toen ik een videobank kreeg van een vriend waarop een film stond; ik heb naar die film gekeken, en die film had blijven doorlopen. En op het ??? daarop … stond een andere film achter eigenlijk, en toen heb ik die voor de eerste keer de DeLorean gezien."

Frederik: "Er is die beroemde scène waar die… waar een vrachtwagen stond op een parking, de Twin Pine Mall, en die deur gaat open, en die DeLorean is voor de eerste keer uitgereden. Het eerste wat ik dacht: "Als ik later groot ben, ?? ook zo één."

Andy:"Als ??? toekom, ik parkeer de wagen, en zwaai die deuren open. Het eerste wat de mensen meestal vragen is zo van een typische vraag: "Kan je ook tijdreizen?", of "Kan je ook vliegen?". Dat zijn meestal… dat was eigenlijk op die tijd een optie op deze wagen, dus…"

"— Die film Back to the Future nooit gezien?"
— O, ja, ja, ja!
— Dat is 'm. Dat is 'm.
— Ja, Bake to die Fjutch, ja…
— Vleugeldeuren…
— Ja.
— … Inox.
— Ja."

Frederik:"Het is 'n heel plezant gevoel met die auto te rijden: het is een betaalbaar wagen, hij valt sowieso alop."

Andy:"Ik denk dat het… een soort van, een soort van ziekte is die wagen, da's toch een gezonde ziekte van maar zijn."

Benny:"Die eigenaars van DeLoreans, die zijn wel op zij mi … gelijk zielen te zoemen, omdat we praten toch altijd over hetzelfde…"

Frederik:"Het is een deel van de autocultuur, zowel als de Amerikaans als de Europese markt, en daarenbovende dankzij de films van Back to the Future is het op een film gekomen."

Frederik:"Als ik zo kunnen terugkeren naar de tijd, zal ik proberen terug te gaan naar de jaren waar de DeLorean gebouwd werd en al de brochures en al de informatie die toen op de markt was, bij mij houden, want die halen fortuinen op internet."

Benny:"Als je naar de toekomst wil gaan, in tijd… in tijd reizen, da moet je met 'n DeLorean, dat kan nie me 'n andere wagen…"

Keikoptreffen: nu zondag in Poperinge.

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I also like monster trucks (it's sooo stupid). Look, a DeLorean-Monster Truck does exist!!



I think the owner's got a combover…

That's all, folks.

The Mamushka!!!

If I had any skills for dancing, I would learn this dance!



We danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper. And now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you!

The Addams Family was originally a series which was made into a film at the beginning of the 90s, featuring Raul Julia, Angelica Houston, Christina Ricci (still a little girl at this time) and the talented Christopher Lloyd, whom I'll see tomorrow in Brussels, since he's a special guest for the BIFFF (Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival). If you want to join me, just send me a message. I like Christopher Lloyd a lot because he's one of the best actors I know; I saw him in many of my favourite movies, from Back to the Future (as Doc Brown) to Who Freaked Roger Rabbit (Judge Doom) to Dennis the Menace.

I'm definitely in love with the freaky, spoofy atmosphere of the film. And because you're friends, I'll show you another extract, but from the second Addams movie, The Addams Family Values, in which Fester is seduced by… a black widow, Debbie Jelinsky (Joan Cusack). The fragment is in French (that's quite rare to find one on YouTube); notice Fester/Fétide's dubbing voice, Pierre Hatet, great French actor. I love his performance.



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Note also that the baby's name is… Puberty