Comments on: Only the Strong

By: Joel Owen

Joel Owen — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:15:44 +0000

In ballroom dancing, my favorite dance is Rumba and the Flamenco.;;-

By: Hunter Reed

Hunter Reed — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:23:14 +0000

I just love to do ballroom dancing specially during my free times. dancing is my passion.”“

By: Outlaw Vern

Outlaw Vern — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:57:51 +0000

Today I noticed Mark Dacascos is “following” me on the “twitter,” which is a great honor. I hope I do a good job. I wonder if I can get Geoffrey Lewis to follow me too.

By: frankbooth

frankbooth — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:15:32 +0000

Oops. I feel like I made some kind of fox pass, mixing up the comments with the actual review.

Well, you still made me waste time watching two-thirds of a silly movie on Youtube, a movie I’d never have heard of if not for you. That’s gotta count for something in this life. You have influence!

By: Mr. Majestyk

Mr. Majestyk — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:30:43 +0000

Don’t sell yourself short, Vern. It’s just that no one’s ready to deal with the implications of the guy from Marked For Death being in the “Black Or White” video. It’s like when Galileo postulated that the earth was not the center of the universe and they locked his ass up in a tower.

By: Outlaw Vern

Outlaw Vern — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:25:34 +0000

thanks Frank. I can’t take credit for the comments about the hopeful vibe of the ’90s, though. That was a great point by Mr. Majestyk that I wish I would’ve thought of myself. All I can take credit for is the one about the connection between MARKED FOR DEATH and the “Black or White” video, but nobody seems to be as excited about that one as me.

By: frankbooth

frankbooth — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:55:43 +0000

– but I hate you with a grudging respect. Actually, I don’t hate you, I like you. I just blame you for enticing me to watch silly movies on Youtube.

Wow, my last comment was long. I hope you all had the sense to ignore it and use the time to make the world a better place. Vern, you can charge me rent if I’m using up your blog space and electricity and stuff.

By: frankbooth

frankbooth — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:50:18 +0000

Nice review, Vern. You have the ability to persuade me to look up these movies that I would never consider otherwise. I’ve got this one playing on Youtube right now — they have the whole thing in installments. (Not that I condone that sort of thing, but it’s the responsibility of the studio lawyers to capoeira the pirates, not mine.)

Hey, that’s Geoffrey Lewis as the obligatory cynical-burnout teacher who tells him not to bother. (He’s what Fametracker would call a “hey-it’s-that-guy.” Is Fametracker even still around?) You MUST have this character in your “idealist-reforms-school” film. Oops, didn’t mean to liveblog the movie.

But before I go, I’d like to comment on what you said about the hopeful vibe of the early Nineties. Thanks for the memories, I’d forgotten it was like that. We got rid of Bush Sr. after 12 straight years of those guys. I remember throwing a party specifically to celebrate this event. Everything was all neon colors and vests and round sunglasses. Young MC, Tone Loc, etc. The future looked bright. And then Bill let us down and that fake-alternative rock took hold and Cobain died and Friends happened and my girlfriend gained weight and the hangovers got worse.

Meanwhile, back on Youtube, we’ve got the Dirty-Harry-whiny-liberal. “Death squads” – what a pussy. If we didn’t have death squads, they’d be eating borscht in El Salvador. Hey, that blonde is a total Elizabeth Banks lookalike. Sorry, did it again. It’s your own damn fault.

I did have to look up Dwayne Wayne. I was busy learning all about scotch whisky in those days, and I was not up on my sitcoms. Especially sitcoms about kids and hugs.

On to part 3 of Only the Strong! Goddammit Vern, I got stuff to do. I hate you.

By: Tendrillar

Tendrillar — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:58:09 +0000

I fuckin’ knew it! For years i’ve had a love affair with this amazing movie, and anytime i’m looking for a flick to watch I sift through a Vern Review. Man, I hate to sound like a ass kissing an ass, but, In Vern We trust.

By: A. Gerard

A. Gerard — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:03:16 +0000

The Chairman’s Nephew is a fucking ACTION STAR?!?!

Sometimes life just gives and gives.

Oh, and:

“Dwayne… Cleophus… Wayne.”

“For his sake, I hope that’s a typo.”

-very special hunted-by-drug-dealers episode of A Different World.

Actually, it was a two-parter, and probably could qualify for some kind of inclusion in this little themed batch of reviews. Ron and Wayne even had a couple action moments. Probably inspired Bad Boys.

Where would one find a thing like that?

Sincere thanks, Majestyk. I really haven’t thought enough about A Different World in recent years. Now I recall that my dad, a giant science geek, bought flip-up sunglasses for his bifocals because he thought Dwayne Wayne was cool.

Damn, that show hurtled of the rails.