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There's actually another version of movie. However, in this one, the puppet overthrows a South American government, and heads up a fascistic military dictatorship. It's called "Pinochet-o"

Boy makes robot. Boy meets girl. They fall in love. Robot dies. Girl dies. Boy steals her body from the hospital and puts the robot microchip in her brain. Girl goes on a killing spree. I personally love this movie, but it is one Wes Craven often cited as his worst film. It starts out as an innocent Short Circuit/Gremlins/ET rip-off, a boy and his ‘pet’ story, that springboards into a Bride of Frankenstein-esque gory mess. It’s a great example of how easily producers, studio execs, and test audiences can ruin a movie (not to say they were working on high art to begin with). Craven wanted a departure from horror fame and set out to craft a PG love story with some dark fantasy elements and was forced instead to “be that spooky Nightmare guy.” The trailer cuts out any mention of nor even shows a single frame of the titular ‘friend’ BB the robot. The added gore scenes are so over the top and laughable that it’s hard not to shake your head and ask yourself, “what the hell am I watching.” I think you guys would have a lot of fun with this one. I feel bad ruining this, because if you aren’t expecting it you’d never see it coming, but the most infamous scene is this murder-by-basketball: Fun fact: the screenwriter would go on to win Oscar gold for Ghost.

There's also one where a Filipino puppet tells people he's the descendant of a communist revolutionary It's called "Pinoy Che-o"

There's also one about Balki Bartokomous coming to live with his cousin It's called "Bronson Pinchot-io"

Pinocchio's nose growing when he lies is not really a thing in the novel. The Fairy with the Turquoise Hair (known as the Blue Fairy in the Disney version) uses her magic to make his nose grow when he lies to her. It's not an natural function of his body, and it only happens once! (This is also true in Disney's version, by the way.) Also, in the novel, the log from which Pinocchio is carved is already talking before Geppetto starts working on it. It's not explained how it came to life, but the fairy or Geppetto's wish for a child had nothing to do with it.

Jamie Loftus joins The Boys to give them the Mensa test.

Then there was the one where he entered the pasta eating contest: “Pingnocchi-o”

Replying to bump it up. Too many newer movies, need to get back to the goldmine that is the 80s!

There’s also the one where he becomes a sad wine drunk called “Pinot-cchio.”

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Oh pinball machines definitely take cues from casino games and pachinko in drawing people in with poppy noises and bright flashing lights. The Metallica one has a multiball moment where the electric chair at the top of the machine lights up and shakes before launching about five balls in a frenzy and Ride the Lightning starts blaring from the speakers. At the Hall of Fame they have an early 90s WWF Royal Rumble machine and holy hell when I hit the proper ramp to get the "you eliminated them" flashing on the screen, I realize what it must feel like when someone wins a good chunk of money on a slot machine, because not even Macho Man Randy Savage could eliminate Yokozuna by himself, but I did it with relative ease.

I love pinballs, but they never really caught on here. I remember playing on a The Who pinball machine. I played it, doing quite well for myself, then the scoreboard just flashed "CHRISTMAS!!!!" and holy shit, there must have been 20 balls just drop down.

I'm amazed at how pinball machines have not dropped in price over the last 25 years, because I remember being a kid and seeing in an old issue of Wizard Magazine a special anniversary edition of the Star Wars Trilogy machine being released for the remastered editions coming to theaters, and that thing was $7,600. I'm assuming that because of them being complex machines that have to be put together by workers rather than machines, along with shipping them safely makes them so much more costly. Also that Metallica machine is a great one, I've put tens of dollars into one at a local movie theater and it never gets old, though it can tilt quite a bit.

Yeah it's still where it's been for the last 4 years I've been there, but to be honest it's pretty close to the Strip to begin with, so unless it's getting a spot in one of the casinos there I don't know where they could move it. I did like during my last trip that they now have a machine that basically is like the old Ultracade machines but instead of arcade games, it's all of the pinball machines within the Hall of Fame, shown on a flatscreen TV instead of a menagerie of various mechanical elements. Once I saw it I instantly went online to the company's site to see if it was for purchase there but it looks like a custom job for the Hall, meaning it probably cost an arm and a leg to have programmed for them.

Don't be sorry! I haven't been around in forever and yes go ahead slot me back in please

Sorry, I just skipped your pick Congrats on the promotion! I hope you can be around more often. Do you want me to add you to the end of the rotation?

I've never been to Vegas but now knowing there is a pinball hall of fame with the Demolition Man pinball game, gives me a reason to go

Speaking of pinball machines, I saw a Metallica one, and I thought "Wow, that's pretty cool, I might get that", thinking "What do they cost? £500?" As it turns out, they're like £7000

Also a pinball machine. This movie just solidified why I never liked any version of Pinocchio as a kid. Though my something nice: I think Bebe Neuwirth and (begrudgingly) Rob Schneider did a fantastic job as the Cat and Fox. I got who they were supposed to be immediately, and Felinet did act cat-like even without the Cat Woman purring. That's it. I deeply hated this movie other than that. Also Gigi you did a great job!

Fred MacMurray was so popular that the superhero Captain Marvel (SHAZAM) was modeled after him. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

I didn't understand that either. He lies presumably out of fear of being punished, but seemingly knows no basic societal rules. He also apologizes despite not understanding the concept of forgiveness until later in the church.

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Tales from the Hood is another favorite of mine from the era, great performances including a super dark turn from David Allen Grier.

From the director of "Mac and Me!" Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dY-kACvfgc