Cameron H.

As am I. I'm looking forward to seeing it again.

Also, I own My Fair Lady, but I haven't watched it since I bought it 4 years ago. So, you don't have to worry about me if you ever decide to go that route.

The new one is okay, but kind of boring.

My first nightmare was of Pete's Dragon chasing me in circles...

Congratulations on the addition to the Bert clan!

Thanks, Cam! I always enjoy these. I hope your mother's feeling better

Gordon Ramsay agrees...

Kateacola, I've sent PM's to both 24 Hour Party Pizza and Ellenmc regarding their upcoming picks, but I haven't heard back from them. It doesn't look like either of them have been on the boards for awhile. If I don't hear from them by tomorrow morning, would you be ready to announce your pick?

I found an "out of movie" answer that might help solve an "in movie" mystery. According to Dr. Internet, "Paradise Falls, Ohio" was a fictional city that was frequently found in the novels of Don Robertson. From Wikipedia: Wikipedia goes on to state: So, I think the use of Paradise Falls might have just been a nod to a writer that King admired. Also, I think King might have liked the idea of "falling from Paradise" for its Biblical and Literary connotations. Unfortunately, this does provide some evidence that there might be some kind of fallen angel/demon situation going on here which might support the theory that they are not, in fact, having sex (for lack of the proper parts) and they only say that they are related as a "joke." But you won't hear me making that argument As for my "in universe" theory, I think that maybe that Mr. Fallows, the Creative Writing teacher, was a huge fan of Don Robertson's novels, so when he saw the name "Paradise Falls, Ohio," he immediately knew something was awry and that's how he was able to figure everything out so quickly.

Question: why can't she just shapeshift into a man and get her own food?

And what a motherfucker! Their daughter was assaulted that day! He's there to protect her! But instead, he's having her mother serve him fucking dinner. That can't be official procedure, can it?

Sleepeaters, Awakepoopers.

At this point, that's as likely as anything. I can't find anything in folklore or mythology that even mentions sleepwalking.* If mesmerism were a part of their power set, at least you could say "Sleepwalker" was describing the effect their power has over their victims, but alas, that doesn't appear to be one of their "amazing" abilities. My guess is that, like cats, they like to sleep and...walk? *The extent of my "research" is that I've Googled "sleepwalking in folklore" and "sleepwalking in mythology." I feel like that's enough for me

That's all really great information, and I get that I'm arguing a bit of semantics here, but I feel like you're answering "how come" and not "why." Of course they're called Sleepwalkers because that's what Stephen King called them and it sounds somewhat evocative, but, in universe, why are they called Sleepwalkers? What about their abilities has anything to do with "Sleepwalking?"

And how come when they "dim" no one either trips over them or crashes into their car? Guys, I'm starting to think that not a lot of thought went into this movie...

If this movie has taught me anything it's that record singles are stupid. Granted, I guess the Sleepwalkers can use their sometimes-we-got-it-sometimes-we-don't telekinesis, but the very idea of listening to a single song and then either having to start it over again, flip the record, or put on another (single song) record sounds exhausting. Old technology is dumb.

Maybe he'd just been scratched by a cat...

Yup, that makes it better. Just ask Woody Allen...

See, that's funny, because here's what my first theory was regarding the mother-son relationship. I thought that maybe she was like a traditional vampire and "turned" Charles back in the late 50's-early 60's. This would explain some of his "golly, gee" mannerisms and his affinity for that particular song. I figured that the term "Sleepwalker" was maybe a term he coined in his short story to describe what they were--most likely borrowed from his favorite song. I'm sure June would like this theory as it could be used to support her "they're only joking" theory regarding their relationship, except, as I mentioned earlier in the thread, there's no evidence that they can make or turn a regular human into a Sleepwalker. The other problem with this theory is that the definition at the top of the movie purports that Sleepwalkers are an ancient monster of some kind. So, once again, all the evidence seems to point to straight up incest.

By Galadriel's ears, your Elvish runes must be on fire because I was about to ask that same question! I did a (very) cursory search and I couldn't find anything about Sleepwalkers being "real" mythological creatures. What that tells me is that Stephen King must have just made them up for this story. So the fact that they have nothing to do with somnambulism makes absolutely no sense!

Buuuuuuut, considering the iconography during the opening credits seems to suggest Bast is somehow involved (a feline, Egyptian goddess that was a member of a pantheon known to both reproduce sexually and engage in incest), I think we're back to mom/son fucking. Sorry, about that...

While I think it's wonderful that Tanya seems to really like her job (If you enjoy what you do you never a work in your life and all that), she really is doing a piss poor job of vacuuming the floor. Just look at all the popcorn and crap she's missing! And, on top of that, she's just giving away free popcorn and Mr. Pibb to cute customers?!? I'm sorry, I don't know what kind of two-bit operation she think she's working for, but if she were my employee, she would be out on cat invested streets of Travis, Indiana in a fucking heartbeat.

24 Hour Party Pizza, I sent you a PM, but just in case you didn't see it, were you still planning on suggesting a Musical on Monday? I know you can't participate all the time, so I just wanted to make sure you were still interested. If not, it will be Ellenmc's turn. Just let us know Thanks!

My Final Four: Masters of the Universe & Gooby; Teen Witch & Rhinestone. That's some stiff competition...