Any opportunity to use the Plan 9 from Outer Space icon is a welcome one

For several years now, I've been reading Cinema de Merde, for my money oneof the two best movie review sites on the Interwebs (the other being Roger Ebert's). Contrary to what the name implies, Scott, the site's reviewer, is devoted to all kinds of movies, both good and bad. He's a knowledgeable and insightful writer, and his essays comment on everything from the uses of dance as a communication tool in Singin' in the Rain to comparing both versions of Psycho to the meaning of the "final Girl" in slasher flicks. When he gets his mitts on some genuinely trashy cinema, however, that's when the fun begins, because that's when the catty starts flyin'. The best part is the fact that just because a movie's horrible doesn't mean he thinks you shouldn't watch it—he has a unique rating scale, in which points are awarded for both "goodness" and "badness," and it's quite possible for a film to have a maximum five points in both. Good stuff. (If you visit the site, please be sure to check out his podcasts and videocasts. You'll thank me. My habit of yelling, "Frickin' ninjas!" at random intervals? From his podcast about Gymkata. Ohhhh, yes.)

Anyroad, since day one, I've been keeping a close eye on the reviewed movie lists in the hopes that Scott has finally gotten around to reviewing The Apple, to no avail. This was a major oversight in my eyes, as he is especially into films that are (a) awful, (b) campy, (c) gay-themed, (d) drenched in disco, and/or (e) Xanadu (which The Apple is not, but let's face it, comparisons aren't going to come much closer where either film is concerned). So I wrote a letter telling him so, urging him to take the time to review it, because frankly, the world needs it.

Only minutes later, Scott send me a very gracious and sweet reply, thanking me for my readership and my suggestion. As it turns out, he owns it on DVD and has sat through it several times, which is part of the reason why he hasn't reviewed it yet (not really wanting to go through it yet again); also, he had written a review at one point in the past, but after his hard drive went kablooey he lacked the will to piece the write-up together again. He did say, however, that he'd gotten new video editing software, which meant more videocasts (yays!), and that he had plans for one on The Apple for some time around March-ish.

So! The results of this exchange:
1) My eyes will be glued to the web page for the next couple of months.
2) I totally want to have a beer with Scott now.
3) I wrote up this post, to share the awesomeness.
4) Thanks to the current videocast, The Color of Night has just been added to my Netflix queue. I don't know why. rafaela wants nothing to do with this.

The I'm-too-lazy-to-come-up-with-my-own-content poll

It's been a while, so:

[Poll #1520986]

Limited to questions for general consumption, please.