ReCamp: The Net (1995)

“It’ll catch ya!” – Not the tagline, unfortunately.

Internet-ly speaking, the ‘90s were a very different time. We were warned not to tell anyone our first names, to only reveal our ages to our must trusted friends, and to never, EVER share photos of ourselves. Obviously, with the advent of social networking, things are a bit different now. And therein lies the hilarity of 1995's techno-thriller The Net.

Hey!

Hello to you, my legion of followers. And by "legion of followers," I mean "one person from Paraguay who Googled 'anna paquin teeth' seven months ago."

I've decided to revamp my blog, not that it was very vamped to begin with. Starting now, I'll be updating on a regular basis, covering topics ranging from bad movies to weird activities to strange music to delicious, delicious food. As I said before, there's an overarching "retro camp" theme here, but anything goes so long as it's at least slightly offbeat.

You may also notice that I changed the blog name from Mixtape 19 (too clunky and unmemorable) to The Insomniac Disco, which I hope better represents the sordid, tacky, late-night quality of the subject matter contained within.

So let's try this again. Welcome to my site... I hope you enjoy!

Preview Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II (1991) [UPDATED - MARCH 2015]

It was no surprise when DVD swiftly overtook VHS as the primary medium for home entertainment; discs are lighter, easier to store, and they offer tons of nifty content which would be impossible to include on video cassettes. (Unless you’re like me and you tend to watch the sort of cut-rate, Z-grade DVDs with special features such as “Interactive Menu” and “Korean subtitles.”)

One thing that was lost in the VHS-to-DVD conversion, though, is the presence of pre-movie commercials. You know, the advertisements that played after the FBI warning but before the film actually began? Remember those?

ReCamp: X-Men (2000) [UPDATED - MARCH 2015]

Do you know what happens to a movie when it’s struck by Halle Berry?

The state of comic book-based cinema at the turn of the millennium was bleak. Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy was still five years off, and it would be preceded by a relentless geyser of abysmality: Daredevil, Ang Lee's The Hulk, Elektra, Fantastic Four, and so on. Even Spike TV staples Ghost Rider and The Punisher didn't exist yet. All that we had to cling to was the residue of the mid-'90s Joel Schumacher Batman films which, while rife with novelty appeal, were more perplexing than entertaining. But then a beacon of hope appeared on the horizon: 2000’s X-Men.