noreply@blogger.com (Adam Ross)Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:21:04 -0700Blogger http://www.blogger.com322125http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/en-usnoVisit Adam's blog at dvdpanache.blogspot.comTroll,2,commentary,DVD,panacheMovie blogger Adam Ross provides a fan commentary to the cult classic Troll 2Movie blogger Adam Ross provides a fan commentary to the cult classic Troll 2Adam Rossoneadamrossplace@gmail.comAdam Rosshttp://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2009/01/few-last-words-for-now.htmlThu, 8 Jan 2009 20:05:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-7506515971553873209You know that scene in Summer School where the one student suddenly shows up for the final exam after leaving to go to the bathroom on the first day? And his excuse is "my zipper got stuck"? Well, I'm sorry to say that my zipper is stuck, and I don't know how long it will be before I can return.Beginning next week, a fairly radical career change will force me to suspend my blog (and commenting) 33oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2009/01/christmas-break-is-over-time-for-quiz.htmlListsSun, 4 Jan 2009 07:27:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-3814115310307648297I don't know how he does it, but Dennis Cozzalio has once again called class to order and served up a dandy of a final for 2008. Dennis puts these out about three times a year, and I'm always excited for what he cooks up, because each one is harder than the last. Here's my effort:1) What was the last movie you saw theatrically? On DVD or Blu-ray?Theatrically -- Synecdoche, New York. DVD -- Star 7oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-movie-resolution-meme.htmlMemeSun, 28 Dec 2008 19:28:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-8559089401518222973I think it's fair to say that I've been in a bit of a rut lately as far as new posts go. The holiday season can bring strange occurrences, such as a baby shoving a slice of birthday cake bigger than his head into his mouth. And there is the inevitable post-holiday hangover, like a baby that still smells like frosting two days after eating said cake. I don't think I'm the only one who's become a 19oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/12/teen-wolf-fans-come-in-all-shapes-and.htmlCasual whimsyThu, 18 Dec 2008 21:29:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-2088948114699522597I nearly spit out my wassail when I saw "inspired by the movie Teen Wolf" at the tail end of an NFL newsbit on ESPN's bottom line. What in the world could anything in today's NFL have to do with the innocent hijinks of Teen Wolf? The answer was more bizzare than I ever could have imagined: Tampa Bay defensive tackle Greg White had changed his name to Stylez G. White: White said he picked his new 2oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/12/25-pretty-maids-all-in-vertical-row.htmlListsThu, 11 Dec 2008 19:48:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-6617031187777158057Thanks to the egostatic Bill R. for tagging me with the latest meme, listing your 25 favorite actresses (as started by Nathaniel R.). I wasn't sure if I could come up with 25, but after reading through the fun lists from Jonathan Lapper, Jeremy Richey, Kimberly Lindbergs, et al, I had to give it a go. The choices for my list weren't strictly for their acting ability, but more for the fact that 13oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/12/everywhere-i-look-i-see-total-recall.htmlMon, 8 Dec 2008 16:19:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-4739863040664547359I've got a terrible condition: I see the world through a Total Recall filter. It affects my daily life. Whereas most people want to visit Hawaii or Europe on vacation, I want to go to Mars. Yes, I'm aware of the recent violent uprisings on Mars, and the tenuous oxygen situation, but that's just where I want to go. It's even worse when my family actually goes on a vacation, because I insist on 10oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/11/thanksgiving-in-nilbog.htmlListsThu, 27 Nov 2008 09:37:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-2037609790975854281With family coming over this weekend, I had been thinking for weeks about what I could pick for a perfect Thanksgiving movie. This lead to further pondering about what qualifies as a Thanksgiving movie. Then today, it suddenly struck me: Troll 2. Think about it, here are the main themes of the movie:1. Family comes before everything.2. This includes friends.3. In fact, don't even waste your time 10oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/11/of-late-i-think-of-silverton.htmlCasual whimsyThu, 20 Nov 2008 13:37:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-8377396341341864810Photo: Kim Murphy / LA TimesLike the main character in the Twilight Zone episode this post title refers to, I sometimes think wistfully of my time in a small town. If you come from a small town, you live for the day when you can brag about your hometown to the Big City Folks. Make them spit out their sip of Drambuie with a tale that rocks their concrete jungle to its brittle, cementy core. For me35oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/11/something-old-something-new.htmlEssaysTue, 18 Nov 2008 20:10:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-2182774128283389815I spend a lot of time re-watching movies. Probably more than I should, considering how many titles I need to catch up on. But this practice occasionally leads to great experiences, like catching something in a movie that I hadn't noticed in any of the previous umpteenth viewings. One of these moments happened today, after again putting on Once Upon a Time in the West.As a visual storyteller, 5oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/11/from-russia-with-cello.htmlBlog-a-thonWed, 12 Nov 2008 13:50:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-8697993236091808288Note: This post is part of the Blog, James Blog-a-thon at Lazy Eye Theatre.I had hoped to write an all-Timothy Dalton post for the James Blog-a-thon, but it turns out there's nothing nice I can say about License to Kill, other than its ultra-smooth title cut from Gladys Knight. So all-Timothy Dalton turned in to all-Living Daylights, which is fine by me. I've never hesitated to declare The Living10oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/11/two-stupid-signs-for-your-enjoyment.htmlCasual whimsyMon, 10 Nov 2008 13:40:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-6133133992953276765If you've followed this blog for long, you know I don't often post about the local business scene here in Boise. In fact, this is the first time. But yesterday I saw two pieces of signage so incomprehensibly stupid, it just had to be shared with everyone.Let's start with the worst offender first. This new business manages to combine one of the English language's worst adjectives (pasty), with one9oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-ignorance-knows-no-alphabetical.htmlBlog-a-thonSat, 8 Nov 2008 08:43:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-5032591377581587659Fletch at Blog Cabins is battling illiteracy with his new meme, The Alphabet Meme. I've heard that for every child that learns to read through this meme, Fletch will receive a golden apple, and I think that's great (the golden apple part, I don't care about the kids). I was roped into this one via Piper, and the rules are fairly simple, go through the alphabet and name a film for every letter. 10oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/11/as-if-you-needed-another-reminder-to.htmlMon, 3 Nov 2008 22:25:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-4990044592003474930Let's not have a repeat of "One for Martin, two for Martin!"4oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/10/10-best-treehouses-of-horror-tales.htmlListsFri, 31 Oct 2008 10:56:00 -0600tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-9191191542255032148One of the unsung accomplishments in The Simpsons long run on Fox is its place in television Halloween history. The annual Treehouse of Horror episode, which debuted on Oct. 25, 1990, has to be considered one of the best and most successful Halloween traditions in TV history. The standard adopted on that initial ToH -- three vignettes mocking horror movies or ghost stories -- has never been 10oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/10/kinda-like-that-one-time-you-won-family.htmlMon, 27 Oct 2008 16:02:00 -0600tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-4629813711585240623Hi, I'm Adam Ross with DVD Panache (LIGHT APPLAUSE).Thank you, but please settle down, we have something serious to talk about here: nothing. That's right "nothing," the little word that represents the absence of anything. "Nothing" is usually used in a negative connotation (see: The Never Ending Story), and rightfully so -- but today I'm here to offer you a chance to experience "nothing" for all0oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/10/his-name-is-bill-he-solves-problems.htmlEssaysThu, 23 Oct 2008 15:50:00 -0600tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-5542198774749223092In the haunted home stretch of his October Kill Fest, Jonathan "My next scary name may be your own" Lapper took time to celebrate The Twilight Zone. Jonathan's post and the accompanying leagues of comments put me in a TZ mood, as I am known to fall into occasionally. Jonathan's mention of Little Girl Lost as one of his favorite episodes got me thinking about it, specifically one of its supporting7oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/10/1080-times-vol-4.html1080 TimesMon, 20 Oct 2008 21:14:00 -0600tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-5386461102022250960While we're in the midst of a sell-off on Wall Street, HD-DVD enthusiasts are definitely in a buy buy buy market. You need to buy now because prices on new HD-DVDs keep falling, along with inventory. After listing The Adventures of Robin Hood at a record low price of $9.99, Amazon then described it as "discontinued by the manufacturer" and is now simply "unavailable." At DVD Panache favorite Deep2oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/10/french-love-jerry-lewis-and-dennis.htmlThu, 16 Oct 2008 15:45:00 -0600tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-2300152950625534121Good to see Dennis Hopper being awarded the Chevalier de la legion des Arts et des Lettres from France recently. Can't say I've heard of anyone else receiving that, but it's a nice-enough sounding honor, and it looks cool. Still, the reason for this post is the picture below, it's crying out for a caption. Here's my attempt, what's yours?"Thank you. Amazing, that a man who once uttered 'Fuck you,8oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/10/leave-nothing-but-gold.htmlMon, 13 Oct 2008 15:58:00 -0600tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-3269272912785238327If you watched any football this weekend, you probably saw the latest Leave Nothing commercial by Nike. The last one was directed by Michael Mann, and featured the great theme from The Last of the Mohicans. Next up? David Fincher, and here's his effort:I think I like this one a little more. Mann's commercial is a little anti-climactic, and Fincher has a better story by starting the tale from 5oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/10/kids-got-potential.htmlCasual whimsySun, 12 Oct 2008 10:50:00 -0600tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-4477382850832090538"Hey Dad, what's this Straw Dogs movie about? What kind of dogs are in it?""Eh, only way to find out is to just watch it for myself."14oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/10/yes-you-can-go-home-to-ev-426-again.htmlCasual whimsyWed, 8 Oct 2008 09:17:00 -0600tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-3564592507439037303Ever since Bill Paxson's character said "game over, man!" Aliens has been a movie pleading for a high quality video game to call its own, and miraculously we finally have that game in Aliens: Extermination. I say miraculously because 1. This is actually the third attempt at creating an Aliens arcade game (1990's Aliens was a standard side-scroller shooter -- albeit with a fun final stage based on4oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/10/october-no-rust-for-wicked.htmlListsFri, 3 Oct 2008 13:07:00 -0600tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-8683079476812497832It's October again, and that means we all begin our precious Halloween month traditions: painting your house black, renting a hurse, digging graves for the "mock" cemetary in the front yard, sharpening your knives, training the neighborhood crows to "caw" when that certain person walks by. You know, Halloween stuff! If you have enough time to spare in between your sick traditions, put these blogs6oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/09/bad-boy-in-house.htmlClassic reviewsMon, 29 Sep 2008 19:09:00 -0600tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-2859372099879526548Earlier this month I wrote about my 12 Must (somehow Sees) -- rare or hard to find movies I long to view. I had little hope of watching any of these movies, but that was before good samaritan and all-around awesome blogger Marty McKee basically gave me a "step inside my office." Through Marty's goodwill, I will be able to cross two of those movies off my list, including the one I had most wanted 13oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/09/yo-sound-bell-schools-in-sucka.htmlListsWed, 24 Sep 2008 19:02:00 -0600tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-5775069788730291968So it's been almost a month since the good professor Dennis Cozzalio assigned his latest questionnaire, Dr. Zachary Smith's Lost in the Space at the End of Summer Movies Quiz. My tardiness on turning this in is on-par with everything else I'm trying to do lately, but as always, Dennis has outdone himself with this quiz. Stop over at Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule for more interesting 7oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/09/trailer-vs-trailer.htmlCasual whimsyWed, 17 Sep 2008 15:35:00 -0600tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-5770454267465334362Today I present two trailers for upcoming movies, one that surprised me at how good it looked and one that looks shockingly bad:As a football fan, I usually find myself bitching about football movies, instead of trying to enjoy them. It's probably the same way with glass movers and car chase movies. There's always something with the football part of it that's enough to drive me crazy, and keep me11oneadamrossplace@gmail.com (Adam Ross)