DUNGEON FIGHT CLUB THROW DOWN

You probably didn't know that we have an annual Dungeon Fight Club Throw Down where we invite people that like to dress up as either good guys, or, bad guys, and fight each other. The event was held yesterday and we just got the photos back from K-Mart, so, let's take a look at some of the action!

Gary pulls up in his 'monstermobile' and shows us another one of his lame WTF costumes. This time he came as a bad guy called, Thing In Your Closet!

Joe and Allen are out in a field showing off for the girls, Joe's riding his steed in his wild costume (that his wife and kid made for him) and Allen shoots off on his bike that runs on jet fuel!

One of the spectators got drunk on his ass and has to be carried off the hill.

Tom and Andy are GOOD bad guys, makes perfect sense if you know them.

Whitey blows his horn signifying the beginning of the event. TA DA!! Let the battling begin!

Snarky Bug Head taunts some of the good guys standing around.

Rodney wanted to participate in the fun but only had time to put this super basic costume together for the event.

Greg and Mark fight it out in the storage yard, with that cool ride what goes to the winner of the battle. I have my money on Greg!

Jeanne pops in and gives us a bunch of love from the bottom of her... Heart! She wishes for the best men to be the victors!

Erik is here in his futuristic Viking costume. He swings that big ball around to keep in shape!

But, things finally went too far when Darrell (in a kitsch sink faucet getup) gets punched by an overzealous good guy (Mel) who uses illegal explosive brass knuckles.

So then, Mel's camp is retaliated against by the bad guys!

And Joey's gang is the next to be attacked, one more good guy camp for good measure!

To break up the action, The Fiddler (Roberto) plays a waltz tune on his violin to change the mood of the downwards turn the fight festival just took.

These two gals came to the event all the way from Japan, their names are there at the bottom.

Allen is still showing off for the girls. This time he's riding his bike backwards with his eyes closed when he goes right into a ravine! It's okay, he's fine.

Since things have calmed down, good guys and bad guys go over their strategies for the next round of planned clashes..

Brian finally shows up in his shaving cream can outfit and wants to know if he's too late to participate in the festivities...

He gets his answer with a direct hit!

The thing devolves again, but you have to admit, it was a Hell of a time!!

ILYA MUROMETS - "The Sword And The Dragon" (1956)

 

Tonight's Wednesday Weirdness is a Russian movie made in 1956 titled "The Sword And The Dragon."  The original title was "Ilya Muromets." I thought we had done pretty much every movie from the 50's and 60's that had a monster in it, then this thing reared up it's s ugly little head, and not just one, but three of them!

Here's one of the tag lines..."Eye-Filling Spectacle! Man Against Monsters!"

 

I'm sure if you were able to see a pristine copy of this film on the big screen, it would be absolutely captivating!

Here's yet another one of the tag lines....."The Largest Cast Ever Used in a Motion Picture!" 

 

Crowd favourite Shukur (Dalyokie Blizkie Gody) Burkhanov has the role of Tsar Kalin.

Beautiful shot of the village.

Equally gorgeous shot of complete and utter despair!

This cat looks straight out of Tod Browning's "Freaks."

Do you suppose that's a real bird that they just happened to capture a shot of, or a stuffed bird perfectly placed in position by the crew? Either way, it's a cool shot!

Here's another good shot of Tsar Kalin. What a smirk!

The Slavic Dragon seen in this film is known as Zmey Goronych, or Zuma the Fire Dragon, a mythical multi-headed serpent creature. 

These types of creatures can go by many names like Zmey, Zmei, Zmaya, Zmeu, Zmiy, Zmaj, Zmij.

To read more about Zmey Gorynych, try this monstrously amazing Gojipedia Site, which will tell you the whole story!

The fire-breathing Slavic Dragon is so popular in Russia, there's a giant statue of one at a Russian theme park named Safari Park Kudykin Mountain. Did you even know there were Russian theme parks? I really never thought about it before.

 

This 50 Ft. high fire-breathing sculpture/statue is one of the main features of the park that is located in  Kamenka of Zadonsk in Russia.

 

 

 This Park is legit. This is how far you have to walk just to get to it!

 For a very interesting tour of the Park, you can watch this short video, and the one that follows it!

This picture from the Park's website shows you they also like to have some fun with their dragons!

 

Unfortunately for this Dragon.........................

 

........................The Sword got top billing!

Reminds me, I haven't had shish kebob in quite a while!

AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE / Space Conflict From Beyond Pluto - 2002

Here's one from season one, in this episode Frylock and Shake meet up with their new 'space buddies'  from beyond Pluto! As in every ATHF story, it doesn't go well.

We see a disc on the roof of the Hunger Force's house, looks like something Frylock would cook up for some scientific experiment.

Like in CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, Frylock is sending out a few choice notes into space on his keyboard (La Cucaracha) hoping for a response from an alien life form.

OMG!!.. He gets a response!!

Oglethorpe (orange) and Emory invite Frylock up to their ship on a beam, they had requested that he bring a six-pack to make it a party.

Unauthorized to use the beam, freakin' Shake shows up. Frylock says he's outta there and beams himself back to Earth, he knows what a drag Shake is and wants nothing to do with him being there on the aliens' ship, bye!

Shake's relaxing in a room so Oglethorpe and Emory ready themselves to take over planet Earth. As we find out, they got nothing! They're total bumble heads.

Shake's taking a nap in a room that looks like it was designed for children! The aliens already hate Shake's guts and won't let him out.

Oglethorpe even offers him a few women's magazines to kill some time while he's in there.

They feed Shake, who's hungry, some virtual pizza in a fish tank. Then there's a phone call for Shake, brought to him by a little telephone robot!

The call is from Frylock... Carl wants to know why he paid Shake to mow the lawn and now it's burned to a crisp and his house is melted!... Well!

Shake tells Carl that he warned him that there would be risks involved. Oh, and he farmed the job out to Meatwad. Carl tells him that they'll settle it when he gets back... With his tire iron!!

Even Carl's precious car gets burned up while Meatwad explains his reasons for doing what he did to the lawn. Carl can't win, and he already paid Shake $20 for the job!

The aliens finally let Shake out of the room, only to be further repulsed by the cup's actions and rambling, and he wants to be their best friend! Gasp!!

Oglethorpe comes up with a plan to get rid of Shake, he tells Shake that there's a hundred dollar bill on the wing of the ship. Even though nothing's there, the lure of a hundred dollars is too much for the money grubbing Shake.

Shake gets in a pod and searches for the illusive bill, then Oglethorpe yells to Emory... GUN IT!!! Shake just spins around and around.

Things get under control and Shake finally comes in for a landing...

And, Carl's waiting for him, with his tire iron in hand.

Shake tells Carl all about the wonderful time he had with his pals Oglethorpe and Emory on their ship in space...

Shake wants to know what's new with Carl, so, Carl gets into the pod with the creep and shows him the finish on his tire iron, up close and personal!