Today we finally got our movie marathons enterprise rolling again with Shatner Day 2009: The Ashes of Eden. Charles, Carla, Katie, and Felicity stopped by for the fun and films. I'd like to think we were successful in our minor endeavour.

We began with an episode of the original Star Trek, "Balance of Terror." This was probably much to Katie's chagrin. After this we promised no more Shatner on Shatner Day. Still, this was more Shatner than we included at last year's event.

We next moved on to To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (dir. Beeban Kidron, 1995, USA), which was a fun film that I'd not seen before. It reminded me of Some Like it Hot, which I suggested we watch next, but that didn't transpire.

City Hunter (dir. Wong Jin, 1993, Japan) came next, which Charles and Felicity seemed to enjoy a lot more than I did. Carla shared my opinion and Katie was about 80% for it. This film didn't really do it for me. I like slapstick and nonsense comedies, but this film (a live action adaptation of a manga) just didn't excite my interests. Too bizarre maybe.

The lot of us spent way too much time in between movies fussing over what to watch next, everyone apparently too polite to make a decisive suggestion for the next outing. Or maybe Charles and I just brought bad movies that no one wanted to readily commit to right off the bat. That's possible. I think I'm starting to run out of movies that I think would appeal to the majority, since I tend to keep buying silent dramas that have lower interest most people. I should go bargain bin hunting sometime.

We cried about the Battlestar Galactica finale, ate pizza, and dipped into the pudding stores that we had put in place three months ago. It is always good to have an emergency pudding surplus and it is, as a matter of fact, quite in line with Shatner Day:


But anyway, Katie, Charles, and Carla all departed so Felicity and I watched some episodes of the original Star Trek. We began with "Mirror, Mirror," when something peculiar happened. We were in the basement, all mindin' our own, when some dude stumbles down the stairs carrying a 40. Neither of us know who this guy is and he's asking us where everybody is at. Is he looking for our now-departed comrades mayhaps? That doesn't seem entirely likely because Charles, Carla, or Katie probably would have said something about expecting company. I could only offer him a perplexed, "what?"

"Is there anyone upstairs?" he asked. Now this is terribly abnormal, and apparently my instinctive reaction isn't very helpful, because I responded with, "There ought to be." Satisfied with my response, he stumbled upstairs, but it sounded like he only got to the top of the stairs before he let himself out. He also used the restroom while he was over and left the toilet seat up. Rude!

Felicity and I stared at one another with surprise. Who was this stranger of the night? "Has this ever happened to you before?" I inquire, to which I learned that this was, for her as well, a first. There wasn't an element of threat about the fellow; he was but a friendly inebriate who wandered into the wrong house. Also, I could have probably taken him if he caused a commotion, since I had home-field advantage and unhindered reflexes. Always nice to know. I wonder where he was going? Never occurred to me to ask.

So yes, I am a remarkably unhelpful person when you get right down to it. Also nice to know.

But anyway, we finished "Mirror, Mirror" and moved onto "The Naked Now," because I'd been promising her a shirtless, oily Sulu, running through the corridors of the Enterprise, threatening crewmembers with a rapier, for years now. It's also the prequel to a subsequent Next Generation episode where Data and Yar do the spunky mamba.

I'll leave that image for you to think about.

We haven't had a movie day in a while so let's get things going again on account of William Shatner, whose birthday is this weekend. Shatner Day 2009 is an attempt to restart the neglected movie day program: the mighty Phoenix rises back into the heavens from the ashes of Eden.

Join us this Saturday, March 21 for Shatner Day (observed)! It is an early celebration for William Shatner's birthday, which actually falls on Sunday but, like, who has movie days on Sunday anyhow? No, it must be on Saturday because that is the day when anything goes.

Feel free to show up for who knows what! Don't hesitate to bring movies of your liking with you, 'cause we're all for variety and the mighty Shatner cares not for preordained schedules. We'll be starting at 3:00.


DISCLAIMER: Just because we're celebrating Shatner doesn't mean we're going to watch Star Trek. Don't worry.