Comments on blogger beware: the goosebumps blog: The Grim Prophecies of RL Stine Are Coming True

The school play ep of The Haunting Hour was actual...

2012-01-23T03:51:58.299-08:00

The school play ep of The Haunting Hour was actually pretty good. It had a few clever twists and didn't play out as silly or predictable as I'd expected.

So Troy... Got anything for us to check out while ...

2012-01-22T17:23:51.648-08:00

So Troy... Got anything for us to check out while Shuelogy is on hiatus?
I was loving that VCR blog.

I saw the 'Dreamcatcher' episode, i though...

2012-01-17T05:33:09.129-08:00

I saw the 'Dreamcatcher' episode, i thought it was ok, haven't yet seen the mummy or the school play episodes though.

Stage fright is different in that has songs, an...

2012-01-17T00:07:48.155-08:00

Stage fright is different in that has songs, and IMPLIED DEATH

the mummy one...just has a mummy. all it has in common. it seems like incption to me

and the next doll one is SEQUEL to the pilot

Maybe Stine's just treating it as a substitute...

2012-01-16T23:32:26.611-08:00

Maybe Stine's just treating it as a substitute for a new Goosebumps TV show, the same thing under another name. I've never seen The Haunting Hour, but I wouldn't be surprised if that was completely true anyway. Anyway, mummies and evil puppets are pretty broad tropes; it's plot recycling that's more indicative of rehash country, I think.

Yeah and two upcoming episodes involve a mummy and...

2012-01-16T07:25:49.673-08:00

Yeah and two upcoming episodes involve a mummy and an evil doll. The concept of originality is clearly lost on Mr. Stine.

I mean the show is competently made and a few episodes are genuinely creepy. It's way better than the old Goosebumps series for sure. But if we're only two seasons in and we're already recycling Goosebumps plots it's going to be in trouble.

The movie "The Haunting Hour: Don't Think...

2012-01-15T18:07:58.094-08:00

The movie "The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It" had so much obvious product placement for Papa John's Pizza.

The latest Haunting Hour episode seems to be a ver...

2012-01-15T15:49:30.487-08:00

The latest Haunting Hour episode seems to be a verbatim remake of Phantom of the Auditorium.

sigh

2012-01-13T15:44:44.663-08:00

*sigh*

I started watching the haunting hour's latest ...

2012-01-08T10:00:30.500-08:00

I started watching the haunting hour's latest season today. Can't believe Stine had anything to do with 'Flight'. That episode was quite unlike his normal style. To begin with, I thought it was actually good. 'Sick' was more like him, though.

Sure

2012-01-07T21:03:29.406-08:00

Sure

Troy, are you ever going to do another entry on he...

2012-01-07T20:56:17.164-08:00

Troy, are you ever going to do another entry on here?

That's right, Anonymous. I laughed a lot, read...

2012-01-06T23:08:48.006-08:00

That's right, Anonymous. I laughed a lot, reading Troy's reveiw of the second Triple Header. It was awesome. Wonder when he'll do the first one? Wonder when he'll run out of Lizzy Shoo movies?

For the record, I Googled "Lizzy Shoo" b...

2012-01-05T19:23:11.710-08:00

For the record, I Googled "Lizzy Shoo" before I realized who he meant. Does Carles read my blog?

What.

2012-01-05T19:13:40.196-08:00

What.

So JH, I take it you're a fan of the Goosebump...

2012-01-05T11:32:23.857-08:00

So JH, I take it you're a fan of the Goosebumps Triple Header books?

Blob Monster2:It turns out everyone is a dog? Bl...

2011-12-29T10:27:31.323-08:00

Blob Monster2:It turns out everyone is a dog?

Blob Monster1:Nope, old Whine knows we've wised up to that one.

Blob Monster2: It turns out everyone is a human?

Blob Monster1:Nope, that's old hat too.

Blob Monster2:This whole thing is a comic strip and has been right from the very first chapter and none of what happened, really happened, it was all make believe ,every last alphabet?

Blob Monster1:Bingo!

Blob Monster2:I wanna see Lizzy Shoo's next! It's got to be better than-

Blob Monster1:That's not all.

Blob Monster2:Wasn't that enough?

Blob Monster1:There's a couple of chapters about TerrorVille after that, but I dunno cause that's when I ate the book.

Blob Monster2:What did it taste like?

Blob Monster1:Dead squirrel.

Blob Monster2:Oh well, let's go see Shoo's next now else I'll barf from having listened to-

Blob Monster1:Shoo's got one out now?

Blob Monster2:Yeah, it's called ' Why I quit my goosebumps blog'

Blob Monster1:Oh yeah, that's her latest tragi-comic, I forgot.

Blob Monster2:Well then what are we waiting for?

Blob Monster1:You got it dude!

Blob Monster1:Who's the Purple Rage? Blob Mon...

2011-12-29T10:26:59.681-08:00

Blob Monster1:Who's the Purple Rage?

Blob Monster1:A guy who's been kept in a locked room since childhood with only Whine's Goosebumps for company. This dude's always in a rage, especially when he's reading Whine's next.
But I'm getting ahead of myself.
So cheap tricks aside, let's take this from the top once again.
Chapter 2 begins with Robby really really going on a drive to the woods with his family. He shows Sam the comic strip just described in Chapter 1 on his laptop. His laptop. In the woods. No wonder the little monsters these days look so pale and ill. So basically there's a little bit of pointless talk, some suspicious circumstances hinting that one of the titular characters has come to life(bet you're wishing its Robby, cause he sure as heck needs a life)working up finally to the exact same scene we had at the end of the first chapter involving Dr. Idiot, Robby Barf and the dead squirrel.Which.Is.Also.Another.Comic.Strip.Get it?

Blob Monster2:What?!

Blob Monster1:Yup, everyhthing that happened till now is still a comic strip. Not real.Yeah. I mean it. I kid you not.

Blob Monster2:WHAT?!

Blob Monster1:So starting again,and I swear no cheating this time, Robby , Sam and their friend Brooke are in Robby's room. Robby goes to get a cola and spills his coke when he hears a crash and hurries up to discover that his brother has been kidnapped by Dr. Idiot.
There's an extended, stupid and pointless sequence in which Robby meets up with, then escapes from the Purple Rage whose idea of rescuing Sam involves braodcasting Robby's murder to everyone so that Sam will see it and escape from Dr. Idiot's clutches to save Robby.

Blob Monster2:WHAT?!!

Blob Monster1:Oh yeah and Robby discovers Brooke's been kidnapped too, but who cares. Then he sees a new comic on the web conveniently informing him that Dr. Idiot plans to kidnap all the kids in town and make them skate forever on a skating rink and then charge people to see them(?)

Blob Monster2:WHAT?!!!

Blob Monster1:But then he goes there and gets himself caught by Dr. Idiot and his confederate the Scarlet Starlet.

Blob Monster2:Who?!!

Blob Monster1:Then he tries to lead an escape attempt with the two hundred odd kids there but-oh sorry, I forgot there's a bit where the Purple Rage comes in to try rescue the kids but ends up exploding(literally) with rage, but's that not important, is it?So then, Dr. Idiot melts the ice but ol' Barfy Boy makes it out of the melting pool and reaches for the good doctor's face and-PULLS IT OFF!!!

Blob Monster2:WHAT?!!!!

Blob Monster1:See, turns out its Sam under that mask and the Scarlet Starlet's actually Brooke and-

Blob Monster2:WHAT?!!!!!

Blob Monster1:And just then the cops(bless them)burst in, led there by Robby, who they had earlier let go on his own to face a supervillian(See, this is what they mean they say the cops are GOOD). But then Sam and Brooke vanish into the computer-

Blob Monster2:WHAT?!!!!!!

Blob Monster1:-and taunt Robby through the computer screen to which he responds by hitting 'delete'-

Blob Monster2:WHAT?!!!!!!!

Blob Monster1:-thereby killing his own brother and friend and-do you really wanna hear the last bit?

Blob Monster1:Who's the Purple Rage? Blob Mon...

2011-12-29T10:26:06.582-08:00

Dr Maniac Vs. Robby Schwartz Back Taglines:-Digit...

2011-12-29T10:25:15.905-08:00

Dr Maniac Vs. Robby Schwartz

Back Taglines:-Digital Danger!Write and fight!(yeah, good advice for Stine on the Night of The Goosebumps Readers)Howl if you love Horrorland!

So since Troy seems to have given up on good ol' Goosebumps, here's me trying to carry on the baton.
I'm doing this one in a way different from Troy's so he can put up his own one later(?) and approve this one for now.

Blob Monster1: Dude, you remember when we read 'Welcome to Camp Nightmare' and 'My Hairiest Adventure' by that guy with the bad haircut-R.L. Whine-remember how we thought 'Huh?!!!!Excuse me?!'-no, actually first we thought 'What!!!'-well anyway, we thought there's no way he's gonna try and pull that one off again in his TerrorVille series? Well, guess what?

Blob Monster2: You don't say?!

Blob Monster1: Uh-huh.
I just skimmed through his latest:'Dr. Idiot versus Robby Barf'.

Blob Monster2:Wait a sec. You're talking to a guy who watched a Lizzy Shoo film yesterday. No way 'Dr. Idiot' can be worse right? Right?

Blob Monster1:Wanna bet?

Blob Monster2:(Opens his one fiendish eye wide with surprise)Okay, this I gotta hear!

Blob Monster1:So there's this kid called Robby Barf going hiking with his family which includes his brother Sam and his sister Taylor
.See, Robby creates comics and posts them online(for whom?) and his favourite character is Dr. Idiot, a supervillian who comes up with stuff like 'easy as sitting on a lemon-meringue pie(what?)'. Yeah, that would kill me for sure, hearing that one.
Now, the first chapter is coming to an end and you're waiting for Whine's usual cliffhanger which in this case is Dr. Idiot confronting Robby Barf in the woods with a dead squirrel for Robby's lunch.Will he eat it, won't he? Nope, he won't cause guess what folks, the whole thing that just happened was not real, it was Robby's COMIC.

Blob Monster2:Garn, this kind of thing makes me want to TWEAK my TUTU!!!

Blob Monster1:You sound like the Purple Rage!

Happy holidays from Dead House, everyone.

2011-12-25T01:19:46.299-08:00

Happy holidays from Dead House, everyone.

I read Why I Quit Zombie School today. Second of ...

2011-12-07T23:39:45.414-08:00

I read Why I Quit Zombie School today. Second of the new Goosebumps books to feature dead squirrel eating.

Elisabeth Shue looks like Britta Perry.

2011-12-07T09:53:52.420-08:00

Elisabeth Shue looks like Britta Perry.

It's going to be an Autumn of all bummer, isn&...

2011-11-22T17:55:58.216-08:00

It's going to be an Autumn of all bummer, isn't it?

No, I will not check out Shueology. I have about a...

2011-11-20T06:29:00.408-08:00

No, I will not check out Shueology. I have about as much as nostalgic regard for Elisabeth Shue as I do for Ryan O'Neal.