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Tarfrimmer Themes

WATCH A FILM IN 6 OF THE FOLLOWING DECADES: (14/14)

• 1890 - The Astronomer's Dream (1898) (YT)- 7/7
• 1900 - The Airship Destroyer (1909) (YT)- 7/7
• 1910 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912) (YT)- 7/9
• 1920 - The Mysterious Island (1929) (YT)- 7/7
• 1930 - The Invisible Ray (1936) (BD)- 7/7
• 1940 - Batman (1943) (Tubi)- 7/21
• 1950 - The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (2953) (DVD)- 7/2
• 1960 - Doctor Who and the Daleks (1965) (DVD)- 7/1
• 1970 - City Beneath the Sea (1971) (DVD)- 7/21
• 1980 - Fire and Ice (1983) (TUBI)- 7/3
• 1990 - The Rift (1990) (TUBI)- 7/23
• 2000 - LOTR: The Return of the King (2003) (BD)-
• 2010 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) (4K)-
• 2020 - Bloodshot (2020) (ND)- 7/2

WATCH FILMS IN AT LEAST TWO LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH: (2/2)

• First language - Tidal Wave (aka Haeundae) (2009) (Tubi) - Korean- 7/2
• Second language - Serpiente (Doblado)(2018 (TUBI) Mandarin-

WATCH A FILM IN 6 OF THE FOLLOWING: (19/19)

• Watch a MST3K/Rifftrax/Cinematic Titanic/Hosted version of a sci-fi/fantasy film - The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: S05E11: Sharknado- 7/7
• Watch a film made on a low budget (ex. Corman or Castle movie) - King Dinosaur (1955) (TUBI)- 7/8
• Watch a film based on a novel - LOTR: The Two Towers (2002) (BD)- 7/14
• Watch a film which was nominated for a Hugo or Saturn Award-
  • Hugo - Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (JV)- 7/21
  • Saturn - Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) (TUBI)- 7/6
• Watch a Documentary Feature (at least 40 minutes long) - And Did They Listen? (2014) (FREEVEE)- 7/25
• Watch a Film from the Criterion Collection (Doesn't have to be the Criterion Version) - The Blob (1958) (BD)- 7/5
• Watch a film with commentary - The Mummy (1932)- 7/16
• Watch a film and at least two sequels:-
  • Starship Troopers (1997) (BD)- 7/4
  • Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004) (BD)- 7/4
  • Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008) (BD)- 7/4
• Watch an animated film - Starship Troopers 5: Traitor of Mars (2017) (BD)- 7/27
• Watch a film with special effects by Ray Harryhausen - 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) (TUBI)- 7/6
• Watch a film that takes place in the "future" but the year has already come and gone - 2012 (2009) (BD) - 7/18
• Watch a film and its remake/reboot -
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - 7/7
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) (BD)- 7/19
• Watch a film about a LGBTQ+ person/topic or about POC/other minority groups - Wendell & Wild (2022) (NWI)- 7/22
• Watch 60 minutes of Sci-Fi/Fantasy shorts (animated or non-animated) - DreamWorks Spooky Stories (2009) (NWI)- 7/25

HE'S DEAD JIM. WATCH 4 OUT OF THE FOLLOWING, WRITTEN BY/INSPIRED BY/RELATED IN SOME WAY TO THE LATE: (5/5)

• Nichelle Nichols - Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan () (BD)- 7/25
• David Warner - Tron (2011) (BD)- 7/22
• James Caan - Alien Nation (1988) (Prime)- 7/12
• Raquel Welch - Fantastic Voyage (1961) (YT)- 7/2
• Tom Sizemore - The Relic (1997) (ND)- 7/10

THANK THE MAKER. WATCH 3 OUT OF THE FOLLOWING, WRITTEN BY/INSPIRED BY/OR RELATED IN SOME WAY TO THE LATE: (6/6)

• Gene Roddenberry - Star Trek Nemesis (2002) (BD)- 7/25
• C.S. Lewis - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) (BD)- 7/17
• J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) (BD/V)- 7/13
• Jules Verne - Valley of the Dragons (1961) (YT)- 7/9
• H.G. Wells - War of the Worlds (1953) (BD/V)- 7/12
• Stan Lee - Black Widow (2021) (DIS+)- 7/21

WATCH 10 FILMS DIRECTED/PRODUCED/WRITTEN BY: (18/18)

• J.J. Abrams - Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) (BD)- 7/26
• Luc Beson - Lucy (2014) (MAX) - 7/19
• Michael Bay - Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) (BD/V)
• Tim Burton - Planet of the Apes (2001) (DVD)- 7/20
• John Carpenter - Escape From New York (1981) (BD/V)- 7/18
• Roger Corman - Galaxy of Terror (1981) (TUBI)- 7/5
• Richard Fleischer - Conan the Destroyer (1984) (NWI)- 7/10
• Ron Howard - Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) (BD/V)- 7/24
• Peter Jackson - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) (BD)- 7/13
• Terry Jones - Labyrinth (1986) (BD)- 7/17
• Stephen King - The Mist (2007) (DVD)- 7/22
• Fritz Lang - Woman in the Moon (1929) (TUBI)- 7/7
• George Lucas - Star Wars (1977) (BD)- 7/23
• George Melies - Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902) (YT)- 7/8
• Hayao Miyazaki - Princess Mononoke (1997) (MAX)- 7/3
• Sam Raimi - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) (Dis+)- 7/28
• M. Night Shyamalan - Signs (2002) (BD)- 7/5
• Stephen Somers - The Mummy (1999) (BD/V)- 7/22
• Steven Spielberg - Jurassic Park (1993) (BD/V)- 7/8
• Guillermo del Toro - Pacific Rim (2013) (BD/V)-
• The Wachowskis - The Matrix Resurrections (2021) (MAX)- 7/30
• Robert Zemeckis - A Christmas Carol (2009) (BD)- 7/3

WATCH A FILM IN 3 OF THESE RATINGS: (11/11)

• Unrated (pre-MPAA)- Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1966) (DVD)- 7/16
• Approved - Portrait of Jennie (1948) (DVD/U)- 7/1
• G - Creature from the Black Lagoon (1951) (BD)-
• PG - The Beastmaster (1982) (DVD)- 7/17
  • GP - Hauser's Memory (1970) (YouTube)- 7/7
  • M - Scream and Scream Again (1970) (Tubi)- 6/30
• PG-13 - Spectral (2018) (NWI)- 7/12
• R - Skyline (2010) (TUBI)- 7/22
• NC-17 - Jason X (JV)- 7/28
  • X (not porn!) -
  • Unrated - Shin Godzilla- 7/31

WATCH A FILM IN 5 OF THE FOLLOWING SUB-GENRES: (10/10)

• Action/Adventure - The Land that Time Forgot (1975) (BD)- 7/9
• Animation - Skull Island (2023) (NWI)- 7/3
• Comedy - Renfield (2023) (Peacock)- 7/31
• Crime/Film Noir/Mystery/Thriller - The Cloned Tyrone (2022)__ (NWI)-
• Drama - The Northman (2022) (Prime)- 7/23
• Family - Galaxy Quest (1999) (BD)- 7/19
• History/War/Western - Steel Dawn (1987) (BD)- 7/30
• Horror - The Lake (2022) (TUBI)- 7/2
• Music/Musical - Beauty and the Beast (1991) (Dis)- 7/3
• Romance - Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) (PRIME)- 7/9

WATCH A FILM IN 10 SUB-GENRES: (21/21)

• Alien invasion - Strange Invaders (1983) (Tubi)-
• Alternate History - Threads (Tubi)- 7/20
• Based on fairy tale - Puss in Boots (2011) (BD)- 7/3
• Christmas in July - The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (BD)- 7/30
• Comic Book - Man of Steel (2013) (BD)- 7/28
• Disaster - Dante's Peak (1997) -
• Dystopian Society - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) (BD)- 7/2
• High Fantasy - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) (AP)- 7/29
• Immortality - The Eternals (2021) (DIS+)- 7/31
• Kaiju - Gojira (1954)- 7/8
• Laser (death by or contains one) - Independence Day- 7/4
• Mad Scientist - Young Frankenstein- 7/24
• Mythology (Can be anybody's mythology) - King Arthur- 7/22
• Paranormal - Nightwish (1990)- 7/23
• Post-Apocalyptic - The Terror Within (1989) (Tubi)- 7/5
• Prehistoric - 65 (2023) (NWI)- 7/8
• Robot/Android - M3Gan (2022) (Peacock)- 7/10
• Space Themed - Moonfall (2022) (DVR)- 7/5
• Superhero Themed - Black Adam (2022)- 7/28 (DVR)
• Sword and Sorcery - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) (PARAMOUNT)- 7/31
• Time travel - Doctor Who: Invasion of the Daleks 2150 AD (1965) (DVD)- 7/1

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WATCH A FILM STARRING 10 OF THESE CLASSIC ACTORS:

• CLASSIC: (8/8)
• Abbott & Costello - Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) (DVD/V)- 7/11
• Evelyn Ankers - The Ghost of Frankenstein (1642) (BD)- 7/16
• Lionel Atwill - Son of Frankenstein (1933) (BD)- 7/16
• Lloyd Bridges - Around the World Under the Sea (1966) (DVD)- 7/2
• Boris Karloff - Frankenstein (1931 (BD)-
• Bela Lugosi - Dracula (1931) (BD)-
• Vincent Price - The Bat (1959) (DVD)- 7/16
• Max von Sydow - Flash Gordon (1980) (BD)- 7/28
• NEW: (13/13)
• Emily Blunt - Jungle Cruise (2021) - 7/11(BD/V)
• Ernest Borgnine - The Black Hole (1979) (DIS+)- 7/1
• David Bradley - An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) (BD)- 7/23
• Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) (BD/U)-
• Kirsten Dunst - Spiderman (2002) (BD)- 7/21
• Bryce Dallas Howard - Jurassic World: Dominion (2022) (4K)- 7/8
• Eddie Murphy - Shrek (2001) (BD)- 7/9
• Deep Roy - Star Trek (2009) (BD)- 7/25
• Wallace Shawn - The Princess Bride (1997) (BD)- 7/17
• Dame Maggie Smith - Hook (1991) (BD/V)- 7/9
• Karl Urban - Riddick (2013) (BD)- 7/11
• Taika Waititi - Green Lantern (2011) (BD)- 7/24
• Elijah Wood - LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring (2002) (BD/V)- 7/14

WATCH A FILM STARRING 10 OF THESE ACTORS/ACTRESSES: (20/20)

• Drew Barrymore - Donnie Darko (2001) (MAX)-
• Cate Blanchett - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) (BD)-
• Gerard Butler - Timeline (2003) (DVD)- 7/1
• Rutger Hauer - Ladyhawke (1985) (DVD)- 7/11
• Lena Headey - The Cave (2005) (TUBI)-
• Josh Hutcherson - Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) (BD)- 7/8
• Hugh Jackman - Reminiscence (2021) (MAX)- 7/31
• Ross Martin - Conquest of Space (1955) (DVD)- 7/6
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw - Loki(2021) (DIS+)- 7/10
• Rick Moranis - Spaceballs (1987) (DVD)- 7/29
• Dick Miller - X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963 (TUBI)- 7/9
• Michelle Pfeiffer - Batman Returns (1992) (BD)- 7/21
• Dennis Quaid - The Day After Tomorrow (2004) (BD)- 7/18
• Callum Keith Rennie - Timecop (1994) (BD)
• John Saxon - Strange New World (1970) (DVD/U)- 7/19
• Donald Sutherland - Ad Astra (2019) (ND)- 7/18
• Emma Thompson - Treasure Planet (2002) (BD)- 7/27
• Gina Torres - Serenity (20005) (BD/V)- 7/26
• Bruce Willis - G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) (BD)- 7/30
• Benedict Wong - Prometheus (2012) (BD)- 7/20

PERSONAL: (6/6)

• Academy Award Nominee - Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) (MAX)-
• Anime - Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)- 7/27
• Found Footage - The Encounter (2015) (Tubi)- 7/11
• TV Movie - Jurassic Island (2022) - 7/30(TUBI)
• TV Season - The Mandalorian: S01E01-08- 7/28
• TV Mini-Series - The Secret Invasion (DIS+)- 7/26