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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
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