u/King-Red-Beard

i have to admit i feel that recording ABC's broadcast of home alone 4 months ago on december 24 is one of the best things i have ever done in my life,

and why,

well because ABC showed the movie UNEDITED for the first time ever, yeah, when they did a 2 hour 15 minute airing instead of 2 hours, so basically ABC showed everything for the first time ever in 2025 except the 1 thing they edited out was when daniel stern says shit that was the 1 and only edit.

and because with that copy of the movie you get something you won't get anywhere else you watch this film at dvd, bluray you name it and that is the ABC logo to look at at the bottom right screen during the movie.

and having that ABC logo to look at has made it much more fun to watch the movie with.

so someone who wrote a post on here in 2023 talking about ABC edits that post is now irrelevant after of course ABC showed it unedited in 2025.

well let me add in to i tried the family fun edition home alone dvd and the volume level on it sucked and the volume level on the broadcast i recorded from ABC is so much better.

One of the key pillars of On Cinema at the Cinema is undoubtedly the curated mountain of vanilla titles that Gregg blathers on about, with their defining trait being that they aren't allowed to be interesting. Whether he's vapidly name dropping exhausted classics simply to perpetuate the silver screen aesthetic (Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, Lord of the Rings, etc.), or some mediocre comedy from the early 90s starring Randy Quaid, his obsession with *almost* forgotten, homogenized nothingness is the soul of the On Cinema ruse. As a result, the joke isn't that Gregg is obsessed with 'bad movies', it's that he's obsessed with irreverent obsolescence.

The only reason I bring it up is because I'm curious what Popcorn Classics you guys think were almost too good to get attention? What are are some of your genuine favorites that Gregg goes on about? And, alternatively, what are some movies Gregg hasn't covered that would feel right at home in the VFA?

Personally, I love Death to Smoochy and Mystery Men too much for them to be Popcorn Classics. They're downright cult films. And, my personal nomination for the VFA would be My Fellow Americans (1996, 1hr 42m), which I've considered filming my own On Cinema On Location for as the car chase was filmed in my hometown.

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I used to swear by the McDonalds app. It was the one fast food app that had consistent daily deals. Pair one with the second $1 McDouble option and you could actually save some money.

I went to McDonalds for the first time in a while and the app appeared to have been stripped of all of that. No McDouble pairing options, and only 3 available daily 'deals' - 2 of which requiring you to spend more than $12-$20. When I apply the 'spend over $12 for 15% off' deal, it keeps telling me I have to add more items, even when I'm well past $12.

I see little incentive to go to McDonalds now.