Next "League of Extraordinary Bloggers" Post -- The Ultimate Memorabilia

Last week was a huge week for the "League"...there were so many that participated, including me! I figured I should try my hand at this week's assignment, so here we go!

This week's assignment is this: "If you had an unlimited budget, what Hollywood memorabilia would you get?"

Geez. That's a tough one. I'm more of a cartoon and PEZ guy, that I am unsure what would be the ultimate "prize" -- the one thing I could not live without. That's why I have my wife. She and I can pool our thoughts together and decide on what the one piece of Hollywood memorabilia that we would want.

First, we thought we would want something from Star Trek, like one of the ship models used in the movie or many television series. Then, I brought up the fact that we love the 1960s Batman series, and thought, "What about the Batmobile?". She felt that all of the parts look kinda plasticy, so it wouldn't look as cool in person as it does on the show.

Then, it finally hit us.

The Black Beauty from the 1960s Green Hornet series. That car effing rocks. And, everything works. You can't say that about a lot of the vehicles made for TV. KITT can't really "turbo boost" everywhere (or even talk for that matter, or drive itself...you see where I'm going here), Street Hawk's motorcycle can't do all those cool things...I think the only other vehicle that can do most of what it says is Airwolf (I can pretend, can't I?). But, the Black Beauty was a stylish car, and something that I would definitely be proud to drive around town in.

What would be your Hollywood treasure?

Here are some other "League" members:

• Christopher dreams about pirates with "The Goonies"
• TL gives probably the coolest answer ever to that question
• Nat remembers one of my favorite movies and props from "Explorers"

My Favorite Movie of All Time

The League of Extraordinary Bloggers was created by Brian over at Cool and Collected. Go check out his site! It's awesome!

This is my first mission with the "League" -- to name the one movie that is my "go to" movie. The one film that I could probably recite every line, remember every action, even pull out trivia because I have seen it SOOO much that other people would probably refuse to see it with me.

That film is...

Superman: The Movie.

I never got to see this in the theater, but my first movie that I remember ever really sitting there and thinking, "Wow! This is the greatest film of all time!" was Superman. I first caught this when ABC was showing it as their "Movie of the Week" that almost every station would do in the 80s. It's the one movie that got me into comic books, as well as the Superfriends cartoon that would show on Saturday mornings. Since I first watched it, every time it's been on TV, I have stopped to watch it, no matter what part of the movie it was. It didn't matter. I knew the movie so well that I could come in at any point and not be phased because I had seen it so much. My wife bought me the VHS copy when we first were building our movie collection, and when DVDs became popular, we bought the box set, which was our first big set on DVD.

I love this movie. I've even gotten to the point where I'm riffing it in my head while I'm watching it! My wife was watching the movie with me, and I started giggling during a dramatic part of the film, and we had to stop it so I could fill her in on the jokes in my head. If it wasn't for the fact that she loves me, I'm sure she would have killed me had my jokes gotten worse.

I know, I'm rambling...

Here's some guys who do a better job at blogging:

• Christopher Tupa reminisces about "The Goonies"
• "TL" remembers "Poison Ivy" starring Michael J. Fox
• Charles Raymond talks about his favorite movie, "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
• Shawn Robare blogs about "Red Dawn" over at Branded in the 80s
• Jeremy of Geek Chunks writes about "Weird Science"