What are you watching?

[Big Frank]

I watched Phantasm: RaVager, the 5th of the Phantasm movies. I wasn't sure if I saw it on not, but after watching it awhile I realized I did. I watched it anyway, half a few days ago and half tonight. Here's a brief summary of all 5 movies. They kept going downhill until number 5 was less than 5/10 stars, but if you watch the first 4, you may as well se how it all ends.

Phantasm (1979) 6.6/10. The residents of a small town have begun dying under strange circumstances, leading young Mike Pearson to investigate. After discovering that the town's mortician, only known as the Tall Man, is killing and reanimating the dead as misshapen zombies, Mike seeks help from his older brother, Jody, and their friend Reggie, a local ice cream man. Working together, they try to lure out and destroy the Tall Man, all the while avoiding his minions and a deadly silver sphere.

Phantasm II (1988) 6.4/10. In Phantasm II, picking up exactly where the previous film leaves off, the Tall Man and his minions attempt to take Mike, but Reggie manages to save him by blowing up the house. Eight years later, Mike, now a mental patient, still has nightmares about the evil mortician, and is the only person to recall that dreadful night. Upon being released from the institution Mike, who's had a premonition about Reggie’s family, tries to warn his friend of the ensuing danger before an explosion murders the entire family. Convinced by Mike's futile warning, the two men set out to track the mysterious mortician down and rescue Liz Reynolds, a young woman, who has a psychic connection to both Mike and the Tall Man.

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994) 6.0/10. In Lord of the Dead, once more picking up exactly where the previous film leaves off, the Tall Man has infiltrated the minds of Mike and Reggie. The two friends embark on a journey to find and kill him, only to discover that he has destroyed town after town, leaving zombies in place of the living. Along the way, Mike and Reggie meet several characters who share their goal, including a murderous boy named Tim, and Rocky and Tanesha, two young women who are excellent fighters.

Phantasm IV: OblIVion (1998) 5.5/10. Taking off immediately where the last one ended, in this episode, Mike travels across dimensions and time fleeing from the Tall Man, at the same time he tries to find the origins of his enemy, and what happened the night that Jody died. Meanwhile, Reggie (accompanied by Jennifer, a beauty he picked up on the road) battles the spheres and the undead in a quest to find Mike before the Tall Man can complete his transformation.

Phantasm V: RaVager (2016) 4.9/10. In the series finale, Reggie continues in his quest to stop the evil, dimension-hopping schemes of The Tall Man and his armada of killer Sentinel Spheres. This time, the fight becomes a multi-dimensional battle across an alien planet, multiple timelines, and altered realities, where the fate of Earth is on the line.

Angus Scrimm played The Tall Man in all 5 movies, but was dead before the last one came out, so it was dedicated to him.

Reggie Bannister played Reggie in all 5 movies, and was the only person playing the same character in all of them. He was more than half bald, but still rocking the ponytail after 37 1/2 years. It was a LONG time between movies. Most of them were in different decades.

Michael Baldwin played Mike Pearson in all 5 except the 2nd one, where he played Young Mike.

And James LeGros played Mike Pearson in the 2nd one.

Bill Thornbury played Jody Pearson in all of them except the 2nd one.

Sometimes you just need to escape the hospital, grab your trusty 4-barrel shotgun, and take care of business.

[Rastus]

My two Catahoula girls looking for a deer to chase....won't be long.  The stinking tick bag deer are everywhere around here.

[Big Frank]

I remember that my dad and his friends had dogs that would hunt coons, coyotes, and almost anything they put them on the track of. And if they ever chased deer they got put down. Different state, different way to hunt. Using dogs to hunt deer has been illegal in Michigan for almost 140 years. It's considered unsporting by a lot of people.

If you are a tracker using a dog to locate wounded game, you must obtain a permit. If you are a hunter working with a dog tracker, the dog tracker must obtain the permit. Only the licensed hunter who wounded the game is allowed to kill and tag the wounded game. A licensed deer or elk hunter accompanying a dog tracker may not have a live round in the chamber, a cocked crossbow, or bow with nocked arrow, except at the time and point of kill. Handler must have dog complete a tracking test by a department approved organization (United Blood Trackers). Carry a valid Concealed Pistol License. Receive written authorization from DNR-LED. Tracker’s information and accompanying hunter’s license information must be provided to the DNR’s Communications Section prior to each tracking activity. Dogs must be on a lead. Only the licensed hunter may dispatch and tag the wounded deer, elk, or bear.

[Rastus]

They won't chase it very far.  They lose interest after 1/4 mile or so...and start looking for something else to jump