The now twelve-year-old Czech bar is pretty simple. The decor is unusual but pleasant; ostrich heads on one wall, a piano standing silent and the small white octagonal tile covering the floor. The lively and eccentric crowd, mostly around their mid 20’s, adds life to the ambiance. The electronic music fits perfectly with the rest, I still have to visit the bar on one of their jazz nights…

I’ve turned to the dark side; Absinthe. In spite the fact that the bar’s specialty is Czech drinks, I couldn’t leave without trying the psychoactive French beverage (especially after getting my bottle confiscated in Venice). A glass of this European drink costs 12$. To my surprise, I was served a very small portion. Unlike what I’ve read, the absinthe was served in a strange manner; instead of the droplets of water over a long period of time on a small cube of sugar, nicely placed on the absinthe spoon, the waitress lit the sugar on fire to finally extinguish it with a small quantity of water. The drink tasted like its legal counterpart, quite strong and flavorful, but nothing impressive. The old absinthe, which is still pretty much illegal in the entire world, is not what they have…
Strong liquorish taste, at least I had nice breath.

After the massive disappointment, I ordered the same Czech beer everyone else was having. For 6.50$ you get those European sized 500ml bottles. Although I’m not a beer fanatic, it was quite tasty.

Overall, even though the quest for the hallucinogenic drink hasn’t concluded, Bily Kun is a nice spot if you plan on relaxing and trying out new stuff. Here’s their website for those of you who want to check it out.

Here’s some pictures I found on the web. Some of them look quite controversial for their time, especially the tattooed lady. I’ve still somewhat fallen in love with them.

When you’ve been brought down to the ground.
When you’ve been forgotten.
When you’ve been alone for too long.

It could be your heart, your soul, your passion, your music, this party, that girl…

Resurgensium. Live, Smile.

Oh and, I’d like to thank Jeff for the website and all the anonymous readers out there too!

To start off, two Classics by John Carpenter.

The Thing (1982)

An alien spaceship crashes in the Antarctic thousands of years ago. The Ship’s creature crawls out and freezes. Years later, it starts to assimilate humans and finds it’s way to an American research station. The crew fights off the parasitic alien, only to find out the task is way harder than expected…
Kurt Russell stars in this remake by John Carpenter of a 1951 classic called The Thing from Another World. This grotesque remastering is worth renting, and in my opinion even worth buying. Maybe not for the faint hearted.

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Big Trouble in Little China doesn’t really fit in the Sci-Fi Flicks. When I was just a kid, the Kung-Fu action mixed with the Fantasy and magic had me glued to the television. I watched it again and again, and to this day, it’s still one of my favorites, since it was produced in the 80’s, I had to put it somewhere in this list.
Starring Kurt Russell once again, Big Trouble in Little China is the story of Jack Burton, an all-American trucker who gets himself a load of cash at some card game. He gives a ride to his friend, who doesn’t have enough to pay up his debt, He then gets himself entangled in a century old supernatural battle in Chinatown. A pleasant classic, with some humorous scenes, probably a good movie for anyone.

Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira (1988)

Obviously one of the best Science Fiction movies of the 80’s, Akira is a Japanese Anime that was very popular. Even for the movie fanatics who usually don’t watch anime, Akira proves to be a very good movie, and a very good addition to any movie collection.
In a futuristic Neo-Tokyo, Kaneda, a bike gang leader, goes after the rescue of his friend Tetsuo. Testuo is involved in a secret governmental project called Akira. As the story goes along, the events start up Testuo’s destructive supernatural powers, draging the two friends in a chaotic tale of blood and violence.

Robocop (1987) & The Terminator (1984)

I actually had trouble choosing between Robocop and The Terminator, both extremely good robot trilogies (not including Terminator Salvation), both indulged in action and American testosterone, it was a though choice. I finally chose to post both in the same paragraph, for simplicity.

The Terminator will always be The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as the badass minigun slinging indestructible robot from the future. The trilogy embraces the tale of war between humans and machines, crazy car chases, explosions, robots bashing on robots. Everything a Sci-Fi fan would enjoy.
In my opinion, the second one; Terminator 2: Judgment Day is the best out of the three, Arnold stars as the good guy, the bad guy is a liquid metal robot, the soundtrack is pretty cool too.
Im still planning on checking out the fourth one soon enough!

Not as known as The Terminator, Robocop was still a very good robot/cyborg movie for it’s time.
After Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) is brutally killed, an agency rebuilds his body with steel and weaponry, they entitle him Robocop. He proves to be very effective against criminals and unfortunately attracts the attention of a super villain. The sequels are enjoyable if you liked the first one, but with a long list, I would stick to only the original stuff.

Of course, those robots may not be Transformers but, they still pack a punch and a lot of fun.

David Cronenberg’s The Fly (1986)

Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) passionate scientist who works on teleportation. Seth uses himself as the guinea pig for his attempt at teleportation, he succeeds, with a small side effect. A normal housefly was accompanying him in the teleporter. The scientist then begins to transform slowly into a 6 foot aberration. A journalist (Geena Davis) was documenting his research witnesses the horrific transformation.

More to come…

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