Cool World (Not a Review)

Though this may seem like a plug, it’s really just a long-winded segue to the point:

DIRECTV currently does not offer EpixHD, the new premium movie channel from MGM/Lionsgate/Paramount, which is a shame. They also only have one HBO HD channel, and nothing on-demand… but that’s beside the point. EpixHD just launched and is pretty much only available on Verizon FIOS.

My favorite thing about EpixHD is that with a subscription to the TV channel, you can also watch any of their movies on the EpixHD website, which I enjoy browsing and watching with the occasional free “invite code” they hand out. You can also invite friends to watch a movie with you and chat in real time. Really cool stuff.

ANYWAY, they’ve got a great catalog of movies and they know how to market them. Since you’re dealing with the entire library of movies from those three studios, you’ve got some stinkers. Probably a ton of stinkers. Which is why they have a “So Bad It’s Good” section, which speaks to my heart and allowed me to revisit a movie from the past.

“Cool World.”

I never saw this movie, but I wanted to. I remember seeing the trailer a bunch of times on the old “E!” network that actually was devoted to movies. I even remember quoting some article about the movie to my mom, as an 11 year old in 1992, that it was “like Roger Rabbit on acid.” I had no idea what that meant back then… and it may be why I never ended up seeing it. But, have a look - the preview is a terrific early 90’s throwback, and… I dunno, it looks intriguing still, doesn’t it?