glenn buswell

@RetrovaniaLand Announcer really hammering the Predator “OAR” phonetics till the very end

💀 Happy Alien Day, Retro Squad! 🚀 Cap’n Retrovania transmitting live from the neon-drenched, pizza-scented war room of the Haunted Pizzeria Clubhouse. The overhead fluorescents are flickering like a busted spaceship, the possessed VCR is spitting static and that sweet Maxell tape labeled “1994 Toy Commercials + Late-Night Horror” is rolling. Extra cheese slices are cooling on the counter while the Leftover Pizza Power Kids Club assembles for full-scale indoor combat. We’re cranking the clock back to peak 90s kid chaos — those glorious after-school and weekend battles when the whole crew turned the basement, bedroom floor, or rec room into a full-blown Colonial Marines vs. Xenomorphs vs. Predators warzone. It all started with the Kenner Aliens Queen Hive Playset — that absolute unit of a toy. A massive, dripping, slimy-looking hive base with egg chambers that actually oozed that gross green Aliens ooze, facehugger launchers, and the terrifying Queen herself. She had that giant crown crest, articulated inner jaws that popped open, and you could throne her up like the ultimate boss monster. We’d load the warriors in, slam the egg traps, and yell “She’s coming out of the walls!” just like the commercial. The hive pieces clicked together with that perfect fresh-plastic snick, and suddenly your floor was LV-426. But we didn’t stop there. Oh no. The real glory was the full crew battle experience: - Power Loader Ripley stomping through the hive, hydraulic arms crushing warrior Aliens. - Scorpion Aliens, Bull Aliens, Gorilla Aliens, and Snake Aliens swarming from every direction. - The Aliens vs. Predator 2-packs — straight-up chaos. A regular Warrior Alien throwing down with a dreadlocked Predator who could “slash” with his wrist blades. - Other Predators from the Kenner line: the glow-in-the-dark mail-away edition, the Blade Fighter vehicle zooming in for hunter support, and that big electronic 10-inch Predator who lit up like a Christmas tree of death. - Marines like Hicks, Vasquez, and Hudson providing covering fire with their pulse rifles while we narrated epic last stands. - Flying Queen, Panther Alien, and all the wild variant beasts turning the carpet into a no-man’s-land of acid blood and shoulder cannon blasts. We’d section off the battlefield with couch cushions as “dropship landing zones,” use pizza boxes as barricades, and dim the lights so the glow-in-the-dark Predators and ooze really popped. One kid manned the Queen Hive launching facehuggers, another piloted the Hovertread or Stinger XT-37, and the rest were screaming, diving, and making explosion sounds until Mom yelled that it was time for real pizza (not the plastic kind). The smell of that fresh Kenner plastic mixed with basement carpet and pepperoni? Unforgettable. Those battles felt dangerous — like we were actually risking alien infestation in the suburbs. Hours vanished. Arguments over who got the Queen or whose Predator got the final kill were settled with rock-paper-scissors or “best explosion sound.” Who else lived this as a 90s kid? Did your crew have the full Hive setup? Epic AvP crossovers? Power Loader rampages? Drop your wildest indoor toy war stories, favorite figures, or that one battle that got so out of hand the dog ended up with ooze on its fur. Let’s keep the hive (and the pizza) alive in 2026. 🍕💥 #AlienDay #AliensVsPredator #KennerToys #90sToys #RetroToyBattles #ChildhoodMemories #LeftoverPizzaPowerKids #HauntedPizzeriaClubhouse #90sKidsRule

@SSB_Rick Way to go. And tomorrow will be consecutive days

I DID NOT DRINK TODAY ♥️❤️

@ThatEricAlper Trailer Park Boys seasons 1-7 as well as the sitcom Soap

What movie or TV show would you give a solid 5 stars?

@TheMekon_Venus That was his be our downstairs bathroom

In the 80’s.. most bathrooms had one of these hiding in a cupboard.

@SSB_Rick Chris keep it going my man. You have a lot of support here Here’s to you waking up tomorrow and being 44 days sober

My name is Chris and I’m an alcoholic. Today is 43 days sober. Happy Sunday everyone

@FunMovieTVFan You know, his cameo in JFK was pitch perfect

What else belongs on this monument of John Candy roles?

@kevin_nealon God I miss Letterman

Uhhhhh, you got any gum?

@Kristinartz My sister and I got in trouble that day and as punishment we had to watch Oz on the B/W tv Munchkin land was not in technicolor Great punishment if you ask me

Who remembers how the Wizard of Oz would come on once a year and how much of a big deal it was?

@DenhamsGhost I think about the guy under the table trying to get a peek

I think about the Cheers guy now and then. Who is he? Why so smug? What was his life like? I know he could have never imagined his mug would eventually be seen by millions repeatedly on a contraption that beamed images and sounds through the air into people’s homes.

@The_VOP @Savageboston Lan Larison, looking forward to seeing what he can do this season

@Savageboston Who was that UDFA running back everyone got excited about and then he was out for the season?

Bring him in!

@FunMovieTVFan Floyd

What else belongs on this monument of Brad Pitt roles?

@historicworld1 This short is actually Mississippi Hare with Colonel Shuffle

"Homeless Hare" is a short animated cartoon from (1950).

@AshySlasheeDB Anchorman I just don’t think it’s funny at all

What's a movie everyone loves but you hate... For me: Avatar

@TheCriticalDri1 “Take your seats” “Where would you like us to take them?”

If you know who this is that makes you AWESOME.

@exQUIZitely It came with the first gen iMac and played the hell outta it

A game that feels like a surreal mix between The Matrix and Doom, with a dash of A Clockwork Orange craziness and a pinch of LSD. MDK (1997) is a cult classic third-person shooter developed by Shiny Entertainment. You play as Kurt Hectic (what a name!), a janitor on the spaceship Jim Dandy, recruited by the eccentric scientist Dr. Fluke Hawkins to stop an alien invasion. Massive alien “Minecrawlers” are ravaging Earth, flattening cities and harvesting resources. That's where you come in to stop the whole thing... It's safe to say the developers weren't exactly going for mainstream appeal...MDK (often assumed to mean “Murder Death Kill,” though never officially confirmed) is a mix between classic action shooting, sniping, platforming, and quirky humor. It was an ambitious project for its time, featuring pretty inventive gameplay and a truly great soundtrack. Critics loved it, players bought it - MDK was a commercial success and a sequel was made 3 years later in 2000 by BioWare.

@ATRightMovies Skinamarink

@KCromwellAuthor Respect

No Star Wars prequel, sequel, or TV show can compare to the adventures I had with this guy in my backyard!

@TheCinesthetic When someone takes off a pair of glasses and there is another pair underneath

What's a gag in movies that never fails to get a chuckle from you?

@PatsPlanet_ Right here dude

If the Patriots end up trading Kayshon Boutte, who else would be disappointed?

@realfrothyfriar Red Elvises did the opening title song for a show I worked on: Mike, Lu and OG youtu.be/wgDAZ35eTtI?si…

Am I the only one that's ever seen this movie?