We had turkey for dinner today, and as part of our meal we made fun of another turkey. As I was flipping through the free selection of “On Demand” movies, I spotted “Krull” and groaned. Those of us in the room old enough to remember that particular turkey chimed in, and my daughter (bless her heart) immediately insisted on seeing it. Well, hey, who are we to turn down a good chance to riff on a bad movie?

Notable moments included the following:

• At least Qui-Gon Jinn got a more dignified death scene here than he did in “Phantom Menace.” (I totally failed to make any Darkman jokes during the entire movie. Silly me.)
• Hagrid looks really weird without his beard.
• Thufir Hawat was in love with Lady Jessica. Who knew?
• “Ouch! I’ve gotta stop doing that!” (When the glaive’s blades come out, our hero is almost always holding it in the worst possible position.)
• The Budweiser Clydesdales have flaming hooves. Who knew?
• Gandalf the Green is nowhere near as cool as Gandalf the Grey. In fact, he’s kind of useless.
• You know, if any of those guys knew anything about anatomy, they’d have been able to flee the evil fortress in no time. That’s what they get for not paying attention in Health class!
• A little Tinactin could’ve helped our hero’s little “burning” problem. Where’s John Madden when you need him?
• That cyclops sure had good aim over distance for a critter with no depth perception.

There was more, of course, but I’ll spare you. Suffice to say we shared a lot of laughs while we stuffed ourselves on turkey, potatoes, stuffing, gravy, pasta-and-cheese and dinner rolls. Oh, and pumpkin pie. Yum.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!