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Started by Kekerusey, August 31, 2016, 10:31:02 PM

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Steeler


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Quote from: Davin on September 01, 2016, 02:48:55 PM
Quote from: Kekerusey on September 01, 2016, 06:48:46 AM
Ah! Davin's third cousin removed perhaps?

I'll continue, there might be others who appreciate this thread.
Aw, you thought of me.  ;)

I don't feel guilty or embarrassed for anything that I like, though I am told I should feel bad for watching all manner of bad movies. I know they are bad, but I like to watch them anyway. I'm not talking about the recent influx of the SyFy intentionally bad movies, I mean like the old times when either budget, acting or whatever else besides a director's vision made a disaster out something. Troma, I think are the originator's of the new SyFy movie making model, but I still like watching a bunch of those movies.

One that still stands out is a movie called "Omega Doom" which I think was stolen from an old Samurai movie (much like the magnificent and almost all of Clint Eastwood's westerns), or an anime. It's about androids surviving after a huge war. There are no humans in the whole movie. There is one scene where there was supposed to be a special effect, but I guess they didn't get it done because you can still see the green that was supposed to be replaced. I think it would have been better if they had a bit more of a budget, but I still liked it.



Eraserhead?

Kekerusey

Quote from: Steeler on September 01, 2016, 08:05:57 PMAw, you thought of me. ;)

Well, even though I've never met you before, obviously ;)

Quote from: Steeler on September 01, 2016, 08:05:57 PMOne that still stands out is a movie called "Omega Doom" which I think was stolen from an old Samurai movie (much like the magnificent and almost all of Clint Eastwood's westerns), or an anime. It's about androids surviving after a huge war. There are no humans in the whole movie. There is one scene where there was supposed to be a special effect, but I guess they didn't get it done because you can still see the green that was supposed to be replaced. I think it would have been better if they had a bit more of a budget, but I still liked it.

All of Clint's movies? I'm glad I don't know the originals coz I like a bit of Clint especially, talking of another guilty pleasure, "Firefox" which is really sh** and "America Save The World (Again)" but we still likes it my precious.

Thx for the recommendation, I'll look out for "Omega Doom" :)

Keke
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Magdalena


"I've had several "spiritual" or numinous experiences over the years, but never felt that they were the product of anything but the workings of my own mind in reaction to the universe." ~Recusant

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Quote from: Firebird on September 01, 2016, 06:10:32 PM
Are bad movies really a "guilty pleasure"? I proudly talk about the ones I've watched that are so bad they're good :) I can recommend a few:

- The Room: So this guy named Tommy Wiseau decided he wanted to be a movie director despite having no experience or talent. He  wrote, directed, and starred in it, then posted a huge billboard over the LA Freeway for 5 years advertising it:



It's supposed to be a love-triangle drama, but no one can act, subplots come and go with no explanation, the sex scenes are anatomically impossible...just trust me on this, see it

An Ed Wood for our age?

Quote- Zardoz. A trippy sci-fi that has Sean Connery, who was trying to break the "James Bond" typecasting by dressing as a porn-star version of He-Man. It starts with a floating head extolling the virtues of the gun and the evils of the penis. It goes downhill from there:



I love Zardoz!
Sandy

  

"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet."  Sarah Louise Delany

Sandra Craft

Quote from: Steeler on September 01, 2016, 08:05:10 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 01, 2016, 07:51:24 PM
Quote from: No one on September 01, 2016, 12:48:12 AM
Nothing! Your opinion of what I do or like is of little consequence.


I'll take one please.

I need one too, now, because I'm thinking about Gene Wilder.   :'(
Sandy

  

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xSilverPhinx

Quote from: Firebird on September 01, 2016, 06:10:32 PM
Are bad movies really a "guilty pleasure"? I proudly talk about the ones I've watched that are so bad they're good :) I can recommend a few:

- The Room: So this guy named Tommy Wiseau decided he wanted to be a movie director despite having no experience or talent. He  wrote, directed, and starred in it, then posted a huge billboard over the LA Freeway for 5 years advertising it:



It's supposed to be a love-triangle drama, but no one can act, subplots come and go with no explanation, the sex scenes are anatomically impossible...just trust me on this, see it

I've heard of that movie, looks absolutely terrible. :grin:
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Magdalena

Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on September 01, 2016, 08:43:40 PM
Quote from: Steeler on September 01, 2016, 08:05:10 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 01, 2016, 07:51:24 PM
Quote from: No one on September 01, 2016, 12:48:12 AM
Nothing! Your opinion of what I do or like is of little consequence.


I'll take one please.

I need one too, now, because I'm thinking about Gene Wilder.   :'(

Oh! I know!
Me too! Come here!

"I've had several "spiritual" or numinous experiences over the years, but never felt that they were the product of anything but the workings of my own mind in reaction to the universe." ~Recusant

Kekerusey

Quote from: Firebird on September 01, 2016, 06:10:32 PMAre bad movies really a "guilty pleasure"?

Not always. I mean I'm happy to discuss bad movies but I was kinda shooting for those things (inc. movies) you know are bad, embarrassingly so, but you still watch them anyway. I suppose a good general example would be some kind of awful film/book/cd you loved as a kid, you know now why it was absolute cr** but you still want to watch/read/listen to it anyway.

An example for me might be Gerry Anderson's "UFO" which, although it had some very good moments, dated so rapidly it became embarrassing. "Space 1999" was even worse.

Quote from: Firebird on September 01, 2016, 06:10:32 PMTurkish Star Wars.

I'll have to look it up.

Quote from: Firebird on September 01, 2016, 06:10:32 PMZardoz.

I have seen that, I was a kid and haven't had any inclination to watch it since.

Keke
J C Rocks (An Aspiring Author's Journey)
The Abyssal Void War Book #1: Stars, Hide Your Fires


Davin

Quote from: Steeler on September 01, 2016, 08:05:57 PM
Eraserhead?
I haven't seen that one, though I have heard of it. Just never got around to watching it.
Always question all authorities because the authority you don't question is the most dangerous... except me, never question me.

Steeler

Quote from: Davin on September 01, 2016, 09:26:16 PM
Quote from: Steeler on September 01, 2016, 08:05:57 PM
Eraserhead?
I haven't seen that one, though I have heard of it. Just never got around to watching it.

It's been years, but it was the strangest thing I've ever seen.

Steeler


No one

Quote from: Kekerusey on September 01, 2016, 06:48:46 AM
Ah! Davin's third cousin removed perhaps?

I'll continue, there might be others who appreciate this thread.

Keke

It has nothing to do with appreciation. One should not give a rats ass what others think. If you don't like the music I like, I don't care. If you don't like the movies I like, I don't care. I'm not like everybody else. I will not like or conform because the mass of sheep can not think for themselves, and live to comply with their pathetic self defined state of normalcy. To hell with them!

Now, I mean no disrespect to you, just stating how I feel about the subject.

Tom62

Quote from: No one on September 02, 2016, 02:00:18 AM
Quote from: Kekerusey on September 01, 2016, 06:48:46 AM
Ah! Davin's third cousin removed perhaps?

I'll continue, there might be others who appreciate this thread.

Keke

It has nothing to do with appreciation. One should not give a rats ass what others think. If you don't like the music I like, I don't care. If you don't like the movies I like, I don't care. I'm not like everybody else. I will not like or conform because the mass of sheep can not think for themselves, and live to comply with their pathetic self defined state of normalcy. To hell with them!

Now, I mean no disrespect to you, just stating how I feel about the subject.

I've never met a normal person. All persons that I know have some quirks that makes them unique and [occasionally] interesting.
The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
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