Saturday Evening Movie Thread: Joe Bob's Drive-In Jamboree: Sunday (moviegique)

In a vain attempt to reduce the size of my coverage of Joe Bob's Drive-In Jamboree, I summarized a lot of things. Then that was too long, so I split it into two posts. You can see the first part of the weekend here at Ace's (where comments will get you banned) or here at Moviegique's (where nobody comments and we don't know how to ban).

Today let's talk about Sunday on a sweltering summer day in Memphis. (I actually found it quite pleasant but I'm used to 100+ weather.)

Hogzilla

"Say 'Hogzilla' one more time..."

Sunday night began with a riff of Hogzilla. Led by "Mystery Science Theater 3000's" Jonah Ray, and helped by "The Last Drive-In" team (Darcy the Mail Girl, Austin Jennings and John Brennan) as well as riffs from the crowd, it's safe to say this movie doesn't really get any better with time. Darcy dug up a print to air a season or two back to torment Joe Bob with—to this day, the slightest provocation will get the crew and audience chanting "Hogzilla! Hogzilla! Hogzilla!" Its major crime, really, is claiming to star Joe Bob when he's in very little of the movie. (This, of course, is a low-budget tradition.) That and, the rest of the cast is aggressively unlikable, which I think is less to do with the actors than writing unlikable characters is a kind of cheap way to add tension when your actual monster sucks (also a low-budget tradition).

There's not much to it, alas: It's just a slasher movie with a giant feral boar taking the place of the slasher, but otherwise behaving exactly as a slasher does, down to picking off people alone and...well, I guess he doesn't hide the bodies or anything but they seem to pop up unexpectedly anyway. This is the sort of movie that runs 90 minutes (if you count the very, very slow moving end credits) and really needs some riffing to get through. Ideas for Hogzilla 2 were floated, as well, such as Hogzilla 2: Pig In The City and 2 Hog 2 Zilla.

This is one of those movies won't rise to cult status, I don't think, but it was fun to watch in a crowd of mildly intoxicated mutants.

The 2022 Hubbies

For some reason, I'm thinking of the Mechanical Turk/Billy Bass gag from "What We Do In The Shadows".

The Sunday night close-out and the ostensible reason-for-the-season was the Drive-In Academy Awards (the "Hubbies"). I actually re-scheduled my flight and took Monday off so I could be here for this, and I don't regret it. Out of 250 submissions, ten winners were picked and then screened after the announcements. I missed two of them because I was waiting in line for an autograph, but the one takeaway I have from the eight I did see was: Wow, the technical level of the indie film has gone through the roof!

Of course, I'm seeing the top 4%. The other 96% almost certainly contained some more amateurish stuff, but the first one up was "Polybius", based on the urban legend about a video game with a sinister effect on young minds. (If you go to the Wiki link, there's an FBI meme in the offing: The FBI you wish you had fought crime; The FBI you'd settle for are evil high-tech geniuses; The FBI you get raids arcades because a kid has a seizure playing Tempest.) Trailer.

Anyway, this very '80s premise was executed on a level to where you didn't notice the budget. That's kind of a big deal, I think. If you can walk away from a 20-minute $50K short just thinking about the contents of the short and not how they cut corners, that's really something. For scale, consider the budget of the 1960 Little Shop of Horrors was over five-times that (adjusted for inflation) and used existing sets, and still feels inescapably cheap (for all its amusing aspects).

So, something is going on here which is potentially very good. Tom Atkins is in this one, by the way, and damn, can he still act. I mean, he's 86 and he can't hear very well, but he still projects strength and authority on screen. Very impressive. (Atkins won a Lifetime Achievement Hubbie.) Writer/director Jim Kelly was floating around and seemed like a hell of a nice guy, too. From Mount Sinai, New York.

"One day, Rockford's ass will be MINE!"

I missed one of feature winners, Greywood Plot because I was standing in line to get an autograph. Joe Bob and Darcy The Mail Girl powered through the weekend on a couple of hours of sleep (after which they ran off to do a show above the Mason-Dixon line) at least partly due to JB's insistence that he see everyone. He was dead on his feet—on his butt, actually, since he was sitting—by the time I got to him and still managed a sincere smile and chit-chat. (Trailer here.)

From Josh Stifter and Dan Degman of Crystal, Minnesota, Greywood is the tale of wannabe influencers who end up on an all-too-successful cryptid hunt. Kudos for the trailer effectively giving a brief shot of the monster. That's just a rare thing period. (They either don't show it or you wish they didn't.)

The animated short The Mechanical Dancer, was not only as good as anything I've seen from a studio, it's legitimately aesthetically superior to anything I've seen recently. A stop-motion-looking cartoon done in the style of the 1920 film The Cabinet of Caligari, this takes elements of that plot with a twist of Frankenstein/Bucket of Blood...it's just nice to look at. Josh and Jenna Jaillet are professional artists and have produced something that you might find in front of a Pixar flick, minus the corporate blandification. From Sunrise, Florida.

Threshhold: A voice-over artist is haunted by ghosts...or is she just crazy? Or both?! (Entire short here.) Directed by Mike Thompson of Louisville, Kentucky.

Last Day for Videos: A documentary about the closing of the last video store chain in America. (Entire short here.) Nostalgic, melancholic, and oddly affecting considering video stores were about a 35-year phenomenon. Hell, you nearly 29-year-olds probably barely remember 'em. Directed by Chad Campbell of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Be Mine: This black comedy short reminded me heavily of a Julie Nolke bit gone horribly wrong, when a guy on a Valentine's Day date is ready to take his relationship with his new "from out of town" girlfriend to the next level, only to realize he knows absolutely nothing about her. From Ryan and Anthony Famulari of Long Island, New York, I cannot for the life of me find a trailer or even a still of this, and "Be Mine" is a title shared by about a dozen horror shorts made in the past decade. But it made me laugh out loud!

Lethalogica: Calling this "micro" budget probably doesn't do justice to the word "micro". The budget was about $800 per director Tony Reames and co-writer Haley Leary. Leary stars in the film with Luke Tanner as a couple who have a slight misunderstanding that unfolds in a very drive-in way. From Georgia. No trailer I can find.

The Thing About Beecher's Gate: Another micro-micro, made for about $250 over two weekends by Jeremy Herbert of Olmsted Falls, Ohio, the premise of this 26-minute short is that a new deputy in a small town must undergo a hazing ritual (or is it?), guarding a shed overnight which—well, let's say it's inspired by Assault on Precinct 13 and leave it at that. This was entertaining to me, but somewhat disappointing in that it's clear that the events of the night don't play out as planned, but it made me wonder what the "going right" could've possibly meant. Trailer.

Mannequins: Directed by David Malcom from the UK, this story of mannequins playing out horror stories is fun, unusual and also has a kind of arty feel. Mannequins haven't been this sympathetic since Kim Catrall! (Entire short here.)

A cable box only a Cronenberg could love.

The last film was a full-length feature called HeBGB TV. Sketch films are always kind of hit-and-miss but the noteworthy aspect is that there are some hits, and the technical/aesthetic quality is overall a pleasant callback to those old Rubinstein TV shows like "Tales from the Darkside". From Jake McClellan, Adam Lenhart and Eric Griffin of Lancaster, PA. This is just a remarkable first time effort!

The takeaway for me was this: You could sit through these and think, "Hey, these are pretty good." As opposed to "Hey, these are pretty good for the budget."

JB has decided next year the Hubbies will be the first night instead of the last, which is a good move. Winning a Hubbie isn't necessarily a ticket to fame and wealth or even to being able to make another movie—the people who get that far should be feted by the crowd that loves them best. We were up past 3:30AM Monday AM seeing these, and a lot of people had to leave beforehand.

I had no regrets a few hours later when I stumbled through the Nashville airport: Totally worth it!

Posted by: Open Blogger at 07:59 PM

Comments

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1 I figured out how I was screwing up the images, at least.

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 07:59 PM (asXVI)

2 Should have had popcorn not ice cream

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2022 08:01 PM (k8B25)

3 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

Tonight's Movie Roulette selection is a classic:

Star Wars - Episode IV - A New Hope

The special effects don't hold up quite as well on the Blu-Ray as viewed on a 4K screen. But it's still a great movie.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2022 08:05 PM (K5n5d)

4 2: Popcorn. Buy a bag…go home in a box. (1990)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 06, 2022 08:05 PM (9isyS)

5 Hubbies, Hobbies...I'm so confused.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2022 08:06 PM (XQDUp)

6 I always say my "Star Wars" fandom lasted from 1980, when Empire came out, to 1983, when "Jedi" came out.

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 08:06 PM (asXVI)

7 Moviegique now have your site saved maybe I will

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2022 08:06 PM (k8B25)

8 "Lepke" (1975); "Nitti: The Enforcer" (198

; "Chicago Overcoat" (2009) Mob movies, free on YouTube, the first two not unwatchably awful, although ahistoric. As for "Overcoat:" no other actor will ever deliver the line "Try me, you fucking jagoff" like Frank Vincent could.

"Dune Part One" (2021) It held my interest all the way through. I liked the color palette. Stellan Skaarsgaard must have had to train impressively hard to lose enough weight to play his role.

"The Emperor In August" (2015) Brisk account of the desperation, intrigue and agony of Japan's capitulation in WWII. I equally recommend "Japan's Longest Day" (1967), which focuses mainly on Aug 14-15, and has more beheadings besides.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at August 06, 2022 08:07 PM (qpX6U)

9 I saw Empire before Star Wars and ended at Jar-Jar

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2022 08:07 PM (k8B25)

10 "Witness To The Mob" (199

Yet another movie about the Gambino family, this from the POV of Sammy Gravano. Includes the same familiar cast of greaseball actors we've all come to love over three decades. Tom Sizemore's turn to play Gotti.

"Stalin" (1992) A good three-hour summary of Russian history 1917-1951. Not gory, but sickening nonetheless.

"The New Babylon" (1929) The Soviet take on the Paris Commune of 1871. Like many of the Russian films of the era, it has amazing closeups, compositions and editing.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at August 06, 2022 08:08 PM (qpX6U)

11 "The Gray Man" (2022) No sir. I don't like it.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs, Guest-Hosted by Mr. Horse at August 06, 2022 08:09 PM (qpX6U)

12 "Dune Part One" (2021) It held my interest all the way through. I liked the color palette. Stellan Skaarsgaard must have had to train impressively hard to lose enough weight to play his role.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at August 06, 2022 08:07 PM (qpX6U)
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I also liked it, but Professor Tosspot has a different (and hilarious) opinion:

https://youtu.be/O_yKD-ZQgkY

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2022 08:09 PM (K5n5d)

13 There should be no mention of Joe Bob Briggs without explaining his rating system. Boobs explosions and who got mort comprised a big part of his ratings.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2022 08:09 PM (zqqam)

14 Skip,

I wasn't fishing but all are welcome. I think half my (few) comments are just people I manage to piss of. Heh.

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 08:11 PM (asXVI)

15 13 There should be no mention of Joe Bob Briggs without explaining his rating system. Boobs explosions and who got mort comprised a big part of his ratings.
Posted by: Ben Had

That was the best part of his column!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 06, 2022 08:12 PM (U2p+3)

16 hiya

Posted by: JT at August 06, 2022 08:12 PM (T4tVD)

17 Beasts, Breasts, and Blood.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at August 06, 2022 08:13 PM (Dc2NZ)

18 And I think hulu fucked with Blazing Saddles.
It seemed fast, off key, too bright.

Or I was just drunk. But that would be odd, as I was sober.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 06, 2022 08:13 PM (U2p+3)

19 Ben Had--

This is the sixth (?) time I've mentioned Joe Bob Briggs on the Sat Nite Movie Thread. I ain't explaining the schtick every time.

(And that doesn't even go into the parsing and analysis over what counts as a "breast" for the breast count.)

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 08:14 PM (asXVI)

20 We are Drive-In mutants.
We are not like other people.
We are sick.
We are disgusting.
We believe in blood, in breasts and in beasts.
If life had a vomit meter, we’d be off the scale.
As long as one Drive-In remains on the planet Earth,
We will party like jungle animals.
We will boogie till we puke.
The Drive-In will never die.
Amen.

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 08:15 PM (asXVI)

21 Watched the Mark Wahlberg movie Instant Family.

I like feel good , heart tugger movies. This is a top one IMHO.

Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 08:15 PM (BfhXc)

22 MovieGique, is it per pair or individually?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at August 06, 2022 08:15 PM (Dc2NZ)

23 I figured out what was wrong with Batwoman. They had a parallel parking scene and they just couldn't get it done. Even CGI couldn't fix it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 08:16 PM (FVME7)

24 Frank Vincent brandishes a metaphorical mirror in which we can dimly perceive, if not fully grasp, the fleeting evanescence of our consciousness, and thusly illuminates our infinitesimal place in a hostile cosmos. In that specific hermeneutical sense, his performances transcend art itself, and elevate mere cinema to the divine.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at August 06, 2022 08:16 PM (qpX6U)

25 Evening.

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2022 08:17 PM (I2dNI)

26 Saw "Prey" last night. The Predator VS Indian Grrrrl Movie now streaming on HULU.

Not terrible, until near the end it becomes an Eeeeevil White Man VS Mary Sioux movie that leads into the usual 98 lb female fighting and defeating like twenty Frenchmen armed with guns in hand to hand combat plus an all by herself mano a womano fight with Predator what can lift above it's head a full grown grizzly bear.

Lots o'CGI, some poor. Tribal males all talk like 1980 surfer dudes, so not great acting.

Not the worst Predator movie if you don't mind all the typical progtard memes.

Oh, and zero horror for an action horror movie.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 06, 2022 08:17 PM (5NkmN)

27 Posted by: naturalfake at August 06, 2022 08:17 PM (5NkmN

I like Predators better than Predator . That's my Prometheus.

Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 08:19 PM (BfhXc)

28 "Lord Love a Duck" (1966) was my Prometheus, until Prometheus came along.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at August 06, 2022 08:21 PM (qpX6U)

29 Posted by: naturalfake at August 06, 2022 08:17 PM (5NkmN

I like Predators better than Predator . That's my Prometheus.
Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 08:19 PM (BfhXc)

That's a pretty good Prometheus equivalent.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 06, 2022 08:21 PM (5NkmN)

30 I figured out what was wrong with Batwoman. They had a parallel parking scene and they just couldn't get it done. Even CGI couldn't fix it.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
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Look, I tried and tried, but there are some things I haven't been able to do yet.

Posted by: AI at August 06, 2022 08:21 PM (kT/t7)

31 Watched "American Graffiti" (1973) for the second time. I saw it as a kid when it came out and was underwhelmed. At that time it wasn't that far removed from the time period and it felt like stupid old people nostalgia to me.

This time I enjoyed it very much for the drool-worthy cars and seeing the actors when they were so young. For a rambling story of one night in the lives of young people on the cusp of adulthood I thought it held together very well.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at August 06, 2022 08:21 PM (Dc2NZ)

32 I like Predators better than Predator . That's my Prometheus.
Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 08:19 PM (BfhXc)
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Maybe not better than, but it is my second favorite in the Predatoriad. I'm definitely going to catch "Prey".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at August 06, 2022 08:22 PM (Dc2NZ)

33 Hollywood Knights > > > American Graffiti

Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 08:23 PM (BfhXc)

34 Watched "American Graffiti" (1973) for the second time. I saw it as a kid when it came out and was underwhelmed. At that time it wasn't that far removed from the time period and it felt like stupid old people nostalgia to me.
This time I enjoyed it very much for the drool-worthy cars and seeing the actors when they were so young. For a rambling story of one night in the lives of young people on the cusp of adulthood I thought it held together very well.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at August 06, 2022 08:21 PM

one of my all time favorites...plus there's a direct Horde connection!

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 06, 2022 08:24 PM (ENBF0)

35 Its a Mad Mad World has drool-worthy cars.

Posted by: JT at August 06, 2022 08:24 PM (T4tVD)

36 || is it per pair or individually?

Individually. Traditionally the nipple must be visible, though JB was arguing with Darcy about when the pasties are so small, they're basically visible.

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 08:25 PM (asXVI)

37 In other movie news . . .

Anne Heche is in stable condition, a spokesperson for the actor said Saturday, a day after she crashed her car into a Los Angeles home.

The crash into a home in the Mar Vista neighborhood sparked a “heavy fire,” which was put out in a little more than an hour, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said in two email alerts.

The driver was pulled from the vehicle by LAFD rescuers and taken to a hospital with critical injuries, he said.

“Anne is currently in stable condition," Heche's spokesperson said. "Her family and friends ask for your thoughts and prayers and to respect her privacy during this difficult time.”

Thomas Jane, an ex-boyfriend, said Heche is intubated but is "expected to pull through."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 08:25 PM (FVME7)

38 Hollywood Knights > > > American Graffiti
Posted by: roc Ingerso
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This is about the fart scene, isn't it?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2022 08:25 PM (aSWOS)

39 28 "Lord Love a Duck" (1966) was my Prometheus, until Prometheus came along.

I love that movie.

Roddy MacDowell (3

plays a high schooler in love with Tuesday Weld.

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 08:25 PM (asXVI)

40 "Anne Heche is in stable condition"

TMZ has her drunken podcast from a few hours before the accident. She better do significant time for this.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at August 06, 2022 08:26 PM (qpX6U)

41 27 Posted by: naturalfake at August 06, 2022 08:17 PM (5NkmN

I like Predators better than Predator . That's my Prometheus.
Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 08:19 PM (BfhXc)

I'm a big fan of Predator vs Alien

Specifically Sanaa Lathan

***Rowrrr***

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 08:27 PM (BgMrQ)

42 moviegique, sorry 'bout that.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2022 08:27 PM (zqqam)

43 Roddy MacDowell (3 plays a high schooler in love with Tuesday Weld.
Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 08:25 PM (asXVI)

How Green Was My Valley was just on.

Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 08:27 PM (BfhXc)

44 Never saw Instant Family but I like Mark Wahlberg in movies

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2022 08:28 PM (k8B25)

45 I'm a big fan of Predator vs Alien

Specifically Sanaa Lathan

***Rowrrr***
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 08:27 PM (BgMrQ)
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I admit I kinda like that movie as well. The first half is pretty creepy and weird.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2022 08:29 PM (K5n5d)

46 MacDowell was thirty-eight, playing a high schooler. I that's a record. (The one thing the blog software does, turn an 8-paren into a smiley.)

Ben Had,

No worries. Just ... look, the last post I did was on the Joe Bob Drive-In Jamboree two and two people had a lengthy discussion in the comments as to whether anyone remembered Joe Bob Briggs.

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 08:29 PM (asXVI)

47 TMZ has her drunken podcast from a few hours before the accident. She better do significant time for this.
Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at August 06, 2022 08:26 PM (qpX6U)

Speaking of movies ( this is what Muldoon says to do ) , The Mercedes driver who plowed through the intersection was from Houston. Traveling nurse.

Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 08:29 PM (BfhXc)

48 Kevin Spacey Ordered to Pay "House of Cards" Makers $30 Million Over Sexual Assault Allegations

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Sucks to be you, Kevin.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 08:29 PM (FVME7)

49 26 Saw "Prey" last night. The Predator VS Indian Grrrrl Movie now streaming on HULU.

Not terrible, until near the end it becomes an Eeeeevil White Man VS Mary Sioux movie that leads into the usual 98 lb female fighting and defeating like twenty Frenchmen armed with guns in hand to hand combat plus an all by herself mano a womano fight with Predator what can lift above it's head a full grown grizzly bear.

Lots o'CGI, some poor. Tribal males all talk like 1980 surfer dudes, so not great acting.

Not the worst Predator movie if you don't mind all the typical progtard memes.

Oh, and zero horror for an action horror movie.
Posted by: naturalfake

The lead grrrl is quite fetching, Amber Midthunder, but not enough to actually go see this. Maybe in a few years and it turns up on TV somewhere. She was on a trippy, weird, wtf is this, TV show called 'Legion'. I actually watched all 3 seasons. It was just weird enough to keep my attention. Also, Amber Midthunder and Rachel Kellar are very pretty.

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 06, 2022 08:29 PM (sAmhv)

50 Never saw Instant Family but I like Mark Wahlberg in movies
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2022 08:28 PM (k8B25)

Since it wasn't a hit I'm going to say it's underrated. But simple ,sappy feel good movies never seem to get the publicity.

Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 08:32 PM (BfhXc)

51 but it was fun to watch in a crowd of mildly intoxicated mutants.

===

isn't everything ...?

Posted by: runner at August 06, 2022 08:33 PM (V13WU)

52 Hubby watched Prey, so I saw most of it too.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 06, 2022 08:33 PM (gbzeC)

53 35 Its a Mad Mad World has drool-worthy cars.
Posted by: JT at August 06, 2022 08:24 PM (T4tVD)
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Too bad the movie is dumb, loud, and grating.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at August 06, 2022 08:34 PM (Dc2NZ)

54 "I like Mark Wahlberg in movies"

He did two really good ones in a row with Peter Berg, "Deepwater Horizon," and "Patriot's Day." I really like the dialog in both.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at August 06, 2022 08:34 PM (qpX6U)

55 Saw "Not Okay".

A woke comedy streaming on HULU for values where comedy means endless racist, anti-White hectoring and literally spite-filled anti-gun rants throughout.

The climax suggests that all White People are feckless turds who's experience means nothing and they should just shut up and go away and never be heard of again.

So, yeah. Great comedy! Poor directing. Lame script that could've actually been funny if handled correctly but it wasn't. Poor acting unless big on self-righteous anger and snark.

Avoid.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 06, 2022 08:35 PM (5NkmN)

56 Never saw Instant Family but I like Mark Wahlberg in movies

Posted by: Skip

Along the same line, I thought Blended with Adam Sandler was better than expected.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 06, 2022 08:37 PM (ftFVW)

57 "Anne Heche is in stable condition"

she was apparently drunk ... had crashed into a garage, a guy tried to get her out of the car. She sped off, they said she was going 90 mph down the side street, porch video caught her speeding by, then it hears the crash.

House burned, woman inside OK, but lost most of her stuff. friggin Hollywood prima donnas. (and she was girlfriend of Ellen DeGeneres for a couple years ... so very special elite I guess).

Posted by: illiniwek at August 06, 2022 08:37 PM (Cus5s)

58 Saw "Not Okay".

Avoid.

Posted by: naturalfake

Ace talked about that one during the week. Didn't figure I would care to see it. Good to have confirmation.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 06, 2022 08:39 PM (ftFVW)

59 Its a Mad Mad World has drool-worthy cars.
Posted by: JT at August 06, 2022 08:24 PM (T4tVD)
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Too bad the movie is dumb, loud, and grating.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

This(!), even when it was first released.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 06, 2022 08:40 PM (ZDCds)

60 Ugh.

spite = spittle

thx Ac!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 06, 2022 08:40 PM (5NkmN)

61 I must be the oddball here, I'm not a fan of Drive In Movies or the genre.

I mean, I enjoyed Kentucky Fried Movie, and Groove Tube.

I'm just not a fan of "B" movies, Slasher movies, and (dare I say) Roger Corman.

But I appreciate your write-ups moviegique...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 08:40 PM (BgMrQ)

62 I started Kind Solomon's Mines but only made it 10 minutes. It was aggressively dumb. Seemed like it was made by someone who did not like Raider of the Lost Ark, nor pulp fiction. Cannon films are very cheaply made.

They cast Richard Chamberlain, who seems to be a fair substitute for Tom Selleck. Sharon Stone is in it. There is a sequel but I passed of course.

Raiders is schlocky and stagy, but this increases its charm. I know Paramount and Universal had stage shows based on action movies, but you understand that Raiders does better in a medium-sized space than Terminator 2 does.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 06, 2022 08:40 PM (ybIRR)

63 TMZ has her drunken podcast from a few hours before the accident. She better do significant time for this.
Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at August 06, 2022 08:26 PM (qpX6U)

She'll probably do...like, I don't know....hours in jail, maybe, assuming she gets a crappy judge.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 06, 2022 08:42 PM (CCf67)

64 The Mercedes driver who plowed through the intersection was from Houston. Traveling nurse.
Posted by: roc Ingersol

I'll say she was traveling!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 08:42 PM (FVME7)

65 "I like Mark Wahlberg in movies"

"Shooter" was fun. especially seeing Danny Glover meet a gruesome end.

Kate Mara's always easy to look at too.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 08:42 PM (BgMrQ)

66 ||isn't everything ...?

True dat.

||I must be the oddball here, I'm not a fan of Drive In Movies or the genre.

Line 2 of the Drive-In Oath: "We are not like other people."

I think you're not the oddball, generally. Not sure how the horde feels, specifically.

|| I started Kind Solomon's Mines but only made it 10 minutes. It was aggressively dumb.

It's a camp parody, which either you can laugh at or not. When he says "It's a jungle out there," that's a clue. Also, when they're in the cannibal pot and the vegetables are plastic children's toys.

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 08:44 PM (asXVI)

67 spite-filled anti-gun rants

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This is funny.

https://bit.ly/3OZc696

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 08:45 PM (FVME7)

68 There a boxing anime series on crunchyroll that I'm enjoying titled,

"Hajime no Ippo" (sorta translated as Ippo Begins)

It's about a High school kid named Ippo who gets bullied and learns boxing to gain confidence. He's good at boxing and begins climbing up the featherweight rankings.

It's an anime, so lots of silly comedy but also good writing and characters. Some unexpected twists.
Very enjoyable. If it sounds like you would like it, you probably will.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 06, 2022 08:46 PM (5NkmN)

69 "Kate Mara's always easy to look at too."

I loved that scene in "House of Cards" where Spacey shoves her in front of the subway. It was so realistic, I felt like I was right there myself, helping him push.

My favorite Kate Mara movie is "Chappaquiddick" (2017).

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at August 06, 2022 08:46 PM (qpX6U)

70 King Solomon's Mines could be done well. But it wasn't. And Chamberlain is an awful, uncharismatic buffoon in the role. Stone is basically much like the blonde from Temple of Doom in it. The movie is not even bad in an enjoyable way; it's just bad bad.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 06, 2022 08:47 PM (KFhLj)

71 ""Shooter" was fun. especially seeing Danny Glover meet a gruesome end. Kate Mara's always easy to look at too."

I like the closing scene, driving off toward the camera, then it flips and they drive off into the mountains. The "riding off into the sunset" scene is always a winner. Terminator ... she drives off into the mountains, "a storm is coming .. yeah, I know".

Posted by: illiniwek at August 06, 2022 08:47 PM (Cus5s)

72 ...but the one takeaway I have from the eight I did see was: Wow, the technical level of the indie film has gone through the roof!

An article I read maybe 5 years back suggested the impending death of Hollywood as quality cameras, off the shelf FX software, and other HW tech becomes available to the average Joes.

I think he was predicting full length movie production costs would drop to the $35k range within 10 years.

Sounds like he was a pessimist.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 06, 2022 08:48 PM (JOtiF)

73 Wahlberg and Denzel in "2 Guns" is a fun watch.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2022 08:49 PM (zqqam)

74 I started Kind Solomon's Mines but only made it 10 minutes. It was aggressively dumb. Seemed like it was made by someone who did not like Raider of the Lost Ark, nor pulp fiction. Cannon films are very cheaply made.

==

Jones was probably modeled after Allan Quatermain. It is shame that the movie is so bad. The book is good.

Posted by: runner at August 06, 2022 08:49 PM (V13WU)

75 I loved that scene in "House of Cards" where Spacey shoves her in front of the subway. It was so realistic, I felt like I was right there myself, helping him push.

My favorite Kate Mara movie is "Chappaquiddick" (2017).
Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at August 06, 2022 08:46 PM (qpX6U)

Owww....show me on the doll where Kate hurt you dude.

(kidding...kidding)

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 08:49 PM (BgMrQ)

76 Even when we're talking cheesy B movies, there's no mention of Lone Wolf McQuade. Fine. FINE!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 06, 2022 08:54 PM (u73oe)

77

I like the 1950 version of King Solomon's Mines

www.imdb.com/title/tt0042646

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 06, 2022 08:54 PM (63Dwl)

78 Last Day for Videos was good, but I worked at Family Video corporate for 20+ years. Interesting place to work. They let you know what they expected, and left you alone to do it.

Charlie, the founder, wanted to grow entrepreneurs. If you were a store manager, you had district and regional managers to help with advice, but you were expected to manage labor and cash flow as if it was your own business.

He would have fit in well at Ace, too.

Posted by: johnny at August 06, 2022 08:54 PM (lxiuE)

79 Kate Mara has some NFL connections. She's related to the Mara's who own the NY Giants and she is related (somehow) to the Rooney's who own the Pittsburgh Steelers. I understand that she is a NYG fan though.

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 06, 2022 08:54 PM (sAmhv)

80 Anybody catch the documentary on Netflix about Woodstock '99? Holy crap. A perfect storm of poor planning, poor logistics, shitty venue, greed, douchebro behavior, drugs, and music to stir the savage beast.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at August 06, 2022 08:56 PM (Dc2NZ)

81 ||Sounds like he was a pessimist.

Well, JB has been asked what he was most wrong about indie-movie-wise and he says that he thought the availability of moviemaking technology would result in a flood of novel and brilliant films.

Heh.

But I think he was just being overly optimistic. The upcoming generation—the ones who live with the technology enough to make it their first language—they're the ones who will make the new art.

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 08:57 PM (asXVI)

82 74 I started Kind Solomon's Mines but only made it 10 minutes. It was aggressively dumb. Seemed like it was made by someone who did not like Raider of the Lost Ark, nor pulp fiction. Cannon films are very cheaply made.

==

Jones was probably modeled after Allan Quatermain. It is shame that the movie is so bad. The book is good.
Posted by: runner at August 06, 2022 08:49 PM (V13WU)

It's unfortunate that "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" was such a turkey.

Sean Connery should have been Allan Quatermain in any production of H. Rider Haggards stories.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 08:57 PM (BgMrQ)

83 80 Anybody catch the documentary on Netflix about Woodstock '99? Holy crap. A perfect storm of poor planning, poor logistics, shitty venue, greed, douchebro behavior, drugs, and music to stir the savage beast.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

So basically, like the first one, but worse.

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 06, 2022 08:57 PM (sAmhv)

84 "Anybody catch the documentary on Netflix about Woodstock '99?"

Yup.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at August 06, 2022 08:58 PM (qpX6U)

85 this seems to be the original of the ending song in The Shooter ... "Nasty Letter" by Otis Taylor ... I like it.

good quality link to YouTube

https://tinyurl.com/ym48ftuk

Posted by: illiniwek at August 06, 2022 08:58 PM (Cus5s)

86 ||Charlie, the founder, wanted to grow entrepreneurs. If you were a store manager, you had district and regional managers to help with advice, but you were expected to manage labor and cash flow as if it was your own business.||

Maybe that's why they outlasted Blockbuster. The short is more a nostalgic goodbye to the concept of video stores than anything about Family Video. Sounds like there's a good story there, too.

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 08:59 PM (asXVI)

87 Puddleglum, I don't share the idealized view of the first one, but at least it didn't end up in flames, except maybe some STDs.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at August 06, 2022 08:59 PM (Dc2NZ)

88 Along the same line, I thought Blended with Adam Sandler was better than expected.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 06, 2022 08:37 PM (ftFVW)

One of my top guilty pleasure movies.

Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 08:59 PM (BfhXc)

89 King Solomon's Mines is one of those stories that should be made into a movie (and has been, several times).

It's just a shame that the most recent adaptations are pretty bad.

And future adaptations will almost certainly sacrifice the original story in favor of *THE MESSAGE*

KSM also influenced a great number of pulp stories that came later, along with other fantasy and science fiction stories...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2022 08:59 PM (K5n5d)

90 There have been at least two good docs made about Fyre Festival, which was like Woodstock99 squared.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at August 06, 2022 09:00 PM (qpX6U)

91 Brokeback MonkeyPox

catch it if you can !!

Posted by: REDACTED at August 06, 2022 09:00 PM (us2H3)

92 I gotta say--I =like= the Canon "King Solomon's Mines". Made me laugh to beat the band. (Not the sequel, though.)

And I didn't really like the book much, though I've been meaning to re-read it.

That said, should I try to make Duke Lowell happy and devote a day to Lone Wolf McQuade?

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 09:00 PM (asXVI)

93 Thomas Jane, an ex-boyfriend, said Heche is intubated but is "expected to pull through."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 08:25 PM (FVME7)

The house that she caused to burn down, not so much. Fuck her with the barbed cock of Satan.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 09:01 PM (KAttG)

94 90 There have been at least two good docs made about Fyre Festival, which was like Woodstock99 squared.
Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at August 06, 2022 09:00 PM (qpX6U)
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It blew me away how there was no "there" there, but the guy kept selling it.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at August 06, 2022 09:01 PM (Dc2NZ)

95 Anybody catch the documentary on Netflix about Woodstock '99? Holy crap. A perfect storm of poor planning, poor logistics, shitty venue, greed, douchebro behavior, drugs, and music to stir the savage beast.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at August 06, 2022 08:56 PM (Dc2NZ)

Now that I know it exists, I'll be watching it, probably tonight.

I've been watching less and less of Netflix. They keep losing good stuff, and replacing it with crap.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 06, 2022 09:02 PM (CCf67)

96 McQvade!!

Posted by: Rainier Wolfcastle at August 06, 2022 09:03 PM (Dc2NZ)

97 Hogzilla? Did tank get her own movie?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2022 09:03 PM (VwHCD)

98 I've been watching less and less of Netflix. They keep losing good stuff, and replacing it with crap.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 06, 2022 09:02 PM (CCf67)
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I scroll and scroll but there's nothing I really want to see. I keep a subscription for the DVDs. I like old stuff and that's not on streaming.

Posted by: Rainier Wolfcastle at August 06, 2022 09:04 PM (Dc2NZ)

99 Off, Teutonic hosen!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at August 06, 2022 09:04 PM (Dc2NZ)

100 I've been watching less and less of Netflix. They keep losing good stuff, and replacing it with crap.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 06, 2022 09:02 PM (CCf67)
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The problem with Netflix is that they used to be a source of streaming media from other studios. Then all of the studios started their own streaming platforms (Disney+, Peacock, HBO Max, etc.) and removed their content from Netflix.

Now Netflix has to create all of its own content or stream foreign content (which can be quite good on its own). But they don't have the quality of writing that existed in the times before wokeness infected everything.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2022 09:05 PM (K5n5d)

101 ||It blew me away how there was no "there" there, but the guy kept selling it.

Good practice if you're a salesman. But you do need someone on the other side of the organization actually producing whatever it is your selling.

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 09:05 PM (asXVI)

102 Zombeaver >Hogzilla

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 06, 2022 09:06 PM (U2p+3)

103
Describing her bizarre behavior immediately after her breakup with DeGeneres, Heche said

“I was told to go to a place where I would meet a spaceship. I was told in order to get on the spaceship that I would have to take a hit of Ecstasy,” Heche said at the time. “Fresno was the culmination of a journey and a world that I thought I needed to escape to in order to find love.”

Well, okay then.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 06, 2022 09:07 PM (pNxlR)

104 I gotta say--I =like= the Canon "King Solomon's Mines". Made me laugh to beat the band. (Not the sequel, though.)

And I didn't really like the book much, though I've been meaning to re-read it.

That said, should I try to make Duke Lowell happy and devote a day to Lone Wolf McQuade?
Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 09:00 PM (asXVI)

Queen Salome's Mimes was a big hit back in the silent era.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 09:07 PM (KAttG)

105 Next they'll make Queen Solomoana's Mine and Alice Quatemain will wrestle lions until they're tame and bring down elephants with her bare hands.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 09:08 PM (FVME7)

106
It is high time that this nation had a serious conversation about proliferation of Mini Coopers.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 06, 2022 09:09 PM (pNxlR)

107 Better turn it off before ONT arrives
Everyone have a great evening

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2022 09:09 PM (k8B25)

108 Anybody catch the documentary on Netflix about Woodstock '99?

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Nope.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2022 09:09 PM (XG2Fi)

109 || Zombeaver >Hogzilla

Anything > Hogzilla

|| Queen Salome's Mimes was a big hit back in the silent era.

Yeah, ca. about 1926 there were something like three "Salome" movies which dabbled in nudity. Cinema history would be different if not for the Hay's office, to be sure.

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 09:09 PM (asXVI)

110 106
It is high time that this nation had a serious conversation about proliferation of Mini Coopers.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 06, 2022 09:09 PM (pNxlR)

#italianaffair

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 09:09 PM (BgMrQ)

111 Zombeaver >Hogzilla
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 06, 2022 09:06 PM (U2p+3)

Vampire Beavers > Zombeaver:

https://youtu.be/LWmvL6b5G6k

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 09:09 PM (KAttG)

112 'night, Skip! Thanks for coming by!

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 09:10 PM (asXVI)

113 Yeah, those damn aliens and their spaceships! "First hit's free!" but if you take it, then you're their bitch.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 09:11 PM (FVME7)

114 It is high time that this nation had a serious conversation about proliferation of Mini Coopers.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 06, 2022 09:09 PM (pNxlR)

Real Mini-Coopers contain zero BMW parts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 09:12 PM (KAttG)

115 Outlaw Josey Wales is on the Outdoor Channel but I don't think I can watch it again . I'm going to have to wait a year or so before I watch it again. I'd get tired of steak every day too. Well I think I would. Like to find out.

Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 09:13 PM (BfhXc)

116 I didn't even know there was a Woodstock '99. Was something wrong with the first one?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2022 09:13 PM (XG2Fi)

117 Very amusing write up, moviegique. Thx. I think it order to truly appreciate "Hogzilla" you might need to come from a place that has wild boars or large wild pigs or whatever they're called, and you do have to be mildly or mostly intoxicated.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2022 09:14 PM (t+jMz)

118 Real Mini-Coopers contain zero BMW parts.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 09:12 PM (KAttG)
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A buddy of mine has a REAL Mini Cooper (from '66 or '67, I think). He's a genuine Mini enthusiast...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2022 09:14 PM (K5n5d)

119 I've been on a cheesy 80s sword and sorcery bent lately, having watched Dragonslayer, Deathstalker, and Beastmaster.

None of them are great but they are a lot of fun. Deathstalker is one of the best, except the ending feels like they ran out of money and couldn't do the good effects that they wanted. Many naked boobs, mostly wasted on cheap sets. Decent fight scenes, and the main character is entertaining and interesting in a way that Beastmaster wasn't.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2022 09:15 PM (Ivdso)

120 116 I didn't even know there was a Woodstock '99. Was something wrong with the first one?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2022 09:13 PM (XG2Fi)

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"I don't understand..."
--Hollywood execs everywhere

Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 06, 2022 09:15 PM (RFKzk)

121
Watched "Jack Reacher" last night. We'd done so earlier this year, but I am ashamed to confess that I had forgotten what was the twist in the plot regarding the mole.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 06, 2022 09:15 PM (pNxlR)

122 "...and you do have to be mildly or mostly intoxicated."
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Doesn't this enhance most movie experiences?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at August 06, 2022 09:15 PM (Dc2NZ)

123
It blew me away how there was no "there" there, but the guy kept selling it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at August 06, 2022 09:01 PM (Dc2NZ)

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I liked how they brought in some event planning professionals a few months before the festival was due to open and they all looked at the site, looked at the plans, and told the promoters, "yer shittin' me."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2022 09:15 PM (XG2Fi)

124 I didn't even know there was a Woodstock '99. Was something wrong with the first one?
Posted by: Cicero

They had to ban it. Ten Years After sang "dykes and fairies".

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 09:15 PM (FVME7)

125 I dimly remember a Joe Bob comment from his TNT Monstervision days. Something like:

"You got yer Kung Fu. Then you got yer Bimbo Fu, which is kung fu movies starring women. Then you got yer Deja Fu, which is the feeling that you've been kicked in the head like this before."

And these days it seems like the Deja Fu goes non-stop 24-7-365.

Norris? Liked Lone Wolf McQuade well enough, but it just never did it for me the way Code of Silence and Eye for an Eye did.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 06, 2022 09:16 PM (a/4+U)

126
I didn't even know there was a Woodstock '99. Was something wrong with the first one?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Boomer nostalgia for its "greatest event, ever"!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 06, 2022 09:16 PM (pNxlR)

127 "Shooter" was fun. especially seeing Danny Glover meet a gruesome end. Kate Mara's always easy to look at too."

Yeah its kinda dumb and I guess makes a serious hash of the book, but I enjoyed it and Kate Mara was quite winsome.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2022 09:18 PM (Ivdso)

128 Kate Mara was quite winsome.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Whoopsie is loosesome.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 09:19 PM (FVME7)

129
It blew me away how there was no "there" there, but the guy kept selling it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread)

The deep pockets guy who had to blow some other guy to secure more cash to keep the scam going "because" strut me as the dumbest s.o.b.in the whole fiasco.

Influencers -- can we gather them together and exile them to the Island of Deadly Snakes just off the coast of Brazil?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 06, 2022 09:20 PM (pNxlR)

130 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 06, 2022 09:15 PM (pNxlR)

I thought it was okay but I don't see how people who have read the Reacher books would have even bothered to watch it. That's why I didn't and won't see American Assassin.

Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 09:20 PM (BfhXc)

131 Liked Lone Wolf McQuade well enough, but it just never did it for me the way Code of Silence and Eye for an Eye did.

Those are probably his best films. Silent Rage is pretty good too. Its been so long since I have seen any of his movies, its hard to remember them all now. I remember not being terribly impressed with Delta Force.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2022 09:21 PM (Ivdso)

132 Vampire Beavers > Zombeaver:

https://youtu.be/LWmvL6b5G6k

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Holy crap!
*curtsies*
You win!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 06, 2022 09:21 PM (U2p+3)

133
I thought it was okay but I don't see how people who have read the Reacher books would have even bothered to watch it.

Haven't read the books, myself.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 06, 2022 09:22 PM (pNxlR)

134 Shooter" was fun. especially seeing Danny Glover meet a gruesome end. Kate Mara's always easy to look at too."

Yeah its kinda dumb and I guess makes a serious hash of the book, but I enjoyed it and Kate Mara was quite winsome.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2022 09:18 PM (Ivdso)

Worst book to movie attempt I've ever seen. IMHO only of course.

Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 09:22 PM (BfhXc)

135 Next up on Movie Roulette:

Crimson Peak

This is a love letter to gothic horror by director Guillermo Del Toro.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2022 09:23 PM (K5n5d)

136 Influencers -- can we gather them together and exile them to the Island of Deadly Snakes just off the coast of Brazil?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 06, 2022 09:20 PM (pNxlR)

They could probably get some good views and engagement if they did it all themselves.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2022 09:23 PM (eoQWY)

137 HEB has a tv channel? They're in the grocery biz.

Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 09:24 PM (0OP+5)

138 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 06, 2022 09:22 PM (pNxlR)

Me either but from what I've read , the physical description of Reacher in the books is almost the opposite of Cruise.

Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 09:24 PM (BfhXc)

139 A buddy of mine has a REAL Mini Cooper (from '66 or '67, I think). He's a genuine Mini enthusiast...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2022 09:14 PM (K5n5d)

Back in the day, a real Mini-Cooper could beat a Z28 Camaro across an intersection when the lights turned green. After that, the Camaro would walk away from the Cooper. But the Camaro could never even begin to corner like the coopers could.

I never owned a Mini, but I appreciated them. I did get an Austin 1100 once, the slightly-bigger brother to the Mini, that used the same engine-transaxle combo, but had hydrolastic suspension instead of rubber cones for springs. That car was quite amazing. If I ever run across another that I can afford, I will buy it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 09:24 PM (KAttG)

140 Worst book to movie attempt I've ever seen. IMHO only of course.
Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 09:22 PM (BfhXc)

Never knew it was a book. Not having read the book changes the dynamic a bit. Makes the movie harmless fun...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 09:24 PM (BgMrQ)

141 Speaking of Woodstock, there was a serious attempt at putting together a Woodstock 2019 show. Big announcements and everything. Fucking show never got off the ground. I can't remember the reason except for a vague recollection that it was a huge embarrassment for the organizers.

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2022 09:26 PM (31b9B)

142 Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 09:24 PM (BgMrQ)

Book was Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter. One of my favorite books.

Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 09:26 PM (BfhXc)

143 The problem with Netflix is that they used to be a source of streaming media from other studios. Then all of the studios started their own streaming platforms (Disney+, Peacock, HBO Max, etc.) and removed their content from Netflix.

Now Netflix has to create all of its own content or stream foreign content (which can be quite good on its own). But they don't have the quality of writing that existed in the times before wokeness infected everything.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2022 09:05 PM (K5n5d)

There's no freaking way in the 9th circle of hell I'd pay Peacock so much as one thin dime to watch the one, or maybe two shows I like. And down in the 10th circle of hell, I also won't subject myself to the horrors of modern advertising in the 'free' versions where I would have to watch their commercials.

I tried for a couple days, on NBC, for the office. I think I made it through three or four episodes, and just gave up. It was just awful.

So anyway, we limit ourselves to a total of four paid streaming services, which costs us about 1/3 what our cable did, and no commercials! If it doesn't show up on one of those services, we don't watch it.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 06, 2022 09:27 PM (CCf67)

144 The Legend of Bagger Vance the 2nd worse book to movie.

Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 09:27 PM (BfhXc)

145 Holy crap!
*curtsies*
You win!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 06, 2022 09:21 PM (U2p+3)

I think Joe hall was heavily influenced by Frank Zappa, but that song is just plain fun. The little bit of choral singing near the end is a riff on "The Maple Leaf Forever".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 09:27 PM (KAttG)

146 139 A buddy of mine has a REAL Mini Cooper (from '66 or '67, I think). He's a genuine Mini enthusiast...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2022 09:14 PM (K5n5d)

Back in the day, a real Mini-Cooper could beat a Z28 Camaro across an intersection when the lights turned green. After that, the Camaro would walk away from the Cooper. But the Camaro could never even begin to corner like the coopers could.

I never owned a Mini, but I appreciated them. I did get an Austin 1100 once, the slightly-bigger brother to the Mini, that used the same engine-transaxle combo, but had hydrolastic suspension instead of rubber cones for springs. That car was quite amazing. If I ever run across another that I can afford, I will buy it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 09:24 PM (KAttG)
My older now departed brother had a bugeye Sprite. It was so ugly it was cute.

Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 09:28 PM (0OP+5)

147 Mark Wahlberg was pretty good in Boogie Nights. His fake wiener gave an exceptional performance.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 06, 2022 09:28 PM (hVqGz)

148 HEB has a tv channel? They're in the grocery biz.
Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 09:24 PM (0OP+5)

Next up, The Sex Lives of Baggers.

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2022 09:28 PM (31b9B)

149 Silent Rage has my favorite continuity goof of all time. Toni Kalem is trying to hide from homicidal ding-dong Brian Libby in the hospital and Norris is high-tailing it there -- you can tell where they broke for lunch or to set up equipment for another scene, because one moment the clock in the hall says something like 11:30 and when you see it again (Kalem still hiding, Norris not there yet) it's a few hours later.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 06, 2022 09:29 PM (a/4+U)

150 That said, should I try to make Duke Lowell happy and devote a day to Lone Wolf McQuade?
Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 09:00 PM (asXVI)

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Yes!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 06, 2022 09:29 PM (u73oe)

151 I re-watched The Enemy Below on yt this week. Great movie with Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens. Who co-starred together in The Longest Day, again as counterparts.

At the end of Enemy Below: Okay, we'll call it a draw!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 06, 2022 09:29 PM (4I/2K)

152 lol, that's one "yeah" from Duke!

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 09:30 PM (asXVI)

153 144 The Legend of Bagger Vance the 2nd worse book to movie.
Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 09:27 PM (BfhXc)

But Charlize Theron...

(and it's a silly book anyway)

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 09:30 PM (BgMrQ)

154 So anyway, we limit ourselves to a total of four paid streaming services, which costs us about 1/3 what our cable did, and no commercials! If it doesn't show up on one of those services, we don't watch it.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 06, 2022 09:27 PM (CCf67)

What ya do is you share streamers. Like I give my sister my Hulu login in and she gives me her Netflix.

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2022 09:30 PM (31b9B)

155 The Legend of Bagger Vance the 2nd worse book to movie.
Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 09:27 PM (BfhXc)
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Sorry, but the abominable adaptation of The Wheel of Time leaves all other bad adaptations in the dust.

This achievement will only be eclipsed by The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which isn't even a proper adaptation, but based on material from the appendices of the book. It's already shaping up to to be the most expensive disaster in television history.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2022 09:31 PM (K5n5d)

156 "Yeah its kinda dumb and I guess makes a serious hash of the book, but I enjoyed it and Kate Mara was quite winsome." Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

what is the big hash difference from the book?

Posted by: illiniwek at August 06, 2022 09:31 PM (Cus5s)

157 I haven't seen Lone Wolf McQuade in years. I wonder if I would still like it. Gonna have to poke around online and watch it again.

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 06, 2022 09:32 PM (sAmhv)

158 This achievement will only be eclipsed by The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which isn't even a proper adaptation, but based on material from the appendices of the book. It's already shaping up to to be the most expensive disaster in television history.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2022 09:31 PM (K5n5d)

I thought it was based on parts of The Silmarillion?

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2022 09:32 PM (31b9B)

159 never owned a Mini, but I appreciated them. I did get an Austin 1100 once, the slightly-bigger brother to the Mini, that used the same engine-transaxle combo, but had hydrolastic suspension instead of rubber cones for springs. That car was quite amazing. If I ever run across another that I can afford, I will buy it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 09:24 PM (KAttG)
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I've gone riding with my friend in his Mini on some of the roads around here. We have a lot of windy roads as the terrain is pretty hilly. LOADS of fun if you are the driver. Pants-shitting terrifying when you are the passenger.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2022 09:32 PM (K5n5d)

160 Don't want to see Hogzilla. I hog hunt and respect them more than watching slasher hogpron.

Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 09:33 PM (0OP+5)

161 My older now departed brother had a bugeye Sprite. It was so ugly it was cute.
Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 09:28 PM (0OP+5)

I love the look of Bug Eyes.

We (my brothers) had a '59 Lotus Elan (right hand drive) for a few years when we were growing up.

That was a fun car...when it ran.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 09:33 PM (BgMrQ)

162 Chuck Norris isn't much of an actor but he is really interesting on screen, you just want to see what he does next. He gives bland deliveries of lines, he is seemingly unable of showing any emotion other than anger (maybe mild amusement), but he grabs your eyes with a screen charisma that too many other martial arts movie attempts have failed with other actors.

Jeff Speakman for instance looks good, and has amazing skills but he's so dull in his movies you barely remember he's in them and he's the star.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2022 09:34 PM (Ivdso)

163 LOTUS ELITE...ELITE, not Elan.

My fvcking memory is shot.

ELITE, ELITE, ELITE...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 09:34 PM (BgMrQ)

164 Chuck Norris movies don't have a budget because no one puts a price on Chuck Norris.

Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 09:34 PM (BfhXc)

165 Maybe a Lone Wolf McQuade and Extreme Prejudice double header. I really liked EP too but haven't seen it in decades. Nick Nolte, Powers Booth, and Maria Conchita Alonso.

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 06, 2022 09:36 PM (sAmhv)

166 Joe Bob is Elvira with out the big tits and tight ass. I get it.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 06, 2022 09:36 PM (WHt4f)

167 I thought it was based on parts of The Silmarillion?

Um, kinda? They took some events (the forging of the rings) and filled in a ton of background with new characters just to create a series. They're thinking the new Game Of Thrones and they're putting out um, Misfits of Science.

The problem is that most of the people involved don't really know or understand Middle Earth, and don't care. They just want to make money off the franchise and promote THE MESSAGE.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2022 09:36 PM (Ivdso)

168 > A buddy of mine has a REAL Mini Cooper (from '66 or '67, I think). He's a genuine Mini enthusiast...
___________

I had a 2003 MINI Cooper S. Supercharged. Took it to the Dinan works in San Jose area to get tweaked. It would literally burn off the front tires if I wanted.

Spanked many a Porsche. And I owned one at that time. Took out the rear seats, CAI, (reprogramed OBDC) and free flow exhaust. It was a rocket.

But not practical for anything more than street fighting.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 06, 2022 09:37 PM (BFigT)

169 ELITE, ELITE, ELITE...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 09:34 PM (BgMrQ)

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Look at mister one percenter and his elite car! I left for boot camp and friggin Jody stole my Cadillac. And my girlfriend too!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 06, 2022 09:37 PM (u73oe)

170 163 LOTUS ELITE...ELITE, not Elan.

My fvcking memory is shot.

ELITE, ELITE, ELITE...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 09:34 PM (BgMrQ)
Yeah, it was Elan that makes them eloctric, no elactric cars.

Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 09:37 PM (0OP+5)

171 90 mph down a side street directly into a house ... sounds suicidal even if she was very drunk. ... She was good in Six Days Seven Nights, sorta, but these out of touch leftists have too much influence ... of course it is the oligarchs pushing the funding.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 06, 2022 09:38 PM (Cus5s)

172 Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 09:30 PM (BgMrQ)

As a golfer and a fan of western military ideals , I really liked the book.

Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 09:38 PM (BfhXc)

173 The problem with the Elite is like 5 car companies put out almost exactly the same body design after Jaguar blew everyone's mind with the XKE. Its tough for me to tell them all apart, is that a Datsun, is it a Mazda? Is it an elite?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2022 09:40 PM (Ivdso)

174 ||Joe Bob is Elvira with out the big tits and tight ass. I get it.

Different branch of the horror host tree.

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 09:40 PM (asXVI)

175 There's no freaking way in the 9th circle of hell I'd pay Peacock

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HBO Max & Discovery+ To Merge Into Single Streaming Platform Starting Summer 2023

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They're going to turn two streaming services that suck into one streaming service that sucks. That's progress! I guess.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 09:40 PM (FVME7)

176 As a golfer and a fan of western military ideals , I really liked the book.
Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 09:38 PM (BfhXc)

I preferred Golf in the Kingdom.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 09:40 PM (BgMrQ)

177 115 Outlaw Josey Wales is on the Outdoor Channel but I don't think I can watch it again . I'm going to have to wait a year or so before I watch it again. I'd get tired of steak every day too. Well I think I would. Like to find out.
Posted by: roc Ingersol at August 06, 2022 09:13 PM (BfhXc)

I've noted that the only movies I can enjoy watching repeatedly have GOT to have a great movie score. With them, it's not like watching a movie, it's like listening to a favorite album. For instance I sat down for a bit this afternoon and saw the Good, the Bad, the Ugly was on and I watched the second half not for the movie, but because I love Enrico Moricone's score so much! Only a handful of movies fit into that category for me.
The Magnificent 7
Oh Brother Where Art Thou
Conan the Barbarian (the original)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 06, 2022 09:40 PM (r46W7)

178 what is the big hash difference from the book?

I do not remember the book well enough to say but fans of the books are very upset with the changes. For one thing, he's supposed to be significantly older.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2022 09:41 PM (Ivdso)

179 169 ELITE, ELITE, ELITE...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 09:34 PM (BgMrQ)

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Look at mister one percenter and his elite car! I left for boot camp and friggin Jody stole my Cadillac. And my girlfriend too!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 06, 2022 09:37 PM (u73oe)
I left for bootcamp and my child bride sold my 64 Plymouth Valiant 2dr htp with 273/4spd. I always have to say 'this is the one they stretched 5 inches the next year and called a Barracuda', damn thing ran like a scalded dog. She bought a red VW bug.

Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 09:42 PM (0OP+5)

180 I also found out that How the West was Won is a great movie if you fast forward through all the talking scenes and just play all the scenes where the score takes over. You can also turn it into a 1 hour movie instead of a 3 hour one that way.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 06, 2022 09:43 PM (r46W7)

181 Have to agree that Lone Wolf McQuade and Extreme Prejudice would make a nifty double feature. Might have to try that some time soon.

Bad book to movie adaptations? I'd have to nominate The Puppet Masters (even though Donald Sutherland was perfect casting for Heinlein's Old Man character), and Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 06, 2022 09:43 PM (a/4+U)

182 173 The problem with the Elite is like 5 car companies put out almost exactly the same body design after Jaguar blew everyone's mind with the XKE. Its tough for me to tell them all apart, is that a Datsun, is it a Mazda? Is it an elite?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2022 09:40 PM (Ivdso)

No one's gonna confuse the Elite with an XKE.

The XKE was (and is) a rolling piece of art. The Lotus Elite was just a little sports car that could...when it ran.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 09:43 PM (BgMrQ)

183 I love the VW Beetle but its a big step down from a Valiant.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2022 09:43 PM (Ivdso)

184 I was a colleague of a guy who had a Mini. He drove it like a grandma. It's like he was driving a golf cart. Dude. Kick in the twin turbos! Hell, my Mom would love to drive a car like that. She's 80, but still drives. And she's not timid.

I would have gotten so many speeding tickets if I had that Mini.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, A Pox on Your Minkey at August 06, 2022 09:44 PM (x8Wzq)

185 Um, kinda? They took some events (the forging of the rings) and filled in a ton of background with new characters just to create a series. They're thinking the new Game Of Thrones and they're putting out um, Misfits of Science.

The problem is that most of the people involved don't really know or understand Middle Earth, and don't care. They just want to make money off the franchise and promote THE MESSAGE.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2022 09:36 PM (Ivdso)

So it basically sounds like Amazon had the rights to the name and hired a bunch of hack writers with a mandate to do what HBO did.

The problem with the streamers is, I find, that not a single one is run by creative people. I'm not even sure if they know what creativity looks like. They think creativity is something that follows a mathematical algorithm. "Here, we have this IP. Now do the thing. Do the thing that all the others do. Do it now. Here's money!"

Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2022 09:44 PM (xCQgp)

186 “I was told to go to a place where I would meet a spaceship. I was told in order to get on the spaceship that I would have to take a hit of Ecstasy,” Heche said at the time. “Fresno was the culmination of a journey and a world that I thought I needed to escape to in order to find love.”

Well, okay then.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 06, 2022 09:07 PM (pNxlR)

Sounds like something like that happened again last night, and then that house jumped out on the road and threw itself in front of her car.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 06, 2022 09:45 PM (r46W7)

187 Sounds like something like that happened again last night, and then that house jumped out on the road and threw itself in front of her car.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 06, 2022 09:45 PM (r46W7)

Don't you just hate when that happens...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 09:46 PM (BgMrQ)

188 Anybody catch the documentary on Netflix about Woodstock '99?

Yeah. I love these kind of real-life minor catastrophe stories. Like the one on the Fyre Festival. Watching shit melt down from a safe distance is great fun.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 06, 2022 09:46 PM (KFhLj)

189 The Roku Channel has a Dr. Who channel that shows the old classics and a Modern Marvels channel which I find interesting. I watch a lot of both.

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 06, 2022 09:46 PM (sAmhv)

190 Speaking of being different from the book . . .

LifeNews.com@LifeNewsHQ
Reverend Al Sharpton Claims The Bible Endorses Killing Babies in Abortions: “It’s About Choice”

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Turning to the religious question, Sharpton claimed, “The Bible, if you’re using this as a religious argument, the Bible is about choice. You can go to heaven or hell. There’s nowhere in the Bible that says you had to go to heaven.”

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Yeah, some choose Hell. I guess they have better BBQ.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 09:49 PM (FVME7)

191 The XKE was (and is) a rolling piece of art. The Lotus Elite was just a little sports car that could...when it ran.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 09:43 PM (BgMrQ)

Henry N. Manney III, writing for Road and Track, described the XKE as "the greatest crumpet catcher of all time."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 09:50 PM (KAttG)

192 186 “I was told to go to a place where I would meet a spaceship. I was told in order to get on the spaceship that I would have to take a hit of Ecstasy,” Heche said at the time. “Fresno was the culmination of a journey and a world that I thought I needed to escape to in order to find love.”

Well, okay then.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 06, 2022 09:07 PM (pNxlR)

Sounds like something like that happened again last night, and then that house jumped out on the road and threw itself in front of her car.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 06, 2022 09:45 PM (r46W7)
I was told to go to Posado tonight and have the Sampler and street nachos. Probably have the same results if I hadn't taken two medicinal Wild Turkeys.

Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 09:51 PM (0OP+5)

193 Henry N. Manney III, writing for Road and Track, described the XKE as "the greatest crumpet catcher of all time."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 09:50 PM (KAttG)

He ain't wrong...

#sexybeast

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 09:51 PM (BgMrQ)

194 Anybody catch the documentary on Netflix about Woodstock '99?

I remember hearing about that and how it was going to happen and then... nothing. No great footage, no album, no clips of the songs, it just disappeared.

I thought someone was going to try to do it again recently and I've heard nothing about that since, either.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2022 09:51 PM (Ivdso)

195 Henry N. Manney III, writing for Road and Track, described the XKE as "the greatest crumpet catcher of all time."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 09:50 PM (KAttG)

Never to be confused with the 2+2

Posted by: Mona Lisa Vito at August 06, 2022 09:52 PM (BgMrQ)

196 Heaven or Hell --

Was it Twain who said Heaven for the climate and Hell for the company?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 06, 2022 09:52 PM (a/4+U)

197 Woodstock 99. For those who didn't catch the clap in 69.

Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 09:53 PM (0OP+5)

198 I love the VW Beetle but its a big step down from a Valiant.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2022 09:43 PM (Ivdso)

More a step sideways from a Valiant. Quality-wise, the Beetle was head and shoulders above the Valiant, which was cheaply built, and rusted on a humid day. And the Beetle drank much less gas. But the Valiant was rugged, and whether equipped with the slant six, or the small V8, had excellent performance.

Horses for courses.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 09:54 PM (KAttG)

199 197 Woodstock 99. For those who didn't catch the clap in 69.
Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 09:53 PM (0OP+5)

Words to live by:

You can never go home again...

Posted by: zombie Thomas Wolfe at August 06, 2022 09:54 PM (BgMrQ)

200 ||Was it Twain who said Heaven for the climate and Hell for the company?

Everything pithy is ultimately attributed to Twain.

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 09:54 PM (asXVI)

201 196 Heaven or Hell --

Was it Twain who said Heaven for the climate and Hell for the company?
Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 06, 2022 09:52 PM (a/4+U)
Read Twain's 'Captain Starbuck Goes To Heaven'. and also, his story about Adam and Eve. That's a tear jerker.

Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 09:54 PM (0OP+5)

202 I also liked it, but Professor Tosspot has a different (and hilarious) opinion:

https://youtu.be/O_yKD-ZQgkY
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2022 08:09 PM (K5n5d)

Thanks for that; a really fun review.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 06, 2022 09:55 PM (KFhLj)

203 Yeah, some choose Hell. I guess they have better BBQ.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 09:49 PM

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Gives new meaning to the term burnt ends.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 06, 2022 09:56 PM (u73oe)

204 What Woodstock '99 needed for success were for the Hells Angel's to run security for the event.

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 06, 2022 09:56 PM (sAmhv)

205 “I was told to go to a place where I would meet a spaceship. I was told in order to get on the spaceship that I would have to take a hit of Ecstasy,” Heche said at the time. “Fresno was the culmination of a journey and a world that I thought I needed to escape to in order to find love.”

Well, okay then.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 06, 2022 09:07 PM (pNxlR)

Sounds like something like that happened again last night, and then that house jumped out on the road and threw itself in front of her car.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 06, 2022 09:45 PM (r46W7)

We can accurately place Anne's coordinates / quadrant on the Hot:Crazy Matrix

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 06, 2022 09:56 PM (4I/2K)

206 I was thinking Mark Twain on the heaven or hell thing, but a comment like that might just as easily have come from Ambrose Bierce.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 06, 2022 09:57 PM (a/4+U)

207 just for the record, if I'm gonna get a tex mex dinner, Posado's is still my favorite. For lunch, it's either Lugar or Los Gueros on Vine.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 06, 2022 09:57 PM (r46W7)

208 199 197 Woodstock 99. For those who didn't catch the clap in 69.
Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 09:53 PM (0OP+5)

Words to live by:

You can never go home again...
Posted by: zombie Thomas Wolfe at August 06, 2022 09:54 PM (BgMrQ)
Well lots of guys my age caught the clap in 69 but it wasn't at Woodstock.

Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 09:57 PM (0OP+5)

209 Everything pithy is ultimately attributed to Twain.
Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 09:54 PM (asXVI)

Or Mike Tyson.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 09:57 PM (KAttG)

210 Over the few days I have watched all three movies of the Unbreakable series with Bruce Willis. The first was okay, and the last was pretty bad. Split, the middle one was good enough for me to recommend to Mrs928, who likes weird movies.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 06, 2022 09:58 PM (yQpMk)

211 I found a trailer to "Be Mine"
It's here: mobile.twitter.com/joebobfanzine/status/1555173067520884736

Posted by: bradc at August 06, 2022 09:58 PM (4HcnS)

212 Over the few days I have watched all three movies of the Unbreakable series with Bruce Willis. The first was okay, and the last was pretty bad. Split, the middle one was good enough for me to recommend to Mrs928, who likes weird movies.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 06, 2022 09:58 PM (yQpMk)

Damn, I only thought there was one movie.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2022 09:59 PM (VwHCD)

213 You can never go home again...
Posted by: zombie Thomas Wolfe at August 06, 2022 09:54 PM (BgMrQ)
Well lots of guys my age caught the clap in 69 but it wasn't at Woodstock.
Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 09:57 PM (0OP+5)

I'll bet it was "joe I love you very much, long time!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 06, 2022 09:59 PM (r46W7)

214 Anne Heche is in stable condition
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Somehow I very much doubt that.

Posted by: ... at August 06, 2022 09:59 PM (dscaa)

215 Good find, bradc! That's the one!

Funny...and you can see what I mean about Nolke, right?

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 10:00 PM (asXVI)

216 Damn, I only thought there was one movie.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2022 09:59 PM (VwHCD)

Watch Split. The last one, Glass, you can probably skip.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 06, 2022 10:02 PM (yQpMk)

217 Wasn't the Rockford guy the dad in Lethal Weapon?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 06, 2022 10:02 PM (XIJ/X)

218 I love the movie thread but hardly ever go to movies (last one was the new Top Gun, liked it). Of course my movie gold standard i The Outlaw Josey Wales. So anyway, off topic. Tomorrow for after church meal I'm making curry and rice. Is bacon in the curry kosher?

Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 10:04 PM (0OP+5)

219 Finish your fap.

ONT's a-comin'

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 06, 2022 10:04 PM (sJHOI)

220 I think Ann Heche is sort of cute....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 06, 2022 10:04 PM (XIJ/X)

221 Henry N. Manney III, writing for Road and Track, described the XKE as "the greatest crumpet catcher of all time."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 09:50 PM (KAttG)

Circa 1973 i passed up buying an XKE because I didn't like the colour. It was a cool $9,300.00. BIG mistake.

Posted by: Javems at August 06, 2022 10:04 PM (AmoqO)

222 The ONT ...

... delenda est?

Posted by: moviegique at August 06, 2022 10:05 PM (asXVI)

223 >>> 113 Yeah, those damn aliens and their spaceships! "First hit's free!" but if you take it, then you're their bitch.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 09:11 PM (FVME7)

Fcking aliens.

Posted by: Fox Muldur at August 06, 2022 10:05 PM (llON8)

224 I think Ann Heche is sort of cute....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 06, 2022 10:04 PM (XIJ/X)

Nice figure, as I recall.

Posted by: Javems at August 06, 2022 10:06 PM (AmoqO)

225 Circa 1973 i passed up buying an XKE because I didn't like the colour. It was a cool $9,300.00. BIG mistake.
Posted by: Javems at August 06, 2022 10:04 PM (AmoqO)

one of my greatest automotive regrets is that in 1978, I had the opportunity to buy a 1967 XKE for $2K. It had no brakes and was in generally rough shape, but damn, it ran. That thing is worth 100 times that now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 06, 2022 10:08 PM (r46W7)

226 I think Ann Heche is sort of cute....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 06, 2022 10:04 PM (XIJ/X)

She is. But the crazy is plum off the scale.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 10:08 PM (KAttG)

227 one of my greatest automotive regrets is that in 1978, I had the opportunity to buy a 1967 XKE for $2K. It had no brakes and was in generally rough shape, but damn, it ran. That thing is worth 100 times that now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 06, 2022 10:08 PM (r46W7)

The problem is, restoring a beat XKE costs more than buying a nicely-done one.

True for most collector cars.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 10:10 PM (KAttG)

228 Circa 1973 i passed up buying an XKE because I didn't like the colour. It was a cool $9,300.00. BIG mistake.
Posted by: Javems at August 06, 2022 10:04 PM (AmoqO)

Around that time I was offered a 1936 Jaguar Roadster that was running but rough, and a parts car, for $5k. I kick myself every day for not taking the deal.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 06, 2022 10:10 PM (yQpMk)

229 ONT is nood.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2022 10:10 PM (KAttG)

230 "The Bible, if you’re using this as a religious argument, the Bible is about choice. You can go to heaven or hell. There’s nowhere in the Bible that says you had to go to heaven."

well Satan deceived Eve. People may be deceived to think Satan's evils are better. But imo, people have free will AND the ability to discern good from evil. Exactly HOW they decide on evil for the moment, instead of "the greater good" ... idk.

imo, all people(s) make that choice ... deception is not an excuse. How much parentage and genealogy is involved, idk. It does seem nations/tribes raised and steeped in evil, are "destined" to more evil for their progeny. Even Israel and "chosen tribes" had many that refused God (golden calves and all that).

American Exceptionalism is a real thang. Many thanks to the WASPy founders.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 06, 2022 10:10 PM (Cus5s)

231 190: Hell is always hot, good roads (paved with good intentions), and features a Slayer concert every night.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 06, 2022 10:15 PM (9isyS)

232 The problem with the streamers is, I find, that not a single one is run by creative people. I'm not even sure if they know what creativity looks like. They think creativity is something that follows a mathematical algorithm. "Here, we have this IP. Now do the thing. Do the thing that all the others do. Do it now. Here's money!"
Posted by: Robert at August 06, 2022 09:44 PM (xCQgp)

Well, Netflix did put out The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, which is quite good. That was four years ago though, and it's been pretty much down-hill ever since.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 06, 2022 10:26 PM (CCf67)

233 I get paid over $85 per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I'd be able to do it but my best friend earns over 10k a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless.
Here's what I've been doing... www.salarycash1.com

Posted by: Sarah at August 07, 2022 05:10 AM (TTxUi)

234 "Hogzilla" is nothing -- NOTHING, I tell you!!! -- when compared to the 1984 Australian classic, "Razorback," which at the time was called arguably the greatest film ever made about a giant man-eating hog. The closing scene where the hog stalks our hero through a dog food factory where kangaroos are being turned in Alpo stands as a grim cinematic masterpiece!
-- Michael B

Posted by: Michael Bane at August 07, 2022 11:16 AM (+9iWo)

235 I guess I am glad someone has time to write about something I have never heard of and wouldn't have the time to dig into it if I had. Human productivity! Enjoy it while you can before the Demorats and the WEF crowd destroy everything. The new royalty doesn't need any upwardly mobile competition, only peasants to cut the grass, cook, etc. and a few tradesmen to keep their jets flying.

Posted by: madmike at August 07, 2022 11:38 AM (2vsXJ)

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