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  3. Posted

    Oh shit! Next week's live shows have been announced, and I am soooo excited!

     

    It's not letting me attach the picture on my phone for some reason, but it's Highlander 2 and Escape from LA

     

    Ooof, I normally like to get those reveals from the minisodes, but I'm so fucking excited I couldn't possibly be mad at you for the spoilage! I have been wanting Highlander 2 forever! I remember Jason suggesting to do Highlander and I cringed, "No! The Quickening!"

     

    I still hate Escape From LA for killing John Carpenter and Kurt Russell. And my soul.

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    For what it is worth according to the movie subtitles it was Tchigani.

     

    That's interesting! Looking online, I had only seen 'Chicani' but 'Tchigani' seems right. If I can't trust AFI Catalogue of Films, who can I trust? http://www.afi.com/m...?s=&Movie=57475

     

    This is from Roger Ebert's 2 star reveiw:

     

    "One of the camps is inhabited by the Tchigani, descendants of Chicanos, and that leads to one of the movie's several inadvertently hilarious moments. One of the heroes is a Latin who travels with a tame owl. The leader of the settlement questions him: Leader: "What is your name?" Boy: "I call myself 'Death Star.' " Leader: "Does that owl belong to you?" Boy: "As much as an owl can belong to any man." Leader: "You are Tchigani!" The next shot shows the settlement's symbolic sculpture, rather unfortunately surmounted by a hubcap."

     

    I don't know what I love more...that he calls him Death Star or that he calls him "A Latin". As a kid, I could have sworn it was Dark Star.

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    When arriving at the Chicani camp, I turned to my wife and said, "Look, they've made it to Santa Fe" (regarding all of the douchey white people posing as Native American).

     

    The name Chicani, for me, channeled Chicano, a somewhat ambiguous Mexican-American cultural identity. For many the term is used as a point of pride, but in the past it has held negative connotations. One example of derogatory use would be wealthier Mexican-Americans using Chicano as a pejorative to describe those of a lower social standing.

     

    The camp certainly felt more hippie-wannabe than that of a spiritual people. And were they supposed to be an ancient race (or culture, whatever)? There really is no sense of time in this movie. I love when Terra rescues the rest of the Solarbabies and takes them to her new home, and says "I live here" as if it is a place she's known her whole life. Um, weren't you kidnapped, like, 2 hours ago? On top of that, how were YOU rescued?

     

    So stupid. I love this movie.

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  7. Posted

    I hate to be "that guy," but I do have a little constructive criticism for people calling into the ASK PAUL line. If you're going to call in with a question, explanation hope, or whatever, please consider writing out what you're going to say before calling in. It doesn't have to be anything too rehearsed, just some bullet points to keep your mind on track.

     

    I am enjoying the new bit, and I like what people have been bringing to the table, but I think it could be improved by excising some of the "ummms," "ahhhhs," and 'uhhhhs." Also, if you're going to call in, don't be afraid of sounding stupid. Be confident, don't try too hard to be funny, and speak clearly into the receiver.

     

    Criticism over. Hope I wasn't too harsh.

     

     

    Not harsh enough? I am not liking the new segment at all...however, you've hit the major bullet points here. A couple (only a couple) have been genuinely interesting (like Can't Stop the Murders), just a bit of a chore to sit through. They shouldn't feel like I would have already hung up and deleted my voicemail mid-message.

     

    I have nothing constructive to add since 'don't call in, I don't want to hear you speak' doesn't help a call-in segment. But joking aside, 100% agreed, some fine tuning and focus would go a long way.

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    I'm telling you, if someone says one more goddamn nice thing about me today my head is going to start to develop its own gravitational pull.

     

    Artist rendering:

     

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    But, if this does happen, you're all welcome to live in my sexy, sexy dimples.

     

    Fuck you, Cameron H., you're hot garbage! (just keeping everything balanced for you ;p)

     

    I'd live in your beard...it would give me an excuse to dress like Indy and wield a machete. Although, honestly, I'd rather live on an Eggo planet.

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    She also had a porn career where she was perfectly cast as She Hulk.

     

    What's funny is that with all of her accomplishments in wrestling (being the only female Intercontinental Champion, first female Royal Rumble and King of the Ring entrant), she is still not in the Hall of Fame because her ex-boyfriend, now Executive VP of the WWE, Triple H says it would be problematic to induct her as a Google search would reveal her porn career. I mean he's kinda right it's not like there are other Hall of Famers with large skeletons in their closet like being charged with third degree murder or starred in a porno.

     

     

    Regarding Chyna and the Hall of Fame...it isn't so much porn in general, it is that one parodied the product as well as members of the McMahon family (I don't know the name- those movies have names, right?- and I'm not about to google it at work). Also of note, "Macho Man" Randy Savage wasn't inducted into the HOF until 2015, 4 years after his death. And he was the fucking MACHO MAN (see, tied it back to the ep!!). There was even more bad blood there, so it isn't impossible.

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    Oh I didn't realize Willis left the group DURING the filming of this movie. Wikipedia made it seem like he left of his own volition before. Not that wikipedia is to be trusted.

     

    That's pretty impressive that they FIRED the guy who was lead singer and wrote most of their early hits (YMCA, Macho Man, In the Navy, obviously, but also some of the songs for this movie like Milkshake!) for not wanting to be in their big, gay movie. I mean they must've thought this was really going to be HUGE.

     

    Oh now I'm going down a rabbit hole about the copyright stuff with Willis. That was only decided last year! Wow! http://www.hollywood...ple-ymca-779420

     

    I think I was wrong, actually (those trustworthy internet sources). I think he did leave of his own accord, so only his girlfriend was fired. I can only imagine her showing up on the first day of shooting and someone asking, "What the fuck are you still doing here?" But yeah, it is crazy that the lead singer of a biopic (loose term) isn't in their own movie. Even more crazy that two of their biggest hits, "Macho Man" and "In The Navy" are absent as well (although Valerie wears a Macho Woman T-shirt at the Y)

     

    Ha! I love that Willis' big takeaway from that court settlement was,"I'm excited that the world will now know that 'Y.M.C.A.' is all-American, not French."

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    Now I've gone down a rabbit hole or reading stuff about the Village people. I did not realize the cop in this movie is not the original cop and that neither cop is gay. This is entirely new information to me.

     

    Paul mentioned Victor Willis and his girlfriend, but he omitted that Ray Simpson replaced him during pre-production, so the pair are never seen on screen. Ray, clearly not worried about anyone questioning his orientation, looks like he's having a blast in the movie (not to mention enjoying the promotion from backup singer to TOP COP)

     

    Was anyone else mesmerized by Felipe the Indian's robotic whooping vocalizations? Like a power he can activate, as it is clearly without filters or gadgets.

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    That's because it's a love story.

     

    You never see or hear about Dux with women before the reporter, and when he saves her from the bad dudes, she seems to think it's because he's into her, and he goes along with it because he thinks this is what straight people are suppose to do, even going so far as to sleep with her, despite the fact that he's got it bad for a guy who probably doesn't feel the same.

     

    That scene where he says "I love you my friend." The reactions tell all.

     

    "I love you my friend."

    *Ray looks uncomfortable, realizing that Frank really does means he loves him, bu Ray is straight and he doesn't want to hurt his friends feelings*

    "Me too."

    *Frank looks hurt. He didn't say "I love you too." This wasnever meant to be*

    *The Reporter looks confused, slowly realizing that Frank is actually gay.*

     

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    Explains the friendzone bow at the end.

     

    Amy the Gorilla...I love you, my friend. This! Is! Amazing! This is either a homerun or a touchdown, depending on which Giants team you prefer.

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    Jason touched on it briefly, but Ray Jackson certainly feels like he was introduced as a villain. The two are never really seen bonding outside of video game sparring, but that was enough to rank up to BFFs. So much so that Jackson has full access to JCVD's room, where he can come in as he pleases and even stand on his bed. I thought Jackson was for sure going to get killed, and JCVD's reaction to his match seemed to reinforce that (again, a deep reaction for this perfect stranger). All of this could be brushed aside if not for the fact that he tells him that he loves him. "Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, if you ever need me, I'll be there." that I get, but "I love you, my friend"??? You just met this dude! It almost feels like there was a missing character that fused with Jackson. Like, what if Tanaka's son wasn't dead and traveled along to the Kumite (maybe even finding his fate at the hands of Chong-Li)? Or even just an established longtime friend when he arrives. The sappiness would make sense when applied to an actual "brother" figure.

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  18. Posted

    Stan Bush who I've always loved for "The Touch" and "Dare" from The Transformers: The Movie soundtrack also wrote songs for Bloodsport AND Kickboxer. Most of the lyrics are pretty literal to their respective films, "mighty hands of steel" in Transformers, "Kumite, Kumite, fight to survive" in Bloodsport, and "crusin' down the streets of Siam" in Kickboxer, but I think it would be fun to do a roulette wheel of them and see how interchangeable they can be. At the very least, I'd like for Frank Dux to challenge Chong-Li to "The Touch".

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  20. Posted

    Anyone else thought that the green car looked exactly like the car Homer made? Can't really tell from the image but it even has a horn in the same spot.

     

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    It totally is the Homermobile! In fact, all of the cars had unnecessary bubble domes on top. Was there a 9-foot-tall sub-race they never got around to that needed the extra head room? Here are a few more screen grabs, one of the horn you mentioned.

     

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    When you announced this, my only wish going in was that Jason would dig it. Wish granted! I'm a fan of the film and the soundtrack. I'm surprised the soundtrack didn't come up. The Jim Stienman penned Fire Inc songs in particular are a huge part of the film's following and really do feel like "lost" Meatloaf songs and "I Can Dream About You" was a top 10 hit. The bookend piece "Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young" which seems to be the favored of the two (I prefer "Nowhere Fast") was actually a rush job. They were certain they would secure the rights to Bruce Springsteen's "Streets of Fire" and even filmed the finale to it. Bruce rejected it when he learned a female vocalist would cover the song, not use his original. Stienman wrote the replacement in a matter of days and they had to reshoot the ending, which of course added more to the already overblown budget (like you mentioned, $1 million for a tarp!)

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    Streets of Fire wasn't a hit in the US, but it was a pretty big deal in my country, Japan. "Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young" was covered in Japanese by Megumi Shiina as "Kon'ya wa Angel" (Tonight an Angel) and was the theme song for a 1986 prime time TV drama called "Janus no Kagami" (Mirror of Janus). The song was a hit and peaked at #7 on the Japanese Oricon pop chart. Japan is the third biggest music market in the world, behind the US and UK.

     

    Here's the amazingly bad opening for Janus no Kagami: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se1rM9UH-ZA

     

    I love this movie and the soundtrack, particularly the Fire Inc songs... But you just made my entire week with this amazingly amazing Janus no Kagami opening. I'm in your debt. I once had the Streamline dub VHS of Zillions... Somehow never made the connection, but you're totally right. Maybe not a remake, but certainly heavily inspired by.

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  24. Posted

    Ha, yeah, miffed wasn't the best word choice. I wasn't genuinely bothered by it. Perplexed, maybe? Thanks for sharing that Cameron H. You were much better at conveying the heart of what I was aiming for. I appreciate that your approach on parenting is: parenting.

     

    I think it's impossible to be erotic with all that forceful, open-eyed face sucking. Unless that's someone's thing?

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  25. Posted

    I'm a little miffed by the overall outrage over the 5 Star reviewer who "watched with the kiddos". First, I'm sure he didn't mean "with my 6 year olds" and the kids were probably of a reasonable age. 13 is around the age my favorite movies would have included Aliens, Predator, Lifeforce, and Heavy Metal (all R). I think the takeaway is he watched it WITH his kids and was available for Parental Guidance. What's even more strange is the nudity seemed to be the bigger issue. It's funny that we (Americans, mostly) have such a sex-bad violence-okay mindset in our ratings/censorship (which I think Zardoz pokes fun of - and that was 40 years ago). I think the content kids can look at on the smartphones they seem to be born with is far more damaging than seeing Mathilda May's natural, nude figure.

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