Episode 131.5 - Minisode 131.5

[Episode 131.5 - Minisode 131.5]

Anyone ever see The Quest? Am I misdisremembering, or is that basically just this movie? I'm pretty sure they have even 75% of the same opponents in the tournament, even have the guy who pretends to be a monkey and a tiger, except he grew a pedo stash.

Yes! So much so that Frank Dux sued Van Damme for a writing credit, claiming he and JCVD wrote this story together years before.

[Surf Ninjas (1993)]

My favorite scene as a kid was the phenomenal use of chopsticks. Amazing.

 

Plus, the gang's already done Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze, this is the next logical movie in the Ernie Reyes Jr line. After that, Paper Dragons.

[How to Make a Monster (2001)]

One of my personal favorite bad movies is the 2001 "remake" of How to Make a Monster. With characters named Hardcore, Bug, and Sol (as in King Solomon) making a video game called Evilution, how could this not be a classic? Did I mention Clea Duvall and Tyler Mane are in it? Oh, and Julie Strain makes a topless cameo appearance (that one's to sell Jason on it.) Hyde from That 70s Show also makes a cameo, looking like he just walked off that set on to this one.

 

It's pretty well-acted, pretty snappy, but it's a nonsense script that defies its own internal logic whenever convenient. Definitely worth watching!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbnqW0U7Zt4