Quasar Sniffer

I know your movie-watching pain...

You're probably right...

I think part of my problem with this movie is that it tries so hard and it's so subconsciously attempting to become a "cult classic." Movies like Rocky Horror Picture Show or Phantom of the Paradise don't become cult classics on purpose, it happens because of something wonderful about the films and an audience that recognizes that and continues to support the film. Doing it on purpose defeats the whole purpose of a cult film, especially because most cult films want to become straight-out of hits, plain old classics. Ask John Carpenter about The Thing and I'm pretty sure he still pissed that we now worship it but dumped on it in 1981. HOWEVER, your magnificent Fred Schneider suggestion would go far to manufacturing a cult hit since that is such a better choice for this talk-singing silliness. He'd make a FABULOUS Graverobber or Rotti.

Hey, this is an internet message board. Wild speculation is our bread and butter! And it speaks to Repo's quality that our random butter-churning is better than the writing in this movie. Us:

I do like the idea of, maybe, Nathan keeping his daughter sick being his way of keeping her away from the horrors of this world. A word that created him, someone who harvests organs of the poor. Maybe, he could be enacting his vengeful bloodlust, violence he wishes he could be enacting​ upon Rotti, upon the very people GeneCo is forcing him to harvest. That way, he could feel guilty for keeping his daughter a prisoner of her own body, guilty for his actions, and still get all blood-lusty when Repo-ing.

Rotti should have left his company to Anthony Stewart Head since they had the shared love for Shilo's mother (ew) and, more importantly, Head would then finally have the resources to Repo THE ENTIRE WORLD.

I'm thinking the logic is that, after repossession, GeneCo would then sell the organs to another person. Maybe then without even telling the public that all their organs are.... gently used? That would have given the plot perhaps more direction. Maybe given Anthony Head's Repo Man some sort of card to play against Rotti, so he could reveal the limited supply of organs to the public to ruin Rotti if Rotti ever harmed Shilo.

This movie, apparently, started as a short called The Necro-merchant's Debt, which is a WAY BETTER TITLE. Come on, that is awesome. I would buy that goth metal album, not REPO! About the comic-book style expositions scenes, they were indeed frustrating and unnecessary. They interrupt the flow of the film (such as it is), since the music abruptly drops off during them. Plus, the Graverobber role exists solely for exposition as well, so the movie has two artificial contrivances to explain itself in a fucking MUSICAL, which is a genre engineered for characters to reveal inner thoughts and plot machinations. They just have to sing about them! It is their purpose! Speaking of the Graverobber, he sings: "A little glass vial? A little glass vial! And the little glass vial goes in the gun like a battery." What kind of guns take batteries? I know this is a minor things compared to the brazen absurdity of the movie, but it made me laugh. As did the lines "We made an agreement! / I will honor that agreement!"

Oh goodness, Kurt Russell's hair in that movie... And speaking of Tango and Cash... the suggestoion of a Rock/John Cena film seems like this would be a perfect fit. That is, a Tango and Cash remake! Most buddy cop teams are heavy opposites, but I think Tango and Cash is a good template for how to put two Alphas together and have them rub each other (and each other's butts) the wrong way, since they both express their Alpha status very differently. Of course, you could also have one play against type (like The Rock in Central Intelligence) or play a villain.

I have seen this before and my viewing experience was much akin to this sort of sensation... All right. LET US DO THIS!

I know that the idea of "Brian infiltrating criminal organization, then racing cars because cars are cool" dynamic of the first movie is long since abandoned, so it's nice to see that the theme of "Treat Women as Objects" is still going strong, eight movies in!

Jeez dudes and dames, I must commend you all for the Epic Postings on this movie. I also must apologize for my lack of participation besides Lurking and Liking your posts (I've read this whole thread, pretty much). I had to work all day Monday and was just never able to catch up to your excellent commentary without finding another post that had already said my thoughts, only better. I will try to contribute next week I promissssssssse.

Oh, fellow literary nerds Anytime you want to talk examining and cutting into drama (Dramaturgery!), I am down!

We basically had to do triage on the plays we performed and pick out the most entertaining bits (at least for a high school audience). The director (in this case, me) would come out at the beginning, or maybe even in between scenes, and just give a short speech on what the play was about and who the characters were. In the case of Twelfth Night, it's basically "nonsensical twin bullshit and boners BUT POETIC" so it wasn't that hard. Our faculty advisor my senior year tried to do Romeo and Juliet in 45 minutes just straight and it was a fucking mess. She turned it into a postmodern, interpretative-dance filled mess. I was furious, but as ineloquent as all furious 17-year-olds are so my arguments fell on deaf ears. We all had a shitty time on that one, especially the audience.

My apologies for the late reply to the question above, but I did a lot of theater in high school and even middle school. I loved acting but could not sing for shit and was extraordinarily self-conscious about my voice so I took any non-musical opportunity to do theater that I could. I still regret not even trying out for a musical. I would have gotten SOME part considering how desperate most high school musical productions are for dudes to play parts in theater. ANYWHO, since I sought out non-musical theater stuffs, that mostly took the form of Shakespeare, which I ended up doing two plays every school year during high school, plus a play during the summer in the form of an acting camp. I was deep in it. I even did some Shakespeare directing, which was challenging and really fun because I had to cherry pick scenes and edit it down to fit the very stringent time requirements for the specific program I was participating in at the time. It was fun collaborating with other students in order to engineer a presentable Shakespeare production while also, obviously, keeping things like iambic pentameter while presenting selections from, say. Twelfth Night... but knowing we only had the stage for like 45 minutes.

Only because I just saw it on Twitter and have nowhere else to share it, here is Howard the Duck and America artist Joe Quinones' interpretation of Nic Cage as Superman in the never-made Tim Burton's Superman Lives.

On the subject of Keanu's charity on the Matrix films, I believe two different stories are getting conflated. While he may have forgone his profit-sharing stakes to allow for additional flexibility in the special effects budget, not donating money out of his own pocket, what he DID do was buy motorcycles for some of the stunt team that worked on Matrix Reloaded. I'm not sure how many motorcycles (I've heard anywhere between six and twenty so who knows), but he is also very generous with his charitable giving and frequently gives up his back end money to help productions (eg. in order to pay Al Pacino's salary in Devil's Advocate). So Keanu all the way. He's so generous that there are urban myths about how generous he is. John Wick 2, amirite?

I like Renner in the Avengers movies but I think I would prefer recasting Hawkeye for a Fraction Netflix series adaptation, but more importantly, HOLY SHIT I have been wishing for that exact things since Fraction was still writing Hawkeye. You could even do a whole season with just the L.A. Woman Kate Bishop storyline. It would be so perfect.

Does your movie need a classy, super-smart lady with a sexy accent? You need Shohreh Aghdashloo! Classing up the joint. Ain't taking no shit.

I'm assuming, like any center of sailing and gathering of sailors, tall tails, sea shanties, and drunken haranguing are a part of every day existence. After all, it was the passed down stories of sailors that led to things like manatees being mistaken for fucking mermaids. Taking a story from Mickey Rooney with a grain of salt (or outright disbelief) is probably just the way of things. Old maps use to say "Here Be Dragons" on unknown regions, after all. But, as usual, you are right. It is bizarre. Seeing this: Equals this?

Oh man CakeBug, bringing the legal precedent to Pete's Dragon. Well Done! All those different versions are, indeed, bonkers. I never understand why studios feel it's a good idea to re-cut films, whether it be something by Ridley Scott or this movie. I know why they WANT to (shorter movie lengths lead to more showings and thus higher profits in theaters, the marketability of a movie between 90 and 120ish minutes, etc.) but once a film is shot, edited, and scored, it's probably a good idea to call it a day. If you wanted concrete specifications in running time, length of songs, order of scenes, etc., you should have made that a proviso in the director's contract so that movie could be SHOT to those specifications from the beginning and you're not second guessing yourself after the fact. It's like trying to fix a cake after it's been baked. Adding or subtracting frosting, cutting into a different shape, or putting it back in the oven is just going to result in an overcooked mess.

Sorry to go off topic, but a certain other Disney musical turned 25 years old today so if anyone is looking for choice of ridiculous musicals... (P.S. This is another one I actually have never seen. It just never crossed my path as a kid and I've never gotten around to seeing it.)

I have yet to watch the Lake House but my unmitigated love for all things Keanu is well documented. Will I be able to handle hating a Keanu movie? Cognitive Dissonance: COMMENCE!

It's Bloodsport with Ladies and a couple dozen Kumite references in this trailer alone. Trashy trash trash: