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Reality Bites (1994)
PlanBFromOuterSpace replied to johnnyhaggis's topic in Bad Movie Recommendations
While he didn't write the film, Stiller himself did direct "Reality Bites", and it's nice to see that with the right creative team around him, he would go on to do some AWESOME satire with "Zoolander" and "Tropic Thunder". As far as other people's films are concerned, he turned in great performances in "Dodgeball" and "Starsky & Hutch", which also did a great job of satirizing (I wouldn't quite call "Starsky" a parody) their respective genres. -
That didn't stop them from getting Kevin Smith for "Wild Wild West", which used an idea that got scrapped from a script that wasn't used on a movie that Kevin Smith ALSO wasn't ultimately a part of. That said, I should totally be a guest if they ever decide to do a show on "One For Money", if only for not including me in the excellent "Abduction" episode. Look it up, people!
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Speaking of Connery, he needs to one more movie, ANY movie, so that "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" has no legacy whatsoever. I'll take "Final Film Appearances" for 1000, Alex...
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Episode 52.5 — Minisode 52.5
PlanBFromOuterSpace replied to admin's topic in How Did This Get Made?
Maltin had a pretty good line on Benson's podcast a couple weeks back when talking about "The Hobbit", where he said something about how at 48 FPS, he was able to get bored at twice the speed or in half the time or something. -
Rollerball (2002)
PlanBFromOuterSpace replied to DudeExclamation's topic in Bad Movie Recommendations
The night vision scene was fucking bonkers, because there's NO set-up or reason for it at all. I haven't seen this movie in a decade or so, and I don't remember much of it, but I still remember THAT. They're driving around in a van or something, right? I thought at first that maybe it looked that way because that's how the inside of the vehicle was lit, but then the next few minutes look like that too. In a movie full of gimmicky bullshit, why use it here? I could totally see it being used nowadays in a found footage movie, like in "Chronicle" or something like that, and it might make sense. Here, it's just so fucking weird, because it's the only time they do anything different. I remember watching this the night before it came out at my theater and thinking we'd better post a sign telling people that this was supposed to happen, because I figured we'd have people complaining that something was wrong, but no one ever complained. Then again, no one really came to see "Rollerball" anyway... -
Episode 52.5 — Minisode 52.5
PlanBFromOuterSpace replied to admin's topic in How Did This Get Made?
Speaking of "Piranha", have you guys thought about recording a couple of extra episodes where you'd basically be your own guests, because they're YOUR movies? I know you guys love a good "Back-Up Plan", and it might not be such a bad idea to have some "rainy day" episodes in the can in case schedules don't work out or a guest flakes out on you or something. -
My Taco Bell still doesn't have valet parking yet though Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous, but "Demolition Man" IS actually closer than a lot of the more futuristic futures we've seen on film, so I was only half-kidding about the documentary thing. You know what I miss about the futures that were promised to me as a kid? All the 80's fashions and colorful street gangs.
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Episode 52 — Reindeer Games
PlanBFromOuterSpace replied to admin's topic in How Did This Get Made?
I saw this one in the theater and haven't seen it since, and much like many other films you guys have covered, the only thing I remembered was tits. I don't feel the least bit bad about that, as I only have good memories of this film. -
I took a look at IMDB to see what this film was about, and I can't help but feel like the idea was Taken from something else...
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Episode 51.5 — Minisode 51.5
PlanBFromOuterSpace replied to admin's topic in How Did This Get Made?
I think that "Surviving Christmas" was actually on DVD BY Christmas, which was probably the best thing for it, because even successful CHristmas movies usually take nearly a year to hit home video, as no one's buying holiday flicks in the spring or summer. I've been reminded of this by the lobby advertising at my theater, which has been running the trailer for last year's holiday dud, "Arthur Christmas", non-stop for the last 2 months to promote it's DVD release. I think...I think I actually kind of want to see it now... Seriously though, if you make a Christmas movie and it makes no money at the time of year when ANYTHING can make money, you have no business making movies. -
A different haircut is the international symbol for "See? Time has TOTALLY passed!". I remember being so disappointed by this movie when I was a kid, because the trailer made me think that it would be like 2 hours of race cars launching into the sides of bridges or whatever. That was a pretty awesome visual, and I don't remember much else about the rest of the movie. I know Jagger was a bodyguard or something and didn't end up being such a bad guy after all.
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The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)
PlanBFromOuterSpace replied to sarahride's topic in Bad Movie Recommendations
The one before it isn't so hot either. I remember that the third one was supposed to get a theatrical release at one point, but then it just got shit out on to DVD a couple years later. While that one had SOME production value and a co-star that was about to hit it bigger (Kirsten Dunst), Wicked Prayer is practically an Asylum production by comparison. I was a huge fan of the first Crow as a teenager, and the character was a musician, so it made sense that he'd maybe talk the way he did, but why, in all the sequels, when the main character returns from the dead, do they start spewing shit that sounds like bad poetry or song lyrics when there was NOTHING about their characters before that would leave you to believe that they'd act like that? -
Come on, he was the sort of villain in "Ted" this year! He was great!
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I didn't think they were dead either, but I also don't think the movie was smart enough to be THAT meta. It just seems like another made-for-TV movie convention, like you would see that framing device being used, and you would never make the mistake that this was a REAL movie. More than "Inside the Actors Studio", it seems like a play, because they're still coming off as just completely insincere performances. They're still "on".
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Hey, that's on HER, and this is hardly the only place you'll find anyone bagging on her and her lifestyle. If anything, shame on the makers of this film for exploiting the Lohan situation, because like they keep pointing out, the movie is one big wink to the audience. It's based on ANOTHER person, but it really seems like a big excuse for Lohan to basically play herself.
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Does anyone remember about 10-15 years ago, when VH-1's "Behind the Music" was at it's most popular, they started producing biographical flicks that more or less recreated all of the bullet points of the BTM episode and blew it up to 90 minutes? THIS. That's exactly what this is, only the narrators are the characters and not the voiceover guy. That said, I LOVE when huge real-life events like big concerts or the making of big movies are reproduced on basic cable made-for-TV budgets. I wonder at what point in the pre-production stage they just give up and say "Fuck it, no one's going to buy it anyway, so let's just film the 'Cleopatra' scenes in my garage. My backyard can be Spain".
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This would be a fantastic choice for either the final show of the year or the first show of NEXT year. Its depiction of what the then-near-future would be like makes "Demolition Man" look like a documentary.
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I do remember in the opening scene that there was a spy in a tuxedo that got killed pretty much in plain sight while Rammstein was playing. Y'see, spies that dress all nice and stuff are total squares, and they dress like that ALL THE TIME and don't know how to blend in, because they aren't x-treme enough...or something. On a related note, "Skyfall" is on it's way to making a billion dollars, and about 12 people paid to see the "xXx" sequel.
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They were based out of Russia or somewhere in Eastern Europe or something, weren't they? Why would their organization's name be in English? That reminds me, when I was a kid, I drove myself nuts trying to figure out what the hell KGB stood for until one day I realized and thought to myself "Hey, whatever it stands for, I'm not gonna know what the hell THAT means either!".
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December 21st: "End of Days"
PlanBFromOuterSpace replied to benlevine's topic in Bad Movie Recommendations
I think I mentioned this in the "Resident Evil: Flaming Shitball of a Fifth Movie" thread, but "End of Days" has one of my favorite supernatural horror cliches: Bullets don't work...until they do. I only saw "End of Days" once or twice, but I seem to remember someone saying something along the lines of "bullets won't hurt him", but does that stop Arnold from shooting the shit out of everything? Bitch, please... -
Episode 50.5 — Minisode 50.5
PlanBFromOuterSpace replied to admin's topic in How Did This Get Made?
I think the Virginia Woolf stuff lasted all of 5 minutes in the movie. We see them get the movie, we see them make the movie, and we see Dick NOT win an Oscar, all in one segment. Like I mentioned before, the whole movie just seemed like a bunch of vignettes strung together. Something happens, and then we get thrown right into something else that happens, with no transitions, continuity be damned. -
Wasn't the XFL around in that one too? This movie was made during a VERY specific period in time.
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Star Wars Holiday Special
PlanBFromOuterSpace replied to HaroldNealy's topic in Bad Movie Recommendations
What's this "as himself" bullshit? I know he's a tiny fella, but Kenny Baker is just as much of a man as the guy in the giant space gorilla suit! -
Star Wars Holiday Special
PlanBFromOuterSpace replied to HaroldNealy's topic in Bad Movie Recommendations
I haven't seen it very recently, but did Lucas go back and digitally replace "Jefferson Starship" with "Starship"? Man, if he keeps fucking with the original, I'm afraid I just won't be able to take it seriously anymore. Speaking of which, I'm actually kind of disappointed that they didn't add the ghost of Bea Arthur to the celebration at the end of "Jedi" when they put out the Blu-Rays last year -
"Thanks for supporting our product, now go fuck yourself" Love, Warner Brothers
PlanBFromOuterSpace replied to PlanBFromOuterSpace's topic in How Did This Get Made?
I actually wondered the same thing with the new Bond Blu-Ray set, like what's the point of buying the whole thing now when there's a movie IN theaters that you'd likely be picking up as well. They actually mention on the packaging though that they've included a spot for the Skyfall disc whenever that comes out, so that's cool. Still, when the NEXT movie comes out...