Who have been your favorite guests?

[Who have been your favorite guests?]

Ed Brubaker. Found it hilarious that the former writer of the Daredevil comic was on trashing the movie. Would love to hear him again...perhaps commenting on the 1990 Captain America disaster.

[EPISODE 112 — Jupiter Ascending]

The name Abrasax is so close to the name of an HDTGM-worthy Terminator ripoff from the 90's called Abraxas: Guardian of the Galaxy. Coincidence??

 

Not to mention Rick Veitch's graphic novel "Abraxas and the Earthman"...

[EPISODE 112 — Jupiter Ascending]

Has it been mentioned that this movie is a koo-koo bananas homage to Disney princesses? Think about it:

• Average girl doesn't know she's royalty (Sleeping Beauty, Tangled)
  
• She's friends with rich girl she works for (Princess & the Frog)
  
• Works as cleaning lady (Cinderella)
  
• Willing to marry bad guy for greater good (Beauty & the Beast)
  
• Roguish love interest (also Tangled) who is literally part beast (also Beauty & the Beast)
  

Can't help but wonder if a singing snowman was part of the 600-page script...

[Chronicles of Riddick (2004)]

To borrow a beloved phrase: THIS MOVIE IS BONKERS.

 

There's weird politics, "elementals," prison planets, and Vin Diesel.

 

I've tried to watch it three times, and I still have no idea what the hell is going on. Production values are pretty first-rate (aside from some wonky CGI), but the screenplay is uncomprehensible. And the acting... my god. Diesel's on-again, off-again voice over is so laconic that it makes the Blade Runner VO seem jolly.

[Any HDTGM Movies that you consider good?]

It's been years since I've actually watched it beginning-to-end, but I remember enjoying the hell out of Hudson Hawk. I always felt that it was a Looney Tunes movie. Even the protagonist's name is alliterative like a Warner cartoon character.

 

Then again, my memory may be waaaaaay off...

[Which Movies Does HDTGM Absolutely Need To Review?]

Heartbeeps - Andy Kaufman's BIZARRE attempt at a mainstream movie career.

 

Captain America (1990) - The only superhero movie in which the "hero" fakes being sick TWICE.

 

Chronicles of Riddick - Truly fits in the category of "how did this get made." Expensive, great production values, Judy Dench----absolutely impenetrable.

 

47 Ronin - Currently the biggest financial flop in history.

 

 

[Premium Rush]

When I saw the trailer, all I could think was: "why did they remake Quicksilver?"

[Manhattan Murder Mystery diss? C'mon!]

While it's certainly not up there with Allen's best movies, MMM does have one of my favorite movie quotes:

"there's nothing wrong with you that can't be cured with a little Prozac and a polo mallet."

[Starcrash (1979)]

This and Message From Space are the ULTIMATE bad sci-fi double feature.

[Megaforce (1982)]

YES YES YES... Even when I saw this as a kid, I was blown away by its awfulness... and I liked "Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone."

[Simon Sez (1999)]

My initial instinct was to recommend "Double Team"... an action movie starring the acting triumvirate of Jean Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, and Mickey Rourke.

 

However, I gotta go with that other cinematic abortion starring Dennis Rodman... Simon Sez... in which stars as an Interpol agent (???!!!!) that teams up with pre-MySpace fame Dane Cook.