Episode 147.5 - Minisode 147.5

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What’s the Bruce Lee connection to Gamer? Paul gets into this and more as he opens up the Explanation Hope Line and goes through Corrections and Omissions for Gamer. We’ll also hear from film director Brian Taylor on his thoughts on the film during his interview with Blake J. Harris. The Movie Bitches review The Girl on the Train and you’ll hear which vampire cult classic we will be covering next week!

 

 

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Where to Find Jason, June & Paul:

Paul is in the new Nicolas Cage film “Army of One” available on VOD.

Paul’s new comedy Filthy Preppy Teen$ is now avail on the FullScreen and you can see June and Paul in their old show NTSF:SD:SUV:: on HULU. Paul also appears on Fresh off the Boat on ABC.

June stars in Grace and Frankie on Netflix, as well as Lady Dynamite alongside with Jason.

 

Jason can be seen in How to Be Single, Sleeping with Other People, and is still indeed in The Dictator.

[firsttimecallerlongtimelistenr 3590]

hi, this is firsttimecallerlongtimelistenr, i just want to start by saying i love the show ...

 

 

 

i dont think there's a need for anyone to make a gif from any part of vampire's kiss cause this seems to be the most gifed movie ever

 

also, imagine the carnage on set if it was Neveldine, Taylor and Depardieu ..

 

[firsttimecallerlongtimelistenr 3590]

if anyone in here is from chicago can ye go out and hug every irish person you meet and scream COYBIG!!!! they'll know what you're talking about

[PlanBFromOuterSpace 3138]

The "Girl on the Train" mini review made me wonder, does anyone really think it's really that good of an idea to read a book before seeing the movie? I mean, it's one thing if it happens to be something you've already read, if the movie is still wayyyyyyyy off from coming out or being made, or if it's the kind of story that isn't going to be ruined by already being privy to every twist and turn, but if there's like a movie coming out in two weeks and you decide you're going to read the book in that time, aren't you just looking for reasons to not like it? Do you WANT the movie to be just like the book? Where's the fun in that? In my own experience, I think there have been times where it has prevented me from seeing a movie as JUST a movie that succeeds or fails on its own merits, so if a book sounds interesting to me, but I hear that a movie will be made with actors and filmmakers that I enjoy, I'll just hold off and maybe read it afterwards.

[firsttimecallerlongtimelistenr 3590]

i watched vampire's kiss last night ... i'm lost for words ... i was interrupted half way through for about 1/2 hour and i very nearly went back to the start to make sure my memories were real ... i thought cage was nuts in kiss of death but this performance is on another level .. i was actually on edge because of it .. just kept hearing jason shout "what is happening???"

[Cam Bert 8145]

The "Girl on the Train" mini review made me wonder, does anyone really think it's really that good of an idea to read a book before seeing the movie? I mean, it's one thing if it happens to be something you've already read, if the movie is still wayyyyyyyy off from coming out or being made, or if it's the kind of story that isn't going to be ruined by already being privy to every twist and turn, but if there's like a movie coming out in two weeks and you decide you're going to read the book in that time, aren't you just looking for reasons to not like it? Do you WANT the movie to be just like the book? Where's the fun in that? In my own experience, I think there have been times where it has prevented me from seeing a movie as JUST a movie that succeeds or fails on its own merits, so if a book sounds interesting to me, but I hear that a movie will be made with actors and filmmakers that I enjoy, I'll just hold off and maybe read it afterwards.

I completely agree with you. I know it's TV but I worked with a person who got really into Game of Thrones but had never read the books. After the second season they basically binged and read all the books over the course of the summer and fall. When the third season came around they were just complaining about how many things they were leaving out or were missing. It really hurt their enjoyment of the show. Now that the show has kinda passed the books, they love the show again. I found the whole thing very bizarre.

[firsttimecallerlongtimelistenr 3590]

The "Girl on the Train" mini review made me wonder, does anyone really think it's really that good of an idea to read a book before seeing the movie?......

 

 

my sister gave me her copy of girl on a train about 2 months ago and said it was a brilliant read etc etc ... i was going to read it and then i remembered the movie was about to come out ... so i decided to just wait for that. similar thing happened with gone girl. i wasn't too impressed with either film to be honest but after we watched GOAT my sister complained it wasn't as good as the book.. they left alot out and changed stuff ... but it did start a conversation about how fast these books are getting turned into movies.

 

if you have only read a book in the previous year are you really going to enjoy the film ... all the twists and turns are going to be really fresh in your mind. does a thriller remain a thriller if you know exactly whats about to happen ... not that it was difficult to figure GOAT out, they pretty much gave it away 1/3 of the way through the movie .. much like gone girl. after that it was just people crying for an hour. the term "misery porn" never felt so apt.

[LTL 154]

Gamer ..Vampire Kiss ..two unwatchables in a row

[ElieB 238]

Gamer ..Vampire Kiss ..two unwatchables in a row

 

That's how I felt about all those terrible 80's musicals. But I assure you, Vampire's Kiss is a definitive bad movie on the level of the room and sleepaway camp.

[SlidePocket 707]

Vampire's Kiss I believe marks the official start of over-the-top Nicolas Cage performances, with the second being Deadfall in 1993.

[Elektra Boogaloo 3371]

Paul and June sing plus baby!

[firsttimecallerlongtimelistenr 3590]

Paul and June sing plus baby!

ah look at the little baby!!!!

[LTL 154]

I watched Vampire's Kiss I really just hated the way he abused ...and harassed his assistant Alva .. and its played for almost laughs

[RyanSz 3140]

The "Girl on the Train" mini review made me wonder, does anyone really think it's really that good of an idea to read a book before seeing the movie? I mean, it's one thing if it happens to be something you've already read, if the movie is still wayyyyyyyy off from coming out or being made, or if it's the kind of story that isn't going to be ruined by already being privy to every twist and turn, but if there's like a movie coming out in two weeks and you decide you're going to read the book in that time, aren't you just looking for reasons to not like it? Do you WANT the movie to be just like the book? Where's the fun in that? In my own experience, I think there have been times where it has prevented me from seeing a movie as JUST a movie that succeeds or fails on its own merits, so if a book sounds interesting to me, but I hear that a movie will be made with actors and filmmakers that I enjoy, I'll just hold off and maybe read it afterwards.

Working in a library for almost 13 years, I have seen firsthand how far people will go to read a book before the movie comes out. Da Vinci Code was a huge book to begin with and we could barely keep a copy on the shelves, but when the movie was coming out we had a hold list a dozen people long for the book, same thing for the Twilight series and Gone Girl. I think it's just a matter of people being able to say "the book was better" if the movie isn't up to their expectations. The adaptations that I've seen are hit or miss in comparison to the books, but it's nothing that will completely ruin the viewing experience for me, unless it's really egregious like The Great Gatsby or The Scarlet Letter.

 

As for this movie, is it ever explained why Cage has an accent?

[Jillybean 104]

Ryan Sz, I still don't think this explains it, but I found this pretty interesting:

 

https://filmschoolrejects.com/47-things-we-learned-from-nicolas-cages-vampire-s-kiss-commentary-431eaf7755df#.4p8hlztoe

[JackChristensen 177]

 

That's how I felt about all those terrible 80's musicals. But I assure you, Vampire's Kiss is a definitive bad movie on the level of the room and sleepaway camp.

 

Bite your tongue! Sleepaway Camp is one of my favorite movies. Yes, everything they say in the episode is true and it is DEEPLY flawed; but I don't think it's just inept, incompetent film-making.

[ElieB 238]

As for this movie, is it ever explained why Cage has an accent?

 

What even IS that stupid accent?

[firsttimecallerlongtimelistenr 3590]

im trying to get my HDTGM dvd count upto 100 by the end of this year. i bought #92 over the weekend ... reindeer games ... or as it's called over here ...

 

 

they changed the name but didn't bother changing the tag line ... which now makes even less sense

[Galactiac 91]

 

What even IS that stupid accent?

 

 

I think he's going for a really bad transatlantic accent. Unfortunately it just comes off as bad acting.

[jarrycanada 2483]

As for this movie, is it ever explained why Cage has an accent?

 

Because he can Ryan Sz, because he can..

 

 

now we know who paul dressed up for.

 

Still think this is a good movie, a cage classic.

[H.P.Hovercraft 119]

Vampire's Kiss I believe marks the official start of over-the-top Nicolas Cage performances, with the second being Deadfall in 1993.

 

I feel "Peggy Sue Got Married" was the first movie where he just went totally left field with his choices. It's crazy to think that he did Vampire's Kiss only a year before Moonstruck and Raising Arizona!

[SlidePocket 707]

It's crazy to think that he did Vampire's Kiss only a year before Moonstruck and Raising Arizona!

 

It came out a year after those two by the way.

[RyanSz 3140]

 

What even IS that stupid accent?

Okay the conclusion that I have come to is that because the vampirism is psychosomatic for Cage, he is talking in a way that he thinks a vampire from Europe would talk. He was already using it a bit as part of his Ebeneezer Scrooge that he was doing towards Alva, so he just seems to have taken it to the next level.

[ElieB 238]

Well, he does claim to have been born in Philly and raised in New York (That's when he's talking to an imaginary woman on the street though.)

 

The european vampire idea makes some sense but I don't really hear any euro. Best I can tell, it sounds like he's doing a Young Keanu reeves impression the whole time. It just sounds like he's doing a california valley girl / surfer dude thing without all the 'like's and 'woah's. But it came out a year before Bill and Ted and I'm not really familiar with Keanu's earliest work.

[RyanSz 3140]

Well, he does claim to have been born in Philly and raised in New York (That's when he's talking to an imaginary woman on the street though.)

 

The european vampire idea makes some sense but I don't really hear any euro. Best I can tell, it sounds like he's doing a Young Keanu reeves impression the whole time. It just sounds like he's doing a california valley girl / surfer dude thing without all the 'like's and 'woah's. But it came out a year before Bill and Ted and I'm not really familiar with Keanu's earliest work.

 

There were points where there was a bit of olde English in it, though he would then morph to the accent that he used in Gone in 60 Seconds when he was posing as a potential buyer of sports cars.