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[strumpets exeunt]

And it always bears repeating, B movies of the 50s and 60s are better than the dreck RLM watches based on production value alone. Back then, B movies weren't meant to be garbage; they were typically science fiction stories with dodgy special effects because the technology just wasn't ready for the idea being told. 80s and 90s direct to video movies were absolutely cheap shit that filled video rental shelves.

This is something to keep in mind. Corman, for example, might have been cheap, but he wasn't Lloyd Kaufman out there trying to unload literal shit on his consumer base. "It Conquered the World" might have had a silly monster, but it also had Lee Van Cleef, Beverly Garland, and Peter Graves acting their asses off. And I cannot recommend "Bucket of Blood" enough. It's silly as Hell, but in a refreshing way that will keep you watching like you're observing some weird sort of alien race's culture.

 

[Flexo]

New single!

 

[Flexo]

And it always bears repeating, B movies of the 50s and 60s are better than the dreck RLM watches based on production value alone. Back then, B movies weren't meant to be garbage; they were typically science fiction stories with dodgy special effects because the technology just wasn't ready for the idea being told. 80s and 90s direct to video movies were absolutely cheap shit that filled video rental shelves.

They were also time fillers for drive-in theaters where it was assumed that the teens would be too busy fondling each other to really bother with the movie.

At least then the movies were facilitating sex. Now the bad movies are just facilitating second-screen viewing so people don't have to look up from their phones.

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

I was rewatching the Paul Blart Mall Blarp 2 review using a Czech VPN server and I learned that the Czechs take movies like Unfriended very seriously. [see: attachment]

 

[Introvertigo]

New single!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Px5AGynognc

Funny enough, I found Balloon Boys YouTube. Just two rips of his promotional VHSs uploaded 18 years ago.

 

[Eadred]

Movie catch up dropped, I generally like this format

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

No facepalming or black eyes shooting red lasers in the thumbnail. I'm disappointed.

 

[Tor Lugosi]

Mike: An extra chromosome gives you a lot of spiritual power.

 

[Zorak Prison Pod]

I'm absolutely not complaining but I just realized it's been like 15 years since RLM has talked about a movie I've heard of.

 

[FMW13]

Mike: An extra chromosome gives you a lot of spiritual power.

A24 Chromosomes. Holy shit that was a good one.

 

[FatMebius]

Jay so wanted to say "magical retard" but pussed out. One of their better episodes in recent memory.

 

[moocow]

I'd never heard of/seen that Rosie O'Donnell tard movie. I can't believe she actually did it. Maybe she's where they got the inspiration for Tropic Thunder -- "everybody knows you never go full retard."

 

[Heavy Rainfall2]

Well I was looking for a new movie to watch, and they compared The Other to Malignant (which is fucking great), so I'm giving this shit a chance blind. Hopefully they didn't over sell it.

Edit: It was pretty good. I can see why they compared it to Malignant, although it doesn't get as crazy as that one. It's very weird like that movie so it's a little hard to recommend. IIRC they said the first half is slow, which it kinda is, but there's so much  weird shit going on it's neat. 6, maybe a 7 out of 10 I gotta watch it again in a week or so

 

[I'm a Silly]

 

[FatMebius]

I'd never heard of/seen that Rosie O'Donnell tard movie. I can't believe she actually did it. Maybe she's where they got the inspiration for Tropic Thunder -- "everybody knows you never go full retard."

I'm actually 90% sure Simple Jack is based on the retard from The Lawnmower Man.

 

[Mola Ram]

I'd never heard of/seen that Rosie O'Donnell tard movie. I can't believe she actually did it. Maybe she's where they got the inspiration for Tropic Thunder -- "everybody knows you never go full retard."

The rightwing blogger Ace of Spades did a pretty funny live watch of it, but sadly it no longer seems to be findable on his dinosaur of a website. Every clip I've seen of Rosie's performance is astonishingly, hilariously offensive.

 

[Well Intentioned]

Rosie's performance is astonishingly, hilariously offensive.

Could this not be said of her entire filmography?

I'm not even really joking. I can't think of any movies outside of maybe the first Flintstones movie where I found her enjoyable.

 

[ditto]

"It Conquered the World" might have had a silly monster, but it also had Lee Van Cleef, Beverly Garland, and Peter Graves acting their asses off.

Not to mention the greatest speech in the history of cinema

"He learned almost too late that man is a feeling creature… and, because of it, the greatest in the universe. He learned too late for himself that men have to find their own way, to make their own mistakes. There can't be any gift of perfection from outside ourselves. And when men seek such perfection… they find only death… fire… loss… disillusionment… the end of everything that's gone forward. Men have always sought an end to the toil and misery, but it can't be given, it has to be achieved. There is hope, but it has to come from inside — from man himself."

 

[moocow]

I'm actually 90% sure Simple Jack is based on the retard from The Lawnmower Man.
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Ohhhhhhh... yeah, that one. Ye gods that was such a slooooooooooow movie. Even the in-universe computers were bored and spoke like they were half-asleep. Pierce Brosnan couldn't save that one.

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

Every clip I've seen of Rosie's performance is astonishingly, hilariously offensive.

To retards?