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I updated with a new review.  I am trying to get to something like a twice per month update cycle, but am having a difficult time doing so.  The time I used to devote to reviews is now usually occupied with children.  Maybe things will get back on track in six or seven years.

Anyway, the latest:

Test Tube Babies (http://www.badmovies.org/movies/testtube/)

Maybe things will get back on track in six or seven years.


Ain't gonna happen (trust me..I know...)

I am trying to get to something like a twice per month update cycle,

Sheesh...Nathan manages about one a week

Um..three paragraphs in I'm wondering if you ever let your wife read these reviews.

OK, was that supposed to be a serious movie or a parody of such 'educational films'?

Six or seven years?

HA!

More like 20 or 30

MAYBE!

Yeah, but Andrew puts in longer days, and his work demands more travel.  Plus he's probably a better father.

The kids are a little more important than whether or not we get some reviews from you. Priorities, man...

Oh dear god we have another review!!!!!!!!

Actually, speaking of raising kids and balancing them with a B-movie habit, I was wondering: when is the right age to start the kids on the B-movie path?  What movies would come up as standard B-movie viewing for a young lad or lass whose parents dearly wish for their kids to love depravity, silly plots and poor acting as much as they do?

I mean, there are just some important issues that needs to be dealt with as a parent, such as when to have a talk about the birds and the bees, and whether it's the right time to explore the whole Zombie issue or not.  I mean, there's not a handbook for this sort of delicate parenting is there?

Just curious...

Well Dean, I started my daughter off tight away...sadly though, it didn't really stick. The only stuff she'll watch in the B movie realm is Godzilla and King Kong. Aside from that, she has let me down in that department and I don't think I'll have anyone to watch B movies with...

Thanks for hitting that sore spot on me...boo-hoo...oh, the pain...sob...make it stop...

Not till they reach about 5 years old are you able to even watch a movie. After that it depends on what days you have off and if your not to tired to do late night viewings.

If there is one thing you DO learn from this debacle is: never trust your ginecological advice to a lame-ass movie made in the '40s.

Hey Andrew,
 a) good to see both you and Nathan
2) Where did you score this gem?  I'd like to get one for myself.  
-Ed

Glad to be around.  I usually am watching, but only reach the site later at night.  By then it seems any conversations I want to jump in on have worn out.  It also means I spend a lot of time reading everyone's posts from the day.

My copy came on DVD from Amazon.com.  Quite often my DVD of the movie reviewed came from one of the buy it links at the bottom of the review.

Man, but this is a crazed movie.  It is astounding, even for a cheap exploitation movie from the 40's.

I have to give some thumbs up on this quote from Andrew:

"Check this out, because here is the gist: some random guy walks in off the street, says "yes" to all the right questions, squeezes a fresh batch of baby batter, then the doctor fills a turkey baster and makes Cathy pregnant. Presto! The perfect family! "

Do you make up these kinds of sayings, or did the Marines have a hand in on this? It's positively revolting, and I'm sure that's what you were going for.

Gleening from my own personal experience, I'd say that the best way to get kids interested in B-movies isn't to try getting them involved in your hobbies in hopes of building a bond via a shared interest, but rather to screw them up as best you can.

Consider the kinds of people who make these movies, particularly Ed Wood. More often than not, the directors of bad movies tend to be quirky, eccentric, and, well, pretty screwie.

Crush their self esteem, make their lives miserable, and they'll be be looking for escapism in any form available in no time.

Of course, the principal here is pretty tricky, & may not nesessarily lead to a healthy interest in unhealthy entertainment, IE, it could turn them on to alcohol, drugs, crime, etc., so you might not want to give them a hard time about being parked in front of the idiot box all the time, because that way, you'll always know where they are & what they're doing.

Frankly, if I had kids, I'd be hoping they take up an interest in collecting rare barbed wire rather than B-Movies.

My 7 year old son is aware of my love of zombie movies, and seems to share my interest in zombies, despite the fact that I won't let him watch any of them yet. Mind you there is a tv show called Vampires, Pirates & Aliens that gets close sometimes.  There are also several Simpsons episodes which have zombie references.... We have had many philosophical debates about zombies, and vampires, and death, and all sorts of other stuff that I was kinda surprised he was interested in talking about, but I was quite happy to do so as I took it as a sign of a slightly twisted mind (like mine!). Was fun explaining to him the difference between murder and manslaughter the other night.... (He asked, sort of....)

So far the closest I have got to watching bad movies with him is the original King Kong (looking forward to getting the new one in time for Easter) and Monty Python's Holy Grail.  He spent the next few days walking around chanting and hitting his head with a book after that.   I'm really looking forward to deciding that the time is right to show him The Blues Brothers and Wayne's World.  The time will be soon, I am sure.   From there it is not a big step to show him whatever crap I want to....  (Insert evil laugh here!)

Rombles Wrote:
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> So far the closest I have got to watching bad
> movies with him is the original King Kong (looking
> forward to getting the new one in time for Easter)
> and Monty Python's Holy Grail.  He spent the next
> few days walking around chanting and hitting his
> head with a book after that.   I'm really looking
> forward to deciding that the time is right to show
> him The Blues Brothers and Wayne's World.  The
> time will be soon, I am sure.   From there it is
> not a big step to show him whatever crap I want
> to....  (Insert evil laugh here!)

Coolest.  Dad.  Ever...

Oh and you really have to get him started on the old Harryhausen films, such as the good ol' Sinbad movies.  They're always a good start for the young [methinks].

Also, the more he walks around chanting and beating his head, the more he will be able to appreciate our kind of movies.

NI! NI! NI! NI!

No, don't get me started!



Please !!!!!!!!!





Bonk!!

lilcerberus Wrote:
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>
> Crush their self esteem, make their lives
> miserable, and they'll be be looking for escapism
> in any form available in no time.
>
> Of course, the principal here is pretty tricky,
> & may not nesessarily lead to a healthy
> interest in unhealthy entertainment, IE, it could
> turn them on to alcohol, drugs, crime, etc., so
> you might not want to give them a hard time about
> being parked in front of the idiot box all the
> time, because that way, you'll always know where
> they are & what they're doing.


Holy s**t...you could write my biography...

Fearless Freep Wrote:
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> Um..three paragraphs in I'm wondering if you ever
> let your wife read these reviews.
>
> =======================
> Going places unmapped, to do things unplanned, to
> people unsuspecting

Ah, yes. Thinkin' the same thing.
But Katie MUST have a sence of humor...need i says why, hummm?....

Great review, Andrew. I'll take anythink you can fit in on your scedual. Don't forget how many shorts were prime material for MST3K!

Baby Batter.....EECHHHH!

Katie does not read the reviews, from what I know.  She usually can deal with suffering through some of these movies, but does not rejoice in them.  However, she usually knows what I am going to write about them.  I'll ask her to read this one, if she has time in the near future.

On the subject of the "baby batter" paragraph, some of what I have run into through the years in the Corps must show in a lot of my writing.  I think that most of the Marines would chuckle at the writing.

Yeah, but I bet your former drill sergeant wouldn't laught at this...

plan9superfan Wrote:
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> Yeah, but I bet your former drill sergeant
> wouldn't laught at this...

You should probably stick to subjects that you are familiar with.  The USMC is not one of them.

Gunnery sergeant then?

Yes, it is true that I seldom read the reviews.  I feel I have done my duty by simply watching the "films".  I have read the review for Test Tube Babies.  I am not exactly sure why the third paragraph should bother me.  I think it bothers my father since I am not aware he has ever recieved his livestock.  Although...we did eat steak at our rehersal dinner!!!!

Yea, Katie!
She who he must obey!
Hope thing are going well, kiddo!

Very nicely done Katie.

KATIE KICK ASS!