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Title: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: AVERY GUERRA on June 18, 2008, 10:57:16 PM
I'd love to hear what you guys think about this film?? It's a pretty fun/funny low[no] budget indie 'creature feature' about a giant atomic swamp monster eating residents of a small town named 'Sweet Tee' in Alabama.The monster is created by the merging of catfish DNA with radioactive plastic fishing worms!? A freakin' brilliant idea!! Why hasn't anyone ever thought of that before?? The creature is given the name 'WAWA', which stands for "West-Alabama-Whoop-Ass'!! LOL!! The cast is made up of many Southern stereotypes with names such as 'Tird','Boom-Boom','Chigger','Catfish','Smiley', and 'Biggers'. It's features one of the weirdest daikaijus[giant monsters] to ever grace the big screen. I really enjoyed it. You can really tell that it was made with a lot of love for the subject matter and by real cut-ups..Here's a site with several pics and my interview with the producer: http://www.roberthood.net/reviews/interview-wawa.html and it's inclusion in a 'Top 20 Craziest Kaiju' list, with some bigger versions of some of the pics:   http://roberthood.net/blog/index.php/2008/05/11/top-20-craziest-kaiju-number-6/                and here's the official website: http://birthofalegend.com/ I got a screener copy from the website and loved it. It reminded me of those old cheesy b-movies of yesteryear. I think that this little film deserves so much more attention than it has received.     :teddyr:


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: Mr. DS on June 19, 2008, 06:47:43 AM
Maybe I'm wrong but was this film on a double bill with a film called Scarlett Fry?


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: AndyC on June 19, 2008, 08:21:14 AM
To a Canadian, Wawa is the Ojibwe word for a goose. Hard to picture the monster as anything else.

But I did hear this was based on the same Ygor Popanipalov novel as Scarlet Fry. It approaches the story from Zhukov's point of view instead of Chekhov's, and is told in a redneck setting, rather than Scarlett Fry's post-modernist renaissance allegory. A masterpiece of crypto-symbolic realisticalism, I'm told.


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: Mr. DS on June 19, 2008, 11:53:27 AM
Excellent points Andy C, by the way how are you pets doing?  This is my cat Tig.

(http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i169/darksider66/tiggycrop.jpg)


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: AndyC on June 19, 2008, 12:01:11 PM
Excellent points Andy C, by the way how are you pets doing?  This is my cat Tig.
([url]http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i169/darksider66/tiggycrop.jpg[/url])


Tig as in "tiger" or TIG as in "tungsten inert gas?"  Sorry, been shopping for a welder.

The dog, Briar, is about the same as always - annoying but pitiable enough to get away with it.

I don't think I've mentioned our two canaries, George and Gracie. I'd post a picture, but I don't have one handy.


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: Mr. DS on June 19, 2008, 12:03:47 PM
Tiger, sorry.  He also goes by baby bhudda, fatty, big boy, tig-tig, tiggy, etc.  You have canaries eh?  I had parakeets pretty much all my life until I met my wife.  Parakeets are wonderfully talented birds. 


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: AVERY GUERRA on June 19, 2008, 04:03:15 PM
HMMN?? I'm pretty positive that we're talking about two entirely different films here. This one, to my knowledge, is in no way a remake or adaption of any previous story/film. It features a creature formed from the merging of catfish DNA with radioactive plastic fishing lures. It's really a funny little film though.    :smile: :teddyr:


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: indianasmith on June 19, 2008, 04:17:15 PM
HMMN?? I'm pretty positive that we're talking about two entirely different films here. This one, to my knowledge, is in no way a remake or adaption of any previous story/film. It features a creature formed from the merging of catfish DNA with radioactive plastic fishing lures. It's really a funny little film though.    :smile: :teddyr:

The reason the guys are razzing your post is that it would seem you have some connection to the film, but didn't come out and say so.  If a moviemaker or publicist wants to tout his work on this site, he is more than welcome to do so, but we ask that he openly disclose his connections.

the director of SCARLET FRY'S JUNKFOOD HORROR FEST made a post on here posing as an adoring fan of his own work - and got banned by Andrew.  The forum's members decided to take his post and use it to talk about their pets, dental hygeine, etc.  Then they made up a plot for the movie that bore no resemblance to what the film was actually about - in fact, it was a pretty bizarre and rambling thread that we all had a great deal of fun with.

Anyway, if you made this movie, fess up and we'll give you some honest opinions.  Looking at the website, it does seem like the kind of film all of us might enjoy - and frankly, looks better than what I saw of the SCARLET FRY movie.


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: ghouck on June 19, 2008, 05:01:08 PM
Yea, I think this is a different one, We've seen it, you remember "4 tubes of K-Y and a roto-rooter, , OH MY"?. Anyways, Parakeets ARE very intelligent, a friend of mine had one, named it POLLY and he taught it to, whenever he was making out with his girlfriend, to say "Polly want a crack-at-her". Funny bird, used to fly over and land on his pecker, then he got it a mate, and they BOTH would. His girlfriend and her friends would then describe different guy's junk (The size of) by "4 parakeets" or "1 baby finch", or "24 blackbirds" (That was Larry, or "Larry the Legend"). Anyways, I don't think it's the same movie, I don't remember any welding being done in it, definitely not TIG. There's another I thought it could be, but they were using wire-feed. I would have used 7024 myself, as everything was flat. When I wasmuch younger, someone gave me some 3/16" 7024 to weld OVERHEAD. I still have the scars to prove it.
Anyways, splicing a catfish and fishing lure DNA, just won't work (You've heard the song by Iron Butterfly "Catfish and fishing lure DNA just won't splice", right?). Anyways, wouldn't that just cause the catfish to chase itself? After all, isn't the purpose of a fishing lure to provoke an attack? I imagine it would be OK if it were those catfish in those caves, I saw them in TV last week, where it was so dark they couldn't see, so evolution just did away with their eyes, or was in the process of it. What about sound and smell? Would That Be passed on? Reminds me of that part of "The Restaraunt at theend of the Universe" where the cow was engineered to WANT to be eaten. "I'll just nip off and kill myself", , lol,, cracks me up.

But anyway, no, not the same movie, this one had no nudity (Unless you count the shaved monkey, god, I thought he was going to have "tennis elbow" by the end of the film). They did seem sincere when they spoke of how transvestites aren't allowed to have a driver's license in Utah. Is that true? We have some Mormon missionaries living next door, I'll ask them. They seem OK, I think they even are allowed to drink. I was pretty drunk the other night and was outside talking to them, I had a bottle of tequila with me, but don't know if I offered them some. Anyways, pretty cool deal, they get to live in Alaska for a year, all expenses paid, and just go around doing their thing. Drawback: NO TV. I don't think they're allowed computers either, so I'm not sure how they get their porn.
Anyways, I saw the movie, and i have to say, stun-guns and the elderly don't mix AT ALL. I mean, that scene should be in a commercial for "Depends", some slogan like "Once, Twice, Three times, and holding". I mean, I bet if you poked that with a pin, she would have  taken off like a rocket. Lloyd Kaufman would give up his third testicle for footage like that. But, she took it like a trooper, did you notice a chunk of her helmet broke off upon impact? That's Chuck Norris tough. Anyways, Not as good of a movie as I'd hoped.


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: AndyC on June 19, 2008, 06:54:27 PM
Hey, I found a shot of Wawa creeping up on an unsuspecting couple.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3254/2593342571_5bb437b337.jpg?v=0)


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: ghouck on June 19, 2008, 06:58:31 PM
Remarkably bird the Wawa is, beautiful plumage.

The couple, they had it coming. . .


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: AVERY GUERRA on June 19, 2008, 07:42:20 PM
You guys are freakin' nuts!! Absolutely hilarious!! LOL!! No, actually, I'm not a film maker or anything like that. I work for 'Robo Japan/Monster Island News' and Robert Hood's 'Undead Backbrain' websites. If you're not familiar with them; they're monster movie/ sci-fi sites. I work for them as a news hound so to speak. I specialize in anything kaiju[giant monster] news. I came across this film on the IMDB in a search for sea serpent films. The rest is sort of history. I really liked what I read and added it to the sites then I contacted it's creator's for that interview. I got a screener and fell in love with it. I've joined countless forums and websites to bring kaiju news to them, since that seems to be what I'm good at, and this is one of those films that I'm just trying to get the word out on. Im not getting paid or anything, nor have I ever been asked to do this.    :teddyr:


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: Mr. DS on June 19, 2008, 08:30:49 PM
Remarkably bird the Wawa is, beautiful plumage.

The couple, they had it coming. . .
Seeing that they were tresspassing in the bird's sanctuary during mating season, yes sir, they did.  Did you know the Wawa's song is primarily made up of whistle versions Lionel Richie songs? 


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: AndyC on June 19, 2008, 09:44:19 PM
I thought this was the Wawa's song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDqqEwm2rPs


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: ghouck on June 19, 2008, 10:06:04 PM
That's the European Wawa, they're non-migratory. Beautiful plumage though.


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: indianasmith on June 19, 2008, 10:16:13 PM
You guys are freakin' nuts!! Absolutely hilarious!! LOL!! No, actually, I'm not a film maker or anything like that. I work for 'Robo Japan/Monster Island News' and Robert Hood's 'Undead Backbrain' websites. If you're not familiar with them; they're monster movie/ sci-fi sites. I work for them as a news hound so to speak. I specialize in anything kaiju[giant monster] news. I came across this film on the IMDB in a search for sea serpent films. The rest is sort of history. I really liked what I read and added it to the sites then I contacted it's creator's for that interview. I got a screener and fell in love with it. I've joined countless forums and websites to bring kaiju news to them, since that seems to be what I'm good at, and this is one of those films that I'm just trying to get the word out on. Im not getting paid or anything, nor have I ever been asked to do this.    :teddyr:

thanks for being so forthcoming. Yeah, these guys are nuts.  If none of them have seen the movie, they will make up a new plot for it, complete with nude scenes by Janet Reno . . . .


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: AndyC on June 19, 2008, 10:17:11 PM
On a more serious note, I checked out the website, and it does look like a fun movie. For that price, I might just check it out.

Although I am disappointed that it doesn't have Alice Cooper's daughter, Calico Cooper, daughter of Alice Cooper. Did I mention that her dad is Alice Cooper?


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: ghouck on June 19, 2008, 10:59:18 PM
Calico Cooper, , eh, , not so beautiful is her plumage. .   :lookingup:


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: AVERY GUERRA on June 20, 2008, 12:09:35 AM
THANKS!! I really did like the film. Ummm.....Janet Reno nude scenes?? I don't want to know. They are absolutely mad!! LMAO!! I would love to see a movie that they wrote the script for based-off of their random/off-the-wall ramblings. Now that would be funny!!   :bouncegiggle: :cheers:


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: CheezeFlixz on June 20, 2008, 12:46:09 AM
This isn't the film with Janet Reno and Margaret Thacher playing strip volleyball is it? I really can't afford that much counseling again.

What $13.95 .. why that's a WAWA wad of cash for a DTV movie, hey according to IMDB their from Alabama can I trade them a chicken for a copy?

Take this image from the movie ... there is a serious problem with this image cinematicly.
(http://www.roberthood.net/reviews/images/wawa/wawa-bikini-girl.jpg)

Know what it is? Her WAWA's are obstructed by cloth, this must be corrected.

What's the run time of the film? What are the extras, etc etc. Hey if you're going to pump something at least tell us what we can expect to get.

Quote from: AVERY GUERRA
I would love to see a movie that they wrote the script for based-off of their random/off-the-wall ramblings. Now that would be funny!!   
 


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Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: ghouck on June 20, 2008, 11:20:20 AM
Now THAT'S  what I call Beautiful Plumage. . .

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Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: AVERY GUERRA on June 20, 2008, 11:38:30 AM
The runtime is about average for this type of b-movie, somewhere around 80 some odd minutes. Well, the copy that I got was just a screener, so no extras and it just came in a dvd slipcase. It was sent to me for free for the interview. I imagine that the other copies that they're selling would probably come boxed, but I doubt any extras, just yet as they are still negotiating with potential distributors. There is a special edition available that comes with the cd soundtrack for just a few more dollars. I'm not a big fan of country music but this flick did have some pretty catchy songs in it.    :drink:  :twirl: :wink:  :thumbup:


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: Mr. DS on June 20, 2008, 12:26:25 PM
Now THAT'S  what I call Beautiful Plumage. . .

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We take Cash, PayPal, Visa and American Express (sorry no Diners Club)

Tequilla, , lapdances, , "get out of jail for free" cards, , those funky little mushrooms that grow on cow patties, , women named "Patty", , Runescape gold, , battery-powered underwater "Toys", , nude pictures of ex-girlfriends,  , nude pictures of CURRENT girlfriends, ,  Grandma porn, , autographed pictures of Ron Jeremy, , parts for a 1972 Pinto, , Culture Club memorabilia, , velvet paintings, , used pinball machine parts, ,  , , ,

and don't forget, Brazilian Farting Porn...


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: ghouck on June 20, 2008, 01:16:57 PM
Brazilian? What are you, some kind of PERVERT?


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: Mr. DS on June 20, 2008, 01:53:46 PM
Brazilian? What are you, some kind of PERVERT?

Perhaps, I'm also into WAWA porn and wonderful Bollywood cinema.  See the post below.

http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php/topic,119726.0.html


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: Andrew on June 20, 2008, 05:26:08 PM
The OP has posted this exact same post on numerous other websites, but my gut feeling is that he is championing the film for some reason.  He did do the interview on the website he linked to, but he also discloses that in his post.

Checking his activity on other movie forums, he does not fit "just spammer."


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: indianasmith on June 20, 2008, 08:51:08 PM
He was very forthcoming on his response to my post, Andrew, so thanks for letting him stick around.  He didn't even seem to mind getting the "Scarlet Fry" treatment!


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: AVERY GUERRA on June 20, 2008, 09:41:29 PM
I actually loved the "Scarlet Fry" treatment!! I have posted the film on several forums that I'm a member of to help get the word out on it, but I already admitted that here. I don't work for the film makers or anything. I guess, if I'm championing the film, it's more for personal reasons. I really liked it and would love for it to get a legit distributor and become a hit. Then maybe they'll make that damned sequel that I asked her about in the interview. I was left wanting more after the film ended. Who know's if it will ever get sequelized?? That could be fun though. I already posted another thread about another giant monster here. I would LOVE to be able to stick around and learn how to talk randomly in of-the-wall riddles like the rest of you guys if I'm still welcome here?? I really hope that you guys don't label me a 'spammer' though because that just wouldn't be true. I hope to be able to bring a lot of new cheesy b-movie news here, but I wouldn't want it to be thought of as some form of advertising. I can understand why you guys might think that it was though. I got booted-off of two other forums that I was a member of for some time for this exact same post. They just locked the thread an blocked my ip. I just feel that that was just wrong. I had posted on them for a while and brought them all kinds of great stuff, then they just assumed that I was a spammer and banned me. I would have approached the person first if I were them. Oh well, I don't need to be a member on a forum that treats it's members like that: 'guilty without a trial'.    :lookingup: :bluesad:


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: indianasmith on June 20, 2008, 10:03:08 PM
Well, I can't speak for Andrew, but I would like you to stick around!!   :cheers:


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: CheezeFlixz on June 24, 2008, 12:52:25 AM
Well, I can't speak for Andrew, but I would like you to stick around!!   :cheers:

It would seem he didn't want to stick around. The Scarlet Fry Treatment was to painful.


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: AVERY GUERRA on June 24, 2008, 06:07:15 PM
Huh?? I enjoy the pain. I'm still here. I was just waiting to see if you guys still wanted me here?? Thanks; 'indiansmith'. That's mighty kind of you.      :drink: :twirl: :cheers:


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: ghouck on June 26, 2008, 02:37:25 PM
Yea, you can hang around, but you gotta buy the beer, and we're probably going to spray-paint you if you're the first one to pass out. .


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: indianasmith on June 26, 2008, 03:27:19 PM
Huh?? I enjoy the pain. I'm still here. I was just waiting to see if you guys still wanted me here?? Thanks; 'indiansmith'. That's mighty kind of you.      :drink: :twirl: :cheers:

Glad to see you're still around!! Feel free to give as good as you get - it's all in good fun.


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: AVERY GUERRA on June 26, 2008, 09:34:47 PM
LOL!! Spray paint!! I once drew all over some guys face with a permanent marker that passed out drinking at a party we were at. Boy was he p**sed when he woke up the next morning.     :bouncegiggle: :twirl:


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: RapscallionJones on June 28, 2008, 09:20:09 AM
Jesus, Avery.  You posted the same exact message about this movie over at my forums, too.  I actually thought you were a spam bot.


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: AVERY GUERRA on June 28, 2008, 06:12:09 PM
LOL!! I keep getting that?? No, I'm not a 'spam bot'. I just really like the movie and I guess that I was being extremely lazy to not reword it each time huh?? I just added it to a kaiju fan forum, but reworded it so hopefully I won't give the same impression. Yikes!!    :buggedout: :lookingup:


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: CheezeFlixz on June 28, 2008, 07:54:20 PM
LOL!! I keep getting that?? No, I'm not a 'spam bot'. I just really like the movie and I guess that I was being extremely lazy to not reword it each time huh?? I just added it to a kaiju fan forum, but reworded it so hopefully I won't give the same impression. Yikes!!    :buggedout: :lookingup:

It's great that you like the film but you might want to branch out a little. Obsession with one film is either marketing or a mental condition ... I'm just sayin'.  :buggedout:


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: AVERY GUERRA on June 28, 2008, 10:09:28 PM
Oh no, there's at least a good 15 to 20 films that I'm really digging right now and would like to bring them here. I've already posted three, but just didn't want to pile them all out at one time. I figured just to let each thread have it's own chance ya know?? Gee....maybe I am obsessed over it=lol!!!!!!!!    :twirl: :buggedout:


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: ateve35660 on March 20, 2011, 02:56:10 PM
Avery, my man! Steve here. I just wanted you to know that "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA" is on YouTube! You can rent it for the low, low price of $1.99. E-mail me. Phone me. Let me hear from you. I can't post the link here, but you can do a quick search for it. Pass the word! Steve Wiggins, Director, "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA" .


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: Fausto on March 22, 2011, 05:45:31 PM
I was expecting a documentary on the convenience store chain. See, up in my neck of the woods, "Wawa" means getting hoagies, coffee and snacks.

(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c375/fausto963/wawa.jpg)

None of the wawa's up here have gone on a killing spree, that I'm aware of.


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: indianasmith on March 16, 2013, 11:48:41 PM
THIS is the movie that was eventually released as MONSTER FROM BIKINI BEACH!  I'm sure of it!!!


Title: Re: "Birth Of A Legend: The Story Of The WAWA".
Post by: indianasmith on March 16, 2013, 11:50:59 PM
Or maybe not.  But darn it, I know I saw the trailer under another title!  But the still shots are a different breed o critter.