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#11

Games / Re: Answer the question with a...

Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 09:02:10 AM

What do you say to someone you've just met?

#12

Bad Movies / Re: 100 Movie titles that are ...

Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:58:18 AM

Rev, for future reference, were nicknames allowed or not? I've got one that's technically a nickname, not the character's actual name.

Tough for me to decide without seeing it. I would think if people always/usually address the character that way, then maybe? I did add "Bronson" even though that was not his real legal name, because he called himself that and in fact made a big deal out of it. Post it and we'll talk it through.

well it's HUDSON HAWK. real name 'Eddie Hawk' apparently

That sounds good to me. People call him Hudson, right?

66. Hudson Hawk

#13

Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2

Last post by M.10rda - Today at 08:55:28 AM

MERCY, THE MUMMY MUMBLED (1918):
This is another silent short that almost defies rating. It seems really quite good for about seven of its eleven minutes, but most of the ending is all but unwatchable due to extreme decomposition. You see parts of the characters' bodies around the perimeter of the frame but everything in the middle is water-damaged, discolored, melted, etc.  I suppose that would add to the nightmarecore nature of a Mummy movie if this Mummy movie were actually a Horror film, but it's a wacky comedy.

Another all-African-American cast does very lively, highly specific work, as similar casts have done in other films from the roaring teens. A mad scientist wants to revive an Egyptian mummy with a hypodermic full of special potion, and a local con man thinks he can help the scientist out by wrapping himself up in bandages and leaping to life et cetera. (Or something, it is a short silent film.) The real antics probably begin in the moment right after the mad sticks the faux mummy w/ the syringe and he reacts in Warner Bros fashion....... which also happens to be the moment when the film spontaneously deteriorates. 

Ah well. 3/5?    Surprised this was never remade as a Kevin Hart or Wayans Bros project.

#14

Bad Movies / Re: 100 Movie titles that are ...

Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 08:30:19 AM

Rev, for future reference, were nicknames allowed or not? I've got one that's technically a nickname, not the character's actual name.

Tough for me to decide without seeing it. I would think if people always/usually address the character that way, then maybe? I did add "Bronson" even though that was not his real legal name, because he called himself that and in fact made a big deal out of it. Post it and we'll talk it through.

well it's HUDSON HAWK. real name 'Eddie Hawk' apparently

#15

Off Topic Discussion / Re: fine example of IMDb revie...

Last post by Alex - Today at 08:26:06 AM

AI isn't exactly under control of its 'owners'. It's entirely possible this is a rogue thing, or that if not directed at a specific target they just randomly review movies? Anyway, I am just guessing here.

how long till we have a movie that's entirely generated by AI with no human prompting, is then uploaded to streaming services by AI, and is then listed on IMDb by AI, and gets a bunch of AI reviews submitted for it? 

I'm surprised it hasn't happened already. The tech is there for it.

#16

Bad Movies / Re: 100 Movie titles that are ...

Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:22:01 AM

1. Barbarella (1968)
2. PATRICK (1978)
3. Akira
4. Erin Brockovich
5. Harvey
6. Ted
7. Shane
8. PAUL (2011)
9. Barb Wire
10. KATRINA (1969)
11. Carrie
12. Patton (1970)
13. Shaft
14. SHIRLEY VALENTINE (1989)
15. Hamlet
16. Dracula
17. Barton Fink (1991)
18. HARRY BROWN (2009)
19. Willard
20. Dr. No
21. Frankenstein
22. Donnie Darko
23. EMANUELLE (1974)
24. Goldfinger
25. Bronson (2008)
26. Van Helsing
27. Mitchell (1975)
28. ARTHUR (1981)
29. Annie (1982)
30. MARTIN (1977)
31. Django (1966)
32) Zelig
33. JERRY MAGUIRE (1996)
34) Willow
35. Oppenheimer
36. ZOOLANDER (2001)
37 Barbie
38. JACKIE BROWN (1997)
39. Léolo (1992)
40. Angélique (2013)
41. Amelie
42. Gia(1998)
43. FOXY BROWN (1974)
44. Billy Madison
45. Happy Gilmore
46. Ed Wood
47. Joan of Arc (1948)
48. ABBY (1974)
49. Rocky Balboa (2006)
50. LUCY (2014)
51. Forrest Gump
52. Mandy (2018)
53. ALFIE (1966)
54. John Wick
55. Stuart Little
56. MARY POPPINS (1964)
57. Dick Tracy
58. Joe Kidd
59. BRÜNO (2009)
60. Joe Dirt
61. Napoleon Dynamite
62. FRIDAY FOSTER (1975)
63. Oliver!
64. Jackie

and
65. Candy (1968)

#17

Weird News Stories / Florida carhop arrested for in...

Last post by sprite75 - Today at 08:20:58 AM

Florida man had to share something with the world.

A Florida restaurant worker was arrested yesterday for indecent exposure after he walked up to a woman's vehicle "while serving her food with his penis exposed through his zipper," according to a court affidavit.

Investigators say Artavian Crumity, a 25-year-old ex-con, was working as a carhop at a Steak 'n Shake in Largo when he made the off-menu delivery. "Video surveillance at the location displays the incident as stated by the victim," police reported.

Arrested for exposure of sexual organs, Crumity was booked into the county jail on the misdemeanor count. He was subsequently released from custody upon posting $1000 bond, and has been ordered by a judge to stay away from the Steak 'n Shake.

In 2020, Steak 'n Shake--which has about 400 restaurants--revived its carhop service in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Just like in "Happy Days" and "American Graffiti," carhops at select locations deliver grub on a tray that attached to a guest's open car window.

#18

Bad Movies / Re: 100 Movie titles that are ...

Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:17:17 AM

Rev, for future reference, were nicknames allowed or not? I've got one that's technically a nickname, not the character's actual name.

Tough for me to decide without seeing it. I would think if people always/usually address the character that way, then maybe? I did add "Bronson" even though that was not his real legal name, because he called himself that and in fact made a big deal out of it. Post it and we'll talk it through.

#19

Weird News Stories / Re: Toilet destruction in Sout...

Last post by sprite75 - Today at 08:17:14 AM

Now if this had been Star Trek it would've read Voyager's toilets destroyed after Neelix serves the crew chili.

#20

Off Topic Discussion / Re: fine example of IMDb revie...

Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:10:50 AM

Maybe a fan-based AI? It's not that hard to build one. or maybe it's a test run for a later campaign, work out the bugs on older movies no one pays attention to, making sure you can fool IMDb's defenses, before deploying later to boost a new movie?