Ever watch way too many bad movies in a row? Not all in one sitting or anything, but just over a period of time.
This year I've gone on some absolute benders of bad movies. Arguably the worst stretch was between April and June when I watched dozens of the damned things over those months. Ray Dennis Steckler, Ed Wood, a gigantic chunk of Ted V. Mikels filmography. It was bad.
When I got Amazon Prime I watched a movie and marveled, "I can't believe how well shot this is."
That movie was Loqueesha.
When this happens I definitely need to cleanse my pallet. No one should ever be able to say a good thing about Loqueesha.
:bouncegiggle:
Yes, you definitely need to watch a decent-to-good movie every now and then to be able to appreciate bad movies.
Some of the terrible films made in SA in the 80s require dynamite as a pallet cleanser.
one weekend in 2010 I watched Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, Road Trip, Teenagers From Outer Space (MST3K), Zoolander, Manos: The Hands of Fate (MST3K), and Mitchell (MST3K) in that order
Quote from: bob on July 28, 2019, 03:58:59 PM
one weekend in 2010 I watched Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, Road Trip, Teenagers From Outer Space (MST3K), Zoolander, Manos: The Hands of Fate (MST3K), and Mitchell (MST3K) in that order
:buggedout: How are you still alive?
Quote from: chainsaw midget on July 28, 2019, 04:33:34 PM
Quote from: bob on July 28, 2019, 03:58:59 PM
one weekend in 2010 I watched Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, Road Trip, Teenagers From Outer Space (MST3K), Zoolander, Manos: The Hands of Fate (MST3K), and Mitchell (MST3K) in that order
:buggedout: How are you still alive?
I would speculate a large amount of alcohol might explain that...
Quote from: bob on July 28, 2019, 03:58:59 PM
one weekend in 2010 I watched Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, Road Trip, Teenagers From Outer Space (MST3K), Zoolander, Manos: The Hands of Fate (MST3K), and Mitchell (MST3K) in that order
I think ZOOLANDER is quite a good movie. :teddyr:
no booze were consumed during my session of suffering
I survived by will power!
Last year, my roommate and I set a personal goal; to watch all 50 movies in this Echo Bridge 50 pack of Sci Fi "Classics" We watched all 50 in 50 days. And we're still alive and sane.
Mind you it did help that there were 2 actual classic good films on the set.
"Brother From another Planet" (and we actually started drinking our beer on the rocks ever since.. true story)
Primal Impulse (Footprints on the moon)" 1975
This is whe3re I was first exposed to "Death machines" (1976...not to be confused with Death Machine 1994) and Abraxis
Quote from: kornula on August 07, 2019, 12:48:09 AM
Last year, my roommate and I set a personal goal; to watch all 50 movies in this Echo Bridge 50 pack of Sci Fi "Classics" We watched all 50 in 50 days. And we're still alive and sane.
Mind you it did help that there were 2 actual classic good films on the set.
"Brother From another Planet" (and we actually started drinking our beer on the rocks ever since.. true story)
Primal Impulse (Footprints on the moon)" 1975
This is whe3re I was first exposed to "Death machines" (1976...not to be confused with Death Machine 1994) and Abraxis
Um, yeah. While "Alive" can be defined in some fairly concrete terms at least in the biological sense, "Sane" is a very relative term. So I was wondering what criteria you were using to claim sanity under and what empirical data you have to support that?
:bouncegiggle:
Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on August 07, 2019, 07:25:24 AM
Quote from: kornula on August 07, 2019, 12:48:09 AM
Um, yeah. While "Alive" can be defined in some fairly concrete terms at least in the biological sense, "Sane" is a very relative term. So I was wondering what criteria you were using to claim sanity under and what empirical data you have to support that?
:bouncegiggle:
We don't want to watch any of them ever again.
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on July 29, 2019, 05:57:05 AM
Quote from: bob on July 28, 2019, 03:58:59 PM
one weekend in 2010 I watched Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, Road Trip, Teenagers From Outer Space (MST3K), Zoolander, Manos: The Hands of Fate (MST3K), and Mitchell (MST3K) in that order
I think ZOOLANDER is quite a good movie. :teddyr:
It must be a lonely existence for you...
Quote from: kornula on August 07, 2019, 05:15:05 PM
Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on August 07, 2019, 07:25:24 AM
Quote from: kornula on August 07, 2019, 12:48:09 AM
Um, yeah. While "Alive" can be defined in some fairly concrete terms at least in the biological sense, "Sane" is a very relative term. So I was wondering what criteria you were using to claim sanity under and what empirical data you have to support that?
:bouncegiggle:
We don't want to watch any of them ever again.
Aaaand you pass the test.
Quote from: kornula on August 07, 2019, 05:16:46 PM
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on July 29, 2019, 05:57:05 AM
Quote from: bob on July 28, 2019, 03:58:59 PM
one weekend in 2010 I watched Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, Road Trip, Teenagers From Outer Space (MST3K), Zoolander, Manos: The Hands of Fate (MST3K), and Mitchell (MST3K) in that order
I think ZOOLANDER is quite a good movie. :teddyr:
It must be a lonely existence for you...
Dude! I love Zoolander! A couple of friends even called me Derek for a bit. Not sure if that's a compliment, though... :wink:
the past ten years or so I seem to have morphed into a state of only wanting to watch bad movies. apart from my handful of all time favourite 'good' movies, I'm pretty much exclusively now interested in watching bad ones. I'm bored of epic, sincere, technically competent, well directed, challenging, thought provoking cinema. the magic of a well-meaning yet bumbling, clunky, awkward calamity on celluloid is way more appealing to me.
Quote from: bob on July 28, 2019, 03:58:59 PM
one weekend in 2010 I watched Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, Road Trip, Teenagers From Outer Space (MST3K), Zoolander, Manos: The Hands of Fate (MST3K), and Mitchell (MST3K) in that order
impressive...I cannot even endure 5 minutes of MST3K without wanting to annihilate my tv!!
Quote from: kornula on August 07, 2019, 12:48:09 AM
Last year, my roommate and I set a personal goal; to watch all 50 movies in this Echo Bridge 50 pack of Sci Fi "Classics" We watched all 50 in 50 days. And we're still alive and sane.
Mind you it did help that there were 2 actual classic good films on the set.
"Brother From another Planet" (and we actually started drinking our beer on the rocks ever since.. true story)
Primal Impulse (Footprints on the moon)" 1975
This is whe3re I was first exposed to "Death machines" (1976...not to be confused with Death Machine 1994) and Abraxis
I found the list of all 50 movies on this set. We watched every single one in 50 days.
84: Prisoner of the Future (1982)
Abraxas – Guardian of the Universe (1990)
The Alien Factor (1978)
Alien Prey (1977)
Assassin (1978 Made for TV)
The Bat (1959 - technically, Sci Fi. More murder mystery than Sci Fi)
Battle Beyond the Sun (1959 - Russian film)
Beyond the Moon (1954 TV series..not a very good one either)
Brain Twisters (1991)
The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
The Crater Lake Monster (1977)
The Creeping Terror (1954)
The Day Time Ended (1979)
Death Machines (1976)
Escape from Galaxy 3 (1978)
Evil Brain from Outer Space (1964)
Extraterrestrial Visitors (1983 - Also known as "The Pod People")
The Eyes Behind The Stars (1978 - Italy was busy that year with Star Wars knock offs)
Fugitive Alien (1987 - made for TV)
Future Hunters (
Future Women
Galaxina
The Giant of Metropolis
The Gypsy Moon
Hands of Steel
The Head
Horror High
Hundra (john Goff has a face book page. )
Hyper Sapien: People From Another Star
Invaders From Space
It's Alive
Life Returns
The Manster
Mission Stardust
Morons from Outer Space
Night Fright
Night of the Blood Beast
Primal Impulse
R.O.T.O.R.
Raiders of Atlantis
Robo Vampire
Rocket Attack U.S.A.
Silver Needle in the Sky
Slipstream
Star Knight
Star Pilot
Top Line
Trapped by Television
War of the Robots
Welcome To Blood City
Wow, some of these really sucked! Your dedication in watching them is to be commended.
If you were forced to pick a best and worst of these which would they be?
Great dedication to doing all 50 in 50 days. I got the 200 Tales of Terror Box Set last year. There is some overlap with the set you got. I'd really like to watch all 200 at some point. I wouldn't want to do it in 200 days straight though lol.
If I were to guess I'd say I'm about 30 movies or so deep into it. Probably less than that are actually decent movies. Even some that sound decent like Bela Lugosi's only color movie are painful to get through.
Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on August 16, 2019, 03:13:02 AM
Wow, some of these really sucked! Your dedication in watching them is to be commended.
If you were forced to pick a best and worst of these which would they be?
Best; Brother from another Planet - It's almost as if it really doesn't belong in this DVD Set it's so good
Worst: Future Women - We were mostly sober (just one beer the whole movie) and we still had no clue what this movie is about.
R.O.T.O.R is odd... it struck me as almost being a parody of Robocop (which is equally funny since it's supposed to be satire) Apparently, the screen writer claims it was written as a parody..but the director didn't get the note.
Quote from: dcj2112 on August 16, 2019, 08:06:01 AM
Great dedication to doing all 50 in 50 days. I got the 200 Tales of Terror Box Set last year. There is some overlap with the set you got. I'd really like to watch all 200 at some point. I wouldn't want to do it in 200 days straight though lol.
If I were to guess I'd say I'm about 30 movies or so deep into it. Probably less than that are actually decent movies. Even some that sound decent like Bela Lugosi's only color movie are painful to get through.
With enough brain lubricant, you can do it.
Quote from: kornula on August 16, 2019, 10:15:59 AM
Quote from: dcj2112 on August 16, 2019, 08:06:01 AM
Great dedication to doing all 50 in 50 days. I got the 200 Tales of Terror Box Set last year. There is some overlap with the set you got. I'd really like to watch all 200 at some point. I wouldn't want to do it in 200 days straight though lol.
If I were to guess I'd say I'm about 30 movies or so deep into it. Probably less than that are actually decent movies. Even some that sound decent like Bela Lugosi's only color movie are painful to get through.
With enough brain lubricant, you can do it.
After watching some these movies I'm surprised my brains aren't dripping out my ears.
Quote from: dcj2112 on August 16, 2019, 02:15:25 PM
Quote from: kornula on August 16, 2019, 10:15:59 AM
Quote from: dcj2112 on August 16, 2019, 08:06:01 AM
Great dedication to doing all 50 in 50 days. I got the 200 Tales of Terror Box Set last year. There is some overlap with the set you got. I'd really like to watch all 200 at some point. I wouldn't want to do it in 200 days straight though lol.
If I were to guess I'd say I'm about 30 movies or so deep into it. Probably less than that are actually decent movies. Even some that sound decent like Bela Lugosi's only color movie are painful to get through.
With enough brain lubricant, you can do it.
After watching some these movies I'm surprised my brains aren't dripping out my ears.
That's what the brain lubricant is for; to keep your brains in.
Quote from: dcj2112 on August 16, 2019, 02:15:25 PM
Quote from: kornula on August 16, 2019, 10:15:59 AM
Quote from: dcj2112 on August 16, 2019, 08:06:01 AM
Great dedication to doing all 50 in 50 days. I got the 200 Tales of Terror Box Set last year. There is some overlap with the set you got. I'd really like to watch all 200 at some point. I wouldn't want to do it in 200 days straight though lol.
If I were to guess I'd say I'm about 30 movies or so deep into it. Probably less than that are actually decent movies. Even some that sound decent like Bela Lugosi's only color movie are painful to get through.
With enough brain lubricant, you can do it.
After watching some these movies I'm surprised my brains aren't dripping out my ears.
Thank god for earwax?