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Television / Re: Those unpopular / obscure ...

Last post by Gabriel Knight - Today at 09:16:48 AM

Thunder in Paradise. 

It was a one season show in the 90s starring Hulk Hogan, who traveled around the world and fought crime with his partner and their special high tech boat.  The thing was pure cheese. It was the kind of show that made Baywatch look deep and subtle. 

There was a bizarre light gun game based on that show for the Phillips CD-i, of all things. It had tons of video footage of the cast and you had to fight a cyborg or something like that.

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Good Movies / Re: Recent theatrical viewings

Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 09:07:07 AM

Went to see the BACKROOMS expanded edition. As expected, inessential and mainly for fans of the YouTube series (which I never watched past the first episode). Still, the theater was packed (it was the smallest room in the house and didn't sell out on discount Tuesday, but still). Some people obviously hadn't seen it previously, judging by the gasps and "WTF"s. Most people left before the post-credits bonus sequence. If you haven't seen it yet, this edition is worthwhile. I wouldn't make a trip simply for the extra footage unless (like me) you really liked it and want to see it again.

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Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...

Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 09:01:52 AM

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Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...

Last post by bob - Today at 08:44:58 AM

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Bad Movies / Re: 100 Historical Movies in O...

Last post by Dr. Whom - Today at 08:27:06 AM

Well there aren't that many historical movies set in the ancient past (and that is counting Roland Emmerich and biblical epics as historical, which is a stretch). So big jumps in the beginning were to be expected. As ist is, we're at 15 and we're still in Roman times.

15. Gladiator (2000)

set in 180 AD

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Bad Movies / Re: 100 Historical Movies in O...

Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:17:59 AM

We blew right past SPARTACUS. Oh well.

There have been some big time jumps, but nowhere near as bad as I feared. I was afraid people wouldn't read the rules and we might be in the 20th century already!

14. The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) - set in 79 AD.

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Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...

Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:10:02 AM

"Sandbox" by All-American Rejects

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Good Movies / Re: The banned films of Sidney...

Last post by M.10rda - Today at 06:12:06 AM

TO SIR WITH LOVE was banned because it offended them that a person of colour was teaching a class of white kids,

The Apartheid censor board might be relieved to learn that this scenario is (sadly) very rare in the United States. (The movie takes place in the UK, maybe it's more common there.) I live/work in one of the more diverse and progressive regions of the US, too. Male teachers of color are statistically underrepresented in this country, and "teaching a class of white kids" - pretty rare. There are probably several reasons for this, based on the literature and some personal observations... but TO SIR WITH LOVE was/is kind of a utopian fantasy.

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Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...

Last post by M.10rda - Today at 06:04:48 AM

That's a good one. It's slow at times but it is very very odd.

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Good Movies / Re: Citizen Vigilante (2026)

Last post by Archivist - Today at 05:10:01 AM

Years ago, I read that Uwe Boll's movies were often intended to be tax write offs for the investors/executive producers, which is why they were made to a certain uh 'standard'.

This movie does look pretty cool, though. Very on topic in today's political climate. Maybe this one wasn't meant to be a tax write off!