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Games / Re: Answer the question with a...
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What did you get me from your trip to Italy?
#14
Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
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"Woodface" by Crowded House. I recognized a good number of these from radio in the early 90s.
#15
Bad Movies / Re: The Ultimate So Bad It's G...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 10:16:46 AM+ The Room
+ Robot Monster
+ Zardoz
10 Apple, The (1980)
11 Atomic Submarine, The (1959)
12 Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
10 Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965)
12 Beast with a Million Eyes, The (1955)
9 Ben and Arthur (2002)
11 Billy the Kid vs Dracula (1966)
9 Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle (2022)
15 Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
10 Blood Diner (1987)
10 Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)
12 Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things (1972)
10 Codename: Wildgeese (1984)
13 Dragon Lives Again, The (1977)
13 Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saves the World) aka Turkish Star Wars (1982)
12 Fatal Deviation (1998)
13 Glen or Glenda? (1953)
11 Gymkata (1985)
11 Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)
14 Hobgoblins (1988)
10 House of the Dead (2003)
11 Howling Part 7: New Moon Rising, The (1995)
5 Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996)
7 Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954)
10 Maniac (1934)
12 Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
14 Message from Space (1978)
10 Miami Connection (1987)
4 Mitchell (1975)
12 Mommie Dearest (1981)
10 New Year's Evil (1980)
13 No Holds Barred (1989)
21 Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
7 Protector, The (1985)
10 Reefer Madness (1936)
10 Return of the Family Man (1990)
12 Robo Vampire (1988)
17 Robot Monster (1953)
19 Room, The (2003)
10 S.I.C.K. (Serial Insane Clown Killer) (2003)
12 Samurai Cop (1991)
11 Santa Claus (1959)
8 Scanners 3: The Takeover (1992)
10 Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
19 Showgirls (1995)
14 Space Mutiny (1988)
12 Starcrash (1978)
17 Troll 2 (1990)
10 Wicker Man, The (2006)
15 Zardoz (1974)
Ranked:
1. 21 Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
2. 20 Room, The (2003)
3. 19 Showgirls (1995)
4. 18 Robot Monster (1953)
5. 17 Troll 2 (1990)
6. 16 Zardoz (1974)
7. 15 Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
8t. 3 tied at 14
11t. 4 tied at 13
16t. 8 tied at 12
14t. 6 tied at 11
Sortable spreadhseet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JN0iqwwMsLY85NpLPULaMJGbTrVMoH8OLYecznVD3XE/edit?gid=0#gid=0
+ Robot Monster
+ Zardoz
10 Apple, The (1980)
11 Atomic Submarine, The (1959)
12 Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
10 Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965)
12 Beast with a Million Eyes, The (1955)
9 Ben and Arthur (2002)
11 Billy the Kid vs Dracula (1966)
9 Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle (2022)
15 Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
10 Blood Diner (1987)
10 Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)
12 Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things (1972)
10 Codename: Wildgeese (1984)
13 Dragon Lives Again, The (1977)
13 Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saves the World) aka Turkish Star Wars (1982)
12 Fatal Deviation (1998)
13 Glen or Glenda? (1953)
11 Gymkata (1985)
11 Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)
14 Hobgoblins (1988)
10 House of the Dead (2003)
11 Howling Part 7: New Moon Rising, The (1995)
5 Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996)
7 Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954)
10 Maniac (1934)
12 Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
14 Message from Space (1978)
10 Miami Connection (1987)
4 Mitchell (1975)
12 Mommie Dearest (1981)
10 New Year's Evil (1980)
13 No Holds Barred (1989)
21 Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
7 Protector, The (1985)
10 Reefer Madness (1936)
10 Return of the Family Man (1990)
12 Robo Vampire (1988)
17 Robot Monster (1953)
19 Room, The (2003)
10 S.I.C.K. (Serial Insane Clown Killer) (2003)
12 Samurai Cop (1991)
11 Santa Claus (1959)
8 Scanners 3: The Takeover (1992)
10 Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
19 Showgirls (1995)
14 Space Mutiny (1988)
12 Starcrash (1978)
17 Troll 2 (1990)
10 Wicker Man, The (2006)
15 Zardoz (1974)
Ranked:
1. 21 Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
2. 20 Room, The (2003)
3. 19 Showgirls (1995)
4. 18 Robot Monster (1953)
5. 17 Troll 2 (1990)
6. 16 Zardoz (1974)
7. 15 Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
8t. 3 tied at 14
11t. 4 tied at 13
16t. 8 tied at 12
14t. 6 tied at 11
Sortable spreadhseet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JN0iqwwMsLY85NpLPULaMJGbTrVMoH8OLYecznVD3XE/edit?gid=0#gid=0
#16
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 09:32:29 AMLIL' ABNER (1959):
My annual holiday visit to a less-remembered mid-century musical pays dividends again - LIL' ABNER is a real eye-popper. Based on a comic strip, it's as garishly colorful as a cartoon with oddly shaped humans and physics-defying choreography to match. Capp's original material is seen as a satirical forerunner to BLOOM COUNTY and DOONESBURY, and that DNA survives onscreen. The indigent, leisure-loving hill people of Dogpatch, Arkansas are threatened with abrupt eviction from their homes in order for the US military to use their "utterly worthless" community as a nuclear testing site. Yes (I know, you're shocked to read this), this film's federal government is callously indifferent to the suffering of its own servile constituency; the corporate wing of the military-industrial complex is eager to swoop in and exploit that suffering, even resorting to homicide to insure its profits; and the targets of this malfeasance (the eponymous Abner Yoakam and his family and neighbors) are too busy preserving their hermetic gender norms and celebrating past glories of the Confederacy to do anything on their own behalf except salute on command. This isn't the subtext of LIL' ABNER - it's the majority of the comedic text (plus a large serving of romantic farce).
Yup, the essentially forgotten LIL' ABNER still hits in 2025, particularly when contrasted with hoary perennial audience favs like OKLAHOMA! and GREASE. I've long loathed both of those crowdpleasing musicals - for their books more than their catchy scores. Unlike those tone-deaf dinosaurs, LIL' ABNER seems entirely aware that it's about terrible human beings reifying monstrous attitudes and toxic traditions, and it leans into that bit. The film's biggest showstopper is a paean at the feet of a statue commemorating General "Jubilation T. Cornpone", beloved hero of the Confederate army, who the cast cheerfully acknowledge as a wholly inept fool, coward, and charlatan. A later song focusing on the state of Washington politics offers more or less universal criticisms of American governance, but then adds a single verse (lyrics by Johnny Mercer) vis a vis how "both" Democrats and Republicans are equally complicit in mismanagement. This probably seemed like an agreeable/impartial disclaimer in the 1950s, but it's aged well, and today resonates as exactly what disconnected voters in the middle of nowhere tell themselves in order to maintain their complacency.
The other major draw of LIL' ABNER is its cast. After stealing the show in GUYS AND DOLLS, third-billed Stubby Kaye is handed the keys and basically drives the entire show here as "Marryin' Sam", a slick yet sympathetic traveling preacher who sings the lead in most of the songs and never wears out his welcome. Abner is played by Elvisesque Peter Palmer, who is agreeably inert as a performer but really makes a visual impression as the unnaturally large title character - he looks about a foot taller than everyone around him, excepting his statuesque teen love interest Daisy May. Ubermensch Abner and organically grown Daisy May would/will make some real purdy babies. Actress Leslie Parrish is just about as hot as blondes get in my book - like Margot Robbie/Elizabeth Banks hot. Stella Stevens (in what must be one of her earliest roles) plays Daisy Mae's rivel for Abner's affections. Stevens' performance is weirdly understated (particularly for this material) and Stevens is also unusually overdressed... but most oddly of all, traditionally blonde Stevens is a redhead here. I dig it, but it isn't enough to trump Parrish's earthy charms.
There are three actors, though, who leap (literally) onto the screen as if straight from the newspaper strip. As Abner's Mammy, Billie Hayes (best known as TV's "Witchie-Poo") appears entirely animated by hand-painted cel artists. Presumably a former gymnast, Hayes struts, gesticulates, and hops 3 feet off the ground like a living cartoon. Her physical abilities are at least approached by Al Nesoro (who would later play one of the bad guys in SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS), a tiny Harry Shearer-type in an enormous green zoot suit whose feet move inhumanly fast. (The obviously ethnic villain "Evil Eye Fleagle" has magical powers to trick and confound, and seems instantly if non-specifically objectionable.) However LIL' ABNER's most incredible special effect is 5'11" Julie Newmar (the original "Catwoman") in high heels and a tiny bodice, playing a proto-fembot. She dwarves the tiny male chorus dancers that surround her - sincerely appearing twice their size. Newmar does justice to a character named "Stupefyin' Jones" as she is truly stunning. Forget the slinky human Catwoman - she should have originated the role of Wonder Woman.
4/5
I didn't even mention Robert Strauss as a creepy gun-toting hick, the Jerry Lewis cameo, or perhaps the film's best gag, which involves the tiny husbands of Dogpatch being transformed via magic potion into studly Adonises who are eternally young, physically fit, and beautiful... but wholly disinterested in women.
What a movie!
My annual holiday visit to a less-remembered mid-century musical pays dividends again - LIL' ABNER is a real eye-popper. Based on a comic strip, it's as garishly colorful as a cartoon with oddly shaped humans and physics-defying choreography to match. Capp's original material is seen as a satirical forerunner to BLOOM COUNTY and DOONESBURY, and that DNA survives onscreen. The indigent, leisure-loving hill people of Dogpatch, Arkansas are threatened with abrupt eviction from their homes in order for the US military to use their "utterly worthless" community as a nuclear testing site. Yes (I know, you're shocked to read this), this film's federal government is callously indifferent to the suffering of its own servile constituency; the corporate wing of the military-industrial complex is eager to swoop in and exploit that suffering, even resorting to homicide to insure its profits; and the targets of this malfeasance (the eponymous Abner Yoakam and his family and neighbors) are too busy preserving their hermetic gender norms and celebrating past glories of the Confederacy to do anything on their own behalf except salute on command. This isn't the subtext of LIL' ABNER - it's the majority of the comedic text (plus a large serving of romantic farce).
Yup, the essentially forgotten LIL' ABNER still hits in 2025, particularly when contrasted with hoary perennial audience favs like OKLAHOMA! and GREASE. I've long loathed both of those crowdpleasing musicals - for their books more than their catchy scores. Unlike those tone-deaf dinosaurs, LIL' ABNER seems entirely aware that it's about terrible human beings reifying monstrous attitudes and toxic traditions, and it leans into that bit. The film's biggest showstopper is a paean at the feet of a statue commemorating General "Jubilation T. Cornpone", beloved hero of the Confederate army, who the cast cheerfully acknowledge as a wholly inept fool, coward, and charlatan. A later song focusing on the state of Washington politics offers more or less universal criticisms of American governance, but then adds a single verse (lyrics by Johnny Mercer) vis a vis how "both" Democrats and Republicans are equally complicit in mismanagement. This probably seemed like an agreeable/impartial disclaimer in the 1950s, but it's aged well, and today resonates as exactly what disconnected voters in the middle of nowhere tell themselves in order to maintain their complacency.
The other major draw of LIL' ABNER is its cast. After stealing the show in GUYS AND DOLLS, third-billed Stubby Kaye is handed the keys and basically drives the entire show here as "Marryin' Sam", a slick yet sympathetic traveling preacher who sings the lead in most of the songs and never wears out his welcome. Abner is played by Elvisesque Peter Palmer, who is agreeably inert as a performer but really makes a visual impression as the unnaturally large title character - he looks about a foot taller than everyone around him, excepting his statuesque teen love interest Daisy May. Ubermensch Abner and organically grown Daisy May would/will make some real purdy babies. Actress Leslie Parrish is just about as hot as blondes get in my book - like Margot Robbie/Elizabeth Banks hot. Stella Stevens (in what must be one of her earliest roles) plays Daisy Mae's rivel for Abner's affections. Stevens' performance is weirdly understated (particularly for this material) and Stevens is also unusually overdressed... but most oddly of all, traditionally blonde Stevens is a redhead here. I dig it, but it isn't enough to trump Parrish's earthy charms.
There are three actors, though, who leap (literally) onto the screen as if straight from the newspaper strip. As Abner's Mammy, Billie Hayes (best known as TV's "Witchie-Poo") appears entirely animated by hand-painted cel artists. Presumably a former gymnast, Hayes struts, gesticulates, and hops 3 feet off the ground like a living cartoon. Her physical abilities are at least approached by Al Nesoro (who would later play one of the bad guys in SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS), a tiny Harry Shearer-type in an enormous green zoot suit whose feet move inhumanly fast. (The obviously ethnic villain "Evil Eye Fleagle" has magical powers to trick and confound, and seems instantly if non-specifically objectionable.) However LIL' ABNER's most incredible special effect is 5'11" Julie Newmar (the original "Catwoman") in high heels and a tiny bodice, playing a proto-fembot. She dwarves the tiny male chorus dancers that surround her - sincerely appearing twice their size. Newmar does justice to a character named "Stupefyin' Jones" as she is truly stunning. Forget the slinky human Catwoman - she should have originated the role of Wonder Woman.
4/5
I didn't even mention Robert Strauss as a creepy gun-toting hick, the Jerry Lewis cameo, or perhaps the film's best gag, which involves the tiny husbands of Dogpatch being transformed via magic potion into studly Adonises who are eternally young, physically fit, and beautiful... but wholly disinterested in women.
What a movie! #17
Bad Movies / Re: The Ultimate So Bad It's G...
Last post by bob - Today at 09:23:04 AM+ Hobgoblins
+ Mommie Dearest
- Mitchell
10 Apple, The (1980)
11 Atomic Submarine, The (1959)
12 Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
10 Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965)
12 Beast with a Million Eyes, The (1955)
9 Ben and Arthur (2002)
11 Billy the Kid vs Dracula (1966)
9 Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle (2022)
15 Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
10 Blood Diner (1987)
10 Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)
12 Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things (1972)
10 Codename: Wildgeese (1984)
13 Dragon Lives Again, The (1977)
13 Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saves the World) aka Turkish Star Wars (1982)
12 Fatal Deviation (1998)
13 Glen or Glenda? (1953)
11 Gymkata (1985)
11 Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)
14 Hobgoblins (1988)
10 House of the Dead (2003)
11 Howling Part 7: New Moon Rising, The (1995)
5 Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996)
7 Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954)
10 Maniac (1934)
12 Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
14 Message from Space (1978)
10 Miami Connection (1987)
4 Mitchell (1975)
12 Mommie Dearest (1981)
10 New Year's Evil (1980)
13 No Holds Barred (1989)
21 Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
7 Protector, The (1985)
10 Reefer Madness (1936)
10 Return of the Family Man (1990)
12 Robo Vampire (1988)
17 Robot Monster (1953)
19 Room, The (2003)
10 S.I.C.K. (Serial Insane Clown Killer) (2003)
12 Samurai Cop (1991)
11 Santa Claus (1959)
8 Scanners 3: The Takeover (1992)
10 Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
19 Showgirls (1995)
14 Space Mutiny (1988)
12 Starcrash (1978)
17 Troll 2 (1990)
10 Wicker Man, The (2006)
15 Zardoz (1974)
+ Mommie Dearest
- Mitchell
10 Apple, The (1980)
11 Atomic Submarine, The (1959)
12 Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
10 Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965)
12 Beast with a Million Eyes, The (1955)
9 Ben and Arthur (2002)
11 Billy the Kid vs Dracula (1966)
9 Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle (2022)
15 Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
10 Blood Diner (1987)
10 Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)
12 Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things (1972)
10 Codename: Wildgeese (1984)
13 Dragon Lives Again, The (1977)
13 Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saves the World) aka Turkish Star Wars (1982)
12 Fatal Deviation (1998)
13 Glen or Glenda? (1953)
11 Gymkata (1985)
11 Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)
14 Hobgoblins (1988)
10 House of the Dead (2003)
11 Howling Part 7: New Moon Rising, The (1995)
5 Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996)
7 Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954)
10 Maniac (1934)
12 Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
14 Message from Space (1978)
10 Miami Connection (1987)
4 Mitchell (1975)
12 Mommie Dearest (1981)
10 New Year's Evil (1980)
13 No Holds Barred (1989)
21 Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
7 Protector, The (1985)
10 Reefer Madness (1936)
10 Return of the Family Man (1990)
12 Robo Vampire (1988)
17 Robot Monster (1953)
19 Room, The (2003)
10 S.I.C.K. (Serial Insane Clown Killer) (2003)
12 Samurai Cop (1991)
11 Santa Claus (1959)
8 Scanners 3: The Takeover (1992)
10 Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
19 Showgirls (1995)
14 Space Mutiny (1988)
12 Starcrash (1978)
17 Troll 2 (1990)
10 Wicker Man, The (2006)
15 Zardoz (1974)
#18
Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by bob - Today at 09:20:20 AMcopilot made 4 different posters with the same title
ChatGPT
ChatGPT
#19
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by FatFreddysCat - Today at 05:49:21 AMQuote from: lester1/2jr on December 28, 2025, 06:25:15 PMFat Freddy's Cat - My college room mate was a born again Christian and played bass in a Christian emocore band called Pedro The Lion. He was friendly with the guy from Sunny Day Real Estate who were, like Pedro the Lion, not exactly my thing but undoubtedly talented. I genuinely did like The Danielson Famile, a very strange Pixies/ modest Mouse type band actually made up of a large family. He was kind of a jerk though, if we're being honest.
A guy from Pedro The Lion and the Danielson Familie are interviewed in this doc, haha. I'm an 80s hard rock/metal guy so they're not my cup of Java either.
Right after watching that doc, YouTube suggested this "related" one, so I watched it too. Saw a lot of the same people in it...
"The Cornerstone Festival: 20 Years and Counting" (2003)
A documentary tracing the history of Cornerstone, the annual Christian music & arts festival, from its humble beginning with a handful of bands playing in an Illinois cornfield to the massive, sprawling multi-stage event it is today. A cool history lesson with commentary and memories from dozens of musicians.
#20
Television / Re: Scary TV episodes in non h...
Last post by Trevor - Today at 01:45:22 AMDEPARTMENT S
The Ghost of Mary Burnham
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The Ghost of Mary Burnham
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