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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Thought Thread Part...

Last post by lester1/2jr - November 23, 2025, 09:00:24 PM

Tubitv has saved me thousands of dollars.

#22

Bad Movies / Re: Invent A Bad Movie Title P...

Last post by lester1/2jr - November 23, 2025, 08:59:10 PM

Tales of the Expected

Pill Popping Pope Gets A Green Card

#23

Press Releases and Film News / RIP Udo Kier

Last post by Trevor - November 23, 2025, 08:35:56 PM

The German actor famous for roles in the movies BLOOD FOR DRACULA and FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN among many others has passed away at the age of 81.

RIP ❤️🌹

#24

Good Movies / Re: favourite mid 90s movies?

Last post by M.10rda - November 23, 2025, 08:11:19 PM

It's true - QUIZ SHOW was made for old folks.  It's probably quite a testament to the film that kids could recognize it was good, in spite of it having no CGI, no exploding heads, and few or no funny gags. It did resonate even more the second time I watched it (in my 20s).

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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Picture of the day, part I...

Last post by lester1/2jr - November 23, 2025, 07:11:28 PM

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Bad Movies / Re: Boop (Public domain Betty ...

Last post by HappyGilmore - November 23, 2025, 05:46:47 PM

Until you mentioned it, I wasn't aware that he was playing Micky. Most of the time, you'll see him in costume, sneering at whoever is about to be his victim. They've dealt with the limited SFX budget by not having him share the screen very much with full-size people, from what I remember (although I would have to say I watched this during a 12-hour night shift where my other option for entertainment would have been to chat with a right-wing racist guy, I chose this as the more interesting option.

I'm checking it out later. I don't expect a lot. I'm interested though. Mainly cause of him, even if it's limited.

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Good Movies / Re: What is your first Horror ...

Last post by HappyGilmore - November 23, 2025, 04:23:35 PM

saw this on tv as a kid, though it was so bad that it turned me off horror films for a long time

Makes me sad. Love it. I get it though.

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Good Movies / Re: favourite mid 90s movies?

Last post by HappyGilmore - November 23, 2025, 04:21:03 PM

Because the Rev very correctly contributed ED WOOD to the conversation, here's another I think has been overlooked - not because it's a personal favorite but because of its historical significance:

QUIZ SHOW (1994)
Directed by the late Robert Redford; starring Ralph Fiennes, Rob Morrow, and John Turturro.

This was an awards-season darling in late '94/early '95, and for many it was their underdog contender against FORREST GUMP and PULP FICTION - a serious, intellectual period drama about Real Issues - yawn! - instead of, uh, whatever those other two movies are about. I saw it in the theater when it was released and liked it - my Dad, an English and sometimes History teacher - loved it and insisted it was the best of those three films. It was nominated for Best Picture (and many other Oscars). I've only seen it once subsequently, maybe in the mid-00s - but I would now agree with my late father that it is (if not better than FG and PF at least) more timely (or timeless) today than those films. As QUIZ SHOW is about media representation, journalistic ethics, propaganda, corporatism, truth, honor, charlatanry, et al........ actually it's extremely relevant today!

I saw it once, but was a kid. I should watch it again as an adult. I didn't dislike it, but it's been like thirty years. I'll appreciate it more now.

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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Alex's even longer post th...

Last post by Alex - November 23, 2025, 03:56:29 PM

She has good days and bad days. Bad days, especially after she's had a chemo treatment and then has to carry a small pump hooked up to her canula on her arm for a few days afterwards. If it works and helps her get healthy again, then it is worth it. On her good days she can get up and go out for a normal day, but it leaves her exhausted for the next day or two. It worries me that she doesn't get any great days.

Nigerian scammers have gotten so used to my picture that the instant they see it I get blocked immediately. I guess 1) They don't like getting scammed by me and 2) I am going to have to use AI to generate a new set of pictures. I hate using it but alas I lack the skill set to fake my own photos.

Oh well, it isn't my water table it is using anyway, so I'll leave that up to the people from whichever country it is in to worry about that until they start building data centres over here...

Got Kristi's and Ash's presents all wrapped. Ash's pile is pathetically small (although not cheap. He's getting his first laptop and I've installed all manner of train games onto it for him. Wonder what he'll make of Choo Choo Charlie? I am fighting the urge not to just buy him stacks of stuff so he has loads of presents to open on the basis that he will have no interest in them. Hell, half the stuff he got last year is being donated to charities this year because he hasn't touched them.

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

Last post by bob - November 23, 2025, 03:39:51 PM

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