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#23
Good Movies / Re: Recent theatrical viewings
Last post by M.10rda - July 18, 2026, 10:51:26 PMThat sounds promising. Rogen was used well in Sarah Polley's extraordinary TAKE THIS WALTZ, though in a supplemental role. I still think he's very funny in his first handful of big roles - his schtick just wore off pretty quick.
#25
Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by claws - July 18, 2026, 10:30:32 PMQuote from: Rev. Powell on July 18, 2026, 04:57:01 PMGood catch. Yes, CoPilot often includes elements from previous poster generations. It makes for some amusingly surreal additions.
If it bothers you, you'll have to start a new chat each time you want an image generated. That's what copilot told me once.
#26
Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by LilCerberus - July 18, 2026, 09:47:28 PMTonight's Stinker
Cannibal! The Musical (1993)
https://youtu.be/8g2ImE4moVw?si=MQW7ITPa9BhM0JMm
Trey Parker & Matt Stone's retelling of The Legend Of Al Packer, it opens with a gory scene of Packer portrayed as a zombie with superhuman strength, dismembering his companions, then cuts to a courtroom where the prosecutor is telling an exaggerated version of events, then role opening credits.,...
Next, we see reporter Poly Pry try to sweet talk him into telling his version of events, then succeeds by asking about his horse (an inside joke)....
We go back to the beginning, where Packer's over-enthusiastic friend talks him into leading a group into Colorado... Of course, Packer barely knows what he's doing, but when his horse wanders off, he decides to follow the horse instead of leading the group to the next town....
Along the way, he meets some sadistic trappers, and a tribe of Indians played by Japanese exchange students....
Maintains a pretty good pace, with off color jokes leading into off color musical numbers (albeit, I didn't get any giggles until about an hour in)..... The opening had me expecting more gore, but it doesn't overdo it or linger on these scenes, rather, poking fun a slasher movie clichés.... Thumb up.
Cannibal! The Musical (1993)
https://youtu.be/8g2ImE4moVw?si=MQW7ITPa9BhM0JMm
Trey Parker & Matt Stone's retelling of The Legend Of Al Packer, it opens with a gory scene of Packer portrayed as a zombie with superhuman strength, dismembering his companions, then cuts to a courtroom where the prosecutor is telling an exaggerated version of events, then role opening credits.,...
Next, we see reporter Poly Pry try to sweet talk him into telling his version of events, then succeeds by asking about his horse (an inside joke)....
We go back to the beginning, where Packer's over-enthusiastic friend talks him into leading a group into Colorado... Of course, Packer barely knows what he's doing, but when his horse wanders off, he decides to follow the horse instead of leading the group to the next town....
Along the way, he meets some sadistic trappers, and a tribe of Indians played by Japanese exchange students....
Maintains a pretty good pace, with off color jokes leading into off color musical numbers (albeit, I didn't get any giggles until about an hour in)..... The opening had me expecting more gore, but it doesn't overdo it or linger on these scenes, rather, poking fun a slasher movie clichés.... Thumb up.
#27
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - July 18, 2026, 05:42:27 PMSON OF FURY (1942):
Most of this 19th century melodrama threatened to put me in a coma, w/ a boring screenplay and inert direction, yet it does wake up on occasion to deliver some worthwhile bits in isolation. The strikingly studly Tyrone Power projects little more charisma or acting ability than he did in the even more somnolent RAZOR'S EDGE in '46, and his lovely RAZOR'S EDGE co-star Gene Tierney is wasted in an empty love-interest role that she also happens to perform in yellowface.
(Her character is a Polynesian native lass, which of course prevents her from saying anything substantive or interesting to Power's British protagonist.) George Sanders is the bad guy, in powdered makeup and a pompadour, which makes him look alarmingly like Conan O'Brien doing ethno-drag on his HBO travel series.
Director James Cromwell neither demonstrates nor incites any interest in the proceedings for very long stretches, yet wakes up occasionally for bursts of surprisingly vigorous violence (at least for the early 40s), like a real-WTF sequence early on where Sanders sadistically whips Roddy McDowell (as the young Power) at great length, and then a knockdown/dragout fist-fight at the finale that is almost as absurdly protracted as the famous one from DARKER THAN AMBER. There's also a very effective, almost moving short scene where Power sneaks into a prison to visit his estranged grandfather. And, rather significantly, John Carradine plays a large role as a guy w/ at least 2.5 dimensions who isn't a monster or mad scientist or narrating Criminologist-type. This is almost certainly the most screen-time I've ever seen Carradine get in a nominally Serious (non-horror) movie. He looks hale & hearty, does a pro-job, and presumably was off-the-sauce for his many days on-set.
However, there's one major distinction that redeems SON OF FURY and shows that Cromwell might've been a strong director if he could maintain interest for the duration of a feature. Around 1/3 of the way through, my beloved Elsa Lanchester appears for a 10-minute setpiece as a workin' class dame who helps Power escape some assassins. For the record, Elsa in '42 was still about as hot as Elsa in '35, and of course her performance during those 10 minutes is a tour-de-force. But this all-too-brief scenario, and Elsa's expansive talent, really seems to have snapped Cromwell out of his malaise, because the entire sequence is impeccably handled and ends on a lovely grace note. On its own it would be a 4.5/5 short film, and if the entirety of SON OF FURY was as good as that 10 minutes, the film would've been a masterpiece! 3.5/5
Most of this 19th century melodrama threatened to put me in a coma, w/ a boring screenplay and inert direction, yet it does wake up on occasion to deliver some worthwhile bits in isolation. The strikingly studly Tyrone Power projects little more charisma or acting ability than he did in the even more somnolent RAZOR'S EDGE in '46, and his lovely RAZOR'S EDGE co-star Gene Tierney is wasted in an empty love-interest role that she also happens to perform in yellowface.
(Her character is a Polynesian native lass, which of course prevents her from saying anything substantive or interesting to Power's British protagonist.) George Sanders is the bad guy, in powdered makeup and a pompadour, which makes him look alarmingly like Conan O'Brien doing ethno-drag on his HBO travel series.Director James Cromwell neither demonstrates nor incites any interest in the proceedings for very long stretches, yet wakes up occasionally for bursts of surprisingly vigorous violence (at least for the early 40s), like a real-WTF sequence early on where Sanders sadistically whips Roddy McDowell (as the young Power) at great length, and then a knockdown/dragout fist-fight at the finale that is almost as absurdly protracted as the famous one from DARKER THAN AMBER. There's also a very effective, almost moving short scene where Power sneaks into a prison to visit his estranged grandfather. And, rather significantly, John Carradine plays a large role as a guy w/ at least 2.5 dimensions who isn't a monster or mad scientist or narrating Criminologist-type. This is almost certainly the most screen-time I've ever seen Carradine get in a nominally Serious (non-horror) movie. He looks hale & hearty, does a pro-job, and presumably was off-the-sauce for his many days on-set.
However, there's one major distinction that redeems SON OF FURY and shows that Cromwell might've been a strong director if he could maintain interest for the duration of a feature. Around 1/3 of the way through, my beloved Elsa Lanchester appears for a 10-minute setpiece as a workin' class dame who helps Power escape some assassins. For the record, Elsa in '42 was still about as hot as Elsa in '35, and of course her performance during those 10 minutes is a tour-de-force. But this all-too-brief scenario, and Elsa's expansive talent, really seems to have snapped Cromwell out of his malaise, because the entire sequence is impeccably handled and ends on a lovely grace note. On its own it would be a 4.5/5 short film, and if the entirety of SON OF FURY was as good as that 10 minutes, the film would've been a masterpiece! 3.5/5
#28
Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by Rev. Powell - July 18, 2026, 04:57:01 PMQuote from: claws on July 18, 2026, 02:42:41 PM^ same red-eyed creature from your Robots poster?
Good catch. Yes, CoPilot often includes elements from previous poster generations. It makes for some amusingly surreal additions.
#29
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - July 18, 2026, 04:53:00 PMI went to film school w/ the screenwriter of YOU'RE NEXT and THE GUEST. He's a smart guy and I wish he could've continued creating his shared universe instead of having to write crap like the BLAIR WITCH reboot for $. He also co-starred in one of the features I made in '99, which shares some general plot elements/beats w/ YOU'RE NEXT. I ain't mad about it, we were pretty good friends and spent lots of time talking about things we wished we'd see happen in horror movies.
SUPERFUZZ was such an early 80s HBO staple. I have no actual proof of this but I feel like it must've been a big enough hit in the U.S. to inspire "The Greatest American Hero" starring Terence Hill lookalike William Katt and Robert Culp well-cast as Ernest Borgnine.
SUPERFUZZ was such an early 80s HBO staple. I have no actual proof of this but I feel like it must've been a big enough hit in the U.S. to inspire "The Greatest American Hero" starring Terence Hill lookalike William Katt and Robert Culp well-cast as Ernest Borgnine.
#30
Good Movies / Re: Movies that you never "got...
Last post by M.10rda - July 18, 2026, 04:16:30 PMI know. Al, like Tupac, remains staggeringly prolific for a dead guy, and his three-dimensional solid hologram continues to tour this summer.