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Do We Need A New Term for B-Movie?

Started by masterdebater, August 20, 2008, 06:35:06 AM

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Rev. Powell

Quote from: AndyC on August 22, 2008, 09:08:07 AM

Here's a question for everyone. Does it really matter to you if b-movie is used as a blanket term?

Doesn't really bother me, although it grates me when people assume the B stands for "bad".  The presumption in some people's minds that there's a direct relationship between budget and quality irks me.
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Raffine

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Patient7

Quote from: AndyC on August 22, 2008, 09:08:07 AM
Here's a question for everyone. Does it really matter to you if b-movie is used as a blanket term?

No, it actually describes pretty well what you should expect from a movie.  It's short, sweet and to the point.
Barbeque sauce tastes good on EVERYTHING, even salad.

Yes, salad.

RCMerchant

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Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
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Allhallowsday

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Allhallowsday

Quote from: Rev. Powell on August 22, 2008, 02:39:42 PM
Quote from: AndyC on August 22, 2008, 09:08:07 AM
Here's a question for everyone. Does it really matter to you if b-movie is used as a blanket term?
Doesn't really bother me, although it grates me when people assume the B stands for "bad".  The presumption in some people's minds that there's a direct relationship between budget and quality irks me.
That's pretty much how I feel.  Such presumption happens often right here. 

Quote from: Patient7 on August 22, 2008, 03:51:38 PM
Quote from: AndyC on August 22, 2008, 09:08:07 AM
Here's a question for everyone. Does it really matter to you if b-movie is used as a blanket term?
No, it actually describes pretty well what you should expect from a movie.  It's short, sweet and to the point.
Fair remarks. 
If you want to view paradise . . . simply look around and view it!

Raffine

Quote from: Allhallowsday on August 22, 2008, 09:25:06 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on August 22, 2008, 06:11:52 PM
Quote from: Raffine on August 22, 2008, 03:04:37 PM
I have a movie collection.
I like moo-bies too.! I got some!  :teddyr:
Moon Pies??  I jus' luv Moon Pies!!!  :teddyr:
And we all know what Moon Pies go best with:



:teddyr: :teddyr: :teddyr:
If you're an Andy Milligan fan there's no hope for you.

masterdebater

Actually, despite thr drift off topic I really like 'Moon Pie Movie' as a term. LOL

RCMerchant

Quote from: Raffine on August 23, 2008, 12:14:59 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on August 22, 2008, 09:25:06 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on August 22, 2008, 06:11:52 PM
Quote from: Raffine on August 22, 2008, 03:04:37 PM
I have a movie collection.
I like moo-bies too.! I got some!  :teddyr:
Moon Pies??  I jus' luv Moon Pies!!!  :teddyr:
And we all know what Moon Pies go best with:



:teddyr: :teddyr: :teddyr:


THAT SETTLES IT! Fer me,at least! For now on,I am going to refer to them as 'Moon Pie Moo-bies."! No joke! I like MOON PIE MOO-BIES! If I ever start a movie web site...it will be titled as thus! Unless someone beats me to it...and if they do...I will gladly contribute!  :smile:
Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
https://www.tumblr.com/ronmerchant

masterdebater

I'm regestering that name right now! Moon Pie Movies! It just says it all.

RCMerchant

Quote from: masterdebater on August 23, 2008, 04:21:27 PM
I'm regestering that name right now! Moon Pie Movies! It just says it all.

Cool!!!!  :thumbup:

If you build it...they will come. (or they won't-or versa visa!)
Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
https://www.tumblr.com/ronmerchant

Psycho Circus

Quote from: RCMerchant on August 23, 2008, 04:28:13 PM
Quote from: masterdebater on August 23, 2008, 04:21:27 PM
I'm regestering that name right now! Moon Pie Movies! It just says it all.

Cool!!!!  :thumbup:

If you build it...they will come. (or they won't-or versa visa!)

HAHAHAHAHAHAH  :teddyr:

That said then, I'm taking Smiley Pies

RCMerchant

Quote from: circus_circus on August 23, 2008, 04:30:24 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on August 23, 2008, 04:28:13 PM
Quote from: masterdebater on August 23, 2008, 04:21:27 PM
I'm regestering that name right now! Moon Pie Movies! It just says it all.

Cool!!!!  :thumbup:

If you build it...they will come. (or they won't-or versa visa!)

HAHAHAHAHAHAH  :teddyr:

That said then, I'm taking Smiley Pies

Of course you will! Your an evil clown!

(But arn't we all) insert introspective smily icon here.>   .....
Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
https://www.tumblr.com/ronmerchant

Scott

#58
I've read all the post and have to agree with "Psychotronic" as these films have an intangibly mental something to them. In some cases they expand your mind, bewilder, and in other cases they can dull the mind. These films occasionally "speak" an incomprehensible language when viewed and make us say "What did I just watch?".

The strange, the weird, the odd, and enigmatic mixed with our instinct to discover the unknown and the sometimes effectively unintentional realms of treasured images that push the viewer across great expanses. Any film that can twist and suspend reality. A kind of pure and therapeutic escapism at its finest.

For me it's been a kind of fantasy that maybe someday with a low budget I to could make successful films and this dream all started with the film ED WOOD and the idea that if he could do it so could I.

There's nothing quite like going out without much of a plan, start filming stuff, without resources, time, or even a crew, and then trying to put something together out of pure nothing.

Sergio Leone said "It has something to do with death". In all these films there is some kind of danger, the meeting with the other side.

Or as Criswell would say:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xes0F36eTJA


Psycho Circus

Quote from: RCMerchant on August 23, 2008, 04:44:02 PM
Of course you will! Your an evil clown!
(But arn't we all) insert introspective smily icon here.>   .....