Do We Need A New Term for B-Movie?

[Rev. Powell]

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.

[Raffine]

I have a movie collection.

[Patient7]

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.

[RCMerchant]

I have a movie collection.

I like moo-bies too.! I got some! 

[Allhallowsday]

I have a movie collection.

I like moo-bies too.! I got some! 

Moon Pies??  I jus' luv Moon Pies!!! 

[Allhallowsday]

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. 

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. 

[Raffine]

I have a movie collection.

I like moo-bies too.! I got some! 

Moon Pies??  I jus' luv Moon Pies!!! 

And we all know what Moon Pies go best with:

[masterdebater]

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

[RCMerchant]

I have a movie collection.

I like moo-bies too.! I got some! 

Moon Pies??  I jus' luv Moon Pies!!! 

And we all know what Moon Pies go best with:

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! 

[masterdebater]

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

[RCMerchant]

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

Cool!!!! 

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

[Psycho Circus]

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

Cool!!!! 

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

HAHAHAHAHAHAH 

That said then, I'm taking Smiley Pies

[RCMerchant]

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

Cool!!!! 

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

HAHAHAHAHAHAH 

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.>   .....

[Scott]

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]

Of course you will! Your an evil clown!
(But arn't we all) insert introspective smily icon here.>   .....