Retro Bad Movies vs. Modern Bad Movies

Robocop · October 25, 2011, 04:13:58 AM

Retro: pre 2000
Modern: post 2000

Which era of 'Bad Movies' that are so bad they're good do you prefer? Yes there are many variables in the matters of quantity, but all in all when does the goodness of the badness peak for you?

claws · October 25, 2011, 04:40:04 AM

Retro, but there are quite a few modern bad movie gems as well.

Jack · October 25, 2011, 06:54:35 AM

I honestly don't have a preference. It warms my heart every time I see "Copyright 1987" roll across the screen, but at the same time, there's plenty of cheesy nonsense made in the past 11 years that I'm fond of as well.

Psycho Circus · October 25, 2011, 06:59:02 AM

Retro. I await the landslide...

The Burgomaster · October 25, 2011, 09:24:40 AM

Retro - but I'd go back a bit further than 2000 for the cut-off date. I think the "Golden Age" of bad movies ended in the early 1960s and the "Silver Age" ended around 1989.

Mr. DS · October 25, 2011, 10:58:34 AM

Retro, they actually thought they were making art back then.

AndyC · October 25, 2011, 01:26:06 PM

Quote from: The Burgomaster on October 25, 2011, 09:24:40 AM
Retro - but I'd go back a bit further than 2000 for the cut-off date. I think the "Golden Age" of bad movies ended in the early 1960s and the "Silver Age" ended around 1989.

That's about the way I see it. I'd probably say mid-1960s and about 1989.

InformationGeek · October 25, 2011, 04:35:51 PM

Depends on the type of bad movie I'm looking into. Though, I'll go with modern (I'll be the mysterious 5th doctor character that doesn't agree with everyone) because they create some of the sillest and most laughable TV movies ever, most of them around killer creatures, which is my favorite type of bad movie.

Kaseykockroach · October 26, 2011, 12:19:45 AM

Bad puppets and animatronics are usually funnier than bad CGI. So, retro.

RCMerchant · October 26, 2011, 06:26:17 AM

Retro!

50's,60's and 70's.

But-you do get some cool ones now...like BIRDEMIC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j5tH_H5aN0

InformationGeek · October 26, 2011, 08:12:18 AM

Quote from: RCMerchant on October 26, 2011, 06:26:17 AM
But-you do get some cool ones now...like BIRDEMIC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j5tH_H5aN0

Oh I love that piece of crap. A quote I heard best describes my feelings towards it:

QuoteI just can't take my eyes off it! It's like watching the scene of a horrible car accident... A car accident where the victims can't act, and the paramedics forget their lines!

Javakoala · October 26, 2011, 08:26:44 AM

Retro for me, thanks.

Most of the newer films aren't so much unintentionally bad as intentionally bad by way to trying to be hip, to make the next "cult classic". These modern folk don't understand that a cult classic grows on you, like mold or learning to enjoy buttermilk; you don't sit down to make one intentionally.

Trevor · October 26, 2011, 08:57:47 AM

Quote from: Javakoala on October 26, 2011, 08:26:44 AM
Retro for me, thanks.

Most of the newer films aren't so much unintentionally bad as intentionally bad by way to trying to be hip, to make the next "cult classic". These modern folk don't understand that a cult classic grows on you, like mold or learning to enjoy buttermilk; you don't sit down to make one intentionally.

Heyyy, Java, welcome back!

Leah · October 26, 2011, 06:02:31 PM

Retro of course, they weren't some big box office failures.... most of the time

Criswell · October 26, 2011, 07:09:43 PM

Retro. Modern bad movies have to much of that *wink* we know were bad *wink*. where older ones are just fun to watch.

Retro Bad Movies vs. Modern Bad Movies

Which era of 'Bad Movies' are your biggest guilty pleasures?

claws

Javakoala