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Post by Dr. Kobb on Aug 2, 2024 18:58:18 GMT -5
Saw "Mimic 2" (2001) last night. There's a long view of the Twin Towers early on and I wonder how many months prior to 9/11 it was shot, you know? Otherwise, it's not as good as the first, but in some ways it moves along better and does have its moments. I thought the ending was pretty tight.
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Post by Deeky on Aug 2, 2024 22:21:54 GMT -5
Willy's Wonderland Dumb thing with Nic Cage vs. killer robots.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Aug 3, 2024 10:19:17 GMT -5
Willy's Wonderland Dumb thing with Nic Cage vs. killer robots. I suspect Cage read the script and said, "Okay, I'll do it, but I'm not saying any of these lines."
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Aug 3, 2024 10:21:17 GMT -5
"The Fireworks Woman" (1975) is an X-rated movie by Wes Craven. And that's the entire reason I viewed it.
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Post by Mayzshon on Aug 3, 2024 10:39:50 GMT -5
"The Fireworks Woman" (1975) is an X-rated movie by Wes Craven. And that's the entire reason I viewed it. And now all I can think of is a Freddy Krueger sex tape.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Aug 3, 2024 10:49:02 GMT -5
"The Fireworks Woman" (1975) is an X-rated movie by Wes Craven. And that's the entire reason I viewed it. And now all I can think of is a Freddy Krueger sex tape. And there's probably something like that out there. With some genius title like The Nightmare on Hump Street, too.
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Post by Deeky on Aug 3, 2024 12:26:18 GMT -5
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Aug 3, 2024 14:24:21 GMT -5
Jesus. I should probably go get checked for early onset dementia. I totally forgot that thread even existed.
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Post by Deeky on Aug 3, 2024 14:39:01 GMT -5
Jesus. I should probably go get checked for early onset dementia. I totally forgot that thread even existed. "Early."
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Aug 3, 2024 14:50:26 GMT -5
Jesus. I should probably go get checked for early onset dementia. I totally forgot that thread even existed. "Early." Hush you.
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Post by Deeky on Aug 3, 2024 20:44:30 GMT -5
The Wraith A vengeful ghost/alien smashes up Arizona.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Aug 4, 2024 9:05:30 GMT -5
The Wraith A vengeful ghost/alien smashes up Arizona. A wraith to the finish, as it were. I'll see myself out.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Aug 4, 2024 9:16:39 GMT -5
"Goosebumps" (2015) last night. Not a fan of the books or TV series (or of Jack Black for that matter), but I did really enjoy "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween" (2018). So, I gave this a shot finally. Not bad. Still liked the second one better, but I have to admit the cast was good (especially Ryan Lee and Jillian Bell for the comic relief), and the giant praying mantis is cool as heck.
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Post by Deeky on Aug 5, 2024 21:24:59 GMT -5
The Exterminator A confusing mess about a vigilante.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Aug 5, 2024 21:34:36 GMT -5
The Exterminator A confusing mess about a vigilante. Robert Ginty! He's so awful. [finger-pokes]Go on and watch part 2 now. You know you wanna.[/f-p]
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Post by Deeky on Aug 5, 2024 21:47:43 GMT -5
The Exterminator A confusing mess about a vigilante. Robert Ginty! He's so awful. [finger-pokes]Go on and watch part 2 now. You know you wanna.[/f-p] If only it were streaming somewhere.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Aug 6, 2024 10:20:39 GMT -5
My "Exterminator 2" notes for Hypno Video #22:
Before we get into the meat of this one, I have to address a minor issue. I have never been able to take Robert Ginty seriously as a leading man. Looks can be deceiving and he might be a certified badass in real life for all I know, but I’ve always been perplexed how he got his roles (short of knowing someone up the studio ladder). Unless they were going specifically for a shabby, sorta suspicious look for “The Exterminator 1 & 2”? In that case, top notch casting. The amazing thing is - that doesn’t matter at all. Beyond my Ginty antipathy, these “Exterminator” movies are the perfect example of that dumb/fun synthesis I spoke of in this issue’s intro. That may be because it’s a Golan/Globus movie. These Israeli producers always had a skewed view of life in America, and would attempt to plug as many current trends into their flicks as possible. It’s as if someone who’d never visited the States formed their whole concept of life here from early pop music videos. There’s this bizarre circuslike atmosphere to any given city scene, with things pausing for break dancers, rollerbladers, and street musicians in between the action sequences. In “The Exterminator 2” you get the same formula as the first movie. And that formula, my friend, is awesome. Seemingly mild-mannered kinda creepy Ginty is secretly a mysterious vigilante figure labeled (see movie title) by the press. And what he does on his off hours is monitor police broadcasts and hits the streets, where he switches into a welding mask and straps on a flame-thrower for some bad guy BBQ. It’s great if you can’t see enough “stuntmen running around on fire”-scenes like me. As an added treat, you get Mario van Peebles as the freaky leader of a gang of drug-addled psychopaths. He gets to chew up a lot of screen time, which is fortunate because it’s not Ginty, but it’s pretty cringe cinema in its own right. Between that and Ginty’s flat romantic interludes, I’d almost warn you off this one. But trust me - just like the first movie, there are enough utterly wtf scenes in “The Exterminator 2” to make it mandatory vigilante justice viewing.
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Post by Deeky on Aug 6, 2024 22:11:18 GMT -5
The Burning A cheapo slasher at summer camp.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Aug 7, 2024 9:57:02 GMT -5
The Burning A cheapo slasher at summer camp. With a young, hairy Jason Alexander if memory serves.
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Post by Deeky on Aug 7, 2024 14:43:39 GMT -5
The Burning A cheapo slasher at summer camp. With a young, hairy Jason Alexander if memory serves. Correct! Also Helen Hunt Holly Hunter*, apparently, but I missed her somehow, so I can't comment on how hairy she may have been. * no wonder I missed her.
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