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At least he didn't cut off his ear and kill himself. It could have been worse.
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Deadguy2322 posted:You’re missing a third, key component. Much like Romero, Carpenter's movies were all great but on the whole they were only moderately successful. You'd think being film-makers that influenced 30 years of cinema and counting would be enough to secure some financing, but nope. Meanwhile if you're the worst director in the world you can get unlimited financing and complete creative control of tentpole franchises.
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Carpenter's extremely good but he's not exactly "safe." Like, one of the man's best films is about a heroic domestic terrorist fighting against capitalism. Also a few of his otherwise great films also have some bafflingly terrible performances in them. Not everything he made is necessarily shoestring budget, but a lot of it feels that way because there's always one or two elements of the production that look or sound like crap, often in the same movie as e.g. amazing practical effects.
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Lurdiak posted:Meanwhile if you're the worst director in the world you can get unlimited financing and complete creative control of tentpole franchises. I still can't believe WB decided to pull some bullshit to not pay George Miller a contracted bonus for Fury Road coming in under budget even because it went "over" budget when they saw the early footage of it and gave him a bigger budget, and apparently were such assholes about this that George Miller sued them. Like I mean it's loving FURY ROAD and the dude's literally never made a bad movie and he had another story ready to go and everything and like, did I mean it's FURY loving ROAD? Literally everyone on earth fuckin' loved that flick and it made pretty good money. But it's dead. But WB basically burned any chance they were gonna be involved in another one if Miller wanted to do it. Meanwhile Maze Runner and Divergent and whatever else soldiers on.
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Warner Bros is doing a bang up job with their tentpole franchises, let me tell ya.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:Carpenter's extremely good but he's not exactly "safe." Like, one of the man's best films is about a heroic domestic terrorist fighting against capitalism. Those are all fine rationalizations, but keep in mind Carpenter's movies cost less to make than half of a John Carter or Bloated 80s Remake or Failed YA Series First Book Adaptation or whatever. There's no such thing as a safe bet.
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in conclusion hollywood is a land of contrasts
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chitoryu12 posted:Waters isn't a caricature of himself? Seriously, his claim to fame now is doing a standup book tour.
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Lurdiak posted:Those are all fine rationalizations, but keep in mind Carpenter's movies cost less to make than half of a John Carter or Bloated 80s Remake or Failed YA Series First Book Adaptation or whatever. There's no such thing as a safe bet. Sure, but we're talking about something determined by perceptions in the first place.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Seriously, his claim to fame now is doing a standup book tour. In all fairness, his books are great. Also, I keep meaning to catch his one man Christmas show one of these years. Probably not too many of them left...
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Neo Rasa posted:This, to me if they're gonna go with a Mummy like that it needs like the Jason-esque inevitable creeping death if it gets within two feet of you you are hosed feel to it. I agree with that, which to me means that boiled down to the essentials, the best Mummy movie is The Terminator.
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The mummy movie I like best is probably the mummy story in the Tales from the Dark Side movie.
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Drunkboxer posted:The mummy movie I like best is probably the mummy story in the Tales from the Dark Side movie. i agree, i was surprised at how much i liked that movie. the connecting plot with the kid being prepared to be cooked is hilarious. Great show, great movie.
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Jan 29, 2019 14:26
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Kvlt! posted:i agree, i was surprised at how much i liked that movie. the connecting plot with the kid being prepared to be cooked is hilarious. Great show, great movie. The gargoyle story always made me sad.
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Drunkboxer posted:The mummy movie I like best is probably the mummy story in the Tales from the Dark Side movie. Villainous Buscemi vs. Preppy Bully Christian Slater is so good.
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Isn’t there a Tales From The Crypt mummy episode with Anthony Michael Hall that is pretty good, or is thet my brain just making something up out of whole cloth?
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Fart City posted:Isn’t there a Tales From The Crypt mummy episode with Anthony Michael Hall that is pretty good, or is thet my brain just making something up out of whole cloth? Season 5, Episode 9, "Creep Course" Also starring Jeffrey Jones! 
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The Tales from the Dark Side movie owns and the show scared me as a little kid too (even the intro). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mioevxb2CfA Fart City posted:Isn’t there a Tales From The Crypt mummy episode with Anthony Michael Hall that is pretty good, or is thet my brain just making something up out of whole cloth? You're right and the episode would get shown a lot because it is indeed pretty good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYt9qY1MRGI EDIT: Beaten harder than a dad demanding his Father's Day cake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Yb9tba8Uo Neo Rasa fucked around with this message at 15:17 on Jan 29, 2019 |
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Franchescanado posted:Season 5, Episode 9, "Creep Course" Well. Appropriate title then.
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Fart City posted:Well that’s an absolute no-brainer Enough about the rednecks, what do you think of the show?
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feedmyleg posted:In all fairness, his books are great. His books are hilarious, to be perfectly clear.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:His books are hilarious, to be perfectly clear. Yeah, but I think I speak for irrationally angry internet goons when I say gently caress him for not spending all of the money he earned through decades of hard work in an influential career which he lives off of into a risky investment such as a niche indie gross-out film which wouldn't have guaranteed distribution. [/sarcasm]
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Neo Rasa posted:The Tales from the Dark Side movie owns and the show scared me as a little kid too (even the intro). It scared the piss out of me as a kid. I have a distinct memory of my mom making fun of me for being scared of the ghost cat story.
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And Kvlt has the nerve to talk about posers in this thread. I'm from the UK, we got scarier school safety videos.
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Talking about old anthology horror shows took me down a nostalgia rabbit hole, and, well https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zx0C18M19o
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Fart City posted:Talking about old anthology horror shows took me down a nostalgia rabbit hole, and, well That's one where people tend to love it or hate it which is understandable for what a mixed bag it was. I liked it and I'm still surprised they had an adaptation of Jack and the Yattering in it.
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Neo Rasa posted:The Tales from the Dark Side movie owns and the show scared me as a little kid too (even the intro). The Tales From the Darkside intro is my every day mantra. Anyone ever watch Boris Karloff's Thriller? He introduced the episodes Rod Serling-style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbOJ0xgrbM0
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Seriously, his claim to fame now is doing a standup book tour. This isn't really true. He's actually achieved the level of fame where his claim to fame is just being himself. He's one of those people who can just book a tour that's called "An Evening With ..." and it will sell out. There's nothing wrong with this. He's still passionate about films in general (his yearly best of lists are amongst the most interesting out there) and his books are really great too. As others have said: he's earned it. ruddiger posted:Anyone ever watch Boris Karloff's Thriller? He introduced the episodes Rod Serling-style. It's a great series full of interesting guest stars. The Hollow Watcher is great and has Warren Oates (which instantly makes anything better). There's a cool episode with Leslie Nielsen too if I remember correctly. Also when I form a black metal band we're going to be called The Hollow Watcher. InfiniteZero fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Jan 29, 2019 |
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where do i start with the books of john waters
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Kvlt! posted:where do i start with the books of john waters If you want to read him talking a lot about his own film work, probably Shock Value. Personally I thought Role Models was his most enjoyable book, because he's one of those authentic "not just an artist but also a fan" people. I think he has a new book coming soon too.
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InfiniteZero posted:This isn't really true. He's actually achieved the level of fame where his claim to fame is just being himself. He's one of those people who can just book a tour that's called "An Evening With ..." and it will sell out. There's nothing wrong with this. I'm not saying it's bad, I'm just saying that when you get to the point of being famous for being famous (which of course is right up Waters' alley), you become a parody of yourself.
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Does anyone have an article on best episodes from Thiller or some such? One unfortunate problem with hour long shows from the early 60s was that the scripts were often super padded and meandering- a problem that plagues the Outer Limits from start to finish with few exceptions
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For some reason I’ve always felt that the ideal late-career move for John Waters was for him to host The Price is Right.
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Liberal Idiot posted:For some reason I’ve always felt that the ideal late-career move for John Waters was for him to host The Price is Right. Weird way to spell Double Dare
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Fart City posted:Weird way to spell Ruckus
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Shudder, give John Waters a show like Last Drive-In but for exploitation films.
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i would loving devour a John Waters hosted trash show
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Liberal Idiot posted:For some reason I’ve always felt that the ideal late-career move for John Waters was for him to host The Price is Right. His late-career move is making cameos in kids films. 
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Had the pleasure of re-watching Beyond the Black Rainbow and Mandy over two nights in a row. They're two of my top ten films and I absolutely can not wait for Panos Cosmatos' next film - although I'm sure a lengthy years-long wait will be in order.  Was fun spotting the parallel shots in each film, such as the shot of the manic pro/antagonists driving and turning to regard their respective mental passengers. Or of course that scene in BtBR echoed in a similar head-crushing scene in Mandy. What a genius couple of films. I'm astounded by their cinematography and atmosphere and can't stop thinking about them (or listening to their soundtracks).
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Samuel Clemens posted:His late-career move is making cameos in kids films. i would expect nothing less from the man who made divine the star of his movie about licking bannisters
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