I was just leafing through my old copy of the "Ninjas and Superspies", which led to me loading "Ninja Warrior" on my vintage ZX Spectrum, and suddenly this pops up in my feed.
8:55 King Solomons Mine is a funny note to bring up. The movie was cashing in on Indiana Jones succees, right? Indiana Jones as a character wad inspired by King Solomons Mine, the book.
I'm almost ashamed to admit I paid 100 bucks for the complete Star Blazers series (Yamato, originally) -- 15 years ago! This is the American-ized dubbed version that I had not seen since 1979 when I was in 6th grade and I was like "What the heck is this space opera cartoon for kids?" I had never seen it broadcast again, (despite Battle of the Planets becoming a staple on tv well into early 80's) so I finally watched Star Blazers from beginning to end well into my 40's. I can't help but wonder if anyone has ever considered the original Battlestar Galactica was inspired by the Japanese cartoon: One is a race against time to save Earth (with anti-radiation reversal(?) device) while the other's space opera plot is trying to find the mythical planet Earth to survive, in general. anyways, I'm just speculating. Is it just me or does Spacehunter (Peter Strauss = good guy, Michael Ironside = evil ... just sounds right) deserve a second look. I remember seeing as a teenager and not disliking it. Ice Pirates bothered me. Krull didn't cut it. Actually, the main reason I watched The Bad Movie Bible was to see the clip and comments for Roger Corman's Battle Beyond the Stars which I find remarkably memorable (Even a PG view of Sybil Danning is a treat). An entertaining barrage of secondary actors, too, from Julia Duffy (Newhart show), Jeff Corey (Butch and Sundance), and especially Marta Kristen (Lost in Space). John Sayles' screenplay offers a handful of subtle wink at the viewer moments not only ripping off/paying homage to Star Wars but, also, The Magnificent 7, itself, inspired by Akira Kurasawa's 7 Samarai (Planet in Battle Beyond the Stars is named Akir after Director Akira ...) Fun, video again. I keep watching. I saw the Bond spoof collections previously. 😅 😅
It was really quick an many may have missed it but when the narrator suggests that non-English speakers have created both some great and some pretty horrible films for Americans, he places pictures of certain directors and the great or terrible film that is associated with them along with their respective countries. When it comes to Neil Breen, he's apparently "MARTIAN"!! Brilliant!! That gave me a good enough laugh to convince me to subscribe. Thanks for that, Bad Movie Bible!
Teruyoshi Ishii's later career is FULL of some recognizable Tokusatsu names! He went on to direct numerous episodes of Ultramans Tiga, Dyna, and Cosmos, as well as 2 eps of Chouseishin Justiriser, all eps of its sequel Genseishin Gransazer, and even directed Ishimori Productions' Indonesian collaboration series, Satria Garuda BIMA and BIMA-X! As of 2019 he's written and directed what appears to be an anime film titled "Viral Dead."
Funny you mention Leviathan I saw the just the ending one day on TV and the next movie that came on TV right after that was Alien which was the first time I watched Alien in my life.
I don't know where to begin. The editing is a hoot. I can't believe how many of these movies I never heard of and how many are not in the Video Hounds Golden Movie Retriever book (2018 -- can't believe it is 6 years behind already). I was fortunate(?) enough to watch Corman's Galaxy of Terror on Amazon Prime. I originally saw on cable when I was in junior high school ... quite a late night experience ). Two scenes are so memorable: One with Erin 'Joanie Cunningham' Moran being squeezed to death (to put it mildly) and the giant worm rape scene which was cut from some theatre showings and/or original cable releases(?) Am I remembering correctly? Bad Movie Bible is about to become gospel 😗😉
30:09 Rob Schneider was on a talk show relaying a story about how Steven Seagal came up to him and said, 'I just read the greatest script ever written.' Rob asked, 'Who wrote it?' Seagal replied, 'I did.' The only time I've ever laughed at something Rob Schneider said.
What "endorment of fascism"? No, seriously, what? Starship Troopers (the book) has literally nothing common with "fascism". That's Verhoeven addition in his parody. It was originqally written by an old fart, conservative, even reactionary who had good opinion of service in the army and of usefulness of corporal punishment. All of which is in the book. Those concepts existed waaaay before Benito or Adolf were even born and aren't specific or even are contrary to their ideologies. I love when peoplew who don't read a book, just see (unfaithful) movie adaptation, have the most to say about the said book.
I realize Bad Movie Bible did not really pan/make fun of Tremors 2 Aftershocks but that movie did not deserve to be mentioned among all these really obvious and really bad (sometimes on purpose? If not? wow) ripoffs of Aliens. Actually, I'm here to say Tremors 5 (takes place in S. Africa) was good enough that I watched the other straight to video Tremors movies and, for the most part, It was not a waste of time. Plus, the hot, S African presence of Pearl Thusi. I do mean hot in more ways than one. Also, great clip with director Harry Bramley Davenport. WTF Jan Michael Vincent. Who am I to say what a waste of talent but, damn. I saw White Line Fever on Prime Video this year. It is a good way to remember Jan Michael (Kay Lenz too)... not reading the newspaper in Xtro 2.
I think my favorite Jawsploitation (Though it should be Duel’sploitation since Jaws is just Duel in the water) films are Alligator, The Car, Prophecy and Piranha
1 second ago Everything about Death Warrior made me laugh uncontrollably: - the chaotic editing - the unashamed stolen footage from Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever - the intense lack of continuity in some areas - the fact it plays Bond ‘77 over and over as the only background music for one part Turkey clearly got some of the best shoddy knockoff films ever made. Shoutout to Blood Debts, which has a similar kind of crappy greatness. Its ending is one of the funniest things I have ever watched.
In the case of Tremors 2, though, as a biologist I really can't see much parallels to the parasitic xenomorphs in Aliens: The grabboids didn't get infected by a different species, nor did they infect humans with eggs or larvae (as xenomorph facehuggersdo) and the new generation didn't burst out of humans. Instead, we saw a new stage in the grabboid life cycle, similar to insect metamorphosis (caterpillars/butterflies, larvae/beetles etc) or adults internally hatching eggs and sacrificing themselves at the end of their lifespan to serve as food for their young (spiders). The two-legged, faster, above-ground stage that hatched from the worms' internal egg sacks was the "dispersion" stage which could travel to new areas and hunt via infrared and sound whereas the sandworm stage which had awoken from hybernation in the 1st movie mostly stayed in one valley and solely hunted by ground vibrations. I found that quite interesting.
Alligator Released in 1980 is surprisingly good. Written by John Sayles (like Piranha), too. Lewis Teague Directed (The Lady In Red, Fighting Back with tom Skerritt and Yaphet Kotto, Cat's Eye, Cujo, and Jewel of the Nile). Quentin Tarantino is supposedly a very big fan of Teague's 1979 The Lady In Red. of all that garbage the one that is tempting is Blades. Killer Lawn Mowers. Looks brutal and appropriately funny,
I love me some Pulp Adventure/Pulp Action/Pulp Scifi genre tropes as long as the characters are entertaining and aren't forced by the script writers to act braindead stupid for the sake of making the plot happen, the actors are well-cast for the roles, and as long as the monsters, traps and other encounters are delightfully bizarre. It's Pulp genre, it's meant to be a bit schlocky. Heck, look at _Tremors_ and _Tremors 2,_ I'd go so far to say they are perfect movies: There are no plot holes, the actors are perfectly cast, the characters act believable and _smart,_ the monsters have an interesting design (and a lot of it is actual physical special effects, not CGI) and actually act like the animals they are, allowing the protagonists to utilize their human intelligence (in addition to human technology) to outwit and overcome them. The sequel both continues the story from the original movie in a logical way, while introducing a new variant of the monster after the introductory act to present an entirely new threat the protagonists have to adapt to, keeping it interesting.
The worst Christmas movie ever was Deck the Halls 2006 and making Matthew Broderick looked like an idiot even destroying his career. What a jingle ass fake movie of the 2000s.
