Can we all take a moment when we realize our nephews will be going through our dvd collections on their holo computers one day... Silently judging us...
Send the first film to Techmoan. He’ll probably enjoy the strange mashup of PAL and PG13; before determining it originally belonged to a sunken cruise ship with the only video player that could play this in the world
The rabbit hole doesn't go that deep unfortunately. Nu Metro is a South African distributor and the address is Evander, which is about an hour and half outside of Johannesburg.
I thought I was one of the few that knew about the Norseman actually my mom was casted as one of the Native Americans. Just think it is interesting other people have heard of this movie. By the way my mom was casted because she is actually Cherokee. The whole movie was filmed in a state park and they had alot of problems making the movie because of different things happening so the movie had to be repurposed from the original script because of these situations. It may of been a whole different movie if the filming process would of been ideal. One example early on the ship had actual shields and they were stolen so they had to replace them with hubcaps because of a short film schedule. My mom told me about alot of the problems they had trying to film this movie.
"Here he is with his dog, Patch. I don't know what photo I'm gonna use of him, but he was always with his dog, Patch; so that's a pretty safe bet." "(Not pictured: Patch)" Next time you make a wager, Stuart, let me in on it. =p
Tell the couch for us to stay safe too during this quarantine... Then again, EVERYTHING has been spilled on it, it should have its own immunity system by now.
Fun Fact: "Beauty of the Barbarian"'s cover IS actually a rip-off of an album cover. It's completely lifted from the record "Fallen Angel" by Uriah Heep.
@@user-yv2cz8oj1k Ah, I was trying to remember who did that piece! At first I thought it was one of the early Games Workshop types, but this would've been really early for them.
Yeah, Chris Achilleos did a lot of awesome 😎 art for Heavy Metal magazine too. Don’t judge him on that particular one though. Achilleos and Heavy Metal fantasy magazine were an inspiration for GW’s John Blanche.
I remember when The Norseman got a theatrical release. All the critics talked about were how out of place Lee Majors looked among the vikings and also the appearance of an oil tanker in the background of one of the ocean scenes.
My dream RU-vid collab would 100% be Ashens and James Rolfe talking at length about awful z list movies like this. Both have an encyclopaedic knowledge on the topic, both are veterans of RU-vid; still producing some of the best content on the website. They also just so happen to be two of the most genuine and humble gents still on here as well. Sigh, one can dream.
I think Zen Film making sort of can work but it requires good actors and that the world and general ide is written. also depend on what kind of movie you make. I mean 99% of the stuff the janitor does in scrubs are inprop from the actor.
he's had it since at least 2006, no doubt it was around way before then, too because even in 2006 it looked rough. But that's just The Sofa, we gotta love the grunge look it's been rocking for years.
I've always assumed that anyone watching Ashens is a nerd of one stripe or another. I mean he's a retro computer enthusiast who reviews random cheap nonsense on his sofa.
I see others have correctly identified the Amazon artwork as a Chris Achilleos illustration for a Uria Heep album. But from Achilleos book "Beauty and the Beast" I know that character as Raven: Swordmistress of Chaos. Achilleos did a number of illustrations of her which illustrated the covers of the Raven novels by Richard Kirk. I read one decades ago, and it was a bit like Conan, if I remember correctly. BTW, That's a censored version of the image. The Raven books and Uriah Heep album have bare boobage.
Remember that film where Oliver Harper played a New York taxi driver who was going slowly crazy from loneliness? Think it was called: Cabbie or something...
I have a ridiculous collection of retro VHS films and some laserdiscs, quite a few films that never even made it to DVD. Anyone remember these films? Some of my VHS's: My Chauffeur, Teen Vamp, Another You, Robot Jox, Puberty Blues, Warlock, Moontrap, Mandroid, 2 Idiots In Hollywood, Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1 & 2), The Invisible Kid, Rock & Rule, The Dirt Bike Kid, Moving Violations, Grid Runners, Screwballs, Thunder Run, Stranded, 18 Again, The Couch Trip (actually that's quite good with Dan Ackroyd pretending to be a psychiatrist), Club Paradise, Johnny Be Good, The Vindicator, Brainstorm, Thrashin', The Ambulance, Parents, The Wizard, Thinner, Vice Versa, Private Popsicle, The Last Chase, Horror In The Attic, Vibes, Wedlock, A Robot Called Golddigger, They Still Call Me Bruce, Hardware, Scuba School, Grace Quigley, Foolin' Around, Space Mutiny, The Night Before, Just One Of The Guys, Not Quite Human, Not Quite Human 2, BMX Bandits, Electric Dreams, Specters, Slumber Party Murders, Jimmy Hollywood, Mortuary Academy, Moon 44
Sounds like what they did in a lot of old Hong Kong movies (start out with a basic outline but change the story halfway through), which if I remember correctly was called "flying paper".
this is what I miss about the golden age of vhs......going to rent a vhs and looking at all the weird and wonderful horror b and z movies and odd action movies with the textured and 3d cases.........some even had boobies.
What a weird age that was. I caught it in the middle I guess and there was a place where you could get copied version in case the guy didn't have the movie. Oh the joy of being able to simply record the tapes from rental.
This of the kind of content I love. I have a whole closet full of weird VHS tapes that were never brought on to DVD or Blu-ray. This video brings me so much joy.
OMG I'm so excited to have found this channel again.. Couldn't quite remember the name..I used to be subscribed years ago and for some reason I had gone unsubscribed.. Love these videos.. So damn happy
beauty of the Barbarian, you were joking it was like a YES album, but its literally the album art for the band Uriah Heep, and their 1978 album Fallen Angel.
He was in Apocalypse Now 😝 he replaced his brother for the voice over sequences and some long shots I believe when Martin Sheen was recovering from a heart attack
way back in the way back then dayz, we had a couple of blokes , Siskel and Ebert, that would sit and review films, good films, popular films, art films and occasionally genuinely Bad Movies. two guys sitting there baggin' on bad movies, held me down for 30 minutes.
Now THIS video is speaking to me. Rollerblade Seven isn't the best post-apocalyptic film, that's for sure. The Warrior had a great DVD through Mondo Macabrao, and it's mental. The Norsemen is available on a real pressed disc split with The Barbarians, from Shout Factory's Roger Corman range. Beauty of the Barbarians aka Battle of the Amazons has nude horse-riding in the full cut which instantly makes it better! I hope to see more of Uncle Derrick's videos - Cyborg Cop is ace! Do that one next! Yeah Robowarriors is a Jox sequel (RIP Stuart Gordon only a few days ago!)
I thought the cover to Beauty of the Barbarian looked familiar, it's been swiped from a 70's swords and sorcery fantasy series about a woman called Raven, by Richard Kirk. (the image is on the back of all the books, although the one on the video here has been edited to remove a nipple or two. It's also probably the only image they could steal, because that woman does not keep her clothes on in any of the other books covers) Edit: Oh, and Kate Bush borrowed the Raven costume for the music video for 'Babushka'
Lovely! This corona thing is making these days really boring. Here comes Ashens and his mighty sofa entertaining my quarantine with their wierd content. Finally I got some social distancing from my depression. Thank you 😊👍👍
My one word critique of your uncle's 'exit music': Quality. 👍 I saw 'The Norseman' at the cinema in 1978/9 time. It was a support for another movie, possibly 'Laserblast'. Only thing I remember about 'The Norseman' is an impeccably choreographed blinding scene.
I remember reviewing The Roller Blade Seven for an online movie magazine. I have watched a LOT of crappy films, but I have never, ever come across anything quite so crappy as that one. Watching it is pure agony, it has no redeeming features. My sympathies, Mr. Harper!
I remember renting a movie from my local Hollywood video store when I was 12 and when I got home it had a Porno in it. I'm quite sure the guy at the till was trying to do me a solid but unfortunately we only got movies to watch as a family cause we were poor and couldn't afford more than one or two movies a month, so my mum found it instantly so I didn't even get a chance to see it. :(
That is unfortunately correct and as far as I'm aware, it's the closest thing to a mainstream movie Donald G. Jackson has ever made, as well as the closest thing to effort he ever put into one of his movies.
I looked up the Roller Blade Seven on IMDb because I thought those chain link fences surrounding what appears to be a cemented waterway looked familiar. Yup, the Los Angeles River was a major filming location. I recognize that particular configuration of chain link fence and waterway from another movie also released in 1991 which would be, of course, Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Dubbed martial arts movies are a hit or a miss. The UK English dubs are mostly alright, the American English dubs make everyone sound like an anime protagonist. Also Jackie Chan did most of his own dubbing in the 90s which was also a hit or a miss. The dubbing in Rumble in the Bronx is awkward though, especially considering some releases don't subtitle the Cantonese dialogue that's left in.
