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Bolek
May 1, 2003

How about a return to Outworld with Mortal Kombat: Annihilation?

Or perhaps a dip into the wonders of a later era Resident Evil sequel?

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PUGGERNAUT
Nov 14, 2013

I AM INCREDIBLY BORING AND SHOULD STOP TALKING ABOUT FOOD IN THE POLITICS THREAD
I haven't decided which one yet but I'm definitely gonna call in some hosed up 90s kids movies.

sean10mm
Jun 29, 2005

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, MAD-2R World
Would they consider something like Zardoz ? Or is that the wrong kind of bad for their style?

The Duke
May 19, 2004

The Angel from my Nightmare

They make a point of trying not to do the movies that have already been covered by other podcasts/bad movie sites

thrawn527
Mar 27, 2004

Thrawn/Pellaeon
Studying the art of terrorists
To keep you safe

Bolek posted:

How about a return to Outworld with Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

We did this for my podcast, and it was one of the harder movies we've reviewed. The plot is very hard to step through, because none of it makes sense. Characters enter and leave having added nothing. Describing the terrible acting of James Remar is difficult to say the least. And it's also hard to explain just how overall cheap the whole thing looks.

It's the only movie I've had a hard time really summing up what is so bad about it. Because it legit does not feel like a movie, but a SyFy pilot.

WeedlordGoku69
Feb 12, 2015

by Cyrano4747
Mortal Kombat Annihilation is absolutely hilarious, but I'm not sure if it's good for a podcast, yeah. Mostly because nothing about it except the plot really sounds bad on paper; it's just all so utterly botched in the execution.

DangerDummy!
Jul 7, 2009

Doctor Giggles. It's 90s as gently caress, and I cannot divorce Larry Drake from the sweetly retarded Benny Stulwicz from LA Law. It's pretty bad, and chock full of bad CGI and "funny" one liners. I'm honestly surprised they haven't done it yet.

I would think White Oleander would be a goody, but apparently it was a fairly well received film. I think it's gross, overwrought grief porn, but I guess it's just safe to write it off as not being made for me.

Random Stranger
Nov 27, 2009



Darthemed posted:

What other movies do people have in mind for the next stretch of call-ins, besides the later output from everyone involved in Wayne's World?

Pulgasari. They'll never do it, but after the dust up around The Interview it's just got to be called in.

BigRed0427
Mar 23, 2007

There's no one I'd rather be than me.

I know it might be an obvious target for them, but I really wish they do Man of Steel.

I forget, is that on their list of films they won't do?

sub supau
Aug 28, 2007

sean10mm posted:

Would they consider something like Zardoz ? Or is that the wrong kind of bad for their style?

Zardoz has been done so many times by so many people, even before podcasts, that there's essentially nothing left to say about it.

The Duke
May 19, 2004

The Angel from my Nightmare

BigRed0427 posted:

I know it might be an obvious target for them, but I really wish they do Man of Steel.

I forget, is that on their list of films they won't do?

Violates the 10 year rule.

Also the movie everyone should be calling in is Death Wish 3. I want to hear someone talk about and hopefully love this late night cable piece of crap as much as I do.

Teriyaki Hairpiece
Dec 29, 2006

I'm nae the voice o' the darkened thistle, but th' darkened thistle cannae bear the sight o' our Bonnie Prince Bernie nae mair.
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star. That movie is garbage.

JT Smiley
Mar 3, 2006
Thats whats up!
I always want to call in a movie but never do. I just think there's so many rolling around in my head to choose from that I can't settle on one. My current draft pic is this gem from my childhood days of watching late night Cinemax hoping to see a boob:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSbk9Vn5eCU


BigRed0427 posted:

I know it might be an obvious target for them, but I really wish they do Man of Steel.

I forget, is that on their list of films they won't do?

I just listened to their on screen episode about BVS and it got me itching for more.

Man Dancer
Apr 22, 2008
Mean Guns. It's got Ice-T, Christopher Lambert, wall-to-wall mambo music, and it's an absolute gas. The Projection Booth already did an OK episode where they interviewed the director, but the hosts are pretty boring and nebbishy. I'd love to hear the WHM crew sink their teeth into it.

bobkatt013
Oct 8, 2006

You’re telling me Peter Parker is ...... Spider-man!?

The Duke posted:

Violates the 10 year rule.

Also the movie everyone should be calling in is Death Wish 3. I want to hear someone talk about and hopefully love this late night cable piece of crap as much as I do.

Listener request month.

Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

JT Smiley posted:

I always want to call in a movie but never do. I just think there's so many rolling around in my head to choose from that I can't settle on one. My current draft pic is this gem from my childhood days of watching late night Cinemax hoping to see a boob:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSbk9Vn5eCU

I kinda want them to do this one just so I can hear their reaction to Seth Green's hairdo.

ThNextGreenLantern
Feb 13, 2012
I need to remember to call in 1986's Terrorvision. A cheesy '80s horror film starring Gerrit "Bud the C.H.U.D." Graham and John Gries from Joy Sticks.

I mean, just listen to the opening theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkzjYB8fuos

edit: Had to fix the link

JT Smiley
Mar 3, 2006
Thats whats up!

Evil Mastermind posted:

I kinda want them to do this one just so I can hear their reaction to Seth Green's hairdo.

The movie also features Alfonso Ribeiro as a straight up gangsta from Compton. He manages to be less threatening than he is playing Carlton.

Gyges
Aug 4, 2004

NOW NO ONE
RECOGNIZE HULK

BigRed0427 posted:

I know it might be an obvious target for them, but I really wish they do Man of Steel.

I forget, is that on their list of films they won't do?

Don't know why people keep wanting to request good movies.

sub supau
Aug 28, 2007

Gyges posted:

Don't know why people keep wanting to request good movies.
I don't even particularly like Man of Steel, but yeah it's way too well made a movie for the show imo.

Ror
Oct 21, 2010

😸Everything's 🗞️ purrfect!💯🤟


It's always been about potential comedy way more than a good/bad movie thing. What are they going to do, silly Henry Cavill impressions? The side episode Andrew and Steve did about Batfleck is great but it's not like a WHM episode at all, it's just a nerdy conversation between two interesting and funny people.

I've always wanted them to do MK Annihilation since the MK episode is probably my favorite, but I'll also admit that there's much less comedy to be mined there too. I pretty much just want to hear them riff on all the extra characters brought over from the games in that one, especially after cracking up over the Rain namedrop they did in some other episode. But there aren't any notable actors to make fun of or impersonate, no real cheesy lines, no bizarre plot points.

On the flip side of the coin, as much as Steve broke my heart when he said Hook was the worst Spielberg with zero hesitation, I could easily imagine a hilarious episode being done on that film regardless of how good you think it is.

WeedlordGoku69
Feb 12, 2015

by Cyrano4747
Actually, Annihilation is almost nothing but cheesy lines and bizarre plot points, it's just that they're all... kinda hard to describe, really, or don't sound that bad out of context. A WHM on it would mostly be the crew going "we have no idea what the gently caress we just watched" for an hour.

JT Smiley
Mar 3, 2006
Thats whats up!
So an episode of How Did This Get Made?

WeedlordGoku69
Feb 12, 2015

by Cyrano4747
It would probably make a better HDTGM episode than WHM, yeah. At least partially because the director's probably somewhat easy to find and having him on board would actually provide something to talk about other than "jesus christ that made no loving sense."

Which is why I'm (still) calling in Punisher War Zone, because it's enough fun that I'm pretty sure WHM could mine gold out of it without even touching any of what HDTGM covered.

The Duke
May 19, 2004

The Angel from my Nightmare

These movies would probably fit more in Side Order of Sleaze but I'd also love to hear them talk about the baffling comedy Sorority Boys or one of the direct to video American Pie sequels. I've seen them all, and they are terrible.

PUGGERNAUT
Nov 14, 2013

I AM INCREDIBLY BORING AND SHOULD STOP TALKING ABOUT FOOD IN THE POLITICS THREAD

The Duke posted:

These movies would probably fit more in Side Order of Sleaze but I'd also love to hear them talk about the baffling comedy Sorority Boys or one of the direct to video American Pie sequels. I've seen them all, and they are terrible.

Oh my god, Sorority Boys. Completely forgot about that movie. Harland Williams's low point.

DrVenkman
Dec 28, 2005

I think he can hear you, Ray.
I don't like living in a world where Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is considered a 'stay tuned'.

sub supau
Aug 28, 2007

It's not bad, but drat does some poo poo happen in the course of that movie.

WeedlordGoku69
Feb 12, 2015

by Cyrano4747
Yeah, I'm calling in Punisher because it's bonkers, not because it's bad. A movie just has to be interesting to be on WHM, I'm pretty sure.

DrVenkman
Dec 28, 2005

I think he can hear you, Ray.

TetsuoTW posted:

It's not bad, but drat does some poo poo happen in the course of that movie.

I think it makes up for it just through sheer ambition and ideas though. It gleefully goes where sequels generally don't. I don't think it's entirely successful as a movie, but there's a lot more good in it than bad.

Leatherhead
Jul 3, 2006

For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,
And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed;
And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still

Man Dancer posted:

Mean Guns. It's got Ice-T, Christopher Lambert, wall-to-wall mambo music, and it's an absolute gas. The Projection Booth already did an OK episode where they interviewed the director, but the hosts are pretty boring and nebbishy. I'd love to hear the WHM crew sink their teeth into it.

This is mine too. I'm slightly concerned that the plot's so negligible, but the performances, dialogue, and weird attitude towards women should give them plenty to talk about.

WeedlordGoku69
Feb 12, 2015

by Cyrano4747
Oh lord, they interviewed Albert Pyun? That must have been... interesting, to say the least. I can't imagine him as anything other than a slightly nicer Uwe Boll.

Random Stranger
Nov 27, 2009



LORD OF BUTT posted:

Oh lord, they interviewed Albert Pyun? That must have been... interesting, to say the least. I can't imagine him as anything other than a slightly nicer Uwe Boll.

I suspect that Pyun has a bit more self-awareness than Boll. Pyun is a sleazier Roger Corman to Boll's jumped up Ed Wood.

Actually, now that I think about it, "sleezier Roger Corman" is Russ Myers. So Pyun is a sleezier Russ Myers and that's an accomplishment worth celebrating.

DoombatINC
Apr 20, 2003

Here's the thing, I'm a feminist.





Stealth can melt steel beams, check your facts people

JT Smiley
Mar 3, 2006
Thats whats up!
I'm glad that I'm finally not the only one who thinks Wentworth Miller is terrible on the Flash.

The Duke
May 19, 2004

The Angel from my Nightmare

Wentworth Miller owns in everything

Heteroy
Mar 13, 2004

:fork::fork::fork:
Yam Slacker
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is an unbelievable drop off in quality from the first movie. As has been mentioned it's incomprehensible and amazingly incompetent. Even at a fairly young age I recognized how bad the Native American mysticism stuff was. It's like the vision quest scene from Wayne's World 2, but played straight. It had some bizarre magical subway system that ran across the world and looked terrible.They also kill Johnny Cage in the first five minutes because they couldn't coax Linden Ashby to return in the role. Also, Animalities! (Terrible CGI creations fighting)

I saw this poo poo in theaters because the theater manager was an rear end in a top hat, and pinched us trying to sneak into an R rated movie (that movie was Alien Ressurection, so it wasn't that much of a trade down). It also meant that my friend might be the only person on Earth who saw Mortal Kombat: Annihilation in theaters more than once.

WeedlordGoku69
Feb 12, 2015

by Cyrano4747
Man, 1997 was kind of a lovely year for blockbusters. Lost World, Speed 2, Batman and Robin, Air Force One, Steel, Spawn, Kull the Conqueror, and then a brief period of respite before the double-punch of Alien: Resurrection and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, then Tomorrow Never Dies and The Postman to round it out.

Has any year had that many below-average to gently caress-awful "major movie events" before? Like, in hindsight I almost think Titanic did so well because it was a breath of fresh air after the unholy Shitmageddon that was the latter half of that year.

e: You could make a solid argument that said Shitmageddon started in March of that year; Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, The Saint (which premiered opposite Double Team, though I really like that movie), Anaconda, Volcano, and Warriors of Virtue all came out within weeks of each other, and then Lost World was like a week or two after Warriors of Virtue. Literally the only blockbusters from that year that are commonly well-received are Men in Black and Titanic, which came out almost 6 months apart.

WeedlordGoku69 fucked around with this message at 10:01 on Jun 9, 2015

sub supau
Aug 28, 2007

The Duke posted:

Wentworth Miller owns in everything
I haven't seen much Flash, but from what I have seen, he seems to be embracing the mild hamminess of the show. Like he's not a great actor in it, but he's among His People.

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Firstborn
Oct 14, 2012

i'm the heckin best
yeah
yeah
yeah
frig all the rest
I'd say good candidates would be Masters of the Universe, Howard the Duck, Pearl Harbor, Van Helsing, The Happening, Wild Wild West, Waterworld, Hudson Hawk, The Adventures of Pluto Nash, Charlie's Angels 2...

Van Helsing is my personal pick.

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