Matt, at least certain things will look very cool. So who cares about the plot?
As Willow goes, so goes my nation.
Oz ,'Selfless'
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Alibelle - Feb 24, 2005 1:04:22 pm PST #9334 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
DavidS - Feb 24, 2005 1:29:21 pm PST #9335 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Look at that - Hello Down There is being released on DVD.
I only know about this because Jeff Barry (Archies main man) did the music for this. 1969, Tony Randall's family lives in a bubble under the sea. Teenage son Richard Dreyfuss writes pop songs and beats on a shark's snout with his guitar. Wacky fun, I guess.
DavidS - Feb 24, 2005 1:36:00 pm PST #9336 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Also, I recently bought (though haven't viewed) The American Astronaut by Cory Macabee of the Billy Nayer show. (Not a NASA documentary, incidentally.)
Mikey - Feb 24, 2005 3:14:52 pm PST #9337 of 10001
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.
Getting back to WKW/CD, I think I've seen Chungking Express more than any other movie, maybe 20-25 times now. Just something to be savored. And I still own it on laserdisc.
Sean K - Feb 24, 2005 4:01:31 pm PST #9338 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Speaking of OTT Asian flicks, I've pimped this in this very thread before but I have to again pimp the Korean action piece Tube. It was gleefully, wonderfully, awesomely OTT, not to put too superlative a point on it. It was like the bastard love child of Speed, Die Hard and Heat, all hopped up on steroids and crystal meth, and having a grand old time doing it. It puts other OTT movies to shame. Even it's action movie/hero cliches were brilliantly over the top.
DavidS - Feb 24, 2005 4:43:25 pm PST #9339 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Getting back to WKW/CD, I think I've seen Chungking Express more than any other movie, maybe 20-25 times now. Just something to be savored. And I still own it on laserdisc.
It's even tempted me to pick up some of Faye Wong's albums.
Volans - Feb 25, 2005 5:16:22 am PST #9340 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Sounds potentially like THE UNINVITED with Ray Milland and , but they were brother and sister I believe, not husband and wife.
That's IT!!! Thanks Ken! (Can I still call you Ken? I've even seen the Ken Buddha sketch on MPFC now.) I should've specified it was a 40s movie.
Theodosia - Feb 25, 2005 5:18:03 am PST #9341 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Now I'm trying to remember the martial arts hero movie where the hero's best friend is a killer whale. (No, I'm not making that up.)
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2005 5:18:41 am PST #9342 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Now I'm trying to remember the martial arts hero movie where the hero's best friend is a killer whale. (No, I'm not making that up.)
The Free Willy Kid?
Theodosia - Feb 25, 2005 5:20:02 am PST #9343 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm pretty sure it had Moon in the title. But you could tell it was done because some HK exec got the high-concept idea off of Free Willy