Is The Howling the one where the wolves are against a development project of some sort? I remember a wolf standing on top of a table and looking very peeved.
We're in love. We're ... lovers. We're lesbian, gay-type lovers.
Willow ,'Potential'
The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Jan 10, 2007 10:52:02 am PST #1767 of 10001
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Tom Scola - Jan 10, 2007 10:53:57 am PST #1768 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Are you confusing "Battle of the Planets" with "Battle Beyond the Stars"?
Yep, I am.
If you IMDB BBtS, check out who the screenwriter is.
tommyrot - Jan 10, 2007 10:55:51 am PST #1769 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.
DavidS - Jan 10, 2007 10:57:14 am PST #1770 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
OK, in 80s kid-friendly movies trivia, what was that one where they have to build a spaceship? With a trashcan, or out of one? Or something? I think there's some goofy looking aliens involved, but I'm not sure.
Something like Explorers? I think it starred the young Ethan Hawke and the young River Phoenix.
Kathy A - Jan 10, 2007 10:59:52 am PST #1771 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
more of a King Arthur/Sword in the Stone ripoff
Precisely! And it's a fun look at the first generation of film CGI, which looks more like Missile Command than anything else. My favorite character in that movie, even more than Robert Preston's fast-talking swindler/recruiter, is Grig, the "gung-ho iguana". The actor (Robert O'Herlihy--is that right? the same guy who was the CEO in Robocop) does a really good job of conveying expression through the rubber mask, and I love his wordless vocalizations in response to Lance Guest's outbursts.
sarameg - Jan 10, 2007 11:00:54 am PST #1772 of 10001
Yes! That's probably it. Now 2% of my brain is free to try to recall something more useful.
Like how to change my password on the dev machine.
tommyrot - Jan 10, 2007 11:01:54 am PST #1773 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.
OK, another '80s B-Movie trivia question...
What was the movie where a bunch of humans from another planet go on a desperate search for water? They fight off some aliens along the way - at some point there's this weird time distortion thing, where things speed up and slow down... the hero and the girl have a baby during the climactic fight, and because of the time distortion the baby grows up into a man and joins in the fight.
Eventually they find water... on Earth!
Ailleann - Jan 10, 2007 11:03:26 am PST #1774 of 10001
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ita, I liked A Walk In The Clouds, but it's a little schmoopy. Plus, Keanu. Looking hot, I think, but YKeanuMV.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2007 11:04:42 am PST #1775 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, god, I hate Keanu. Just remembered which one that was. I enjoyed Point Break but deleted it off the machine without a second though. A Walk in the Clouds will soon follow.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 10, 2007 11:05:20 am PST #1776 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Is The Howling the one
No, that's WOLFEN. THE HOWLING is the one where a shrink (Patrick MacNee!) has a psychiatric retreat/colony/commune where he's attempting to help the werewolves integrate themselves in society and fight the urge to kill. Lots of good jokes at the expense of 70s/80s So-Cal self-help/"shrink as guru" types, but it also delivers the werewolf movie goods (it beat AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON by about a year and had very similar transformation effects).