Just caught the 80s Flash Gordon. I've got to say the 80s was the perfect decade to make that movie. 80s style art direction suited it perfectly. And the complete shamelessness of the over the topness. Not straight faced exactly, but the bits were delivered without ever winking at the audience. Even Flash being able to fight off the guards once he had a football shaped rock to hold. They were too busy moving the absurd plot forward to stop and rub any one joke in. High cheese definitely. Camp definitely. High camp? Not sure of the definition of the last. A really fun bad 80s movie. With a Queen sound track yet.
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
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Typo Boy - Mar 15, 2012 9:17:48 pm PDT #18770 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Tom Scola - Mar 16, 2012 2:52:08 am PDT #18771 of 30000
hwæt
The writer for Flash Gordon was the same guy who created the 1960s Batman series.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 16, 2012 4:03:10 am PDT #18772 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
21 Jump Street is getting WAY better reviews than I ever imagined. 87 on Rotten Tomatoes? Really?
tiggy - Mar 16, 2012 4:22:19 am PDT #18773 of 30000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
they must be grading on a curve where they pretend the show never existed.
Jesse - Mar 16, 2012 4:32:45 am PDT #18774 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I was going to say, speaking of comedic remakes, the 21 Jump Street reviews look shockingly positive.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 16, 2012 4:37:21 am PDT #18775 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The gist of the reviews I've read so far is that the subtext of most bromance movies rapidly becomes text. And that Channing Tatum plays "dumber than a sack of hammers" brilliantly (if he's playing).
tommyrot - Mar 16, 2012 5:33:13 am PDT #18776 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So, anyone else intrigued by Iron Sky?
Iron Sky’s Moon Nazis: Shock Troops in Nordic Genre-Film Invasion
AUSTIN, Texas — Iron Sky is a movie about moon Nazis. The hook is brilliant — they had us at “moon Nazis” — but given that outrageous premise, the resulting film could easily have wound up as B-movie nonsense. Surprisingly, Iron Sky succeeds as a wickedly fun adventure comedy.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 16, 2012 5:37:00 am PDT #18777 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
And that Channing Tatum plays "dumber than a sack of hammers" brilliantly (if he's playing).
I'm guessing the critics haven't seen any of his other movies, in which he also played "dumber than a sack of hammers" quite convincingly...
bon bon - Mar 16, 2012 6:10:50 am PDT #18778 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
The guys who made 21 Jump Street also made Clone High, so give them a little credit.
§ ita § - Mar 16, 2012 6:23:54 am PDT #18779 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think the trailers are funny, and I don't think I would even if they replaced Hill and Tatum with actors I thought were funny. It's a whole lot of "oh, okay?" and "what's the title for, again?" as far as I'm concerned.
Messing with Starsky & Hutch made much more sense to me, and I am a far bigger S&H fan than a 21 Jump St fan.