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I was there, in HS at the time, went to the mall to rewatch this with my friends a few times we loved it so much! Seems like a key component of analysis is lacking in the responses here though.
I could go on about a few reasons why, but to be honest there probably wasn’t a teenager that saw it on its original run that wasn’t really really drunk, stoned, or both!
Funny how that can make a movie seem a lot better and just hilarious lol
This thing always stuck with me and was buried in the back of my mind, especially that image of the ball flying around, but I assumed I was the only one who remembered it.
Pretty shocking to discover it has a bit of a following!
The other one from around that time that doesn’t hold up well but was a ‘trip’ at the time is
“Phantom of the Paradise.”
Anyone here who likes Phantasm should give it a shot. Vey different but the same 70’s vibe.
Also look up The Final Girls from just recently.
Oh, and One Cut of the Dead a Japanese zombie movie/comedy with a twist. Go in cold and don’t give up on it! (I said it’s got a twist!)
Yup
I had to admit thee was a lot people saw, but we’ll never know how much was put in there purposely or is just coincidence
I’d say to everyone, Watch ‘Moon’ and’Solaris’ instead for some good quality SF with similarities.
The original Russian Solaris if possible but Clooney’s remake is…..ok
Gold, Jerry, gold——
Your line would’ve killed in the Catskills!
I’d highly recommend anyone who’s intrigued by the ending and the movie in general to read this analysis, it helped me out. It’s kinda high-falutin’ but it makes a lot of good points
https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2022/feature-articles/no-exit-monte-hellmans-the-shooting/
One show that wrapped in politics, definitely a liberal bent but at least tried to criticize democrats some along with republicans was called Braindead.
It was a summer series on CBS I think starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
It’s pretty darned funny and has a general point that our politics are becoming more extreme on both ends. I enjoyed it and especially because it uses humor to get its point across.
What kinda humor? Well our recent political splits are being controlled by alien ants eating half of people’s brains, of course, duh!
Anyone coming here from either side should try and find it, give it a shot.
My guess is that while it’s a ‘bad’ neighborhood it was an area being run by the Mob, and no matter how bad or tough you thought you were in those days in a place like that, you didn’t F around with what was obviously an important dude’s car.
Anyone in a neighborhood like that who could afford to drive around in a Lincoln and had the balls to park it there was going to be very well connected. You don’t risk stealing the hubcaps!
Yes it’s always been there, like it is in 95% of TV and movies. But it’s a matter of degree, how much is worked in to the plot.
And the degree in terms of how it’s presented. Season 4 was obviously a reaction to what was going on at that time with BLM etc. But it just wasn’t subtle about it, they had to whack the audience over their yards and make damned sure we get the enlightened message.
But boy this season is even worse, and each episode got cringier and cringier. I started tapping that FF button more and more! They can’t help themselves, the message has completely taken over and telling an interesting story takes a back seat.
The plot is just an afterthought, (can an entire plot be a McGuffin??), just a vehicle for pounding us over the head with the white bad, male bad, conservative bad, Christian bad lesson. And If you are evil enough to combine any of those traits, whew!
A good storyteller knows the story comes first, and if you want to get some moral or message across you can work it in. These guys now start off with the message they want to deliver then lazily throw some story wrapped around it. No subtlety at all.
All three of the first seasons were good in their own different ways, but these last two became unwatchable dreck as the episodes went on.
Bob Odenkirk in Nobody…..mixes the humor in, lotta violence but also tongue in cheek.
Definitely see it!
And no he doesn’t look like an action hero but that’s part of the enjoyment.
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