The Man with the Golden Doujinshi

No, that title goes to Jason Goes To Hell.

Doc Moonlight

As a Peckinpah fanatic, I was all set to watch BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA for the challenge and started ruminating on which of the Master's films would fit the Drive-In challenge and which would go better with the June History Challenge. Here's where I netted out:

For the Drive-In Challenge:
BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA
CONVOY
THE DEADLY COMPANIONS
PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID (has a singer-turned -actor component because of Bob Dylan, but not Kris Kristofferson, because he did a lot of acting)
STRAW DOGS (controversial at the time for its violence, Hoffman had quite yet evolved into a major star, and the Cornwall settings looked straight out of a Hammer horror film)
JUNIOR BONNER (modern Western setting, Steve McQueen was a major star, but he was really the only one in the film, low-key and has Joe Don Baker)
OSTERMAN WEEKEND (CIA conspiracies)
THE KILLER ELITE (CIA conspiracies and martial arts)

For the History Challenge
BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE
RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (even though it was originally the bottom half of a double bill and stars Randolph Scott from the safe list, this just doesn't have a "drive-in feel" for me)
CROSS OF IRON
MAJOR DUNDEE

WILD BUNCH could go in either challenge by virtue of it's historic slow motion shoot out or its period feel and authenticity.

I don't really see THE GETAWAY fitting in either challenge, not historic enough for the history challenge and too big a budget with too many stars for the Drive-In Challenge.

SterlingBen

Freddy Vs Jason < Jason Goes To Hell

caligulathegod

DTV is ok, but it has to be somewhat in the ballpark of the genres of the challenge. All-Star Superman isn't really what we're going for here. Unless if stars Misty Mundae. You can watch this:

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Or this one (that won't let me embed).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Pjo0WjBcs

takingchase

Direct to Dvd horror sequels should be ok though right? I've got a bunch I've been meaning to catch up on.

takingchase

Exactly, I'm going to try his follow up sometime during the challenge and see if it's any better. Nude Nuns with big guns.

caligulathegod

Yeah, those are ok. Stuff that otherwise looks like the stuff in the challenge is ok.

takingchase

I kind of figured, just wanted to make sure. I'm not sure if I'll even get to them, I've got a bunch of classic stuff to burn through first.

asianxcore

Love this challenge!

So much fun/ridiculous stuff on-screen. Foxy Brown....such an awesome final act.

Greg MacGuffin

The gun in her afro is one of the most brilliant things ever committed to film.

caligulathegod

And the music. Blaxploitation hands down has the best soundtracks of any genre. You can enjoy the movies on whatever ironic level you want, but the music is funkay.

JOKipper

Superfly certainly had a great score, but I couldn't believe how awful the movie itself was. I saw it at least 10 times back in the day (it was always paired up with Enter the Dragon at the local theater), but didn't remember it being such a wretched production. It was fitting for me to start the challenge off with this particular double feature, but I couldn't have made it through Superfly without the fine soundtrack.

asianxcore

That and

Agreed 100%

I just finished watching Jackie Brown and even as an homage, Tarantino completely nailed it with the soundtrack.

The opening scene/score of that film is one of my favorites ever. Bobby Womack? The Delfonics? Randy Crawford? Frikkin' genius!

Burgundy LaRue

I watched two short films last night, combining for about 55 minutes of viewing. May I count those as one full entry?

Ash Ketchum

I was a junior in high school when THE WILD BUNCH came out and because of that film, I read every book I could find on the Mexican Revolution and I wound up choosing that as my topic for my World History term paper. So, yeah, definitely a History Challenge. So who says movies aren't educational?

The Man with the Golden Doujinshi

Shorts count. Rules for how to do them should be in the first post.

asianxcore

One more Blaxploitation film in my collection left to watch and I can move onto the Wild, Wacky World of Japanese B-Movie Cinema!

NoirFan

Would the first Tron count? It's big-budget, but certainly has camp value and a cult following.

asianxcore

Allan Arbus looks like a kid with a fake mustache in Coffy

I guess it's up to Caligula, but I personally wouldn't count it. It's in a completely different hemisphere compared to all the films I've seen in everyone's lists/spirit of the Challenge.

shadokitty

Watched Grandma's Boy this afternoon. After 3 Friday the 13th movies in a row, a stoner comedy was a nice change of pace.

caligulathegod

I can't bring myself to allow Tron, yet. It is only a couple months until the Sci-Fi challenge.

caligulathegod

I'm trying to hold off until 4/20 for the stoner films. I wish that church had said April 21 instead of May 21 for the Rapture. Would have made a good Religious-exploitation day.

BuddhaWake

how about big trouble in little china? my girl was over and she wanted to watch something and she never seen it so i figured i might get lucky and have it count? So am i lucky?

SterlingBen

Seems like something you would need to use a wildcard on.

caligulathegod

It was end of John Carpenter's big studio shot. However, it's still a martial arts films and was a financial bomb. It also pushed Carpenter back into the independent system and became a cult film later. I'm thinking it's ok. I wouldn't count Starman and maybe the Thing, but the martial arts and bombing helps push it over into safe territory.