Second Annual Drive-In/Exploitation/B-Movie Challenge March 31-April 30 2011
04-18-11, 06:26 AM
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Police Academy 5?
6 has a zero on Rotten Tomatoes and 7 is on the IMDB bottom 100...
6 has a zero on Rotten Tomatoes and 7 is on the IMDB bottom 100...
04-18-11, 06:50 AM
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I'm a light touch. This being the first one without Steve Guttenberg kind of gives it some uber-bad film cache.
04-18-11, 07:26 AM
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Re: Second Annual Drive-In/Exploitation/B-Movie Challenge March 31-April 30 2011
I almost created a Django category. That's what I love about Italy and Europe. Not only do they rip something off, they rip the fuck out of it off.
I've heard one of the Scandinavian countries renames every Mel Brooks movie "Springtime for..." because of the popularity of The Producers. "Springtime for the History of the World part 1." Might be apocryphal, but it's a great story.
I've heard one of the Scandinavian countries renames every Mel Brooks movie "Springtime for..." because of the popularity of The Producers. "Springtime for the History of the World part 1." Might be apocryphal, but it's a great story.
04-18-11, 07:58 AM
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"Det våras för Frankenstein". Google is too smart. I translated this and it said Young Frankenstein. When I took Frankenstein away, it said "Dawn of...". When I took away för, it translated Det våras as "springtime".
It's twuuu. It's twuuu. Springtime for Hitler...Springtime for the Sheriff...
It's twuuu. It's twuuu. Springtime for Hitler...Springtime for the Sheriff...
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04-18-11, 08:24 AM
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Re: Second Annual Drive-In/Exploitation/B-Movie Challenge March 31-April 30 2011
is MYA the worst dvd company ever? I tried to watch The Real Emmanuelle and the source has to be worse than a VHS. at least if your going to use a VHS use the damn tracking button. and I still have about half a dozen of their dvds to watch.
04-18-11, 09:27 AM
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At least it plays, I have had several dud discs this challenge.
04-18-11, 10:13 AM
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I watched 27 films on VHS so far for this challenge, most of them retrieved from boxes in a closet, and all but one played fine. And these were cheap, often p.d., tapes to begin with, purchased over 20 years ago.
04-18-11, 11:09 AM
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I almost created a Django category. That's what I love about Italy and Europe. Not only do they rip something off, they rip the fuck out of it off.
I've heard one of the Scandinavian countries renames every Mel Brooks movie "Springtime for..." because of the popularity of The Producers. "Springtime for the History of the World part 1." Might be apocryphal, but it's a great story.
I've heard one of the Scandinavian countries renames every Mel Brooks movie "Springtime for..." because of the popularity of The Producers. "Springtime for the History of the World part 1." Might be apocryphal, but it's a great story.
04-18-11, 11:14 AM
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That is odd. I understand Springtime for the Sheriff, but that's just strange.
04-18-11, 11:23 AM
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Can anyone with someone formatting knowledge help me out on something?
I am not sure why my grid list is starting so far from the top of my post. Anyone have any ideas?
I am not sure why my grid list is starting so far from the top of my post. Anyone have any ideas?
04-18-11, 12:02 PM
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I dunno, but the same thing happened to me when I tried to reverse engineer Chad's challenge so I gave up.
04-18-11, 12:19 PM
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Working on a holiday horror theme currently, starting with "New Year's Evil" and ending with "Santa's Slay" but I'm having trouble finding anything holiday related for July, August & September. Any suggestions? (preferably on Nexflix instant)
04-18-11, 12:30 PM
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August has a couple choices, for me anyway. National Watermelon Day in which you can play the race card and watch a blaxploitation film, like Dolemite. The 7th is Sea Serpent day. I'd go with a local* movie, The Crater Lake Monster.
September has National Grandparents Day, so I'd go with Rabid Grannies.
*Local as in it's supposed to take place at a lake local to me but was instead filmed in another state.
04-18-11, 01:08 PM
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yeah i wonder if any of the rip-offs are worth it? there has to be a good one in there somewhere. it looks like Franco Nero was in an official sequel "Il Grande Retorno" that could fit into that theme night, not sure if its anygood.
i read that because of the popularity of Django in Germany after its relaease basically every movie with Franco Nero in it gets Django added to its title.
i read that because of the popularity of Django in Germany after its relaease basically every movie with Franco Nero in it gets Django added to its title.
04-18-11, 01:59 PM
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I heartily recommend Django Kill (If You Live, Shoot). The underrated Tomas Milian stars as "Django", and, of course, the film has nothing to do with the original movie. But it's an absolute blast to watch--not only is the violence absurd and over-the-top, but it also features a gang of fascist, gay cowboys (not that there's anything wrong with that)! Blue Underground had a good DVD release of this a few years ago, so it should still be readily available. Well worth seeing.
Caligula how awesome would it be if somewhere out there is a Springtime for Django?
04-18-11, 02:35 PM
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04-18-11, 02:48 PM
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July - Uncle Sam
August has a couple choices, for me anyway. National Watermelon Day in which you can play the race card and watch a blaxploitation film, like Dolemite. The 7th is Sea Serpent day. I'd go with a local* movie, The Crater Lake Monster.
September has National Grandparents Day, so I'd go with Rabid Grannies.
*Local as in it's supposed to take place at a lake local to me but was instead filmed in another state.
August has a couple choices, for me anyway. National Watermelon Day in which you can play the race card and watch a blaxploitation film, like Dolemite. The 7th is Sea Serpent day. I'd go with a local* movie, The Crater Lake Monster.
September has National Grandparents Day, so I'd go with Rabid Grannies.
*Local as in it's supposed to take place at a lake local to me but was instead filmed in another state.
Uncle Sam isn't on Netflix but I did find it on youtube (but I have to watch in 10-15 minute segments).
My birthday is in August so I might watch "Happy Birthday To Me" if I can't think of anything else.
I actually have the "Rabid Grannies" DVD unwatched and unopened, that'll be perfect for September.
04-18-11, 03:08 PM
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Re: Second Annual Drive-In/Exploitation/B-Movie Challenge March 31-April 30 2011
Stats:
With two weeks left in the challenge I tabulated a few stats -
As of April 17 (based on what people have posted)
There are 44 people in the challenge.
A total of 1307 movies have been watched
for an average of 29.7 per person
or 72.6 movies by the group watched every day
or 1.65 movies watched per person per day.
To be on pace for 100 you should have 58 movies watched by April 17.
3 people are at or ahead of that pace.
5 others are at 48 or over and could make 100 with 4 movies per day.
With two weeks left in the challenge I tabulated a few stats -
As of April 17 (based on what people have posted)
There are 44 people in the challenge.
A total of 1307 movies have been watched
for an average of 29.7 per person
or 72.6 movies by the group watched every day
or 1.65 movies watched per person per day.
To be on pace for 100 you should have 58 movies watched by April 17.
3 people are at or ahead of that pace.
5 others are at 48 or over and could make 100 with 4 movies per day.
04-18-11, 03:42 PM
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I wanted to join in, but have some problems with my Blu-Ray player (it decided that it didn't want to play Blu-Rays, CDs and certain DVDs).
We got a new player, but found that our cables were inconpatiable and we are waiting for the replacements to arrive.
We got a new player, but found that our cables were inconpatiable and we are waiting for the replacements to arrive.
04-18-11, 04:28 PM
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Welcome to the challenge. Still time for a Kung Fu or Blaxploitation movie (my personal favorite exploitation genre).
04-18-11, 05:39 PM
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Re: Second Annual Drive-In/Exploitation/B-Movie Challenge March 31-April 30 2011
Stats:
With two weeks left in the challenge I tabulated a few stats -
As of April 17 (based on what people have posted)
There are 44 people in the challenge.
A total of 1307 movies have been watched
for an average of 29.7 per person
or 72.6 movies by the group watched every day
or 1.65 movies watched per person per day.
To be on pace for 100 you should have 58 movies watched by April 17.
3 people are at or ahead of that pace.
5 others are at 48 or over and could make 100 with 4 movies per day.
With two weeks left in the challenge I tabulated a few stats -
As of April 17 (based on what people have posted)
There are 44 people in the challenge.
A total of 1307 movies have been watched
for an average of 29.7 per person
or 72.6 movies by the group watched every day
or 1.65 movies watched per person per day.
To be on pace for 100 you should have 58 movies watched by April 17.
3 people are at or ahead of that pace.
5 others are at 48 or over and could make 100 with 4 movies per day.
04-18-11, 06:54 PM
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Re: Second Annual Drive-In/Exploitation/B-Movie Challenge March 31-April 30 2011
^Same here. I've now successfully managed to neglect my list for the 3rd or 4th consecutive challenge. Writing reviews is apparently my Kryptonite. Honestly, I envy anyone who can maintain a long list while continually managing to write such thorough ones.
I've got major catching up to do, but fully intend to. And it's a definite possibility since today kicked off my vacation for the remainder of the month. 
04-18-11, 08:31 PM
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What the hell? I had a 44 movie spaghetti western box set sitting right next to me that has a handful of movies I rented elsewhere because I didn't know I already owned them.
This one, to be exact http://www.amazon.com/Spaghetti-West...3176713&sr=8-1
This one, to be exact http://www.amazon.com/Spaghetti-West...3176713&sr=8-1
04-18-11, 09:30 PM
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Re: Second Annual Drive-In/Exploitation/B-Movie Challenge March 31-April 30 2011
I just sat through Titanic II - shouldn't I get extra credit for that one?! All kinds of bad on this one but I haven't laughed that hard in a while, so I guess I can't complain too much. Still, when it got to the 'emotional impact moment' I thought I was gonna hyper-ventilate from laughing - such a SHAMELESS ripoff of The Abyss.
God bless The Asylum and all their awfulness!
God bless The Asylum and all their awfulness!