Ash Ketchum

I miss the old Times Square. That's where I saw BLACULA in 1972--at the old Criterion Theater, which is now a Toys R Us. That was a summer night and we then went up the block, had some pancakes and went into the old Embassy Theater to see A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. 20 years later, in January 1993, the Criterion was a multiplex and I went after work to see TRESPASS in one of the basement theaters. The audience was so into it that they stuck around afterwards to talk about it. I was so hyped up from it that I walked up Broadway, found myself back at the Embassy and saw that THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN (Eddie Murphy) was about to start, so I went in and saw it. The Embassy is now the Times Square Visitors Center. Two movie trips to the same theaters 20 years apart.

I miss the days when I could walk two blocks from my office and see two movies on a weeknight. Nowadays, my office is further south and the theaters in Manhattan are half-a-mile to a mile away and then you have to take an escalator or elevator and walk down a long corridor to find your theater. Gone are the days when I could just walk into a single screen and find myself in front of the screen just a few yards from the street.

The Criterion in 1990--and, yes, I did see TOTAL RECALL there:


And how that block looks today:

SethDLH

I'm more than a bit jealous of anyone that got to experience THAT 42nd Street. I'm 28 so I'm obviously too young to have experienced it but I love the vibe and the visuals that photos and videos give off from that period. The last bit of that type of thing in Baltimore died a couple years back when our last porn theater The Apex closed and is now some sort of youth ministry building. I was in the middle of planning a trip to the theater and try to get an interview together with the owner if possible but then a few weeks later they had announced it closed pretty much out of nowhere.

Greg MacGuffin

Can someone recommend me a good Bruceploitation flick? Preferably one that is on streaming in semi-decent quality?

asianxcore

Now having watched Samurai Princess (2009), I've already watched 2 films during the challenge where a character staples their stomach back together

davidh777

Sounds like that should be a checklist item.

The Man with the Golden Doujinshi

Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave

Don't expect any amazing fights but we had fun laughing at it the first time we watched it. It's public domain so you can find streams of it everywhere.

Ash Ketchum

Just for the record, Roger Corman's birthday is this Sunday, April 5.

And Jackie Chan's birthday is next Tues., April 7.

asianxcore

If I run into it anymore times during the challenge, I'll be sure to point it out!

Finished watching Korean film, The Butcher (2009). The film made me extremely nauseous and I had to take a break. It wasn't the subject matter that got to me but the film style. The entire thing is shot either with handheld or head-mounted cameras, shot entirely POV

caligulathegod

Here's my favorite.


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asianxcore

Would The Guest or Dredd count as a Wildcard for this challenge?

caligulathegod

Guest is probably OK,but Dredd would need to wildcard.

bookercarringto

Watching Cabin Fever. A load of tosh.

davidh777

Watching Deathstalker and Deathstalker II, but seeing Lana Clarkson just reminds me of all that Phil Spector unpleasantness.

DVDTalker12324

Is the WILD CARD a freebee for anything or is it used for a film that is kinda on the fence close but not quite trash?

davidh777

The second thing.

Gobear

I'm wondering about watching Jesus Christ Superstar for the challenge since it's on the Medved brothers' 1980 list of bad movies, The Golden Turkey Awards.

caligulathegod

I'd say Jesus Christ Superstar is ok.

I love that film. Got to see Carl Anderson and Ted Neely live.

shadokitty

I found another Roku channel that has a good selection of eligible movies, Nowhere TV. There is an entire section on there for movies on archive.org. I jus finished an Italian sci fi film called Assignment: Outer Space.

asianxcore

Thank you! I might just watch The Guest then.

I'm aware that they are part of the comics, but the look of The Rippers in Tank Girl (1995) really kill the vibe on that film for me. I realize that Stan Winston did all the FX on that film. Outside how goofy The Rippers look, I really love most of that film.

Also Hard Ticket To Hawaii (1987) will never get old. Everyone needs to shell out $5 (or less) for the Andy Sidaris Collection on DVD.

DVDTalker12324

Yep HTTH was a lot of fun definitely worth watching. There is a rip of it on YouTube if anyone is interested. The theme song will be in my head for weeks.

SterlingBen

I go to add the Hard Ticket To Hawaii to my amazon wish list and of course it is in this set:

Is it just me or does this particular set come up a lot on DVDTalk.

nezumi

I enjoyed The Ninja Strikes Back, starring Bruce Le (arguably the best of the Lee-alikes) and Harold "Oddjob" Sakata. It's' a globetrotting adventure that hops from Rome, to Paris, to Hong Kong.There appears to be a full version on Youtube.

You forgot to put "style" in quotes. This movie is practically unwatchable; and until last October, it was the worst movie I had ever seen.

asianxcore

I liked the set pieces, but for a film that made a big deal about being big on gore/sleaziness, it takes almost 40-50 minutes for anything interesting to happen.

If you love Sidaris' films, you can't go wrong with how cheap you can get that set. Most Barnes & Noble stores have it in their $5 section.

That HTTH disc in that set looks good. The only other release on DVD of that film in the States, I believe came out in 2001. Not sure what the quality was on that release.

asianxcore

Andy Sidaris has been killing it in this challenge for me. Savage Beach (1989) has a 45-second onslaught of awkward sexual innuendos that needs to be seen.

I also love how much Al Leong has been showing up on my list so far.

shadokitty

Since I was wide awake by 6 AM, I decided to start challenge viewing early today. I looked on the Iron Fist Roku Channel, and decided on Hands of Death, a good movie about a couple of Drug Agents, who take out a major opium ring on their own, with deadly results.