Amentep

Sorry to hear that Raithe, my condolences on your loss.

David Dastmalchian is an actor I've liked in anything I've seen him in. Also a horror fan, so I have hugh hopes for this one.

I'm guessing a few of the oldsters are hitting 20 on here today...

I saw Tetsuo: The Iron Man in 1992 when it got its US release and went through the independent film circuit. There's nothing really like it; I seem to recall the sequel Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (which I saw a few years later, not 100% what year) having more a plot rather than sort of the fever dream / nightmare quality of the original but wasn't quite as good.

My phone is logged out again (I just logged back in on it Tuesday) but my computer is still logged in.

While I have sold stuff (almost all of my VHSes, for example), I've kept an extensive library of other physical media. I've had to resort to breaking them down though, they're too much otherwise, so I get why some would declutter. That said, my comic collection still overshadows it from a sheer how much space it takes up. >.< Unfortunately, I don't really trust streaming to provide something when I want it, and even though physical media has its perils (disc rot, etc) I'd rather risk that than playing hunt the show on through the streaming channels. And the more obscure stuff, they won't have anyhow.

Ad Populum innit? "Appeal to the Public" - implying that something that is popular is right/good/best.

Ditto for me on getting the Our Services message occasionally.

Dofus is based on a french video game series (including the games Dofus and Wakfu). There's also a tv animated series Dofus: Aux trésors de Kerubim and Wakfu and some Wakfu OAVs. The movie Dofus, livre 1: Julith I think suffered in France based on its release date if newspapers at the time are to be believed. The lack of box-office success caused them to drop the 2 planned sequel Dofus films and a Wakfu film Anakma (the game, publishing and animation company) have made some other movies since this, though. They were part of a co-production for Netflix' Mutafukaz aka MFKZ and did a film called Princesse Dragon. Also did some other animated and live action series/shorts.

old thread - https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/132558-random-video-game-news-games-are-the-most-elevated-form-of-investigation/

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What did you think of the original film?

I know I've seen The Cat from Outer Space, but can't remember if I saw it at a drive-in or not.

Wrestling promos? Ok - THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE! And who can forget Rowdy Roddy Piper and Buzz Sawyer training to fight...?

David Soul

We're probably just going to get motion smoothing. I spelunk around B to Z grade films all the time, and stinkers as stinky as "Blood Mummy" are rare, but I also have a high tolerance for a lot of the things that would utterly break a film for you.

Old thread - Lol. Eh, B movies are broader than just being untalented - often times you have talented people working with minimal budgets and the actors they can get locally. In those cases, the ideas will shine through and make a movie fun, for me at least. This had none of that, it was exploitation filmmaking without any redeeming features really. Unless you want to see a guy playing a mummy stick his face and nose into the camera to simulate mental contnrol before assaulting naked women. The ending is risible as well and the mythology is inconsistent - not just with Egyptian myth and history, that's common for mummy films but with itself. The movie presents certain reasons the mummy is doing what he's doing and then literally violates that explanation in the next scene. There was no interest in this film from the filmmakers beyond the explotational elements. Was a real drag.

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Okay some more of what I watched over my holidaze - Pieces - Christopher George plays what may be the least effective cop in slasher film history as a maniac chainsaws his way through college. He is aided by a former Tennis Pro turned police woman (Lynda Day), a student (Ian Sera), a Professor (Jack Taylor), the groundskeeper (a glowering Paul Smith), and the Dean (Edmund Purdom) - any of who could be the killer (last seen as a kid who killed his mom). Very giallo (with all the weird logic those films display at times) and in its way and a lot of fun. Plus random Bruce Le cameo. Miami Connection - A band that are also martial arts experts runs afoul of drug dealers who have ninjas on their side in Orlando because one of the band members is dating the sister of one of the drug dealers. A lot of fun, with some catchy music. Alien Outlaw - Aliens attack a small town just as shooting expert Jesse Jamison comes to town with her trick shooting show. Lots of things get shot, and possibly one of the best escapes in cinema for a heavily overweight comedy relief character. The Maltese Falcon - The stuff dreams are made of; the new restoration did a lot of good for sound and image Casablanca - Also a very good restoration. And a good film. Always felt like Henried was all wrong for Lazlo - his portrayal doesn't fit the idea of a character whose led a canny cat-and-mouse chase with the Germans through WWII Europe; instead it feels like his character is one scene away from doing a Sydney Carton with jutting jaw if given half-a-chance. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance - intersplices the origin of the title character's fall from second/execution for the Shogun with a forward story of the now-a-sword-for-hire Ogami Ittō taking money to further his planned vengeance on the clan that framed him in the eyes of the Shogun. This leads to a bloody conflict with a group of Ronin who are waiting to perform their own assassination in a hot springs town where they terrorize all who are there. Nice 70s samurai action film; always thought Wakayama Tomisaburō was a great pick for the role; he's expressive when he needs to be, stoic when he needs to be, meancing when he needs to be, and plays the father role well to boot. American Graffiti - 4 high school graduates have a final night on Modesto before they go their separate ways. Its an interesting exercise in characters as plot, since there really isn't a formal structure, but a structure that weaves the characters through the night into a satisfying film. People Under the Stairs - skipped it when it came out, but over the years heard so much about it I had to give it a shot. Man marketing really let this film down at the time of its release. Its not the film I remember being sold, and its overall a very solid horror film. I can't help but feel the film got edited heavily though (Bill Cobbs, for example, just disappears from the film at the end, with no explanation). Love Brides of the Blood Mummy - a good example of what a lot people accuse Eurohorror of being - pointless cruelty and a rapey plot. Nice costumes is about the best I can say, they felt like they could have come from a higher budgeted film. On the plus side, I have a new answer to "what's the worst mummy film you've seen". Get Crazy - Daniel Stern puts on a rock-n-roll new years eve show for his boss, while an evil Ed Begely, Jr. tries to take over the beloved venue to build a Trump-esque tower on its land. A surreal comedy that is one half 'lets put on a show' and one half actual concert footage. A lot better than a film made to be a Mel Brook's The Producers style tax break flop should be. Underworld / Transmutations - An artist who used to be a fixer for a criminal is brought in to search for his ex-girlfriend who has been kidnapped by sewer dwelling mutants created by a mad scientist. Its a fun film; certainly compromised by producers. Still it has a lot of ideas that the film's writer, Clive Barker, would go to flesh out to better effect in later stories and movies. The director of this would collaborate on the stronger, but still flawed, Rawhead Rex with Barker a few years later. Sky Pirates - just after WWII, an Australian air force pilot is tasked to bring some US military personnel, a scientist and a mysteries part of a stone tablet to America with a stop at Easter Island. After things go south, the pilot and the scientist's daughter are locked in a race with evil US military types to get their hands on the completed tablet and the ultimate weapon it contains. Very much an Australian entry into he Indiana Clones series of films, its probably stronger in the first 2/3 than the last 1/3, but worth a watch. Magnificent Warriors - Michelle Yeoh is a pilot with a way with a whip, gun and martial arts. Recruited through her grandfather to rescue the leader of a Tibetan city during the second series of Japanese invasions into various Asian countries in the 1930s, complications abound when a thief steals the identification of her contact in the city. Great comedic martial arts stunts and good straight action up to the final fight. While not as grim as some martial arts films can be, the final fight takes a serious turn that somewhat drains the high energy and fun that had been established to that point. Not as Indiana Clone as I'd been told (its more High Road to China adjacent, really, lol) it is a fun film.

Species (1995) and Species II (1998) - first film is okay trashy sf but the humans have absolutely some of the worst plans in film. Second film is altogether worse, the main astronaut villains family strife is a time waster, our returning heroes are somehow worse at alien capturing than in the first film, and Mykelti Williams is given some horrendous dialogue/character bits. In both films the actors give it their best, though, so kudos to them.