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We all have at least one, in my case given my fondness of martial arts, sci fi and horror genres I have hundreds.
But perhaps the worst example of a movie I truly enjoy has to be "Iron Eagle" (1986). (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091278/?ref_=sr_1)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/Iron_eagle.jpg
It's so horribly bad I'm not even sure where to start. The acting, the plot, the horribly contrived situations, the incredible suspension of belief required to simply watch it. The 80s were famous for "government cheese" and I think this is most of it.
But if I'm flipping channels I can easily get sucked into it and start rooting for Doug Masters as he takes on seasoned pilots and destroys enemy targets on his very first "outing", even if I actually think Jason Gedrick is one of the biggest goober actors of that decade (his amazing body of well known work speaks for itself).
Even talented actors like Louis Gossett Jr. manage to become little more than predicable caricatures. Perhaps the greatest actor in the film is David Suchet and his amazing ability to keep a straight face while playing Col. Akir Nakesh when uttering such powerful lines as "Attack them through the flames!"
And perhaps even worst of all, somebody felt the need to make "Iron Eagle II" which I thankfully have no memory of.
This film makes Red Dawn, War Games, Rocky IV and Top Gun seem like Citizen Kane in comparison. And yes I do have it on DVD.
:D
Magic_Salad0892
06-08-13, 00:52
I. Need. To. Watch. This. Now.
"The Stuff" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090094/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
"Parents" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098068/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
"The Hidden" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093185/)
Sooooo many more. ;)
Series 7: The Contenders
It is about a town that has a lottery. If you are drawn, you enter a deathmatch with the other lottery winners. It is actually pretty funny and cheesy.
I. Need. To. Watch. This. Now.
Follow it up with "Gymkata" (1985) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089243/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) for the ultimate double feature.
You will need nachos. Lots and lots of nachos.
:D
Magic_Salad0892
06-08-13, 02:12
Follow it up with "Gymkata" (1985) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089243/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) for the ultimate double feature.
You will need nachos. Lots and lots of nachos.
:D
You're completely right. I know what I'm doing tomorrow. :D
You're completely right. I know what I'm doing tomorrow. :D
Just gonna warn you now, Gymkata can be hard to watch in parts, like MST3k bad. But it's one of those things you have to seeif you are an 80's movie fan, like Breaker, Breaker if you consider yourself a Chuck Norris fan or The Star Wars Christmas Special if you consider yourself a Star Wars fan. Thankfully it's not as bad as either of those things.
Ironically, I really like Kurt Thomas and he's pretty talented. And I think he tried his hardest to make this a good film. Problem is he seemed to be the only one really trying. You'll swear this is a Golan/Globus production.
I love MST3K
my vote goes to The lost skeleton of Cadavra
Magic_Salad0892
06-08-13, 02:31
Just gonna warn you now, Gymkata can be hard to watch in parts, like MST3k bad. But it's one of those things you have to seeif you are an 80's movie fan, like Breaker, Breaker if you consider yourself a Chuck Norris fan or The Star Wars Christmas Special if you consider yourself a Star Wars fan. Thankfully it's not as bad as either of those things.
Ironically, I really like Kurt Thomas and he's pretty talented. And I think he tried his hardest to make this a good film. Problem is he seemed to be the only one really trying. You'll swear this is a Golan/Globus production.
I absolutely love the Star Wars Christmas Special.
You just reminded me that I should watch that.
Moose-Knuckle
06-08-13, 03:21
I absolutely love the Star Wars Christmas Special.
You just reminded me that I should watch that.
I own it on VHS, it was during this special in which an animation short aired that introduced the world to my favorite Star Wars character, Boba Fett. But now just the animation short can be viewed via YouTube and is considered a "cult classic" unto itself.
Probably more than you ever wanted to know about it, plus Lucas's responses to the special are hilarious . . . :lol:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Wars_Holiday_Special
So as far as my favorite "cheesy movie", hmm off the top of my head it would be Tremors (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100814/).
It spawned two sequels, one prequel, and even a TV series (canceled after the first season).
Grand58742
06-08-13, 04:02
Pretty much any movie made under the WWE flag and produced by Vince McMahon. The "Marine" with John Cena tops that list. More or less an 80s action flick without Sly or Arnold. Lots of explosions, hot women, extreme gun fighting scenes with the magazines that never need changed but far short on plot. Enjoyable in a "It's 1 AM and I can either watch this or infomercials about the worlds strongest vacuum cleaner" way.
And as a kid, I thought "Space Camp" rocked, although pretty cheesy as I got older. Still enjoyed it though.
Any of the James Bond flicks with Timothy Dalton. Cheesy, but it's still Bond and the world got introduced to Talisa Soto so there is some merit there.
And not sure if the OP knows it or not, but they did make an "Iron Eagle 3" lol
Does TV count?
Horribly cheesy? Anyone who can remember 1978 has to have seen that gem "KISS meets the phantom of the park". Talk about hard to get through? The only thing worse than the acting is... well, there just isn't much worse than that.
polymorpheous
06-08-13, 07:18
Big trouble in little china.
Crow Hunter
06-08-13, 07:36
"Night of the Living Dead" the original black and white version. The acting really isn't very good (other than the zombies) and the editing wasn't done very well, there is a scene that has 2 takes in it.
"Tremors" is a close second for me though.
Big trouble in little china.
Yep. Hard to top this one. :)
But perhaps the worst example of a movie I truly enjoy has to be "Iron Eagle" (1986). (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091278/?ref_=sr_1)
Dang it!! When I saw the title of this thread, this was the first movie I thought of. In fact, I liked this movie so much, I have Queen's "One Vision" on my MP3 player still to this day. Now I'll have to rack my brain to think up another one.
I was also a big fan of the "Lost Boys" but I can't remember if it was cheesy or not.
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I absolutely love the Star Wars Christmas Special.
You just reminded me that I should watch that.
You sir, need professional help STAT!:lol:
Flash Gordon.
Hey, wait a second!!!!! ;)
Oh and don't ever forget the greatness of Ice Pirates!
"Night of the Living Dead" the original black and white version. The acting really isn't very good (other than the zombies) and the editing wasn't done very well, there is a scene that has 2 takes in it.
"Tremors" is a close second for me though.
Tremors is one of my most favorite movies of all time.
The_War_Wagon
06-08-13, 10:18
Anything these guys spoofed. :p
http://livingwithanerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/mst3kHulu.jpg
1941.
Critics panned it, it had moderate success at the box office, Kubrick thought it should have been a drama, John Wayne thought it should not be made.
BUT...all-star cast, great music (John Williams score), directed by Spielberg. And Nancy Allen was HOT.
Heavy Metal
06-08-13, 10:31
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http://cf.drafthouse.com/_uploads/galleries/3445/the-adventures-of-buckaroo-banzai-across-the-8th-dimension_9e4cd784.jpg
Weekend at Bernie's. It used to play on constant loop on Cinemax when I was a kid.
And its conveniently on Comedy Central right now :)
MountainRaven
06-08-13, 11:56
Commando.
The one everyone knows about. Because everyone has seen it.
Or maybe Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dofacvjRkc).
More (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnuJyJBM_J4).
:eek:
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089901/)
Heavy Metal
06-08-13, 13:11
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/Army_of_Darkness_poster.jpg
American Ninja
The Final Countdown
Roadhouse
...
Iron Eagle needs a remake.
Howard The Duck.
/end thread. BAM!
As mentioned in the other thread by someone and above... undoubtedly, hands down... Buckaroo BanZai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RmdAlaOiMw
LOL, John Lithgow and Christopher Lloyd
I saw Howard the Duck at a drive in theater.
Didn't start going to "indoor" theaters until the 90's.
1941.
Critics panned it, it had moderate success at the box office, Kubrick thought it should have been a drama, John Wayne thought it should not be made.
BUT...all-star cast, great music (John Williams score), directed by Spielberg. And Nancy Allen was HOT.
I loved 1941, excellent call. And just about anything with Nancy Allen was good to go.
Howard The Duck.
/end thread. BAM!
Somebody actually likes that crap?!? Wow.
jklaughrey
06-08-13, 14:48
Dead men don't wear plaid
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Somebody actually likes that crap?!? Wow.
You suck.
I could have said "Meet The Feebles."
You suck.
I could have said "Meet The Feebles."
Sorry.
:sarcastic:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/Army_of_Darkness_poster.jpg
YES. This and Buckaroo Banzai are the first things that pop into my head when I think of cheesy movies that are actually worth watching.
After that, it's Commando and Big Trouble in Little China.
Hunter Rose
06-08-13, 23:27
The Last Starfighter.
It's all about the death blossom baby...
Moose-Knuckle
06-09-13, 01:06
The Last Starfighter.
It's all about the death blossom baby...
I loved that one growing up! :cool:
My local Wal-Mart has it on Blu-ray in the $7.99 bin, I might have to pick up a copy one of these days.
Magic_Salad0892
06-09-13, 02:19
I saw Howard the Duck at a drive in theater.
Didn't start going to "indoor" theaters until the 90's.
Two words. Duck tits.
Two words. Duck tits.
I expect 100 words from you regarding your impressions of Iron Eagle by Monday.
:D
The_War_Wagon
06-09-13, 06:58
Hard Boiled. :D
http://img.movieberry.com/static/photos/91990/poster.jpg
Starts with a 10 minute gun battle in a Hong Kong teahouse. Later has an 20 minute gun battle among gunrunners at a warehouse. Ends with a 42 minute running gun battle through a hospital, in which EVERY SWAT officer in CHINA is eventually killed. :p
Come to think of it, I think there were a few "plot" points in it somewhere that didn't involved gunfire, yet the movie is less than 2 hours long! :eek: I think THAT'S the more AMAZING detail!
p.s. - and most of these gun battles are with Tokarevs that DON'T jam! :eek:
Magic_Salad0892
06-09-13, 07:18
I expect 100 words from you regarding your impressions of Iron Eagle by Monday.
:D
I'll make it happen, man. :D
"Poor White Trash"
It's not that horrible or cheesy, but it sure is dumb, and at least there's Jamie Presley to look at in her younger days.
"Gummo" = horrible! but I kept watching it once and now I can stand to laugh at it the whole way through.
Cheesy - I'll say "Cool as Ice" I saw it as a kid and knew I wanted to ride a motorcycle one day
My Science Project - "Suck lead, lizard!!!!" This movie is full of great one-liners.
Last Starfighter
Enemy Mine
My Science Project - "Suck lead, lizard!!!!" This movie is full of great one-liners.
Last Starfighter
Enemy Mine
My science project was awesome, though I haven't seen it in years.
And, ARMY OF DARKNESS isn't cheesy, it's PURE CINEMATIC GENIUS. :)
My Science Project
http://youtu.be/csHptb8APlo
William B.
06-10-13, 10:19
Cobra with Sylvester Stallone. I thought that movie was so awesome when I was a kid. I found it in the $5 bin at Wally World a couple of years ago and re-watched it. I laughed my ass off the whole time... the car was still awesome, though.
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/xx82/Colt_LE6920/Cobra_zpscd4b5e8e.jpg
gunrunner505
06-10-13, 10:46
Starship Troopers. God is it bad, but like a car wreck, you can't not watch it.
Enemy Mine.
Someone up there mentioned Timothy Dalton as James Bond. Those suck so bad, I can't even count them as Bond movies. Terrible....
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Doc Safari
06-10-13, 10:46
Barbarella. Jane Fonda in a pink spaceship that looks like it was made from balsa wood. Dolls with teeth. Robots that just stand there so you can blast 'em.
The Land that Time Forgot (Doug McClure version). Possibly the fakest dinosaurs of all time. Watch Jurassic Park again right after watching this one for a stark contrast.
I may think of more later.
montanadave
06-10-13, 10:55
Barbarella. Jane Fonda in a pink spaceship that looks like it was made from balsa wood. Dolls with teeth. Robots that just stand there so you can blast 'em.
The Land that Time Forgot (Doug McClure version). Possibly the fakest dinosaurs of all time. Watch Jurassic Park again right after watching this one for a stark contrast.
I may think of more later.
But Anita Pallenberg is still TOTALLY HOT as the Black Queen!
Lots of good ones already mentioned.
Big Trouble in Little China
Remo Williams
Iron Eagle -- and Steyr they didn't just make a second one (which I've regrettably seen) but also a parts III and IV (which I haven't)
I submit another dash of Louis Gossett Jr
Toy Soldiers
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The Army of Darkness
Black Dynamite is #2
Barbarella. Jane Fonda in a pink spaceship that looks like it was made from balsa wood. Dolls with teeth. Robots that just stand there so you can blast 'em.
The Land that Time Forgot (Doug McClure version). Possibly the fakest dinosaurs of all time. Watch Jurassic Park again right after watching this one for a stark contrast.
I may think of more later.
If you wanna go back that far check out "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065466/?ref_=sr_1)"
Probably Russ Meyers finest hour (not that that is saying much). Cynthia Myers, Dolly Reed, Erica Gavin and Edy Williams. Lots and lots of eye candy, unfortunately it's packaged in some of the wost 60s weirdness that you can imagine.
But man is Dolly Reed smoking hot.
Spurholder
06-10-13, 13:33
The Land that Time Forgot (Doug McClure version). Possibly the fakest dinosaurs of all time. Watch Jurassic Park again right after watching this one for a stark contrast.
Did someone say Doug McClure???
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTu1yNbt5cVWyP9FCem0zAyY3ovQEvBf-X6g_Hn1dqoURjClyoe
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080904/
Spurholder
06-10-13, 13:39
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSfYcnZ4Fb1uugZdkiNbHToTi9wBonMTC8ANJ8XhRHYrp-RsEh0pQ
Anyone remember this?
LowSpeed_HighDrag
06-10-13, 15:43
Mystery Science Theater and Mystery Men
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSfYcnZ4Fb1uugZdkiNbHToTi9wBonMTC8ANJ8XhRHYrp-RsEh0pQ
Anyone remember this?
How could anyone forget it?
Phantasm and Beyond the Door both might have been seriously cheesy, but the trailers and TV ads were both 10 times scarier than the actual films.
eightmillimeter
06-10-13, 21:54
Lots of great ones here.
1941 - "Where Hollywood!?"
Tremors is great too but there are so many more good one liners in Tremors 2.
Another friend forced me to watch Final Countdown and wow...
Another friend forced me to watch Final Countdown and wow...
I actually love that one too. Make it a double bill with The Philadelphia Experiment (1984). Starring once again...Nancy Allen. Been in love with her since "Dressed to Kill" (1980).
gunrunner505
06-10-13, 22:32
I actually love that one too. Make it a double bill with The Philadelphia Experiment (1984). Starring once again...Nancy Allen. Been in love with her since "Dressed to Kill" (1980).
That's a double feature.
Final Countdown and Philadelphia Experiment are 2 classics.
And Nancy Allen is fine. Oh yeah...
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Okay, so I guess I'm the only one in these parts who actually thought this was a good film at least artistically speaking? I always thought it was a great example of an homage.
In no particular order, but some that I can recall off the top of my head that probably falls under being the "cheesiest/horrible" movie that was likeable.
The Last Dragon (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089461/)
Willow (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096446/?ref_=sr_2)
They Live (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/?ref_=sr_1)
Aloha Summer (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094637/)
Okay, so I guess I'm the only one in these parts who actually thought this was a good film at least artistically speaking? I always thought it was a great example of an homage.
I loved it. Loved it even more when I later saw some of the films it borrows from.
At least... we got... ...Terre Haute, India... na.
And Nancy Allen is fine. Oh yeah...
I think the moment I saw this scene on cable TV is the exact time I went through puberty.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sJq42pXCZlI/SvGiEy8HhmI/AAAAAAAABO0/aU0_wQth4xk/s1600/Nancy+Allen+Nude+5+-+Dressed+to+Kill.jpg
:D
I loved it. Loved it even more when I later saw some of the films it borrows from.
At least... we got... ...Terre Haute, India... na.
But what about your pajamas?
But what about your pajamas?
I don't think I'll be needing my pajamas anymore.
Gotta love Rachel Ward.
https://bloodymurder.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/rachel-ward-dead-men-dont-wear-plaid.jpg
Magic_Salad0892
06-11-13, 06:31
I think the moment I saw this scene on cable TV is the exact time I went through puberty.
Aaaaaalmost NSFW.
montanadave
06-11-13, 07:32
I think the moment I saw this scene on cable TV is the exact time I went through puberty.
Now that might make for a fascinating thread. :)
The Rachel Ward reference reminded me of another:
Fortress.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091069/
Even though it's universally panned by critics and most people who watch it... I really enjoyed the remake of The Island of Dr. Moreau with Val Kilmer and Marlon Brando.
Moose-Knuckle
06-11-13, 14:52
The Rachel Ward reference reminded me of another:
Fortress.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091069/
Thanks for posting this, I remember the movie but never could think of the name!
This thread made me think of The Return of the Living Dead, just horrible but you can't stop watching it. :D
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089907/
Thanks for posting this, I remember the movie but never could think of the name!
This thread made me think of The Return of the Living Dead, just horrible but you can't stop watching it. :D
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089907/
HBO was good to me back in the '80s! :cool:
Doc Safari
06-11-13, 16:21
I remember some schlockfest from years ago called "The Frozen Dead" or something. It was about Nazis reanimating body parts. This was at least a decade or so before "Reanimator". They had arms and legs hanging from the walls, and if people got too close to the wall an arm would grab them or something. Hell of a secret weapon: just stay away from the mother****ing wall. :lol:
Anyway, some chick's severed head was hooked up on a table so she could talk and whatnot.
I just remember it as being an incredibly stupid premise for a movie.
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089901/)
Winner.
montanadave
06-11-13, 19:51
The Man With With Two Brains.
The years have not been kind to Kathleen Turner, but you could bounce a quarter off her ass in that movie.
Doc Safari
06-24-13, 15:32
Okay, I gotta add one here.
I don't think anyone's already mentioned it.
I had forgotten about "Phantom of the Paradise."
When I was a kid, this was "one of those movies" that the parents wouldn't let me see. I made the mistake of showing them the photos from the movie novelization and one showed Gerritt Graham's character with curlers in his hair. That pretty much cinched it for the son of Conservative Southern Baptists that I was not going to that movie.
Anyway, I saw most of it on TV years later. It's cheesy, improbable, and the music is about as wretched as The Rocky Horror Picture Show's songs.
Still, seeing Paul Williams with his face melted at the end somehow makes it worthwhile...
Just one? Off the top maybe OSS117: Lost In Rio
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/70124816
When outrageously chauvinistic French secret agent OSS 117 (Jean Dujardin) journeys to Cold War-era Rio de Janeiro to recover a top-secret microfilm, gorgeous Israeli Nazi-hunter Dolorès Koulechov (Louise Monot) joins in the quest. But as the pair zero in on their quarry, the hapless Frenchman's disdain for Koulechov's gender and nationality threaten their mission. Michel Hazanavicius directs this delightful parody of James Bond-esque films.
Little Otik defines odd.
http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Little-Otik/60025313
In this bizarre fantasy from the Czech Republic, an ordinary couple, Karel and Bozena, are unable to conceive a child. When Karel digs up a tree root and whittles something vaguely resembling a human baby, Bozena's strong maternal longings transform the stump into a living creature ... with a monstrous appetite that can't be met by baby's formula!
Movies that were cheesy bad, but I still loved watching them-
At the very top of the list is Godzilla. I loved watching the rubber mutant dinosaur knocking over buildings, destroying elevated trains, snapping high tension wires in a shower of sparks, bludgeoning it's way through the miniaturized Tokyo set to stomp all those cool little model tanks and swat plastic fighter jets dangling from strings. Heck, I'm a sucker for just about any of the classic Japanese Monster Movies. We'd get up and watch them with Dad almost every Saturday. "Urban Renewal" we called it.
Another is The Little Shop of Horrors. Not the remake, but the original black & white version starring Bob Denver. "Feed me! I want some chow!"
Another train wreck I really enjoyed is The Gamers: Dorkness Rising because I get the jokes. Really.
"If we use a Fireball, we'll get caught in the blast."
"Not if we hide behind the large pile of dead bards"
Not that I've ever played D&D or anything like that- Did you know that "Dork" really means whale penis? It does! Well, it did at my grade school. We used it sometimes instead of "dick". That's why the first time I heard it used in a kid's show, I was shocked. You did not want to be a dork or a nerd when I was growing up. Now, it's the nerds who make all the money
Go figure
This thread needs a resurrection.
Kung Fu Hustle
Mortal Kombat
too many Jackie Chan films to list
Evil Dead II
The Naked Gun
Dodge ball
Big trouble in little China
Diamondback
08-24-21, 21:10
Any Roger Moore 007 belongs here, except maybe For Your Eyes Only.
Lot of fun ones listed in the zombie posts.
Not strollin all the way back to 2013 to read the whole thread, but if "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" ain't on the list it should be. Of course only in a theater, preferably a midnight movie, with full audience participation by a crowd that knows what's up.
Toxic Avenger.
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The Last Starfighter.
It's all about the death blossom baby...First movie I ever saw that used CGI.
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I don't think I'll be needing my pajamas anymore.
Gotta love Rachel Ward.
https://bloodymurder.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/rachel-ward-dead-men-dont-wear-plaid.jpgSharkie's Machine.
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This thread needs a resurrection.
Kung Fu Hustle
Mortal Kombat
too many Jackie Chan films to list
Evil Dead II
Much as I love Bridgette Wilson, Mortal Kombat is a difficult film to sit through. In fairness it was based on a video game and made for kids but still, pretty rough.
Ironically Evil Dead II kick that crap out of the original Evil Dead which would have been completely forgotten if not for the sequel. I remember watching that on VHS and having it run my stress o meter, was funny later but damn that first viewing.
Jackie Chan can be it's own thread, but my personal favorite is The Big Brawl (aka Battle Creek Brawl) from 1980. Not only was it one of my first Jackie Chan films (thank you cable tv) it had some of the highest production values for any Chan film up to that time. Also was a very early onscreen appearance of balisong (butterfly) knives. The fight choreography was absolutely tight.
The Naked Gun
Dodge ball
Big trouble in little China
Too soon and it wasn't horrible or cheesy, it was hilarious and brilliant.
Sharkie's Machine.
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Excellent film and a nice Dan Inosanto role for those who know who he is. Fun story, Dan wasn't sure he was big enough to play a heavy for the film but Burt was intrigued by the fact that Dan was a Bruce Lee protege. Without giving it a lot of thought, Reynolds picked up a stick and improvised a sneak attack which resulted in Dan pasting him to a wall with a straight punch to the chest. Figuring he had absolutely blown the audition Dan started packing up but to his credit Burt hired him on the spot after deciding he could easily sell anything action wise.
And also another early film appearance of a balisong knife and Rachel Woods probably never looked better.
Diamondback
08-25-21, 02:13
Iron Eagle and the even more horrible Fire Birds had to happen because once the Chair Farce and Big Green Machine saw how the Navy cashed in on Top Gun they had to have their own versions. (Admittedly, the Air Force dropped out after seeing the script, resulting in Iron Eagle getting Golan-Globused with production assistance from the IAF.)
Big trouble in little china.
THAT SHOW IS NOT HORRIBLE... YOU TAKE IT BACK!!!!!!
I haven't watched Top Secret in probably 20 years, it was a terrible, if funny movie.....
They Live. Great one liners by Rowdy Roddy Piper, great action, the storyline is good yet it fulfills the 80’s cheese role perfectly.
Velocipastor
Ginger-dead man
The Room
Too soon and it wasn't horrible or cheesy, it was hilarious and brilliant.
Very true
Much as I love Bridgette Wilson, Mortal Kombat is a difficult film to sit through. In fairness it was based on a video game and made for kids but still, pretty rough.
Ironically Evil Dead II kick that crap out of the original Evil Dead which would have been completely forgotten if not for the sequel. I remember watching that on VHS and having it run my stress o meter, was funny later but damn that first viewing.
Jackie Chan can be it's own thread, but my personal favorite is The Big Brawl (aka Battle Creek Brawl) from 1980. Not only was it one of my first Jackie Chan films (thank you cable tv) it had some of the highest production values for any Chan film up to that time. Also was a very early onscreen appearance of balisong (butterfly) knives. The fight choreography was absolutely tight.
"Nice dress." I preferred Talisa Soto myself. :o
Evil Dead II managed to be simultaneously scary and funny better than any other film I can think of. If you know of others please share.
I watched a ton of Jackie Chan films years ago and enjoyed most of them. They kind of to blend together now and I cannot pick favorites. I think Drunken Master (1978) was a good one.
I think the moment I saw this scene on cable TV is the exact time I went through puberty.
Lifeforce.
They Live. Great one liners by Rowdy Roddy Piper, great action, the storyline is good yet it fulfills the 80’s cheese role perfectly.
That movie was a ton of fun.
Lifeforce.
Hey let's make a movie about vampires and have Mathilda May naked in the entire film. You know Hammer Studios wanted to die having missed the opportunity to make that film. Another favorite that I recorded off HBO and then completely wore the VHS tape out.
Johnny Rico
08-25-21, 19:14
Big Trouble in Little China
Showdown in Little Tokyo
But my "favorite" horrible/cheesy film is American Ninja, mostly for sentimental reasons. An immigrant kid, this was the first movie I watched in a theater after coming to this great country.
Lifeforce.
Lol, I remember when that movie came on HBO, when I was a kid. All I could think was....Boobies!
Blood Diner
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0092669/
This is one of my all time favorite movies. It has everything.
Naked cheerleader Aerobics, a vegetarian diner that feeds human beings to people, Uzi’s, 80’s androgynous rockabilly hair band, teenage love, a whore who gets her head fried in a food fryer…
It’s just the best horrible cheesy film ever.
See my sig line for the opening line of the movie.
Blood Diner
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0092669/
This is one of my all time favorite movies. It has everything.
Naked cheerleader Aerobics, a vegetarian diner that feeds human beings to people, Uzi’s, 80’s androgynous rockabilly hair band, teenage love, a whore who gets her head fried in a food fryer…
It’s just the best horrible cheesy film ever.
See my sig line for the opening line of the movie.
I've had it for a couple years, haven't watched it yet. Have seen "Blood Feast" which it is based on.
Velocipastor
Ginger-dead man
The RoomThe Room and Birdemic
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The Room and Birdemic
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I assume we are talking about the 2019 film?
I assume we are talking about the 2019 film?No no no! 2003! Romance/Drama. Epic!
I should have added that it's not horror but the post I quoted reminded me of it and it's definitely cheesey....very very cheesey
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joedirt199
08-26-21, 07:01
Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness. Bruce Campbell at his best. First 2 movies are the exact same then they pulled out all the stops for the third movie.
Dead men don't wear plaid
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Okay, so I guess I'm the only one in these parts who actually thought this was a good film at least artistically speaking? I always thought it was a great example of an homage.
I loved it. Loved it even more when I later saw some of the films it borrows from.
At least... we got... ...Terre Haute, India... na.
Reinemachefrau.....
I still watch "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" on DVD occasionally. First saw it when it was in theaters, loved it then. Everyone I've ever watched it with has absolutely hated it.
Agree w/Steyr, seeing the original movies that it takes clips from makes it even better. Kindled my interest is old movies. My wife hates it when we're watching and old movie and I point out the clips that are in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.
How did I miss this thread for 8 years?
Frankenhooker... I was just thinking about that cheesiness the other day.
The movies we watched when we were young definitely took a turn towards the bizarre once we were old enough to get our own blockbuster cards.
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Reinemachefrau.....
I still watch "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" on DVD occasionally. First saw it when it was in theaters, loved it then. Everyone I've ever watched it with has absolutely hated it.
Agree w/Steyr, seeing the original movies that it takes clips from makes it even better. Kindled my interest is old movies. My wife hates it when we're watching and old movie and I point out the clips that are in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.
How did I miss this thread for 8 years?
When I saw the film, I had seen enough of them like White Heat to get most of the jokes. But later on as a devoted TCM fan I eventually saw all of them and it made me like "Dead Men" that much more. It really is a completely brilliant film.
The_War_Wagon
08-26-21, 18:48
Anyway, some chick's severed head was hooked up on a table so she could talk and whatnot.
Define, "whatnot." :p
Kung Fu Hustle
Watched it on a lark one night, and was BLOWN AWAY! As hilarious as it is, it'd probably be even funnier, if I knew all the Chinese comic book references!
"Nice dress." I preferred Talisa Soto myself. :o
I had to look her up, and - HOLY CRAP!!! She's ANCIENT! She's... my age. :blink:
Diamondback
08-26-21, 18:59
I had to look her up, and - HOLY CRAP!!! She's ANCIENT! She's... my age. :blink:
So? Would still be worth waking up next to... the problem with "age is just a number" and older women is 1. narrower window to try to start a family in and 2. life expectancy means less time together.
I had to look her up, and - HOLY CRAP!!! She's ANCIENT! She's... my age. :blink:
Smokin' hot in 1995. https://i.imgur.com/D4fq32t.jpeg
Gone in 60 Seconds. The original. The movie that taught me how to drive. Terrible acting. Ballsiest car chase ever filmed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D54YqQx448Y
donlapalma
08-27-21, 07:59
Blood Sport
The Best of the Best
Both awful and amazing at the same time.
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Tremors.
Some call it cheesy, but it's on my Top list.
Also, Maximum Overdrive
1_click_off
08-27-21, 17:16
Weird Science
The Goonies
Real Genius
Blood Sport
The Best of the Best
Both awful and amazing at the same time.
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Seriously, The Best of the Best might be one of the worst 10 martial arts films and that's impressive. So much wrong with that movie it's hard to know where to start. Half of the competitors aren't even actual martial artists and seeing them wear black belts is worse than seeing 12 year old kids with black belts. So much shockingly incorrect information it's astonishing.
Bloodsport would be a lot of fun if there really wasn't a Marine who was kicked out on a mental who tries to convince people all that shit really happened. And yes his name is Frank Dux and he is one of the most deluded, living in a complete fantasy world people you have ever met. But the movie was actually pretty good before I found out that somebody actually believes it's their life story.
Ah, I’m reliving my childhood.
Iron Eagle
The Best of the Best
Highlander
But Trouble in Little China
80s and 90s flicks were the best, hands down.
My favorite, and I haven’t seen it since probably 1996, has to be “Ring of Steel.”
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0110991/
The_War_Wagon
08-27-21, 19:47
So? Would still be worth waking up next to... the problem with "age is just a number" and older women is 1. narrower window to try to start a family in and 2. life expectancy means less time together.
Oh - I'm sure she STILL wouldn't give ME the time of day. :p I remember seeing "The Living Daylights" in the theater, and thinking, "Hubba Hubba." But it seems like yesterday - NOT, 3 & 1/2 DECADES ago! :eek:
Diamondback
08-27-21, 20:18
Oh - I'm sure she STILL wouldn't give ME the time of day. :p I remember seeing "The Living Daylights" in the theater, and thinking, "Hubba Hubba." But it seems like yesterday - NOT, 3 & 1/2 DECADES ago! :eek:
You mean License to Kill. :) Longtime Bond aficionado here, 007 Week when TBS started cable was always "quality time" with Grandpa where I was allowed to stay up late during the summer in my wee years. TLD was Maryam d'Abo--not quite what she used to be, but another that waking up curled up with wouldn't inspire screaming and running.
Re Highlander, OMGWTFCringe, but some good came of it... my mother was annoyingly obsessed with the Highlander franchise, and H2 was my "gateway drug" introduction to Shakespeare.
"Well then, I shall leave you to conversh with your shkull. Farewell, dear shithead!"
FromMyColdDeadHand
08-27-21, 20:26
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280960/
Moron Movies
It, along with AIRPLANE! were my dad’s favorite movie. Short, extremely odd, amateur clips. A 1980s worst of YouTube proxy.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280960/
Moron Movies
It, along with AIRPLANE! were my dad’s favorite movie. Short, extremely odd, amateur clips. A 1980s worst of YouTube proxy.
That reminds me, Amazon Women On The Moon (1987), not really bad and intentionally a carry on of Kentucky Fried Movie.
My favorites have already been posted.
Big Trouble in Little China
Drunken Master 1978
Kung Fu Hustle
Leonidas24
08-27-21, 23:34
Ah, I’m reliving my childhood.
Iron Eagle
The Best of the Best
Highlander
But Trouble in Little China
80s and 90s flicks were the best, hands down.
My favorite, and I haven’t seen it since probably 1996, has to be “Ring of Steel.”
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0110991/
I came here to post this. Iron Eagle I, II, and IV were great, but I couldn't get into III.
Besides that; Feast I & II, and Kung Pow Enter the Fist.
m1a_scoutguy
08-27-21, 23:50
Big trouble in little china.
Oh yea, it's a great movie! We use to rent it from the public library on VHS tape for my son when he was like 10 or 12, I loved it also! I can name multiples that make my wife roll her eyes every time they come on and I always say I'm just going to watch this part but end up watching the whole thing.
Night At The Roxbury, Dumb & Dumber 1st one ONLY ! Team America. Many more but can't think of them at the moment.
Diamondback
08-28-21, 00:01
Not film but TV... part of me is ashamed to admit that as an '80s kid A-Team, Airwolf and Knight Rider were Appointment TV back then, and that when USA was running KR reruns while I was in junior high I'd haul ass home from the bus--no small feat for a non-athletic butterball who had to cover half a mile schlapping a load of crap!--to catch it. (ZERO shame whatsoever admitting same about Equalizer on A&E after KR was pulled from the lineup... Woodward's McCall was a style icon and a role model, even one of the blueprints used to put my head back together after a catastrophic nervous breakdown during the original run. STILL want that Jag!)
FromMyColdDeadHand
08-28-21, 00:31
Not film but TV... part of me is ashamed to admit that as an '80s kid A-Team, Airwolf and Knight Rider were Appointment TV back then, and that when USA was running KR reruns while I was in junior high I'd haul ass home from the bus--no small feat for a non-athletic butterball who had to cover half a mile schlapping a load of crap!--to catch it. (ZERO shame whatsoever admitting same about Equalizer on A&E after KR was pulled from the lineup... Woodward's McCall was a style icon and a role model, even one of the blueprints used to put my head back together after a catastrophic nervous breakdown during the original run. STILL want that Jag!)
I could have written this... was listening to the air wolf theme driving in traffic the other day.
Original, original, dirk Benedict Battle Star Galactica. Original Magnum PI.
Emergency one. Had my dad turn my pedal fire engine into a paramedic truck that I carried a box of bandaids in...
Not film but TV... part of me is ashamed to admit that as an '80s kid A-Team, Airwolf and Knight Rider were Appointment TV back then, and that when USA was running KR reruns while I was in junior high I'd haul ass home from the bus--no small feat for a non-athletic butterball who had to cover half a mile schlapping a load of crap!--to catch it. (ZERO shame whatsoever admitting same about Equalizer on A&E after KR was pulled from the lineup... Woodward's McCall was a style icon and a role model, even one of the blueprints used to put my head back together after a catastrophic nervous breakdown during the original run. STILL want that Jag!)
Nothing wrong with A Team for kids, hell that is who the show was made for. Adult military guess wouldn't be able to watch it for 10 seconds. But kids...hell yeah. And that was back when the world was still presented in terms of right and wrong, of justice and injustice vs the bizarro crap they feed to kids today.
While we are at it "Greatest American Hero." I was in high school and got sucked into that one even with all the goofy plot contrivances. If I'm not careful I'll still get that damn theme song stuck in my head for hours. Robert Culp as the FBI guy was also awesome and it also presented a great message for kids...and some high school age kids. Connie Sellecca was also easy on the eyes back then.
Knight Rider still has one of the most amazing theme songs, even to the point that Busta Rhymes sampled it. That thing is almost Kraftwerk. Anything David Hasselhof is a maybe but I somehow managed to get through it and Baywatch. And even with Knight Rider, Rebecca Holden was pretty interesting.
I could have written this... was listening to the air wolf theme driving in traffic the other day.
Original, original, dirk Benedict Battle Star Galactica. Original Magnum PI.
Emergency one. Had my dad turn my pedal fire engine into a paramedic truck that I carried a box of bandaids in...
Except that Battlestar and Magnum were awesome. And if we are doing great TV shows...
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?43640-In-your-opinion-what-is-the-best-TV-series-ever-created
Diamondback
08-28-21, 01:15
And even with Knight Rider, Rebecca Holden was pretty interesting.
She's aged way better than Patricia McPherson who she pinch-hit for in Season 2... come to think of it, she and KITT (with a little help from conversion-kitter Don Colie) have aged better than the entire rest of that show, though I still have Stu Phillips's scores in my MP3 library.
I'm gonna say NCIS is devolving into pure Woketard Schlock, not even gems like Gibbs-slaps or new Gibbs Rules for several seasons now.
I remember loving Surf Ninjas as a kid. I watched it with my wife a few years ago. Man it's terrible, but oh so good.
When I was a kid I thought Attack Force Z was the coolest movie ever. Suppressed sub guns. Australian SF. WW II......watched it with my son a few months ago. He was not as impressed with the film as I was at his age.
When I was a kid I thought Attack Force Z was the coolest movie ever. Suppressed sub guns. Australian SF. WW II......watched it with my son a few months ago. He was not as impressed with the film as I was at his age.
Hilarious, I just watched that a month ago. Held up ok for a B movie about the war.
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