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James 03-29-2011 10:12 AM

Spaced perhaps?

captaincaptain 03-30-2011 12:03 AM

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+81 03-31-2011 12:42 PM

^:thumb:x∞

Janszoon 03-31-2011 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by captaincaptain (Post 1027154)

I used to love that show. I've gone back and watched a couple episodes here and there recently, and even though it doesn't make me laugh as much as it used to, it's still pretty entertaining.

EvilChuck 03-31-2011 01:23 PM

Has anyone seen Black Dynamite? Its a parody of the 1970's Blaxploitation films. A good laugh if you like pimps, hos and kung fu.


Dayvan Cowboy 03-31-2011 01:31 PM

The Room is my favourite cult classic. it's so ****ing awful that it's amazing. Everybody should see it.

Tron is another good one, too. I love Tron, and it's a shame that the first one failed at the box office.

Janszoon 03-31-2011 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Dayvan Cowboy (Post 1028175)
The Room is my favourite cult classic. it's so ****ing awful that it's amazing. Everybody should see it.

Tron is another good one, too. I love Tron, and it's a shame that the first one failed at the box office.

The first Tron didn't fail at the box office, it did pretty well actually.

+81 03-31-2011 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by EvilChuck (Post 1028174)
Has anyone seen Black Dynamite? Its a parody of the 1970's Blaxploitation films. A good laugh if you like pimps, hos and kung fu.


That movie is a riot! I love it.


Dy-no-mite...Dy-no-mite

captaincaptain 03-31-2011 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by +81 (Post 1028203)
That movie is a riot! I love it.


Dy-no-mite...Dy-no-mite

But Black Dynamite, I sell drugs to the community.

EvilChuck 03-31-2011 06:09 PM

Euphoria, shut the **** up! I know that was you! I ain't even gotta look! I should send you to Crenshaw Pete with his hot-ass coat hangers, bitch. Would you like that!!?

Howard the Duck 03-31-2011 10:23 PM

Yet another good friend killed by the auspices of KUNG-FU TREACHERY!

WHY???? WHY????

jackhammer 04-01-2011 05:44 PM

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Minor spoilers.

What starts out as a kooky black comedy takes a flip half way through and becomes a dark thriller. Jonathan Demme's best film (better than Silence Of The Lambs) is an absolute gem with a great soundtrack, performances (Melanie Griffith in an early role before she lost the plot, Jeff Daniels in his everyman guise and Ray Liotta in psycho mode) and location shooting. I haven't seen this for a few years either. It rarely get's an airing on T.V. I will have to pick it up on DVD sometime.

Janszoon 04-01-2011 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer (Post 1029012)
http://en.academic.ru/pictures/enwik...WildPoster.jpg

Minor spoilers.

What starts out as a kooky black comedy takes a flip half way through and becomes a dark thriller. Jonathan Demme's best film (better than Silence Of The Lambs) is an absolute gem with a great soundtrack, performances (Melanie Griffith in an early role before she lost the plot, Jeff Daniels in his everyman guise and Ray Liotta in psycho mode) and location shooting. I haven't seen this for a few years either. It rarely get's an airing on T.V. I will have to pick it up on DVD sometime.

Man, I haven't seen that in a million years. I barely remember what it's about and always get it confused with Who's That Girl for some reason. After reading your description I may have watch it again.

jackhammer 04-01-2011 06:11 PM

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It is quite rightly ridiculous that a film about necrophilia can be so damn intelligent, heart breaking and sensitive.

Despite it's ridiculous low budget, this film manages to straddle (pardon the pun) the fine line between exploitation and art whilst offering up an original take on a taboo subject.

Despite the seemingly lurid subject matter, it is all tastefully done and made with articulation and obvious bravado.

Definitely a film that deserves a wider audience as anyone who has seen it whether film critic or film fan alike are all in agreement that it is a competently made film that approaches it's subject matter with sensitivity and a certain pathos.

Howard the Duck 04-02-2011 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer (Post 1029012)
http://en.academic.ru/pictures/enwik...WildPoster.jpg

Minor spoilers.

What starts out as a kooky black comedy takes a flip half way through and becomes a dark thriller. Jonathan Demme's best film (better than Silence Of The Lambs) is an absolute gem with a great soundtrack, performances (Melanie Griffith in an early role before she lost the plot, Jeff Daniels in his everyman guise and Ray Liotta in psycho mode) and location shooting. I haven't seen this for a few years either. It rarely get's an airing on T.V. I will have to pick it up on DVD sometime.

i love that as well

dankrsta 04-02-2011 06:12 AM

^I remember seeing that film somewhere in the late 80s on VHS with a bunch of friends and not once since then. Wow, long time...

Mojo 04-02-2011 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Merkaba (Post 1026540)




My oven can cook bits of OVEN!

God, I love that show. It's one of those British shows I would recommend to anyone.

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Originally Posted by James (Post 1026672)
Spaced perhaps?

This one too. It may be my favourite British sitcom. Fawlty Towers was pretty damn perfect though.

I have to say that Early Doors is one of my favourite cult TV shows.

http://sharetv.org/images/early_doors_uk-show.jpg

That never really caught on to a mainstream audience at all, and it should have. The Royle Family did, and in my eyes Early Doors had a huge audience just waiting to fall in love with it, and most of them probably never even saw it.

jackhammer 04-02-2011 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk (Post 1029402)
I have to say that Early Doors is one of my favourite cult TV shows.

http://sharetv.org/images/early_doors_uk-show.jpg

That never really caught on to a mainstream audience at all, and it should have. The Royle Family did, and in my eyes Early Doors had a huge audience just waiting to fall in love with it, and most of them probably never even saw it.

Early Doors is absolutely fantastic. It is no exaggeration that I have seen the two series half a dozen times each. I think it's far better than The Royle Family even though I really like that too.

Urban Hat€monger ? 04-02-2011 07:16 PM

If you want cult British TV comedy they don't come much more cult like than Nathan Barley.
Or Chris Morris's sketch show Jam.

I can count on one hand how many people I know who saw those, which is a shame because they were both genius.

Bulldog 04-02-2011 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger (Post 1029720)
If you want cult British TV comedy they don't come much more cult like than Nathan Barley.
Or Chris Morris's sketch show Jam.

I can count on one hand how many people I know who saw those, which is a shame because they were both genius.

I absolutely loved those shows, particularly Nathan Barley - Chris Morris showing again that he's simply the king of cultural satire. Jam was great as well, even if it was a lot more dark and difficult.

And talking of dark British comedy, anyone mentioned Monkey Dust in this thread yet? Dunno if it counts as a cult show or not, but there's another one I was a huge fan of.



^ One of the old gems.

Urban Hat€monger ? 04-02-2011 07:28 PM

Monkey Dust was amazing

I have the first 2 series on dvd somewhere.
I need to dig them out.

Mojo 04-02-2011 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer (Post 1029696)
Early Doors is absolutely fantastic. It is no exaggeration that I have seen the two series half a dozen times each. I think it's far better than The Royle Family even though I really like that too.

I think I prefer The Royle Family but it is such a close call. I certainly do not begrudge anyone for prefering Early Doors. I too have watched it many, many times. It just never gets boring. It's one of the few shows I can watch again, and again, and it gets no worse.

LoathsomePete 06-30-2011 11:28 PM

I just watched the 1987 film Near Dark which blends vampire horror, western, and biker genres all into one pretty damn good film. It's got a pretty memorable cast, including an awesome performance by Bill Paxton as a sociopathic vampire. I wouldn't say that it's better than The Lost Boys but it's definitely an underrated film all together. Definitely check it out if you want a good example of what vampires are suppose to be.


Mrd00d 07-06-2011 11:48 PM

Mission Hill, the cartoon that started on WB and quickly got the ax. Only 14/17 written were made and aired. The scripts for the last 3 would have added just enough closure, but no, not even that...

Also, a drama called John Doe, perhaps on FOX. It was fairly interesting and involved but never came to a real conclusion, leaving tons of unanswered questions.

Raust 07-11-2011 05:12 PM

Freaks and Geeks, loved that show. Every episode was fun and entertaining.

Arrested Development was a show I was never really sick of. I'm just waiting for them to come up with the movie!

The Batlord 07-12-2011 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Raust (Post 1083446)
Freaks and Geeks, loved that show. Every episode was fun and entertaining.

:love: This. Totally brilliant show! A travesty of justice on the level of The Great Firefly Cancellation when it got cancelled.

anticipation 07-12-2011 11:08 AM

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djchameleon 07-12-2011 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1083767)
:love: This. Totally brilliant show! A travesty of justice on the level of The Great Firefly Cancellation when it got cancelled.

FireFly was a bit too early but Freaks and Geeks was fine ending when it did.

I'm pretty sure that show would have been awful if they stretched it out over more seasons like they do with so many other shows to the point where it becomes awful.

The Batlord 07-13-2011 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon (Post 1083878)
FireFly was a bit too early but Freaks and Geeks was fine ending when it did.

I'm pretty sure that show would have been awful if they stretched it out over more seasons like they do with so many other shows to the point where it becomes awful.

It did have a little closure true, but I think it was just starting to get really good. I wanted to see how Daniel balanced his newfound geekery with his slackerness, damn it!


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