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(He, Him)
Have they done a freddy vs jason except it’s bloody mary vs candyman in a small bathroom with two mirrors? Get on that hollywood
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Gul Dukat is in it tooI recently learned of, and vowed to watch, the direct to video 1991 science fiction martial arts movie, Arena (not to be confused with any of the other dozen-ish movies called Arena that show up when you search Tubi for that movie).
Its incredible.
My only regret is that I only learned of this movie now, and not 30 years ago. It was described to me as Bloodsport in space, but honestly, it’s much more of Rocky, if Philadelphia was actually Mos Eisley. And if Apollo Creed was a cyborg Minotaur. And if they decided to cram in, like, a dozen extra plot lines of varying importance.
The fight scenes aren’t exceptional, but given that every fighter except the plucky underdog is wearing about double their body weight in prosthetics or an elaborate cricket-man costume, they’re well above What they should have been. Which also warrants mentioning; outside of the one (unfortunately central) character, the practical effects are all astonishingly good, considering how this is a direct to video 1991 movie about beating up space monsters, and should really have had a budget of about “Whatever the director had in his wallet at the time”.
Special mention must be made of the Plucky Underdogs outfit during the fights. It’s like he couldn’t decide whether to dress like He-Man or a robot, so combined them and threw in a little burlesque for fun.
Also, Quark is in it! Playing a weasel man named Weesil.
Hey, I remember seeing that on cable TV. It was pretty cheesy but still fun to watch.direct to video 1991 science fiction martial arts movie, Arena
And Ivanova from Babylon 5I thought that was him!
I kind of want to rewatch that since it touches on similar stuff to DS9 and it's weird they were sort of these parallel series. Plus, I never watched the final season. The... CG is what you would expect from the mid-90s.Well that I never watched so I will forgive myself for that one
It's weirdly awesome though. Last season lacks, but it's kinda rad they do a whole season of wrap up. Is it streaming anywhere?I kind of want to rewatch that since it touches on similar stuff to DS9 and it's weird they were sort of these parallel series. Plus, I never watched the final season. The... CG is what you would expect from the mid-90s.
Damn. Not here in Canada then. No spoo for meI said to myself "now now, Goggle Bob, you can wait to see someone post the answer, or you can check justwatch.com and find it yourself". And lo and behold it is on friggen' HBO Max, a platform I currently subscribe to, and one where I was trying to find something I could stream that is long and epic for when I bumble through Pokemon Violet in handheld mode in a couple weeks. So guess what is on the agenda now!
Zooty zoot zoot!
We watched this tonight! I knew it was a parody going in but also didn't realize just how bonkers and off the rails it was going to get. Some of the scenes stopped being funny about halfway through them and I found the gag violence much more offputting than it seemed like I was supposed to and could have done with less of that, but overall I'm glad I watched it and it's a goofy fun ride.I watched Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, and it delivered exactly on its premise: a parody of the biopic genre, in particular its tendency to make arbitrary and abiographical narrative changes. If you like Weird Al, doubt not that the movie is consistent with its subject's oeuvre.
I was very impressed with the scene about Dr. Demento's pool party. Due to shooting in Los Angeles, they were able to cast the film from Al's contact list. He knows a lot of celebrities, so apparently he just called them up for this one scene to impersonate a whole crowd of visually eccentric 80s celebrities. And then they had Emo Philips as Salvador Dalí.
I watched Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, and it delivered exactly on its premise: a parody of the biopic genre, in particular its tendency to make arbitrary and abiographical narrative changes. If you like Weird Al, doubt not that the movie is consistent with its subject's oeuvre.
I was very impressed with the scene about Dr. Demento's pool party. Due to shooting in Los Angeles, they were able to cast the film from Al's contact list. He knows a lot of celebrities, so apparently he just called them up for this one scene to impersonate a whole crowd of visually eccentric 80s celebrities. And then they had Emo Philips as Salvador Dalí.