TS: SHOWGIRLS vs. ROADHOUSE

I still haven't seen Roadhouse all the way through.

JH: I thought you'd be bigger.
PS: Yeah, I get that a lot.

Once sat next to a man on an international flight who watched Showgirls on his in-seat video screen and never recognized her.

that's my answer.

Casuistry is insane, but how insane?

"but... I CAN'T!!!"

and then everyone in the plane gets into quoting the film...

"stewardess, do you have any extra pillows?"
"you can FUCK me when you LOVE me."

i've stopped watching films and tv altogether because of the overanalyzing tic

i will say that, of the theoretical distaff variants, i would definitely watch "Road Girls" before I would watch "Show House"

girl house > road show

I also kept getting stuck on why a guy named “Brad Wesley” is a Jewish stereotype played by an Italian actor.

Ultimately this one just tries a little too hard at saying something to be enjoyable as pure trash.

Jeff Healey sucks. Terrible singer, cliched guitar player.

I guess I didn't get a Jewish stereotype? Roadhouse is more of a Western to me, Wesley is the classic evil mining big shot who runs the town

anyway, I love Roadhouse it's inspiring in how dumb and entertaining it is

Yeah I guess he could just be indeterminate big city rapacious guy. Maybe because Ben Gazzara already looks like he could be Jewish is why it read that way to me.

Swayze definitely seemed to be channeling Bruce Lee’s “I have just killed Chuck Norris” face a couple times

Why hasn't this been reincarnated as a poll?

bc and i say this loving both films it is obviously showgirls

one other (probably obvious) observation is that the movie is not subtly homoerotic throughout (even though he literally rips the throat out of the only guy in the film who admits it) and the straight romance feels like the least convincing part of the movie, although maybe that's just because I don't find kelly lynch very attractive.

one other (probably obvious) observation is that the movie is not subtly homoerotic throughout (even though he literally rips the throat out of the only guy in the film who admits it) and the straight romance feels like the least convincing part of the movie, although maybe that's just because I don't find kelly lynch very attractive.

It's part of a whole homoerotic trilogy from Swayze - Road House followed by Point Break followed by To Wong Foo...

I mean half the movie is just both men and women gawking at Swayze, Swayze doing shirtless tai chi, Swayze ass, Kevin Tighe eyeing up swayze shirtless, Kevin Tighe eyeing up Swayze various other times, old lonely farmer eyeing up Swayze, etc., plus Sam Elliot showing his pubes and a scene that feels like it would lead to an MMF threesome with doc if it weren't a regular R rated movie.

hey I already know it's a great movie, you don't have to keep selling me

I had somehow never seen this Helmut Newton picture of Showgirls (1995)-era Paul Verhoeven pinching his nipples, brought to my attention by @MarBarFu. Some of you may not have either, so I thought I would remedy that. pic.twitter.com/sagXOMujfa

— 💜💜𝔹𝔼 𝕊𝔸ℕ𝔻 ℕ𝕆𝕋 𝕆𝕀𝕃💜💜 (@NickPinkerton) January 6, 2021

Bateau my eyes!

Not sorry! I had to celebrate I'm finally going to see the You Don't Nomi documentary this week.

this is the first page of Roadhouse, before FADE IN pic.twitter.com/lzkZORBwpY

— Cate (@supergayscripts) June 5, 2021

i just watched road house again and man

i forgot that when lynch shows up at swayze’s pad and he lifts her up to grind on her he clonks her straight back onto a rough stone chimney, couldn’t have felt nice

No indeed.

Anyway, this will also not feel nice.

Jake Gyllenhaal will step in for the late Patrick Swayze in a new 'Road House' remake from the director of 'Edge of Tomorrow.' https://t.co/91nXeSw2rT

— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) August 2, 2022

I mean if it's about Gyllenhaal continually waking up after being beaten up by Terry Funk in order to save the bar again, that's one thing, but.

Interesting.. not a film I would consider appropriate for a remake

I'm just gonna pretend this doesn't exist, like the Point Break remake.

4K!

https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/frontpage/products/road-house

This...is insane.

“LIMIT 2 PER CUSTOMER”

As much as I love this movie (and I really, really love this movie) my bare-bones DVD is all I need.

And having done the one movie, Vinegar Syndrome just announced the other!

https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/frontpage/products/showgirls

A VSU we've been working on for over a year, and the biggest film yet to grace the line, Paul Verhoeven's cult sensation, feast for the senses, and all around madness, SHOWGIRLS is at last coming to UHD in an edition worthy of its splendor. Featuring hours of archival interviews, BTS material, commentaries, and more, among them plentiful never before seen material. Plus we’ve added a slew of fresh interviews with cast and crew, along with critical pieces examining the production and impact of this landmark film. Furthermore, we’ve performed extensive exclusive restoration using the source files from Paul Verhoeven’s supervised color grade to ensure a presentation which looks exactly as intended, but without any of the digital manipulation which has notoriously plagued other releases.

LOL, my workplace blocked that link, as well they probably should

Is there a rundown somewhere online of the specific digital manipulation?

You got me. Might have to look around for it! Anyway I preordered this of course. Forgot to mention that last year I saw an Alamo Drafthouse one-off showing of this -- an actual FILM print, and one that was from outside the US as well. Made for a different experience, and I think a couple of changes in dialogue too but I wasn't sure...

I didn't get to see it in the theater in its original run, so it would not surprise me in the slightest if there's an even harder NC-17 version out there that's been quietly swept under the rug (until now).

Honestly the thing that leapt out to me was that I thought other celebrities than Paula Abdul etc were mentioned at one point, in that that spiel comes up a couple of times. But it didn't happen in all cases, which was even weirder!

Janet Jackson def mentioned in every version I’ve seen

I’m incredibly tempted by this but not sure about the looks I would get from my family…

watching Road House for the first time. WOW this is a weird movie!

are there really bouncers who are so legendary people that work in bars know them in other states?

also why does Ben Gazarra drive so intentionally poorly

This is part of the mystery and wonder that is that film.

it's so delightfully bonkers. knife fights every night at the bar!!! bankruptcy-level destruction every night! Jeff Healey as the house band!

a bar named after taking a gigantic dump!

this movie's a repository of quality baritone speaking voices, cotdamn

"JC Penney is coming here because of me!"

damn Sam Elliott started to say "cunt" then stopped himself

Denise honey Jeff can't see you gyrating

careful, Dalton, that's a Narn soldier!

I like how Sidekicks is the VSU sandwiched between Roadhouse and Showgirls in the VS release schedule

are there any fucking police in this town. like they say Jasper paid em off but I haven't even SEEN ONE

also why does Ben Gazarra drive so intentionally poorly

― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 20:44 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

bizarro gazzara

Okay, the details of what's extra on the Vinegar Syndrome Showgirls release have been announced -- importing some old faves like David Schmader's commentary plus a whole lotta other things:

3-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray x2
4K UHD presented in High-Dynamic-Range
Newly restored by Vinegar Syndrome from an existing director approved 4K studio master
Includes original 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo soundtrack options
"The Greatest Movie Ever Made" - commentary track with writer David Schmader
"More Vegas Than Vegas" - an interview with director Paul Verhoeven
"You Gotta Gamble if You’re Gonna Win" - interview with screenwriter Joe Eszterhas
"All that Glitters: Filming Showgirls" - interview with cinematographer Jost Vacano & Performance Lighting Designer Peter Morse
"The Rhythm of Chaos" - interview with co-editors Mark Helfrich & Mark Goldblatt
"Born to Dance" - interview with actress Rena Riffel
"Free Lap Dance with Every Large Popcorn: The Cult of Showgirls" - interview with Midnight Mass Podcast hosts Peaches Christ & Michael Varrati
Special ‘Behind-the-scenes’ Featurette
A Showgirls Diary
Lap Dance Tutorial Featuring the World-Famous Girls of Scores
Original trailer
40-page perfect bound book with essays by Elizabeth Purchell, Abbey Bender and Adam Nayman
Reversible sleeve artwork

Oh yeah the link:

https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/frontpage/products/showgirls

Region A? I was sure this was going to be Region Free.

that's a bummer....

You must conform to us like all good Americans, aka everyone in the world despite your so-called 'nations.' (I might have this wrong.)