TS: SHOWGIRLS vs. ROAD HOUSE

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there's a patrick swayze baby, but no kyle mclaughlin baby.

that's my answer.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 04:22 (twenty years ago) link

"Showgirls" wins, and I haven't even seen it. What decides it? Believe it or not, KILLING JOKE have a track ("Hollywood Babylon") on the soundtrack (unavailable elsewhere). Huzzah!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 04:27 (twenty years ago) link

I want to hate Jeff Healey, but I can't because he owns a bar.

― Kim (Kim), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 04:41 (twenty years ago) link

The obvious answer is BARB WIRE.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 05:13 (twenty years ago) link

I haven't seen Roadhouse, but Showgirls is my second or third favorite film of the '90s. So it probably wins,

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 05:23 (twenty years ago) link

Bless you, Alex. I love reasons like those as deciding factors.

Casuistry is insane, but how insane?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 05:37 (twenty years ago) link

Oh, and this question is not answered until Nicolars posts, at least.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 05:37 (twenty years ago) link

But why have BARB WIRE when you can have TANK GIRL?

― Girolamo Savonarola, Wednesday, 12 November 2003 05:44 (twenty years ago) link

We were talking about Showgirls and Roadhouse, not these feeb pretenders to the throne.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 05:46 (twenty years ago) link

what kind of a fucking airline screens Showgirls as its in-flight movie?!

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 06:47 (twenty years ago) link

"would you like some potato chips to go with the naked dancing?"

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 06:48 (twenty years ago) link

"sir, you have to raise your meal tray now..."

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

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 06:56 (twenty years ago) link

yeah, where is larcole?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 06:57 (twenty years ago) link

"Mommy, what's the naked lady doing in the pool?"
"See below us, honey? That's Pittsburgh!"

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 06:58 (twenty years ago) link

"The landing of Norwest Flight 319 will be delayed until the two-and-one-half hour inflight movie has completed."

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."

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 07:03 (twenty years ago) link

Old Lady to passenger next to her: "Where are you from?"
Other old lady throws french fries into the air: "Different places!"

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 07:06 (twenty years ago) link

I'm erect. Why aren't you erect?

― Sean (Sean), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 07:13 (twenty years ago) link

Time to bump this a bit.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 14:16 (twenty years ago) link

This question is like asking which of your children you love the most. I refuse to choose!

― Nicolars (Nicole), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 14:49 (twenty years ago) link

The mullet-count in Roadhouse is through the roof, so that one, natch.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 14:53 (twenty years ago) link

Dudes, the Swayze rules. Therefore Roadhouse. Plus Terry Funk is in it.

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 14:54 (twenty years ago) link

Obviously, none of you have had the pleasure of viewing the classic Polish new wave surrealist film Dosta Veild me Kroschka (Old Habits Die Hard) or you wouldn't bother with your bourgois ironic film love. This heartbreaking classic tells the tale of a young strawberry merchant who dreams of becoming the official biographer for a famous novelist, played by beloved Polish actor Ivan Scheerkov (mostly noted for his work on the stage). The use of split screens and fruit-related imagery transcend any technique used in your beloved Showgirls or Roadhouse. I would like to see Patrick Swayze express the complex emotions invoked when a mentor crushes your last strawberry beneath his heel and pushes you into a gutter streaming with sewage, which fades into a speeding river filled by the torrential monsoon rains. I would like to see that indeed!

― Broken Record (brokenrecord), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 15:03 (twenty years ago) link

Can't I just wish to see Swayze pushed into a gutter streaming with sewage?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 15:37 (twenty years ago) link

THe 100 year storm didn't kill him, I doubt raw sewage would do it. He'd surf right out of that shit homeslice.

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 15:41 (twenty years ago) link

He's no Kurt Russell...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 15:41 (twenty years ago) link

roadhouse has bloooze - fuck that!

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 15:47 (twenty years ago) link

Late eighties bloooze at that. The music NOBODY likes.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 15:55 (twenty years ago) link

micheloeb liked it

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 15:57 (twenty years ago) link

Nobody likes Micheloeb either.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 15:58 (twenty years ago) link

that's the truth!

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 15:59 (twenty years ago) link

Wisdom has been achieved!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:01 (twenty years ago) link

haven't seen roadhouse. but my old flatmate and i used to do the thing that nomi does in a criss-cross over her face. very glam.

― colette (a2lette), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:12 (twenty years ago) link

"Pain don't hurt."

― Carey (Carey), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:13 (twenty years ago) link

if Swayze was in Roadhouse he would have totally banged her. Then they would have danced off together to "Time of My Life"

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:14 (twenty years ago) link

Interesting mistake there, Chris.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:16 (twenty years ago) link

haha - chris wants to fuck patrick swayze

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:18 (twenty years ago) link

wrong outsider dude

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:18 (twenty years ago) link

grr. ;)

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:19 (twenty years ago) link

pony boy

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:19 (twenty years ago) link

i like Michelob!

― lawrence ks, Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:20 (twenty years ago) link

two months pass...

In light of the existence of the Roadhouse musical, I think the question has been definitively answered.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 15 January 2004 07:19 (twenty years ago) link

This is like TS: Iron Pole vs. Iron Pole.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 15 January 2004 07:23 (twenty years ago) link

more like TS: getting hit in the back of the head with brass knuckles vs. getting hit in the back of the head with a tire iron

― Dave M. (rotten03), Thursday, 15 January 2004 08:40 (twenty years ago) link

Those last two posts were like... well, you know.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 January 2004 09:49 (twenty years ago) link

roadhouse, just gotta be!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 15 January 2004 09:52 (twenty years ago) link

Roadhouse, for the line, "Pain don't hurt."
Also, it was directed by a man named Rowdy Harrington.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 15 January 2004 09:55 (twenty years ago) link

Well I think that settles it!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 15 January 2004 09:58 (twenty years ago) link

haha kitsch is funny

― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 15 January 2004 13:40 (twenty years ago) link

This thread is the ilx equivalent of that scene in all those Lifetime movies where the little kid has to choose between living with mommy or daddy. You're all bastards.

― Allyzay, Thursday, 15 January 2004 13:43 (twenty years ago) link

If anybody has any idea what I might have meant by that drunken "Iron Pole" post up there, please to shed some light eh?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 15 January 2004 14:32 (twenty years ago) link

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also why does Ben Gazarra drive so intentionally poorly

― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 20:44 (one year ago) link

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

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 20:47 (one year ago) link

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

― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 20:49 (one year ago) link

a bar named after taking a gigantic dump!

― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 20:50 (one year ago) link

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

― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 20:57 (one year ago) link

"JC Penney is coming here because of me!"

― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 20:58 (one year ago) link

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

― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 21:17 (one year ago) link

Denise honey Jeff can't see you gyrating

― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 21:21 (one year ago) link

careful, Dalton, that's a Narn soldier!

― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 21:23 (one year ago) link

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

― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 21:40 (one year ago) link

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

― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 21:42 (one year ago) link

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

― rick semper moranis (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 30 March 2023 11:28 (one year ago) link

one month passes...

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

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 May 2023 04:25 (ten months ago) link

Oh yeah the link:

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

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 May 2023 04:25 (ten months ago) link

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

that's a bummer....

― my opinionation (Hamildan), Friday, 26 May 2023 15:13 (ten months ago) link

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

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 May 2023 15:19 (ten months ago) link

seven months pass...

Trailer for the roadhouse remake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKC4RL--jkc

― jbn, Thursday, 25 January 2024 17:05 (two months ago) link

I hate to admit it, but...that looks good and I will watch it.

― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Thursday, 25 January 2024 19:58 (two months ago) link

See now I'm trying to imagine an exploding boat chase on the lake in the original, which is really the only thing it lacks.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 25 January 2024 20:12 (two months ago) link

is Jake nude in it

― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 January 2024 20:14 (two months ago) link

Why did I know this news would bring you here. Anyway about these road houses in the Keys.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 25 January 2024 20:32 (two months ago) link

Does Bonamassa play the Jeff Healey part?

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 25 January 2024 20:38 (two months ago) link

Also: Here's to hoping that Amazon/MGM also greenlights a similar reboot of Taffin.

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 25 January 2024 20:44 (two months ago) link

Lukas Gage and Billy Magnussen in the same movie, I feel like they must go out for the same roles a lot

― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 25 January 2024 20:48 (two months ago) link

I like Jake, but I suspect, just as Adam Sandler chooses projects based on where he wants to vacation, Jake always has something lined up that will pay for a personal trainer.

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 January 2024 20:48 (two months ago) link

lol

― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 25 January 2024 20:54 (two months ago) link

noted piece of shit Conor McGregor being in this kills a lot of the appeal.

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 25 January 2024 21:04 (two months ago) link

Not if we get to see him getting the shit kicked out of him

― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 25 January 2024 22:12 (two months ago) link

Yeah, his equivalent in the original movie gets his throat torn out by Patrick Swayze, so that's worth seeing at least.

― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Thursday, 25 January 2024 22:14 (two months ago) link

Swayze was nude in the original (but not in the throat-ripping-out scene)

― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Friday, 26 January 2024 05:39 (two months ago) link

Conor McGregor, really? Whose dumb idea was that?

― omar little, Saturday, 27 January 2024 15:30 (two months ago) link

They thought he'd be perfect for the role bc of the sexual assault allegations, random sucker punching of random people who offend him, anti-immigration comments, etc?

― omar little, Saturday, 27 January 2024 15:32 (two months ago) link

They sold it to him as a documentary

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 January 2024 15:40 (two months ago) link

See Conor part of method acting as we have to beat the shit out of you for real

― omar little, Saturday, 27 January 2024 15:50 (two months ago) link

(*is)

― omar little, Saturday, 27 January 2024 15:50 (two months ago) link

Mystified by this sudden convergence of reactionary politics and Hollywood action movies

― Boris Yitsbin (wins), Saturday, 27 January 2024 16:00 (two months ago) link

Fun fact: Doug Liman's dad served as the chief counsel for both the New York state commission for the Attica Prison riot and the investigation of the Iran-Contra Affair.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:02 (two months ago) link

Mystified by this sudden convergence of reactionary politics and Hollywood action movies

Was gonna say, yeah, in what world does a Roadhouse remake NOT cast a Connor McGregor?

― badpee pooper (Eric H.), Sunday, 28 January 2024 04:03 (two months ago) link

two weeks pass...

Forget this reboot, I want a documentary on the backstory:

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/road-house-remake-drama-verbal-abuse-distribution-plans-jake-gyllenhaal-1235909744/

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 February 2024 00:33 (two months ago) link

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