I do. That and RoboCop, Total Recall are good as far as they go.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 17:30 (seven years ago) link
Turkish Delight is insane but in increasingly suspect ways as it hurtles toward death.
that's my problem with spetters
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 17:32 (seven years ago) link
gonna steal that phraae for my gravestone xp
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link
well yes my sundry opinions can be found in the general Verhoeven thread, after the retro a few months ago
my central problem w/ Showgirls is it's juvenile, and not in a way that personally appeals to me (ie not THAT gay)
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 17:36 (seven years ago) link
movie is great altho the rape scene of the non-character is ...not doing what it thinks it is
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 13 May 2017 09:32 (six years ago) link
So I was just checking on Jeffrey Schwarz's work, since I'm seeing The Fabulous Allan Carr later today:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Schwarz
And I note re his upcoming projects:
Currently in development are feature documentaries about the making of Paul Verhoeven’s misunderstood masterpiece Showgirls
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 18 June 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
I saw this at Philly Pride today:
https://ctl.s6img.com/society6/img/_THbf5miovhdJYG8_2TTmc1043c/h_550,w_550/tshirts/men/greybg/white/~artwork,bg_FFFFFFFF/s6-0020/a/7849017_16134973/~~/you-dont-nomi-tshirts.jpg
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 19 June 2017 02:09 (six years ago) link
Why are you not wearing it right now
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 June 2017 02:13 (six years ago) link
omg love that tee
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 19 June 2017 13:40 (six years ago) link
would wear a "brown rice and vegetables?!?!?" one too
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 19 June 2017 13:41 (six years ago) link
tbh I am very over the "Versayce" joke but I really like that design
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 19 June 2017 13:58 (six years ago) link
"I'm Afraid of Americans" originally appeared as a rough mix on the soundtrack to the film Showgirls (in which the chorus is "I'm afraid of the animals" instead of the later "I'm afraid of Americans")
"I'm afraid of the animals, I'm afraid of the woods" 🐾
― Wes Brodicus, Saturday, 23 December 2017 09:25 (six years ago) link
I thought this thread would be taller
― Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 23 December 2017 14:59 (six years ago) link
The fact that there is a 2 disc Blu-ray for Road House now makes me happy. Why yes I own it.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 December 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link
what are the extras??
― Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 23 December 2017 15:12 (six years ago) link
Read up! I never got the special DVD edition so I believe a fair amount is ported over but I'm not positive.
https://www.shoutfactory.com/product/road-house-collector-s-edition?product_id=4718
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 December 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
Oh wait, they indicate it -- anything marked "NEW" was done for this release.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 December 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
I mean, two separate documentaries on the stunts and the music, a full new documentary on the whole film, etc. etc. Like I said, of course I own it!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 December 2017 15:31 (six years ago) link
I kinda want that, but I gotta admit I'd pay $5 extra for a Super Special Edition that omitted this:
• Audio Commentary By Road House Fans Kevin Smith And Scott Mosier
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 23 December 2017 16:25 (six years ago) link
Showgirls is classic
― stoker (Ross), Thursday, 28 June 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
Ross YOU'RE classic
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 28 June 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
Road House is classic.
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 28 June 2018 17:32 (five years ago) link
If there can be books on Showgirls there can be essay series on Road House.
Hey Roadhouse fans: @theseantcollins is doing the deepest of deep dives on it, Talmudic scholar-ly in nature, and it don't hurt. It's real good, mijo:https://t.co/Bm6K5LnTnj— Bill Corbett (@BillCorbett) January 9, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 17:12 (five years ago) link
I finally watched roadhouse and I guess I liked it? I have this annoying tic now where I involuntarily start analyzing the class politics of every film and I found this one weird in its generation of the petit bourgeoisie against both the working poor and the capitalist. All about reinstating order and hierarchy and also being tied to the land. Maybe even a little bit fascist. I’m not fun at parties and that’s actually true.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 29 February 2020 05:54 (four years ago) link
*veneration. Not generation.
I suspect you're on target, not that i'm going to reWatch it to find out.
Certainly THE OSCAR is more watchable than either of these (in terms of movies that SUCK because all three of them SUCK).
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 29 February 2020 06:30 (four years ago) link
Pain dont hurt
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 29 February 2020 07:24 (four years ago) link
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"
― Kate (rushomancy), Saturday, 29 February 2020 14:21 (four years ago) link
girl house > road show
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 29 February 2020 14:26 (four years ago) link
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.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 29 February 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link
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 townanyway, I love Roadhouse it's inspiring in how dumb and entertaining it is
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 29 February 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
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.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 29 February 2020 17:15 (four years ago) link
Swayze definitely seemed to be channeling Bruce Lee’s “I have just killed Chuck Norris” face a couple times
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 29 February 2020 17:40 (four years ago) link
Why hasn't this been reincarnated as a poll?
― Ainsley James Gryffyd Lowbeer Holdsworth (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 29 February 2020 23:55 (four years ago) link
bc and i say this loving both films it is obviously showgirls
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 1 March 2020 00:10 (four years ago) link
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.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 1 March 2020 02:04 (four years ago) link
It's part of a whole homoerotic trilogy from Swayze - Road House followed by Point Break followed by To Wong Foo...
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 1 March 2020 02:55 (four years ago) link
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.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 1 March 2020 03:17 (four years ago) link
hey I already know it's a great movie, you don't have to keep selling me
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 1 March 2020 16:41 (four years ago) link
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
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 08:37 (three years ago) link
Bateau my eyes!
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 10:57 (three years ago) link
Not sorry! I had to celebrate I'm finally going to see the You Don't Nomi documentary this week.
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 11:10 (three years ago) link
this is the first page of Roadhouse, before FADE IN pic.twitter.com/lzkZORBwpY— Cate (@supergayscripts) June 5, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 6 June 2021 01:25 (two years ago) link
i just watched road house again and mani 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
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 29 October 2021 22:21 (two years ago) link
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
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 20:16 (one year ago) link
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.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 20:17 (one year ago) link
Interesting.. not a film I would consider appropriate for a remake
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 20:30 (one year ago) link
I'm just gonna pretend this doesn't exist, like the Point Break remake.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link
4K!
https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/frontpage/products/road-house
This...is insane.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 23 September 2022 18:20 (one year ago) link