Hahah, I was thinking of reviving this thread today for some reason. Great Neds think alike.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 August 2008 00:11 (sixteen years ago) link
It's always a good time to revive this thread. It was up for 5 Razzies, including the totally bizarre Worst Supporting Actor for Gazzara which proves, if proof were needed, that they are a complete pile of do-do.
― Ned Trifle II, Saturday, 23 August 2008 00:23 (sixteen years ago) link
which proves, if proof were needed
Surely 'which proves, if proof be need be'
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 August 2008 00:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Road House 2 has my favorite JAKE Busey performance:
http://www.spoonyexperiment.com/rants/RoadHouse2/RoadHouse2-Busey3.jpg
― BigLurks, Saturday, 23 August 2008 03:51 (sixteen years ago) link
no neon fiddle no cred
― latebloomer, Saturday, 23 August 2008 03:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Last month at the AVClub, Scott Tobias considered one, then the other.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 15:51 (sixteen years ago) link
???
by Preparation Heche
Is there anyone here who thinks this is just an awful, stupid movie?
5:50 AM Thurs July 10, 2008
heheh, some people...
― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 19:39 (sixteen years ago) link
There's no justifying Road House as a good film, exactly, but it's so entertaining that it provokes philosophical musings about how "good" even applies sometimes
Erm, so it is a good film then?
― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 19:42 (sixteen years ago) link
av club goes way too far in rationalizing reasons to like these flicks.
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 19:52 (sixteen years ago) link
This is actually interesting:
It's a shame that Verhoeven wasn't allowed to explain himself on the DVD, since he gives bar-none the best commentaries in the business
I can't say I've heard any of his commentaries, so is this claim accurate?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 20:08 (sixteen years ago) link
well i guess I'M going to be up until 4:05 a.m. est.
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Sunday, 13 September 2009 06:43 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks, hbo.
Still haven't seen Showgirls, totally love Road House obv.
― if I don't see more dissent, I'm going to have to check myself in (Matos W.K.), Sunday, 13 September 2009 07:27 (fifteen years ago) link
really need to sit and watch it. i've only seen the edited-for-tv version.
― i've eaten steaks rarer than you in prison (latebloomer), Sunday, 13 September 2009 07:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Showgoilz that is
― i've eaten steaks rarer than you in prison (latebloomer), Sunday, 13 September 2009 08:33 (fifteen years ago) link
how long was that one, an hour?
― we like cars, we like cartoons (dyao), Sunday, 13 September 2009 08:45 (fifteen years ago) link
like an hour plus 8+ additional hours of ads
― i've eaten steaks rarer than you in prison (latebloomer), Sunday, 13 September 2009 09:30 (fifteen years ago) link
"Pain don't hurt."
― Carey (Carey), Wednesday, November 12, 2003 11:13 AM (5 years ago) Bookmark
― Pullman/Paxton Revolving Bills (Pillbox), Sunday, 13 September 2009 11:52 (fifteen years ago) link
This thread's revival was a sign. (Perhaps.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 15:31 (fifteen years ago) link
rip that man
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Tuesday, 15 September 2009 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Road House is certainly a proud moment for both Ben Gazzara and John Doe. Do you think there were any second takes on this picture?
It was up for 5 Razzies, including the totally bizarre Worst Supporting Actor for Gazzara which proves, if proof were needed, that they are a complete pile of do-do.
Yes, bcz Gazzara doesn't do anything that could be remotely mistaken for acting, nor does he seem to be fully awake in many scenes.
From the iMdB comments section:
Road House is really about the clash between heterosexual and homosexual culture. Dalton doesn't clean up a bar full of roughnecks, he cleans up a straight town that has been overtaken by homosexuals. Now, I don't condone the message, i'm not a super masculine man who hates homosexuals, but if you watch this film and listen to the dialogue you will realize this is exactly what it's about.
Evil is made possible by nothing more than the sanction you give it
― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 October 2009 14:12 (fourteen years ago) link
omg until the last bit i was like "hmm interesting queer reading of road house" hahaha
― gore vitalic (s1ocki), Tuesday, 6 October 2009 14:21 (fourteen years ago) link
He seems to have overlooked that the hero is a ballet/tai chi man.
― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 October 2009 14:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Remember, 'cocksucker' is just two nouns put together to evoke a response.
(There's a director's commentary where the douchebag says the movie "went into a world no one had ever seen before.")
― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 October 2009 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
i am a roadhouse man but after re-viewing showgirls today with a friend i have to say it's pretty incredible. elizabeth berkely is terrible in a bizarrely compelling way.
― i ain't no daggum son of a gun (latebloomer), Monday, 2 November 2009 03:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Also the movie is enhanced if you interpret it as what would have happened to Jessie fromSave by the Bell if she had continued her caffeine pill addiction
― i ain't no daggum son of a gun (latebloomer), Monday, 2 November 2009 04:05 (fourteen years ago) link
http://kotaku.com/5434701/playboy-teases-us-with-the-ultimate-coulda+been-game
― ea™e (latebloomer), Sunday, 27 December 2009 07:47 (fourteen years ago) link
This is a vision.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 27 December 2009 17:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Reposted from Chicago thread because I feel that I must further share this exciting information.
Oh! That reminds me -- D told me that some Italian director is making a sequel (that has absolutely nothing to do with the original) to...are you ready?
SHOWGIRLS.
I want to note that these were the circumstances that brought us Troll 2(Italian director, nothing at all to do with the original, schlocky )
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Monday, March 1, 2010 8:23 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Monday, 1 March 2010 14:27 (fourteen years ago) link
The trick would be if they kept the original cast.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 March 2010 14:41 (fourteen years ago) link
No, I think it has potential! Maybe one little cameo, like the WORK IT dude or something. Troll 2 had NONE of the original cast of TROLL (which included Julia Louis Dreyfus and the kid who played Atreyu!)and it was spectacularly bad.
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Monday, 1 March 2010 14:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Thought I'd read that Rena Riffel is making her return.
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Monday, 1 March 2010 14:51 (fourteen years ago) link
ooh read where?
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Monday, 1 March 2010 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link
at work, can't google
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Monday, 1 March 2010 15:14 (fourteen years ago) link
am running to n/sfw problems myselfoh well
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Monday, 1 March 2010 15:31 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.showgirls2.com/ (TRAILER!)
I am NOT impressed. Totally misses the point and ALSO I heard it had a $25 million budget but I am not seeing this in the trailer, like at all.
― RubyNoir, Tuesday, 2 March 2010 01:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Ugh. Pass.
(Apparently Rena Riffel's character is making a return, not the actress.)
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 01:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Clearly time for a Road House 2/Showgirls 2 thread.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 March 2010 01:28 (fourteen years ago) link
I agree, the trailer looks terrible. Against all odds, I maintain hope.
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I guess I will watch Showgirls this year, after watching Road House in '09.
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 02:39 (fourteen years ago) link
"I thought you'd be...bigger."
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 6 March 2010 07:12 (fourteen years ago) link
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― kenan, Saturday, 6 March 2010 07:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Eternal wisdom. Along with "It was tails."
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 6 March 2010 08:12 (fourteen years ago) link
I showed "Showgirls" to the Viceroy tonight. He said Nomi reminds him of my sister, which makes this movie about 20x funnier.
― Noise Pictorial Works Juvenile Fiction (Abbott), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 04:21 (fourteen years ago) link
!
Does your sister come from different places?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 04:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Has your sister ever eaten puppy chow?
― the aztec mystic pizza (Stevie D), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 04:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Did she ever try and eat all the chips in the house?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 04:58 (fourteen years ago) link
How does she like havin'em?
― the aztec mystic pizza (Stevie D), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 05:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Is she one of those Mafia girls? Is that why she carries a BLAAADE?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 05:06 (fourteen years ago) link
You guys are killing me!
― Noise Pictorial Works Juvenile Fiction (Abbott), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 05:14 (fourteen years ago) link