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For over EIGHT years, everybody who gets involved mostly finds good enjoymentnote in calling out tropes that are recognized in the videos and stories and coming up with jokes to fling back at whatever's happening on the screen, many of which turn into various in-jokes and running gags (a Coven Glossary is kept and maintained for everyone's help and convenience HERE) to repeat in the chat.
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Edited by SeanMurrayI on Oct 12th 2020 at 1:47:43 PM
Yeah, I didn't want to rely on the YouTube upload last night for that very reason. At least there was a YouTube upload that could salvage something, but I still pretty gutted that you guys outside the United States had to be left out.
Tonight's feature presentation should not pose those problems, though. This evening, we'll be looking forward to seeing an archeologist's discovery of a Norse relic awakening a scary man in a rubber suit in The Runestone.
won't make tonight
long story short ill be in NYC and wont be back till late at night
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Hey, look at you! Hope you enjoy your stay. Whereabouts in the city are you headed?
As much as I hate double posting, this is HUGE.
Some of you should remember a trailer for a project dubbed Kung Fury, produced by The Laserblast Film Society, that was seeking completion funds on Kickstarter, with the promise that one day a feature-length video would be available for free streaming on YouTube.
Well, not only have they raised enough money to complete Kung Fury. They also had plenty of cash to get none other than David Hasselhoff to record an original lead track for the movie and make one hell of bitchin' muzak video!
Foul! How could you say that here?
Anyway, we'll be finding our groove right at this very moment with more of Legends of the Hidden Temple and Bad Influence.
Then, at the top of the coming hour, we're rolling out The Runestone.
Join us! http://cytu.be/r/TroperCoven
~Bisected8 ~Morgikit ~Lewattoo ~Tre ~Noaqiyeum ~Anime Badger ~Finger Puppet ~Colonel Cathcart ~Completely Normal Guy ~Space Wolf ~William Radar Storm ~Egregious One ~Sebby Moran ~Inhopelessguy ~TAPETRVE ~Prowler ~Hashil ~Tojin ~Rockonman ~Quag15
hey i dunno, why don't you tell me
Wish I'd made it; I didn't get anything done anyway. Hard to get anything done while you're taking a nap. :|
i care but i'm restless, i'm here but i'm really gone, i'm wrong and i'm sorry, baby
To answer your question, Sean, we were mostly in Harlem I think.
Yeah, I'm usually venturing around Midtown, the Lower East Side, and near Houston Street. Hope you had fun, though.
In other news, we've already seen "Turkish Star Wars" and a Sequel to "Turkish Star Wars" that was even more unnecessary than The Force Awakens. But, tonight, we're gonna look forward to Os Trapalhoes Na Guerra Dos Planetas, which from this point forward will be referred to as "Brazilian Star Wars".
Hoo Boy!
Os Trapalhões means (in Brazilian Portuguese - in European Portuguese it has a slightly different meaning) something like The Dabblers (in European Portuguese it would be translated to The Clumsies).
So, The Dabblers in the Star Wars is the closest translation possible. However, the common translation in English DVD's uses the word 'Tramps' (which is not the most correct word) when referring to the group.
They also made parodies of superheroes like Superman, Batman, Hulk or The Phantom (not to mention several literature characters - e.g. The Three Mosqueteers), in various TV series and movies. They even made parodies of stuff like SWAT, The Planet of the Apes or The Wizard of Oz.
edited 19th Apr '15 8:32:13 AM by Quag15
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
So essentially, from what I can gather they're the Brazilian Three Stooges, only apparently not as funny.
If we can watch old Brazilian kids' films now, how about Super Xuxa versus Satan? I know that's on You Tube...
And there's some other foreign kids' films that would fit right in with us.
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
Sorta, yeah. They also had some regular characters who were not part of the group who were basically stereotypes of homossexuals or Germans with lack of humour.
Imo and from what I've seen of them (which isn't much), they're hit and miss. In some ocasions, they're quite funny. In other ocasions, I'm like 'guys, stahp, it's no longer funny'.
As for Xuxa, her early stuff was more mature and filled with innuendo, and nowadays she's more dedicated to kids' stuff. The actress herself, Xuxa Meneghel, goes back and forth between this in her non-Xuxa roles.
edited 19th Apr '15 8:52:55 AM by Quag15
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
In any case, though, we ought to watch Super Xuxa versus Satan:
(And there is a copy on You Tube with subtitles.)
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
4xThere's a Brazilian Phantom?!?
And here I didn't think that shit could get more silly after Purple Billy Zane.
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Yup, that was what I was thinking as well. If I get to find that stuff (with or without subs), I'll put a link here.
There does appear to be quite a lot of Os Trapalhões on YouTube. Although, while tonight's movie has English subtitles provided through YouTube's own closed captioning feature, I'm pretty sure most of their content is just Portuguese audio.
Just checked out the opening three minutes of Os Trapalhões e o Rei do Futebol, which showcased the rowdiest Sunday League game ever played and (true to the video's title) a featured credit for Pelé.
Alright, we'll get things started now with the next episode of Lexx.
Then, at the top of the coming hour, we start "Brazilian Star Wars"
Join us! http://cytu.be/r/TroperCoven
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Okay, I got crap for actually liking the soundtrack to Liquid Sky, but this movie's soundtrack is amazing. Many of us find it funky. It's a mixture of funky, goofy, and trippy. Those of you who missed it missed out on a surreal experience set to surreal music.
Like the big battle scene set to nothing but pure funk.
It ended up with quite the split vote! Everywhere from X to 4 got at least one vote, but in the end, it was ★★.
edited 19th Apr '15 6:36:21 PM by BonsaiForest
Episode VII should totally have that sweet funk muzak!
edited 19th Apr '15 6:35:57 PM by Quag15
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Do we have a list of the chat commands somewhere?
Who watches the watchmen?
x4 Did my vote of 3 get factored in? If not, it'd be best to add it in now.
hey i dunno, why don't you tell me
You're not gonna believe this, but I found The Sorceror's Apprentice with Nic Cage on Youtube. Somewhat less surprisingly, I also found Vin Diesel's The Pacifier.
EDIT: And yes, I skimmed both of them; they're both the full movie.
edited 20th Apr '15 8:20:02 AM by Knowlessman
i care but i'm restless, i'm here but i'm really gone, i'm wrong and i'm sorry, baby
In the event that it didn't, it probably wouldn't have changed the outcome, anyway.
What still surprises me about last night how extreme the quality of Os Trapalhões could vary. "Brazilian Star Wars" certainly didn't do a damn thing to prove their chops (and Cinema Snob's judgement in light of this was very unfavorable). However, from what I've glanced at from some of their other movies (and without much understanding of Brazilian Portuguese), they definitely have the talent to make a more straightforward slapstick comedy (and can even afford the occasional Brazilian celebrity in a guest-starring role, as well as the use of interiors of Brazilian landmarks for shooting locations).
For a different taste, just check out this "Duck Season / Wabbit Season" routine
Anyway, tonight, we're rolling out what the video uploader calls, "Another Fine Mess from Bruno Mattei" (as good a sign of quality as any)—Cop Game.
edited 20th Apr '15 8:22:06 AM by SeanMurrayI
Great. Looks like I did not get the chance to watch another![[awesome]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/minis/award_star_gold_3.png "[awesome]")
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stars movie.
I hope tonight's movie works. Drinking beer on my own is not as fun as it is to drink with you guys.