Synchtube Tropers (Riff on Videos and Movies)

I found Fateful Findings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRUzuoJxH7g

And Double Down (age blocked): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_eSGhRCdgo

Neil Breen in the coven is a distinct possibility indeed.

Mystic already linked all those before. Wish we could find a better video resolution for Double Down, though.

Anyway, tonight brings us a true cult-classic, the "Kafkaesque" mystery/sci-fi/horror film Cube.

With no clue how they wound up where they are, a group of strangers wind up in an elaborate contraption of industrial, cube-shaped rooms loaded with traps designed to kill (brutally).

So Rutland Weekend Television turns out to be on YouTube, so that's turning up in our pre-show entertainment (along with some Dahir Insaat madness).

Then, at the top of the coming hour, it's the movie that makes Rubik's Cubes look remarkably fun (by comparison): Cube.

Join us! http://cytu.be/r/TroperCoven

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And the movie ends with "Mental Infant Immortality".

What better time than now?

Tonight, here's a film where Tim Robbins (always having a great knack for playing jerks and assholes, even in friggin' Shawshank) portrays a wealthy right-wing blowhard with a background in showbiz who runs a corrupt campaign to run for the US Senate.

Modern-day relevancies aside, this movie boasts a lot of of other recognizable names, faces, and talent in roles both small and large which seems utterly astounding—Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise, Gore Vidal, James Spader, Pamela Reed, Helen Hunt, Peter Gallagher, Jack Black, Susan Sarandon (Tim Robbins' wife... almost shouldn't count), Fred Ward, Fisher Stevens, John Cusack, Jeremy Piven... and Lynne Thigpen!!!

I'm in total awe.

This is... Bob Roberts.

edited 28th Jul '16 8:59:11 AM by SeanMurrayI

Can we add this gem of Nineties cartoons to a pre-show next time if it fits the theming?

I never heard of Street Sharks before, but that's definitely 90's.

Oh god. I'm at work, so I couldn't click the link and see what the video was of, but damn. I'd heard of that cartoon. A perfect example of the "make mutants out of some random animal and have them fight crime" wave of the 80s and 90s. The same wave that gave us Wild West COW Boys Of Moo Mesa (cowboys who are literally cows and fight mutant enemies) and Dinosaucers (dinosaurs fight crime!).

edited 28th Jul '16 12:23:53 PM by BonsaiForest

I'd completely forgotten Street Sharks was a thing.

Anyway, I won't be able to make it tonight (driving lesson first thing) or tomorrow night (12 hour shift on Saturday).

Have a pleasant drive, and I wish you a smooth fulltime shift. Look forward to having you back when we'll have something extra-fun to look forward to watching together.

Anyway, I'll get us rolling now with another painting by Bob Ross and... Street Sharks (whatever those are).

Then, at the top of the coming hour, Tim Robbins and a host of other great actors you may or may not recognize in the satirical political mockumentary Bob Roberts.

Join us! http://cytu.be/r/TroperCoven

~Morgikit ~lewattoo ~Noaqiyeum ~Finger Puppet ~Completely Normal Guy ~TAPETRVE ~Rockonman ~President Stalkeyes ~Sedmikrasky ~spacealien ~Mystic Eclectic ~Shippudentimes ~Random Writer 413

Found this very real Saturday-Morning Cartoon based on MC Hammer, called, Hammerman.

Ah yeah. We watched at least one episode of that one before. I saw a little bit as a kid. It seemed really dumb to me even as a little kid.

I see you guys watched Cube.

That reminds me, has the coven watched The Cube?^* As in, the Jim Henson teleplay, not the television series.

edited 29th Jul '16 8:34:21 AM by WilliamRadarStorm

MC Hammer never knew when to quit in the early 90's. That goddamn godawful cartoon was a natural, logical progression at a time when commercial rap was turning very, very REAL

Last night's movie was legitimately amazing. Will probably be looking for a moment to revisit it in early November before Election Day in America for... obvious reasons. Also reminded me a lot of another legitimately amazing, insightful, very important movie made around the same time and also starring Tim Robbins as a vile asshole anyone should love to hate that I've been putting off for a long, long time that I hope we get to someday (probably sometime in autumn, as well).

But until then, for now, Oh, Ho-Oh-HOOOOOOooooooooo...

Kung Fu Friday this week, Jeff Wincott plays a Las Vegas gambler who puts his life (and lover) on the line in a vicious bloodsport to buy his way out of the clutches of a nefarious mobster. Also featuring as one of the other fighters... Gary Daniels of Final Reprisal (), City Hunter (), the live-action Fist of the North Star (), and Ultimate Target (), among a few that we've seen.

This is Deadly Bet. Win Big or Lose Everything.

EDIT: Haven't heard of that one.

edited 29th Jul '16 8:38:15 AM by SeanMurrayI

The Cube! I loved that movie. Avant-garde stuff was really in vogue around the '70s... those were the days :^P We should watch it sometime!

Oh, Ho-Oh-HOOOOOoooooooooo...

Kicking off Kung Fu Friday with a starting course of mXc with a side of Godfrey Ho.

Then, at the top of the coming hour, we take a gamble on Deadly Bet.

Join us! http://cytu.be/r/TroperCoven

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i just found tomb of the blind dead along with Evil Dead.

I just got Earth Defense Force 4.1 on Steam. Wow. It's kinda like a video game version of a B-movie.

Giant insects are attacking people. Kill the insects and then you beat the level. All around you are soldiers fighting them and civilians running around, screaming, getting caught in spiderwebs, being eaten, and it's just chaos with a certain "hey, look how much stuff we can show onscreen at once!" kinda feel to it.

The dialog is cheesy, and apparently deliberately so, very B-movie-esque. I want to show this game to my dad. And nephew who I'll be babysitting today/tomorrow (Saturday).

Fair warning to anyone who's interested in the game: the only class that's really fun to play as is the Wing Diver. All other classes have serious drawbacks and are much slower.

edited 30th Jul '16 5:41:58 AM by BonsaiForest

THE EDF DEPLOYS!

The Steam release came out of nowhere, and is one of the best things that happened on PC this year .

Yeah, when you're playing alone, Wing Diver is usually the way to go. Air Raider is only useful as a multiplayer class, because it relies on team cooldowns, and the normal Ranger needs some serious grinding for cooler weapons in order to become fun to play. Fencer is a love it or hate it affair; I like it quite a bit, but you need to have a thing for tank characters.

edited 29th Jul '16 11:49:30 PM by TAPETRVE

Oh, lucky me. I got to turn on the news just now and see Derek Savage's favorite talk radio bobblehead embarrass herself on MSNBC. When asked how Republicans could support Trump when several of the policies he puts forth (i.e. "Muslim Ban") violate basic American principles, her answers were "I'm only supporting Trump because he's the last [Republican] candidate standing" and it's okay because his insane policies "can't happen", anyway. I hope that entire segment makes it onto YouTube.

Anyway, tonight... I'm really not sure what any of this is, but here it is... all pressed right up against the surface (so it seems), Mazinkaiser SKL:

edited 30th Jul '16 8:58:31 AM by SeanMurrayI

So we're rolling out killer food and fun dubbing with The Iron Chef.

Then, at the top of the coming hour, we got Mazinkaizer SKL, and we find out what all this exciting action is all about.

Join us! http://cytu.be/r/TroperCoven

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Just got back from a late dinner. I would have started dinner sooner, but a rousing conversation about politics between my Know Nothing Know Itall brother, and my dad (who can't argue at all and never goes in depth about things) was going on in the kitchen and lasting way too long.

Anyway, my mom told me there is a Sharknado marathon tomorrow (Sunday) night, with Sharknado 4 on at 8 PM, and asked if I'd like to join at least for 4. I may well do that.

Can't hold back any longer on this, and I know some of you have been anticipating this for a while:

Writer/Producer/Director/Actor/Film Editor/Sound Editor/"Special Makeup Effects Artist"/Location Manager/Production Designer/Set Decorator/and One-Man Casting Department Neil Breen (ALL of those are his titles on just this one movie) brings us... Fateful Findings.

And if Mr. Breen's own movies didn't already seem baffling enough, apparently his only appearance in a film outside his own is in a documentary about Australian soccer player Tim Cahill, released in the buildup to the 2010 World Cup... and Neil Breen gets credited for his interview appearance ahead of the documentary's focal subject, his own family, and his recognized teammates and colleagues in the soccer-playing world (and actor Clive Owen). What the hell does this guy know about Tim Cahill?

edited 31st Jul '16 8:03:07 AM by SeanMurrayI

My response to just the thumbnail.

Stumbled across this Fantastic Comedy through one of the Nostalgia Critic's editorials, a piece of Eighties cheese in the vein of Full House that feels like a failed Retraux of the Fifties more than a failed TGIF sitcom, simply titled Small Wonder. I was wondering if we could use it for a preshow, if not tonight, for a future time.

I really want to watch tonight's movie. I also want to watch Sharknado 4. Hmm...