Synchtube Tropers (Riff on Videos and Movies)

Alright, as I promised, the under-appreciated (yet, sadly, fake) reality program I'm With Busey returns to pre-show tonight. This series was my first proper introduction to Gary Busey when it first aired on Comedy Central around the turn of the millennium, and I'm sure it holds up extremely well.

Plus, another round of "Thrift Haul" on Super Deluxe.

Then, at the top of the coming hour, John Lithgow takes a crack at being an all-conquering crime boss in Hollow Point.

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After seeing this, I wondered if we could watch it sometime. It's French, it's hand-drawn, it's steampunk (they outright say the world is "stuck in the age of steam" in the trailer), and it's got an awkwardly anatomically correct cat- uh, scratch that last one.

But it's a fun movie with some strange twists.

Is there a dub version? You know how I feel about running subtitled movies in a text chat.

I'll be open to further suggestions for upcoming movies, if anybody has any.

Anyway, we've seen a lot of absolutely terrible bullshit from the production company behind tonight's movie... Panman (), The Amazing Bulk (), and maybe one or two others that I'm completely forgetting about at this moment. (And they're still going strong churning out really hackneyed bait-and-switch mockbusters that would make The Asylum jealous, like Darker Things and It Kills)

This title, in particular, really seems to be pushing the limits of tolerable quality. The trailer alone is a borderline parody of every overused, overblown movie trailer cliche (you'll know what I'm talking about when you see/hear it); it's so absurd, it's nearly unwatchable (even a character in the video thumbnail is getting a massive headache).

The most clear thing in the way of a movie synopsis is a line from the production company reading, "[T]he story of one man's journey through his psychotic break." The film is told from the perspective of a wild headcase as he runs from "the authorities" and claims his innocence (innocence of what, I don't know).

Here's Devil 2.0

well i know about this thing that somehow got 3 stars on rogerebert.com

and from a comment on that review

Edited by iflewaway on Sep 13th 2018 at 2:16:45 PM

That trailer is certainly atrocious, and those quotes make me skeptical, especially the reader comment that sounds way too good to be true. I'm getting early flashbacks to Spring/Summer 2004 when horror websites were hyping this upcoming release in a few months time called Saw (You might have heard of it) as a cross between "Alfred Hitchcock and Se7en."

On a semi-related note, 'The Serpent and the Rainbow' also received 3-Stars in a much older review from Roger Ebert.

The French movie is dubbed, actually, so no worries there. The dub's pretty good.

Alright, best to be coming here early tonight, because in all likelihood, I'm With Busey is going to be a bigger highlight than this movie (or, at least, more watchable).

Plus, we got a crazy new video from cRiT1KaL and some other videos from VICE.

Then, at the top of the coming hour, we figure out what the deal is with Devil 2.0

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Shoestring version of Hell indeed. It looks like it has a little bit of a greater-than-zero budget actually, but some scenes look like they came from a You Tube video.

Edited by BonsaiForest on Sep 13th 2018 at 9:27:28 AM

I have several picks that have I have stored in my personal library for just such an occasion:

First off, E.T. 's Henry Thomas, a video game-obsessed kid, gets involved in high-stakes espionage when he sees a dying FBI agent that gives him an Atari game that contains top-clearance military secrets embedded in its coding and entrusts Thomas with it.

Cloak and Dagger [1984]:

Next is a double-bill by one of my favorite anime directors, Mamoru Hosada, and both of his films have English dubs that are very good:

Summer Wars:

Wolf Children:

Clip:

Also, I would like to recommend What We Do In The Shadows, directed and starring Taika Waititi, best known for Flight of the Conchords, a mockumentary following a group of vampires who've grown accustomed to their eternal damnation and have basically been slumming it until their latest "roommate" tries to reignite their passion for life.

What We Do In The Shadows:

Trailer:

Clip:

Another bit of trash Star Wars history that I've had in my library are the two Ewoks TV specials that aired in 1984 and 1985 that has almost a bad reputation as the Holiday Special among older fans, if not worse. Behold the two projects that have [mostly] been forgotten by time AND managed to get Wilford Brimley roped in.

Behold Ewoks: The Battle for Endor:

And Ewoks: Caravan Of Courage:

That's quite a large selection there, Ship!

I know someone who would probably love to watch Wolf Children. She kept telling me about it and showing me clips and saying it was cute. However, due to time differences (she lives in Australia), she'd have a hard time joining us, but I could let her know when we're going to watch it ahead of time if I know enough days in advance.

And that first movie sounds delightfully strange. I hope it's a fun one.

Ewoks specials too... I wonder if they feel like Mini-Star Wars or something. Not into Star Wars myself (I enjoyed some of the movies, but they're not what I'd watch a second time), but they could be fun for us to check out.

Oh, Ho-Oh-HOOOOoooooooooooo...

As much as I'd love to continue with Karate Warrior sequels parts 3 thru 6 (Yes, there are SIX) this Kung Fu Friday, especially after last week's was so incredibly amazingly absurdly stupid, I'm holding off on that for... something with Dennis Farina in it.

Per IMDb:

This is Street Crimes.

Oh, Ho-Oh-HOOOOOOooooooooooo...

Kicking off Kung Fu Friday now with more of Takeshi's Castle and a collection of Marc Dacascos' greatest on-screen fights.

Then, at the top of the coming hour, Dennis Farina stars in Street Crimes.

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https://political-generator.herokuapp.com/

The first three that came up for me were "Islamic Feminist," "Progressive Neo-Globalist," and "Bolshevik Anti-Ba'athist." Best thing since the Giallo Generator. (EDIT: "Randian Afro-Capitalist") (EDIT 2: "Catholic Anti-Luddite," "Post-Colonial Ethno-Monarchist," "Libertarian Crypto-Fascist" This is amazing!)

Anyway, as has been customary for us this time of year since the beginning of this group's existence, this weekend in September is dubbed The Barbarian Brothers weekend. Pre-show this Saturday and Sunday will be loaded with as many short clips of them as we can find (including Barbarian David's increasing affinity for new age spiritualism and Barbarian Peter's tragic descent into utter madness)

Tonight, we'll be revisiting the Brothers' first leading roles (after appearing in the ensemble cast of Joel Schumacher's D.C. Cab years earlier) in the Golan-Globus production that set the rest of their brief movie careers in motion: The 1987 fantasy-adventure The Barbarians...

Edited by SeanMurrayI on Sep 15th 2018 at 12:18:48 PM

Alright, I got us a new Jerma video and a bunch of old, assorted Barbarian Brothers material.

Then, at the top of the coming hour, we revisit the Barbarian Brothers in the aptly titled Golan-Globus production The Barbarians!

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And so we conclude our Barbarian Brothers weekend tonight with our first-ever found "Holy Grail"—Double Trouble.

Supported by a cast featuring David Carradine, Troy Donahue, James Doohan... and Roddy McDowell.

Alright, I got another episode of I'm With Busey lined up, plus a load of Barbarian Brothers content.

Then, at the top of the coming hour, we watch the Barbarian Brotehrs in Double Trouble.

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So tonight we got a comedy movie with George Carlin and a young Ben Stiller from around the time when he was still goofing around on MTV.

The pair play two janitors at brokerage firm who become rich by making investments based on insider information they gather from the brokers' garbage.

Damn good starting premise, I must say. This is Working Tra$h...

So we're lining up another episode of I'm With Busey and what may quite possibly amount to the last-ever episode of "Memesplaining" on Super Deluxe.

Then, at the top of the coming hour, George Carlin and Ben Stiller make Working Tra$h.

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Anyone else watch Netflix's Atypical? I'm enjoying the second season. It's a nice improvement over the first.

I don't watch TV, but I have occasionally watched the rare Netflix show I've liked. Which includes Jessica Jones (the first season had a brilliant idea - super strong woman versus mind control man), and the animated adventure The Hollow.

Actually, I think those three are the only Netflix shows I've ever watched.

I haven't streamed anything on Netflix in years, so I sadly can't say that I'm familiar with any of those shows. The only thing I ever recall streaming there were old seasons of The X-Files.

Anyway, we've found the weapons of mass destruction!

Tonight we have a 1994 movie about a munitions engineer contracted by Saddam Hussein to build him a "super gun," consequentially attracting the attention of several intelligence agencies.

Here comes the sensationally titled, Doomsday Gun, starring Frank Langella, Alan Arkin, Clive Owen... and Kevin Spacey.

Alright, starting off with Bob Ross and some videos from VICE.

Then, at the top of the coming hour, Saddam Hussein is constructing a Doomsday Gun!

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So tonight we roll out the French-animated (English-dubbed) steampunkish adventure of a little girl searching for her missing parents: April and the Extraordinary World

Actually, she's an adult in most of the movie. Thought I'd mention that. That said, I'll keep my mouth shut about other possible spoilers.

Alright, I've lined up some videos about guns and arms dealing from VICE and a new video from Vic Berger.

Then, at the top of the coming hour, we follow April and the Extraordinary World.

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