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Here's a quick list of all movies watched by the SMC. Or if you prefer, here's a more detailed examination.
Special event week for the second time in a row, everybody!
Hey, does anyone remember that one time when Cubo De Sangre said that he wanted to do a Double-Feature week and asked if everyone was cool with it? Using the Cool / Not Cool system of counting, no one objected. Well... the Pingwin has finally come to collect.
Yes, people. We've finally entered the Cubo-zone. I'm scared too.
The Pingwin speaks!
Theme 1: Words & Music
There's lots of great songs in cinema. Some are made specifically for the films and some are merely selected from the pantheon of music. Few though are "performed" in the movie. And the fewest of the few are those created for a movie about a fictitious band that needs original material to perform in the film. EnterJohn Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band Eddie Wilson. I submit to thee the greatest of those few few.
Eddie and the Cruisers
Director: Martin Davidson
Premise: A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader - Eddie Wilson - may still be alive, while searching for the missing tapes of the band's never-released album.
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
Director: Jean-Claude Lord
Premise: A Montreal construction worker joins a band and turns out to be a long-lost rock star from 1960s New Jersey - none other than Eddie Wilson, who mysteriously disappeared after a road accident.
Theme 2: Fucking with the system (from boys to men)
Who doesn't harbor some hatred for the man? Somebody else's rules keeping us chained & imprisoned. I say fuck that! Fight the fuckin' system! And what better way to do that than from the safety of our couches?
Over the Edge
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Premise: A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own.
Convoy
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Premise: Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall.
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Theme 3: Bitches be bad (old-school style).
Well before this current trend in cinema where we see more women in roles generally associated with men, the year 1980 provided a glimpse of girl power with these two films. Who doesn't enjoy watching the ladies make the world a better place by robbing & kidnapping?
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Director: Robert Scheerer
Premise: Oregon, 1980: Jane, Elaine, and Louise are all feeling the effects of inflation and cannot afford, as the title states, the high cost of living. The local mall is having a contest that features a giant money ball that states it will help fight the inflation. Elaine comes up with a plan to steal the money out of it and split it three ways with Jane and Louise. Of course, one catastrophe after another tries to keep them from achieving their goal.
9 to 5
Director: Colin Higgins
Premise: Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.
Theme 4: War Reporting
God bless the First Amendment and those with the balls fighting to expose the truth. Two great actors in two of their best roles. One bringing it from a dramatic angle and the other more comedic, but equaly impactful. Since most of you losers didn't vote for Garp, I'm giving you another chance to show Mork some love. You're welcome. Woods, he don't care. He's busy snortin' coke, banging some young thing, and pissing off half of the twitter-sphere.
Salvador
Director: Oliver Stone
Premise: An American photojournalist gets caught in a political struggle at El Salvador in 1980.
Good Morning, Vietnam
Director: Barry Levinson
Premise: In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam.
And yes, you must watch in the order given. Because I said so.
List of the week is your top 5 songs that share the same name as the movie they're in.
And for good measure, here's a non-cinematic selection to capture much of the overall tone for the week.
Members: @europe1 @MusterX @Scott Parker 27 @the muntjac @Cubo de Sangre @sickc0d3r @chickenluver @FrontNakedChoke @AndersonsFoot @Tufts @Coolthulu @Yotsuya @jei @LHWBelt @PommyBen @Deus Ex Machina @ArtemV @Bullitt68
Here's a quick list of all movies watched by the SMC. Or if you prefer, here's a more detailed examination.
Hey, does anyone remember that one time when Cubo De Sangre said that he wanted to do a Double-Feature week and asked if everyone was cool with it? Using the Cool / Not Cool system of counting, no one objected. Well... the Pingwin has finally come to collect.
Yes, people. We've finally entered the Cubo-zone. I'm scared too.
The Pingwin speaks!
Since it took me two weeks to get my turn this time, I'm gonna make you sucka's watch two flicks. So there.
Theme 1: Words & Music
There's lots of great songs in cinema. Some are made specifically for the films and some are merely selected from the pantheon of music. Few though are "performed" in the movie. And the fewest of the few are those created for a movie about a fictitious band that needs original material to perform in the film. Enter
Eddie and the Cruisers
Director: Martin Davidson
Premise: A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader - Eddie Wilson - may still be alive, while searching for the missing tapes of the band's never-released album.
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
Director: Jean-Claude Lord
Premise: A Montreal construction worker joins a band and turns out to be a long-lost rock star from 1960s New Jersey - none other than Eddie Wilson, who mysteriously disappeared after a road accident.
Theme 2: Fucking with the system (from boys to men)
Who doesn't harbor some hatred for the man? Somebody else's rules keeping us chained & imprisoned. I say fuck that! Fight the fuckin' system! And what better way to do that than from the safety of our couches?
Over the Edge
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Premise: A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own.
Convoy
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Premise: Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall.
[/QUOTE]
Theme 3: Bitches be bad (old-school style).
Well before this current trend in cinema where we see more women in roles generally associated with men, the year 1980 provided a glimpse of girl power with these two films. Who doesn't enjoy watching the ladies make the world a better place by robbing & kidnapping?
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Director: Robert Scheerer
Premise: Oregon, 1980: Jane, Elaine, and Louise are all feeling the effects of inflation and cannot afford, as the title states, the high cost of living. The local mall is having a contest that features a giant money ball that states it will help fight the inflation. Elaine comes up with a plan to steal the money out of it and split it three ways with Jane and Louise. Of course, one catastrophe after another tries to keep them from achieving their goal.
9 to 5
Director: Colin Higgins
Premise: Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.
Theme 4: War Reporting
God bless the First Amendment and those with the balls fighting to expose the truth. Two great actors in two of their best roles. One bringing it from a dramatic angle and the other more comedic, but equaly impactful. Since most of you losers didn't vote for Garp, I'm giving you another chance to show Mork some love. You're welcome. Woods, he don't care. He's busy snortin' coke, banging some young thing, and pissing off half of the twitter-sphere.
Salvador
Director: Oliver Stone
Premise: An American photojournalist gets caught in a political struggle at El Salvador in 1980.
Good Morning, Vietnam
Director: Barry Levinson
Premise: In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam.
And yes, you must watch in the order given. Because I said so.
List of the week is your top 5 songs that share the same name as the movie they're in.
And for good measure, here's a non-cinematic selection to capture much of the overall tone for the week.
Members: @europe1 @MusterX @Scott Parker 27 @the muntjac @Cubo de Sangre @sickc0d3r @chickenluver @FrontNakedChoke @AndersonsFoot @Tufts @Coolthulu @Yotsuya @jei @LHWBelt @PommyBen @Deus Ex Machina @ArtemV @Bullitt68
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