P-List Movie Corner

[John Bailey]

There should be a word to describe the phenomenon of once greatly
acclaimed male actors doing slabs of weird-ass SF when they hit a
certain age - think Connery in Zardoz, Kirk Douglas in Holocaust 2000,
Orson Welles in the Transformers movie, Marlon Brando in The Island of
Dr Moreau, Burt Lancaster AND Michael York in another Island of Dr
Moreau. Whatever the phase is called, Malcolm McDowell has been living
in it for most of his adult career (as did Donald Pleasance for most
of his).

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 12:04 PM, jesse gooch <jlguuch at gmail.com> wrote:
> I need to check that show out. I remember seeing an episode at somebodies
> house not too long after it started, but I wasn’t into shows much at the
> time. The streaming thing has opened me up to that a lot more.
> McDowell is one of those actors that really does seem to be enjoying what he
> does whenever he is doing it. Because of that, I’ve watched some movies I
> otherwise would’ve given a pass to. Another guy like that is Robert Englund,
> the joy he seems to be getting out of what he does can make up for some
> pretty unwatchable stuff.
>
> On Jun 6, 2017, at 9:57 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Malcolm McDowell was also in a Lexx 1st season episode. He likes his fun, it
> seems.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 8:45 PM jesse gooch <jlguuch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Was not impressed either. Kept waiting for it to not suck. Still waiting
>> for it to not suck.
>> Malcolm McDowell was kinda fun though.
>>
>> > On Jun 6, 2017, at 8:30 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Now watching Death Race 2050 on library loan.  So far I find it mostly
>> > annoying, a bit like Hunger Games in concept, mixed with a Mel Brookes
>> > mentality.  Not keeping my interest.
>> >
>> > David Morris
>>
>
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