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[Laura Kelber]

And poor Ray Milland, being one one head in a two-headed man story, and
getting eaten by giant frogs.

Also, saw an older Rock Hudson in a crappy movie, via the new incarnation
of Mystery Science Theater. They made no effort to hide the poor guy's beer
gut.

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 10:48 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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