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[John Bailey]

You don't get two-headed man stories any more do ya?

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 12:58 PM, Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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