P-List Movie Corner
Laura Kelber
laurakelber at gmail.com
Tue Jun 6 22:08:34 CDT 2017
Tagline: They transplanted a white bigot's head on a soul brother's body!
Poor Ray. Poor Rosey.
On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 11:02 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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