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September 04, 2011

Sunday Afternoon Matinee: The Magnetic Monster
— rdbrewer

This is a classic B-movie starring Richard Carlson. Quick, which actor is Richard Carlson; which is Kevin McCarthy, and which is Hugh Marlowe?

Yes, back in the days when all B-movie actors appeared to be related. The Magnetic Monster was a prophetic movie in that it dramatized what will happen one day when the Large Hadron Collider at CERN finally creates a black hole.

The scenes of the underground magneto-dynamo "Delta-tron" are stock footage taken from the German science fiction thriller Gold (1934). Some trivia from Wikipedia:

The German film GOLD was banned in the USA due to the belief that it depicted a functional nuclear reactor Â… and the Nazis had it. It was feared that this would convince Americans that it was impossible to oppose Hitler due to the Third Reich's clear scientific advantage over us. This was clearly forgotten since most of the footage of the "nuclear reactor" was incorporated into MAGNETIC MONSTER and it was released without any problem.

YouTube movie below the fold in five parts. And remember, if it weren't for B-movies, there would be no A-movies. Think about it.

Edited: I removed the other four YouTube players since you can access parts two through five in the YouTube player above--and because of potential slow-loading problems here at the HQ. The player displays a link at the end of each part.

Posted by: rdbrewer at 01:16 PM | Comments (177)
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1 The Phantom Planet movie on the sidebar looks LOLful as well. The McNugget 'stroid attacked by flaming milkbones, indeed. With that footage replayed at least thrice that I counted.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at September 04, 2011 01:20 PM (zy1C9)

2 It was feared that this would convince Americans that it was impossible to oppose Hitler due to the Third Reich's clear scientific advantage over us. This was clearly forgotten since most of the footage of the "nuclear reactor" was incorporated into MAGNETIC MONSTER and it was released without any problem.

Uh, I don't think that Americans were afraid of the mighty Nazi war machine in 1953.

Wikipedia fail.

Posted by: AmishDude at September 04, 2011 01:21 PM (73tyQ)

3 This is a classic B-movie starring Richard Carlson. Quick: Which actor is Richard Carlson; which is Kevin McCarthy, and which is Hugh Marlowe?

Trick question: They are all Mitt Romney...

Posted by: Dave C at September 04, 2011 01:22 PM (hUvc0)

4 A note about the term 'B-movie'. It referred to the second, shorter, cheaper film on a double-bill. The other feature was the A-movie.

In olden days, movie theaters ran cartoons, news shorts, serials, A-movies, and B-movies. A-movies were the prestige productions with big name movie stars.

That's why Ronald Reagan sometimes bristled at being called a B-movie actor. He was rarely top-billed, but he was always in A-movies.

Posted by: lyle at September 04, 2011 01:24 PM (/0D5i)

5 You can't talk about B movies without talking about me!

Posted by: Plan 9 From Outer Space at September 04, 2011 01:25 PM (fJhBR)

6 Uh, I don't think that Americans were afraid of the mighty Nazi war machine in 1953.

Wikipedia fail.

Huh? The German film from which The Magnetic Monster took some of its footage, Gold, was made in 1934 and that was the film (Gold) which was banned in the US during WWII.

From the IMBD site for Gold - The sets are breathtaking (for its time) and look very real- so real in fact, that during WWII the Americans confiscated a copy of this movie to find out how advanced the Germans use of radioactivity really was. For fans of this genre, this is a must.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at September 04, 2011 01:25 PM (c0A3e)

7 RD love the thread and thanks, but without B flicks there would still b a flicks they'd just be called flicks

Posted by: sven10077 at September 04, 2011 01:26 PM (AEIYh)

8 I'm pretty sure Kevin McCarthy is the one on the right, no idea about the other two though.

Posted by: Lone Marauder at September 04, 2011 01:27 PM (5SxTX)

9 3 Dave C,

I thought they looked like a mutated non orange Crist

Posted by: sven10077 at September 04, 2011 01:27 PM (AEIYh)

10 A note about the term 'B-movie'. It referred to the second, shorter, cheaper film on a double-bill. The other feature was the A-movie.

Sure it wasn't originally about movies with large bee-humans created by scientific experiments gone awry? "Bee movie," as it were?

Posted by: rdbrewer at September 04, 2011 01:27 PM (APh3a)

11 We're supposed to guess? It's Carlson, Marlowe, McCarthy.

Posted by: lyle at September 04, 2011 01:28 PM (/0D5i)

12 4 Lyle,

correct I miss the cartoons and shorts and true Bs which Tarantino and others are sort of mocking with their "grindhouse" crap.....

the B types were definitely not having access to people like the modern guys have

Posted by: sven10077 at September 04, 2011 01:29 PM (AEIYh)

13 10 RD,

speaking of gigantic mutated bees I wonder how Tom Daschle's doing these days?

Posted by: sven10077 at September 04, 2011 01:30 PM (AEIYh)

14 Oh yeah. That's enough front page vids to put a serious hurt on the refresh rate.

Posted by: As If! at September 04, 2011 01:31 PM (piMMO)

15 McCarthy was the guy who saved Earth from the Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Marlowe was the one who masterminded victory in Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers.

Posted by: Trimegistus at September 04, 2011 01:32 PM (MxZXM)

16 They don't look smarmy so they can't be photos of a pre-tan Crist.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 04, 2011 01:32 PM (21lBC)

17 I miss the cartoons that they used to show before the movie.

Posted by: Theresa D., TPT--SCOAMF is one and done! at September 04, 2011 01:32 PM (Zgfnd)

18 15 T,

so we have a combination of Grant and Pershing then....the B guys sure were blessed with eclectic skill sets.

Posted by: sven10077 at September 04, 2011 01:33 PM (AEIYh)

19 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at September 04, 2011 01:34 PM (fyOgS)

20 16 Touche

perhaps Huntsman then?

Posted by: sven10077 at September 04, 2011 01:34 PM (AEIYh)

21 17 theresa.

indeed....

I recall seeing some of the now banned for being Un-PC toons at the theater

Posted by: sven10077 at September 04, 2011 01:35 PM (AEIYh)

22 I rented Sucker Punch last night. The DVD was stuffed with trailers THAT I COULD NOT ESCAPE FROM. I had to use the fast-forward button... like I was back in the VCR days.

Also, the movie was shite. But this, you knew

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at September 04, 2011 01:35 PM (zy1C9)

23 Trick question: They are all Mitt Romney... Posted by: Dave C at September 04, 2011 05:22 That made me laugh uncontrollably.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 04, 2011 01:35 PM (ZDUD4)

This reminds me of a related matter. If Jon Huntsman's whitened hair (as in that sidebar photo you've been using) were combed in a pompadour, he would disturbingly resemble the Metaluna alien "Exeter" from This Island Earth.

Posted by: Commissioner Gordon at September 04, 2011 01:37 PM (L00d6)

25 Ahh. Not only do you like my ginormous tits, you like my idea of showing old movies in posts.

*kisses*

Posted by: Pam Geller at September 04, 2011 01:38 PM (ENKCw)

26 Geller does that?

Posted by: rdbrewer at September 04, 2011 01:39 PM (APh3a)

27 Do you remember JOE DON BAKER? In CANADA there's this guy called ZAP ROWSDOWER.

Posted by: weftwing plover at September 04, 2011 01:39 PM (s1vtf)

28 25 Ahh. Not only do you like my ginormous tits, you like my idea of showing old movies in posts.

*kisses*

Posted by: Pam Geller at September 04, 2011 05:38 PM (ENKCw)

Heeeey Baby!

Posted by: Johnny Bravo at September 04, 2011 01:39 PM (lh7Yc)

29 The B movies are here! Don't you see! Run! Run!

Posted by: The guy who shouts "they're HERE!" at September 04, 2011 01:40 PM (Y+DPZ)

30 24 CG,

that is correct, of course Crist looks precisely like a member of their species so....

22 BTH,

they're doing that more and more.....

perhaps we should start an AoS DVD review where we share details of the content on a disc.....

Hurt Locker had several as well.

Posted by: sven10077 at September 04, 2011 01:40 PM (AEIYh)

31 26 Geller does that?

Posted by: rdbrewer at September 04, 2011 05:39 PM (APh3a)

If she does, does it make you feel dirty now that you have as well?

Posted by: buzzion at September 04, 2011 01:41 PM (GULKT)

32 Geller does that?

Posted by: rdbrewer at September 04, 2011 05:39 PM (APh3a)

Yeah. Though it's been quite a while since I spent any time there.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 04, 2011 01:41 PM (ENKCw)

33 5 You can't talk about B movies without talking about me!
Posted by: Plan 9 From Outer Space at September 04, 2011 05:25 PM

Or me!

Posted by: Ed Wood at September 04, 2011 01:41 PM (Y+DPZ)

34 Do you remember JOE DON BAKER? In CANADA there's this guy called ZAP ROWSDOWER. Posted by: weftwing plover at September 04, 2011 05:39 PM (s1vtf) Pfft. I am the greatest hero.

Posted by: BLAST HARDCHEESE at September 04, 2011 01:42 PM (JEVge)

35 5 You can't talk about B movies without talking about me!
Posted by: Plan 9 From Outer Space at September 04, 2011 05:25 PM

Or me!

Posted by: Roger Corman at September 04, 2011 01:43 PM (Y+DPZ)

36 Plan 9 wasn't a B movie. It was somewhere around L or M.

Posted by: Trimegistus at September 04, 2011 01:43 PM (MxZXM)

37 or us!!!!

Posted by: stick fingers at September 04, 2011 01:44 PM (AEIYh)

38 Or me! Posted by: Roger Corman at September 04, 2011 05:43 PM (Y+DPZ) Cram it, amateur.

Posted by: Bill Rebane at September 04, 2011 01:44 PM (JEVge)

39

IT CAME FROM ACE'S MOVIE REVIEWS !!!!

Posted by: Ed Wood at September 04, 2011 01:44 PM (Y+DPZ)

@24

Sorry, I meant Charlie Crist, not Jon Huntsman. Whatever.

Posted by: Commissioner Gordon at September 04, 2011 01:44 PM (L00d6)

41 37 T,

if films were beef P9 would be USDA grade Z

Posted by: sven10077 at September 04, 2011 01:44 PM (AEIYh)

42 If it weren't for my movies... Posted by: Russ Meyer at September 04, 2011 05:43 PM (IhHdM) Oh, there would be no CAC.

Posted by: CAC at September 04, 2011 01:45 PM (JEVge)

43 The "unPC" toons of the 1930s-50s survive on youtube. I am a reactionary so of course I've seen a lot of them. I am here to report that you are not missing much. Most of them are ignorant of the cultures they are being "unPC" about and, so, suck. South Park puts them to shame.

The propaganda films of the early 1940s are an exception to this... but then, there's enough Germans in America that the authors knew what was going on in Europe and understood their target.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at September 04, 2011 01:45 PM (zy1C9)

44 I rarely go to the theater, and the last time I went I was pissed I got there on time. They must of showed 15 minutes of crap before the movie, mostly trailers.

Then I got bitched at for talking during the trailers. I replied "Wait, let me get this straight. You are bitching at me for talking during the COMMERCIALS? Get a life."

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 04, 2011 01:45 PM (ENKCw)

45 Let's all go to the lobby, let's all go to the lobby, let's all go to the lobby, and get ourselves a snack!

Posted by: Thread Intermission at September 04, 2011 01:45 PM (Y+DPZ)

46 I have always been fond of the so called "Spagetti Westerns". Lots of shooting, nonexistant dialog and cheesy music

Posted by: Ma Bell at September 04, 2011 01:45 PM (H/MnC)

47 Basically, if it's 3-d, it's Richard Carlson.

Posted by: nickless at September 04, 2011 01:45 PM (MMC8r)

Lots of shooting, nonexistant dialog and cheesy music

Can someone throw in a Peter North sock in here please?

Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 04, 2011 01:47 PM (+3d8E)

49 John Cleese has come under fire after declaring: "London is no longer an English city."

Posted by: Barney Frank at September 04, 2011 01:48 PM (e8kgV)

50 nonexistant dialog and cheesy music Posted by: Ma Bell at September 04, 2011 05:45 PM (H/MnC) The screw you, The hellwif you, and the Fuck You.

Posted by: Ennio Morricone, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, and Lee Van Cleef at September 04, 2011 01:48 PM (JEVge)

And Hugh Marlowe was Patricia Neal's boyfriend in the original "The Day the Earth Stood Still". He betrayed Michael Rennie, who played "Klatoo".

Weasel.

Posted by: Remember this? at September 04, 2011 01:49 PM (sJTmU)

52 Then there are the Steven Seagal movies, which are a class by themselves, I just haven't figured out yet what to call that class. Any ideas?

Posted by: Ma Bell at September 04, 2011 01:50 PM (H/MnC)

53 Plan 9 is available on youtube Movies. Free. If you care or dare.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 04, 2011 01:50 PM (ENKCw)

54 I love B movies.

Just watched Brides of Dracula with Peter Cushing on THIS TV. Now the Invisible Woman is on from 1941. Great stuff !!

Posted by: mpfs,TPT at September 04, 2011 01:50 PM (3TjSM)

55 Wasn't the original Star Wars intended as a B movie that just had a happenstansical break out?

When I first saw it (before it was big), it didn't actually change my life and I couldn't figure out what all the noise was about.

I thought all B movies came from a galaxy far away, no biggie.

Posted by: ontherocks at September 04, 2011 01:51 PM (HBqDo)

56 Gnu, they may have been worried that you got blitzed on Val-u-Rite in the alley before sneaking in through the side door. Wait, no... that's what they threw me out for. YOU CAN'T PROVE ANYTHING. *ahem*

Seriously: often when people yammer during the trailers, they get into the habit of yammering and then they yammer during the film. I'm seen this happen (not in Boulder, but definitely in Aurora - and, of course, Houston). I might not have said anything at the trailers but I'd have definitely kept my eye on you later on during the movie.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at September 04, 2011 01:51 PM (zy1C9)

57 Theresa D,

THIS TV showed the Pink Panther cartoon btw movies.

Posted by: mpfs,TPT at September 04, 2011 01:52 PM (3TjSM)

58 Heh. They have a computer in this movie they "consult" named "the MANIAC."

Posted by: rdbrewer at September 04, 2011 01:52 PM (APh3a)

59 Without B movies, there would be no alias for Cassandra Patterson or Joel Hodgson.

Posted by: CAC at September 04, 2011 01:53 PM (JEVge)

60
#53, the guy who can burst into a room full of bad guys and break arms, snap necks, crack skulls, and toss guys around who barely gets a scratch himself genre?

Posted by: Theresa D., TPT--SCOAMF is one and done! at September 04, 2011 01:54 PM (Zgfnd)

61 John Cleese has come under fire after declaring: "London is no longer an English city." Posted by: >Barney Frank

Couldn't happen to a nicer leftist turd-sculptor. Cleese, not you Barney.
(way to sock!)

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2011 01:55 PM (s1vtf)

62 I have always been fond of the so called "Spagetti Westerns". Lots of shooting, nonexistant dialog and cheesy music

Gotcha covered.

Posted by: As If! at September 04, 2011 01:56 PM (piMMO)

63 Hmmm, I must check out THIS TV.

Posted by: Theresa D., TPT--SCOAMF is one and done! at September 04, 2011 01:56 PM (Zgfnd)

64 I mostly remember Hugh Marlowe for his minor role as Patricia Neal's dullard fiancee who took some of Klaatu's "money diamonds" to a pawn shop to see what they were worth in The Day The Earth Stood Still.

Posted by: Commissioner Gordon at September 04, 2011 01:56 PM (L00d6)

65 But what about Hugh Beaumont, Richard Todd, George Nader and Michael Rennie?

Posted by: jeannebodine at September 04, 2011 01:56 PM (nvlAW)

66 I try to get to movies late so I don't have to sit through the ads and crap beforehand. It's not the trailers I mind, really, it's the ads for soft drinks and cars, and the God-cursed public service announcements that I'd rather not pay eight bucks to see.

Posted by: Trimegistus at September 04, 2011 01:57 PM (MxZXM)

67 Then there are the Steven Seagal movies, which are a class by themselves, I just haven't figured out yet what to call that class. Any ideas?

Did you see the article lat week about Seagal and Arapaio raiding a cock-fighting location with tanks? They also shot a dog.

Posted by: As If! at September 04, 2011 01:59 PM (piMMO)

68 Wife has been in the Big Apple for four days and I've done pretty much zero cleaning in that time. I've been putting it off until now, thinking that I can do all the dishes, trash, vacuuming, laundry assembling, litter box horror, etc. in one hour, between 6 and 7 tonight. We shall see.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 04, 2011 01:59 PM (Qjh0I)

69 Tomorrow will have an epic lineup on THIS TV.

7am to 8am Mr Ed
8am The Egg And I
1030am Murder, He Says
1230pm Munster, Go Home
230pm The Reluctant Astronaut
500pm The Ghost And Mr Chicken
700pm The Ghost Breakers

Damn what line up.

Posted by: mpfs,TPT at September 04, 2011 01:59 PM (3TjSM)

70 66 But what about Hugh Beaumont . . . ?

Posted by: jeannebodine at September 04, 2011 05:56 PM (nvlAW)

Dad?

Posted by: Jerry Mathers at September 04, 2011 01:59 PM (lh7Yc)

71 Oh God, Tri; the prelude to DonkeySucker Punch had an anti-smoking advert too. Which I couldn't skip.

Hollywood deserves pirates and by that, I mean they deserve actual pirates burning down their offices.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at September 04, 2011 02:00 PM (zy1C9)

72 John Cleese has come under fire after declaring: "London is no longer an English city." Posted by: >Barney Frank

What I can't believe is that there are 300 languages spoken in London.

Huh?

Posted by: As If! at September 04, 2011 02:00 PM (piMMO)

73 Has anyone seen The Help? It's gotten good reviews and I feel like going to the movies tomorrow. It's the only thing that I didn't cross out immediately. Actually, I want to see Harry Potter Part 7 Part 2, but it's only in IMAX at my favorite theater, and there ain't no way I'm paying $14.50 to see a movie.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 04, 2011 02:00 PM (21lBC)

74 Russ Meyer marathon on IFC rumored. If so that just cements that network for awesomeness.

Posted by: CAC at September 04, 2011 02:00 PM (JEVge)

75 23 Trick question: They are all Mitt Romney...
Posted by: Dave C at September 04, 2011 05:22

That made me laugh uncontrollably.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 04, 2011 05:35 PM (ZDUD4)

I just had an Epiphany... and yes it did hurt...

Could be why I don't trust Romney... he does remind me of a plastic B Movie Actor... was he cloned from the Generic B Movie Actor DNA set?

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2011 02:01 PM (NtXW4)

76 74 Has anyone seen The Help? It's gotten good reviews and I feel like going to the movies tomorrow. It's the only thing that I didn't cross out immediately. Actually, I want to see Harry Potter Part 7 Part 2, but it's only in IMAX at my favorite theater, and there ain't no way I'm paying $14.50 to see a movie.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 04, 2011 06:00 PM (21lBC)

--Rise of the Planet of the Apes is better.

Posted by: logprof at September 04, 2011 02:01 PM (lh7Yc)

and the God-cursed public service announcements that I'd rather not pay eight bucks to see.

Eight bucks??????????

Posted by: dagny at September 04, 2011 02:01 PM (zu1Oq)

78 CAC

Elivira will be on THIS tonight at 10pm with the horrible B movie "I Eat Your Skin!"

Posted by: mpfs,TPT at September 04, 2011 02:01 PM (3TjSM)

79 Do I have to have seen Planet of the Apes first?

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 04, 2011 02:02 PM (21lBC)

80 75 Russ Meyer marathon on IFC rumored. If so that just cements that network for awesomeness. Posted by: CAC

Ah yes, Russ "I'm Gonna Need Bigger Tits" Meyer.

Posted by: mpfs,TPT at September 04, 2011 02:03 PM (3TjSM)

81 Wife has been in the Big Apple for four days and I've done pretty much zero cleaning in that time. I've been putting it off until now, thinking that I can do all the dishes, trash, vacuuming, laundry assembling, litter box horror, etc. in one hour, between 6 and 7 tonight. We shall see.

Hide the dishes in the stove and then get up early tomorrow to, ahem, cook her breakfast.

Posted by: As If! at September 04, 2011 02:03 PM (piMMO)

Eight bucks??????????

He's a time traveler from 1997.

Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 04, 2011 02:03 PM (ogCxr)

Richard Carlson was a very good actor.

He was in the Lillian Hellman classic "The Little Foxes" with Bette Davis, and mosti importantly , he played Dr. Science in "Hemo the Magnificent"

What a range!

Posted by: TexasJew at September 04, 2011 02:03 PM (+cOEs)

84 57 BTB, It's okay I got my revenge during the movie when the bitcher talked to his wife/date.......I leaned down and loudly went Ssssshhhhhh.

Now you see why they don't let me out in public very often.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 04, 2011 02:04 PM (ENKCw)

85 67 I try to get to movies late so I don't have to sit through the ads and crap beforehand. It's not the trailers I mind, really, it's the ads for soft drinks and cars, and the God-cursed public service announcements that I'd rather not pay eight bucks to see.

Posted by: Trimegistus at September 04, 2011 05:57 PM (MxZXM)

I'm not in a urban area now, but when I was in Toledo it had that stuff. Now the local theater doesn't have any of that all it has is a "I love sunsets, don't talk during the movie" thing that is older than I am, a "Let's all go to the Lobby" singing commercial that is older than my parents, and a "please turn off all Cellular phones and pagers" screen. Then it goes right to the trailers and feature. Maybe one of the few saving graces of having a small outdated theater.

Posted by: buzzion at September 04, 2011 02:04 PM (GULKT)

Has anyone seen The Help?

Overrated PC schmaltz

Posted by: Ma Bell at September 04, 2011 02:04 PM (H/MnC)

87 Ah yes, Russ "I'm Gonna Need Bigger Tits" Meyer. Posted by: mpfs,TPT at September 04, 2011 06:03 PM (3TjSM) A man with better priorities in cinema will never be found.

Posted by: CAC at September 04, 2011 02:04 PM (JEVge)

88 73 AsIf,

300 languages being spoken in London means they are counting dialects as well as base languages

Posted by: sven10077 at September 04, 2011 02:04 PM (AEIYh)

89 Dennis Miller was in some cheesy ass movie from like 1995 I think. I can't remember the title though.

Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 04, 2011 02:04 PM (ogCxr)

Just thought of it...

Bordello of Blood.

Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 04, 2011 02:05 PM (ogCxr)

91 Dagny, Trimegistus, like me, may be one of thosee that see only matinee movies to avoid paying full price. Actually, the evening movies at my fave theater, which is a really nice one, are $9.50, I think. And there's one about a mile and a half from me that I think was an old play theater that has $3 matinees and $5 evening movies. It usually has at most 3 movies (somewhat current) showing. I think I'll watch Harry Potter there.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 04, 2011 02:05 PM (21lBC)

92 90 Dennis Miller was in some cheesy ass movie from like 1995 I think. I can't remember the title though.

Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 04, 2011 06:04 PM (ogCxr)

Borello of Blood?

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2011 02:05 PM (NtXW4)

Bordello that is...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2011 02:05 PM (NtXW4)

94 The DVD was stuffed with trailers THAT I COULD NOT ESCAPE FROM. I had to use the fast-forward button... like I was back in the VCR days. Posted by: Boulder Toilet

Sometimes if you hit the stop button, hit the menu button, and find the Play Movie or Chapter option, the DVD will allow you to go straight to the movie.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2011 02:05 PM (s1vtf)

95 I just had an Epiphany... and yes it did hurt...

I thought it was a catharsis that hurt. Especially a big one.

Posted by: rdbrewer at September 04, 2011 02:06 PM (APh3a)

96 90

It was a vampire movie. It was hilarious.

Posted by: mpfs,TPT at September 04, 2011 02:06 PM (3TjSM)

I'm so proud to say that
"Manos Hands of Fate" was shot here in El Paso and the kid in the car who spent the whole movie kissing that girl is a member of my synagogue.

Awesomeness!

Posted by: TexasJew at September 04, 2011 02:07 PM (+cOEs)

98 94 That's it! It was a Tales From The Crypt movie.

Posted by: mpfs,TPT at September 04, 2011 02:07 PM (3TjSM)

99 80 Do I have to have seen Planet of the Apes first?

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 04, 2011 06:02 PM (21lBC)

No you shouldn't need to. There are a few bits and pieces that connect it to the original Heston movies but I really don't think a lack of knowledge on them will take away from the movie.

Posted by: buzzion at September 04, 2011 02:07 PM (GULKT)

100 Carp, I don't get THIS TV on my cable.

I wish Turner Classic movies would show pre-movie cartoons.

Regarding The Help, one of my lib relatives saw it and raved about it, so even tho I haven't seen it, my bet is that it's more of the shitty PC nonsense movies that H-wood just lurrrrrves to make.

Posted by: Theresa D., TPT--SCOAMF is one and done! at September 04, 2011 02:11 PM (Zgfnd)

101 Thanks for the info logprof, buzzion, and Ma Bell.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 04, 2011 02:11 PM (21lBC)

102 Lincoln: try arson.

Posted by: Trimegistus at September 04, 2011 02:12 PM (MxZXM)

103 And Theresa D.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 04, 2011 02:12 PM (21lBC)

104 Dishwasher loaded, litter boxes next...

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 04, 2011 02:14 PM (Qjh0I)

105 It would be nice to be a wife and yield so much power over a man. Mwahahahaha.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 04, 2011 02:15 PM (21lBC)

106 Wield, not yield. Sheesh.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 04, 2011 02:15 PM (21lBC)

107 Dishwasher loaded, litter boxes next...

Well, if you allowed the litter boxes to get too full then you might have to look for hidden surprises as well.

Posted by: As If! at September 04, 2011 02:15 PM (piMMO)

108 Wield, not yield. Sheesh. Posted by: chique d'afrique

Yield actually works. It means she's extracted the power from him.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2011 02:18 PM (s1vtf)

109 100 94 That's it! It was a Tales From The Crypt movie.

Bordello of Blood had one awesome scene in it, and that was when Dennis Miller and that Reverend character went into the vampire bordello and started zapping all the vampires using Super Soakers filled with holy water.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at September 04, 2011 02:21 PM (c0A3e)

110 Wrong preposition for yield, though.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 04, 2011 02:21 PM (21lBC)

111 66 But what about Hugh Beaumont,
Posted by: jeannebodine at September 04, 2011 05:56 PM

He was always a little hard on the Beaver

Posted by: Barbara Billingsley at September 04, 2011 02:21 PM (Y+DPZ)

112 This Is An Awesome MOVIE! Ahh, the slow buildup. Old school detective footwork. Doubling? Is that gonna be a problem? QUICK! To the F-86! An cinematically plausible science too.

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at September 04, 2011 02:22 PM (+JhHG)

113 Check out the description of how they used a computer, starting at 2:17 in part two.

Posted by: rdbrewer at September 04, 2011 02:22 PM (APh3a)

114 Kratos,

They played Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz" during that scene.

Posted by: mpfs,TPT at September 04, 2011 02:23 PM (3TjSM)

115 Lincoln

Look out for wayward shitballs.

Posted by: mpfs,TPT at September 04, 2011 02:23 PM (3TjSM)

116

He was always a little hard on the Beaver

Back in the day, when Smelt was in high school, a girl ran for class president, had signs up all over the school. Her last name was Beaver.

Her campaign slogan was, Leave it to Beaver!. Some future....frat boys (dare I say?) changed her posters to read "Leave it to MY Beaver".

She lost.

Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 04, 2011 02:26 PM (dXeKp)

117 > 101 Carp, I don't get THIS TV on my cable. Posted by: Theresa D I don't know if they're carried on cable or sat. In LA THIS is on 5.2 and it's sister station, Antenna*, is on 5.3. (more old tv shows, fewer movies)

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at September 04, 2011 02:28 PM (+JhHG)

118 Headline on Drudge

Libyan rebels round up black Africans

Heads will roll at AP for this reporting.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2011 02:29 PM (s1vtf)

119 Litter done, trash emptied. Just need to vacuum, wipe down counters/sink and do something about the gross cat dishes.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 04, 2011 02:32 PM (Qjh0I)

120 I love B movies to the point where I am seriously considering buying the DVD's of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 04, 2011 02:35 PM (96det)

121

Did some quick internet browsing just now and the name Eric Fleming popped up, another B-lister from the 50s, with this interesting biographical info about an incident that happened to him while in the Merchant Marine during World War II:

Quote:

"During his tenure, he was seriously injured when the iron block he was lifting slipped and crushed his face. Multiple rounds of plastic surgery gave him a handsome visage but left him with limited facial gesturing ability."

Huh. So that was the explanation for his oddly frozen-like onscreen persona.

Posted by: Commissioner Gordon at September 04, 2011 02:36 PM (L00d6)

122 Russ Meyer marathon on IFC rumored. If so that just cements that network for awesomeness. Posted by: CAC at September 04, 2011 06:00 PM

Gearing up for my own Russ-a-thon, thanks to the magic of DVD.

I could watch "Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill!" again and again, especially when cut with a good dose of "Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens."

With characters like Lola Langusta, Semper Fidelis, Martin Bormann and Mr Peterbilt (the garbage man), what could possibly go wrong with "Ultravixens?"

Posted by: MrScribbler at September 04, 2011 02:37 PM (YjjrR)

123 Lincoln: keep in mind that no matter how much you clean, the first thing she's going to do when she gets back is look around, sigh, and start tidying up.

Posted by: Trimegistus at September 04, 2011 02:38 PM (MxZXM)

124 If we're throwing out good retro tv stations, MEtv doesn't have too many movies but lots of old shows. Like being able to watch Hogan's Heroes after supper. For PA people its 69.3

Posted by: CaveJohnson at September 04, 2011 02:40 PM (4oJ19)

125 80 Do I have to have seen Planet of the Apes first?

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 04, 2011 06:02 PM (21lBC)

--Nope, Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a prequel.

Posted by: logprof at September 04, 2011 02:41 PM (lh7Yc)

126 Oh no, there goes Tokyo, oh no, Godzilla !

Posted by: Blue Oyster Cult at September 04, 2011 02:41 PM (Y+DPZ)

127 Some odd channel was showing the old tv show "One Step Beyond" the other day. As far as antenna stations like Retro Tv, This TV, and Antenna, my brother set up my dad's tv so that you can switch from cable to antenna. I can't do it with my own tv at home. I think it has to have separate ports for the cable cable and the antenna cable. Then on the tv remote you hit "AV" for cable, "TV" for antenna channels.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 04, 2011 02:44 PM (96det)

128 "17 I miss the cartoons that they used to show before the movie. Posted by: Theresa D" The first time I saw "The Simpsons" was at a theater before the feature film started.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 04, 2011 02:46 PM (96det)

129 Okay, pretty much done. That wasn't so bad.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 04, 2011 02:48 PM (Qjh0I)

130 17 I miss the cartoons that they used to show before the movie.
Posted by: Theresa D

Here you go ...

Bugsy and Mugsy

Posted by: Blue Oyster Cult at September 04, 2011 02:49 PM (Y+DPZ)

131 Here you go ...

Bugsy and Mugsy

The Cartoon Network has new shows and, I have to admit, they've done a pretty good job with them.

Posted by: As If! at September 04, 2011 02:50 PM (piMMO)

132 128 Some odd channel was showing the old tv show "One Step Beyond" the other day.

As far as antenna stations like Retro Tv, This TV, and Antenna, my brother set up my dad's tv so that you can switch from cable to antenna. I can't do it with my own tv at home. I think it has to have separate ports for the cable cable and the antenna cable.

Then on the tv remote you hit "AV" for cable, "TV" for antenna channels.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 04, 2011 06:44 PM (96det)

They do make external switch boxes you can buy that would allow you to do this. So you'd hook the box into your tv's port, and all your various inputs to the switchbox. I don't think they're remote controlled though so you'd have to manually select which source you want your tv showing.

Posted by: buzzion at September 04, 2011 02:55 PM (GULKT)

133 This blog post is super juicy. It looks like they are going to start fighting back. It's about time somebody took on these counter-productive ignoramuses!

If FreedomWorks gets their way, President Obama is going to get re-elected... Can't we all just allow the candidates speak and let people decide for themselves!

Posted by: Dan at September 04, 2011 02:57 PM (5gk+b)

134 Hey look its Dan Dan the Mitt Spam man.

Posted by: buzzion at September 04, 2011 02:58 PM (GULKT)

135 I want to be an A-Man!

Posted by: TexasJew at September 04, 2011 02:59 PM (+cOEs)

136

OT: Watch and listen to Staff Sgt. Angie Johnson sing, outstanding!

http://tinyurl.com/3fht6ev

Posted by: robtr at September 04, 2011 03:00 PM (MtwBb)

137 Dear bloggods, if you exist, please get rid of the NY princess and Dan the Mitt Man. TIA.

Posted by: Theresa D., TPT--SCOAMF is one and done! at September 04, 2011 03:03 PM (Zgfnd)

138 Dan, you realise this is not a politics thread, nu? You realise that you are doing more to alienate people from Romney than to help him?

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at September 04, 2011 03:06 PM (Gp+Ph)

139 At least with Dan's spamming he's friendly and mostly its positive for Mitt and not just dumping on the other canidates.

Posted by: CaveJohnson at September 04, 2011 03:07 PM (4oJ19)

140

At least with Dan's spamming he's friendly and mostly its positive for Mitt

Very friendly. I think he wants to have Mitt's babies. Or root around in his trash at the very least.

Personally I find Buddy Roemer much more attractive, well built, and sexy.

Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 04, 2011 03:09 PM (hv9/n)

141 At least with Dan's spamming he's friendly and mostly its positive for Mitt and not just dumping on the other canidates. Posted by: CaveJohnson at September 04, 2011 07:07 PM

I don't care. The little troll isn't going to distract me from thinking about old movies (some with Richard Carlson in them), Russ Meyer and Ed Wood.

Only NASCAR can do that. And tonight's race isn't on for a half hour. If it isn't rained out.

Posted by: MrScribbler at September 04, 2011 03:10 PM (YjjrR)

142 At least with Dan's spamming he's friendly and mostly its positive for Mitt and not just dumping on the other canidates.

RINO!

Posted by: toby928© at September 04, 2011 03:10 PM (GTbGH)

143 The original Man in the Iron Mask was a scarey concept for a 10 year old kid.

Posted by: sonnyspats at September 04, 2011 03:11 PM (I/MzF)

144 RINO!

Posted by: toby928Â© at September 04, 2011 07:10 PM (GTbGH)

My first RINO! Yay, whats the trifecta, RINO, racist, and misogynist? :-D

Posted by: CaveJohnson at September 04, 2011 03:13 PM (4oJ19)

145 Shamelessly stolen from Rush: Barackalypse Now

Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at September 04, 2011 03:14 PM (nRTou)

146 Dan, you know, Romney is gay. Proof?

We don' got no proof. We don' got to show you no stinkin' proof

Posted by: media vultures who spewed on Palin at September 04, 2011 03:18 PM (UqKQV)

147 Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2011 06:29 PM (s1vtf)

Well, when you don't really know who you are helping, you can never be sure of the end results!

Posted by: Barry Ø at September 04, 2011 03:19 PM (i3+c5)

148 "In nuclear research there is no place for lone wolves."

Posted by: rdbrewer at September 04, 2011 03:20 PM (APh3a)

149 Can, can, can you do the Dan, Dan, Dan
Just type spam, spam, spam
And end with a Tea slam, slam, slam

Dododododododooo!~

Man, man, man, won't you admit Mitt, Mitt
Is a canned ham, ham, ham
Or just another dammed, dammed Rockefeller

.. meh rhymes suck anyway.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2011 03:22 PM (s1vtf)

150 Had to look up the one bad movie, Impact with David James Elliott. Was a miniseries with horrible physics. Was good for yelling at the tv though.

Posted by: CaveJohnson at September 04, 2011 03:25 PM (4oJ19)

151 47 I have always been fond of the so called "Spagetti Westerns". Lots of shooting, nonexistant dialog and cheesy music

Posted by: Ma Bell at September 04, 2011 05:45 PM (H/MnC)

Late to the thread, but if you're still monitoring it, I wonder you're familiar with Old Shatterhand and Winnetou.

Posted by: Piñon Farmer at September 04, 2011 03:25 PM (IzuWw)

152 GOLD might go one my list

Posted by: Jean at September 04, 2011 03:28 PM (RURIy)

153 > 132 ... The Cartoon Network has new shows and, I have to admit, they've done a pretty good job with them. Posted by: As If! Yes, they have some shows that look terrible but are quite good if you watch them. For example, "The Regular Show".

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at September 04, 2011 03:32 PM (+JhHG)

154 The best movie for yelling at the tv was The Core. Omigod, the lulz.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at September 04, 2011 03:33 PM (Gp+Ph)

155 I think they ripped off much of this movie in "Repo Man"

Posted by: TexasJew at September 04, 2011 03:33 PM (+cOEs)

156 The only one I knew was Kevin McCarthy. Oh, and just btw, Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure. I get that one right every single time!

Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2011 03:34 PM (/ybwc)

157 Shamelessly stolen from Rush: Barackalypse Now

Awesome as always.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 04, 2011 03:34 PM (WXhxA)

158

Late to the thread, but if you're still monitoring it, I wonder you're familiar with Old Shatterhand and Winnetou.

Posted by: PiÃ±on Farmer at September 04, 2011 07:25 PM (IzuWw)

Oh my god, the old Karl May books. I think every kid in germany read them. Talk about cheesy. My younger sister took it to a new level, she was hopelessly in love with Winnetou.

However, I can't remember the name of the dude who played Old Shatterhand. All I know is he was a pedophile and rapist and I think he got shot by Lana Turner, I think

Posted by: Ma Bell at September 04, 2011 03:36 PM (H/MnC)

159 I wonder who will play Presadant Obama when thay make a movie about his gratte life. Maybe SnoopDog or somebody like thet. We must all weightt and holt are excitement until then.....

Posted by: LaQuisha Johnston at September 04, 2011 03:40 PM (qXGZK)

160 One guy refers to the computer as "the giant brain machine."

Posted by: rdbrewer at September 04, 2011 03:40 PM (APh3a)

161

Things have deteriorated to a slaughter in Tripoli, per everything on the news.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 04, 2011 03:41 PM (Qjh0I)

162

Carp, I don't get THIS TV on my cable.

In addition to DirecTV, we have an antenna. One of the local channels plays THIS TV on 3.3 or whatever the third channel is.

Posted by: Mama AJ at September 04, 2011 03:46 PM (XdlcF)

163 MB @162

However, I can't remember the name of the dude who played Old Shatterhand. All I know is he was a pedophile and rapist and I think he got shot by Lana Turner, I think.

According to IMDb, that was Lex Barker. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057380/

When I worked in Germany back in the '70s, some of my friends would hold a party whenever Shatterhand was on TV.

Posted by: Piñon Farmer at September 04, 2011 03:47 PM (IzuWw)

164 Near topic, I've been really, really really enjoying the show Numb3rs. Streaming on Netflix.

Posted by: Mama AJ at September 04, 2011 03:49 PM (XdlcF)

165

Things have deteriorated to a slaughter in Tripoli, per everything on the news.

That's NOT an excuse for neglecting housework, buster.

Posted by: Mrs. Lincolntf at September 04, 2011 03:51 PM (XdlcF)

166 When I worked in Germany back in the '70s, some of my friends would hold a party whenever Shatterhand was on TV.

Posted by: PiÃ±on Farmer at September 04, 2011 07:47 PM (IzuWw)

Where did you work, if I may ask

Posted by: Ma Bell at September 04, 2011 03:51 PM (H/MnC)

167 Things have deteriorated to a slaughter in Tripoli, per everything on the news.

Excuse me, I do believe you've misspelled "Arab Spring".

Posted by: MFM at September 04, 2011 03:52 PM (4+wft)

168 Near topic, I've been really, really really enjoying the show Numb3rs. Streaming on Netflix. Posted by: Mama AJ

It gets bad after the 60's radical bomber episode. Strangely enough I can't see Hirsch and not think 'asshole.'

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2011 03:52 PM (s1vtf)

169 Awww, c'mon.....I only have the cat dishes left....I wanna watch the bloody revolution! ...I never get to watch bloody revolutions, it's not fair...

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 04, 2011 03:53 PM (Qjh0I)

170 Must be pretty warm in Queens tonight. The ladies on the tennis court are positively glistening.

Posted by: Waterhouse at September 04, 2011 03:54 PM (4+wft)

171

Where did you work, if I may ask

Posted by: Ma Bell at September 04, 2011 07:51 PM (H/MnC)

At that time, I worked as a technician at an old radar site on the Wasserkuppe, not far from Fulda. Before then I lived in the Kaiserslautern area -- Sembach and ZweibrÃ¼cken.

Posted by: Piñon Farmer at September 04, 2011 03:56 PM (IzuWw)

172 McCarthy was pretty easy but I barely guessed the first two, mainly because they also look a lot like Rex Reason in "This Island Earth". And if you watch MST3K, you know why.

"Alright, none of you saw anything here!"

"Ok, I'll go get a stick and poke Web's eyes out."

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 04, 2011 03:59 PM (uehxp)

173

Posted by: PiÃ±on Farmer at September 04, 2011 07:56 PM (IzuWw)

Not to far from where I am from. Bamberg

Posted by: Ma Bell at September 04, 2011 04:00 PM (H/MnC)

174

Not to far from where I am from. Bamberg

Posted by: Ma Bell at September 04, 2011 08:00 PM (H/MnC)

My SIL lives just outside Trier. My wife worked at Hahn before I met her. We met at a German style New Year's Eve party -- costumes and plenty of drinking. She was working in the Ramstein Public Relations Office at that time.

Posted by: Piñon Farmer at September 04, 2011 04:05 PM (IzuWw)

175 Baumholder in the hizz-ouse!

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 04, 2011 04:09 PM (Qjh0I)

176 Every weekend in the 50s had its own monster movie on at the local theater...rodan, mothra, godzilla, them, and on and on.

There was one about giant mutant caterpillars eating people in a remote southern town. In one scene, a cop patrolling a lonely bridge is suddenly eaten...scared the living crap out of me.

I saw the film again as an adult...it was a white sock over a guys hand that they moved in front of the camera to make it look large. The actor jumped out of the way while the sock was in front of the lens.

It is difficult to describe how disappointed this made me feel. I worried about that guy for years, Getting eaten by a giant tube sock just didn't have the same feel.

Posted by: trainer at September 04, 2011 04:26 PM (DGxyd)

177 5555555

Posted by: 1111 at September 06, 2011 09:51 PM (LFDt4)

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