We were watching Lockup tonight and my wife says "he sure likes climbing through massive fans", and she's right I think. I can think on at least three films. Daylight, Lockup, and Tango and Cash. Can anyone think on another film where Stallone stops a massive intake fan with his muscles? It seemed like a pretty popular bit in the 80s.

Hi Friends,

Here is an article I wrote for a blog / fanzine, and originally published it there. I wanted to share it on here too, and I hope that it fits to the subreddit. Maybe someone is interested in it. (if it does not fit to the sub - feel free to delete it again)

Note: No AI in any form has been used when writing this text.

Jodorowsky's works were one of my first big, big loves, and not just in the field of scifi, but when talking about media, stories, art, when I was a teenager, even before William Gibson really hit me, before Neo and The Matrix, or before I became lost within the stories of Stanislaw Lem.
How was that possible, or rather, how did that happen?
Well, I guess, and it's an educated guess (I hope!) that the majority of people these days know Jodorowsky because he did not make Dune. And that is quite the feat indeed, becoming famous for a movie that... you did not even end up making!
The story is covered elsewhere already, just go and dig on the internet. In the 70s, Jodorowsky got the rights to Dune (or he thought he could get them, can't remember exactly), then went on a completely whacked out cruise around the world, in order to recruit Pink Floyd, H.R. Giger, Orson Welles, future set and special FX artists of Star Wars and Alien... and then it went "kaboom!" as expected, even blew a few people's brains out (i.e. they became "mental unstable" for a while).

In the end, David Lynch got to make Dune instead, and, much much later, Denis Villeneuve got to make a more well-received version. (BTW, as Pink Floyd was in the trailer for that version of Dune, my educated guess is that Denis Villeneuve sought out to rip-off Jodo's ideas for good).

So, I assume people know all of this. But, I think there is a thing that is lesser known, which is what happened to Jodorowsky afterwards.
And this is that he became a comic book artist (or "graphic novel", like the art folk like to say these days). And I kid you not, he went into the comics industry, and became very, very well known and famous by making comic books for teenagers and young adults (like me when I first read them).
At least on the outside label.

Because the truth is that he took the most outrageous ideas he had for his dune movie. and even expanded them. he added some other strange ideas. and also used some of the earlier ones he had. and used that to build his comics (aka "graphic novels"). and for later comics, he came up with just as outrageous ideas.

i should add that he rarely painted (drawed?) them. he recruited other people for that, like moebius (author of the well known "blueberry" comics) or a host (army?) of others.

the books were a creative collab between him and the artists.

so... yeah, how to describe his comics? it's usually scifi, but his own style, i'd say... often very cyberpunk, there is also stuff that is like space operas, but never with a clean "black vs white" morality... more like a dirty version of epic scifi franchises...

the stories are full of references to psychoactive substances, religious cults, conspiracy, tarot, tantra, there is real violence (often getting very nasty), there is intimacy... let's just say that when some big US corporation brought his "before the incal" series to the american audience, they literally enlisted artists to "paint the clothes back on" for some panels! (quite a few panels, actually).

but it's never 100% nihilism, there are also shiny heroes and a possible, positive ending...

that's the universe, the future of mankind, like these books envision. books? well, comics, and i hope you are able to consider comics as real, serious "books".

okay some people will scream now: "wait, i know jodorowsky, but he did not do comics, he made movies, like el topo or the holy mountain".

yes, that is true. but his major body of work is his comics books (aka "graphic novels", hah!)

i suppose he is one of the most prolific comic authors in the 20th and 21th century. it is hard to find a complete list or index. but it must be close to 100 of volumes (or more).
"the incal" alone has a dozen of spin off series that are completed by now, and new spin offs seem to spawn every year.

plus it's not just scifi anymore, there are western comics, comics set in the middle ages, fantasy books. oddly enough, they stay similar to his other works, and even the western ones are about drugs, divine intervention / punishment, mystical conspiracies.
ah well.

all i can say is i highly recommend jodorowsky's comic books.

my top 5 of comics one should (could) check out by him:

1. The Incal (with Jean Giraud / Moebius)
   
2. The Metabarons / La Caste de Méta-Barons (with Juan Giménez)
   
3. Before The Incal / Avant l’Incal (with Zoran Janjetov)
   
4. The Technofathers / Les Technopères (with Zoran Janjetov, too)
   
5. Megalex (With Fred Beltran)

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THE STUNT DRIVER also stars Ed Helms, Ben Foster, and Laurence Leboeuf. It's out in theaters September 25 via IFC.

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I’m a dad with 9 and 11 yo girls. When we watch a movie together as a family, we end up catering to the 9yo as she’s still very much into films for younger ages but my older daughter is much more mature and refuses to watch these “movies for babies” as she calls them. So we decided we would watch more mature movies with the older one when the younger one isn’t around but I grew up with 2 brothers so I have no frame of reference for suitable content to watch with her.

What are your recommendations for me to consider?

Hello everyone! Women might be especially helpful in answering this question, as I am seeking help from a demographic different than my own.

Basically what is in the title. It's an inpatient mental health treatment facility for traumatized, victimized, abused, and neglected teenage girls. I'm trying to avoid anything you might consider triggering to that demographic (gunshots, sexual violence, excessive cursing, domestic violence, drug abuse, etc.) while also choosing movies that aren't "for babies" as the patients have so aptly put it. I've had great success with girly comedies, especially those that approach the inappropriate topics, but never really cross them. It leads to a great opportunity for discussing how we feel about the characters and the choices they made in a group therapy environment.

Examples of movies that played really well: Clueless, approaches sexual assault but never visually crosses the line, the "sex scene" setup is given to a scene where the audience knows he is gay and it's more of a comedy moment, she ends up with her half brother but its framing in-movie is very clear and opened up an interesting discussion; Legally Blonde, has sexual concepts sprinkled throughout, but the farthest a character actually goes on screen is a hand on Elle's clothed thigh, it's a story of empowerment and believing in yourself; The Devil Wears Prada is, at least to modern audiences, a story of a woman standing up for herself not only against her boss but also her friends, the film makes it clear that she is sexually assaulted in Paris but goes from Andy clearly stating that she is too drunk to say no to Simon (shirtless, but you can see shirtless men at the pool or beach) to her being disgusted by him.

It's a delicate line, but the adolescent girls appreciate the movies that I pick. It is the most cooperative, focused, quiet, and also communicative, I have ever seen them be, and I would love to facilitate that more if anybody has ideas.

Thanks!

I saw on Netflix that they have 2 newer anaconda movies on it and I was like yenno why not give it a shot since I recently watched the first 2… and let me tell you I’m only 23 min in and OMGGG why is this movie SO BAD and it’s worse than the og one! Like the animated snake cmon now like everything was mad on a 2 dollar budget or what lmaoo but imma watch it tho bc I love trashy bad movies lmao

star trek 4 the voyage home is, as you probably guessed, the 4th film in the star trek franchise. along with wrath of khan, first contact, and possibly the 2009 film, it's often considered to be the best film in the series. however, it's also an amazing example of how the power of cinema can change the world for the better.

the plot of the film is that kirk and crew must go back in time to the 1980s to retrieve a pair of humpback whales so that they can translate a message from an alien craft. in the 23rd century, humpbacks are extinct, having been hunted to extinction in the 21st century.

at the time the film was made, humpbacks really were an endangered species. however, along came voyage home, a film that tackles how horrible it is that a species would become endangered. best exemplified by a scene that is often overlooked. the scene where kirk and spock are posing as members of a tour group to the aquarium. gillian explains how humpbacks are becoming extinct due to whaling. spock says "to hunt a species to extinction is not logical". to which, without missing a beat, gillian replies "who ever said mankind was logical".

alot of people saw voyage home and were moved by it's message. voyage home was the first star trek film to be screened in the soviet union. the film's message lead to increased efforts to preserve not only humpbacks but all marine life. humpbacks are now protected under both the marine mammal protection act and the endangered species act. in the years since the film was released, the population of humpback whales has grown and the species is no longer endangered. as of the writing of this post, there are an estimated 135,000 humpbacks in the wild.

i'm not saying that star trek 4 singlehandedly saved humpback whales from extinction. however, it is important to acknowledge the part that it played in it. and now, knowing that, i'll never view the film the same way again.

She’s incredible! A powerhouse of comedic and dramatic talent - I had no idea! The Invite was this subtle, awkward performance, self conscious, anxious, so interesting and well played. Then I want your sex is this bodacious, loud, sexy, ridiculous role! So much range across two movies in such quick succession - I’m now fascinated and want to watch everything else she’s done!

I couldn't think of anything to watch this morning, so I threw caution to the wind and picked the first adventure that popped up on my Plex, which just so happened to be Sahara.

I like this movie a lot. It's just plain old fun. I understand that a lot of people seem to not like it, author Clive Cussler in particular, but I just don't get it.

Matthew McConaughey and Steve Zahn work very well together, and William H Macy and Penélope Cruz are also a lot of fun as well.

When reading up on why people didn't like this movie, I was pretty surprised to learn that Cussler actively hated it, misunderstood his contract with the producers, got really angry they weren't doing a 1:1 faithful reproduction of his 541 page novel and did just about everything he could to muddy the waters. He even went so far as to sue. Not only did he lose, he wound up losing an additional 4 million dollars of his own money on top of the 10 million he got paid for agreeing to let the movie be made.

On the flip side, I learned Matthew McConaughey spent a number of years actively campaigning to play Dirk Pitt. He, like Dirk in the movie, had an impossible dream of becoming the next best thing to Indiana Jones. On the one hand, I'm extremely glad the movie bombed because we got The McConaissance. He is a superb dramatic actor and I just really dig his new style.

On the other hand ... Imagine what we might've gotten if Cussler hadn't been such a crybaby.

Thoughts?

I don't know why there are so many negative comments on the Alpha movie. It is a really good movie. The characters, the plot twist,everything was amazing. Yes I agree that dialogue delivery can be better. But the story and action scenes were perfect. I really liked the way Alia and Sharvari both played their role.

What are your thoughts?

so when a book series adaption like harry potter , lord of the rings , hunger games etc are adapted into films and are succesful enough to become a franchise the studios that produced these franchises profit very nicely through this and get a high repution . but still this is bound to make other studios jelous so they do a big mistake by finding another famous book series to adapt into films so launching your own book adapted film franchise might sound like a exiting deed according to fans of the books . but the important matter is that adapted films might only work if they make it without ruining the factors that made the books great in the first place and also cast the charecters properly . in some cases this idea worked out well but there were a ton of failed franchises like eragon, percy jackson: even if it was a hit the way this movie butchered the books slow reveal portions was unforgivable, artimes fowl, the dark tower etc . all these movies were clearly made by the studios clearly envisoning launching their own harry potter or lord of the rings but they did not work out . cause book fans hated how many changes the movies . had. so what faverote books of yours do you think were ruined as adaptations..

Ok. First of all I've never seen something like this, specifically.

Period piece 50's movies almost ALWAYS give some kind of wink and nod to 50s film making. Or even, a slight acknowledgement of the filmmaking of yesteryear.

This film does not in any way do that. It's a fully indie movie style. The first 5 minutes, almost infuriatingly so. Like a big middle finger to the audience. Ok. Messaged received.

Aside from that. This is an Amazon original movie that Amazon has quietly removed from it's platform. Amazon has declined any public content as to why. The movie is critically acclaimed and of a much better quality than the normal standard for "Amazon Original." Spoiler alert! >! this is a film about aliens <! and also very much about using the 50's as "American mentality."

The fact that I literally had to use VPN to watch this film tells me something. What that something is, I leave to you. Please. Go watch it.

The Story :

The Starting Point: Champion plane Dusty Crophopper learns his engine is damaged, permanently jeopardizing his air-racing career.

The New Challenge: He decides to change paths and joins an aerial firefighting base tasked with protecting Piston Peak National Park.

The Team: He is trained by Blade Ranger, a veteran helicopter, and meets other fearless rescuers like Dipper and Windlifter.

The Lesson: Through his wildfire-fighting missions, Dusty discovers the true meaning of courage.

so i keep hearing stuff about how troubled producing the film even was to a extent that director left the movie cause he did not want to face the blame if movie was bad and the book author had to convince him to come back to direct the film. now i just hear different version of what happened behind the scenes of the movie but i do not know which story to beleve in. and even though i watched this movie long ago i do feel confused why this movie was bad and failed .cause the author seemed to be involved in the production process so i need clarity on what was actually going on behind the scenes of this movie..

Movies often have a character that represents what the author and audience despises. They usually create a scenario where the protagonist speaks some personal truth to this character, but it’s really for the sake of the audience.

I’m not talking about the main antagonist. I’m thinking more about the random barista character that is told off because the drinks are silly or pretentious sounding to the main character. Stuff like that.

Need some late-night movie recommendations that will make the boys feel edgy and grown up without getting me in trouble with their parents. Give me your best edgy, scary, counterculture, funny, or action movies that won’t scar a 12 yr old kid for life or get me banned from the dad’s club, but will still make the boys feel like they got away with something cool.

I think Lord of the Rings original trilogy was a true masterpiece of art and fiction. I watch it every 2, 3 years. Though, Harry Potter is another remarkable one (I love to watch it on snowy winter days). Anyway the core concept of them both is about legendary creatures and fighting with a big, final demon who wants to destroy everything.

I know, It may sound a bit weird. But I am one of those people that love going to movies a bit earlier than usual. But not for the previews, commercials, ads, Local ads etc. But for the music that is played before and during while something is showing up on the screen. I do not know what it is but there is just something about the music that I love. For example. When I went to the movies last month. I was only able to capture one song on my Shazam which was

Artist: Lana Mcdonagh, Andrew Britton & Wayne Murray

Song: Life of the Party

Album: Indie rock 2

Due to travel and physical medical reasons I can't go to the movies as often as I used to. But I would love any help finding a way to find the music played in the Auditoriums.

Charlton Heston's character, George Taylor, in the 1968 classic Planet of the Apes) radiates the exact same unearned confidence, severe narcissism, and dramatic hyper-masculinity as Will Ferrell’s Ron Burgundy. Once you see it, you cannot unsee it....