[Deptheads] Suggestions for Bad Movies

[Tim]

I wonder...Victor has a point...perhaps we should just distill it down 
and have the contestants sit through six hours of  the "Its a small 
world" song...

Victor B wrote:
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> Bad cinema
> From what I was told---Sit thru 3 aweful movies, potty break in 
> between, prize if you survive.
> No playing on cell phone or hand held games nor reading a 
> book etc. during movies should be a rule (if it isn't already).
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> Is it "BAD" cinema or just bad cinema.
> Some of the movies listed are camp, cult, disappointing or just crappy 
> movies but not something worth giving a prize to for sitting thru 
> three of them.
> Pluto Nash, Ishtar, Gigli, howard the Duck and Battlefield earth were 
> BAD.
> Most the fantasy/sci-fi  movies of 70s/80s got us gamers into the 
> theatres and looking back they weren't good movies but they really 
> weren't BAD. They aren't hard to sit thru, especially since most 
> everyone has seen them. And crappy sci-fi remakes/sequels/prequels 
> aren't really BAD. Speed racer, mummy 3, rollerball, lost in space, 
> conan the destroyer, catwoman, and (groan) batman and robin all blew 
> chunks. But what about movies we avoided like the plague. Movies so 
> bad you didn't see them or so cheesy that kraft wanted to name a 
> cheese after them.
> In 1987 a group of us went to "barbarian queen" and during the movie 
> 11 people walked out at different times. So bad we treated it like 
> rocky horror and made up lines as it went and had people in audience 
> laughing . Yea, so bad people didn't tell us to shut up. 
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> Santa Clause Conquers the Martins, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, Plan 9 
> from Outer Space, leonard part 6, kazaam (sorry shaq) etc are aweful 
> movies that are like fingernails on a chalkboard to sit thru. Same 
> with john wayne in "The conquerer". Movies you do not want to sit thru 
> and you have no clue about (unlike superheroe, star wars or trek and 
> fantasy character movies).
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> Non-sci-fi/fantasy. Sit thru Staying alive (sequel to saturday night 
> fever- John travolta gos from disco to broadway and a loincloth), 
> followed by Spice World (spice girls movie), then From Justin to 
> Kelly, Glitter and the icing on the cake Breaki 2: Electric Boogaloo. 
> You earned a prize for those 6 hours and it wasn't movies you probably 
> seen and will never want to see any of them again. With a bonus of the 
> songs sticking in your head for the rest of the convention.
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> I enjoyed seeing all the movie ideas. Fun stuff.
> If new movies as prizes are needed I can donate some.
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