Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
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Well, a little her fault but mostly not.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
I still don’t remember how this movie ends. I assume with an alien abduction?
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Did she paint her nipples or is that my TV?
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She's a ninja too. Nice!
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I swear I had never seen that before.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:16 pm I feel like the nail painting was preceding her revenge tour of murder.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
This really genuinely is the worst movie ever. Given its budget etc. just , man.
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I'm sure beating the shit out of a rich famous celebrity but not killing him won't have any repercussions.
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The lesbian stuff is so ridiculously gratuitous.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
The soft music to play it as serious is terrific.
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Though honestly Gershon's character is probably one of the few semi-realistic portrayals of a bi character in that era.
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Jesus. This is insanely bad.
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I bet brian could call a specific year based on the Vegas skyline.
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Holy fuck, what a ride, head-on into a ditch.
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I love the "Los Angeles 280" sign there. I fuckin' pray they were thinking about trying to setup a sequel.
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Yeah, that's the worst big-budget movie I've ever seen. I'm not sure it's really a contest. Ishtar was Citizen Kane compared to that.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
So the rape of her friend was the catalyst for her to leave. Or her past catching up with her. What even is narrative?
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
I might expand on that to say it's the worst movie I've ever seen including 90's direct-to-cable stuff, and I've seen a ton. That movie Jerry Lewis made where he's a clown at a Nazi concentration camp that was never released is probably worse than this, but only like 2%.tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:20 pm This really genuinely is the worst movie ever. Given its budget etc. just , man.
Congratulations, guys. You genuinely "exceeded" my expectations here.
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I hate that you can only experience these movies once. I can't wait for DSafe and some of you other guys to see The Room. That's the only thing in the same ballpark that I've seen before.
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There is no way they weren't giving themselves the option.
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I feel like I need an hour or two to decompress from that.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Yeah, I'm already envying myself from three hours ago in a way.
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Not sure if you've seen The Room yet or not, but I can vouch the feeling is the same (though the movie is vastly different).Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:41 pmYeah, I'm already envying myself from three hours ago in a way.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
This would have been fun to watch along with everyone. All of your posts are excellent.
Also, speaking of Berkley...
Also, speaking of Berkley...
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Your comments were better than the movie!
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“The running, the jumping... a celebration of life.”
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No Showgirls questions from reading through a little bit.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
“You Don’t Nomi” available for rent for only 99 cents on Amazon this weekend and it’s well worth it.
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If nothing else I owe this pandemic to you guys introducing me to some great fucked up movies and hopefully me you.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
I wish I had nominated The Jazz Singer. Neil Diamond in blackface!
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Yeah I finally watched Samurai Cop a few weeks ago. Masterpiece. Seriously looking forward to the next go.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
YES! YES! YES!
Like the best of the worst, describing "The Jazz Singer" can not do it justice.
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The bumping of this thread had me thinking about when to get the band back together, at least brian and Giff for "Savages", as previously requested. I'm thinking late January or February would work, pending how the return of basketball and hockey go (I expect poorly, as there won't be bubbles for the pro sports and something like 35 college basketball programs are on pause due to the virus). Happy to move it off of Thursday nights or play around with the start time, as needed.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
This movie by the way proves the worthlessness of the Bechdel Test seeing as how it’s one of the most misogynistic movies of the last 50 years or so.
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Verhouven really earns the NC-17 and you have to respect that.
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