Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Roadhouse (1989), 9 p.m. ET 3/26

Post by **brian** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:46 pm

Roadhouse (1989)
Director: Rowdy Harrington
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Ben Gazzara, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott
Running Time: 114 minutes
Budget: $15 million
Box Office: $30.1 million

Streaming availability: Amazon Prime
On-demand/PPV rental availability: Check your local cable/satellite provider

Start time: 9 p.m. ET (we will start the movie at 9:05 p.m. to allow some time to stragglers)

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:52 pm

I'll be in on this one. I missed last night due to work, so I'm looking forward to this.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:53 pm

Hell yeah. In as well.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:58 pm

I'll definitely be in for Ghost in two weeks.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:05 pm

Don't want to be pushy, but I kind of don't want to wait another 6 days?

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:08 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:58 pm I'll definitely be in for Ghost in two weeks.

Nobody puts AB in the corner!

Post by **brian** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:15 pm

We should do Donnie Darko after that!

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:15 pm

rass wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:08 pm
A_B wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:58 pm I'll definitely be in for Ghost in two weeks.
Nobody puts AB in the corner!

Rasswife's at the wheel again.

Post by **brian** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:17 pm

My wife loves Patrick Swayze, but refuses to watch Point Break or Roadhouse because standards I guess, but good luck dragging her away from Dirty Dancing or Ghost.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:21 pm

brian wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:17 pm My wife loves Patrick Swayze, but refuses to watch Point Break or Roadhouse because standards I guess, but good luck dragging her away from Dirty Dancing or Ghost.

When I made mine watch RH she got EXTREMELY pissed that they (re)used These Arms of Mine for the sex scene.

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:49 pm

I love this idea, if I'm able to stay awake for it...I've been having an interesting sleep schedule.

Building off of this idea, is there a tv show nobody has watched on Prime or Netflix, which we could watch as a group? I'm thinking about how we had good discussions for GOT and Mad Men. I was thinking about Hunters on Prime since it's relatively new.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 6:39 pm

Great idea. We wouldn't even need to watch the TV show together. We could just say Mad Men Season 1, episode 1 this week, etc.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Sat Mar 21, 2020 12:01 pm

Movie also streams on YouTube for $3.99.

Post by **brian** » Sat Mar 21, 2020 5:52 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:05 pm Don't want to be pushy, but I kind of don't want to wait another 6 days?

At the risk of unintentionally sounding like an ass, if you and whomever else want to curate another night of your choosing like Monday or Tuesday, go for it. Just save Thursday for D-Safe and I. We all have plenty of time on our hands, plenty of weeks this quarantine thing is probably gonna go and I wouldn't necessarily mind getting together for a movie with y'all more than once a week, but I only want to handle scheduling one movie a week. People can join in whenever they're able/free for any night.

We'll try to come up with stuff that everyone will like for Thursdays, but also wanna throw some curveballs in there.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:54 pm

brian wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2020 5:52 pm
Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:05 pm Don't want to be pushy, but I kind of don't want to wait another 6 days?
At the risk of unintentionally sounding like an ass, if you and whomever else want to curate another night of your choosing like Monday or Tuesday, go for it. Just save Thursday for D-Safe and I. We all have plenty of time on our hands, plenty of weeks this quarantine thing is probably gonna go and I wouldn't necessarily mind getting together for a movie with y'all more than once a week, but I only want to handle scheduling one movie a week. People can join in whenever they're able/free for any night.

We'll try to come up with stuff that everyone will like for Thursdays, but also wanna throw some curveballs in there.

Makes sense. I dig as much content as we can create, but maybe best to claim a day at this point.

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 9:49 am

Don't forget -- 9 p.m. ET tonight. Available on Amazon Prime. Like last week we'll do a 10-minute break about halfway in.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 9:55 am

Leaving Prime at the end of the month! Great timing.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:24 am

Not sure when I'll be able to log on tonight, and my copy was recently recorded on YouTubeTV from Sundance channel (with commercials), so at least one intermission like we did last week will be helpful.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 2:23 pm

Was totally on AMC last night.

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 2:25 pm

BSF21 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 2:23 pm Was totally on AMC last night.

I saw that. Wish I had pointed that out. Includes commercials but I believe AMC does not cut for time so would be pretty easy to keep up.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 2:28 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 2:25 pm
BSF21 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 2:23 pm Was totally on AMC last night.
I saw that. Wish I had pointed that out. Includes commercials but I believe AMC does not cut for time so would be pretty easy to keep up.

I just thought it was hilarious that my last post about it was "It's on AMC all the time"

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 3:15 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 9:49 am Don't forget -- 9 p.m. ET tonight. Available on Amazon Prime. Like last week we'll do a 10-minute break about halfway in.

Do we have an idea of what scene will be the pause point or are we just gonna wing it?

Figuring we start at 9:05 Eastern (as we did last week) and a 1:54 running time, middle hits basically at 10pm.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 3:35 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 3:15 pm
brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 9:49 am Don't forget -- 9 p.m. ET tonight. Available on Amazon Prime. Like last week we'll do a 10-minute break about halfway in.
Do we have an idea of what scene will be the pause point or are we just gonna wing it?

Figuring we start at 9:05 Eastern (as we did last week) and a 1:54 running time, middle hits basically at 10pm.

Just rented it from YouTube and the scene where Dalton is picked up to go to Brad Wesley's house (brunch!) is the one that bridges the midway point. It runs about four minutes and my inclination is the end of this scene works as a better place to pause.

I also suggest starting at 16 or 17 seconds in when the music starts, after the MGM and United Artists' logos.

Can you tell I am not working?

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 3:48 pm

Works for me

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 6:50 pm

With the short pre-roll, may as well should just go with press play from the start at 9:05pm. Just simpler.

I would guess the answer is "no", but is anyone participating tonight going to enjoy this cinematic triumph for the first time?

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:12 pm

I texted one of my best friends who has loved this movie since 1989.

Me: Guess which movie I'm seeing for the first time tonight.

Him: Road House?

Me: WTF?!?

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:13 pm

Ha, DSafe.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:14 pm

Realizing now I don't think I've ever seen the movie with sound since most of my viewings were when my parents were sleeping and trying not to wake them up and see what I was watching.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:17 pm

My exposure to Road House.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:17 pm

[+] spoiler: Getting some throat rips in to warm up.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:20 pm

Also it's weird how this gets shown on non-premium cable so often when almost all of its appeal revolves around the things that are edited out.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:21 pm

Do Total Recall next.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:22 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:21 pm Do Total Recall next.

Oh there are a ton of Arnold movies we could do. Commando? Running Man?

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:23 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:22 pm Oh there are a ton of Arnold movies we could do. Commando? Running Man?

Commando is the absolute quintessential '80s action move. It would be perfect.

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:24 pm

I don't think the word "roadhouse" is ever actually said in the movie.

(Not sure if that is supposed to be what makes the FG gag funny or what.)

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:32 pm

I just realized I've never seen Total Recall all the way through, but have seen more of it than these two.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:36 pm

I missed the last one. Dumb question... We just set the movie rolling on streaming and then just comment in this thread?

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:38 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:36 pm I missed the last one. Dumb question... We just set the movie rolling on streaming and then just comment in this thread?

That's it. We'll all press start at 9:05 p.m.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:38 pm

I just peed a little.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:41 pm

Wow. Just got a coronavirus PSA with the surgeon general, Helene and Fauci as I signed on for this movie.

Gotta say, that's impressive.