Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
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Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Showgirls (1995)
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon
Running Time: 131 minutes
Budget: $45 million
Box Office: $37.8 million
Streaming availability: Appears to be none.
On-demand/PPV: $2.99/$3.99 on Amazon/most streaming, cable services
Start Time: 9 p.m. (movie starts at 9:10 p.m.)
(I've never seen this movie. I'm pretty psyched to do a movie I haven't seen.)
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon
Running Time: 131 minutes
Budget: $45 million
Box Office: $37.8 million
Streaming availability: Appears to be none.
On-demand/PPV: $2.99/$3.99 on Amazon/most streaming, cable services
Start Time: 9 p.m. (movie starts at 9:10 p.m.)
(I've never seen this movie. I'm pretty psyched to do a movie I haven't seen.)
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 17 9 PM ET
Real genius should be in the queue.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 17 9 PM ET
Swamp Quarantine Circle Jerk!
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 17 9 PM ET
Not using my Zoom account for that.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 17 9 PM ET
Have never seen it, either.
(Showgirls, not brian jerking off.)
(I mean, not that either...)
(Showgirls, not brian jerking off.)
(I mean, not that either...)
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 17 9 PM ET
I feel like the overwhelming majority of us will b seeing it for the first time.
And, you can direct your ire to me when its over, as this was my suggestion.
And, you can direct your ire to me when its over, as this was my suggestion.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 17 9 PM ET
Oh, it is so fucking bad!
And there's tits in it as well.
So, so bad.
And there's tits in it as well.
So, so bad.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 17 9 PM ET
Shit, would have seen it if I had known.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 17 9 PM ET
Another one I've never seen.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 17 9 PM ET
This. This is a good post.
“All I'm sayin' is, he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall.”
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 17 9 PM ET
I'm looking forward to augmenting my vast knowledge of the Las Vegas strip club industry.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 17 9 PM ET
I have seen it in all it's glory. On the negative side, Elizabeth Berkley is a poor actress. On the positive side, she spends much of this film being nekkid.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 17 9 PM ET
To the point that you kind of start forgetting to care about boobs by the end.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 17 9 PM ET
The 17th is a Friday.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Thanks I edited the title. It is still Thursday.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
"See, darling, you really are a whore."
Gina Gershon was the chick when I was 12 that made me go "Holy shit, I fucking love brunettes now." And her lips are incredible. I had just never seen a chick with a face like hers.
Then she did a movie called Bound with Jennifer Tilly that is still an all timer because of their sex scene.
Excellent good 'bad' movie.
Gina Gershon was the chick when I was 12 that made me go "Holy shit, I fucking love brunettes now." And her lips are incredible. I had just never seen a chick with a face like hers.
Then she did a movie called Bound with Jennifer Tilly that is still an all timer because of their sex scene.
Excellent good 'bad' movie.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Yeah, Gina Gershon was hot as fuck (and judging by an image search, still looks pretty good in her mid-50s). And I say this without having seen Showgirls.
Was going to say she is the type where if you described her to someone else, wouldn't sound that hot, but then watch her and you get it.
Was going to say she is the type where if you described her to someone else, wouldn't sound that hot, but then watch her and you get it.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Am I the only one who saw this movie when it came out? Sophomore year of college, and the excitement we all had to see Jessie Spano naked in sex scenes was must see material. It was sooooo bad, nobody cared about anything other than how painfully bad it was. The big sex scene had everyone laughing out loud at the horrible acting.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
It was very exciting coming out. It was supposed to be the next Basic Instinct but with the nerd form Saved by the Bell -- what's better than that. I remember junior year in college, they played the movie on E! all the time and they forgot to blur out the boobs in the background. Good times.The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:48 am Am I the only one who saw this movie when it came out? Sophomore year of college, and the excitement we all had to see Jessie Spano naked in sex scenes was must see material. It was sooooo bad, nobody cared about anything other than how painfully bad it was. The big sex scene had everyone laughing out loud at the horrible acting.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Is it commonly accepted that Jessie was clearly ranked 3rd of the 3, or is my anti-tall bias showing?
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Well some of us actually can used as a marker for correct social distancing unlike you. And I think Jessie was very hit or miss depending on the hairstyle.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Yes, and height wasn't a factor.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
1. Back then it was a big deal to see any actress get naked.
2. Seeing the nerdy girl in a show becoming a slut is fun.
3. So what if she was the 3rd hottest on the show? You take what you can get.
2. Seeing the nerdy girl in a show becoming a slut is fun.
3. So what if she was the 3rd hottest on the show? You take what you can get.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Oh, I "watched" it for sure (if you know what I mean), just wondering if that opinion was the consensus.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
What’s your guys’ take on skipping next week because of the NFL Draft?
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Do draft day at 6 pm.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
That was judged to be the most mediocre movie of the 2010s by the NYT and that sounds about right. It’s not something I’m eager to see again though the I get your thought.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
We can push back a week.
I found what looks like a pause point for tonight's feature, will post details later today.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
I can see both points. It's about as close to actual live sports content as we're likely to get for a little while, so don't really want to make anyone choose.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
I (bought the DVD and) would prefer we push it off a week.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
OK, I'm sold. Hell, I haven't watched the draft since Fisher was taken #1 overall, so this will be the first time in about a decade for me.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Yeah, I've probably sat down and watched all (most) of night one only once in that same time range, but I'm excited for the event of this year's edition.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
There are MGM and United Artists roll-ins, then the movie starts. For simplicity, we'll just start prior to the MGM logo/lion roar.
Tonight's pause point will be around the 1:04 mark. Elizabeth Berkeley gets into a car while holding a bouquet of roses outside of a casino, then the screen fades to black, which is when we'll pause.
Tonight's pause point will be around the 1:04 mark. Elizabeth Berkeley gets into a car while holding a bouquet of roses outside of a casino, then the screen fades to black, which is when we'll pause.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Instead of leaving a Swamp event to go eat dinner, tonight, with regrets, I'm going to miss the event to make dinner. I've never made chicken parmigiana before, but with the help of Cerrano's new grandfather's video, I think I can swing it. (Pretty sure the missus will be really tired of my fake italian accent by the end of dinner.)
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Whenever I make anything Italian, I say "gabbagool" at least a half-dozen times and that will never change.sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:52 pm Instead of leaving a Swamp event to go eat dinner, tonight, with regrets, I'm going to miss the event to make dinner. I've never made chicken parmigiana before, but with the help of Cerrano's new grandfather's video, I think I can swing it. (Pretty sure the missus will be really tired of my fake italian accent by the end of dinner.)
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
I think you should identifying yourself in the third person as "Chef (last name, but Italian-izing the pronunciation in a very bad Italian accent)" throughout the cooking process.brian wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:56 pmWhenever I make anything Italian, I say "gabbagool" at least a half-dozen times and that will never change.sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:52 pm Instead of leaving a Swamp event to go eat dinner, tonight, with regrets, I'm going to miss the event to make dinner. I've never made chicken parmigiana before, but with the help of Cerrano's new grandfather's video, I think I can swing it. (Pretty sure the missus will be really tired of my fake italian accent by the end of dinner.)
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Feel like I'm going to be filling in a gap in my cinematic knowledge tonight.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Also, I was pleasantly surprised to learn it is free on-demand if you have Starz by the way (I could have sworn I checked last week and that wasn't the case so may have just been added in last few days).
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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET
Ok, I am in and on. I have it frozen on the lion MGM screen. Someone remind me to cancel Starz free trial before next Thursday at 9.