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#4404284 - 02/08/18 11:38 PM Re: Cheesy B movies that you actually like [Re: cichlidfan]  
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Originally Posted by cichlidfan
The definition of B movie, in this thread, is rather bizarre.


Very much so. I can't really think of any B-movies I really enjoyed that haven't already been named.
There's definitely some that I didn't enjoy. Like The Norsemen (1978).
It's about a bunch of vikings wearing breastplates and mini-skirts, led by a Viking with Greco-Roman plate and helmet, going to America and getting shot in the butt with arrows. Or something. There's probably a plot hidden under the bad acting, slow-mo beach running, and porn star 'staches.
It's hilariously bad, and certainly a B-movie.

Oh!
Robot Jox. Entertaining B-Movie about the USA and USSR settling all their differences with giant robot duels.

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#4404316 - 02/09/18 05:28 AM Re: Cheesy B movies that you actually like [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted by Ssnake
B means you get exposure only to a very specific target audience. Maybe back in the early 1970s Westerns were still mainstream enough to consider High Plains Drifter an A movie (but certainly not AAA). Compared to today's production values and the fact that only Western fans go to watch a Western film in theaters


Yes Ok I admit to being a western fan, and a target audience.

Especially since I saw High Plains Drifter in a Real old west 1800's theatre in a place called non other than; Rifle, Colorado!
It was indeed the 70's. And I have a western Drawl (Howdy!) now too wink

#4404335 - 02/09/18 11:39 AM Re: Cheesy B movies that you actually like [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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#4404460 - 02/10/18 12:24 AM Re: Cheesy B movies that you actually like [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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#4404470 - 02/10/18 04:19 AM Re: Cheesy B movies that you actually like [Re: cichlidfan]  
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Originally Posted by cichlidfan
The definition of B movie, in this thread, is rather inconsistent.


Well, the classic definition is a film that was made to either supplement a Feature Film, or one that was never meant to be a Feature Film. It was something to show along with the "real" movie.

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In the old days it was often a mechanism to satisfy actor contracts, back when actors signed exclusively with a movie company. An actor would sign for X number of pictures, and the studio had to satisfy it or be in breach of contract, allowing them to switch movie companies. Often the quality of these films, and their budgets, reflected this.

Sometimes one gets The Quiet Man, which was a two-fer contract filler for John Wayne and Mareen O'hara for doing McLintock! (and was in fact a Feature Film), but other times one gets The Three Musketeers, where John Wayne's portrayal of an Arab is amazingly identical to every other role he performed.

Indeed, today movie companies will make films using intellectual properties that are never released to satisfy their contractual obligation to the owners in order to keep them.

Today we can safely define a "B" movie as one that either had a very limited release in theaters or never meant to be shown at theaters. Anything direct-to-DVD qualifies, as do most "made for TV" movies.

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#4404474 - 02/10/18 05:13 AM Re: Cheesy B movies that you actually like [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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What's the difference between a Western drawl and a Southern drawl?


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#4404500 - 02/10/18 01:34 PM Re: Cheesy B movies that you actually like [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Hell, most movies from the 80's were B movies.

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#4404678 - 02/11/18 07:26 PM Re: Cheesy B movies that you actually like [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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#4404720 - 02/12/18 02:39 AM Re: Cheesy B movies that you actually like [Re: JoeyJoJo]  
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Title says it all biggrin


Also in the same vein is "Rubber"



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